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LEXIN6T0N WHEATFiELD
S. A. THOMAS. PabMwr
LEXINGTON OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers,
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less interesting Events
of the Past Week.
The crop outiuoK iui tne Pacific
Northwest is most encouraging.
Congress has taken no action with
regard to a new trade treaty with Ger
many.
President Roosevelt has reiterated
his determination not to run again for
the presidency.
P. W. Clement is the choice of In
dependent Republicans and Democrats
for governor of Vermont.
Hot weather prevails in Chicago and
other parts of the East. Several deaths
and many prostrations are reported.
Russian rumors say a new ministry
is about to be formed, headed by M.
Mouromsteff, president of the lower
house.
Testimony at New Orleans by the
Interstate Commerce commission shows
that state oil inspectors discriminated
against dealers not in the trust.
The president is back of Gove'mr
Ide, of the Philippines in, the position
he took with reference to the title to
the Juan de Dios property, claimed by
the Catholic church.
Senator Fulton has been appointed
chairman of the congressional commit
tee to go over and check up the work
of the commission appointed by Presi
dent McKinley to codify the Federal
lawB.
Wisconsin Democrats have endorsed
Bryan for president.
Dr. Lapponi, papal physician, says
the pope is in very good health.
The ship subsidy bill will be taken
up at the next session of congress.
The little town of Tittzewah, Okla
homa, has been pracitcally demolished
by a tornado.
England has sent a representative to
the UnitedS tatea to inspect meat in
tended for use by the English army.
A ticket has been named by the fus
ion of Democrats, Prohibitionists and
Lincoln party men in Pennsylvania.
Chairman Burton, of the house riv
ers and harbors committee, says a 40
foot channel for Coos bay is too much
to ask. New York does not have that
depth, and Hamburg, Germany, has
only 32 feet.
Through the Japanese embassy the
National Red Cross has received anoth
er $36,000 for the relief ot San Francis
co earthquake and fire sufferers, mak
ing the total subscrpition by Japanese
people $146,000.
President Roosevelt has approved the
joint resolution of congress expressing
the horror of the people of the United
States as the result of the massacre of
Hebrews in Russia and epxreseing sym
pathy with those bereaved. ,
The insular government will buy the
docks at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Independent packing companies of
Chicago are giving their plants a thor
ough cleauing up.
All seems quiet in the Panama re
public. American marines still re
main stationed at various places.
Commander Booth-Tucker, of the
Salvation Army, and Miss Minnie Reid
were married in London June 25.
The secretary of the Indiana boaid of
health reports finding chemicals in
fresh meats on sale at Indianapolis.
Nearly 3,500 tons of hay and 1,000
bags of grain were destroyed in a fire
on San Francisco's water front. Loss,
about $50,000.
- The treaty with Mexico ccncerning
the division of the waters of the Rio
Grande river for irrigation purposes
has been ratified by the senate.
Hill has secured the old TJ. P. grade
between Portland and the Sound and
construction work has commenced.
Steam will be used for freight trains
and electric power for passenger.
Timothy D. Swift has been convict
ed of accepting bribes in connection
with the award of certain contracts for
postal supplies while at Boston post
office. He was sentenced to pay a fine
of $1 and be imprisoned 15 months.
James Wickersham will be reap
pointed judge in Alaska.
The Russian government is fearful of
an uprsiing in the army.
, A plot to kill the king and queen of
Italy has been discovered.
Rockefeller's money has been refused
by the National Juvenile Improvement
Association.
TOO BUSY FOR REVISION
Senator Warren Says Country Is Too
Prosperous to Think of Tariff.
Washington, June 29. Senator War
ren made a speech in the senate today
on his resolution calling on the director
of the census for a statement covering
the extent of the livestock industry of
the United States and of the foreign
business in this country in leather and
raw material. He cited the recent
agitation concerning this induatry as
his reaaon for seeking this information.
He confidently asserted that the state
ment would show an astonishing in
crease and that the product of not less
than $2,000,000,000 annually, more
than the value of all the gold produced
by the United States in the entire his
tory of the country.
Warren pronounced aa unjust and
selfish the demand made by the manu
facturers ior free hides. He Baid that
while the livestock men do not envy
Massachusetts its prosperity they do
not deaire to add to it by taking off the
duty of hides and wool, and closed an
appeal for the continuance of the tariff.
'We are," he said, "too busy, too
well employed, too well paid for our
labor, too prosperous to think seriously
of tariff revision in the year of our
Lord, 1906."
FAITH IN THE BAY CITY.
Claus Spreckles Says It Will Be the
Greatest Port on Hemisphere.
Chicago, June 29. "San Francisco
will soon be Greater San Francisco in
deed aa we are in name. Things have
settled themselves since our terrible dis
aster, capitaists are putting their mon
ey into rebuilding and enlarging and
in beautifying, and the people general
ly are exercising a great degree of con
fidence in the city's future prosperity."
Glaus Spreckles, of San Francisco,
who with his wife was in San Francisco
yesterday, thus expressed himeelf in
discussing the future of his home city.
All financial interests, he said, al
though be spoke especially for the
sugar interests, were firm in the belief
that San Francisco would become the
largest and most important port of en
try in the western hemisphere.
"When our Oriental trade, already
large, has become still larger, and
when new modern buildings have
sprung up out of the ruins, as they
surely will, San Francisco will be a
greater city in all ways," he said.
ATTORNEYS ARE CALLED.
Instructions Given for Action Against
Standard Oil.
Washington, June 29. Attorney
General Moody had conferences today
with Frank B. Kellogg and Charles B.
Morrison, who have been engaged as
special counsel in the investigation
which is being made into the affairs of
the Standard Oil company, with a view
to ascertaining whether there have
been any violations of the anti-trust
law. With reference to this it was
stated today that further investigation
is to be made.
The attorney general also held con
ferences with some of the district at
torneys he had summoned to Washing
ton, and it , was stated that they were
being instructed as to how they should
proceed against the Standard Oil com
pany. It was also said to be most
likely that special grand juries will
be called to determine whether the
Standard Oil company has been granted
rebates or concessions.
Earthquake In Wales.
Cardiff, Wales, June 29. Violent
earthquake shocks were felt throughout
South Wales at 94:5 this morning.
Houses rocked and many of the cheaper
onea were damaged. Hundreds of
chimneys fell, occupants of dwellings
weret brown to the ground and people
fled from their houses, shrieking in
panic, with visions of the San Fran
cisco disaster before them. Though
there were many narrow escapes from
falling chimneys and copings, there
were no casualties so far as known.
Earthquake shocks were also felt at
Bristol, Ilfracombe and elsewhere.
They were accompanied by loud rum
blings. Earthquake in Ohio.
Cleveland, O., June 29. A shock of
felt here at 4:10 o'clock this afternoon
is pronounced by Cleveland scientists
to have been an earthquake. It is re
ported to have shaken the southern
shore of Lake Erie for a distance of
100 miles, the eastern limit being
Pinesville and the western limit Mar
blebead. No damage has been re
ported, though in some places the
shock was sufficient to slam doors and
rattle windows. Local scientists be
lieve the seat of the seismic disturbance
was probably beneath Lake Erie.
France Faces Big Deficit.
Paris, June 29. Finance Minister
Poincaire intrdouced the budget in the
chamber of deputies yesterday showing
i considerable deficit in consequence of
the extraordinary expenditure for the
military preparations during the Mo
roccan crisis, amounting to $50,000,000,
Mid also $30 000,000, owing to in
creased expenditure resulting from in
ternal reforms.
IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Thursday, June 28.
Washingtno, June 28. The senate
consumed the greater part of the day
discussing the public bujlding bill.
Efforts by several senators to secure in
creases for public buildings in cities
and towns of their respective states
were in no instance successful. For
Ban Juan Porto Rico, Senator Foraker
secured an advance from $200,000 to
$300,000. In raporting the bill, Sen
ator Scott, chairman of the committee
on public buildings and grounds, re
ferred to it as "the pork barrel."
The agricultural bill reappeared in a
partial conference report. The report
was complete, except with reference to
the meat inspection provision, and on
that another conference was ordered.
There was Borne desultery discussion
of the conference report on the pure
food bill, but its disposition was post
poned until tomorrow.
Washington, June 28. The house
worked under forced draft today and
accomplished an immense amount of
business preparatory to adjournment
at the week's end. Conference reports
on a number of measures were adopted
without debate, but it required special
rules in other properties to effect con
sideration and adoption of some im
portant conference agreements.
Interests centered about the confer
ence reports on the railroad rae bill
and the agricultural appropriation bill.
Both were considered and adopted un
der a blanket rule permitting the con
sideration of conference reports without
being printed in the Record.
Wednesday, June 27.
Waahngton, June 27. The senate
was in open session for about five hours
and a half today, and, notwithstanding
the session began with a roll call in
order to aasure a quorum, the day waa
crowded with business of importance,
including the announcement by Senator
Proctor, chairman of the senate com
mittee on agriculture, of a deadlock in
conference on the meat inspection pro
vision of the agricultural appropria
tion bill j a reply by Senator Bailey to
the recent attack upon him in the Cos
mopolitan magazine; the passage of the
naturalization bill; the continuance of
Senator La Follette'a effort to pass his
bill limiting the hours of service on
railroad trains, the acceptance of an
almost complete report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill, and a speech'
by Senator Warren in support of his
resolution relative to the livestock in
dustry, t
Washington, June 27. The general
deficiency bill, the laBt of the big
money measures, passed the house at 6
o'clock today, with few changes in the
bill. Several items were inserted, due
to late information of deficiencies in
the departments, the net increase being
about $600,000 over the bill as report
ed from the committee on appropria
tions. Among the important actions of the
house today were the passage of the
senate bill providing for a lock type of
canal and the adoption of the item in
the general deficiency bill ratifying and
legalizing the duties collected during
President McKinley'a term from im
ports from the Philippine islands.
Tuesday, June 26.
Washington, June 26. After two or
three more speeches on the conference
report on the railroad rate bill, the
senate today sent the bill back to con
ference, again designating Senators Till
man, Elkins and Cullom as conferees.
During the day the naval appropria
tion bolill, which has been in confer
ence for several weeks, was finally
passed, the senate receding from its
amendment concerning the naval train
ing station at Port Rofyal, S. C, which
was the only item remaining in contro
versy. The most interesting incident
waa a conflict over a motion by Senator
LaFollette to enter upon the considera
tion of the bill limiting to 16 years the
time railroad employes engaged in the
movement of trains may be employed
cinsecutively,
Washington, June 26. A bill recent
ly paaaed by congress providing for the
opening to settlement of the Blackfoot
Indian reservation in Montana probab
ly will be recalled by resolution of the
house. President Roosevelt hesitates
to veto the measure, but he has been
informed by the bureau of Indian
affairs that the bill does not sufficient
ly protect the water rights on the land
subject.to allotment to the Indians. It
is likely the measure will go over until
Two Contests Decided.
Washington, June 25. The house
today adopted unanimously the report
of the committee on elections No. 2,
that Ernest E. Wood waa not elected to
membership in the house of representa
tives in the Fifty-ninth congress from
the Twelfth congressional district of
Missouri, and that Harry M. Coudrey
was elected. Coudrey presented him
self to take the oath. Tne house
adopted a resolution that A. J. Hous
ton was not elected from the Second
district of Texaa. The sitting member,
M. L. Brooks, therefore retains bis seat.
the next session of congress.
The house passed the senate bill
which allows live stock to be carried
30 hours insead of 28 without stop.
The omnibus public building bill was
also passed.
Monday, June 25.
Washington. June 25. The senate
today passed Senator La Follette's joint
resolution extending the scope of the
inquiry now being conducted by the
Interstate Commerce commission under
the Tillman-Gillespie resolution, so as
to have it include the transportation
and Btorage of grains.
In support of his contentions, Sena
tor La Follette said that testimony
taken by the commission indicates a
joint ownership between the railroads
and the elevator companies to the det
riment of the farmerB, who are entitled
to a free and open market.
About 800 private penBlon biiiB were
The senate held a nigbt session and
at 9:45 p. m. adjourned until 11
o'clock tomorrow.
Washintgon, June 25. Under a rule
limiting debate on all but two sections,
the so-called immigration bill was dis
cussed for three hours today , in the
house and passed, without an aye and
no vote being permitted on any of the
paragraphs. This bill attracted much
attention, the representatives btwnn
large foreign colonies in their districts
lining up generally against the head
tax of $5, wh'ch was defeated, and
against the educational test.
After a very interesting contest a
substitute for the educational test, pro
viding that the whole matter be sub
mitted to a commission, was adopted
by a close vote. The most important
feature of the bill were thus eliminated
and the bill was pasBed without divi
sion.
At 5:35 p. m. the house took a re
cess until 8 o'clock this evening to de
vote three hours to oratory.
Saturday, June 23.
Washington, June 23. Shortly after
noon today Senator Cullom signed the
conference report on the railroad rate
bill, adding his name to that of Sena
tors Elkins and Representatives Hep
burn, Sherman and Richardson. Sena
tor Tillman did not sign the report,
and it was turned over to Representa
tive Hepburn to present to the house.
It is expected the refusal of Senator
Tillman to subscribe to the agreement
in regard to the McLaurin commodity
amendment, which would permit pipe
lines to carry commodities they pro
duce, will result in debate in tne senate
when the report is presented there lor
adoption.
Senator Tillman, in refusing to sign
the conference report, says be will give
his reasons in the senate and will ask
the senate to vote whether or not it
will yield to the house conferees.
Washington, ' June 23. The pure
food bill was pasBed today by the huose
and the conference report on the rail
road rate bill adopted.
Nearly the entire day waa taken up
with the consideration of the pure food
bill under five minute rule, and, while
many amendments were offered, moat
of them were voted down. Those that
were adoteptd were corrections and
changes in verbiage. The pure 'ood
billwas passed by a vote of 242 to 17.
The conference report on the railroad
rate bill waa taken up, and while there
waa discussion of the anti-pass agree
ment, the previous resolution was
adopted by a vote of 121 to 97, the con
ference report being agreed to, 216 to 4.
Will Not Go to Panama.
Washington, June 28. By a vote of
six to four, the senate committee on in
teroceanic canals today decided not to
go to the isthmus of Panama and take
testimony in the canal investigation.
Bya greement no testimony will be tak
en in Washington until netx session,
and therefore the disposition of Wil
liam Nelson Cromwell's refusal to tes
tify concerning canal matters prior to
government ownership of the property
will be postponed until next December,
which wlil postpone action on the nom
inations of canal commissioners. It is
expected the commissioners will be re
appointed during the recesa of congress.
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Signed by the President.
Washington, June 28. The presi
dent today signed the postoffice appro
priation bill.
Bids for New Warships.
Washington, June 25. Wliliam
Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Build
ing company, of Philadelphia, was the
lowest bidder today for ships of the
Michigan and South Carolina type,
with the machinery as prescribed by
the Navy department. The depart
ment plans for machinery will prob
ably be accepted by the Navy depart
ment in preference to plans of bidders.
The bids for the prescribed machinery
were known as Class 1 bids, and Cramps'
bid was $3,540,000, the New York Ship
building company, $3,685,000.
NEWSPAPER SHOPS SEIZED.
Government Attempts to Suppress Ac-
counts of Mutiny In Army.
St. Petersburg, June 27. The gov
ernment, taking advantage of the effect
produced by the frankness and f incerity
j( Interior Minister Stolypin'a declara
tions in the lower house of parliament,
has taken prompt steps to prevent any
fuither anti-Semlticdisturbances. But
this effect ia waning and the impossi
bility of the present situation 1b daily
coming more to the fore. The senti
ment in favor of a change in the minis
try is now not only shared by the lower
and upper houses of parliament, and
voiced by the entire press, but is sup
ported by a strong faction at court.
The revolutionists are jubilant at the
progress made by the military propa
ganda. The conservative Novoe Vrem
ya today devotes a leading editorial to
the subject, and the radical organi
print columns of accounts of military
troubles, some of which undoubtedly
were invented for suggestive effect, but
the majority were based on fact.
Alter a vain attempt to stop the pub
lication of unfavorable military news
by the confiscation of their editions,
the police yesterday seized the typo
graphical outfits of several papers, and
the offices of provincial journals which
were reprinting the accounts of the
Novoe Vremya and 81ovo were sum
marily closed.
Agrarian disorders at Kharkoff , Pol
tava and Tamboff have led to conflicts
with the troops. The estate of Prince
Volkonsky, a member of the lower
house of parliament, at MorBbansk,
has been plundered and bis residence
burned.
STAY WITH WORK.
Cannon Says Congress Must Finish
Before It Can Adjourn.
Washington, June 27. Congress will
stay in session until its work is fin
ished. ThiB is the dictum of Speaker
Cannon and his lieutenants, and is
being emphasized at this time to coun
teract any impression that the pure
tood bill, at least, might go over until
the next session.
There is also trouble on the meat
inspection bill, and the "tie up" on
the railroad rate bill indicates delay.
The immigration bill is also in confer
ence, as are several of the appropria
tion bills. All of these things must
be worked out without any date of ad
journment being set, according to the
decision of the house leaders. When
the work is done an adjournment reso
lution will be forthcoming in short
order.
While the situation today spells de
lay until next week; the work on the
floor is progressing. Members say
there is no need to prolong the session
beyond Friday, if the conferees make
up theii minds that the work must, be
done or that agreements which will
meet all demand can be arranged on
all matters before that time, and that
if the idea of prolonging the session for
the purpose of killing certain bills is
abandoned, this week will see the end.
SPREAD FERMENT.
Russian Parliament Openly Advocates
Revolution.
St. Petersburg, June 27. The session
sf the lower house of parliament today
was openly devoted to the revolutionist
propaganda for nndermining the loyal
ly of the troops. A score of speeches
couched in ardent revolutionary tone
were delivered, with the direct object
of their dissemination among the sol
diers. The authorities, who are able to con
fiscate papers containing telegraph ac
counts of the ferment among the sol
diery, are unable to prevent the publi
cation of parliamentary speeches, and
those delivered today will tomorrow be
printed in every radical paper in the
empire and so find their way into every
barracks, camp and outpost.
The rostrum was abandoned almost
entirely to Cossack representatives.
The conservative Cossacks did their
best to counteract the addresses of their
revolutionary conferees. The lie was
freely passed on both sides regarding
the sentiments of the Cossack soldi ere
and their devotion to duty, in spite of
the utmost efforts of Prince Paul Dol
gourokoff, who occupied the chair in
the absence of President Mouromtaeff ..
Detectives Murdered In Streets.
Warsaw, June 27. At 5 o'clock this
evening in the outskirts of this city a
band of terrorists, armed with revolv
ers, attacked three detectives, of whom
they killed two and wounded the third.
When an ambulance arrived and the
doctors tried to assist the wounded de
tective, two men approached and fired
twice, killing the injured man. The
shots attracted Cossacks and infantry to
the scene, and the soldiers barred the
street, firing several volleys by which
a number of sympathizing workmen,
were wounded..
Investigating Canadian Beef.
Victoria, B. C, June 27. An Otta,
wa special says Hon. Sydney Fisher
minister of agriculture, is having an
investigation made into the canned
meat industry of Canada so as to be
able to assure the British buyer of the.
purity of the Canadian article.