Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-03-02
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphie
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An IntsrestinE Collection OF Items Frsn
ths Two Hsnsisphsrss Presented
I'm . Condensed Form.

| The Continental Tobacco Com pany,
At Louisyille, Ky3 purchased eisS, sos
worth OF revenue stamps last Monday.
This 10 an unprecedented sale of stamps.
| The sultan of Oman has revoked the
grant Of coaling station 70 the French
under the British admiraI's threat OF
bombardment. The French consul has
entered protest.
A number OF young men In Sacra-
ment0, CAL. are organizing colony
TO settle on tbs island Of Guam. They
propose to engage Ia tho raising OF tho
staple products Of the island.
The advance guard OF the North At
lantic squadron, composed Of tho flag
ship New York and the battIe.ship In
diana. arrived at tho Bcrmndas Tues
day. The squadron will proceed 70
Havana.
| The Central Union Gas Company has
been organized under laws OF Virginia.
10 control the natural gaa wells aud
| plants in Ohio. Indiana and Southern
Illinois. The capital stock will bc
| e24. .000, 900.
The Duke OF Orleans has unexpected
" arrived at Brussels. II Is reported
that he considers the moment oppor-
tune for monarchistic attempt in
France. lie will consult with tho
leaders Of his party.
Francis II. Bawo. head OF the great
china and glassware exporting house OF
Bawo q Dottef, IL dead In Germany.
aged 66 years. Of apoplexy. His per-
sonal acquaintance throughout the
United States was very large.
A hot skirmish occurred near the
Manila waterworks on Tuesday. In
which. on the American side. two com.
panies OF the Washington volunteers
were the principal actors. The insur-
gents were driven into tho jungle.
leaving 10 dead and two wounded. Two
Americans were wounded by the explo-
sion Of Springfield rides in their own
hands.
Chaplain John II. Thompson, Of the
First Washington infantry at Manila,
died Monday.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, OF Missouri,
has taken the prescribed oath and en-
tered upon HE duties as secretary Of
the interior.
The house committee on appropria-
| tions has ordered favorable report on
tho bill TO pay Spain $40, 600, 900 f0s
the Philippines.
Agoncilio, the Filipino delegate. at
rived In New York Monday from Mon
heal. Agoncillo expects to sail for
England In q few days.
The senate committee has reported
favorably an amendment TO the sundIy
civil bill providing for the laying OF q
cable from the United States to Hawaii
and the Philippines
Many French newspapers are bit.
terly assaillng NJ. Loubet. the new
president. but the better class support
him. and confidence in the stability OF
the new government Is increasing.
Samuel II. Stevenson, d. D., one oi
the oldest Presbyterian ministers In
the United States, Is dead in Bloom
ington, Ill. at the ago OF SO. lie was
q near relative Of former vice-Presi-
dent Stevenson.
A fre In the little city Of Port
Washington, Wis. destroyed $500, 00O
worth Of property. and rendered 80
families homeless. A chair factory
covering two blocks was destroyed,
throwing 900 men ont OF work.
The revolution IN Nicaragua 10
spreading. General Mena. at the head
Of 700 insurgents. Is near the town oil
Rama. The insurgents are we'll armed
with small guns and aie expecting
Calling, Krupp and Hotchkiss cannon.
Michael Milano, the prosperous pro,
prietor OF bootblacklng establishment
in Tacoma, committed suicide by firing
two shots from revolver into his
brain. Fifty-two dollars was found
on the body. Family trouble was the
cause Of the act.
A new town has been laid out In
Alaska, 20 miles from juneau, which
Il IL expected will be the gateway Il
tho Atlin goldHelds, 1t has been
named Taku. and 10 situated ON Taku
bay, four miles from the mouth Of the
inlet OF that naine.
| The Italian bark Barbara Luigi wen,
ashore February on Little Bahama
bank and is total loss. Three OF the
crew were drowned and two perished
from exposure. The captain and eight
Of the crew have arrived at Nassau, N.
r.. and report the loss
| Mrs. Howe. OF Gresham, Oh. was
drowned In the Willamette at Port.
land Monday. She was passing from
one steamer to another, aa the boats
were lying at the dock, when she fell
between them. An attempt to rescue
her tailed. She was on her way IA
visit son at Salem.
Miner News Items.
| Mrs. Zachariah Chandler, widow O
the famous Michigan statesman. is deaC