The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-10-28
Mxnos. happenings


Of tho Week
The hundredth anniversary Of Mel
sons victory over the French-Spanish
fleets was celebrated at London last
week.
The Linn county, Iowa, grand jury
has returned an Indictment against
the Rock Island railway for alleged
discrimination in passenger rates.
Gen. Leonard Wood has arrived at
Manila and will assume command OF
the military department. Of the Phil
ippines during the absence OF Gen.
Corbin.
The trustees Of Smith college, at
Northampton, Mass. on Friday voted
to use a fund donated by John D.
Rockefeller for the erection Of an as
senbly hall and dormitory.
It is stated that in the event Of q
change in the cabinet at Tokyo, Baron
Hayashi, japanese minister to Eng
land, is likely to be called home to
take charge Of the foreign Office.
As result of the strike of the print
ers at the General Electric Company's
plant at Schenectady, N. Y, this COM
pany has decided to abandon its print
ing department and have its work done
outside the plant.
Jacob Riis, friend of President
Roosevelt and worker for reform in
the poorer districts of the East Side,
has declared that he will support May
or George Mcclellan, Democrat, for
reelection, "because he has made q
good, an honest and efficient and a
dignified mayor"
It is stated that the German govern
ment will not propose to the reichstag
an increase in the navy beyond the ad-
ditions previously determined upon,
which were six large cruisers and thir-
ty-6ve torpedo boats, but unusually
heavy outlays will be asked for the
equipment of naval stations, new
docks, etc.
The struggled jewelry Of Cassie L.
Chadwick was sold at auction at
Cleveland last week. 1t was apprais-
ed at $4,000 and brought s., 1874.
Although it has not yet been off,
oially announced, it is expected that
the Japanese naval review will take
place on October %, in Tokyo bay.
Announcement has been made that
George J. Gould has resigned a. chair
man of the Wabash railway board and
has been succeeded by r. T. Jeffrey,
president of the Denver & Rio Grande.
M. C. Borden has notified the
$500 operatives Of the Ironworks
mills, at Fall River, Mass, owned by
him, that the l2H per cent reduction
in wages made in 1904 will be restored
The board Of managers of the Wo-
mans Home Missionary Society Of the
Methodist church, at Indianapolis,
adopted the report of the ways and
means committee appropriating sara.
1879 for the year ending July 81 next.
After conference between Score
tary Root and Sir Mortimer Durand,
the British ambassador, it was an
nounced that speedy and satisfac-
tory solution of the Gloucester New.
foundlsnd fisheries controversy was in
sight.
Expectation of arms, ammunition
and munitions of war Of every kind
from any port of the United States
and Porto Rico to any part of the
Dominican republic is prohibited by a
presidential proclamation issued from
the state department.
A revolution is reported to have
broken out in the province of Chiyung
Chyong in Northern Korea and il
spreading to Kang You province. The
Japanese sent troops to repress the re-
bellion after the Korean government
had failed to take steps.
A proclamation from Washington
creates the Hellgate forest reserve.
This reserve embraces an immense
strip Of the finest timber land in the
Northwest, extending from Hellgate
canyon, near 4issoula, to the east fork
Of the Bitter Root river.