Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19??, October 19, 1905, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextLEXIN6TDN WHEATFIELD S. A. THOMAS, Publisher LEXINGTON .OREGON NEWS OFIHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Oar Eusy Keaaers. A Resume of the Let Important but Not Lass Interesting Event of the Pest Week. Sir Henry Irving, greatest of English actors, is dead. St. Louis papers give high praise to the Portland fair. ' There is bound to be lengthy debates on the canal at the coining session of congress. New York physicians are positive they have cured five cases of cancer with radium Germany is learning how near she i . 1 f A t was 10 war witn x ranee in tne recent Moroccan trouble. Hall Caine, the novelist, believes So cialism is a thing of the ntar future in the United States. Commissioner Ide will soon retire from the Philippine commission on ac count of advancing years,. New Orleans is almost free of yellow fever and surrounding towns are ar ranging to lift the quarantine. The Russian government will lend the Baku oil men money to repair the damage caused by the recent rioting. Judge Knapp, chairman of the Inter state Commerce commission, says graft in railroads may be found to be as bad as in insurance companies. France will send an ultimatum to Venezuela and may blockade the coast ine United states will raise no objec tions to France's procedure New York Republicans have nomi nated lves tor mayor. More machine leaders have been in dieted in Philadelphia. Earl Spencer, leader of the British Liberals, has been stricken with paral ysis. itnode is land Democrats have in dorsed Roosevelt s rate and revision policy. Germany is irritated at the disclos ures of France and Britain regarding the Moroccan question Judge Tucker, of the Arizona Su BIG STICK READY. America and France Will Apply It to Castro, of Venezuela. Washington, Oct. 13. Venezuela, was the subject of an important conver sation at the State department today between Secretary Root and Mr. Jusse rand, the French ambassador. The latter has been ' aw'aiting' the arrival here of the, report -of Co'CsllfoufiJ tiie American Bpecial commissioner, before reporting to his government a course of action. Mr. Calhoun has reported verbally to the president and the srerer tary but he has, not yebicompleted: his formal report upon the conditions he found existing in Venezuela,- Enough is knownj however to show the similarity between the grievances of the Paris and Washington govern- ments. Whether this similarity shall find a corollary in a parallel action on the Dart of the two governments to right their grievances has not yet been decided. France has lately informed the United States that the course she has shaped is one, of extreme patience, out ot even greater firmness. It can be announced that the French government already has considered sev eral courses oi action, any of which, it is believed would bring President Castro to terms. .None will be adopted, however until Mr. Root and Mr. Jusse rand have further considered the report of Mr. Calhoun. In the meantime both governments will bide their time, let ting it be known that both are equally determined to obtain early justice for their citizens. FIRE L088JT FAIR Missouri Building With Contents Totally Destroyed. VART COLLECTION A VALUABLE ONE EXTEND TO COAST. One Of the Finnst Structure nn ha Grounds Now a Heap of Blackened Ruins. SETTLES FOR FRIAR LANDS. Do- preme cour, has been asked to resign on account of recent conduct. Six firemen were injured, two prob ably fatally, in a collision between a hosecart and an electric car at Chicago. About 30 more indictments will be returned against Newton C. Dougherty, tne reoria, Illinois, school Buperin tendent. The second monument in the United States erected to the memory of Chris topher Columbus, has been unveiled at memo, Colorado. The Merchants' association, of New York, through its board of dirctnra. has at-ked the district attorney to take steps to secure an indjciment against the life insurance companies which have been the subject of recent criti cism, saying they are common thieves Norway has formally accepted the treaty with ewedeD. A woman has been arrested for her persistent effort in trying to see the president. Officials of the Mutual Life Insurance company admit having paid out large sums oi money without cause. George W. Perkins, vice president of it. t r i i me jaw ions L,ne, has gone to Eu rope to aviod testifying regarding in surance methods. All attempts to save the steamer St Paul will be abandoned. There is no hope of getting any of the cargo and tne snip is last going to pieces. The sailors of Admiral Evans" ship naye nearly an sworn off drinking. This ship has always held the record for the number of men who could get drunk when given shore leave. E. IT. Harriman is arranging for a record Dreading tirp across the coiiti nent. He expects to bo from San Vran cisco to Chicago in 50 hours and from Chicago to rsew York in 18 hours. A movement is on foot to induce tin hundreds who now go to Europe eve-y year to make a trip west. It is be lieved many of them would be better pleased with the West than with Eu rope if they once made the trip. - Rioting has resulted in many deaths in Moscow, Russia. It is now settled that Taft will go to Panama about November 1. Hughes has declined the Republican nomination for mayor of New York. The Norwegian storthing has ap proved the Karlstad treatT .' Taft Compromises Dispute With minicans at $2,050,000. Washington, Oct. 13. Secretary Taft has approved a settlement arranged by the Philippine government which com pletes the purchase of the Dominican friar lands in the Philippine islands. These lands include nearly half of those purchased from the friars and amount to about 200,000 acres. After the contracts were signed, it was found that a mistake had occurred by reason ofj a difference in the E lglish and Spanish versions of surveys. The Span ish version made the price $200,000 more than the English version. It also was found that the titles to eight differ ent tracts were defective. While Mr. Taft was in the islands he efft-cted a compromise by which the titles were to be made complete and the purchase money paid according to the English version, while the $200, 000 in controversy was to be submitted to arbitration. Since his return the secretary has received a cable from Governor Wright saying that the Do minican agents have offered to com promise by accepting $50,000. Mr Taft today cabled Governor Wright an ... . o r proving the compromise. Ihe total amount to be paid to the Dominicans is $2,050,000. The money win oe paid in JNew York about Octo ber 20. MARKEL IS SHUT OUT. Canal Commission Cancels His $50,- 000,000 Hotel Contract. Panama, Oct. 13. The last act of the Panama Canal commission before sailing for New York was .the annul ment of the contract awarded to J. E Maricel. ot Omaha for feeding and car. ing for the employes of the canal. The reason for this action is that Chief En gineer Stevens, throuah the Hpnart.. ment of materials and supplies under Messrs. Jackson and Smith, is handling o the commissaries successsfully, render ing unnecessary the arrangement with Mr. Maikel. ' Protests made by the em ployes against the arrangement it is believed also influenced the riecisinn Governor Magoon's annual reoort in w l in course oi preparation. Its most in terestini? nnrt. will mints t.n Hm O j - - ' - - - v H.v IIVI1 of sanitation, following the new plan which was put in force immediately oa the arrival of the governor here. The cases of yellow fever in June numbered 60; in July 42 j in August 27 j in September 5, and so far this month there has not been a single case reported., Cruiser Galveston Stood Test. Washington, Oct. 13. According to the report of the Board of Naval In spection arid surety, the final 48-hour trial of the cruiser Galveston was sat isfactory in everv wav. The averacrn " " speed for a four-hour run under forced draft was lfi.56 knots an hour, the speed which the vessel was designed to make being 16.5 knots. She made an average of 14.3 knots an hour for eiirht. hours under natural draft, and for the remainder of the 48 hours maintained an average of from 10 to 12 knots wil'h four boilers. Arrange to Ratify Treaty. Washington. Oc. 13. Baron Rosen. the Russian ambassador, called at the State department today and discussed with Secretary Adee the arrangements for the exchange of ratifications of the Russo-Japanese treaty. Telegraphiu anthoiization for the exchanges mav ha expected almost any day. , . rortiand, Oct. 14. Missouri's state building is the first of the edifices of the Lewis and Clark fair to meet an untimely fate at the hands of the de stroyer. It was not a wrecking crew which totally demolished Missouri'n magnificent reprsentation at the West ern World's fair, last night, but it was fiendish, relentless and unfeeling flames, which tore and burnt their way through the building from one end to the other, devouring the rarest treas ures oi art, almost invaluable exhibits, costly fixtures, leaving in their wake a path of destruction, a vivid reminder of the awful power of fire. The fire began apparently from an unknown cause at 8 o'clock last nicht.. presumably in the rear end, and within 15 minutes the whole of the building and all of ub contents had been utterly dectroyed. A desk, a trunk and three chairs were the only things that were saved. The statue, representing the state of Missouri, which stands in frnnt of the building, and which was present ed to the State of Oreion this week. was untouched. The Missouri building was sold yesterday to the Missouri wreckage company, a local concern, for j,uuu, dui was not to have been de hvered until today. The erection of the building resulted in the expendi ture of $12,000, and the cost of install ing the exhibits amounted to about $5,000 more. While the loss of the art gallery is commercially estimated at $20 000, most of the paintings and statues were owned bv art admirers. and could net be bought for the mere saice ot money. Ihe total loss of the building, art gallery and exhibits is estimated at 150,000. Of insurance there was a meager sum of $5,000 on the art gallery. All that remains of the Missouri building is a ghastly and heart rending pile of blackened boards and twisted ironwork, where until last night stood one of the most beautiful 'buildings of the whole Lewis and Clark exposition, and which contained an art gallery of beautiful paintings, and masterpieces ot noted sculptures, which can never be replaced. The art gallery was the feature of the Dunning, nearly all the noted artists of Missouri contributing to the assem blage of the paintings and statues for the express purpose of having them ex hibited et the Lewis and Clark exposi tion. FREER TRADE THt ONLY RELIEF Senator Long Predicts Much Distress in Philippines Otherwise. Washington, Oct. 14. In the opin ion of Senator Long, of Kansas, who made the trip to the Far East with Sec retary Taft and party, the greatest need of the Filipinos is freer trade with the United fctates. The senator talked with the president today about the needs of the Philippine islands. He told the president that, in his judg ment, the islands would be in serious financial condition until a reduction of duties on their products entering the United States was made. "Recently," said the senator "the Filipinos have suffered from the ty phoons and drouth. As a conse quence, their crops have either failed or been wiped out, and they are becom ing discontented. Their discontent does not take a revolutionary form, but is simply the result of existing condi tions." Mr.- Lone diRpnaofld rail mad rnt.n legislation with the president briefly. He expressed the belief that the matter would be disposed of early in the ap proaching session. New Through'Road From St. Paul to Puget Sound. Chicago, Oct. 11. At the general offices of the .Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, the report from Taco- m , was con tinned .that the company had just purchased; 100 acres of tldeland ipi.jr uu me iacqma water iront, for which about" 1775'oon The St. Paul company has now secured $1,000,000 worth of terminal property in Xacoma. It is now admitted by officials of the company that itB plan is to extend the St. Faul system to Tacbma as raoidlv as is warranted by the development of the country between South Dakota and Puget sound. From 1 present indica: tions, within five years the extension to Tacoma will be completed. Several surveys have been made from Chamber lain to Tacoma, and the engineers are still In the field. Construction of a line running northwest from Chamber lain for 75 miles iB in nrnfrrnaa hut t i O MV vuv complete route to lacoma has not been fixed. Charles Pfeiffer. toannoUo ...nt me Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kailway , company, at Tacmma nn nounced authoritively that the Mil waukee road is to build to the coast He said denials were now useless, in view of the oublicitv oin the m... chase yesterday of terminals involving mure man louu.uuu. iVJ) Pf frur alun stated that the Milwaukee has survey ors and right-of-way agents at work in eastern Washington at the present time. Plan for the terminals in Tnrnma says Mr. Pfeiflffer, include docks larger rnan any here at the nrennnt. t.imn m Pfeiffer leaves tomorrow for Chicago 1 t . CT ior a conierence with A. J. Earling, president of the Milwaukee, whn ha. lust returned from Europe. BRITON HELD FOR RANSOM. British Consul Starts Post Haste to Save Prisoner From Death. London, Oct. 11. Much anxiety is expressed here regarding the fate of Wills, the Englishman, recently em ployed by the Turkish tobacco revenue department, who, as announced yester day in a dispatch to the Associated Press from Salonica, European Turkey had been captured by brigands. The Salonica dispatch said that the British consulate at MonaBtir had received a package containing a human ear which a letter accompanying the pack age declared had been cut from Wi tin The letter threatened that Wills would be murdered unles i the hriimnrin wB paid a ransom of $5,000 not later than uctober 14. Mr. Wills, who is about 27 years e. disappeared last July. lie m n son of an engineer who for many years has been engaged in work in Turkev, and . a brother of Percy Wills, the British consular agent at Ismid. Asia Minor. He served as a volunteer in the British army during the Boer war and was returned invalided, afterward securing a position in the Turkish to bacco revenue department. CHINESE SUSPEND BOYCOTT Wright Will Soon Resign. Washington, Oct. 14. By reason of what HDneara to ha HianAtiafantinn with the situation in the Philippines, Luke E. Wright, governor general of the Philippines and president of the Phil ippine commission, will retire from that position about December 1. Gene ral Wright is expected to arrive in the United States during that month, and is entitled to six months' leave of ab sence prior to the formal relinquish ment of his labors as governor general. It is understood that he expects to re turn to Memphis, Tenn. British Railroad In China Hongkong. Oct. 14. The govern- ment will intrmlur-A a hill in the lecia- lative council providing for a 12.000.- 0,00 loan for the Kowleen-Canton rail way and other purposes. If Congress Does Not Act, They Will Make It Stronger. , Washington, Oct. 11. News that the merchants of China, who have been prosecuting the boycott against Ameri can goods, have decided to suspend temporarily that movement to await possible action of the United State" congress in softeninir the exrlnqinn laws, is contained in official dispatches received today irom rekin. The infor mation comes from the mnrnhnnt.n' guild of that place, and is to the effect that this course has been decided upon by merchants throughout the empire. The action follows the advice of the Chinese government in the matter which was given as a consequence of the attitud" of President Roosevelt. Should congress fail to take the deBired action, the boycott will again become effective, and will be pressed with re newed vigor. ; ARMS FOR REVOLT Revolutionists Preparing for Out break Throughout Russia. ALL DECLAhE WAR OPf Moscow , Municipality ' Refuses to Re ceive Them, as They Commit Robberies and Atrocities. Moscow. Oct. 12 Tim the internal situation Im-mnnua throughout the provinces,. Everybody is arming fo a general outbreak. Arms were found in considerable auahtitiM last week at Kiev, Riga, Odesi-a. Mos- cow, St. Petersburg, Saratoff. Tiflis. Baku and Batum. At th RflniA limn the czar's officers seized explosives In,' worinern 1 and1 Central Russia and in Poland. In the Caucasus the have declared war on the Cossacke. From Tiflis there comes an account cf wholesale killing of nHAnlu Hut-in demonstration at the town hall. Among the slain was a Russian woman of rank, who was trvinir to hln a litiu girl wounded by soldiers. Eleven bombs were thrown in one day among the Cossacks who were t)at,rnllin t;h; The situation there is more alarming .1 i . o man ever oeiore. At MOSCOW the trmnif'inalilv l.n. . , , , u.i in fused to receive anv nw imant. f j . . Q..uv. iq w Cossacks, because it has been proved that a great number of robberies, out rages and atrocities ted by Cossacks throughout the coun try. DEFENSE HAS INNING. Banker a Cattle Thief. Fargo, N. D Oct. 11. Stockmen of Montana and rxr-rtn iiakota are inte rested in a big cattle stealing sensation brewing in .the northwestern part of this state near the Montana line.' The most sensational feature of the deal is the arrest of a banker in connection with the affair. He is said to have furnished the brains for the outfit and a cloak of respectability, under which the gang operated. It is said that a full exposure of the deal will involve dozens of men, one of whom is a gov ernment official. Great Increase in Registration. New York, Oct. 11. The total reg istration of yesterday and today in Greater New York was 347.308. as compared with SOS, 142 for the corres ponding days of 1903 ' District Attorney Heney Conducts a Fiery Cross-Examination. Portland. Oct. 12 Nnw it ,, fense that has its inninir in tl.o , - n v j . v,ui4" spiracy case of Jones, Potter and Wade. varies a. Moores, who was register at the Oregon City Land Office from 1897 until 1903, was the first witness called by the attorneys for the defonaa Mi- direct examination was brief, but when he fell into the hands of District At torney Heney he was suhjecttd to a vigorous cross-examination. Mr. Moores in the course nf hia in cumbency of the land office, signed Thaddeus 8. Potter's final proof papers. Mr.. Heney produced a great number of letters that had passed between Pot ter Bnd Mr. Moores. Potter had taken up a homestead and had sworn, like the rest, to actual and continumiH rai. dence on the homestead. Witno Moores testified on direct PTOm 1 not trr that he was ricid in following a At -- " wwii a, ocu rule of his office and that the clerk who niied out the answers on the final application alwavs had t,l. making the final proof say that the questions had been read to him in the presence of the clerk. Mr. Han deavored to show that when Mr M,-,..,. passed upon and signed the final proofs of the Potter claim, he knew by the let ters he was receiving frnm T,.tt.. n,t the actual residence of the latter was in Portland and not on the claim on the Siletz reservation. ALLIES JOIN HANDS. British Fleet Receives Great Welcome in Japanese Waters. Yokohama. Oct. 12 Th Pritih squadron of 12 vessels, under the com- .1 TT! . it i ,. ? niaiiu oi vice Admiral Bir Gerald Noel, arrived here this mornino an officially welcomed amid scenes of great enthusiasm by Vice Admiral Shi mamura. The squadron formed in a single column, the tomedn leading, and took up an anchorage fac ing me unore. salutes were exchanged between the Japanese fl and the British flagship Diadem. Ad miral Bhimamura then went aboard the Diadem, accompanied hv th and other local authorities and a repre- aonfall,,A Af G: 1 w . . - .hoi ul or wuuin jvicuonaiit, the British minister at Tokio. Admiral Noel later visited the Iwate. .'After these ceremoninea had h,. concluded, Admiral Noel and 1,300 officers and men landed and paraded through a cheering multitude to a gar den party given by the municipality. Lumbermen Endorse Him. Washington, Oct. 12. President Roosevelt today received further en dorsement of his attitude toward the enactment -of railroad' rate legislation from the big lumber interests of the country Lewis Dill, president, and Robert W. Higbee, a member of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' asociation. and Genre a S. fiarAa. .-j Silas Gardiner, representing the Central Yellow Pine association, of Mississippi told the president that tl - noawvia tions approved heartily of his course in the matter. Seek Refuge In Japanese Port. Vic'oria, Oct. 12. A Nagasaki naner says the remnants of the Russian squadron which escaned tn r,.t.i ports, will go to Nagasaki to winter.