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LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD S. A. THOMAS, PubCshcr LEXINGTON OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Our Bnsy Readers. A Ruumt of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. . Haywood was given a great reception at Salt Lake. Governor Hanley declares that Indi ana is solid for Fairbanks. France has invited Spain to join in an expedition against Morocco. John Burns proposes a British pure food law to fight American packers. A band cf New York Chinese made a raid on Boston Chinese, killing three. Union Pacific will encourage coal mining by independent companies now that it has lost much of its coal land. Irrigation work in California, Ari zona and Nevada will be cut from f 15, 000,000 last year to $800,000 this year. The Alabama secretary of state has declared the franchise of the Southern railrcad forfeited for breaking state laws. Four American school teachers who have just returned from the Philippines via Asia and Eurcpe say wherever they Stopped, in India or other British pos sessions, Japanese were busily engaged in making sketches of fortifications and harbors. Corean soldiers revolted against disbandment and fought Japanese in Seoul, but were quelled. Choate has made a powerful speech for a permanent arbitration court at The Hague. France, Spain and Italy are to send an army to Morocco to put Sown the uprising. Roosevelt will positively not allow himself to be renominated for an other term but will support Taft. The Oklahoma Republican conven tion has nominated Frank Frantz for governor. John Sharp Williams has defeated Governor Vardeman for the Demo cratic nomination for senator from Mississippi. Congressman Jenkins opposes the state rights doctrine and predicts civil war If it is enforced. Haywood will tour the West and address all unions of the miners' federation. Darrow and Richardson, attorneys In the defense of Haywood, cannot agree and one or the other will with draw before the Pettibone and Moyer cases are called. A strike has been averted in the Northern Pacific shops at St. Paul. A wreck on the Illinois Central near Milan, Tenn., resulted in four deaths. The Georgia legislature has passed and the governor will sign a prohi bition law. The mayor and prominent citizens of a Mexican town have been arrest ed for smuggling. The earnings of the steel trust for the quarter ending June 30 reached over $45,000,000. Nebraska railroads say assess ments on their property Is higher than on farm lands. Mrs. Thaw has been reported . as preparing to go on the stage, but she emphatically denies it. The cornerstone of the Carnegie peace palace was laid at The Hague with great ceremonies. Two more women have been killed In New York and their bodies muti lated. The city is greatly excited. An insane man has been captured near St. Charles, Me., who has been living wild for years and who eats grass like an animal. The San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company has given 77 as the correct number of lives lost In the wrecking of the Columbia. A revolt a few miles from San tiago, Cuba, was quickly put down. - Two Jurors say they believe Hay wood Is guilty but yielded to the ma jority. Governor Folk has' removed a Kansas City police commissioner to stop grafting. Great Britain and Germany have agreed on an international prize court at The Hague. Heney Is confident of convicting Glass on the second trial and will not depend upon Zlmmer at all. Demonstrations are being held in many places in Haywood's honor and already there is talk of running him (or president. A crazy man wrecked a Great Northern passenger train near Harve, Mont., because the Almighty told him to do it. One man was killed and several Injured. ANOTHER NEW YORK CRIME, Brutal Murder of Women and Girls in Metropolis Continues. New York, Aug. 2. "The grave yard,'' as the foreign populated neighborhood on First avenue, be tween Thirteenth , and Fourteenth streets is known locally, gave up to day a fresh crime, rivaling in atroc Ity the mysterious butcheries of last week. The latest discovered victim was an 8-year-old girl, and, like the two young women murdered, she had been shockingly mistreated before death and the body mutilated when life was extinct. The three murders were strikingly similar. Last Thursday night woman was strangled in a Twenty second street boardlnghouse; the next morning the body of a still un identified woman, who had been choked to death, was found in an areaway in East Nineteenth street. Katie Prltschler, daughter of a res- taurant waiter, disappeared a week ago today and was killed that night. A ribbon placed about the throat and drawn so tightly that it cut the flesh, showed how she died. Her body was found today. lr the brutality or the murders can be qualified, that of the Pritsch ler gin ranks nrst. She was as saulted, murdered and then her life' less form was horribly mutilated. NINE MEN CHOSEN. Good Progress Made in Selecting Jury to Try Halsey. San Francisco. Aug. 2. Compara tively rapid progress was made yes terday in the trial of Theodore V. Halsey for the alleged bribery of Supervisor Lonergan. Halsey, as former agent of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company, is the second of the public utilities cor poration men to be brought to the bar by the bribery graft prosecution and the indictment on which he went to trial is the first of 13 similar ones that have been returned against him. Forty-eight veniremen were ex amined during the day, and of these nine withstood the qualification tests and were accepted, subject to per emptory challenge by either side, ten peremptories resting with the de fense and five with the prosecution. District Attorney Langdon con ducted the examinations for the pros ecution. He is supported by Special Counsel Hiram Johnson and Assist ant District Attorney William Hoff Cook. Bert Schlesslnger examined for the defense. With him at the counsel table in Halsey's behalf are Delphin M. Delmas and Henry H. McPlke. If Judge Lawlor overrules the objection of the defense to the commencement of Louis Glass new trial next Monday and requires it to go on at that time, Mr. Delmas will probablyi withdraw temporarily from the Halsey case in order to take part in the defense of Glass. Toreado Destroys Town. Victoria, Kan., Aug. 2 All efforts to reach Marquette, reported to have been destroyed by a 'tornado last night, have failed. The Missouri Pa cific Railway telegraph operator at Marquette was notifying the agent at Geneseo, west of there, that the de pot was almost destroyed by wind, and tha t three inches -of water stood in the depot, when the wire failed. McPherson, southeast of Marquette, was reached by telephone. That place had heard the report but could not communicate with Marquette. All other wires are down. Marcmette was destroyed by a tornado in 1905, 27 persons being killed and over a hundred and fifty injured. Rates to West Lowered. Chicago, Aug. 2. Reductions in Interstate fares from all the promi nent places In the East to the prin cipal points west of Chicago and St. Louis will be made August 6 by the Eastern railroads, special permission to do so having been granted by the interstate commerce Commission. Because of the reductions in inter state fares made by the Western railroads, owing to the passage of 2-cent fare laws by many states, pas sengers from Eastern and Western points have been able to save from l to S6 by buying a ticket over Eastern roads only to their Western terminals and then rebuylng over a Western line to their destination. Buy Meat In Australia. Victoria, B. C, Aug. 2. Major O. Long, dispatched to Australia and New Zealand by the British armv council to inspect the packing houses of the antipodes with a view to se curing supplies of tinned meats for the British army, arrived by the steamer Manuka today, on his way to England, via Chicago, (where he win iook over tne packing .houses. He said the supplies in future would be taken in greater quantities from Australia. Major Long said the bus iness in Australia was conducted under wholesale conditions. Trunk With Money Lost. Watertown, Wis., Aug. 2. A trunk containing securities to the value of $200,000 has been found here and is now on its way to the rightful owner. An expressman at Chicago shipped for Otto Heinecken, a teacher of this city, the trunk con taining the bonds andjeft Mr, Heln ecken's trunk at Chicago. Mr. Hein ecken notified the express company which made the exchange with great alacrity. HAYWOOD GOES FREE Jury Deliberated 21 Honrs, Wit Two for Conviction. PRISONER QUIETLY DISCHARGED Shakes Hands With Counsel, Thanks Each Juror, and Goes to See His Mother. Boise, July 28. Into the bright sunshine of a beautiful Sunday morn ing, into the stillness of a city drowsy with the lazy slumber of a summer Sunday, William D. Haywood, the defendant In one of the most noted trials involving conspirpcy and mur der that the country has ever known walked yesterday a free man, acquit tea or the murder of Former Gov ernor Frank Steunenberg. I he probability of a verdict of ac quittal in the case of the secretary treasurer and acknowledged leader of the Western Federation of Miners had been freely predicted since Sat urday, when Judge Fremont Wood read his charge. it was also freely predicted that in the event of Haywood's acquittal the state would abandon the prosecution or nis associates, Charles H. Moyer the president of the Federation, and treorge A. Pettibone, of Denver Statements from counsel and from Governor Gooding issued today dis pel this view of the situation. It was after being out for 21 hours that the Jury, which at first had been divided eight for acquittal, two for conviction and two blank, and then seemed deadlocked at 10 for acquit tal to two for conviction, finally came to an agreement shortly after the first faint streaks of the coming day showed gray above the giant hills which bound Boise to the north and east. The weary old bailiff, who had kept an all-night vigil before the door of the Jury-room, was startled Into action by an imperative knock from within. Events moved rapidly enough after this, and hardly at last the principal actors in the trial had been gathered Into the courtroom at few moments before 8 o'clock. when the white envelope was handed by the foreman to the judge and was torn open and the verdict read. GLASS JURY DISAGREES. Vote Stood Seven to Five for Con- , viction New Trial Soon. San Francisco. July 28. After 1 ballots, In which there was small variation from' the original standing of the body seven for conviction and five for acquittal, the Jury in the Louis Glass bribery case was dis charged this afternoon by Judge t.awior. , There was no disagreement as to the payment of a bribe, but it was contended by the men who voted for acquittal that the crime had not been positively fastened upon Glass. The retrial of the case has been set for August 5. Tomorrow morning. Theodore V Halsey, who acted as the bribery agent of the Pacific Telephone Com pany, will be placed on trial. The prosecution anticipates no trouble in convicting Halsey, and has openly stated that if necessary he will be granted immunity if he will take the stand and tell the truth. The prosecution will lose no time in placing Glass on trial again. If Zlmmer, whose testimony would con vict Glass in two minutes, persists in his refusal to answer questions on the witness stand, he will be pun ished to the extent of the California law, which allows Imprisonment for six months for each such refusal. By this process Zimmer can be given a total of nearly five years in prison. Denies He Attacked Hansen.' San Francisco,' July 29. Third Of ficer Hawse, of the wrecked steamer Columbia, has made a statement in which he denies the charges made against him. Referring to Captain Hansen, he says: "I never did crit icize his conduct, but simply made my report to the United States In spectors of hulls and boilers, in ac cordance with the facts, and ven tured the opinion that had the San Pedro allowed me to discharge the survivors from the boat, I would have had a chance to rescue more." Kill Brutal Husbands. Chicago, 111., July 29. The killing of husbands who beat their wives was advocated by Judge Tuthill in the course of a divorce suit tried be fore him yesterday. Indignant at a woman's description of the inhuman treatment to which Bhe had beea subjected by the man who claimed to be "her master," and aroused by statements that his abuse had taken place in the presence of men who would not interfere, Judge Tuthill declared that in extreme cases vio lence should be met with violence, no matter what the consequences. New Assassination Plot Found. St. Petersburg, July 27. The po lice today unearthed a plot to assas sinate the Minister of War, General Roedlger. Several members of the military organization of the Social Revolutionists were arrested. VESSELS DISREGARD FOG. Desire to Make Fast Time Cause of Many Wrecks. . San Francisco, July 31. The tes tlmdny of the officers of the steam schooner Sun Pedro, before Captain jonn uermlngham today, demon strated clearly that the habit Coast skippers, said to be practically universal, of running their vessols at full speed regardless of the fog was mainly responsible for the wreck or the Columbia and Its terrible con- scquenoes. .Chief Mate B. Hendrlcksen, who was in charge of the San Pedro at the time of the collision, testified that, when he first heard the fog slg nals of the Columbia, he did not slow down and that, when the passenger vessel loomed out of the fog, it was too latej'to do anything but try to maice tne collision as Blight as dos siDie, He appears to have acted with dis patch and good Judgment when he sighted the Columbia; but at that time, according to his testimony, the snips were not more than a boat'i length apart, and not much was nos slble. There was no time to go to starboard. He therefore Jsle'w the danger signal, four Bhort blasts, or dered the engines stopped and threw the helm hard aport. He did not or der the engines reversed, he ex plained, because he honed to throw the San Pedro around so as to strike glancing blow, and in order to do this it was necessary to keep suffl clent way on her. The San Pedro had been making about eight knots, and was probably making five when she struck the Columbia. MOYER FREE ONCE MORE. Bond for Ball Furnished After Lore . Walt for Cash. Boise, Idaho, July 31. After a de- lay of nearly 36 hours, Charles H Moyer, president of the Western Fed eratlon-of Miners, was released from the Ada county jail at a late hour last nlght'on a bond of 25,000 signed by Timothy Regan and Thomas J Jones of Boise. . Moyer will leave for Salt Lake to night in company with William D Haywood, who on Sunday was ac quitted at the murder of ex-Gov ernor Steunenberg. After a stop of a few hours in Salt Lake City, they will proceed to Denver, the head quarters of the federation. It was proposed to file a cash bond in the sum of $25,000, but the money did not arrive in time, and rather than allow Moyer to- remain another night in -Jail, his attorneys decided, after all, to let a personal bond suffice. Steve Adams who was expected to be an important witness at the trial, but who was not called by either side, was taken back to Wallace to await a second trial on the charge of murder there. His first trial re suited in a disagreement. Formal application was made In the District Court to have George A. Pettibone admitted to ball, v The mo tlon was submitted without argu ment, and was promptly denied by Judge Wood. SLY OLD JOHN BULL. Steals March on Uncle Sam at The Hague Conference. The Hague, July 31. The British delegation is working on a proposl tion, which, wheh it is presented, will cause considerable surprise. As al ready cabled, the representatives of the United States have been private ly discussing with other leading dele gates the advisability of the United States presenting a proposition for the periodical meeting of the confer ence, this proposition suggesting that it should meet qulnquennially June beginning in 1912. The British delegation went ahead of the Americans, having already communicated in the strictest secrecy to only a few delegates its proposl tion on the same subject, establish ing that the conference should sit septenially, but that two years be fore the meetlag special representa tives of Great Brltpin, France, Ger many, .the United States, Russia, Italy, Austria and Japan should meet to prepare the work for the conier ence, pre-arranging everything con nected with its organization and the matters to be taken under advise ment. New Line Across Rockies. Helena, Mont.,. July 31. The Northern Pacific has let a contract Shepard, Stems & Company for the building of a new line over the Rocky Mountains west from this city, presumably for the purpose of head ing off the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, which evidently purposes tap ping Helena on its line from Lom bard to Garrison. The route over the mountains will be by way of Mc Donald Pass, and will result in the abandonment of Mullan Tunnel, the longest on the Northern Pacific sys tem. Train Robber Caught. Butte, Mont., July 81. George Tower was arrested today for the holdup of the North Coast Limited In March and the murder of Clow, the engineer. Towers gives no occu pation. He is about 28 years of age. The landlady of a lodging house identified him as a lodger who brought Into her house the night be fore the murder a valise in which was found the giant powder which was to have been used. In blowing open the express safe. I llL PROVOKE JAPAN Movement , of Fleet to Pacific May Bring. War. HOODLUMS WILL START ATTACK With Battleships in Pacific They Will Become Bold and Jipan Will Surely Retaliate. Washington, Aug. 3. There was much jubilation on the pait of naval officers today over the specific and rfii qualifled announcement at Oyster Bay that the battleships of the Atlantic fleet will be sent to the Pacific. Until this statement was made bv authority of President Roceevelt there was a grow ing feeling on the part of naval officers that these veSHels would not be sent around Cape Horn. One of the most substantial officers of the navy believes that the fending of these battleships to the California coast will cause so much irritation that war between the United States and Japan will be the result. They are already figuring on promotions, as hii-tory has shown that advancement In the naval service is much more rapid duting, war than in peace. All naval officers are forbidden to discuss international questions fcr pub lication, but privately they do not Hesi tate to declare that they believe that as soon as the Altuntio ileet starts on its long voyage to the Paciflo the Japanese government will send one of its fleets to the. coast of California or to the At lantic coast. They declare that the presence of the battleships of Admiral Evans on the Pacific will cause the people in that part of the country to become more bold iu their attacks on the Japanese. This, they say, will cause irritation, which they fear will lead to Berious consequences. ADD NEW TRAIN. Southern Pacific Will Inaugurate New .. Express Service. Portland, Aug. 3. Harriman off- cials, both in Portland and San Frar- cisco, are seriously considering placing a special mail and express train on the Portland-ban Francisco run. It is ex pected that a decision will be reached in a few days. Railroad officials are inclined to think the additional service is assured, although',the train will have to be officially ordered by General Mar- ager Calvin from the San Francisco office. The proposed new train will be re served exclusively for handling mail ' and express, and is being considered as an expedient for relieving existing con gested conditions, which, it is said, are responsible largely for the unsatisfac tory passenger service on this branch of the Southern Pacific. This epecial will carry no passengers.J The express business on this line has increased to an extent that it is impos sible to handle it with the facilities that are now provided in the passenger trains and at the swine time make schedule time with these trains. By ccmbining both the express and mail business and handling it with a special train, the railroad officials figure that t will be possible to operate its passen ger trains on schedule time, since it la the discharging and receiving of ex press that invariably delays trains. Eight Injured In Elevator. Cincinnati, Aug. 3. A peculiar accident on an elevator in the Power building, at Eighth and Syca- more streets, last evening, seriously Injured eight persons. The car was running by electricity and a broken connection In a switchboard extin guished the lights and took from the operator the power to control the car. As a result the crowd reached the bottom in safety, although in darkness, and then, by a sudden re newal of power, the elevator went to the top of the shaft so rapidly that the balancing weights were thrown off and in falling struck several pas sengers. Flres'Rage In Foothills. Vlsalia, Cal., Aug. 3. A disas trous fire has raged all day along the foothills ten miles east of this city. The territory devastated will probably amount to 75 or 100 square miles. The entire population is fighting the fire and renorts re ceived are very meager. From here the flames could be seen late at night, climbing the low-lying hills, aDDarentlv still hfvnnil number of barns and outbuildings have been consumed, as well as many stacks of hav nnd p-min ho. sides thousands of acres of wild feed. Bind McGee Over for Perjury. Boise. Idaho. Aue. 3. Dr. T. T,. McGee, of Wallace was bound over by Probate Judge Leonard Thurs- aay 10 answer the charge of per jury lodged against htm certain testimony given by Mm in tne Haywood trial.