Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-04-30
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE day
Epitome of the Telegraphio
News Of the World.
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
an Interesting Collection OF Items From
shs New and the Old World In
Condensed and Comprehensive Form.


was killed by the bite OF rattlesnake.
Edward Neill was mangled to death
at Wallace, Idaho, by line shaft in
which his clothing became entangled.
Two elderly women were knocked
down and robbed in their home in Gin
cinnati, o., by three men, who escaped
with jewelry valued at $4,000.
Governor Adams, Of Colorado, has
vetoed the bill regulating the manufac-
ture and sale OF oleomargarinc passed
at the recent session OF the legislature.
The veto me "a % IL sensational, az the
governor shows in his message that the
most barefaced bribery ever attempted
WAS employed TO secure the passage Of
the bill.
At meeting OF prominent Parnell-
ties in Dublin, Ireland, q resolution
was adopted providing for the forma-
tion Of an independent Irish league, in
which agrarian interests are not to be
dominant. and which will be founded
on the broader and sounder basis of
independent political action for the
benefit OF the whole Irish nation" The
object OF the league will be "civil and
religious liberty, and absolute inde-
pcndence Of all alliances with any En-
glsh party"
The famous "hat.trimmings case, "
which indirectly invovled between $780,
900, 900 and $25, 100000, and which
has been postponed from time to time
for the past three years, has been
finally decided in favor Of the govern
ment by a jury in the United States
circuit court in Philadelphia. The suit
was brought as test case by an i'm
porting firm, who sought to recover
from the government difference OF 30
per cent in customs duties. The firm g
contention was that the importations
In question consisted solely Of hat trim.
mings, on which the duty, under the
Mckinley tariff act, was only 90 pei
cent, but the federal officials prov ed
that the merchandise was used chiefly
for dresses, and dress trimmings, on
which there was duty OF 90 per cent.
A number of japanese have left Sar
Francisco for Mexico, where q colon,
will be formed on land granted them by
the Mexican government.
The body of Captain Evan Davies, o
the British four-masted ship Delcairnie
who drowned over four months ago II
the harbor at Astoria, has been picked
up by fisherman. The remains wer,
positively identified by papers found il
the pocket.
The great coon and varmint hunt OF
Fox island, Washington, in which sew
eral hundred hunters participated, wa
anything but success as q varmint
killing bee, though all who attended
we're well satisfied, as the courtesies o
the islanders made the outing mos
enjoyable one.
Seth L. Milliken, representing in tn
house Of representatives the third dis
trict Of Maine, died at Washington
For some time he had suffered iron
serious affection OF the bronchia
tubes, which last week develops
alarmingly, and was accompanied b
kidney and liver complications.
Bernardino Asseuro, . Mexican sci
tier on the tract OF land near Hollister
CAL, claimed by Portuguese, wa
found murdered in the charred RI
mains of his hut. Investigation show
that Asseuro was murdered with an a,
! after which the body was laid on tn
J bed, and the hut fred, to conceal til
crime.
The first wool OF the season has bee
delivered to a warehouse in Heppne
Or. 1t is said the wool is lighter an
OF better staple and brighter than TIL
clip from the same sheep last seasoI
The rain has greatly delayed the shea
ing in that section. Few sheep are b.
{ ing sold. owners holding firmly for
small advance, about 10 cents a hea'
more than buyers are willing to pay.
A dispatch from Baker City, Or
says that Powder river is higher tha
Y 1t has ever been known to be, and
doing great damage. Only one brids
remains in the city, and II the war
weather continues, it will go out. III
Sumpter Valley railroad is flooded +
miles, and trains will not be runnir
for weeks. The northern residence pc
8 tion Of the city is inundated.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the Unit,
: States supreme court, has refused
I writ of habeas corpus in the case of !
} verton r.. Chapman, broker, who l
fused to testify in the sugar speculate
investigation as to whether senate
Y. had speculated in sugar stocks while 7
r. Wilson tariff bill was before that bod
The sentence Of the supreme court
the District of Columbia TO 80 days
Jail and 800 fine was affirmed, al
Chapman's application for writs Of q