Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
Current Events Of Interest Gathered
From The World al Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.


A Tacoma policeman had his pocket
picked and lost nearly months pay
A German sailor sold Stradivariu
violin to Tacoma pawn broker for 81
1t is now held at 50, 500.
Richard Diener, a gardener near Sar
Francisco, has developed geraniun
bloom six inches in diameter.
Aviator Hoxsey in a Wright biplane
flew from Springfield, ILL.,, to st
Louis, distance of 1O4 miles, making
a new American record for single
flight.
Tugs have failed to pull the big
tramp steamer Damara off the rocks al
the entrance to the Golden Gate, Sar
Francisco, and it is feared the vessel
will be total loss.
An explosion in the coal mine of the
Colorado Fuel Il Iron company at
Starkville has entombed over so min
ers and there is little hope that any
will be found alive.
Two convicts at the Santa Ana peni-
tentiary in California at the close of
religious services took the jailer and
missionary by surprise, threw them
into cell and escaped, we'll armed.
Spain refuses to recognize the Port
uguese Revolutionists.
A business block in the heart of Chi
ooo,o eoId fov &c E00 mn
Many provinces of Portugal are still
loyal to the king and further trouble is
likely.
The strike of thousands of bricklay-
ers and kindred workers in the East
has been amicably settled.
Six farmers of Eureka Flat, Wash,
have pooled their wheat, amounting
to $50 carloads, and are holding for a
big price.
Judge Hand, of the United States
court in New York, declares he will
not again let smugglers escape with
fine, but will sentence them to Jail.
Indoor gymnasium work has been
discontinued at Fort Stevens, Ore,
and the soldiers will hereafter take
their exercise in the open air, regard
less of weather.
Nineteen members of dinner party
given at Pendleton, and also the hotel
proprietor, may be indicted under the
local option law because wine was
carvod at the feast
A laborer attempted to cross Sno-
qualmie river in a row boat, but lost
one of his oars and was carried over
Snoqualmie falls and dashed to pieces
on the rocks 300 feet below.
An educated Chinaman was arrested
at San Francisco just as he was draw
ing a revolver to fire on Prince Tsai
Hsun, uncle of the emperor of China,
who is visiting in this country.
King Manuel, of Portugal, the Queen
Mother, the Dowager Queen and Duke
of Oporto, arrived at Gibraltar on the
royal yacht Amelie and were soon
quartered at the summer residence of
the British governor.
Illinois Suffragettes are making sub
stantial gains.
New York clearing house records for
the past year broke all records.
The owner of Beverly, Taft's sum-
mer home, refuses to renew the lease
for another year.
Two men were suffocated and several
fremen overcome by smoke in Port
land lodging house fire.
By the collapse of reviewing stand
at the Kansas City carnival, three per-
son were badly injured and 40 others
hurt.
Joseph Nolan, a prominent Illinois
editor, was shot and fatally wounded
while "playing Indian" with his g.
year-old son.
An electric washing machine at
Brigham City, Utah, got short-circuit-
ed with high-tension power wire and
two persons were killed and third
shocked into insensibility.
Associate Justice William H. Moody,
Of the United Safes Supreme court,
has resigned on account of i'll health,
and Governor Charles E. Hughes, of
New York, has been appointed to the
place.
The Sultan of Sulu bought a fine
and 100 blank records to I
take home with him. The experiences |
If himself and party on their tour will {
be recorded and repeated to all his t
people.
Sigmund Frank, president of the
Meier & Frank company, of Portland,
8 dead.
Roseburg, Ore, a prohibition strong g
lold, has elected five "wet" council o
men and one "dry." u
A huge meteor, as bright as a naval :
at so yards, fell near Jo- :
Ianesburg, South Africa :
Nat c. Goodwin is believed to be an Il
ctive partner in a big firm of fake L
mining brokers in New York City. Il