Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-10-27
LATER NEWS.


Charles Kugadt was hanged at Hous.
ton, Tex, for the murder OF his sister.
Fully 10000 people participated in
reception toGeneral shafter at Lima, 0.
The independent battalion Of Wash.
ing.on volunteers has been mustered
out.
Ex-Governor Charles Sheldon, OF
South Dakota, died at Deadwood oi
rheumatism.
Superintendent Lukens, Of the Chi
cago. virden Coal Company has been
released from custody on bonds.
The wlreworkerp' strike at Cleye-
land, o., has failed. and general re-
sumption OF work will soon follow.
The Colorado supreme court has de-
cided tho silver Republican factional
quarrel In favor OF the anti -Tellerites,
who are given the right to tho title and
emblem Of the party.
An American syndicate representing
Detroit capital has purchased large
tract OF land at Manzanillo. Cuba,
whore they will develop several good
iron mines.
Battery u. Oregon volunteers, has
been mustered out Of service, and It's
members returned to private life with
out having the much .sought-for chance
TO battle for their country.
Agoncillo. envoy Of the Filipinos.
has reached Paris. In reply to Span
ish statement. the American peace com.
inissioners have declared that the
United States refuses to assume
sovereignty over Cuba. ~
A Havana dispatch says: An agree.
inent between the two commissions ne
20 the date OF evacuation again seems
probable. The American ultimatum
F, fixes upon January /, and this date
will be finally accepted by the Span
iards.
Lieutenant Peary's vessel is caught
| In the ice, and there is little prospect
that 1t will get out this year. The
present position OF the steamer is much
farther north than whalers usually 60.
The vessel will return safely next
spring after the ice thaws.
A sensational story comes from Ha-
vana to the effect that Captain General
Blanco together with other prominent
Spaniards. had formed plot to set up
a republic in Cuba, and eventually turn
the island back to Spain. Their plans
were upset by the signing Of the peace
! protocol.
Rev. Chas. Heath, colored, Is dead ut
his home In New York city, aged l0l
years. The first notable event in his
life was In i7s9. when his mother car
ried him to the funeral of George
Washington, 30 that he could always
say that he had attended the burial oil
| the frat president OF his country.
President Mckinley addressed q
large body OF railway employees before
leaving Chicago.
Advices from Porto Rico says all
high officials there have taken steps to
become naturalized Americans.
The British ship Blenfeld burned
at the mouth OF the Thames river. and
IL Of those ON board lost fheir lives.
The Nicaragua canal commission Ii
working hard to get Its report ready fol
congress when II meets in December.
A French missionary and several
Chinese Catholics have been massacred
or burned to death In chapel at Pc
king, China, by q mob. France has
demanded reparation.
The Spaniards at Havana are becom,
ing insoIent, and disregarding the
American demands. Blanco has auc
toned of cannon which rightly be
longed to the United States.
In the annual report Of the third
assistant postmaster-genera strong
recommendation Is made that negotia
tions be opened looking to the Ieduc
tion Of the international rate to cent
a half ounce or fraction thereof.
In @ tenible typhoon off Formosi
hundreds of lives were lost. Amoni
the ships lost was the American BARI
Comet. The crew was saved. Home
ward bound passengers say they passes
numerous abandoned vessels. The losi
OF life must have been enormous.
The coal.mining town OF yelling
ton, Vancouver island, has been tn,
scene OF several subsidences, and theT'
is general alarm there owing to indica
tions that another is likely TO TAKE
place. The whole town is under
mined, owing to the extensive opera
tions for coal mining.
A dispatch from Manila says: Tn,
insurgent general, Pho Pillar, has agree,
TO ovacuate Paco Paco. the last suburb
Of Manila held by the Filipinos Tues
day. This completes the American
conquest Of the city. The last Iebe
has left Cavite and Manila, the rest o
the island Of Luzon being In the hand
OF the insurrectionist faction.
Disastrous typhoons. sandstorms AM
floods have caused fearful lose OF lif
and property in the Orient. In tn
district watered by the river Feng, II
Japan. hundreds Of villages have beer
swept away and 1900 people drowned
Another report says 400 towns are un
der water Thousands Of refugees ar
fiocking to the cities. The .Ishkari
.;,,n. rIao nvarHnxuad drownino nva