The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-11
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around The Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAppHIlMcs N A MuuciHl
live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

ThlFty.two caaes Of cholera are re
ported IN Yokohama.
Oregon crops this year are estimates
70 ke worth $50. isi, ,7s0.
y Forty thousand pounds Of wool {
snld at Eugene. Ore. ri approximatel,
40 esnts per pound.
A humming bird kills two eanarle'
Il Oregon City, having entered III
cage for tho purpose.
Columbia Beach. . resort near Port
land. has been closed by tho health au
thoritlea. who ailege inssnItary eondi'
tlons exist there.
The Portland chamber Of eommercs
proposes q tax Of ono mill for the pnr'
pose OF snbsldlsIng ahlpownsrs 10 entel
he port Of Portland.
Charles 4. Hughes makes his nrsi
enmpaign speech u Detroit. Othal
epeechcs win be made In leading cities
~ the West on tha initial trip.
The strong Turklnh force which At.
thcked ths British at Romani. 22 mllss
east Of the SUES canal. on August 4.
was defeated and put 70 flight BY q
oounteF-a attack.
Robert v. Wagner, II New York.
FOR governor. and Calvin ]. Huston.
IN Yates county. for lieutenant Cover.
l.oF. was the ticket agreed on at con
ference In New York City Of is prom.
Ihsnt Democrats.
Two earthquakes were recorded By
de saIsmograph at the University Of
Santa Clara. Cal. the tirst At ii:t0
osciock Monday mesning. lasting for
about 10 mlnusae, registering an am.
plltads II 80 milIlmsterh
IA grcat hrs In 4 forest near savona.
Italy. along . front Of nearly three
miles N reported In Havas dispatch
from Rome. Two thousand soldiers
have boon ssnt 10 fight the Ere. tho
cause of which 10 unknown.
The city Of Brussels has refused 10
pay the fins Of s. 900. 900 marks Inn
posed by tho Germans IN consequences
Of tho demonstration which took place
at the Belgian capital on July ~. the
national feto day. A serious crisis 10
expected.
DR.. Eva Harding. Of Topeka, Kan.
q suifFagist loader. has won the Demo
cratic nomination for representative In
congress in tho First district over
Rev. II. ]. Corwine. In the recent
statewide primary. DR.. Harding.
whose majority was COS. 10 the only
woman congressional candidate In the
stats FOR tho coming election
The proposition to submit = conati-
tntionai amendment for statewide
prohibition received favorable nla-
jority of 2i0S votes In the July ~
Texas primary, according 70 tho roni-
plete and official canvass OF sub-cous-
mittee Of the State Democratic Exec.
utive committee. The total vote was:
For. l7l, ass; against. i72,S
OtEsrs of 81 per bushel for North
western wheat are refused.
One child IN every Ave dies Of ingan-
ellie paralysis In New York.
The State department declines 70
etand behind American bankers who
were negotiating loan TO China.
Str Roger Easement. the instigator
Of the iriah revolution, was hanged
In London Thursday for high treason.
Frank West two-ycar-old son Of z.
Al. West, OF Prosser, Wash, was
IN the sunnyside canal. The
body was recovered after having been
carried through two miles Of wood
stave plpe.
The supreme lodge Of Knights Of
Pythiaa IN session at Portland last
weak. elected John ]. Brown. Of Van.
dnlia, H., supreme chanceilor and
Charles 8. Davis, Of Denver, vice
chancellor.
National Gnardsmen, relieved from
duty on the border for disability, re-
turned 10 Oakland, Cal, to find their
armory had been looted Of $500 in
by burglars. who had cleaned
out every locker.
An attempt by Bulgarian soldiers 70
seize an island In the Ronmanian
waters Of the Danube river close 70
The town Of Giurgevo has caused
there, according TO reports
received by Bucharest newspapers.
Should the great railroad strike now
pending be declared, all traffic would
Be stopped on 1885 roads, with the ex-
seption Of mail and troop trains.
The Serbian government has decided
70 convoke the Serbian parliament.
King Peter Of Serbia and the Greek |
government have been advised Of this
The garment strike which virtually
hes paralysed the women's suit and
,loak industry in New York for nearly |
Iour months. was declared settled at
, general meeting Of the strike COM
nittee.