Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-06-28
EVENTS OF THE DAY
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Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
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An Interesting Collection ~ Items Frepm
the Two IIcmisphcros Presented
In "a Condensed Form.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

tho Two ucmisphcres Presented
In u Condensed Form.
Two thousand stand OF arms have
been given up by the Beers at Pretoria
Tho battle.ship Oregon and 5000
American troops will go TO Taku al
once.
American ships took no part In the
bombardment and seizure OF the Chi.
nese forts at Taku.
A special session OF congress may be
called. The situation In the far East
seems TO demand 1t.
Three OF the forts ut Taku were com.
pletely destroyed by the bombardmeni
from foreign ships, and the British ves.
selscaptnred four Chinese torpedo boats.
Mrs. Beyeridge. wife OF United statei
Senator Beyeridge, OF Indiana, died In
sanitarium at Dansville. N. Y. Of
heart failure. She had been Ill several
months.
Half Of the business portion OF the
city OF Bloomington, ILL.,, including
five squares OF the finest business blocks
OF the city and the court house. were
destroyed by FIRE, with losses estimated
at 81, 100000.
Negotiations for n. commercial treaty
with France have been satisfactorily
concluded by tho brazilian minister OF
foreign affairs at Rio Janeiro. France
will grant reduction OF 20 per cent
on the duty ON Brazilian coffee.
The Pacific oil Works Company was
incorporated at Tacoma, WASH, with
capital Of $3.50, 900, 70 bore for oil In
q gulch, almost In the heart OF the
city. Sample oil from outcropping in.
dictate rich deposit. Work will be
prosecuted at once.
A dispatch from Lord Roberts sent
from Pretoria. juno 10. gives an official
version OF an attack ON a British post
at Zand river, June 10, by 800 Beers,
with three guns. IL says that General
Knox, with mixed force. drove OF the
Boers, who left four dead and four pris.
oners on the field. The British loss
was Major Seymour and two men killed
and nine wounded.
Tho French government will have
4 400 troops at Taku when the rem.
forcements just ordered have arrived
there. They will reach Taku before
June 80. The dispatch Of a cruises
division, which was decided upon,
will give France a strong naval force.
consisting OF seven modern cruisers
three OF the first-class and four OF the
second class--iour gunboats and dis.
patch boat.
Chinese forts at Taku fired on foreigs
vessels, but we're soon forced 70 snr.
render.
Russia has demanded OF China an In.
demnity of 10000. 900 taels for the
damage done - the railroad from Tien
Tsin 10 Pekin.
John Vass, one OF the hest-known
mining experts on the Pacific Coast,
died OF consumption at Baker City,
Or, aged 10 years.
Trouble is rife in the northern pars
Of the Republic of San Domingo. Many
arrests have been made, including lead.
ors OF the former government party.
In consequence Of the gravity OF the
situation in China, England has order.
cd the Seventh Bengal infantry al
Simla, India. to proceed to Hong Kong.
]. @. Pardee. aged 80 years, a brake.
man on the Southern Pacific train. who
lives In Ashland. Or, was killed al
Dunsmuir, CAL. by bein run over by Q
train.
Information from Pekin, brought To
Shanghai by refugees, says that the
oity 10 In q state OF panic. lncendiary
fires are Of nightly occurrence, and
scores Of outrages are reported. Wo.
men and children from Tien Tsin are
pouring into Shanghai. The chief
danger there ia the fact that the native
town. behind the European settlement.
Is full Of bad characters, whose atti.
tuds 10 becoming every day more inso.
lent and menacing.
At Needles. CAL. the federal quaran.
time inspector has been prevented from
molssting passengers on Santa Fe trains
at the state line and his authority ia
ignorned by the railroad officials. Or.
ders have been Issued TO oil conductors
to take up the pass OF the inspector.
Mr., Jenkins, II presented. and collect
his fare. Jenkins has wired to Surgeon
Kenyoun for instructions. The con.
ductors have also been ordered TO give
the inspector no information.
s. j. MCGOWAN, superintendent OF
the Phoenix, Aria, Indian Industrial
School. having been directed to inves.
tigate the condition OF the Pima In.
dians on their reservation on the Gila
river. 30 miles from Phoenix, who
were reported to be suffering from
famine, states that 5000 Pimas and
An equal NUMBER OF Papagoes are In |
great distress. Congress has appropri.
ated $2S, 900 for the relief OF the In.
iians and Iations win soon be distri.
buted.
The tobacco trust has established a
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