Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-04-03
EVENTS OF THE DAY
.plToME or THE TELEoRAPhlc
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

tOtai instance OF thirty miles, Satan-
ita won, Ailsa second, Britannia third.
The Prince Of Monaco has renewed
his concession TO the Monte Carlo
Casino for fifty years. on condition that
his annuity be increased from $500, 900
TO s400, 900.
The schooner Noyo, from San Fran
cisco for Fort Bragg, collided of Point
Arena with the steamer Pasadena. The
Noyo was damaged.
The German reichstag committee has
concluded the first reading Of the sugar
bill, and fixed the import duty at 40
marks per 100 kilos.
Ex.Chief Of Police Thomas M. Speers
died In Kansas City Of heart disease,
aged SO. He was chief Of police in
Kansas City for thirty-two years.
The miners employed at the Win.
throp mine, in Ishpeming, Mich, quit
work, because the management wanted
them to work ten hour shifts, instead
Of eight.
In San Francisco, G. +. Mars, a
lathing contractor, was assaulted and
beaten by strikers, who claimed Mars
was working for less than union rates.
He died from the effects Of the injuries.
William Q. Judge. Of the Theoso-
phist Society, died in New York, after
an illness Of two years. He has been
since the death Of Mime. Blavatsky,
the most prominent Theosophist in this
country.
A Washington dispatch says the or.
der soon to be issued drawing into the
civil service large number Of officers
Of the government who are now ex-
cepted is still under deliberation by
! the president.
The strike Of the special order, OF
custom tailors. is already practically
broken. About forty Of the shops
closed have opened, the contractors
having signed the contract drawn NJ
by the men. The strike begun with 9
reported number Of 1000.
The big suit Of Swift & Co. the Chi
cago packers, against the Grand Trunk
railway, which has been pending since
ls92, was dismissed by stipulation.
Swift & Co. sued for $500, 600 on &C
count Of alleged excessive charges fol
freight on shipments east from 1887 K
1889.
The scheme of adding the latest
| weather forecasts to the regular post
marks on letters will be commenced By
the postoffice department July 1. Ap
1 plications for this service from ovel
forty postoffices have been filed, and i
will be introduced in Chicago and othel
large cities.
4 A dispatch to the London Globe from
Cairo says the Kalifa has proclaimet
Jehad (holy war;, against Egypt. ant
called ON all dervishes capable Of bear
ing arms to enroll under his banner
It is said Osman Digna is to leav
Cassala and join the dervishes nov
mastering at Dongola.
That trade between the United State
and Asia is increasing is indicated b
the heavy trans-Pacific mails now al
irving and departing. The steamshi
Victoria that sailed from Tacoma, Cal
ried the largest mail ever taken OF
by Northern Pacific liner. TheI
were 45 sacks of papers, amounting
2.650 pounds, and $500 letters.
News has reached New York frol
Luayra, Venezuela, Of the bursting
the magazine of the Venezuela wa
ship Marscsle Ayacuche. Eight me
were killed in the explosion. The r
mainder Of the crew were rescued /
fishermen. The warship was burne
to the waters edge, but the hulk Wi
saved and taken in tow to La Guayr
In Cleveland, O.. the fishing tul
Jessie Enas and Helene went out {
the lake, and after gathering the net
set out the night before, started bac
When outside the breakwater, q bli
zard struck them and they were so'
hemmed In by dense stacks Of hoatil
ice The powerful harbor tug Bac'
forced her way to the rescue, and. aft
hard battle, brought the Helene |
The Bacon put back to rescue the jess
Enas, but the effort was finally aba
doned.
The British ship Auldgirth, viii
arrived at Cork recently with car
of wheat from Portland, Or, repol
having passed in latitude $500 sout
longitude 1881 west, two large II
bergs, about FIVE miles long and abe
500 feet high. On the following ds
in 66;27 south and 6S;06 west, &
passed eight icebergs from one
" twelve miles long, and from 100 to
feet high. There we're light northe
winds at the time, and fine wealth
The ioebergs were right in the trs
Of ships.
Edison has succeeded, with the
of the Roentgen ray. in penetrating
human body with the naked eye,
successful experiment having b
made at last He looked into the lul
and heart, and examined the arter1
muscles and blood vessels of one OF
assistants. With the powerful cath