The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-12-08
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphit
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items Fror
the Two Hemispheres Presented
ga n Condensed Form.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Lawton has reached Bayombong.


The battle of Graspan WAS the first
battle fought on Free State territory.
The internal revenue collected IL
Oregon the last fiscal year amounted
to $4lS,775.
Troops in Cuba are to be removed.
General Wood has given his approval
of such action.
Secretary Gage will probably con.
tinue the purchase OF government bonds
for another month or more.
Ex-Collector of Customs Thomas ].
Black, died suddenly OF heart trouble
and asthma at Portland, Or.
Four blocks of business houses were
laid in ashes in Philadelphia. The
total loss is estimated at $9, 900, 900.
The iron and steel trade is rather
quiet in some lines, but prices are
holding up, and scarcity is predicted
President Mckinley is considering
plan for dividing Cuba into two parts
and placing Geanels w. Wood and Lud.
low in charge.
The Oregon, samara and Callao,
with 100 bluejackets and marines cap.
tured the port of Vigan, province o,
south Slicos, notrh of Manila.
American manufacturers are selling
to the outside world over $l00, 900, 00O
worth of iron and steel i'll excess of any
earlier year in their history.
General Methuen. in command o.
the British forces, was slightly wound.
cd at Modder river. Colonel Northcott
and Lieutenant-C Colonel Stopiord were
killed.
The great Thanksgiving football
game at Portland between the Multi.
nomahs and the Olympics, of San Fran.
cisco, resulted in tie, neither side
scoring.
Eight thousand Beers were defeated
by General Methruen in the hottest
battle OF the war. The fight took
place at Modder river and lasted 10
hours.
Great Britain has protested vigorous.
ly to this government against the or.
ganization of expeditions here, in
tended, presumably, for the assistance
OF the Beers.
The Vanderbilts now have the B. &
o. They have also acquired Morgan
holdings in the Big Four and Cheas.
peake & Ohio. This is combination
not contemplated.
Lightship No. 80. whose station is at
the mouth OF the Columbia, after vicis-
situdes probably never experienced be-
fore by lightship, is ashore on Nc.
Kenzie head, between Cape Disappoint-
ment and North head light, and will
probably be total loss. Her crew of
eight men were rescued by the breeches
buoy.
Richard Croker says Tammany will
support Bryan.
Chicago is after the Republican ma
tional convention.
Admiral Dewey believes war in the
Philippines is practically over.
New Zealand's government is stock
ing up the island with American game
birds.
Great Britain now realizes that the
war is real and seeks expression of neu-
trality.
Bert Repineff, of Nashville, Tenn,
won the six-day wheel race at st.
Louis.
The transports Elder and Belgian
King are now out OF the government
service.
1t is expected to have an all-trolley
line from Portland, Me-, to Boston open
by spring.
If Goebel is given a certificate of
election martial law will be declared
in Kentucky.
Whalers are preparing to go out
again. Expense of the business has
increased 40 per cent over last year.
General Methuen's second battle in
the advance to relief of Kimberley re.
suited in the loss of nearly 200 British
soldiers.
The Pacific Mail Company is charter
ing tramp steamers to replace these
chartered by the government for trans
port service.
The Knights OF Labor will depart
from their time-honored custom and
take hand in politics. 1t also con.
templates establishing schools for its
members.
A manufacturer of wine asserted be-
fore a senate committee that 90 per
cent of the imported wines are Ameri-
can wines sent abroad, doctored and
sent back.
The Puget Sound Can Company has
incorporated under the laws of New
Jersey, capital 5000, 900; Oregon Can
Company, 5000, 900, and California Can
Company, $200,000
The descendants of Queen Victoria
now number II. She has seven sons
and daughters living. SS grandchildren
and 3 great-grandchildren.
Fritz Eloff, one of President Kruger's
80 grandchildren, bears the honorary
title of lieutenant, despite the fact
that he is only years old.
Mrs. Roger Wolcott, of Boston, has
given an imposing monument to Pep
perell, Mass, in memory of the men
of that town who fought at Bunker
Till. o.