The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1897-12-10
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The Italian cabinet has resigned.
General Pellieux's action is regarded az
political move to make possible foT
the Marquis di Rudini to secure a
unanimous ministry. The ministers of
finance, justice and public works, lin
the retiring cabinet. will not appear in
its successor.
e. L. Hewes, the Wichita mountain
boomer, who has been at Wichita for
three weeks trying to organize party,
has left for Oklahoma City without q
single follower. At different times he
claimed to have from 500 to 1000
boomers ready to follow his lead into
the country.
Toru Hoshi, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary from Japan to
the United States, was q passenger
from the Orient on the City OF Peking,
which as just arrived in San Fran
cisco. He will leave for Washington
at once carrying with him instructions
in reference to the Hawaiian treaty of
annexation which will be considered
by the United States senate.
When the German reinforcements.
consisting of four companies of ma
rines, numbering 23 officers and 1900
men, and a company of naval artillery,
arrive at Kiao Chau bay, for which
point, as already cabled, they will 81 on
set out, they will bring the German
force there up to 1866 men, the lar
gest body Germany hes ever sent be-
yond Eropean waters. 1t is understood
that the reserves had to be drawn upon.
Surgeon General Wvman, of the
marine hospital service, has submitted
his annual report to Secretary Gage. 1t
shows that during the fiscal year ended
June 80, Is Il, the total number OF
patients treated at hospitals and the
dispensaiies connected with the service
was 54,477. Although the total num-
Der of patients treated was 6i3 in ex-
cess of those treated during the pre-
vious fiscal year, the expenditures were
1888, 536, which is $21, 900 less than
the previous year.
The annual report of James H. Eskles,
controller of the currency, for the year
ended October 81, 1897, opens with =
brief resume of the history of the legis-
lation which constitutes the present
National bank act, and invites the at
tention of congress to amendments to
the law recommended in former reports,
without specifically repeating them.
The controller renews his recommend
alton of last year, urging til at national
bank examiners be paid an annual SAL
airy instead of fees, as now.
Further information from Washing
ton respecting the proposed canal and
locks for the channel at the dalles is to
the effect that it is proposed to push
the work with a deal of rapidity. The
contract system and modern methods of
excavation and building have made it
clear that years need not be spent upon
a work of this character. II the con-
tract for improving the Columbia by a
small channel at the dalles is adopted
it will no doubt be stipulated that the
work must be done with rapidity.
A terrible railroad accident has oc-
Cured in Warsaw. While passenger
train was stationary at the terminus,
heavy freight train ran into it, owing
to the error of a pointsman. Eleven
persons were killed and 22 others were
seriously injured.
The receipts Of the customs SO fai
this fiscal year undoubtedly will fall
considerably short of estimates made
by the managers Of the new tariff bill
during its pendeney in congress. A
that time it was estimated that tht
customs would yield about $3.50, 600,
600 during the first year. The indica
tlons are now said to be that the re
ceipts from this source will not aggre
gate more than $l65. 900, 900.
A plate of armor, representing lo
of 500 tons for the turrets of the battle
ships Kearsarge and Kentucky, wa'
tested at the Indian Head provins
grounds Tuesday. For testing pur
poses, two eight-inch shells, one Car
penter projectile and the other
Wheeler sterling, were fired at the
plate, one at high and the other at Z
low velocity. Neither penetrated no
cracked the plate. but both PARTIAL,
welded themselves into it.
Word comes of a wreck on the SAINTS
Fee near Williams, Ariz., in which
three men lost their lives and mucl
valuable property was destroyed
After the first section of freight trail
No. SS had pulled out Of Williams tn
air that controls the brakes gave ou
and the train dashed down the steel
grade with rapidly increasing velocity
The hand brakes were unavailing t
check the speed and when poin
about 10 miles west was reached th'
train left the track. Two engines wer'
coupled to the train. which was a yer.
heavy one. Engineers Newton anC
Watsons and Fireman Berry were pin
ned under their respective engines an'
lost their lives, it is said, by beinl
burned to death.