Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-01-05
news OF THE week
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Less important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.

Owing to the crisis in Morocco, the
French navy yards show great activity.
England is again enveloped in a
heavy fog and all ships are detained at
the mouth OF the Thames, unable to
proceed.
Admiral Kazankoff has been recalled
as Russian commissioner in the North |
sea inquiry and will be replaced by |
Vice Admiral Doubasoff. Sickness is |
given as the reason,
The Montana agricultural exhibits at
st. Louis are being packed for ship
ment to Portland. The mineral ex
hibit will leave Butte for the Lewis
and Clark fair shortly.
Kuropstkin is absolutely certain that
he will ultimately win over the Japan
ese, while the vice governor of Japan's
national bank says Japan must win
that no sacrifice is too great,
The Japanese. attempts to raise the
Russian cruiser Variag have been dis
continued. 1t will be impossible to re-
commence work before spring, by which
time the steel plates forming the hull
will be useless.
The Colorado canvassing board has
given certificates of election to two Re !
publican senators, whose places were
contested by Democrats. Democrats
regard it as highly probable that Gov
ernor Peabody will be reseated by this
action.
Prince Yildaroff has been reported |
as among the killed in recent list sent
to St. Petersburg
The recent retirement of Rear Ad-
miraI Silas Terry has resulted in the
promotion of Captain Joseph f. Craig
to be admiral.
An officer from an English steamer
Just out from Vladivostok says no Rus
sian torpedo boats have arrived there
from Port Arthur.
Reports from points along the shore
of Lake Michigan indicate that the
damage resulting from the storm will
aggregate S0OU,UUU.
An unknown steamer has been
stranded in Hells Hole, off Cape Hat
teras, as a result OF. the storm raging
along the Atlantic coast.
NJ. A. Meyerdorff, a special land
agent, on the way to Portland to help
in the land fraud cases, attempted to
commit suicide at Denver.
Chinese warships are keeping close
watch on the Russian war vessels at
Shanghai to prevent their escape or of
the officers and men on them.
Two japanese cruisers have been
sighted off Hong Kong. 1t is believed
they are scouting vessels from the feet
sent after the Russian Baltic squadron.
Governor Pardee desires to have the
Mission type of architecture exempli-
fed in the construction of the CalifOr-
MIA state building at the Lewis and
Clark fair. The work will start soon.
Several lives have been lost in Chi
caog as a result of the severe storm.
Congress will have to buy oliver bull
lion to make much needed small coins.
The president is presenting his ideas
on railroad freight rates to congressman
personally.
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford will assume command of the Brit
ish Mediterranean squadron May l.
Many Russians believe a brihgter
day is in store for their country when
the announced reforms are put in prac
tice.
Great Britain has assumed control of
the legal and financial administration
of the Tonga islands, the native chiefs
consenting.
7. G. Powell, of Portland, is to be
appointed United States marshal at
Nome, Alaska, to succeed Frank Rich
ards, recently removed.
The government of Holland announc-
es that the same neutrality will be OBJ
served in her colonies as at home in re-
gard to the Far Eastern war.
British tramp steamer is ashore on
the Atlantic coast on Fire island bar.
Owing to the storm the vessel will be
total wreck. The entire crew was
lost.
Free press, freedom of conscience and
compulsory elementary education have
been promised in Russia.
The Dawes commission says the
rights of aborigines have been well pro-
tected in Indian Territory.
Seven people were killed and eight
Others injured in a wreck on the South
ern railroad near Louisville, KY.