Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-03-27
EVENTS OF THE DAY
epiTcME or THE TELEoRApHlc
NEWS OF THE woRLD.


have obtained higher pay and shorter
houra
The British colonial office has been
askedlto sanction q chartered company
10 exploit Ashantee, but IL IL unlikely
1t will consent.
While sitting In his cabin at Eliza
BEETHOVEN, N. j., Jef Bailey was
blown TO atoms by the explosion Of 85
pounds Of giant powder.
To escape arrest for the embezzle-
ment Of government funds, Frank
Mapes, postmaster Of Kansas City,
Kan committed suicide at his resi-
dence In that city.
The Anglo German loan Of 100, OOO,-
900 taels has been issued at "a, with
interest at 8 per cent. The contract
stipulates that the customs administra-
ton Is 20 remain unchanged.
According TO report on the organ.
lied militia Of the Uuited States, Just
prepared by the war department, the
United States ir case Of need, can put
9, ,467. .894 men in the field.
The senate Of Cambridge university,
London. by vote Of 1885 to III. has
rejected the proposistion TO appoint a
committee TO consider the question Of
comforting degrees upon women.
During February, the exports Of gold
coin and bullion amounted to 81. 1885,
700, and the imports TO sii, 1853, 0S9.
For the eight months, Che exports were
$bs. .642. .992 in excess Of the imports.
Two hundred fishermen, belonging
TO Reyal, near ST. Petersburg. Russia,
with their horses and carts, have been
blown ont to sea on floating Ice. They
had only one days provisions with
them.
a disastrous collision between q
freight train and q mowplow occurred
on the Berkshire division Of t,ae New
York, New Haven g. Hartford railroad,
near Kent furnace, Milford, Conn.
Two n1ea were killed and seven o.
eight others injured.
A Moscow correspondent Of the Lon
don News believes it true that the porte
has decided upon the expulsion Of the
British and American missionaries In
Asia Minor. Such q measure would
be consonant with the wishes Of Rus
sia." the correspondent adds.
At the request Of the state depart
ment at Washington. the United States
embassy at Berlin has formally invited
all the German universities to send
delegates to the Princeton celebration
in October next. Some Of them, in.
cluding the universities Of Goettingen,
have accepted.
a terrible tragedy occurred in Sehecs
Falls, N. r. 1t was the murder Of q
highly respectable young girl, Miss
Mary Mansel. by Thomas Pelkinton.
Immediately after the murder, anS
with the same weapon with which he
committed the murder, he took his own
life. The girl received two bullets in
the head. and one entered the brain.
One hundred students of Mullen
berg college, Allentown. Pa, partici,
pated in an anti-Spanish demonstra
tion. They paraded the college corri
dors and campus. singing patriotic
songs amid cheering, and ended by
burning the Spanish flag and hanging
General Weyler in effigy.
Lord Dunraven presided at mestin6
held in London Of the Yacht Racing
Association. Before the meeting wal
called to order the question Of the ad
visibility of making reply 20 tn,
New York Yacht Club in regard to ths
expulsion Of Dunrayen was informally
discussed, and it was decided that i
would not be good taste 10 do 30. Tn,
matter was dropped.
The Pope Manufacturing Company i
building. Boston. Mass, was com
pletely gutted by fire, necessitating 1
general alarm. The loss is between
$3.50, 900 and $4o0. 900. The block wat
iive-story structure Of brick, profnse
ly ornamented with terra Gotta srim
mings. Seventeen hunrded bicycles
and parts were destroyed in the flames
The Goulds will not be compelled t
pay taxes ON slO,500. 600 assessed il
New York for the year 1895. Fiv,
suits had been tiled against the estate
of Jay Gould and his sons and daugh
ters to enforce the finding Of the com
niissioners Of taxes and assessments
The defendants pleaded non-residence
The corporation counsel has announced
that il has been decided to abandon tn
suits
II 10 now generally thought that th,
river and harbor bill will carry abou
El2. 900. 900 for the whole country
though IL may fall below that Thi
10 what the chief Of engineers Of tn
army rays IL absolutely necessary i
properly carry on the work. Represen
tative Hermann says chat. whatsve
the amount, Oregon and Washingtol
lwil get their ahare and perhaps