Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-01-10
LATER NEWS.

10 Lourenco Marques.
Eight men met death by sufiocatiop
in Minneapolis hotel fire.
David J. schnebly, the oldest news.
paper man in the Northwest. 10 dead.
An effort Is being made to revise the
Russo.Chiness agreement about Man
chuTia.
An agreement restricting operations
OF allied troops has been made by Won
Waldersee.
Eight hundred colliery employees OF
Pennsylvania coal and iron mines are
ON a strike.
China desired ENJOYS to delay sign.
ing joint note, but was informed by
them that this was impossible.
Samuel S. White, pioneer OF Is45,
and Oregon's first probate Judge, died
at his home In Portland. He was SO
years old.
Five bags OF registered letters have
been stolen ON the road between Turin
and Rome. Three bags came from
New York.
In an ARRAY at Aitgeberg, Hungary,
between striking miners and gend.
armes, there were seven OF the former
killed and 40 wounded.
The following Washington post
Offices have been discontinued: Dish.
man. Spokane county; Green River,
King county, and Laurel, Whatcom
county.
Charles w. Norton, Switchman,
was instantly killed ut Tacoma, by
being crushed between two cars. He
leaves widow and three children at
Mount Pleasant, Ia.
Severe cold weather has suddenly
set In throughout Europe. The cold
wave is accompanied by gale which
has wrecked several vessels and caused
heavy loss Of life and property.
The coal miners strike at Picton,
Nova Scotia, has been settled. Every
demand OF the inen was conceded.
The managers sought to bind the men
not TO ask for further increase for IL
months. but failed.
Governor Allen, OF Porto Rico, has
just returned 10 the capital after an
extensive visit to the towns in the
western part OF the island. He visited
places where no governor OF Porto Rico
has visited before. Everywhere he
was enthusiastically received.
Henry NJ. Hoek, agent for the
Knights Templar's and Mason's Life
Indemnity Association, OF Chicago, is
under arrest at the central police sta.
tion, Chicago. ON telegram from
Washington. d q. which stated that
he was wanted in that city on chargS
of forgery.
The British second.class cruiser Am.
phion has arrived at Panama.
The envoys were surprised by the
prompt acceptance of the note.
A movement is on foot looking
toward Canadian independence.
Great changes are said to be planned
for the O., NJ. 81 st. P. railway.
Russia, it is said, inspired the
charges Of barbarity against German
troops.
Governor Geer announces the ap.
pointment OF Oregon's text book com.
mission.
A Russo.C Chinese agreement gives
Russia protection Of one Manchurian
province.
The semi.annual statement of Ore.
gon's 8 state treasurer shows nearly ST..
700, 900 cash on hand.
The transport Meade, which carried
large amount of specie from San
Francisco, has arrived at Manila.
Variety OF European prunes which
ripens two weeks earlier than present
crop is to be introduced in Oregon.
A bill will he introduced at the com.
ing Oregon legislature making life i'm
prisonment the penalty for kidnapping.
It is understood that at the conclu,
sion of operations in South Africa,
Lord Kitchener will become command
er.in.chief in India.
United States Consul Wildman, al
Hong Kong, has been granted leave
OF absence and will return to the
United States Immediately for the
benefit OF his health.
The Boer invasion of Cape Colony
has not yet been stopped. On the
other hand the burghers seem to bt
gaining groun1 daily and are at pres
ent half way to the Cape.
The new Argentine-C Chilean agree
ment, in regard to the frontier settle
ment, has been signed and the presi'
dents OF Argentine and Chile have ex'
changed friendly kilograms of congrat'
ulation.
The war department has authorized
enlistments at Vancouver barracks
Washington, for service in new regi'
ments to be sent to the Philippine is
lands. Recruits will be sent to tht
Presidio at San Francisco for assign
ment to regiments.
The steamhip Thomas Brooks, with
the Cuban officials on board, has ar
rived at Port Antonio, Jamaica. The
officials will inquire into the British
methods of colonial government ant
adopt the desirable features intU the
Cuban government.
Health authorities estimate that II
per cent of the men who go to Cape
Nome never come back alive.
Over 500 OF the leading German