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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Law for Plumbers.

Some of the larger towns in Oregon
have overlooked the act Of the last
legislature which requires that every
incorporated city of 1000 inhabitants
shall have board of examiners Of
plumbers within thirty days after the
act becomes a law. According to the
computation made by the secretary c
state as to tle time when acts of the
legislature became laws, the 80 days
expired last Sunday. The act also re
quires that in such towns every per.
son desiring to engage in the occupa'
tion of plumber shall first secure a
license from the board of examiners
of plumbers. Plumbers are re
quired to pay license fee of 81 and
each shop or establishment must pay
a license fee of IS.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25

Belgrade, June 24.-The promotions
are announced of various members of
the military deputation to King Peter
at Genevra. Colonel Popoivics, of
the late King Alexander's palace guard,
is created a General and First Abide
Camp to King Peter; Captain LIoy-
sites, who opened the palace gates for
the assassins Of ihe late king and
queen, lie promoted to be a major, and
Lieutenant GIonica, who was on'guard
outside the paalce on tbe night Of the
assassinations, and who was confident
Of the conspirators, is made a captain.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
CUBA FREE OF YELLOW JACK.
Smallpox Is Unheard Of, but Tuberculosis
Increases Its Ravages.

Increases Its Ravages.
Washington, June pa copy Of
the monthly report OF DIR. @. ]. Finlay,
chief sanitary officer for the Island Of
Cuba, which has been received at the
Cuban legation here, contains the fol-
lowing:
"The showing for 1902 is very salts.
factory, not only in regard to the COM
plete exemption from yellow fever and
smallpox, but also in the number oI
deaths from malaria and in the total
mortality. There has been no small.
pox on the island since June, 1900, moi
yellow fever since September, 1901
and the progress in the decrease in ma
laria has continued without interrup-
tion. "The condition regarding tn.
berculosis, however, is not 30 satisfac.
tory. There has been an increase of
to per cent in deaths from that dis.
ease in each of the years 1901 and
1902, and at the present time the pro-
portion of deaths from that cause to
the general mortality amounts to over
Is per cent.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Eating Each Other,

Pekin, June 8. via Victoria, B. c.,
June 24.-News has been received here
that the famine in Kwang 81 is grow
ing worse by degrees. The starving
population is estimated at 200, 900 and
daily numbers of deaths occur from
starvation. The British authorities in
Hong Kong, aided by public subscrip-
tions, have been sending aid for two
months. A japanese report says can
nibalism is being practiced and human
fiesh is publicly offered for sale.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
No Celebration at Portland.

The Fourth of July fund at Port
land has been transferred to the Hepp-
ner relief committee, and no celebra,
ton will be held, except sham battle
at Irvington, for the benefit of Hepp.
ner, The amount paid in is $2874.66
and about $3.50 is outstanding. 1t is
expected that all this balance will be
paid. There are bills outstanding
which must be paid, but the balance
to be transferred to the Heppner fund
will be at least $250O.
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FROM MANY STATES.
Money for Heppner Sufferers Continues
to Arrive Daily.

Heppner, Or, June z6.-Nearly ",
500 swelled the total OF relief dona
tions today. 1t is gratefully welcomed
as the falling off in receipts yesterday
and the day before gave some anxiety
to the committee, for there is pressing
need OF every cent received or prom.
ised. The money comes from all ovel
the United States, one man in far Of
corner of Texas contributing 81, while
the city Of New York sent a check fol
$4,000.
But one more body was recovered to.
day, bringing the total found to date ia
I7s.
Now that the town is practically
cleared and placed in fairly sanitary
condition, the executive committee has
decided that no further outside work.
men will be called for. The force on
hand, now thoroughly organized, is
deemed sufficient to comlpete the
work. 1t is probable that the Port
land contingent will soon be with
drawn, leaving only the Heppner force
in town. Since the rush is over, it is
felt that as much paid work as possible
should be left to the Heppner people,
giving them the opportunity to earn
the money donated. The Portland
force, under J. N. Davis, being very
compact and as readily moved as a
military camp, with COOKS, tents, COM
missary and other equipment, it is pos
sible that it may be sent down the val
ley to help clear up the drifts remain
ing.
G. @. Berkeley, the we'll known en-
gineer, has been working a force of 2lo
men down the valley today. Sixty Of
these are Pendleton citizens. The 9th.
ers are mixed volunteers and paid men
from various points. Mr., Berkeley es-
Inmates that with his present force 10
more days will be required to go over
the valley. The first search not being
at all thorough, many drifts will have
to be gone over again, as loose debris
was thrown on top of undisturbed
heaps. Ii the Portland contingent is
put on also, the time for completing
the task will be materially lessened.
A total OF about five large carloads of
general supplies, as food, bedding.
clothes, etc., has been donated and
shipned TO Heppner since the flood,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-walla walla, 7O@74c; val
ley, 77c.
Barley-Feed, $4,000 per ton; brew.
ing, t2l.
Flour--Best grades, 1896 a 4.SO;
graham t3.45@S.S5.
Millstuffs-Bran, t2S per ton; mid.
dlings, t27; shorts, t2S; chop, Rls.
Oats-No. white, CLIO q LIS;
gray, 81 05 per GENITAL.
Hay-Timothy, s2O@21; clover,
nominal; cheat, tl5@l6 per ton.
Potatoes-Best Bu>panks, 5O@65c
per sack; ordinary, S5@4Sc per GENITAL,
growers prices; Merced sweets, $50
$50 per Genital.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, l0@I1c;
young, lS@l4c; hens, l2c; turkeys,
live, 16@17c; dressed, 2Oa22c; ducks,
t7.00S7.50 per dozen; geese, $1,000
$50.
Cheese-Full cream, twins, l5k@
Ice; Young America, 15@I5kc; fact.
ory prices, lei nc less.
Butter-Fsncy creamery, goa 22kC
per pound; extras, "a; dairy. 20@
22&c store, 16c@ls.
Eggs-l7@7oc per dozen.
HOps-ChOi,e, ls02Oc per pound.
Wool-VslIav I21/0I7c Esatarr O-
egon, s@14c; mohsir, S5037xc.
Besf-GrOss, cows, Sk@4c, pei
pound; steers, 6@5kc; dressed, s1le.
Veal-7k@sc.
MuttOn-GrOss, $3.50 per pound
dressed, o@6kc.
Lambs-Gross, le per pound
dressed, Tke.
HOgs-Gross, e@eke per pound
dressed, 70se.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Gable to Alaska.

Washington, June "a. - General
Greedy has been informed that $50
miles Of the submarine cable to be
laid between Puget Sound and Alaska
have been shipped from New York to
Seattle. The remaining $50 miles will
be shipped from New York in August.
This is the first long cable made In
the United States. It lie Of the seam
less rubber type. Captain Edgar Rus
sell, Signal Corps, has started for Seat
tie to make preliminary arrangements.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Election Left 10 pennIe

Jackson, Miss, June 24.-The state
board of election commissioners today
ordered q state primary election to be
held on August 6. This action means
that the next United States senator
from Mississippi will be chosen by pop
ular ballot. Senator Money, the pres
ent incumbent, and Governor Longino
are candidates, and are now prosecut-
ing an active canvass OF the state.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Floods Wipe Out Towns.

Ell Paso, Tex, June 25.-The Rio
Grande at Berino, N. NJ, is six miles
wide Santa Fe trains are coming in
over the Southern Pacific tracks. II is
reported here that the channel has
changed twice in 80 miles above Ell
Paso. The current crosses the Santa
Fe track twice in less than a mile OF
terrtoriy. All the Mexican settlements
near Sierra Blanca, Tex, has been
swept away Breino ha not been heard
from for several days.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
CHINESE CRISIS GROWS 0RAvER.
Rebels Beslege City and VIII Take 1t
Unless Help Arrives Soon.

Rebels Besiege City ana VIII Take II
Unless Help Arrives Soon.
Shanghai, June 5, via Victoria, B.
c., June 25.-The crisis grows more
grave in Kwang 81. The North China
Daily News says today:
The local mandarins have received
the following telegram from Kwang 81;
"The rebellion is increasing and
daily getting more dangerous and more
formidable. The imperial army here
is too weak to be of any use. The lat
est news is that the rebels have beseiged
the city of Chung Chou Of the project
ure of Tai Ping Flu in Kwang 81, and
that unless relief is sent at once, il
will certainly fall into the hands of the
rebels. WI, the project, has been
sending an appeal for troops to the
governor, Wang Chi Hung, and he has
ordered a force under Ho Taotai and
Major General Pan to proceed to rsise
the seige."
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
LOANS FRon SCHOOL FUND.
Two Districts Have Borrowed l1oney at
5 Per Cent.

Two school districts have made ap
plication to borrow money from the
irreducible state school fund, under
the act of the last legislature, and
their applications have been accepted
A number of other districts are max
ing preparations to borrow money
from the same source, and it seems
that the state land board will be able
to put out considerable sum In this
way. The districts whose offers OF
bonds have been accepted are District
No. l, in Clatsop county. which will
issue bonds to the amount Of $4,000,
and District No. 2, in Wasco county,
which will issue bonds to the amount
of $500. The loans will be made at
per cent. interest. The usual rate
| for mortgage loans is per cent, but
the board does not find borrowers for
the entire fund.
The act of the last legislature pro
vided that whenever any school dis
trict desired to raise money by issuing
bonds, it should be the duty of the
district to offer the bonds to the state
land board at not less than 3 per cent
interest. The board has the option
on the bonds at that rate, and if the
bonds are found to be legally issued,
may purchase them. II the state land
board declines to purchase the bonds
the district may then sell them in the
market at the best terms that can be
had.
The state land board is also prepar.
ing a form of bond which each dis
trict will be required to issue. Uni.
formity in this respect will make II
easy to keep the records of bonds in
the hands of the state land board. No
school district can now issue bonds
without giving the state land board
an opportunity to buy them, so that
practically all the interest paid by
school districts upon bonds hereafter
issued will go into the public school
fund, thus saving this large amount
Of money to the public schools.
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Minister VIII Not Return.

New York, June "a According to
information obtained by the World
here, Senior Luis Cora, the Nicaraguan
minister to this country, will not re-
turn to his post, and the Nicarsgusn
government will continue without q
diplomatic representative at Washing.
ton because Of the failure Of the Mica.
raguan canal project.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Miners ScaIded BY Steam.

Tamaqua, Pa, June 24.--As q result
Of two disasters which followed close
upon one another in the No. and No.
s eloleries of the Lehigh coal and navi-
cation company, In the Panther creek
valley, three men are dead, one is dying
and FIVE others are seriously injured.
late last night, while a force Of men
we're fighting a mine FIRE, the action oI
the water on the burning coal and rock
generated large body OF steam. which
rushed down the gangway, scalding a
party Of seven men, who we're manning
the FIRE hose.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
chemawa Graduates Five.

The closing exercises of Chemawa
Indian training school will be held or
June 80. A class of five pupils will be
graduated. The exercises win occupy
the whole day. In the forenoon and
part of the afternoon there will be
band concerts, athletic contests and
exhibitions and all visitors will be
given an opportunity to inspect the
various departments and see the char
acter of work done at the institution
An entertainment will be given in the
assembly room in the evening.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Portland Peal Estate ActIye.

An increase of nearly $50. 900 above
the real estate transfers of the pre-
ceding week is the feature OF the past
week in Portland among the realty
dealers. The building permits for the
same period show a slight decrease,
but nothing abnormal when the ordin-
ary fluctuations of the construction
business are considered.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Men Needed on Jetty.

A force Of 10 men. who are classed
as unskilled laborers, is now at work
on the extension Of the jetty, and Az
sistant Engineer Hegardt, who has
charge of the work, says he needs
fully as many more, and at once. The
men receive $2.25 per day of eight
hours and pay SO per week for board.
The labor is not hazardous or difficult; (;
the only thing required of the men is
that they shall be able-bodied, of sober
habits and willing to work.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
DREDGE ABOUT READY FOR WORK.
Grant VIII Begin Operations on cOIum.
bla In About a Month.

Dih IN ABOUT month.
Washington, June 24.-From ad-
vices received by the chief of engineers
today, 1t is believed that the pumps
Tor the converted transport Grant will
be completed and ready for shipment
about the end OF June. The contract.
ing firm in Baltimore has secured
perfect casting for the huge cylinder,
and the rest Of the pump is ready for
assembling. The work of remodeling
the Grant, 30 as to fit it for use as
sea dredge, is more than three. fourths
completed at the Mare Island navy
yard, and If the present progress is not
interrupted, the ship will be ready to
commence operations on the Columbia
river bar not later than the first of
August, and possibly before.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Muddy Water for Twenty-Five Miles

Captain Howes, who has just return.
ed to Astoria from service on the pilot
schooner, says that, as result of the
present freshet in the Columbia, fresh
and muddy water extends a distance
of fully rs miles off shore. This is
undoubtedly what prevents the salmon
from coming in in the expected large
runs.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Light Plant at Fort Stevens.

Captain Goodale, constructing quar-.
termaster United States army with
headquarters at Astoria, has received
authority from the department at
Washington to advertise for bids for
the construction of an electric light
plant at Fort Stevens to light the
grounds and barracks.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Old Pioneer Gone.

Captain Joseph Sloan, an Oregon
pioneer of 1850, first superintendent
of the Oregon penitentiary, and an
early chief of police of Portland died
at the home of DR.. E. A. Pierce in
Salem last Sunday.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25
Organize q Fair Club.

Mrs. Emma Galloway. state organi
ger Of women's Lewis and Clark clubs
was in Monmouth last wee, where she
formed another club with a good char
ter membership.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-04
KILLEDBY HOMEMADE CANNON.
The "Naidget' Made 1t of q Piece OF Cas-
pipe, to Celebrate the Fourth.

A crowd Of boys saw August Edgeley
q years old, who was known as the
Midget blow the top Of his head of with q
homemade cannon in Henderson street,
Jersey City, last night. Edgeley made
the cannon from piece Of gaspipe. Several
persons warned him that he could not shoot
1t of with safety, but he said that he would
take his chances.
He loaded the pipe with a quarter OF a
pound Of gunpowder, and touched it OF
with the lighted end of his cigarette. There
was a terrific explosion, and the piece
OF iron blew upward. struck him on the
head and disappeared over roof. Edge
ley was carried into grocery store, where
the Rev. Father Mcdonald OF st. Peters
Church gave him extreme JUNCTION.
A half dozen boys knelt on the floor be-
side the dying Midget" while the priest
was praying. Edgeley died in st. Francis
Hospital an hour after the accident.
The Midget" was about the size Of a
sixteen-year-old boy. He lived alone in
the Montauk Hotel His father Ia en-
ployed as bridge tender in Harlem by
the New York and New Haven Railroad.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-04
SENATOR M'COMAS HURT.
Knocked From Ills Seat I'm q Trolley Car
by Lightning.

HAGERsrowN, Md, July 3.-Scnator
Louis E. McComas and number Of other
passengers on an electric car going to
Williamsport had a terrifying experience
during storm tonight. The car was an
open one, and the vivid flashes Of light
ming blinded the people,
ABBOTT of lightning struck the feed wire,
and passing down into the car. burned out
the circuit. Senator McComas, who was
sitting about the centre of the car, was
knocked from his seat. The other passen-
gers were much frightened and woman
tainted.
Lightning struck the hotel Wsherd at
Smithsburg and badly stunned Mrs.
Wisherd, wife Of the proprietor. The
Flagstaff on the Blue Ridge Knitting Mills
was struck and the fragments hurled
through windows and adjoining factories
and dwellings.
Part OF the roof Of the mill was torn off,
John Edwards, the engineer, was knocked
down and the 300 girls in the mill were
thrown into a panic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-04
DIARY or A LONG ARCTIC VIGIL
LOno Sailor or the Courtney Ford Died
Writing tho Story OF His Experience.

writing tho Story OF His Experience.
SAN Francisco, July 3.-From the shore.
OF Moravia Bay, an isolated spot ON thu
Alaskan coast. comes story OF a long vigi
to death Of sailor. who stood by wrecked
vessel FOR nearly five months, waiting fol
help that never came. This man revealed
the dreary round Of his life. and his notes
tell a sadder story than could be told with
tongue.
Hedged in by barriers Of ice for weeks
this lonely Waterman passed tho long night
OF the Alaskan winter and gave up his life
as springtime was near
The diary Of this man was brought "a
Seattle by Capt. Lindquist of the steamer
st. Paul, just arrived from Nome. The
scrubbed notes had been carried by men
who came upon the wreck OF the schooner
Courtney Ford in Moravia Bay.
When men boarded the wreck they found
| the body Of W. Oade, sailor, and near by
was the painfully written history Of his
| last days, or since he was left alone on the
vessel on the morning Of Oct. 4 last, with
instructions to keep faithful watch over
the Courtney Ford and wait for help.
The help for which he waited is only
now on the way.
The diary Of the lonely mariner begins on
Oct. 4, when he notes the departure OF the
other member of the crew. When they
had left he occupied his time patching up
skiff and rigging sail for boat out Of
bed sheet. but the gales that sprang up
and the ice that formed made the work
futile. Day after day most Of his time
was spent in pumping out the schooner q
hold and in trying to make himself COM
Portable.
Christmas passed with no help near,
and the vessel buried in mass Of ice that
rose above her bulwarks. The nights were
hardly more dreary than the dusky days
He wrote:
Feb, 17.-No fire in the stove for three
days. All can COOK is dried apples enough
for four or five days and put -four on like
a plum pudding. Hope it will end soon.
I don't think there will come any help, and
the sooner the better. This is struggling
with the last breath Can't get aft any
more.
FEB 10 One month since laid up in this
schooner. Life is sweet, but death is
sweeter in a case like this. Nothing but
scraps and snow water To-day I got
fried apples and piece Of ice. can make
no fire can't stay up that long.
FEB. 90 am waiting for my death"
The last entry was scrubbed on a corner
of the page and was evidently his dying
effort:
Feb. A.-Death at last. Four months
alone"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-04
GETS OVATION AT KIsHINEFF.
Governor, DepOsed Because or the Msssa.
ere, Popular with Russians.
Special Cable Despatch to THE sun.

SpectaI Cable Despatch 10 THE sun.
LONDON. July s.-According to mailed
despatch from Moscow NJ. Won Raaben,
formerly Governor Of Bessarabia, arrived at
Kishinen on June 80 to arrange his private
affairs before finally leaving the province,
having been removed from Office be-
cause Of the massacre OF Jews. He had
an official and popular reception and was
cordially greeted on the railway platform
by the acting Governor and the Vice.
Governor Of Bessarabia, the Mayor, the
Municipal Councillors, the new chief Of
police, the commandant Of the local gar
rison and a crowd Of other offcia and lead
ing citizens, while outside the station 10000
persons gave him great ovation.
The correspondent asserts that tho local
authorities would not have ventured to 80
receive man ANONYMOUSLY dismissed
from his post under the Cars displeasure
without direct authoritative warrant from
the Minister OF the Interior, and adds that
the incident is one OF NJ Plehves defiant
methods Of manifesting utter contempt
for the foreign critics Of the massacre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-04
CLEVELAND TO TAMMANY.
Advises the Hall to Contribute All Its In
iluence for Good Government.

Among the letters from distinguished
citizens which will be read to-day at Tam
many Halls Fourth Of July celebration
is one from ex-President Grover Cleve-
land, received yesterday by Justice 0'Gor-
man, the Grand Sachem.
Mr.. Clevelsnd's letter is in part as FOL
lows
The Tammany Society, as a political or
ganization Of vast influence. cannot escape
the responsibility which its powers and its
glorious traditions create AS in tho past
1t should continue to advocate the rights of
the people: and as 1t celebrates Independence
Day again it should renew its determination
to serve the people well by contributing all
its power and influence to the cause OF good
government
Other letters OF regret have been re-
ccived from David b. Hill, Chief Judge
Alton B. Parker Of the Court OF Appeals
and William Jennings Bryan.
Col Franklin Bartlett will read the Decla-
ration Of Independence at the Wigwam
The long" takers will be Senator Joe
Bailey Of Texas and ex-senator Charles
A. Towne Of Minnesota.
Among the other speakers will be Senator
Grady. William McAdoo and Champ Clark