The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-11-04
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Three Famous Prisons in Paris
to be Demolished.
CHOLERA RAGING IN PALERMO.
The Pope Consents to Act as God
father to the King of Spain
at His Confirmation.

An epidemic Of influenza is raging at
Tropoli.
Uruguay is to increase the strength Of
her army.
The population of Belgium Is placed
at 6, 1913, ,355.
1t il estimated that there are 100000
tramps in Germany.
The French Transatlantic cable was
worked at loss Of E9l3 last year.
There are on an average 100 cases Of
cholera reported daily in Palermo.
A paper containing matter exclusively
on astrology has made its appearance in
London.
The German hop crop is short about
100000 pounds, according TO the
latest estimate.
People in the south Of England have
been enjoying the second crop of straw
berries this year.
A writer in the London News says that
American tools are far better than those
OF European make.
The strikes of miners in England and
Belgium are nearing an end. Riots are
still frequent in France.
Russia is reported to be purchasing
l96, 600, 900 bushels OF rye and storing it
in preparation for war"
An English advertiser offers $500 to
any person killed in a railway accident
wearing his particular brand of suspend
ers.
The census of India for 1891 shows the
population TO be 287 ,223, ,430. Only 6per
cent Of the entire number can read or
write.
The new Scotland Yard is the largest
police Office in the world. 1t contains
room in which 1900 men can be as
sembled.
Peixoto's forces have retaken the iron
clad Sete Septembre, which accidentally
ran aground on the coast near Rio de
Janeiro.
Motions censuring the government in
the Hungarian Diet were dismissed, the
opposition members leaving the House
in body.
The French government is about to
establish postal service by camels in
the French territory OF Obock and the
Somali coast.
President Peixoto has issued decree
depriving the revolving officers of the
Brazilian navy Of the protection of the
national flag.
The exterior of the Rouen Cathedral
is to be restored. One hundred and
twenty thousand dollars are to be ex-
pended on the job.
New Zealand has entered the woman
suffrage column. Its new reform bill
equality with men.
The Lord Mayors of London during
the past twenty years have collected
over twenty millions of money for phi
lanthropic purposes.
According to the annual report of the
British Postoffice, 2,7S5, 100000 letters
and packages were handled during the
fiscal year just ended.
London is somewhat excited over the
American adding machine, which has
just been taken over there At present
it is not considered seriously.
Runaway horses fell Just in time to
avoid dragging Prince Radjicwiu ,aide-de-
camp to Emperor William, into the Me
man river at Nieswics, Russia.
Arrangements have been concluded
between the Berlin banks and other
banks of Italy providing for an advance
OF 100000 marks on the security of
Italian rentes.
London has new but much needed
organization, whose name indicates fully
its purpose. 1t is called the National
Society for Checking the Abuses of
Public Advertising.
1t Itappears from the official statistics
of the production of gold in Russia in
1892 that the output of the mines has
been greatly increased by the improve
ment of technical appliances.
Mr.. Gladstone is one of the greatest
opponents to divorce in the English
speaking world. He believes that mar
riage is contract for life, which only
expires when life itself expires.
An English municipal body, Hendon
Local Board, has passed resolutions for
bidding the erection of henhouses,
unless the plans for the structure have
been submitted to and approved by the
Board.
The exports of rails and railway
materials from Germany in the first
half of this year amounted to 62,216
tons. The corresponding exports in the
corresponding period of 1892 we're 49,
270 tons.
Three famous prisons in Paris, which
have played great part in French
dramas and romances-Mazas, Ste.-
Pelagie and La Roquette--are soon to
be demolished, and in their place
great penitentiary is to be erected at
Fresnes, in the Department of the
Seine.
The Pope has consented to act as god
father to the King of Spain at his ap-
preaching confirmation and first COM
munion. Mgr. CNtoni, the nuncio at
Madrid, will represent the Pope at the
ceremony, and will be the bearer of