Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-02-22
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
tho Two Ifsn,isphsres Presented
in y Condensed Rorm.

The treasurer OF Nez Perce county,
Idaho, was arrested for depositlng pub
lie funds Ia national banks.
Two hundred shareholders Of tho
Panama Canal Company met III Paris
aud chose q new board Of directors.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for the
enlargement Of the postoiice buillin:
ut Portland, Or, was passed in the
senate.
After an overhauline at Mare Island
navy yard. the Philadelphia will pro.
ceed 20 the island oi Tutuila. one oi
the eamoans.
A branch Of tho mine,s' union has
heen formed at Cornucowa. This Is
noteworthy In that II IN tiie first branch
10 be formed in Oregon,
During the last three months nearly
2b0 demented soldiers have arrived In
San Francisco from the Philippines,
and Il II said 200 more are on the way.
Tho Corliss proposition for tho gov
ernment ownership OF paciac cable
was defeated by the house committee
ON interstate and foreign commerce, ~
vote Of 8 10 8.
+. o, TAFT, amatuer golf chapmion OF
Great Britain In 1895 and 1898, was
killed during General MacDonaId's re-.
connaissance at Kooderelerg, being shot
through the body. He had previously
been wounded at Magersiontein.
Tho British ship County of Edin.
burRh went ashore near Manasuan life.
saving station, on the Jersey coast.
near Point Pleasant. She Is hard and
fast aground, and II IL expected u
break up. The crew were taken of In
the brceches buoy by the liic.saycrs.
Iglisias and Eduardo Conde. Puerto
Rican labor leaders. have issued an
appeal TO this government ON behalf OF
the workingmen OF Puerto Rico. They
declare that thc working class OF their
island have been reduced by reason OF
the war, the hurricane and the action
OF this government since the storm, TO
condition OF extreme destitution.
by an executive order, certain por.
ton OF tho peninsula In the district
Of Alaska, Immediately north Of the
southern boundary, and embracing
Camp Point Spencer. has been reserved
for public purposes. The tract IL
located on the west shore OF Port Ciar-
ence bay. comprising the peninsula ON
which IL Point Spencer. and includes
about four square miles.
Albay province Is much harasscd
by the Filipino rebels.
A territorial form OF government is
recommended for Hawaii.
Dawson merchants arc closing up
shop to go TO Cape Nome.
Congressman Sulzcr. OF New York,
Is talked Of for Bryan's running mate.
Fire In the Brooklyn navy yard do.
stroyed property to the value OF $780,.
900.
Four men were fatally wounded dur.
ing riot At dance In Northern Okla.
homa.
Tho strike OF the Cuban cigarmakers
has been settled. The effort was unsuc-
cessiul.
Robbers made an unsuccessful at.
tempt to hold up Santa le tain In
Oklahoma.
Elijah Cone. one Of the oldest news
paper men OF Wisconsin, was frozen to
death In Fond du Lac.
American miners are not allowed TO
carry arms or ammunition into tho
state OF Sonora, Mexico.
Chaplain Wells, just returned from
the Philippines, says there Is too much
whiskey sold and used there.
Tho transport Siam. which lost 8ll
mules out OF $50 on her trip to Manila,
IL back in San Francisco harbor.
The city OF Skaewey protests against
the appointment OF delegate TO con-
gress without the vote Of the people.
Ed. Armstrong. Mediord, Or,
bricklayer, was shot and fatally In.
jured by A. j. lIamlen, during a saloon
row,
Fire at the National Biscuit Conn
pany's works, Mt Worcester, Mass, do
stroyed property to the value OF $00,-
600.
The Kansas supreme court holds that
railways cannot be compelled 10 fur
nish free transportation TO livestock
shippers.
Buller's attack is now known to
have been no feint. lie was really de-
feated in third attempt to reach
Ladysmith.
Thomas O.. Merrill, Of Salt Lake
City, widely known throughout the
West as an energetic worker in the sill
YER cause, Is dead.
French railroads have ordered 80 10.
comotiyes from Philadelphia,
A Leipsic newspaper warns German
manufacturers may crowd them out OF
Russia.
A French court sent man to prison
for three months for insulting Queen
Victoria In pamphlet.
The queen OF Italy has handker-
chief valued at 100000. II took Sow
eral women more than 20 years to
make 1t.