The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-20


has caused 81 deaths.
Excessive heat caused an epidemic
of murder and suicide in Chicago.
Governor Hughes, of New York, has
returned home full Of praise for the
Seattle fair.
Charles Dakin, a melter at the Den
yer mint, has been arrested, charged
with stealing government gold.
The Niagara Falls has claimed an
other victim, young boy who was
swimming in the river above the falls.
The reported acquisition of the New
York Central lines by Hartman would
give him a second transcontinental
route.
The provisional government Of Crete
has sworn allegiance to the king OF
Greece and the powers will have to
step in and take charge.
The fire chief of Roswell, N. NJ,
shot and killed man accused of being
an incendiary after he had been fatally
wounded by his antagonist.
Mexican officials say there is no
doubt but that congress will give Pres
ident Diaz permission to cross the
border into the United States to visit
President Taft, who will later return
the visit.
Corn 10 suffering in Nebraska from
intense heat and lack Of moisture.
The British house of commons has
passed the South African confederation
bill.
San Diego, CAL, police will arrest
women appearing on the strees wear
ing kimonos.
Mexican officials deny the report
that Porfirio Diaz. son Of the president,
has been assassinated.
Seven men and three women were
mangled by an explosion Of natural
gas at Cleveland, Ohio.
The reports that Abdul Hamid, ex-
sultan Of Turkey, 10 dangerously Ill,
are denied at Constantihople.
Hartman has secured control of the
Vanderbilt system, thereby adding
about IL, 900 miles to his lines.
Kiefer, Oklahoma, bank robbers sur
prised at their work, killed the city
marshal and fatally wounded the cash
Ter.
Prince Albert Leopold, heir to the
Belgian throne, has just returned from
the Congo and says conditions are sat
isfactory.
An earthquake has been recorded by
the instruments In the weather bureau
at Washington. The origin was esti-
mated at about 2. 500 miles distant in
California or Mexico.
All records for attendance are being
broken at the Seattle fair.
Moorish tribesmen make almost con-
stant attacks on the Spanish forts.
The uncertainty Of the wheat market
will cause storage Of much of the Cali
fornia crop.
There il serious difference between
Great Britain and her colonies on the
naval policy.
The Rock Island railroad has placed
an order for 5000 freight cars and so
locomotives.
The powers will send fleet to Crete
TO force the removal Of the Greek flag
and prevent Turkish attack.
A storm in Chicago caused three
deaths by drowning and q number Of
injuries. The property loss is heavy.
An explosion on Russian submarine
boat caused injury to Ia men. one ia
tally. The vessel was American built.
Millionaire Bradbury. of San Rafael.
CAL. sentenced TO serve n term in the
penitentiary for perjury. has received
reprieve. bput will have to serve 80
days in the county Jail.
The shah of Persia is married. He
is II years old.
There are rumblings Of a revolution
in Northern Mexico.
A hot wave in London has been the
cause of many deaths.
Wholesale executions and fghing
have been renewed ut Barcelona.
Thaw has been given few days
respite before returning TO the insane
asylum.
Almost the entire town of Milton.
Del. has been destroyed by fire. The
loss will reach $1,000
johnson Porter says there is room
along the Deschu'es for two railroads.
each having double tracks.
Greece will ask the advice of the
powers before answering the last note
of Turkey on the Crete affair.
Mrs Parkhurst, the English suffrag-
ette leader, will soon visit the United
States and deliver a sreies Of lectures.
Rioting has occurred at Stockholm.
Sweden. in connection with the strike.
Dynamite has been used TO blow up
street cars.