LEXINGTON WHE1TFIELD
S. A. THOMAS, Ptsblisfarr
LEXINGTON OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Ifi a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
A general strike has been ordered in
roiand.
Secretary Wilson has announced rig
id rules for meat inspection.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Uronstadt, ttusaia, to prevent mutiny
Douma leaders have deferred a gene
ral strike, but have split on the ques
tion.
The government has brought suit to
recover Utah coal laad obtained by
fraud.
Turkey objects to receiving Leish
man as ambassador from the United
States.
The Russian province of Kharkov is
arming to establish an independent re
public. Great Britain will build three more
battleships from the plans of the
Dreadn aught
Russell Sage left nearly all his
wealth to his widow. She will spend
a large sum for charity.
Tha Intent tte Commerce commission
has called on the railroads to revise
their rates under the new law.
VERDICT IS GUILTY.
Jury Passes on Case of Two More
Land Fraud Operators.
Portland, July 27. At 12:17 o'clock
this morning the jury in the Federal
court returned a verdict of oniHv
against Martin G. Hoge and Charles
mcKeu, both ot Medford. They were
recommended to the clemency of the
court.
The two men were charged, alnno
with Henry W. Miller and Frank E.
Kincart. also of Medford. of with t.h
crime ol havintr conspired to defraud
the United States out of portions of
already pleaded guilty, and their testi
mouy was used to convict the other
two defendants. The indictment against
the four men had been returned Janu
ary 1. 1905.
Miller and Kincart had previouslv
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pieauea guilty.
The maximum punishment under thn
section of the revised statutes applying
in their case is two years imprison
ment and a fine of I10.U00. or hoth fine
and imprisonment, while the minimum
is su days imprisonment and a fine of
iuu, at tne discretion of the court.
At 9:30 this morning the case nf tha
united (states vs. Hamilton H. Hen
dricks will be called in the Federal
court. It involves an indictment ra
turned February 8, 1905, charging the
eienaant with a vioiatiou of section
393. revised statutes, in suborning
weorge W. Hawk to commit perjury in
giving testimony before tne Federal
grand jury in connection with said
George W. Hawk's homestead entry.
MUST SHOW BOOKS.
Both Dowie and Voliva have lost
their suis for possession of Zion, and
the court ordered the election of an
overseer by the people.
There are a few cases ot smallpox at
the Colon end of the canal.
Germany hopes to absorb Holland
when Queen Wilhelmina dies.
The government has bought the An
keny canal for irrigation work.
Revolutionists are landing large sup
plies of arms and ammunition on the
coast of I inland.
Premier Stolypin declares that the
policy of the new Russian cabinet will
be one of reform.
China proposes a radical reform, in
her leagl code. Trial bv iurv and em.
ployment of counsel is to be the first
step in westernizing her courts.
Citizens of Lander, Wyomnig, are up
in arms at the idea of a colony of H0I7
Rollers locating there. It is under
stood a large number are on their way.
Police are looking for the tellei of
the St. Louis Union Trust company,
who is Bhort $5,000 in his accounts.
He was considered an exemplary citi
zen. ' The coolies employed in the Chinese
laundries of San Francisco struck for a
raise in wages. Thev demanded 111
per week, a raise of $1. The matter
was compromised by giving the men a
raise ot ou cents.
Several members of the Russian par
liament have been arrested
A successful test has just been made
of a steam motor car on the Great
Northern railroad.
Rear Admiral W. T. Swinburne will
succeed Rear Admiral Goodich as com
mander of the Pacific squadron.
Paper makerB in 33 mills of the In
ternational Paper company of the Unit
ed States and Canada threaten to strike.
President Stickney, of the Great
Western railroad, has heen nffarad a
seat on tne interstate Commerce com
mission.
William Rockefeller Bays he will re
tire from business, especially the
oianaara uu. 111 health is given as
tne reason.
Sugar Trust Official Is Hauled Before
New York Court.
New York. Julv 27. That the New
York grand jury is investigating west
ern trunk railroad lines suspected of
having granted rebates to the American
Sugar Refining company, was made
known today, when W. E. Foster, gen
eral auditor of that company, was taken
before Judge Hough, in the United
States Circuit court, as a recalcitrant
witness before the erand iurv.
The foreman reported that Mr. Foster
had declined to produce before the
grand jury certain books and docu
ments demanded of him. Mr. Foster
said that he had not refused to produce
toe data. He said that he had not the
physical possession of all the books
and papers in question, except as gen
eral auditor of the corporation. A por
tion of them, he said, were in the safe
of the company's president.
Judge Hough gave Mr. Foster until
tomorrow morning at 10'o'clock to com
ply with the Brand iurv's instructions
Unless the papers are forthcoming the
judge informed Mr. Foster that he
would consider an application to ntiniah
him, both as a recalcitrant witness and
tor contempt of court.
BLAME DAMAGE TO QUAKE.
STATE Ml FIRE
Electric Light Wire Starts Flame
in Oregon Institution.
BUT LITTLE DAMAGE IS DONE
WAR TO THE END.
Convicts Aid the Force of Employes
and Patients Were Cared for
Without Excitement.
Enforcement of the eight-hour law
on government work may cause the
government to discontinue contract
worK and handle everything itself.
German immigrants charge peonage
in its worst lorm agamct the Jackson
Lumber company at Lodthart, Ala.
It is claimed the company secures new
arrivals in this country under the
promise of high wages. But $1 per day
was received and the men were subject
ed to many bdeatings and were poorly
fed.
The Pan-American congress is in
session at Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
Germany says she has no Intention
of interfering with Riiseia's affairs.
The czar is holding down tue capital
with an immense army and will form a
provisional army.
Russell Sage is dead. lie leaves a
fortune of about $100,000,000, moat of
which will go to charity.
Ry order of the president the provis
ions of the eight-hour law have been
extended to the Navy department.
Six Big Insurance Companies Repud
iate San Francisco Losses.
San Francisco. Julv 27. The sever.
est blow dealt the Doliov-hnldara nl
San Francisco has come in the form of
an announcement from six of the larg
est underwriting concerns, which nran.
tically declare that they will pay no
loSflftH incurred hv tha Anril An Th
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earthquake clause in tee policies is put"
iorwara and the statement made that
all the damage done by the flames is
attributable to the shock.
In this combination of welchers are
two American companies and four Brit
I l ' A..
ihq companies, me concerns are:
Commercial Union Assurance, ltd., of
England; Commercial Union Fire In
surance companv. of New York: Pla
tine Fire Insurance companv, ltd., of
England : Alliance Assurance enmnanv.
Ltd.. of England: Alliance Apsnrnnna
company, ltd., of England; Norwich
Union Fire Assurance societv. nf F.no.
land ; Indemnity Fire Insurance com
pany, ot JNew York.
Their combined liabilities in the
burned area will reach $15,000,000. Of
this amount they pledge themselves to
pay "ior actual loss suffered in every
case in whih legal liability is not
doubttul." As the companies claim
that they cannot be held for lofmaa
cauaed "directly or indirectly by the
earthquake," this pretty phrasing,
wnen translated into plain English,
means absolute repudiation.
Salem, Or., July 28. Fire, which
probably origiated from an electric
light wire, bured the woodwork out of
the attic of one of the central wards of
the state insane asylum yesterday just
before the noon hour. The fire was
confined to the one ward, and was at
no time in danger of getting beyond the
control of the fire fighters. The two
fire companies, composed of asylum
employes, aided by the Salem fire de
partment and by convicts and guards
from the paniteptiary, saved the build
ing. The loss is due chieflv to damage
from water seeping through the floors
and ceilings. SuDerintendnnt Pal.
breath thinks the damage can be re.
paired for $2,600, though it may cost
$5,000.
Owing to the fact that the natienta
at trie asvimu are given a week v fim
drill, they were quickly marched out of
tne building and were at no time in
any danger. One attendant, G. V.
Boggs, fainted from exhaustion after an
hour's hard work in the smoke and
heat.
The fire originated in the attic over
the first tier of wards north of the con.
tral section of the building. These
wards are occupied by new patients and
by patients who are convalescing. Tha
patients had been out in the yard exer
cising, and had just marched in to pre
pare ior tne noon meal when the auto
matic alarm gave warning of a firs in
the attic. The patients, niimherimr
. -. ... . ' o
aDout izu m the three wards in this
tier, were ouicklv marched ont. and tha
fire companies hurriedly stretched hose.
Eleven convicts who were excavating
in the basement hastened to assist, and
rendered service in handling the lines
01 nose up on the roof, a task both la
borious and dangerous, for tha men had
to work at times on coping in order to
drag the hose around corners. In a
few minutes after the alarm wan mnml
ed six lines of hose under 100 pounds
pressure were playing on the fire, and
soon tne baiem fire department arrived
and turned on two streams morn.
The patients were entirelv calm and
snoweo no excitement whatever. Those
patients who were in the wards distant
from the part of the bnildi no In whinh
the fire originated were .not taken out
of the building, but were kept in readi
ness to go out at any time.
Ihe asylum has its own water sva.
tem, receiving its water from wells at
the prison, a Quarter of a mile diatant.
The state carries no insurance on the
building.
Russian Premier Orders Governors
to Preserve Order.
St. Petersburg, July 25. War to the
knife with revolution and the knife to
the hilt was proclaimed today by Tre
mier Stolypin in a telegram addressed
to the governors general, governors and
prefects throughout Russia and to the
viceroy of the Caucasus, who are or
dered to strike and snnre nnthini? in
efforts to preserve order and crush
"the enemies of society." Included
in this category, as shown by the
events of the day, are not only revolu
tionists and Socialists, but also the ed
ucated Liberal and landed classoB rep
resented in the Constitutional llnnin.
cratic party, whose clubs everywhere
nave been closed, and all the progres
sive newspapers, which are not permit
ted to lift their voices anywhere
throughout the entire land.
The manifesto bears a remarkable
similarity to the earlier compositions
of Ministers of the Interior von Plehve
and Bouligan and the reactionary press
has had Blight difficulty in ci'tUno- it
j n
down, as they already bad done with
yesterday's imperial manifesto, into an
appeal to the "League of Russian Mm"
and other old school Russians to rise
and smite all the progressive classes
Even before the declarations of the
dissolution of the lower house of nar.
liament, the War office had perfected
its plan for handling expected disorders,
both military and civilian. Genaral
Muller Fakomelsgy, who suppressed
me (Sevastopol revolt and co-operated
with General Rennnkamnf in tha ra.
duction of the Siberian rebellion last
Winter. Was recalled from a nnmmand
of a corps and placed at the disposition
of the War office, to be used wherever
trouble may arise. Both the govern
ment and the revolutionists expect this
outbreak in the south, and that it will
roil northward to the two capitals.
DISARMS
THE J
EWS
Anti-Jewish Outbreak Might Help
Czar's Cause.
HELPLESS PREY TO MOB'S FURY
Pure Food for Londoners.
London. July 27. The hnalrh nffi.
cers of the metropolis have formulated
proposals dealing with canned goods for
the consideration of various borough
authorities. The most i mnnrtant.
clauses provide that the iiame and ad-
ureBS ot tne manufacturer and the date
of canning be impressed on all tinn-
that 1 per cent of each consignment
shall be opened on importation and ar.
amined before the goods are markotad
and that food intended for canning shall
he inspected by an independent offinial
prior to being canned.
Says Companies Will Deal Fairly.
Oikland. Cal.. Julv 27. Renreannt..
ative Mnllins. of the Talati na. Pnm.
mercial Union and A I ance InRnmnoo
companies, of London, this afternoon
'fated the announcement of his mm.
panies' plans now being prepared will
snow an intention to deal absolutely
fairly with every policyholder.
BYERLY MAKES PROFIT.
Express Clerk Sells Canal Bonds and
Realizes $27,024 on Nerve.
New York, July 28. J. S. Pache &
00., bankers, have purchased the $5,
800,000 of Panama canal bonds which
were recently allotted by the Treasuiy
aepartmont to Samuel Bverlv. an pt
press company clerk in t.hiu pit-n
fcacbe & Co. have in turn disposed of
me DOndS to FlSK & Kobinsnn. t.ha aim.
cessful bidders for the creatnr nart. nf
... a r -
lue issue.
The price of the bonds alraadv has
advanced to $104 40. which maana a
prom ol $27,024 for the clerk.
In conversation with Secretary Shaw
over the long distance talanhnna Mr
Byerly aeked if he was to receive his
allotment of the bonds. He was told
Mat he would if he dennsHad tha K .
800,000 by August 1. The clerk said
he would.
OIL KINGS ESCAPE PRISON.
Government Will Try Only to Impose
Fines.
Cleveland. O.. July 25. The anvam.
ment has altered its plan nf action
against the Standard Oil coirmanv. and
the result will save its officers from a
possible term m orison. It whs stated
tonight that the Fednral ant.hnritiao
nave decided to prosecute the oil in
quiry under the charge of misda
meanor, which meana that only a fine
can be imposed in case of conviction.
Heretofore the charge has been felony,
which meant both flue and imprisonment.
The government will proceed with
tne inquiry in Chicago by filing infor
mation against the Standard and Its
officers. A grand jury will be dispensed
witn altogether, The district attorney
will file an information atrainnt thn nil
company's officers, they will be hauled
into court and, 11 convicted, will be
fined.
The change of action is nf nat.i
importance. It is aaid that Attorney
uenerai moouy nas concluded that the
best results can be obtained hv t.ha in.
fliction of heavy fines under the Elkins
law.
THANKS FOR NEW FOOD LAW.
Leaders of Jewish Bund Arrested,
Beaten and Tortured to Ex
tort Confessions.
Odossa. July 26. The authority
continue their tacticB of disarming all
who are suspected of having weapons.
Houee-to-houHe searches have resulted
in bringing to central headquarters
hundreds of modern revolvers. Moot ,f
these are of American make Bnd were
taken from houses in the JHwinh
quarter.
It is plain from the attitndn nf th
authorities that their intention at
present is to disarm all thn .1HWB and tr
place them at the mercy of the mob
should the government feel that anti
Jewish rioting would benefit its posi
tion. During last night and up to noon
today many Jews who are known to
have been prominent in the Jewish
Bund movement have been'arrested and
imprisoned. It is reported that in
many instances these men vara immo.
cifully beaten and tortured by the au
thorities in an effort to compel them to
confess where arms and hnmha tnnn,n
to have been brought into the city were
concealed.
GOVERNMENT HELPLESS.
Thanks to Roosevelt and Diaz. '
Washington. July 28. Th Rrat da.
partment received a dispatch today
from the chairman nf tha mariner.
delegation to Rio Janeiro, William I.
uucnanan, announcing that on Monday
the Pan-A merican rnnferpnpa nn mn.
tion of the Argentine delegation, adopt-
ou resolutions expresmng thanks to
President Roosevelt and President Diaz
for their good offices in raotnrino
t - -- yt,U
in Central America. The president.
through the State department and Mr.
Buchanan, responded tonight with an
expression of his appreciation.
Meetings of Democrats Forhirfrfan.
PariB. Jnlv 28. -The Tem nn rrtrro.
spondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs
that the
ordered ,;o prevent all meetings of
iimnners of the Constitutional Demo
"atie party and of member of the
Group of Toil who belonged to the out
'awed parliament, employing the mili
tary in cae of necessity to disperse
such meetings.
Retail Grocers Proclaim It Good and
Want More of It.
Chicago, July 25. Through its exe
cutive committee, which met here to
day, 150,000 members of the National
Retail Grocers' association thanked
President Roosevelt for the ctand ha
took in regard to the pure food law re
cently passed by congress. "Although
the law has some defects, it is a big
step iu the right direction," eaid John
a. ureene, president of the association.
"It is the retail grocers who are most
deeply concerned in the pure food
movement, and it was our association
Which started and helned to maintain
the campaign. We bad a committee in
Washington most of last session of con
gress, we now will make a campaign
in the various states for laws t.n nnn.
form to the national pure food law and
to make convictions under the state
laws OOSSlhle. Wa nradiot that
A - v f.v....(JV .uc l Junius
of two years the mannfac-tnro nf imnnn
1 -j fn . . .
iouu win oe impossible."
Other business considered
mostly to the grocers' national
tion, which is to be held next January
iu xsuuaa, jlki.
At Mercy of Shipping Trust on Goods
for Philippines.
Washington. Julv 28 That, a
binatioa of foreign steamHhin lin !,.
t n " I' u 11 II a
the United States government at its
mercy as regards the trannnnrtatinn f
army and navy supplies and govern
ment stores from this rnnntrv tr. tha,
Philippines is the latest charge entered
in the docket book. The army and
navy officers in charge of transportation
matters are loath to discups the subject,
dismissing it with the explanation that
under the rules of the departments they
are not permitted to talk about official
affairs for publication.
If statements emanating from outside
sources are worthy of credence, how
ever, there will be work for the depart
ment of Justice in an entirely new
field, when it can fata tha f ;m
- v.w nuiD away
from investigations of big interior trust
abuses and the enforcement of the rev
enue law.
In shipping to nni nnaaaoai stria Sn
Far East, the government is compelled
to patronize steamship companies fly.
ing foreign flags. Tha Bhinmanta
made mostly by British lines sailing
from New York by way of the Suez
canal. The only othar vtr v,
w " "J nvuiu ufl
to ship by rail across the American
continent and thence by the Pacific ex
press steamers, hut frainht i...
that route are prohibitive, except for
iuuu Buppnes and forage bought on the
Pacific COast and shinnnd di runf fN TL4
nila. There is no dirpnf. Am; 1;
to the Philippines by the eastern route.
ADULTERATION IN GERMANY.
Fifteen Dead in Ruins.
South Framingbam. rann. Tnl ok
The finding today of the body of
Henry L. Sawyer, a prominent hard
ware aeaier, who went to the collapsed
huilding on Concord fit rOOt tn liuni.t
the plumbing plans, brought the num
ber of dead up to 11, and it is believed
that there are four mors bodies in the
ruins. The cause of the
owvaiw
not be definitely learned today. The
town nas no building laws, and any
proceedings in connection with .hnit.
construction will have to be brought by
Czar Filling His Jails.
Paris, July 25. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal telegraphs
that, despite the prevailing calm in
that city, there were 200 arrests Tues
day night and that four newspapers
were seised.
Few Articles of Food That Have Not
Been Tampered With.
Washington. Jnlv 9 n
7 ' ' vjoi man iooa
adulteration is the subject of a report
received bv the
from Consul General Brittain, of Kehl.
Dr. Jackenack, of Berlin, states that
there were in Germanv in issa i Ann
prosecutions for adulterating food
products; in 1898 the number had in
creased to 3,000; inJlPOl to 3,585, and
n 1903 to 6,000. Thirty Berlin but
ter manufacturers wtre summoned be
fore the courts for almost incredible
adulteration of their wares.
Wines, chocolate, cocoa, brandies
and medicines have been discovered to
contain absolute! v in in
j -ju4AVfua ttllU UUUB
gerous substances used for adultera-
iuuh. in met, according to a Strassburg
paper, there seama tn h... i
- - ubio Let-ii very
tew articles of mBnnfiMj j
, - iuuu ana
drink products which have not been
tue subject of adulteration on the part
of the German manufacturer.
Violations of Eight-Hour Law.
Washington. .Tnit on t . ... .
i. ttt . ' ' 11 J said at
the War department that there have
been but two complaints during the last
three vears of viniat;nn -i i ... ., .
hour law bv mnio.t ..r
Tu ... -noii i uomractors.
Ihe last of these occurred at Fort Win
Kfr'.M but the contractor ex
plained that there was a real emerg-
rush the work and have his material
.u .,auu Bna wrought up before all
transportation facilities were absorbed
by he large movement of troops at
tending the maneuvers.
Big Fire in Leeds, England.
Leeds, England, July 26. fire
broke out in the heart of this city late
LDr ? tV-nd mS .m burninK 8
iy early this mnminm mi. j
thug far is estimated at '$500,000. 8