LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
S. A. THOMAS, Pabttsbcr
LEXINGTON ........ .OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form lor Our
Bosy Readers.
A Resume of the Lets Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Pest Week.
Senator Depew's health has broken
down.
Heyburn's pure food bill is likely to
be come a law.
It ia Baid the United States will offer
to sell the Philippine islands to Japan.
Berlin fears farther Socialist riots
and troops are being held in readiness.
Secretary Taft is investigating affairs
in the Philippines for a possible graft
by officials there.
Chiel Engineer StevenB, of the canal,
has been elected Vice president of the
Panama railroad.
Luke Wright haa been appointed am
bassador to Japan. General Smith will
succeed him aa Philippine governor.
Admiral Endicott, chief of the bu
reau of yards and docks, want8 a new
dry dock at the Puget Sound navy
yard.
Porto Ricana are making a strong
plea for home government. They
claim the American officials ignore
their wishes.
Brown University, New York, will
build a $400,000 library in memory of
John Hay. Carnegie has given $150,
000 toward the fund.
Jacob Eiis, a close friend of the pres
ident, predicts a long war of the people
against special privileges, with Koose
velt as the people's champion.
Taft wants the government to lay a
cable to Panama.
Roosevelt has been asked to bring
about peace in Turkey.
France has expelled the Venezuelan
envoy and will make a naval attack on
Castro.
Hamburg Socialists and police
clashed and a number of the latter are
wounded.
An American haa been arrested in
Russia for aiding the revolutionary
movement.
Eighteen men were killed by an ex
plosion in a coal mine 25 milea from
Charleston, W. Va.
A scandal haa broken out in England
over the recent election. A number of
prominent peraona are involved.
The house will paaa a. bill suspend
ing the eight-hour law on the isthmua
during construction of the canal.
The signatures of American women
who desire to see Smoot ouated from
the senate fill 80 volumea and will be
distributed among the senators.
An attempt haa been made to kill
ex-Governor Peabody, of Colorado, by
placing poison in hia food. Hib daugh
ter is aeriouBly ill, but will recover.
The price of glass will be increased
10 per cent by the trust within the
next two weeka, and another advance
of 5 per cent will be made a week
later.
Fire almoBt destroyed Convoy," a
small Ohio town.
Another American miner has been
killed by Indiana in Mexico.
All revolutionary leaders to be found
are being arrested in Russia.
Jaapar Jenninga, the Grants Paaa boy
on trial for killing his father, has been
found guilty.
A new gaa company haa been formed
in Portland and will ask the city coun-
cu for a franchise.
Rusaellville, a small Arkansaa town
has had ita entire business section wip'
ed out by fire. The loss will reach
1300,000.
Secretary Root declares that the
policy of America in the Moroccan con
ference will be to see that there is
square deal.
Chief Engineer Stevens says the
eight-hour law greatly hampers work
on the isthmua. He also opposes the
appelication of the Chinese exclusion
law to the canal tone.
A great blizzard haa swept Eastern
Washington, Eastern Oregon aud Idaho
Great Britain and Russia have agreed
on a common course of action at the
Moroccan conference.
An examination of the books of the
state treasurer of Kansas shows a short
age of $78,000. Former Treasurer
Grimes is willing to make good any
shortage that occurred during hia term
France is preparing to whip Castro.
The Morocco conference ia in session
Election returns in Great Britain in
dicate a Liberal landslide.
BURTON WILL HELP.
Many Obstacles In Way of Appropria
tion for Columbia Jetty.
Washington, Jan. 19. Chairman
Burton, of the house committee on riv
ers and harbors, today gave a hearing
to Senators Fulton and Gearin, H. W.
Scott and J. N. Teal, of Portland, on
the Columbia river jetty project. Rep
resentative Jones, of YVashington, who
is a member of the committee, was
alao present and took part in the dis
cussion. Mr. Burton ia thoroughly familiar
with the situation at the mouth of the
Columbia and is fully aware ot the fact
that it would be good business policy to
make an appropriation thia session, not
so much to extend the jetty as to pro
tect the work that has been done dur
ing the past season. He realizes that,
unless an appropriation ia made, the
sea end of the jetty, and. particularly
the unprotected tramway, will be left
at the mercy of the heavy seas and lia
ble to be damaged to the extent of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars.
But, while Mr. Burton is in sym
pathy with the Oregon men and while
he recognise; the wisdom of an appro
priation to protect the new portion of
the jetty, he is not willing to give any
assurances that such an appropriation
will be made. There is no general
river and harbor bill thia aesaion, and
it is a serious question in Mr. Burton's
mind whether it will be possible to
put through special legislation in the
intereat of only a few emergency pro-
jecta.
Mr. Burton stated, and the Oregon
delegation-agreed with him, that it
would be utterly impossible to pass a
special bill making an appropriation
for this one project. Such a bill would
be amended in the house and eenate by
the addition of appropriations for in
numerable projects until in the end it
would become a regular river and bar
bor bill, and under exiating conditions
bill of that character would stand no
show of passage.
But there are three or four other pro
jecta of importance, where emergencies
exist similar to that at the mouth of
the Columbia. Unless appropriations
are made thia session for the preserva
tion of these works, the government
will sustain a heavy loss. Mr. Burton
ia considering the advisability of re
porting an emergency bill making ap
propriationa for these specific projects
only, but he is not yet satisfied that
such a bill could get through without
being amended to embrace many other
projects.
Mr. Burton, because of tha condi
tion that exists in congress and because
of the difficulties that stand in the way
of special river and harbor legislation,
will hold out no promises to the Ore-
gen representatives, though he freely
admits hiB interest in Columbia river
mprovement and expresses hia per
aonal belief that an appropriation
should be made.
An appropriation of $1,800,000 can
not be had, but it ia possible that
$400,000 may be procured. Mr. Bur
ton explains that it would be impossi
ble to pass any bill which did more
than provide funds to protect work al
ready done.
EACH ISLET A REPUBLIC.
Russian Revolution Spreads to Dots
of Land in Baltic.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 18. In addition
to the Caucaaua and a few localities in
Siberia, the open revolt iB now chiefly
confined to small islands off the Baltic
coast, where the difficulty of landing
troops hampers the subjugation of the
revolutionists . The icebreaker Yermak
carrying detachements of marines and
infantry, has been unable to reach the
principal island, Oael, at the entrance
to the Gulf of Riga, and is now await
ing a light-draft steamer to land the
troops.
Following the example of their
brothers on the mainland, the peasan
try ot even the tiniest islands in the
Baltic have instituted independent re
publics. One of these, on the islet of
Linauitt, probably the smallest state in
the world, already boaata of a second
revolution and a second president, the
citizena having risen and overthrown
the first president. The present chief
magistrate, Jamneenaon, is addressing
them in proclamations aa "my faithful
subjects."
Petition to Save Constitution.
Boaton, Jan. 19. Eric Pape, the
artist, left Boston yesterday for Wash
ington with the "Constitution, peti
tion," which he expects to present to
congre8B. While in Washington Mr
Pape will try to secure the signatures
to the petition of many men prominent
in national life, who have expressed
themselves as favorable to the move
ment to save "Old Ironsides." The
petition is an immense affair, and re
quires four men to carry it. It is esti
mated that over 20,000, persons have
signed it.
Peace With Insurgents.
San Domingo, Jan. 19. A treaty of
peace between the insurgent generals at
Monte Cristi and the government was
signed today on board the American
cruiser Yankee. Thia assures perfect
tranquility throughout . the republic
Monte Cristi ia now in the handB of the
constitutional government forces.
IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Friday, January 19. .
Washington. Jan. 19. Reform in
the matter of making deficiency appro
priations agitated the house today,
and the entire time waa devoted to its
discussion, with the exception of a Bort
speech for free hides by Perkins, of
New York. The urgency djfieiency
bill was being considered under general
debate order, and Littauej, of New
York, in charge of the bill, set the pace
by pointing out the failure of the legis
lation of last year to curb the heada of
departments in their demanda for defi
ciency supplies.
Thursday, January 18.
Washington, Jan 18. There was an
echo of yesterday's stormy session in the
senate today, when Tillman presented
his resolution directing a senatorial in
vestigation into the removal of Mrs.
Minor Morris from the white house.
The resolution provoked no debate, and
Tillman contented himself with a brief
statement, in which he said that he
would not have introducd the resolu
tion but for the taunt of Hale. When
he concluded, Daniel moved that the
resolution be laid on the table, and
thia disposition waa made of it by a
vote of 54 to 8. The remainder of the
day was devoted to speeches on tne
pure food and merchant marine bills,
McCumber advocating the food measure
and Mallory opposing the shipping bill.
Washington. Jan. 18. After paying
tribute to the frigate Constitution
today and ordering an investigation in
order to ascertain the annual amount
necessary to preserve the ship, the
house devoted the day until 5:45 to
the perfection and passage of a bill
providing for the final disposition of
the affairs of the five civilized tribes in
the Indian Territory. With one or
two minor amendments, the bill waa
passed subsequently substantially aa it
came Irom tne committee, xne Din
providea for concluding the enrollment
of Indiana of the tribea and the allot
ment of land 'to them. The enrollment
and allotment ia made the subject of
many restrictions and provisions.
Wednesday, January 17.
Washington, Jan. 17. Tha recent
forcible removal from the white house
of Mrs. Minor Morris was made the
subject of emphatic denunciation by
Tillman in the senate today. His re
marks called out remonstrances from
Hale, Hopkins and Daniel, and led to
the very abrupt closing of the doors
and the sudden adjournment of the
senate in the middle of the afternoon.
The speech abounded in Tillman's pe
culiar expressions, and was character
ized by many severe and exceptionally
nersonallv thrusts at the president. At
times he wept over what he regarded
as the indignities to the lady, and hia
voice and eyeB were full of teara when
he declared, in the face of protest8 from
his fellow senators, that he would de
mand an investigation of the white
house incident.
Waehington, Jan. 17. In reaponse
to the Sulzer resolution paased by tne
house Secretary Metcalf, of the de
partment of Commerce and Labor, to
day sent to the house the report of
Soecial Immigrant Inspector Marcus
Braun. which dealB at great length
with the character of the immigrants
coming to thia country and the attitude
of the European governments upon the
matter. Mr. Braun declarea that he
haa incontrovertible evidence that,
while t.h number of aliens ahipped to
thia country who are legally inadmiasi
ble due to disease is diminishing, lm
migrants inadmissible for other reasons
are conatantlv brought into tne coun
try in large numbera "by the concerted
action of some European governments
and ateamahip agencies, by bankers 'and
schemers of all sorts."
Tuesday, January 16.
Washington. Jan. 16. The Phil'.p
pine tariff bill waa paased by the house
today substantially the same aa it came
from the waya and meana committee
The vote waa 258 to 71. Rice waa
made subject to the same tariff as sugar
and tobacco 25 per cent of the Ding
ley rates and one or two changes
were made as to the language.
This result was attained after decid
edlv tha most strenuouB day of the
present congress.
Waehineton, Jan. 16. Unexpectedly
the Rftnato todav found itself consider
incr the railroad rate question, which
waa precipitated by Fulton's taking the
floor to make a briel apeecn in explan
ation of 'an amendment offered by him
Patents on Oregon Claims.
Washington, Jan. 15. On behalf of
the miners and homeeteaders of Ore
gonSenator Gearin has requested the
Interior department to withdraw its
order of last March suspending patentB
on mineral and homestead entriea in
thatatate. The senator is especially
interested in laving patents issued on
mineral entries where- proof is com
plete. Assurance is given that Secre
atry Hitchcock will direct that patents
issue on perfected mineral claims, and
it is quite probable that the restric
tions on homesteads wilLbe removed.
to the Dolliver bill, giving to courts of
justice authority to modify orders of
the Interstate Commcerce commission
imposing an unreasonable rate. He
had not proceeded far when he was
switched from a general explanation of
the terms of the provision to a defense
of the principle which it seeks to es
tablish, and a general debate ' of the
bill followed.
The merchant marine bill was then
laid before the senate and Gallinger
urged early attention to thiB subject.
Scott spoke in support of the bill.
The pure food bill was then taken up
and a number of committee amend
ments were agreed to. Hepburn gave
notice that after the conclusion of the
routine morning business tomorrow he
would ask the senate to fix a day. for
taking a vote on the bill.
Monday, Jan. 15.
Waahington, Jan. 15. Senator Ba
con today auccceded in securing an open
discussion of the Moroccan queation by
the Benate. This result was accom
plished by the introduction of a reso
lution making a declaration against in
terference on the part of the United
States in any controversy among Euro
pean nations concerning their internal
affairs. The broad scope of the resolu
tion relieved it from the point of order
made on the Moroccan resolution, and,
notwithstanding that Bacon referred
freely to the Moroccan conference, no
effort waa made to put him off. He
spoke at length in opposition to the
policy of interference in European in
ternal complications, pointing out the
possibility of disastrous consequences
and hia address brought out a number
of questions and interruptions to relieve
the proceedings of the characterization
of a Bet speech.
A number of senators made short
speeches against the resolution and in
the end it waa referred to the committee
on foreign relatione, and the merchant
marine b'll was laid before the aenate
Gallinger offered a number of amend
ment a to the bill, which were agreed
to. The amendments related principal
ly to the naval militia proposed by the
bill.
A bill introduced by Smoot, giving to
homesteaders on the recently opened
Uintah reservation an extension until
May, 15, 1906, to establish residences
was
Washington, Jan. 15. General de
bate on the Philippine tariff, bill was
concluded in the house today, having
been continued daily since January 4
The bill will be taken up for amend
ment under the five minute rule tomor
row, and put on its passage either to
morrow or the next day.
Preceding the debate today, the
statehood fight made its appearance on
the floor for the first time, in the form
of a personal explanation by Babcock,
of Wisconsin, credited with being the
leader of the opponents of the joint
statehood forces. Babcock denied that
hia course in opposition to the bill was
dictated by any feeling of revenge be
cause he had not been made chairman
of the appropriation committee. He
also took occasion to state his position
in favor of tariff revision.
Saturday,. Jan. 13.
Washington, Jan. 13. There were
nine speeches in the house today on
the Philippine tariff bill, consuming
nearly six and one-half hours. Three
of the Bpeakers opposed the bill and
eix favored it. Thoao who argued for
the measure were Gainea, of Tenneaaee
Thomaa, of North Carolina, who in
eluded a plea for the Southern farmer
and demanded reciprocity to benefit the
cotton-seed oil industry; Needham
of California, Garrett, of Tennessee
Gardner of Massachusetts and Scott, of
Kansas. The opponents of the measure
were Young, of Michigan, Loud, of
Minnesota, and Morris, of Nebraska
The debate ia to close Monday at 5
o'clock, the session to begin at 11 in
the morning.
Life Saving Station at Flattery.
Waehington, Jan. 18. A favorable
report waa made today on Senator
Piles' billa authorizing the establish
ment of a life-saving station at Cape
Flattery and appropriating $1,010 for
the establishment of a fog signal at
Ediz Hook.
Continue Black Sand Experiments
Waehington, Jan. 18. The reported
urgent deficiency appropriation bill to
day carries $80,000 to continue the in
veBtigation of mineral landa in Alaska
alao $25,000 to continue the investiga
tion of black sands at Portland.
Billion Pieces of Mail.
Waehington, Jan. 15. A statement
prepared by P. Y. Degraw, fourth as
siatant poatmaeter general, regarding
the operations of the rural free delivery
aervce eince its establ'shmedt up to
January 1, 1906, shows that the total
number of petitions received and re
fered ras 61,690, of which 13,152 were
acted upon adversely. More than 1,
000,000,000 pieces of mail were hand
led rural by carriers during the fiscal
year 9015. The approximate net coat
of the 32,055 carriers in the service for
the fiscal year was $1,687,7133. .
MARSHALL FIELD DEAD.
Pneumonia Takes Away . Millionaire .
Chicago Merchant.
New York, Jan. 17. Marshall Field,
of Chicago, millionaire merchant and
leader in the dry gooda trade of the
world, died at the Holland house in
thia city at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon, after an illness extending over
more than a week, beginning with a
bad cold and developing quickly into
pneumonia, which affected both lungs.
Mr. Field, although 70 years old, made
fight against the disease which the
attending physicians characterized aa
braver and stronger than would have
been expected of a man many years his
unior. Mrs. Field and other mem
bers of the family were with him when
he lapsed into the period of uncon
sciousness which ended in death. In
an adjoining room were many persons
prominent in the business and social
life of Chicago,, intimate associates ot
Mr. Field, who had gone to New York
when the seriousness of his condition
was made known to them.
An outline of the funeral arrange
ments was decided upon laet night.
The body will be taken to Chicago this
morning on a special train over the
New York Central and Lake. Shore sys
tems. There will be no service of any
sort in thia city. It is planned to hold
the funeral service in Chicago at a date
to be fixed, either from the Field resi
dence on Prairie avenue or from the
First Presbyterian church, whoae pas
tor, Rev. 'Dr. Morrison, will, in either
case, be tne omciating clergyman.
FIXED SUM FOR HARBORS. .,
River and Harbor Congress Proposes.
Change in Methods.
Washington, Jan. 17. The National
Rivers and llirbora congress today
adopted the report of the committee on
organization, recommending the elec
tion of the following oflicers: Presi
dent, Harvey I). Goulder, Cleveland,
; one vice president from each state
represented, to be named by the dele
gations; Colonel Willirm II. Love,
Baltimore, secretary; E. II. Share
wood, Philadelphia, treasurer.
Among those recommended for the
executive committee were John W.
Ferris, Pan Francisco, and A. II. Dev
era, Portland.
The executive committee ia charged
with the duty of actively prosecuting,
the work of securing regular and in
creased annual appropriations for the
improvements of rivera and harbors of
the entire country, and to thia end to
take auch steps and use such means as
will tend to mold public sentiment in
favor thereof.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the national government should
put river and harbor bills on a par
with other great appropriation bills by
annual appropriations, and direct all
such work economically and continu
ously, without the waste incident to
intermittent efforts. The resolutions
urge an annual appropriation of at
least $50,000,000.
SWEPT BY BLIZZARD.
Wind Reaches
IOO-Mile-An-Hour' Gait
in Montana. '
Anaconda, Mont., Jan. 17. For two
hours this afternoon Anaconda and
Deer Lodge valley were swept by the
fiercest storm in many years. At the
weather observatory above the Washoe
smelter the velocity of the wind regis
tered aa high aa 100 miles an hour.
Several inches of snow fell. The storm
subsided at 6 o'clock.
A special to the Standard from Boze
man says the Gallatin valley was
swept by a 40-mile gale and the storm
haa been raging all night.
Helena, Jan. 17. Helena and Cent
ral Montana waa visited this afternoon
by a blizzard which lasted about an
hour. The blizzard followed a light
ning and thunder storm and waa imme
diately preceded by a hard gale. The
wind attained a velocity of 42 mileB an
hour. The temperature went to 15
above.
Missoula, Jan. 17. A rather heavy
blizzard visited this part Of the state
for the greater portion of the day.
During the morning the wind blew a
gale and in the afternoon considerable
snow fell. The temperature was about
at freezing point all day.
Errors Make a Shortage.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 17. R. A . Mad
dern, postal inspector of this division,
has discovered discrepancies in the ae
count of Charles J. Harrington, clerk
in charge of the money order division,
indicating a shortage of several hun
dred dollars. This morning a repre
sentative of Harrington deposited with
Postmaster Dargie a sum sufficient to
cover all the apparent discrepancies,
which Harrington says a due to a mul
tiplicity of errors which have been per
mitted to go uncorrected. He denies
any intention at embezzlement.
Hermann Sworn In.
Washington, Jan. 17. Binger Her
mann iB once more a full fledged con
gressman. He took the oath of office
just before the houae adjourned thiB
evening, went downstairs and drew his
mileage and departed, and not a dosen
men in congress were aware of what
had happened.