The Oregon mist., May 03, 1907, Image 1

THE
OREGON
VOL. XXIV
HT. HKLKNS, OKEGON, FIUDAY, MAY 3, 1907.
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Casy Readers.
A R.aums of th UM Important UA
Not Ls lntrnng a..
of IS Pt Wk.
A .em-ml irlk U threatened. In
France nt a rwlprorlly llty
with the t nito-l HlaU.
Tin- Mlntieaola Scent rate ltob
fought I')' railroa.1.
Ti French ml ethlblt lift opened
A in- ru n n m the brat exhibitors.
An insult to the army ha eamwd a
rn. llis HuMilau cabinet and
lull J.llllll.
It iwlinuted Uiat th diamond
tnwl t. yng tul lr lhr 400 pet
root profit tin year.
A vrwit mnllon machine, lo
vnir. by t'alitornui man, ha bn
Ml. t.i Htaiutard Oil people lot f 10,
OUil.tAW. rwretary Tail y lie wilt be ffwilljr
ititpriwl il the canal is not flnl.htd In
tlKlit yrf n-i nlll best grtly
rlHl If limahc-d Suotief,
The fulled Hlttlr court ol Appeal
it M 1 1 h confirmed the finding
of the ! r court fining evrrl peck'
li t riiitilra for afi-rptint; freight re
tali Member l I lie Canadian govern
nnt r grvatly eancrn-l over Uie
iiuui: t itie . I ruin In Alberts
ul Hitu-li Columbia. Tin-it ln
nt..tr.kn law, but III miner lo
nun .tilt mi Individual.
J.tii.- It. Forakor, tiothrof Hrnator
Furakcl, la dead.
Vh- Pmildeiit tatrbanks opp-sw
aU-ilute stale right.
Mi tiro ami Ouatemala r about to
In'-xitr niv Ived In a conflict.
Hy-lney Olivier, tlit new governor ol
Jamaica, ta an avowed aorlalUt.
Trlp miner -r drownrd In
d mine al Johnatown, I "a.
Ilui.-i- ll .miiIII.I rf Ifarmanfl
ill nulls liu tlifli-tem will Ilia Ol
(in laml t'uro.
Tn!l la ml-l to hair nnouin.) lilt
II l iiit-it- to run Inr pteaUit'tit ihuulil
Die rli. n. com lilt way.
Th- tri-a.ure clirtt ol lnil XVI,
btiri.-! Win n ha left Vtraalllr Utt Tall
ni'irn ilwii 1 iK) yr n ago, haa brcn un
laMlml. lU.ilin tr ar eninM,ntln; unfa
voralily n lTlnca AiiKlat Wtlhelm'a
lr j.- ir-t vlil to the United Hiatal to
n-urti an Aiuvrkmn luoallun.
A m w iiwivr miiit hat tartI In Ire
n , mul i iiiiriliii rapidly ihU-h
. k ! ih klakiliitt) l!iJe(enilwice i'l
tie Iri.h, Knglaml U touivahal
lriin-l.
H-M k- frllwr hat ilven annlher 2,
0i u,(hm) lo t'lilraito unlvcraily.
A 1-iiiK diRlanea balloon Bl;hl (rin
Hi ImiI. to WaahlntfUM la lo Iw l-
lrniilii.
Jani- lliirtMt llatnmonil, prealilent
nl Urn llmi-iiioriil Typewriter oumnyi
ll ILII.IMU,
An Btli'mpt waa Rile b wreik a paa
iik, r train on tha Houtherii railnaul
u-ar Harria mry, N. 0.
Invi Wil.M.1, dinner preaiilont ol
Din iMUwara A Iluilaon rallruaJ com
iny, ha committed tuloldo.
I'iwIhI anlliorilii after InxiieetliiR
!'' I mall am expr Mllrullun and
no duiilit all now tar will hereaftei be
Umdv of ateul.
The Kan Fratidaco Ijilxir eonnnll
pimed maiiliitliiiia condeninlnR Hcian-vi-lt
for III Hand In the Moyer IVtll-b-ino
wood caae.
AM iln aein to point to anotluii
n-voliillon lu Uualemal In tho near
future. One party ha gona o lar
to furin a provlHional govorniuent to be
ria.ly fur emerironcle).
Tim Itrlllnh cabinet ha offeied la
llkht eotHMHiilon to Ireland.
Harrlinun plana a double track line
but ween Taoouia and Portland.
A nanii of or ttilove haa been cap
tured at Ooldlleld, Nev.- They had Ml
pound of high grade ore caohed.
A hill for Pollah autonomy ha been
Introduced In the Humlaii dounia.
The treanrer of tho Woonaooket, It.
I. , eleotrto company baa erabewled
lua.ooo.
Lumlwr handlew at th Vancouvr r,
II. 0., mill have gena ou itrlka for a
ihnrtur day.
Oennrn 3. (Iniild favor railroad loill-
latlon, but doe not like Ut Idoai of
2-flunt fare.
The front of an eluhUtory Chicago
hnlldlng ool lapsed without warning
No on wa hurt.
Btnyvoaant Flnh, dlreotor of the
Gould Mad, aayt the eomlng crop will
be a hard one to move, a tne rai
age I aa lorlou aa ever.
There will be a meeting attemlod by
dolegntea from all part of tho United
Htatiw linl.l in Wmililiwton early In
May to diaoua way and moan of ernil
Ica'.ing the white plague.
ARMfcO FORCES FOR CUBA.
All fitment Oppoi Plan for Lrg
Standing Army.
Havana, April ID. The plan of
Uniting Culn aimy of U mwmen.
aurguiil hy th g'"tral luff of tln-Anixric-ni)
at my, I mol attian-tlve to
thai element of the ( nUn xiplt
wlilih I fund of the gold lane and re
galia of the NiMiiiali-Aimrii'aii armli-a
Itut aiming the cunwrvetlve rloionnte
the plan eioltea rrally Iim Iniprral
titan Ilia prwedtlig on lo rrrrult the
rural guanti up to 18,000 men. The
latter plan vlgorniuly oppourd,
evtn ly tli l.ltM-ral, who, It wa np
pnwd, would have jumtit-d at the oik
IMiiliinlty fur a lvilt ditriliutloii of
palrunage, anil while llie ulamling rmy
whem lia been framed to meet their
tiliM't(i, the aptwri'iit l(tiiMjtftt(liiy
of thl amiliipllahiiieiil ha iwiuhkI it to
I m-elvrd with oim-lhing ery like
tiriion.
tiiivermir Magmin. who lu iM y l
been advlaod uf miy Int- iitiuii uf tin-
War ilrpnitnirht lo Uipl the rlali rte
program uf the geurral alaff, due not
U'lletr It p-oellilii to hrlng lo Hu
ll I ml of I'uU I2,(HH) wildler wlrn
.l.all p-ime up U the taudnrd of the
l'olle.1 Htati-K army. Thl Uew i fully
haml by C'uUix cH-nnifl In mill
laiy affair.
ABANDON STEAMER AT SEA,
Lucltar 0prlig Leak and Craw Ha
lo Laav Her.
Falmouth, April SO.-Th Ilrilirh
Mramrr Hagml, Iwm Ntw York, April
IJ, lol ItotK-r.lam, arrived here Ulay
and lndl the rrrw of the ateamrr
l.nclfer, Umnd from New York for Dub
lin, which aa ebamlimed In latitude
10.111 north, longitude DO wrat . Mem-
brra of the I.urifi-r'a crew aald it aa
dleruverid April S that th verael'
hold wa Oiling with aatr. The
lnni were tiianned, but the U-r
galnnl. The tmmrr dill fed lielplre.
Die raplaiu onliml all tlie ioai
forked with pmvium for l!dayt
and made irady for invtant u. A
keen lixik'Hit wa kept ami llirre oayt
later the erewwa rellevrd lo eee tnr
lighla of two pawing viwel. Their
dlalima igril. however, were not
wen, and a part of Ihe rrgt wa jrl
lianned to llgl.lrn the ael and kerp
her afloat, iltnngh it wa evhUnl tie
entild not rurvlv murh longer. Fin
ally alter a week th Hamiiiil wa lllit-
ed and the crew traimri-red. Miortiy
Itrr tin the l.ucifer foundered.
HURL STONES AT UEQATION.
Mt.ictn Aulhorlllvt H ghly Indignant
al uutlamaian moo.
Meioo City, Me., April 30: Ka
Heme indlgnaliun haa Iwen eau-d hrr
.. ,i.. rt H,ai Aiiii-ru-an and
Mrti.-n Imalioli In (iuatemal Cty
liav lin-n aluned hy a mob of eeveral
,nn Tliere 1 evidently a
atrong Inclination U give rreoence to
lie report.
Meiiran troop are being mohlhreil
on the tlnaleinla frontier, which In be-
irve-l to lie hlhly lgnincaitl. inougii
l.. Wmr .l.ituitniimL ha ttaleil thi ir
only a movement to lnnre lrict tien-
. . . !. .......
trality ami p'oieri .ni'iran mm
iitaimit remote danger from marauding
land. ... ,
lr....,i. .re enrrent h.-rethat M llll-tr
Omioa. rei-n-aeiillng Meilco in (inate-
Hl, h lert thai eouniiy aim nw
,U) Meilonn territory the reault of
Ulion with the (ahn-ra govtrniiient
WILL TALK TO ROOStVtLT.
Central Faeerated Union Committer
to Ak lor a Confrere.
30. The Central
Federated union t-lay, Instead of unan
Immiely cundenmlng the preeident f'l
hi dion in the Moyer-llaywoiJ mat-
kun rmtniti-d. aUHul about
evenly divided on the qtietiun which
. a 1 a I .... ull lt ltt tin
ha itiriwl laoor miiHiia ","' "".
country. Tho dicoion, wnicu
mora than tlinni nonr. we. . -hitler
avei heard at a Central re.ltt on
union mceling. The nam It wa. th
the meeting, repreeentlng more limn ;
100,000 wotKera ni ,iibiiu"".
th,.t a committee of three go
. I i..... . l..yrl..to-hllirt tain
liKion ami im
.-i.i. i .1.1.... It.Kwnvell rugarding hi
Will ,." ... I
critlclmu of Moyer und Hay wood.
Chan. A'aikan Mall.
o .-i.i- vv-l, A in II 30. John 1
Clum, potmatert Fiilrhaok. former
ikwUI liiHpccior in i'ii.'v - -
I11.H', and regnrle.l a ono of ihe w
poetal olliclal In the North, ha. W
nvominendHthna will, the 1'or. oilHe
department that If carrie.1 oui an
vii ntionlae the handling oi a.
winter mail. Ho W tlio atwno.m-
ment ol the l'i'Uiii roiue v .....
White I'iih road and l)awon, dwdarmg
the route by way ol y -ie wu.
from three to lx week' time In dellv
ory of inaiU lo lower ukonpointa.,
Witt Offer CrltlcUm.
ui r.,,Mhunr. Anril 30. Count
WltUstheex-premler, In a
Uttloepeech before the council of the
empire tolay delt with th question of
Uiestatnt. In rj-gard to expert a- Ut
lg eoinmiltM In the douma. He t
Vr,'": . of the cm-
oaiieu win i-ri" - .
action 1 hailed with approval.
Scurvy In Famine Landa.
t ntcsburg, April "Onry
h Inereawl grc.f.y In th. '""g
trli-t An urst meeting of tne go'
nulled for tomorrow following tne re
oe n of a telegram from Zerortvo, nje -Went
of Ufln P'vinco, repo.twg f.OOO
and at king for aid.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
RATE IS ILLEGAL.
Railway Commission Rndr Opinion
Agslnil boolhtrn Pacific.
Ha lent Aftr due and mature delih
nrntioii Id Oregon llailroad cointiili
Ion ha reiiilcnxi It opinion fltnllng
ihe f rate fH-r ton of 2,000 pound
un rough green 111 lumla r from Port-
10-1 lo Han Hum-in. o ly point, 1
eiecwaive, diiu'riiiilniii- ry and contrary
U the rulra, onlera and regulation of
the Inti-mUte ('.'tniiii-rie law, and, mi
le thfl Houtherii I'aclflc coininy rc
utorea Hie old ml ol 3,1U M-r ton
upon thi) an ii ie iniiinlity "wltlilu a
leaeonalile length of time," al-out two
k U-lng ronaldered "reniioijalile"
hy the rommlnrioii III thl luxe, Ihe
nw w ill he placed U fore the Inter
itnte Conimeri'e comnilwioti through
the iii'-liuin of the attorney senvral of
Ihe Rtiite.
Thi opinion 1 the oiiliuinii of the
hearing of the coiuplHint of the Wont-
on) Dregou luiiiler JlanufmtiireiM
aiUKcintioii TiiinLiy sgnlnat Ihe Mouth--rn
IVillc's (dion in putting into
ttflm-t the 5 rate, April IK, to curtail
the umlimrahle trallic in luuiher from
interim point southward.
Whether or not the Southern Pacific
era fit to give heed to thi finding and
uggeation remain to Iw seen, hut il
alill leave Ihe uueallon of a flat rate
if II per thouaand from valley lioint
to Portland undecided, and this move
ment, which it ht-ing agitated by the
lley mill men, Is foreign to that em
bracing the interstate rate, and muat
he brought before the rommlwion uu-
ter aeparutc complaint and petition.
TO ENCOURAGE DEBATING.
Slat Library Commission Propose
lo Furnish Books for Work.
Kalem Debating llhrarir and the
orxaniatlion of a syatem of debating for
tiie high school ol the state, which
means practically the harmonising ol
the Hiate university, the Library com
mlmioii and the puhlic schocll of the
tale in that line of educational develop
ment, w what the Oregon Library
rommiaaion decided to Inaugurate at
the last regular meeting a one ol the
principal new feature for the ensuing
veer.
The commiiwion will enlial the co-
oprrailon of the high school of the
state In the ilelintiiig icaiure, aim win
furnish all ol Uie Ixnik and literature
from whl.h to obtain material when
-H-rle of debate will be outlined and
followed out. The serin will close
with a punt debate at tho university
het seen the winning school teams of
Kasternand WenU-ru Oregon for the
stele championship.
These delwle will embrace all grades
of ai-hool work shove tho ninth, and a
operate plan of orgiimsing a contesi
itiHin tho rani bis In declamaUuy
. . . i i....i. .I..., i.
work In gradia irom ine eiguiu uu.u
also In contemplation.
Is Grap Growing Stat.
During the it few year much more
attention ha been l I I" me growing
f grape In Oreaon than ever Deiore.
It ha been conclusively proven mai
Oregon l a grope growing stale, mr
heie i HOW produce. ir-mi ine preeem
II vlnpvaids fiult of the cholOft
qnaliiv, both 'or lble uso and for wine
making, liiape at preeu ib .-..t ...
the let import ml ol the nri s irno
cnylncl, In joint of value, tne annual
vleld U-lig valne.1 at only $37,000.
Future po-a'iii';"v".
Chssi MklnB Important Industry.
iweni .k.nrf.sniiiidty coming to
he front as one of Oregon's Important
industro. The nnexceneti auapiaum- .
tv of the elate to dairying it well known
. .. , - i - ...-AMtMil in
ami those wno imvo
the Industry aie now turning their at
tention to the production of cheese that
1 recognised us ol superior quamy in
. I...... If a.tav lu. antll.
any mat set w oeic i -
There aie now a scoie in more of largo
chewe factories lu Oregon, with numer
ous smaller ones, tho annual ompuv ue-
ng valued at iicsHy "Q."UU-
Milton Teachere Have Money.
iiii.,nl',oliHi no town in Uie In
land Umpire with a population ol 1,600
lias as line an educational system B8
thi city, nor such enterprising teaoh-
. . . .i .... 11 A ..mi.M-t
era, ol wnom mere i- . ..
is being promoted oy uie nmiou i-
niorclal club to buna a siu.yuu uoie.,
and the teachers of the puunc scuooia,
II of whom are women except Prirtcl-
ir it Peiinock, have subcribed $1,-
IKK) stoi k in the hotel enterpi Ise. Near
ly all the touchers reside neie.
Will Fight Closed Season Law.
i-,...i,.Frd Olson and John Mus-
tik were arraigned in the Justice court
on complaints charging
them with
operating "etnets during tne oioseo -
li i v,Min and Iwi and Clark
rivers, respectively. Muslik pleaded
..: ' . V. . u...i sun mon w ill
guilty aim w i,, ' " ii,
tiirht the charges agamm -
ground that the state fishing law does
I ...., i tn Yonnirs river.
not apply to Youngs river.
Eugene Hope to Be Terminal.
Eugene It Is reported here that the
Southern raciflo company is negotiating
for ft tract of land in Falrmount, a su-
burb of Eugene, on whtcn to er ur
repair slu ps and terminal buildings,
i. u ..i.i thai the company intends to
make Eugene a division point for the
proposed Klamalh extension as well as
lot the main line.
Hood River Turns It Down.
Hood Blver At a special meeting of
Pine Grove grange No. 366 the proposi
tion of referring Uie University ol Ore
gon appropriation bill to the people
was turned down by a large majority.
. i. I- nnnnmi n. 111 till
The movemeim -rr
nark of Uie state.
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POtATOES PROFITABLE.
Ona of Best Paying Crops Oregon
Farmer Car Rais.
Kiperrience ha proven to the Oregon
furmei and produce hsndler that no
crop can be raised in tl lis tut to ssfely
aa polati-e'. A potato crop failure ha
never lieen known in Oregon, nor has
there evtr been a year when at some
time or olhir the market price would
not yield good profit. There hve
heeu brief period of depression, bul
the (anno l.oa almost Invariably been
the withholding of supplies from mar
ket when they were needed, which were
followed hy the slinullsnoous market
ing of excessive qtmntit '. When the
farmer have exen-iaed good judgment
in selling their crop they have been
amply rewarded.
Oregon produce annually about 4,
000,000 hunlirls of potutoea. This
twiitity ha not varied materially in
the lni-1 five years. While in some
season ceits I u aectlone may turn out
the usual yield, other put t of the state,
owing to Ihe variety of climate in Ore
gon, w ill produce an extra quantity that
can be counted upon to keep the total
production of the state about the same.
LANE FRUIT CROP TO BE HEAVY
All Fruit Except Apple Give Prom-
Its of Abundant Yield.
Eugene The One warm weather of
the past two weeks lis advanced the
buds and blossoms so materially that
some prophesy of the 1907 fruit crop
can le made.
Kvery crop but apples promise to be
heavy. Apples will not be a plentiful
thi year a last, although the care
that apple raisers sre giving their
orchards inturea a better quality than
In years past.
The peach crop, which waa the light
est fruit crop in thl section last year,
if no accident befalls, will be unusually
heavy. Cherries, pears, prune and
plums look uniformly well. The yield
un una Her fruit will be good.
The g.rain, hay and grase crop is in
good condition for this tune of the
year .
Offers S2 for Tldelands.
Pa lem Another effort his been made
by T. Hendtyx, of Portland, who rep
rccented himwlf and nine ethers to in
duce the Slate Land board to consider
their anollcation for the purchase of
approximately z.otw acres oi iiaeianua
and accretions com isting of a group ol
small asnd islands situated in Catlamet
lv. at 12 tier acre, but the only en
couragement he and his attorney, G. F.
Martin, could secure was that tne ap
plications would be placed on file to
..... - i
aw t the further action oi me uoain
after the new law goe Into effect In
creasing the minimum price from $2 to
$5 pel acre.
Wheat at Athena Look Wall.
Athena "Fall wheat In this locality
la looking fine as a rule, and In case
wheie it is not coming on as it should
tl.i-rf- ! cause for it. and something is
wionir." raid a prominent farmer here
"In such c&i-e the surface il usually
found to he haid, as it it was baked
This condition can lie relieved by put
rim? on a i i Lira a harrow, which rooeene
the soil around the roots and brings
tho nmivtiire to the surface. Thi
should be followed with a roller."
Oppos Referendum Move.
Brownsville Ash Swale grange is
ono of the grange of "Linn county that
doc not take xinaiy to me proposiuon
to use the referendum on U.e Bute urn
very noy. !(""
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheal Club, 75c: bluestem, 77c;
.llov. 72e: red. 74c. .
Oals No. 1 white, $29.50; gray. $28
29.
Kye $1.4o31.50 per cwt.
Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew
Imr. 123: rolled. $23.5024.60.
Coru Whole, $25; cracked, $26 pel
Hav Valley timothy, No. 1, $15
i A rwr ton: Kaetern Oregon timothy,
' S17ai8; clovor, $9; cheat, $9; grain
'hav. 8aio.
Apples Common, 76c3$1.25 per
box; choice, $1.602.
Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per
gnck; carrot, $1 a 1.25 per sack; beets,
$1.251.60 per sack; horseradish, 79
8o per pound; cauliflower, $11.60 per
dosen; lettuce, head, 35945c per dosen;
onions, 1012Mo per dosen; radishes,
20o per doxen; asparagus, ll16c per
pound; rhubarb, 34c per pound.
Onions Oregon, $34 per hundred.
Potatoes Oregon and Eastern, $1 .85
m per saok ; eweet potatoes, 8c per
po n o.
Buttor-ancv
creamery,
per pound
Rotter I
Butter Fat First grade cream
. nnnnH .,d ide oimiD. 2o lea.
i -
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 1518o
per pound; mixed chickens, 1516Mc;
l g fyeM ni broiier( 2225c;
o)d rooitors io12o; dressed chiekens,
1617c; (urkeya, dressed, ohoice, 18
20c geeae, live, 8c; ducks, lfl18o.
Eggs 19o per doxen
Dressed Meats Veal, 68o per;
pound; beef, bulls, Sc cows, eg
Oc; country steers, 67o; mutton,
fancy, 1010)40 per pound; ordinary,
899c; spring lamb, with pelts, 13c;
pork, 6c per pound.
Hops 710o per pound, according
to quality
7.i "fir nnn amiKi heat.
i9iinienoiind.acconllnB to shrink-
ww tuia Ainriwiti va," ' o s
new- mohair, choice, '30o per
Sound.
.
I pound
GOVERNOR TO INVESTIGATE.
nsana of Illinois Kept In Vilest of
Condition.
Chicago, April 26. Benrational rev
elations of Ihe horrors of county Insane
asylums, Including the chaining of
young girls, forcing patient to deep In
coflln-like buxe and aubjeeting women
to indescribable Indignities, have
aroused auch indignation that Governor
Deneen announce he will call a special
sossion of the legislature if the pretent
session does not appropriate luliiicient
funds to place the insane patients in
charge of the state.
Borne of the revolting conditions that
are set forth In the report to thejrpv
eruor are:
That steel handcuffs, barred cells.
cages, padlocks ana angle cnains are
in use, girls 20 yean old being lound In
steel cages with their ankles chained.
That insane women in many institu
tions bear illegitimate and idiotic cbil-
dien.
That in most institution! there are
no facilities for bathing, and in some
of Ihe place the patients have not had
baths for 18 years. In others taming
is optional. In silll others there is but
one bath tub, and that used optionally
by both sexes . -
That a majority ol the county insti
tutions are vermin riddec, have no
ventilation, use filthy bedclothes, are
cold and damp, the patient illly clad
and the house fire trap.
That in a number of places the sexes
are permitted to mingle wnnoui re
straint, old men being found caring for
young gllrs.
Tnst some of the honses are "not ni
for human habitation."
That boxes are used for sleeping
quarters, some cf the patients being
padlocked in boxes little bigger man
caskets, with small airholes cut out.
Thai In 64 institutions there is no
separation of the insane from the pan
per.
That primitive toilet lacniiies exist,
with shocking saniTsry conuiuoDs.
DECLINES TO BE RUSHED.
California Suprem Court to
Hear
Ruel'a Case In Order.
San Francisco, April 26. Abraham
Ruel's application for release on ball
from the custody of fclisoi Biggy, oy
writ of habeas corpus, will not b de
cided at today's conference of the Su
Dreme court, according to a statement
to the Associated Prose by Chief Jus
tice Beattv. who said:
"The Impression seems to have gone
abroad that there is great urgency for
an immediate decision in this matter.
There is no urgency. The matter stands
very well as it is. We do not view it
aa taking precedence over other matters
priority filed, and it will not oe aeter-
mined nntil reached in due course.
There are many other pressing and fat
more important matteis engaging the
court at present.'
Demurrers to tne nine tnaicxmenra
tor bribery which confront Louis Glasa,
vice president of the Pacific State Tel
ephone company, were suomuwa waay
In Judge Lawlor' court oy Attorney
C. Cooes n. Glass was present
After the reading ol one oi tne oe-
murrers, the case was by agreement put
over until next Tuesday.
MAY PROSECUTE THIEVES.
Pennsylvania Capitol Commission Has
Evidence of Much Graft.
Ilarrisburg, Pa., April 26. As a re
sult of the investigation by the lentsia-
live commission into the expenditure
of $9,1X10,000 for furnishing and deco
rations for the new state capitol, it is
probable that criminal proceedings will
be instituted by the state against cer
tain persons who have prominently fig
nrde in the construction. The com
mission has been inveetigating the
charge of extravagance, overcharges,
duplications in payment of bills and
fraud tor nearly two months and has
yet to take the testimony of many im
portant persons who have knowledge of
the subject under investigation. Among
those to be examined ia ex-Governor
Pennypacker.
Whether civil suits can be brought
has not been drtcrmined, but mem
bers of the commiesion are convinced
that it has been demonstrated that
criminal action can be brought.
Urge Dissolution of Douma.
St. Petersburg. April 26.--Several
movlnclal novernors have arrived in
St. Petersburg to support the move
ment for dlnsolution of parliament
upon the ground that Uie debates are
causing agitation and ferment. This,
it il alleged, is especially noticeable in
the provinces where the agrarian dis
orders of 1905-06 occurred. The pan
icky feeling among Uie Liberals as to
the possibility of dissolution of parli
ament lias subsided, owing to the cor-
I dial manner in which the emperor re-
jsejeeived Premier Golovln.
Bonilla la Still Warlike.
Coatjiecoalcos, Mexico, Apiil 26.
Ex-President Manuel Bonilla, of Hon
duras, arrived here last night direct
from his own country via Salina dux.
He declare he will await here the ar-
rival of a steamer from the sonth
.kint. .in K,ini, frinnd and thon
will proceed to Bellie and from there
back to his own country to take up
arms. He takes a pessimistio view of
the condition and outlook in Central
Ameiica. .
Arrange-Tariff for Yar.
Berlin. April 26. It ll understood
' that the new provisional tariff between
Germany and the United States shall
, - .
prolong Itself automatically if no no-
Wee of change be given.
OPENS EXPOSITION
President Roosevelt Presses But
ton and Starts Wheels.
ALSO DELIVERS ADDRESS OF DAT
Big Fair Commemorating 300th An
niversary of First English Settle
ment in America Is Opened.
Norfolk, Va., April 27. President
Roosvelt; the diplomatic, naval and
military representatives of foreign na
tions and the governors ol a score of
states participated yesterday In the
opening exercieea of the Jamestown
Tercentennial exposition. The expo
sition is far from complete, but thla
waa not allowed to interfere in any way
ith the celebration of the 300th
anniversary of the first English settle
ment in America. From the firing of
sunrise salute of 300 gans by the
United State army through the pic
turesque review ol the International
fleet of war veeaela anchored in Hamp
ton Road, through the cert monies of
dedication, at which the president
spoks, and down to a late hour last
night, when the chief executive went
aboaid the naval yacht Sylph to epend
the niiiht. the day waa crowded with
incidents.
The ceremonies were brief, the feat-
ore being tne aonreasca oi rieeiueuv
Tucker, ol the expuetiiun, and Presi
. .. . . . n I .
dent Roosevelt. The latter, at the con.
elusion of his address, pressed the gold
button which formally marked the
cnenine of the commemorative enter
Drbe. Then followed an lniormai
luncheon to the president and for the
other guest in the administration
building. The president later review
ed a parade of L'nited State soldiers
and sailors. A reception by the presi
dent in the auditorium closed the day's
events at the fair grounds.
The people again and and again gave
vent to their enthusiasm as tne presi
dent tiressed the gold button, which
formally opened tne exposition. i
was the aienal for unfurling of a thous
. . ... -il a.
and or more flags upon the various
buildings. At the same time a signal
was given to the United States and for-
e sn warships ana TO me garriBoa ai
Fort Monroe, and all fired a salute to
the president.
FIND SECRET OF WRECKS.
New York Rsilroad Commissioners
Say Broken Raila Increase.
Albany, N. Y., April 27. Broken
rails removed from railroad tracks in
this state during January, February
and March of this year were much
more numerous than in the correspond.
ing. thiee monUis of either cf the past
two years, accoiding to a bulletin issued
today by the state railroad commis
sioner. The bulletin says:
The unutal number of broken rails
reported during the past winter caused
the inveatliation at this time. Th
hoard finds that during the three
months ending March 31, 1907, there
was a total of 3.8U br. ken rails
priiiciisl fteam lines of the state. Dur
ing the corresponding three months cf
1908 there was a total of 826. and dur
ing the corresponding three months of
1906, a total of 1,331. ine matter in
detail has been presented to the Amer
ican Railwav association, which Is now
holdinn its convention in Chicago, and
it has requested that the matter be
taken up for discussion and action by
the railroad manage! 8.
It ia probable that the convention
will go into the causes of the greatly
Increased number of breakages and that
the matter will be discussed as to causes
and a conference arranged with rail
manufacturers with a view to discover
lmr if Uie alarming number of bieak-
ages is due to method of manufacture
or metal composition.
Assailee by Masked Man
Montrose Colo., April 27. While
on their way to the sheep range In this
county with a large heid irom rnsco.
Utah, three herders, urover ivorneu,
Peter Swaueon and Al Hwanson. were
set upon hy seven masked men last
night at White Water, U)io., oo mues
west of here. Peter Swanson was shot
and mortaHv wounded and his com-
Damons bound hand and foot and len
helnlees on the prairiae. News ol the
shoot inn has stirred the cattlemen and
sheepmen in this vicinity and a search
for the perpetrators is in progress.
Take Buffalo Herd to Canada.
Denver, April 27. A message was
received in this oity today to the effect
that the famous Pablo herd of buffalo
at Uie Flathead reservation in Mon
tana, had bean sold to Uie Canadian
;goernment. Howard r.aion, oi w on,
i Wvomins. telegraphed W. F. Ken-
drick, a Denver mining man, today
that the Canadian government had paid
, a deposit on the herd. The bulla will
. be removed to Canada about May, and
the cows and calves in July
Will Paint Artillery Gray,
Berlin, April 27. Empror William
has ordered
that the field guns, gon
. a
carriages ano
ammunition wagons
gray. The change to based upon the
experiences of the Russo-Japanese war.
FOR NEGRO EDUCATION
Aged
Quaker Woman Provides
for
School in South.
Philadelphia, April 24. A gift of
$1,000,000 for the eetablichment of a
fond for rudimentary schools for South
era negroes waa announced here to-
ight. The donor is Mis Ann T.
Jeanes, a Quaker of this city.
Booker T. Washington, head of the
Tntkegee Institute and Hoi lis Burke
Frii-aell, president of the Hampton Nor
mal Industrial institute, are named aa
trustee of the fond, but neither of the
institution they represent will share in
the gift. The income of tho million
dollar i to be need for the sole pur
pose of assisting in the "Southern
United Btatce community, country ana
rural school for the great class of ne
groes to whom the small rural and
community schools are alone available."
Mr. Washington and Mr. trissell are
empowered to appcint a board of trus
tee in connection with the fund. The
Pennsylvania company for Insurance
on lives and granting annuities of thla
ity will act as fiscal agent for the trus
tees.
Mia Jeanea, the donor, is about 80
years of age and come from an old and
wealthy family that has ben promin
ent 'or more than century in the So
ciety of Friends. She haa long been
interested in the welfare ol the negro
and haa been a contributor to the in
stitute for education.
SUSPICIONS AROUSED.
French Officials Balieva Incendiary at
Work In Toulon.
Toulon. April 24. For the sixth
time within a few months this port has
been stricken by disaster from fire, but
this time the resultant damage la prin
cipally material. Shortly after mid-
ight a sentinel at the arsenal noticed
glare of name In a i tore noose nsed
tor rope yams. lie at once gave the
alarm and soldiers, member cf the
trews of warships In port and employes
of the arsenal were turned ont to fight
the flames, which spread with incredi
ble rapidity.
The buildings In the vicinity of the
storehouse contained 200,000 pounds of
material to clean machinery, 60,000
pounds of oakum, 6,000 sponges, enor
mous quantities ol Miiasx, oasaeis.
hampers, sail cloth, turpentine, linseed
oil and other inflammables.
The wall of a storehouse fell in,
burying 60 men. 10 of whom were se-
verly injured. The cause of the nre
has not yet been ascertained. The
finding of two pieces of fuse of a kind
not nsed in the French navy has srons-
ed the suspicion that it was not alto
gether accidental. A rigorona investi
gation is being conducted, ihe autnor-
lues are becoming more and more con
vinced that the outbreak of fire was
due to malevolence.
Expenses of German Army Grow.
Berlin. April 24 During the dis
cussion in the reichstag today of the
army appropriation, General von
Einen, minister of war, referred to tne
difficulties encountered by the army
administration recently because of the
purpose of the government to rearm
the field artillery, the toot anuisiy
and the infantry as quickly ss possible.
The extraordinary expenses in the army
appropriation fer 1907 include SIU.ZOU,
000 for the rebuilding of fortresses,
against $5,250,000 in 1906. When
thi Is done, expenses will De less.
Attack Guatemala Next.
Mobile, Ala., April 24. Passengers
arriving here today from Honduras cay
President Zelaya will delare war again
in Guatemala in about two months.
They say the natives of Port Barrios
believe this fervently enougn to oegin
work on sandbag fortifications fronting
the town. The general opinion is that
Zelaya will now torn his attention to
Guatemala. All traces of the recent
trouble have been smoothed over and
the Nicaraguans are in control.
Say Strikebreakers Ar Imported.
Vancouver, B. C, April 24. Prose
cutions were commenced this morning
in the Supreme court under the alien
labor act against Smith A Sherburne,
Alderman 4 Baynes A Horie, contract
ors, charging that they brought her
ten carpenters from Seattle to take tne
places of local strikers. It is alleged
Uie men were hired hy Agent William
in Seattle and that their fare were
paid to Vancouver.
U Hung Chang' Son Appointed.
Pekln, April 24. Lord LI Chlng
Fans, the adopted son of Uie late Vice
roy Li Hung Chang, has been appoint
ed Chinese minister to London. The
new minister is very wealthy. He wss
formerly minister to Japan and was the
second plenipotentiary of China at the
time of Uie peace negotiations after the
war between China and Japan.
Coldest April In El Paso.
El Paso, Tex., April 23. The tem
perature here fell to 31 degrees last
night nd a heavy frost covered every
thing and did damage to fruit It is
Uie coldest April weather known in El
Paso's history. Twenty-two years ago
the temperature got down to freexlng.
Treasure RevaaUd by Earthquake
Lisbon, April 24. A cave was dis
covered containing valuable treasure in
cluding many old pieces of gold coin,
jewelry and antique arms, supposed to
have been ft buccaneer's hoard. Re
cent earthquakes which exposed th
cave, made the discovery possibl.
Plagua Rages at Cartrgsna.
Madrid, April 24. According to an
evening newspaper, Uie minister of
marine has received a telegram irom
of the captain general at laiiagena say-
plagoe IS raging ai luai pori
and that 800
hospitals.
pel sons have been sent w
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