The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-03-16
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In q Condensed Form.

The total cost of the war in the Phil
lppines SO far is $50, 100000.
British casualties in the final relief
of Ladysmith were almost 1000.
The island of Tutuila, OF the Samoan
group, is to be used as a naval station.
Fire in the retail dry goods district
of Philadelphia, caused loss of $780,
900.
Beers say that the retreat from Lady
smith was due to commanders mis-
take.
Senator Hoar now wants to give
Queen Liliuokalani S250,OO from the
treasury.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill was de-
nounced from the pulpit by Washing
ton minister.
Steps are being taken to organize a
bank with $4,000 capital at lone,
Morrow county, Or.
Strikes and labor troubles of various
kinds have thrown $4,000 men out OF
employment in Chicago.
Civil war is imminent in China.
One province is already in revolt over
the dethronement of the emperor.
The senate has confirmed the appoint
ment of H. B. Miller, of Josephine
county, Oregon, to be consul at Chung
Kiang, China.
Lady White, wife of General Sir
George White, has been invested by
Queen Victoria with the Order of the
Crown of India.
Congressman Alfred G. Harmer, OF
Pennsylvania, father of the house of
representatives, is dead at Philadel-
phia, aged rs years.
The United States government has
ordered that the California Mammoth
Tree Grove" in Calaveras county, be
bonded for park purposes.
The Pure Food and Drug congress.
in convention at Washington, adopted
resolutions seeking congressional action
to provide penalties for adulteration.
Isaac Gordon, of Birmingham, Eng
land, the notorious money lender, is
dead. He was known all over the
kingdom, under various aliases, and is
said to have been worth 81 100000.
DIR. Nansen, the explorer, questioned
in regard to the possible fate of Andre.
said: "I believe as long as possible,
in his return, making the most liberal
allowance of time for his reappearance,
but no longer have any hope. don't
believe that he is living; otherwise we
should certainly have heard of him.
All that can be looked for now is the
recovery of his body"
The plague in Honolulu is under con.
troll.
General Gatacre has occupied Storm
berg.
Cape Colony Beers are retreating to
Orange Free State.
General Joe Wheeler has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila.
A resolution was introduced in con-
gress asking for repeal of the tariff on
paper.
The British government has decided
to retain Lord Pauncefote as ambas-
sador at Washington indefinitely.
The latest sugar trusts dividend was
smaller than usual, supposed to be the
result of the fight with Arbuckle.
Yaqui Indians dispersed 800 Mexi-
can soldiers who were acting as escort
to the mail, near Potam. Mexico.
Geraldine, the famous racing mare,
holder of the worlds record for half Q
mile, is dead at Napa Farm, near
Napa, Cal.
Lieutenant Edgar Koehler, of the
Ninth infantry, was led into an am
bush of Filipino rebels north of Tarlac
and killed.
The Howe Lumber Company of
Lowell, Mass, has assigned as result
of the failure of the Globe National
bank, in Boston, to which the company
owed a large amount of money.
A revolutionary movement near San
Salvador was recently nipped in the
bud, and confiscation by the govern
ment of $4,000 belonging DR.. Jose
AIfarado, took place, who, it is report
ed, was to have led the revolt.
Sir Charles Tupper, ex-premier of
Canada, believes that the Alaska boun-
Diary and other disputed questions be-
tween the United States and Canada,
will soon be settled and that Canada
will get the worst of it.
At meeting OF the Baptist Social
Union OF Boston, it was announced on
behalf OF the Union Theological Insti-
tuition that John D. Rockefeller has
undertaken to contribute one-half of
the $4O0, 900 needed to complete the
equipment OF that institution.
In the United States there are 5, ,427,-
767 bachelors and 1924, 494 spinsters.
The first woman's cluD of Puerto
Rico has been organized by some Amer
icaD women living in Ponce.
The longest span Of telegraph wire in
the world is that over the river Kistna
in India. 1t is over 5000 feet long.
The usual output from 100 gold
minea in the immediate vicinity of
Johannesburg Ia 15 tons of gold