The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-22
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS or
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review Of the Important
Happenings Oi the Past Week, Presented
In Condensed form. Which Is Nest
Likely 70 Prove Of Interest to Our Many
Readers

Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
has just celebrated his 72d birthday.
Patrick Sharp, striking miner, was
shot and killed at Nesquehoning, Pa.
r. Remington. prominent society
man, suicided at Newport, taking the
pistol route.
Cholera continues to spread in Man-
churia, China, and isolated cases have
been reported in Siberia.
Large numbers OF Chinese are arriv-
ing in Mexico, and the majority will
probably find their way into this coun-
try.
The New York Ship Building com
pany has placed an order abroad for
$4,000 tons of manufactured iron aud
steel.
Reports from Victoria, B, c., show
that the total salmon catch OF the
northern canneries for the season was
only lac, 800 cases.
Two hundred carmen, including car
penters, painters, ETC., employees at the
Union Pacific shops at Omaha, have
gone out on strike.
W. Fl. billiard, wanted by United
States authorities at San Francisco Tor
issuing 43 fraudulent Chinese certii-
Gates, has been caught in Seattle and
will be sent below.
An examina tion is being made into
the affairs Of the defunct Griffin Liquid
Air company of New York, in an effort
to locate several hundred thousand dol
lars worth Of stock.
7. S. Sharretts, the treasury expert
commissioned to negotiate tariff
treaty with China, reports the same
signed.
The run of fall salmon has begun and
is very good. The fish caught in Bakers
Bay are mostly silversides of exception
ally fine quality.
Baron Won Walterhausen, Of Berlin,
advocates the erection OF q common
tariff barrier against the United States
by all OF Europe.
Arrangements are being made for
establishing banks i'm the Philippines
to loan money to farmers, the govern
ment to guarantee 8 per cent interest.
Prince Chen Tuen, who has been in
this country for several days, arrived
in Vancouver, B. c., Sunday and sailed
for home Monday on the steamship
Empress of japan.
The body OF Mrs. Jessie Tuman was
found near Muscatine, Iowa, the head
split open with an ak. Her husband
was mortalIy wounded and unconscious.
They we're killed for their money.
Grand Master Fitzpatrick Of the
Brotherhood of TTainnen has COM
pleted his tour of the anthracite coal
regions and has addressed the brother
hood on their duties should the roads
attempt to haul non-union coal.
Colonel Hemphill, founder Of the At
Ianta Constitution, is dead.
The New York Republican state con-
vention will be held at Saratoga Sept.
23.
The threatened strike OF miner
at San Juan, Colo, has been averted
by compromise.
Senator Burrows of Michigan an
nounces that he will fight reciprocity
with Cuba on constitutional grounds.
The president has ordered that the
list of soldiers dying in. the Philip
pines be telegraphed home every two
weeks.
The government Of Venezuela has
forCibly detained three American ves-
sells for government use in the present
rebellion.
The international typographical
union convention at Cincinnati ad-
journed Saturday, after voting $4,000
to the striking miners.
In the athletic sports at Cliftonville,
England, Murray, the Irish champion,
defeated Duffy, of Georgetown, the
worlds champion, in the 100 yard
dash. Murray's time was 10 seconds
fat.
Prices OF iron continue to advance,
with marked activity in all lines.
Agents for the Colombian govern
ment are enlisting men in San Fran
cisco.
leonardo, the most noted Italian
brigand after MussOlino, has been killed
by troops.
An Eastern syndicate has purchased
the Omaha street railway stock for
s6, 900, 900.
French soldiers are meeting with Sc
rious resistance in their work Of clos
ing religious schools.
1t lie expected that the miners of
Kansas, Arkansas and Indian Territory
will strike about September l.
Pitt burg glass workers have received
concessions from their employers OF Z
per cent and 5 200 viii 60 back to work.
Conductors and mot0rmen en- South
Chicago street railway lines have re-
ceived an advance in wages from IL to
81 cents an hour.
The Official estimate Of the Hunga-
rian wheat yield for the present year is
166, ,I22 900 bushels. This is about
| 90 900 nan I...ahnI. nhnrn the Ir,lr aati-