The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-12
PREPARED FOR The BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter-
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.

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Many vessels have been lost by a
hurricane off the coast of Yucatan.
The Illinois legislature has been call
ed on to cut appropriations $40, 600, 600.
A new postage stamp commemorative
of the A.-Y.P. fair will be issued June
/.
A systematic smuggling of Chinese
from Ell Paso to Chicago has been dis
covered.
A man has been cleared of murder
charge at Chicago by comparison OF
finger prints.
The French government and employees
are gathering their forces together for
gigantic struggle.
The premature explosion of a small
bomb at Mazatlan, Mexico, started
fire in which so houses were burned.
At the Portland primary election
Joseph Simon was nominated by the
Republicans for mayor and M. G. Mum
ly by the Democrats.
Speaker Cannon has just celebrated
his 73d birthday.
Wheat and corn have had another ad-
vance in California.
Admiral Evans is emphatic in his
ideas against disarmament.
Jerome may be the Tammany candi
date for mayor of New York
Business is at standstill at Buenos
Ayres on account of the strike. There
is much rioting.
A rumor is current in New York
that Gould has lost control of the West
ern Pacific to Mackay.
The lake steamer Shores sunk while
on the way to Duluth. The passengers
and crew numbered FL.
A statue of Longfellow has just been
unveiled at Washington. A grand
daughter of the poet pulled the silken
--- ID.
H. E. Huntington is ransacking the
globe for rare plants for his home near
Los Angeles. He has had force of
40 gardeners at work two years.
Indictments have been returned
against six employees of the American
Sugar Refining company for alleged
frauds in connection with weighing
sugar for determining duty.
Rapid progress is now being made in
the Calhoun trial.
Roosevelt declares the country has a
right to pick immigrants.
An industrial exposition will be held
in Chicago during August.
More cold weather is being expert
enced through Kansas and Nebraska.
The death list in the Adana, Asiatic
Turkey, massacre, is estimated at 49,
600.
Ex-senator Stuart, of Nevada, died
owing $25,000 with an estate worth
only $1,000.
The fourth Dry Farming congress
will be held at Billings, Mont, October
26, % and 2s.
The government has just sent $780,
900, 900 in coin from the San Francisco
mint to Denver.
Captain Franklin, United States
army, is to be court martialed for
stealing several hundred thousand dol
lars.
Commercial and civil bodies of San
Francisco gave abrilliant dinner to Ad-
miral Ijichi, commander of the Japan
ese warships in that port.
The shah OF Persia has granted a
constitution.
Taft has declared himself in opposi-
tion TO an income tariff tax except as
last resort.
Hartman is planning motor car
service in Eastern Oregon and WASH
ington in competition with electric
lines and rate war is looked for.
The Missouri house has passed bill
for commission to regulate all public
utilities corporations.
The Canadian government is sending
cowboys to Montana to round up herd
Of 800 buffalo, recently purchased.
Three Wisconsin assemblymen are
accused of receiving bribes in connec-
tion with the election of United States
senator.
Seven of the Pittsburg grafters have
been sentenced TO fines Of $1,000 and
six months In jail to two years in Jail
and $500 fine.
A French merchant who has just
died left all his money to churches for
masses for the repose of the souls of
the victims Of automobiles.
Los Angeles householders are COM
planning about the carelessness Of aero
nauts, who dump out sand promiscuous-
ly and ruin laundry on the line.