Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Condensed Dispatches from All Parts
of the Two HemlSphereS.
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.

A Chinese tong war murderer ha
been sentenced for life in San Francis
co.
A strike is being considered by 80,
600 railroad firemen on AZ Western
lines.
J. P. Morgan laughs at reports thai
he is dead, and says he is alive anc
glad of it.
The American legation at Bogota is
being closely guarded and anti-Ameri-
can feeling is high.
A rich heiress of Lakewood, N. j.,
suffering from nervous trouble,
drowned herself in nearby lake.
Liberals in the English parliament
have again taken the aggressive, and
will force the Tories to grant another
election or resign.
Seven men escaped from the Pendle-
toni Jail by saving off the bars to a
back window while the sheriff was
busy with a rush of taxpayers.
Life savers at ;Marshfeld, Or, are
undergoing strict investigation by rev.
enue officers on charges of misconduct
during the wreck of the steamer Gar
ina.
Robbers attempted to blow open the
safe of the Valley Ford bank in Bloom
field, CAL, but the noise of the explo-
sion drew crowd and the thieves es-
capped without obtaining anything.
Pinchot's admission of high-handed
policies astound the Investigating COM
mittee. Witnesses admit that engin-
eers of reclamation service oppose Bal
linger because of failure to gain pro-
motion.
At a meeting of representatives of
practically all of the shingle mills of
the redwood belt of California, at Eu-
reka, it was decided to organize sell
ling association which will work for
the expansion of the redwood shingle
market on the Pacific Coast.
Aviator Hamilton, while giving an
exhibition at Seattle, attempted to dip
in the water Of small lake, but lost
his balance and plunged into the lake
with his machine. He was rescued,
but collapsed and had to be taken to a
hospital. He is not believed to be SER
iously injured.
M. Lorraine, French aviator, fell
80 feet in Bleriot machine and was
badly injured.
A Colorado woman stopped a runa-
way horse which she had been driving
and then died from the shock.
San Francisco and central California
had sharp earthquake, the strongest
since the great disaster of 1906.
Six persons were injured, two SER
iously, by collision between freight
and passenger train on Seattle subur-
ban road. sqeT
The mayor of Trenton, New Jersey,
orders the street car company to run cars
even if it has to give in to IT'S striking
employees.
The United States circuit court of
New York, has ruled that stock specu-
lation is no legitimate part of the bus
mess of bank.
Citrus shipments from California
are !, 700 carloads behind last season,
and it is estimated there are II, 900 cars
of the crop yet to be shipped. Il
Three paymasters of coal companies
in different parts of Pennsylvania were
held up and robbed about the same
time of sums aggregating $5, 900.
The Northwest Corporation, owning
the gas, electric and water plants of
Oregon and Washington towns, has
been taken over by an Eastern syndi-
cate. 4
1t is reported that Peary is taking
the proofs of his North Pole discovery
to London and will make them public
at meeting of the Royal Geographi-
cal society.
A colony of 100 families of Mennon- I
ties sold their farms in the East and t
bought large tract in California and '
now find their deeds worthless. The |
promoter made about $500, 600 on the 7
deal and is now being sued by the vic {
Tins.
The Standard Oil company denies
the accusations of combine, conspiracy
and blocked competition.
The Southern Pacific agrees to fur
nish the rock if California towns will
entence tramps to the rock pile.
An Ohio farmer, 'angered by the low \
price offered for a carload of turnips, h
gave away the whole load to consum- +
ers. p
Since the death Of ex-senator Platt, q q
United States Express stock, in which ! |,
be was heavily interested, has ad- q
Vanced. I
A rich Arkansas man, so years old, b
who figured in several breach Of prom
se suits within the past year, has been
Many briefs assail7 corporation tax n
aw as unconstitutional, ex-senator Il
Foraker, Of Ohio, attacking the law b.
rom all sides. a