The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-11-12
FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS
Rich Australian Purchases Lord
TennysOn's Birthplace.
THE NEGRO POPULATION OF FRANCE.
The Cruiser Captain Prat Will Represent
Chill at the Naval Dem0nstIa.
ton Next Spring.

Deaths from cholera in France since
last April have footed up 3, 1874.
The Pail Mall Gazette, London, has
been sold for Gl0O, 1000, it is said.
All the hotels OF Switzerland have had
a summer OF exceptional prosperity.
France has gained many important
concessions from the Sultan OF Morocco.
The Queen is said to be disturbed be-
cause OF the mutiny among the Windsor
troops.
An American author in Paris named
Harris has received the Legion OF Honor
ribbon.
The threatened strike OF cotton opera
tives in England will affect 100000
spindles.
The young King of Spain is recovering
from the cold he caught at the Seville
Columbus fete.
Lord Randolph Churchill, it is stated,
has practically abandoned politics for
commercial interests.
The French war Office has provided
for the enrolment of between 5000 and
1000 bicyclists in war.
The government has decided to pur-
chase number OF trunk telephone sys-
TENS throughout Ireland.
Rev. James Spurgeon has 30 far recov-
cred his health as TO be able to resume
his pastoral duties in London.
Starvation threatens thousands of the
poor Of London. Many deaths from
hunger have already occurred.
In London the opinion is widely enter
tanned that the Queen will appoint Sir
Theodore Martin poet laureate.
The increase OF crime in Glasgow lie
said to be due to the abnormal thirst
OF the laboring classes for liquor"
1t is believed that General Booth of
the Salvation Army is desirous Of aban-
doning his " Darkest England" scheme.
A monument to Millet has been un-
veiled at Cherbourg, France, with great
ceremony, and is pronounced fine work
of art.
Five villages in Kutsis in Transc au-
casia have been destroyed by an earth
quake. Many lives are reported to have
been lost.
Great Britain is to issue new stamp
of the value OF Az pence-9 cents-to be
available for all postal, telegraphic and
revenue purposes.
A dispatch received in Brussels from
the Congo Free State confirms the re-
port that the natives had murdered Sub
Lieutenant Biegois.
In Paris the authorities are endeavor-
ing to put stop to the bogus picture
ga es constantly occurring, and at which
many are swindled.
Children's dances are all the rage in
Paris, the most popular of them being
one known as the Maska, which has been
imported from Russia.
The approaching reconsecration OF the
Luther Memorial Church in Wittenburg,
Germany, promises to be ceremony Of
extraordinary splendor.
1t is reported that valuable discov-
cry of nitrates has been found near
Mount Darwin in the direction of the
Hanyani river, South Africa.
The official information shows that,
while the cholera is decreasing IN Ham
burg, Germany is in increased danger
from an invasion from Russia.
The proportionate number of births in
Russia is nearly double that of France,
while the German population increases
faster than that Of any other country.
Paris with population of about 2 800.
600 has fewer than 100 negroes within its
limits. Itis claimed that the colored
population Of all France is less than $50.
The law of Denmark now gives to
every Danish subject, male or female,
the right to pension at TO years of age
except in cases of convicted criminals.
A golden throne of the value of g20,-
900 will be presented to the Pope by the
chapters of the various cathedrals in
christendom on the occasion of his ju-
bilee next year.
1t is officially announced in Spain that
the new commercial treaty between
Spain and the United States covering
trade with the Antilles is favorable to
Spanish industries.
The Ameer of Afghanistan is endeav-
oring to secure British help in having
his illegitimate son recognized as the
successor to the throne, which his sub
jects violently oppose.
The institution at Wiemar known as
the Goethe-Schiller Archives is about to
become universal German archive to
contain the literary remains of all the
great German writer's.
English papers are bubbling over with
praise of the graciousness of the Czarina
in kissing hospital nurse who had been
in the midst of cholera infection--an
impulsive, womanly way of showing her
admiration for the nurses bravery and
, self-sacrifce.
Mrs. Pyne has been admitted to the
London Society of Compositors, and re-
ceives the same wages as the male print
ers in the establishment in which she is
employed. This is spoken of as a new
thing in London. The printers unions
in this country have long admitted wom-