The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-04-15
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Bill Extending the Time of Cit
izenship in Arizona.
HIGH WATER CAUSES DAMAGE.
Brakeman on the Atlantic and Pacific
Becomes II Hero and Receives
Pursc-Etc.

Counterfeit dimes, composed Of anti
mony and tin, are in circulation in Lane
county, Or.
Mrs. McWhrtcr has begun suits at
Fresno for y3O 900 insurance on her hus-
bands life.
The Astoria canncrs fixed the price at
81 Il salmon, and the Fishcrmen's Union
demands Sl.l6.
The American Historical Society has
instituted two libel suits Mt Portland
against the Orcgonian.
All the men charged with crime in
connection with the labor troubles IN the
Cuur d'Alcnc are now at liberty.
There is talk Of reducing the miners
pay at Nanamo, Il. G. The union is
very strong there, and II strike is not ut
all improbable.
Bands Of Apachcs are away from their
reservation in Arizona. So iar the In
dans are charged only with frightening
people and being very saucy.
Governor Murphy OF Arizona has yc-
tocd the bill passed by the Legislature
extending the time OF citizenship from
six months to twelve months.
The whisky smuggling on the west
coast OF British Columbia is not as cX-
tcnsive as reported. The bulk OF it il
from Victoria, not the United States.
Reports have been received at PhTniX,
A. r.. of new and rich placer diggings in
the southwestern part OF Marlcopa
county about thirty miles north Of Aqua
Caliente.
superintendent Tlusscy of the British
Columbia police at Victoria has decided
TO 20 north in connection with the In
dian excitement over the alleged Sorrow
Island massacre.
The International Nickel Company,
which owned the great nickel mine at
Riddles, Or, has sold two-thirds in
terest in the property to an English syn
dicate for S6OO,OOO.
The Bonanza mines in the Harqua
Ilalas, Yuma county, A. T., cleaned up
$3.50, 900 rs the result OF the last month :
run. This is the largest chunk OF gold
ever run into one bar.
During high water on the Gila river n
few days ago large section OF the dam
OF the Gila Bend Irrigation Company's
canal sixty miles southwest of Phoenix,
was washed away. The damage is
stated to be not less than 100000.
In the suit of John Doe against the
Waterloo Mining Company, tried in the
los Angeles United States District
Court, involving the title to disputed
ground in the mining claims ut Calico,
Judge Ross rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff. Several suits are practically
settled by this decision.
The advent of Chinaman at Great
Falls, Mont, who proposed to open n
laundry there, created much excitement,
and caused mass meeting OF laborlng
men. who sent committee to consult
with the authorities. Police protection
was given the Chinaman, but he was
forced to forego his design and leave
town.
"There's more whisky on the west
coast than in Victoria" remarked Frank
Adams, who has just returned to Nc
toria, b. c., from that section. me
Indians are all drunk, and the sealers
have q hard time in getting crew.
Whisky is being smuggled i'll, by the
wholesale, and the red men are having a
high old time. The whisky is coming
from the American side. never saw SO
much drunkenness on that coast. There
does not seem to be any government
control there at all"
While in the railroad yard at King
man, A. r., Charles II. Reno, brake
man, observed runaway engine APP
preaching at great speed from one di-
rection and passenger No. 2 from the
other, both on the same track. He
quickly sprang to sidetrack switch
and shunted the engine, which was de-
rallied and somewhat damaged. The en-
gineer had jumped from the cab as soon
as the locomotive became unmanageable
but the fireman had remained at his
post. The latter escaped uninjured. A
purse was made up for the brakeman.