Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-05-07
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News Of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES


property OF the Iowa Elevator Company
at Peoria, ILL.,; loss, 100000.
Lieutenant Etoff, grandson OF Presi-
dent Kruger, has been acquitted OF the
charge Of slander against Queen Vic
toria.
Trainwreckers threw a switch and
wrecked train on the Houston q Tex
ms Central and killed one man and in.
jured several.
The schooner Annie was crushed in
an ice foe of st. johns, N. b. The
crew Of twenty five men barely escaped
with their lives.
N. Burris, Son g. Co., Of Norfolk,
Va, one OF the most prominent ana
widely known banking firms in the
South, has failed.
The insurgents against Spanish rule
in the Philippine islands are still 26,-
900 strong and offering stout resistance
in the mountains.
The Hansard union OF printers and
publishers in London, which collapsed
in 1891, has paid quarter OF million
sterling Of its Indebtedness.
The mineowners Of Leadville, Col,
met and subscribed $4,000 toward
draining the mines. and 1t is estimated
that opening the mines will put 7oo
men TO work.
The Democratic members OF the
finance committee object to reporting
the tariff bill direct to the senate.
They rely upon the Nevada senator to
secure amendments in full committee.
The French fishing vessel Valiant,
Captain Pierre, from st. Malo for Mi.
. quelon, struck an iceberg on the Grand
:. banks, near st. Johns, N. f., on the
18th inst, and almost Immediately
foundered. She had seventy-thret
fishermen on board, and all took to thu
boats. Only one OF these boats has s'
far been heard from. When 1t left th'
a vessel, its complement was ten men
Three perished from exposure and hun
. ger The bodies OF the first two wer'
thrown overheard, but the survivors, II
their desperation, We're driven to can
nibalism, and ate the third. The boa
was picked up bya schooner. The sur
yivors are in shocking condition, an
are so badly frostbitten that their arm
must be amputated.
1t is reported that the Oregon delega
tion in congress has recommended Pre-
fessor II. B. Miller, president OF tn
= state agricultural college at Corvallis
for diplomatic appointment to Gel
many.
~ Company G, Oregon National Guart
~ Allan J. Walker, captain, has been di
banded by order of Governor Lore
The company's headquarters were
Myrtle Point, Coos county, II
resignation Of Captain Walker, mae
necessary by his removal from Il
. state, was the cause for making the o
- der.
The president has sent to congress u
report Of the boundary commission
pointed to locate the boundary line
m tween Mexico and the United State
west OF the Rio Graude river. Il
presidents message merely transm
the papers filed by the commissi
with the state department, consisting
printed volumes and maps
A dispatch from Coulee City, Wasl
saws that while Grif Jones, Char
- Deeter and Ray Weston were roundi
"a up band of young horses on low
- Crab creek, they undertook to swim
horses, below Rocky ford, across
stream. While crossing the horses
came entangled and unruly, and Jol
and Weston were thrown into the wa
Qv and drowned, while Deeter managed
'''' reach the shore.
Private John N. Stamm, OF Wa
Walla barracks, was accidentally 8
tx during target practice, and it is
possible for him 20 recover. Serge
IA Names pistol snapped while aim
Mt the target. He returned to wh
Stamm was standing, and was expi'
Tv ing to him the reason why the
~ fridge failed to explode. In doing
he pulled the trigger, and the reyol
was discharged, the bullet striF
Stamm in the groin, and passing ent
" through tho body, perforating
intestines, and coming out OF the b'
ava The governors of Oregon and w
80 ington have received copies of the
for the annual meeting OF the tr
Mississippi congress, to be held
m year in Salt Lake City, July IA to
pv with request that they designa
- number of citizens TO represect
states, including, "at least one spea
.. AZ who will be prepared to present s
~ :" general subject in which the state II
W. terested." The objects of the coni
are to secure closer trade relations
national legislation of benefit to .
west Of the Mississippi. W, j, b
I, hos heen made president OF the cong