The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-13
EVENTS OF TIE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphie
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items FTori
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in n Condensed Form

Admiral Dewey has announced him.
self as candidate for president.
Genreal French has given up his
chase after the retreating Beers.
Boston is agitating the question oi
prohibition of ringing church bells.
The United States building at the
Paris exposition will be closed on Sun
days.
Queen Victoria landed at Dublin.
Ireland, her first visit to the island in
99 years.
A temperance movement has been
inaugurated in Mexico, owing to the
increase of drunkenness.
Admiral Dewey's collection of curios
and trophies, at his request, will be
placed in the Smithsonian Institute.
Turkish tower at the Paris exposition
obstructs the view of the United States
building and Commissioner Peck has
protested against it.
The Vanderbilts and Morgans now
have plans almost perfected which
will give them absolute control of the
coal supply of America.
Forty-four young men of Thurston,
Or, have petitioned the military board
for the organization of a company OF
the National Guard at that place.
The mammoth auditorium in which
the Democratic National convention
was to have been held on July 4, was
burned to the ground, entailing lose
of $3.50, 900.
At Logansport, Ind, 150 masked
men blew up two bridges and burned
two toll houses on the Logansport and
Burlington pike at midnight. The
road is the only pike in the county,
and protests have been directed against
high toll and the alleged bad condition
of the pike.
The newly organized American
Match Machine Company, a New Jer-
sey corporation, is about to enter into
competition with the Diamond Match
Company, known as the match trust.
The new company does not intend to
confine its attention to the trade OF the
United States, but will make a vigor.
GUS fight for European trade. through
the sale of rights.
W. ]. Bryan addressed 10000 people
at Tacoma, Wash.
War tax will not be reduced at this
session of congress.
The Puerto Rican bill passed the
senate by vote OF 40 to 81.
The public debt decreased So, 900, 900
during the month of March.
A bill was passed to throw open
Idaho and Oklahoma Indian lands.
The journeymen plumbers of Indian
apolis have struck, demanding an in.
crease in pay.
The legislative council of Trinidad
has ratified the reciprocity treaty with
the United States.
Aguinaldo is in Singapore. Singa.
pore papers mention the fact and pub
lish short interviews with him.
The plasterers of Minneapolis have
been locked out, pending the settle.
ment of their dispute as to hours.
Pearl harbor, in the Hawaiian islands,
will be improved and fortified and
made available for naval purposes.
Mexico's army convicts will be
abolished by the new secretary of war.
Volunteer service is to be encouraged.
The marine hospital service has sent
an urgent request to congress for an
appropriation of 100000 to fight
,lague in various seaport towns.
The casualties in the Philippine war
since January l, have been: Ameri.
cans, 88 killed, 1853 wounded; insur-
gents, 1,426 killed; l, 453 captured.
Great preparations for war are going
on in Russia. All messages in regard
to movements of troops are censored
and all officers are denied leaves OF
absence.
The Illinois Brick Company, of Chi.
cago, the brick combine of that city,
has filed with the secretary of state
certificate of increase of capital stock
from SIC, 900 to $9, 900, 900.
The party of scientists under Pro-
fessor A. Agassiz, who left San Fran
cisco several months ago on an expedi'
tion to the South Seas, has returned.
This scientific expedition went first to
the Pomotos, exploring the northern
part of those islands, region never be-
fore examined by scientists. After
refitting the vessel at Tahiti, the re-
mainder of the Society islands, as well
as the Cook, Savage and the islands
of the Tonga group were explored.
After refitting at Suva, the Ellice,
Gilbert and Marshall islands were ex.
plorsd and the island of Guam was
visited.
Gov. Smith, of Vermont. owns a pri-
yate locomotive. It is fitted with lux
urious accommodations for eight pas
sengers.
There is a scheme to construct d.
rect railroad from New York to Chi"
cago, saving 800 miles and making
the distance in 16 hours.
I As chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the New York Central Railroad.
Chauncey Depew draws the snug salary