Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-03-23
EVENTS OF TIE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphie
News Of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
ths Two HsmisFhsrss Presented
Ia = Condensed Form.

General Otis Is planning another
blow at tho insurgents In the exeuction
OF his general scheme Of Fastening the
end oi the rebellion in Luzon before
the advent OF the rainy season.
The appellate court. at Chicago, has
unanimously sustained a decision
rendered by Judge Tuley last summer,
that express companies are obliged to
furnish war revenue stamps to all ship
pers.
The sovereign camp woodmsn Of the
World. the fifth largest fraternal and
beneficiary order IN the United States
are In biennial session at Memphis,
Tenn. Tho session will last ten days
or two weeks.
Mrs. Minnie Adams has been arrest
ed at her fathers home, In San Fran
cisco, on suspicion OF having murdered
her two -ycar.old illegitimate child.
Johp Richard Gray, by administering o
dose OF carbolic acid.
Senior Quesada, OF the Cuban junta
In Washington. has received a cable
gram form Santiago which says: Tho
people oi Santiago disauthorize the as
scmbly. sustain Gomez and are pre-
pairing public manifestation"
At the annual meeting OF the Asso.
c!ated Chambers Of Commerce In Lon.
don, resolution was passed urging
the British government 10 maintain the
'.open door" in China and prior Brit
lsh rights In the Yang tse Kiang valley.
A contract has been concluded be.
tween the German government and
Cecil Rhodes, the British South Afri.
can magnate. for the construction Of 9
telegraph line In East Africa. A
contract for building railroad through
the same territory Is upon the point
OF conclusion.
Rear.Admiial Hichborn. chief naval
constructor. In his statement Of work
accom- plished on the vessels now build
ing for the navy. shows that there are
now actually under construction. or al.
ready contracted for, 81 vessels Of yari-
Gus types. ranging from baltle.ships "a
torpedo boats
According 10 dispatch from pinai
del Rio, I've sisters Of the American
order OF Sacred Heart have been ordered
away from Cuba by Archbishop Cha
pelle. papal Representatives The nnn'
are all daughters Of Indian chiefs. and
the reason given is the "old hatred
against the Indian sisters"
Thiec thousand insurgents moved
down TO the towns Of PasiR and Pateroi
on the shore OF Laguna de Bay, front
| ing Wheaton's troops on the Pasig river
line BY heavy fighting Wheaton dis
lodged and drove them back, taking
400 prisoners and inainting heavy losse'
In killed and wounded.
The torpedo. boat Fox, built at Port
land, has arrived at San francisco
She made tho run from Astoria in q
hours.
The navy department has abandoned
all hope Of the recovery of the armore'
cruiser Cristobal Colon. SINK In tn,
battle OF July 8, at Santiago.
The navy department 10 informed b,
Admiral Dewey that the supply shil
Nanshan has left Manila with supple
for the new naval station at Guam.
| A correspondent OF the state depart
ment. writing from Ponapi, Oarolin
islands, says the inhabitants like every
thing that Is American. They are hop
ing and praying. he says, that tn
Americans will take possession OF al
OF the islands. aud, II not all, at Teas
the island OF Ponapi.
The differences between the Raisiu
Growers' Association and the packer
Of California, have been finally ad
iusted. The association will make tn
sales and the packers will receive
liberal commission. The packers wi
form an organization with capital {
$500. 900. Of which $4,000 is to be !
cash.
The city Of Pasig. east Of Manils
has been captured by American trooI
after an hours fight. The loss to Il
; Filipinos was 80 killed and 10 prisoi
ers. The Americans loss was ore ma
killed. Six we're wounded, The ma
killed is Private O. Il. Thorn, OF Il
Twentieth Kansas. The battle wi
fought by Wheaton's divisional brigad
A search steamer which has return'
TO Brisbane, Queensland. from Coo
town. on the Endeavor river, til
: colony, reports that three schooners an
so luggers were lost and that 400 CO
ored persons aud III whites we
drowned during the recent hurricaI
that swept the northwest coast
Queensland.
There has been @ popular demonstr
tlon In ChTistiana, Norway. again
Crown Prince Gustaf, Duke OF Worn
land. who was recently appointed !
gent ON account of the Illness OF b
father, King Oscar. The prince W
returning from the military club VIII,
he met crowd OF people, who hoot,
him, Missed him and pelted him wi
: snowballe.
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