Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-08
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DOINGS
General Review Of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political. His
toricaI and Commercial.

systematically care for its hungry.
Official reports show that the mum
Der of cholera cases in Russia are do
creasing.
Tests of submarine boats are being
conducted by the government at New
port, L. /.
The lumber rate case heard at San
Francisco has been referred to the su
preme court.
The state land commissioner of Min.
nesota says none of the best timber has
been burned.
For the first time in a number of
months the Burlington shops are run
ming on full time.
Chinese steamship companies are en-
deavoring to secure a portion of the
Pacific coast business.
So far cost of prosecution of Thaw
for the shooting of Stanford White is
said to have been $54,S37.
Taxicab drivers of New York have
gone on strike for better pay. Many
strikebreakers are said to be available
Deaths from the flood in India are
now estimated at $4,000.
A son of Admiral Evans must stand
court-martial on several charges.
Longworth proposes that Roosevelt
run for. president eight years from
now.
San Francisco saloonmen accuse
one of the police captains of at
tempted extortion.
Six persons were injured at Los An
geles by the collision of switch en-
gine and an electric car.
The Turkish army is moving toward
the Bulgarian frontier and Bulgaria
is preparing for war.
The Congo Independent State up
holds King Leopold's rule and denies
that cruelties have been practiced.
Jean Dunsmuir, Canada's richest
woman, is dead. Her son was one
time lieutenant governor Of the prov
ince.
Utah Democrats have selected ].
William Knight as their candidate for
governor. His father was first offered
the nomination.
Government inspectors are investi-
eating the wreck of the Star of Ben
gal The ships officers will testify
together with the III lives had the
tugs not abandoned her.
The American fleet has arrived at
Manila and was received amid great
rejoicing.
English trainmen threaten to strike
for better pay and fully 100000 would
go out. Wages range from IS per
week for signalmen to SIG for the
best engineers. Conductors get $s per
week.
France will back Russia in a move
to make Bulgaria give Turkey dis
puted line OF railroad
Richard Croker, ex-Tammany lead
er. will visit New York.
Roosevelt has declined an invita-
tion to visit Australia
A freight train collided with an ex-
cursion near Toledo. O., and six per-
sons were killed and number in
jured.
The first lid-test case at Portland
was won by the defendant, a billiard
hall proprietor who kept his place
open on Sunday.
The Northern Pacific. Great North
ern and Union Pacific railroads are to
start suits to prevent the new lumber
rate to the east being put into effect.
Cholera at ST. Petersburg is re-
ported to be at standstill.
Whole pages from the city direc-
tory were copied at Los Angeles in
petition for a popular
vote on new ordinance. Prosecu-
lions will follow.
The American battleship fleet will
visit China in November.
John D. Rockefeller has assumed
active charge of Standard Oil business
,ince the breakdown of H. H. Rogers.
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
# corporations, has married a daugh-
er of ex-senator Dietrich, of Nebraska. ,
The Fulton Iron works, one of the ,
pioneers of San Francisco, is to go out
f business. This firm has built more ,
han 500 vessels.
Thousands of native houses have
,een washed away and there has been
.reat loss of life in India by flood /
yaters of the Musi river. t
Sixteen counties in Ohio have voted !
throwing out 800 saloons.
Richmond. Va, is in terror of the
Black Hand,' one man having been
illed after receiving warning letters.
Professor Fisher, of Yale university,
avs 100000 people now living in the
-nited States are doomed to die of con- o
nmption. He further declared that c
lore than 100000 600 is spent annu- r
lly in this country fighting the dis :,
ase. 8,
Austria's designs against Turkey are q
pposed by Russia. 6.