The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-06-18
FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS
The Phylloxera Appears in Several
Provinces Of Spain.
FRENCH VINTAGE AFFECTED BY COLD
Storms and Floods Injure the Crops In
IrelaDd-TOnnage Laid Up on
the River Tyne.

The Brazilian Senate has passed law
granting amnesty to political prisoners.
Phylloxera has appeared in eleven
provinces Of Spain, especially in Corona.
The anti-Parnellites have made call
for funds to aid them in the coming cleo
ton.
Storms and floods are doing immense
damage TO crops in county Donegal, Ire
land.
Plans have been arranged to erect a
villa for the Pope on the grounds OF the
Vatican.
The Swiss government has forbidden
the playing Of baccarat at the Kursaal
in LucerDe.
An African missionary reports that he
has been able to make almost all OF his
journeyings on his bicycle.
In full return OF the vintage OF Spain
last year the total yield OF wine is esti-
mated at 540, ,00O, 900 gallons.
Steps are being taken to develop the
resources OF the Upper Congo in the
matter Of India rubber, the demand for
which is increasing yearly.
At the end OF the year the Telephone
Company OF Austria will cease to exist.
the government assuming control of all
the telephone lines of the kingdom.
More than one-third of the total num-
Der OF sailing vessels building in the
United Kingdom are in course of con-
struction on the banks of the river
Clyde.
The aggregate production of pig iron
in Belgium in the first three months of
this year WIS 4S6, ,095 tons, as compared
with l70,572 tons in the corresponding
period of 1891.
The mice plague in the south of Scot
land SHOWS no sign of abatement. The
Board OF Agriculture has sent out circu-
lars requesting full information about
the affected districts.
The Golden Club blandly assures the
British colonies that the only practical
fiscal federation OF the Empire must be
based ON their adopting the free trade
policy of Great Britain.
Herr Siegle, merchant at Stuttgart,
Germany, has been fined 120,0O0 marks
for representing to the taxing authori-
ties that his income was much smaller
than it proved to really be.
The underground electric railway pro-
posed for Paris is to traverse the city in
the direction of its greatest length,
which will cause it approximately to
follow the course of the Seine.
The British government has placed in
the hands of Messrs. Yarrow, the we'll
known torpedo-boat builders, the con-
tracts for the construction of two steel
gunboats for the Victoria Nyanza.
Advices from Guatemala state that
10000 citizens have signed an accusation
against ex-President Barillas. 1t is
stated that President Barrios is under
sworn obligation to save General Baril-
las.
In wax-work show in Glasgow the
great attraction is "a realistic drawing
room scene" illustrating the baccarat
scandal of Tranby Croft. 1t is said to
contain a 'life-Eke group of all the
CudidCtohb vi Iuc kdIuc.
There is more tonnage laid up on the
river Tyne and in the northeast coast
ports of England at the present time
than ever before in the history of ship
ping, there being no less than 400 idle
vessels, representing about 10000 tons.
The Glasgow Cremation Society has
received subscriptions to the amount of
81 800 for the erection of crematorium.
The society urges upon the city author
tiles the adoption of cremation as the
best means of disposing of unclaimed
bodies.
1t is feared that the French vintage
will be seriously affected by the recent
cold snap. The owners of extensive
vineyards are mourning over their loss
by the recent frost. The Gironde is said
to have been deprived of half its vintage
during the past few weeks.
His Lordship Earl Clancarty, better
known to Americans as Lord Duplo, the
title he held before his fathers death, lie
advertised in the London Gazette as a
debtor who will not pay his bill. The
advertiser is Sam Lewis, famous bill
broker.
The physicians of the mad King Otto
of Bavaria had an audience last week
with the Bavarian Regent to represent
to him the condition of their patient.
His condition is that of great feebleness,
and if he does not die soon, he will be
dethroned.
After reviewing the connection be-
tween home rule and the labor cause
Michael Davitt says: "We demand
home rule for Ireland to insure that pro-
lection of Irish industry which Lord
Salisbury seeks to obtain for British
trade by taxing foreign products"
General Booth announces great need
of funds to carry on the Salvation Army.
He recalls his announcement that the
$500, 900 given for his darkest England
scheme would require $l50,000 annually
for maintenance. as only 1000 of that
had been furnished 70 far. So the
scheme is almost at standstill.