Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-11-26
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome Of the Telegraphic
News Of the World.
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Sohnehbeu ana t0mprehensive FORM
The bubonic plague shows no abatc.
ment in the Poonah district OF India.
Within 4S hours there has been l34
new cases and 94 deaths.
The official vote for governor at the
Ohio state election is thus recorded:
Bushnell, Rep, 429,sl6; Chapman,
Dem, 4ol. .1l5; Holiday, Pro-, 1858;
Coxey, Peo., 8,254; Dexter, Nat. Dem,
1,881; Watkins, social, 4,242; Lewis.
negro protect, 478; Liberty, 3,l70.
Bushnell's plurality was 2s,l0l.
The final act upon the part Of the
government In the ratification Of the
treaty adopted by the recent universal
congress was taken Tuesday, when
President Mckinley signed the formal
convention or treaty and Secretary Of
State Sherman had the government
seal affixed. Postmaster General Gary
had already signed it. The treaty
takes effect January l, 1893.
At session of the knights OF Labor
council at Louisville, it was voted
unanimously to set apart the last Sun
day in June as labor memorial day.
This day will be observed by all the
district assemblies in the United States
II was expressly stated that the day
should not be regarded in the light Of
a holiday. 1t was fixed upon Sunday
80 it could not be made holiday, with
it's attendant festivities.
| n1as..,
| 1000, 600 acres OF land in the North
west, including the cities of Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul, has been brought be-
| fore Commissioner Hermann, OF the
4 general land Office, and the assistance
/ OF the government ir securing official
data Is called for. The claimants are
/ G. b. Holloway, Of Holland, o., and
\ A. Gum. OF Momee, O. Th'y are
making an examination OF the general
( land Office records with a view to secur-
ing copies OF certified paper, which,
they assert. will establish their title
to the lands claimed by them. Their
ancestor, through whom they claim
title, was Jonathan Carver. an English.
man, a we'll known explorer in the last
century.
Political excitement is intense in
Brazil and martial law Is in force.
Koon Sang, Chinese priest, was
killed by highbnders in San Francisco.
J. K. Sovereign, the recently retired
master workman OF the Knights OF La
Dor, has declared his intention to run
for president Of the United States in
1900.
The blue and gray have met again on
common ground. Military triumphs
were honored at Orchard Knob, Tenn,
Monday, and monuments TO the
achievements at Chickamauga and Mis-
sionary Ridge accepted.
A. ]. Sage, a well-known rancher,
living few miles below Sand Point,
Idaho was shot and instantly killed
while out hunting. An old acquaint-
ance, named John Snyder, who went
out with him hunting, and who became
separated from him for a short time,
seeing what he supposed to be deer
moving among the trees, fired at it, and
upon reaching the spot was Mortified to
find that ne had shot his friend dead.
Rev. Myron w. Reed, pastor OF one
OF Denver's leading churches, during
his discourse Sunday created somewhat
Of sensation while discussing the kill.
ing Of the Ute Indians by deputy game
wardens in Colorado recently, by de.
claring that he intended to see thai
Warden Wilcox and his deputies are
tried for murder. He also denounced
the preachers who have remained silent
in the matter.
Fifty-two families have arrived in
North Yakima, Wash, from Polk
county, Minnesota, to make new
homes. Many have already selected
lands along the Yakima valley canal
west Of the city, and others will locate
in the vicinity OF the Mckee artesiar
. wells. The colony is made up almos
wholly of French people, and they viii
be the means of bringing many NOR,
settlers to Yakima county il their ex
perience proves satisfactory.
The state supreme court OF MontanI
has sustained the constitutionality o
the inheritance law passed by the las
legislature. The law imposes tax o
per cent on bequests to any benehci
ary, not relative, whore the estat
amounts to over 800. The tax ON es
tates directly inherited, where the valu
of the estate is over $780, is pc
cent. 1t is estimated that the decision
). will yield the state $4,000 from es
tates already in process of settlement
The Wyoming supreme court has de
cided that foreign-born citizens mus
be required to read the constitution i
the English language in order to vote
o One hundred and fifteen Firms, VIII
Q voted the Republican ticket at the re
i cent election in that state, could nc
read the constitution in English, bu
t, their votes were accepted, as they coul
II read it in their own language. TIL
decision will nut the Democratic car