The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-23
VENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
1 Comprehensive Review Of the important
Happenings Of the Past Week, Presented
In Condensed Form, Which Is Most
Likely to Prove Of Interest to Our Many
Readers.

The house has passed the naval ap-
preparation bill.
Lionel +. G. Garden will be the Brit
ish minister to Havana, Cuba.
In the Goliad, Tex, tornado 9s per-
sons we're killed and 103 injured.
A million dollars worth of sheep and
lambs were lost in Wyoming blizzard.
Two hundred men and boys were
killed in mine disaster in Tennessee.
A hurricane in British India result
ed in the loss Of many lives and heavy
damage to property.
| An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate the governor of wilma,
Russia, formerly chief of police of st.
Petersburg.
Lord Paunceiote's condition remains
about the same. He suffers somewhat
from the heat, but his condition is
reported to be fairly satisfactory.
Alphonso XIII is now king of Spain.
race riot at Atlanta Ga, resulted
in eight deaths.
Mount Pelee is again active, A new
volcano has broken out to the north.
An anarchist plot to take the life of
the king of Spain has been discovered
A tornado swept through Texas, kill
ing so people and iniuring hundred
more.
A high wind along the California
coast did much damage off San Fran
cisco.
United States trade in the far East
shows great gains during the past year,
being 400 per cent in British India
alone.
The kaiser may come to Washington
to the unveiling of the statue of Fred.
erick the Great, which he presented
to the United States.
Mount Pelee shows signs of con-
tinued activity.
The fetes in honor of King Alfonso's
coronation began Saturday at Madrid
Packers say the increase in the price
Of beef is due to the rise in value Of
corn.
Emperor William will present to the
United States statue of Frederick the
Great.
There is good prospect that the In
dian war pension bill will be passed
this session of congress.
All the Boer leaders are assembled at
Vereiging, Transvaal colony, to vote on
the British terms of peace.
Richard Croker says that he favors
Robert Van Wyck, ex-mayor of New
York, as the head OF Tammany Hall.
The sea has encroached from 10 feet
to two miles along the st. Vincent
coast since the explosion on Mount
Pelee.
A father and his two sons murdered
two constables in Queensland and cre-
mated the bodies. The details of the
crime are shocking.
William j. Bryan is at Havana Wis.,
iting.
The senate has passed the fortifca-
tions appropriation bill.
Scientists fear another eruption on
the island Of st. Vincent.
Two American swindlers were clev-
erly kidnapped from Canada by detec-
tives and brought back to the United
States.
The Parisians are more interested in
the auto races than in the calamity
that befell the French colony at st.
Pierre.
A delegation from the Haytian pro-
visional government has gone to confer
with the insurgents in an endeavor to
avert civil strife.
The burning OF the dead OF ~. Pierre
in great pyres saturated with oil and
tar, led to the belief that Fort de
France was being destroyed by fire.
The fetes marking the inaugural of
the new Cuban republic began Friday
night with a banquet to Governor Gen
eral Wood and his staff by the veterans
of the two wars for Cuba's liberty.
Congress has raised its relief appEo-
priation to half million dollars for
Martinique.
The Danish parliamentary commit
tee is deadlocked on the Danish West
Indies treaty.
There are 1900 dead at st. Vincent
is and from the volcanic disturbance
in the West Indies.
French troops are interring the dead
at st. Pierre very slowly. Looting Of
the bodies has begun there.
Since the capture Iof General Meth
uen the British have reduced the force
of General Delarey by $50 men taken
prisoners.
Over 1000 pounds changed hands in
betting upon game OF ping pong in
London recently.