Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-10-09
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts OF the New
World and the Old.
or INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Uompxebensive Review Of the Import
ant Happenings Of the Past week
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ant Happenings Of the rsst week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
The Idaho mines. located in the Slo-
cum district, British Columbia. have
Just declared dividend Of 100000
The owners Of the property expect In
future TO receive dividend Of from
s16, 600 10 $40. 900 monthly.
The barge sumatra, the consort Of
the w. B. Arnold. from Chicago, with
q load Of railroad iron, foundered of
Government pier, near Milwaukee.
Four sailors were drowned. The cap.
Tain. mate and cook were rescued by a
life.saving crew.
Jennie Love was shot In the head and
instantly killed by William Swanson
In st. Louis. The testimony Of several
witnesses goes N show that the bullet
which ended the womsn's life was in.
tended for William Lee, negro with
whom Swanson had been quarreling.
Jealousy about the woman 10 the cause
alleged.
A vicious st. Bernard dog attacked
q party Of school children In Marys-
vile, Cal. Laura Baumann, aged q,
was bitten about the face and head and
will probably die; Baby Kuchs, was
almost torn to shreds. its arms and
breast were terribly bitten, and IL can
not recover. Albert Kuchs was bitten
through the wrist. and will recover,
unless rabies follows. A little girl
was bitten in the leg, but win recover.
"Doc" Payne and Lon Beckwith,
4 middle-weights, met in Cleveland, o.,
/ for finiab fight for $3.50 side and
the gate receipts in Lavac's gymna.
sium. In the seventh round, when
/ Payne was all but knocked out, the
I police burst in the doors and stopped
the fight, arresting all the principals,
seconds and referee. Two hundred
spectators were in attendance. and
only ten of them escaped, jumping
4 from the windows. ALI Of the patrol
wagons in the city made trip after trip
conveying the crowd. which contained
many prominent citizens, TO the sta.
tion.
4 Il IL reported that Lewis Gimm, Of
Cleveland, o.. the holder OF the Ameri.
can 24.hour indoor biycle record, ID
mentally unbalanced from the effects
Of his remarkable performance in that
city last week. Gimm rode 4S6 miles
and Lib yards in 231s hours. break.
ing the American record by more than
83 miles. He would have fallen from
his wheel at the finish but for the
judges, who noticed the movements OF
the rider and carried him from the
track.
Manuel Gregory, colored, was shot
in Chattanooga, Tenn, while attempts
ing to rob house. The bullet. fired
at a distance Of twelve feet, STRUCK
Gregory in the head and Hattened out
as it il had been made of paste. The
negro is not seriously injured.
Hon. William Collins Whitney ant
Mrs. Edith 8. Randolph, were married
at Bar Harobr, Me. IL was an in
formal affair. There were no brides
maids and no best man. The entranc'
to the church was mass of roses
laurel hydrsngeas and potted plants,
d. M. Browning, controller Of Indiar
affairs, has made his annual report Il
the secretary Of the interior. He says
that with no outbreak or disturbanc,
during the year. the progress of the In
dians in general education and civiliza
tion has been uninterrupted and sub
stantial. The main effort now, as fo'
many years, must be TO put the In
| dian upon his allotment. teach him Il
support himself, protect him from en-
croachment and injustice, and educat,
his children in books and industries.
The steamer Umatilia, from SaI
Francisco to Puget sound, struck OF
. the rocks off Point Wilson promon
tory, in Discovery bay, near Por
Townsend. All of the passengers wer
landed safely by means of small boats
The starboard bow of the steamship
was stove in badly and the steamer
leaking seriously, but rests above tn
water supported on the rocks Th
cause Of the disaster Is attributed +
the fogs so prevalent in Northern wa
ters at this season.
The Cuban junta has received al
offer from an English syndicate Of
loan Of $4,000, 900 for $50, 900, 90
payable in twenty years President I
Estrada Palma and the other member
? of the junta held conference as 500
as the offer was received. The presi
dent was asked what action was take
and stated: 1--WE have taken no dc
j oided action as yet" he said. NV
have received number Of simila
offers from bankers, who see that W
are almost certain to win, and W
" have them all under advisement. w
will probably accept the best terms, tn
offer Of the English syndicate seems
call for very large interest. but til
fact that they may never get 1t bac
must be considered. During the lal
year Of the Mexican war for indepent
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