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LEXMGTON. OBBTdOW
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensad Form for Our
Easy Bsafe
A Resume of the Lees Important but
Net Less Interesting Event
of the Put Week.
New York cbaffeurs are on strike.
Many duels are taking place in Onba
to settle revolutionary grudges.
King Edward is Baid to have stock
in a big Chicago telephone monopoly.
Three members of the Toledo, 0., ice
trust have been ordered to serve their
jail sentences. .
United States Senator Rayner says
the trnstB have grown up and no longer
need protection.
Robbers blew open the safe in the
Odin.O bio, bank and escaped with all
they could carry.
Wife desertion is increasing alarm
ingly in Chicagoo. Families to the
number of 939 were deserted in 1905.
Mrs. Peary is condfient that her hus
band has found the north pole, and ex
pects to hear from him the laBt of No
vember. .
Secretary Taft has declined a place
on the Supreme bench, which is indi
cation that he would like tne presiden
tial nomination.
five more bodies haev been taken
from the ruins of the burned tenement
nouse in Kansas uty. inis make
eight known dead.
A cargo of 850,000 singing birds,
mostly canaries, arrived at New York.
The prevalence of anarchy in Moroc
co keeps the ministers shut np in the
capital.
The French parliament is again in
session.
Brash fires are burning over hun
dreds of acres in Southern California.
The new. battleship Minnesota suc
cessfully stood a foui-hour endurance
test.
A San Francisco deputy sheriff shot
and killed a wife-beater who resisted
arrest.
The recent election of Santa Fe offi
cers was dominated by Standard Oil in
terests. Secretary Root has asked Japan to
punish the perpetrators of the recent
seal raid.
Three miners were found dead in a
mine near Philadelphia. They had
inhaled too much gas.
Every one of tne 85 police captains
in New York city except one has been
changed "for the good of the service."
The state of Arkansas has been given
judgment of $10,000 against the Ham
mond Packing company for contempt.
Over 400 life preservers washed
ashore on the Virginia coast, and it is
believed to indicate a marine disaster.
Harriman may retire from presi
dency of Union Pacific and confine his
attention to completing an ocean-to-ocean
route.
Of 418 tons of preserved meatB con
demned in London recently, 24 tons
came from the United States and 232
tons from Argentine Republic
A mob wrecked a stereopticon appa
ratus in New York city that was being
used in election exhibits by the Inde
pendent Munciipal Ownership League.
Santos Dumont has won a $100,000
air ship prize in France.
Anna Held, the actress, had $161,
000 worth of jewels stolen.
A wholesale increase in the salaries
of postal clerks is proposed. J
Ex-Senator Burton is a privileged
prisoner in the Iron ton, Kansas, jail.
President Roosevelt will stop at San
Juan, Porto Rico, on his way back
from Panama.
English women are creating disturb
ances in the house of commons, clamor
ing for suffrage.
Tribesmen are terrorizing Morocco
towns and troops may have to be sent
to erstore order.
More Russian soldiers are being ar
rested, charged with belonging to revo
lutionary organizations.
Harriman has purchasod Fish's in
terest in the Illinois Central railroad,
giving the former control.
The New York Life Insurance com
pany is threatened with injunction pro
ceedings against election methods.
A man has just died at Pittsburg
who, the past five years has lived and
clothed himself on an average of six
cents per day.
Preparations are being made for
President KooBevelt's trip to Panama.
THANKS OF NATION.
President Calls on People to Observe
November 29.
Washington, Oct. 24.- The president
has issued a proclamation naming
Thursday, November 29, as a day of
thanksgiving. The text of the procla
mation is as follows :
"A proclamation.
"The time of the year has come
when, in accordance with the wise cus
tom of our tattlers, it becomes my duty
to sat aside a special day of thanksgiv
ing and praise to the Almighty because
of blessings we have received and of
power prayer that these blessings may
be continued. Yet another year of
widespread well-being has passed.
Never before in our history or in the
history of any other nation has a peo
ple enjoyed more abounding material
prosperity than has ours; a prosperity
bo great that it should arouse in ' us no
spirit of reckless pride, and least of all,
a spirit of heedless disregard of our
responsibility; but rather a sober cense
of our many blesaingB, and a resolute
purpose, under Providence, not to for
feit them by any action of our own.
"Material well-being, indispensable
though it is, can never be anything but
the touodation of true national great
ness and happiness. If we build noth
ing upon this foundation, then our na
tional life will be as meaningless and
empty as a house where only the found
ation has been laid. Upon our mater
ial well-being must be built a super
structure of individual and national life
lived in accordance with the laws of
the highest morality, or else our pros
perity itself will in the long run turn
out a curse instead of a blessing. We
should be both reverently thankful for
what we have received and earnestly
bent upon turning it into a means of
grace and not of destruction.
"Accordingly, I hereby set apart
Thursday, the 29th day of November,
next, as the day of thanksgiving and
supplication, upon which the people
shall meet in their homes or churches,
devoutly acknowledging that which
has been given them and to pray that
they may in addition receive the power
to use these sifts aright.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington this
22d day of October, in the year of our
Lord, 1906, and of the independence of
the United States tke 131st.
"(Seal) Theodore Roosevelt.
By the president.
"Elihu Root,
"Secretary of State."
CHANGES IN CABINET.
General Shifting: of Positions to Take
Place Soon.
Washington, Oct. 24. The follow
ing statement regardirg prospective
changes in President Roosevelt's cabi
net was made pubilc tonight:
"On the retirement of Secretary
Shaw and Attorney General Moody
from the cabinet, the following chang
es will be made:
"Secretary of the treasury George
B. Cortelyou.
"Postmaster general George Von
L. Meyer.
"Attorney general Charles J. Bona
parte. "Secretary of the navy Victor H.
Metcalf. .
"Secretary of commerce and labor
Oscar S. Straus."
The general understanding for some
time has been that Attorney General
Moody will retire on January 1 and
that Secretary Shaw will follow him on
March 4 next.
Mr. Meyer, who will become post
master general, is ambassador to Rus
sia. He is a native of Massachusetts
aod has been well known as a business
man.
The appointment of Mr, Straus
caused considerable surprise, as it will
be the first case where a citizen of the
Hebrew faith has been made a member
of the president's cabinet. He was
born in 1850 and is well known as a
merchant, diplomat and author. He
represented the United States as minis
ter to Turkey on two different occa
sions and was appointed by Pesident
Rooetvdlt to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of ex-President Harrison as
a member of the permanent court of
arbitration at The Hague.
: Choked With Snow.
Denver, Oct. 24. Eastern Colorado
has been in the throes of a blizzard to
day, but the weather bureau holds out
the hope of clearing weather tonight.
Snow ceased falling in Denver this af
ternoon, the storm center having
moved eastward. The actual fall of
snow in Denver since Friday night was
about 21 inches and in some portions
of the state it was four feet or more.
Pelay of freight and passenger traffic
is the principal damage done by the
storm thus far, although fruit crops
and livestock are threatened.
Worst Blizzard In History.
Cheyenne, Wyo.,Oct.24. Wyoming
is in the grasp of the worst blizzard in
the history of the state. Old timers
concede they have never seen anybhing
to equal the present storm, which has
raged for four days. All railroxd lines
out of Cheyenne were blocked today.
JAPAN IS ANGERED
Wants to Know Cause ol Japan
ese Boycott In 'Frisco.
AID j)F FEDERAL COURT ASKED
Japanese Ambassador Calls on Uncle
Sam to Explain President
Orders Investigation.
Washington, Oct. 27. President
Roosevelt last night directed Victor H.
Metcalf, Secretary of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, to proceed to
San Francisco and make a thorough
and complete inquiry into the situa
tion affecting the exclusion of Japan
ese children from the schools provided
for white children and the determina
tion to place Japanese pupils in sep
arate schools. The President is anx
ious to obtain at first hand, from a
Cabinet officer who is acquainted with
local conditions in San Francisco, full
information affecting every phase of
the subject, to the end that whatever
action is taken by this government
may be after an accurate understand
ing of the situation. The President
feels that every effort within his
power should be exerted to see that
all the treaty rights claimed by the
Japanese for their people residing in
the United States shall be respected
and protected.
The determination to send Mr. Met
calf to San Francisco was one of the
requests made by Viscount Aokl, the
Japanese Ambassador, who, at a con
ference with Secretary Root yester
day, asked that the Japanese subjects
in California be accorded their full
rights under the treaty of 1894, in
cluding that of the children to attend
the public schools of San Francisco.
This request was the subject of very
long and earnest discussion at the
Cabinet meeting yesterday, when the
conclusion was Teached that the best
thing to do was to send Mr. Metcalf
to California to secure personally all
the data which could have any pos
sible bearing on the situation. The
despatch of a Cabinet officer on such
a mission, It was argued, would dem
onstrate to the Japanese the evident
sincerity of the Government in dealing
with the whole subject and its desire
to show that every effort is being
made to get at the facts.
Incidental to the inquiry Into the
school question. Mr. Metcalf will pay
some attention to the charges made by
Count Aokl that Japanese restaurant
keepers in San Francisco have suf-
rerea lnaigniues. rnese reports, tne
Ambassador says, come from consular
officers of the Japanese government
in San Francisco. Seven or eight re
ports have been made concerning a
boycott inaugurated against these res
taurants, stating that agents have
been posted to prevent patrons from
entering the restaurants and in several
instances stones have been thrown
and windows broken.
The Japanese officials in Washing
ton say they realize that these dem
onstrations and the exclusion of the
school children, are acts local in char
acter, CHINESE ARMY EFFICIENT.
Carries Portable Wireless Plant and
Wins Expert's Praise.
Changtufu, Oct. 27. A notable fea
ture of the Autumn maneuvers of the
Chinese imperial army, which ended
Thursday, has been a portable wire
less telegraphy apparatus, carried up
on light wagons and so adjusted that
it can be erected In less than 30
minutes. The stations were operated
by Chinese officers of the telegraph
corps.
The maneuvers ended with victory
for the Northern army. At a village
five miles south of Changtufu this
army succeeded In checking the ad
vance of the Southern army. The
program began with cavalry opera
tions, followed Wednesday by artil
lery practice. All arms displayed ex
cellent discipline.
Experienced military observers are
of the opinion that with the exception
of certain minor defects and making
allowance for the fact that the opera
tions were an experiment, the maneu
vers were almost equal to those con
ducted in Europe. The maneuvers
cost $500,000.
California Again Falls.
San Francisco, Oct. 27. The cruiser
California again failed yesterday In
the endurance test, which is all that
stands between her and acceptance by
the government. With the naval trial
board and accompanied hy the de
stroyer Paul Jones, the California
went outside the heads for her third
trial at the endurance Tun. After a
run of an hour and a half, dfurlng
which she exceeded the contract speed
of 22 knots, the cruiser was forced to
return to port on account of over
heating of the journals on the port
engine.
Great Milk Supply Concern.
New York, Oct. 27. What promises
to he the biggest milk concern in the
United States has Just been organized.
Walter M. Hodge is promoting the fi
nancial end and James L. Bennett rep
resents the farmers. Mr. Bennett has
for years been the counsel for the Five
States Milk Producers' Association,
which has a membership of 10,000
farmers, who contribute to the milk
supply of New York City.
RASCALS AT BAY.
Acting Mayor of 8an Francisco Re
moves Accusers From Office.
San Francisco, Oct. 26. Acting
Mayor Gallagher Thursday afternoon
suspended District Attorney Langdon
from office and the Board of Super
visors approved his action. Langdon
was notified to appear before the
Board one week from today to show
why he should not be removed from
office.
Then Gallagher announced that he
had asked his friend, Abraham Ruef,
to accept the office of District Attorney
and that Ruef had consented to do so.
The suspension of Langdon follows
his appointment of Francis J. Heney
as assistant District Attorney for the
purpose of securing indictments of
officials alleged to be guilty of graft
ing and malfeasance. It has been
openly announced that Heney and
Secret Service Agent Burns have been
investigating matters with which
Mayor Schmitz, Acting Mayor Galla
gher, Abraham Ruef and the Board of
Supervisors were connected. Langdon
is at present a candidate for Governor
on the Independence League ticket.
The suspension of Langdon was done
for the purpose of securing the dis
missal of Heney as Assistant District
Attorney.
Gallagher gave 12 reasons for sus
pending Langdon, the chief of which
was neglecting his duties In absenting
himself for more than thirty days,
from the county to go on a campaign
tour, while the city was suffering from
an Invasion of and depredations by
criminals.
WRECKED NEAR POINT ADAMS.
Four-Masted British Bark Ashore and
Going to Pieces.
Astoria, Or., Oct. 26. With three of
her masts gone and lying broadside
high on the beach, the big four-masted
British bark Peter Iredale is wrecked
in the breakers about three-quarters
of a mile below the old Point Adams
lighthouse, south of the Columbia
River jetty, with every indication that
her bones will bleach in the sands,
although there Is a bare possibility
that she may be saved.
The bark went ashore during a
strong gale about 7:30 o'clock yester
day morning. Her masts went over
board soon afterwards. All on board
were rescued by the life-saving crew.
Captain Lawrence, master of the
bark, and his officers remained by the
vessel all day. Tonight most of them
are at the Point Adams life-saving sta
tion. Twenty members of the crew
were brought to this city all safe and
sound.
DRIVEN MAD BY SUFFERING.
Five Survivors of Florida Hurricane
Drifted All Day on Frail Craft.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 26. Counting the
minutes, which seemed but few be
tween them and death, five men were
adrift on a bit of wreckage off the
Florida coast, when one of their com
panions, whose sufferings had driven
him mad, threw himself into the sea
to death. Not long afterward a ship
saved their lives.
The five survivors were landed here
by the British ship Heatherpool, which
arrived from Liverpool.
They with about 150 others were
constructing a concrete viaduct for
the Florida East Coast , Railway
through the Florida Keys, and were
aboard houseboat No. 4, which lay an
chored off the coast when the great
hurricane struck. About 1 o'clock In
the morning of October 18 boat No.
4 broke adrift and was dashed to
pieces by the waves. Six men lashed
together two timbers. They lived on
this raft until rescued.
Greely's Report on Earthquake.
Washington, Oct. 26. The War De
partment Thursday made public the
special report of Major-General Greely
on the relief operations conducted by
the military authorities of the United
States at San Francisco and other
points at the time of the earthquake
and fire at San Francisco. The Teport
is accompanied by .many documents,
including the report of General Funs
ton, telling of the steps taken. The re
port Is very profusely illustrated, con
taining photographs of the relief work
in progress.
Machinery for Cold Springs Dam.
Washington, Oct. 26. The Secretary
of the Interior has authorized the pur
chase of four 10xl6-lnch locomotives
of 36-inch gauge, at $3,000 each from
the American Locomotive Company;
also 44 yard dump cars at $168.75
each; 65 tons of rails at $34 per ton,
and 125 tons of rails at $33 per ton,
and also has purchased from the Ernst
Weiner Company, ten switches at $35
each.
This equipment is to be used in the
construction of the Cold Springs dam,
Umatilla irrigation project.
Hurrican Sweeps Japan.
Tokio, Oct. 26. A hurricane swent
Southwestern Japan Wednesday. Sev
eral hundred coral fishing boats aTe re
ported missing. Each boat is manned
by at least two sailors.
BAY CITHOTTEN
Heney and Barns Have Evidence
Against Mayor and Boss.
WILL INDICT THEM AND OTHERS
Mayor Schmitz and Boss Reuf Impli
cated In $700,000 Railway
Franchise Steal.
San Francisco, Oct. 25. That the
evidence they have gathered is suffi
cient to send Abe Ruef, Mayor Schmlta
a dozen or more supervisors, a coterie
of commissioners and a score or more
of petty officials to the penitentiary
is the news which has leaked out from
the inner councils of Attorney Francis
J. Heney and Detective W. J. Burns,
who, working in conjunction with Dis
trict Attorney Langdon, have uncov
ered graft in San Francisco on a scale
that would make even "Boss" Tweed
sit up and take notice.
Trolley franchises sold for $700,
000; retail liquor dealers held up for
thousands of dollars; theaters forced
to give up a third of their profits; con
tractors made to pay tribute; paving
contractors allowed to fatten off the
city treasury; wholesale liquor dealers
compelled to pay monthly royalties;
French restaurants mulcted for gigan
tic "fees," and even women of the ten
derloin coerced into dividing the earn
ings of their shame. This is some of
the moral rottenness laid at the door
of the present city administration.
It is said that among the first Indict
ments to be asked will be one for
Mayor Schmitz, who is now In Europe,
with his wife, and one for Abe Ruef,
the city "boss."
"We shall get the crooks," they say,
and then they add, "We are going to
get the big ones as well as the small
fry."
First in importance of all the sub
jects that the two men have Investi
gated comes the trolly deal. Shortly
after the earthquake and fire last
April the United Railroads was given
a blanket franchise by the supervision;
to convert its cable roads Into an over
head electric system. Before the fire
the United Railroads was refused such
a franchise. For the blanket fran
chise the corporation paid the city
nothing. Traction experts value the
concession at $5,000,000.
It is stated that Heney and Burns
have secured confessions from mem
bers of the Board of Supervisors ex
posing a gigantic graft in this connec
tion. ,
The amount the United Railroads
paid for the privilege of converting ail
its cable roads Into electric lines is
said to' have been $700,000, and, ac
cording to the written and signed con
fessions of supervisors, said to
be now in Heney's possession
only $72,000 was turned over by Ruef
for distribution among the 18 members
of the board.
MOODY FOR SUPREME BENCH.
Roosevelt Will Appoint Him Despite
Sectional Objection.
Washington, Oct. 25. While no of
ficial statement is obtainable, unofficial1
advices confirm the report that the
President will appoint Attorney Gen
eral William H. Moody, of Massachu
setts, to the vacancy in the Supreme
Bench, made by the retirement of As
sociate Justice Henry B. Brown.
The announced intention of the Pres
ident to appoint Mr. Moody came as a
surprise, as It was generally under
stood that he eliminated the Attorney
General from consideration In that
connection because of the fact mainly
that Massachusetts already had a rep
resentative on the bench in the person
of Associate Justice Holmes.
Mr. Moody's nomination will be sent
to the senate when congress convenes,
but the general expectation is that he
will not take his seat on the bench un
til about January 1.
Demand Eight-Hour Day.
Chicago, Oct. 25. The Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, on behalf of its
switchmen, today presented demands to
all the railroads entering Chicago for
an eight-houi day.. The Brotherhood's
action follows that of the Switchmen'
union, which presented similar de
mands some time ago. The railroads
will be obliged now to deal 'with prac
tically the whole organized strength of
the Switchmen's union. In this re
spect the movement io the most exten
sive attempted by the railroad organ
izations in many years.
Forbids "The Clansman."
Philadelphia, Oct. 25. Mayor Wea
ver today issued an order BuppresBing
the further production here of the
drama, "The Clansman." The mayor's'
action was prompted by the demonstra
tion last night at the theater by several
thousand colored citizens.