Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-03-09
news OF THE week
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
a Resume Of the Less important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.

IhC ASAaSR COtNOh OlA
burned, causing a loss of 800, 900.
An excursion tram bound for the in-
augural was wrecked near Pittshurg
and seven people killed.
The Indian appropriation bill makes
no provision for the purchase of the
Colville, Washington, Indian reservs-
tion.
The civil appropriation bill as finally
agreed upon by both houses of con-
gress gives the Pacific coast and Alaska
50, 450, 900.
Representative Hermann has been
indicted at Washington, d. c., for
burning % letter files just prior to his
retirement from the general land office.
The United States Steel company has
announced that the wages OF l70, 900
OF its employees will be advanced ON
April /. The payroll will be increased
$l2, 900, 900 by this raise.
The Columbia River & Northern rail-
way, running from Lyle, on the Co
lumbia rivre, to Goldendale, Washing
ton, has been sold for approximately
$1,000, 900. Eastern capital is the
purchaser, but it is believed that in
reality the road goes 10 the Northern
Pacific.
Commissioners Garfield has submit
ted a report to the president on the
beef trust. The report shows COM
paratively small profit onn beef killed,
but on the private car lines operated
by the trust IA to II per cent is the
net earnings. On one line the profit
was as high as % per cent during 1904.
Russian soldiers in Manchuria are
offering little resistance and many sur
render.
More antitrust laws have been
passed by the legislatures of Kansas
and Nebraska.
The senatorial deadlock in the Mis-
souri, legislature continues with no
prospect of an early break.
Burglars blew open the bank safe in
Clarksvile, Oklahoma, and secured sew
eral thousand dollars and escaped.
The contest between Peabody and
Adams for the governorship of Colo
RADIO will result in the latter being de-
clared elected.
Kuropatkin has been ordered to re-
treat to Harbin to save his army. His
left wing has been driven back and a
severe defeat inflicted.
The steamer Oregon was successfully
beached at Eureka, Cal. The fire in
her hold was difficult to extinguish
and much of the cargo will be lost.
1t is now certain that Mrs. Stanford
was given strychnine and every effort
is being made to discover who placed
the poison in the harmless medicine.
The internal situation in Russia is
growing steadily worse. Bombs are
freely used on troops by strikers and
the czar is in abject terror of assassins.
A terrorist arsenal has been found in
Moscow.
A Nevada mob has lynched high
wayman.
Japan will ask new war loan with
out foreign aid.
Provision has been made for instruc-
tion at West Point of jiu-jitsu.
Congress has agreed on minister to
Morocco at salary of $500 year.
Mayor Williams, of Portland, is now
the only living member of Grants first
cabinet.
The Missouri legislature has passed
law prohibiting all forms of book
making and poolselling.
Six large buildings and a number of
smaller ones in East Liverpool, Ohio,
were destroyed by fire, entailing loss
of $500, 900.
Ice gorges at East st. Louis have
done much damage to property. The
new $250,000 government dixie has
been completely demolished.
Severe measures have been adopted
to put down the revolt in Poland. In
Warsaw the strikers are growing worse,
and coal famine is threatened.
The government is now investigating
land frauds in Minnesota. One man
has secured 10000 acres by having
others make application for him.
The senate will not increase the Co.
lumbia river appropriations.
The Panama canal commissioners
have violated the law in buying sup
plies without advertisements public for
bids.