Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-05-12
LATER NEWS.

placed In commission at Vallejo, Cal.
She will be dispatched with supplies
for Dewey after being dockcss and over.
hauled.
The house agreed 10 the conference
report on the general Alaskan home
stead and right Of way bill. After
some discussion the labor arbitration
bill was passed.
A Rome special says the pope sent
telegram to the queen regent OF Spain
earnestly advising an immediate APP
peal to the European powers for media
tion In the war with America.
Certain powers, IL has been definitely
learned. says London dispatch, have
again made ovcrtures TO Great Britain,
looking 10 intervention In the war be-
tween Spain and the United States, but
Great Britain persisted in her refusal
to take part in such move.
The Yukon river will be open for
navigation about June /, says the latest
arrival at Skagway from Dawson. His
belief is based on tho fact that unusu-
all, warm weather prevails on the
Yukon. Twenty millions of Klondike
gold 10 expected to come out this
season.
The German reichstag has been
closed. In speech from the throne,
referring to the war, the emperor said:
'The government will fully fulfill the
duties involved by its neutral position;
but ON the other hand will protect as
far as possible German navigation and
commerce from molcstation or injury. +"
Water spouts and toInadoes have
played havoc and done hundreds of
thousands Of dollars worth OF damage
near Van Buren, Ark. Three houses
were blown down at Rudy, and II is re-
ported that Winslow, q summer resort
on the top OF Boston mountain. il en-
tireIy gone. The Arkansas river is 25
miles wide in places. and is now four
inches higher than IL was in 1892,
which was the highest on record.
The second battalion OF the Leinster
regiment, Of Halifax, was given an en-
thusiastic farewell as the troops marched
20 the wharf to embark. The band
played Rule Britannia" and "The
Star SpangIed Banner" American
and British flags were in evidence, and
one would imagine that the troops were
embarking to assist the United States.
In fact 1t was rumored that they had
been ordered to the Philippines.
The Lafayette, French liner,
bound from Corunna, Spain, for Havana,
was captured off the latter port by the
gunboat Annapolis, Commander Hun
ker, while trying to run the blockade,
after having previously been warned
Off. She had on board large number
OF passengers and a valuable cargo, pos
sibly containing contraband OF war. II
IL said in Washington that the incident
may lead to complications with France.
Porto Rico is said to be on the eve of
revolt. The inhabitants are unable
TO longer endure the present situation.
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica.
says that General Pando has ordered
all the garrison in eastern Cuba to con-
centrate in Manzanillo, Neuvitas,
Gantanamo and Santiago de Cuba. All
other places have been evacuated.
The Spanish gold premium is nearly
so per cent andfthe government is try
ing to place treasury bills in London,
Offering as much as l5 per cent, but at
present with no prospect of success.
Frederick r. Coudert, the eminent
lawyer and jurist, who represented the
United States In the Behring sea COM
mission, says the United States may
rightfully retain the Philippine islands.
Captain Kent, British torpedo ex-
pert, who has returned TO Toronto,
after an examination OF the Maine
wreck gives 1t as his opinion that a
mine laid by Spanish officers destroyed
the battle-ship.
Between sl2, 900 and $l5.o 900 went
up in flames and smoke on the Linnton
road about three miles from Portland,
Or. The property destroyed was NJ.
Burelbach's crematory and outbuidings,
together with ITO head of hogs. The
fire is supposed to have been Of an in
cendiary origin.
San Francisco will at once become a
base OF important military and naval
operations. Before many days 5000
armed men will be enoamped :,h the
Presidio reservation. Orders have been
received to this effect by General Mer-
riam, commanding the department Of
California and the Columbia.
The mail bags on the Spanish steam
or Argonaut. which was brought in by
the Marblehead contained letter from
Havana under date Of April 26, which
spoke OF suffering among the poorer
Glasses OF the population, who we're en-
tirely without means OF support. The
writer himself said he did not know
where he was to get his dinner
Various reports have gained circula-
tion concerning the movements Of Ad-
miral Samrson's fleet. Persons sup
posed to share the confidence of the
administration declare Sampson has
gone to seize Porto Rico. Others with
equal positiveness declare the fleet has
gone to meet the Oregon and escort her
safely north. Still another report is
| TO the effect that SAMPSON has gone to