The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18
FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS
Mcdonnell, the Bank Of England
Forger, in Limbo Again.
THE NEW PRIMATE OF AFRICA.
A Movement in France Looking to the
Substitution Of Aluminium for
Copper in Small Coins.

The Brotherhood of Minor Poets " il
the name of recently formed society il
England.
There is an electric railroad twenty.
seven miles long in the Tyrolese Mount.
aims in Switzerland.
A railroad is TO be built from Athens
70 Chalcis, Thebes, Lebadca, Chaeronea.
Dadion and Larissa.
Chancellor Caprivi in answer TO a RI
NOR that he is about to marry says he lie
too old Tor such step.
The Chinese government will send ON,
an expedition shortly to extend its tele.
graph system through to Kashgar.
1t is proposed to hold a grand national
exhibition in Geneva in 1896 on the
model OF the Zurich Exposition of 1853.
1t is said that negotiations are about
to be resumed between Great Hritain
and Spain for a new commercial treaty.
Not since l849 has such a prolonged
period OF frost or such intensity of cold
been known in Hungary as has prevailed
this winter.
Coal OF an excellent quality and in
large deposits has been discovered al
DJeoeli- 4 bouj. j.Feyaz in the district OF
Ior in Asia Minor.
The death is announced from Cane
Town OF Kreli, ex-Chief of the Galekas
IN the Transkei, who was deposed by Sir
Bartle Frere in 1877.
A new treaty which has been made
between Venezuela and Colombia il the
hrst step toward a triple alliance, which
IS to include Ecuador.
The Brazilian government has ordered
1O,OOO small caliber rifles and $4,000 600
cartridges from the Lowe small.arm
mandatory in Berlin.
The Rome police surprised twentv.six
anarchists working bomb factory on
the outskirts OF the city. A large oi1an-
tity of explosives was seized.
Mrs. Lille Langtry, recently arrived
at Malta on her yacht from Marseilles
was subject to ten days quarantine on
The ground that Marseilles is an infected
port.
Several millowners in Heywood. Eng.
and, have closed their factories go as fo |
assist In bringing about the desired re- !
iuction OF wages. Thousands of looms |
ire idle.
Queen Victoria has immense wine cell
ars in her various palaces. Her old
,ort, sherry, East India, Madeira and
ja6inet Rhine are said to be the finest
n England.
Pere Charmatant, founder of the order
i the White Fathers, who was born in
rance in 1914, has been appointed to
ucceed the late Cardinal Lavigerie as
'rimate of Africa.
1t has been decided to call out the en-
Ire militia force of the United Kingdom
nd the Channel Islands for training
bis season. The number of men under
rms is expected to reach 1l5,OOO.
A movement has been begun in France
'oklng to the substitution of aluminium
u copper in making small coin. The
dvantsges of aluminium in point of
ghtness and cleanliness are unauestion.
BILE. ''''''0"
MIR. Mundella, President OF the Lon.
on Board of Trade, has decided to send
avid schloss and William Barnett to
le United States to examine and report
the question OF stopping the immigra-
on OF pauper aliens.
AS soon as they heard that William
'aldorf Astor had purchased the Lon.
On PaH Mall Gazette and was irving to
AXE Tory paper of it, all of the old
iltors left. They have started a new
aper called the Westminster Gazstte.
A French vessel of war has taken nos I
ssIon of Kerguelen, otherwise known
the Isle OF Desolation, in the Indian
cean, which was discovered by the !
rench navigator, Kerguelen, in 1772.
ne island is said to have beds of coal.
The London County Council will give I
support to proposals made to omen I
e South kensington and Bethnal Green 4
uSeums on Sundays. 1t will impose :
condition that no official of the institu- '
ons shall be required to work more
an six days week. '
The Manchester ship canal is expected =
be completed and open for business Z
the end OF the present year. Another '
O,uOO,UOO ls being raised to finish the
'rk, half OF which is being subscribed v
Stafford, three-eighths by Manchester c
d the rest by Oldham. b
The Porte has appointed Osman Pasha t.
Irkish Commissioner in Egypt in place Il
Moukhtar Pssha, who has been re-, Il
lied. The change is source of relief Il
the British officials in Egypt, Mouk- II
Pasha having been the center OF a,
rkish intrigues against England. - :"
The railroads of France are rapidlv
opting electric Thanksgiving appar.
is, by means of the storage battery
stem, using six, eight or ten-candle
wer. Each car carries sixteen cells Of th
ttery and each is independent of the in
IT OF the train in its lighting outfit. tn
The Vienna Neue Freie Presss saws Pu
1t the Metropolitan Michael has pro. ~ ~
1nced the divorce of ex-Kine Milan tn
! Natalie void. According to this de- VA VA
ION the first marriage is still valid. ~, 40
l hence a second marriage, which was w ~
ltemplated, will not be necessary. WI