Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-11-05
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DO|NGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-Natonal. Political, His
torical and Commercial.

flights.
Chancellor Won Buelow has Offered
his resignation, but the kaiser has re
fused to accept it.
A French aeronaut has made dis.
tance of nearly mine miles across coun.
try in a monoplane.
Wilbur Wright has again amazed
French army officers with his aeroplane
and its wonderful feats.
Rumor says Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
is engaged to a daughter of Congress
man Mum, but he emphatically denies
it.
Henry Farman has won the French
prize for the first aeroplane going to a
certain distance above ground. The
prize was $500.
At Chicago party burglar enter
ed dressed as one of the guests and got
away with jewels worth 1900. The
police have no clue to work on.
Irving B. Dudley, ambassador to
Brazil, came all the way home to cast
his presidential vote. His residence is
at San Diego, over 5000 miles from
his post.
Hamilton Fish, assistant treasurer
of the United States, in charge of the
New York subtreasury, has resigned
and all the money will have, to be
counted to check his accounts. This
will take a month.
Some of the most influential Dutch
papers urge war with Venezuela.
The car has lectured Prince George,
of Servia, for making warlike lectures.
General Corbin says fool women like
Mrs. Hains cause much trouble in the
army.
The body of a young German, half
devoured by coyotes, has been found
near Los Angeles.
Two colliers have left New York for
San Francisco and 13,0OO-mile race
is on between them.
The Chinese war junk Whang Ho
left San Frnacisco March 8 for New
York and has not been heard from
since.
Officials of two large Boston struc-
tural steel companies have paid fines
of $1,000 each for collusion in con-
tracts.
Governor Pattison, of Tennessee,
says it is now known who murdered
Colonel Rankin and punishment will
follow.
Most of the Japanese emigration
companies have suspended, it is said
because of the restriction on Japanese
going to America.
A sailing vessel has just arrived at
Victoria, B. c., which came from the
Atlantic by way of Cape of Good Hope
because the weather was too rough to
make it around Cape Horn.
The second squadron of the battle
ship fleet has arrived at Annoy, China.
One of New York's four hundred
gives as lady's limit one pint of
champagne at dinner.
Los Angeles high school boys have
been suspended for branding with acid
initiates into school society.
Rockefeller declares he will continue
the development of his life's plans and
abhors the idea of vacation.
President Eliot, of Harvard univers-
ity, declares himself to be moderate
drinker and opposes prohibition.
John Burns, an English labor leader,
has angered the British labor party
by comparison of British and American
Dan Crawford, 10 years ago one of
the wealthiest men in Reno, has been
convicted of being a common drunk
and vagrant.
A fire panic caused several girl en-
oloyes of Offices in History Cincin-
lati building to leap to the ground.
Ten were injured.
The North Dakota Supreme court
las decided unconstitutional the pledge
eature of the primary law of that
tate by which members of the legisla-
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al candidate receiving the highest {
'ote by the people. :
Holland expects to blockade Vene- q
uelan ports. j
One county in South Carolina and ]
hree in Ohio have voted for prohibi- r
ion. c
One death has resulted in Utah from
ootball this season.
The torpedo boat fiotilla has left San
)iego for Magdalena bay. c
A Yreka., Cal, murderer locked up =
is jaier and escaped to the hills. 4
Pennsylvania railroad officials admit
living the Standard Oil secret rate.
The newspapers of Japan still con- S
ain much comment laudatory of the t
.merican feet. s