Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-11-14

Money is moving West under Secre
tary Cortelyou's threat.
Native laws and customs make deatl
inconvenient for strangers in Egypt,
An Oklahoma bank cashier is miss
ing, also $4,000 of the institution
cash.
An extra session of the legislature is
certain in California to relieve San
Francisco.
New York bank statement shows a
depleted reserve but imports of gold
will replenish it.
Secretary Taft's carriage was hauled
through the streets of Manila by en-
thusiastic Filipinos.
Records show that nearly two, thirds
of the bubonic plague cases at San
Francisco have proven fatal.
The wood trust at Tacoma has ap-
parently busted, as there has been a
big drop in prices and first class cord
wood now sells at s2.75 per cord.
Secretary Taft has left Manila for
Nladivostok.
New York bankers say they are send
ing money West as fast as possible
Forgers Of clearing house certificates
at FL Paso, Tex, have been caught.
The Santa Fe railroad is to be tried
on another indictment at Los Angeles.
A threat to dynamite Great Northern
trains in Montana has led to placing of
guards on many.
San Francisco has appealed to the
government for money with which to
fight the plague.
Keswick, a small California town
near Redding, has been almost com
pletely destroyed by fire.
pThe national convention of the W.
c. T. U. is enthusiastic over the pro-
hibition gains in the South.
Advices from Unalaska say peak
800 feet above the sea has disappeared.
The peak was raised by submarine
earthquake several years ago and its
disappearance is attributed to the same
cause.
Taft has decided to complete his tour
of the world as originally planned.
Gold imports from foreign countries
will continue in payment for crops.
A number of small banks at various
places in the Southwest have failed
One of the Vanderblts has offered
the Y. NJ. G. A. of Newport, r. l.,
800, 900.
Three large factories at Bridgeport,
Conn, have closed on account of money
stringency.
Four European countries have raised
the discount rate to stop gold exports
to America.
Roosevelt has promised to investigate |
the paper trust and recommend re-
peal of paper tariff.
Estrada Palma, former president OF |
Cuba, says American rule is better than
independence with anarchy.
The United States District court at
Los Angeles has imposed fine OF
$3.50, 900 on the Santa Fe railroad for
granting rebates.
Senator Hepburn, of Idaho, has pro-
tested to President Roosevelt against
gold deposits in New York by the gov
eminent until Western banks have
been paid what is due them. |,
An Arizona bank has suspended tenn
porarily.
New York banks will now give relief
o other cities.
Portland banks have engaged ST.
800, 900 in foreign gold.
Chicago telegraph operators have q
'oted to suspend the strike. +
The striking telegraphers of Spokane o
rave decided to call off the strike. t
The total foreign gold engagements
or New York is now close to s36, 6,000,- r
100.
The Denver mint is coming gold bull e
ion into money at the rate of nearly a
million dollars day.
The first shipment of foregn gold
as reached New York. The consign-
lent contained 81, l0O,0 900. .
The Oregon commission to the Alas p
a-Yukon- Pacific exposition has select re
d a site for the state building. II
An American made watch has been as
ranted a certificate Of accuracy by the ar
eneva, Switzerland, observatory. Ie
Congressman Bourke Cochran, of -
ew York, was arrested for illegal vot-
lg. but later turned loose, as a mistake
I'D been made.
A great earthquake in Guatamala did a.
uch damage to property. :"
The Bank of England has again rails re-
the discount rate, but gold purchases an
ntinue. lhu