Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-08-18
.DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
4 Complete Review Of the News Of ths
Past Seven Days In This and
All Foreign Lands.

Complete Review OF th0 News OF bhe
Past Seven Days In This and
Ali Foreign Lnnds.
A marble bust OF the late Jamea q.
Blaine has boon placed in tho rotunda
OF the state house In Augusta. Me.
A dispatch from Santiago to Adju-
tant General Corbin says the Lycante
has been loaded with the Spanish sick.
II carried 1000 and left Wednesday
morAing.
Tho United States has magnank
mously offered TO parole tho /, 800 Span.
ish naval prisoners taken at the de-
struction OF Admiral Cervera's feet,
whenever Spain 10 ready to rcpatriate
them.
Had a rescue boat been sent ont.
many Of the victims OF the La Bour-
gogno might have been saved. Tliore Is
ample evidence that some OF them
clung to wreckagc for three or four
days before they perished.
Senator Morgan, Of tho Hawaiian
commission. 10 quoted by the San
Francisco Call as saying that ex-Presi-
dent Dole will be tho first governor OF
Hawaii. and not Minister sewall. as re-
Gently reported. The senator added
| that he had the best OF reasons for be.
| lioving that Admiral Miller was carry
ing Dole's commission TO tho island.
Vessels arriving at San Francisco
from Oregon and Puget sound ports have
reported sighting dangerous dcreliot
In the path OF navigation. 1t has been
surmiscd to be the wreck Of either the
Jane Grey, Nomad or Forest Queen, all
OF which are missing. and are possibly
adrift ON the ocean. Captin Turner,
Of the Iroquis, has received orders to
proceed 10 Mare Island, procure a sup
lply OF explosives, and go in search OF
tho dcIelict that Is menace TO navi'
CATION. He Is either to tow II into
port or blow Il up.
General Miles invasion Of Porto
Rico Is progressing Ii. an entirely salts.
factory manner, and the Americans are
gaining ground daily His plan Is tc
have the troops march on San Juan
from four different directions. Wier
Schwan and Henry form junction al
Arcoibo there will bc o formidable army
ready to march on San Juan. The for
age for horses Is superb. Miles Ia Civ
ing his personal attention TO the man
agement Of the details OF the campaign
He intends TO press forward TO Sar
Juan. regardless OF peace negotiation
until Washington orders hostilitica 4
cease.
4 Reports from Seoul state that Cores
has adopted the gold standard.
| II 10 reported that at Manila boys o
IS years are cnlisting In the Spanisl
army and being made officers.
Five negroes were lypched at Claron
don, Ark. Three OF them were moi
and two women. Tho wife OF tn,
murdered man, charged with lnstigat
ing the killing OF her husband, commit
tod suicide.
General Gomez has forced the trochl
between Las villas and Camcguey
He was opposed by 1000 spaniards
More than 800 SpaniaFds were kille'
In the battle and about 1870 Cubans los
their lives.
The Occidental Colony Company a
Wellington. Lyon county, New, whicI
was organized and operated by Russian
Jews. Is about to be closed by th
sheriff. Tho president and sccretar
mortgagod the crops and then dc
camped.
: A handsome monument has bee
erected at Frederick. Nd, to the mem
ory OF Francis Scott Key, author {
"The Star Spanglod Banner" TIL
height of the pedestal Is II feet
inches. and its breadth at Its base is !
feet. The material Is granite an
bronze.
The Worlds advices from Manila 3
August 4, referring to the arrival q
tho third expedition from San Fran
cisco, says: Never did an expeditio
: encounter moro dangers or endure MOI
perils. On the voyage six men and on
officer died and 90 moro we're take
sick. Typhoid and meningitis playe
havoc on the transports. Two fireme
went insane and jumped overheard
The fleet Of transports aud their COZ
voy. the monitor Monterey, were thr,
days ont from Hawaii when fire was d,
tected aboard tho Morgan City. Or
Of tho crew reported that there was
blazo In the ooalbunkers. At midnivh
when all the troops were asleep CA
tain Dillon assembled the crew al
: told them the news. Every man wi
pledged 10 secrecy. Silently the me
, coupled on the hose and steam pipe
Then they began battling with Il
flames In the hold. Night and do
tho heroic crew fought, but the hre
the bunkers wero still burning wht
y the Morgan City arrived at Manll
Then for the first time the troo
learned OF their danger. Tho fam
: were extinguished after the ship HI
been In port a few hours. On boal
the Morgan City were 600 men Of u
Idaho volunteers and detachment
Nebraska volunteers.
" Minor News itoms.
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