LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
S. A. THOMAS, Publisher
LEXINGTON OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Taft has started for Panama.
Southern congreessmen are united
or a rate bill. '
A split in Maryland Democracy may
end Gorman's rule.
Fire has destroyed one of the Prince
ton college buildings.
King Oscar has declined the Norwe
gian throne for a member of his family.
The czar may grant a constitution in
Russia similsar to that of Great Brit
ain. A prairie fire near Minot, N. D., has
dBetroyed thousands of tons of hay,
some buildings, a large amount of grain
and some stock.
The steamer conveying President
Boosevelt from New Orleans to the
warship at the mouth of the river col
lided with a fruit steamer. No one
was injured, and after a short delay the
president proceeded.
Acting Public Printer Bicketts has
been in conference with the senate and
house committees on printing. Ac
cording to him thousands of dollars
might be saved every year by refusing
to print worthless reports.
A Louisville Southern 'passenger
train traveling 50 miles an hour plung
ed through a bridge eight miles west of
Lexington, Ky. A large number of
passengers were injured, many of whom
will die. The death list is expected to
reach at least 16.
The only trains running in Russia
are manned by soldiers.
Senator Gorman defends negrn dis
franchisement in Maryland
Togo continues to receive many hon
ors from Japanese business men.
A new counterfeit silver dollar has
made its appearance in Portland.
Fire which burned a Hot Springs,
Arkansas, hotel caused the death of six
guests
Kaiser Wilhelm has just made a
speech warning the army to be ready
for war. ' . , . ,f ..
It is rumored that Gomez is buying
arms for Liberals and will start a revo
lution in Cuba.
All the formalities of the dissolution
of the union between Norway and Swe
den have been concluded.
Foreign bankers have refused, to
make another loan to Russia until
peace is restored in the empire. ' " '
It is believed the senate will' ratify
the treaty wtih Santa Domingo for
financing the affairs of that country.
Leading bankers of Europe have
formed a big organization to do busi
nes in various Central America coun
tries. It is reported from Sebastopol that
the Russian battleship Fateleimon,
formerly the Kniaz Potemkin, on
which the mutiny recently occurred,
has been destroyed by revolutionists.
Canal engineers Bay the work can be
done in ten years.
Japan says she has no desire to ac
quire the Philippine islands.
Senator Foraker will lead the fight
for the railroads against the rate bill.
The American minister is acting as
mediator between France and Vene
zuela. Robbers wrecked the safe in the
Ridgeville, Indiana, bank, and escaped
with $6,000.
The czar has adopted Witte's recom
mendation of enlarged suffrage and will
make him premier.
Spanish Republicans have started an
agitaion looking to the establishraer.t
of a republic in Spain.
The first damage suit against the Iro
quois theater owners has started in
the United States Circuit court in Chi
cago. ,
Secretary Hitchcock favors abolish
ing the office of land receivers and let
ting the registers do all the work. At
present there are 110 receivers, draw
ing a total fo 250,000 a year.
Baron von Sternberg, German am
bassador to the United States, says the
Anglo-Japanese alliance means the es
tablishment of a Monroe doctrine in
the Far East by those countries.
The beef trust has made a new attack
on the indictments against, it.
A large area in Clackamas county,
Oregon has been added to the Cascade
forest reserve.
FEAR PARALYZES CAPITAL.
General Trepoff Placed In Command
".. ' ''of St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 27 St. Peters
burg was in a panic today, but to a
large extent without reason. The most
sensational rumors were in circulation,
and the shopkeepers on all except a few
of the principal streets closed their
stores . and boarded up the doors and
windows, while peaceful minded inhab
itants kept within doors. Anxiety was
evidenced in the whole atmosp'ere of
the city, but so far nothing has oc
curred to justify these fears. There
were no disorders.
General Trepoff, who has been placed
in command of the St. Petersburg gar
rison, and given an additional division
of reinforcements, declares that he is
amply able to maintain order and the
police are allowing the strikers to vent
their enthusiasm so as to avoid a
demonstration. General Trepoff in
structed the police not to interfere with
the parades so long as they were or
derly, but he gave notice tonight that
he was prepared to cope firmly with
any disturbance. He had printed in
all the evening papers a notification
that the troops would tomorrow be or
dered to use ball cartridges in case
there should be any outbreak.
The situation, however, cannot be
regarded as much improved. The
strikers at their meetings today were
as determined as ever to continue the
strike and the full force of the govern
ment railroad battalions is almost help
less in the face of the general strike on
the railroads. The most encouraging
feature of the situation is the absence
of any widespread disorder.
DEMAND SMOOT BE EXPELLED.
Petition of Two Million Women Will
Go to Congress.
Philadelphia, Oct. 27. More than
2,000,000 women, representing the
leading women's organizations of the
United States, have adopted a memor
ial calling for the unseating of United
States Senator Reed Smoot. This was
announced by the executive committee
of the National Congress of Mothers
which met here today. This memorial
will be presented when congress con
venes. -United action was decided upon
at a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the National League of Women's
Organizations, which was held in New
York yesterday. The women declare
that Reed Smoot, who is an apostle
and in direct line for the Mormon pres
idency, has pledged first allegiance to
the Mormon hierarchy, which has
broken faith with the government.
Smoot, the women declare, controls the
vote of eight other senators, and fear
ing that his power will increase, they
ask that action be taken at the conven
ing of congress. "'. . "
. It was decided to hold the next na
tional congress of mothers at Los An
geles May 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1906.
. THINK RUSSELL WILL WIN.
France Hopes He Will Settle Dispute
With Venezuela.
. Paris, Oct. 27. The officials here
are gratified at the action taken by the
American government in instructing
its minister at Caracas to endeavor to
arrange the Franco-Venezuelan diplo
matic incident, and are hopeful of the
success of Minister Russe'l's efforts,
which are similar to those of the
French minister at Morocco in behalf
of Ion Perdicarie
It is said that Mr. Pussell'B repre
sentation will take the form of show
ins President Castro that it is the de
sire of the United States to have the,
French controversy adjusted. The ques-'
tion which it is necessary to adjust is
the withdrawal of the offensive action
taken by the government of Venezuela
toward M. Taigny, the French charge
d'affaires
Thereafter the question of compen
sating the French Cable company for
its losses, and redress for expulsion
from Venezuela, of M. Brun, the man
ager of the company, remain to be ad
justed. No difficulty is apprehended
in arranging the commercial features of
the case, if President Castro first cor
rects his discourtesy toward the repre
sentative of the French government.
Albers' Sentence Stands.
Washington, Oct. 27. Official infor
mation comes to the State department
from Nicargaua that the so-called Leon
court has confirmed the decision of the
lower court in the case of the American
citizen, Albers, and has fixed his sen
tence at 32 months imprisonment. Al
bers will take an immediate appeal to
the Supreme court at Managua. The
State department has instructed Mr.
Merry, the American minister to Nica
ragua, to send his secretary of legation,
J. G. Bailey, to Managua to observe
the progress of the case.
Mail Service Is Stopped.
Washington, Oct. 27. The State de
partment received a cablegram from
Mr. Edly, the American charge d'
affairs at St. Petersburg, stating that
owing to the railroad strike mail com
munication was cut off from St. Petersburg.
BLOOD MUST FLOW
Russian Revolutionists Try to
Provoke Conflict.
ST. PETERSBURG IN FULL PANIC
Streets Are Deserted Except for the
Troops and Lights Are Out
Shops Are Closing.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 28. That the
present situation cannot end without
bloodshed is the conviction prevailing
in the higher government circles, which
from moment to moment are expecting
a conflict between the troops and the
revolutionists in St. Petersburg, and
news of trouble in the provinces, espec
ially at Kharkoff, which has been de
clared in a state of siege. Governors
have been instructed to take all neces
sary precautions to preserve ordr.
- One of the most important members
of the emperor's council received the
Associated Press representative today
and said, with every evidence of deep
emotion :
"The situation is a grievous and
painful one, and. I see no way out of it
except by the employment of armed
force. 1 Please do not misunderstand
me. I look upon the prospect with
tears, but it is becoming more and more
evident that the troops will be com
pelled to fire. I can see no other pos
sible outcome. The revolutionists and
terrorists are absolutely bent on forcing
a conflict upon us, and nothing we can
do will satisfy them. The extension of
the suffrage and the right of assembly
will be nothing to them. They are de
termined to have bloodshed and we
cannot avoid the issue. It is a fright
ful disease from which Russia is suffer
ing, and sad and painful as it is, the
government must act With force."
In the city, in spite of the absence of
disorders, there is a condition of actual
panic. Half of the population is com
pelled to rely on candles or kerosene
lamps for light, while the street lamps
in a large part of the city 'have been
extinguished.
The streets are deserted except for
the squads of j infantry and cavalry
which are everywhere.
The shops begin to close in the after
noon in even the Morskaia, Nevsk and
other central streets. Many of the in
habitants shut themselves in' their
houses, scarcely venturing out to make
necessary purchases of food, which has
mounted to famine prices.
GREAT INCREASE IN TRADE.
Exports and Internal Movements of
Grain and Cattle.
Washington, Oct. 28. Decided in
creases in trade movements are shown
during September, as well as in the
total for the nine months of this year,
compared with periods of last year by
summaries issued by he department of
Commerce and labor. The grain ex
ports for the nine months this year
amounted to 105,219,693 bushels, as
compared with 48,573,706 for the same
months last year. This year the corn
exports have been 82,753,212 bushels,
as compared with 34,441,771 bushels
for the corresponding months last year.
The September exports of grain" this
year amounted to more than 10,000,
000 over September of 1904;.
The domestic movement of trade dur
ing September shows 'the same in
creases. Nearly 2,000,000 head of live
stock arrived at five of the largest dis
tributing centers in excess of Septem
ber a year ago, while the increase in
the receipts of grain in 12 important
interior centers aggregated over 27,
000,000 bushels more than the corres
ponding month last year.
Smashed by Runaway Car.
New York, Oct. 28. A runaway
street car on the new Williamsburg
suspension bridge across the East river
today caused the injury of 25 persons,
two of them being fatally hurt! For
1,000 feet down the incline on the
Manhattan approach of the bridge a
Christopher street car ran with its
brakes out of order until it hit and
demolished a standing Fourteenth
street car. It was 10 minutes before
the broken roof, sides and floor of this
car could be taken off from the last
passenger under the wreckage.
Sun Spotted on .Puget Sound.
Tacoma, Oct. 28. From Puget sound
points a large spot on the sun was
clearly visible today. A heavy fog
this morning caused the sun to appear
as a red ball aNut the size of a dinner
plate, and the spot was very distinct,
about the size of a dollar. As the fog
lifted, people viewed the strange sight
through smoked glasses.
COMING CHANGES IN CABINET.
Meyer to Succeed 'Bonaparte When
Latter Succeeds Moody.
Chicago, Oct. 25. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington, D, C, says:
Soon after the return of President
Roosevelt to Washington from his
Southern tour there will be a renewal
of the rumors regarding impending
changes in the cabinet, and within six
months after the reopening of congress
it is more than likely that the com
plexion of the cabinet will be com
pletely changed.
This does not mean that every one of
the present cabinet members will go
out, but there will be two or three new
members and probably three radical
changes in position before the close of
the current fiscal year.
Secretary Shaw is to go out of the
cabinet of his own motion as a preliir -inary
to his formal entry into the pres
idential race. The vacancy will be
filled, according to the present outlook,
by the transfer of Postmaster General
Cortelyou.
Attorney General Moody has been
expecting to resign for some time. He
remains at the head of the Department
of Justice largely, if not. entirely, that
he may carry on the prosecution ot the
beef trust cases. His place probably
will be filled by Charles J. Bonaparte,
the present secretary of the navy. This,
in turn, will create another vacancy,
and the new head of the navy, accord
ing to the present slate, will be George
von L. Meyer, the present ambassador
to St. Petersburg.
MAY ISOLATE CAPITAL.
Strikers Threaten to Tie Up St. Pe
tersburg Unless Given Suffrage.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25. The gov
ernment resumed railroad service on a
few roads today, but under great diffi
culty. The decision of the railroad
men at a meeting here tonight to de
clare a general strike has immensely
complicated the problem. Trains left
for Moscow today over the Nicholai
road, but the pasesng' 's were notified
that communication was guaranteed
only as far as Tver.
Several attempts were made today to
interrupt communication by telegraph
and telephone out of Moscow, and the
offices had to be guarded by Cossacks.
Persons wishing to send messages had
to fight their way through crqwds of
strikers, and in many cases were se
verely handled.
The strike has taken a violent turn
in a number of cities, trom which re
ports come of encounters between mobs
and the police and troops.
Agrarian disorders have broken out
in the province of Samara. The troops
sent to Kharhoff include a detachment
of artillery, indicating that the situa
tion there is quite serious.
The executive committee of the
League of Leagues has adopted resolu
tions saying that the present moment
was favorable for a general strike of all
the professions, and recommending doc
tors, lawyers, engineen and all other
members of constituent organizations to
cease all professional activity.
TO ISOLATE GERMANY.
British Ambassador Opens Negotia
tions with Russia.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25. Sir Charles
Hardinge, the British ambassador, in
tends to leave for London tomorrow on
a mission in connection with the pro
posed Anglo-Russian entente. Great
Britain apparently is extremely desir
ous of taking advantage of the present
opportunity to effect a complete under
standing with Russia covering ques
tions relating to Tibet, the Indian fron
tier and Persia, and to thus prevent a
rapprochement of Germany and Russia.
Should the proposed entente be reach
ed, Germany will be isolated. ,
. Great Britain is understood to be
willing to take the initiative, and Am
bassador Hardinge tcday had an audi
ence with the emperor on the subject,
which .was described at the British
embassy as "satisfactory."
Russian sentiment as to the advisa
bility of an Anglo-Russian understand
ing at this time is divided. It is
warmly supported in some quarters,
and bitterly opposed in others.
Seek Concessions in Russia.
. St. Petersburg, Oct. 25. Anticipat
ing a big industrial revival in Russia
as the result of the close of the war,
there is an influx of foreigners seeking
commercial opportunities and conces
sions, including a liberal sprinkling of
Americans, who believe the time is es
pecially propitious for them. A repre
sentative of an American syndicate has
submitted elaborate plana for the pro
jected railroad connecting trans-Caucasia,
Central Asia and Taehkend with
the trans-Siberian and Tomsk line. The
road would cost 115,000,000.
Holds the Emperor Guilty.
London, Oct. 25. The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at Shanghai says
a report is circulated at Pekin, accord
ing to which the dowager empress has
imprisoned the emperor for alleged
connection with the recent bqmb out
rage at a railroad station there.
MUST HAVE LIBERTY
Witte Will Take the Helm and
Seek to Rule Storm.
CZAR MAY LEAVE THE EMPIRE
Social Revolt Shakes Russia From
End to End St. Petersburg
Cut Off by Strikers.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20. Confronted
by a situation more serious than any
since the beginning of the political and
social upheaval of Russia, which at the
time this dispatch is filed, shows no
signs of amelioration, the emperor's
ministers, under the leadership of
Count Witte, spent almost all of yes
terday in conferences in the hope of
finding some way out of the crisis into
which the revolutionists have cast the
country. The general strike on the
railroads is complete except in a few
border provinces, and St. Petersburg,
Moscow and other large cities are al
most as closely beleaguered as if they
were invested by besieging armies. At
the same time the industrial strike has
assumed large dimensions and the tur
bulent elements in several localities
are forming open resistance to the
troops. The ministers who had been
in session during the day resumed their
meeting after a short interval for din
ner and continued deliberations until
long after midnight. The result of
these deliberations is not known.
After a night of inexpressible terror,.
Russia today is plunged into the deep
est gloom. Following the declaiation
by the workingraen yesterday afternoon
of a general strike to reinforce the rail
way strike which has paralyzed the in
dustry of the country, rioting and
street fighting kept the city in a state
of terrible unrest all last night. What,
makes the situation seem hopeless is
that the crisis, apparently, is not yet
reached.
So serious are the conditions that it
is said the czar will soon leave Russia,
paying a two months' visit to Den
mark. The czar's visit will be osten
sibly to recuperate from the strain of
the last two years. In reality, it is
said, those behind the government de
sire him out of the way and in a place
of safety should an uprising evolve
itself out of the present labor difficul
ties. Count Witte, according to in
formation f'om Feterhof, will hold aa
office equivalent to that of regent dur
ing the absence of the emperor, and
will hold . full powers as head of t he
government. A I
REFORM PUBLIC LAND LAWS.
Time is Opportune for Congress to
Act at Coming Session.
Washington, Oct. 26. There is some
doubt in the minds of members of the
Public Lands commission as to their
abiltiy to make a final report to the
president before congress convenes on
December 4, but there is little doubt
that the president, in his annual mes
sage, will forcibly remind congress that
it has a duty to perform in redrafting;
some of the public land laws which are
now so drawn as to foster and encour
age fraud. If the Public Lands com
mission makes its last report during
the coming session, the president will
send that report to congress with a.
special message, and will renew and re
inforce what he has to say on that sub
ject at the opening of the session.
The president is more determined,
than ever before to have the land laws
revised, especially the laws that permit
the disposal of timber lands at a nom
inal price, . and which, furthermore,
offer so many opportunities to specula
tors and thieves. In light of the con- -victions
at Portland and of other con
victions soon likely to follow, both in
Washington and in Portland, it would
seem that the coming session is the
proper time for land law reform. With
several notable examples of land thieves
clearly fixed in the public mind, there
will be more incentive to remodel the
laws now than a year or two hence.
Will Approve Separation Bill.
Paris, Oct. 26. The senate commit
tee on the separation of church and
state has considered the program for
the discussion of the bill at the opening
of the senate on October 30. The
chairman has submitted a draft of the
report, setting forth the necessity for
the abolition of the concordat and the
resumption of the state's complete po
lice powers over all civil and religious
organizations. The report approves
the bill, which has already passed the
chamber of deputies, as ensuring liber
ty ot conscience.
Not Seeking Presidency.
Washington, Oct. 2. ThePost to
morrow will say : Secretary Taft has
announced: "I have no intention of
resigning from the cabinet to make a
campaign for the presidency, and, fur
thermore, I have no intention whatever
of making a campaign for the office of
the nation's chief executive."