Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-09-11
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
uomprsbsnsive Review Of the Import.
ant Happenings Of ths Past Week
Cuiisd From the telegraph Columns

ant Happenings Of this Past Week
Cuiisd From the telegraph Columns
A warerw0rKs system In the Wells
precinct Of Spokane was burned to the
ground, entailing loss Of about ", 900.
The banks Of Seattle will retaliate
npon those Of Canada for discounting
American money by demanding q dis
,ount upon all coins presented, which
ZONE across the northern border.
Officer Frank Toal, Of Vallejo. Cal, t,
wills attempting to arrest Dan Wynne,
wab shot by the latter and killed.
Wynne was hit by bullet from the
officers revolver and IL expected to die.
Jospeh Orosz was hanged in Pitts
burg, Pa, for the murder Of Tereas
Bobak, whom he shot January 8, be-.
cause she refused 90 marry him. He
also shot himself, but the wound did
not prove serious.
Indians living In the vicinity Of En-.
terpirse. Or, are threatening to avenge
the death OF the balf-breed who was re-
GENTLY lynched at Asotin for outraging
q young lady. by general massacre Of
the settlers in that locality. The set
tiers have taken precautions against
surprise by the dusky braves.
The French mining syndicate which
has made extensive purchases Of min
Ing properties In Oregon and Wash
lngton recently, has made another deal
whereby IL acquires possession Of the
placer grounds ON Snake river near
5turgilps bar. The purchase price Is not
named, but the first payment IL $4,000.
A London dispatch says that In Off.
cial circles IL 10 believed the Marquis
Of Salisbury has determined to pursue
bis own cousre at Constantinople In
future. and has given the British am.
bassador. Sir Philip Currie, precise and
significant instructions with greater
powers to.command naval aid in en-
forcing the demands of Great Britain.
The stoppage Of the pumps In the
Leadville mines where strike is In
progress will cause considerable dam
age, and prominent mine official says
IL will take months TO repair the dam.
age done in the flooded mines The
strikers profess 10 view the situation as
being more favorable 10 them, and TO
have information that the compact be-
tween the managers 10 broken iTretriev.
ably. and that some Of the leading
mines will resume work within week.
conceding the demands Of the union,
A meeting Of the business men was
held recently to petition the union to
declare the strike of. but did not de.
eide upon definite action.
Viola Foster. of Burns. Or. who
was accidentally shot last week, by .
gun In the hands OF her father, died
from the effects Of her wound.
In the grain warehouse at Lewiston,
idaho. have been received this season
$4,000 bushels OF wheat, and more IL
soming In at the rate Of about 2,500
bushels day.
While engaged in digging we'll ON
bis farm near Greenville, Or, Lewis
Hartwicker was overcome by noxious
gases and died before he could be
brought to the surface.
Captain Jack" Crawford, who
claimed to be the original poet scout
Of Oregon, was accidentally killed by
falling rock In the Blewett gold
mine, near Blewett, Wash.
A part Of the Equitable powder
plant, four and a half miles east Of AL,
ton. ILL.,, blew up, and throe persons
lost their lives. The shock was felt foi
twenty miles. Buildings were dam,
aged In Alton.
The business part Of Laddonia, Mo-,
was gutted by $4,000 fire which
started from an unknown cause In the
drugstore Of Frank Beagles. Eight
business places, including the Farmers
y Traders bank, were burned out.
| A terrible explosion occurred at Pin
hole. CAL, the California powder
works being blown mp. Three people
were killed and the entire plant of the
powder works was destroyed. I'm
mense assures were opened in tht
ground.
Peter Wildaner, prosperous stock
man Of Eastern Oregon, committed
suicide at his home near Upper Will
low creek by shooting himself through
the head. Poor health 10 the motive
assigned for the commission of th'
rash act.
A fatal wreck to passenger train No
l on the Atlantic q Pacific occurred al
Williams, N. M. The engine ran intt
an open switch, derailing 1t and the
mail car. Fred Downs, the engineer
was caught between the cab and tender
and badly scslded. Frank Flickinger
the fireman. was caught under the en-
gine and killed almost instantly.
The fast passenger train service rec
ord In the West was broken by the
Union Pacific's overland limited. The
regular schedule time Of the train il
over so miles an hour, including stops
One day recently the train was an hour
late at Grand Island. 100 miles from
Omaha, with sixteen coaches. Tit
time was fully made up before the trail
reached Omaha.