Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-23


Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
New York-Delmonico Bells, age,
10 years, was crushed to deatl
Thursday by an electric truck, while
rescuing a pet kitten.
Vallejo, GAIA saving of $4,000
on the estimates was made in the re-
pairs OF the transport Sheridan, just
completed at the Mare Island Navy
Yard.
Chicago-Addison Parkison, a re-
tired banker and farmer of Rensse-
laer, Ind, died Thursday at Western
Springs, ILL.,, while on his way to Cal
ifornia.
New York-The entire household
furnishings Of Mrs. Leslie Carter
Payne. the actress, will be sold at
auction. They are valued at $780,
600.
Chicago-The arrest of three busi-
ness men on charges of being the Sc
cret hackers Of matrimonial agencies,
is threatened by the United States
District Attorney.
Ithica, N. Y.-The International
Salt Company's plant at Ludlowville,
near this city, was burned Friday.
The loss is estimated at $150,000.
The plant employed $50 men.
Chicago-Jim Hin was fined $3.50
and Sam Kee $50 Thursday for SELL
ing cocaine illegally. They had taken
20 wedding rings and a baby's locket
in payment from women.
Helena, Mont.-The Hauser Lake
flood washed out % miles of the
Great Northern Railroad track,
which will take ten days to repair.
Meanwhile the Great Falls smelter
must remain idle.
Redding, Cal.-R. c. Wilson, a
mining man of Delmar, aged 67
years, committed suicide Thursday. |
He had been drinking heavily and
was respondent over financial af- |
fairs. Once he was wealthy opera
tor in Colorado.
San Francisco-A. Kern and Clyde |
E. Lemly, of West Berkeley, have
started by bicycle down the coast to ,
Valparaiso, Chile.
ST. Petersburg-According to the
Russ, the Admiralty has decided to
order four 900-ton torpedoboat de-
stroyers from England. The vessels
are to have turbine engines.
New York-The Motor Boat Club
of America has refused to postpone
the race for the Harnsworth cup, as
requested by the Motor Yacht Club
of Great Britain. 1t will be held at
Huntington Harbor, August l.
New York-That neurasthenia, or
nervous breakdown is the most COM
mon disease among New York school {
teachers and the most prolific source
of applications for retirement, is dis
closed in the annual report of the
board of retirement of the Board of
Education.
Salt Lake City-Five distinct
shocks of earthquake were felt early
Wednesday morning at Milford, s
south of here. Houses were shaken
and people ran from their homes in |
alarm, but no serious damage is re- i
ported. The shocks were also felt
at Newhouse, Utah. S
Chicago-Nicholas Klein, aged IA,
says he climbed in Santa Fe :
freightcar at San Francisco to steal ,
ride to Marietta, O., and visit his :
sister. The door was sealed while =
he slept and he tasted four days on :
MS journey here. y
San Francisco-Lieutenan Will e
liam S. Bowen, U. S. A, now COM a
a rapid-fire battery at the
oresidio, is to be tried before a court t
martial April 21 for neglect of duty. I
The day he got the order a revolver il
)all struck him over the knee, prob
'bly making amputation necessary.
Philadelphia - Confronted with
he accusation Of embezzling more |;
han $1,000 from the Franklin In ;,
of this city, of which he has -
'een actuary and treasurer for 22 IL
ears, Herbert f. Heyl was seized 0
With apoplexy when he opened his h
'aper at breakfast Wednesday and >,
lied shortly afterward. i,
Tokio-Sakatani ex-Minister of II
has sailed on a tour of p
America 81
New York-A campaign against q
he sale of newly-hatched chickens y"
or Easter gifts is being waged by S'
he Society for the Prevention of
ruelty to animals here.
Brussels-The government of the
'Ongo Independent State has issued OF
reply to the British white book to
reports from British Con- 70
uls in the Congo and denies all the
harges of oppression. III
San Francisco-The police are re
'atching two men suspected of drug IN
ing Samuel Gilmore, a race-track al
Hunger, who had won $1,000, ROB- la
ing him and killing him. His stom- pc
ch is being analyzed. til
Milwaukee, Wis.-Ira B. Smith.
a member of prominent
holesale grocery firm of Milwau-
ee, was Wednesday sentenced to at
yo years in the Milwaukee house of bi
)rrection by Judge Ludwig for OBJ OF
lining money under false pretenses. NJ
ire
Chicago-Joseph Sachsel, whole gi
lie liquor dealer, and Arthur Le
reud, his cousin, were drowned in GI
AXE Michigan, Wednesday, when a
nall boat was capsized. Sachel's is
Ife and Freud's sister were watch du
6 the boat. tel