The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-23
BRIEF NEWS OF
4 THE PAST WEEK
Condensed Dispatches from All Parts
Of the Two Hemispheres.
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.

Inc entire tOWn OF DrOWnuel, lex.
has been destroyed by fire.
Colorado women will run a woman
for congress two years hence.
Roosevelt has given up hunting for g
few days in order TO write book.
The French cabinet has resigned
after bitter alteration with Delcasse.
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 j. Hill has
just been completed and will be sent TO
the Seattle fair.
Six men were killed in Pennsylvania
while digging up dynamite that had
failed to explode.
Fifty thousand men are needed in
the harvest fields of the West to take
care Of the crops.
Sixteen miners were killed by the
explosion of fire damp in a Pfussian
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 III health.
Miss Wanamaker is to marry the
con of French count.
More than 5000 people left Portland
10 attend the Seattle fair on Portland
day.
Don Jamie, son Of Don Carlos, the
pretendsr. has been barred from
France.
American bankers will demand a
share in the Chinese loan of over s27,-
900. 900.
Indicted sugar trust officials have
been given more time to prepare their
defense.
An Ohio man has been arrested for
embezzling $l3. 500 given to him by
woman To invest.
Another aeronaut has appeared with
machine in which he says he will
cross the English channel.
A clerk of the Adams Express COM
psny at Chicago has confessed to steal
ing 5000 which disappeared week
ago.
Victoria. b. c.. officers are investi-
eating the many marriages of white
girls TO Chinese. A number of them
have been found held as slaves.
Prince Ito says japan will help China
TO become modern nation.
Mexico is preparing for an outbreak
that is expected in the south.
More earthquakes have occurred in
Greece and the people are panic strick-
en-.
Despite the assertion of officials, the
streetcar strike at Pittsburg, is far
from settled.
Professor Matteucci. director of the
on Mount Vesuvius, died
while at his work
An Italian laborer on a railroad in
Colorado became enraged and fatally
shot three of his countrymen.
James J. Hill says il the people
would pay less attention to the new
tariff the country would be better Off.
Count Boni says he is to marry
Marjorie Gould. daughter of George
Gould and neice Of the counts former
wife.
British Columbian officials are
with dis Eliminating against
American halibut fishermen and favor
ing the Japanese.
The government is TO issue bonds for
the entire cost of the Panama canal.
A slight earthquake was felt ut San
at Barbara, CAL. but no damage done.
An American is sure he recognized
Leon Ling, murderer of Elsie Sigel, in /
London. 3
A strike may be declared by all EN-
Dloyes Of the American Smelling 4 !
Refining company.
Mrs. Eddy, founder and leader Of the Z
ChrisS'an Science deomiation. has just
,assed her SSth birthday.
All miners in England may go on a
Itrike in support of the Scotch miners
Who are fighting reduction in wages.
Eight anarchists arrested at Stock %
,olm on the charge of having con- Z
pired to assassinate the car of Rus a
ia, have been exiled. i,
The Japanese government has not U
'et decided'whether or not Ambassador q
will be continued as ambas-
ador TO the United States. u
The Union Pacific railroad has claim A
d 200 foot strip of land through the
own of Brighton. COL. which is now
oyered with store buildings.
A sou has been born to the Priness o
e Sagan. q