LEXIHGTOS WHE1TFIELD
S.A. THOMAS
LEXINGTON
OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Id a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Headers,
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
A Chicago labor leader is accused - of
grafting.
Central Americana welcome Roose
velt and Diaz as peacemakers.
The government may ask for a receiv
ership for the Harriman roads.
A railroad ia projected from the
northern part of Nebraska to the gull
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, says
the West wants to renominate Roose
velt.
All railroads in the Northwest are
granting a nine-hour day in machine
shops.
A greater rush of homeseekers to the
Northwest is predicted for September
than ever before.
Elevator companies in Minnesota
owned by farmers are to be merged for
mutual protection.
The government will need 125,000
tons of coal to carry the battleship fleet
into Pacific waters.
Prince Wilhelm, heir to the Swedish
throne, is thoroughly enjoying his visit
to the United States.
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The kaiser is anxious to have his
only daughter wed Prince Leopold, son
of Prince Henry, of Battenberg.
Portland commercial bodies and the
. Oregon representatives in congress are
working to have the battleship fleet
visit Portland.
The new sultan of Morocco is mak
ing many changes in his foreign minis
ters. A large number of prisoners have
also been liberated.
Los Angeles councilmen are consider
ing a measure which would provide
against the invasion cf indigent tuber
cular patients shipped from outeide
points in hopeless condition.
Nelson Msrris, millionaire packer of
Chicago, is dead.
Four girls were burned to death in a
fire at Oklahoma City.
The Moors have again attacked the
French, but were defeated. . "
Costa Rica has established a quaran
tine against all vessels from. Cuban
ports.
The Wells-Fargo Express company is
moving into its new 12-story building
at Portland.
Cannon says that he is not a candi
date for president ; that he has more
important work to do. '
Many battleships of the Atlantic
fleet cannot enter Puget Sound because
the water 1b too deep to anchor in.
In an address at Los Angeles K.
Ishii, of the Japanese foreign office,
said talk of war between Japan and the
United States is ridiculous.
There is no sign of yielding in the
telegraphers' Etrike. Reports say
many of the strike breakers are about
to desert and oin the men already out.
Mulay Ha fig is leading a great army
of Moors against the French. v
, A German has perfected a new air
ship which gives good success.
Venezuela is defiant against America
and Roosevelt may call on congress to
act.
An American judge in China takes
Chinamen's word against that of Amer
icans. The Union Pacific is again experi
menting with motor cars at its Omaha
shops.
Garfield is back in Washington from
a 10,C00-mJle trip, principally through
the West. He has planned many re
forms. There is a small army of detectives
in Berlin watching noted anarchists at
tending the congress. Emma Gold
man is one of the delegates from the
United States.
The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis rail
road has taken off part of its trains and
will run others as mixed passenger and
freight on account of the two-cent pas
senger rate law. -
A train on the Southern railway was
wrecked near Charlottsville, Va., and
21 persons injured. Every car over
turned and great loss of life was only
averted by the slow speed at which the
train was running.
The Chinese legation at Paris denies
that the dowager empress is seriously
111.
Japanese have siied the city of San
Francisco lor $2,575 damages on ac
count of the restaurant wrecked by a
mob.
JAPAN WILL NOT FIQHT.
Luke Wright Says She Has No Money
lor Gigantic War.
Seattle. Wash,. Aug. 30. Luke E
Wright, ex-ambassador to Japan and
prior to that governor of the Philip
pines, returned . to this country today
on the steamer Minnesota. Speaking
of Japaneee conditions, Mr. Wright
said:
"There will be no war between this
country and Japan. In the first place
I do not believe that Japan is able
financially to wage such a war as a con
flict with America would invelve. Be
sides, it is a fact that the Japanese gov
eminent is sincerely in favor of peace
and will bend every effort lo keep the
relations between the two governments
amicable.
"I hope nothing will happen that
would induce this government to con
sider giving up possession of the Philip
Dines. We must retain those islands
and develop them as they are capable
of being developed. Furthermore, we
need them to strengthen our trade re la
tions with the Orient."
ITO'S REFORM PLAN.
Would Get Greater Revenue From
Cores Out of Land.
Tokio, Aug. 29. An important state
council which was to have been held
today has been postponed until Friday,
owing to the fact that some of the min
isters and elder statesmen from out of
town have been detained on account of
the recent flood and consequent damages
to the railways. The council has been
specially called to consider Marquis
Ito's plan of Corean policy, necessitated
by the new relations established by the
last convention between Corea and
Japan.
The details of Marquis Itos plans are
unknown, but the fundamental points
are believed to consist in effecting a
thorough reform ia the' land system,
which is now in a chaotic condition,
and also the-establishing of a new sys
tem of judiciary and police on the Jap
anese plan. These measures will
naturally be considerable of a drain on
the Japanese treasury. It is thought
that Marquis Ito plans to ask an extra
annual outlay of a little over 1,000,000
yen for a period of five years.
Scared Foreigners Flee.'
Pittsburg, Aug. 30. With their
houses slipping and creaking and win
dows breaking, several hundred for
eigners have deserted their homes at
Port Yue, a suburb, fearing death in a
landslide which threatens to bury Scott
street and 25 dwellings. The trouble
is caused by the digging of a new rail
road cut 100 yards below. The earth
between the cut and the hillside where
the houses stand is underlaid by a soft
shale soapstone, and the whole mass is
slowly moving towards the cut. The
past 24 hours 100 yards of Scott street
dropped 30 feet below its original level.
Anarchy Rules French Navy.
Paris, Aug. 30. A full report of the
senatorial commission on the explosion
March 12 at Toulon, which destroyed
the battleship lena, just published,
charges that the disaster is directly
traceable to irresponsibility, general
indifference and lack of harmoy pre
vailing in the navy. The report de
mands the inauguration cf several re
forms, and says that the various branch
es of the naval service are divided by
jealousy and there is no superior au
thority. Each branch works apart, re
sulting in a state of ansreby.
Want American Education.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30. Tactai
Wan, a mandarin of the second rank,
came to Seattle today on the Hill liner
Minnesota in charge of a party of ten
young men and six young women, pick
ed by the Chinese government for edu
cation in this country. The girls will
be taken by the mandarin to Wellesley
for a five year course of training and
the young men are to enter Yale and
Columbia universities. Some will be
graduated as engineers and the others
given a preliminary training for diplo
matic missions.
Oppose Anti-Japanese Agitation.
Boston, Aug. 30. The Boston cham
ber of commerce today adopted resolu
tions deprecating agitation as tending
to call forth all feelings between the
United States and Japan. It declared
opposition to any legislation intended
to discriminate against Japan or her
citizens.
Will Trap Hostile Moors.
CasaBlanca. Ausr.30. General Drude
has decided to dispach a portion of the
French force five miles south to endeav
or tojjtrap the Moors. The preliminary
trials of 60 prisoners charged with as
sassination, pillage and connivance
with hostile Moors has begun. ,
Sultan May Be Killed.
London. Aua. 30. The T.norl
respondent of the Tribnnn tfilptrrnnha
under reserve that there is a Tumor that
Sultan Abdul Aziz has been assassinat
ed in the palace at Fez.
Mazagan Acclaims New Sultan.
Tangier, Aub. 30. It is announced
that the sultan's brother has been ac
claimed sultan by the entire population
of Mazagan.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES
Scores of Workmen Thrown Into
St. Lawrence River.
DEATHS REACH AT LEAST SIXTY
Structure Near Quebec Was Mile and
Half Long, and Half of It Fell
Without Warning.
Quebec, Aug. 31. A section of the
new bridge across the St. Lawrence
river, five miles below this city, col
lapsed late yesterday, carrying scores of
bridge workmen and mechanics into
the water. It is estimated that the loss
of life is at least 60, and may exceed
that number by 20.
The bridge was about a mile and a
half long and half of it, from the Bouth
shore to midstream, crumpled up and
dropped into the water, Junety men
were at work on this section of the
structure, 'and the whistle jiadblown at
o:S0 lor them to quit work for the day,
when there came a sudden grinding
sound from the bridge midstream.
The men turned to see what had hap
pened, and an instant later the cry
went up: "The bridge is falling."
The men made a rush shoreward, but
the distance was too great for them to
escape. The falling section of the
bridge dragged others after it. The
snapping girders and cables boomed
like a crash of artillery.
Terror lent fleetness to the feet cf
the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, but only a few of them
reached safety before the last piece of
iron wcrk on the south shore was
dragged into the river.
bear the shore the wreckage of the
bridge did not go below the Burface cf
the water and eight workmen who re
mained above water were rescued and
taken to the hospital at Levis.
Ine steamer Glenmont had just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
tion fell. The water thrown up by the
debris came clear over the bridge of the
steamer. The captain at once ordered
out all the small boats. They plied
backward and forward for half an hour.
but there was no sign of life.
The Quebec bridge was begun about
seven years ago, and was to have been
finished in 1909. Subsidies had been
granted by the Federal and Provincial
governments and the city of Quebec,
and the-, estimated cost for work was
110,000.000. The Phoenixville Bridge
company, of Pennsylvania, had the
contract for the construction of the
bridge.
STRAW COMPANY FORMED.
Organized by Pacific States Concern
to Keep Out Rival.
San Francisco, Aug. 30. The task of
showing that the Pacific States Tele
phone & Telegraph company in 1905
sought to prevent the entrance into
Oakland of the Home Telephone com
pany by organizing a "straw" Home
Telephone compaoy and obtaining for
it a franchise was resumed ht the con
tinuation of the Glass bribery trial
yesterday. William A. Beasly, an at
torney of San Jose, testified that he
had bid in the franchise and furnished
a surety bond of $2,600 to the Oakland
council, and then bad signed and de
livered through Halsey all of his stock
holdings in the "straw" company to
E. J. Zimmer who at that time was
auditor of the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph company. Subsequently
the scheme was abandoned and Zimmer
went to the clerk of the Oakland coun
cil and caused the franchise to be for
feited and the bond released. He re
ceived for bis services $100 a month
and about $11 ,000 for expenses.
Delmas elicted from the witness the
statement that the legal papers con
nected with the attempts of the tele
phono company to suppress opposition
had been prepared by the legal depart
ment of the company presided over by
Mr. Pillsbury, who on the stand swore
that this work had been solely under
the direction of Glass.
New Call for Arbitration.
Salt Lake City, August 31. The
Commercial club of Salt Lake City to
day passed and through its committer
on arbitration telegraphed to President
Roosevelt, the presidents of both the
big telegraph companies, the president
of the Commercial Telegraphers' union
and over 50 commercial clubs in various
parts of the country a resolution urging
that the differences between the com
panies and their striking operators be
submitted to arbitration. The good
offices of the local commercial club to
this end were tendered.
Enjoins New Rates to Creameries
Chicaso. Ancr. SI .Judge Kohlsatt.
In the Federal court, on complaint of
14 creamery concerns of the Middle
West, temporarily enjoined 14 West
ern railroads and five express compan
ies from OHtahlinhlnff. fientamher 1.
new rates for transporting milk and
ouirer.
EVIDENCE PILES UP.
San Francisco Supervisors Bribed by
Telephone Company.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. Secretary
Treasurer F. W. Eaton, of the Paoillc
States Telophone & Telegraph company,
was called to the stand yesterday by
the prosecution in the cuse of the Glass
bribery trial. He testified again to the
drawing by him of about $50,000
worth of checks in February of 1900 for
which no vouchers were turned in. He
did not know who ordered the checks
drawn or who signed them. The re
cords thereof were destroyed in the fire.
Cashier William J. Kennedy was
called. He testified to the drawing of
$10,000 and $5,000 checks in February,
and told of the subsequent return to
the company of $7,000 or $7,600 in
ferentially comprising the bribe mon
eys relumed by several supervisors on
demand of Halsey, after the granting
of the Home Telephone company's fran
chise application, according to the
claim of the prosecution.
Mr. Heney introduced memoranda
from five local banks showing the with
drawal of approximately $50,000 in
February, corresponding to the total
amount alleged to have been paid to
the supenyisora at that time. Thomas
E. Sherwin, formerly traveling auditor
ef the telephone company, testified to a
similar $50,000 entry on the books of
the corporation, which he was auditing
when they were destroyed in the the.
JUDGES FOR HAGUE COURT.
United States Proposes the Allotment
Among Nations.
The Hague, Aug. 28. The United
States delegation announces its willing
ness for all countries on the American
continent, including the United States,
to have four judges of the new interna
tional court appointed for the 21 coun
tries of this continent, on the under
standing that thiv reduces the number
of judges to 15. It is understood that
the Americans hope Asia will be allot
ted two judges and Eurone nine.
The examining committee has com
pleted the first reading of the revised
version of th3 American permanent tri
bunal proposition. Mr. Choate ex
plained some doubtful jurisdictional
points. The Mexicaa delegation an
nounced that it opposed the court be
cause it is impossible to secure equality
for all countries in the appointment of
judges.
Ruy Barboso, of Brazil, made a long
speech in which he protested against
the appointment of judges as projected
in tne American proposition. He in
sisted that this question must be settled
in a manner which fully recognized the
equality of the powers. The meeting
was then adjourned until September 2.
TREELESS IN TEN YEARS.
Secretary Wilson Predicts Future Un
less Forests Are Saved.
Chicago, Aug. 28. Secietary of Agri
culture James Wilson, who was in Chi
cago today on his way to Washington
after inspecting the government forest
preserves in the West, declared that if
better care, more general propagation
and a fostering of conditions are not ob
served, the forests of the country will
practically be wiped out in len years.
"Forest fires," he said, "should be
guarded against, and for that protection
the government has employed thous
ands of, men to watch for fires. A per
son can ride for miles through Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and see
barren sections where formerly grew
great pine forests. Fires have wiped
out millions and, millions of dollars
worth of the best of hardwood. .
"President Roosevelt has done much
for the preservation of the forests. He
has added more than 160,000,000 acres
to the forestry reserves and would have
made more had not the last congress
cut him down. He appreciates more
than many private citizens the great
worth ol our forests. The East is de
pendent entirely upon our Western for
ests for its best timber."
Bomb Sent to Cortelyou.
Philadelphia,, Aug. 28. The. ex
plosion of what appears to have been a
large percusion cap in a package ad
dressed to the secretary of the treasury,
George Cortelyou, created excitement
in Nicetown, a substation of the Phila
delphia postofrice, today. The box,
which was collected from a box in the
northern section of the city, was re
ceived by Mr. Roberta, a clerk, who
says it was four inches long by two
inches wide. What was inside the
package, aside from the explosive, the
officials will not say.
Big Fire in Frisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. The book
and printing establishment of John B.
McNicholl, at 615 Sansome street, was
totally destroyed by fire last night. The
firms of Bacigalupi Rossi & Co. and
Main & Winchester, adjoining on San
scme street, also suffered sever p v. nn
did Greenwood, Heise & Co. and H.
Rothenberg, on the Washington street
side. The total Iobs is estmiated at
$60,000. .
Europeans Leave Capital,
Fez, Morocco, Aug. 28. The Euro
pean residents of Fez, excepting the
Germans, left here yesterday for El
Aralsh. They were escorted by troops.
STRIKERSFORM MOB
Drive Wisconsin Telegraph Op
erator From Ills Key,
OFFICE IS SACKED AND CLOSED
Western Union Office and Records at
Arkansas City, Kan., Burned
by Firebugs.
Chicago, Aug. 29. Attacked by a
mob of striking telegraph operator,
John Laux, a non-union operutor In
charge of the Postal company's office in
Waukegan, Wis., was forced to leave
his key yesterday and flee for his lifu.
Thb office was closed last night.
When the strike ordor was issued
Mr. Laux refused to walk out. He was
visited Tuesday by a committee of
strikers from Chicago and urged to join
ia the fight against the companies, but
he refused. Yesterday a large crowd
of strikers went to Waukegan and pro
ceeded to the office. As it entered Mr.
Laux escaped through a rear door and
hid under a barn, where he remained
for several hours while the strikers
searched for him. Telegraph blanks
and others papers were torn up and
thrown around the office and the strik
ers completed the job by nailing a big
sign across the door with the word
"scab" printed on it in large letters,
The Western Union office in Waupke
gan is closed, the operator having quit
when the strike was ordered.
In spite of the efforts of the telegraph
companies to discover the men who are
tamperingwith the telegraph wires,
mere trouble was experienced last night
than at any time since the strike began.
There is practially no trouble in send
ing messages East from Chicago, but
the service to the Pacific coast and to
the Southwest is uncertain.
"If the telegraph companies got com
petent operators they would have less
trouble with their wires," said Secre
tary Wesley Russell. "We know of a
dozen cases where incompetent oper
ators have burned out the wires."
- At the offices of both telegraph com
panies the usual information was given
that all business was being handled
promptly.
Dispatches from Arkansas City, Kan.,
today stated that the Western Union
office there was completely destroyed
by fire. All the records, furniture and
instruments were destroyed and the lo
cal authorities say the fire was of in
cendiary origin.
LUKENS IS WITNESS.
Subjectes to Severe Examination In
Glass Bribery Trial.
San Francisco, Aug. 29. State Sen
ator Russell Lukens was a witness yes
terday in the trial of Louis Glass tfor
bribery and was subjected by Assistant
District Attorney Heney to an examin
ation which could not have been more
severe had he been placed on the stand
by the other side.
Senator Lukens was preceded in the
witness chair by Benjamin A. Pendle
ton and Eugene T. Thurston, Jr., who
were members of the city council of
Oakland in the fall of 1905 when the
Home Telephone company was seeking
a rival franchise in that city against
the efforts of the Pacific States com
pany to maintain its monopoly.
Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Thurston tes
tified to hospitalities extended to them
by Agent Halsey, of the old company,
and by Lukens, who was in ita employ
ment as a lawyer, but no testimony
was forthcoming of any Improper offers
being made to them. The prosecution
will conclude today.
Deep Enough, but Not Too Deep.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 29. The state-'
ment contained in yesterday's dispatch
es from Washington that most of the
water for anchorage in Puget sound is
more than 60 fathoms and that hence
all of the naval vessels coming to the
coast cannot be accommodated here has
called forth theprotestof SenatorfcPiles,
members of the chamber of commerce
and others. They point out that tho
government charts show the harbor at
Bremerton and vicinity has an average
depth of about seven fathoms, with an
extreme depth of 24 fathoms.
V I
1 Cleveland Is Very III.
New York. Aub. 29. It is announced
that Grover Cleveland has amain been
attacked by acute Indigestion, and has
consequently relinquished his idea of
visiting his summer home in New
Hampshire. Mrs. Cleveland has re
turned to Princeton from New Hamp
shire with their children. "