The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-13


paper mills for fuel instead of wood.
The entire North Atlantic squadron
will 20 to Oyster Bay to be reviewed by
the president.-- -s
A large amount Of counterfeit token
money has been made in Portland and
is being passed in California.
The National building trades council
has endorsed William R. Hearst as it's
choice for United States president.
The British immigration commits
sioner favors the passage of laws similar
to those in force in the Uni ed States
Eighty-four bodies OF victims in the
Paris train wreck have been recovered
and the death list is expected to reach
100.
Macedoninas deny the stories of
atrocities and hold that Turkey is
spreading them to poison the mind of
Europe.
A Portland firm has been awarded
the contract of reeonstructing the Port.
land postoffice. The work is to be fin
ished in II months.
The interstate commerce commission
has received replies from number of
railroads to charges recently flied al
leging discrimination in rates. They
one and all admit the excessive charges
and ask the commission what it is 60
ing to do about it.
General Miles declares for small
armies tor all nations.
Supporters Of the Irish land bill be-
lieve its passage is now assured.
The finishing touches are being put
on Shamrock III prior to the big races.
Thirty-three more bodies have been
taEen from the Hanna, Wyoming
mine.
The Casino gambling house, one of
the most notorious in France, has been
destroyed by fire.
The international typographical un-
ion has commenced its 49th annual ses-
sion at Washington.
Penny postage rates between Great
Britain and the United States are
deemed impracticable,
A Kansas woman lost hustle en-
train containing $1,000. Railroad de-
tectives found it for her.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has
declared dividend Of 27s per cent for
the six months just ended.
The textile workers of Philadelphia
have given up their strike. Over TO-
900 have returned to work.
Grain field fires near Bakersfield,
CAL, have destroyed thousands of
acres of wheat and pasture.
Three thousand men have gone on a
strike at Cripple Creek, Colo, in order
to stop shipments to smelters refusing
to grant S-hour days.
The insurrectionary movement in
Macedonia is spreading.
Cruelty OF mobiles to their American
wives will force many TO ask IoT di'
vorces.
Chinese OF New York have pc
titioned Secretary Hay TO save the re-
formers.
Senator Morgan says, Foraker and
not Roosevelt, will be the republican
nominee for president.
Safe crackers blew open safe with
in two blocks of the police station at
Portland and secured $3.50.
The pope gave his blessing to the
world from inside and not from the
balcony as was hoped by many.
Captain Charles J. Barclay, Of the
Puget sound navy yard, is now ranking
officer on the list of navy captains.
A Hattiesburg, Miss, mob chiseled
into the Jail, secured the negro who
shot iailer, and then hanged him.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root did not euloeize Miles because
they felt that he was not deserving OF
praise.
A tornado swept the mining district
of Pittsburg, Kan, killing four,
wounding go and doing great damage
to property.
Lieutenant General Miles has re-
tired.
Roosevelt is in favor Ct more elias
tic currency.
Bulgaria will be neutral in the Mace
donis trouble.
Fire at Barcelona, Spain, rendered
5000 families homeless and destitute.
Mere Russians have been killed by
troops in labor troubles.
Mayor Tom L. johnson, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, will be q candidate for gov
ernor.
Foreign consuls will not allow the
delivery Of reiormers to China for ex-
ecution.
Cape Colony will not be represented
at the 1904 tair as was originally the
l ltention.
An insane man has been killed By
officers by mistake in searching for the
Folsom eonvicts.