Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-09-14
LATER NEWS.
Texas Is suffering from drought.

1t Is said by prominent railroad men
that the Hartman syndicate is quietly
working for sea-to-sea railroad arr
Fangement.
Peary and his arctic expedition have
been heard from. They are coming
home after getting much geographical
Information.
The government will soon have It's
plant for the manufacture OF smokeless
powder in operation. The location Ia
ON the Potomac near Indian Head.
An east bound Southern Pacific train
was held up and robbed near Wilcox.
Ariz.. by four men who hired ont as hay
cutters near there for several days.
Two hundred feet OF trestle over
Broad river. near Columbus, $. O..
gave way un leF~a trainload OF granite
and four Of the train crew were killed.
Meridian, Miss. has quarantined
against all places infected with yellow
fever. At Key West and Jacksonville
the situation is reported to be growing
worse.
The Dreyfus verdict has aroused
widespread Indignation outside Of
France and there is much talk through
out Europe OF boycosting the Paris ex.
position.
None Of the prisoners In the Ward.
ner bull pen are to be tried at the pres.
ent term Of court In that county.
Their cases will go over until the Janu.
arY term.
Although the aspect Of affairs IL
more peaceable, the special dispatches
from Johannesburg report the greatest
anxiety there. and people are still leav.
ing the town by hundreds.
Jealous OF the United States, Euro
pean influences are working in South
America in opposing pan American
unity. They say the great republic
seeks to dominate all America.
A Washington correspondent sayi
that free ports In Alaska are given Il
Canada by tentative boundary agree.
ment. and in return the United statei
will gain additional privilege for New
England fishermen.
A force of 450 rebels, with one can
non, attacked Santa Rita and stimuli.
taneously Guagua and San Antonio
were attacked by bodies of rebels
numbering about 600 men. All the
insurgents were repulsed without losi
to ths Americans.
According to the statement Just
made public by the war department
our colonial trade for the first seven
months of 1890 beats all records.
Trade movements affecting the United
States were never so uniform and
natural as this year.
A Seattle dispatch says: Aftel
spending several hundred dollars IN
assisting destitute Klondikers to theii
Eastern homes, the county commission
efa have called a halt. The chamber
Of commerce has taken similar ac
tion.
Puget sound guns will be tested b.
the government soon.
Chicago has just passed through the
longest dry spell siEce the time OF th,
great fire in 1871.
The Porto Rican relief committed
will appeal for aid TO all the churches
and banks In this country.
The Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
is believed to have corner on tht
coal product OF Tennessee.
Walker Hill. OF st. Louis, has beer
chosen as the next president OF thu
American Bankers Association.
Railway surveyors are at work IL
Eastern Oregon and II is rumored tina
they are in the employ of the Burling
ton.
At the Empire City Trotting park
New York city. Joe Patchen deieatet
Star Pointer, John II. Gentry an,
searchlight.
Samuel b. Bishop and Henry Hawl
were blown TO pieces by an Academia
explosion OF giant powder In the May
flower mine at Nevada. Cal.
An open switch on the Erie roac
near Meadville. Pa, caused a collision
between freight and passenger train
Three were killed and three injured,
Texas, Chicago and New York capi
talists have bought 100000 acres Q
timber and range land in Mexico. an,
will build up an industrial and com
mercisl center
A freight train near Williamson, W
Va. broke In two and the two section
came together in . tunnel, resulting il
the killing OF three OF the train crew
and four tramps.
American apples ars in such grea
demand in Germany this year tina
shipments have commenced one mont
earlier than usual. Last year 22,S5
barrels were sent abroad. This yea
1t 10 expected the shipments will Teao
100. 900 barrels.
AS a reward for tho Santiago cam
paign Major General Shafter will con
time in command OF the department
of the Pacific with his present volun
teer rank after the time reached for hi
retirement. which was to have take
place the l4th OF September.
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