Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-01
LA1gR NEWS.


| A boiler In tho Pullman Lumbe
Company's sawmil, at Pullman, Ark.
exploded, killing nix men.
| Colonel w. s. King, ex.congressmal
and national character for the pas
40 years. died at Minneapolis.
| Northern Ohio Is in the throes Of
fierce blizzard. Trains on the trunl
lines, especially west bound, were do
layed.
| Desperate engagement between th,
British and Beers north Of the Tugel,
resulted In tho English being twice re-
pulsed.
| The German steamer Admiral ha'
arrived at Lonrenco Marques with III
passengers, mostly Germans, who will
| join the Boer forces.
| The japanese minister 10 the United
States, Jutaro Komura, has been mott
fed by cable from japan OF his appoint
ment as minister to Russia.
A young dentist Of New York city
shot the wife Of the man who befriend.
cd him and then committed suicide,
Jealousy was the cause OF the crime.
The Platteville Powder mills, Plat.
teville, Wis. were wrecked by an ex.
plosion, killing three men and badly
inJuring one. Several buildings were
destroyed.
steamer believed TO be the Cali.
iornian. OF the Allan line, Is ashore of
Fort Williams, Portland. me. harbor.
She was heavily laden with grain,
bound for Liverpool.
In Chicago, 600 machinists employed
by Frazer % Chalmers and Croley q
Co.. are on strike. on account OF the
alleged refusal Of their employees 10
recognize the union.
Four OF the five members Of the new
Philippine commission have beer
selected. They are; Judge Taft. OF
Ohio; Luke 4. Wright. OF Tennessee
II. q. ide, OF Vermont, and Dean
Worcester, Of Michigan.
The plague In India continues ylrn.
lent. There were 5ss victims in BON.
bay city during the week ending Fobru.
AIRY 10. With 6l 900. 900 people affect.
ed by the famine and only about 4 O00,.
600 In receipt OF relief, the country Il
in a bad plight,
A preacher OF New Britain. Conn,
whose love for preaching has entirel,
overcome his desire for ordinary labor,
was given the alternative OF obtaining
q position by which he could support
his family or 20 70 Jail to continue his
religious studies. lie had spent his
time exponnding his doctrines ON street
corners. and since October had pro.
sided nothing for his family.
Leander J. Mccormick. Of McCor.
mick harvester fame. is dead.
The Beers are falling back and con.
centrating for the defense OF the Trans.
vaal.
Rev. James Smart, president OF Per.
due University, Lafayette. Ind, Is
dead.
The Nez Perces Indians will soon
get nearly 100000 from tne govern.
ment.
Pacific Coast Steamship Company's |
stevedores at Vancouver, b. c., are on |
a strike.
All business at Mafeking Is now con
Quoted in "bomb-proof" underground
chambers.
Operations in the Philippines are
drawing to close and police will re-
place soldiers.
Contract has been let for the erection
OF a new oil and guano factory near AS
toria, Oregon.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany has established a relief depart.
ment for It's employees.
The Fair estate has failed TO break
down Mrs. Craven's testimony relative
to her marriage with the senator.
Admiral Dewey says that II tho Mic.
aragua canal IL to be q neutral path.
way, Notifications are unnecessary.
Women's rights have made such
progress in Chile that already two.
thirds of the public school teachers are
women.
Leslie Il. Kelley, inventor OF the
Kelley cure for the liquor habit, died
It his home in Los Angeles, Cal, Of
heart disease.
The sultan will pay for the losses Of
americans In Turkey during the Ar.
nenian troubles. The sum involved
. about 500. 900.
General Hector Mcdonald, com.
tho Highland brigade and
eading in the pursuit of Cronje's
orces. Is severely wounded.
Representative Lentz, of Ohio, intro.
luced in the house a bill to provide for
he public distribution Of United
'tates map to all schools in the United
itates.
Upon representations of the Spanish
overnment 10 the effect that some OF
no islands south of the Philippine
rchipelago, which had been taken
ossession OF by the United States gun ,
oats, were the property of Spain, the
uthorities OF the state department j
ave examined the charts and con- I
luded to direct the withdrawal OF our Z
laims TO the islands of Caygayen. Su. /
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