The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-09-15
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items Frou
the Two Hemisphsres Presented
in u Condensed Form.

Chicago has just passed through the
longest dry spell siEoe the time of the
great fire in 1871.
The Porto Rican relief committee
will appeal for aid 10 all the churches
and banks in this country.
The Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
is believed to have corner on the
coal product of Tennessee.
Walker Hill, of st. Louis, has been
chosen as the next president OF the
American Bankers Association.
Railway surveyors are at work in
Eastern Oregon and it is rumored that
they are in the employ of the BuIling-
ton.
At the Empire City Trotting park,
New York city, Joe Patchen defeated
Star Pointer, John r. Gentry and
Searchlight.
Samuel b. Bishop and Henry Hawk
were blown to pieces by an accidental
explosion Of giant powder In the May.
flower mine at Nevada. Cal.
An open switch on the Erie road
near Meadville, Pa, caused collision
between freight and passenger train.
Three were killed and three injured.
Texas, Chicago and New York capi.
talists have bought 10000 acres oi
timber and range land in Mexico. and
will build up an industrial and COM
mercial center.
A freight train near Williamson, w.
Va, broke in two and the two sections
came together in tunnel, resulting in
the killing OF three OF the train crew
and four tramps.
American apples are in such great
demand in Germany this year that
shipments have commenced one month
earlisr than usual. Last year 1851
barrels were sent abroad. This year
1t is expected the shipments will reach
100, 900 barrels.
AS a reward for the Santiago cam.
paign Major-General Shafter will con
tinue in command OF the department
OF the Pacific with his present volun-
teer rank after the time reached for his
retirement. which was to have taken
place the 14th OF September.
Ten regiments will leave San Fan !
cisco for Manila before the October
All unnecessary noises are TO bo |
stopped by the health and police Off.
cials Of Chicago.
The plague is reported to be spread
ing in India and famine is staring
them in the face.
The state department has been in
formed that a revolution has broken
out in Venezuela.
Mrs Sarah A. Baker, who has just
died at Forest Home, Pa. was the old.
est American actress.
A band of Macabeo scouts nun ber-
ing 100 has been organized at Manila
from former Spanish volunteers.
An American interviewed at Allan
ia, Ga, knows much about the Drey-
fus case, and says Edterhazy is tho
guilty one.
The Thirty.thrd regiment OF volun.
teers has started from Houston, Tex,
for San Francisco, for embafkation to
the Philippines.
An American company will estab.
lish a gigantic locomotive building
plant in Switzerland, employing
American methods.
There business OF the country Is
now being done largely on cash basis,
and banks are seeking new mediums
for investment.
President Schurman, of Cornell uni
versity, will act as Governor Roose-
velt's representative at the Chicago
trust conference.
At johnson Springs, Va, mob as.
saulted Mormon Elder Jose Wuffln,
and then threatened lynchng II he at
tempted prosecution.
This years corn crop breaks the rec
ord. The United States will produce
2.500. 600, 600 bushels. with Kansas in
the lead and Nebraska second.
Chicago will have a hotel for the
poor. Fiist,clas rooms including q
bath can be hal for 30 to 80 cents a
night. The building will be 10 stories
high.
The American Bankers Association
at their annual convention in Uleve.
land, o., took steps to have the com.
merCial papar laws the same the world
over.
English newspapers seem TO regard
the outbreak of hostilitles with the
Beers as mere matter Of time. The
officials, however, deny the situation
is so serious.
A Washington special SAYS Great
Britain and the United States have
practically agreed upen the Alaskan
boundary line and present negotiations
relate only to minor questions.
The legislative council Of Western
Australia has passed bill eniranchis-
ing women.
Faneuil hall, Boston. which has been
undergoing repairs for several months,
is to be reopened to visitors about the
middle OF September.
Governor Atkinson, OF West vir-
ginia. claims that his state leads the
union in the production OF oil and
lumber and that it is second In coke
and Third in lumber. !