Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-18
DO|NGS 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.

"A COTTON 1amlne IS prevalent In tht
New England mills.
Toxic is facing a famine as result
of disastrous floods.
The sixth attempt at suicide of Mrs
Mary McArdle, in Chicago, proved sue
cessful.
Regular troops are ordered to fight
forest fires in the Washington and Idaho
districts.
J. Poyntz Spencer, fifth Earl of spen-
GER, died in London Saturday. He was
born in 1885.
The British cruiser Duke of Edin-
burgh went ashore in dense fog on a
rocky ledge off Cowes.
There is no intention on the part of
the vatican to recede from the position
it has taken in Spain.
A 6-year-old boy swallowed a torpedo
July 4 at Madison, Wis, and nearly
lost his life by poison.
Smiling club has been organized in
London, which pledges its members to
smile instead of swearing.
James Radley, the English aviator,
few one mile in AZ 2-5 second on a
Bleriot monoplane. This is a world IS
record for speed.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of W. J. Burns, the noted detec-
tive employed by the government in the
land fraud cases. He is charged with
subornation of perjury.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger,
it is reported, is scheduled to be retired
from President Taft's cabinet, also At
torney- General Wickersham and Secre-
tary of State Knox. Speaker Cannon is
also to be relegated to the has-beens.
The first gun in the contemplated
sugar war between members of the
Spreckels family was fred Saturday
with the arrival at San Francisco Of the
well-known American ship Lyra from
Yonkers, N. Y, bringing to the Federal
Sugar Refining company sugar amount
ing to 100000 pounds.
The Pacific Coast fisheries will start
a seal farm.
Denver gets the next convention of
the Knights Templars.
Oregon troops in camp at American
Lake helped to fight forest fires near
Colville, Wash.
Health authorities in Berlin fear
the invasion of cholera and are taking |
precautions against it.
Federal grand jury in Chicago brings
charges against Thomas G. Lee, Ar
mour & Co. g manager.
Election returns in Alaska give
delegate to congress, James Wicker
sham, plurality of 1000.
Aviator LIE Blnac in 488 mile race
in France made the remarkable speed
of 100 miles in one hour and 55 min
utes.
Mrs. Della Totten shoots and instant
ly kills James E. Sutton in a dispute
over a line fence, near Wenatchee,
Wash.
An explosion of dynamite in an ex-
cavation in New York City Injuries 20
persons and causes panic in the
neighborhood.
Senator Aldrich denies profting by
the tariff on rubber through his in
vestments in concerns interested in the
rubber industry.
The forces of General Lee Christ
mas, supporting the Bonilla movement
in Honduras, are approaching the city
of Celiba rapidly. ]
Pensions for Alaskan dogs who have
served their time in the harness is pro-
posed by Marion P. Maus, commander
of the department of the Columbia.
The Illinois Central railroad COM
pany, by order of the corut, will re-
cover losses from the Memphis Car
which defrauded that road of t
thousands of dollars in car repairing.
Encouraging weather reports indi-
cate that crops will be better than had '
been expected.
President Taft receives visitors three '
days week only, reserving the others j
for recreation and rest. a
United States has protested against i
injury to American property IN Nlcara- Y
qua by Madriz soldiers. T
The famous Best & Belcher mine,
One of the famous Comstock group, of
Nevada, was destroyed by fire.
Trouble between the Catholic church IL
and Spanish government has been tenn C
Dorariiy averted and permanent peace o
overtures are being made. Il
Officers of Jap warship in the har- =
Dor of Shimidz, japan, refused to aid !
IN American steamer in distress, and :,
Who had asked for assistance. h
A San Francisco man paid S2,065 =
or a special car from New York to
San Francisco in order that his pet dog
night ride with him instead of in the
baggage car. 81
Spain fears the Carlists and Cleri- = =
ais are working together. u
Taft has ordered a vigorous fight to D
eclaim title to valuable Indian lands. Il
It is said that Taft and Roosevelt r,
re in perfect accord on the question Of al
irect primaries. it