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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
PROBE SMALL COMBINE.
General Electric Company Not Sub
ect of Federal Inquiry.

Washington, Sept. 22-When re-
port that the government was inves-
tigating the General Electric com
pany as trust was brought to the
attention of the department of justice
Saturday, it was stated that it is a
fact that inquiry was being made into
certain comparatively small electrical
material dealers who are charged with
constituting a trust.
Nothing has been heard from any
Of the department subordinates about
the General Electric Company being
connected with the matter. Regret
was expressed at the department that
reports should be published on the
subject at this time, as it was de-
clared no proceedings of any kind
may be taken.
The inquiry was yet unfinished, and
it was feared that premature pub
iication may impede its progress.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
MAY SURPASS ALASKA.
Mining Expert Says Philippines Are
Rich in Gold.

Washington, Sept, 24.--The Philip
pines may surpass Alaska in gold pro-
duction within the next few years.
There is surprise in store for those
disposed to look upon the Philippines
as a useless acquisition says A
Hclsc, mining engineer of Manila,
who is now in Washington. Before
the Spanish conquest gold dust in
considerable quantities was exported
from the Philippines to China, and
since American occupation the work
OF prospecting has made wonderful
strides. Next year gold to the value
OF $l,000,00O will be taken out, and
the installation of improved machin-
cry will soon make possible a produc-
ton Of at least $5,000,0OO annually.
ore bodies now in sight will yield
$l0l,000,00O There is every reason
to believe that as mining operations
progress greater and richer deposits
OF the precious metal will be uncov
cred. 1t will not be long before the
Philippines will take a leading po-
sltlon in gold producing"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
KEEP CASTRO FOR LIFE,
Presidents Partisans Start Movement
to ProIong His Rule.

Caracas, via Wilemstead, Curacao,
Sept 22.-Partisans of President Cas-
tro in recent speeches have initiated
a movement to proclaim Castro pres
ldent of Venezuela for life.
Baron Zieckendorff, German minis
ter, presented the answer of the Meth
erlands government to the last Ven
ezuelan note to Foreign Minister Paul,
three days ago. Yesterday the minis
ter took it to Valencia and delivered
1t to President Castro, who is still
enjoying himself with banquets and
balls in the inland city. The con-
tents of this last Dutch note are care
fully guarded, but there is good rea-
son to believe that it is not an ulti-
matum.
Baron Zieckendorff. who has acted
automatically for the Netherlands
since the rupture with Venezuela. will
attempt to persuade President Castro
to yield sufficiently to avoid a con-
flict, as Germany. it is held here. de-
sires that the Venezuelan status quo
be maintained
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
PENNSYLVANIA Fires Checked.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 22-Reports
received yesterday from Ashtola, near
Johnston, where forest fire has been
raging for several days, are to the eff
feet that the fire is now under con-
troll At Ashtola 100000 feet of
logs were burned, and at Arrow, near
by, 100000 feet were destroyed. Yes
terday heavy clouds of smoke hung
over Windber, Johnstown and inter
mediate points.
Late last night another fire started
in the Hayden woods, near Greens
burg Yesterday the flames were
spreading rapidly.
In practically all the churches Sun
day special prayers were offered up
that the drouth in western Pennsyl-
vania, eastern Ohio and West Vir-
gina might be ended
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
CHOLERA STRIKES
RUSS|A'S RULERS
High and Low Suffer in St. Peters.
burg from Dread Disease.
MANY Victims Found in the Schools
Court Councillor Stricken While
Entertaining Guests-Dead Arrive
at Cemeteries Faster Than the
Sections Can Bury Them.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 24.-Asiatic
cholera is spreading SO rapidly that it
has invaded the families of the aris
tocracy and merchants, and one case
has been discovered in the palace of
Prince Alexander of Oldenburg, a
cousin of the emperor. Schools have
become infected and the deaths are so
numerous that the sections cannot bury
the bodies as fast as they arrive at the
cemeteries.
Twenty four cases have been reported
in the town of Peterhof. The imperial
family is expected to return soon to
Pcterhof palace from its cruise in Fin
nish waters.
The disease has broken out among the
cadets at Pavlovsk military academy,
one of the most important higher mill
tary schools in the empire Forty STU
dents have been sent to hospitals, and
two deaths already have been announced.
Several attendants at the academy also
have been stricken The academy has
been closed and the remaining cadets
sent into camp at Krasnoe-Selo.
Among the cases reported IN St. Pet
crsburg yesterday was that OF Court
Councillor Nechiporenko, who was
stricken while entertaining a party of
guests Two prominent merchants, sew
eral officials of the various ministries
and other members of the better classes
in the capital are down with the disease.
A servant in the second military
school has developed the cholera and
measures are being taken to prevent an
outbreak in this institution. The disease
was conveyed to these two schools in
the rations served to the students.
The accumulation of corpses at the
graveyards continues. There were 92
unburied bodies at the Preobrazhenskoe
cemetery yesterday morning, and the
regular mortuary train brought down
146 more. The sections are able to in
ter only 1870 bodies a day.
The report for the "a hours ending
at noon yesterday shows 436 cases and
157 deaths in ST. Petersburg an increase
of 10 cases and decrease of IS deaths,
as compared with Tuesdays statistics.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
STORM DAMAGES PROPERTY
Severe Results from Rainfall ahd EIec-
trical Tempest in California.

Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 25.-A
storm of unprecedente extent and
duration for this time of year visited
this city and the surrounding counties
the past As hours. the rainfall amount
ing to several inches in some places
and the electrical display which ac-
cOmpanied the storm resulting in con-
siderable property damage, particu-
larly at Bakersfield, where a ranch
house was struck and destroyed
A cloudburst in the Kern river oil
fields caused the loss of great guam
tity of oil, which escaped to the irri-
CATION bitches, At San Luis ObiSpo
a barn was struck by lightning, de
stroying it and SO terrifying the
horses that six had to be shot.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
CHOLERA IN
PHILIPPINES
Spreads to Islands from China. Where
Il Is a Raging Epidemic.
Rigid Inspection Reveals Many Gases
Which Were ConceaIed-Army Is
Fighting Disease-Hundreds Dying
in Chinese Cities Daily-Weather
Conditions Poor.

Washington, Sept. 22-Reports to
the public health service show that
cholera is epidemic in Annoy and
Hankow, China, claiming at the latter
place 60 victims per day. The disease
is also prevalent at Shanghai, Su-
chow, Nungchow, Ningpo and Nan
kin.
Governor General Smith, of the
Philippines, sent the following dis
patch to the bureau of insular al
fairs under today's date:
For the "a hours beginning A.
M. September 10, 43 cases of cholera:
on September 20, SO cases 1t is be-
lleved increase was due to putting on
200 inspectors, who discovered hidden
cases. Cold rains also served to in
crease the number of cases. Have
whole police force of Manila now on
house-to-house canvass Tomorrow
200 constabulary will be put to work,
II necessary. Increased inspection to-
day and cold rains may result in large
number of cases
AT L. M. today we had 35 cases"
Marine hospital service advices show
that during the past month cholera
has appeared in various provinces,
cases and deaths occurring in Santa
Barbara, Jarov, Port of Iloilo, Baro-
taz and Dumangas.
Mail advices say that the disease is
clearing up rapidly in the provinces
which were first affected. The cases
IN the provinces affected later remain
about stationary.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Kansas Warns Rail Magnates.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 24.-Alleging that
the Missouri Pacific tracks in this state
are in such poor condition that the line
is unsafe. the state railway commission
has notified George ]. Gould and T. H.
Hartman that repairs must be made
Immediately. The commissioners remind
Gould of promises to repair the road
which have been made in the past by his
company, and warn him that mere words
will not be acceptable in future. The
board threatens to send inspectors and
publish weekly reports of the defects
found
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
ROCKEFELLER AS AUTHOR,
Oil King Makes Denial of Accusations
Against Him.

New York, Sept. 25-John D.
Rockefeller appears for the first time
in the role of an author in series Of
articles on Some Random Reminis-
-cences of Men and Events the first
OF which will appear on Friday in
the Ocober issue of The Worlds
Work"
Mr. Rockefeller gives as a reason
for speaking now that If a tenth Of
the things that have been said are
true, then dozens of able and faithful
men who have been associated with
me, many of whom have passed away.
must have been guilty of grave faults
For myself, | had decided to say
nothing, hoping that after my death
the truth would gradually come to
the surface and posterlty would do
strict justice; but while | live and
can testify to certain things it seems
fair that | should refer to some points
which | hope will help to set forth
several much discussed happenings in
a new light. | am convinced that
they have not been fully understood.
1t has been said that forced the
men who became my partners in the
oil business to join with me- | would
not have been so short-sighted, If it
were true that followed such tactics.
| ask, would it have been possible to
make of such men lifelong com
panions?'
Mr.. Rockefeller speaks of the de
velopment of the Standard Oil com
pany and saws that the plan Of selling
direct to the consumer and the ex-
ceptionally rapid growth of the bust
ness bred a certain antagonism
which | suppose could not have been
avoided"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
FEARS OPEN REVOLT,
Monarchial Party in Portugal Storing
Arms in Converts,

Lisbon, Sept. 22-Insistent declara-
tions that revolutionary outbreak in
Portugal is impending continue to
make their appearance in the local
newspapers, and a new feature of
these reports is the statement that
the monarchial extremists, realizing
that the Republicans are arming for a
revolt are making ready for their de-
fense by storing secretly large guam
titles of arms in the converts of Lis
bon, where the authorities dare not
penetrate.
The movement is said to be sup
ported actively by the c'Hr;r1l partv.
One of the monarchial organs says
that 1900 persons have enlisted for
the purpose of attacking and destroy
ing the offices of the Republican
newspapers, and the Republicans de-
clare if this is done they will retaliata
by starting a general riot and revolu-
tiOn
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Forgets Jungle Story.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-For the first
time since the appearance of Upton
Sinclair's packing house expose, THE
Jungle the British government yes
terday contracted for an order OF
American meat, closing a contract
with Libby. Mcneil & Libby. packers
for 100000 pounds of fresh beef
According to the contract, which was
made through Thomas Arskine.. Brit
ish consul at Chicago, the price to
be paid for the consignment of meat
is $5OOOOO. Erskine requested the
submission of bids for several million
pounds of canned meats
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Cuban Attacks Diplomat.

Havana, Sept 24.-J. Cornell Tarler,
charge d'affaires of the American lega
ton. in the absence of Minister Morgan,
was assaulted by Cuban in restaurant
in this city last night The assault was
unprovoked. and several Cubans were
concerned in it. One of them, without
giving Mr.. Tarler a chance to rise from
his seat. struck him in the face. cutting
him severely over the right eye. The
assailant escaped, but his arrest is eX-
DcCtcd.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Local Option Wins Point.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 25.-Local
optionists made a stand in the house
yesterday, and won signal victory
over their opponents, who have been
working persistently to gain an ad-
vantage over the anti-liquor forces
The bill was advanced to a second
reading after a vote which showed
81 to 40 in favor of the local option
lists. The close vote does not fully
signify the full extent of the victory,
for there were many powerful influ-
ences exerted against the anti-liquor
men. An effort was made to kill the
bill by neutrality-suspicious..
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Ready for Launching.

Washington, Sept. 23-According
to reports received at the navy de-
partment yesterday, work on the
North Dakota, the new battleship
now under construction at Fore
River, Mass, is nearing compile
ton and will be ready for launching
within the next two months. The
North Dakota is designed to be one
OF the speediest battleships afloat, and
will be surpassed by few war vessels
of the world.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
TWO MEN BURNED.
Fatalities Follow Forest Fires Near
Eureka, California.

Eureka, Cal, Sept. ga strong
wind famed forest fires to the north
of this city that wiped out the town
of LuffenholtZ from the map last
night, and that were again raging
with added force, and the greatest
destruction during the progress OF
the fire was recorded during the day.
The plant of the Little River Red
wood Lumber company is burning
and all that protects the town Of
Fieldbrook is 100 yards Of green tim
Der, which may ward off the flames,
the residents are preparing
TO flee with their household goods.
The fire devastated a stretch of
timber over 80 miles long and from
four to five miles wide, burning
houses, mostly squatter settlements,
of cords of wood and many
thousands of acres of timber land
The plant of the Little River Red
wood Lumber company. now reported
burning, is valued at $1,OOO00O, ex-
elusive of timber, of which there is
several thousand acres.
lWO deaths have been recorded. A
body found, at first thought to be
that of A. Carlson. has now been
identified as that of Frank White
more, while another charred corpse
found at Trinidad has not been iden,
tilted.
Fire is now going inland up Little
River at furious pace. At noon the
n ha he
sparse timber that was once logged
off or denuded of its big trees, but
so fast are they travelling that there
S no doubt they will again get into
-hick timber at the head of Little
liver, when the damage will be hard
% estimate. If fire once gets into
his timber, there will be no stopping
t until it reaches the Trinity county
inc, unless the wind changes or
leavy rain falls.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Lecture Bank Examiners.

Washington. Sept. 23-"I say to
you emphatically that your work must
be improved. Embezzlements have
failed of discovery. defalcations and
dishonesty have been concealed from
you. and in many cases you have failed
to correctly or even approximately
estimate the value of the paper and
securities held by the banks. This
was the declaration made yesterday
by Controller OF the Currency Law
renee O. Murray in addressing the
conference of national bank exam
ners, representing practically all OF
the territory east of Ohio.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Fire Peril Again Greater.

Calumet, Mich, Sept. 23-With the
forest fires in northern Michigan
famed by high winds, the condition
on the Canadian shore is worse than
it has been in the past three weeks.
The fires are gaining in velocity about
Flucan, Niagara and Loreto and in
the vicinity of Norway, Rockland and
Mass City, and the situation is crit
ical. Trains through Delta county
crowded with refugees fleeing from
the threatened district into Escanaba
and Menominee.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Guard Fleet From Cholera.

Washington. Sept. 26.-Secretary
Metcalf sent today the following dis
patch to the naval station at Cavite,
to be delivered to Admiral Sperry
when the battleship fleet reaches that
place: The cholera has appeared in
the Philippines If you find it ap-
preaching epidemic or danger OF get
ting it aboard ship, restrict visiting
the ship, except on business, or pro-
hibit altogether the officers and men,
and permit no visitors aboard while
at Manila or Cavite until return from
Yokohama"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
City at Mercy of Disease.

St Petersburg, Sept. 22-The chol-
era continues to increase rapidly in
st. Petersburg. The efforts of the
authorities to stop the sale of liquor
between Saturday and Monday and
the other preventive measures taken
have had but little if any effect in
checking the spread of the epidemic
Between noon of Sunday and noon OF
Monday the municipal hospitals re-
ported $50 cases and 155 deaths. and
the addition of the statistics from the
military and suburban hospitals for
this same period will swell this total
TO truly formidable proportions.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Retire American Dreyfus.

Washington, Sept. 23.-Secretary OF
War Wright yesterday announced
that Colonel William F. Stewart, now
at Fort Grant, Ariz., had been ordered
to appear before the retiring board
here. If Colonel Stewart is found to
be unfit for service, he will be COM
PEELED to retire from the army. The
action OF the secretary of war was
taken on receiving reports from Fort
Grant that Colonel Stewart was unfit
to take the 9O-mile ride.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Open Grand Trunk Road,

Winnipeg. Man. Sept. 22-Alfred
w. Smithers. of London, vice -preSI-
dent OF the Grand Trunk railway. as
sisted by Charles NJ. Hays, president
of the Grand Trunk Pacific. Yesterday
officially opened the Grand Trunk Pa
cific railways third transcontinental
railway across Canada. which is now
completed from Winnipeg to Battle
River. 666 miles, and is ready TO
handle traffic that distance. The road
will be completed to Edmonton. a dis
tance of 1000 miles,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Wright Makes Good Trip.

Lemans, France. Sept. 25 Wilbur
Wright made successful flight yes
terday afternoon against a wind that
was blowing at the rate of about is
miles an hour. He remained up for
a fraction more than 81 minutes, COW
ering officially 80 kilometers GA
miles), which is about half a kilo-
meter more than the distance made
for the Michelen prize on Monday.
In reality Mr.. Wright covered about
35 miles, the force of the wind oblig
ing him to make wide turns.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Pre- esident Of for Washington.

Oyster Bay. N. Y. Sept. 24.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has abandoned his
Summer capital" and returned to
Washington for the work of the win
ter. much to the regret of the towns
people President and Mrs. Roosevelt
were accompanied to the depot by a
large crowd of people, and the presi-
dent made little speech from the
rear platform of the train. This is
probably the last time that Roosevelt
will ever reside at Oyster Bay as
president of the United States
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Pacific Fleet Is Scattered.

Washington, Sept. 24-The cruiser
California, of Admiral Swinburne's
Pacific fleet, is expected at Suava,
Java island, today. Near Pago Pago
the cruiser Tennessee, in command Of
Rear Admiral Sebree, and the de
stroyers Wasp, Whipple and Hopkins
will leave the fleet for visit to Apia
for two days, in response to an invi,
tation from the German authorities
there
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
May Try to Save Aeon.

Washington, Sept. 23.-The captain
of the American transport Solace,
which is to go from Samoa to rescue
the shipwrecked crew and passengers
of the British ship Aeon, has been
instructed by Secretary Metcalf to
make an inquiry regarding the posi-
bility of saving the vessel. This
course is taken al the request of the
insurance underwriters in England
through their agent at Baltimore.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Cholern May Spoil Reception.

Washington. Sept. 25.-Communica-
ton between shore and the vessels OF
Admiral Sperry's fleet when they
reach Manila will be governed entire
ly by cholera situation. If it is be-
lieved that serious danger of commit
nicating exists. shore leave for the
men will be prohibited.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Adirondack Towns in Peril

New York. Sept. 23.-Alarm is felt
in many sections of the state because
Of the rapid spread of the big forest
fires that have been burning for many
DAYS in the Adirondacks. According
to dispatches received by the Associ-
ated Press here last night, dangerous
fires are burning in some score of
places. and a number of small towns
and summer resorts are Threatened.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Gather for tuberculosis Congress

Washington, Sept. 25.-The dele
gates who are gathering here for the
international congress on tuberculo-
sis. whose sessions begin on Monday
next. are taking great interest in the
exhibits which are open to the public
at the National museum. All day yes
terday there were demonstrations by
those in charge OF the different state
exhibits. These were accompanied
by moving pictures and lectures.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Minnesota's Loss Heavy.

Washington. Sept 26.-R w. Pull
man, the government expert, who has
been devoting much of his time re
cenly to an investigation of losses
growing out of forest fires. declared
today the losses in Minnesota alone
will be about $4,000 600. He has
made no report on fires in other parts
of the country.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Cholera on Transport.

San Francisco. Sept. 23-Cable dis
patches from Manila report that a
case of cholera broke out on the
transport Sheridan shortly after her
departure from that port on Septem-
ber Is. The vessel put back to port
and is now in quarantine.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Will Experiment in Forestry.

Washington. Sept. 22.-Forest e~-
pertinent stations will soon be estab-
lished in number of the national
forest states of the west, according to
plans which have just been completed
by the national forestry service. An
experiment station has already been
established on the Cococine national
forest, in the southwest, with head
quarters at Flagstaff, Ariz.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Torpedo Practice Ended.

Washington, Sept. 22-The navy
department has ordered the torpedo
boats Goldsborough. Rowan, Fox and
Davis to hold target practice in
brakes bay. near San Francisco. The
vessels will then proceed to San
Diego, arriving there not later than
October "a, and then joining the Pa
cific fleet for a cruise to the south
ward
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Fear Fuel Famine,

Reno. New. Sept. 22-Fuel mer-
chants throughout the state are pre-
pairing to lay in a supply of coal and
wood to prevent the possibility of A
fuel famine such as was experienced
last year. The Southern Pacific COM
pany has sent out a warning.