The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-04-25
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

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Northern Texas lost over a million
dollars on account of floods last week.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
clared the primary law of that state
valid.
Secretary Taft has ordered that the
national cemetery at Greenville, Tenn,
he DESIGNATED and hereafter known as
the Andrew Johnson National GENE
tery." in honor of the former presi-
dent.
Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht,
Shamrock w., was launched Saturday
at Flies yard, Ayrshire. The yacht
will be commanded by Captain Syca-
more and is to compete in the British
regattas of 1908.
The pool tournament for the nation
al professional championship, which
has been in progress at Chicago for
two weeks, closed Saturday night
Frank Sherman of Washington, D. c.,
was the winner.
A. A. Carroll and H. B. Hall, accom-
panied by their wives, are to float
down to the mouth of the Mackenzie
river, from Edmonton to Herchell
island, where gold strike is reported.
They will take an outfit to last 30
months.
Ferdinand Schumacher, known as
the Oatmeal King of America" from
having founded the breakfast food
business in this country, died unex-
pectedly at his home at Akron, Ohio,
last week, aged 50 years. He retired
from business several years ago, after
having disposed of his large interests.
The official announcement by the Ill
inois Central that the new Birmingham
division would be opened for traffic
April 10 calls attention to the com
pletion of the last link in the great
Hartman transcontinental route, for
by controlling the Union Pacific, ILL
nois Central and Central of Georgia,
this system will extend from the At.
lantic to the Pacific.
The Methodist Episcopal church
property in this country is now worth
about $1S7,00O,OO0, on which there is
an Indebtedness of $12,lz7.24S.
Portland grain handlers struck Mon
Of
about overtime. The strike was set
tied the same day, employers conced-
ing the point.
Several departments Of the Cambria
Steel Company will begin operations
this week, following a three months
suspension, affording employment to
$500 persons.
Disastrous floods are reported to
thousand persons have been drowned.
Seven hundred junks were sunk or
wrecked. The waters caught the peo-
pie Unexpectedly in the middle of the
night.
Notices have been sent out from
the general offices of the Canadian Pa
cif1c, the Canadian Northern and the
Grand Trunk Pacific ordering the
heads Of departments to cut expenses,
thereby laying off men or reducing
wages.
The president has referred the
Snake river dam bill to the inland
awterways commission for considera-
ton. Clifford Pinchot, chief of the for
est service, and Director Newell of the
reclamation service are members of
the commission.
The postoffice department has Or
-dered the discontinuance of the spe-
cial service between Tenakee and
Gypsum, Alaska. The department has
also authorized the extension of the
water mail service between Loring
and Ketchikan, so as to include the
cannery at Yess bay.
Secretary of the Interior James r..
Garfield, after call at the White
House, said he would send to the
chairman of the house committee on
public lands strong recommendation
In regard to the needed legislation af-
fecting coal lands in the Western
states and Alaska.
John S. Leech, public printer of the
philippines, who on April 4 was NOM
mated by President Roosevelt public
printer to succeed Charles A. Stillings.
resigned, has wired his acceptance
OF the position. He will start for
washington May 1, going probably by
way of Siberia and Europe.
KING HAAKON HOPES TO
CHECK HEAVY EXODUS