Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-01-12
LATER NEWS.

were badly hurt.
A Paris paper says II learns from an
lindisputable source that the court OF
cessation is convinced that Dreyfus was
Justly condemned.
Colonel Potter, special emissary OF
General Otis TO Ilo lilo, reports that the
rebels threaten to burn the town If the
Americans lombard the place.
Governor Leedy, OF Kansas. has COM
muted the sentence Of J. X. Colean,
who, while cashier OF the Safe bank, OF
Fort Scott, in 1896, stole $52, 900 Of it's
funds.
Four dead. two injured. one OF these
perhaps fatally, and the loss Of proper
lty OF the Southern railway to the
amount Of about f25, GOO, is the result
Of a wreck which occurred at Knox
vile, Tenn.
A heavy wind storm swept over the
remote section OF Scott county. Ark.
At Boles, schoolhonse was blown
down and three pupils were killed, an
other was fatally wounded, and dozen
or more sustained more or less injuries.
A tremendous landslide occurred near
| Spence's Bridge, on the Canadian Pa
ciiic railroad. A mountain which has
long been an object Of curiosity to
travellers crashed into the Fraser river,
damming Ii completely, and sending
the water In torrents over the fertile
Nicola valley. The course OF the river
was changed completely.
| The Sebastapool correspondent OF the
London Times, who has been toniing
In Eastern Russia for two months to
discover. II possible, some evidence on
the part OF tie Russian government to
give effect to the disarmament propo-
sails Of Emperor Nicholas, says all his
observations were quite TO the contrary,
and that Russia is increasing her mil.
itary strength.
According to late advioss from Daw-
son, the United States government will
be called upon 10 relieve INDECENT min
ers in the Klondike The Dawson
Nugget gays there is strong move
meat ont foot at Dawson to send rep.
resentative TO Washington for the pur-
pose Of enlisting the United States
government In the cause OF aiding in
remedying the great distress which
prevails among the miners Of the Yu-
kon.
At the annual convention OF the
Brotherhood Of Steam Shovel and
Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen oI
America. held in Chicago. resolutions
were adopted, urging congress to pass
the Nicaragua canal bill and also that
Law should be passed making eight
hours days work on said canal. Res.
olutions we're also passed urging con.
gIess to pass the river and harhor bill
at the present session OF congress. Con.
gIeas was also urged to create Labor
commission Of three union men to SCI
that the laws in the interest OF work
ingmen were enforced or all govern
ment work.
Senator Hale has been renominated
by the Maine Republicans.
| Hon. Joseph "a. Choate will be ouI
next ambassador to Great Britain.
DIR. ii. Seward Webb, president O
the Wagner Palace Car Company. il
mentioned as successor to Senator Nor
Til as senator from Vermont.
The fist formal state dinner OF th,
season took place at the White House
Thursday, when President and Mrs.
Mckinley entertained the members OF
the cabinet.
| A sensation has been created in Ger
many by the publication In Cologne
paper OF an alleged conversation haC
with the late Prince bismarck. ii
which hs predicted the fall Of the Aus
trian empire.
An American named Boynton, whS
Is trying to travel around the earth
without money, met with a terrible fal
into chasm while entering France by
night through the Pyrenees. He wa,
seriously injured.
i Another disagreeable consequence O
the late war has been presented to th,
government OF claims from the cabl'
companies for damages sustained
through the suspension Of their bust
ness by the United States military an,
naval forces. The aggregate amoun
Of these claims cannot be ioretold.
Representative Tongue, of Oregon
has prepared an amendment to the bill
for codification OF the laws OF Alaska
now pending in the house, providing
for the licensing OF main business con
Germs In the territory, and especial,
the liquor business. Mr.. Tongue say
that the Treadwell mines does not pa,
anything in the way of taxes to the sup
port OF the territorial institutions, anC
that from the region surrounding Ju
mean about $4,000, 600 in gold is pro
duced annually, and does not contribut,
cent to the government
The Havana afternoon papers sent
Thrill through the city with repof
that a torture and execution chambe
had been found at the residence of tn,
Spanish military governor, adjoininI
the palace. The papers declareed tina
there the Spanish officials questioned
and murdered political prisoners. Ac
cording to their accounts, the floor o
the chamber was covered with drie,
blood, and its walls were ndented will
machete strokes. An excited crow,
soon gathered outside the house whicl
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