Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-07-06
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.

Four soldiers have been arrested in
Honolulu for making spurious gold
coin.
Charles ]. Bonaparte has entered
into his duties las secretary of the Navy
department.
Seven negroes and a white man were
taken from the Watkinsville, Georgia,
Jail, and shot by mob.
Six persons were killed and 20 in
jured, 16 of the latter seriously, in a
storm at Phillipsburg, Kansas.
1t is said that former employe of
the beef trust has told the president all
the details of the workings of the trust.
In the official announcement Secre-
tary Taft scores ]. +. Wallace, Panama
engineers, and demands his resigns-
tion.
The crew of the Russian battleship
Kniax Potemkine fired two shots into
the city of Odessa, tearing great holes
ion the buildings in the path of the
shells.
A semblance of order has been re-
stored in Odessa, but the situation is
still most critical. Troops fred into
the rioters with machine guns, killing
1000.
A passenger train collided with a
freight in the suburbs of Kansas City,
Two brakemen were killed, several re-
ceived fatal injuries and number of
passengers received slight injuries.
Major General Wood has been
granted two months leave of absence
from the Philippines.
sIThe grave OF Molly Pither, the tero-
inc of the battle of Monmouth, has
been appropriately marked.
Vice Admiral Chouknin, commander
of the Black sea feet, has declined to
accept the post of Russian minister of
marine.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft have conferred on canal matters
but are not ready to make any an
nouncement.
The Navy department has abolished
the use of the sword on board wsrships
as useless appendage. Revolvers will
be worn instead.
Knight, Donnelly & Co., Chicago
grain brokers, have failed with liabili-
ties reaching $1,000. 900. The assets
will not go much over $2,0OO,O 900.
D. B. Henderson, ex-speaker of the
house of representatives, is confined to
his apartments at Dubuque, Iowa, from
slight stroke OF paralysis.
Reports received at St. Petersburg
say that a revolt has taken place on
four of the largest armored ships of the
Black sea feet. These four vessesl will
join the one whose crew has already
mutinied.
Under the terrible charge Of having
killed and eaten many children whom
they had stolen, 20 gypsies have been
arrested near Jassebereny, Hungary.
The leader of the band alone is alleged
to have eaten Is children.
Secretary Hays condition continues
to improve.
The Russian government has ordered
the mobilization Of more troops.
Odessa is now involved in the bloody
strike riots spreading over Russia.
General Leonard Wood is in Wash
ington on a flying visit from the Phil
ippines.
King Oscar is opposed to raising of a
prince of the house Of Bernadotte to
the Norwegian throne.
A report is current in St. Peters
burg that Kuropatkin has been slain
and many Rsssuians captured.
The Swedish riksdag resents the in
suit of Norway, but seems willing to
accept dissolution of the states.
The Canadian parliament has passed
bill allowing construction of rail-
road to compete with the Canadian Pa
cifc. The new road is being backed
by James J. Hill.
The Treasury department has decid-
ed that the United States is not bound
to return the bodies OF those who die
in the canal zone while in the employ
of the government.
Germany's last note to France on the
Moroccan question is very amicable in
tone, but an insistence is made that
the difficulties must be regulated by a
conference of compromise.
Lord Curzon threatens to resign the
vice royalty OF India.
Germany has assumed a more peace
full tone toward France.