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Mexico has withdrawn her demands through to its conclusion in quiet bar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
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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
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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
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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,..
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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." .:. -
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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