Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-05-25
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
i'm a Condensed Form.


General Pillar, a Philippine officer,
Ia tired and wants TO surrender.
Mrs. Mary Coleman, who was sick,
hanged herself at Moscow. Idaho.
A Georgia colored couple burned
their four children nearly to death; the
man ran away; the woman was caught
In the act.
Five thousand Spanish prisoners have
been taken into northern province of
Luzon, beyond reach Of aid by Ameri-
can troops.
Dock laborers at Cienfuegos demand
ed more pay, and not being satisfied.
raised a riot, In which one was killed
and several wounded.
G. W. Nordstrom. who murdered
William Mason in Seattle over eight
years ago. has been sentenced for the
fourth time to be hanged.
William Lockrldge. an escaped Mis-
souri, robber and murderer, who was re-
ported to have been drowned recently
at Astoria, has been discovered and ar
rested in Montana.
The gigantic copper trusts recently
formed by Marcus DAILY and W. A.
Clake, rival Montana mllionaires. have
taken up the Western Washington cop
per belt. near Index.
Rear-Admiral John g. Watson, who
will relieve Admiral Dewey in COM
mand of the Asiatio squadron, sailed
for his post on the steamer City OF
Peking from San Francisco.
Several prominent government off,
cials at Washington have organized
themselves into a committee to receive
subscriptions for Dewey fund. United
States Treasurer Roberts will receive
the subscriptions. The first sent il
was $3.50, from Felix Angus, of tht
Baltimore American.
At Moscow, Idaho. the United Statel
grand Jury session returned indict
ments against the ringleaders of thu
mob that delayed the Northern Pacifi'
and the o. r. & N. mail trains, ant
some 400 others Of the Canyon creel
and Wardner miners that participates
in seizing the trains.
The United States government i
tary post in Southeastern Alaska
Light Notifications are to be put in an,
large force OF troops will be sen
north as soon as they can be spared
!, The recent trouble over the Canadian
boundary and rapidly growing feel
: ing of uneasiness among the Indians j
said to be the cause.
New York city has appropriate
, $3.50, 900 for the reception of Admira
Dewey.
Because he was ieproved for teasin
a boy. a Chicago villain shot tw
men, one fatally.
: The window glass trust has finall
: been organized and will control pc
4 cent of the product.
+ A crazy California sugar factor
: hand killed his wife by cutting h'
o throat, and then committed suicide.
!, The Wheeling Steel & Iron Con
pany, of Wheeling. W. Va. has gran
!, cd it's 500 employees an advance of
per cent in wages.
4 Pawnee Bills Wild West sho
. came to grief in Princeton. Studen
! stopped the parade. Many were il
: jured in the melee which followed.
t 1t is the intention of President Nj
IL Kinley to be in the Western states
: the time of the return of the voluntee
: : who have done heroic service in Il
= Philippines.
le The federation Of miners. which m
at Salt Lake, denounced the militia
ID proceedings at Wardner, Idaho, al
70 declared that union men did not d
= y stroy the mill.
$. The secretary Of war has just order
rs that the Washington volunteers, VIII
le sent home from Manila. will return
= rectly to the Sound, without stoppi
- at San Francisco.
The steamer Hassalo. built for t
o. Il. q N. Co.. at Portland, h
:, - proved herself the fastest sternwheel
n in the world. In trial run she ma
IN 90 2-S miles in an hour.
IS The Commercial Cable Compan,
re steamer Britannia has arrived at I
n. Azores. and will start this week
ny make soundings for laying the stra
y which is to connect Germany and t
20 United States.
en- The Russian demand for a new ra
de road concession connecting Peking wi
W uo Russia's present railroad system
y Manchuria, is still exciting the grav
,r, % anxiety in Peking. Germans q
N. Japanese are particularly uneasy.
er, The Berwind- White Coal Min
am rii Company. one OF the largest produc
M 'Mns of hituminous coal in the world.
ma notified its employees of an increase
ID. wages, to go into effect June l. ]
he advance will directly affect 10, 600 M