Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-08-06
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
VERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
the New and the Old World In
Condensed and Comprehensive Form


because Of the new tariff.
Mrs. Hougen, aged IS, was burned
TO death in her home near Burlington,
skagit county, Wash.
The July run Of salmon, although
late, is promising well and the fisher
men on the lower Columbia are report
Ing large catches.
The fax grown for fiber on the Cor
wallis college farm has been pulled. A
portion OF IL attained the length OF 58
inches, while the average length Is
about 40 inches.
The first mail for the Yukon valley
Under the new contract left Juneau
July 10 In charge Of +. w. Hoyt, car
rier. II consisted Of ] ,633 letters, be-
ing an accumulation from last April.
The treasury officials have discovered
a number OF Inconsistencies in the new
tariff law, come OF them, il is feared,
incapable OF reconciliation. II Is point
ed out that section 262 places the duty
ON plums at 26 cents per busbel, and
section 264 fixes the rate ut cents per
pound. An error in the paragraph re-
ferring to currants was corrected in
conference.
The desire OF Germany to institute
an European control Of Greek finances
still hampers the settlement Of the in-
demnity question. IL liz understood
that the Volo-Larissa railway will be
transferred to the Greek administration,
with the stipulation that the same ia
cilities shall be granted TO Turkey for
the transportation Of troops as are grant
cd to Greece.
A dispatch from Ottowa announces
( that the Canadian government has de-
cided TO impose royalty on all placer
diggins on the Yukon in addition to
/ slb registration fee and 800 annual
assessment. The royalty will be 10
\ per cent each on claims on which there
4 Is an output Of $500 or less monthly,
I and 90 per cent on every claim produc-
4 ing above that amount yearly. Besides
this royalty, IL has been decided in re-
I gard 10 all future claims staked out on
other streams or rivers, that every al
I ternate claim should be the property Of
the government. and should be reserved
for public purposes and sold or worked
by the government for the benefit u
the revenue of the Dominion.
The steamer Hope, after coaling at
Campbleton, &, b., sailed for the Arc
tic regions with Lieutenant Peary and
party on board.
4 A. A. Fischer. German, aged o.,
because of ill-health sucked gas and
died in San Francisco. He left note
asking that the gas he consumed be
paid for.
Thomas Renberge, welldigger, and
William Butler. veterinarian, we'll
known in Wabash. Ind, were drowned
in the Mississippi river near there
while fishing
Captain ]. It. G. Nash has bonded
the Golden Standard quartz mine,
owned by the Kublis and Judge Wat.
son, near GOLD Hill in jackson county,
Or. The price is $l25, 900.
The fund for the Omaha Worlds
fair now amounts to 500, 1888. paid in
private subscription. The state gives
another 500, 900. There will be no
trouble in swelling the stock to $780,.
600.
That Japan will continue to oppose
the Hawaiian annexation treaty IL
shown by the latest news from the Jap
anese government, under date Of July
10. which is now made public for tht
first time. While couched in polite
and diplomatic language, the protest il
sufficiently firm in tone to show that
Japan will continue to wage diplo
matte war, and possibly go further tC
prevent the contamination of the an
nexation policy.
Recent advices from Peru, which
have been confirmed by 9, de Miranda
petroleum magnate now in SaI
Francisco, state that the wonderful.
rich strikes reported from the Clon
dyke region have been totally eclipseC
by fabulous discoveries of gold in tha
, South American republic. In an in
terview Mr.. Miranda said that there n,
longer seemed to be any doubt that th'
famous Inca gold fields, which hav
been considered as myths among tn
intelligent people Of Peru, have at las
been discovered.
4 The schooner Norma arrived at Hon
olulu from the South seas on the 18TH
While the vessel was cruising on tn
long voyage Captain Rosehill secure,
4 sufficient evidence to warrant the be
B lief that England has been taking fol
NAL possession Of number of small
irtile islands in that portion Of tn
I. globe, without stopping to inquire VIII
the owners might be. There are man.
lagoon islands that are very fertile
but uninhabited. These are now be
ing brought under cultivation for En-
glish companies, who are plantin
cocoanut groves and other tropics
fruits for the export trade.