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he Hood River Glacier ' a : . lt'6 a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. 7. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1895. NO. 27. ' i .''I ..I . " "" " " . ' " 1 1 i -. ... i . , .. . 3ood Tiver, (5 lacier. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY S. F. BLYTHE. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. On year...... , .St 00 8lx months ; 1 Of Throe months 60 finale copy i Cent THE GLACIER BARBERSHOP, HOOD RIVER. OR. GRANT EVANS, Proprietor. Shaving; and hair-cutting neatly done. Satis faction guaranteed. ARMENIANS' DANGER THEY ARE NOW THREATENED WITH A FAMINE. Armenians Estimate the Losses at Ana tolia Alone at Fifty Million and the Number of Victims at Forty Thou sandThe Fleets Gathering. Constantinople, via Sofia, Nov. 28. Now that matters seem to be quiet ing down here and in the Asiatic prov inces, people are beginning to form es timates of the amount of damage done and the number of lives lost durirjg the recent disturbances. Well informed Armenians estimate the losses through the events which have just taken plaoe in Anatolia alone at $50,000,000, and the numebr of victims are 40,000.. Of oourse these are Armenian estimates, but there seems good reason for believ ing that the property destroyed, the number of lives sacrificed and the ter rible outrages committed are far be yond anything hitherto estimated or described. But this is not all. People compe tent to pronounce an opinion upon the subject say that, with the ooming of winter, there will be many more deaths from exposure and famine, and that .even the prompt collection of re lief funds, food and clothing cannot avert much loss of life and great suf ering. Famine is threatened in a number of districts, and there seems to be no way of preventing it. The powers instead of ordering their fleets away from Turkish waters, as . the sultan earnestly requested, seem to be determined upon keeping them in the vioinity for an indefinite . period. A portion of the British Mediterranean fleet, will soon leave Salonica bay for Smyrna, where the powers are muster ing their fighting ships. The warships of Great Britain, expeoted to rendez vous at Smyrna this week, will consist of nine battleships, four cruisers and four smaller boats. The rest of the Salonioa bay fleet will, it is expected, remain off that port for the present, ready for any emergency. France has already at Smyrna one battleship, two cruisers and two smaller ships. Italy's flag floats from two battleships and , two cruisers and four small craft in the waters of Smyr na. Russia has two oruisers on the way to Smyrna, in addition to a pow erful fleet cruising in the Western por tion of the Black sea. The United States has been represented at Smyrna by tvro cruisers, and Germany has one small gunboat there, but it is rumored that two German battleships are on their way. Austria has off Smyrna one battleship, tw9 oruisers and two small gunboats. Of oourse, this is not a "naval demonstration. " It is sim ply a concentration of the foreign fleets at a point agreed upon apparently be tween the powers. A Boston Undertaking. Boston, Nov. 28. A meeting at tended by over 1,000 persons, among whom were many Boston society peo ple, was held in the Bijou theater to day to organize the movement for ele vating the stage. Henry A. Rogers presided. He stated that the plan was to lease some theater .in Boston for a short season and give a series of theat rical performances, probably three a week, for two weeks. The plays are to be selected from the Frenoh, Italian and German schools. The profits, if any, are to be devoted to charity. Another New World's Record. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 27. The Coliseum at Nashville, this city's new enterprise, was inaugurated tonight with the breaking of a world's reoord. L. D. Barret, of Lincoln, Neb., rode two miles unoaoed in 4:49 1-5. The reoord was 4:64, made in January by Starbrough at Madison Square Garden. A nother Victim of Football. Memphis, Nov. 26. George Phelan, son of the late Representative Phelan, died at the university . of Virginia, Charlottesville, today from injuries re - ceived in a football game yesterday. " He will be buried here. SALISBURY'S REPLY. England's Answer Regarding Venezuela to Be Delivered to Bayard. London, Nov.- 27. The Marquis of Salisbury, it is understood, has com pleted his reply to Secretary Olney's note regarding Venezuela. The mar quis was busily engaged upon it dur ing the most of last week, and numer ous papers dealing with the subject were sent to the Hatfield house from the foreign office. It is expected the answer will be delivered to the United States ambassador, Thomas F. Bayard. No Further Proposals. London, Nov. 27. Nothing is known at the colonial office here of the alleged statements of ,the administration of British Guiana that the imperial gov ernment is preparing to assert its rights by arms. Newspapers reaching- here say the legislature of that colony had been aoquiesoent to the proposals of the secretary for the oolonies, Mr. Cham berlain;; to increase the colonial force by two inspectors and another Maxim gun, the legislature also notifying the government that it is prepared to vote anything the colonial seoretary consid ered neoessary for the defense of the oolony. ' i,No further proposal, how ever, has been made by the imperial government There has been no change in the boundary dispute, and the gov ernment, it is added, will not tolerate Venezuelan aggression beyond the Schombergh line. Otherwise it is stated that the warlike statements printed in certain newspapers are not founded on facts. Senator Hill's Lecture. Milwaukee, Nov. 28. Senator Hill was greeted by an audience of 400 peo ple at his first appearance as a publio lecturer in this city tonight. The prices of admission to the theater were too high, and that is given as the ex planation of the small audience. The audience consisted mainly of old-line Demoorats, who entertained the sena tor during the day. The lecture was on the subject of "Liberty," its under lying idea being" that the safest road of liberty and government was that which did not interfere with individ ual liberty, and did not attempt to leg islate in matters of personal customs and habits. It was an elaboration upon a former speech he delivered in New York, explaining why he was a Demo crat and why every true lover of liber ty ought .to be a Demoorat. He spoke at length of the Monroe doctrine, of which he showed himself to be a strong adherent, and proclaimed his sympathy with the Cubans in their present struggle for independence. The Waller Case. Washington, Nov. 28. The Kansas congressional delegation, as soon as possible after the. fifty-fourth oongress begins, will introduce resolutions in both houses looking to an investiga tion of the circumstances onnneoted with the arrest and imprisonment of ex-Consul Waller. The members of the delegation take the position that the United States is entitled to the reoord of the trial as a matter of right, and therefore should not ask it as an act of comity. The probabilities are they will try to secure the passage of a resolution instructing the govern ment to stand by its demand for the doouments. The 'first resolution, how ever, only will call for the correspond ence in the oase. The Christian Endeavorers. Boston, Nov. 28. The completion of all business relating to the great Christian Endeavor convention, held here in July, was celebrated tonight by a banquet at the Hotel Brunswick, at whioh the now famous oommittee of thirteen sat down with President Fran- ois E. Clark, D. D., and Secretary John Willis Baer. The committee subchairman and treasurer read their reports. The latter was of great in terest. The total receipts were $22, 782, with contributions in labor and material of nearly $1,000 more. The expenditures were $22,286, leaving a balance of $496. - , Smith Defeats Burge. London, Nov. 28. At Bolinbroke Club today in a twenty-round oontest for 700 between Jem Smith and Dick Burge, Smith won in the ninth round. Smith weighed 178 pounds, while Burge weighed only 140 pounds. In the first round Burge appeared to have Smith at his meroy, but he unwisely allowed his opponent to rest during the next round. As a result, Smith pulled himself together, and, by sheer force of weight, knocked Burge all over the ring. Burge fell down repeatedly without being struok by Smith.- For this he was finally disqualified. Harry Hayward Confesses. Minneapolis, .Nov. 28. Harry Hay ward, who is to be hanged next month for the murder of Catherine Ging, and who has protested that he is innooent, has confessed his guilt - At "the time of his trial, Harry endeavored to show that it was his brother Adry who mur dered the dressmaker, Miss Ging, who had money and other transactions with Harry, and had been very intimate with him. Harry Hayward, who had been refused a new trial, made several attempts to break jail. EXTRA GUARD SHIPS AMBASSADORS AWAITING THE SULTAN'S REPLY. When Jt Is Received Another Confer ence Will Be Held by the Repre sentatives of the l owers and a Joint Note 1'repared In Answer. Constantinople, Nov. 27. The main question now being discussed between the porte and representatives of the powers is the demand of Great Britain, Italy, Russia and Austria for firmins for passage through the Dardanelles of an extra gunboat to be attached to their respective embassies. While ad mitting that the powers possess the right to have two guard ships each in the Bosphorous, the porte considers that the proposed increase of the num ber of foreign war vessels there under present conditions, might excite the Mussulmans and produce an effeot far from the one desired- by the powers. In addition the porte points our that in view of the measures taken to preserve order there, an increase in the number of guard ships attaohed to the embas sies is not required. It can be said upon good authority that this is the substance of the note the porte has sent the representatives of the powers. As soon as the note shall have . been received and considered at the British, Russian, Italian and Austrian embas sies a conference of the representatives of those powers will be called and a joint reply, may be sent the porte. Turkish representatives at London, St. Petersbug, Rome and Vienna will be instructed to earnestly request the four powers not to insist on their demand. In political circles the.repugnance of the porte to grant the firmins applied for contributes to the belief said to exist among the Turkish ministers that to grant the firmins would be a sad blow to the dignity of the sultan and a direct proof of the lack of confidence upon the part of the powers in bis ability to govern aud maintain order. Behind this, it is claimed, the Turks fear the demanded 'increase in the num ber of foreign guard ships in the Bos phorous is really only a oloak for the intention of the powers to make a naval demonstration in Turkish waters in oase of renewed disturbances in Asi atic Turkey. '-. TO MODIFY SHIPPING LAWS. The Hold of Foreign Nations on Our tarrying Shipping Trade. Taooma, Nov. 27. Q-amp, the Phil adelphia ship builder, is engaged in se curing reliable data regarding all the steamship lines plying between the United States and foreign countries, and has sent here for information re garding the steamship lines radiating from Puget sound. The firm intends to present to oongress reliable informa tion showing what a great hold Eng land and other foreign nations have upon the carrying trade of this coun try, the object being to secure the pas sage of more favorable shipping laws, which shall make American ship build ing more advantageous and profitable. The firm believes that a great com merce is soon to grow np on the Pa- cifio ocean. Charles H. Cramp stated to L. Holmes, of this city, who has just returned from the East, his belief that the marine laws would be modi fied in the near future. He Admits the Hugging. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 27. Miss Etta Morley of this city has begun pro cedings in the district oourt for $5,000 damages against Walter Willis, of At chison, alleging that during the apple carnival Mr. Willis hugged her and startled her in suoh a manner that she has since suffered with a serious nerv ous attack. Willis has been served with papers and tells an Atohison re porter that he has hugged several girls during the Leavenworth carnival, but that he did not hug any of them hard enough to hurt; the girls did not seem to objeot to it, and he thought every thing passed off satisfactorily. He will fight the oase. I The Italian Budget. Rome, Nov. 27. In the chamber of deputies today Signor Sonneningo, minister of the treasury, in presenting the budget, annouced that the surplus would be 1,250,000 lire this year, and that he expected a surplus next year of 8,020,000 lire without a new loan. He added that the position of the treas ury was improving gradually; that the payment of the coupons of the foreign loans was completely assured, and finally that the depression on the bourses of Paris and Vienna has had no serious effect upon Italian funds, which are still quoted above their value. . Will Not Prosecute the Indian. Baltimore, Nov. 28. On the request of Jaoob Horn, the father of little Johnny Horn, who was killed by the Indian Mohawk, of Buffalo Bill's troupe, State Attorney Kerr today nolle prossed the case against the In dian. The father wrote that, .upon investigation, he is convinoed the deed was wholly accidental. Mr. Cody has oome forward and paid him a sum of money for expenses, etc., and he is un willing to prosecute the oase further. Barrow's New Field. Chicago, Nov. 26. The Rev. John Henry Barrows, widely known as the president of the world's fair parliament of reliigous, today tendered his resig nation as pastor of the First Presbyter ian church, of this city. He has been pastor of this church for fifteen years. It is his purpose in December, 1896, to go to Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, to,deliver a course of r Christian ' lec tures, to which he has been assigned by the university of Chicago, and for which invitations have been extended by several missionary conferences and by many men of influence in the East In addition to this work, Dr. Barrows will lay the foundation of a Christian lectureship already endowed, which is to "be permanently sustained in ' the cities of India. . . Return of Admiral Kirkland. New York, Nov. 26. Rear-Admiral W.. A. Kirkland, who, it is officially reported, has been recalled from his oommand of the European squadron, "because of certain indiscretions," Was a passenger on the steamer La Bour gogne, which arrived here this after noon. The powers at Washington are said to be displeased because of a letter he wrote to President Faure, i of France, his personal friend, congratu lating him upon his eleotion to the office of chief magistrate. The ad miral was seen as he left the ship. He seemed in a happy frame of mind, and was willing to talk on almost any sub ject but that' of his rumored reoall. ' A Linotype Contest. Chicago, Nov. 26. A contest for the championship on the Mergenthaler lin otype machine took place in this oity today between George W. Green, "of the Boston Standard, and Eugene Tay lor, of the Rocky Mountain News, of Denver. The stake was a purse of $500. Green set 70,000 corrected solid noupareil in seven hours, to Taylor's 64,027, smashing all previous records. Mr. Green holds himself ready to de fend against all oomers the title which today's victory gives him. At the close of the contest, Mr. Green received a challenge from Reilly, of Boston. Much money changed hands and great interest was manifested in the result. The Colt Divorce Settled. , Providence, R. I., Nov. 26. James M. Ripley, Mrs. Colt's oounsel, return ed from New York last night He says the Colt case has been settled, and that he thinks no more will be heard of either Mrs. Colt's suit - or the suit against J. J. Van Allen. Francis Col-1 well, attorney for Colt, also says that I the case is settled. Although particu lars of the ' settlement have not been made publio, it is understood Mrs. Colt's alimony will be much less than , at first demanded. Mrs. Colt is ex pected to go abroad at once for an in definite period. - . Dr. Rice in Bad Shape. St. Paul, Nov. 28. Dr. , Rice, win ner of the Brooklyn handioap in 1894, will in all probability never face the starter again. Recently his attendants attempted to fire him to see if he would stand training sufficiently in 1896 to raoe over the grass oourses in England. In attempting to throw him his back was hurt. Every care has been given him since, but it is very doubtful if he will ever be able to race. , . Riotous Strikes in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Nov. 26. A strike is going on at the Le Firme cigar fac tory, the trouble growing out, of the introduction of new machinery. A serious riot was one of the results ; of the strike, the strikers smashing the new machines. The dissatisfied work men then threw the broken machines and the tobacco out of the windows. A thousand strikers were plaoed under arrest" Refused to Approve the Verdict. San Francisco, Nov. 27. A coro ner's jury today decided that the shoot ing of William Massie last week by his wife was accidental. Coroner Hawkins refused to approve the ver dict, maintaining that the evidence showed conclusively that the killing was not aooidental. Mrs. Massie' s pre liminary aotion for murder will be held in the police oourt tomorrow. Lord Sholto as Manager. San Franoisoo, Nov. 28. A looal musio hall, to whioh no admission is oharged, announces that Lady Sholto Douglas will soon appear on its stage. She and her husband are said to be to day en route to this city from Los An- It is said that hereafter Lord Sholto will aot as his wife's manager. The New Chinese Loan, London, Nov. 26. A dispatch to the Times from Berlin confirms the report that China is negotiating with a Ger man syndicate for a new loan for the purpose of seouring funds with which to pay a portion of the indemnity pledged to the Japanese at the conclu sion of the reoent war. ' . The Disgrace Too Great., Purcell, I. T., Nov. ' 26. Paul Gluckman, one of the merchants : ar rested here oharged with having ap plied the torch to his stock of goods and store building during the confla gration of Tuesday night, committed suicide last night. -The disgrace of his arrest for arson is supposed to have prompted the deed. : NORTHWEST NEWS. MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES AND DEVELOPMENT. Output of the Mines What the Rail road and Steamship Lines are Doing Formation of a Cannery Syndicate - Oregon News. A shingle mill is about to be erected at Tillamook. One of the aldermen just eleoted at the town of Beaverhill is a negK. . ' ' Bandon woolen mills are making large shipments of blankets to San Francisoo. Prineville is to have a new public hall, which will be erected by a joint stook company. ' Steamboat navigation has been re sumed on the upper Willamette, after four months of low water. Coos county has manufactured over 20,000,000 feet of lumber during the past year and mined 50,000 tons of coal. , ' ; . i . The whole amount of land owned in Harney county is 519,690 aores. The property belonging to the Miller & Lux estate is 88,080 aores.' : . , - The Postal Telegraph Company ex pects to extend the line down the coast to Tillamook from Astoria at an early day. There is talk of building a line from Jordan to Woods, extending it to Tillamook. The grand lecture bureau of the I. O. G. T., of Oregon, have at great ex pense, secured the temperance lecturer, Howard Carleton Tripp, of Kingsley, la. , who will lecture throughout the state in behalf of the temperance cause. Mr. Tripp comes highly recommended as a first-class speaker. ' . Washington. . The bureau of immigration at Spo kane is reorganized and is vigorously I pushing its work. I ' J. L. Johnson, one of the founders of Ritzville. well known there and , in Eastern Oregon is dead. I Aberdeen has succeeded in raising enough money by subscription to have the city lighted by eleotrioity , - Harry Kreoh, of Tacoma, convicted under the oity ordinance for keeping his barber shop open on Sunday, has appealed to the superior court A force of men is at work on the Bo nanza Queen mine at Monte Cristo, re cently bonded to Seattle and Eastern capitalists for $250,000. Work will be begun on a large scale in the spring. The mill of the Pacific Coast Milling Company, which was recently burned, is to be reconstructed. Subscriptions of cash, labor and merchandise have been made to the amount of $1,478.50. The mill will be in operation in about a month. . The jute mill machinery at the peni tentiary has been thoroughly over hauled and repaired and is now in con dition to resume operations in the spring. Other improvements have been made, including electric alarms in the sleeping rooms of the guards, by whioh they can all be brought out in an instant at any hour of the night Joshua Isaacs, a pioneer resident of Walla Walla, is dead. He came to the Pacifio ooast in i860, engaged in the mill business at Boise City until 1861, and then came to Walla Walla and amassed a fortune in the mill busi ness. - He constructed the first water works in the town. Jaoob Luoinger, a pioneer from ;Walla Walla, is .also dead. The next thing of importance and the last aot in the work of completing the big dry dock at Port Orchard to be done will be the placing in position of the big gate at the entrance. This is a powerful piece of machinery, for it holds back the water in the sound from pouring into the drydock after it has been pumped out The dredging in the channel leading from the bay to the entrance to the drydock is progress ing well, but it is not a part of the or iginal Bartlett oontract The work on the officers' quarters and permanent buildings is nearing completion. Idaho. The new hospital at Wardner is com pleted. Boise has carried her proposition to -issue bonds for the purpose of building sidewalks. The commercial association of De Lamar has under consideration a proposition to put in a manufacturing J plant on the foundry site. - There is a body of fine cedar timber in the valley of the Upper , Clearwater in the Nez Perce reservation, whioh has just been thrown open to . settle ment ... A movement is on foot at Idaho Falls to organize a stook company with a capital of $25,000, for the purpose of erecting a pork packing establish ment A large first-olass hotel is to be erected at Kayserville by "Henry Kay ser He also intends to put in a well equipped stage line in the spring, and he will build a railroad from Hailey to Kayserville. - v . Montana. The new building of the reform school at Miles City is almost complet ed. . Most of the work was done by boys of the school. The National Park Transportation Company is to spend $5,000 overhaul ing its 160 coaohes and carriages for next season's travel. Work has begun at Phillipsburg re modeling the old sohoolhouse into a oourt house, which will be ready for occupancy the middle of December. The wool growers of nine counties have organized at Helena k state hsso. ' oiation for their ' protection and im provement. Seventy per cent of the sheep industry of the state is repre sented. . .. A block of $100,000 of the bonds of the Great Falls Water Company has just been bought by a Chicago firm. This purohase makes a total of $300, 000 in bonds held by Eastern capital ists in that company. - " British Columbia. Trail expects to be three times her present size by spring if she can obtain all the lumber she wants. The smallest place in the world is the miniature plaoe known as Steward City, Alaska, United States, its three inhabitants being resneotivelv mavnr. ohairman of the board of aldermen and the president of the common oounoil. The last stone of the ereat dome that is to surmount the new parliament Duiidings of .British Columbia has been laid. The oopper roofing1 upward of fiftV feet in height to he snrmimnrprl ' by a statue of Captain George Van- oouver is all that remains to oomplete the exterior of the dome. Three hundred thousand dollars will be spent utilizing the water power of Seymore oreek to operate the street railways of Vanoouver and Westmin ster, besides the elcetrio light system and branch lines of electric railways. The power will be concentrated at one point to operate all these undertakings. Arrangements have been oonirjleted. it is understood, for the purchase by an Eastern syndicate of all the canneries for which Turner, Beeton & Co. are the agents, as well as several other can neries. There are nine in all. inolnd- ing both Northern and Fraser river oanneries. It is said : that the Roval Canadian Cannincr Cnmnanv's ruin. nery at Claxton, the Balmoral, Inver ness and Carlyle canneries are included -in the deal. EDITORIAL OPINION.- Topics of the Day Discussed by the ( ieaaing Papers. Philadelphia Times. The faot that agriculture ia in nrn- oess of gradual abandonment in Great Britain may aooount in part for the great inorease in immigration from that country, the number of arrivals since August aggregating 238,000. It evidently does not pay the British larmer to raise wheat on high-priced British land. The next nrohlem ia r.n make this land profitable in some other way. ine deoline in wheat acreage this year is 26 per cent less than 1894. This indicates that nrjwarda of 200.000 acres of land have failed of cultivation because agriculture no lunger pays. Torre us Land Title Law.. Chicago Times-Herald The Torrens law. affectinar as it mav every land title in the county, is of in finitely more importance to all the peo ple than any other law of recent times. There are immense interests opposed to jt, and everything that can be done to discredit it will be done. It s is therefore important that the friends of the law as speedily as possi ble bring about a case that may be taken to the supreme court and have the law brought to its ultimate test. The Hawaiian Government. ' Bost n Herald. Minister Castle's announcement that the present government in Hawaii is increasing in populatrity with every body exoept the Kanakas appears to be tantamount to a boast that it is in 'dis favor among about two-thirds of the population. Minister Castle is scarcely diplomatic ' , Disappointments of Great Men. at. Louis Globe-Democrat. There is nothing more than the suc cessive disappointments of great men in the matter of the presidency. They have dedicated their lives to the ser vice of the country with the belief that their labors would surely bring them what they earned; but after all their endeavors they have been disappointed, and the prize has gone to men of infer ior merits, as if in contempt of the rules of justice and propriety. . A Aegro Obtains Damages. Minneapolis Tribune.) The supreme oourt of Kentucky has deoided that negroes are entitled to protection from intrusion by white peo ple into the separate oars set apart for their use, and a colored woman re cently reoovered damages from a rail road oompany because the oonductor permitted a white man to enter the colored ooaoh to speak to an old friend. While in the oar the white man ' in sulted a colored woman, hence the suit I "