Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-08-28
THE EVENTS OF THE DAY
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Comprehensive Review OF the Import-
ant Happenings Of the Past Week
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ant Happenings Of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Coipmns.
L. L. Sanger, Of Summit, Wash.
near Olympia. left his home to 70 hunt.
ing and has not since been seen oi
heard Of. II is feared he has acci,
dentaily shot himself.
Peter Ryan, foreman Of the ST. Law.
renee mine. the property Of the Ana.
conda company, Jack Campbell and
John Manning. two miners. were killed
by the fall Of cage in shaft.
II is stated that measures will be
taken by the New York exchange to
secure the importation Of large
amount Of gold, variously estimated at
from 100000, 600 to t25. 600. 900.
The president has appointed Colonel
Charles q. Sswtelle quarbermaster- gen.
eral Of the army, vice General Batch.
elder. retired. Colonel Sawtelle ID
now stationed at Governors island.
N. Y.
An i.i00 gold brick was brought to
Baker City recently from the Baisley-
Elkhorn mine, IL being the result OF a
ten days run. The average yield Of
the ore taken from this mine is about
$50 per ton.
Six cars Of Rock Island stock train
were derailed five miles west Of To.
peka. Kan, and four white men, rid
ing in the feed box, were crushed to
death. The head and limbs were com.
pletely torn from one body.
Mr.. Harrison. tho owner Of the Santo
Domingo gold mines In the province Of
Carabaya. department Of Puno, and
other rich gold mines In Peru, has dis
covered whole hill in the Andes
mountains. extending ut least two
leagues and full Of veins Of rich quartz.
In consequence Of frontier disputes
beween Bulgaria and Turkey, the Bul.
garian government has notified the
Turkish government that unless the
latter appoints delegates to the frontier
commission by certain date, Bull.
gaIian troops will be ordered to re.
occupy the positions recently occupied
by the Turkish soldiers on the territory
Bulgaria claims.
Miss Matte Overman, of San Fran.
ciso, OF the celebrated Brown case fame,
has at last confessed to the intimacy
with the ex-Congregational minister
that finally caused his downfall and re.
tirement from the church. The con-
fession is In her own handwriting, GOV.
ering many sheets Of legal cap, and for
the present is In the safe keeping Of
Rev. w. w. Scudder. Of Alameda,
chairman Of the Congregational com.
mittee ON oredentiala
A movement IL on foot among promi.
nent clubmen Of Chicago to extend an
invitation to Ii Hung Chang, the
Chinese viceroy, to have him stop over
a couple Of days in Chicago while on
route to the Pacific coast.
Eugene Burt, wanted ct Austin,
Tex for the murder of his wife and
two children, about month ago, was
arrested In Chicago. The dirk with
which the crime was committed was
found on his person, and blood stains
were visible on his straw hat.
A threshing engine, together with
its driver and team Of horses, went
through bridge over Kriese creek,
about nine miles west Of Oregon City.
The driver was slightly injured and
one OF the horses so badly wounded that
it was found necessary to kill it.
John j. Brough, a well.known mer.
chant Of Manchester, Conn. has re.
turned from trip around the world
which consumed exactly year. Mr..
Brough travelled on bicycle wherever.
possible. OF the 90. 600 miles covered
by him, 10000 were by water; i2,0OO.
on his wheel and the rest by railroad
in the different countries.
Advices have been received by the
war department from General Wheaton
stating that three prisoners, supposed
to be Yaqui Indians, were brought
from Tubao, Aria, 20 Nogales. They
will be taken before the United States
commissioner on a charge Of violating
the neutrality laws. They are be.
lieved TO be members of the raiding.
party that attempted to loot the Mexi.
can custom.hou
According to private advices received
In Philadelphia ten Of the crew Of
twenty one Of the British bark Flora
burned at sea several weeks
ago, perished. Captain Oscar Smith !.
took one boat with ten men, and the
mate with nine other men got in the
second boat. Captain Smith and ten
men were saved, but nothing has ever
been heard from the others. The sea
was rough and probably the boat cap.
sized.
Bysa collision between the yachts
Meteor and Isolde during thu, race for
The vice'commodore's cup, at Southsea,
Baron Won Zedwitz, the owner Of
Isolde, was 30 badly injurevi that he
lied before he could be takem 10 hos.
pital. All the members Of the crew
u the Isolde were swept overheard \
when the yachts collided, bat were res.
'ued from the water by beats from the
nkhaw wa0hka