Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-07-20
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphit
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of items FroA
the Two Hsmispherss Presented
In . Condensed Form.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

General Joe Wheeler has started foi
Manila.
New York. Wednesday. shipped
10000 ounces Of gold TO Europe.
Roosevelt Is being doomed in some
sections OF the East for secretary oi
war.
British soldiers have been ordered to
proceed TO the Cape. presumably to
fight the Beers.
After a thorough cleaning the battle.
ship Iowa has been foated out OF the
Port Orchard dry dock.
Dr.. Tuttle's "thorite." the new high
explosive. was tested at Sandy Hook
and pronounced success.
Captain Watkins frankly admits that
his miscalculations caused the accSient
to the steamship Paris
The educational convention opened
at Los Angeles. The delegates were
welcomed by Governor Gage.
The Austin, Tex, cotton exchange
says the heavy rains benefited and
ruined an equal proportion Of the cot
ton crop.
General Gillcta do Sanguiseppe, the
Italian officer recently sentenced to five
years. imprisonment as spy, has been
pardoned.
The French government is attempt
ing TO raise revenue by letting out the
backs Of match-boxes, which are state
monopoly. TO outside advertisers
The New York World says the presi.
dent 10 preparing to submit to the Gu
bans TO vote upon whether they will
have Independence OF annexation.
Canada, II 10 said. will send mounted
police to the Porcupine region. which
10 In disputed territory. and the United
States will respond by sending troops
TO Pyramid harbor.
The president has confirmed and
comm issioncd the officers recommend.
Cd by General Otis for the Thirty-sixtil
and Thii,y.seventh volunteer regi,
ments. now being organized In the
Philippines.
The war department has announced
that the customs receipts at the port
OF Havana for June were 81 ,0l2. .S9e
The ,otal receipts Tor six months oi
1899 are. to be exact. sb, l46.sSo. The
monthly average for six months Il
| 1857. .s06.
Otis has cabled that he will raise
two regiments Of veterans.
Spanish consular officers will be rec.
ognized ip our new islands.
zola has declared positively that he
will not wiite OF the DIeyius case.
| Twenty thousand negroes aie desti
tute In the flooded districts OF Texas,
and are being fed.
| Hon. W. J. Bryan ascended Pike'l
Peak In Colorado. where he was tend
cred an ovation.
John d. Rockefeller has purchased
extensive iron mines on Texado islandl
In British Columbia.
The Omaha and winnebago IndianI
Of Nebraska and the Dakotas, have
begun great war dance at Decatur
III.
Two teachers were killed and ii
passengers injured at Newman. Cal.
by q collision between freight and pas
sengeI trains
| AT Cincinnati the Baltimore B ohlt
Southwestern railroad was sold TO /
committee representing the security
holders. for $3.50. 900.
| Secretary Pierce, of the Russian em
bassy. In an interview In Washington
said that Russia's great railway woult
open up vast markets TO the Unite'
states.
| 4. w. Clark, who has been to Behr
ing sea to look after the seal situation
for this government. declares that seal
are being destroyed each year At Al
alarming rate.
Grand Duke George, brotl or Of th'
cxar. is dead at 81. Petersburg III
was boin April 2T, 1871, and had beer
In ill.health for o number OF years
suffering from consumption.
II 10 announced that copper ore, o
almost incredible extent and iichness
has been found In the Barry sound dis
trict. within about seven hours rail
road distance Of Toronto, Ont.
The coat tailors OF New York, 1t i
reported, are preparing to 20 out on
strike for an advance In wages and
reduction Of hours OF labor. They ar
said 10 number between 10000 an,
$4,000, and Of these $500 are womeI
and girls.
Acting Controller Mitchell has de
cided that state naval militiamen VIII,
entered the service of the navy In tn
war with Spain are entitled to pa.
from the time they accepted appoint
ments either by mail or by enterinl
upon the duty and not from the dat
OF their commissions.
Minor News ItsMs.
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