Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-07-17
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE woa[p.
4 cc'hpsshsaslvs Rssisw q ths impehaal
happenings u The Past Week. Presented
10 . ceadsassd Fern. which Is Most
Lltsly ts PFsvs si interest 10 Our Many
Readers

A hot wave In Francois resulting In
many DEATHS
Rain has checked the spread Of chol-
era In the Philippines.
Bear Greek, a Wisconsin village. has
been almost entirely destroyed by fire.
Loss, 100000.
The death lid In the Johnstown
mine horror continues 10 grow. There
we're 900 men In the mine at the time
OF this explosion. On, hundred and
iorty.three bodies have been recovered.
A Portland bartender shot and killed
his wife. mother .in-law, and another
man, and seriously wounded his father
in-iaw, and then gave himself up to
tho police and told them Of his crime.
Ills only regret was that he did not
kill the rest Of the family.
Tracy and the pursuing posse engaged
In another bloodless battle In which 10
shots were Hred by the officers and two
by the outlaw. II ID thought probable
that Tracy was wounded, although II
: was ~ dark at the time that II was
impossible 70 see the fleeing man.
The Panama canal treaty may be
signed within week.
Secretary Hay has induced the pow.
ers TO vacate Tien rsin.
The East il suffering from extreme
heat. One days record at Philadel.
phia and New York shows six deaths
at each place.
Tracy continues to give the officers In
pursuit Of him the slip. Every time
the posse gets him about surrounded,
he shows up In new location.
Members OF the posse Ind the people
In general In the section where Tracy
has been the past week, express the
opinion that the outlaw 10 insane.
The special board OF engineers TO in.
vestigate the Harts project at The
Dalles will probably not meet until
September, which is much later tnan
at first proposed.
According to reports from various
sections Of the county surrounding
Seattle, Merrill, the escaped C nvict
has been seen In several places ut the
same time, besides being at present
with Tracy.
Chicago teamstera refuse TO help
striking freight handlers.
Ambassador Choate has been sug-
gested as candidate for president in
1904.
A man answering the description oi
Merrill has been arrested at South
Bend, Wash.
Twenty thousand teachers are in at.
tendance at the national educational
convention in Minneapolis. =
The expenses OF the Oregon militis
while hunting Tracy and Merrill!
amounted to $500, which will be par
out OF the military fund.
All organized labor and the public II
general will be called upon 10 contrib
ute to national defense fund to ait
the striking coal miners In the East.
A family Of four travelling overland
through Oklahoma were murdered bl
unknown persons, the bodies stripped
OF all clothing and terribly mutilated
Tracy, after an absence Of two days
again showed up in South Seattle. Ht
was surrounded by officers, but succeed
ed in throwing posse off the track. HI
sprinkled pepper along his trail so TIN
logs could not follow It.
A train wreck in Spain resulted II
the death Of six persons and the fata
injury Of q.
Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict
/. has completely disappeared, leaving n
trail whatever. y.
A new strike has been made In tn
Thunder mountain mining district
.Idaho, which has proven to be th
richest yet made.
No trace has been found OF Merrill
one Of the escaped Oregon convicts, an
officers are at loss as to whether
not Tracy killed him.
Aguinaldo will come to the Unite
States and start on tour, delivering
series OF lectures and making plea io
the independence of his countrymen.
A large body OF Moros of Mindana
island planned an ambuscade ,ft
American soldiers, but the latter wei
warned, in time and dispersed th
rebels.
Venezuelan government troops, und'
President Castro's brother, we're d
feated by the rebels with heavy los
Many OF the soldiers deserted to IL
ranks OF the insurgents.
President Castro has gone to Il
front with the Venezuelan troops.
President Mitchell is confident tn
the coal miners will win their strike.
The United Presbyterian general q