The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-03-30
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by striking miners.
General Kitchener has occupied
Prieska, in Cape Colony.
The crown princess of Austria anc
Count Lonyay were married at Vienna,
The Beers at Aliwal North are still
holding a position in the big hills or
the Free State side.
J.F. Allen, of New Orleans, hat
bought 1000, 900 Paris exposition tick
cts as speculation.
The will of Philip D. Armour, Jr.,
was proved and admitted to probate
The estate is valued at $S,000,0OO.
John F. Norton, Northern Pacific |
switchman, was run over in the yards
at Tacoma, Wash, and died few
hours later.
The slayer of Goebel is said to be
mulatto. who is now supposed to be in
hiding in the wilds of one of the noun
tain counties.
At Buda Pest, Hungary, "a peasants
were drowned by the capsizing of q
boat, in which they were crossing the
Danube during gale.
Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder, pres.
ent secretary of the naval inspection
board, has been selected to succeed
Captain Leary as governor of Guam.
Osman Pasha, the hero of Plerna, 10
dead. In 1875 he defeated the finest
troops of the czar in three pitched bat
ties, which cost Russia over 10000
| men.
Eight ladies of the sutan's palace at
Constantinople have been sent into ex-
lie for Vaccinations in connection
with the sultan's fugitive brother-in-
law, MANNED Pasha.
The city council of Astoria, Or,
passed an ordinance authorizing the
chief of police to pay a bounty of 5
cents each for all rats caught or killed
within the city limits within the next
80 days.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs has decided 10 investigate the all
legation made by Charles E. Macrum,
ex consul to Pretoria, relative to the
opening of his official mail by the
British authorities.
Sir William Van Horne, former pres.
ident of the Canadian Pacific railway,
is interested in project for the con-
l cfo n II ho ~ in (iIhQ
For the development of this project Sir
William has $25, 900, 900 at his dis.
posal.
The Beers have 100000 fighting men
left.
President Kruger does not expect
any aid from the powers.
The Beers have blown up the bridges
north of Bloemfontein and are retreat
ing to the north.
Central American governments are
opposed to the Davis amendment to the
Hay -Pauncefote treaty.
Senator Davis, chairman of the sen.
ate committee on foreign relations and
in charge of the French reciprocity
treaty, said that Notwithstanding the
purpose to extend the time for the ex-
change of notifications, he proposes to
do all he can to obtain ratification DUR
ing the present session.
Elizabeth T. Struble, editor OF the
Nautilus, Christian science news
paper, at Sioux Falls. S. D.. pleaded
guilty in the federal court to sending
obscene literature through the mails,
and was fined 5000. Mrs. Struble re-
fused to pay the fine and was taken to
Jail.
The differential freight rate of 10 per
cent on the Canadian Pacific between
the East and San Francisco is abolished.
This is the outcome OF a meeting held
in Chicago, at which agents of the
American lines threatened to secure
legislation debarring the Canadian Pa
cific from participating in traffic orig
mating in the United States if the diff
erential were continued.
Much concern is being shown by the
German government in the threat made
by Montague White that the Beers will
destroy Johannesburg to prevent it be-
ing made the base of the British opera
tions against Pretoria. The Berlin au-
thorities will strongly oppose such ac-
ton, because of the damage which will
done to the property owned by Ger.
mans.
Great excitement prevails in San
, Jacinto, as it has been discovered that
part of the San Jacinto mountain has
slipped into a subterranean cavern. A
: territory covering 60 acres, at an eleva-
ton of 4, 900 feet, was dislodged by the
recent earthquake and has slipped $50
feet lower than it had previously stood
for centuries. The face of the new val
ley is thickly trayersed with assures
and cracks.
Diplomats in Constantinople believe
Russia aims at commercial protectorate
of northern Asia Minor.
The American Political league, new
organization, will hold national con-
yention in Boston July 4.
Congressman and senators nave 49,
OOO, 900 packages Of seeds to distribute
!. among their rural constituents.
Nearly all the progressive railroads