Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-09-20
LAreR NEWS.
Boxera arc again ae.iye a Pekin.


weston are In need OF assistance.
General French has occupied Barber.
ton. capturing 100 Beers and some roll.
ing stock.
At Tacoma, WASH, the North Taco.
ma ahingle mill was entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss unknown.
John Wilson, pioneer merchant Of
Portland, Or, who began business
there In 1850, rs dead. aged "a.
The exodus from Galveston grows in
number as the facilities for getting
away from the city are increased.
At Eau Claire, Wis. seven men were
drowned by the oyerturning Of boat
while trying TO cross the river at that
place.
Mexican thieves entered saloon at
Guthrie, Arizona. for the purpose OF
robbery and were compelled to kill
two men and then escape.
Three men were drowned and two
gasoline launches sunk ~ result Of a
collision between the small craft and
steamer at stockton, Cal.
Another plague case has been re
ported at Glasgow, making total Of
II. In addition there Is one suspect
and ll5 persons under observation.
Near Nanaimo, b. c., two coal
trains collidei on the center Of tres.
tie, killing four men and reducing one
engine TO scrap iron. Misplaced sig.
mails was the cause.
The division OF customs and insular
Affairs OF the war department. has given
ont for publication statement Of the
receipts OF the Havana custom house
for the month OF August, 1900, show
ing TINT the total receipts Tor the
month we're $99l, 928.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire.
men convened at Des Moines adopted
resolutions denouncing the governor OF
Idaho for maintaining martial law In
the Occur d'Alepe district. the gov.
ernment for using the government
troops and congress for making public
the testimony taken at the investiga.
tion by the house committee last win
ter.
The Boer delegates. Messrs. Fisher,
Wolmarans and Vessels, have ad-
dressed an appeal TO all nations for in
teryention In South Africa. The APP
peal concludes as follows: elm the
name OF Justice and humanity. we APP
peal to all peoples TO come 10 our aid
In this supreme moment and save our
country. We commit ourselves to
God, trusting that our prayers will
be heard
Conger adyices Americans to leave
China.
Colorado Democrats nominated j. B.
0ran for governor.
General Botha is said to be making
oyertutes to surrender.
Forest fires destroyed no timber in
Cascade reserve this season.
A man fell from a fruit tres at Eu.
gene. Or, with fatal results.
Negro vandals were tried by court
martial and shot at Galveston.
New York Democrats nominated
John b. Stanchfield for governor.
A number Of vessels were lost or
stranded in the gale on the lakes.
American troops await the presi-
dents word TO march from Pekin.
Fire at Narragansett pier, r. L.,
destroyed property worth $3.50, 900.
President Kruger is at Lourenco,
Marques preparing to sail for Europe.
From $4,000 to 20. 900 Chinese con.
yerts were massacred in July by Box
ers.
Nine persons were killed In South
ern Illinios by the wrecking OF the
atrical car.
Three thousand bodies of storm VIC
TINS have been buried at Galveston.
The property loss is estimated at $l5,-
600, 900.
The city OF Dallas, Texas, has sub
scribed nearly $4,000 in cash and six
carloads OF clothing for the South
Texas food sufferers.
DIR. Dennis Bowling Mulcahy, once
an active Fenian agitator. who was
imprisoned in England in the latter
pant OF the eos with o'Donovan Rossa
and Others. died in Newark, N. j.,
aged 53'years.
The trouble that was threatened be-
tween the whites and Indians. arrayed
on one side, against the Japs. ON the
other side, In the hop fields above Puy-
allup. WASH, seems to have been avert
ed, at least for the time being. No ac-
tual clash has yet taken place, but
there is bad feeling between the fac
tions that may at any time break out
into open hostilities.
The plague is again increasing in
India. Over 10000 deaths are report
ed to have occurred during the last
week. Lord Curzon of Keddleston,
vieeroy OF India. has cabled the India
office that good rains have fallen in
Madras and Central Bengal and ON the
Gangetio plain, relieving all present
anxiety regarding the autumn crops
In these territories. The total number
now receiving famine relief has fallen
to 4.sS4. 900.