Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-01-10
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Psnlnss Of the Past Week lna
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Was beheaded In Peklns
Costa Rica is pleased by recognition
In the canal negotiations.
The BRUSH are unable TO check the
Boor invasion OF CapeC olony.
The foreign troops In China are we'll
prepared for the winter season.
The Republican caucus In Pennsyl.
vaniA selected Quay for senator.
The United States training ship To.
peka has arrived at Tangier. Morocco.
The Fart OF Hopetoun was sworn in
~ first governor Of Federated Aus.
tralia.
Oregon, Washington and Alaska
have been formed into q life.saving
district.
Fire In Seattle destroyed tho city II.
brary, containing 200 volumes and
vauled at $50. 900.
The revenue cutter Perry will sail
from Astoaria In search OF overdue
Columbia river ships.
Pat Grove. charged with the abudc.
tion OF young Cudahy. Of Omaha, has
been captured In South Dakota.
Edward Rice, an Idaho man, sen.
fenced to death for murder. made o
desperate. but unsuccessIui attempt
TO commit suicide by cutting his throat.
An insane man. being conveyed from
Multnomah county TO the Oregon state
asylum at salem, jumped from NOV
ing train. bruising himself about the
head. 1t is thought he will recover.
Famine in some OF the provinces Of
China Is becoming worse. The rice
crops, owing 10 the war. were almost
total failures. and canibalism baE
broken ont. The authorities are un.
able 10 do anything.
The flnal payment has been made on
the Bald mountain group OF mines ID
Eastern Oregon, near Baker City,
The purchase price was $50.U0o, The
new owners are men OF means, and
work on large scale will commence
at once.
Ignatius DonneIly. politician and
author. died very suddenly at his hume
In Minneapolis, aged 20 years. Mr.,
Donnelly was candidate for vice.
president on the Middle.oi.the. Road
Popoulist ticket ut the recent general
election.
An armistice has been proclaimed al
Pekln.
Beers captured train near Rosmead
with 30 soldiers.
Another six-day bicycle race hal
been started in Boston.
Conger reports China's acceptance
OF the powers demands.
The Washington Post advocates the
Lewis and Clark centennial in 1905.
A severe cold wave Is reported
throughout the middle Western states
More thar 40 tons OF gold were re,
ceived at the Seattle assay office il
1900.
The navy department has ordered th'
gunboat Scorpion to LA Guayra, Ven
ezuela.
The Oregon supreme court decides
that the wife alone can convey estate
in entirety.
Robbers got $3.50 from passenger
and mail and express In British Co
lumbia stage.
The Taft commission has complete,
the municipal government bill for til,
Philippines.
Fire In Williamson, W. Va, de
stroyed almost the entire town. Tn
loss is estimated at $40, 900.
One person was burned TO death ant
another fatally injured by the explo
sion of kerosene lamp at Allegheny
Pa.
The new battleship Wisconsin ha
been formally turned over to the gov
ernment at the Union Iron Works, Sal
Francisco.
Amanda Morales, a Mexican, raj
amuck at Morenci, Aria, A constahl
attempted to arrest him and in tn
fight killed Morales.
Henry s. Eastman the only surviv
ing member of Commodore Perry
squadron, which opened the Japanes
ports many years ago. died at his hom
In Berkeley, Cal
A heavy explosion of gas occurre,
In the HollenbeGk mine, at Wilkes
barre, Pa. Five hundred men wer
at work and all got out safely, excep
two, who were badly burned.
The British foreign Office expects
renewal OF the modus vivendi in New
ioundland, but believes 1t will be i'm
mediately followed by negotiation
with the view Of finally settling tn
dispute.
The way Of the transgressor is har,
In modern times. The persons VIII
. commit crimes are daily coming t
grief. Escape is less frequent than il
former years.
In New Zealand there exists bras
band whose members are who'll
mounted on bicycles. This band
which is located at Christchurch, con
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