Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-02-27
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DOlNGS
General Review Of Important Hap
penings Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.

electric power system.
Mexico is devising ways for the re
form of the public credit system.
The Hearst Independence league ha:
decided to nominate national ticket.
The sale of ex-Minister Conger's Chi
nese curio collection has realized $685.
533.
Japan has asked for larger appro.
priation for the Toxic exposition in
1912.
Russian authorities have captured
plotters against the life of Grand Duke
Nicholas.
Fire for a time seriously threatened a
large part of the business district OF
New Orleans.
A mortgage for 1925, 900 has been
foreclosed on the Yerkes home and art
collection in New York.
A Columbia, Mo-, man has just died
who for the past 20 years has drunk at
least quart of whisky day.
The children of Eureka, CAL, have
petitioned the forest serv .ce for the cre-
alton of a redwood national forest.
An attempt was made to burn the
Scales hotel, at Muskogee, Okla, where
about 100 delegates to the Democratic
convention were quartered.
Railroad unions deny the necessity
for wage reductions.
The Northern Pacific has refuced
grain rates from Montana points to
Chicago.
Senator Ankeny has given a banuet
to number of senators, at which he
doomed the Seattle fair.
Early fruit and vegetables for ship
ment to the North have been damaged
in Louisiana by cold wave.
The Illinois Supreme court holds that
a labor unionz's unfair list is in effect
boycott and can be enjoined.
The Pullman car company has Issued
orders to sell no liquors while the cars
are passing through dry districts.
The cruisers West Virginia and
Maryland are to undergo extensive re-
pairs at the Mare Island navy yard.
Member of the marine hospital SER
vice have condemned large part Of
San Francisco's packing house district.
Changes will be made at once.
Consolidation of the large coal min
ing interests of Illinois and Indiana for
the purpose of regulating the output
and upholding prices is under way.
Russia discourages talk of war with
Turkey.
The American feet has arrived at
Callao, Peru.
A mum Der of Stanford students have
been expellede for drinking.
Miss Dorothy Whitney, of New
York, is to wed q Hungarian nobleman.
General Nelson A. Miles will make
his home in Washington, D. c., here
after.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf will
60 to San Fanrcisco to welcome the feet
on its arrival there.
During the next nine years Russia
will spend 81, 900, 900, 900 for the con-
struction of new navy.
Fire which started in large depart.
ment store at Woburn, Mass, destroy
ed 100000 worth of property.
The Santa Fe railroad has temporar-
lily closed its shops at Topeka, throw
ing 1000 men out of employment.
large part of the business section
of North Woodstock, N. H., has been
destroyed by FIRE. Loss, 100000.
1t is said Roosevelt will send John
H. Mithell, retiring president of the
Mineworkers, to Panama to investigate
labor conditions.
Stoessel has heen condemned to
death for the surrender of Port Arthur,
but the court recommends the sentence
be commuted by the czar.
Russia and Japan are still encroach-
ing on Chinese territory.
Major General Wood, commanding
the Philippines, will start home Febru-
ary 20.
A report was current in Madrid that
Alphonso had been blown up by a
bomb, but the king is safe.
A Kentucky postmaster while can
ceiling stamps exploded one of 20 cart
ridges sent through the mails.
Railroads throughout the country
have started move to reduce the wages
OF employees and trouble is expected.
New York has just had the highest
fire in the world. An insignificant
blaze breaking out on the fortieth floor
of the Singer building.
An east bound Southern Pacific
freight train was wrecked near Ell
Monte, Cal, and ten cars loaded with
oil and vegetables demolished. Three
tramps are supposed to be under the
wrecksge. ,t