The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-05-12
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In battle at Earola the Britis
} killed 200 Thibetans.
The government funds for the Lew
and Clark afr are now available.
The Russians have re-establishea raj
way and telegraph communieatioAsswit
Port Arthur.
Senator Mitchell has been asked
} name a successor to Postmaster Bar
croft, at Portland. ~
| Ernest Hooley, famous o. a pre-
moter, has been arrested in London O.
a charge Of conspiracy to defraud.
Cotton has been declared q contra
band Of war on account of it's beiB
used in the manufacture Of high en-
plosives.
| A Russian general took over q hal
million dollars Of Red Cross none,
and lost it gambling. The dowagel
empress made good the sum to the SO
ciety.
The government will not take up tn,
Malheur, Oregon, irrigation project i
there is any dispute over water rights
in which event it may turn to tn,
Umatilla scheme.
Russian authorities at Niu Chwan,
for time refused to allow United
States Consul Miller to cable the con
ditions there to Minister Conger al
Pekin. A strongly worded protest Sc.
cured the transmission of the message
Russia is rapidly evacuating Niu
Chwang.
Vioeroy Alexieff has transferred bis
headquarters to Harbin.
Turkey is negotiating with Chile
for the purchase of two cruisers.
Brazil and Peru will settle their
troubles without resorting to arms.
Another 100, 900 men are on the way
to Manchuria to reinforce General
Kouropatkin.
The secretary Of the interior has set
aside $4,000, 900 for the Malheur, Ore
gon, irrigation project.
Russian authorities deny that there
is an unusual amount of sickness
among the troops in Manchuira.
Twenty thousand Japanese soldiers
volunteered to man the fireships that
blockaded the Port Arthur entrance.
Information is given by a merchant
who left Port Arthur recently that the
warships there have only enough coal
for six weeks.
japanese commanders declare that
instead of 1900 men at Port Arthur
there are only 5000, and instead of be-
ing provisioned for year the fortress
contains supplies for but three
months siege.
Present indications point to a long
war between Russia and Japan.
Russia will have a large exhibit at
the st, Louis fair in a short time.
The latest Japanese victory gives her
control of much valuable territory.
There will be small crops Of apricots
and prunes in California this year.
France believes that the supreme
struggle will come soon at Mukden.
1t is reported that Viceroy Alexieff
is to be succeeded by Grand Duke
Nicholas.
John Mitchell advocates trade
agreement as the solution Of the strike
problems.
Admiral Togo reports that his cas-
ualties attending the bottlins up Of
Port Arthur were large.
Russia relies on wireless telesraphy
and carrier pigeons to maintain COM
munication with Port Arthur.
A noted Chinese revolutioais4s il
to be in San Tranci@e to ia
cite the natives there to revolt.
The st. Louis fair remains closvd On
Sundays except to those Who hold
passes and. thess are not allowed In any
Of the buildings.
Brazil and Pssu are again Ia dispuAs
ever Asze.
At least 20 people were killed in the
cyclone. which swept over Northwest
Texas.
Whole sections of the government
food exhibit at st. Louis have been
stolen. Superintendent Bruner has
issued q warning that the food should
Rot be eaten, as a majority of the
things have been poisoned for preservs-
tion. At the Chinese building ivory
inlaid in o wall was removed and the
depression filled with plaster Of paris.
During the retreat on the Yalu
body Of Russians mistook a small force
ofth cir own men for the enemy and
1870 were killed or wounded before the
error was discovered.
The national 1905 fair board will
meet at once to decide on buildings, so
the architect can begin to prepare the
plans.
The japanese fred on the train tax
ing viceroy Alexieff and staff from Port
Arthur, but the distance wac too great
to be effective.
A Japanese dispatch says they have
captured Tsng Wang Cheng after fierce
lighting and that the losses on both
sides we're heavy.