The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Henispheres Presented
." Condensed Form.

Oregon wool growers are urged to de-
mand 20 cents pound for their pro-
duct.
Pennsylvanians believe that Quay's
defeat in the senate winds up his polit-
ical career.
War taxes have brought in total of
Sl83, ,4O5,292 to the United States
government.
The rumor of an American plot to
estroy the Welland canal has proven
to be unfounded
The transport Bavarian has sailed
from Cape Town for st. Helena with
1,050 Boer prisoners.
Reinhold Harras, convicted at Walla
Walla of stealing cattle, was sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary.
The prospect for the admission of |
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
as states at this session of congress is
slim.
Chinese emperor is said to be dying
by inches. Some aver that slow pois-
oning by the empress dowager is the
cause.
Hon. W H. King, representative
from Utah. successor to Brigham II.
Roberts, the polygamist, has been
sworn in.
The Tammany delegation GOO strong)
to the national convention at Kansas
City, will have five special trains to
carry them.
Casualties of the garrison at Mafeking
up to April had been 1858 killed and
wounded. They are now living on
bread made of oats.
Prominent American capitalists of
Philadelphia and Richmond, are en-
deavoring to secure the contract for a
500, 600, 900 railroad line from st.
Petersburg to Odessa, in Russia.
The naval board of construction has
finally approved the plans for the three
battle ships authorized by the last con-
gress and given instructions to have the
specifications prepared at once prelim-
mary to calling for bids from the ship
builders. The ships will be enlarged
Iowas in type, with the same rectangu-
lar superst1ucture and the two turrets,
bow and stern, on the main deck.
The state department at Washington
has notified Mrs. Rita L. Ruiz, widow
| 10 D,,;u yln xuac MN 1rdo
in prison at Cuanabacao, Cuba.
while captive of the Spaniards, that
the chair on which he wrote his last
message in blood would be forwarded
to her. The message reads: "Mer-
cedes, mine, Evangeline, Ricardlito,
goodbye. My children of my life, l
give you my blessing. Be obedient to
your mother. Goodbye, Rita of my
SOUL"
Plumbers of Chicago have gone on q
strike.
Turkeys reply to the United States
is unsatisfactory.
Boer peace commissioner mission
has been failure.
China is growing more and more
opposed to the "open door,"
Japan will take steps to stop the
/, emigration of her coolies to this
/. country.
Captain Denning, on trial before
court martial at San Francisco, has
2 pleaded guilty.
Frank L. Campbell has been nomin-
n ated to succeed Webster Davis, as as
}, sistant secretary of the interior.
William A. Clark, of Montana, will
resign his seat in the United Statel
senate, having decided that it will be
wiser to retire gracefully.
Vote on the Quay case was taken il
the senate with the result that the
Pennsylvania senator was shut out by
one vote. 1t stood 80 to 33.
Floods in the South grow worse
> Traffic in Louisiana and Mississippi il
paralyzed, and the crop and property
damage will amount into millions.
John Horton, negro, his wife ant
four children. were drowned in thu
backwaters of Pearl river, near Jack
son, Miss, while trying to escape from
1t the floods.
The Sixty-ninth Regiment Veterans
Club. of New York City, celebrated tn
seth anniversary of their departure 70
" the war, with dinner at the Sturte
TO want House. Just before the close o
* the festivities, Sergeant John Gleason
e. who has been in the regiment for a
years, offered resolution offering tn
- services of the regiment 10 Paul Kruger
Before introducing the resolution. Sci
peant Gleason said: 81 am willin
and prepared to 60 to the front wit
Paul Kruger now. although | have nc
shouldered gun for 40 years. Th
resolution was adopted with tremend
"a GUS cheering.
Colorado congressman want a so
dier's home established at Denver.
John H. Reagan, the sole survivin
member of Jefferson Davis confederai
cabinet, is writing his recollections.
ck John William Rey, famous mil
to strel 40 years ago, is dead at his HON
lg. in North Paterson, n. j., aged n year
- A mummy discovered two years ag
in Egypt has now been identified
49, of %ha pharoah of III