Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-12-02
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National. Historical
and Commercial Importance.
King Manuel of Portugal is visiting

Congressman Mann predicts tarii
war with Canada over the pulp an
paper duty.
DR.. Cook, the Arctic explorer. is
nervous wreck, and has gone into re
treat to recuperate.
1t is estimated that government recia
nation has added $15,000,000 to tn
wealth of the West.
Private advices received in New Yorl
say that United States troops hav,
landed in Nicaragua.
Washington officials deny the allega
tions of mismanagement in the Klam
ath irrigation project.
The Missouri Pacific railway is afteI
coast business, having opened offices il
Los Angeles, San Francisco and Port
land.
1t is believed that United States ma
rines have already been ordered tc
Nicaragua, although it is denied al
Washington.
The Chicago & Great Western Rail
way company is out Of the hands OF
receivers, who took charge of it during
the panic two years ago.
Directors of the Chicago & North
western have approved the issue of
$30,000000 worth of new stock for the
purpose of building extensions to the
Pacific coast.
Prof. See, United States navy astron-
omer, in charge of the observatory at
Mare island says the alleged craters
on the moon are simply spots where it
has been struck by flying satellites,
having every appearance Of amor plate
struck by heavy shot.
New York customs officials have been
arrested for under weighing figs.
A baboon attacked and nearly killed
his keeper in an animal show in Port
land
Federal inquiry into the burning of
the steamer st. Croix fails to discover
the cause.
The Philadelphia National League
baseball club has been sold to a syndi-
cate for $350,000.
A New Yorker wrote 1905 words in Is
had never seen before.
Chile will accept the arbitration of
King Edward in the Alsop claim dispute
with the United States.
Guards on the Sellwood ferry rescued
two persons from wrecked houseboat
drifting down the Willamette.
DR.. Cook is suffering from nervous
prostration, after preparing his records
for inspection of Copenhagen univer
sity.
Steamer Argo was blown on the sands
at the entrance to Tillamook bay, and
three persons were lost and several 9TH
ers injured.
The government is unable to get any
word from it's minister at Managua,
Nicaragua, and it is believed President
Zelaya is intercepting dispatches.
Fierce storms are sweeping the Great
Lakes.
Senator Borah will ask congress to
investigate Ballinger Pinchot feud.
Fire broke out anew in the st. Paul
mine, and rescue work is suspended.
The government is preparing to send
marines to Nicaragua on short notice.
Friends of Astor still continue to
search for the missing yacht Nourmahal. |
British Liberals believe that fight
to finish On English lords has begun. |
Standard Oil company will undertake /
the repeal of the Sherman antitrust |
law.
A Chinese letter writer has warned
the mayor Of Portland that tong war
is likely to begin at any time.
The government has ordered a rigid
investigation into the st. Croix disaster.
Many damage suits may follow.
Taft will prosecute the sugar trust to
a finish in spite of the statute of limi-
tations, under which they claim immu-
nifty.
Lack of American beef in Germany
may cause campaign for the readmis-
sion of American canned meats under a
very low tariff.
Excessive rains have produced flood
conditions throughout the Willamette
and Columbia valleys, and much dam
age has resulted.
A Kansas hen laid an egg bearing {
he lettering "Drouth 1911" II
Colonel Astor's yacht Nourmahal is
reported safe at San Juan harbor.
Senator Borah says the forestry bu- :
eau usurps the functions of congress. {
Football has, so far this year, claimed l
20 dead and 216 injured, most of the a
after being MANNED for life. f
st. Louis women took forcible pos
ession of the streetcars of that city
nd cleaned them up.
Another days search in the st. Paul P
nine revealed AZ dead bodies, but no t
Indication of any more living. d
Four hundred and fifty lords will q
ssemble to vote on the final accept e
nee or rejection of the British budget. y
Recent court decision against Stand ri
I'd oil is said to be only a theoretical 7
efeat, and will result in no practical s;
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