The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-11
BEYOND THE ROCKIES
Considerable Excitement in Ohio
Over a New Big Gusher.
A CRUSADE AGAINST KISSING.
Chicago to Have an Exhibition Of the
Tactics and Maneuyers Of the
British Army.
CRUSADE AGAINST KISSING.

Jefferson Davis body may be moved
from New Orleans ~ Richmond, Va.
The Milwaukee gas works has been
bought by Il Boston synd cate for ST.
30 800.
The Supreme Court OF Tennessee has
declared in effect that bucket shops are
gambling housee.
All arrangements are now believed TO
he comp etc for the enforcement OF the
Gcary exclusion act.
There are only about thirty members
left OF the once mighty tribe OF Choc-
taws near New Orleans.
A movement is on foot in Rhode Isl-
and for the erection OF monument to
the Indian Chief Massasoit.
A sweeping reduction has been made
in Canadian canal tolls, greatly advan.
tageous to the United States.
The Virginia State building at the
Worlds Fair will be a copy Of Washing
toms home at Mount Vernon.
Tennessee will abolish the convict
lease system, build a new prison and
work the men on State account.
Brooklyn's alleged bOodlers are said
to have been reindcted TO anticipate
dismissal OF the first indictment.
II is reported that there ls danger OF a
rabbit plague in Kansas, and the inhab.
tants are rejoiced at the prospect.
The Missouri Legislature is consider
ing bill to compel circuses to exhibit
what they represent on their posters.
Illinois farmers claim that the late
sleeting go injured wheat in Eastern IL
linois that there will be scarcely half
crop.
st. Louis has more miles paved with
granite than with any material, and next
TO the granite comes the Telford pave
ment.
The Ohio State Board OF Health has
etarted crusade against kissing, invok-
ing women not to kiss each other or
their babies.
The Commercial Exchange at Leaven-
worth, Kan. passed strong resolutions
in favor OF opening OF the Cherokee
Strip at once.
The Georgia Agricultural Society has
adopted unanimous resolution urging
the reduction of cotton acreage and di-
versfied crops.
The Ohio Legislature proposes to put
in an electrical voting apparatus, similar
to the device used in the French Cham
Der OF Deputies.
New York's Chamber OF Commerce
has appointed representative commit
tee to entertain prominent foreigners at
tending the Worlds Fair.
Where leases on Broadway, New York.
are expiring this year rents have been
markedly increased. This is especially
true of the retail district.
Tue Governors of Southern States are
to meet in Richmond two months hence
and plan to attract homeseekers and
capital to their respective States.
The Union Pacific has not only paid
tff $lO,0O0,0OO of its collateral trust
notes, but 1t has managed to go through
the year without borrowing penny.
TIE failure OF gas regions is attributed
by experts to overwork. In the new re-
gons which are being developed only
one well is peraitJed to forty acres OF
land.
At Warfeld, KY, recently, a girl, aged
8, who be- anne offended at something
young coIortd man emp Dyed by her
father had done, deliberately shot HIM
dead.
A bill has been introduced in the Min.
nesota Legislature providing a fine OF
$1,000 and five years. imprisonment for
every m mber OF that body who accepts
a railroad pass.
The American League of Wheelmen
has passed resolution providing that
those gu bordinate leagues wishing it may
allow negroes to become members of he
league and those not desiring it can bar
them out.
The Arkansas Legislature is struggling
with the convict lease question. A bill
has been introduced providing for the
abolition of the whole lease system and
requiring the State to take entire charge
of its wards.
The Fall River Crescent Mills are to be
sold. The stockholders had discovered
that the Treasurer had written fictitious
assets in the books to overcome the
losses by manufacture.
Special Treasury agents are looking
into the large influx of Cinnamon arriv-
ing in the United States from Cuba and
other West India Islands. 1t is believed
that large numbers of Celestials from
Cuba have been landed along the inlets
of the Florida coast by Spanish SNUG.
glers, as is done on the Pacific Coast oi
the United States from British Colum.
bia.
The investigation by order of the
Mexican government into the cause oi
the recent uprising of the Yaqui Indians
is still in progress. 1t has already been
discovered, however, that the cause ol
the Indian braves donning their wal
paint was largely due to the action o.
the government military officials, who
were permitted to run general supply