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 ... '