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COTTAGE GROVE OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form Icr Oar
Easy Readers.
A Rtiuma of the Less Important but
Not Lest Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
James R. Foraker, brother of Senator
Foraker, Is dead.
Vice President Fairbanks opuses
tbeolnte state rights.
Mexico and Guatemala are about to
become invclved in a conflict.
Sydney Olivier, the new governor of
Jamaica, is an avowed socialist.
Twelve miner? were drowned in
flooded mine at Johnstown, Fa.
Heney ("ays the acquittal of Hermann
Trill make no dlfleieiice Villi tlie Vie-
gon land cases.
Tfr Isk naid to have announced his
willingness to run lor president should
the chance come his way.
The treasure chest of Louis XVI
,n wlmn he left Versailles for Pans
more than 100 years ago, has been un
earthed.
Berlin papers are commenting unfa
vorablv'on Prince August Wilhelm'i
ted visit to the United States to
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secure an American education.
A new movement has started in Ire
land and is spreading rapidly which
looks to the absolute independence of
the Irish. England is somewhat
alarmed.
Rockefeller has given another $:
000,000 to Chicago university.
A long distance balloon flight from
St. Louis to Washington is to be at
tempted.
James Bartlett Hammond, president
of the Hammond Typewriter company
is insane.
An attempt was ade to wreck a pas
senger train on the Southern railroad
near Hamsburg, . C.
David Wilcox, former president of
the Delaware & Hudson railroad com
pany, has committed suicide.
A gang of ore thieves has been cap
tured at Goldfield, ev. They had yol
pounds of high grade ore cached.
Postal authorities after inspecting
Bteel mail cars express satisfaction and
no doubt all new cars will hereafter be
made of steel.
The San Francisco Labor council has
passed resolutions condemning Roose
velt for his stand in the Moyer-Petti
bone-Hay wood case.
All signs seem to point to another
revolution in Guatemala in the near
future. One party has gone so far as
to form a provisional government to be
ready for emergencies.
The British cabinet has offered a
slight concession to Ireland.
Harriman plans a double track line
between Tacoina and Portland.
A bill for Polish autonomy has been
introduced in the Russian douraa.
The treasurer of the Woonsocket, R
I., electric company has embezzled
$92,000.
Lumber handlers at the Vancouver,
B.C., mills have gene on strike for a
shorter day.
George J. Gould favors railroad legis
lation, but does not like the idea of
2 -cent faree.
The front of an eight-story Chicago
building collapsed without warning.
Vo one was hurt.
A large Pittsburg packing bouse con
taining a half million pounds of lard
:, burned. The loss is 300.000.
Stuyvesant Fish, a director of the
Gould roads, says the coming crop will
be a hard one to move, as the car short
age is as serious as ever.
There will be a meetine attended by
delegates from all parts of the United
btates held in Washington early in
May to discuss ways and means of erad
icating the white plague.
The Rhode It land legislature has ad
journed without breaking the senatorial
deadlock.
The attorreny general of Kansas has
a scheme wheih he believes will effect
ively stop all liquor traffic in his state.
Eastern Montana is experiencing a
blizzard. On the Flathead Indian res
ervation there is over six inches of
snow.
Harrirman lias plans for a new ter
minal in Chicago and proposes to reach
it by a tunnel 22 miles long under the
lake.
The government has been asked to
take ata hand in the labor trouble of
the Rio Grande railroad and prevent a
strike.
The crews, all Americans, of seven
of the trains of the Sonora railroad are
in prison in Mexico charged with smug
gling arms and ammunition into that
country.
Four men burned to death, 260
horses killed and 12 firemen injured,
two of them seriously, and a properly
loss of $200,000 is the result of a New
York fire.
A parliament house is to be built by
Russia.
GOVERNOR TO INVESTIGATE.
Insane of Illinois Kept In Vilest of
Conditions.
Chicago, April 2fl. Sensational rev
elations of (he horror of county insane
asylums, including the chaining of
young girls, forcing patients to sleep in
oollin-like loxe and suhjtvting women
to indtserllmhle Indignities, have
aroused smli indignation that Governor
IVneen announce he will call a special
session of the legislature if the present
session ihes not appropriate suiliicient
funds to place the insane jmtients in
charge of the state.
Some of the revolting conditions that
are set forth in the report to the gov
ernor are:
That steel handcuffs, barred cell,
cages, padlocks and ankle chains are
in use. girls 20 years old being lound in
steel cages with their ankles chained.
That insane women In many institu
tions bear Illegitimate and idiotic chil
dren. That in most institutions there are
no facilities for luthlng, and in some
of the places the patients have not had
baths for IS years. In others bathing
is optional. In still others there is hut
one With tub, and that used optionally
by both sexts.
That a majority of the county insti
tutions are vermin ridden, have no
ventilation, use filthy bedclothes, are
cold and damp, the patients ill ly clad
and the houses tire traps.
That in a number of places the sexes
are permitted to mingle without re
straint, old men being found caring for
young gilts.
That some of the houses are "not fit
for human habitation."
That boxes are used for sleeping
quarters, some if the patients being
padlocked in boxes little bigger than
caskets, with small airholes cut out.
That in 54 institutions there is no
separation of the insane from the pau
pors.
That primitive toilet facilities exist
with shocking sanitary conditions.
DECLINES TO BE RUSHED.
California Supreme Court to Hear
Ruef's Case in Order.
San Francisco, April 26. Abraham
Ruef's application for release on ball
from the custody of hlisor Uiggy, by
writ of habeas corpus, will not be de
cided at today s conference of the
preme court, according to a statement
to the Associated Prese by Chief Jus
tiec 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
as taking precedence over other matters
prionly filed, and it will not be deter
mined until reached in due course
There are many other pressing and far
more important matters engaging the
court at present.
Demurrers to the nine indictments
for bribery which confront Louis Glass
vice president of the Pacific States Tel
ephone company, were submitted today
in Judge Law lor s court by Attorney I
C. Coogan. Glass was present.
After the reading of one of the de
murrers, the case was by agreement put
over until next Tuesday.
MAY PROSECUTE THIEVES.
Pennsylvania Capitol Commission Has
Evidence of Much Graft.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 26. As a re
sult of the invest igal ion by the legisla
tive commission into the expenditure
of $9,000,000 for furnishings and deco
rations for the new state capitol, it is
probable that criminal proceedings will
be instituted by the state against cer
tain persona who have prominently fig
urde in the construction. The com
mission has been investigating the
charges of extravagance, overcharges,
duplications in payment of bills and
fraud for 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 is ex-Governor
Pennypacker.
Whether civil euits can be brought
has not been determined, but mem
bers of the commission are convinced
that it has been demonstrated that
criminal action can be brought.
Tropical War Ends;
San Salvador, April 26. -A treaty of
peace between Salvador and Nicaragua
was signed last night by ministers rep
resenting each country at A ma pa la
The terms of the treaty are honorable
to both countries. The conditions pro
posed by balvador were accepted, hut
the demands made by President Ze-
laya, of Nicaragua, for reparation for
balvador s part in the recent war be
tween Nicaragua and Honduras and
that there be a free interchange of
commodities between Nicaragua and
balvador were rejected.
Bonilla Is Still Warlike.
Coatzecoaleos, Mexico, April 26.
Ex-President Manuel Bonilla, of Hon-
duras, arrived here lust night direct
from his own country via Salina Cruz.
llu declares he will await here the ar
rival of a st earner from the south
which will bring a friend and then
will proceed to Belize and from there
buck to his own country to take up
arms. He takes a pessimistic view of
the conditions and outlook in Central
America.
Arrange Tariff for Year.
Berlin, April 26. It is understood
that the new provisional tariff between
Germany and the United States shall
endure fur one year and that it will
prolong Itself automatically if no no
tice of a change be given.
( OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j
RATE IS ILLEGAL.
Railway Commission Renders Opinion
Agalnat Southern Pacific
Salem After due and mat ore delib
eration the Oregon Kailioad commis
sion bus rendered Its opinion llndiug
the $3 rate per ton of 2,000 pounds
, upon rough green fn hiinUt from Port
! land to San riaucisco hay points, is
excessive, discriminatory and contrary
to the rules, enters ami regulations oi
the Interstate Commerce law, and, un
less the Southern Pacific comuiny re-
' stores the old rate of $:l. 10 per ton
upon the same commodity "within a
reasonable length of time," about two
weeks loing considered "reasonable"
by the commission in this ease, the
case will be placed before the Inter
state Commerce commission through
the medium of the attorney general of
the state.
This opinion is the outcome of the
hearing of the complaint of the West
ern Oregon Lumber Manufacturers'
association Tuesday against the South
ern Pacitlc's action In putting into
effect the $5 rate, April IS, to curtail
the undesirable traffic in luniUr from
Interior points southward.
Whether or not the Southern Pacific
sees tit to give heed to this finding and
suggestion remains to Ih seen, but it
still leaves the question of a Hal rate
of $1 per thousand from valley jaunts
to Portland undecided, and this move
ment, which 'is being agitated by the
valley mill men, is foreign to that em
bracing the interstate rate, and must
lie brought before the commission un
der separate complaint and pt tit ion.
lO ENCOUhAGE DEBATING.
State Library Commission Proposes
to Furnish Books for Work.
Salem Delating libraries ami the
organiaztion of a system of debating for
the high schools of the state, which
means practically the harmonizing of
the State university, the Library com
mission and the public scIkm.Is of the
state in that line of educational develop
ment, was what the Oregon Library
commission decided to inaugurate at
the last regular meeting as one of the
principal new fcatuies for the ensuing
year.
The commission will enlist the co
operation of the high schools of the
state in the debating feature, and will
furnish all of the books and literature
from whii h to obtain matetial when a
series of debates will be outlined and
followed out. The series will close
with a joint debate at the university
hetiveen the winning school teams of
Eastern and Western Oregon for the
state championship.
These delates w ill embrace all grades
of school work above the ninth, and a
separate plan of organizing a content
upon the same basis in declamatory
work in grades from the eighth down is
also in contemplation.
Elgin Is Going Ahead.
Elgin Elgin is one among the many
Oregon towns that are growing with
rapid strides. Several thousand dollars
are to be expended the preterit season
for public improvements, chief among
which will be the erection of a new
and modern school building, which will
cost when completed $20,000. The
structure will be constructed of native
stone and brick and will have ten
rooms. The building will be heated
by steam and will have every modern
convenience, bchool Cieru Weiss is
now receiving bid for the structure,
and it will be completed this season.
Milton Teachere Have Money.
Milton Pel ha t8 no town in the In
land Emnire with a population of 1,500
has as fine an educational system as
this cltv. nor such enterprising teach
ers, of whom there are 11. A project
is being promoted by the Milton Com
mercial club to build a $10,000 hotel,
and the teachers of the public schools,
all of whom are women except Prinel-
nal II. B. Pennock. have sultcnued II.-
000 stotk in the hotel enterprise. Near
ly all the teachers reside here.
Will Fight Closed Season Law.
Astoria Fred Olson and John Mus-
tik were atraigned in the Justice court
on complaints charging them with
ooerating setnets during the cloned sea-
son in youngs anu lewis aim uiar
rivers, respectively. Mustik pleaded
guilty and was fined $50. Olson will
tight the charges against htm on the
ground that the state fishing law does
not apply to Youngs river.
Fruitgrowers to Build Warehouse
T.a Grande The snecial meeting of
the Grand Rcnde Valley Fruitgrowers'
union will soon be called to discuss the
plan of building a warehouse in La
Grande for the accommodation of the
association's business. The officials
seem to favor the project, and in all
probability the building will be com
pleted in time for the handling of this
year's crop.
Eugeie Hopes to Be Terminal.
Einene It is renorted here that the
Southern Tucific company is negotiating
for a tract of land in Fairinount, a su
burb of Eugene, on which to erect car
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repair me pa nnu icmuoat uuiiiiiiijii.
It is said that the company intends 10
mnkn Kniena a division Point for the
proposed Klamath extension as well as
for the main line.
Hood River Turns It Down.
Hood River At a snocial meeting of
Pine Grove grange No. 356 the proposi
tion of referring the University ol Ore
iron annrooriation bill to the people
waB turned down by a large majority.
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The movement is unpopular in hub
part of the state.
FARMING PAYS AT WOODUUHN
Actual Crop Disposed of Show Ex.
tra Uood Profits.
Woodhurn If the true farming con
ditions of this section were more wide
ly known In the East there would lie
thousands more coming to Oregon re
gurdlcss of whether there are sptvisl
railroad rates or full fare. Here is on
ly a few instances of how (arming in
this vicinity iiiys, reference ladng made
to recent sale of lUOtl crop:
1'. J. Anderson, ten acres of pota
toes, sold for $1,04:1.
Martin llcrgun, six acres of jiotatoos,
sol I for $7f0.
Botinex iu-os., one and three-fourth,
acres of potatoes, sold for $:I17.
Hemshorn Itros., four acres of on
ions, old for $SO0.
Innumerable Instances can le given
cf big profits being made by producers
in totatovH onions, !iow, clover seed
and other outputs, and the future looks
so exceedingly bright that our farmers
ate preparing to inercuo their acreage.
The marktt are all that could lie desired.
LANE FRUIT CROP TO BE HEAVY
All Fruits Except Apples Give Prom
ise of Abundant Yield.
Eugene Tho fine warm weather of
the past two weeks has advanced the
buds and blossoms so materially that
some prophesy of tho 1007 fruit crop
can hs made.
Every crop but apples promises to 1
heavy. Apples will not be as plentiful
this year as last, although the care
that apple raisers are giving their
orchards insures a tt'ttcr quality than
in years past.
The peach crop, which was the light
est fruit crop in this section last year,
I if no accident la falls, will la unusually
heavy. Cherries, jx-ars, prunes and
plums look uniformly well. I he yield
on smaller fruits will lo gxsl.
The grain, hay and grass crop is in
good condition for this time of the
year.
Offers $2 for Tldelandi.
Salem Another effoit has been made
by T. Hendryx, of Portland, who re
resented himself and nine ethers to in
duce the State IjukI lsird to consider
their application for the purchase of
approximately 2,500 acres of tidelands
and accretions consisting of a group ol
small sand islands situated in Catlamet
Uiy, at $2 per acre, but the only en
couragement he and his attorney, G. F.
Martin, could secure wes that the ap
plications would la placed on tile to
await the further action of the boa id
aftef the new law goes into effect in
creasing the minimum price from $2 to
$5 per acre.
Wheat at Athena Looks Well.
Athena "Fall wheat in this locality
is looking fine as a rub', and in cases
w-here it is not coming on as it should
there is cause for it, and something is
wrong," said a prominent farmer here
"In such cases the surface is usually
found to he liuid, as if it was baked
This condition can l relieved by put
ting on a zigzag barrow, which loosen
the soil around the root and brings
the moisture to the surface. This
should Ik; followed with a roller."
Oppose Referendum Move.
Brownsville AhIi Swale grange is
one of the granges of Linn county that
does not take kindly to the projsosltlon
to use the referendum on the State uni
versity appropriation.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 75c; bluestem,
valley, 72c; red, 74c.
77c;
Oats No. 1 white, $29.60; gray. $28
29.
Rye $1.451.50 per cwt.
Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew
ing, $23: rolled, $23.60(324.50.
Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $26 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $15
16 per ton; Eustern Oregon timothy,
$1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain
hay, $810.
Apples Common, 7ocll.z0 per
box; choice, $1.50(32.
Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per
eaek; carrots, $1(3)1.25 per sack; beets,
$1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7
8o per pound; cauliflower, $11.50 per
dozen; lettuce, head, 3545c per dozen ;
onions, 10f)12)6c per dozen; radishes,
20c ier dozen; asparagus, ll(i)15c per
pound; rhubarb, 34c per pound.
Onions Oregon, $.104 per hundred.
Potatoes Oregon and Eastern, $1.85
2 per aack; sweet potatoes, 8c per
pound.
Butter fancy creamery, (szoo
per pound.
Butter rat rirst grade cream, zoo
per pound; second grade cream, 2u less
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, in (4 1 no
per pound; mixed chickens, 15dr)15c;
spring fryers and broilers, 22jC'25c;
old roosters, 1012c; dressed chickens,
l(S(a17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 18!
2()c; goeae, live, 8c; ducks, Kl18c.
Eggs 19c per dozen.
Iressod Meats Veal, 6e8o per
pound; beef, bulls, 3c; cows, 6
6c; country stoers, C7c; mutton,
fancy, 10103c per pound; ordinary,
89c; spring lambs, with pelts, 13c;
pork, 60c per pound.
Hops 710o per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1318c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 2122c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2U(f30o per
pound. 1
FOR NEQRO EDUCATION.
Aged Quaker Woman Provides for'
Schools In South.
Philadelphia, April 24. A gift of
$1,000,(HH for the cslablohtnoiit of a
fund for rudimentary schools for South
ern negroes was announced heio to
night. The donor Is Miss Anna T.
Jctmcs, a Onukcr of this city.
Hooker T. Washington, head of the
Tuskegee Institute and Mollis Hurke
Ki Usell, preaidi lit of the Hampton Nor
mal Industrial liotilule, are named as
triisleta of tho fund, hut neither of the
instil lit Ioiim they represent w III share in
the gill. The income of the million
dollars is to be used for the nole pur
pose of assisting In the "Southern
I'nited Slates community, country and
rural schools for the great clius of ne
groes to whom th small rural and
community schools ate alone available."
Mr. Washington mid Mr. Frlssell are
empowered to apx int a lawtd (of trio
Ices in connection with the fund. The
Pennsylvania company for Insurance
mi lives and granting annuities of this
city will act us fiscal agent for the trus
tees. M iss Jeanes, the donor, is alsuit Ml
yeurs of age and comes from an old and
wealthy family that has Is en ptomln
cut for more than a century in the So
ciety. of Friends. She has long been
interested in the welfare ol the negro
and has Ihmui a contributor to the in-
stitutct lor education.
SUSPICIONS AROUSED.
French Officials Believe Incendiary at
Work in Toulon.
Toulon, April 24. For the sixth
t.iimi u II hin ii few months this port line
la-en stricken by disaster from lire, but
this time the resultant damage Is ptm
cip.iliy material. Shortly after mid
night a sent inel at the airenul notice,
a glare of flames in a itorohoiiae use
for rope yarns. He at once gave the
alarm and soldiers, ineinlMTS f tin
trews of wurslii In rl and employer
of the arsenal were turned out to flgld
the flames, which spread with incredi
ble raniditv.
The buildings In the vicinity of the
storehouse contained 200, (HH) iHiiinds of
material to clean machinery, 00,(MHI
pounds o( onkiiin, 5.1HSI ssingcs, eiior
moos ouuntitles of ballast, baskets
hamiM-rs, sail cloth, turjientino, linseed
oil ami other inllamuiMOics.
Tho wall of a storehouse fell in
burying (0 men. 10 of whom wt-re se
verly injured. The cause of the fire
has not vet leen SM-eitairiM. The
finding of two pieces of fii" of a kin
not ustsl In the Fiench navy has arous
ed the suspicion that it was not alto
gether accidental. A rigorous investi
gation is being conducted. The author
Itios are bceoming nioie and more con
vinced that the outbreak of fire was
due to malevolence.
Expenses of German Army Qrow.
Berlin, April 24. During tho dis
cussion in the relchxtag today of the
army appropriation, General von
Elnen, minister of war, referred to the
difficulties encountered by the army
adminlxtration recently la-cause of the
purtsise of the government to rearm
the field artillery, the foot artillery
and the infantry as quickly as possible.
The extraordinary expenses in I he army
appropriation for 1 !M i include $ 1(1, 250,
OtH) for the rebuilding of fortresses,
against $5. 250.0(H) in 100(1. When
this Is done, expenses will Ih lea.
Attack Guatemala Next.
Mobile, Ala., April 24. Passengers
arriving here today from Honduras say
President Zclaya will do lure war again
in Guatemala in alsiut two mouths
They say the natives of Port Barrios
Ixdieve this fervently enough to begin
work on sandtag fortifications fronting
the town. The general opinion is that
Zelaya will now turn his attention to
Guatemala. All traces of tho recent
trouble have len smoothed over and
the Nicaragua!) are in control.
Say Strikebreakers Are Imported.
Vancouver, B. C, April 24. Prose
cutions were commenced this morning
in the Supreme court under the alien
labor act against Smith & Sherburne,
Alderman A Baynes A llorie, contract
ors, charging that they brought here
ten carpenters from Seattle to take the
places of local strikers. It Is alleged
the men were hired by Agent Williams
in Heal tie and that their fares were
paid to Vancouver.
Li Hung Chang's Son Appointed.
Pekin, April 24. Lord LI Chlng
Fang, the adopted son of the late Vice
roy Li Hung Chang, has been appoint
ed Chinese minister to I union. The
new minister Is very wealthy. Ha was
formerly minister to Japan and was the
second plenipotentiary of China at the
time of the peace negotiations after the
war between China and Japqn.
Coldett April In El Paso.
El Paso. Tex.. April 23. The tem
perature here fell to 31 degrees last
night ami n heavy frost covered every
thing and did damage to fruit. It is
the coldest April weather known in El
Paso's history. Twenty-two years ago
the temperature got down to freezing.
Treasure Revealed by Earthquake
Lisbon, April 24. A cave was dis
covered containing valuable treasure in
cluding many eld pieces of gold coins,
jewelry and antique linns, gupposod to
have Is'en a buccaneer's hoard. Be-
cent earthquakes which exposed the
cave, mudo the discovery possible.
Plague Rages at Cartagena.
Madrid, Apiii 24. According to an
evening newspaper, vne minisior oi
marine lias received a telegram from
the captain general at Caitagena say
ing the plague Is raging at that port ,
and that 300 poisons have been sent to
hospitals. ,
OPENS EXPOSITION
rrcsldcnt Roosevelt Presses Cut
ton and Starts Wheels.
ALSO ULLIVtRS ADDXESS OF DAY
Dig Fair Commemorating 300th An
niversary of Flrt English battle
ment In America It Opened.
Norfolk, Va., April 27. President
llifwvclt, the diplomatic, naval and
military repteseiilativis of lorelgn na
tions and the governors ol a some of
slates particlmlel ycatciday in the
osiiing exercise of the Jamestown
Tercentennial eiposilloii. Tho expo
sition is far front complete, but IhU
was not allowed to Intel fere In any way
with the celebration of the ,'lonth
aunieisitry of the first Lnglish settle
ment in America, riomthc firing of
a sunrise salute ol 'MM guns by the
I'nited States army through tho pic
turesque review of the international
fleet of war vessels anchored in Hamp
ton Kouds, through the cer monies of
dedication, at which the president
Hkc, and down to a late hour last
night, when the chief executive went
alsuttd the naval yacht Sylph to sM iid
the night, the day was crowded with
incidei.ts.
The ceremonies were brief, the fciit
lire Is-ilig the nddlct of I'll sldelit
Tucker, ol the exis.stiion, and Presi
dent U.Kevelt. The latter, lit the con
clusion of his address, pressed the gold
button which formally marked the
i H'iiiug of the cninmeiiiorat ive t-ntrr-prl-e.
Then followed an Informal
lum heon to the pre-l-leiit and f r the
other guests in the ndmitilatr.itiou
building. The president later review
ed a jaintdo of foiled States soldo M
and sailors. A reception l' the presi
dent in the auditorium cloned the day's
events at the fair grounds.
The eople nguiu and and agiiln gave
vent to their enthusiasm as the pn-ai-detit
pressed the go'd button, which
formally otamed the t xiitlon. It
was the signal for unfurling of a thous
and or more flags upt-n the various)
buildings. At the same time a signal
was given to the Cnitod StHtes and for
eign warships and to the garrison at.
Fort Molina-, and all fired a salute b
the prealdetit.
FIND SECRET OF WRECKS.
New York Railroad Commissioners
Say Broken Rails Increase.
Albany, N. Y., April 27. Broken
rails rcmovisl from nillrmd trucks in
this state during January, February
and March of this year were inucU
more numerous than In the correspond
ing thice mouths of cither f the past
two years, accoiding to a bulletin ir-sucd
tislay by the shite railroad commis
sioner. The built tin says:
The uuusal niitnlM-r of broken rail
reported during the pant winter caused
the investigation at this time. Thv
Ismrd finds that during the thieo
months ending March :tl, lt(7, there
was a total of :,HI4 broken raits on
principal steam lines of the state. Dur
ing the cot responding three months f
llMK) there was a total of H20, and dur
ing the corressindlug three months of
1005, a total of 1,331. The matter In
tletail has been presented to the Amer
ican IUilway association, which W now
holding its convention in Chicago, and
it has requested that tho matter bo
taken up for discusaion and action by
the railroad maniigeis.
It is prolmhle that the convent Ion
will go into the causes of the greatly
increased number of breakages and that
the matter will lie discussed as to causer
and a conference arranged with rail
iiianiiiacturers with a view to discover
ing If the alarming nuinU-r of break
ages in duo to method of manufacture
or metal companion.
More Money for Famine Relief.
St. Petersburg, April 27. Th fam
ine relief committee of the lower house
of parliament today d it-cussed the sup
plemeutary credit of $11, 600, 000 for
famine relief, tho bill for which wan
submitted to parliament April 13 by
Preinicr Hiolypln, who asked for the
earliest discussion of the measure on
account of the urgency of the situation.
I he committee divided to recommend
the immediate appropriation of $2,
6O(),0U0 for famino relief, the govern
ment to witidiold the balance, pending
the report of the ministry.
Take Buffalo Herd to Canada.
Denver, April 27. A message was
received in this city today to the effect
that the famous Pablo herd of buffalo
at the Flat head reservation in Mori- '
tana, had been sold to the Canadian
government. Howard Eaton, of Wolf,
Wyoming, telegraphed W. F. Ken-
drick, a Denver mining man, today
that the Canadian government hud paid
a deposit on the herd. The bulls will
be removed to Canada about May, and
the cows and calves in July.
Will Paint Artillery Gray.
Berlin, April 27. Emperor William
lias ordered that the field guns, gun
carriages and ammunition wagons of
the German artillery be painted a dull
gray. The change is based upon the
experiences of the Itusso-Japanese war.