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LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD S. A. TMOM iS, Publisher LEXINGTON OREGON -pn ofjde m la a Cea&ssd Fcra fcr fcgy Iters. A Reeume f tbo Lam Important but not Lees Urtereotb Events of the Put Week. 'S LIFTING OUT PANEL OF JURY. Many Talesmen Deny Prejudice or Knowledge of the Case. Bbise, Idaho, May 10. William D Haywood, first of the alleged nartici pants in the avenging conspiracy by wmcn it is averred the assassination of Frank Steunenberg was Dlotted and ex ecuted, was placed upon trial for his life yesterday. Counsel for state and prisoner entered at once, in business like way, upon the examination of prospective iurors. and knt Htoarlilv at, me tasJt ror five hours. No juror was nnany accepted, but substantial pro gress was made, and the indications at the close cf the session were that arjury could be obtained by the end of next week. The opening day of the trial went , i upeuiug uay or me tnai wen Mexico has withdrawn her demands through to its conclusion in quiet bar on Guatemala. The Harriman Jines have orders for 110,000 tons of steel rails for delivery in 1908. mony, unmarked bv untiBiial incident it was earnest and busmess-like. Its striking feature was the entire absence of crowds or demonstation in Armed b&nflltflt fiTA ronnifaH rt I ofrtA j. w -vvvv w uo wiwuwu, nnu iiie court room more commuting depredations in several sec- than half filled, and the streets'form- """D Vi uua- ing the court house squrae contained The shipping trust deck it will not a single loiterer. The case was never give in to the striking New York halted Shortly before 5 o'clock by the longshoremen. exhaustion of the jury panel, and an An hair t t U u.. Hjo"!. W8. tekfln Until May vjic ii ueeu oorn morning. Meantime, the sheriff will iL"fl S.T . , 18 great reJ01clng summon a special venire of 100 men . uuu ma j. The n men under examination but An enraged mob at Butte made an not yefc Anally accepted or rejected, unsuccessful attempt to lynch an officer were Jcked up under close guard. A Chicago paper claims that Charles H. Moyer, implicated in the Stennen. berg murder, is an ex-convict, having served a term in Joliet for burglary. The Court'of Appeals of New York has granted the attorney general the right to contest Mayor McClellan's seat. Xhe recount of the ballots is now expected to commence Eoon. WILL SPEND BILLION. to Railroads to Make Great Effort Catch Up With Traffic. Chicago. Mav 10. A ways will spend during the present year nearlv $1,000,000,000 inTan extraordi nary effort to secure sufficient equip ment in which tc transport the t 4-L l no i i E. H. Gar. P.h,-rmBn n, ha tia "t .umi. BUI power to Keep i . .. --..v i ttiittii cuuiuiiKjut moving, ana sufficient FIGHT TO A FINISH ONE DEAD, THIRTEEN HURT. men Refuse All Overtures. San Francisco Scene of Bloody Con , rifct Over Car Strike. San FMni.!cn D,ll.,.1. nA r. . May S.-Rioting by wu.. ituuuiduu nauiuaua ailU tar- streetcar strikers and their friends and repeated fusillades of bullets from strikebreakers yesterday marked ' the first attempt to run oars on the United Unit .J j I it, . . DMlfT tflDrr io n,.nrn.,.rwil,,u""HBinceuieBCrllte The iuliul lUllbt Id IMUrilllA I r. movement of a freight r imm . para was the signal for obstruction of the track by a mob aud for a shower of missiles aimed at those who operated the car. After running onlv half block the car was taken Wir t n,o ivhlw VV VAAV barn. Having thus made a test, thn nnm an Jjrancisco, May 11. The street- Pany at 2:30 p. m. sent a strln nf car Birme has developed into a fight to 8even passenger cars out of the Turk a finish. Neither side is willing toac- and Fillmore street barns, manned by cept aratration and the oitizene' com- armed strike breakers. Their appear mittees appointed to secure Industrial anoe was the signal for renewed rioting, peace have been unable to find anv Brickbats, paving stones and all mun. basis of settlement. It lias Wn Aa. ner of missies m wi,i otf,. monstrated that the present police force by a pursuing mob of several thousand, is inadequate and thak stmnuAr mop. n nm will V " 6U"'UB uu cars retaliated UreS Will be neceSfiarv tn inanra a. non. L ,., eral resumption of service, if the strug- W " T' hlt ltB mark' The . uui ucvniuo inuie lunous Mayor, However. Declares Den.rt.l - i ment Is Competent to Cope With the Situation. gle is conducted on present lines the Wish vesterdnv nf tl.a rTnifd Railways officials was to run a string of cars from the barn at Oak and Brod erick through the burned district and north on Markpf-, at root tn ik building, but the . - - - v ' v v. uouoruueui could not be O btalnfwi uuiuproimse two cars were run as and the guards retaliated with several fueillades, which caused the death of one man, wounded one fatally and 12 less SenOUSlv. After mnnino a fo,., blocks the cars were returned to the barn and the attemnt tn nnornfo tha nee I. ... . ; .f As . ttDanuonea Ior the day. far UU1" pJCKtia went amonghe mob, HUNDREURE LOS! Frencli Steamer Goes Ashore on Coast of Uruguay. VESSEL AND CARGO WILL BE LOSS Heavy Gale Makes Rescue Difficult. but EffortsSAreSStill Made to Reach Survivors. into the burned distnVt r.o,nn Imploring them not to throw stones. street, being operated on Oak, Stenyan, They J??re jeered b union men and i'age, levisadero and Sutter strefitu. "'P'zers. xne police with one This route was covered twice. On the exiePt)0n did nt even draw their clubs. States Steel corporation, tmva if mil roads would use heavier rails there would be fewer accidents. The heavy cars now used by the roads cause fre quent oreaKage ot rails. The death list in the steamer Poitou wreck is placed at 48. From an unknown source Princeton university has received a gift of tl. 200,000. There is some suspicion that an ex rails for both the equipment Land the power to run on. t It is estimated that, if thn turers are equal to the test, between 340,000 and 350,000 freight cars will be added to the tctal equipment of the railways of the United Htntpa. fniiv 5,000 passenger coaches will be built and over 6,000 locomotives will be added to the steam power which is now available to the railroads. These fig ures mean mat every shop and every ..uu.wvu uuat au ca" i " v.... uuai t j ouvp uiiu every pert jury fixer is at work on the Hay- P'oat where these utensils of commerce Wnnd 111 TXT of PIflA I OVA win . tn J ' . . are manufactured must, mn rinv nA uigns in tne united states, in Canada and in Mexico, and that some ' of the steel mills in other lands will get a substantial reflex of this prosperity. wood jury at Boise. JJTwo volcanoes in Sicily, Stromboli and Etna, are in active eruption, caus ing terror on all sides. One of Germany's leading papers editorially predicts war between Japan and the United States. An excursion of Omaha business men will 'make a tour of the Northwest. There will be 125 in the party, which win start June 2 A suburban nftosfmcpr train nn tv, Burlington rod was wrecked six miles PT8 t0g,e' D SOme middle out of Chicago. One passenger ia Und' ? ,coclu8ion ' decision . has killed and a number injured l ?"!vedtai and no concessions have , mjurea. been lntlmated Qut of whieh compro. Colorado men are endeavoring to mising might grow cr settlements be nave patents to several thousand acres made; ' of lard set aside because it is plaimed The executive committee of the com- the lumber companies obtained posses- mittee of 50 appointed by Mayor sion fraudulently. Schmitz held a secret meeting vester- Passengers at New York wishing to day afteraoon and at its conclusion re- er, that a plan for whole nnmmittaa woo partially formulated. No Peace From Strikes San Francisco, May 10 There is no peace in sight for strike-harrassed San Francisco. Despite thn vi vnrnna ana unremitting ettorts of the peace makers, comprising citizens' commit tees appointed to bring employers and nret trip mounted police acted as out riders, and more than a score of patrol men rode in auromnhi lence was onered by the crowds. On the second trin thn cers were withdrawn as an experiment uo uBtermine the temper of the crowds Missiles were hurled from buildings ami several persons were injured. An assistant to PrnslnW 111 said today ha had fiflvpral hnnrlfa strikebreakers, motormen and conduc tors. Quartered in th flnmnflnv'a name and that they are competent to operate practically the fit! fir ft atraetnar avcfarvi Mayor Schmitz said the police depart- luen is competent to conn with t.ho situation." Chief of Police Dinan said his men will preserve order. Mean time the Population of Ran FranMa is deprived of a sreetcar sarvi. and anV. jected to the alternative of walking or paying nve prices lor a wagon service. Eeduced to an arithmetical aspect, me problem is simply this: If50po. lice are required to afford safe conduc t 10 two Streetcars dailv nvnr air miloa nf 1. l I itbck wnen no passeneers urn carr or! how shall 200 cars be operated in pas senger traffic ever 250 miles of tracks with a total force of onlv '. 00 nnH. not more than half of whnm duty continually? That the running of iwu or nree cars a day may constitute the entire streetcar servicn for n nlfv nf 300,000 people, for an indefinite time is perrectiy apparent unless an adequate protective iorce is supplied. cross the ocean are carrying their own 8f ! ' baggage on board vessels on account of erstood, how the longshoremen's strike. Tmi.ht ia submission to the Thev attfimntfld to Hia. suade the mob from violence, but only two of them used force and thnv Hid u so effectively that thnv c,l narprl Mia n-nv for the cars for the time being. The police arrested 13 of thn HtriltBhmnVo for shooting, but made no arrests among the mob. That the many bloody events of yes terday may be repeated with even more results was the rear expressed the Hi? LZfJTt -ed 0 Passen today includes another atrfimnt: tn . sume the operation of its' system. This onciupt, auL-uruing to uenerai Manager Mullalley. will bemadn SfifTio Hma in meiorenoon. He declined to statfl at Montevideo. Urnifnav. Mnv ft 'n, r- r j J v t Alter breach transnnrfc Mnritlmo pifnn -IT ..... vvu, IJUtlfl Marseilles April 6 for this port, has been wrecked off San Jose Ignacio, on the coast of Uruguay. She Is stood to have hud 300 passengers on. board, and. according to 1 lit a rnnnrfn nearly 200 of these have hnnn and are on their way to this city. The vessel and her cargo will probably prove a total loss. The casuality list has been reported ab 100, but this has not boefin nnrrnhnrA.. ed. The thing possible to succor tlm nh ed people. San Jofe Ignacio is a small rm-kv promontoiy surrounded by reefs, 21 miles west of Cape St. Maria, on the southeastern cc-ast of Uruguay andi about 50 miles from Montevideo. The vessel was driven on Mm yesterday. She lies 30 yards from shore. A heavy gale has been blowing lor several da vs. and is nt.iii rtftnf inn ing. This renders the work of retcue very difficult. The efforts to get th remainder of the to land are being continued with untir ing energy. Panic broke out on linn rJ iha .rooali - ' VVDDC&J when she grounded, and a number of terror stricken people 'jumped over board. According to ft rfinnrf. a nmnluiv. of women managed to swim nahn but many were drowned. It is known that customs officers at Eincon de Per- 8AN FRANCISCO CARS RUN. what hour or to discuss the plans in this respect. company's TRAINROBBERS ARE FOILED. Heavily Guarded, Two Make Trip of About Six Miles. San Francisco, May 9. The police for the first time sinca iha Mmmon,.. - - - " ui ment of the str?etcar strike furnished, actual protection yesterday afternoon for two of the United Railroads' cars manned by 21 strikebreakers, and as a. result of this protection these cars were- run over six miles of track without the- Stung to Death by Ants. piling up on the docks and thousands oi ooxes oi citrus fruit has been ruined. Russian Socialists are to hold a con vention in England. Nine lives are reported lost in the tornado which swept Texas. Union teamsters of Los Angeles are on strike and all other organizations of the city may join them. The Imperial council of Mystic Shriners is in session at Los Anirelfls. I DAA.4.1. 1 ' . - . . a ccoiuo is worKing tor the next con clave. .IA new Irish home rule bill has been introduced in parliament. Absolute control of eight departments is granted by the bill. . A San Francisco maniac killed six people with a shotgun. He decjares they were, trying to poison him for his insuranoe. Robbers Trailed Into Butte. Butte, Mont., May 10. Two men who are believed to be th Nnrt.h f!n00f train robbers have benn the summit of the continental divide to a point on the flats below Butte, where me wan was lost. Their dosmrintinn corresponds so much with that of the two bandits, even to the footprints iuuuu m me snow, that thn nffir-ora I w" HIQ aimost positive they are the fugitives it was. announced at the Northern racino orhce tonight that the reward offered for the capture of the two men nas oeen raised to 5,300. In a collision between a freight and passenger tram on the Mobile & Ohio railroad at Percy, 11., eight persons ncio JiijurtJU. Butte Chinese charge the police with burglary. The Orientals say officers are in the habit of visiting their stores frequently and helping themselves at the point of a gun. A New York arand inn haa Jnitj the Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific, the vuiano oc western, the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul, and the Western xranau company for giving the Ameri can Sugar Refining company frdight A new revolt has started in Morocco. There are still many Russian soldiers in Corea, The National Tuberculosis convention is in session in Washington. The aid of Pennsylvania constabulary has ' been asked to preserve order at Pittsbursg, where a machinists' strike la on. 1 Undesirables Will Parade. Chicaon. Mow in Tk nut - n, j v. 4ud vijicbuu Dym pathizers of Moyer and Haywood, the accused officials of the Western Federa tion oi Miners, decided tonight to hold a parade Sunday, May 18, as a protest oKUiUBt i-resiaent Koosevelt's utterances regarding the nmnn nffinmia r... man who participates in the parade will "" ouuon bearing the words "un desirable citizen." .:. - 1 i Relations to Continue. Guatemala. M.v in Th .:ji ui Guatemala, wnen questioned today rTess concerning the report that diplo matic relations between Guatemala and Mexico had been terminnWi aA tt, " bMV WO report was unfounded. British Aid to Jamaica. London Mav O.Tha Tirifiot, uieui, nas aeClUfid to mnta Tamo.'n. . Slit Of 1750.000 tfinnaiof tV0tUKU- of Kingston to recover from the effects or tne recent earthquake. Will Entertain Peace Conference. The Hacnn. Maw in Tk i '. hOUSe Of ParllBmBnt troator.lQTr 140,000 for the reception of the dele gates to the second peace conference. Engineer Loses Life in Saving Passen gers Prom Destruction. ' Butte, May 8. The North Cnaat, firing of a shot Limited east bound train of the North- Fou.r ?"en' one of th a strikebreak- em Pacific Railroad company was held ElSw exlc?nS up early vestfrdav mnmino h f, m. . . ... . . w?re 'njured. ii ,71 ' iuen was iniermittent hurling of mis- maeked men near Welch's spur, a eid- Biles by union crowds at .t.in. t.. ing 18 miles east of Butte, and Engi- alon8 the route nd for two or three- neer James Clow shot dead and Fire- u 8 a mob of at lea8t 1'000 men and. man James Sullivan shot thrcugh the ZUU: IT "'iV??' ""8. calling arm. Without making an fn "JZTZ. ""'" nonunion . men to- blow up the express ear" T J. n ca,s and flK" a"d cheering.- dently intended, the two robbers jump- ISSSSZ f Z T6 T' H frnm k .i . . nnother the cars were brought temnor- Puerto Cortez. Hr . m 1 1 7.T " uuwu u.e to a stop. , .n) m 4. t iuwuuwui OJUU UiDct IJUcUnillc 111 ft fcTU 1CI1 I A ff at I L j.1 ,,nuBUvciuuieui, is commuting un the tender oi the locomot he was strppta Mi MHoii Tr , .T or,u unspeakable outrai?PH and otmnitioc I f,,n,i fniD .: ... . streets, Mr. Mullally. stated that ran. Even women and children are not being powder, intended for use in blowing xMtX t7' J1 spared. A family of 10 was massacred up the express car. 3M " n9 to dlvulKe fctie rtart- by Guatemalan soldi ing time or give the route in adva nc.fi.. City by order of the government, when aged to elude about 15 officers scouring liTJJ'Ll str'kebreakers who- the mountains in the vioinir.v nf t. A7. . " a"' jrora Kentucky. hold-up. Officers returning from the JrJS!..!"0 spur state that the trail was lt h t.h :77V", V" in luesoay-g. prison dogs on a road leadin to ? " Tnle.a on P where the bandits had sprinkle a , ?" wou,d ease- quantitv of red pepper. Th nffiP T" ll aeatns ? nve, as James have a number of frh hnn,fa TTJZ l" Qiea AUeEUay .1 ' Many of serve and the hunt will h . ie otneM amon.B 'njured have- JOSe OJevora innnrmrl ifa h v . VH s un vjr miougn political activity. Abitz Crec care, one of Cabrera's political oppo nents, near Livingston. ni KaA . stake in the middle of a hill of poison uub nuts, wnicn stung him to death Deep Snow In Wyoming. Laramie. Wvn. Mv ii days a snow has raged in the Southern VTT . . . Wyoming mountains, nnrl anmw ia' ov en feet deep on a level. Since April 15 been removed to their homes. A ance Not Aimed at America. Paris, May 9. M. Knrinn t.ho To anese minisler, stated that the series of Give Back Their Coal Lands. Denver. Mav 8. Thromm thA in. the sun hasot flhnn a t .'Z P'1"' lf iais o the depart- anese minisler, stated that the series nT has not ceased a moment. T The temper " LTt. " iD eatle8 between Great Britain. ance, ature has been beTweTzerc fand 10- Japan, guaranteng tfi- grees below durin that tim. Tfc i t.h. .7, uw u?"0 -v.uruey uene- wrr tonal status quo in the Far East. most remarkable storm that ever visit.: hack to the ZZ 'lZT S?f. ? tween 1,000 and 2.000 acres ofVrv 1 valuable coal lands in Routt pnnntv m !mj h,ti.;i. . ,.,nr Colorado, for which nearly tmooZS had been offered them, the nrohahln WlrW Ko " . T uaco a UUJ1D aiK5l creiui was tne nrst to treat the Japanese pnnanltintinn uritK in I i . ,. . lcDO -"..uiuib diuiui ixiau I ed the Wyoming mountains. Unrest In India Is Growing. Lahore. India. Mav 11. Thn nnliti cal unrest here is assuming graver nro. portions. The authorities are drafting iroops or an arms, and have issued proclamation prohibiting meetings of every kind. A sensation was caused today by the arrest of a mominent law yer In the Punjaub. He was immedi ately deported to another province. Fire Loss of Half a Million. New York. Mav 1 1 Viva mtntnA c l0S8 estimated nt tfinn nnO tnnioht in the building at Sixth avenue and Thir- teeum street occupied by Shepnard. Knapp & Co., dealers in furniture and carpets. Many oriental rugs were de stroyed. . More Strikebreakers on Way. Denver. Mav 11 Sir nnrlnadq nf strikebreakers on their way to San Francisco passed throiich Danver nvnr the Union Pacific railroad this after noon. Thev were tninnd hfirA hv a number of men mr-mited hv 1.W agents in this city. peo- Trains Crash In a Fog! TITl Ii TIT TT ' vrueenng, vy . va. Mav a In a dense fog early today the New York. umcago expiess jno. i, upon the Balti- pie on a footing of equality." I Immigration Board's Plans. ' New York, May 6.-.The committee appointed by President Roosevelt, Vice. xioomeiii rairDanEsand Speaker Can--4 more & Ohio railroad crashed intn a n7 17 " "T BPeaker .Uan- ...p . VA,D, eiwiiu its worK to the lead ng emlgra miles east of here, k l ing fonr nf tho Winn ntt-u. v , , .' ra , . .... . I ui jiiujuue ana nas made ar. railroad men, seriously injuring three rangements to sail from Boston May 18.; otners, and slightly injuring five pas- for the Meditwran pan An fka sengers. The emrinfi. hno moil P. u ouier- lJ - ra 1 oo"Ovl . I , ttuu oiprtras vara were aemousnea, but me passenger coaches and the s ennnFa r r, .. .. .. were uninjured. ' nv'r" . i wTTl , ' e'x story ouiidmgr , 000 Hodcrrier. Join Striker.. ffim'tlLS Chicago, May 8.-Twc thousand hod- company, wholesaln 7? L,An earners . and building Jaborers today collapsed this morning, the S fan!" joined the strike of the brick avers. A ino mnn) tk IL. " , a JS .Iau. speedy settlement i, predicted. The canno Tei ZJZT.' . total number of men now out is about The employes had not reported for work i00U0, x- .. andnoone was inmrort