The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-10-03
FOREIGN LANDS.
Theosophy Fad Widely
Infects London.
THE JAPANESE CREMAT0RIES
The Workingmens Union Of Halle,
Germany, is Dissolved by
the Police.
THE JAPANESE CREMAT0RIES

| $500, 900.
There is a newspaper in London which
is printed with scented ink.
The total loss TO life in Martinique
from the recent hurricane was $40.
Berlin is 10 have an elevated railroad.
Electricity is to be the power used.
The proposed ship canal between the
Firth OF Forth and the Clyde is revived.
An underground cable is being laid to
connect important German Notifications.
The Prince OF Wales is ambitious to
race his new yacht in American waters.
| Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has or
dered 81 100000 worth of cannon from
Krupp.
Russian newspapers say the Gar fears
no war on account of the Dardanelles
incident.
Active supporters of Balmaceda are
likely to lose all their property by con-
| fiscation.
The theosophy fad is injecting London
society widely, and mission to America
is talked of.
The police Of the Chilian Junta are
still seeking for Balmaceda among the
monasteries.
Kiamil Pasha, who was removed from
the Turkish Ministry, it is said, will be
appointed Governor OF Syria.
The Munich papers say William did
not receive a very enthusiastic welcome
on his visit to the Bavarian capital.
A cooperative home for single women
is to be started in Vienna, Austria. Each
will have share in the housekeeping.
NJ. Alder of Paris after expending more
than 100000 on a flying machine has
produced one in which he flew about 100
yards.
A great outcry is being raised in Fin
land against the recent introduction of
the Russian language into the schools of
that country.
Russian merchants want their govern
ment to abolish its free ports on the
Black river in Asia and remove an ele-
ment of foreign competition.
Favorable results are shown in the
school attendance in England under the
free-education act. Manchester had an
increased attendance of 1000.
The principal article of export from
Russia into Servia is coal OIL There are
at present 100000 Kilograms of kero-
sene in the port of Odessa ready for ex-
port.
Since the Pasteur Institute for the
cure of hydrophobia was established in
Paris in 1886 there have been 9,439 pa
tients treated, of whom sixty-four have
died.
The stories of destitution among the
peasants in Russia, owing to the failure
of the crops, are somewhat terrible. In
some of the afflicted provinces the peo-
pie have not eaten bread for days.
Sally the interesting chimpanzee of
the geological gardens, London, has de-
parted this life. She could count up to
seven, had large acquaintance and had
often been interviewed by Darwin.
In the province of Orel, Russia, bands
of peasants are rowing over the highway,
attacking the conveys of grain and food,
even where the conveys are escorted by
soldiers.
Queen Victoria's health is not good,
and the physicians regulate her diet
more strictly than ever. Visitors find a
notable increase in the Queens aspect
in respect to age.
The International Agricultural Con-
gress at The Hague has pronounced in
favor of State indemnity to owners OF
animals condemned to death for tuber-
culosis or leuro-pneumonia.
The Liverpool Elevated railroad, run
ming along the line of docks, is rapidly
nearing completion. Two miles of the
road have been built in the past six
months, and it is expected the line will
be open for traffic next spring. The line,
when completed, will be between five
and six miles in length.
The natives in East Africa have terri
bly, defeated the Germans. Three hun
dred blacks under the German COM
mander were killed and large quantity
of guns and munitions OF war lost to the
enemy. The victorious natives followed
up their success without mercy, killing
all they got in their power.
A scientific expedition to Spitzbergen,
organized by Herr Sanglin of Stuttgart,
has just left Bremen. Among those tax
ing part in it are DIR. Zeppelin, Prof,
Baur and Prince Karl Won Urach. The
object is to make thorough study Of
the geology of Spitzbergen and to exam
inc the fishing grounds of the Northern
waters.
The collapse of swindling banking
concern run by one Schulz at Luben
Germany, has caused widespread ruin
to the people who had been induced tc
invest their funds with the institution.
/ Laborers and other poor persons were
led by Schulz specious promises to de.
/ posit their scanty savings with him, and
} the result is that hundreds of families
| are now mourning the loss of all theil
possessions.