Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DO|NGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National Political, His
torical and Commercial.

russia now WaHlS d SHARE III luS SAl-
nese railway loan.
The deficit of the German imperial
government for 1908 is said to amount
to $50, 500, 900.
Two colored men have been hanged
by mob at Malcolm, Ala, for MUIR
dering the sheriff.
Explorer Cook says he has data to
convince the most skeptical that he was
actually at the North Pole.
Jap grape pickers in California have
demanded an increase in wages and
may be replaced by Hindus.
A small tempest was caused by an
Itatlian warship stopping while the At
lantic fleet was at target practice.
A sword fish has been caught off the
Catalina islands, CAL, which weighed
l4l pounds and measured eight feet in
length.
More explosives have been found in
the bunkers of British war vessels and
members of the admiralty are in state
of ferment.
The latest creation in the millinery
line is to be known as the Cook hat, in
honor of the explorer. It is two feet
high covered with black fur, while a
white aigrette representing the pole
bristles from the top.
China is planning the improvement
of her army.
Count Zeppelin will continue prepar-
ations to fly to the North Pole.
President Taft says he will prob
ably visit Alaska next summer.
A serious epidemic is feared in the
flood stricken districts of Mexico.
German scientists say the finding of
the North Pole is of secondary import
ance.
The American Locomotive company
says it is rushed with order for new
equipment.
An Indiana man has just died at the
age of Sc. He leaves 38 children and
had outlived four wives.
Lenmark believes Cooks story of
the discovery of the North Pole and
will give him royal welcome.
Attorney General Wickersham says
if the polar continent is worth holding
this government will annex it.
Dispatches from Java say the VOL
cano Smern is in active eruption, caus-
ing great havoc. There has also been
an earthquake with hundreds of fatal
tiles.
Revolutionary cooked hats are to be
worn by women next season.
Wilbur Wright has suggested that
cities appoint an inspector of balloons.
The loss of life in the Monterey,
Mex, flood is now estimated at 5000. |
A tornado devastated Dialville, a
small town in Texas. Several persons
were injured.
Supplies are being sent to Monterey,
Mex, and the general condition is
much improved.
Mrs. Florence Vandervort, million
aire widow of Los Angeles, has mar
ried poor man.
No lives were lost in the Nevada
cloudburst and the property damage is
placed at 500, 900.
Government scientists say Cook will
have no trouble in proving that he ac-
tually reached the pole.
According to official reports the rice
crop of China will be about II per
cent above the average.
All Western roads have announced
new schedules to the coast and each is
trying to outdo the other.
The American warship squadron is
In Chinese waters.
The international trades union coun- {
ell is in session in Paris.
A severe earthquake has been felt in =,
the canal zone, but the big ditch was :
not hurt. >
The steamer Ohio, wrecked off the g
coast, is said to have hit an '
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Hill says he has all the railroad con-
nections he needs in the East and new {
work will be confined to the West.
The Cunard line steamers are to take
q new route between Liverpool and /
New York which will shorten the time +
TO five days.
A big Carey act project has been d
started in Colorado by which $50, 900 ii
acres of land will be reclaimed at a t
cost of s2,000,000 t
Pittsburg coal miners object to the =
lew explosive, hameless powder. y
An epidemic of typhoid fever is rag q
ng at Cobalt, Ontario. The hospitals
ire full and tents have been erected to
are for the overflow.
The steamer Mauretania has estab- ID
ished new record, having crossed a
rom New York to Queenstown in four a
lays, Il hours and minutes. q,
Theg Federl court has held the state ir
tax law in Colorado consti- CT
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