Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penngs Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.

Vice President Fairbanks has bough
out his partners in 225-acre grape
and orange farm in California.
A hitch has occurred in Venezuelan
negotiations over the case of the New
York and Bermudez Asphalt company
Knee bones and tendons removed
from a dying man were successfully
grated upon the leg of George A
Kelly at the Georgetown University
hospital.
Americans are buying nine-tenths OF
the best examples of the work of the
old masters in Europe, according te
Eugene Fischoff, well-known art
dealer of Paris.
The forest service proposes to cut
trails through the Lassen national for
est in California and have Angora
goats Craze on the brush along them in
order to clear fire lines.
By the purchase of 100 acres imme-
diately east of the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs as site OF
the proposed national sanitarium of the
National Lettercarriers' Association,
the first step toward the actual found
ing of the home has been taken.
1t was announced at the headquarters
of the New York state branch of the
American National Red Cross that fur
ther funds were not required for the
earthquake sufferers in Italy at this
time. More than 5000, 600 has been
contributed to the American Red Cross.
A panic among 800 girls in the con-
vent of the Sisters of Mercy on Classon
avenue, Brooklyn, was averted Thurs
day, when they were quickly assembled
for prayer on the lower floor. A big
factory building near by, occupied by
several small manufacturers, was to-
tally destroyed.
The historic Lincoln coach in which
President Lincoln rode to Washington
for his inaugural ceremony was de-
stroyed in a fire the other day at
Sharpsville, Pa. 1t was the sole pas
senger equipment of the little Sharps-
vile railway, running between that
town and Washington Junction. 1t
was covered with sheet-iron put on be-
fore Lincoln made his famous ride, and
was supposed to be bullet-proof.
Only eight jurors have been secured
in the Calhoun trial out of over 500
examined.
Fire among the fleet of flower boats
at Canton, China, caused the death of
at least 200.
Colonel Goethals says warships may
pass through the Panama canal by JAN
uary l, 1915.
The American battleship fleet is
gathered at Gibraltar and will soon
start on it's voyage home.
Anti-Jap leaders in the California
legislature defy Roosevelt and declare
that no alien shall own land in that
state.
Prospects are that there will be a
deficiency of 81, 500, 900 in the amount
available for army pay during the year
1910.
A plea to the Illinois Legislature for
the abolition of the grand jury has
struck a responsive chord with Chicago
lawyers.
The Oregon presidential elector who
failed to reach Washington on time
may yet be fined 1000. and may also
lose his mileage.
The Union Pacific is beginning to
rush work on its line from the Sound
to Gray's Harbor, in an effort to head
off the st. Paul road.
The yellow fever situation in the
Barbados is serious. The Danish and
French authorities in the West Indies
have quarantined all their seaports
against the Barbados.
The Supreme court of the United
States has denied the application of
the Consolidated Gas company, of New
York, for a rehearing. The case in
wolves the validity of the 80-cent gas
law and was recently decided against
the company.
At the direction of the secretary of
war, an investigation into the mainte-
nance of automobiles owned by the
War department has been made, and as
a result the secretary has concluded
that their use entails greater expense
than horses and carriages.
The Philippine general assembly has
opened at Manila.
The American battleship feet is now
at anchor off Gibraltar.
Prominent American horsemen will
make entries on English circuits.
The International Opium conference
held its first session at Shanghai.
A 3-year-old boy in Philadelphia died
of fright on seeing a dog that had Bit
ten him seven weeks ago.
President Roosevelt has been offered
$500, 900 to head Wild West show in
a 80 weeks engagement.
A slight earthquake shock is report
ed from Montreal. Heavy shocks have
been felt alorg the southern coast of