Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-02-11
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS or THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review Of tire Import
ant Happenings Of the Past Week.
Presented In Condensed Form. Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.

hostiilties soon.
The house committee promises to be
very liberal to the 1905 fair.
The senate has passed the bill to
lend the st. Louis fair "a, 500, 900.
Senator Hanna is grayely i'll. His
sickness is pronounced typhoid fever.
The Japanese minister at London
says his nation wants no help to fight
Russia.
An issue Of 1905 stamps is proposed,
similar TO those Of other national ex-
positions.
Japanese residents OF Vladivsotok are
terror stricken and leaving as hastily
as possible.
The candidacy Of Senator Elkins, Of
West Virginia, for VICE president has
been announced.
The house has passed the agricul-
tural appropriation bill, thus insuring
free seed distribution.
Dominican rebels fired on an Ameri-
can launch, killing the engineer and
thus insulting the flag. :
Senator Hanna's condition is prac-
tically unchanged.
Charles NJ. Schwab gives in and the
ship trust will be recognized.
The house has passed the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
The last Of the American troops in
Cuba have taken their departure.
The naval committee of the house
has decided for heavy fighting ships.
4 bill has been introduced in the
Maryland senate to eliminate the me-
gro vote.
Eastern manufacturers are evincing
great interest in the 1905 fair and will
make large exhibits.
The United States government has
been drawn into the Iroquois fire affair
I4vy vasc uurufng Of the seencry WHICH
was the property 70 an English concern
and in this country under bond.
Russia has dispatched her reply to
Japan's last note. 1t gives slight hope
for peace. The entire Russian feet is
cruising off the peninsula and an at
tempt will be made to send troops to
Corea. Japanese troops are already
moving toward Seoul.
The house has given the Porto Rican
commissioner all the rights of a dele
gate.
French cotton mills are short on ma
terial and the factories are unable to
operate steadily.
The Russian feet at Vladivostok has
been made ready for sea. All wood fit
tings have been removed.
A bill has been introduced in the
house to declare the citizens of Porto
Rico citizens of the United States.
The car is considering the reply of
Japan. The delay makes the mikado's
people fearful and they are urging
haste.
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, greatly
surprised Democrats by making strong
speech upholding the Panama policy of
Roosevelt.
France, Great Britain and America
are exerting no pressure on japan for
the acceptance of the coming Russian
reply, as has been reported.
Martial law at Cripple Greek, Colo
RADIO, is at an end. A small detsch-
ment of the National Guard will remain
for time, but affairs will be turned
over to the civil authorities.
King Menelik viii welcome American
capital in the development of Abys-
sinia.
Secretary of War Taft holds that tar
iff concessions will largely make the
Philippines.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney is
seriously ill and his condition shows
little improvement.
The Lewis and Clark fair bill has
been introduced as an amendment to
the urgent deficiency bill.
The atturney general shows that the
bill to amend antitrust laws would in.
jure instead of aid commerce.
The present British parliament,
which has just opened, may witness the
downfall of the Balfour ministry.
The presidents salary is insufficient
to meet the needs of his Office. An
effort win probably be made to increase
| it.
The house has decided to allow no
extra mileage for the extra session.
Russia cannot see howl span can re-
ject her concessions.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., made a mile
in less than a minute in an automo-
bile.
Secretary Hay does not think war
would greatly affect the markets in this
country.
Brazil will send war vessel to the
1904 fair if there is no objection on the
part of the United States.
Los Angeles congregations have
united in prayer for rain on the
parched lands.