The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-07
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

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The president has appointed BenJa-
min Barnes, at present assistant secre-
tary to the president, as postmaster
at Washington.
Sigur Ibsen and M. Horst have been
appointed by the Norwegian govern
ment as mem ers of The Hague court
of arbitration.
A Moscow paper publishes sensa-
tional dispatch to the effect that q
clash appears to be likely between Chi
nese and Russian troops in Manchruia.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Rudolph Forster to be first assistant
secretary to the president in place OF
B. B. Barnes, appointed postmaster at
Washington city. Mr.. Forster was
second assistant secretary.
Prince Won Buelow has been ap-
pointed a member of the Prussian
house of lords by Emperor William.
This is the latest indication of the
kaiser's favor and sets at rest the ru-
NOR that Won Buelow might retire.
In the case of the United States vs..
Wickersham the supreme court has
decided that person employed in the
civil service may recover damages on
account of suspension by subordi-
nate official, affirming the decision of
the court of claims.
The date for holding the national
encampment of the United States war
veterans at Washington, D. c., has
been fixed. 1t will begin October 8
and last through the week. The pres
ident will address the veterans and re-
view the parade.
The Railroad Gazette announces
that the plans of the Milwaukee rail
road for the extension to the coast in
clude the rebuilding of 400 miles OF
the line between st. Paul and the Mis-
souri, river and the double tracking of
the Chicago-St. Paul line.
1t is rumored at St. Petersburg that
Emperor Nicholas Easter gift to his
people will be a proclamation granting
general amnesty to all political prison
ers. In the midst of the present repres-
sion, however, it is difficult to under
stand how it is possible to open the
doors of the overcrowded prisons.
The California supreme court has
decided that Edna Wallace Hopper is
not entitled to the estate of Million
aire Dunsmuir.
President Roosevelt has nominated
William G. Bristol to be United States
district attorney of Oregon and Ad-
miral Endicott to be chief of the bu
reau Of yards and docks.
A Westminster, B. c., dispatch says
a deal has been closed there whereby
New York firm has purchased site
of ten acres of land near Eburne,
where it will erect large glass works.
A petition has been signed by over
a hundred residents of Pogue and the
surrounding country asking Secretary
of the Interior Hitchcock to establish
a government townsite on the reserva-
ton at the mouth of Omak creek.
The federal court at Chicago has
set the second Monday in September
as tho date for hearing the cases OF
the packers corporations The gov.
ernment's motion for a new trial of
individuals was overruled, also the
packers' motion for a new trial of the
corporations.
Secretary Bonaparte has decided to
accept the resignation of Midshipman
Minor Hsrriwether from the naval
academy. He will instruct the super
intendent Of the academy to dismiss
tho sentence of one years confinement
to the academy hanging over Meri.
wether.
One hundred keys of ornate design,
ancient and medieval, have been pur-
chased by the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art at New York. With this addi.
ton the exhibit of keys in the mu.
scum il ono Of the best in the world.
The latest acquisition was gathered
from old French castles and excava
tions of ancient cities.