Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-05-03
LATER NEWS.

Infeo persons were drowned At Fort
Gamble, WASH, by the capsizing Of q
sail boat.
Fire destroyed the building occupied
by the Atlas Brewing Company, Of Chi
cago. Loss $200,000.
| At an Indian famine mass netting in
New York, $l,687 was contributed.
Helen NJ. Gould pledged 5000.
George 9. Tod, formerly OF Ken.
tucky, brother-in-law OF President
Lincoln, died at Barnwell, s. 9.
| Desk Sergeant Timothy s. O'Connell,
Of the Woodlawn police station, Chi.
cago. was shot and killed by footpads.
Mayor Harrison has issued an appeal
to citizens Of Chicago to use their in
fiuence in settling the labor troubles
there.
The Berlin press says Lord Roberts
has blundered in believing that the
southern half OF Orange Free State was
fortified.
Senior Perfecto Lacoste has accepted
the Office of secretary of agriculture OF
Cuba, made vacant by the resignation
OF General Ruiz Rivers.
British ammunition wagons passing
through Basutoland were stopped by
Basutos, who informed General DeWet.
The British were forced 10 retire.
The British government has issued
orders for the clearing Of all the hos
pitals at Cape Town, with view to
providing for future contingencies.
Mrs. NJ. /. warGeld Clay, the di.
vorced wife OF Hon. Cassius N. Clay,
sage OF Whitehall. died. SO years old.
She was the mother OF Brutus j. Clay.
Floods In Texas continue undated.
and hundreds OF families are moving
from the submerged district. The
rainfall has been the heaviest since
1869.
The engagement OF Albert G. Van
derbilt, second son and the principal
heir Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt,
and Miss Elsie French, the daughter Of
Mrs. Francis 0rmond French. Is an
nounced.
In the accident at Matanzas, Cuba.
which resulted in the death OF the wife
OF General Wilson, governor OF the de-
partment OF Matanzas, Santa Clara.
the daughter. who was driving with
her, was also burned, though not seri-
ously. while endeavoring TO extinguish
the flames. Mrs. Wilson's hands were
80 badly swollen before death that it
was found necessary TO cut the rings
from her fingers in order to give her
relief.
Luzon rebels lost sss killed in two
days.
Oregon wool growers are urged to de-
mand 20 cents pound for their pro-
duct.
Pennsylvanians believe that Quay's
defeat in the senate winds up his polit-
ical career.
War taxes have brought in total Of
$lSS. 405,2 ,292 to the United States
government.
The rumor OF an American plot to
destroy the Welland canal has proven
to be unfounded.
The transport Bavarisn has sailed
from Cape Town for st. Helena with
1850 Boer prisoners.
Reinhold Harras. convicted at Walla
Walla Of stealing cattle, was sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary.
The prospect for the admission of
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
as states at this session Of congress in
slim.
Chinese emperor is said to be dying
by inches. Some aver that slow pois-
oning by the empress dowager is the
cause.
Hon. w ii. King. representative
from Utah. successor to Brigham Ii.
Roberts, the polygamist, has been
sworn in.
The Tammany delegation GOO strong)
to the national convention at Kansas
City, will have five special trains to
carry them.
Casualties OF the garrison at Maieking
mp to April had been 86S killed and
wounded. They are now living on
bread made of oats.
Prominent American capitalists OF
Philadelphia and Richmond, are an
deayoring to secure the contract for a
| 500, 100000 railroad line from St..
Petersburg to Odessa. in Russia.
The naval board OF construction has
finally approved the plans for the three
battle ships authorized by the last con-
gress and given instructions to have the
specifications prepared at once prelim-
mary to calling for bids from the ship
builders. The ships will be enlarged
Iowas in type, with the same rectangu-
lar superstIuoture and the two turrets,
bow and stern, on the main deck.
The state department ut Washington
has notified Mrs. Rita L. Ruiz, widow
OF DR.. Ricardo Ruiz. who was murdered
in prison at Cuanabacao, Cuba.
while captive OF the Spaniards, that
the chair on which he wrote his last
message in blood would be forwarded
to her. The message reads: "Mer-
cedes, mine. Evangeline, Ricardlito,
goodbye. My children OF my life.
give you my blessing. BE obedient to