The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-06-03
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Foreigners Residing in France
Must Register.
CENSUS OF INDIA'S POPULATION
Compressed Gas Utilized Instead OF
Powder as PrOpelling Force
in Firearms-Etc.

| Ihere are lUO,OOO unemployed in Bel
GUM.
Italy proposes to spend about 500 ,0OO,-
OOO on her navy next year.
A census taken in 1901 places the pop
ulation OF India at 287, 10000
China's tea crop promises to be large
and OF excellent quality this year.
1t is reported that an effort is being
made in London to reintroduce Sedan
chairs.
Emperor William has declared his in
tentlon to open in person the new
Reichstag.
British trade last month showed net
increase Of t7,700,0OO over the same
month Of 1892.
A pension Of 5000 francs a year has
been granted to Nine. Renan by the
French government.
The Pope will send the golden rose Of
virtue this year to Marie Henriette.
Queen of the Belgians.
Heavy frosts have greatly injured the
vines in the wine districts OF Austria,
Switzerland and France.
English Radicals will oppose a grant
for the Princess May, alleging that the
Prince of Wales has enough.
Turkish newspapers have received
from the Sultan permission to recon-
mence publishing in the morning.
Although Japan is one of the oldest
countries in the world, it has Just begun
to produce petroleum in large quantities.
The Australian crisis is largely due to
overinaation and extraordinary expend-
itures in order to supply work for voters.
During April English imports de-
creased G2, ,79O,0 900 and exports decreased
81 ,250,OO0, as compared with April, 1892.
Through the death of the Earl of
Derby blue ribbon of the Order of the
Garter is at the disposal OF Mr.. Glad
stone.
The Duke des Abouzzes, a nephew OF
King Humbert OF Italy, gambled at
Monte Carlo until he lost his all-about
$4,000.
The type Of frearm has been invented
in England by which compressed gas is
utilized instead OF powder as a propell-
ing force.
A German has invented self-operat-
ing bicycle which, when perfected, is ex-
pected to prove the sensational vehicle
OF the age"
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland
will have to serve the term of imprison-
ment to which she was sentenced for
contempt of court.
1t is announced that several German
officers will assist in the maneuvers of
the Italian forces in Northern Italy near
the French frontier.
The authorities at Berlin have ordered
a quarantine against all vessels arriving
from French ports because of the spread
OF cholera in France.
France is soon to adopt an interesting
innovation in the postal-card system
The cards will be issued in the form OF
check books, with stubs.
The Irish factions have declared peace,
and all the old wounds are said to have
been plastered over in the struggle for
nationality in Parliament.
The long-distance marching competi-
tions by volunteer soldiers in England
are discountenanced by the Commander
in-chief in a recent order.
The Chamber of Deputies last week
adopted measure requiring 10000
foreigners resident in France to register,
but rejected the proposition to tax them.
No protest has been sent by Austria
against the appointment of Max Judd to
be Consul-General at Vienna, and no in
timation has been made that there will
be one.
An omnibus has been started in Glas-
glow furnished with pneumatic tires,
which are protected from injury by sharp
stones or glass by canvas and wire-wove
netting.
The Republican members of the Span
ish Cortes resigned in body, owing to
the manner in which the government
rushed through bill to which they were
opposed,
On account of the prevalence of infu-
enza in Rome pilgrimages have been sus-
pended until next month. There have
been $4,000 cases Of influenza in the city
this spring.
The Lower House of the Prussian Diet
has passed the supplementary taxation
bill by vote of 215 to 25. A number of
Clericals and Polish Deputies abstained
from voting.
Riots in the principal towns in Peru
between rival political factions frequent
ly occur. Three newspaper offices have
been sacked within month, and party
feeling is running high in all parts Of the
country.
1t is proposed to build big dam at
Lake Albert Nyanza for the purpose of
giving Egypt plentiful supply of water
during the low Nile. Experts say the
plan is entirely feasible and the best yet
suggested.
The Osservatore Romano, published at
Rome, advocates neutral zones for the
great powers to secure peace. The terri
tory to be included in these zones would
be Switzerland, Savoy, Alsace, Luxem-
burg, Schleswig, Belgium, the Neither
lands, Poland and the Balkan States.