The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-07
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
WERsE TICKS FROM .,HE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
'he Two Hemispheres Pres .lh
In a Cor r.lensed Tcrm.

IN Cor1ensed Tcrm-
A German gunboat has been ordered
to Annoy.
A plot to burn Shanghai has been
discovered.
Bryan has decided on an Eastern
stump tour.
Seventy missionaries from China
reached Vancouver, b. G.
Washington fusionists renominated
John R. Rogers for governor.
Nancy G. Eoff, great aunt OF Gov
ernor Geer, died at Macleay, Or.
Bressi, the assassin of King Hum.
bert, was sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
1t is reported that Prince Tuan and
1900 Boxers were killed in great
battle.
Earl LII asks the appointment of sew
eral Chinese officials to the list of peace
makers.
Yu, the governor of the province Of
Shen 81, is reported to have invited the
foreigners in his province to come to
his protection. About August q, 80
accepted the invitation and all were
massacred.
1t is said that the Standard oil Com
pany will soon be purchasing the pro.
duct OF California wells, now having
obtained in the East number of tanks
for the storage, which will be located
at Bakersfield, where ground has been
secured for them.
The United States transport Thomas
arrived at San Francisco, 20 days from
Manila, via Yokohama. She has on
board 261 sick and wounded soldiers.
81 military prisoners, 81 cabin passen.
gers, 173 in the steerage, and seven
stowaways. Seven deaths occurred
during the voyage.
DR.. P. S. Kellogg, who has just re-
turned from two years service asa sur
geon i'll the Philippines, denies the
charges of neglect on the transport
Sherman, made by Captain Crenshaw.
of Atlanta, in his ante-mortem state
ment. DR.. Kellogg, who came home
on the Sherman with Cienshaw, says
the captain was badly wounded; that
it was only question of time when
he should die, and it was at his own
request that the captain was allowed
to come home. DR.. Kellogg AYERS that
Crenshaw had every possible attention,
including the best physicians and
nurses.
Boxers attempted to mine the Ameri-
can legation.
A strike of 140, 900 anthracite coal
miners is threatened.
General Chaffee is preparing to win.
ter Is, 900 men in Pekin.
The battle.ship Alabama averaged IL
knots on her official trial.
The Nehalem and Tillamook fisher.
men strike is at an end.
Several of Minister Conger's guests
have arrived at Tien Tsin.
A movement to clear the country
south OF Pekin is i'll progress.
Official American dispatches are be-
ing tampered with in China.
From st. Petersburg it is reported
chat peace negotiations have begun.
Primary returns indicate that Croker
will control the New York Democratic
convention.
Senator Scott. Of West Virginia, says
the Republicans will lose 100, 600 votes
in New York.
Heavy fighting is reported to have
occurred at Machadodorp, between
Beers and British.
P. G. Stewart, member OF the pro-
visional government OF Oregon, Is dead
at Tacoma, Wash.
Four townships surrounding Sho'
shone Falls, Idaho, have been reserved
for a national park.
San Francisco's population, accord
ing to the United States census, Is
342, TSn; Bostons', $50, S92.
Ten square miles OF forest reserve in
the San Gabriel reservation, near Los
Angeles. CAL, have already been swept
Inv fire. and still the flames are devour'
ino the timber. 1t was reported from
Sturteyant's Camp that the fire had
spread on the north side of the west
fork OF the San Gabriel river and the
south side OF the Tejunga river, between
Devils canyon and the Short Cut.
lose Castroy Garcia. who was arrest
cd in Hayre, France, on July 20 last,
charged with absconding from Porto
Rico with $4,000 of United States
fnnds has arrived in New York. Ht
was in the custody of Luis Barrios
assistant chief of the insular police o.
Porto Rico, who went to Hayre Y
hiring back the alleged embezzler. BY
his extradition the French government
recognizes the sovereignty OF the Unit
ed states in Porto Rico.
II is stated that Germany will take
more first prizes at the Paris exposition
than any other nation.
Fifty residents of MassillOn, o., lei
for oklahoma, where they will take VI
claims on government land and essab'
Iish colony.
: The comptroller of the treasury ha
decided that common carrier is respon
. sible for the loss of goods received b.
IL even though such goods are not &C
companied by bill Of lading or snip
ping directions.