The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-03
Minor. happenings
Of tho Week


After an illness of nine months for
mer Speaker David B. Henderson died
at Dubuque. Ia, Sunday.
Thirty-one people were killed and
fifteen wounded at Warsaw Monday
in q fight between socialists and ma
tionalists.
Prince Eitel- Frederick, second son
of Emperor William, and the Duchess
Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, were
married Tuesday.
Nome reports coal shortage, but it
ia not believed there will be any re-
sultant suffering, though some mining
operations may be suspended.
The Nagasaki Press hears that the
cost of quarters and subsistence fur
nishsd by the japanese government to
the Russian prisoners Of war is rough
~ estimated at SAC, 000,0 900.
Senator La Toilette has introduced
a bill providing for an accounting of
all money expended in elections. By
it candidates are prohibited from so
liciting or accepting money for any
purpose.
Officials of several big railroad com
panies met at Pittsburg last week, to
discuss, it is said, means Of contesting
railroad rate legislation. None of the
parties to the conference would di-
vulRs the nature of the proceedings.
The Indianapolis Sentinel has sus-
pended publication, and announces
that its affairs will be gradually
wound up. Plant and subscriptions
have been taken over by the Indian
apolis News.
To clear the titles of land grants to
railroads existing only on paper, Rep
reseatative Lacey, of Iowa, has intro
dcued bill for the forfeiture of land
grants made to railways under the
rights of way act of 1876, where rail-
roads failed to build their proposed
lines within five years after location.
The Iowa senate has adopted the
resolution authorizing Gov. Cummins
to call convention of representatives
of the several states in July to devise
means to secure an amendment to the
federal constitution so that United
States senators may be elected by
popular vote.
The senate irrigation committee has
reported adversely Senator Hey burn's
bill permitting homesteaders under
government irrigation projects to OBJ
tain leave of absence from entries for
six months each year up to the time
water is turned into the main canal on
the lands to be irrigated. The interior
department opposed the bill.
The celebration of the Nardi Gras
festival began at New Orleans Thurs
day.
The emperor of Japan has been in
vested with the British Order Of the
Garter.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
has donated $4,000 for the relief of
the famine sufferers in Japan.
President Roosevelt has nominated
John II. Edwards, of Ohio, to be as
sistant secretary of the treasury.
At Tokyo last week Prince Arthur
of Connaught invested Admiral Togo
and Field Marshals Yamagata and
-Oyama with the order of merit.
At Lancaster, Ohio, last week, AL.
fred Douglas was nominated for con-
gress over Gen. Charles 81. Grosvenor
on the first ballot by 70 to 20.
Mrs. War Bonnet, wife of the ia.
nous Sioux chief, and herself the slay,
or Of many whites, died at Lusky-
Wye, last week..
Representative Rhinock, of Ken
lucky, has introduced a bill in the
house to make oil pipe lines common
carriers and to place them under all
restrictions of the interstate commerce
law.
d. Clay Evans, recently consul gen.
eral at London and formerly postmas-
ter general and pension commissioner,
has announced his willingness to ac-
cept the Republican nomination for
governor of Tennessee.
The house committee has presented
to the house q resolution to direct the
lnterstatec ommerce commission to in
vestigate the charges that the anthra-
cite coal roads have combined in re-
straint of trade and to control prod
ucts and fix prices.
NAY PAY ron DUST.
Congress to De Asked for Approprls-
ton to Cover Adams IheffS,
IN