Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-01-26
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.

The Baltic feet is not expected to
reach the seat of war for three months.
Senator Mitchell, it is said, will
come home and demand speedy trial.
The United States may use force
against Venezuela in the asphalt dis
pute.
The Japanese talk Of pumping out
Port Arthur harbor to reach the sunken
ships.
Father Gopon, the priest who is lead
ing the st. Petersburg strikers, has
been arrested.
A Pueblo grand jury says great ma
jority of ballots in the November cleo
tion were illegal.
Despite the efforts of the police and
military many incendiary fires are re-
ported throughout Russia.
Kaiser William is angry with the
ccal mine owners of Germany and
popular sympathy is with the miners.
1t is rumored that NJ. Smirnoff, man.
ager of the iron works where the great
ST. Petersburg strike began, has been
murdered.
A strike of all workmen in St. Peters
burg is threatened.
President Loubet is trying to patch up
the trouble between members of the
French cabinet.
More coal miners in Germany have
struck. The sympathy of the public is
with the strikers.
Britain and Russia are giving their
side of the Dogger bank affair to the
North sea commission.
The Noman's Army and Navy league
favors the army canteen and will make
an effort to have it re-established.
The big guns usd by the Japanese at
Port Arthur have been sent north and
are now turned against kuropatkin's
army.
A charge of grape shot fred by con-
spirators at the czar narrowly missed
him. 1t was aimed to kill off the en-
tire imperial family.
Secretary Hay has secured pledges
from the powers which assure the safe
ty of China from being partitioned
when peace is finally restored in the
Far East.
Numerous further disclosures are
being made in connection with the Col
orado election frauds. One man even
voted in his dogs name after using his
own as often as possible.
Chairman Burton has ruled that the
present project for improving the
mouth of the Columbia is not under a
continuing contract and all money APP
propriated for this work must be car
ried in the river and harbor bill.
Stoessel has left Japan for Europe.
Neidringhaus has been elected senat-
or from Missouri.
The ship subsidy bill has small
chance in congress.
Russia occupies Kashgar in Chinese
territory and threatens to invade north
ern China.
New Jerseys new governor advises
the appointment of commission to
curb corporations.
A japanese torpedo boat has captured
German steamer with cargo of coal
bound for Vladivostok.
Striking German coal miners routed
police and non-union men and troops
may be called to restore order.
New United States senators just
elected are: Beveridge and Hemen-
way, from Indiana; Knox, from Penn
sylvania; Burkett, Nebraska; Suther-
land, Utah; Clapp, Minnesota; Aid
rich, Rhode Island; Depew, New York; /;
McCumber, North Dakota; Bulkeley,
Connecticut; Lodge and Crane, Massa-
chusetts; Burrows, Michigan; Hale,
Maine.
Thekaiser is attempting to break up
the Russo French alliance.
Japan accuses Russia of seeking to
draw other powers into the war.
Marshal Oyama is preparing to ad-
vance on Mukden.
Efforts to bring about reciprocity
with Canada will fail.
Great strikes are on in the arms fac
tories and iron works of Russia.
Turks are carrying on reign of ter,
ror in Macedonia and England refuses
to interfere.