LEXIH6T0H WOATFELO
S. A. 1MOMAX,
LEXINGTON.
OREGON
NEWS OFTHE-VfEEK
Id a Condensed Form for Our
Bnsy Readers.
A Resume of the Lees Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Congressman Hoar, a son of the late
Senator Boar, is dead.
The navy is badly in need of hospi
tals on the Pacific coast. -
High prices of meat in Germany
makes the Germans vegetarians.
Steel building constructors fn New
York refuse to deal with the unions.
Fifteen leaders of the recent Russian
revolt have been sentenced to Siberia.
Count Boni refuses to bslieve his
American wife really intends to divorce
him.
Norway and Sweden are disputing
about the ownership of the island of
Spitsbergen.
Secretary of War Taft addressed a
great audience at Posatello, Idaho, on
law and order.
A heavy storm has twept over
France, accompanied by heavy snow
and a tidal wave at Toulon.
It is said the czar is practically a
prisoner of the grand dukes, who force
Him to acquiesce to their orders.
Up to November 1 the number of sa
loon licenses issued in Chicago for the
ensuing quarter was 129 less than six
months ago.
By comparing finger prints a soldier
in the penitentiary at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., has been discovered to be
an escaped murderer from England.
Reecnt storms have dislodged large
quantities of mud. from the sides of
Mount Vesuvius, causing damage to
the railway and farmB on. the mountain
side. '
It is said that the prosecution has
evidence that Mayor Schmitz and Bobs
Bnef, of San Francisco, made over a
million dollars from grafts on building
permits.
Morocco is torn by anarchists of dif
erent bands and beliefs.
The Panama Canal commission is
having a hard time to find laborers.
An independent telephone company
has gained a right of way in Chicago.
A German steamer collided with a
four-masted ship and sunk, 23 of her
crew being drowned.
A German princess of royal blood has
been investigating Blums oi Chicago un
der an assumed name.
Eight person, charged with ' com
plicity in a recent daring robbery in
St. Petersburg were executed.
Ten anarchist speakers and leaders
were arrested in New York charged
with inciting to riot and disorderly
conduct.
CAPTURE SOLDIERS' SUPPLIES.
LEGISLATORS MEET
Utes Loot Wagon, While Troops Go
on Short Rations.
Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 2. A band of
100 Ute Indians, it is reported, cap.
tured ,a wagon loaded with flour and
supplies bound from Arvada to the
Tenth and Sixth Cavalry. The driver
was held at a rifle's muzzle while the
rprlKldna nnpkerl the load and carried
it away allowing the driver to proceed PENDLETON ENTERTAINS THEM
with the empty wagon.
Oregon Solons Seeking Informa
tion on Public Matters.
Sheridan. Wvo.. Nbv. 2 Further
details of the raiding. of a government Visit Washington's Jute Mill and Ore-
supply train bound for the camps of g0n State Normal School
the Tenth and Sixth Cavalry from at Weston.
Arvada characterizes it as a very
olever nlenn of work, evidently plan-
r ... . . .
nea Dy some oi me u. uu. Pendleton. Or.. Oct. 20. Whnthnr
TTl. A 11 i 1 ll VaP I U III I'M I
Foreen no Indians were in sight until Oregon should supplant its stove torn
a hunch of about 100 mounted red- dry in the Salem rrrlsnn with a intn
....... a - Jnllla I
sums suddenly oasnea oui ui a mu ln BtUQe(i todar In thn Wnlln
In the hills and quickly surrounded wa BluQled todar tne Walla
him. They made little noise outside Walla jute plant of the Washington
of a few sharo yells in the nature of state prison by Governor Chamberlain.
commands, and, while several woians or Oregon, 33 members of the Oregon
kept Forgen under their rifles, the i bal- legislature, C. W. James, superintend
ance looted his wagon train of 3,000 ent of the 0regon penitentiary and
pounds of flour the sacks of which otherfl wu, lawmakers hae not
were strapped to the cayuses or tne . . t. , ,, K
Utes, who then disappeared into the "e,,r op nions on the sub-
jlls jcv;i neeiy, u ig evident mat many oi
As the result of the raiding of the tne.m do not favor the change,
supply train, the troops are ln need, This is the attitude also of Governor
and operations looking to a chase of Chamberlain and Superintendent
the Utes are practically at a stand- James. They argue that the stove
still until supplies can be had. More foundry brings to the state a revenue
suddiv trains win De sent uui uuiu w. Do Kt . f . ,.
JSF that a Jute mill would launch the state
rrrr rtfcT nf thT Tent ta a business, which is in large meas.
near Moorhead. ure 8Peculative and risky and liable
The Utes have completely outwitted neavy losses Decause the raw pro-
the military, and are now reported duct from India is manipulated by a
back In Wyoming, on Little Powder trust; that the finished bags would be
river, retracing the route by which 80ld to consumers near the factory,
they entered Montana, iney evident- thereby discriminating against others
ly Know oi tne arrival oi iroope w. not favc.reQ by proximity to the plant;
Asmami, aiiu uuve enuci Biycu uli ,n t Qreiron'q narticl nation ln the him.
the attempt to reach the Cheyennes J" Oregon s participation in the bus-
or are waiting ror that Dand to meet ; - , '
them in some other part of the coun- tt"Be it couiu maie vmj a per cent
try. The Utes on Bear Creek have of the bags used, and the Washington
not moved, according to a telephone plant doubled in size could make only
message received yesterday afternoon. 25 per cent of the bags used in that
state; and that the change to a juts
FIRST BRUSH WITH INDIANS.
DEBT DECREASED $2,074,829.
mill would entail upon the state an ex
penditure of perhaps $125,000. v
The Oregonlans examined the Jute
mill with keen interest. It was not
running, because the day wag one of
the idleness
But
Treasury Has Comfortable Cash Bal
ance of $373,300,810.
Washington, Nov. 2. The monthly its alternate idle ones,
statement of the public debt shows coming from short Jute supply,
that at the close of business October several of the 70 looms were put in
31. I90fi the total debt, less cash in motion for exhibition.. The visitors
, tao,,rv Imnnt.H tn mm 1 71 .- headed by Governor Chamberlain,
364. which is a decrease for the month were conducted through the plant bj
' . I V" w - w l a 1.
of $2,074,829. The debt is recapltu- governor jaeao ana i. . luncam, tne
lated as follows: , new superintendent,
Interest-bearing debt $925,159,270. The chief argument for the jute mill
Debt on which interest has ceased ia that manufacture of erraln sacks, un-
since maturity, $i,id,zu5. iiKe that of stoves, does not compete
ueni Deanng no interest, aus,io,- w,tll frp. ,flhnr Bn(1 thnf ,t , far.
' I ana eanlra )iaanai t)i on t Vi a mavlr.l
The rnsh tn tho trensnrv la rlassl- Pnce'
fled as follows: Alter viewing tne w ana w ana piant,
Gold reserve, $150,000,000: trust the visitors went to Weston to view
funds, $1,103,897,869 to offset certifl- the Normal School at that place and
cates and treasury notes general fund, thence came to Pendleton, where they
$174,029,968; in National bank deposi- attended a dinner and smoker tonight,
Soldiers Outwitted and Lose Band of
Captured Ponies.
Butte, Nov. 1. A special to the
Miner from Sheridan, Wyo., Bays: Re
ports of the first bruBh botweon troops
and Utes have reached here by tele
phone from Blrney. A troop of the
Tenth Cavalry rounded up and at
tempted to drive off 60 head of ponies
being grazed by the fugitive Indians.
The herders sent the alarm to the
main band. As the soldiers were driv
ing the ponies away a band of 100
bucks came riding up, and, circling the
troops, succeeded in stampeding the
ponies and recovered all but five,
which were shot by the soldiers.
The Indians did not fire, but their
determined rescue of their ponies in
dicates their temper. The Boldiers
felt themselves unable to cope with
the force and the shots killing the ani
mals were fired as the herd was being
driven away.
The Indians are outwitting the
troops now in the field. A troop of
the Tenth Cavalry marched all Tues
day night ln hope of capturing a small
band of Utes on Bitter Creek, arriv
ing there only to find the band had
moved. Later a scout reported the
Indians 20 miles away. The troops
then, made a forced march to Powder
river.
Soldiers are complaining bitterly
against the actions of the Indian
scouts, American Horse, Women's
Dress and White Cow Bull, employed
by the government. The Indians pro
fess not to know the country, but the
belief is growing that they are pur
posely leading the troops in a fruitless
search in order to gain time.
Another detachment of the Tenth
Cavalry met and turned back a small
band of Cheyennes under Chief Two
Face. He said they were hunting and
they were started toward the reserva
tion. The band of a hundred Crows
under Sweet Mouth, which hurriedly
left Sheridan Monday night, was also
met and turned back by the Tenth
Cavalry.
The Indians are making forced
marches at night to elude the soldiers,
and, owing to the poor work or treach
ery of the scouts, the soldiers are un
able to keep track of them.
Railroad men running Into Sheridan
tonight report having passed a band
of a hundred Sioux marching south
east within 60 miles west of Sheridan.
Neither Indians nor troops have ar
rived at Blrney.
The settlers are fearful of a Chey
enne uprising if the Utes reach the
reservation border near Ashland
Troops from Fort Keogh and Fort
Meade are converging on Ashland.
IS FARTHEST NORTH
Peary Expedition Makes a New
Arctic Record.
BUT DID NOT REACH THE POLE
Gale Prevents Further Advance Re
turns Short of Food, Being
Forced to Eat Dogs.
torles, $145,975,346; in treasury of
Philippine Islands, $4,730,063; total,
$1,581,633,247, against which there are
demand liabilities outstanding amount-
given by the Commercial Association
At the Weston Normal School the
party was greeted by Robert C.
Ing to $1,208,332,437, which leaves a French, president of that institution
It has developed that San Francisco
saloons which bought their supplies
from one certain firm got their licenses
easier than otherB.
A W. O. T. U. speaker Bays there
are 10,000 women and girls in Chicago
working for $5 a week or lees, and
there are 5,000 saloons.
People In Montana and adjacent
stateB are in grave fear that the entire
Cheyenne Indian nation, numbering at
least 800 fighting men, will go on the
war path.
A crisis is approahcing in the Nor
wegian court.
Vice President Fairbanks ia drawing
great crowds in Kentucky.
Standard Oil company is fined $5,000
by Ohio judge, when law permitted a
fine of millions.
Wealthy widows of Chicago have
been robbed of $100,000 or more by a
pretended broker.
Money transports in Russia are now
guarded by strong forces of Cossacks in
stead of gendarmes.
Demands for a shorter work day and
new wage scale have been made on all
lines of the Pennsylvania railroad.
A second consignment of 100 labor
ers from Vigo, Spain, has arrived at
Colon for wokk on the Panama canal.
Widow of Russell Sage gives 150,000
to build a echoolhouBe at Sag Harbor,
L, I., in memory of her grand parents.
Fifty-three bodies have been taken
from the wrecked street oars at Atlan
tic City. It is believed this is all.
The English honse of lords has ap
proved a bill making the teaching of
religion compulsory in the English
echoola.
Taft speaks plainly for tariff revision.
Six bodies have been recovered from
4he lost French submarine.
cash balance of $373,300,810.
DALNY OPEN TO THE WORLD
and was led to the assembly hall of
the school where some 240 students
were gathered. President French, to
show that the institution was not a
local high school for Weston, isked
the pupils residing in Weston to arise,
then those whose homes were beyond
was the town. The latter number visibly
Buy
Free Port in Manchuria Can
Many American Products.
Washington, Nov. 2. Dalny
opened to the trade of the world on exceeded the former.
septemDer i witnout any ceremony Pr.cM.nt w.nh o-M mtiarmarA
7LfSJ!L!t EP&"S2,! at of the 138 pupils in the normal
-.T-Th7 T; ;' cZr department, only 22 are residents of
Mr. .Tones savs that manv JaDanese Weston. In addition are 102 young
cargoes have arrived. At present no pupns in tne training department, an
business houses are available, but Mr. from Weston, their studies ranging
Jones says a number of, Japanese from kindergarten to eighth grade The
firms have obtained permission to re- Bee of normal nunlla raneea from 15 to
pair DUiiaings wmcn were aamasea m 27j mo8t of thfm beinj 17, IS and 1,
me taie war urn uiuuiv oi u u. Governor Chamberlain spoke com.
Haste is necessary, however, the Con- mendlngly of the school say ng it
mil navs I wuu'u always nave a iihc in uis
heart. Representative Darey, of Ma
as their staple crop, Mr. Jones says rion, encouraged the friends of the
It Is likely that the Sungari Valley will school by declaring that it is one of
be entirely devoted to wheat ne the indlsnensnhln ndiicatlonal lnstitu-
year, and In consequence, there will tlons of Oregon. Representative Vaw-
ue a uemano lor laruniig iiiuuuiueig. ter, of Jackson, spoke the same sent
a a.io tt, fohrino irov ment ni jocularly said that Governor
nave been received, hut japan is worK- ""u
lng hard for the trade. The Chinese record and that they would be reraem-
want dyed cloths ready to make up, hered when he should pass upon the
and are especially fond of light and appropriation bill of the Republican
dark blue colors. Food Is scarce and legislature. Other speakers were
high-priced and it is almost impossible Senator Smith, nf Umatilla, and J. H.
a. i. 1 1 I
to gei lauor. Raiey 0f Pendleton
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The town of Weston took an after-
Radical Laws for France. noon holiday to receive the visitors
Paris, Nov. 2. The Cabinet has de- At the station, a mile distant from the
cided to include In its Parliamentary school, numerous conveyances were
proKram uie i pure ase oi me wbbiwu waftlng their arrival, to convey them
Railway, and a bill providing for the I . ,'. 4 ,m00,
abolition of the death penalty. War "V , Tr
MiniHtpr Piminrfo ninn for thA rpform ln normal school was evidenced by
of courtmartlal amounts to their en- the appreciation its citizens showed of
tire suppression, substituting therefor the visit of the Governor and the Log
civil procedure in the case of offenses Islators,
punishable by common law, while dls- At tonleht'n dinner Governor Cham.
ciplinary courts will deal with lnfrac- berlaln urged co-operation of Oregon
tlons of discipline. and Washfnnn fnr improvement of
Minister of Public Works Barthous' fVlo , fiWi
project for the revision of the 1 I n
rontemnlntes the taking over by the f !al;mon- Governor Mead responded
state of all mines. rnai ln improvement or tnat river
Washington "ought to co-operate witn
Female and Child Labor In Spain. yur state." But he pointed out tnat
'ALCOHOL, MAKING AND USE.
Bulletins Containing Useful Informs
tion to Be Issued.
Washington, Nov. 1. The United
States Department of Agriculture has
In press and will soon issue two farm,
era' bulletins, Nos. 268 and 269, relat
Ing to Industrial alcohol, the former
treating of its sources and manufao
ture and the latter of its uses and sta.
tlstics. - These bulletins have been pre
pared by Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry, and are designed
to meet the popular demand for infor
mation in regard to denatured alcohol,
relating to which a law was passed by
Congress on June 7, 1906.
These bulletins define in a proper
way what denatured alcohol is, the
sources from which it is obtained, the
processes and appliances used ln its
manufacture, the cost of manufactur
ing, the uses to which it may be ap
plied and the officials of the govern
ment charged with the enforcement of
the law.
The bulletins are illustrated and BTe
for. free distribution. Application
should be made to members of Con
gress or to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
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MnrtrM vnir o Tha Pohinot haa P controlled a (treat part 01 Uie
decided to intrndiipo a hill with the legislative power of Washington. (
object of ameliorating the conditions tftat it was not so well informed of the
of women and children who are com- needs of the Columbia river as ' It
polled to work for a living. might be. v
No Soldiers Need Apply.
Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 1. Two
soldiers of Company K, Eighteenth In
fantry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth,
were refused admittance to a skating
rink here recently and Captain M. Mc-
Farland, commanding the company,
who was appealed to by the men.
wrote a communication to the Military
Secretary of the War Department stat
ing that the proprietor had said that
he would admit soldiers only in cltl
iens' clothing.
Captain McFarland referred the let
ter to Lieutenant-Colonel William
Paulding, who indorsed it by stating
that "It is very unfortunate and to be
deplored that the uniform of the Na
tion's Army should be held in such
lack of esteem by individuals in this
community, and it is to be hoped that
some means may be found in correction."
Badges to Identify Soldiers.
Washington, Nov. 1. Acting upon
the recommendation of Surgeon-Gen
eral O'Reilly, Acting Secretary Oliver
has ordered that hereafter identifica
tion tags of aluminum, the size of a
silver dollar, stamped with the name,
company, , regiment or troop of the
wearer, be suspended from the neck
of each officer and soldier underneath
the. clothing by a cord or thonsr.
These badges will be issued gratui
tously to enlisted men and at cost
price to officers. The imnortancp. of
such badges is shown by thousands of
graves of unidentified soldiers.
RECORDS OF FARTHEST NORTH'.
Commander Robert E.
Peary, 1906 87 dog. 6 mln.
Duke of Abruzzi 86 deg. 34i mln.
Frithjof Nunsen, 1896.86 deg. 14 min.
Robert E. Peary, 1902.84 (leg. 17 min.
A. W. Greeley, 1882... 83 deg. 24 min.
C. S. Nares, 1876 83 deg. 20 min.
W. E. Parry, 1827 82 deg. 45 min.
C. F. Hall, 1870 82 deg. 11 min.
Julius Payer, 1871.... 82 deg. 6 min.
Walter Wellman, 1889.82 deg. 0 ,mln.
New York, Nov. 3. The United
States now holds the record of "far
thest north," 87 degrees 6 minutes.
This feat was accomplished by Com
mander nooert ts. feary, of the United
States Navy. The intrepid Arctic ex
plorer failed to reach the north pole,
as he had confidently hoped to do with
his specially constructed vessel, the
Roosevelt, but he penetrated nearer to
the pole than the Duke of Abruzzl's
expedition, which had held the Arc
tic record 86 degrees 34 minutes.
What Commander Peary did and
his experiences during -the past year
in the north are rather briefly but
certainly vividly summarized in a
communication received by Herbert L.
Bridgeman, secretary of the Peary
Arctic Club. This communication
follows:
Message From Peary,
Hopedale, Labrador, via Twllllngate,
N. F., Nov. 2. Herbert L. Bridge
man. Roosevelt wintered north coast
Grantland, somewhat north Alert
winter quarters. Went north with
sledges February, via Heckla and Co
umbla Delayed by open water be
tween 84 and 85 rWrpoa Tnj or
six days. "o -v,uU o
Gale disrupted Ice, destroyed cache,
cut oft communication with supporting
bodies and drifted due east. Reached
87 degrees 6 minutes north latitude
over ice, drifting steadily eastward.
Returning ate elghf dogs. Drifted
eastward, delayed by open water.
'Reached north coast Grantland in
straitened condition. Killed musk
oxen and returned along Greenland
coast to ship. Two supporting parties
driven on north coast Greenland. One
rescued by me in starving condition.
After one week recuperation on Roose
velt, sledged west, completing north
coast Grantland and reached other
land near 100th meridian.
,t'rmeward voyse incessant battle
with ice, storms and hc-id rin.
Roosevelt .magnificent Ice lighter and
seaboat. No deaths or illness expedition.
"(Signed.) ' PEARY."
AFTER UNION PACIFIC.
Roosevelt Orders Vigorous Action By
iviouaysend Officials to Prison.
Washington. Nov. 31 Whnipania
criminal prosecutions are to be begun
by the Department of Justice against
high officials of the Union Pacific Coal
Company and others, who are alleged
to be- mixed UD in the franrtnlpnt-
acquisition of vast areas of coal land
In Utah and Wyoming.
President Roosevelt h as IntprpnfprT
himself personally in the land fraud
cases and after a careful examination
of the report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which was made
direct to him, he has turned over the
papers to the Department of JnsM
with Instructions to act, and act vig
orously, against all who were shown to
have been concerned in tho fraudu
lent entry and fraudulent acquisition
of land by the coal company and by
the railroad company.
B. T. Marchand, attorney for the
oommission, and ex-Judge Elmer E.
Thomas, of Omaha, are arranging the
evidence for presentation to the Fed
eral grand juries in at least two
places. Indictments will be sought for
perjury, subordination of perjury and
violation of the land acts under which
the coal land, valued at many mil
lions of dollars, is alleged to have been
stolen from the government by the
railroad company for the use of the
coal company, which It owns.
Mint Buys 8ilver at 70.71.
Washington, Nov. 1. The Director
of the ' Mint today purchased 100,000
ounces of silver at 70.71c Der fine
ounce, for delivery at the Denver mint
Utes Depose Chief Ahpah.
Sheridan ,Wyo., Nov. 3. Chief Ah
pah has been deposed. In a trihar"
council today the Utes exprepsed thelr
dissatlsfactlon over their leader's con
sent to a pow-wow with the whites,,
by deposing him and electing the
more warlike Black Whisker in his
place. Black Whisker made an impassion
ed harangue, urging the members of
the tribe to fight for their right to
live. He charged Ahpah with havlng
prevented a junction with the Chev
ennes, 600 of whom, he declared, only
await the- signal to come to thn Utes'-
aid.
Japan's New Battleship.
London, Nov. 3. The Daily Tele
graph says It is reported that Japan
has decided to begin the construction
of a battleship exceeding the displace
ment of the Dreadnaught by 3,000t
tons.