Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-04-27
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphie
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in C0mdsnsed Form.

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A. nj. Larue. a murderer. was taken
from jail at Henderson, Tenn, aud
lynohed BY q mob.
Fourteen men were killed by q
premature explosion In blasting opera
tionn on the railway from Bilboa ID
Santander. Spain.
Ed Hawthorne, charged with about
40 burglaTies In various parts Of the
country, mostly In San Francisco. Il
under arrest In Denver.
James J. Hill Ia reported to have 40
quired control OF tie ". Paul " Du-
luth road. thus shortening bis line
from Duluth to the Twin cities.
AT Moontown, Mo. Frank Yeager
killed will, an AK u man named Powell.
shot Mis-. Ycager throe times. and
then cut hia own throat Yeager was
jealous.
Governor Tanner has signed the bill
appropriating $3.50. 900 TO psy the Ill.
nois volunteers iiom tho time they
were mustered into tha service OF the
United States.
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
give ei. .7bO, 900 10 cover the cost oi
the prop0sesi addition 20 the art. sci.
ence and literary departments Of the
Carnegie library at Pit,sburg.
At Bedford, fni., a stone quarry
train was pushed over 4o-foot em
bankment by the helper. Charlel
Mainser. engineer. and d. J. Menough,
were killed. Three men were hurt.
Five thousand Indiana. dissatisfied
with conditions In the reservation Of
the Indian territory. ieft In boiy for
Mexico 10 establish union reservation
on large lot Of land near Gua.laiajafa.
In Chicago three people were
smothercd 10 death by smoke in a
small two-story frame building. They
had been drinking together, and II is
thought one OF them upset kerosene
lamp.
Governor Stephens. Of Missouri. has
signed the Farris insurance bill. This
measure makes the antitrust law apply
TO st Lonis and Kansas City. aud will
practically destroy boards OF fire under
writer's In both cities.
San Francisco baptists are making
preparations for the receptions Of 5000
people next month to attend the an
nuai meeting OF the Ma tional Baptist
Societies. The celebrate on this year
IL the golden jubilee. for II IL 90 years
since the work OF the Ba ptisfs was be-
gun on this coast. The meetings will
open May "a. continuing to June |.
President Mckinley was entertained
at dinner given by Associate Justice
Gray, oi the supreme court.
The Canadian Pacific railways
roundhouse at Fort William. Manitoba,
waa destroyed by fire. Seven new Mo-
gul engines we're ruined. Total luss
about $50. 900.
An order Tor $1,000 rifles OF light
power has been placed by the Mexican
government In New York. The order
10 the largest one In this country by a
foreign power In the last 20 years.
Hsrr Polack. well-known engineer
and electrician, has discovered, says
the Vienna correspondent of the London
| Chroni Gle. means of telegfaphinR
90, 600 words per hour over single
wire.
While the Denver fire department
was working to extinguish fire at the
pintsch gas works. an explosion OF gas
occurred inside of the building. iniur-
Ing eight men. all connected with the
department
The British house of commons has
passed to second reading the bill In.
noduced by Cham mberlain, empowering
local authorities to advance money to
enable occupiers to acquire ownership
Of small houses.
Mrs. Catherine Woods. aged n
years. was burned TO death at Sacra'
mento, and 4-year old grandson wac
20 badly burned that his recovery Il
doubtful. The child dragged u lighted
lamp from tADte.
Walter Gray, aged go, assistant
bookkseper In the subtreasury at Sc.
Louis. was arrested for embexxlins
e700. lie admitted having taken the
money. to get medical attention ioI
hls crippled child. and intended later
to repay II.
The Twenty-frst United States In.
fantry, the famous Indian fighting regi
ment OF early days. and later very az
tive participants In the Cuban cain
paign. have departed from San Fran.
cisco for the Philippines ON the trans
port Hancock.
During election riots at Bilboa,
Spain, 30 persons were wounded. Pop
ular feeling runs high in Valencia anC
surrounding districts. There was {
sci lous affair In the town of port0s
province Of TarIagona, where the offi
cial candidate being beaten. the munic
ipal officials fired guns at the crowd
lniuring q number Of persons.
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