The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-03-23
LATER NEWS.

The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railway system has been sold at auc-
ton.
Andrew Bolter, one of the noted
entomologists in America, is dead in
Chicago.
Two boys, aged o and years, were
burned to death in their own house
near Alfred, N. Y.
British industries are badly in need
of cash. The money market is head
over ears in debt.
Nine persons were injured in New
York by the dropping of coal chute
upon an elevated train.
General Hernandez, leader of the
Venezuela revolution, is making pro-
gress against the government.
Two thousand Boer women in Pre-
toria have been armed to aid In the de-
Tense of the Transvaal capital.
United States supreme court rendered
a decision upholding the Texas courts
IN their war against the trusts.
During row in saloon at Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, two negroes were shot,
one fatally and the other seriously.
Admiral Watson's purpose in send
ing a naval vessel to Toxic, China,
was for protection of American inter-
ests.
British are persisently prosecuting
the war in Borneo. In recent en-
gagement several scores of rebels were
killed.
Puerto Rico's distress is growing
worse. Governor General Davis cabled
that 500 tons of provisions will be
needed weekly.
The French line freighter Pauillac
is missing. She carried cargo valued
at So, ,OO0,O0 and has not been heard
from for over month.
Governor Geer received a check for
S27, 806.85 from the war department in
of the state of Oregon's
claim for clothing furnished the volun-
teers.
To prevent friction with the sultan
Of the Sulu archipelago, measures have
been taken by the American authori-
ties in the Philippines for the adjudi-
cation of any questions that may arise
which cannot be disposed of'by provis-
ions of the treaty which he and Gen.
eral Bates entered into several months
ago.
Puerto Ricans call for settlement of
The tariff dispute.
A school of forestry will be establish
I'd at Yale university.
Governor Leary has issued a proola-
nation freeing the poems of the island
1f Guam.
The transport Meade sailed for Ma
nila, via Honolulu, with 25 doctors.
SO hospital corps men and 26 recruits.
The Port Gibson press, Port Gibson,
Miss, in which was stored 1000 bales
Of cotton, was burned. Loss $100, 900.
All records are being broken by the
" Gather in the East and South. The
at Chicago registered l
below zero.
The feature of the st. Patrick's day
parade in Chicago was the carrying of
big Transvaal flag at the head of the
Ancient Order of Hibernans.
At Marietta, Ca, mob Of 175 men
battered down the door OF the Jail and
entered the cell of negro and fired
about 100 shots at him. He will die.
The Academy of Music, the leading
theater of Quebec, was burned with a
loss of $80D00. The st. Louis hotel,
adjoining was damaged to the extent
Of $4,000
Mrs. Lida Greyeroff, the largest
in Indiana, died suddenly at
1er home in Kokomo, falling from
chair while playing dominoes. She
weighed $50 pounds and was 32 years
I'D.
Five dead and one fatally and one
injured Is the result of an at
5empt to start fire with gasoline at
Columbus, O. George White used the
1uid at James Weaver's residence, and
IN explosion followed. The building
was set on fire, and the inmates were
covered with the burning fluid.
At Chicago, George L. Magill, form
,rly president of the Avenue Savings
Bank, which collapsed in August,
1895, was convicted of receiving depos-
ts, knowing his institution to be in
solvent, and sentenced to the peniten-
;iary for an indefinite term. He was
llso fined double the amount of the de-
1osit received, the fine amounting to
b2, 1896.
Maud S., the famous trotter. died at
schultz farm, Port Chester, N. Y.
She was brought to the farm from New
York a week ago, and it was intended
o use her for breeding purposes. She
vas sick when she arrived here, and
lad been under the care Of veterinary
She gradually became worse,
,owever, and all efforts to save the life
If the valuable mare were fruitless.
Maud S. was owned by the Bonner
estate. and was 26 years old. Her
irotting record of 2:0sA was made in
1885.
During the marriage ceremony of
John S. Blair and Miss Somerset, near
Perry, o. T., the bride fell dead.
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