Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS D0INGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.

cisco with ease OF cholera
Turkey is arranging for its first elec
tion when parliament will be selected
The American battleships Maine an6
Atlanta have left Naples on their way
home.
English authorities declare the saw
ings banks in schools of London have
proven a failure.
The Canadian Pacific is said to have
bought the White Pass railroad, which
runs from Skagway to Whitehorse.
Some of the railroads are almost short
on rolling stock after months when
there were idle ears on every sidetrack
The coroner's jury hold the freight
crew to blame for the wreck on the
Northern Pacific at Youngs Point, Mon
tana.
The first word from Peary has been
received by the Pe"ry Arctic club. He
left North Greenland for the north Au,
gust II.
Miss Katherine Elkins, of West Vir-
ginia, will marry an Italian duke. On
their way home the couple will be es-
corted by several Italian warships.
Leslie Carter, one-time capitalist
and promoter of Chicago, is dead.
Cholera in Manila will prevent the
reception to the fleet as planned.
Fire at Oakland, Cal, destroyed al
most an entire block, entailing loss
OF 100000.
The wind has died down and dan
ger from the Eureka, Cal, forest tlres
has greatly abated.
T. t. w. Clark, an Alaskan, IS on a
visit to Pacific coast cities and has
lust seen his first trolley car.
The epidemic of cholera at Manila
seems to be under control. lhe daily
average of new cases has fallen be-
low 80.
Roosevelt has refused to grant a
petition to stop Sunday baseball in the
army, declaring that the game is hne
exercise for the men.
A combination has been formed by
Pacific and Atlantic steamship com
Danies to secure European trade IN
connection with the transcontlnental
railroads.
REPRESENTATIVE from the principal
cities of the Pacific coast have started
on a trip to Japan to cultivate the
friendly relations of the brown bus
mess men and offset antl-Japanese
sentiment
Thaw has been summoned to Pitts
his bankruptcy proceedings. lhls IS
said to be a part of the scheme 10
liberate him.
Charges of bribery are being made
in Indiana's local option light.
Rockefeller had narrow escape
from injury in an automooile acci-
dent.
Eastern Oregon has had its first
snow. Only furry lasting a few
minutes fell.
Portland is to close up its red light
district. and extra police have been
provided for the purpose.
A fire believed to be of incendiary
origin destroyed 100000 worth OF
property at Redding, Cal.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister
to the United States, is to be replaced
in November. Chung Men 4ew is to
be his successor.
The French bark Vendee, from
Portland for the United Kingdom,
has gone ashore off the California
coast, and may be total loss. She
carried wheat.
General Bell. while in the Yellow
stone park, rode 800 miles on horse
back, averaging 100 miles day, thus
proving his fitness, according to the
Roosevelt test.
As special officers were about to
raid A counterfeiter's den near Seattle,
the building took fire and burned:
One man was caught with bar metal
OH his person.
By the explosion of gun at Tou-
lon il French sailors were killed and
a cruiser badly damaged.
Hearst may run for governor OF
New York on the Independent ticket, |
Authorities believe that the vigor
Gus methods employed have checked |
the spread Of cholera in the Philip
pines.
Fire destroyed the plant Of the
Portland Mill & Fixture company at
Portland, entailing a loss OF $4,000.
The legislative halls OF Indiana
was the scene OF a small riot until
police interferred Local option was
she trouble.
A thousand small fires surround
Lakes Superior and Huron and the
northern part of Lake Michigan.
Many settlements are cut off from
communication and their fate is in
doubt.
Charles Oliver. special detective,
has been sent to jail for two days for
a juror in one of the
Ruef cases.
Germany objects to France receiv-
ng preference over any other power
n Moroccan affairs.