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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03
A YEAR OF DISASTER.
RECORD OF 1906 is A DARK AND
BLOODY ONE.
Nature Causes Terrible and Wide
spread Destruction of Life and
Property Grim Reaper Works
More Peacefully.

A notable characteristic Of the year
1906 Is the destruction of life and
property which has been caused by the
forces of nature. These forces have
not been SO active or 50 disastrous IN
their "esults for many years past. The
record is formidable one. In Janu-
ary an earthquake killed fourteen per-
sons at GOnZano, Italy, and a tidal
wave on the Colombian coast swept
away $500. In February Il hurricane
visited the Society Islands, a favorte
resort for hurricanes, and 1000 per-
ished. In March cyclone swept
through Mississippi and 81 were killed,
and an earthquake in Formosa destroy
ed 1909. In April the Vesuvius erup-
ton killed 1000, second earthquake
earthquake AS, and a cyclone in Texas
90. In July there were two smaller
disasters, cloudburst at Ocampo, Mex
leo, which killed 10 persons. and a
waterspout at Lyons, France, which
killed 81.
The furies broke loose in August and
2,OOO We're victims of an earthquake
at Valparaiso and $1,000 of floods at
Human, China. In September there was
long series of disasters. A landslide
and storm in the Caucasus cost 255
lives, the typhoon at HongkOng 10000,
a flood at Tepic, Mexico, 10. a herri-
cane at New Orleans and Mobile 40,
and a cyclone in southern Spain 60. In
October a hurricane off the coast of
Florida, which started from Venezuela,
skirting Honduras, Nicaragua, Saliva
dor, and Cuba. left 9S6 dead in its
path. During November nature took a
little rest, a great lake storm in which
80 sailors perished, being the principal
disaster. In December came the flood
which destroyed the village of Clifton,
Ariz., and caused the loss of GO lives.
Including the losses of life by lesser
disasters of this kind the record shows
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03

already that more than $4,000 persons
have perished this year by earthquake
hurricane, and other manifestation Of
natures fury.
Accident has also taken its toll of
human lives in the horrible railway
wrecks at Salisbury, England, Atlantic
City, n. J., and Woodville, Ind, and
in the sinking of the Italian emlgrant
ship Sirio off the Spanish coast, and
of the Valencia off Vancouver Island,
as well as in the mine disaster at Cour-
rieres, France.
Death in more peaceful guisc has
been busy among the well-known ones
Of earth, laying in the grave President
w. r. Harper Of Chicago University,
the aged King Christian Of Denmark,
Miss Susan B. Anthony, Johann Most,
Carl Schurz, Henrik Ibsen, Russell
Sage. Mrs. jefferson Davis, Gen. w. r.
Shafter, Rev. Sam Jones, Judge Gary,
and many others.
/ Denmark, Norway and France have
installed new rulers during the year;
political affairs in Russia have been in
a turmoil and outbreaks of violence and
assassination have been frequent; the
United States has been compelled to in
tervene to save Cuba from revolution
and possible anarchy; the young King
Of Spain has taken a wife, and Okla
homa has been admitted to the Union
Of States.
Other prominent happenings Of 1906
have been the prevalence of dishonest
bank failures, President Roosevelts
visit to Panama, the restoration of
CAPTAIN Dreyfus, the finishing of the
great Croton dam above New York
CITY. the Longworth Roosevelt wedding,
the resumption Of navigation on the
Missouri River, etc.
The principal events of 1906 are
briefly summarized below:
| January.
| 4-Explosion in mine at Coaldale, w.
Va, kills 81 miners.
S-Landslide in Haverstraw, n. Y,
kills 10 persons.
1O-Ten lives lost in fire in West hotel,
Minneapolis. g. q. Death of President w.
r. Harper of University of Chicago.
! 11-New Croton dam in New York
finished.
12-Famine in northern Japan.
| 16-Death of Marshall Field.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03

money In its pursuit. SO my MAMIE falls
upon you. What information ! have, you
have The names of my friends in the
cities mentioned l have written down for
YOU; they will serve you for the memory
of my name but be assured at the outset
that you will never take this man upon
the sea. And as for the money which is
rightly due to the one who ridS humanity
of this pest, | say. go to the Admiralty in
London, and lay so much of your knowl
edge before them as shall prevent rob-
berry of your due; cla i'm fit reward from
them and the steamship companies and,
as your beginning, go now to the Hudson
river-I meant TO go within month
and learn there more of the man you seek !;
or, if the time be ripe, lay hands there
upon him. And may the spirit of dead
man breathe success upon you :"
On the yacht Celsis, lying at Copes,
tcritten in the month of August, for
Mark Strong.
When l had put down the papers, my
eyes were tear-staned with the effort of
reading, and the cabin lamp was nigh
out. My interest in the writing had been
so sustained that had not seen the march
of daylight, now streaming through the
glass above, upon my bare cabin table.
l went above, and saw that we were at
anchor in the Solent and that the whole
glory of a summers dawn lit the sleeping
waters.
l stretched myself on deck chair. l
slept and dreamt again of Hall. of Cap
tain Black. of the man "FourEyes," of
a great holocaust on the sea. When |
awoke. doctor from Southsea was writ
ing down the names of drugs upon paper;
and Mary was busy with ice. They told
me l had slept for thirty hours, and that
they had feared brain fever. But the
sleep had saved me- and when Mary and
Roderick talked of the doctors order that
l was to lie resting a week, l laughed
aloud.
Il start for London tonight" I said.
What" they cried in one voice.
Exactly, and if Mary would not mind
running on deck for minute I'll tell you
why, Roderck.'
She went at the word, casting one
pleading look with her eyes as she stood
at the door, but | gave no sign, and she
closed it. | had fixed upon a course, and
as Roderck dreamingly Indifferent, pre-
pared to talk about that which he called
my madness" | took Halls manuscript
and read it to him. When | had finished.
there was a strange light in his eyes.
Lets go at once" he said; and that
was all.
(To be continued.)
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03

1.-Two negroes burned to death by
mob in Springfield, Mo. Two officers
and five men killed by explosion on bat
tleship kearsarge. Earthquake in For
mOsa.
15-Four trampled 70 death and many
| injured in panic in st. Ludmila's church,
Chicago.
1S-Earthquake and fires devastate
business district of San Francisco.
19-Prof Pierre Currie, discoverer of
radum, killed in Paris.
22-Dust explosion IN mine 40 miles
west of Trinidad, Colo, kills % men.
26-Tornado sweeps across Texas.
30-Tornado strikes parts of Furnas
county, Nebraska.
May.
Mob violence and wild disorder in
Paris. =. Iron workers strike in Chicago
-. Many minor strikes start in the East.
5-Pennsylvana anthracite miners vote
to not strike.
14-Death of Carl Schurz.
1S-Rairoad rate regulation bill passes
Senate. Forest fires destroy towns in
northern Michigan and Wisconsin.
23-Death of Henrik Ibsen.
25-Seven political assassinations in
Russia.
31-Michael Davtt, famous Irish lead
er. dies . . King Alfonso of Spain weds
Princess Ena of Battenburg -. Bomb
thrown at Spanish king and bride kills
20 persons and Injuries 100.
June.
death of Senator Arthur p. Cor
man Of Maryland. .. Senator Burton of
Kansas resigns. -. Death of John c.
New.
4-7-Tornadoes in Texas, Kansas, Min
nesota and Wisconsin.
14-Exposion on British boat at Liv-
erpool kills persons and Injuries 40. -.
Massacre of Jews at Bialystok, Russia
Bill admitting Oklahoma as State
passed by Congress.
1S-Death of Gov. John NJ. Pattison
of Ohio. Lieut.. Gov. Andrew L. Harris
sworn In as successor. Republicans
celebrate 10th anniversary of foundation
of party.
2O-Death of Chas. e. Tripler of liquid
air fame.
22-Prnce Charles of Denmark crown
ed King of Norway as King Haakon. =.
Richard G.. Ivens hanged in Chicago.
25-Harry Thaw of Pittsburg shoots
Stanford White in Madison Square Gar
den, New York.
27-Earthquake in South Wales.
29-Mrs. James Tanner killed in auto
accident in Helena Mont
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03

29-United States establishes provis-
ional government in Cuba.
October.
14-Chicago White So1 win baseball
championship of the world.
15-Evangelst Sam Jones dies ON
train in Arkansas.
16-Death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. -.
French submarine Lutin lost in harbor
of Biserta, Tunis.
17-Western Cuba and southern Flor
ida swept by hurricane.
21-Blizzard and severe ranstorm hit
Western States.
24-Colorado river turned from Saton
sea into its former channel.
2S-Train plunges from trestle into sea
at Atlantic City, y. j.. destroying 10
lives. -. Two persons killed and ; build
ings wrecked by natural gas explosion
in Coffeyville, Kan.
31-Judge Joseph f. Gary of Chicago,
who presided over anarchists trial, dies.
November.
death of Congressman lockwood
IIoar of Massa chusetts
5-Cashier Herring of failed Milwaukee
Avenue bank in Chicago sentenced to
States prison. E. Bank robbery at Ladd,
Illinois.
S-President Roosevelt starts for PAN
ANA.
12-49 persons killed in Il. & o. col
lision at Woodville, Ind. IT. =. . Death Of
Gen. w. r. Shafter.
1S-Bomb exploded in st. Peters
church in Rome.
19-Ecclesiastical court sustains her
esy decision against Rev. A. Crapsey Of
Rochester, y. Y.
21-23 lives lost in storm on great
lakes.
22-Collision of liners Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse and Orinoco in English chan
mel causes 13 deaths.
2S-Explosion in Amen. Germany,
kills 300 persons and lays town in ruins.
29-President Samuel Spencer OF
Southern railway and three guests killed
in wreck on his own road
December.
3-Congress meets.
4-Sixty lives lost in flood in Clifton.
Ariz.
7-Burning of Chi Psi chapter house
at Cornell university. Ithaca, n. Y.
14-Edward Muller elected president
of Swiss confederation. Fuel famine
in North Dakota.
1I-Several changes IN President
Roosevelts cabinet effected
19-Death of Bishop C. G. McCabe.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03
OLD SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Some of the Men Who Survived Wars
for Many Years.


Soldiers of the Revolution can be re-
membered by men who are not to-day
in their old age. Several of the rear
guard of the Continental army saw
striking episodes of the Revolution and
were able to narrate them when more
than seventy years had passed, says the
Boston Transcript Benjamin Abbott,
a drum major, who beat the death
march at Major Andres execution, died
at Nashua, \. H., in 1851. Peter Bes-
ancon. who was one of Lafayette's fol-
lowers and who died at Warsaw, n. Y,
in 1880, is believed to have been the
longest surviving witness Of Andres
death, which occurred Oct. ., 1850.
The annals of many countries bear
witness to occasional instances of long
evlty in those "whose business It's to
de" Samuel Gibson. who was sol
dier at Waterloo, died Dec. -, 1891,
aged 1O1 Who was the last Waterloo
officer is the subject of considerable
doubt, but the distinction was claimed
for Lieutenant Maurice Shea, who died
Feb. 3, 1892, and who fell short one
year of being a centenarian. Veteran
sailors are almost as common as vet
eran soldiers. Admiral Sir Provo Wal
lis, who died Feb. 13, 1892, in his 101st
year, was one of the lieutenants of the
Shannon when she captured the Ches-
apeake in 1918. RearAdmiral Thomas
O. Selfridge, the elder of our own
navy, who was born in 1904, was a
rival of Wallis in length Of days.
Lives that span the historic past and
the present are commoner than are
generally supposed. One June IS the
son of revolutionary soldier took part
in decorating at Saugus the graves of
his fathers comrades
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03
3O-Adjournment of Congress.
July.

1-o3 American tourists lost their
lives in train wreck near Salisbury, Eng
land.
Son born to Crown Prince Freder-
isk Wilhelm of Germany.
Capt Dreyfus restored to full for
mer standing in French army.
1S-Death of Lady Curzon of Kedles-
ton, formerly Mary Letter of Chicago.
2O-Reign of anarchy in central prov
inces of Russia.
21-Czar dissolves the douma and trou-
Bile breaks out.
22-Death of Russell Sage, financier
3O-Death of John L. Toole English
comedian. :. . Russian troops mutiny aAd
capture fortress at Sveanorg.
August.
1-3-Mutinies of Cars troops at prom
inent fortresses put down.
4-Great strike ordered by Russian rev.
outionists begins. :. Death of Rear Ad-
miral Train =. 300 drowned by loss Of
steamer Sirio off Spanish coast.
13-Death of Mrs. Pearl Craigie, Eng
lish authoress.
16-Violent earthquake at Valparaiso,
Chile.
17-Death of Rebecca S. Clark (Sophia
May).
1S-Death of Lewis Morrison
20-Cuban revolution breaks out.
2S-Real Estate Trust Company's
bank fails in Philadelphia.
30-Enthusiastic greeting to VIM. j.
Bryan in New York
31-Edward Rosewater of Omaha Bee
dies Suddanlv of haa RI failure
September.
3-Paul o. Stensland, absconding Chi
cago banker. captured in Tangier, Mo-
rocco. Naval review on Long Island
Sound.
S-Great massacre of Jews in Siedice,
Poland.
9-Mountain slide buries 30 people
near Tiflis, in Caucasia.
13-United States sailors landed in
Havana, but recalled almost Immediate
ly.
14-President sends ultmatum to
Cuba.
1S-Terrifc typhoon sweeps Hongkong.
21-Jellico, Tenn, wrecked by dyna-
mite explosion.
22-Fiercc race war in Atlanta, Ga.
24-Steamboat traffic on Missouri river
resumed after ten years.
26-Bank Wrecker Stensland sentenc-
ed to Joliet.
27-IIurricane sweeps States along
Gulf of Mexico.
2S-Cuban government goes to pieces
and United States intervenes.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03
17-Clement Armand Fallieres elected

17-Clement Armand Fallieres elected
President of France.
21-Eighteen lives lost in fire panic in
Philadelphia church. :. Brazilian turret
ship Aqudaban sunk by explosion and
212 men perish.
23-Steamer Valencia goes ashore on
Vancouver Island coast; 14S lives lost.
25-Death of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, T..
s. A.... House passes joint statehood
bill
29-Death of King Christian of Den
mark.
30-Frederick VIII. proclaimed King
of Denmark :. Death of Paul Dresser,
Indiana song writer.
February.
COLOMBIAN coast towns destroyed
by tidal wave following earthquake.
S-lIurricane sweeps Society and Tua-
motu Islands, destroying thousands of
lives. :. Mine explosion near Oakhill, W..
Va, kills % men.
death of Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
negro poet.
16-Pat Grove acquitted of Cudahy
kidnapping by Omaha jury.
1T-Longworth-R Roosevelt wedding in
Washington.
1S-Peavey elevator burns in Duluth,
with loss of $1.O0O,O0O. NJ. Faillieres
takes oath as President of France.
19-Explosion in mine at Maitland,
Colo, causes 16 deaths.
23-Johann Hoch bgamist and wife
murderer, hanged in Chicago.
25-Death of ex-Speaker David B..
Henderson.
27-Marriage of Prince Eitel Frederick
of Prussia and Duchess Sophie Charlotte
of Oldenburg, In Berlin.
March.
2-Tornado and fire destroy large part
of Meridian, Miss.
4-Death of Gen. ]. NJ. Schofeld.
7-Rouvier ministry falls in France.
S-Fifteen Americans and 600 Moros
killed in fierce battle on Island of Jolo.
10-1 .06O die in mine disaster in Cour-
rieres, France.
13-Death of Miss Susan b. Anthony
1876 killed in railway collision near
Florence, Colo.
17-Death of Johann Most. anarchist
21-Death of Mrs. A. d. I. Whitney.
April.
John Alexander Dowie deposed at
Zion City, H., as head of Christian
Catholic church and succeeded by Wilbur
G. Voliva. -. Henry c. Ide inaugurated
Governor General of Philippines.
2-Great coal strike begins.
S-Vesuvius in eruption destroys towns
at its base.
11-Death of James A. Bailey, great
Snowman.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03

"I tell you" remarked the newly
married man, "there's no place like
home, after ALL"
yes" agreed the old rounder, after
all all."-philadelphi Ledger.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-03

Fifty million gallons of petroleum
last yeaI
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-06
LAND OFFICE Will
OPEN ON MONDAY
Commissioner Bxby, However, Will Not
Accept Filings on Intermarried
Lands--Toxt Of Bill Just Past

day with the number next higher
than the highest called on the pre-
ceding day, and nc ticket Will pe
called after the day upon which 1T is
reached in regular rotation. ProVid-
ed, that upon the announcement ol
opening of the land office for the re-
ception of applications for allotment
of the lands tentatively selected or
held by the intermarried white claim
ants. return will be made to the roll
of numbers Originally issued. Nine
hundred and sixty-three 1861 tickets
have been issued, and the call Will be-
gin at $50 o'clock, a. M. on March III
1907, with the number seventy-nlne
(79l.
No application will be received 1oi
any land tentatively allotted TO OF
held by a former claimant to citizen
ship by intermarried until the pro-
mitigation of such rules as may De
prescribed by the secretary OF tne
interior relative to the disposition Of
these improvements under the pro-
visions Of the act Of congress proyld-
ing for the sale Of improvements be-
longing to such claimants.
No applications from citizens
whether members Of the family OF
former intermarried claimant OF
otherwise, to relingcish former So
lectiops for the purpose OF selecting
land tentatively selected or held by
former claimant for intermarriec
citizenship will be received.
Applications for minors should b'
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-06

made by the citizen parent, guardian
or curator Of such minor, but In a
case where the father is a non-citi-
zen and it is impracticable for the cit
izen mother to appear or to secure the
appointment Of a guardian, the Com
missioner will make an arbitrary al
lottment to the minor when there is
no adverse claim of any nation what
ever against the land sought. In case
of my doubt, it will be required that
application be made by the citizen
parent, guardian or curator.
Applications for deceased allottees
must be made by the administrator
having charge Of their estate and this
office must be supplied with proof Of
death in proper form. Blanks for this
purpose may be secured at this Office.
TAMs BTxBY
Commissioner
Muskogee, Ind. Ter, March 5, 1907
The commissioner also gave out the
following synopsis Of the bill past by
congress allowing the intermarried
citizens to sell the improvements on
their allotments:
Be it enacted: That for sixty days
after allotment, and IN no case in less
than sixty days after the approval Of
this act, white persons who inter
mafriedswith Cherokee citizens prior
to December Is, 1895, and made per-
manent and valuable Improvements
on lands belonging to the Cherokee
nation prior to the decision Of the su-
preme court Of the United States in
the case Of Daniel RedDird, the Cher
okee nation and others against the
United States (203 q. .. p 76), shall
have the right to sell such improve,
ments toscifizens of the Cherokee ma
tion entitled TO select allotments at 9
valuation to be approved by an officia
to be designated by the Secretary o.
the Interior for that purpose; and the
the vendor shall have lien on The
rents and profits of the land on which
the improvements are located for TIN
| purchase money remaining unpaid
and shall have the right to enforcl
SUCH lien in any court Of competen
Jurisdiction.
Provided that where citizens OF tn
n Cherokee nation entitled to allotment
have heretofore applied for lands o.
which intermarried white persons owl
improvements, such citizens entities
to allotments shall have the prio
right to purchase said improvement
as herein provided.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-06
A Sharp Contest for
Power Rights on
Grand

But two warranty deeds have been
filed at the court house today. One
Of them, tho, is a very interesting
document. 1t conveys from Philip
Donohoo to tile Cherokee Power COM
pany, for consideration ofsl, 900, the
south half of the northeast quaroer OF
the southeast quarter CT section IL,
1922 And also the deed states, IL
conveys the sole and absolute flowage
right forever for water purposes to any
and all Hands within the banks Of
Grand river belonging to first party
and lying between the mouth OF Mus
tang creek and a certain high bluf
about one mile upstream.
The Cherokee Power company is the
company recently organized for the
purpose of building a dam across
Grand river and furnishing water
power to all this section of the coun-
try. The company is, as may be seen
from the filing Of this deed, actively
at work on its project, and determine
ed to secure prior rights to any other
company. The Grand River Power
company is also endeavoring to estab-
lish power plant, not far above the
proposed plant Of the Cherokee com
pany.
The other deed filed yesterday was
from Marion w. Couch to Fl. G. Hind
man, $1,000. Lot 5, block II, Chelsea.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-06
A BAD LOT TO CONTROL
-Four Martins Now in
Jail or Are on the
Way.

Four Martins, all negroes, are at the
present time either In jail or out on
bond under charges on obtaining
money under false pretenses. The
court and Jail officials have trouble
keeping them separated on the books
and records.
Josh Martin, Sr., was uefore Com
missioner Farrar this morning for
mortgaging property not his to Fred
Coker Of Chelsea. He was held TO the
grand jury under bond Of $780,
Josh Martin, Jr., out under bond OF
$500 under a similar charge, is ex-
pected to present himself before Judge
Farrar today, and he too will probably
be held to the grand jury. Coker Is
also the complainant against him.
Solomon Martin of Wann was
brought to the federal jail last night
by Deputy Chamberlain on like
charge. He will have hearing this
afternoon. The complaint against
him is made by the First National
bank of this, CITY,
Monday Jake Martin at Chelsea was,
by Judge Farrar, held to the grand
jury under the charge of selling land
not his own to Benjamin J. Scovill'
Jake is also a defendant with Solomon
in the charge againsrshim.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-06
The Chieftain, vinita:

The Chieftain, Vinita:
On March II, 1907 the Cherokee
land Office will reopen. Admission
will be by tickets, and tickets issued
February 8, and will be recognized.
No application will be received for
any land tentatively allotted or held
by former claimant to citizenship
by intermarriage until further notice.
Copy of notice giving all details will
follow.
BIXBY. Commissioner
The notice of the opening Of the
land Office as officially published last
night, reads:
Department of the Interior, Com
missioner to the Five Civilized Tribes,
Cherokee land office.
NOTICE
On March II, 1907, the Cherokee
land Office will be reopened, and be-
ginning on that date applications
will be received to select allotments
for citizens Of the Cherokee nation.
Admission to the Cherokee land Of
fee will be only upon numbered
tickets, and the tickets issned on
February 8, 7 and s. 1907, will be re-
cognized. Prospective allottees who
have no tickets Iusg secure them by
personal application at the Cherokee
land office, after its reopening, or on
request by mail after SAID opening
but requests by mail which are mail
ed prior to March IL, 1907, will not be
recognized or answered. The call Of
tickets for admission will begin each
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-03-06

will save nine. So will bottle Of
Ballard's Horehound Syrup always
kept on hand save many a spell Of
sickness. A sure cure for coughs,
colds, Bronchitis and whooping cough.
Mrs. S.. Hot Springs. Ark, writes:
u kee a bottle Of Ballard's HOreh0und
Syrup in my medicine chest, and
thank my forethoGght many times
tt has prevented many severe spells OF
sickness" Peoples Drug Store.