Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-01-14
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE Day
Epitome Of the Telegraphic
News Of the World.
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

The sultan is negotiating for the
building OF first.class armoreA
cruiser,
Tho steamer Concho has arrived in
New York from Havana with 989 bales
of Cuban tobacco.
The English engineers anounce that
they have plenty Of funds and intend
to continue their strike.
II is reported that the Afridis are
assembling IN tribal council, with Q
view to concluding peace.
Eight Of the principal buildings In
Lebanon, Tenn.. were destroyed by
FIRE Thursday night, with loss OF
s75, 900.
The death rate OF Chicago for the
year was IA In the thousand, the lowest
recorded for any city Of over 400, 600 in
habitants.
The British bark Taymount, bound
from Liverpool for San Francisco, IL
now 224 days overdue. and her owners
have given her up.
John Williams, at Marscilles, o., at
tackled Mrs. Flint and cut her 80 badly
with knife that she Ia not expected to
live. He then fatally cut himself.
British bark Samaritan. from San
Francisco. arrived In Liverpool consid-
erahly damaged from hurricane
which she encountered December 22.
Walter Gregory and Philip McNelly
we're instantly killed by switching
engine on the track in the yard Of the
Mnrden Boiler Works at Philadelphia.
A thief stole "a, 900 worth OF jewelry
from the house OF Volney Malett. pres
ident Of the Indiana National bank, Of
indianapolis, while the family were at
dinner
Joseph Locklcy, clerk Of the manage
of the McHenry Estate Association. has
disappeared from New York, after So.
curing several thousand dollars by
raised checks.
A fortnightly steamer service be-
tween this coast and Australia will
commence In February, the Canadian
Pacific line and the Oceanic line alter
mating their sailing dates.
French bark Lombard. from Mobile.
Ala, sunk while entering the port of
Cettc, France. Five OF the crew, in-
Guiding tho captain, were drowned.
and eight were saved.
Mrs. Sarah McGovern, wife of one
OF the wealthiest residents of Rankin,
Pa, was shot and killed at her home
Friday night, and her husband has
been arrested for murder.
A new law went into effect on tho
first OF the year in Massachusetts,, pro-
viding that not over 30 per cent OF the
inmates Of any penal institution in
the state shall be employed In any one
industry.
| A line OF steamers ia to be estah-
lished between Valparaiso and San
Francisco.
Five shots fred by an unknown per.
son into saloon at Picton, COL, killed
Robert Mandoiini, the proprietor, and
/ ltaNt LsNhHhf anu IAtIltu away pOttAOs
of tho chin Of Dick Owens.
A council Of the Uintah and White
River Utes was held Friday, and an
agreement finally made to oonsummate
the sale of their lands on the terms pro-
posed by the commission.
A destructive wind storm visited
Chattanooga Friday. A large frame
church and considerable other minor
damage was done The wind wss fol-
lowed by heavy snow storm.
Vladimer Bourtzeff, editor OF tho
Narodnaya Voltz, and Wierzbecki.
printer OF that paper, have been com.
mtted for trial In London for publish.
ing articles melting persons to aasas.
sinate the czar.
Tho trustees appointed by Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst to obtain architectural
plans Of the buildings and grounds fol
/ the University Of California have com.
pleted tho plan of an international com.
petition which liz TO be issued immedi'
ately.
Colorado will not join tho combina'
tion proposed among certain Western
states to biennially inspect the books
OF large Eastern life insurance com
panies as condition precedent to per-
mitting them to do business in thoss
states.
Morris Mueller and Victor Goldstein
attempted to drag William Smith, 4
passer-by, into secondhand store In
st, Louis. Smith drew pistol and
fred several shots. Mueller is in the
hospital dying, Col istein has some
bullet holes IN his arm, and Smith ia In
| Jail.
The building trades council Of sar
4 Francisco has indorsed the action Of
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald In urg
Ing the annexation OF Hawaii, advocat
Ing the eight.hour labor law and the
anti-immigration law, and striving tc
have clause inserted in the specitica
tion for the new postoifice requiring al
i nAo,,a IN ha draaaad IN San ErannisgO