The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-17
NeWSy Items Gathered from All
Parts Of the World.
PREPARED FOR The BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter-
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.


Three Chicago boys ran away to
join Roosevelt on his trip to Africa.
Persia is again the scene of internal
strife and Russia is sending troops.
The government only awaits word
from, Mexico to intervene in Central
America.
General w. T. Palmer, founder of
Colorado Springs and great railroad
builder, is dead.
DIR. Starr, of Chicago university, de-
clares that Roosevelt will not survive
his trip to Africa.
The speaker of the Texas lower
house has been compelled to resign on
account of charges of graft.
The California legislature has passed
bill requiring railroads to have three
brakemen on freight trains of over so
cars.
Indians in Northern Canada have
suffered greatly from cold this winter
and many have frozen to death. Their
supplies are also nearly exhausted.
A Milwaukee grand jury has found
plumbers trust.
Seismographs at Manila recorded a
heavy earthquake.
Lawyers in the Calhoun trial are
still battling over jurors.
Civic chaos has followed the resig-
nation of Mayor Harper at Los An
geles.
Anthracite miners and operators
have disagreed and the conference ad-
journed.
Secretaries Ballinger and Wilson
will personally inspect irrigation and
forest work.
The British naval plan for the COM
ing year contains plans for four mon
ster battleships.
A Montana holdup man robbed six
Japs and then made them assist him to
escape on hand car.
The American minister to Nicaragua
has been recalled and joint interven-
tion by Mexico and the United States
is threatened.
A landslide at Java has almost COM
pletely buried three villages and cost
hundreds of lives. ihTe dead are esti-
mated at over 1000.
Castro has engaged berths on yes
sci sailing for Venezuela March 26.
A Cuban woman has just given birth
to bankruptcies, two boys and two girls.
The Minnesota house has turned
down two bills favoring woman suf-
frage.
The house committee is receiving
many protests againgt proposed tariff
changes.
A Chicago pastor and $4,000 have
disappeared and the police are looking
for him.
Mayor Harper, of Los Angeles, has
resigned under the threat of exposure
Of gross immortality.
An attempt was made to wreck a
Burlington passenger train near Peoria,
ILL.,, by throwing q switch.
Anthracite miners demands have
been refused by the operators and both
sides are preparing for strike.
Japanese figures show that 81 more
Japanese returned home during Febru-
ary than came to the United States.
The Nevada legislature is consider
ing an anti-gambling bill which even
prohibits the playing Of whist or other
games for prizes.
East Africa is making great prepar-
ations for Roosevelt's hunt.
King Edward disproved the report of
his illness by walking ten miles.
Blizzard in New Mexico, tornadoes
In Arkansas and Gulf state have caused
many deaths.
The most stringent local option law
In any state has been passed by the
Utah legislature.
Railroads in Missouri may compro-
mise and make az cents a mile the
standard for passenger rates.
At the municipal elections in Mime
sofa "a towns voted dry against "a
which decided to continue saloons.
The president Of the German Fire In
surance company has been indicted at
Toledo. Ohio, for perjury and embez-
element.
The Federal land Office has started a
vigorous campaign against land frauds.
The American commission is doing
good work in relieving distress at Mes
sina, Italy.
The Hawaiian legislature Is consid-
ering bill aimed at Japanese physi-
cians. A knowledge Of English is pro-
posed as way to shut them out.
The house committee proposes to cut
oil lumber duties In half and place
hides on the free list.