Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-09-29
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
aIyEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
Z Complete Review OF tho News OF ths
Past Seven Days in This and
All Forsign Lands.

The cabinet council has reappointed
General Zurlinden. ex-minister Of war,
military governor q Paris.
James Wyland, living near Climax,
Or. committed suicide by shooting
himself in tho head with rife.
A threahing engine on tho Collins
farm, near Vancouver, WASH, ex-
plodcd, seriously injuring four en-
ployea.
Calixto Garcia bas arrived at Jiguani
on his way TO Santiago. lilo will prob
ably visit the United States, where
his daughter Ii Ill.
Two horses attached TO wagon at
Dayton, Or, backed over the bank Of
the Yamhill liver and fell 100 feet, land.
Ing In ~ foot OF water Both animals
were rescued uninjured.
III Provenci, Santiago paper. de-
ciares that tho fruits OF victory shall
not be snatcho6 from the grasp Of the
Cubans after they have fought and blcd
for 30 years to obtain them.
The ooalminer's strike in the third
pool at Monongnhcla. Pa, Ia over and
work has bcon resumed In all tho pits
pending settlement OF the differences
by arbitration. Two thousand miners
are affected.
Tho wreck Of tho American ship
Emily W. Whitney is reported fiom
Shanghai, aud number Of the crew
lost. She was lost In a typhoon, which
caused tho abandonment Of tho Ger
man ship Trinidad.
Pittsburg conductors and brakcmcn
are on tho owe OF strike. They do
mand that their wages be increased
sufficiently 10 place them on an equal
ity of tho pay received by their brothern
in other parts Of the country.
According TO the report current II is
believed at Samoa that II her majesty's
ship Ringdove had not been at Apia,
the Germans would have hoisted the
German flag there on Malietoa's death,
and proclaimed tho annexation OF Sa-
moa.
General Lawton Intends to receive
General Garcia as an honored guest.
As he now holds no official position Ia
the Cuban army, he will be treated by
the American commander as distin-
guishcd private citizcn and great
soldier.
The southern part of Spain has been
visited by terrible floods. At tho viii
lage OF Herrera. near Cadiz, so por-
sons were drowned, and great num-
ber of cattle pciishcd. The olive harv-
est Is lost. This Is especially true In
the provinces Of Seville and Grenada.
There have been many deaths in other
parts OF tho flooded country.
Confidence In the American govern.
ment Is general among the Filipino
leaders since the Malo Los conference.
Frightful misery and immense dam
ago will be caused II the eruption OF
Mount Vesuyiua continues on the
alarming scale 1t has reached In the
last few days.
Christian BrownHeld, nm old rcsi.
dent OF tho Puget Sound country, was
run over and instantly Killed by
freight train, near Roy, Wash. lie
was deaf and 10 years Of age.
Tho Filipino congress has favorably
impressed tho Europeans, who have
Witnessed its proceedings. II is be-
loved that its deliberations will result
In a petition TO President Mckinley TO
establish a protectorate.
Nearly one-tenth OF tho entire popu-
lation OF PlaInwell. Mich, Is i'll from
eating canned beef ut church social.
Fiity-iiye persons were poisoned. 90 are
dangerously III and four are expected
TO die, the doctors having expressed no
hope Of their recovery.
The aggregate value OF lands In tho
state OF Washington as returned by the
county boards of equalization amounts
to $8s, ,00i, ,07l, but as valued by the
state board OF equalization, they
amount to $76, 7b0,86 The aggregate
value of improvements upon land was
placed at $40, $3.50. 1881, but reduced by
the state board to s7,a67.0
Tho Filipinos are said to havo en-
tered on campaign OF conquest against
Cebu and Ilollo. American warships
have been dispatched from Manila for
the scene Of the conflict. The crews
OF the insurgent vessels arc said to
have already committed several ques-
tionable acts, Twenty Spanish steam-
ers have been transferred to the Amori.
can flag.
Full reports OF the damage wrought
by tho recent hurricane In tho Barha-
does have been made. They show
that tho destruction of property was
not overestimated, though the loss Of
life was somewhat smaller than was
supposed at FIRST. As II was, the re-
ports show 100 fatlities. Fifty thou.
sand persons were made homeless by
the storm. Full damage 10 estimated
At more than el,00O.000
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Minor News Ttema.