LEXINGTON WHEATFEELD
S. A. THOMAS, Publbhw
LEXINGTON OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form for Oar
Busy Headers.
A Resume of tha Lest Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
The Santo Domingo revoluti on is
practically at an end.
The revolution inJRussia has spoiled
the Christmas festivities.
Witte is accused of nullifying the
concessions to the Liberals.
No more Jamaicans will be allowled
to go to Panama to work on the canal.
The house and sentae are sure to
clash over the appropriation of money.
Fire in the heart of Kansas City de
stroyed three blocks. The loss will
reach $500,000. Nd lives were lost.
The drydock Dewey, on its way to
the Philippines, has reached Bermuda,
where a Btop was made for coal and
provisions. . .
Jerome is preparing to indict big fish
in insurance companies in February.
The Bmall men are expected to turn
state's evidence.
Two commissioners of the Chinese
emperor are on their way to this coun
try to attend American schools and
study our ways.
The Navy department has presented
medals of honor to the 11 members of
the Bennington's crew who survived,
for bravery in rescuing more unfortu
nate shipmates.
The secretary of the Interior has
withdran more than 1,000,000 acres of
public land in Arizona and New Mexico
from all forms of disposal except under
the mineral laws for inclusion within
forest reserves.
The house has received another rate
bill.
A reign of terror now exists at Riga,
Russia.
An immense graft by St.' Louis po
lice has been exposed.
President Morales' army has been
beaten and his general killed.
. From Kansas north all trains are
greatly delayed by snow storms.
Both sides in the strike of printers
for an eight-hour day claim gains.
Witte has ordered wholesale arrests
of all opponents to the governsmt.
Twenty-one miners were killed in an
explosion at the Coaldale, W. Ya.,
coal mines.
One of Boston's savings banks has
been looted by the officers and the in
stitution closed.
Harvard university authorities have
ordered that there must be a change
in football rules.
The government will investigate the
recent sale of the Fort Stevens military
reservation in South Dakota.
Small .railroad companies of the mid
dle . west ha e reserved the right to
issue passes, but all the larger lines
will enforce the new order strictly. .:
The Navy department has peti
tioned congress for a large number of
changes in the navy. One of "the
changes desired is the re-establishment
of the rank of commodore."
Witte's ' cabinet is denounced as
grafters. '
The national debt has decreased dur
ing the past year. ' ...U; ' . .
Congressmen are angry at losing
passes and may retaliate qn the rail
roads. i
Three Cheyenne, Wyoming, soldiers
will die as a result of drinking a mix
ture of bay rum, lemon juice and hair
tonic.
A New York grand jury has been
drawn to try about 1,000 alleged frauds
arieing out of the recent election.
Wireless messages from the drydock
Dewey report it to be making good
progress in its trip across the Atlantic.
The production of gold and silver in
the United States for 1905 shows an
increase of $6,000,000 gold and 1,000,
000 ounces of silver.
James W. Wadsworth has been nom
inated by Republicans in caucus as
speaker of the New York assembly,
thus defeating the plans of Udell.
Five men have been arrested in con
nection with the murder of ex-Governor
Steunenberg of Idaho. One of
them, Thomas Hogan, is believed to
have at least made the fatal bomb.
' Kentucky Democratic members of
the legislature in caucus have nomi
nated Thomas II. Paynter for United
States senator to succeed J. 0. S. Black
burn. The nomination carries with it
the certainty of election.
CONGRESS RESUMES.
House Takes Up Consideration of
Philippine Tariff Bill.
Washington, Jan. 4. The cause of
the Filipino was advanced on the floor
of the house by the Republican leader,
Payne, for nearly four hours today.
He represented the views of the major
ity of the ways and means committee
on the Philippine tariff reducing the
duties on sugar and tobacco to 25 per
cent of the Dingley tariff rates and ad
mitting other products of the islands
to the United States iree of duty. Be
fore and following Mr. Payne's speech
brief discussions indicated that there is
to be a protracted debate on the meas
ure, and that the Republican opponents
representing the cane and beet sugar
interests of this country will speak
and vote against the bill.
In the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 4. After waiting
for almost a year, R. M. La Follette
appeared in the senate when it recon
vened today, after the holiday recess, to
claim his seat as senator from Wiscon
sin, and the oath of office was admin
istered to him by Vice President Fair
banks. The ceremony was witnessed
by a crowded gallery, which manifest
ed much interest in the proceedings.
After La Follette had signed the
oath which he had taken, he was again
joined by Spooner and escorted to the
seat assigned him among those Repub
licans who have seats on the Demo
cratic side of the chamber.
Assignments of La Follette and
Gearin to committees was made as fol
lows: La Follette Potomac river front,
chairman; census, civil service, claims,
immigration, Indian affairs andjpen
sions. Gearin Claims, pensions, forts and
fortifications, industiiial expositions,
national banks and District of Colum
bia. Simmons resigned from the last
named committee to make room for the
Oregon senator.
The senate discussed at some length
a proposition to reprint a magazine ar
ticle by Newlands, entitled "A Demo
crat in the Philippines," and also a
resolution for the regulation of senate
patronage. Both were adopted. A
resolution calling for information con
cerning the status of affairs in Santo
Domingo was presented by Tillman,
who made an unsuccessful effort to se
cure immediate consideration of it.
Gallinger had expected to open the
debate upon the merchant marine
shipping bill today, but, when the bill
was laid before the senate, he asked to
be excused from talking until next
Monday, when the bill will be formally
taken up as the unfinished business.
After a brief executive session, the
senate adjourned until Monday.
BRITAIN READY TO STRIKE.
Would Have Smashed Rojectvensky if
Togo Had Lost.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 5. The remark
able allegation that the British fleet
was held in readiness to destroy the
Russian fleet, if the battle of the Sea of
Japan had gone in the Russians' favor,
is made by Admiral Rojestvensky in a
letter published in the Novoe Vremya
today with the permission of the min
ister of marine.
Referring to the absolute secrecy of
Admiral Togo in regard to the disposi
tion of his forces, Rojestvensky de
clares that "this was unknown even to
the admiral of the British fleet allied
with the Japanese, who concentrated
his , forces at Wei Hai Wei, in expecta
tion of receiving an order to annihilate
the. Russian fleet, if this, the final ob
ject of Great Britain, was beyond the
power of the Japanese."
From Admiral Rojestvensky's ac
count of his tactics in the battle ot the
Sea of Japan, the reader is almost
convinced that the Russian commander
outmaneuvered Admiral Togo at every
point, and was himself tha real victor.
He delares he knew Admiral Togo's
exact whereabouts two days before the
battle, made his disposition according
ly and entered the fight with his eyes
open.
Mr. Spring-Rice, the British charge
d'affairs, without waiting for instruc
tions from his government, demanded
an explanation from Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff this afternoon of the state
ments contained in the admiral's letter
to the Novoe Vremya.
Great Printing Trust in East.
Cincinnati, Jan. 5. The United
States Printing company, capital $3,
376,300, one of the largest concerns of
its kind in the country, wUl be leased
to the United States Printing company,
of New Jersey, if the stockholders on
February 1 ratify the action of th di
rectors announced today. The com
pany has plants in Brooklyn, Mont
clair, N. J., Norwood and Cincinnati.
The total output is estimated to be
nearly $2,500,000 annually. The new
holding company will take over all the
plants of the company.
Strikes Bankrupt Big Iron Works.
Paris, Jan. 5. The correspondent of
the Journal at St. Petersburg sends an
interview with an official of the Puti
loff Iron works, who declares that the
establishment will be closed from Jan
uary 13, owing to the impossibility of
carrying on the works after the losses
caused by the strikes.
MPS ARE READY
American Government Fears Out
break of Chinese, Fury.
WORSE THAN THE BOXER AFFAIR
i
Three Regiments at Manila Ready to
Sail Boycott Expands Into
Hatred of Americans.
Washington, Jan.' 6. The govern
ment will not admit that it is worried
over the situation in China, but it is
known that conditions there are caus
ing grave concern. It is reported that
three regiments at Manila have been
ordered held in readiness to proceed to
China at once. Every preparation is
being made to protect American life
and property in the empire.
Grave reports of unrest have come
from consuls. Private advices received
are not so conservative as the official
ones. They express the fear that an
uprising worse than the Boxer revolu
tion will break out before many months.
The boycott inflamed Chinese animosi
ty againBt the Americans. When the
Chinese realized their power, it is said,
the step from commercial to personal
hatred was but a short one.
The situation is represented by high
authority is much graver than has been
intimated by the State department.
FAVORS PHILIPPINE BILL.
Clark, of Missouri, Occupies House
Floor for Three Hours.
Washington, Jan. 5. "Champ Clark
Democracy" was expounded to the de
light and entertainment of the house
for three hours today by Clark, of Mis
souri, and constituted the feature of
the debate on the Philippine tariff bill.
Clark's speech took a wide fange and
he labeled his political beliefs as above,
in answer to a question as to what
kind of a Democrat he really was. He
talked of the Philippines and favored
the pending bill; he discussed the gen
eral tariff question and in particular
the German tariff situation. He re
viewed William J. Bryan's record on
silver and paid his respects in charac
teristic oratory to Republican leaders.
He asqribedifuture greatness to what
he termed the "stand pat" disciples
and declared that one of these, Secre
tary Shaw, whose record as secretary of
the Treasury included, he said, classi
fying frogs' legs as poultry and ponies
as "household articles" for the collec
tion of revenue was a logical Republi
can presidential possibility, unless the
mantle should fall on "the gray and
grizzled speaker, Uncle Joe Cannon."
Fordney, of Michigan, opposed the
measure. He expressed his disgust
that the bill was made to reprsent a
movement under the name of "reciproc
ity." He reviewed exhaustively the
sugar beet industry and argued earn
estly for its protection against compe
tition with the Philippines. Fordney
cioncluded at 5 o'clock, when the house
adjourned until tomorrow.
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MAY STIR UP OLD PEKIN.
Chinese Students Threaten to Return
En Masse From Japan. , , ,
Pekin, Jan. 6., .The Chinese stu
dents in Japan, who number 8,000,
have struck against the attempts of the
government to-sflbject. them to official
supervision. They are threatening ' to
return to China aB a body. ' If this
threat should be carried out, it would
prove a disturbing element hern, as
the sympathies of the majority of the
students are anti-foreign and anti
dynastic. A notable movement has recently
begun here in ., the establishment of
schools for the education of women,
under the direction ol several princess
es, with Japanese ladies as volunteer
teachers. All trie schools are crowded
with girls from leading families. Four
teen Mongolian princesses have arrived
at Pekin for the purposes of seeking
instruction in the European languages.
Eastern Roads to Submit. -Washington,
Jan. 6. Through a
committee representing the traffffic
managers of the Eastern trunk lines,
which came here yesterday, assurance
has been given the Interstate Com
merce commission that the roads have
indicated a desire to comply with the
law in respect to the granting of re
bates and other special privileges. Fol
lowing a conference of the traffic man
agers with the commission, some days
ago, this committee has been at work
securing pledges to this end, and the
announcement is just made.
Wedding Day Announced.
Washington, Jan. 6. The president
and Mrs. Roosevelt announced tonight
that the wedding of Miss Alice Roose
velt to Representative Nicholas Long
worth, of Cincinnati, February 17, at
12 o'clock noon, in the East room of
the white house.
RENEW WAR ELSEWHERE.
Rebels Say Moscow Revolt Showed
Weakness of Government.
Chicago, Jan. 3. The Daily Nowb'
St. Petersburg correspondent says:
Revolutionary leaderB disclaim the
initiative in the Moscow insurrection.
One of them, M. Gilliaroff, who has
just returned from that city, reports
to the St. Petersburg committee that
General Doubasoff carried out the mas
sacres upon plans agreed upon by
Count Witte and Minister Durnovo, of
the Interior department. Discovering
that the additions to their pay of 20
or 30 kopecks monthly had not satis
fled the troops, and that mutinies
were continuing, the government de
cided that military on interior duty
should receive twelve-fold wages, and
that the police should be given Bpecial
rewards. Simultaneously the govern
ors and their subordinates were empow
ered to "declare martial law at any time
on their own responsibility. Thus the
whole empire was put in a Btate of
siege.
This encouraged the police and sol
diers to provoke riots by attacking
peaceful meetings and bombarding the
buildings. Drunken dragoons butch
ered everybody, then the people joined
the revolutionaries and built barri
cades, and the massacre went on.
The chief of the revolutionaries, M.
Sokoloff, said:
The Moscow demonstration disclosed
the weakness of the government. Dur
ing an entire .week cavalry, artillery,
police, reactionary volunteers, generals,
admirals and statesmen failed to over
come a badly armed force of 3,000
workmen, while the people remained
neutral. We shall begin again in some
place like Odessa or Kieff, where there
are fewer troops and more workmen,
and where t.he people sympathize with
us. In the fighting at the Nevsky
works the other day the losses of the
soldiers were greater than ours. The
fact that the garrisons at Krasnoyarsk
has joined the revolution hows that
the czar's forces are decreasing, while
ours are growing,
AGREE TO STOP REBATES.
Big Three Insurance Companies Will
Make Cleveland Referee.
New York, Jan. 3. An agreement
to abolish rebating on premiums has
been entered into by the New York
Life Insurance company, the Equitable
Life Assurance society and the Mutual
Life Insurance company. Announce
ment was made today that Grover
Cleveland has been been , appointed
referee to decide all questions in dis
pute that may arise in such matters
and that his salary will be $12,000 per
annum, to be paid jointly by the three
companies. Mr. Cleveland has ac
cepted with the understanding that
the officers of the three companies are
to second his efforts to Btop rebating.
A similar appointment was held by the
late Thomas B. Reed.
Any agent who gives rebates will be
dismissed from the service and will not
be re-employed by any of the com
panies. It'is the desire of the com
panies to secure the co operation of all
other life insurance companies to this
agreement. It was said today that, if
rebating can be entirely abolished, the
first year premiums can be reduced.
SUBMIT PLAN FOR BIG CUT.
Stevens Willi Advise Canal Commis
sionBring Labor From Spain.
Washington,. Jan. 2. The Isthmian
Canal commission held a short session
today. Chief Engineer Stevens, who
came to Washington to ' present his
views to the commission on the type
of canal that shonld be constructed,
was requested to submit any project
which he may have for he excavation,
removal and final disposition of the
excavated material to be taken out of
Culebra cut in a canal with a summit
of 85 feet above low tide', and also to
inform the commission whether or not
he has worked out or has a project for
a sea level waterway.
The commission authorized the
chairman to appoint a committee to
review, appraise, condemn or dispose
of material left on the isthmus by the
old French company, which must ne
cessarily be removed.
The experiment proposed for securing
labor from the north of Spain was ap
proved. Decision on Irrigation Law.
Washington, Jan. 3. In an opinion
by Justice Brewer, the Supreme court
of the United States today affirmed the
decision of the Supreme court of Ari
zona in the case of Howard vs. Perrin,
involving the right to use seepage water
for irrigation. A statute giving the
right to appropriate for purposes of ir
rigation water "from any convenient
river, creek or stream of running
water" gives no right to sink a well,
collect in it the water percolating
through the soil and draw it off in
pipes or aquias for irrigation purposes.
Earthquakes in Austria.
Vienna, J' n. 3. A series of earth
quake shocks were felt at about 5:30
this morning at Agram, Gilli, Laibch,
Marburg and Gratz. Buildings cracked
and the' inhabitants fled panic stricken
from their houses.
BEGIN REVOLT ANEW
St. Petersburg Reds Decide to
Form New Organization.
WERE CRIPPLED BY REPRESSION
A National Congress of Workmen i
Planned Red Sunday Will Be
Day of Mourning.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 4. The gen
eral meeting of the Workmen's council
and of representatives of the proletariat
organizations, which was held across
the Finnish border, lasted for 36 hours,
adjourning only an hour ago. The
practical result of the meeting was a
confession that the government had
proved too strong in its fight against
the strikers and the proletariat organ
izations, and that it would be neces
sary to organize on a new basis the
armed revolution, to which the dele
gates to the meeting we're committed.
A new Council of Workmen, con
sisting of 150 members, was elected.
Similar councils will be organized
everywhere, following which a general
congress will be elected, and an elab
orate plan of battle against the gov
ernment formulated.
Just prior to the adjournment of the
meeting a resolution was passed to
turn the anniversary of January 22
(Red Sunday) into a day of mourning.
For this purpose an p.ppeal will be
made to the Socialist workmen's organ
izations, both in Europe and the Unit
ed States, to manifest their sympathy
with the Russian revolutionaries by
holding demonstrations on Monday.
NEW MALHEUR PROJECT IS UP.
Valley May Be Irrigated, Excluding
Wagon Road Land.
Washington, Jan. 4. The Reclama
tion service has not abandoned hope of
building part of the Malheur irrigation
project in Eastern Oregon. Upon its.
recommendation the secretary of the
interior has withdrawn from entry'
about 20,000 acres on the Upper Mal
heur river, as follows: Township 21
south, range 36 east, sections 27, 28
and 34; township 23 south, range 8&
east, sections 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 85, 36; township
22 south, range 37 east, sections 30
and 31 ; township 23 south, range 3ft
east, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 24;
township 23 south, range 37 east, sec
tions 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19.
This withdrawal does not include the
lands embraced in the wagonroad
grant, and it is possible a project may
be devised which will enable the gov
ernment to irrigate considerable vacant
public land without waiting for wagon
road landowners to come to time. This
move is being made at the request of
the Oregon senators, who have twice
conferred with the Reclamation service
in the hope of having something done
on the Malheur project.
GERMANY PREPARES FOR WAR,.
Gives Rush Orders for Large Num
ber of Cars.
Berlin, Jan. 4. The railway admin
istration placed . orders last wtek for
20,000 freight cars, at a cost of $50,
000,000, with manufacturers of five
countries, Stipulating delivery by the
middle of February. Besides utilizing
the car works ef Germany, the con
tracts were distributed among makerB
in Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and
Italy, which would not have been done
unless some reason for haste exists.
Inquiries made regarding the reasons
for urgency resulted in obtaining the
statement that the ordering of the care
was a precautionary measure, the gen
eral staff desiring to be ready to move
troops if necessary by the first of
March. This is only a proper measure
of prudence, it was arffimed, in view
of the extensive military arrangements
going on in France, which, among
other dispositions, include the move
ment toward the German frontier of
six regiments of artillery, or 180 guns-
Millions May Starve.
' Victoria, B. C, Jan. 4. The famine
in North Japan ia causing thousands to
starve, according to adyices received
today by the steamer Empress of Japan,
A gcvernment report sayB Miyagi, Fu
kushima and Iwate provinces, with a
population of 2,821,575, are confront
ing the worst famine Bince the deadly
one of 60 years ago. Already thous
ands in these three provinces are re
duced to shrub roots and bark of trees
to sustain life, and 1,000,000 people
are in extreme condition. The misery
arising is indescribable.
America Guards Against Plague.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 4. American
quarantine officers at Yokohama have
notified steamship companies there
that no persons who arrive in Yoko
hama via Osaka or vicinity will be al
lowed to .proceed to America unless
they remain in Yokohama a week and
their health is certified to.