Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-10-06
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.

mine in Mexico killed 72 men.
Cuba is making every possible effort
to have clean and orderly election.
Strahorn says Tacoma may be made
one of the Coast terminals of the North
Coast line.
Since his visit to Washington the
Sultan of Sulu is more loyal than ever
to Uncle Sam.
Five bodies have been recovered
from the wreck of the Los Angeles
Times building.
A Lake Huron passenger boat foun-
dered, but all on board were saved by
passing steamer.
Donations are coming in for the
families of those killed in the destruc
tion of the Los Angeles Times Office.
An young Italian was clubbed to
death by highwaymen in Chicago while
his fiancee was waiting fine Sunday
dinner for him.
Twenty-nine men from the battle
ship New Hampshire were drowned by
the sinking of barge on which they
were returning to the ship from shore.
WI Ting Fang, formerly Chinese
minister to Washington, has cropped
his queue, to emphasize his request to
his government for permission for all
of his countrymen abroad to do like
wise.
A German aviator fell $50 feet in
his machine, and died of his injuries.
Canada is seeking new reciprocity
arrangements with the United States.
Danger of an uprising in China is
causing military activity in the United
States.
The son of rich San Francisco man
is serving a five months Jail sentence
for pocket-picking.
A San Jose woman has been given a
verdict of $1,792 against newspaper
for being called leper.
For the fisrt time in so years all
gambling in Nevada will be closed by
law, taking effect October l.
All foreign steamship lines are re-
fusing to take passengers or freight
from Naples, on account of the epidem-
ic of cholera there.
The Southern Pacific and Salt Lake
railroads have granted a material re-
duction on citrus fruits from Californ-
ia to all Northwest points.
Walter Brookins, a pupil of Wilbur
Wright, flew from Chicago to Spring
field, ILL.,, 1877 miles, with but two
stops, winning $40, 900 prize and es-
tablishing new long distance record.
The patent rights in this and all
foreign countries for the new concrete
railroad tie recently invented by
George Gates, of Stockton, CAL, have
been sold to a syndicate of capitalists
for SIT. 5000
By a vote which was practically
unanimous, the American Mining con-
gress at Los Angeles, declared itself in
favor of state control of all natural re-
sources, and against all ideas of con-
except to prevent actual
waste.
Advocates of states rights find little,
at the conservation congress.
A New York actress now claims
$50, 900 of Lucky" Baldwin's estate.
Catholic newspapers at Madrid free
Iy predict the early removal of Premier
Canalejas.
Coulee City, Wash, went "dry"
by one vote, and the one saloon in the
town will be closed.
Roosevelt was elected temporary
chairman of the Republican state con-
vention of New York
Robbers who looted S. P. mail car
in Louisiana, overlooked packages of
currency containing $3.50, 900.
Cholera has become epidemic at
Naples, Italy, and many have died in
the streets of the poorer districts.
Rioting became general in the Ber-
in strike and over 100 persons were
injured by charging police, many of
hem seriously.
George Chavez, who crossed the
Alps from Switzerland to Italy in an
leroplane and met disaster while try [
ng to land, died of his injuries.
Walter Broekins, in a Wright aero
plane, sailed about over the city of
chicago for 20 minutes and then re-
.urned and landed safely at the start ,
ng point.
Strikers and police had a pitched ]
,attle in the streets of Berlin.
Two German torpedo boats ran
shore during practice evolutions. I
Western roads are charged with con-
inued violations Of the anti-rebate
avs.
The Republication organization of
.outh Carolina continues under control
( colored men. =
Before a mass meeting at Pueblo, a
Iolo., Bryan declared that the Roose- j
cit policies were preached by himself t
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