Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-03-08
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.


an anti-pass bill.
The British premier favors acton on
disarmament at The Hague.
Reform of land laws will go over to
the next session OF congress.
Russian terrorists have planned a
wholesale massacre of officers.
The president may create many for
est reserves before the new law takes
effect.
Forty-two Greek laborers were in
jured in a smashup of construction
train on the Salt Lake road at Leith,
New.
Railroads affected by the 2.cent pas
senger rate laws passed in several
states will combine to carry the fight
into the courts.
Fighting between Nicaragua and
Honduras is now general. The former
seems to have the advantage, though
Salvador is helping Honduras.
Sylvester r. Rush, of Nebraska, has
been appointed special assistant to the
attorney general. He is to have charge
OF the land fraud inestigations in the
Northwest. He has had much success
in convicting land thieves in Nebraska.
Chinese famine sufferers are dying
by thousands.
Hill has purchased the Astoria 4
Columbia River railroad.
A number OF senators and representa-
tives will visit Hawaii this summer.
General Koslevsky was assassinated
after joking about threats made to kill
him.
The National Arbitration AMI Peace
congress will meet in New York April
IA to II.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root have been asked to urge the peo-
pie to help the Russian famine suffer
ers.
A Baltimore & Ohio express train
was wrecked near Connellsville, Pa,
md two persons killed and eight in
jured.
The Iowa legislature has adopted a
resolution calling on congress to call a
convention to amend the constitution
so that United States senators may be
elected by direct vote of the people.
The San Francisco water board has
revoked the franchise supplying the
city with water on the ground that the
company has been collecting excessive
rates. The property is estimated to be
worth S., 100000.
The French accuse the church of hav-
ing meddled in politics.
The st. Paul railroad has stopped all
Improvements till popular wrath cools.
Sixteen children and their teacher
were burned to death in a Montreal
school.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia mar
rowIy escaped being blown up by ter.
rorist bomb.
Stoessel is called coward by Smir-
noff, one of the generals at Port Arthur
during the siege.
Fire at Los Angeles destroyed proper.
ty valued at 5000, 200. Firemen rescu-
ed IL people from the flames.
A British naval paymaster at Vic.
toria, B. c., is to be court martialed
because his carelessneSs caused @ loss oi
$3.50.
The English parliament will arrange
a loan of 100000 for Kingston, the
money tc be used to rebuild the bust
ness portion of the city.
George Won L. Meyer, former Ameri
can ambassador to Russia, has returned
to the United States to becC me post
master general in President Roosevelt'l
cabinet.
The Texas senate has voted to exon
crate Senator Bailey.
A Denver man has confessed to kill
ing his wife that he might marry an
other woman.
The senate has approved Of anothe
Federal judge for the Northern distric
of California.
The senate has refused to consider
measure to reduce tariff on sugar, to
bacco and rice from the Philippines.
Secretary Shaw will leave the cabine
March to become president Of tn
Carnegie Trust company, of New York
Pittsburg has just had fire in th
heart of the business district, the los
= L. u