Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-06-12
OF THE DA
Epitome of the Telegraph
News OF the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE.
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In Condensed Form.

the Two Hemispheres Presented
In n Condensed Form.
The G7ecian government, in cir
cular note to the powers, repudiates re.
sponsibiltiy for the rebellion in Crete
unless the porte restores Cretean au-
tonomy.
A Nuremburg dispatch says the first
four prizes in the international chess.
masters tournament, to begin July 20,
have been increased to $3.50, $500,
1915 and $3.50 respectively.
1t is reported in Windsor, Ont, that
the tug Lorimer, Of Detroit, owned by
Alexander Buell.. has gone down in the
middle ground of Pelee island and all
hands lost. The report cannot be veri.
fed.
John +. Caples and X. A. Booth, Of
Oregon. were on visit to Cleveland,
o., and presented gold nugget to Mark
Hanna, McKinley's manager. Speeches
were made by Mr.. Hanna and the Ore.
gonians.
The Diario, published in Buenos
Ayres, says that when congress has ap.
proved the unification of the Argen-
tine debt, DR.. j. Romero, the minister
Of finance, will elaborate scheme for
the conversion Of the paper money.
In Los Angeles, CAL, an electric CO..
ran over and killed an inmate of the
Soldiers Home, whose identity is un.
known. The belief is that the old man
was placed on the track by hoodlums,
though it was apparently a case oi
suicide.
The Pittsburg and Indiana manufac.
turers have closed down all the win.
dow. glass factories in the territories
controlled by them. This throws A, 900
skilled workmen and about / 800 Ia
borers out of work month earlier
than usual
The Prohibition national convention
held in Pittsburg, nominated the fol
lowing ticket: President. Joshua H.
Levering, of Maryland; vice. president.
Hale johnson, of Illinois. The silver
plank was rejected and also the woman
uffrage plank.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Standard says it is made con.
dition Of the French and Spanish bank.
ers, who are largely interested in
Spanish railways enterprises. to assist
the government to obtain loans for the
Cuban campaign.
The Bank of New England, of Man
chester, N. H., has suspended business
for the first time. being by vote Of
its directors and with the consent Of
the bank commissioners Of the state.
Creditors are being paid with an idea
of clearing up the deposits. The bank
had not recovered from its loss in 1898.
Judge Hanford, of Seattle, has sigued
decree foreclosing the mortgage held
by the Bay State Trust Company on the
Washington & Idaho railroad, and or.
dering the sale of the entire property
of the road. The mortgage was dated
September 2, 1889, and the entire
amount of indebtedness is now $5,277,,
1878.
In Berlin, it is said resolution
passed by the socialist evangelical con.
gress, warmly approving the course OF
DR.. Stoecker, may be regarded as a
pronunciamento against the emperor's
dispatch of censure against the former
court chaplain. The passage of the
resolution has caused the greatest sen
sation there.
An Athens dispatch says: The be
siegers of Vemos have rejected thu
terms offered by the foreign consuls,
that the arms and supplies be surren
dered and that the garrison of troop
be removed. A high Turkish officia
who was an eye witness of the Cane;
massacre, admits that Turkish sol
dier deliberately shot the Greek cavas
dead.
A private letter received in Prescott
Ariz., from South Africa confirms til
telegraphic news of the killing of Fl
N. Palmer and w. Fl. johnson, nea
Buluwayo. They were in the mine
thirty miles from Euluwayo, when tn
party was attacked and massacred
Palmer was one of the best known min
ing and mill men ON the coast, an
was warm personal friend of Joh
Hays Hammond.
Upon the arrival of the steamer Sig
nal in Astoria announcement was mad
of a change in the programme of hand
ling Chinese coming to the Paciti
coast by the Canadian Pacific line c
steamers. Instead of being landed q
the nearest point to their destination
they will be held on the Sound and tn
Identification papers will be forwarde
by mail to the custom house officials q
the points where the Chinese seek &C
mission.
The body Of woman was foun
floating in the Columbia river, in frol
of Astoria. The head and neck ha
been horribly mangled with some shar
instrument, presumably an AK. Thei
was large cash extending from th
top OF the forehead to the bridge of tt