Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-01-06
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National. Historical
and Commercial Importance.

Over 5000 people attended Presi
dent Tsft's New Years receptino.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, opens
campaign tor further triff revision.
If mediation in switchmen's strike
fails, 20, more men will stop work.
Daughtes of the American Revclu.
tion have taken up conservation work.
Postmaster-G General Hitchcock urges
postal reforms to avoid a deficit in
100.
Betting is even in London that the
Liberals will win in the coming elec-
tion.
Icdisn commissioner reports that tu-
berculosis is on the increase among In
dians.
Twelve men were lost by the sinking
of sugar-laden schooner in an At
lantic gale.
Colonist travel to the Pacific North
west for 80 broke all records, and is ex-
pected ii still greater for 1910.
A woman armed with a shorgun
stopped the laying of an oil pipe line
on her ranch gin California.
Trains collided in a snowstorm near
Billings, Mont. killing two. A miss
ing baggageman is thought to have
burnedin the wreckage.
Zelaya asserts that he is still presi-
dent of Nicaragua.
Taft's special message on trust law
changes will go to congress next week.
A southern chemist expert asserts
that the aurora borealis is caused by
gas.
The New York supreme court says
patriotism has given way to an age of
graft.
Army engineers have recommended
extensive improvements for the Colum-
bia river.
The Turkish cabinet has been driven
out of office and military premier
may be appointed.
1t is considered that the reclamation
S6lNAN6 odAC 1lOlu
though many changes may be made.
A Nebraska man got an appointment
as a deputy sheriff and then proceeded |
to bring home his erring son from Los
Angeles.
A craftsman on British schoolship
is under arrest for stealing complete
plans of the British navy's wireless
system and codes.
James Gordon, once accused of con-
spring with Booth to kill Lincoln, has
been named United States senator from
Tennessee by Governor Noel.
Heney has filed libel suit against
W. S. Crocker for $25O,OOO.
Fifty out of ss American colleges
will continue to approve of football.
Physicians say there is no hope for
Cardinal Satolli, though he may linger
several days.
Loss by the tidal wave and blizzard
on the New England coast will reach
100000, besides many lives.
When zelaya arrives in Mexico, Pres /
dent Diaz will attend a reception in his
honor, which is taken as direct insult I
to the United States.
Six women are en- route on foot from ,
Seattle to join the I. w. W. of Spokane :
and fight for the right of free speech /
ON the public streets. /
Strike leaders for the switchmen c
have called off negotiations with the a
and will appeal to Washing
ton for advice and aid.
Miss Louise Taft, niece of the presi-
dent, will be married to G. H. Snowden,
If Seattle. After a trip to Europe they !.
will reside in Seattle.
A schooner arrived at Hoquiam, i
Wash, 81 days out from Hypong, China, {
With her captain hopelessly i'll and only b
/ few pounds of provisions left. D
A crippled Italian girl in Chicsgo n
obbed her fathers bank of $4,000, :
With which she hoped 10 induce her .
ousin, also cripple, to marry her. u u
France is in a panic at the inroads of p
American commerce. Fl
President Taft is being urged to make II
etive war on the trusts.
Zelaya boards Mexican gunboat under
yes of American marines. \,
J. D. Warren, who pursued and helped P
D capture jesse James, is dead. B
Billiards sweep the east from Win u u
ipeg to Illinois, and Chicago faces a y;
oal famine. -
The famous Garden Of the Gods was su
iven to the city of Colorado Springs Sc
1r a Christmas present. W
A Texas man has made $4,000, 900 IN
in cotton for two years.
The greatest labor struggle in his
nv is said to be impending between
Ie railroads and their employees. co
The bones Of Cortez, the ancient con- w
leror Of Mexico, are said to have been y.e
und after a search of nearly a cen 81
ry.- tb
Six coaches full Of Christmas travel 70
s were stalled on a car ferry in the ms
stroi. river, and had to wait till the tol
: was cut away. alT