Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-03-15
LATER NEWS.
Tho senate passed the diplomati. and
consular bill


Washington.
Reay-Admiral Mccormick has been
placed ON the retired list ON his own
application.
General Kobbc, with 2, 500 men. has
occupied the town OF Sorsogon, in the
southern end OF Luzon.
Thousands Of organized insurgents
are resisting the Americans In the
Antique province In Panay.
The ANIMAL reports Of Indian agents
show that the entire Indian population
Of tho United States is 207. .00b.
The Legislature OF Illinois appropriat.
cd $l00,0 for the reconstruction OF
tho Lincoln monument at Springfield.
The mutual Lifc Insurance Company
OF New York. has subscribed for e..
000,0 Of the new English war loans.
Tho legislative trouble at Frankfort.
KY, IL ut tho boiling point. Militia is
In complete control OF the state execu.
tive building.
The threatened strike Of the en-.
ployes OF the 81. Louis Transit Com.
pany Is of. An agreement satisfactory
to both sides was reached.
Indications are that the Boer war IL
drawing to an end. President Kruger
has appealed TO Lord Salisbury for a
cessation Of hostilities.
Taxation OF corporations in Paris has
led 10 the transfer Of many main offices
10 Brussels, French societies being in
corporated there under the laws Of Bel.
gium 10 avoid the French income tax.
Admiral Kautz. ommander.in-ch
OF the Pacific squadron, has been
ordered 70 proceed with the Philadel-
phia to the coast OF Central America
for the purpose OF protecting American
interests there.
The president has commuted TO i'm.
prisonment for life the sentence Of
death imposed by court-martiai in the
case OF Private George Murphy, com.
pany Q, Twenty-fourth infantry, con.
victed OF the murder Of another soldier
Of the same company in the Philippines.
DIR. II. d. Morgan, Of the United
States navy, speaking Of the war In the
Philippines. says: II do not believe
that the revolution is at an end. The
Filipinos are scattered about ths
islands, mainly In Luzon, in small
bands, but IL il generally understood
that they are under orders TO concen
trate at any given point when the WORD
/ is passed. do not believe that Agui.
naldo IL in China. IL ismy impression
he Is still In Luzon.n
General Joubert Ii now In supreme
command Of the Beers.
The total cost OF the war In the Phil
ippines so far is $50. 100000.
British casualties In the final relief
Of Ladysmith were almost 1000.
The island Of Tutuila, Of the Samoan
group, IL 20 be used aa naval station.
| Fire in tho retail dry goods district
Of Philadelphia, caused a loss Of $780,.
600. t
| Boers say that theretreat from Lady
smith was due TO commanders mis-.
take.
Senator Hoar now wants TO give
Queen Liliuokalani $3.50. 900 from the
treasury.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill was de-
nounced from the pulpit oy Washing
ton minister.
Steps are being taken to organize a
bank with $4,000 capital at lone,
Morrow county, Or.
| Strikes and labor troubles OF various
kinds have thrown $4,000 men out OF
employment in Chicago.
| Civil war Is imminent in China.
One province is already in revolt over
the dethronement of the emperor.
| The senate has confirmed the appoint.
ment OF ii. d. Miller, OF Josephine
county, Oregon, TO be consul at Chung
Kiang, China.
| Lady White, wife Of General Sir
George White, has been invested by
Queen Victoria with the Order of the
Crown Of India.
| Congressman Alfred @. Harmer, OF
/, Pennsylvania, father OF the house Of
representatives. is dead at Philadel.
| phia, aged 10 years.
/ The United States government has
/ ordered that the California Mammoth
/ Tree Grove in Calaveras county, be
bonded for park purposes.
i The Pure Food and Drug congress.
In convention at Washington. adopted
resolutions seeking congressional action
TO provide penalties for adulteration.
Isaac Gordon, OF Birmingham, Eng.
land, the notorious money lender il
dead. He was known all over the
kingdom, under various aliases, and Is
said 10 have been worth Rl,000,000.
| DR.. Nansen, the explorer, questioned
in regard to the possible fate of Andre,
said; II believe as long as possible,
| in his return, making the most liberal
allowance Of time for his reappeara ance,
but no longer have any hope. don't
believe that he 10 living; otherwise we
should certainly have heard OF him.
All that can be looked for now is the
recovery OF his body"
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