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LEXII6T0I WHEATFIELO S.A. THOMAS, Pnbaster LEXINGTON OREGON NEWS OFTHE VEEK la a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. Panama and Colombia are quarrell ing about their foreign debts. Hill has leased large tracts of Minne sota coal lands to the steel trust. ' Forest fires are causing great damage to forests in Southern California. Gas explosion in Philadelphia kills eight men and does great damage. The army forces are gathering at Newport News for transportation to Cuba. Howard Gould and his wife are ouir relling about the management of Castle Gould, and may separate. Two clerka wrestling on the four floor of a Cleveland department stote fell from a window and were dashed to death. The 18-year old son of a Chicago millionaire has been arrested for rob bing slot machines and spending the money on chorus girls. The St. Paul road his voted to issue $150,000,000 of new stcck with which to build a line down the coast from Portland to San Fraucitco. A great telephone system, backed by the Western Union Telegraph company, is being organized to fight the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph company. The governor of Simbirsk province, Russia, was wounded by a bomb. The czar has returned to his gilded prison from his yacht, keeping a sharp lookout for bombs. Roosevelt says the enlargement of the powers of the national government is the only remedy for the trust evila. An emigrant steamer plying between Hoihow and Hongkong foundered. The captain and 60 passengers were lost. , The coroner's jury believes that Carey M. Snyder, whose body v. a? found in the woods near HillBboro, was murdered. A strong desire for annexation by the Cuban citizens of all nationalities ia openly expressed and talk is indulged in of tatking a vote on the question. An Oregon minister has laid himself liable to a fine for marrying a couple on the Vancouver ferry while it was moored on the Washington side. The marriage license was procured in Van couver. A window glass trust is being formed-. General funs ton has been placed in command of the American forces in Cuba. Seattle subscribed more than $500, 000 in one day (or the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair. An Alabama mob shot two of its own members by mistake while searching for a negro. Ex-Governor Magoon, of the Panama canal zone, is to be provisional gover nor of Cuba Forty-four light houses were wrecked by the recent Gulf storm and four light keepers drowned. President f alma was in tears when he departed from Havana with his fam ily for their country home. President Roosevelt says it will be his aim not to annex Cuba, but to restore the fallen republic. Three of the largest packing houses in Chicago were convicted of Belling short-weight lard and fined $25 each. Thieves have stolen many valuable treasures from the vatkan at Rome. Some of the plunder has been sold in England. Four persons had bones broken and one girl was killed by street cars in San Francisco in one day, all in sepa rate accidents. Disarmament of Cubans is progres sing rapidly. Cuban Moderates accuse the Ameri cans of forcing intervention. Heavy rains are adding to the misery of the homeless people on the Gulf coast. President Smith, of the Mormon church, has been arrested for poly gamy. The landing of American marines was welcomed as a great relief by the Cu ban people. Baron Rosen, Russian ambassador to the United Slates, had a narrow epcape from injury in an automobile collision. A hot wave has badly damaged the California grape crop. Thousands of tons of fine grapes are now fit for noth ing but wine or raisins. NINETEEN BODIES RECOVERED. Virginia Coal Mine Still Holds Many More Victims. Pocahontas, Va Oct. 5. Nineteen known dead and from 30 to 40 more men entombed, and doubtless all dead, is the situation up to a late hour to day at the West Fork mines of the Pocahontas Colleries Company, where an explosion occurred late Wednesday afternoon. The bodies of these men were recov ered from the mines as the result of heroic work of a band of 35 men con stituting a rescue party that worked incessantly through the hours oftthe night and day. It. was not until 7:30 o'clock last evening that the rescuers reached a point near Paul entry, where the ex plosion occurred. Toward the middle of the evening the hope was expressed that all the bodies would be recovered by .midnight. The authorities anticipated the fearful extent of the casualties by or dering a carload of coffins and burial supplies, which are now on the way. The order Is being rushed at Blue field and the burial supplies, which include 60 coffins, are expected to reach Pocahontas early tomorrow morning. The West mine has over 700 acres of "worked out" or abandoned work ings. This fact alone made it difficult for the men to get to the part of the mine where the explosion occurred. All the brattices in these old work ings had been blown out. The scene of the disaster Is over two miles from the drift mouth. . In the operation of the telephone system of the mine a number of boys are employed, and the greater number of these are said to have met death in the explosion or were caught by the afterdamp. It is said that shortly after the explosion one of the boys called up the office outside, but was overcome before he gave his message. The boy probably died at the tele phone. The cause of the explosion cannot he definitely ascertained as yet, but it is thought to be due to a gas explosion followed by afterdamp. The mines were considered the safest and best ventilated in this section and the com pany has been at enormous expense In equipping and ventilating them. NEWS AMAZING TO CUBANS. Palma's Early Request for Interven tion Surprises Them. Havana, Oct. 5 That ex-President Palma early in September asked for American interference In the Interest of foreign lives and property is not considered surprising here, in Yiew of his subsequent request to Mr. Sleeper, the American Charge, and Commander John C. Colwell, of the cruiser Denver. But that he suggested calling Congress to ask for American intervention as early as September 8 Is considered surprising and that on September" 13 he officially asked for intervention and had then Irrevocably decided to resign causes amazement The correspondence lretween the State Department and Consul-General Stelnhart in connection with Cuban intervention reveals the truth of the rumors current here at the time, which were persistently denied at the palace, Palma declining to speak for Interven tion. On September 13 Mr. Bacon received a dispatch which told of the Irre vocable intention of President Palma to resign and to turn over the govern ment to an appointee of President Roosevelt In order to prevent complete anarchy. It is added that It may be necessary to' land a force to protect American property. This message was sent upon the day that American marines first landed In Cuba, but were ordered back to the vessels by Secretary Bonaparte. On the day following It was announced that Secretary Taft, and Bacon would be sent to Cuba, and upon that same day a message was received saying that the Cuban Congress could not meet for lack of a leader, neither the President nor Vice President being willing to retain their office. Pronounce Dreadnaught a Success. London, Oct. 5. The battleship Dreadnaught today started a 80-hour consecutive steam trial. In several preliminarv short trials she is said to have proved a distinct success from the point of view of handines in maneu vering. This in spiti of the weather conditions, which were far from favor able. As the Dreadnaught is the first example of the use of turbine engines in a warship, her success is regarded with great satisfaction in naval circles, and is attributed entirely to her double rudders. Weird Evidence of Slaughter. New York, Oct. 5. A special cable to the Tiroes from St. Petersburg says that nine corpses, with sacks over their heads and birlet holes in their breasts have floated ashore near the palace of Peterbof. They are presumably those of sailors recently executed at Kron-etadt. TORNADOES GALORE Sweeping Through New Orleans and Vicinity. SIX KILLED; NINE MORE WILL DIE Total Damage Is Over $1,000,000 Crops Ruined and Hundreds of Buildings Destroyed. New Orleans, Oct. 6. This region was the center of cyclonic disturb ances, at least three of which were tornadoes and caused the loss of six lives, with nine persons fatally Injured. The first tornado struck west Baton Rouge Parish about 6 o'clock, killing Mrs. T. Forel and her daughter, Mrs. White. Mrs. Forel's body was found in a field near her demolished house. Two children In Mrs. Forel's house were fatally Injured and five more were Injured in the collapse of a sugar refinery. In St. James Parish one woman was killed and Mrs. H. Rebber and daugh ter,. Mrs. John Meyer, and a neero were fatally Injured. Fifteen build ings were blown completely down In this parish. At Point Chataula, George Hawes and son and daughter were killed by the collapse of their house, and an other child of the family was fatally injured. A negro was also fatally In jured there, besides Injuries to a dozen other persons. , The third tornado struck New Or leans about 8 o'clock. Although no lives were lost, property damage reached $500,000 and about fifty per sons weTe Injured, one fatally. Fully 800 buildings were damaged, about 75 being blown flat. Most of the demol ished buildings were negro cabins and it was here that nearly all the injuries occurred. The path of the tornado through the city was about eight miles long. The tornado here appeared at a dis tance as a cloud sweeping the surface of the earth. Its course was undulat ing, some buildings being skipped en tirely as It bounded skyward. Fre quently it demolished verandas and fences on one side of the street, while not an object on the other side was disturbed. The cloud occupied several minutes In crossing the city and hundreds of persons who saw and heard it approaching had time to run out of its pathway. ' One exciting race was made by a street car, which was loaded with passengers on their way tO Vvork. At Marengo street the .motorman threw on full power. The flying car was less than half a block past the roller skat ing rink when that structure went down. Another street car was de railed. ANOTHER BIG MINE FIRE. Fifteen Men Entombed By Gas Explod ing In New Mexico. Denver, Colo., Oct. 6. According to a special to the News, 15 men are be lieved to have been entombed In the Dutchman mine at Blossburg, N. M., at 2:30 o'clock this morning, by an explosion which wrecked the walls and roof of the tunnel In which they were working. Only six men are posi tively known to have been in the tunnel at the time of the explosion, but the usual night shift numbers 15, and none of them have been located outside of the mine. Rescuing parties have taken out four dead bodies, one of which has been Identified as Jan Jenskl, 40 years old. All but one of . the night shift were Austrlans, the exception be ing an American. Firedamp has settled In the tunnel, making rescue work difficult. It is not thought that any of the entombed men can live With this condition pre vailing. As yet no Are has been re ported. Palma Enriches a Rough Rider. Wichita, Kan., Oct. 6. C. A. Mosh er, of Wichita, received a commission as a General In the Cuban Army and the next day he was asked to resign. His commission came directly from President Palma. He had In mind to raise a regiment of Rough Riders. Mr. Palma sent him a commission as a general, dating the commission back three months. When Secretary Taft arrived in Ha vana, Mosher was asked to resign and a draft was sent to him for his salary since the date of his commission. Rebels Capture $125,000. Ufa, Russia, Oct. 6. An armed band numbering 40 men held up a mail train near the bridge over the Bjela river last night. After killing a soldier and wounding three others who were in charge of the mail the robbers de camped with $125,000. PL ATT IN HOT WATER. Fearing Divorce Suit Gives His Wealth to His Sons. New York, Oct. 3. Fearing a Buit for divorce and In order to prevent his wife from obtaining a large settlement, Senator Thomas C. Piatt, in the last few months, It is declared, has given away nearly all his fortune, so that hiB financial resources are no greater than those of a man of moderate means. From authoritative quarters the fur ther statement comes that Mrs. Piatt has been acquainted with her hus band's procedure for Borne time and is striving to ward off the possible loss of a financial adjustment in her favor. At Tioga Lodge, the Piatt villa at Highland Mills, the former Mrs. Jane way said she was the victim of a con spiracy and one of the most abused women of the times. "There are other Mae Woods In this case," she said; "dozens of them." Miss Wood is the young woman who recently threatened to sue Mr. Piatt on a charge of breach of promise to marry. Mrs. Piatt also said It was only her intervention that prevented the wife of another Senator prominent in Washington from being in the party on the much talked of trip to San Francisco. "Senator Piatt wanted a beautiful wife and he got one. Now he must pay for me," she declared angrily. CABINET CHANGES. Attorney General Moody and Secre tary Shaw Will Resign. Washington, Oct. 3 Two retire ments from the President's Cabinet are slated for the coming winter. They are those of Attorney-General Moody, whose resignation will become effec tive about December 1, and Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, who, according to present Intentions, will retire in February. For one of the vacancies the President will nominate George Von L. Meyer, American Ambassador to Russia, but for the other he Is not yet ready to announce a successor. Mr. Roosevelt has sought to prevail on Mr. Moody to remain in the Cab inet, but the latter, because of busi ness arrangements, has found it im possible to do so. He would also like to have Secretary Bonaparte take Mr. Moody's place when the latter retires, but the former prefers the position at the head of the Navy Department. Some suggestions have been made that Secretary Metcalf, of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, take one of the positions, but he also has ex pressed a preference to remain where he is. REBATES GIVEN 6N GRAIN. Elevator Men Say Railroads Drove Them Out of Business, Chicago, Oct. 3. William H. Suf ferns, of Decatur, 111., was the first witness at today's session of the inter state Commerce Commission which Is Investigating the alleged rebate cases. Sufferns entered the grain exporting business over nine years ago. Three years ago, he discovered that Harris, Scoten & Co., grainmen of Chicago, and Rosenbaum & Co. were receiving an elevator allowance at New Orleans of 2 cents per hundred pounds from the Illinois Central railroad. "The rate on grain for export via New Orleans was 12 cents per hun dred," said the witness. "Two cents of that went to the export elevator in terest, and the Temainder to the rail road. The rebate allowed these firms prevented me. from competeing with them in the European market. I dis covered they were offering grain In European markets at what It cost here. They had an actual advantage of 14 cents. "I quit the export business last win ter, because I could not live, let alone make anything." R. J. Barr, of New Orleans, told a similar story. Win Race Against Tariff. ' Yokohama, Oct. 3. The ocean race against the new and heavily Increased customs tariff which went Into effect at midnight, September 30, was easily won by the American, from San Fran cisco, September 14, for this port, and the Denbighshire, from Middlesbor ough, England, July 14, but the Se quoia broke down at Singapore and is belated. The heaviest advances In duties are chiefly on wines, liquors, watches and metal manufactures. Kills Judge Advocate. Askabad, Russia .Oct. 3. During the trial yesterday of the second section of the troops who mutinied here in June, an unknown man entered the courtroom and killed the Judge-Advocate, General Rinkevitch, and attempt ed to shoot the president of the court, General Ushakoffskl. The assassin was shot down by an officer. INSURGENTS DISARM Pacification of Cuba Proceeds - Without a Hitch. MARINES GUARD LARGE CITIES Guerrera's Troops Being Sent Home by Tralnloads Fighting Was Mostly by Gamecocks. Havana, Oct. 4. The alacrity with which the rebels are laying down their arms to the commission appointed to superintend that Important phase of the termination of the revolution is the greatest surprise the provisional has yet encountered in the smoothly working program. This operation is now well under way In the vicinity of Havana, 700 of Guorra's men with their horses having already been en trained for Pinar del Rio, while one brigade marched to Guanajay today without a sign of disorder. Hundreds of . persons from Havana went out to Santiago de las Vegas and RIncon today to view the disarma ment. They were disappointed at not seeing the rebels actually surrender their guns, hut nevertheless they wit nessed an Interesting sight. As a con cession to the men General Funston and Major Ladd permitted them to take their arms to Pinar del Rio, where most of the men joined the insurgent army. The rifles, however, were first counted by officers of marines under the direction of Major Ladd and the men will be required to surrender them before leaving the train at Pinar del Rio. It is reported that some of Del Cas tillo's followers were reluctant to dis arm, but all the brigade commanders have informed Major Ladd that all their men will disarm and disband when ordered to do so by General Del Castillo. Wednesday afternoon Gen eral Castillo gave Majer Ladd an or der directed to all his subordinate com manders and telling them to comply with every request made by the Amer ican officers. Major Ladd will work to night to carry out the disbanding ar-v rangements. According to the testimony of an American named Harvey, a former" Roosevelt Rough rider, who has been' with the insurgents, the amount of actual fighting during this revolution was really very small. Harvey says that most of the fighting he had seen was between game cocks. About 10 per cent of Guerra's men carried fighting cocks tied to their saddles. YELLOW JACK IN HAVANA. Full Details Concealed and Health) Officers Working Hard. Key West, Fla., Oct. 4. An opposi tion many times more serious than the Insurrection In Cuba Is awaiting Uncle Sam's army of intervention, according to a wireless message received here late tonight from Havana. The new enemy is yellow fever. According to the dispatch ten new cases were reported today and dozens of suspicious cases are being closely ( watched. The first reports sent out, tending to minimize the extent of the epidemic, are now acknowledged to. have been purposely toned down. It is said that the American forces, will find Havana in a much different. -sanitary condition from that which ob tained under General Wood's rule. There Is said to have been a decided' lapse toward the old, inefficient condi tion under Spanish rule. Major Jef ferson R. Keene, who left here tonight for Havana, expressed no surprise at the report of the serious condition of affairs, but declared that the sanitary department of the army of occupation is ready to meet the situation and will doubtless be doubly reinforced as soon as Washington can be acquainted with the real gravity of the situation. Freight Steamers Tied Up. - Port Arthur, Ontario, Oct. 4 A dozen big freight steamers are tied np at Fort William and entrances to the freight sheds and docks of the Canadian Pacific railway are gnarded by police and members of the Ninety-sixth regi ment. Six hundred infuriated strikers, mostly Greeks and Italians, surround the district, where 800 imported strike breakers worked all the afternoon un loading vessels. All the ttiknare heavily armed and more than 100 shots have been fired, but no serious injury done. Loss by the Gulf Storm. Mobile, Out. 4. Prominent insur ance men estimate the storm loss here at 11,000,000. The total, loss of life will not exceed 100.