The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
WEEKS DOINGS
NewSy Items Gathered frOmAll
Parts of the World.
or INTEREST TO OUR READERS
General Review OF Important Happen
penIas Presented In a Brief and
Condensed Form.

Russia fears that Britain may yet
stop the Baltic fleet.
The California airship has made an
other successful flight at the st. Louis
fair.
Great activity prevails in naval cir
cles at Gibraltar, but Britain will not
explain it's meaning.
The Russian squadron on the way to
the Orient carries, besides its regular
complement, large number of lands
men.
It is claimed that Kuropatkin will
retreat when Oyama again attacks, hav-
ing the smaller number of men and
guns.
Bandits held up the Cody, Wyo.,
bank and killed the cashier. Buffalo
Bill" will take the trail in pursuit Of
them.
United States Minister Pearson, to
Persia, has emphatically reiterated his
demand for the just and proper pun
ishn ent of those responsible for the
murder OF DR.. Larabee, the American
missionary.
The sailing OF the Russian squadron
from Vigo led the British public to be-
lieve the time was at hand for war.
The foreign Office explained that Russia
was only to detain officers having know
ledge of the trawler incident.
The greatest battle Of the war is at
hand near Mukden.
The Japanese are tightening the lines
around Port Arthur.
The Russian warships at Vgo expect
to remain for two weeks.
China will allow no more contraband
to pass through her ports.
A Memphis, Tenn, building collaps-
ed, burying a number of persons.
The jury in the Ames case has again
disagreed, and Minneapolis ex-mayor,
inditced for grating, is likely to go
free.
RothsChild has guaranteed the auc-
cess OF the entire loan of S27O,OOO, 900
to be hoated by Russia the first Of the
year.
Russian papers are warning the pub
lie not to be too sanguine of an entire
ly satisfactory settlement OF the trawler
affair.
The st. Louis fair has reduced the
balance due upon the United States
government loan of $4,6OO,OOO to
$l9l,S6l
With both employers and employees
confident of victory, engineers in Illi-
nois coal mines have gone on strike
against a reduction in wages. Fifty
thousand men are affected.
Another great strike is threatened in
Italy.
John ". Gates has made 100000 900
in four months dealing in stocks.
Admiral Rojestvensky, commanding
the Baltic squadron, has resigned.
Charles Sweeney, of Spokane, may
build a 81, 100000 hotel in Portland.
Japan wants an airship to use in ex-
ploding dynamite over Russian forts
and ships.
The work of rescuing the men en-
tombed in the Colorado coal mine is
proceeding slowly.
The admiral commanding the Rus
sian Baltic feet clings to his story that
he was attacked first.
The commission to fix the blame for
the North sea incident will be com
posed of five members.
From October 8 to IS the Russians
place their loss in killed and wounded
at 800 officers and As, 900 men.
Captains Joseph Kuhns and John F.
Morrison, American attaches with the
Second Japanese army, have been re-
called and ordered TO Washington
A big forest fire is raging in the Blue
Ridge mountains In New Jersey. Over
IL, 900 acres have been devastated.
Much fine timber has been destroyed.
Viceroy Alexieff has left fer st. Pet.
ersburg.
The japanese have taken several
more toIts around Port Arthur.
Unimportant fighting continues south
of Mukden with the odds about even.
Wholesale frauds have been discover.
ed in the Santo Domingo customs seIV-
ice.
The 1905 meeting Of the transmits
sissippi congress will be held in Port
land.
General Stoessel has wired the czar
good bye and says Port Arthur will be
his gave.
The cruiser Columbia is to be fitted
for sea at once to carry Secretary Taft
and party to Panama.
Ex-Governor Nash, Of Chic, is dead.
Germany is not looking for trouble
and will take no part in the dispute
between Russia and Great Britain.
The Russian battleship sevastopsl,
at Port Arthur, has been damaged by
Japanese shells and two steamers sunk.
All danger of war between Russia
and Great Britain is over. The trouble
growing out of the Baltic feet firing
upon the fishing vessels will be referred
to an international commission under
! The Hague court.