The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-07-30

uid, HAS feslRHeu.
Crete has raised the Greek flag anc
declared independence of Turkey.
The United States Steel corporation
has increased the dividends on its com.
mon stock.
French Socialists have protested
against the proposed visit Of the czsr
to France.
Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-min.
lister to Bolivia and mayor of Cincin.
natl, is dead.
A coal train on the Denver & Rio
Grande ran away in Utah, but the
crew escaped unhurt.
The Wright aeroplane has a device
to prevent accidents in case the ma
chine should fall in water.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, has been
arrested at Baltimore for striking a
negro waiter who did not serve the
senator just TO suit him.
Tourist travel to the Yellowstone
park is so heavy that all hotels are
full and the Oregon Short Line has
stopped traffic to that place temporar-
lily.
Hubert Latham came within two
miles of crossing the English channel
in his aeroplane when an accident oc-
CURED to the machinery and he fell in
TO the sea. He was rescued.
Canada is seriously considering the
advisability of building a navy.
A general strike is on at Barcelona,
Spain, against the war in Morocco.
Hawaiian sugar planters propose to
import Russian laborers to displace
the Japs.
The battleship Michigan, the speed
lest Of her class, will 20 into commits
sion in August.
The chances seem good that Thaw
will be declared sane and released
from the asylum.
European pressure may yet cause
China to refuse Americans a share in
the railway loan.
The assistant cashier of Upton,
Ind, bank. robbed it of $50. and
left for parts unknown.
Hubert Latham DANCED his airship
during trial flight before attempting
to cross the English channel.
The British cabinet has announced
that four more battleships of the
Dreadnaught type will be built.
The ex-shah of Persia has been offer
ed an annual pension Of $25. 900 on con-
dition that he leave the country.
Japan has adopted vigorous policy
against Corean insurgents.
The death roll of the recent Gulf
storm has been increased to Al.
A train struck an automobile at Me-
nominee. Mich, killing an entire fam
lily Of three.
One man saved his life in the recent
Galveston storm by using his cork legs
to keep him ahoat.
Spain is on the verge of verolution
because OF English and clerical iniiu-
ence over the king.
A Seattle woman has secured d.
vorce because her husband has been
too tired to work for IL years.
Lightning struck residence at
American Forks. Utah, four times.
One woman was killed and four other
persons hurt.
During balloon race at Newton,
ILL.,, two Of the big gas bags collided
1000 feet in the air. One mans leg
was badly crushed.
Raphael Nance, who served in the
Crimean war, later served with Chi
nese" General Gordon and then saw
service in the Civil war. is dead. He
had lived at Los Angeles for the past
25 years.
Premier BRAND has formed new
French cabinet.
Roosevelt is being proposed for may
or of New York.
A cloudburst in Colorado killed two
persons and did much damage to prop
erty.
Premier Asquith says Britain should
be warned against tariff by American
and German experiences.
In an automobile race ut Grand
Rapids, Mich. so miles was made in
81 minutes and % seconds.
The serious condition Of King Peter
Of Servia is arousing anxiety. His
death would cause no surprise.
A big forest fire is raging in the
mountains near San Bernardino. Cal.
A Los Angeles Judge in denying
divorce In which the plaintiffs mother
was involved said no house was big
enough for q married couple and .
mother-in-law.
The final count Of dead in the Texas
storm shows q loss Of 25 lives. Com
munieation has been established with
all points and the property damage
will Be over 81. .00o. 900.