LEXIN6TDN 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
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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-
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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.