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LEXIN6T0N WHEATFIELD S. A. THOMAS, PuMWrar LEXINGTON OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK Id a Condensed Form for Oar Bnsy Readers, A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Still another plot to assassinate the czar has been discovered. A new outbreak of Jewbaiting has occurred at Odessa, Russia. A sister of Mrs. Howard Gould has mairied a Chinese coolie in San Fran cisco. Taft will not use troops in Cuba if he can possibly get along with marines and bluejackets. All preparations are complete for the inquiry into the doings of the lumber trust at San Francisco. The Hill lines are said to have sold vast deposits of iron ore to the United States Steel corporation. The Navy department has issued or ders to prepare the receiving ship Han cock for use as a transport. Governor Toole, of Montana, has an nounced himself a candidate fcr the United States senate to succeed W. A. Clark. A Japanese steamer is accused nf re fusing aid to the American steamer Mongolia, which went ashore at Mid way island. The expenses of the San Francisco re lief committee for September were $121,57.6 Thelulget for October is reduied to $49,507. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., and three chums at Harvard have been arrested for beating up a policeman in the col lege town. They have been released. Roosevelt does not expect a crisis in the Cuban affair. The United States navy is extremely short of marines. Russian terrorists have offered a re ward for the assassination of the czar. Outlawry in Leyte and Samar, Phil ippine islands, may force military rule. The hurricane which has swept the Southern states will greatly damage the cotton crop. latt opposes ine pian ior a provis ional government and may proclaim Mexican rebels captured the town of Jiminez, but after a sharp fight they were driven out by troops. San Juan, Porto Rico, experienced a series of severe earthquakes. Buildings were badly damaged and the people were panic stricken. General Stoessel has resigned from the army and it has been accept d to prevent his stirring up a scandal over the surrender of Port Arthur. In the hearings of the ioal land fraud in Wyoming by the Intesttate Commerce commission testimony was offered that a justice of the Supreme court of Wyoming helped the Union Pacific to secure government coal land. Sicily has been shaken by an earth quake. The government will prosecute the sugar trust. A plot to blow up the czar's yacht has just been discovered. President Roosevelt has ordered six more warshipB and 1,000 marines to Havana. Twenty have been killed in the race war at Atlanta. Troops are now in control and quiet reigns. United States marines have been or dered to guard the British railroad in Banta Clara province, Cuba. The American legation at Stockholm had a narrow escape from being blown tip by Finnish refugee revolutionists. Ruesian authorities have secured evi dence that General Trepoff was poison ed. A doctor has been arrested for complicity in the crime. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, says Littlefield won his fight in Maine with money. He accuses Cannon of contin uing the wrongs of labor and Taft of defending the injunction policy when a judge of the Federal court. ( Because of tbe absence of Taft and Bacon the meeting of the executive committee of the National Red Cross society has been postponed until Octo ber 17. It is the purpose of the meet ing to decide what disposition shall be made of the $2,600,000 San Francisco relief funds still held in Washington. Speaker Cannon says he is not a can ' didate for presidential nomination. . The Chicago city council is working ior cheaper telephones, lights and street cars. HURRICANE IN SOUTH, Millions of Dollars Damage Done and Probable Loss of Life. LouiBville, Ky., Sept. 28. The trop ical hurricane which for the past 24 hours has been churning the waterB of the Gulf of Mexico and doing much damage on the coast and far inland, Is whipping through North Alabama in a northeasterly direction at a velocity but slightly less than that cf 45 to 60 miles an hour, recorded in New Or leans during the day. Reports re ceived by the Associated Press do not indicate any loss of life, but the dam age to propertty over the territory touched by the Btorm is something enormous. All wire communication is seriously disarranged and in some instances has resulted in cutting off cities complete ly, Mobile not having bene heard from in nearly 24 hours. Numerous washouts have occurred the interruotion from this cause intone case extending for SO miles. Pensacola, where the maximum ve locity of wind was probably felt early this morning, reports a property loss of $3,000,000 in the city alone, and Bends rumors of loss of life, which it is im possible to confirm. The damage to railroads is very heavy. Reports to the officials of the Louisville & Nashville road from the superintendent of the Mobiile and Montgomery divisions indicate that the loss approximates $1,000,000. The tracks between Flomaton, Ala., and Peneacola, Fla., are obstructed in many places and in some placeB badly torn up by falling trees. At Pensacola, the Louisville & Nash ville grain elevator has been destroyed and the entire trackage to Escambia bay is ruined. The railroad wharf at Pensacola is reported to be a total loss and 89 cars of coal of the company was washed into the bay. Biloxi, Miss., and Mosa Point, Miss., have not been heard from for 24 hours. Mosa Point reported the water five feet deep in the streets of tbe little town at 10 o clock Wednesday night. There was a heavy rain and high wind at Montgomery, Ala., during the day, but no serious damage was done. A'gale is blowing at Birmingham to night after a day of steady rain, which has been continuous for 36 hours. VIATKA IN GENERAL REVOLT. Peasants Resist Army Enrollment, Kill and Disarm Police. St. Petersburg, Sept. 28. Grave agrarian disorders have broken out in the province of Viatka, the center of the disturbance being tbe important district of Malmuiah, witb a popula tion of over 100,000, where the inhab itants of more or less villages have joined in the uprising have disarmed and expelled the police and are pillag ing and destroying the residences of the landowners and devastating the coun try. It is rumored at Viatka that the administrative police chiefs in the Malmuish district and eight of their subordinates have been killed. The excesses began September 20, with a riot over the enrollment of army reserve men for the automobile aeivice At the village of Mulnami a body of peasants attacked the enrollment sta tion, killed a aergeant and six rural po licemen, mortally wounded the assist ant police chief of the district and de stroyed the list of reserve men. The Viborg manifesto is thought to be more directly responsible for the disorders than anything eke. It had a wide circulation in Viatka province, and its exhortation to tbe peasants to refuse to do military service was spread by the members of the outlawed parlia ment from Viatka. Make Final Effort. Havana, Sept. 28. The Moderate party last night decided to make a final effort to perpetuate the authority of the Palma administration by deter mining to reject the resignation of tbe president when presented to congreea today. When this decision was reach ed, Secretary of War Taft and Assist ant Secretary of State Bacon, the Amer ican commissioners, had aleady con cluded to intervene, but they agreed to await today's developments, as they are anxious to afford the Cubans eveiy opportunity to work out their own sal vation. Salt Trust Raises Price. New York, Sept. 28. The Interna tional Salt company yesterday raised its prices on all grades of Bait approxi mately 60 cents per ton. This is said to be the third raise within a period of three months. Tho reasons given are that the shutting down of two of the largest producing plants in the Utica district has caused a shortage in the supply, that the demand is unprece dented ly large and that much difficulty has been experienced recently in se curing cars in which to transport the product. Estimates of Loss at Hongkong. Manila, Sept. 28. Chinese newsoa pers received here today estimate the loss of life resulting from the typhoon at Hongkong, September 18, at 10,000, and the loss of the fishing fleet and the damage to property at from $3,000,000 to f 1U,000,000, TAFT AS GOVERNOR Cuban Congress Gives Up and He Assumes Control. INTERVENTION WAS WELCOMED Majority of All Parties Refused to At tend the Special Session of Cuban Congress, Havana, Sept. 29. American inter vention in Cuba will be an accomplish ed fact today. President Roosevelt's peace commis sioners, although clothed with the full est authority from him to take Buch ac tion whenever it became obvioua that the securing of peace by harmonizing the warring Cubans was impossible, patiently withheld their hands from thus setting -aside Cuban sovereignity until the last hope disappeared. This stage waB reached at a late hour last night, when a majority of all parties refused to attend the Bsnonof congress called to act upon the resignation of members of the government and declar ed definitely that they would have nothing more to do with the govern ment of Cuba. As was expected, there has been much rat id denunciation of the course pursued by the American commission era, who, it has been alleged, have act ed unfairly towards the government, but the great maas of the reaidents of Cuba, Cubans, Spaniards, Americans and all other foreigneiB, welcome intar vention as something for which they have longed throughout six weeks of unrest, disorder and ill-feeling. Toe proclamation will be issued to day. It will be singed by Mr. Taft, by virtue of the authority vested in him by President Roo3evelt. It will create Mr. Taft provisional military governor of Cuba until he deems the country sufficiently pacified for civil govern ment, whereupon he will call Beckham Winthrop, governor of Porto Rico, to act as civil governor. NAVY IS SHORT OF MARINES Urgently Needed at Cienfuegos, None Are Available. Washington, Sept. 29. An appeal for more men to assist in protecting property at Cienfuegos, Cuba, was re ceived today by Acting Secretary New berry, of the Navy department, from Commander Smith of the cruiser Cleve land, which is now stationed at Cien fuegos, together with the gunboat Ma rietta. In addition to the regular comple ment of marines and bluejackets on the warships, 225 oihar marines were Bent to Cienfuegos to ase'st in looking after foreign interests there, and at present the Nav department has no available men. Practically all tbe marines who can be spared from barracks in the United States and from warships are preparing to go to Havana. It is not believed by the Navy department that any of the men now at Havana or on their way there can be Beared to assist at Cienfuegos. Work of the Hurricane. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 29. Between 75 and 100 lives lost, fully two score ves sels driven ashore or wrecked in vari ous parts of the Gulf of Mexico, dam age amounting to $4,500 000 in the city of Mobile, and two millions more at outside points, is the record of the storm which swept Mobile Wednesday and Wednesday night. No accurate es timate of the casualities can be made as yet, and it is doubtful if exact figuree will be known for a week or more. Pensacola suffered as much aa Mo bile. The loss of life is known to be heavy and damage to property will reach $5,000,000. The smaller towns and country throughout the district felt the hurricane equally as much as the two cities. Insured by Penny Paper. New York, Sept. 29. A special cable dispatch to the Times from London states that the heirs of one of the vic tims of the Granthan disaster have re ceived $1,000 insurance, which was effected at a coet of 1 penny. The in sured was a regular subscriber to a London penny weekly which insures its readers against acccidents and death. His bag, containing a current copy of the paper, duly stamped, was at the hotel at Retford. Witnin a few hours of his death the claim was exam ined, allowed and settled. Uncle Sam Owns Palma Island. Washington, Sept. 29. It is said at the State department that no doubt exists as to the American ownership and control of Palma's island, one of the small islands on the southeastern edge of the Philippines. About 18 months ago the War department re quested the department nf State to de termine whether or not Palma's island was included in the Philippine group owned by the United States. PALMA QUITS JOB. Will Thus Force Intervention by the United States. Havana, Sept. 26. The Cuban re public stands on the verge of a second period of American intervention. The Moderate party, which six weeks ago was in control of every office in the is land, national, provincial and munici pal, is determined to abdicate every thing and compel the United States to intervene. In fact, every government official from President Palma down is sincerely anxious to force such inter vention rather than yield to any one of the terms offered by the Liberal party and those in arms against the govern ment. The Liberal leaders characterize the conduct of the government as treason to the republic, while Secretary of War Taft regards it as an unwai ranted and dishonorable attempt to force the hand of the United States into intervention. This, it has been stated, is precisely what President Roosevelt has been moat anxioua to avoid. Senor Palma has called a special sea sion of congress for Friday, when he will present the resignation of himself and Vice President Mendez Capote, The Moderates, however, will not at tend that session of congress, for in their hurriedly called National Mod erate assembly yesterday afternoon they decided unanimously simply to quit forthwith. They will not even at tend the approaching petsion or have anything more to do with the govern ment of Cuba, alleging that they have been unjustly treated by Mr. Roose velt's commissioners. FOREIGN IMPORTS EXEMPT. Moody's Opinion on Meat Inspection New Rules for Exports. Washington, Sept. 26. A decision has been reached by the department of Justice that the meat inspection law recently enacted by congress does not apply to foreign products shipped into thiB country. This opinion was pre pared several days ago and submitted to Attorney General Moody, He con curred, it is understood, in the opinion prepared by the department. The acting secretary of commerce and labor today promulgated certain rules regarding the exportation of meats and meat products, prescribing the manner of inspecting carcasses and the issuance of certificates, labels, etc. The rules require that both the one inal and duplicate certificate shall be delivered to tbe exporter, who shall file the original with the customs offi cer and the duplicate with the con signee, to be used by tbe latter in iden tifying the shipment at the point of destination by comparison with the original. Clearance is to be denied to any ves sel carrying meat products for exporta tion where regulations have not been strictly complied with. The rules will go into effect on October 1. CAUSE SHORTAGE OF COAL. Railroads Refuse Cars and Boost the Price to Consumers. Salt Lake, Sept. 26. That the rail roads are to blame for the high price and periodical shortage of coal in Bait Lake was the conclusion to be drawn from the testimony presented before Charles A. Prouty, of the Interstate Commerce commission today. The in quiry was adjourned until Thursday morning at 10 o'clock when it will be returned in Denver. Mark Hopkina, who opened two coal mines at Cumber land, Wvo., was sworn as an expert today. He said that coal could be placed in cars at Wyoming and Utah mines for $1 a ton and allow a reason able profit. The present price on board cars is $2 a ton. Salt Like dealers pay $3.75 for the coal laid down and the consumer pays $5.25 a ton. P. J. Quealy, manager of the Kern merer, Wyoming, coal company, and Thomas Sneddon, superintendent of the Diamondville mines, admitted that their output could be increased to pre vent the annual winter shortages, but said that tbe railroads did not furnish cars to carry a larger product. . An attempt was made to show that the Union Pacific railway carries sup plies for its mines at a lower rate than that quoted to independent operators, but this was not substantiated by di rect testimony. Army Is Ready. Oyster Bay, Sept. 26. Plans for the transfer of troops from the United States to Cuba in event of the failure of Secretary Taft's mission to bring about a peaceful solution of the trouble in tbe island republic have been com pleted. The final step was taken to day, according to an announcement made here tonight, when the transport Sumner, now lying at the New York navy yard, was put in commission. Negotiations are already under way for the acquisition of merchant steamers to be used aa transports. Adds to Montana Reserves. Washington, Sept. 26. The secre tary of the interior today withdrew from entry 380,000 acres ef land in the Kalispell, Mont., land district, which are to be added to the Lewis and Clark and Kootenai forest reserves. SCARES MODERATES They Fear Uncle Sam May Give Jobs to Liberals. FORCES CUBANS TO NEGOTIATE Rebels and Government Will Treat With Each Other Marines Needed Anyway. Havana, Sept. 27. The government party last night abandoned its basic contention that it is impossible to treat for peace with armed rebels, and pro posed to negotiate directly with a com mittee of its opponents. It agreed to leave all points upon , which under standing is not reached to the final ar bitration of Secretaries Taft and Bacon. The government first suggested that it would treat with the Liberals if they would lay down their arms, but the American commissioners ruled that this Btipulation was unfair and the Moderate representatives hold this view. It is beyond question that both par ties were brought to a more tractable frame of mind by the verbal ultima tum issued by Messrs. Taft and Bacon yesterday in the name of President Roosevelt, that, unless they consent to a fair arbitration, the United States must compel the same by a temporary militaiy occupation. Such occupation, it was declared, would not mean Amer ican sovereignty. It would continue only until new elections had been held, the government firmly established and order restored. Whatever the outcome of the negoti ations between the Liberals and Mod erates may be, it is felt here that there will be need for all the American ma rines within reaches there is little confidence in the ability of the rebel leaders to control their men when or dered to give up their arms and return to their homes. It is tactitly understood by the com mittees of the two parties that, unless an agreement is reached this week, armed American intervention will en sue. The Moderates declare that the appointment of a committee to negoti ate with the Liberals does not mean tbe conceding of new elections. The general disposition to get together is stronger. NOMINATED IN NEW YORK. Hearst for Democrats and Hughes for Republicans Will Lead Fight. New York, Sept. 27. By nominat ing Charles E. Hughes, of New York city, for governor, the Republican state convention turned down the old leaders and recognized the new ones, headed by Herbert Parsons, chairman of the county committee ef New York county. It also bowed to the judgment of Pres ident Roosevelt as to the strongest can didate to nominate, and accepted the preference of (iovernor Higginp. By electing Timothy L. Woodruff for etate chairman it finally reMred "Boss" Odell, placated Senator Piatt and at the same time recognized the ability of a man who is a strong political force irrespective of his affiliation with any of the old bosses. The control of new Jeaders"waa furth er emphasized by the absence of Sena tors Piatt and Depew, who have not missed a state convention in many years. The old leaders, however, were pacified by the renomination of all the state officers except that Lewis was named for controller in place of Otto Kelsey. Rnffalrv Rout 97 W;n; T Hearst, backed bv "Rosa" Mnrnhv nf i - rj i Tammany Hall, has been nominated for governor by the Democratic state convention. The platform extends fe licitations to William Jennings Bryan without savins anvthinc ahnnt th presidency. With Hearst two cflhe other candidates of the Independence league nominated for state offices ear lier in this month t.hno nf 1! All tiflnonf governor and secretary of state were Wreck Police Chief's House. Helaincfora. Finland. Rent.. 97 A second bomb was thrown during the night against the residence of Captain Albrecht, commander of the police, fol lowing the nnsnccpHsfnl attomr.t m.U early yesterday morning to blow up the ponce reserve Darracae. ine captain's house was wrecked, but there was no loss of life. It is thought that the perpetrators of the outracn vr urinat ed by a spirit of revenge for the recent 4JT tl arresis oi me junnisn refugees in Stockholm, in which the Finnish nnlipa co-operated. Honors for Japanese Heroes. London. Sent. 27. TfilorrnTihini from Tokio, the correspondent of the Daily Telegram says that, in connection with war honors, Marquis Ito and Field Marshals Yamagata and Oyama have been created princes and Vice Ad mira. Togo a marquis,