Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-10-23
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
or INTEREST TO OUR READERS
oemprshensivs Review Of this Import
ant Happenings Of the Past week
Quilted From the Telegraph Columns.

Quilted From the Telegraph Columns.
3overnUr Ben Tillman, the Populist
politician OF South Carolina, is in Ore
gon In the interests OF the party.
An Athens dispatch says that insur-
gent Greeks and Turks fought all day
October B, near Greavena, Macedonia.
Both sides sustained heavy losses.
Baron Nicholas Knebitsky. governor
Of the Russian fur seal islands, Is In
San Francisco on his way to Washing
ton. where he intends TO present,
through the Russian ambassador. the
form Of new treaty between his coun-
try and the United States.
I. ia expected that 10, 900, 900 salmon
fry will be turned into the Columbia
river this year. OF this number, e.
900, 900 will come from the Clackamas
hatchery, 100000 from Sandy sta
tion. 5000. 900 from Little White
Salmon, and 1000, 900 from the head
waters Of the Clackamas.
II Is believed that 25, 600 persons are
without the necessaries Of life in Quay
aqail as result Of the recent fire there.
Ten thousand persons have already left
the city. fearing pestilence will follow
the fire. Everything possible is being
done TO relieve suffering among those
who have remained.
The grand jury has indicted eleven
1 directors Of the Bank OF Commerce, Of
New Orleans, which closed up last
/ month with loss Of $4,000. Cash.
1 Ter de Blanc was also indicted for
! falsely swearing to bank statements
The indicted directors are some Of the
most important business men Of the
community.
In his annual report to the secretary
OF war, General Greely. the chief sig
nal officer. says the military telegraph
lines running through mountainous and
desert regions have been maitained in
excellent order. The commercial busi-
ness over the lines has largely increas-
cd, and tho receipts now amount to
twelfth Of the cost Of operation Of
the entire signal corps.
An east. bound Union Pacific pas
senger train was held up short dis
tance east of Uintah. Utah. near the
mouth Of Weber canyon. and about
eight miles from Ogden No passen-
gers were molested, the robbers con-
fining their operations TO the mail and
express cars. The baggage and express
cars were unooupled by the robbers and
run ahead of the train few hund d-ed
yards and both oars broken open. The
robbers failed 10 open the safe in the
express car. Railway officials say the
booty secured WAS few mail bags, but
as great portion Of the mail was cor.
respondence between banks, inclosing
exchanges and remittances. and always
good proportion Of cash, the loss is
supposed to be Of consequence
Three men were instantly killed in
wilkesbarre, Pa, by fall Of rock.
The Republican headquarters at
Chehalis. Wash, were broken into by
some miscreants and quantity of lit
erature, private letters, accounts and
postage stamps taken.
Berthe Trip, whose right name IL
supposed TO be Helen Forest, mem.
ber Of the Salvation Army, committed
suicide by taking poison In Butte,
Mont. No cause for the act is known,
The Italian government has address
cd peremptory note to the porte in
reference TO young Italian subject
who was murdered in the recent mas
sacres.e The note says that the young
, man was beaten ON the head and felled
to the ground by man in Turkish uni
form until he was killed. The nott
demands the punishment of the guilty
persons and the payment Of indemnity
for the murder of an Italian subject.
. An unsuccessful attempt at wholesale
poisoning by paris green has been dis
covered in Almond, Wis While pre-
pairing can Of milk for shipment
John Bibby, wealthy milk.shipper
noticed a peculiar color, and, on in
yestigation found large quantity O.
paris green at the bottom Of the can
John Burns, another farmer, found |
score of piles of paris green and sal
scattered in his pasture land, ant
Thomas Brown lost five Of the mos
valuable COWS of his herd from th,
same poison, deposited by unknown
parties on his grazing range. No olev
as yet to the perpetrators Of the out
s rage has been found,
Boston has refused TO accept tn
bronze Bacchante by Maomonnies, TO
/ the new public library. The statue l
too suggestive of immortality and thirs
for the Puritan town. At meeting
Of the art committee 1t was decided +
reject it. The curator Of the museum
Y. sent the following note TO the trustee
Of the library: Voted, That tn
secretary be instructed to inform tn
trustees of the public libary that, whil
recognizing the remarkable teohnioa
merits of Mr.. Maomonnies' statue o
Bscohante as a work of art, this com
mittee does not regard 1t as suited ;
the public library building {"