Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-07-27
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of Items Frox
the Tive Hemispheres Presented
In 4 Condensed Form.

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A government assay Office will be
established At Seattle.
Kansas has the biggest corn crop In
sight In the history Of the state.
Los Angeles will issue 81 900, 900 In
bonds for purchase Of waterworks.
Three tons Of gold dust were deposit.
cd in one day In the Seattle banks.
Admiral Dewey will be banqneted
by the Americans at Trieste, Austria.
The battloship Iowa has received or.
ders ut Seattle to sail Tor saD Fran.
cisco. q
A reciprocal treaty between the Uni.
ted States anj the West Indies has been
signed.
The Philippine commission reports
encouraging progress toward paci6ca.
tion Of natives.
Tho Addison steel foundry at Gin.
cinnati, employing 800 men. burned;
loss, $40o,o 900.
The Shamrock in a race with the
Prince Of Wales yacht Briltania easily
beat her 10 minutes.
Three we're killed and throo injured
In atailroad wreck near Portsmouth.
o.. caused by heavy fog.
The administration will ignore the
Manila correspondents "round robin"
and await favorable news
Tho royalties paid 10 the Canadian
government by Klondike mine owners
will amount TO over 5000 this sea.
son.
Five thousand immigrants were
landed In San Francisco last year.
They brought with them total Of
$387, 1854.
The Filipino tunta will be moved
from Hong Kong to the island Of La
baum. British colony. six miles from
the northwest coast OF BoIneo, as the
American officials have watched tie
members Of the iunta 50 closely ut
Hong Kong that the latter have found
IL impossible to supply the insurgents
with arms.
Admiral Dewey has fled his claim
for naval bounty.
Aguinaldo is said to be negotiating
| with General Otis for peace.
Sacramento river steamers are tied
mp on account Of deck hands strike
Tho new French cabinet wants TO
end the Dieyius agitation and hush the
scandal.
Near London, KY. as the result of
/ q ieud. FIVE men were killed in a
pitched battle.
Senators aud representatives are said
to have dictated appointments OF new
volunteer officers.
q. d. Winn. OF Albany, has been ap-
pointed census supervisor for tlla FIRST
district Of Oregon.
Americans have gained another VIC
tory at The Hague IN securing the
right OF revision of aibitral rewards.
Mckinley will recommend Alat con.
gross give Eighth army corps memb bers,
including Oregon volunteers, special
bravery medals. .......
All OF the bodies OF the dead in the
Second Oregon regiment will be
brought home for burial at the govern
ment's expense.
Dissolution OF the o. r. s. N. voting
trust means that hereafter the road
will serve Union Pacific and itself rath.
or than Northern roads.
The Colorado supreme court has de-
cided the eight.hour law unconstitu.
tional. The smelters will resume
operations on the old schedule.
There are now at 81. Mchaels be-
tween 400 and 800 stranded prospec.
tors. who do not know whore their
next meal ia coming from. The gov
ernment station on the island is be-
sieged with piteous appeals for aid.
Attorney. General Blackburn has
rendered an opinion at the request Of
Newt Livingston, sheriff Of Grant
county, Or. In which he expresses the
opinion that sheriffs are not entitled
to constructive mileage In serving pa.
pers.
| Newspaper correspondents In the
Philippines have made vigorous pro-
test against the close censorship of dis.
patches, and say they are forced to in.
lulge IN Misrepresentation. Otis has
appointed new censor and promises
a more liberal policy will be pursued
In the future.
A fruit Gamers combine, including
IL corporations and 80 plants, has just
been formed in San Francisco. The
new combine includes almost every
important cannery in California, and
will cut u prominent figure in the fruit
industry Of the state, besides controll-
ing prices and debating terms to the
fruit-growers.
M Miner News Items.
| Mrs. Celestina Nigro. of Philadel.
| phia. celebrated her one hundredth
birthday by dancing three waltzes.