LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
S. A. THOMAS. PuMUmt
LEX1NGTON OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form or Our
Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Lets Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
San Francisco car men have declared
a general strike.
It is reported that Cuban insurgent e
are beginning to desert.
Secretary Boot has arrived in Chil
ean waters on board the cruiser
Charleston.
Trains are beginning to arrive at
Valparaiso with provisions for the
eirthquake sufferers.
Cuban rebels ' are recruiting their
army up to 5,000 men, and preparing
for an attack on Finar del Bio.
A relative of Russell Sage, who was
overlooked in his will, claims incom
petence and will contest the will.
France thinks Roosevelt's spelling
reform is a move to supplant French
by English as the language of interna
tional diplomacy.
Iriving Lcng, aged 21 years, who had
been released on parole from the Cali
fornia state prison, where he had been
doing time for highway robbery, wbb
sentenced to ten years more for break
ing his parole.
A terrorist bomb bas 'wrecked the
home of Premier Stolypin, badly
wounding the premier and his S-year
old son, and killing over twenty others,
including the premier's daughter, aged
15, and several prominent officers.
One hundred and fifty looters have
already been shot in Valparaiso.
The Cuban government is offering $2
per day for volunteers for the army.
Wealthy people of Valparaiso are do
ing their utmost to aid their more help
less fellows.
Enthusiasm is increasing for a 20
foot macadam road from Portland to
Mount Hood.
Letters received in Chicago from
London say that Paul O. BtenBlana is
touring Europe.
A new comet, visible through a small
telescope, has been discovered by the
Kiel observatory.
The body of Admiral Train, who died
at Chefoo, bas arrived at Seattle, and
been forwarded to Annapolis for burial
A bogus baron who married a rich
American girl in Manila has decamped
with bis wife's jewelry and most of her
cash.
A burglar who attempted to rob a
millinery store in Baker City was put
to flight by a frail woman with a pair
of scissors.
The Southern Pacific is preparing to
BDend $700,000 or more to turn the
Colorado river back to its original
channel and dram the Salton sea.
Roosevelt has given his approval to a
new spelling reform wmcn includes
300 words, and has ordered that it be
adopted on all his official correspond
ence.
The rush of depositors to receive the
first installment of their deposits in the
defunct Milwaukee Avenue bank, al
Chicago, overwhelmed 60 policemen
who had been detailed to keep order
Mutinous spirit 1b growing in the
Russian army.
Heat in Chicago is causing many
deaths and prostrations.
The czar has decided to immediately
give land to the peasants.
Japan will investigate the killing of
seal poachers by Americans.
Southern railroads have announced
that they will obey the rate law.
Valparaiso is under martail law, and
is fast recovering from the earthquake.
Cuban citizens residing in New York
will ask Roosevelt to take hand in
affairs in Cuba.
A Jewish massacre is threatened at
Liedlice, Poland, where the chief of
police has been killed.
The Pan-American conference aims
to make gold tht universal money basis
of the western hemisphere.
London papers predict the annexa
tion of Cuba by the United States and
Bay it is the only thing to do.
A St. Louis woman has married the
wrong man through a mistake in send
ing letters by a marriage bureau.
San Francisco will erect a temporary
wooden city hall to be used until the
present structure can be repaired.
Cuban officials believe the insurrec
tion has reached its limit.
The government has withdrawn negro
trco.JB from Texas garrisons.
REVOLT GAINS HEADWAY.
Cuban Insurgents Capture rtnotner
Town From Government.
Havana. Aug. 24.-Pino Guerrera,
the insurgent leader in finar del Rio,
today followed up the capture of San
Luis, by taking San Juan de Martinez,
the terminus of the Western railroad,
and by threatening to wreck the rail
road and all its property unless the
company ceases forwarding troops for
the government.
Alarmed by these insurgent succeBS
. the government has ordered from
an American arms manufacturing com-
t n J Xl L
pany four rapia-nre guns ana iuh
these pieces be manned by ex-members
of the artillery branch of the American
armv now here. If theBe guns prove
to be effective, four or more additional
guns will be ordered, and it is expected
that experienced gunners will be pro
cured in the United Staes to man them.
The United States haa noi been asked
to do anything in the premises.
The subject of American intervention
is not much discussed here, and is re
garded as a remote possibility, there
being general confidence that the gov
ernment will be able to restore order in
a short time.
The killing of the insurrectionary
leader, General Quentin Bandera, to
day in an engagement between rural
guardB and a band of bis followers is
regarded as dealing the insurrection a
heavy blow.
Public opinion appears to vary ac
cording to locality, from enthusiastic
adherence to the government to open
rebellion. In this city the general at
titude is one of loyalty, but there has
been nothing which could be fairly de
scribed as a general rising of the people
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in ubibubo ui tun guvciuuicuu.
NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL.
Deficiency in Appropriations for Ma
neuvers of State Troops.
Washington, Aug. 24. After a month
of hard work, Assistant Secretary Oliv
er, of the War department, concluded
that he had finally made a satisfactory
adjustment of the many difficulties in
apportioning the appropriation of $700,'
000 for pay of the militia at the ma
neuvers in different camps throughout
the country, but it appears that all is
not satisfactory. In some cases more
state troops than had been given in the
schedule were Bent into the camps and
more expense was thus added. This
caused a deficit in the allotment of
funds, especially in the matter of pay
for the state troops. The pay depart
ment of the army decided to pay the
troops as long as the funds lasted, those
who came last going unpaid. Another
adjustment may be made after the
camps have finished their work, as
some camps may not use all the money
allotted to them and the funds can be
used to make up the deficit elsewhere.
It is possible that congress will be ask
ed to make an appropriation to cover
the deficit and the state troops pain
next winter.
GET-RICH-QUICK FIRM OUT.
Postal Department Arrests Operators
of Fake Mexican Companies.
Chicago, Aug. 23. The operations
of the Tabasco-Chiapas Trading
Transportation company and the Lu
Me Ha Mills company, Mexican invest
ment concerns, with offices at 16-20
River street, were Btopped today by the
United States postal authorities. Hen
ry D. Bushnell, president, and I. B
Miller, secretary and treasurer, were
arrested and held in bonds of f 2,000
each.
It is alleged by the postal authorities
that the operations of Bushnell and
Miller, which have covered a period of
five years, have netted them $850,000
from innocent investors. The two com
panics were capitalized for $2,000,000
and according to their literature operat
ed large coffee plantations and owned
several lines of steamers. The postal
authorities declare that such is not the
case,
and that Miller and Bushnell
have been paying dividends to investors
from the money taken in for stock
the concern.
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To Educate Russian Children.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. With
view to submitting to the next session
of the council uf the empire and the
lower house of parliament a bill for
universal primary education, the cabi
inet, at a session held on Tuesday, de
cided that Buch a bill should be draft
ed by a special commission. The min
istry of public instruction submitted
statistics showing that there are in the
empire 12,736,000 children of school
age, of whom only 5,389,000 are receiv
ins primary education. There are less
than 90,000 primary schools in Russia
Another Purchase of Silver.
Washington, Aug. 24. The director
of the mint Wednesday purchased 100,
000 ounces of silver at 67 cents an
ounce to be delivered at New Orleans
The price paid last week was 66.62
cents.
REBELS IE STRONG
11 Western Cuba Said To Be In
Sympathy With Guerrera.
MANY RURAL GUARDS DESERTING
Government
Forces Recapture One
Attack by Rebels on
Del Rio Expected.
Town
Pinar
Havana, Aug. 25. Unofficial advices
received from the western part o the
province of Pinar del Rio are to the
effect that the insurgent forces now
concentrating west of San Juan de Mar-
tinerefai more formidable and bet
ter Bupplied for camping and a long
and aggressive campaign than had been
supposed.
A prominent resident of Havana
whose word is beyond question, has
ust returned from a three days' tour in
the vicinity of San LuiB and San Juan
de Martinez. He informed the Associ
ated Press that Pino Guerrera's follow
ing in Pinar del Bio is now from 1,500
to 2,000 men. He said the idea of his
not having sufficient ammunition was
ridiculous, and that he Is abundantly
supplied with every possible necessity.
The behavior of bis forces is excellent.
He said the insurrectionists had
eight mules loaded with dynamite and
that lately they bad received supplies
from unknown sources. He positively
declared that fully a hundred mem
bers of the rural guard had deserted
and joined the insurrectionists Bince
the trouble began, and that practically
all Cubans in Western Cuba were sym
pathizers with the movement .
Word has been received here from
Santiago that General Jesus Rabi, with
2,000 veterans, will come to the Vuelta
Abajo to help put down the insurrec
tion. This, however, is not confirmed.
The government s extra expenses
since August 19 have been $270,000.
Aside from slight encounters in the
provinces of Havana and Santa Clara,
nothing of importance has transpired
here. The enlistment of rural guards
and volunteers is going on very slowly,
in the provinces, but in the city of
Havana enlistments are somewhat bet
ter. The city council has appropriated
$50,000 for the support of the city
militia, of which there are two divis
ions, the interior and the exterior.
The government expects that the
steamer Mexico, which will sail from
New York today, will bring eight
rapid-fire guns, 10,000,000 cartridges
and 12,000 Lee rifles.
The government force in the city of
Pinar del Rio consists of 250 artillery'
men and 150 guards. The inhabitants
of the city of Pinar del R'o are re
ported to be loyal and it is said that
most of them are armed and will assist
the troops in resisting an attak on the
part of the insurgents.
WHEN AMERICA MAY STEP IN.
Provisions of Piatt Amendment for
Keeping Peace in Cuba.
Wshinaton. Aug. 25. The Piatt
amendment, aa the legislation which
defined the conditions on which the
United States should withdraw from
Cuba and turn the island over to the
control of the Cuban people was known,
provided . that a part of the new re
public's constitution should contain
certain provisions corcerning the future
relations of the United State with
Cuba. The third of these provisions
was as follows: .
"That the govenment of Cuba con
sents that the United States may inter
vene for the preservation of Cuban in
dependence, the maintenance of a gov
ernment adequate for the protection of
life, property and individual liberty
and for discharging the obligations
with reBpect to Cuba imposed by the
treaty of Paris on the United States to
be assumed and undertaken by the gov
ernment of Cuba."
Date of Convention Postponed.
Salem, Or., Aug. 25.--Notice has
been sent out that the date of the in
terstate convention on the subject of
election of senators bv direct vote of
the people has been changed from Sep
tember 5 to December 5. The conven
tion is to be held in Des Moines, la.
The purpose is to adopt a plan of pro
ceedure which shall result in two
thirds of the states of the Union de
manding that congress call a constitu
tional convention to draft an amend
ment providing for popular election of
United States senators.
San Francisco Gave First.
Washington, Aug. 25. San Francieco
made the first American contribution
to the Valparaiso earthquake sufferers.
A dispatch received by the State de
partment today from American Minis
ter Hicks, at Santiago, announced that
a donation of $10,000 had been received
(rem San Francieco.
STORM FOLLOWED THE SHOCK.
Earthquake, Fire, Wind and Lightning
Terrified Valparaiso.
Valparaiso, Aug, 22. The loss of life
by the earthquake of Thursday, August
16, probably will not be short of 3,000,
while the property destroyed is esti
mated at $100,000,000, and probably is
far in excess ot that sum.
Order is being maintained with the
utmost severity by the military, police
and armed citizens' patrols, who are
empowered to Bhoot looters on the spot.
The authorities are showing the utmost
energy in the protection of property.
With the first terrible -shock of the
earthquake buildings collapsed, their
walls falling with a tremendous noise.
The inmates in many cases were unable
to escape. The shock was followed al
most immediately by a fierce storm, the
wind prostrating the walls that bad
been weakened by the earthquake, and
these broke trolley wires, which flash
ed inceseantly. The second shock was
even heavier than the first.
Five minutes afterward fires started
in every direction, and immediately
the whole town, which had been mo
mentarily in darkness, was illuminated
by gigantic flames. The firemen made
a desperate fight, though there was but
little water, as most of the mains had
beep broken bv the early tremor.
FOREIGN CAPITAL TO REBUILD.
Its
Interests Are Large and Chilean
Credit Is Good.
New York, Aug. 22. Quan Tonkin,
Chilean civil engineer, who is now in
New York, said last night: ,
'In Valparaiso local and foreign in
terests are so great that it is absolutely
certain the city will be rebuilt. The
financial burden of rehabilitation will
not be thrown on Chile alone, but also
on the numerous foreign interests,
which include most of the nations of
the world. Of the foreign interests I
believe the English will be the heaviest
losers, especially the many English fire
insurance companies that suffered such
great losses in the destruction of San
Francieco., However, it must be kept
in mind that Chile enjoys very high
financial credit, especially in the Lon
don market, where her bonds are quot
ed at 99) per cent. The external debt
of Chile is about $105,000,000, which
has always been scrupulously served,
and it takes only 21 per cent of the
Chilean government revenue to serve
this debt. The Chilean state railway
alone represents nearly as much as the
external debt, while the salt petre
lands represent four or five times as
much more."
KUROPATKIN IS NEEDED.
Disgraced General Has Full Confi
dence of His Soldiers.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22. Is General
Kuopatkin, once the pride of the en
tire Russian army, war minister and
fishier bv nature, but whose laurels
were trampled under foot by the vic
torious Japanese at Liaoyang, jn the
earlier days of the fighting in Northern
Corea and Manchuria, to be vindicated.
That is the question uppermost in
the mind of every officer of the army
tonight, and also the chief topic of die
cupsion at the military clubs, on the
question arising through the indus
trious circulation of a report that the
czar has sent for the general and in
tends to place him once again at the
head of the department of War. Such
action would overthrow all ancient
Russian traditions, but it is apparently
necessary.
Kuropatkin is the one man, and
probably the only one in all Russia,
who is in a position to reorganize the
army. He is loved by the common
soldier, who believes that he is the
only officer of general rank who has
their interest at heart, il intrusted
with the task of bringing back the al
legiance of the troops to the "Little
Father," he could do it, and the know
ledge that this is so is responsible for
the belief here that he is to come into
his own again.
Since his return from the front, a
disgraced and broken hearted man, the
general has been in retirement at his
mother's home, but it is generally ex
pected that he will soon be back in the
canital in his old position as minister
of war. .
Wilson Inspects Incognito.
Omaha, Aug. 22. Secretary Wilson,
of the department of Agriculture, un
attended, arrived at a local hotel late
last night, and, without registering or
disclosing his identity, early this morn-
ins drove in a closed carriage to the
packing plants in South Omaha. After
a short inspection cf several of the
plants the secretary again returned to
this city, saying: "I am going to
South Omaha, but I don't want my
identity known. I have inspected all
the packing plants and found them in
good condition."
Police Will Keep Order.
Chicago, Aug. 22. Payment by Re.
ceiver Fetzner of a dividend of 20 per
cent to depositors of the defunct Mil
waukee Avenue State bank, ordered by
the court last week, will begin tomor
row morning. There were 22,000 de
positors in the institution when it
failed, and in anticipation of a rush on
the place tomorrow an extra detail of
police has been asked for to kee p order
DEAD EXCEED 2,
llllll
Valparaiso At Last Learns Extent
01 Loss ot Life.
HALF THE POPULATION LEAVING
Steamers Carrying Thousands From
Ruined City Every Church, Hos
pital and Theater Destroyed.
Vaplaralso, Aug. 23. Plaza de la
Victoria as far as the plaza in the sec
tion called Las Delicias, itur-fifths of
the houses are completely destroyed by
the erthquake, and the remaining one
fifth are badly damaged., Frjin the
Plaza de la Victoria down to thecuBtom
house only about one-third of the hous
es sustained damage. The banks of
the city and the customs warehouses
were not damaged. With the excep
tion of Espiritu Santo, all the churches
in the city were destroyed, as were the
hospitals and the theaters.
The number of dead is more than 2,
000. The office of the Havas agency,
although seriously damaged, are still
being used for the company's business.
The tragic scenes of the San Fnncis
co disaster were reproduced here.
There was a fight against fire, the lack
of water and robbery and pillage.
The authorities are now beginning to
get in provisions, and water again is
being supplied. All the fires have
been extinguished. The first shock
lasted lour minutes and a half and the
second two minutes. Most of the hous
es were thrcjwn down by the second
shock.
Estimates of the damage range from
$25,000,000 to $50,000,000. The Al
mendral quarter has been absolutely
destroyed. The people are still camp
ing on the surrounding hills and in the
streets, and only today arej calm and
courage returning.
The declarations are made that 80,
000 people will leave the city. The
lack of food is not yet seriouB. Tele
graphic communication was re-established
with Santiago yesterday.
A number of steamers are engaged in
moving the people of the city to points
to the north and south.
TO KILL GOVERNOR.
Assassin Makes Attempt on Life of
Cuban Official.
Havana, Aug. 23. An attempt was
made this evening to
assassinate Gen-
eral Emilio Nunez,
province of Havana,
sassin was arrested.
governor of the
The would-be-as-II
is identity ia
not known, but he is a white man and
was well dressed.
A telegram to the government late
tonight stated that Major Laurent,
with his detachment of rural guards,
fought Guerra and hie 300 men for
three hours completely defeating him.
killing or wounding many of bis fol
lowers and taking three prisoners. The
dispatch adds that the rebels dispersed
in all directions, being chased long
distances. None of the rural guardB
were hurt.
General Jose Miguel Gomez, who
was arrested lueeday, was formerly
governor of Santa Clara province and
was the Liberal candidate for the pres
idency last year. He is expected to ar
rive in Havana early tomorrow. The
government always suspected Gomez
along with other LiberaV leaders of
conspiring or conniving at insurrection
ary schemes, but there was no definite
evidence until it developed that he was
planning to take the field at the . head
of the Santa Clara insurgents. Had
General Gomez taken the field, it would
would have had an immense influence,
as he is a strong, magnetic military
leader. Uncle Sam for Banker.
Chicago, Aug. 23. A movement to
secure more than 1,000,000 petitioners
for the establishment of postal savings
banks was started tonight by the North
Side Turner society, many of whoso
members suffered by the collapse of the
Milwaukee JA venue State bank. The
plan contemplates that the National
association of turners shall turn each
one of its37,296 members into a can
vasser for signature". Every candidate
for congress throughout the country
will be urged to state his attitude, and
all political parties asked to assist.
China Will Open the- Door.
London, Aug. 23. A correpsondent
at Tokio, of the Daily Telegraph, re
ports that the United diplomatic repre
sentations of the United States, Great
Britain and Japan have resulted in
China promising to establish customs
on the Russo-Chinese frontier, Not
until this is an accomplished fact, the
dispatch adds, will Japan consent to
the establishment of customs houses at;
Dalny and Antung,