Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-10
Louis James, the noted actor, died of
heart failure at Helena, Montana.

Charles X. Hamilton, in Curtis
biplane, gave many thrilling and suC
esssful flights in Portland.
Jacob Schif, banker who loane
ruch money to Japan, says the Unite
States must fight Japan soon.
John Redmond has won almost
complete victory over the house o
Lords in the English parliament.
A letter from Martha Washington
and one from Mrs. Abraham Lincoh
have been found in dark attic in thu
house of representatives.
W. H. Eccles, manager of the Ore
gon Lumber company, which has beer
indicted for timber land frauds, says
he has no fear of the outcome.
A veteran in the California Soldiers
home attempted suicide on learning
that his wife, son and daughter were
killed in the avalanche at Mace, Idaho.
Four hundred Russian emigrants in
Honolulu have been attacked by diph-
liberia, and refuse to remain, saying
promises made to them have not been
kept.
The great italian singer Caruso is
being threatened by Black Hand let
tiers, but declares he has no fear of
them and is making every effort to ap-
prehend the writers.
An old California Indian fighter of
the early sos called on Taft and great
ly interested him with accounts of
early wars. The president will see to
it that about 20 of the Indian war vet
Grams receive good pensions.
Sympathetic strikes in Philadelphia
have involved over 100, 900 workers in
various trades, and the trouble is grow
ing steadily. It is said to have started
by the peremptory discharge, for no
honest cause, of about 500 union street
car employees.
A New York woman has been con-
ducting a school for shoplifters.
Nicaraguan rebels are planning to
force intervention by the United
States.
Twenty-three miners were killed by
an accidental explosion in the Tread
we'll mine.
The Federal government will renew
its attack on the sugar trust under the
Sherman law.
A New York man is trying to buy
some big daily paper and install Roose-
welt as editor in chief.
British Columbia government will
try to import from England many
girls to be employed as house servants.
Gaynor, mayor of New York, says
no one man can run any large city
without special training and prepara-
tion.
An avalanche destroyed IL of the 16
buildings composing the mining camp
of Skookum, 20 miles north of Roslyn,
Wash. One man was killed.
Deputies have given up trying to
capture the Quiniault Indian who mur-
dered two of his tribe and then barri-
caded himself on a mountain.
A mob in Dallas, Texas, took a ne
gro from the courtroom where he was
being tried, beat him to death and
hung his body from festival arch.
The o. R. & N. is the only line in
the West or Northwest now open, and
all trains of the Union Pacific, North
ern Pacific, Great Northern and Mil
waukee are using that line.
Merchants of the principal cities in
Tahiti have petitioned the governor
not to allow tourists to land. This is
believed to be the only place of i'm
portance in the civilized world that
does not want tourists.
A mysterious airship was seen fly
ing all around Mt. Shasta, and per
forming feats before unheard of. It
is believed to belong to some inventor
who has built it during the past winter
at some secluded spot in the noun
tains.
Floods at GAINESVILLE and Warren,
Ohio, have rendered thousands of peo-
pie homeless.
Butte engineers are deserting their {
union and the collapse Of the strike
seems at hand.
Oklahoma has passed a new election
law which cuts down the negro vote by
prescribing certain qualifications.
Japan wants credit for helping China !
avoid serious trouble on the Tibetan |
frontier, and says China made a great &
mistake.
Abilene, Kansas, has adopted the !
form Of government, but !
North and South Dakota towns are re- ,
ecting it. 7
A Quiniault Indian murdered two Of
lis tribe, defed the authorities and
himself on a high noun
ain, heavily armed.
The barkentine Amy Louise, from I
for st. Johns, n. F., has '
zen out over 100 days, and is believed '
o be lost with her crew Of nine. q