Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-08-27
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner tc
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance.


ished in Paris play houses.
The grand Jury at Springfield, H.,
has returned 20 more indictments.
Taft says that, if elected, he will
call special session of congress to re-
wise the tariff.
The sultan is recalling his ministers
and ambassadors and replacing them
with new men.
Serious trouble is feared in the Ala
bama coal district where the white
miners have ordered the blacks to leave.
During a storm near Pottsville, Pa,
lightning set off a. charge of dynamite
1900 feet under ground, killing two
men.
A Southern Indiana coal mine has
been foreclosed by Chicago bank
which held paper to the amount of $3,-
600, 200.
The trial of Theodore W. Halsey, the
San Francisco telephone magnate, has
been postponed until September 26, on
account of illness.
Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, has
received notice that the government
has made an additional appropriation
of So, 800 a month with which to fight
the plgaue.
A non-union negro miner was shot
from ambush near Birmingham, Ala.
Six indictments have been returned
at Springfield, Illinois, against rioters.
Holland awaits the report of M. De
Reus before deciding on final action
against Castro.
The National Editorial association
il working for new libel law, seeing
defects in the present statutes.
New York firms have secured con-
tracts amounting to SIC, 600, 600 for
paving and sewer work in Havana.
The Congo Reform association has
protested to Secretary Root against
the annexation of Free State by Bel
GUM.
A Connecticut farmer emulaatedl
Darius Green by attempting to fly
with pair of paper wings he had con-
structed.
The repeal of tie Fourteenth amend
ment was predicted at the National
association of attorney generals held
in Denver.
Hartman has promised to extend
the Columbia Southern railway into
1r-Orly will ha-
gin at once.
A row is on in the British cabinet.
This will end King Leopold's bloody
reign in Africa.
Turkish women are to be emanci
pated under the new regime.
The Belgian chamber Of deputies has
adopted the Congo annexation treaty.
The pope, who has been suffering
from cold, has almost entirely re-
covered.
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
officials have issued general order to
hereafter accept no whiskey ads for
directories.
Springfield was infamed by the ac-
cidental shooting of grand jury wit
ness and for time it looked as if
another riot would break out.
The Wells-Fargo Express company
has lost all Rock Island business,
amounting to 81, 700, 600 year, be-
cause $4,000, 900 loan was refused
Attorney General Hadley,. of Mis-
souri,, says there is something wrong
with judge who will render a decis
ion like the Federal court gave in the
Standard Oil appeal.
A meteorograph is being set up on
Mount Rose, Nevada This machine
registers automatically for 40 days at
a time, the temperature, atmospheric
pressure, humidity and other data of
importance in determining weather
conditions.
Castro continues to refuse Dutch
vessels to call.
The Young Turk party is perfecting
plan to depose the sultan.
The Oregon Supreme court has just .
decided a case started IS years ago.
The Russian government continues
to execute alleged revolutionists by
the score.
The Rock Island railroad is said to
be seeking control Of the Moffat road
now building from Denver to Salt Lake
City.
Great preparations viii be made to
welcome Roosevelt in Egypt when he
visits there on his trip around the
world.
In his speech of acceptance, Chain,
Prohibition candidate for president, ac-
cused the old parties of suppressing the
liquor issue.
A Canadian pressman al Chicago has
appealed to the British consul for pro-
lection against the labor union, fearing (;
his life is in danger. u