The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-11-05
FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS
Disgust in Germany and Austria
Over the Military Ride.
OLIVE CROP In SPAIN DAMAGED.
The Revised Edition Of the Koran in
Turkey-SOcialists to Hold a
Big Demonstration.

A crisis is pending in Germany over
the military bill.
The Vienna Musical Exhibition has
closed with deficit of $4,000.
The London Times has an article pre-
dieting return of the cholera in the
spring.
Hamburg is TO have new sanitary laws
and regulations, due to the visitation Of
cholera.
Some titled English women are TO start
movement for the salvation of the bar
maids' souls.
The olive crop in Spain has been much
damaged this year by the great heat and
severe storms.
The Sultan Of Turkey has just issued
a revised edition OF the Koran adapted
to his own views.
Queen Victoria has advised the Duke
OF Cumberland to release his claim to
the Brunswick succession.
The first merchant steamer ever built
in Spain was recently launched at Cadiz.
1t is called the Joaquin Pielago.
The Aaron Meyer Bank at Backeburg,
Lippe, founded l07 years ago, has failed
with liabilities of l, 800, 900 marks.
Only citizens who are able to read and
write have the power to vote in Bolivia
and several other South American Re-
publics.
The Socialists propose to hold grand
demonstration in Trafalgar Square, Lon
don, November 13 in spite of all prohibi-
ton by the government.
Emin Pasha is now perfectly destitute
according to the latest news. He is liv-
ing with an Arab at Tabora, and cannot
leave until he receives help.
While new cases of cholera are still
occurring in number of European cit
lee, the epidemic is not considered to be
any longer OF grave nature.
The sole act of Tennyson's legislative
career was to vote for ballot reform. But
he did better than make the laws for his
people. He made their songs.
Thirty miles of underground electric
railway, similar to the City and South
London line, have been proposed for Ber-
lin at an estimated cost of $10,000,OO
The King of the Belgians is said to
have granted concession to an infuen-
tiai English company to grow tobacco in
the Congo and to trade in that article.
Reviving an old project, a French
company proposes that lightships con-
nected by telegraph be stationed at in
tervals of 200 miles across the Atlantic.
A French company has been formed to
work the beds of Ignite recently discov-
cred on the Strait of Magellan. There
are two seams, only the upper one being
workable.
The German Minister of Education
has sent to the Geographical Society of
Berlin copies of two letters written by
Columbus, which we're found recently in
an old convent in Guatemala.
The German Emperor's money mat
ters have steadily grown harassing. He
is said to be so deeply involved with
money lenders that the court officials
have difficulty in getting their salaries.
French statisticians have elected the
fact that of 1000 children born of wom-
en- working in factories 1876 die before at.
tanning 5 years of age, while of 1000
born of women working at home only
l52 die.
Notwithstanding that every year from
5000 o 5000 ships go up and down the
river Seine, carrying 2,500,000 tons of
goods, the English Consul at Rouen says
there is no map of this important
French stream in existence.
There is an open rupture between
President Pena and General Roca in Ar
gentine, and the dissatisfaction among
the higher army officers is much in
creased, owing to the elevation of Gen
eral Mitre to the chief command of the
army.
The enthusiasm over the military ride
between Vienna and Berlin has given
way to feeling of moral disgust in Ger
many and Austria. About half the
horses used are dead, and those that
survived the cruel treatment are dis.
abled.
At Montevideo law has been passed
providing Tor the coinage of $4,000, 900
of silver. 1t is feared that this exceeds
the needs of the country and may de-
range business affairs. There is little
probability that French loan will be
perfected.
Gold has been found near Franken-
berg, Hesse, Prussia, and it has been re-
solved to make experiments with view
of working the old gold mines in the vi
cinity, if metal can be found in paying
quantities. These mines were in opera
ton 1000 years ago.
The Greek Minister and all other
Greek diplomates and Consuls are re-
called from Roumania because of the
Roumanian governments seizures of the
enormous fortune left by Greek mer-
chant for the promotion of husbandry
and manufacture in Greece.
Hamburg is almost herself again. The
refugees have returned, the streets are
once more alive with traffic, and the
theaters and schools are reopened. The
great Death has left terrible suffering as
we'll as grief in his track, but Hamburg
is one of the wealthiest towns in the
world.