Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-04-14
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PREss DISPATCHES
A Complete Review Of tho News Of the
Past seven Days In This and
All Foreign Lsnds.

Michaola, via Dawson, with adyices
from Andree. the balloonist.
A dispatch 10 the London Daily Mail
from Odessa says that, owing to the
American war scare, the price Of wheat
Ii rapidly rising there, the stocks being
small.
Two killings and lynching hap
pened In Brownsville. Tex, within
three-quarters OF an hour Sam Cobb,
deputy sheriff, and his brother,
Felipe Cobb, constable, were shot
down by Carlos Guellen. tiuellen was
wounded by Sam Cobb. Later mob
lynched Cullen.
"A bill Ia 10 be introduced In the
Maryland legislature, copied after the
pattern 0f that la Ohio, which provides
that all applicants for marriage licenses
must pass nm examination before duly
appointed board Of physicians. II also
provides that the salaries of the physi-
clans composing the board shall be
$1,000 q year.
Fire at Congress mining camp. Pres
colt, Ariz.. destroyed nearly every bus
mess house IN what Is known As Lower
Town. There was no water, and the
FIRE spread rapidly. The loss 10 e40.-
600. James vidant, proprietor Of the
Silver Dollar saloon, and woman Of
tho town named Gertie Thompson,
alias Graham, were burned 70 death.
The following utterance was made by
Chandler (Rep. N. HI In carefully
prepared statement Of his position on
the Cuban crisis In the senate Wednes-
day; "The United States ought Inn
mediately to declare war against Spain
and maintain that war until the people
Of Cuba are free from Spain's starya-
tion and cruelty and the government is
firmly established as an independent
republic.
In accordance with a resolution
passed some time ago by the inteIna-
tional union, the book and job printers
Of San Francisco went on a strike Mon
day. The bone Of contention Is a o.
hour day instead Of l0-hour day.
About 800 men are ont.
European dispatches announce tho
butchery In France Of an entire family
Of six persons by q robber named Call
lard. This human wild beast shot and
killed the husband, wife and two chill.
dFen, cut the throat Of n little girl and
blew out the brains Of a bed-ridden old
| woman.
The steamer La Bretagne has arrived
in New York with II survivors OF the
crew OF the British bark Rothnia,
which was wrecked of the Irish coast
on March 23. The Bothnia sailed
from Lobos DO Aiuera. of tho coast oi
Peru, November 8. When 30 miles on
tho Irish coast, on March 81, squall
struck the bark, upsesting her.
A seaman belonging 70 the British
battle-ship Resolute WAS sentenced TO
y fortnight's confinement and deprived
Of his good conduct badge, for wearing
the shamrock on st. Patrick's day, In
| disobedlence 10 ordera. A recital OF
the incident created q sensation in the
English commons, and caused an OBJ
jecting Irish member to be removed
from hia seat.
Antoine varicle, Of the French Geo.
graphical Society, has arrived In New
York with balloon, with which he
Intends TO make trip from juneau to
the Klondike A dozen persons are In
the party. Arthur Tervagne, LII D.,
is president Of the expedition and is
also correspondent Of Figaro. varicle.
head Of the expedition, Is 40 years old
and weIl-known engineer and invent-
or In France. He claims that his
balloon can be stcered with ease.
General Carlos Ezeta, the exiled OK
president OF Salvador, has been vindi-
Gated by his people. His vast estatos,
the stocks and money confscated by
the government OF President Gutierrez,
after Ezeta was forced TO leave his ma
tive land four years ago, have been re-
turned TO him, and Ezeta Is again
worth more than % 900. 900. The gem
eral says he will never again interest
himself In Salvadorean politics. He 10
now living In Oakland, Cal.
The committee on interstate and for
eign commerce has favorably reported
Mr. Tongues bill extending the time
for the erection OF a bridge across the
Columbia, by the Oregon 81 Washing.
ton bridge Company, between Washing
ton and Oregon. The committee, how
ever, amended the bill so that instead
of having two years to begin operation,
the company will have one year. and
instead OF four years In which to COM
plote the work, three years Is allowed.
all this time to be reckoned from the
date Of tho passage Of the bill by con-
gresa, This Is the bridge 1t was pro-
posed to build in the vicinity OF La
Camas several years since In connection
with road TO North Yakima. The
site IL claimed to be the best on the
Columbia.
Captain Ray. agent of the war dcA
partment. who has just returned from
Alaska, says that from his knowledge
Of the conditions existing at Fort Yu-
kon, and reliable information from
Dawson, he does mot believe there will
be any loss by starvation among the
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