The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-03-10
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review Of the Import
ant Happenings OF the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.

The Eighth United States volunteer
regimeat Is now be;ng mustered out.
The CvgMgtoh Ky. postofiioe has
been robbed of stamps and money to
the amounst of $4,000.
The pope has undergone an opera
tion for removal OF long standing
cyst which suddenly became intiamed.
Professor Wallace P. Day, director
of the Illinois college of music, and
well known among musical celebrities
East and West. is dead at Jacksonville,
Fla.
By collision between q passenger
train and 'helpeT" locomotive on the
Southern Pacific near Hot Springs.
Nevada. the two engineers and the FIRE.
men Of the two engines were killed.
1t is said the United States has sent
a dispatch to Madrid protesting against
the false statement being cabled from
Manila by General Rios, who formerly
commanded the Spanish troops in the
Philippines.
Among the passengers from Honolulu
on the steamer Australia, were Al sol
diers from the Kansas and New York
regiments, six of whom have been dis
charged. The others returned on ac-
count Of illness.
Rain has fallen in many sections oil
California and the long-continued dry
spell is thought to be over. The pres
ent rain will save the wheat crop in
critical districts and add to production
where growth is favorable.
1t is reported in Madrid that Spain
authorized General Rios to offer the
Philippine republic $500. 900 for the re-
lease Of the Spanish prisoners. The
offer was Indignantly declined, and the
insurgents asked $1,000. 900.
1t is reported on good authority that
the interests of the Royal Baking Pow
der Company the New York Baking
Powder Company and the Cleveland
Baking Powder Company have been
sold to William Zeigler for between
sl1 900, 900 and $l2. 900, 900.
Affairs are still unsatisfactory in
Samoa. The provisional government.
it appears. is interfering with the ma
tive and British subjects, and also
with the servants of the British sub
jects. and is taxing the Malietoa people
80, and the Mataafa people 81 each.
Lord Hersehell, one of the joint high
commissioners from Great Britain, who
was sent to take leading part in the
negotiations.be between the United States
and Canada. died suddenly in Washing
ton. He expired in half an hour after
being taken i'll. Heart failure was
the cause.
DR.. Rafael, the German president of
the municipal council at Apia, at the
instigation of the British consul, has
apologized for boycotting the British
third-class cruiser Porpoise and for in
sulting the chief justice and Malietoa q
lawyer, while they were guests ON board
the Porpose
A dispatch from Rome Tuesday says
the pope was taken suddenly i'll thas
morning.
The battle-ship Oregon accompanied
by the collier Iris, saiied from Homo
lulu for Manila February 20.
The sundry civil bill. together with
large number OF public building
measures were passed by the United
States senate Tuesday.
The American Pottery Company,
with its burden Of $50, 600. 600 capital-
ization, Is likely to fail in its purpose
of uniting the potteries.
Monday congress passed the army re-
organization bill with an Amendments
providing that no permanent increase
in the army shall be made beyond 1901.
The German government has ordered
its wsrships to leave the Philippine
islands and has placed German sub
jeets there under the protection OF the
United States.
According. to advices from Genoa,
province Of Barcelona. the number OF
Hdisbanded Spanish sailors in Cuba who
are joining the American navy 10 con.
sideTably increasing.
Six second-lieutenant in the regular
army. just graduated from the mill
tary academy at West Point, have ar
rived at San Francisco, on their way 70
Manila to join various regular inianrty
regiments
The Southern Pacific overland from
Portland ran into landslide in can.
yon 40 miles south OF Rosebuig, Or.
The locomotive and baggage car were
derailed, and the fireman badly injured.
A tramp who was stealing ride was
slightly hurt.
Orders have been issued TO the hos
pital-ship Relief, now at New York.
to sail for Manila at the earliest possi-
BILE moment, aud to move at as great
speed as is safe. The Relieis cargo
will consist OF enough medical supplies
for 25. 900 men for a year.