Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-05-13

BEYOND THE ROCKIES.
Product of Silver From American
Mines Last Year.
FARMERS OF IOWA ARE ALARMED.
The Women Of Chicago Take an Interest
in Clean Street Cars and Clean
Streets -Etc.
FARMERS OF IOWA ARE ALARMED.

The teachers at Fort Dodge, Ia, are ON
strike for higher salaries.
Wool rates have been reduced from
8l1a cents to 81 cents, Mississippi river
to Boston.
Farmers OF Iowa are alarmed over the
unfav0rable season, which is delaying
all planting.
1t is thought that fair crop can yet
be made throughout the flooded districts
of Mississippi.
A great deal of valuable land is being
washed down the Missouri river above
Atchison, Kan.
1t is estimated that about 90, 900 horses
were ousted from the street-car service
last year by electricity.
The jury in the case of the Ulster
County IN. W Savings Bank wrecker,
Matthew ]. Trump, has failed to agree.
San Antonio citizens have organized q
force to assist the police in patrolling
the city and stamping out the rampant
frebugs.
The cost for carrying out the Behring
Sea arbitration treaty with Great Brit
ain is estimated by Secretary Blaine at
S150,000.
The women of Chicago have taken an
interest in clean street cars and clean
streets, and the improvement is marked
everywhere.
The Standard Oil Company is said to
be trying to form natural-gas trust.
The object is to prevent waste and get
more money.
President Harrison has designs upon
purchasing the old Harrison homestead,
which is part OF the Berkeley estate on
the James river.
The Thomas Houston Company IL
building at it's shops in Lynn an electric
locomotive, which is designed to develop
500-horse power.
Charlie Wing, the Japanese Ieper, who
for over two months has been an inmate
OF the Philadelphia Municipal Hospital,
is said to be recovering.
At Topeka, Kan, indictments against
several Union Pacific railway officials
are looked for on charge of violating the
nterstate-commerce law.
Dr.. julius Goebel of New York CITY
has been appointed associate professor
of German literature in the Leland
Stanford (Jr.) University.
Mrs. j. Coleman Drayton will not live
in Europe. She will live with her
mother, and will return to New York to
take her old place in society Mr. Dray-
ton will reside abroad.
The farmers OF the United States sent
abroad in March of this year breadstuffs
valued at $2S,006,000, whereas the
amount OF such exports in March OF last
year was only $l2,000,000.
Senator Teller says there is no founda-
tioD for the report that the silver men
would form a new party. A league to
promote silver interests is to be organ
lied, but not as political party.
Mrs. Porter Stocks has filed petition
for divorce from her husband, nephew
of the noted revivalist, Sam p Jones.
They have been married for some years.
Cruelty is alleged.
Clark of Wyoming has introduced In
the House bill to extend the right OF
franchise to every woman in the country
over 2l years OF age to vote for Repre-
sentatives in Congress.
1IG COuuCCblOA OCtWGCu UllC bWO 6CC-
tions OF the intermediate spans OF the
great bridge at Memphis has been finally
made, and the completion Of the struct-
ure will be matter OF very short time.
Charles E. Stone, land commissioner
of the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
club man and society leader, is under
arrest at Birmingham, Ala, for embes-
zling $4,000. He is said to have gam
bled heavily.
The Mississippi river is still rising
rapidly, and there is every indication
that it will pass the high-water mark of
last year. 1t has been raining most of
the time the past week, and at some
points the levees are caving.
E. 0. Leech, Director OF the Mint at
Washington, states that the product of
silver from American mines last year
was $3.50, 900 ounces of the commercial
value OF $57, ,630, ,040, or coinage value
in silver dollars OF $75, ,4l6,565.
Another imposing structure will soon
rise beside the divinity building OF the
Catholic University of America at Wash
ington on the grounds of that institu-
ton. Cardinal Gibbon laid the corner
stone recently with impressive ceremo-
nies.
General Foster, who assisted in the
Brazil reciprocity treaty says the United
States never promised not to make
similar agreement with any European
country. Reports that such an agree
ment was reached have been circulated
by enemies of the Brazilian government
for political purposes.
| The Lower House OF the New York
Legislature has passed a woman's suf-
frage bill, which win be defeated in the
Senate. Last year the Senate passed it,
and the Assembly defeated it. This game
of passing the measure In one branch
and then defeating 1t III the other has
! been plaxad AGAIN and asain.