Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-01-01
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Comprehensive Review Of the Import
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4 Comprehensive Review Of the Import
ant Happenings Of tho Past Week
cuiied From tho Telegraph Columns.
A Birmingham, Ala, special says
that Joe James, colored, was lynched
at Woodstock He attempted to as
sault Fannie Smith, aged IL. while she
/ was on her way to school.
! An trade has been issued granting
amnesty to all Armenian prisoners, ex-
/ cept those sentenced TO death for MUIR
4 der. The terms Of the amnesty include
about 100 Armenians under sentence
Of death for other offenses than murder
Contrary 10 advices from Spain, 1t
has been ascertained that the Spaniards
were ignominiously defeated by Phil
I ippine insurgents in the combined naval
and foot attack on Noveleta from Mo-
4 vember . to IA. The Spaniards lost
heavily.
A special from Paris says II Is sug-
gested that Great Britain, France and
Italy, the powers most interested. offer
their services In the Cuban question in
order TO prevent conflict between
Spain and the United States. and ter.
inmate the revolt.
DR. Il. Forbes, representing Lon.
don firm, arrived ON the last steamer
from the Orient In San Francisco, with
cases Of medical instruments valued
at $50, 600 He claims they are works
i of art. and should be admitted free OF
duty. The customs authorities are
withholding the instruments, however.
until the duty 10 paid.
! The postmaster of Des Moines. Ia,
had his carriers look up worthy cases
OF poor families and delivered presents
to them ON Christmas morning. Sew
eral hundred dollars was subscribed by
business men for the purpose. Scores
of letters were received from poor chill
dren telling what they desired Santa
Claus to bring them.
Senator Mitchell, Of Oregon, has
proposed an amendment TO the sundry
civil appropriation bill, providing for
auxiliary fishcultural stations at points
10 be selected by the commissioner Of
fish and fisheries in Oregon, Washing
ton and California. for the propagation
of salmon, front and other fishes. The
amendment appropriates $4,000 for
the purpose.
Jerry Burke. the colored boy. who
hacked Mrs. John Foss and her dangh.
ter, Mrs. Cavanaugh, with an AK. at
their home at Clio. Livingston parish.
Louisiana, last Sunday. was captured
by posse Of citizens about mile
from the scene Of the crime. ln view
Of the fact that the ladies are not dead,
the plan to burn him at the stake was
abandoned, and he was simply riddled
with bullets.
The secretary of the treasury has
sent 20 congress computation Of the
Pacific railroad debts as made by the
government actuary. The statement
shows that the advances to the Union
Pacific. including the Kansas Pacific,
by the government, will, ut maturity,
the FIRST Of next July, amount to $92,'
SAC, 2s5. Of which sufficient has been re.
paid to reduce the amount to sos, ,2S9.
be3. The balance due on account Of
the Central Pacific on July next will
be 500, 0,3i8,S77.
DR.. Thomas Powell, of Missouri, re
GENTLY made some remarkable expert
ments before a party Of doctors In Lot
J Angeles in order TO prove the efficacy
Of his remedy for certain diseases. Hi
alarmed the physicians present by in
jectiDg bacillus tuberculosis and bac
cilli diptherial into himself, appearing
to take them without evil effect. HI
also injected some bactina into tive
guinea pigs, which promptly died
l His next experiment will be to injeo
4 sputum from woman dying Of con
, sumption into himself.
The annual statement of oonstruc
tion published by the Railway Age. o
Chicago shows that during 1895 onl.
1902 miles Of railway lines were bull
/. In the United States. This 10 one mil
less than the total reported for 1895
aud the smallest mileage built in an.
, year since 1875. The number of line
on which this track was laid Is 1853
A which is eleven less than the numbe
: Of new lines added in the previou
year. Track was laid in thirty 'eigh
OF the forty-four states and territories
Y The longest mileage was built in Cali
fornia--187 miles on eight lines.
A Paris paper publishes interview
with prominent men Of France and
foreign diplomat, all Of whom reproac
Great Britain and Spain for abandon
ing France in the Mexican expeditio
> Of 1864, the object Of which, they say
was to create an American governmer
to oounterbalance the power OF tn
n United States
" The Russian ambassador, M do Mel
doff, has had An audience with tn
sultan Of Turkey, at which he urge
:, the introduction Of reforms and tn
n grtnfing of amnesty 30 imprisone
Armt mans. The sultan asserted ths
the reforms agreed upon by the power
already had been executed and prom
ised to issue an amnesty decree in
few days.