The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-03-07
FOREIGN NEWS.
William Said to be Be.
coming More Cranky.
King Humbert TO ArbItrate Between the
unItedStates and England on the
BehrIng Sea Controversy,

PhotogrOphing in colors IL the latest
French invention.
The Paris Exhibition cleared over
DO00,O00 francs net.
French railroads have reduced passcn-
ger and freight rates.
The Russian wheat crop is now csti-
mated at 100 OOOO bushels.
Germany N said TO contemplate the
sale Of Damara'and to Great Britain.
The bullion in the Bank Of England
decreased tS,oO0,OOO week before last,
Medical men In Berlin have finally
dubbed the Koch lymph tuberculinc. -
Uruguay has reduced her standing
army to onc.iourlh its former strength.
1t is proposed Ia renew the charter Of
the Bank Of France for twenty-thrcc
years.
Berlin IN now almost empty of the for.
! eign doctors who arrived in the early
days Of ,he Koch cure.
Distress is apparently widespread in
Hamburg, and relief committee il dis
tributng 1880 meals daily.
Gold veins rich enough to be worked
ut profit by u new process have been
discovered in the French Alps.
Queen Victoria will probably go for
Easter TO Hamburg, where Empress
Frederick is to pass the spring.
Lord Snlisbury's reply to Blaine's dis
patch on the Bchring Sen question has
been forwarded 10 Washington,
Four-fith Of the German West Africa
Company's territory has been acquired
by the Anglo-Gcrman Company.
The South Australian wheat returns
shows that II 900, 900 bushels were reapcd
and that 1900 900 are available for ex-
port.
The development OF smokeless coal
mines in TonQuin shows much larger
deposits than were ut first believed to be
possible,
The population of Toxic, the capital of
Japan, Is rapidly increasing, while that
Of other cities and towns in the empire
is decreasing.
Terrible storms are reported ON the
coast Of Greece Several shipping disa,-
ters have been heard Of with loss OF
twenty or more lives.
In Great Britain during 1890, il is com
puted, the consumption Of tea for each
person averaged Dos pounds, exceed
ing that Of any previous year"
Emperor Williams vagaries have be-
come more and more marked, and his
abrupt restlessness, excessea OF irritable
ity and uncertain moods occasion much
solicitation.
The Sultan of Turkey has approved
the project OF the British embassy for
providing homes for freed negroes, and
will assist in the abolition of the Turk
ish slave trade.
The Iidtm0si of Moscow regards with
apprehension the steady increase Of the
Roumanan army and navy. That little
kingdom spent last year 1000, 900 francs
on its military force.
The Berlin Political Correspondence
publishes II rumor that the English and
United States governments have agreed
to submit the Behring Sea question TO
the arbitration OF King llumbert OF Italy.
Though every effort has been made TO
conceal the fact. it is now stated that
O'Brien and Dillon are divided on the
question of Parnell's position. O'Bren
is in Parnell's favor, while Dillon is OPP
posed to him.
Among the many worlds fairs pro-
posed for this year is Il worlds labor eX-
hibition to be held in London. 1t is
planned that at this exhibition opera
tivcs of every denomination might be
seen actually ut work.
The vegetarian fad seems to bespread-
ing. A foreign note says the London
Vegetarian Society reports a member
ship of 54l, but the movement is said to
have spread throughout England, Con-
tinental Europe and the colonies.
The London WorId says a battle be-
tween homeopathy and allopathy has
ragged over the sick bed of Princess Hen
rietta of Flanders similar to that which
occurred at Dsraeli's last illness. An
eminent homeopathist was called in con-
sultation, but the eminent orthodox doc
tors refused to meet him. A young mil
itary doctor was, therefore, summoned
from the country.
A company has been formed in Tihis
and Odessa to exploit the vast fields of
natural cement of "New Russia " West
Siberia). That cement is of quality
which neither Western Europe or Amer,
lea can supply. 1t requires no artificial
preparation but burning in a furnace.
The new company is building shops in
Novorosslysk, Anapa and other points,
where the cement will be gathered for
expectation.
The Imperial Cabinet has resolved to
put the armies of all the vassal provinces
of Central Asia under the command of
Russian officers and su5-officers. The
Russian military drill is used at present
in the armies of the Afghan, Persian,
Tartar and other provinces, and under
the command OF Russian officers they
will form strong opposition against the
military forces Of Bokhara, China and
other Asiatic powers,