The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1890-12-20
THE PACIFIC COAST.
An Alleged Destroying Angel" I"
on Trial at Ogden.
The Congressional Committee on Immigra.
ton at Work Taking Testimony
on Labor Questions.

Silver City, n. NJ, is has been having
a baby show and incidentally liot il
consequence of it.
An old miner worked out So worth o
fine gold from the sand OF the Los An
geles river recently.
The United States Consular Agency al
Vancouver, B. c., is to be changed into
commercial agency.
The merchants of Portland are to in,
vestigate the determinations against
that city by the railroads.
The people OF Seattle talk of ra sing
100000 toward establishing sugar re.
tnery. Parties in Hawaii promise tc
raise the other $500 900 necessary.
The teachers of Spokane Falls are on a
strike. They have resolved that no po-
sition shall be accepted for les than $50
per month. The present average is $50.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hollenbeck, widow Of
j. Il. Hollenbeck, at Los Angeles has
decided in trust about $750,000 worth OF
property to found a home for INDECENT
women and homeless children.
Editor Gill of the Phoenix CA. t. Re
publican has to answ,r an Indictment
for libeling ex-Chief-Ju tice Wright, be-
sides four indictments on charges pre-
ferred by Governor Zulick of the same
character.
Judeg Kibbey of the District Court
has decided the three suits of Bryan
against Brosius, Pinney and Kales for
the possession of tracts of land in and
about the city of Phoenix, A. T., against
the plaintiff.
The Presbytery has erased the name
of Rev. d. l.. Munro, the Stockton min
lister, who made a sensational confession
a few Sundays ago, from roll of the min
istry and dissolved his relations with the
Stockton church.
In the case of S. Mattingly against the
estate of the late Thomas II. Blythe to
recover $l25,000 for commission on an
arranged sale of stock OF the Blue Jacket
Mining Company the jury found ver-
dict for the plaintiff for his claim in full.
NJ. r. Higgins of Los Angeles, a ma
tive of Ohio, 81 years CT age, has been
appointed secretary to Governor-elect
Markham, and it is stated he will CON
tinue in that position after Colonel
Markham assumes the duties of his of
flee.
Governor Waterman has pardoned II
Gallagher, sentenced from Placer county
in February, 1880, to the State prison
for life for the crime of murder, and also
Dennis 0'Neii, sentenced from San Fran
cisco in November, 1883, for twenty years
for the crime Of murder.
The Salt Lake Tribune has been sued
for 900 damages on account of an al
legged libel on Father Gatien, who went
to Salt Lake and sold town-lot certificates
in Spokane Falls. He was said by some
Catholics to be fraud, and the Tribune
mentioned this.
DIR. G. G. O'Donnell has filed an appli-
cation praying for special session of the
Superior Court to count the vote cast for
Mavor of San Francisco at late election.
O'Donnell, who ran as an independent
claims that he, and not the
candidate, is entitled to the
certificate of election. The case will be
heard on the 18th instant.
Harold Jensen and four other seamen
have filed libel suits in the United States
District Court at San Francisco against
the American schooner Edward E. Web
ster. They shipped from that port for
Alaska, but were put ashore at Coal Har-
Dor because they refused to 90 on a seal
poaching expedition to Behring sea.
They now demand their wages.
The Congressional Committee on I'm
migration took the testimony on the Chi
nese and labor questions last week of the
eadihg citizens of Tacoma. All of the
testimony was against the Chinese. A
majority of those questioned bv the
committee expressed the belief that
more than | per cent. of the population
If Tacoma are now out of wo}E
1t is reported at Portland, Or, that
bought the 0regonian rail
way lines for the Southern Pacific. but
hat some of the Directors would not
axe the property, whereupon he began |
the road with the intention of |
max ne it transcontinental line, when
h Southern Pacific concluded to take |
he property off Huntington's hands.
During the month of November the
Northern Pacific freight department at
Tacoma received 135, ,707 ,669 pounds of |
reigi and forwarded II, 1884 ,07S, increase
ver last year for same month Of 81 ,0l2,-
75. The cash receipts on shipments
7ere for Novemb ber, 1890, $56, ,819. 50, and
n freight received, 1862 1884 an in
rease OF SS6, ,273.07 over last years bust
less.
There are six miles of the roadbed OF
he Tacoma and Eastern railway graded
rom the head OF Commencement bay
to the heavy timber. The
Dad will be complete within sixty DAYS
: g large portion Of the rails are now on
oard the Henry Willard at Seattle
Early next year a logging business will
e commenced on large scale. Later
ssenger train viii be added to aeon
lodate the small settlements growing
p along the line.