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LEXIHBTON WHEATFIELD S. A. THOMAS, Psbtatar LEXINGTON OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK lb a Condensed Form for Oar Easy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. The war in Central America may in volve Honduras and Nicaragua. The government has begun an inves tigation of the elevator business. Italy wants Great Britain and France to reduce their Btanding armies and Bays Bhe will do likewise. Thirty-nine laundry companies of Cincinnati, Ohio, have been indicted for violating the anti-trust law. The only hope of averting an open contest in Russia is for the czar to make terms with the moderates. Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Creffield admit they conspired to kill George Mitchell. No others were in the plot. The Vatican is fast falling into decay and it will be necessary for the pope to spend $100,000 to put the building in condition. Japan says she is not trying to mon opolise the Manchurian trade, but that the door is wide open and every coun try has an equal chance to capture the prize. The whole of the province of Vero neth, Russia, is affected by excesses arising from the agrarian movement. The peasants are rising everywhere and burning estates. , Extensive reforms are proposed in the British army. Some of Bryan's admirers say he will organize a new party. The Russian cabinet has offered its resignation to the czar. Anarchy reigns in Russia and open rebellion is expected at any time. Thousands of Jews are fleeing from Russia. It is claimed 40,000 left War saw in a single day. The most destructive fire in 80 years has Just swept Stockholm, Sweden. The loss la placed at (710,000. Captain Dreyfus has been declared innocent and will be restored to his old rank and shortly promoted. Ex-President Regalado, of Salvador, has been killed in battle while leading a force against the Guatemalan troops. The grand jury of the District of Col ombia has indicted the ice company officials of Washington for conspiring to control and raise the price of ice. Admiral Chouknin, commander of the Russian Black sea fleet, died from the wound inflicted by a sailor in re venge for the admiral having refused to pardon some men who had mutinied. The Longworths are visiting in Paris. Lord Roberts wants a larger British army. Rebels are in full control of Motto Grosso, Brazil. The czar has offered to appoint a Democraticl cabinet. The open door in Manchuria ia block ed by Japan, who 1b absorbing the trade. The upper house of the FRuBsian par liament favors the abolishment of the death penalty. Admiral Rojestvensky has been ac quitted. It was held that on account of his wounds he was not responsible. Turkey opposes having an American ambassador, fearing thereby that the American claims will be forced upon the sultan. Leroy Beaulieu, the great French historian, predicts the overthrow of the czar unless he yields to the demands of the people. More than 1,000,000 immigrants en tered the United States through the New York station during the fiscal year ending June 30 laBt. The immigrants brought with them $19,000,000. Cossack troops have refused to serve on police duty. A grand jury is after the ice trust of Washington, D. C. After a boycott of three years Great Britain has received a minister from Servia. A regiment of Russian cavalry has mutinied and barricaded themselves in the barracks at Tambor. The Civil Service commission has re commended the inclusion of the Inter nal Revenue service in the classified service. The Chicago council proposes the death penalty for assailants of women and children. Attacks have become so frequent a woman is not now safe in ber own home. SHOT BY SISTER. Slayer of Holy Roller Creffield Mur dered in Seattle. Seattle, July 18. Esther Mitchell shot and killed her brother George, the slayer of Franz Edmund Creffield, in the Union depot at 4:20 o'clock yes terday afternoon, as George and his brother Perry were on their wav to take a Northern Pacific train for Port land. Miss Mitchell was walking behind the two brothers, in company with a third brother, Fred. She had gone to the depot for the purpose of killing her brother, and though Bhe greeted him with a smile and a hearty handshake, she loitered behind to get her opportu nity. A revolver purchased the day before by Mrs. Creffield for the assassi nation was carried concealed under a cape thrown carelessly over Esther Mitchell's left arm. Fred Mitchell offered to carry the cape, and as Bhe handed it to him, the sieter raised her revolver and fired. The bullet struck young Mitchell be hind the left ear and he died instantly. A s the gun was brought up Fred Mitchell leaped to seize the weapon but he was too late. He grabbed Es ther's arm just after she fired and the girl collapsed in his arms. She stayed there until depot policemen hurried up and placed her under arrest. Both Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Cref field, who waB arrested at 7 o'clock last night while on her way back from the cemetery where "Joshua" Creffield is buried, acknowledged in statements taken before Chief Wappenstein that they had conspired to kill George. Had it been necessary Esther Mitchell was prepared to follow her brother to Port land. It was this insane demand for vengeance that prompted her to refuse to accompany her father on his return to Illinois. "I killed George because he had killed an innocent man, and because he had . rrined my reputation by saying that Creffield seduced me," Esther Mitchell declared, but both her state ment and that of Mrs. Creffield indi cate that the two had conspired to as sassinate. Mrs. Creffield prompted the shooting and she bought the gun with which it was done. It had been agreed between them that the first one seeing George should slay him. REBELS WIN GREAT VICTORY. General Toledo Routs Government Forces With Great Loss. Mexico City, July 18. According to advices received here, General Toledo, the Guatemalan revolutionist, who has been recruiting his forces and has now some good artillery, offered battle yes terday to Guatemalan regular troops in the department of Jutinpa, at a point about four miles from the Salvadorean border, inflicting decisive defeat on Guatemalan forces. There was heavy loss on both sides. The revolutionists are jubilant over their success. Regalado, former president of Salva dor, and the leader of the Salvadorean troops in the present conflict with Guatemala, was killed in the battle. Guatemala Claims Victory. Panama, July 13. Senor Barrios, foreign minister of Guatemala, cabled to the Panama government this after noon as follows: "Guatemala, July 12. The Salva dorean government has invaded Guate malan territory, compelling us to make an energetic defense. We ob tained a complete victory yesterday at Jicardo, where General Tomas Regala do, the chief commander of the Salva dorean army, was killed." Plans to Suppress Revolt. St. Petersburg, July 12. The pre parations which the War office has been making at all principal cities to meet an armed revolutionary movement prove to have been very elaborate. The plans for the defense of Riga have fallen into the hands of the revolu tionary paper Misla, which this morn ing publishes the entire plans of de fense. The garrisoii ia divided into three divisions of two battalions of infantry, half a company of Cossacks and three machine guns each, to prevent the in vasion of the city from 'three open sides, namely, the canal, the dam and the river Dana. Asks Root to Give Help. San Juan Porto Rico, July 13. The lower house of the insular legislature adopted a resolution asking Secretary Root to use his good offices in behalf of Porto Rican citizenship and an elective insular senate. The Republicans, who constitute the minority in the legisla ture, opposed the resolution, holding that Mr. Root was the island's guest and that the time and place were inop portune. It is reported that the docu ment was not presented before the sail ing of Mr. Root, the authorities not de siring to interfere with his visit. Trade With Britain Killed. London, July 18. In June of last year there arrived at the Albert docks from Boston and New Orleans 27,000 cases ot tinned meats; in June of this year the receipts were only 4,000 cases. Iu July, 1905, 24,000 cases were re ceived, but thus far this month none have arrived from the United States. NO EXPENSE SPARED Hill Says North Bank Road Is Best Ever Built. MAY BUILD DIRECT TO SPOKANE A Road With Low Grades and Easy Curves is the Main Object Sought by Builcer. PortlandJuly 14. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, and one of the most dominant figures in the railroad world, reached Portland last evening by the steamer Capital City from The Dalles. With him are Louis W. Hill, vice president of the Great Northern; Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific; W. L. Darling, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific; A. H. Hogeland, chief engineer of the Great Northern; all of St. Paul; C. M. Levey, president of the Portland & Seattle railway, and B. E. Palmer, assistant general superintendent of the Northern Pacific, of Tacoma, and Cory T. Hutchinson, an electric engineer from New York. In the party are four stenographers and Mr. J. J. Hill's ser vant. In speaking of the new road down the north bank, Mr. Hill said : "It is likely the Portland & Seattle will be extended to Spokane. We can not say definitely, but there are survey ors in the field, and if we can get a low grade, we will no doubt build. We could use the Northern Pacific line from Pasco, but it is expected that the line will extend from Portland to Spo kane. The Portland & Seattle railway will be the best new road that was ever built in the United States. It will be a road of low grades and few curves, and it will be very expensive, but when it is built it will be the best construc tion ever undertaken in this country. "Low grades aie equivalent to deep water in the harbor. Portland can overcome the lack of deep water by easy grades. The Columbia river offers great opportunities in low grades, but construction is fearfully expensive. There are miles where the cost of build ing the road will run over $100,000 to the nllie. And this is exclusive of the cost of tunnels, of which there are sev eral to the mile in many places.'" Mr. Hill said that he does not need to look over his terminals in the city, as he knows already what they are. Work will be begun soon, he said, on the required buildings to care for the business handled by the new Hill road in this city. CHAINS WELDED ON THEM. Brutal Treatment of Sealers Cap tured by Russians. 1 Victoria, B. C, July 14. Captain T. II. Thompson and Joe Knapp, Amer ican citizens; Edward McNeill, George McCamish, Canadians; Jose Villoa, a Spaniard, who reached Kobe after be ing released from prison in Siberia af ter serving two years, were cruelly treated, according to letters received here. The prisoners were seal hunters employed on the Japanese sealer Kyo ichi Maru, formerly the Diana, of San Francisco, and were captured by the cruiser Gromoboi in August, 1904, and taken to Nicolaiefsk, and thence to Khaborovsk. Captain Thompson, navigating officer of the sealer, whose borne is in San Francisco, was suspected of being a spy because of some drawings found in a notebook. ' He was loaded with chains welded on his arms and legs by black smiths, and confined for six months in a small, unlit cell, built of wood and Bwarming with vermin. When brought out for trial be was unable to walk, and was practically dragged to the court along the snow. The trial had been concluded when the prisoners were brought in, and each had been sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. Forest Fire Near Sandpoint. Butte, Mont., July 14. A Sandpoint special Bays: Owing to a bad forest fire burning for the second time this seaion, the Spokpane International Railroad company has suffered losseB near Colburn. Several hundred ties, poles and piling, which belonged to the company, went up in smoke, caught in the path of the fire, which is thought to be under control this morning. The fire drove out Contractor Purvis, the men and horses being hurried to Col burn for safety. The railway company lost two culverts. New Outbreak In Santo Domingo'. Washington, July 14. Broken tele graph wires between Monte Christi and Cape Haytien, the cable terminus ii Santo Domingo, are reported to the Navy department today by Commander Sutherland, an almost invariable sign of revolutionary trouble there. JOHN BULL IN GLASS HOUSE. Disgusting Conditions In Sausage and Jam Factories. London, July 11. The Britishers, who have been so virtuous recently over the Chicago meat packing revela tions, were today confronted with the annual report of the inspector ot fac tories and workshops, which shows that the conditions here are quite as revolting as anything alleged of the Western packing centcs. Dirty factories and disgusting meth ods seem to be the rule, instead of the exception. Jam factories, bakeiies and sausage makers are all censured as be ing equally filthy, and the description of one fits most of the others. Here is the report of a typical jam factory: "The boiling factory lay between the yard and the stable, and the horses reached the latter through the boiling room. The sanitary accommodation was hardly separated from the rooms where the fresh fruit and uncovered jam were kept, and the floors were dir ty and undrained." Another factory inspector found jam pots being washed in "liquid like dark soup, which smellfed abominably." The manager informed the inspector that the water was changed "about once a week." When fished out of these evil-Bmelling tanks the pots were allowed to stand until dry, when they were considered ready to refill. Inspectors of bakeries found that it was a frequent custom to bathe the children in them after the close of work on Saturdays, and the family's weekly collection of dirty clothing was sorted in the bakeries for dispatch to the laundry. The sausage factories, says the re port, are mostly owned by Germans, are small, dilapidated and poorly lit, and are infested with rata." UNCLE SAM'S GUARANTEE. Roosevelt Offers It for Government Inspected Canned Meat. Sheffield, England, July 11. The Grocers' federation, whose annual con ference is proceeding here, has received a communication from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, enclosing a message from President Roosevelt, as follows : "You are at liberty to inform the Grocers' federation that under the new law we can and will guarantee the fit ness in all respects of tinned meats bearing the government stamp. If any trouble arises therewith, protest can at once be made not merely to the sellers of the goods, but to the United States government itself." The secretary of the federation stated that Mr. Roosevelt's message was in reply to one sent by him on behalf of the federation, saying trade was almost paralyzed and that dealers must be as sured of the wholesome character of tinned goods, or otherwise they would have to atop stocking up with Ameri can brands. The speaker hoped the publication of the president's message would lead to a revival of the trade. He said the loss to the members of the federation in the canned meat trade had been very heavy. Drastic resolutions were referred to committees, one of which pledged the grocers not to stock with American can ned meats until the peckers have initi ated an inspection system guaranteeing the wholesomeness of their output. MITCHELL IS FREE. Slayer of Holy Roller Leader Is Ac quitted by Jury. Seattle, Wash., July 11. George H. Mitchell, who shot Franz Edmund Creffield, leader of the Holy Rollers, on First avenue, May 7, was acquit ted late yesterday afternoon. After nearly an hour and a half in the jury room the 12 men who have listened to the testimony in Mitchell's trial filed back and announced their verdict: "Not guilty." Despite the advance warning of the court that no demonstration would be permitted, irrespective of the verdict, i roar of applause greeted the an nouncement and the court officers were powerless to still it. The courtroom was crowded, but aside from those who sat in the front row, directly under the eye of the presiding judge, the spectat ors applauded almost unanimoulsy when the clerk had read the words that freed Cremeld's slayer. Turmoil Grows In Strength. Odessa, Russia, July 11. Agrarian outrages and politico-industrial strikes occur daily, and are alarmingly spread ing in the Southern provinces. The re volfing peasantry are now" evidently or ganized and led by profesisonal propa gandists. In an interview today a mar shal of the nobility of Kherson ex pressed the firm conviction that the situation is inevitably and rapidly drifting to a colossal and calamitous uprising of the peasants against the landowners and that the movement will be supported by the soldiers. Blank Sea Fleet Mutinies. Sevastopol, July 11. It is reported that the ironclads Pantelemon and Three Saints have joined the garrison of the llatoum forces, which has been in mutiny. The Three Saints hoisted the red flag and the mutineers are forc ibly detaining two other ironclads which had refused to join them. TAKES ON NEW LIFE San Francisco's Business Resum ing Normal Condition. BIG BUILDING BOOM HAS BEGUN When Insurance Companies Pay Up Reconstruction of Metropolis Will Proceed in Rush. , San Francisco, July 12. Although the city's building laws were in a chaotic state during the month of June, building permits were issued to the value of $1,000,000, and in this sum are not included those one story tem porary structures which may be erected for a time without special permit. Now that the building law has been promulgated, reconstruction will take its real start. It is hampered solely by the slowness of the insurance com panies. Up to the present time but $15,000, 000 has been paid out in insurance. Were the various companies to loosen their purse strings as the situation de mands, San Francisco would at once enter upon a building boom such as has never been known before. As it is, plans at this transitory stage are be ing drawn for a dozen tall buildings to be erected in the heart of the burned district. An Oakland department store, ob serving that it was unable to meet its augmented trade by the small order system, determined to place an order for a train load of goods in the East. A few days before the goods arrived, the proprietor of the Oakland stbre be came alarmed, fearing he had placed an order beyond his capacity to handle. He telephoned to a large department store in San Francisco, asking to be re lieved of half of the consignment. The San Francisco firm consented. When the goods arrived, the San Franciscan disposed of them before he bad fairly placed the goods on the shelves, telephoned to his Oakland friend, purchased the rest of the con signment and disposed of it with the Bame alacrity as he had done the first part. This simply illustrates that San Francisco is not to be displaced as the main trade center. The bridging of the bay, which was a pet scheme of some of the earlier railroad magnates, is now to be put through. President Harriman has or dered that work begin immediately. By this improvement freight will not be brought across by boat from Oak land, but all freight trains can be de flected Bouth around the loup and brought direct into San Francisco. In connection with this work the railroad is also building a cut-off into San Fran cisco for its coast trains. ADMIRAL FATALLY SHOT. Chouknin, Suppressor of Black Sea Mutiny, is Wounded. St. Petersburg, July 12. An attempt was made at 1 o'clock this afternoon at Sevastopol to assassinate Admiral Chouknin, commander of the Black sea fleet. The admiral was wounded and taken to a hospiral. The would-be-assassin is a sailor, who hid in the bushes and shot at the admiral as he was walking in the gar den of his villa. The culprit has not been apprehended. Admiral Chouknin'a condition is ex tremely serious. The bullet lodged in bis lungs, making breathing difficult. The doctors hold out no hope of his re covery. The admiral's assailant is thought to be one of the sailors of the battleship Otchakoff and his act is supposed to be in revenge for the execution of Lieuten ant Schmidt, the revolutionary leader. Admiral Chouknin was univercally hat ed by his sailors and at the time of the execution of Schmidt the revolutionists condemned him to death, 100 of their number pledging themselves to carry out the sentence. Rebate Inquiry at Jamestown. Jamestown, N. Y., July 12. Inves tigations into the charges of violations of the interstate commerce laws by the Standard Oil company and the Penn sylvania railroad relative to rebates at Olean began yesterday afternoon before Judge Hazel and a jury in the First district court. According to the find ings of the commissioner of labor and' commerce, the Standard company saved $115,000 in 1904 by its rebates from the Pennsylvania railroad for oil ship ped from the refineries at Olean to Rochester. Alaska Gold is Stolen. Seattle, July 21. Over $100,000 consigned to the Alaksa-Pacific Express company here has been stolen from aboard the steamer Ida May and no clew has been obtained to the robbers. The shipment was Bent from Fairbanks and was transferred atNenana. The Ida May was to transfer it to the Sarah at Fort Gibson and it was there that the loss was discovered.