Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political, His
torica and Commercial.


International balloon races are be
ing held near Berlin, Germany.
Britain continues to hold ou
against Austria and defends Turkey
Senator Beyeridge is quite i'll ant
has been forced to cancel severa
speaking dates.
The Trans-Missisippi Congress has
turned down the parcels post, after a
spirited debate,
Much OF the wheat grown in the
province OF Ontario, Canada, is being
moved to tidewater by American
carriers.
A man and woman bound together
were found drowned near New York.
Investigation showed that they had
entered into a suicide pact.
A lone robber held up a stage near
Missoula. Mont From SIS to Ss5 each
was obtained from the - passengers.
Hunger was given as an excuse by
the bandit
The United States circuit court of
appeals at Chicago has modified the
injunctionS against picketing, allow
ing unions to thus fight employers SO
long as it is done peaceably.
The battleship fleet has left Manila
for Japan.
The army retiring board declares
Colonel Stewart is disabled.
A British fleet has been sent to
Turkey to keep the country quiet.
A conference OF the powers on the
Balkan muddle depends upon Great
Britain.
The naval tug Sotoyomo went
aground on Puget Sound during
heavy fog.
f. A. S. Blake has been found
guilty of attempting to bribe a pros
pectlve juror in the Ruef case.
A Russian general was wounded by
his own troops during the army ma
neuvers. Balls became mixed with
the blank shells.
The waterways convention has
passed a resolution asking congress
to open a ship canal from the Great |
Lakes to the Gulf, as the railroads
cannot keep pace with the volume OF
business.
A Massachusetts school teacher
locked a boy in a closet for punish
ment and forgot him. The boy re-
NAMED in his dungeon two days and
1 night while the teacher attended a
20 miles away. The teacher
5 prostrated and the boy under a
physicians care.
Austria has sent a warship to Bel
grade and threatens to annex Servia
More dependencies OF Turkey
hreaten to revolt and declare their
Seattle banks will back Alaska-Yu-
:on-Pacltlc exposition bonds to the
mount OF 100000.
A phenomenally rich discovery OF
old has been made in the Sturgeon
AXE district, Canada.
James J. Hill says railroads are be-
lg hampered by many laws. lie adj I
coates deep waterways.
Delegates to the National Rural
.ettercarriers' association favor adop-
on OF parcels post law.
An American and two Spaniards I
ere murdered by Filipinos in one Of a
le provinces near Manila i
France continues to insist that an I
lternatlonal conference is the only =
olutlOn for the Balkan trouble. =
Hearst did not appear at Reno with f
le independence speakers. having c
cen threatened with dynamite.
A pessimistic fleeing prevails in I
reat Britain with regard to an early
:ttlement Of the near Eastern ques-
on.
Registration in New York has fallen p
greatly from the figures of 1904. S
A German millionaire has married a :,
;; Louis heiress, after proposing by Q
blegram. :
Mrs. Jean Dunsmuir, who died re- a
ntly at Victoria, B. c., left an es- ie
te of $4,000 ST
Two Two school teachers were first tr
register at O'Neill, Neb., for land T
Rosebud reservation. til
&C
In an attempt to enter a house at
'bodge, Russia, robbers killed u peo-
:. The murderers were arrested.
The jury box for the latest Ruef sh
al is filled, but six Of the u men re
y be removed by peremptory chaI- b2
ge. ca
The japanese government has de- D,
ed to prohibit all gambling on race Ch
cks and to strictly enforce the laws K.
'erning cling. wa
he National Rural Lettercarriers' go,
oclation is in session at Omaha. .;a
b., and an effort is being made to w
d the next convention at Portland.
While Booker T. Washington was
ressing 5000 colored people at Be
kson, Miss, a gallery fell. Over 40 fall
pie were injured, some of them seri- ner
". be
ire at Manila destroyed property Au
ned at 100000. ISL
Ser
elegates are gathering for the wa
ms Mississippi congress. the