Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-03-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts Of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Review Of tho Import.
ant Happenings Of ths Cur
rent Week.

An explosion occurred Mt the Mano-
wan coal mine near MonongaheIa City,
Pa. Two men are known 70 have been
killed. Five were injured, and from
10 70 25 are said to be entombed in the
mine.
An explosion toog place at San
Rafael, CAL. at the United States
smokeIess powder works. which result
cd In the death OF two men, Charles
A. Jenks and Charles Nelson, vino were
employed In the material room. Two
buildings were completely destroyed.
and the roofs torn of the other build
ings close by and windows broken for
miles around.
A Havana dispatch alleges that Cap
tain General Blanco and General Man-
terola have notified tho Madrid govern
ment that they will resign their offices
| II the Spanish torpedo fleet is 10 be de-
tanned at the Canaries In obedienc. TO
the demand of President Mckinley.
Captain Eulate, OF the vizcaya, Is also
alleged TO have sent similar message
TO the Spanish admiralty.
Chaplain Chidwick, Of tho Maine,
has completed his mortuary report,
which shows that 2b7 men and two
officers periuhed In the catastrophe.
Six succlmbed TO their injuries while
lying In San Ambrosio hospital; one
died on thc Spanish transport; I'll
bodies have been recovered from tho
wreck. OF which 6i have been identified;
| l0i have been buried III Colon cemetery
and ii at Key West. This is the off,
cial report, made public alter careful
correction.
Rev. 0rsen D. Taylor, OF The Dalies.
Or, who has been IN Jail In Saginaw.
1 Mich. for several months, and against
whom proceedings for securing money
under false pretenses have been drag
ging along In the circuit court for q
| year or more. has ut last been SEN
tenced 10 eix Year, Ia the jackson state
| prison. The complainant alleged that
Taylor induced him TO buy $1,000
worth OF shares in the Interstate In
| yestmant Company, Of The Dallea, Or,
q concern which did not exist
Roland wurthingson, the veteran
journalist, died ~ his home in Boston.
Representative King. OF Utah. intro
duced Tuesday joint resolution recog.
nizing the Independence oi Cuba.
The submarine boat Holland has
made another trip In New York. At a
depth Of 10 feet under water che showed
good speed, and was handled with ease.
A dispatch to the Berlin vossicho
Zeitung from Dare's Salaan, 30 miles
south Of Zanzibar, East Africa, says
that last month party Of German for
eatora was attacked. and three Germans
and many OF the native carriers were
nassacred.
1 While returning home from church
in weilsvillc, o., Oliver Reed asked
Sarah Walton TO marry him. and upon
her refusal be shot her through tho
heart. He then blew his brains ont
dying In short time, Papers found
on his body show the deed was premed-
itated.
The house committee on naval affairs
has completed the naval appropriation
/ bill. The bill il calculated rs carrying
between csc. .0O0, 900 and Ss7, 900. 600,
Of which about e3. 600, 900 will be ax-
pended on thie years work on the three
battle-ships, six torpedo boats and ak
torpedo-boat destSoyers
Replying to resolution OF inquiry.
the attorney.general sent to the senate
Tuesday statement tkat the records
Of his department do not show that any
writs of injunction or restraining or
ders have been issued by United States
courts against labor organizations OF
their members engaged in strikes in
4 1897 and 1898.
4 A dispatch to tho New York World
from Madrid saysi Instructions have
been given since Friday night TO the
prcss censor to stop all foreign and do.
mestic press telegrams--and even tele-
phone eges--containinR news un-
palatahle to tho government. Unau-
thorized details Of naval and military
preparations Of the movements Of war
ships, particularly Of the flying squad
ron, Of the purchase of vessels Of war
and stores abroad are especially inter
dicted
The British Columbia, Seattle q Pa.
eiflo Coast Railroad Compnnyh has made
application to tho city council oi Sc.
attic for franchise so feet wide over
Railroad avenue. II was stated to the
council that 1t was the purpose Of the
company to construct 4 railroad from
Portland, Or, to Seattle, and thence
to the British Columbia boundary,
The company was willing that d condi-
tion be imposed in the franchise that
the work OK construction should begin
In 80 days, and the line be finished
within ls months, The two incorpo.
ratora Of tho company are Henry i
Brokaw and Austin ]. Fletcher, we'll.
known flnanciess Of New York. The
road will cost between $4,000. 1000 and
. 50, O0O, 900.
4 After being opened TO the public fol
moro than Ave years for recreation pur-
I poses, Castle island, In Boston harhor,
has been closed. Orders from Wan
/ ington TO this effect have been expect
ed ever since the work "a haAdlinQ ex