Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-06-25
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE day
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The president has appointed .. B.
Brady, OF Alaska, 70 the governorship
Of that territory.
George J. Hackett, miner, was
crushed to death, AZ the result OF an
accident in the Brown Bear mine,a
Deadwood, Cal.
James p. Harlan, brother OF Asso-
ciate Justice Harlan, was accidentally
killed by being run down by train in
Louisville, Ky.
The 18th annual session Of the grand
encampment Of the Indian War Vet
erans Of the North Pacific Coast, 10 in
progress in Portland, Or.
A rock and mud slide near Illeclle-
waet tunnel, British Columbia, on the
Canadian Pacific railroad, killed fve
men and fatally injured another.
AS result OF earthquakes in India
the postofiice at Chittagong has been
swallowed up, some streets are closed
TO traffic and thousands Of poor people
are homeless and living in the open air.
Reports from all portions Of Wash
ington and Oregon, east Of the Cas-
cades, tell Of the rainfall the past
week, which has been general in this
section. The correspondents all agree
that the last vestige Of danger to the
'D7 wheat crop In removed. The crop
yield will be enhanced 20 per cent.
The rain has caused additional benefit
by wiping out the grasshopper pest.
Senator Mcbride, OF Oregon, has been
making an effort to secure the restora-
tion OF the house rate Of $S per 1000
on lumber, phned, grooved and
tongued, instead OF $500, as reported
by the senate committee on finance.
He says that the lumber dressed in this
manner is worth at least twice as much
In the Portland market as the sawed
lumber. which pays duty Of $2 under
the bull, as agreed to. Senator Nc
Bride says that the importations Of
dressed lumber will quite seriously in
| teriere with industries in Oregon and
Washington.
The universal postal congress, the
| fifth convention Of the kind in the
world, has finished its labors in Wash
ington, ID. G. The sixth congress will
be held in Rome in 1908. All the
countries OF the world were represented
ut the congress just closed, with the
exception of Corea and the Orange Free
State, and these two cent word that
they hoped soon to enter the postal
union. The congress. among other
things, succeeded in establishing uni
| form colors for postage stamps, ar
ranged for facilitating intermediary
transit rates and diminishing the tariff
quite materially on graduated scale
for the ensuing six years
Howard A. Scott, who murdered his
wife in October last was electrocuted
in Sing Sing prison, N. Y.
A fast freight train on the Santa Fs
railroad was ditched near Elma, Mo-.
and three tramps and brakeman were
killed.
The United States government i'm
migrant station, on Ellis island, New
York harbor, was destroyed by fire.
but with no loss of life.
Assistant Quarantine Officer Blue
declared that the disease on the City
Of Para, now at Angel island quarantine
station, San Francisco bay, is yellow
fever.
A serious landslide occurred near
Briega, canton Of Valais, Switzerland.
Part Of the forest there and number
OF buildings have been buried. There
was no loss of life.
Sir Henry Irving unveiled memorial
statue to Mrs. Sarah Scott-Siddons, the
famous English actress, on Raddingtor
green, London, where her remainl
were inferred SO years ago.
While Professors Marksburn and
Richards were practicing on flying
trapeze at Fiesta Park, Los Angeles
they fell to the ground and Richard'
sustained internal injuries which viii
probably result fatally.
Firemen extinguished a fire at tn,
home OF Grant Prestel, laborer, a
Dayton, o. They found the charrec
bodies of Rose Prestel, aged 10, ant
Albert Prestel, aged 2 years. Th'
children played with matches and SO
fire to the house.
The southbound express on the Crane
Rapids & Indiana, was derailed nea
Riggeville, Ind. The rails are said 4
have spread, ditching the engine, ten
der, mail and baggage cars. The en-
gine was totally demolished, instantl!
killing the engineer.
The Pacific Mail steamship City o
Para, now in quarantine in San Fran
cisco, brings details Of the loss in mid
Pacific of the British ship Buckhurst
on April 4 last, she having picked u
part of the crew OF the ill-fated vesse
on May 2, when 200 miles of tn
: Nicaragua coast, and landed them .
Punta Arenas. The Buckhurst caugh
Are, and the crew after working to-
days to quench the flames, were com
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