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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
HIGH TOWER ON MOUNTAIN.
Sun to Be Studied With a Monster
Spectroscope.

Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-Dr. George
e. Hale, director of the Carnegie solar
observatory on Mount Wilson, an
nounced today that great steel tower
$50 feet high, with we'll rs feet deep
under it, with which to use the spec
troscope, will be constructed on the
peak next summer. The fve-foot re-
fecting telescope will be ready for use
next Monday and DR.. Hale predicts
that with the powerful reflector now
installed greatest in the world
a number of important discoveries may
be expected, particularly in the photo
graphing of the suns surface and the
various curious nebulae.
A wireless telegraph station is pro-
jected on the crown of the mountain,
tests being now in progress to de-
termine the best points for locating the
operating plant. 1t is expected by eX-
perts that messages may be flashed to
Japan or beyond, so perfect are the
conditions found. A coil capable of
giving out the extreme length of spark
is to be installed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
ADMIT CUTTING OUT SHARP.
Union Pacific Coal Men Confess Dis
elimination, Deny Conspiracy.

Salt Lake City, Dec, 3.-In the
United States District court today, j..
NJ. Moore, western sales agent for the
Union Pacific Coal company, and de-
fendant in the case, admitted that he
had cut off the coal supply of d. j.
Sharp, Salt Lake coal dealer, because
Sharp insisted upon cutting the retail
price of Wyoming coal so cents ton.
Mr.. Moore, who, with Everett Buck
ingham, traffic manager of the Oregon
Short Line, and others, is charged with
conspiracy in restraint of trade, de-
MED the conspiracy and defended his
action toward Mr.. Sharp by saying
that the dealer had violated the condi-
tions under which the coal was sold to
him, and that his actions tended to dis
arrange the tariff schedules of the coal
company.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
TRY TO LOCATE MONEY.
Prosecution in Ruef Trial Trying to
Prove Bribery.

San Francisco, Dec 4-In the Ruei
bribery trial yesterday the prosecution
endeavored to show by the testimony
the United Railroads, that the $780,
600 drawn by TREY l.. Ford from the
mint was never turned over to the
company Mr.. Dahlcr said that he re
tanned all the gold coming in and de
posted all currency and checks. He
said that after the graft inquiry had
begun in 1906, George +. Starr, the
cOmpany's treasurer, went east with
number OF vouchers and books to
be exported.
George W'lcutt, secretary OF the
United Railroads, testified regarding
the books in his charge The pro-
posed introduction of a letter which
Wilcutt said he had at his office, and
which is supposed to contain some
reference to the 100000 drawn by
Ford, led to a wordy clash between
attorneys
William NJ Abbott, assistant coun-
sci for the United Railways, was
called, but on advice Of his counsel
refused to testify on the ground that
he was under Indictment in connection
with the trolley franchise matter.
Judge LawIor overruIed the objec-
tions and compelled him to testify.
He then related the incident of his
trip to the mint with Ford, when the
latter obtained one of the install
ments OF the S2OO,OuO made payable
to the order of Patrick Calhoun.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Want Large Warehouse.

Helena, Mont, Dec. 4.-Montana
sheepmen, including the members of
the state board of sheep commission
ers, met here today in conference with
representatives of the Chicago Associ-
alton of Commerce respecting the
building in that city of wool ware
house to cost $4OO,OOO. Very liberal
terms have been offered and while no
definite action was taken at this after
Moons meeting, the project is general
ly favorably received. The sheep COM
mission announces that it has no i'm
portant recommendations to make.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
BlGGY WANTED TO RESIGN.
Conflicting Reports of His Intentions
Given Out,

San Francisco, Dec. 3.--After 48
hours search no trace of Chief of Po-
lice Biggy's body has been found. Ru-
mors and surmises that the chief is in
hiding are without foundation. The
mayor and police commissioners in
tended to keep him in office, notwith-
standing charges that he was incompe-
tent.
That Chief Biggy offered his resig-
nation to Police Commissioner Hugo
d. Keil an hour before his death, and
during the period of his visit to the
commissioner home at Belvedere. be-
came known today. Keil admits that
the missing official offered to surrender
his pos tion in the hope that the COM
missioners would be relieved of news
paper criticism, to which Biggy felt
they had been subjected on his ac-
count, but Keil, according to his own
eclaration, refused to accept or con-
slider the proposal, and advised the
chief that the members of the board
would not entertain the idea of his re-
signing under fire.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
MAKES NEW RECORD.
Government Printing Office Did Much
Campaign Work.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The govern
ment printing Office was an important
factor in the recent presidential cam
paign. This institution turned out
for the Republican and Democratic
parties 7,4l8, 700 copies of speeches
delivered in congress, surprising all
previous records by 5000, 600 copies.
The total weight of campaign
speeches printed since the beginning of
the Sixtieth congress exceeds 400, 600
pounds, or about Ia carloads. The
printed sheets would completely cover
As square acres Of ground, and if each
page could be laid end to end bicycle
track 947 miles long could be OBJ
tanned.
The number of words contained in
this years run of speeches has been
roughly estimated at 230 billion. With
the newspaper calculation of four read
ers to each copy, this would require
the assimilation Of nearly a trillion
words.
The printing of speeches in the gov
ernment printing office for members of
the senate and house of representatives
has been reduced to an exact science
through years of experience. The
printing is paid for by the member of
congress drawing the requisitoin, but
the mailing is done by frank, at public
pXppnSp
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
POLICE CHIEF
is DROWNED
Biggy Disappears From Police Patrol
Launch in San Francisco Bay.
After Having Served as Ruef's Jaler
and Police Chief He QuarreIed
With Graft Prosecution About Re-
cent Suicide of Haas-His Death
Seems Complete Mystery.

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-William j.
Biggy, chief of police of this city, was
drowned late last night while return
ing across the bay in the police patrol
launch Patrol. Mr.. Biggy had been at
Belvedere, suburb, to call on Police
Commissioner Keil, who resides there.
He boarded the launch to return to the
city about 10 o'clock, and when the
boat was out on the bay complained of
feeling cold to Engineer Murphy, the
only other occupant of the launch. Mr..
Murphy advised him to go to the cabin
at the stern of the boat.
Mr.. Murphy then went below to at
tend his engine and did not see the
chief again. He came on deck as the
boat neared the city and noticed that
the chief had disappeared. A search
of the boat failing to locate him, Mr..
Murphy made all speed to the dock,
where he reported the accident and
went out into the bay again to search
for the missing officer. Numerous
boats were hurried to the scene and a
careful search of the bay was begun.
William J. Biggy was appointed
chief of police by Mayor Taylor after
the latter had been placed in Office
upon the removal of Mayor E. E.
Schmitz. Biggy succeeded jeremiah
F. Dinan, against whom the grand jury
returned an indictment in come ction
with the bribery cases. When Abra-
ham Ruef was arrested, the prosecu-
tion asked that Biggy be appointed
elisor and be given the custody of the
prisoner. For eight months he held
this position and at the expiration of
that time was appointed chief of po-
lice in September, 1907, through the
influence of the graft prosecution.
Ever since the suicide of Morris
Haas, the man who attempted to kill
Assistant District Attorney Hent y and
who later took his own life at the coun-
ty Jail, the relations between the chief
and the graft prosecution have been
strained to the breaking point.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
ALEXIS DEP0SED
BY ANGRY PEOPLE
Followed by Curses 10 French War.
ship. Where He Takes Refuge.
General LegtIme is Selected as New
President of Hayti-Armed Guards
From Foreign Vessels Guarding
Their Respective Legations-Quiet
Will Soon Be Restored.

Port au Prince, Dec. 3.-President
Nord Alexis has been deposed and is
now safe on board the French training
ship Duguay Trouin, and Port au
Prince is in the hands of the revolu-
tionists. General Antoine Simon,
leader of the insurgents, is marching
up the peninsula with an army of
5000, and new president, General
Legitime, has been proclaimed. At
the last moment President Alexis
yielded to the urging of those about
him, and decided to take refuge
aboard the French warship.
An immense crowd of men and wo-
men had assembled at the wharf, and
the arrival of the presidential carriage,
escorted by battalion of infantry and
a squadron of cavalry under command
of General Hippolyte, was the signal
for tumult and riot. All along the
route the people who lined the streets
shouted, jeered and cursed at the fall
len president, but when the landing
stage was reached the mob lost all re-
straint. The scene was tragic and
shameful. Infuriated women broke
through the Gordon of troops and
shrieked the coarsest insults in the
very face of the president, who strove
bravely to appear undismayed.
General Canal is doing everything
possible to maintain order. Infantry
and cavalry patrol the streets and, al
though panicky feeling remains,
there is little danger to the foreigners.
Armed sailors from the two Ameri-
can cruisers and the French cruiser in
the harbor were landed at 80 today.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Must Forswear OYSTERS.

Sacramento, Cal, Dec. DR.. n.
X. Foster, secretary of the state board
of health, in his monthly bulletin issued
today. makes the somewhat startling
declaration that large amount of the
cases of typhoid fever and other spo-
radio diseases prevalent in California
are directly due to the consumption of
oysters. CLAIMS and fish taken from the
state rivers and bays. He declares
that the water products are diseased,
as a result of pollution of streams.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Runs Away on Mountain.

Butte, Dec. "A freight train of
an engine and II cars was wrecked on
the west side Of the Blossburg hill on
the Northern Pacific branch between
Garrison and Helena west of here this
morning. The train got beyond con-
troll while descending the mountain,
due to the accumulation of ice and
snow on the rails. An operator grasp
ed the situation as the train Numbered
past and wired ahead to Weed, where
a deraiing swith was thrown. The
fact that the engine remained upright
saved the lives of the engine crew.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
REBELS APPROACH CAPITAL.
President Nord Alexis Says He Will
Fight to the Last.

Port au Prince, Dec. livery hour
brings the revolutionary army nearer
to Port au Prince, and feeling of i'm
pending disaster has taken possession
of the people. The advance guard of
General Antoine Simon's forces is now
not more than 25 or 80 miles from this
city, and the insurgents have swept all
before them.
The government losses at Anse a
Veau and the rout of the loyal troops
have caused CONSERVATION among the
officials of the government, with possi-
bly, the exception of President Nord
Alexis. Every effort to have him take
himself out of the country has proved
failure, and the president, who has
faced revolutions before, announces his
determination to fight to the last.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Range War in New Mexico.

East Las Vegas, N. NJ, Dec. s.
Mounted police have been dispatched to
Boaz, northeast of Roswell, N. NJ, by
Governor Curry to settle a cattle war
that has been raging there for the past
few weeks. Cattle have been slaught-
cred and bloody clash between the
opposing forces is feared. Forty cat
tie were killed last week by settlers
who claimed their crops were being
damaged by the herds of the Littlefeld
company. The settlers also seized &C
head of cattle in payment for alleged
damages.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
New Ruler Crowned.

Pekin, Dec. 3.-The coronation OF
Pu Vi, emperor of China, took place
today in the imperial palace, where,
according to the traditions of the
throne. he was given the new name of
Hsungtung. The ceremonies lacked
the brilliancy of former coronations,
owing to the recent death of Emperor
Kwang Hsu and the dowager empress.
During the ceremony today the regular
mourning colors, white and blue, gave
place to red, the social color.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Frustrate Rebel Plot.

San Salvador, Salvador, Dec. "A
plot to overthrow the government of
President Figuero was discovered and
frustrated today. Martial law has
been proclaimed. The revolutionary
movement, which was started in the
department of Sonsonnate, was crushed
Immediately. Many persons well
known in political circles opposed to
the government were implicated and
are believed to have been arrested and
imprisoned.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Site Prices Too High.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Winthrop has
intimated that the prices asked for the
four sites in San Francisco suggested
as locations for the new subtreasury,
were too steep; higher than business
conditions in that city warranted and
more money than the Federal govern
ment proposed to pay. The choice of
one of these four sites may be swayed
by the alacrity with which the owners
of the property take the hint and re-
duce their figures. The new subtreas-
ury will be a four-story structure of
classic design, constructed of stone
and concrete
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Let Fleet Go On Around

Washington, Dec. 1.-Senator Flint,
of California, announced today after a
conference with the president, that he
would take no part in movement to
keep the btatleship feet in the Pacific
waters. The senator said: "The pres
ident's aim was to send the fleet
around the world. 1t is now on its
way home. No reason has arisen why
the journey should not be completed. "
Senator Flint said the president favor
ed more ships for the Pacific.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
SPEED CONTEST ON.
Hill and Hartman Are Contendng for
Through Mail Contract.

Hill and Hartman Are Contending for
Through Mail Contract.
Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 2.-The Her.
aid this morning says that behind an
order just received for a change in the
schedule of the Oregon Short Line 8
Salt Lake-Portland express is mapped
out an elaborate campaign between
two great transcontinental railways.
The fruit Of victory will be the cream
of the through passenger business and
the choicest mail contracts between
Chicago and Portland.
By speeding trains on the Union Pa
cific from Granger, Wyo., on the Short
Line, through Huntington, Or, on the
Oregon Railway & Navigation road, to
Portland, the Herald continues, it is
hoped to reduce the time Of the through
trip by five hours at least.
This contest against time is inspired
by the completion of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle from the Northern
Pacific connection at Pasco, Wash, to
Portland, along the north bank of the
Columbia river.
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle is
a Hill enterprise. 1t reduces by many
hundreds of miles the trackage be-
tween Chicago and the Oregon metrop-
oils. With the Northern Pacific to
Billings, and the Burlington from Bill
lings to Chicago, it forms almost an
airline from the ocean to the lakes.
With it eliminated, the Hartman sys-
TEN could easily maintain its suprem-
acy, but with the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle as factor, the middle route
will need every ounce of steam its To-
comotives can make.
Beginning next week the Portland
express will leave Salt Lake at 10:45
p. M, instead of II AS, to connect at
Pocatello with the Granger-Huntington
flyer, whose running time is to be re-
duced as minutes between those points.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D. 6.
ADVANCE IN RATES.
Old Equipment Will Cause Railroads
to Seek Relief From Shippers.

Washington, Dec. 5.-Shortagc ot
rolling stock caused by the failure oi
the railroads to keep up their equip
ment during the recent financial
stringcncy will result in sweeping adj
vances in rates, according to the state
ment Of members of the interstate
commerce commission.
81 have no doubt said one of the
commissioners in explaining the sltua-
ton, that an attempt will be made
all along the line to push up rates in
have cultivated the impression that
they are not receiving sufficient
money to maintain their efficiency and
to give good service and pay their
stockholders anything
'As soon as business revives the
railroads all over the country are go
ing to find themselves short of equip
ment. For two years they have bought
no rolling stock to speak of and they
have not kept their old equipment IN
repair.
The railroad managers will soon
begin announcing that they must get
more money to lay tracks and buy
cars and that to advance rates is the
only means of getting the needed
cash. Whether they will be permitted
to enforce their highest rates is some
thing the commission cannot pass on
now.
"Already the advances have begun.
The commission has before it one
ease which involves an advance i'll
rates in all the southeast. There is
another case which involves advances
in the southwest.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Works for COas ST.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The construc-
tion of six torpedo boats by Pacific
coast builders has been suggested to
the president by Victor H. Metcalf,
former secretary of the navy, who is
preparing to leave Washington. Mr..
Metcalf suggested that six Of the eight
mosquito craft should be built or deliv-
cred on the Pacific coast. Delivery on
the Pacific coast would handicap East
ern builders so much that they would
be compelled to relinquish the contract.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Uncle Sam to Keep Aloof.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The United
States government has no present in
tention of intervening in Haytian
affairs. This statement is made on
the best of authority. The situation
on the island is an internal one and as
far as known here it is to deal entirely
with the people. The Haytian situa-
tion is not complicated by the position
of the work of "emigrados," which
obtains so frequently in Central Amer
lean revolutions. President Nord
Alexis has been in power number of
years and for the time being at least
there is no ground for American inter-
Vention.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Assassin's Trial Again Postponed.

San Francisco, Dec. Again the
trial of |. Wan Chaeng, the Korean
who was one of the party that attacked
and killed the American diplomat Dur
ham White Stevens, at the Ferry
building, last February, has been post
poned At the last continuance Judge
Cook announced that he would permit
no further delay The case was forced
to a continuance by the fact that
Chaeng's attorney, Judge Robert Fer
rail-. is engaged in another important
trial growing out of the graft prosecu-
tion. The trial is set for December Z.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
TREATY is SIGNED.
Root and Takahra Make Official the
Japanese Agreement.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The Japanese
American agreement was signed at
5 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon by
Secretary of State Root and Ambassa-
dor Takahira.
The agreement is in theform of notes,
which were exchanged as soon as the
signatures We're officially affixed. The
notes merely embody in concrete form
the sentiments that have been held for
a long time by both nations according
to statement made at the State de-
partment.
1t was found desirable, it is surmised,
to reduce them to writing because of
the erroneous impressions existing.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10

Washington, Dec. 2.-Public Printer
John S. Leach has sent his resignation
to President Roosevelt, asking to be
returned to service in the Philippines.
Samuel B. Donnelly, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, former president of the Interna-
tional Typographical union, was ap-
pointed to succeed Mr.. Leach. The
change took effect December l. 1t is
said Mr.. Leach's retirement was due
to the presidents opposition to some
of his policies.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Sought Throughout Land.

Los Angeles, Dec. 4.-Theodore S.
Lowe, formerly agent at New York
substation of the United States Ex-
press company, was arrested in local
cafe tonight on a charge of embezzle-
ment, preferred by his former employ
ers. He is accused of having appro-
propriated $3.50 of the company's funds
three months ago. Officers throughout
the country have sought him since.
Lowe intimates that his people have
money enough to settle the difficulty.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
MARRIAGE PROVES FAILURE.
Federel Statistics Show One Divorce
for Every " Weddings.

Washington, Dec. IA higher di-
vorce rate in the United States than
any of the foreign countries where sta
tistics are available is announced by
the census bureau, which, in bulletin
just issued, says that at least one mar
riage in II in this country ultimately
terminates in divorce.
Divorce is now two and one-half
times as common, compared with the
married population as it was 40 years
ago. Utah and Connecticut are the
only two states showing a decreased
divorce rate for the past 20 years.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10

Washington, Dec. 2.-The Navy de-
partment has ordered that war color be
applied to those naval vessels on the
west coast of the United States. Ac-
cordingly a slate color will be applied
to the West Virginia, Colorado, Penn
sylvania, Maryland. Tennessee, Wash
ington, California, South Dakota, ST.
Louis, Oregon, Buffalo, Milwaukee and
Rainbow. The ships forces will do
the painting.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Feel Need of Uncle Sam.

Washington, Dec. Alto keep her
relations with the United States of the
most friendly character is the keynote
of Japans' policy" This is the state
ment Of John C. Laughlin, secretary of
the United States commission to the
Toxic exposition, who has just returned
from his trip to Japan and who today
commented on the treaty which in the
last few days has drawn the two ma
tions closer than ever before. "The
people of Japan" he said, "realize
that they need the aid of the United
States to insure them against aggres-
sion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-10
Navy's Vital Need.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The possibil-
ity of the great Atlantic battleship
fleet, strong and powerful afoat, lying
weak and helpless because of lack of
coal, is shown in the report of Admiral
Cowles, chief of the bureau of equip
ment, to the Navy department. Ac-
cording to the report the crusie of the
fleet shows the need of more Golfers
Had there been foreign complications
or a combination of foreign shipown-
ers the fleet might have remained help
less in some foreign port.