Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-11-24
Current Events Of Interest Gathered
From The World al Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

Secretary Wilson predicts a return
of hard times under Democratic con-
troll of congress.
Senator Elkins, of West Virginia,
has been dangerously i'll for some time,
but is now improving.
More than s166, 600 was earned by
students Of Columbia university, New
York, during the past year.
Secretary. Wilson says .the Western
homesteader is increasing the cost of
meat by taking up the ranges.
The full committee on elections and
privileges in the senate will investi-
gate the bribery charges against SEN
ator Lorimer.
Aviator Hoxsey made fine flight at
Denver, reaching an altitude of $500
feet and going into the clouds dring a
heavy snow storm.
In the constitutional convention in
Arizona, the effort to abolish taxes for
road purposes failed, and the state debt
is limited to 5000, 600.
Representative-elect Littleton, of
the First district of New York, which
includes Oyster Bay, in speech round
ly scored the New Nationalism.
Five men made balloon trip of ITO
miles in 65-mile gale in Rhode Is
land. All were badly bruised on land
ing and one was rendered unconscious.
Modern sanitary methods have low
cred the death rate in Manila from 40
per thousand to 34.9. The death rate
is lowest among the American resi-
dents.
A Princeton graduate now living in
Canada has presented the university
with small tin of tea which is alleged
to be part of the cargo thrown over
board in Boston harbor by the famous
Boston Tea Party in 1773.
Prohibition and woman's suffrage
were both defeated in Arizona.
A 13-year-old New York boy died of
injuries received in football game.
England's house of lords will submit
to reforming, rather than lose the veto
power.
Striking garment workers in Chicago
resume rioting and one policeman was
wounded by revolver shot.
Montana sheepmen are selling their
sheep to Canadian ranchers on account
of the scarcity of feed.
The inspector of weights and =
measures of the u. S.. department Of !
commerce, found nearly every mer-
chant in Butte, Mont, was giving :.
short weights, .
The secretary treasurer of the Cali n
fornia Building association says the "
American Federation of Labor will
spend millions if necessary, to union Il
ize Los Angeles. n
The new Chinese minister of war
and the viceroy of Manchuria have :
warned their government that ener- ="
getic measures must be taken imme-
1iately or Manchuria will be taken by =,
Japan and Russia. y
Mayor Simon, of Portland, has re- Il
commended tax levy of mills. il
Republicans will control the next tI .I
Idaho legislature, although they lost Al
The governorship. \
Standard Oil company has won a
sweeping decision in its fight with the N
government in Indiana. Up
All indications are that Champ d.
Clark, of Missouri, will be the next m
speaker of the house of representa-
ives.
About 500 union men have quit work 6.
IN the new Los Angeles acqueduct, de- =
handing an increase of wages to cover 3
he increased cost of meals served to Il
hem. ~
Test explosions on the monitor Puri- II
an did more damage than was expect
d, and the ship had to be towed ss
quickly to dry dock to prevent her Il
linking. Ia
Deputy sheriffs seized the power di
liant of the Tacoma street railway
company for back taxes, and the COM
'any handed over the sum demanded,
to s132,1 ,154. he
Chief Engineer Goethals says the ar
'anama canal will be in use year is
ooner than was expected, but he will be
se that year in perfecting machinery pa
nd training his men, so the official m
pening will be January l, 1915, as co
intended. wi
Count Leo Tolstoi is seriously III. W.
It is reported band Of armed Mexi- 70
ans are marching on Rock Springs, ce
exas. pl
President Gompers, Of the American
ederation of Labor, says congressman
re towards.
The hostility Of labor unions to or
anized militia causes great pessimism -
army circles. g;,
Aviator Ely successfully few from en-
ie deck Of a cruiser at sea and reach inf
land without mishap. mi