Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-02-23

Ing up necessary matters In hand, the
passage OF the special appropriation
bill was the feature Of the day.
The house refused TO concur In some
Of the senate's reductions Of items IN
the bill, and II was necessary to ap.
point conference committees before
agreement could be reached. This
prolonged the session TIL O'Clock In
the evening, when the session was do.
clared ended.
Rioting is occurring In dlfferen,
parts Of Paris. the result OF the election
Of Loubct.
The Columbia river fish canneyy
combine will close half Of the canneries
the coming season.
NJ. Loubet was elected president Of
France on the 2iat. The assembly
cast 8i2 votes, OF which Loubet 70.
ceived 483 TO 279 cast for NJ. Moline,
and 80 scattering.
A battle has occurred at Talien. Wan
between Russian soldiers and Chinese,
In which 800 OF the latter were slain.
The trouble IL said TO have originated
over tho question Of taxes.
Grading has begun on the Snake
River Valley railroad, between Union
tiat and the head Of the south fork oi
the Penewawa creek. A large force Of
men and teams is working on this big
cut between those two points.
A dispatch from Cape Charles, Va,
says 80 oyster sloops and scllooDers
have been carried out to sea by drift.
ing ice from Magothys bay. IL IL bc.
llevod many are manned. and the crews
may suffer from exposure and hunger.
Tugs will 10 sent 10 overhaul the yes.
sells.
Il Is expected that General OtIs will
shortly begin an aggressive campaign
Ia the Philippines as the recent battles
have not snbdued the insurgents. az
was expected Tie rainy season will
coon set In. when military operations
can not be we'll carried on. and deci.
alive blow must be given before tha,
time.
The torpedo-boat Fox. built by the
Woih u zwicker iron works, at Port.
land, Or, 10 the hrst torpedo-boa In
the world to come up to the require.
ments specified In the contract upon
her firs( ON cial trial. For two consoc
utive hours In her first trial she main.
tanned an average speed OF 2sJf knots,
her engines turning at rate OF 8Sl.4
revolutions per minute, which exceeds
the requirements by ia turns.
a IRE at tho Brooklyn navy yard on
the 18th destroyed 81 900. 900 worth Of
property.
The graves of tho Maine victims al
Havana we're decorated with aoweri
on the 18th. the anniversary Of the ex
plosion.
A British syndicate has obtained Z
concession from China TO build rail
road from Hankau TO Canton. alons
the coast.
Col. Miller, who captured Ilo llC
without the loss OF man In his com.
mand, has been promoted to be briga-
dIeI general BY the president.
The Cunard liner Etrnria and IN,
cruiser Marblehead narrowly averted .
collision during binding sieet and
snow storm about 20 miles on Sandy
Hook Monday morning.
Representative stallings. OF Ala,
bams. has introduced in the house a
bill to authorize the president to ap-
point General Wheeler u major general
In the regular army.
Terrific weather Is prevailing on
the coast Of Jamaica. The winds are
high and the sea is encroachlng on the
land. Coasting vessels have been
wrecked, and several hundred acres Of
bananas swep. away.
Naval ordnance officers In Washing
ton are elated over the remarkable re-
suits secured with the new smokelest
navy powder for large caliber guns in q
test ut tho Indian Head proving
grounds on the Potomac.
State chronological Scott. of Georgia
says the peach crop has been utterly
destroyed. and In all probability .hC
eorwers will be go discouraged that
they will abandon the business. Last
years crop was valued at $1,000. 000
A battle took place near lilo lilo OF
Sunday, when q battalion OF the
Eighteenth infantry met large force
OF insurgents and put ii TO fight
Lieutenant Bowles was shot in the Icy
one private seriously and two slightly
wounded.
Ex-Consul Duckert, Of BELGIUM. hai
been commissioned to make tour o.
China In the interests OF Belgian manu-
iaotursrs at salary Of sac, 900 year
The idea Of the tour emanated from
King Leopold, who will contribute eS,
900 to the salary.
President Zelaya has issued decree
declaring the republic oil Nicaragua tC
be In state OF seige. A battle Il
expected TO take place at any timt
west OF Chile mountain, the dividing
line Of the Coidilleras. The president
Ia sending troops to the frons as rapid
y az collected. Tho United Statel
gunboat Marietta, which arrived q,
Greytown February 8, has sailed iol
Bluelileds, the headquarters OF ths
revolution headed by Gen iral Reyes.
A deposit Of earth stroutian hal
been found on Pnt.in. Bay island In
Lake Eria IL l. vuanv acraa IL, aw. ana