Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-02-09
EVENTS OF THE day
Epitome Of the Telegraphie
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Coilection Of Itesns Fro~,
tho Two itsmispherss Presented
In n Condsnsed Form.

iowa mineworkers are making an
effort 70 have eight hours declared q
days work.
Native troops arc to bo utilized In
Cuba and American soldiers gradually
withdrawn.
A syndicate composed OF American,
Canadian, English and French capital.
ists. 10 making an effort 10 secure con-
troll OF oil tho railroads In Cuba now
building and In operation, and all to
be constructed hereafter.
Tho bishop Of Havana has declared
that Protestant services cannot be held
over the graves Of the Maine yictims in
Columbus cemetery, as Il 10 c0nsecrated
ground. Americans were preparing to
decorate the grayea ON the anniyersary
Of the explosion.
The Central Gable Company an.
nounces that tho United States govern
ment in the Philippines has modified
the recent prohibition OF kilograms in
cipher OF code. Messages In secret Ian
guage may now DO accepted, subject to
government censorship.
Tho senate committee on naval
affairs has decided upon favorable re-
port on the bill providing for addi-
tional pay to laborers In navy-yards
who worked overtime during the emer-
gency OF war with Spain. The amount
required Is about e300.00 and about
5000 men are involved.
General Otis cables the war depart
ment, giving the number Of deaths in
his command since January Z. The
total 10 10, many Of whom died OF
smallpox. The greater number OF
deaths wsre OF Kansas. Colorado, Cali
fofnia and Pennsylvania pEiyatea In
the list appear the names Of Allen T.
Carlyle, private, First Washington.
January 10, typhoid; Earld A. Jeans,
First Washington, January 30. ty.
phoid; Wistar Hawthorne, private,
Second Oregon. diphtheria.
Cuban General Gomez refuses to
disband his army unless paid nearly
$50. 900. 600. lie claims 10 have 40, 900
man under arms. for which he asks
pay for three years. service. at the same
rate ~ given American soldiers. For
his own services in the past he wants
$1,000 u year. the same as paid an
American acknowledgement. He has
about 400 brigadier. generals, who de-
mand pay Al the rate Of %, 800 annually
for three years past. besides numerous
other oficers. whose pay aggregates
es.7ss, 900.
The North German Gazette again
denies the rumor that Prince Hohenlohe
contemplatts resigning the imperial
ehancellorship.
Twenty children are reported 10 have
been drowned by an Ice disaster at the
village of warpuhnen. Boirheim. re-
Gently.
The president has nominated Colonel
Asa u. Carey. assistant paymaster .gen-
erai, TO be paymaster-generai, with the
rank OF brigadier-general.
A terrible blizzard was general
throughout tho Mississippi valley ON
the 29th and S0th OF January, reaching
as far south as St. Louis.
Three representatives Of 40 German
families In the East are looking over
the Pacific Northwest with view 10
buying several thousand acres Of land
foi colony.
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford. who has
settled the estate OF her late husband,
LELAND stanford. and who would be en-.
titled to es67, ,7oS as fees, refuses to ao-
cept anything for her services.
Companies II. d, X and L, Of the
Seventeenth United States infantry,
ala enlisted men and nine officers,
have left Columbus for the Philippines.
They go via New York.
The American shipping interests Of
the Hawaiian islands have largely IN
creased since their annexation to the
United States. There are now load
Ing for or ON the way to the islands 30
vessels. OF which So fly the Am erican
fiag.
+. w. Peck, United States commits.
sioner-general TO the Paris exposition,
asks congress 10 increase the amount
set aside for the government exhibit to
$1,000. 900. The first appropriation
was e66, 900. which MIR. Peck says 10
entirely too small.
The reported rich strike OF gold at
Cripple Greek has been confirmed. 1t
Il the richest ever discovered in the
world, estimated to run as high as
$500. 900 to the ton. There is blocked
out in one level, at depth OF $50 feet,
5000, 900 worth Of ore.
A. Thompson. agent OF the Coast
seamen's Union at Seattle, says; "Un-
less tho Shipowners Association gives
up trying to put soab seamen on coast
ing vessels, general strike will be or
dered. and every sailing vessel on the
coast tied up as soon as she gets into
port. The union men will not accept
less than $40 per month";
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