Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-16


Paris has just had fire the propert
loss of which amounted to $4,000, 900.
Major Edwards has been forced I
resign as agent of the Umatilla India
reservation.
Berlin has automobile hearses, au
thorized and licensed by the city an
they seem veryp poular.
The Russian czar is in contempt of
French court because he does not tIin
the trees Of villa he owns at Nice.
William A Piukerton, of the Chicag
detective aenccy, says President Meyer
of the miners, is the Chicago burglar.
New York police are being held il
readiness tc prevent expected riot.
growing out Of the longshoremen'
strike.
Statistics show that during April S2c
people were killed and sos wounded in
Russia by robbers, police and in various
street riots.
The temperature in Pittsburg has
suddenly dropped from IS derees to 80
degrees, making the coldest May wealth
er on recor..
Mexico has withdrawn her demands
on Guatemala.
The Hartman lines have orders for
10000 tons of steel rails for delivery
in 1908.
Armed bandits are reported to be
committing depredations in several Sec
tions Of Cuba.
The shipping trust declares it will
never give in to the striking New York
longshoremen.
An heir to the throne has been born
in Spain and there is great rejoicing
throughout the land.
An enraged mob at Butte made an
unsuccessful attempt to lynch an officer
who shot an escaping prisoner.
A Chicago paper claims that Charles
H. Meyer, implicated in the steunen-
berg murder, is an ex-convict, having
served term in Joliet for burglary.
The Court Of Appeals of New York
has granted the attorney general the
right to contest Mayor McClellan's
seat. The recount of the ballots is now
expected to commence soon.
E. 81. Gary, chair man of the United
States Steel corporation, says if rail-
roads would use heavier rails there
would be fewer accidents. The heavy
cars now used by the roads cause fre-
quent breakage of rails.
The death list in the steamer Poitou
wreck is placed at 4s.
From an unknown source Princeton
university has received gift of ST..
100000.
There is some suspicion that an ex-
pert jury ixer is at work on the Hay
wood jury at Boise.
~ Two volcanoes in Sicily, Stromboli
and Etns, are in active eruption, caus-
ing terror on all sides.
One of Germany's leading papers
editorially predicts war between japan |
and the United States.
An excursion of Omaha business men |
will make a tour of the Northwest. |
There will be 1875 in the party, which |
will start June 2.
A suburban passenger train on the
Burlington rosd was wrecked six miles
out Of Chicago. One passenger was
killed and number injured.
Colorado men are endeavoring 10
have patents to several thousand acres
of lard set aside because it is claimed
the lumber companies obtained posses
sion fraudulently.
Passengers at New York wishing to
cross the ocean are carrying their own
baggage on board vessels on account of
the longshoremen's g strike. Freight is
piling up on the docks and thousands
Of boxes of citrus fruit has been ruined.
Russian Socialists are to hold con-
vention in England.
Union teamsters Of Los Angeles are
on strike and all other organizations of
The city may join them.
The Imperial council of Mystic
,hriners is in session at Los Angeles.
Seattle is working for the next con- I
lave. g
A new Irish home rule bill has been {
Introduced in parliament. Absolute
ontrol of eight departments is granted t
y the bill. !
A San Francisco maniac killed six :
eople with a shotgun. He declares :
hey were trying to poison him for his O
Insurance. r
In a collision between a freight and
assenger train on the Mobile x Ohio
abroad at Percy, H., eight persons
ere injured. p
Butte Chinese charge the police with g
urglary. The Orientals cay officers 5
re in the habit Of visiting their stores b
equently and helping themselves at c
lie point of a gun. Ia