Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-02-16
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome Of the Telegraphic
News Of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting ceileetion OF Items Fron
the Two IIsmispherss Presented
In . upndcnsed Form.

IN 1Dndomhed Forxns
The battleship Iowa has arrived al
Ban Francisco. II 10 expected she will
Be- sent to Manila with supplies 10,
Dewey.
The American losses in killed and
wounded IN the recent battle at Ma.
Mia, IL officially given at 250. and ths
losses Of the insurgents as 1000.
Gen. Gomez will arrive In Havana
In . few days, whore he viii meet SEN.
ator Proctor. and aid In carrying oui
his promise 70 disband the Cuban
army.
In the New York assembly resolu.
ton urging the unseating Of Congress
man.elect Roberts, because OF bis iden-
tification with polygamy, was adopted
by viva yoce vote.
Representative Stailings, of Ala.
bama, has introduced In the house q
bill TO authorize the president TO ap.
point General Wheeler q major general
VI suu feEuiak ufmy-
The government forces defeated and
captured the Coiorados. who recently
revoIted against Senior Cuestvs, the
provisional president Of Uruguay.
Tranquility 10 now restored.
Agonc,llo. the representative OF the
so-oalled Filipino government, and whe
left this country for Canada. upon hear.
Ing OF the outbreak ut Manila is being
closely watched by secret service de.
tectives. Agonoillo was In Montreal
81 last reports.
Mrs. Botkin's attorneys have given
notice OF an appeal from the conviction
and sentence Of Lire imprisonment re.
Gently passed upon her. Judge Carroll
Cook allowed 10 days stay OF execu-
ticn. and 30 days In which TO prepare
= bill Of exceptions.
President Mckinley has pronounced
sentence on Gen. Eagan, recently tried
by couys.martial. The sentence was
dismissal fromthe army. but the presi.
dent commnted this 10 suspension for
pix years. which covers the time prior
TO Eagan's retirement In 1905.
The steamers Justin and Celtic. now
ct Mare island, are being oyeihauled,
and in few days will be ready TO sail
Tor the Philippines, following the cup.
ply vessel Centennial, which left on
tho 9th. Tho Justin will carry coal
Tor the feet and the Celtic frozen meat.
Rear Admiral Dewey has captured
another schooner from Hong Kong load.
cd with arms and ammunition intended
for the insurgents in the Philippines.
Il 10 reported that the German consul
at Hong Kong was concerned In the
procuring and dispatch Of the arms te
the Islands.
The peace treaty was ratified by the
senate by majority OF three votes over
the required slsee-fourlhs. The treaty
was ratified without amendment
Isaac oiner. . groceryman. doing
business In Portland. Or. was held u
and robbed In his store about $3.50 In
the evening by lone highwayman.
John NJ. Comstock. for 40 years
chief OF the customs division OF the
treasury department. died In Washing.
ton after an illness Of several weeks.
A monster petition 70 President Mo.
Kinley and the members OF tha joint
high commission 10 being signed, ask.
Ing their assistance in securing the re.
peal OF the alien exclusion act recently
passed by the government OF British
Columbia. In which the Atlin mining
district 10 located.
According to recent dispatch, is
iron and steel sheet manufactured 10
Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia,
Kentucky and Indiana. controlling an
aggregate annual output Of $4,000
tons Of steel and iron sheets, are pre-.
pairing to consolidate. This action, |,
is added, Ia made necessary by the com.
bination OF tin-plate plants. and It ID
believed that the proposed consolida.
tion will eventually be absorbed by the
tin-plate trust.
Local representatives at Tacoma ad-
init that the street railway systems Of
that city are TO be consolidated, with
Eastern capitalists in control. A com.
pany with es, 900, 900 capital has been
organised to operate all street-cars and
furnish power to manufactures. A
water-power plant will be constructed.
Representatives OF ]. p. Morgan s. Co.,
the Northern Pacific railway. Union
Pacific and the o. r. 81 N, with local
men. are interested In the deal.
The two highwaymen who for the
past two months have been holding ur
citizens and stores and tarIorixing all
Portland are safely LOGGED in jail. One
OF them, Harry Tracy. was arrested by
Detective Weiner, after shooting
ARRAY that stopped a passenger train
and reused whole neighborhood. The
other, Dave Merrill, fell into the
hands Of Detectives CoIdano and Ford
Sunday, and gave the information
which led to the capture of his accom-.
plice. Both are ex-conyiots and des
peiate mon.
| Miner News Items,
The town OF Stilosboro, Ga, was
nearly wiped out Of existence recently