Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-29


A train struck an automobile at Me-
nominee, Mich, killing an entire fam
lily of three.
One man saved his life in the recent
Galveston storm by using his cork legs
to keep him af1oat.
Spain is on the verge of verolution
because of English and clerical infiu-
ence over the king.
A Seattle woman has secured di-
vorce because her husband has been
too tired to work for IL years.
Lightning struck residence at
American Forks, Utah, four times.
One woman was killed and four other
persons hurt.
During balloon race at Newton,
H., two of the big gas bags collided
1000 feet in the air. One mans leg
was badly crushed.
Raphael Nance, who served in the
Crimean war, later served with Chi
nese" General Gordon and then saw
service in the Civil war, is dead. He
had lived at Los Angeles for the past
25 years.
Premier BRAND has formed new
French cabinet.
Roosevelt is being proposed for may
or of New York.
A big forest fire is raging in the
mountains near San Bernardino, Cal.
A cloudburst in Colorado killed two
persons and did much damage to prop
erty.
Premier Asquith says Britain should
be warned against tariff by American
and German experiences.
In an automobile race at Grand
Rapids, Mich, so miles was made in
81 minutes and % seconds.
The serious condition of King Peter
of Servia is arousing anxiety. His
death would cause no surprise.
A Vancouver, B. c., police magis-
trate fined himself $5 and costs for
exceeding the speed limit with his au-
tomobile.
A Los Angeles judge in denying
divorce in which the plaintiffs mother
was involved said no house was big
enough for a married couple and
mother-in-law.
The final count of dead in the Texas
storm shows loss of rs lives. Com
munication has been established with
all points and the property damage
will be over 100000
A Utah man has just committed sui
eide at the age of 80.
Bolivia and Peru have agreed to ar
bitrate the boundary dispute instead of
fighting.
The Six Companies have forbid max
ing San Francisco's Chinatown show
place for tourists.
The Italian press is greatly excited
by reports that Italians in the South
ern states are practically slaves.
Spanish troops have protested
against going to Morocco. There have
also been several riots among the peo-
pie.
The Chicago health commission has
decided that pasteurization of milk Is
ineffective and useless, if not danger
Gus.
A company is being organized to in
vest $40, 900, 600 in steel vessels to ply
on the Lakes to- Gulf waterway, which
the promoters consider assured.
The steamer Verdi has sailed from
New York for Buenos Ayres with s8,-
000,0 in gold, the heaviest single
shipment ever made to South Ameri-
can port.
Employees of the tanneries at Keno
sha, Wis, have gone on strike for
higher wages. Trouble is feared and
state troops have been called out.
Three men have been wounded.
The entire town of Browndel, Tex,
has been destroyed by fire.
Colorado women will run a woman
for congress two years hence.
Argentina has dismissed the Bolivian
minister and Bolivia is preparing for
war.
The Union Pacific has sold Santa Fe
stock to avoid trouble with the govern
ment.
A bronze bust of James ]. Hill has
Just been completed and will be sent to
the Seattle fair.
Roosevelt has given up hunting for a
few days in order to write book.
The French cabinet has resigned
after bitter alteration with Delcasse.
Sixteen miners were killed by the
explosion of fire damp in a Prussian
mine and many others were taken out
unconscious.
Sir Robert Hart has practically de-
cided to retire from the position of di-
rector general of Chinese customs on
account of i'll health.