Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-06-08
LATER NEWS.

the settlement OF the Alaskan bound
ary.
England having objected, British
Columbia must revoke anti-Japanese
legislation.
At Uniontown, Pa, blind man |
murdered the mother OF the woman he |
was courting.
The French court OF cessation has
rendered a verdict in favor Of revision
OF the DIeyfus case.
Germany has declined to intervene
in the Transvaal dispute. and also
wishes to see the proposed reforms In
troduced.
The administration has decided to
reduce the American armies OF occupa'
ticn in Cuba aud Porto Rico in order
to send additional troops to General
Otis. in the Philippines.
There are now s45 prisoners in the
stockade at Wardner. Idaho. Several
new buildings connected with the prison
are under construction. All the i'm.
provements indicate permanency.
The current fscal year will break all
records In our foreign trade, which now
averages 500, ,000. 900 month. There
is an unprecedented demand in the
worlds mar kets for goods OF American
manufacture.
The business district Of the town Of
Republic, WASH. has been destroyed
by fiie. The loss is estimated at $780,
900. The confagration started from
the explosion OF gasoline stove in the
siegel building.
The steamer Danube brings stories oil
death and disaster to prospeCtcIs on tho
ill-fated Edmonton trail. At least 90
boats, they say. capsized on Great
Slave lake since last summer. Many
prospectors wers drowned.
Representative David b. Hender.
son. of Iowa, has received enough
pledges by telegraph and mail to give
him l02 votes in the Republican eau
Gus for speaker Of the national house.
This will insure his election. IL 10 said.
Germany has purchased from Spain
the Carollnes. Pelew and Marianne
islands. The price is about &5, ,000..
900. Spain retains three coaling sta.
tions, and Germany will defend these
stations In case Of war The transfer
meets the approval Of the United
| States.
While visiting Anteuil, a suburb OF
Paris, President Loubet was strucll
| with cane by Count Christiana, thu
blow landing on the presidents hal
without injury. Eggs were thrown al
the president by the populaoe. The
demonstration was planned by the
League Of Patriots and the Anu-Sem
ties. who were angered because they
were not permitted to receive Major
MaIchand in triumph.
San Francisco won three games from
Seattle In telegraphic chesl.
Texas has quarantincd against New
Orleans. The Southern Pacific is tiet
up.
William Bashnell and Otis Dodt
were killed in Ohio by train running
into hand car.
Signor Chinaglia was elected presi
dent OF the Italian chamber Of depu
ties.
Confederate dead's graves were deco
rated by Union veterans at Philiadel
phia.
The queen Of Spain has appointe,
Martinez Campos to presidency OF tn
senate.
In Lower California miners are sai'
to be getting as high as two ounces o
gold to the pan OF dirt.
Canada has an eye on Skagway,
given the slightest encouragement 4
, hope foi the concession OF port.
Canadians claim they have discovers
! q document which obviates furthe
question Of ownership TO Deadman'
: island.
The German ambassador at Wash
! ington has protested against the Unit
cd States sending another warship t
} Samoa.
The state department has made pub
lie an official abstract Of the report
the Nicaragua canal commission.
estimates the cost at &llS, llS, 100.
} Duke dc Arcos, the new Spanis
/. minister, has arrived. He says thi
. country is 10 powerful, the Philippin
, insurgents will soon be compelled
Q surrender.
Robert Creighton, quartermaster
clerk on the transport Sheridan, con
: mitted suicide by shooting himseI
/. through the temple with ievolve
. In San Francisco. He recently arrive
: here from Manila. Despondeno
. caused by Ill health is the suppose
cause OF his act.
Four thousand of the volunteers no
in the Philippines are reported TO hay
signed a petition to the president an
!. secretary Of war. praying that they n
: ceive their discharges in Manila, II
!. stead OF at the places Of enlistmen
II was explained that they believe
that the Philippine islands "offeie
!. rare opportunities for industrious an
Z enterprising Americans to make Il
themselves homes"
The contract for distributing govern
ment seeds this year has been let
the agricultural department to ChaIl,
. Parker, Of Santa Clara, Cal, for 500