Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-07-30
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clency appropriation Dill.
Miss Jean Ingelow, the distinguished |
poetess and novelist, died in London.
She was in her nth year.
The formation OF safemakers' COM
bine, which will include almost every
manufacturer In this country, is now
under consideration in New York.
Tho new light draught gunboat An
napolis has been placed in commission
at the navy yard in Brooklyn. The
ceremonies were witnessed by large
number OF spectators and many naval
officers.
John A. Creighton was held up at
the gate OF his home in Omaha, Neb.,
and severely beaten about the head and
robbed OF valuable diamond stud and
considerable sum OF money. John
Schenck. Creighton's brother-in-lsw,
who answered his cries for help, was
also robbed OF o valuable diamond
Creighton's injuries are very severe.
| Senator Pritchard announces that the
civil service investigations by the SEN
ate committee on civil service reform
| will be discontinued until fall This
| committee will visit Omaha In October
and take testimony in the case Of some
alleged violations OF the civil service
law there and upon their return may
resume their hearings in Washington.
Yellow Hair and Sam Grow, the two
4 Cheyenne Indians who were arrested as
accessories with Eugene Standing Elk
| for the murder OF John Hoover, over
whose death the late trouble on the
Rosebud reservation occurred, broke
Jail at Miles City, Mont, by digging
! through an l6-inch wall A posse is
out securing the country for them, but
with little hope Of catching them.
President Mckinley has received the
resolution adopted by the Pittsbure
miners asking him to use his good
offices in the settlement of the coal
strike. but has not yet sent reply. He
has also received many communications
and suggestions on the subject, but 1t
il improbable that he will take any
action in the matter in the absence OF
some definite plan for the settlement OF
the strike.
The freight department OF the North
ern Pacific has issued special joint
tariff Of go cents on -four and wheat
mama. in carload lots, minimum
weight "a, 900 pounds, effect August, s,
from points in Idaho and Washington
to points in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
and Missouri. The trunk lines have
asked the Western roads to join them
in movement to allow the transpor-
tation OF $50 pounds Of baggage to trans
Pacific passengers having first-class
tickets to the Pacific coast and reduced
fare order for the ocean passage. The
request will likely be granted.
Col. G. f. Crocker, vice-president of
the Southern Pacific railroad, died at
his home in San Francisco.
The miners strike in the Eastern
states Is assuming desperate aspect.
The miners have appealed to the rail-
waymen for help.
| G. M. Shultz, OF Chicago, has bought
the Tacoma Ledger and has placed j.
NJ. Bradley in editorial management.
The price paid was $4,000.
There is great rush from Seattle
and the Sound to the gold fields at
Clondyke. One miner says that many
will 40 there who will never return.
John Durbin, one Of Oregon's oldest
pioneers and citizens, died at the home
OF his grandson, Duncan Ross, near
Salem. He was nearly i08 years old.
The pioneer jubilee has been ushered
In at Salt Lake, and this week will be
witnessed one of the Srandest celebra-
tions ever seen in the inter-mountain
country.
The Japan official press states that it
is probable that the Japanese govern
ment will agree to the proposal of Ha-
wai and submit the dispute between
the two countries to arbitration.
The famous Broadmoor Casino, a
800, 900 pleasure resort at Colorado
Springs, Colo, was burned to the
ground. The entire loss will be double
that amount. There was scarcely any
insurance.
Two masked men robbed the Sac and
Fox postoffice, 80 miles from Guthrie,
o. t., and secured quantity of regis
tered letters, stamps and a small sum
Of money. They We're after $40, 900
being paid the Indians
w. A. Bellwood, wcll-known
Philadelphia merchant, has been ar
rested for obtaining jewelry under
false pretense. He pawned the jewelry
! to get money to bet o. horse races, and
in this way lost $4,000.
|, The Central Labor Union of New
York, after long wrangle, adopted the
following resolution: Resolved, That
the appointment Of I. v. Powderly as
commissioner OF immigration is the
greatest Official insult ever offered by
the federal goyernuen' to organized Ia.
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