Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-09-15
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
Current Events Of Interest Gathered
From The World al Large.
General Resume of Important Events
+ Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

Colonel Roosevelt has finished nl
Western tour. t
: Roosevelt compliments Pittsburg fo
quitting the "higher-ups' in Jail,
The totals attendance at the Live
stock show in Portland was 46, 1000.
& Mrs. Seligman, wife of prominent
New York merchant, will sing in granc
erera.
i Admiral Eavns, endorses San Fran
cisco as the place for the Panama, ex-
position of 1916.
Nine men were killed by falling rock
inian open cut which the Erie railroad
isl making at Jersey City, Nj.
The Eucharist congress- which has
Just adjourned at Montreal chose vi
emma as its next meeting place.
"A prominent St. Louis man, de-
scendant of wealthy family, will
write a book exposing St. Louis So
ciety.
Lorimer has resigned his member
ship in the Hamilton club, of Chicago,
and a great loss of membership is
scheduled to follow.
Gold bars to the value of $57, 500
disappeared in transit from Fairbanks,
Alaska, to Seattle, and lead bars were
found in their place.
The mother of Alfonso, of Spain,
threatens to abandon the country per-
manently, on account of the tactics of
Premier Canalejas in the religious con-
troversy.
Oscar Hammerstein will build the
worlds finest opera house in London.
Pope Plus x takes extra precautions
against the growth of modernism in
the church.
The servants of the shah's palace at
Teheran, Persia, have gone on a strike
for wages due.
An American diplomat declares this
country may be forced to occupy or
annex the Panama canal country.
A Jap at Chehalis, Wash, paid a
fine of $525 to avoid going to the peni-
tentiary for an attempted burglary.
Three men are known to be killed,
several injured and many missing as
the result of an oil explosion on the
battleship North Dakota.
An Alaskan miner was overtaken
and devoured by wolves. Another
man was pursued by them for two
weeks, but finally reached settlement.
The Texas legislature has instructed
its congressman to work for the repeal
of the Fourteenth amendment, which
confers the right of franchise upon
negroes.
Escaped convicts from road camp
near Lyle, Wash, set fire to the tim
Der to prevent pursuit by bloodhounds,
and serious forest fires have started as
a result.
The county treasurer at Tacoma,
Wash, is selling $153, 526 worth of
delinquent tax certificates against the
property of the Weyerhauser Lumber
company. -
Investigation shows that graft
money was paid to New York legisla-
tors through brokers, who gave the
recipients generous opportunities to
speculate.
Roosevelt refused to sit at the table
with Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, at
banquet at Chicago. Lorimer is ac-
cused and practically convicted of ex-
tensive bribing in the state legisla-
ture. Roosevelt also thoroughly
grilled the Legislature in speech be-
fore the Hamilton club. aa
The international Harvester COM
pany has been declared trust by the
Missouri courts.
It is believed Secretary Ballinger
will be vindicated by the conservation
investigating committee.
Governor Crothers, of Maryland,
promises some startling disclosures in
connection with the cocaine business in
Baltimore.
A brilliant meteor passed over
Northwestern Oregon Sunday, and re-
ports are that pieces of it we're picked
up near Woodburn.
California Legislators cheered at the
reading of a constitutional amendment
to allow the state to raise money for
the San Francisco fair.
A lone robber shot a fagman and
then robbed the passengers in Pull
man car while the train was passing
through the yards in st. Louis.
Two men were drowned in the st.
Lawrence river by the overturning of
their motor boat, while their wives
stood helpless on shore but few feet
away.
The Catholic bishop Of Detroit,
Mich, protests against the reading Of
the bible in the public schools, claim
ing that only churches have a right to
teach religion.
Louis Sherry and John B. Martin,
leading restaurant men Of New York,
and also Martins wife, were arrested
for smuggling valuable wearing ap-
parel at New York. .
Mayor Gaynor took a six-mile walk
md vyas not the Least iniured bv IL