The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-06-10
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Gold and Silver in the Vaults Of
the Bank Of France.
A JAPANESE VOLCANO ACTIVE.
Baron ROthschild Gives a Valuable
Chateau for a Hospital for
COnsumptiyes-Etc.

8 ConSumptives-Etc.
: Inc striking lockers at Hull, England
continue TO lIl-treat non-uniOnists,
The Australian failures are not Iikelv
70 nave widespread effect in England.
influenza in virulent form has an
peared in the Grand Duchy Of Baden.
Surveys are being made for three new
railroads in the Transvaal, South Africa.
Among the causes Of the Italian Cab
met Crisis was the misuse OF the Casa
deposit by the Ministers.
The Gar proposes to colonize Siberia
Dy the peasants who were impoverished
by the famine and cholera.
In Persia when a railway train kills
man the natives pull up the track for
miles and boycott the trains.
The volcano Bandaisan in japan has
become active, and widespread disaster
has been caused by its eruptions.
Louis kossuth has advised his parti-
sans IN Hungary to support the Week
erie Cabinet and its liberal policy.
There are now but four provinces in
Chlna--Shansi, Shensi, Kansu and Hn-
nan-that are without the electric wire.
At the beginning of this wear there
were S34O,OJO,0O0 in gold and $25I, 400 .
G0O IN silver in the vaults OF the Bank OF
France.
There are five bills before the French
chamber whose object is to check or
prevent the immigration OF foreigners
into the country.
The Brazilian vessel Of war Almirante
Barrosa has been totally wrecked near
Kas Charer, port Of the coast of Mid
ole Egypt, in the Gulf Of Suez.
Seventeen Berlin bankers have signed
an appeal for an election fund with which
to promote the choice of Liberal candi-
dates supporting the government.
Cardiff is going to spend $7.00O.O00 TO
improve her docks and harbor, build new
railway connections and generally bid
or the American passenger traffic.
In 1889 the imperial postofice of Rus
ila handled lS9.Sl8 600 letters. % O32 600
post cards, II so. coo registered packages I
Ind 3I.'42,OOO samples Of merchandise. :
Tail feathers pIucked from the feriwah. :
rare, and beautiful Indian bird, form 7
he plume worn on State occasions by
he Prince OF Wales. 1t is said to be ?
forth 5000. .
NJ. de Giers, Russia's G. O. NJ, though '
lentally vigorous, cannot support the
EIGHT of his body, and has to be wheeled
bout in chair. His weakness is all in a
is lower limbs. c.
Kaiser Wilhelm has been issuing Or W
erS with regard to the clothing to be p
orn by officers, in which he SAYS: IL 81
ereby forbid every extravaganza in the 1
iatter of dress" al
Ben Jeans has been a passenger con- y,
lctor on the Great Western railway OF =,
ngland for fifty years, has travelled in
lat time 3, ,494, ASP miles, and has never
ct with an accident.
The English Home Secretary has Or ex
'red series of inquiries with the view II
protecting the interests of people en- WI
ged IN unhealthy occupations, such as tr
e carried on in chemical works. pot WI
ries and quarries. lit lit
A new scheme is being tried in Ans =. 49,
slla with good results for the extermi- 81, Su
ton of rabbits. Cartridges generating ~, ~,
ls0nous gas are put in the burrows, W.
g noles closed, and the rabbits are
led by the poison in the smoke. Tb
rhe route from England to India is of
ewn with treasure, owing to the many wo
pplng disasters. An industrious stat do
lclan reckons that fully $500 OOO, 900 gu,
rth OF gold and jewels lie at the bot an,
u OF the sea on that freQuented wav. brs
"N
some 1000 members of the British fro
unteer forces have served continuous Bile
and efficiently for periods of from -"
enty to thirty-three years, and it is a n
posed to bestow medal or BADGE on And
m for long service and good conduct. {"
'aron Nathaniel de Rothschild. who tin
Just made gift of his fine chateau gus
grounds, valued at over 10000 ,000 the
5eichenau in the Syrian Alps for a hop
sumptives' hospital, is the senior ner'
nber OF the Vienna branch of the for
hschild family. heaC
he White Star line has given an order the
4ondon ship builders for the construc- couI
OF steamer 500 feet long, which Vne
beat anything ahoat. The Gothic. excl excl
O TONS apOtb9r ro,,, ,.,,,,,aI heaC
g line will bn lornc,,oJ - foi Siie my
# the end 81 I,nn ''V Loll|oA Yor
ne Globe, brig of 329 tons register
recently in the Liverpool docks un- NJ,
ing cargo. She was built in 1895 com
has been in constant service for rome
seven years, but a survey showed gene
to be seaworthy and apparently good peut
many more voyages. whic
lie Pope's will has been made for table
Y years. The document is in Latin Spru
begins with an humble confession of TIL
an weakness and appeals to the the b
is OF our Lord and all the saints, sends
Leo XIII distinctly discIaims ali held
)nal inclination in the matter of the ing t
20 of his successor. Mo
olttti has agreed to reconstruct the bstSy
IN Cabinet, with Gigliardo as Min effect
of Finance; Canonico as Justice: Ats'
Ia!di,. Treasury; Brin, Foreign AT for n
PeIloux, War; Reccha, Marine; as WI
, Commerce; Martini, Public In nress
ton; Genala, Public Works; Fin stron
iaro Aprile, Posts and Tslegraphs.