LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
S. A. THOMAS, Publichcr
PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT
LEXINGTON . .OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form for Oar
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Witte opposes an Anglo-Russian
agreement.
Soldiers in Warsaw fraternize with
the rebels.
The czar has signed a proclamation
for free press and liberation of prison
ers. Private car lines have refused to
answer qutstions asked by the Inter
state Commerce commission.
Germany will terminate the Dingley
tariff agreement with the United
States, and thus cleare the way for a
new trade treaty. t
The court martial case of Commander
Younc. of the Bennington, is being re
viewed by the Navy department. It
is understood the sentence of the court
is a severe reprimand.
Minnesota is now having her turn
with land frauds. Benson, Hyde and
Glover are accused with officials and
lnmbermen of securing large tracts of
timber to which they had no right.
It is announced that the Willamette
Vallev Railway company, which pro
noses to build an electric line from
Portland to Eugene, is to be ft conec
tion for a new transcontinental road.
St. Petersburg dispatches say that in
the rioting since the czar signed the
manifesto granting a constitution fully
10.000 have been killed and as many
more seriously wounded in BO leading
provincial towns.
The navy is in great need of engin
eers.
The people of Norway are to vote on
monarchy or republic.
Beef packers say Garfield promised
immunity from prosecution.
China is preparing to establish
constitutional form of government.
A Newfoundland cruiser has driven
American steamers from the fisheries.
Martial law has ended anarchy in
Odessa after 5,000 have been killed
and wounded.
Von Sternberg, Germany's new am
bassador to the United States, has ar
rived at his post.
The czarina is leaving Russia for
Germany until the present turmoil has
passed, on account of her health.
The new battleship Rhode Island is
the swiftest in the American navy
Her best time is 19.33 miles an hour
Five of the seven counts in the first
case against the Iroquois theater are
held to be good by the United States
court.
The three Oregon representatives in
congress refuse to resign and there is
no law by which their salaries may be
stopped.
A committee of letter carriers of the
United States has presented a memor
ial to the postmaster general asking
better pay.
The freedom of Finland is restored
by the czar's manifesto.
Prosecutor Henej 's brother has been
arrested for stealing timber.
The government has called for bids
for the Klamath irrigation work.
A collision on the Panama railroad
resulted in the death of one man.
Witte is conceded to be the only man
who can save Russia from anarchy.
Fire at Pensacola, Florida, destroyed
more than $100,000 worth of property.
Charles A.' Stillings, of Boston, has
been appointed public printer by the
president.
The boad of consulting engineers on
the Panama canal is holding meetings
to decide on. the type of canal to be
built.
A board of officers has been appoint
ed to examine supplies purchased for
the army said not to be up to the
standard.
Pobiedonostseff, the aged adviser of
the czar, has resigned. He has been
one of the strongest defenders of the
autocracy.
Germany claims the honor of secur
ing freedom for the Russian people.
The kaiser says he advised the czar to
take the step.
Von Buelow says Germany wants a
trade treaty with the United States
A general strike has been called in
Finland.
China's army made a good showing
at the recent maneuvers.
Calls on People to Celebrate Thanks
giving in Time Honored Way.
Washington, Nov. 3. The president
today issued his proclamation naming
Thursday, November 30, as a aay ior
Thanksgiving. The proclamation fol
lows :
By the president of the United States
of America, a proclamation:
When, nearly three centuries ago,
the first settlers came to the country
which has now become this great re
public, they faced not only hardship
and privation, but terrible risks to
their lives. In ' those grim years the
custom grew of setting apart one day
in each year for a special service of
thanksgiving to the Almighty for pre
serving the people through the chang
ing seasons. The custom has now De-
come national and hallowed by imme
morial usage.
We live in easier and more plentnui
times than our forefathers, the men
who with rugged strength faced the
rugged days, and yet the dangers to
national life are quite as great now as
at any previous time in our history. It
is eminently fitting that once a year
our people should set apart a day for
praise and thanksgiving to the giver of
good, and, at the same time that they
express their thankfulness for the
abundant mercies received, should
manfully acknowledge their shortcom
ings and pledge themselves solemnly
and in good faith to strive to overcome
them. During the past year we have
been blessed with bountiful crops. Our
business prosperity has been great. No
other people has ever stood on as high
a level of wellbeing as ours now stands.
We are not threatened by foes from
without. The ' foes whom we should
pray to be delivered from are our pas
sions, appetites and follies ; and against
these there is always need that we
should warn.
Therefore I now set apart Thursday,
the 30th day of this November as a
day of Thanksgiving' for the past and of
prayer for the future and on that day
ask that throughout the people gather
in their homes ana places or worsnip
and, in rendering thanks unto the most
high for the manifold blessings of the
past vear. consecrate themselves to a
life of cleanliness, honr and wisdom,
that this nation may do its allotted
work on earth in a manner worthy of
those who founded it and of those who
preserved it.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set mv hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
second day of November, in the year oi
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and five, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
thirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president,
ELIHU ROOT, secretary of state.
MINIDOKA SALES POSTPONED.
SLAIN IN HUNDREDS
RUSSIA'S FIRST DAY OF LIBERTY
Klshinefl's Streets Run Red With
v Blood of Jews.
MURDEROUS MOB BURNS TOWN
Caucasus Scene of Guerilla Warfare
Finland in Open Revolt
Worst Ever Known.
Lots in Townsites Will Be Placed on
Market Next Spring.
Washington, Nov. 3. In refutation
of stories recently sent from Washings
ton, the Reclamation service today
makes the following announcement:
"The secretary of the Interior, act
ing upon suggestions of the governor
and prominent citizens of Idaho, an
nounces the postponement of sales of
lots in the new townsiteB of Heyburn
and Rupert, on the Minidoka project
The dates of sale, Novemper 14 and 21
respectively, have been extensively ad
vertised, and indications were that a
large, attendance would be present
Owing to the lateness of the season
the possibility of bad weather and the
lack of accommodations for visitors, it
was deemed wise to postpone the sale
until early next April. At that time
pleasant weather can be counted upon
water will have been turned into the
new government canals, and more than
1,000 new settlers will have already es
tablished themselves on the land and
will be clearing off sagebrush and pui
ting in crops.
"The Minidoka tract today offers one
of the best object lessons in the West
of the wisdom of the reclamation law.
and present conditions predicate that
one of the most prosperous and popu
lous agricultural communities in the
world will soon rise up from out of the
desert at this point in the Snake river
valley." '
Culebra Cut is Flooded.
Panama, Nov. 3. Heavy rains last
week filled the Culebra cut with water
to the extent of stopping the work of
the steam shovels at the Cucaracha end
of the cut. To make up for the time
lost during the rainy season, Chief En
gineer Stevens will follow the exampl
of the Frenchmen, who, in the dry sea
son, employed a double force of men
All freight trains of the Panama rail
road except one each way will hereafter
run at night, so as to give the Canal
commission's train more time on the
main line during the day.
More Fraud In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3. According to
a report made to Mayor Weaver, tooay
by W. Bleddyn Powell, the city archi
tect, the city of Philadelphia has been
defrauded of thousands ot dollars in
the const met ion of six pavilions for
consumptives on the ground of the
Philadelphia hospital.
London, Nov. 4. The Odessa corre
spondents of the London Daily Mail
and Daily Telegraph this morning
wired their papers that Kishineff is in
flames and absolutely destroyed. . They
also add that three suburbs of Odessa
have been devastated by mobs.
It will be a week before all the hor
rible tales of Jewish massacres through
out Russia comes to light and then,
when the full number of dead is
known, its appalling total will be so
heavy it will practically be beyond be
lief.
Odessa, Nov. 4. A dispatch from
Kishineff says: A horrible massacre
hAS occurred here. Hundreds have
been killed. All the hospitals, phar
macies and hotels are full of wounded
and mutilated persons.
A telegram from Nicolaieti says the
whole town is in the hands of bandits
who are devastating houses and shops
and beating people to death without
the slightest hindrance. The . author!
ties hear similar news from other
southern cities.
London. Nov. 4. A dispatch to
Reuter's Telegram company from Ha
paranda, Sweden, says that the mili
tary officers at Kotka, Viborg, Freder
lckshamn. Lovisa and Borg have
pledged themselves to assist the civili
ans in defense of the fatherland. 1
company of Russian artillery, which
had advanced toward Helsingfors, was
forced to retreat without an engage
ment.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. Reports
from the Caucasus state that guerilla
warfare has taken place through parts
of the country. Trains are held up,
stations sacked and the bandits, when
attacked, flee to their mountain strong
holds, whence it is impossible for
troops to dislodge them. Wealthy citi
zens are offering enormous rewards for
the capture of the bandits.
Kishineff, Nov. .4. Kishineff 's
streets run red with blood. Jews are
being slaughtered by scores; homes
pillaged, women despoiled. Never be
fore has such a violent anti-Semitic
outbreak been known, even here, where
slaughters of Jews only recently horri
fied the world.
People Already Divided Into Parties
and Blood Flows In Capital.
St. Petersburg, Nov 1. All Russia
today enthusiastically received the em
peror's gift of freedom, which the
greater part of the'people received with
deepest joy, though in St. Petersburg,
Moscow and other cities Socialists and
revolutionists organized anti-government
demonstrations and red flag pa
rades, which, with the patriotic mani
festations, led to a number of conflicts
between "reds" and "whites," as the
anti-government and royalist factions
are respectively termed. On the whole,
the day passed more quietly in Russia
than had been expected, though col
lisions between the people and the
troops are reported from Kazan, Kish-
men and roitava, ana two men were
killed.
In each of the two capitals, St
retersburg and Moscow, the day was
one such as the Ruscians never before
have seen. The Slavic people, who,
during the long war just closed, and
the anxious period preceding the an
nouncement of the new era of constitu
tionalism, seemed self-restrained and
apathetic, gave itself up fully to the
exuberance of the moment and spent
the entire day in parades and assem
blies, which, for the firBt time ' in the
history of Russia, were freely permit
ted. Under the order of Count Witte
and General Trepoff, the troops gen
erally were wtihdrawn from the streets
of the cities and the fullest rein given
the people to let out their enthusiasm
in demonstrations, which, so long as
they were not destructive, were not in-
terefered with.
JETTY NEEDS CASH
Engineers Want $1,250,000 to
Complete Work.
AVAILABLE FUND ALL EXPENDED
Only Enough to Finish This Year's.
Work No Economy in Piece
meal Appropriations.
JETTY IN URGENT NEED.
CASTRO'S LAST OFFENSE.
Chief Engineer MacKenzie's Strong
Opinion.
Washington, Nov. 1. "There is no
river or harbor project in the United
States so desperately in need of money
right now as the mouth of the Colum
bia river," paid General MacKenzie,
chief of engineers, today, "in my
opinion." he added, "construction of
the Panama canal, from an engineer
ing point of view, does not compare
with the project we have undertaken
on the Columbia river bar. This 40
foot channel project is one of the most
difficult problems we ever had to solve
Our plan of solving it is all right, but
we must overcome such obstacles as are
not found on any other project in this
country: compared with them the ob
stacles at Panama become . insignifi
cant."
General MacKenzie then pointed out
why it is essential that a large sum
should be appropriated at the coming
session for continuing jetty construe'
tion. The money on hand remaining
from the last appropriation will last
only a few months longer. When it
is gone work must be suspended, unless
congress in the mealtime shall provide
further means for continuing opera'
tions. If work stops on the jetty while
it is incomplete vaBt damage will be
done by heavy seas, not alone to the
letty, but to the tramway, which ex
tends some way beyond the end of the
jetty.
INVESTIGATE LAND OFFICES.
Stops
Cable Message From Foreign
Ministers in Venezuela.
Paris, Nov. 4. Advices received by
the foreign office here say that the
Venezuelan government suspended the
despatch of cable messages to the
United States, France and Great Brit
ain for some time. Tne American and
British ministers at Caracas have pro
tested, but the French charge d'affairs
has not protested, owing to the inter
ruption of diplomatic relations between
France and Venezuela, though the offi
cials here understand that the Ameri
can minister voiced the protest of
France. The suspension occurred yes
terday or the day before and lasted a
day. The ground for the suspension
was that the Venezuelan government
had not received a reply to a cable
message sent to an agent abroad.
President Castro attributed the non-
receipt of a reply to foreign influences,
hence the suspension, which, it iff un
derstood covered official dispatches
The authorities here say the incident
is an additional provocation, but that
this does not change their intention not
to adopt coercive measures until no
chance remains of securing a pacific ad'
justment. ;
Britain Willing to Consider.
Londno. Nov. 4. The British gov
ernment has replied to the proposal of
Germany for the withdrawal of foreign
troops from the province of Chi Li,
China, to the effect that Great Britain
is wiliing to considerr with the other
powers concerned the best means of
withdrawing the troops gradually. Ne
gotiations to this end are now going on
An official of the foreign office said to
day that the question was more serious
to Great Britain than to the other pow'
ers, since Great Britain had greater in
teres'cs in"Chi Li.
All May Vote in Austria.
Vienna, Nov. 4. It is said on good
authority that Emperor Francis Joseph
has decided to grant universal suffrage
to Austria and has instructed the pre
mier. Baron Frankenthurn. to draft a
measure on a comprehensive basis.
V
Washington, Nov. 2. -Every dollar
appropriated for improving the mouthi
of the Columbia river has been expend-
including the $400,000 carried in
the last river and harbor bill. The
work which is in progress today is be
ing done on credit, Congress having:,
authorized the expenditure of $300,000'
in excess of the amount actually appro
priated, it being assumed that this-
amount will be made available at the
coming session. But the contracts now
in force expire December 31, 1905, and
on that date practically all of thist-
$300,000 will have been consumed by
contractB, so that, when congress act
ually appropriates this money, it wilt
go to pay for work completed, and not.
for work yet to be done.
Major Langfitt, on duty at the office-
of the chief of engineers, says that ap- v
proximately $1,250,000 is necessary to
complete the jetty, which will extend it
seaward about one mile beyond the-
point where it now ends. He is satis
fied, as is the chief of engineers, that
the best results will be obtained by ap
propriating this full amount at the
coming session, so mat tne euy can
be rushed to completion next season, if
possible. Like General MacKenzie, be
believei a suspension of work will mean
considerable dauage, especially to the'
tramway, a loss which would be large
ly avoided if work could be resumed.
next spring.
The reasons why the money appro
priated and authorized at the lad ses
sion was expended so rapidly was to
demonstrate that the completed jetty
will increase the depth on the bar, to
give Portland the benefit of a deep
channel at the earliest possible day,
and to open the way for an appropria
tion this winter sufficient to enable the
engineers to complete the jetty.
President Issues Special Orders to
Keep Commission.
Washington, Nov. 1. Acting on
recent letter of the secretary of the In
terior, stating that he was convinced
that defects existed in the organization
and business methods of a number of
the bureaus connected with his depart
ment, and suggesting that the matter
be referred to the Keep committee for
investigation, the president has re
quested the committee to enter upon
the investigation at its earnest conven
ience and that special attention be giv
en to the methods of business employed
in the general and local land, offices
the office of the surveyor general, the
Reclamation service and the Indian
service.
The inquiry will deal specially with
the general and local land offices. One
of the questions which will receive the
attention of the committee is whether
the services of receivers at local offices
may not be dispensed with without det
r:ment to good administration.
Ex-Senator Sentenced.
Sacramento, Nov. 1. Ex-State Sen
ator E. J. Emmons, of Kern county,
convicted of receiving a bribe in con
nection with the investigation of build
ing and loan associations by the legis
lative committee, of which he was
member, was today sentenced to five
years' imprisonment in the penitentiary
at San Quentin. Ex-Senator Bunkers
is now serving a sentence for the same
offense, and ex-Senators Wright and
French are awaiting trial on similar
charges. All four were expelled from
the senate at its last session.
Population of New York State
Albany, N. i ., Jnov. 1. There are
now 8,066,672 ' people in New York
state. These figures were announced
by the state enumeration bureau. In
1900 the population was 7,268,894, and
in 1890 6,003,174. The population of
Greater New York, as counted by the
state enumeration bureau on June
and announced, is 4,014,804, as com
pared with 3.437,202 in 1900 and 2,
507,314 in 1890.
NOT ALL PEACE.
Russia Continues Scenes of Riots,
Terror and Bloodshed.
London, Nov. 2. Special dispatches
in this morning's local newspapers rep
resent the condition of affairs in Russia,
as being extremely grave, eFpecially
in the provinces. St. Petersburg, the-
dispatches say, remains comparatively
quiet. Late last night the streets of
that capital were patrolled by strong: ,
forces of gendarmes and Cossacks, and
no further disorders have been reported.
According to the St. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Daily Mail, the revo
lutionaries demand the establishment'
of a republic, and as the result of this.
demand the strong arm of General:
Trepoff has again been invoked. Thus,
says the correspondent, brute force and
popular sentiment are again facing
each other. Even the appointment of"
Grand Duke Michael as military dic
tator, with General Trepoff as his right
band, is discussed in official circles. ,
according to the correspondent who-
adds that late last night the revolution
ary leaders advised the populace to re-
fram from precipitating a conflict.
A dispatch to a news agency from
Odessa describes that city as having ex
perienced a dreadful day, the defence
less populace being at the mercy of a
howling and armed rabble of 50,000
men, calling themselves loyalists and
led by disguised policemen and their
wretched dupes. The dispatch says!
"The Jews made a stout resistance.
and their successful bravery entailed
lamentable sacricfies. It is impossible
to ascertian the casualties, but rumor
puts the number of killed and wounded?.
as high as 2,000, many by Inmbs,
which the mobs used wholesale."
Poland in Revolt.
Warsaw, Nov. 2. Poland is aroused
again, and another attempt is being;
made to regain independence. Rioting
is now in progress in every section of
Russian Poland, and the people are
shooting down without mercy soldiers
of the czar attempting to interfere with,
their freedom of movement and speech.
Dozens of processions of Socialists and
anti-Russians have been passing through
the streets during the past 24 hours,
and all efforts on the part of the au
thorities to check them have so far
been without avail.
Canada's Greatest Lawyer.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 2. Christopher
Robinson, Canada's greatest constitu
tional lawyer, died last night of " penu
monia. In the Behring sea arbitration
it was said that it was his presentation
of the case that brought a Canadian
victory.
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