The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-06-29
LAIR NEWS.

player, and by many considered the
best bank shot in America, is dead at
Chicago.
Martin ]. Russell, one of the proprie-
tors of the Chicago Chronicle, died at
Mackinac Island from complication
of diseases.
/ There were 10, deaths from chol.
era out of 10, ,479 cases during the week
ending June 16. in the province OF
Bombay, India.
! Oregon's vote, officially canvassed,
on the equal suffrage amendment was
as follows: for equal suffrage, 26,265;
against 2S, 402.
The United States district judge at
st. Louis has issued restraining order
to prevent interference with the run
ming of street-cars.
General Wheeler says the war in the
Philippines is practically ended. A
force can easily be spared from the is
land for work in China.
A hot wave is prevalent in North
Dakota. Crops are in parched con-
dition. The thermometer at Grand
Forks registered 1O4 in the shade.
Affairs in Cuba are now so tranquil
that soldiers are no longer needed.
The troops will be withdrawn and sent
to Manila to relieve the volunteers.
The Yaqui Indians have nearly all
abandoned the warpath. Several hun
dred are still hidden in the mountains
and make an occasional descent on iso-
lated ranches.
The secretary of the navy has author
lied the following names for the new
battle-ships and cruisers: battle-ahips,
Virginia and Rhode Island; armored
cruisers, Maryland, Colorado and South
Dakota; protected cruisers, st. Louis,
Milwaukee and Charleston.
A strike has occurred among the la
borers employed by the Havana Elec.
trio Company, Cubans and Spanish, on
the ground that they do not receive the
same wages as Americans who do sim
liar work. The contractors reply that
Americans are worth far more than
Cubans.
1t is officially announced that Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the Austrian
heir-apparent, will formally renounce
the right of succession to the imperial
throne. He will wed the Countess
Sophie Choteck, his morganatic mar
riage being the reason for which he
will withdraw fIom the succession.
Americans and Russians fought side
by side at Tien Tsln.
Five children perished by the burn.
ing of house at Solomonville, Arizona.
Men from the U. S. S. Monocacy
have been sent from Chez Foo to Tien
Tsin.
Brigham H. Roberts, found guilty
of unlawful cohabitation at Salt Lake,
was fined $3.50.
Charles Mefford, maniac, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. slew whole family,
then killed himself.
Four miners lost their lives by an
explosion in the Champion mine,
Champion, Mich.
Cologne, Germany, was visited by
cyclone, which demolished many build
ings and threw down a number of
factory buildings.
Eight people were killed outright
and 81 severely injured by a collision
between freight and excursion train
near Green Bay, Wis.
Frank Gilomre, white man, of
New Orleans, was lynched by mob
for the criminal assault and brutal
murder of 60-year-old woman.
A detachment of 40 Americans were
caught in ambush by Filipinos on the
island of Minuanao, with the result
that nine were killed and IL wounded.
Five men were killed by cyclone
which visited No Mans Land, Okla
homa. The storm swept the country
for so miles. Thousands of cattle
were stampeded and many killed and
injured.
Joseph Mullet and James Fitzharris,
the Irishmen, who served sentences in
an English prison for completely in the
Phoenix park murders, and who ar.
rived at New York, May 27 last, have
been deported.
An order from Adjutant. General
Corbin has been received at the Pre-.
sidio, San Francisco, directing that the
troops of the Sixth cavalry shall be re-
cruited to their full war strength. In
view OF the fact that this organization
was ordered recently to proceed to
Manila and the order to recruit to the
limit was sent some time later, the
opinion is expressed that the regiment
is to be sent to China instead OF the
Philippines. The recruits will be
selected from those now at the Presidio.
Ninety persons were killed and 372
wounded in the re cent conflict between
the troops and tenants in the Varna
district, Bulgaria. A state ofsiege has
been proclaimed in the districts of
Varna, Shmals, Tirnova, Rasgrand,
Rustchuk and Rtstovats. The govern
ment is anxious to limit the number
OF newspapers. and has issued string
ent regulations as to the qualifications
which must be possessed by the editors.
By the death of Thomas E. Miaco
in New York six theaters and large
fortune are left to his I5.vear.old