Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-17

says if a central bank were estab-
lished the Standard Oil company would
control it.
Mrs. Sage denies report of promis-
cuous charity gifts in the South, but
admits giving away large sums during
her recent trip.
The naval tug Nina, with a crew of
80 men, is missing on the Atlantic
coast, and many naval vessels are
searching for her.
A Minnesota telegraph operator,
with one foot cut off and both legs
broken, crawled half mile and pre-
vented collision.
The French Antarctic expedition
under Charcot reached 70 degrees
south latitude aond mapped many hun
dred miles Of new country.
Officials of the French transatlantic
steamship company have no tidings Oh
anyone being saved from the lost
steamer General Chanzy except the one
passenger picked up by fishermen.
In a speech in Dublin, Redmond de-
manded that the house of lords veto
the English budget, and his attitude
may unite the Irish and Radicals under
one banner, resulting in the complete
overthrow of the house of lords.
A French linersTwas wrecked in the
Mediterranean and 156 lives lost.
" Nicaraguan rebels are preparing to
move on Managua, and the fall of the
city is considered certain.
Bandits looted the postofice, general
store and hotel in Divide, Mont, and
escaped to the mountains.
Society women in Washington, d.
c., are getting considerably worried
over the high cost of living.
The czarina of Russia is said to be
near death from nervous troubles
brought on by fear of assassination.
An Iowa man runs deer farm, and
has herd of about 100 deer, from
which he sells venison, hides and ant
lers.
]. P. Morgan in announced as the
president of the Pan-American bank,
the greatest banking institution in the
world.
Stones hurled from the volcano Poas,
on the island of Costa Rica. have killed
many villagers who lived near the
mountain.
One of the greatest railroad builders
of the present time says cement and
concrete will eventually supersede
brick for nearly all building purposes.
1t is feared that the eruption of the
volcano Poas, on the island of Costa
Rica, may cause earthquakes in the
Panama canal zone, and possibly injure
the canal.
It is reported that the Canadian
Northern railroad, backed by ]. P.
Morgan, has acquired the holdings of
coal lands on Vancouver Island owned
by the Dunsmuir family, at price of {
81, 900, 900.
King Gustav, of Sweden, is recov- !
ering from a severe operation. /
Eastern bankers refuse to finance J. I
P. Morgan's proposed telephone mer-
ger. e
Mrs. Russell Sage has given $780, :
900 to various charitable institutions !
in Texas. :
Abdul Hamid is reported to have at 0
tempted suicide by strangling himself t
with silk handkerchief.
President Taft has approved the
plan for restoring 100000 acres of
reserve land to settlement. )
1t has been proved that forest rang +
srs under Pinchot attended college and .
lrew pay at the same time.
A bed of genuine fire opals has been S
discovered near Kamloops, 3. c., and b
4 company is forming to market the
gems. t
Flood conditions in France are again r
alarming, many being driven Z
,ut of their homes for the second time Z
1y rising waters. Il
The scope of the senste's inquiry in
20 the cost of living has been widsned
70 include not only food and clothing,
but many other articles, and also sal \
.ries, earnings and the tariff. Z
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, poor, dis ie
and broken in health, has re- y
.urned to her native land from Wash =
ngton, where she has been.seeking res -
,oration of her lands and wealth. y
California astronomer says Halley's fs
comet might develop hydrocyanic acid al
lpOn coming in contact with the Il
,arth's atmosphere, thus destroying all D
Inimal life. but Eastern scientists
cof at the idea.
The Boise, Idaho, beef trust has
,een convicted of selling short-weight q q
ard. =
Roosevelt has the record of the al
reatest hunter who has ever been to g
Africa. Iw