The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
Minor. Happenings
of the Week.


Lieut.. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee has
been named as grand marshal OF the
inaugural parade.
Chilean crops are said to have suf-
fered damage to the extent OF 5O per
cent on account of tremendous rains.
Prominent capitalists have organized
a bank at New York which will keep
open at night as we'll as during the
day.
The Servian cabinet has resigned be-
cause of disagreement between the
ministers over the building OF new rail-
roads.
Alaska operators will ask congress to
give that territory equal consideration
with the Philippines in the matter OF
railroad subsidies.
All the opposing candidates for SEN
ator Fairbanks seat have Withdrawn,
it is said, leaving clear field for Con-
gresham Hemmenway.
It is stated that two American sub
marine boats have passed very sue
cessful test at Cronstadt and will be
shipped Immediately to Vladivostok by
rrail.
The postmaster general will institute
an investigation of rural mail carriers
on complaint of congressman that the
carriers have attempted to force con-
gressmen to vote carriers higher sala-
ries.
Idaho has secured the gold medal at
the worlds fair for collective display
of fruits and for keeping qualities of
fruit. The Idaho fruit exhibit has &c.
cured Sc gold, silver and bronze med
ais.
Spain, through her minister at Wash
ington, has accepted the American in
vitation to conclude an arbitration
treaty, and Secretary Hay and the
minister are now going over the first
draft.
An international conference concern.
ing the status of hospital ships in war
time will be held at The Hague De-
cember Is. A majority of the powers
will be represented by their respective
ministers.
President Roosevelt has consented to
act as chairman Of the advisory COM
mittee of the Harvard Mission, soci-
ETY. organized to increase interest in
foreign missions at Harvard and to
place a score of missionaries in the for
eign field.
Eight union miners who had re-
turned to Telluride, Colo, since the
strike was called off were placed on
board the outgoing train by acting City
Marshal Geyer and deputies who had
arrested them and ordered to stay out
Of that district.
Six million less bottles Of champagne
were drunk in Germany during the
first six months Of the fiscal year, and
5000, 900 less cigars were smoked, as
appears from the figures Finance Min.
lister Won Stengel submitted to the
reichstag Saturday
Mrs. Lillian M. N Stevens, has been
reelected national president of the W..
G. T. U.
Frederick Bunce, mining expert,
says Cape York tin mines are excep-
tionally rich.
Reports reach the state department
at Washington that affairs in Venezu-
ella are in very unsettled state polit-
ioally.
has decided to recommend the extern
sion of coastwise laws to the Panama
canal zone.
The Yukon river is reported to have
closed this year with great violence,
ice jams working considerable havoc
on the Dawson water front.
A count of ballots from a box in the
Denver election fraud cases, showed a
considerable discrepancy between the
actual votes cast and the returns of
the election officials.
Earl Gray, who succeeds the Earl of
Mimic as governor general of CaDada,
has started for his post, accompanied
by the countess, their two daughters
and two aldes-de-camp.
The postmaster general has appoint
ed former Congressman James R.
Young, of Philadelphia, superintend-
emit Of the dead letter office, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of S. P.
Melbhart last September.
The big steel bridge over the Snake
river at Weiser, Idaho, was opened
Monday. Governor Cham berlain, of
Oregon, and Governor Morrison, of
Idaho, made addresses at banquet in
the evening. The bridge connects the
states of Idaho and Oregon.
Dean Wright, of the academic de-.
partment of Yale, has ordered the
members of the freshman class to nav
an assessment Of 20 cents each in order
to meet the expense incurred by the
city park commissioner in cleaning
East Rock park after freshman cele.
bration there.
". c. T. u. Convention Ends.