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LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD S. A. THOMAS, Publisher LEXINGTON. OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK Id a Condensed Form for Our Bnsy Readers, A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Three Memphis banks have (ailed. Hearst says he will not run for congress again. A case of yellow fever has been dis covered in Texas. Snow in Kansas is interfering greatly with railroad traffic. The United States Army is to adopt a new model revolver soon. France will send a warship to the Baltic to protect her interests. The statue of the devil, erected by a Detroit, Mich., man, has been seized for a labor lien. The Mutual Life Insurance company will abolish commissions and put all agents on salaries. A Cincinnati grand jury has indicted the leading coal companies doing busi ness in that city for combining to boost the price of their product. Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens, of the Panama Canal commis sion, have returned to Washington. Mr. Stevens favors a lock canal. John W. Gates has formed a new steel trust out of all the larger inde pendent companies. The new concern wll have a capital of $150,000,000. Desperate fighting in Moscow con tinues, another regiment joining the rebels. The government is suppress ing as far as possible details of the horrors being enacted. Nine Mexican political leaders at Torreon were poisoned with strychnine by opponents. ( Commander Jiva isooin, oi tne salva tion army, was robbed in a crush at the New York Bubway. The Russian minister of finance has authorized the issuance of bonds to the extent of $800,000,000. Moorish workmen at Tangier have struck and there is no way for vessels to discharge their cargoes. A turkey shoot at London, Ky., re sulted in a general fight in which two men were killed and several wounded. A new high-priced record for a seat in the New York stock exchange has been reached by the purchase of a seat for $95,000. Viscount Siuzo Aoki has been ap pointed Japanese ambassador to the United States. He is of the highest diplomatic rank. The whole revolutionary committee of St. Petersbirg has been captured, to gether with a large quantity of arms and ammunition. Having stopped speculation in foot ball tickets, Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, has called a meeting of theater man agers to stop the same practice with theater tickets. The number of London people in re ceipt of pauper relief in nearly every month of the year now ending have been greater than in any of the pre vious 40 years. Charles M. Crouse, a multi-millionaire of Syracuse, N. Y., has received a warning from the "Black Hand" that he will be blown up if he does not do nate $2,400 to "the cause." France will send a fleet to Morocco. Hermann is still trying to delay his trial. A number of Annapolis hazers are to be court martialed v' ,' vu '. Attorney General Moody intends to make a test case of trusts now on trial. Yuan Shi Kai has fallen heir to the position in China held by Li Hung Chang. Ex-United States Senator Bard, of California, was seriously injured in .a runaway. There has been a great Increase in all lines oi export to China and Japan ex cept flour. . President Loubet, of France, refuses to again become a candidate and many are offering their names to be proposed. Italians and negroes engaged in a race riot and several heads were broken on both sides before the police restored order. The body of, the late American consul general, J. II.' Russel Parsons, wlil be brought from Mexico City to this coun try for burial.,- " '. Fire destroyed the Van Nuys Broad way hotel," one of the best in Lot An- Hiy flfnmim hiata lntilro1 Tha loss is placed at $200,000. , ' ' ' k.. AFTER-THE-OIL-BARONS, . Missouri Summons W. G. Rockefeller and Six Others. New York, Dec. 29. William G. Rockefeller, Bon of William Rockefeller, was, it was learned yesterday, served ChristmaB evening with a subpoena to appear at a hearing in the case of the state of Missouri against the Standard Oil company at the offices of Henry Wollman, here January 5. Christmas day is a legal service day, though nioBt holidays are not a proper service time for subpoenas. The service was made as Mr. Rockefeller was stepping into his automobile in front of his residence. Edward T. Bedford, also one of the directors of the Standard Oil company, was served with a subpoena in the same proceedings. Henry Wollman, New York counsel for the state of Missouri in the proceed ings, said yesterday that he thought some of the Standard Oil men were at tempting to evade serv'ce. "They are making it very difficult for us," he said, "but we are succeed ing steadily. We have already served seven. The hearing will begin Janu ary 5 and Attorney General Hadley and I will take the testimony ol all the wit nesses we get by that time, and then we will adjourn from- time to time to get all of them. It is probable that we will give notice to take depositions in some of the neighboring state, where some of them are now residing tempo1 arily." BOYCOTT IN ALL PROVINCES. Will Be Continued Jntil Exclusion Law is Relaxed.. New York, Dec. 29. Dr. F. F. Tong, the representative of the Chinese gov ernment who is here to create a public sentiment against the exclusion law, as administered, declared yesterday that there would be .no abatement of the boycott in China against American goods antil the desired change was' made. 1 He said that his most recent advices indicate that the movement of retalia tion had spread to every province of the empire. Everywhere merchants and their customers are working to gether to shut out goods made in the United States. At Tien Tsin, Dr. Tong asserted, mills for the production of cotton and woolen goods have been started, and a flour mill is in operation. Women are heart and soul with the men in the fight aaginst American goods. In purchasing powder for their faces the first question they ask is: "Was it made in America?" If the answer is affirmative, they refuse to buy. "What we are seeking to accom plish," said Dr. Tong, "is an adjust ment of the law and its administration that will put a stop to the injustice to which Chinese in this country are con stantly subjected." CLAIM FOR STEAMERS. Heirs of Rebel Commodore Revive Civil War Incident. Washington, De 29. Secretary Shaw and the United States treasurer are defendants in a suit instituted to day in the Federal court here to recover from the government the value of 25 steamboats alleged to have been taken from James E. Montgomery during the Civil war by men representing them selves to be military officers of the United States. Mr. . Montgomery, who is now dead, was a prominent steamboat owner, and lived in St. Louis. The suit is brought by the trustee of the Montgomery es tate, who seeks to recover $250,000 for the heirs. The petition states that Mr. Montgomery opposed secession, but was compelled to cast his lot with the Confederacy, as his property inter ests were chiefly in Mississippi. He became a commodocre in the Confeder ate navy, but was the first Confederate officer to take the oath of allegiance to the United States after the war. He took the oath in the presence of Gener al U. S. Grant, bis neighbor,, who was the first Federal officer to congratulate him on his return to the sapport of the Union. .. .. : .. . Warships to Santo Domingo :" Washington, Dec.;29. The" gunboat Paducah left Norfolk today .for Monte Cristi. The Navy department has ad vised Rear Admiral Bradford of her de parture, and that shs will be at his dippoeal as soon as she arrives in Do minican waters. The Paducah is a sister ship to the Dubuque, and will be attached to the squadron guarding American interests in the West In dies. As soon as she can be commis sioned, the cruiser Dixie will be or dered to the West Indies, carrying a strong marine guard. , Morales Severely Wounded. Washington,, Dec. 29. The Navy do pacrtment has received a cablegram from Commander Chambers, of the gunboat Nashville,'dated Puerto Plata last night, Btating that he bad been informed, from a,, government, source that President Morales,1 had, been .shot and seriously wounded.' ' REPORT ON CANAL Isthmus Has Been Made Healthy as First Essential. PAYROLL OF $600,000 A MONTH Working Year Will Be of 'Only Eight Months, Owing to Difficulties of Rainy Season. Washington, Dec. 30. Conditions on the Isthmus of Panama and the progress which is being made on the gigantic enterprise before the Canal commission were net forth in the an nual report of that body for the year ending December 1, submitted to Presi dent Roosevelt today. According to the report, the work up to this time has been confined mostly to the prepar atory operations, although some exca vation work has been in progress which will be mostly of use in making esti mates upon the cost of future excava tion. Sanitary conditions has also re ceived much attention, and as a result the health of the isthmus is now in good shape, While this preparatory work has been in progress, very little has been done in the way of actual excavation. Eleven steam shovels have been in operation in Culebra cut and approxi mately. 1,000,000 cubic yards of mate rial have been removed. By this work the levels of the cut are being put in condition for the installation of the largest number of machines which can be effectively operated, and data is being gathered which will be useful for estimates of the cost of future construc tion. The chief engineer, John F. Stevens, reports that the working year will be of only eight months, due to the rainy season. The problem of the Culebra cut is simply a matter of disposing of the material excavated. He also states the necessity of obtaining more effi cient labor, and aeseits that there are exceptional opportunities for young men from the United States to secure good positions. A thorough business administration of affairs on the istnmus, he says, is essential. The old railroad used by the French company, was in bad con dition, especially the rolling stock. The payroll on the isthmus at pres ent amounts to approximately $600, 000 a month. An immediate appropri ation is therefore necessary. GOOD HAVEN FOR BIG THIEVES. Cannot Be Extradited From France and Germany. Washington, Dec. 30. It is proba ble that steps will soon be taken by the State department to secure a revis ion of the existing extradition treaties with France and Germany: Recent events have drawn attention to some very serious defects in the old conven tions, and it is feared that before long France and Germany will become ha vens of refuge for a certain class of American criminals. ' Within the past fortnight, the chief of police of Hoboken cabled a request to the Paris municipal authorities to arrest and return to the United States a man named Sasola on the charge of grand larceny. The French authorities were surprised at this request, coming not "through the American embassy, and, finding that no regular application had been made for extraditipn, placed him at liberty. In the course of the proceedings it was discovered that there was absolutely no provision in the extradition treaty for the'surrender of a person charged with grand larceny. The treaty with Prussia and the Ger man states, made in 1852, likewise fails to include garnd larceny as an ex traditable crime. Send Squadron to Relief. Chicago,' Dec", 30. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: The administrator will send a squadron,, and not a ' single ship, to European waters for use in the Russian crisis, in case American r life and property are menaced. : At a conference yesterday between the president, Secretary Root and Secretary Bonaparte, instructions were given Admiral Sigsbee, command ing the cruiser division of the North Atlantic fleet, to proceed to Madeira. Then, if necessary, the squadron will go to the Baltic. ....... May Quarrel With Germany. London, Dec. 30. The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Times re ports that the relations between Russia and Germany are distinctly strained and that there is a possibility ot inter national complications arising from the rebellion in the Baltic provinces. :'J j Rel Plana All Foiled. . . St. Petersburg, Dec. 30. The ener getic measures taken by the govern ment have completely overturned the plans of f the revolutionists in St. Pe tersburg., Practically all .the? leaders qiHONOLOGY.OFlOQS. . DRIEF RECORD OF" YEAR'S PRIN CIPAL EVENTS. Internal DUtnrhancea In Rnaaln aad Iudniionriuuce In NorwayClose of tli War In the ICaet Many Great Nnuiea In LUt of Dead. Most significant of the events of 1003, because it Indicates unmistak ably the Inexorable advance of man kind toward high ideals of liberty, justice and perfect civilization, is the political and economic upheaval now taking place lu Russia. Wearying under a loud of taxation, ren dered well-nigh unbearable by added burdens imposed by the prosecu tion of a disastrous war, the peasantry and common people started a revolt ngulnst the tyrannical aris tocracy, and have been able to force from their unwilling ruler many con cessions tending toward a free citizen ship. Massacre and rapine, In which the Jews were the chief sufferers, nre part 'of the price paid for the advan tage gained. Another Impressive proof or civilization s advance Is the blood less revolution by which Norway has dissolved Its political connection with Sweden and soared a king upon Its long unusuod throne. The recent ex posures of graft and fraud In high financial clrclos and last summer's la bor troubles in Chicago are only Inci dents of the constant conflict being waged for the establishment of 1us- tJce and fair treatment between man and man. The Russo-Japanese war. after a brilliant series of land campaigns, during which one after another of the strongholds of the Russians in Man churia fell into the hands of their op ponents, and a decisive battle on the Sea of Japan, that is said to have been one of the greatest naval contests of all history, has been brought to a close, and largely, we believe, bv American influence. The year's list of famous dead con tains the names of many men and women noted in the arts, statecraft philanthropy and business. The principal events of 1905 are briefly summarized below: January. 2 Surrender of Port Arthui. 8 Towboat Defender blown on en Ohio Hirer; 20 live. lost. P 4 Death of Theodore Thomas, orchestra leader. 6 Admiral Rojestvensky' flagship Enlai Souvaroff sunk off Madagascar. i 9 Death of Louise Michel, French an archist. 15 Combes' ministry In France resigns. 18 Secretary Hay advisee China to re main neutral.... Earthquake at Shemakha, Russia, buries hundreds of people. 18 End of textile strike In Fall River. Mass. 19 Attempt to assassinate Ciar and Rus sian royal family. 22 Massacre of worklngmen by Czar's troops In St. Petersburg. 23 Revolt spreads through Russian eltles. 25 Liberals defeated In Ontario general elections. .. .Czar Issues proclamation prom ising reforms. 29 Kouropatkln's army driven back from fiandepas by Oen. Oku's forces. , 80Czar signs document granting great reforms ts Russian people. February. " I- 2 Extreme cold wave sweeps Northern States and Canada. Olendive, Mont., has temperature of 64 degrees below zero. 7 Death of Joseph H. Manlev of Maine. ....Senate passes Statehood bill. 5 Roosevelt and Fairbanks declared elect ed after count of electoral votes In Con gress. 9 House passes Townsend-Eech railway rate bill. 10 Death of Hon. Chas. H. Hackley of Muskegon, Mich. 18 Severest cold wave of winter. 16 Death of Gen. Lew Wallace. 18 Death of Jay Cooke, noted financier. 17 Grand Duke Serglus killed by bomb In Moscow. .. .Frances Wlllard statue dedi cated In Statuary Hull, Washington. 20 Explosion in Virginia City coal mines, near Bessemer, Ala., entombs 162 miners. ,.. .Fire destroys piers and ships at Charles town, Mass. 24 Boring of Simplon tunnel under the Alps Is finished. 85 $1,000,000 fire In Hot Springs. Ark. ....North Sea Commission announces de cision against Russia. . 26 Illinois Central terminals In New Or leans burn with loss of $5,000,000. ...Thirty five miners killed by explosion at WUcoe. W. Va. r , 27 Death of Geo. Bi Boutwell of Massa chusetts. .. .Judge Swayne of Florida ac quitted by United States Senate. ...Eleven ersons killed by. collapse of church floor n Brooklyn N. t. t "' 28 Death of Mrs. Leland 'Stanford It Honolulu. j . , March. . 8 Czar of Russia signs rescript giving people a right to representation in law making body. .. .Thirty persons killed In wreck of Inauguration special trains near Pittsburg. 4 Roosevelt Is Inaugurated.... End of 68th Congress..,. Will J. Davl and two others Indicted as responsible for Iroquois gre.... Chas.. Thomas found guilty of Ma el Scofield murder. 7 Big traction strike begins In New York; 8 Japans win battle of Mukden, after eighteen days' fighting. 10 Mukden captured by Japanese. II Mrs. Chadwlck convicted of conspir acy In Cleveland. 14 Nineteen lives lost In New Tork tene ment house fir. 17 Death of Gen. Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut. 18- 19 Twer.ty-four miners killed by ex plosion In mines near Thurmond, W. Va. 20 Explosion and fire In Brockton, Mass., Shoe factory causes 103 deaths. 24 Death of Jules Vrn. , , April. 8 President Roosevelt leaves Washington on vacation trip. ,. .Explosion in Letter mines at Zelgler, 111., kills thirty-five men. ....Russian artillery depot In Harbin blown np and seventy-fir men killed. 4 Earthquakes In India devastate wide range of country and destroy hundreds of lives. f y 6 Chicago teamsters strike In sympathy With- garment workers. ft A .ftr-CoUtpte of water reservoir at Madrid tills. or '.Injures- 400 -persons,.., Battleship ilnnesotg Uvricatd. i " . 18 Hard frost damages strlr Knit .and arflen truck In -Central and Southern ' 17 Four' boys killed In pnnlo In India I.U. V iWThlvtetm lives loit In burning ot oo vent In Bt. Genevieve, (Jneheo. a-l)enth of Joseph Joffereon. i a Frank I. Bigolow, president of MU- vi niikott First National BauK, srsnowi.u.. Imself i defaulter for IL6UO.0OO of banks lli fluids Teamsters' Strike in I'mragu posed to be ended.. ..Earthquakes near Bombay, India, kill fifty persons, 2-('hloago teamsters' strlks on again. 2-D.mlh of Uen. Fltihugh Lo. . . .Riot ing In Chicago, .. .Tornado at Laredo, le., kills sixteen persons. 80 Thirteen miners killed by explosUm near Wllburton, Ok. May. 1 One hundred persons killed la disturb ances In Poland. 2- 4 Serious strike riots In street of Chi cago. ... 0 Pat Crowe gives himself np to authori ties in Omaha, but disappears ister. 9 Tornado destroys thirty five llrs and munh property in Murquette, Kan. 10 President Rooserelt entertained m Chicago.... Tornado In Oklahoma kill 600 persons. , . 11 Fifty persons killed and 100 lnlured la railway accident at South Harrlaburg, 12 Nan Tatterson released In New Tork. 14 Death of Jessie Itartlett Davla. 10 Northern and Southern Baptists msei In Joint convention in St. Louis . . , . Csar Is sues rescript granting sweeping reforms la Poland and Baltic provinces. 21 Death of Judge Albion W. Tourg la Bordeaux, France. 2B-Death of Mrs. Mary A. Llvermere. 2fl Death of Barea, Alphouse de ftota schlld. , - . 27 Russian Baltic fleet nnder Rojestven. sky defeated in great battle la Kereaa Straits by Japanese under Togo. 28 American yacht Atlantic win Roll er's cup In trsns-Atlantlc race. 29 Death of former Premier Franeiae SUrela In Madrid, Spain. ... 80 Bomb thrown at carriage of K-'ni Alphonso of Spain and President Lobt ol Franc In Paris. Janet. 1 Opening of Lewis and Clark Expo!, tion In Portland, Oregon. .. .Kartbqnak la Montenegro. .. .Two hundred drown In over flow of reservoir at Prlucetown, Natal. 2 Japan shaken by earthquakes. Crown Prince Frederic William of Ges many weds Princess Cecils of Mecklenburg schwerlu. .. .Norway declare her Independ ence of Sweden. 9 President Roosevelt arranres for peac negotiations between Japan and Russia. 13 Theodor Delyannls, Grecian premies, fatally stabbed by gambler. 15 Marriage of Prince Gustavus Adol phus of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught. 17 Death of Cuban leader, Gen. Maxim Gomez. 23 Death of Judge Stephen Neal, anthor of 14th amendment. In Lebanon, lnd Bloody strike bottles In Lods, Poland. 25 $750,000 Ore la retail dtetrict of Nasa rlll. .28 Great mutiny and rioting at Odessa, Russia. Jaly. 1 Death of John Hay, Secretary of Stat ....Paul Morton is succeded as Secretary of the Nary by Charles J. Bouapart. 2 Cloudburat In Guanajuato, Mexico, d stroys 1,000 lives. 6 Tornado In North Texas. 6 Ellhu Root appointed Secretary of State to succeed the late John Hay. 11 Fir damp explosion In Welsh col liery kills 120 miner. . 18 Death of Gn. W. W. Blackmar, O. A. R. National Commander. 20 Strike of Chicago teamsters Is ended. 21 Boiler explosion on U. 6. S. Benning ton In Ban Diego harbor kills thlrty-soveu and Injures ninety-seven others. 28 Death of Daniel 8. Lamont. 24 Bones of John Paul Jones placed to vault in Annapolis. 25 Yellow fever epidemic la New Or leans. Asgost, 8 Collapse of store In Albany, N. J., kills twelve persons. 9 Russian and Japanese peac commis sioners meet at Portsmouth, N. H. 10 Flala-Zeigler expedition, rescued by the steamer Terra Nova, reaches Houutug svaag, Norway. 13 Referendum In Norway favor separa tion. 18 Reciprocity convention In Chicago. 17 Fifty passenger drown when excur sion train runs Into open draw near Nor folk, Va. 21 Earthquake felt In Illinois, Mis souri, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee.... Death of Mary Mapes Dodge. 29 Russian and Japanese envoy agree upon terms of peace. September. 1 Alberta becomes new State of Canada. 2 Fir million-dollar fir In Adrlanopte, Turkey. 4 Death of Hezekiah Butterwortb, his torian. 6 Treaty of peace between Russia and Japan signed In Portsmouth, N. H Peace riots in Tokto. 8 Earthquake in Southern Italy destroy 400 lire and twenty villages. 9 Rand powder factory, Falrchanc, Pa., explodes, destroying thirty lives. 11 Mlkasa, Admiral Togo' flagship, burns and 599 lives are lost. 14 Death of Patrick Collins, Mayor of Boston. 18 Death of George McDonald, novelist. 24 Great fire in Butte, Mont. 26 Manila swept by 'typhoon. Ootober. 4 Six hundred thousand-dollar fit In Rhlnelander, Wl. 18 Norwegian treaty adopted by Swedish Parliament.... Death of Sir Henry Irving. 14 Close of Lewis and Clark Exposition In Portland, Ore. .. .Treaty between Russta and Japan signed by Czar and Mikado. 17 Fatal tornado at Borento, 111. 19- 20 Storm on Great Lakes destroy shipping and costs several lives. 23 Death of Congressman Jerry Blmpsoa of Kansas. .. SO Czar grants representative govern ment to Russians. , November. 1 Sweden unfurls her new flag. .. .Bloody riots In Russian cities. , 8 Enormous toss of life In massacre in cities of Southern Russia. 4 Csar sign manifesto giving freedom to Finland. 12 Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, prominent Chicago Methodlat, dies.,,. Trine Charles of Denmark chosen King of Norway. 14 People of Isle of Pines declare free-' dom from sovereignty of Cuba. 18 Torpedo boat sunk In German naval maneuvers and thirty-three men drowned. 19 One hundred lives lost In wreck of steamer Hilda In English Channel. .. .Thirty-ulna men die In Glasgow lodging house fire. 25 State entry of King Haakon VII. and Queen Maude Into Christiana. 26 Eighteen persons killed and twenty five injured In railway wreck near Lincoln, Mass Fleet of allied power sell Turk ish Island of Mytllene. 27 Drunken Russian soldiers at Alexan. drovsk burn barracks and eighty polltloal prisoners. 28 Sever gala cause much damage t property la Great Lakes district. December, 1 Cuban election a landslide for moder ate party. k 9 Iron missile thrown through window of President Roosevelt' special train In Phila delphia. , , 4 Flftv-nlnth Congress meets... .Wlsoon sin Legislature meet In special session.. Balfour ministry In England resigns. B-i-Lleut,. Geu. Sakharoff slain by woman In province of 8aratoflV Russia. " 8 Mr. Mary M. Rogers hanged in Wind sor,' Vt ' 11 Death of Bdward Atkinson, politic) 1 ... '