Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-09-08
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
A Complete Review OF tho News or the
Past Seven Days In This and
All Foreign Lands.

vented BY Colonel Ray
Recent developments In the cole.
brated Dreyfus case In France, II ii
said, may occasion retrial which
would liberato Dreyfus and Emile zola.
Wilhelmina HELENA PaulIna Maria
has attained her majority, and became
queen OF the Netherlands. Solemn
Thanksgiving services were held Ia
churches throughout the country.
Unknown iDcendIurics set fire to o
Chicago house. Their Intention was to
kill u woman and child who were with
In, but the intended Victims were res.
cucd by a man who observed their
peril barely in time.
The hospital ship Ollvette. while
anchored near the quarantine station at
Fernandina. fla. In some unacc0nnta-
BILE manner suddenly filed and went
down, giving those on board barely
timc 70 escape with their lives.
Strikers are determined 10 preycn.
BY force. II need he, tho operation Of
tho coal mines at Para, III. Six
thousand union men from other sections
afe about TO join the ranks OF the
strikers. ana aid In enforcing their do.
mands.
William FcrIiss. wealthy resident
Of Mount Vernon, H., died, aged 95
years. He scrved on board an Ameri-
can priyatecr In the war Of 1919, and
subsequently was member Of the ex.
pedition that cleared the Gulf Of Mexi.
60 OF piiates.
The naval construction board is al
work on plans for now battle.shlps.
Three are 70 ba built 10 the immediate
future, and viii have minimum speed
OF iSi9 knots. and be capable OF steam
Ing 10000 knots without re-coaling
and have iA-inch guns
The convention assembled at Man.
aqua TO form a. constitution for feder-
acy 10 consist Of Salvador, Honduras
aud Nicaragua has agreed upon 49 Of
the lao articles. It has been agreed
that the name OF tho conicderacv ahall
DO The United States OF Central
America.
General Garcia Ia now without q
command. Tho Shafter incident led
70 his removal ut the hands Of General
Gomez. His successor has been
named In the person OF Rodriguez, who
will command the Cuban army In San.
tiago. darcia's sending Of his famoua
letter to Shafter was grave breach Of
discipline.
Fifteen acldiers died at Camp wikoff
and in Now York city Tuesday.
The Americans have collected over
500, 600 at Santiago In customs.
According to the directory figures for
1898 Portland. Oregon's, population Is
0s,87B. a gain OF 5000 over 1897.
Conditions in Porto Rico are becom.
ing most serious, and medical authori-
ties agree that unless barracks ara
promptly provided for tho troops and
tho sick men bought homo the conso-
qnences may DO terrible.
A Jewish rnbbI was kicked to death
IL Chicago. Tho murderer Is a lT-year-
old Chicago youth. who was abusing
woman and two children, ana when or.
dered by tho rabbi to lesist kicked tho
latter Into tho street, aud aided by
other boys kittcd him.
The Cubans have already selected
their civil officers to govern Havana.
A setback is inevitable, and the Amer.
lean military commission will be
forced to disarrange the plan and un-
seat the seif-appolnted governor, Do.
mingues. General Rodrigues has for.
hidden pilhging by soldiersoi his com.
mand.
In spite OF the precautions taken by
the San Francisco military authorities,
the health conditions at the local camps
are worse than ever. Tuesday tho total
number of sick was tho largest yet
known. The total was sos. OF these
being, in private hospitals, b6 out on
fnrloughs, IL In outlying hospitals,
and a0s In the division hospital proper
The Seventh California is still to the
front with SO cases.
The Hong Kong Daily Press ia
authority for the statement that 900
spaniards. including 10 priests, lost
their lives several weeks ago, when tho
Spanish gunboat Leyete was captured
by q vessel belonging to Admiral
Dewoy's squadron. The gunboat Leyte
undertook to tow three transports to
Manila bay. whore the spaniards
aboard them were to surrender to Ad-
mlral Dewey. A heavy storm came
up, making Il necessary for the gun.
boat to cut her tows loose and proceed
to Manila for assistance. Before got.
ting there slio was captured by the
Americans. An American vessel was
dispatched to find the three transports,
but failed to discover any trace OF
them. The Hong Kong Prcsa finally
reached the conclusion that the vessel
foundered with oil on board.
MiRor Rews 1te,ne.
Tho United States government has
placed an order In England for 10. O00,-