Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-04-19
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DOINGs
General Review Of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.

Suh III OulOs
Attorney General Hadley, OF Mis-
souri,, is quite sick.
Four persons were killed in a PAM
in Chicago church.
Another terrible earthquake in For
mosa has killed thousands.
A Springfield, NO., mob burne5
three negroes and wrecked the Jail.
Mark Twain has announced his in
tention of leaving the lecture platform
Russia has sent to the interested ma
tons proposed program of subjects fol
The Hague conference.
Sailors on Portuguese warships have
mutinied and temporarily have the
upper hand. Dislike of their superior
officers is the cause.
Hearst has begun proceedings in the
New York Supreme court to test the
validity of the election of Mcclellan as
moyatr of New York city.
The American Smelling & Refining
company will soon adopt an eight-hou
day for its five Colorado pianist. This
will affect about 2 500 men.
Dowie and Voliva are negotiating for
compromise.
A great bank is being proposed to
help Wall street men.
Roosevelt is being doomed for re-
election despite his refusal.
Platt says he will not be candidate
for reelection to the senate.
Correspondents on the isthmus say
Colon could be made model city.
The government will spend 81 ,4OO,-
900 on the jamestown exposition.
The eruption of Vesuvius has almost
entirely subsded, leaving barren
land.
Governor Higgins, of New York, has
signed two more laws regulating INCUR
ance business.
The meeting of the second Hague .
conference will be held some time after
September 20.
The Pennsylvania's officers report
that in target practice with 6-inch guns
II hits were scored in 80 seconds. {
Future Governor Smith, of the Phil q
1ppines, is home for a rest. He says b
lower tariff rates with the islands is O
imperative. o.
The Northern Pacific announces that |!
a third passenger train service will be II
added May 20 between st. Paul and ly
Pacific coast points. lie
Prospects of the Columbia jet.y bill =,
are improving.
France is satisfied with the success of &C
the Moroccan conference. nj
Germany is urging Turkey to resist pc
the demands Of Great Britain. D.
Anthracite coal operators have re- ar
jected the terms o. the miners co
Russia has agreed to postponement
OF The Hague peace conference. sh
The New York board of education M
has adopted resolutions favoring re- We
form in spelling.
Dowie's health is falling fast and it
may be that his death will settle the -,
fight for control of Zion City. ,h
A bill has passed both houses of con- he
gress providing for the establishment wi
Of life saving station at Neah bay. go
Preparations are being made for the tai
early beginning of work on the rail- ott
roads to be built on the islands of sat
Panay, Negros an Cebu, in the Philip I'M
pines. OF
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The hQuae committee on elections is ho1
working on a bill which provides for we
he election of senators by direct vote
'f the people and makes the terms of
louse members four years instead of
wo.
Chairman Shonts has returned to the da,
anal zone. fiel
The president has taken hand in WI
rging the prosecution OF the Chicago =" L,
ackers az individuals. Vi
wei
President Roosevelt has cabled con- and
olences to the king Of Italy on the TAX
avoc and loss of life caused by the thi
ruption Of Mount Vesuvus. gui
Cotton workers of New Bedford,
lass, will eek for an increase in =,
ages. There are about Il, 900 en- ~
oyed in the New Bedford mills. wa, "as',
will
The anthracite coal operators have at I
fered a new arbitration scheme to the stea
liners and the indepenent operators eigf
ii the miners union anarchists. pass
Maxim GoIky, the Russian revolu- CO.. Ca,
,nist, is in New York.
Congressman and Mrs. Longworth The
e making preparations for trip to ed t,
irope in June.
General orders have been Issued to
val commanders to observe the strict ~ ~
economy in tie use of coal, on ac- "a"
INT of deficiency in the coal appro- i"n'
atioh for the navy. ui's
Japan has opened Manchuria to for aeair
n trade. Moro