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OPENS EXPOSITION President Roosevelt Presses Bat ton and Starts Wheels. ALSO DELIVERS ADDRESS OF DAY Big Fair Commemorating 300th An niversary of First English Settle ment In America I Oponed. Norfolk, Va., April 27. President ilooavolt, Iho diplomatic, naval and military representatives o( foreign na tions and the governors ol a score of elates participated yesterday in the. opening exercircs of the Jamestown Tercentennial exposition. The expo sition is far from complete, but this was not allowed to Interfere in any way with the celebration of the 300th anniversary of tlio first English settle ment in America. I torn the tiring of a sunrise salute of 300 guns by the United States army through tho pic turesque review of the international fleet of war vessels anchored in Hamp ton Itoads, through tho ceremonies of dedication, at which the president spoke, and down to a late hour last night, when tho chief executive went aboard tho naval yacht Sylph to spend the night, tho day was crowded with incidents. Tho ceremonies weio brief, the feat ure being the addresses of President Tucker, ol tho expostiion, and Presi dent Roosevelt. Tho latter, at the con clusion of hie address, pressed the gold button which formally marked the opening of tho commemorative entcr- f trite. Then followed an Informal uncheon to tho president and for the other guests In tho administration building. The president later review ed a parade of Onitcd Stains 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 the presi dent pressed the gold button, which formally opened the exposition. It was the signal for unfurling of a thous and or more flags npon the various buildings. At the same time a signal was given to the United Slates and for eign warships and to the garrison at Fort Monroe, and all fired a salute to the president. GOVERNOR TO INVESTIGATE. Insane of Illinois Kept In Vilest of Conditions, Chicago, April 20. Sensational rev clations of Iho horrors of county Insane asylums, including tho chaining o young girls, forcing patients to sleep in coQIn-liko boxes and subjecting women to indescribable Indignities, havo aroused such indignation that Governor Dencen announces ho will mil a special session of tho legislature If tho present session does not appropriate suttliciemt funds to placB tho insnno patients in chnrgo of the state. Some of tho revolting conditions that are ret forth in tho report to the'gov- ernorare: That steel handcuffs, barred cells, cages, padlocks and ankle chains are in use, girls 20 years old being lound In steel cages with their ankles chained. That Insano women In many institu tions bear illegitimate and idiotlo chil dren. That in most institutions there are no facilities for bathing, and in somo of tho places the patients havo not bad baths for 18 years. In others bathing is optional. In still others there Is but one bath tub, and that used optionally by both sexes. That a majority of the county Insti tutions are vermin ridden, havo no ventilation, uso filthy bedclothes, are cold and damp, the patients til ly clad and the houses fire traps. That In a number of places tho sexes nro permitted to mingle without re straint, old men being found caring for young gilts. Thai somo of the houses aro "not tit for human habitation." That boxes aro used for sleeping quarters, some ct tho patients being padlocked iu boxes little bigger than caskets, with small airholes cut out. That In 54 institutions there is no separation of tho insane from tho pau pers. That prirnitivo toilet facilities exist, with shocking sanitary conditions. - . . . , , , - .. , a uurs OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST RATE IS ILLEGAL, FARMING PAYS AT DECLINES TO BE RUSHED. Hear FIND SECRET OF WRECKS. New York Railroad Commissioners Sty Broken Ralls 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 numeioas than in the correspond ing three months of eithor cf the past two years, according to a bulletin issued today by the slate railroad commis sioner. The bulletin says: The unusal number of broken rails reported during the past winter caused the investigation at this time. The board finds that during the three months ending March 31, 1007, thero was a total of 3,814 broken rails on principal steam lines of the stato. Dur ing the corresponding threo months cf 1000 there was a total of 820, and dar ing the corresponding tthree months of 100S, a total of 1,331. The matter in detail has been presented to the Amer ican Hallway association, which li now holding its convention in Chicago, and it has requested that the matter be taken up for discussion and action by the railroad managers. It is probable that the convention will go into the causes of the greatly Increased number of breakages and that tho matter will be discussed as to causes and a conference arranged with rail manufacturers with a view to discover ing If the alarming number of break ages is due to method of manufacture or metal composition. California Supreme Court to Ruef'a Case In Order. Ean Francisco, April 20. Abraham Kuoi's application for release on ball from tho custody of Klisor Blggy, by writ of habeas corpus, will not bo de cided at today's conferenco of the Su premo court, according to a statement to tho Associated Press by Chief Jus tice Iteatty, who said: "The Impression seems to havo gone abroad that there ear great urgency for an immediate decision In this matter. Thero is no urgency. The matter stands very well as it is. We do not view it as taking precedence over other matters priority filed, and it will not bo deter mined until reached in due course. There aro many other pressing and far moro important matters engaging the court at present.'" Demurrers to tho nine Indictments for bribery which confront Louis Glass, vice president of the Pacific States Tel ephone company, wero submitted today in judgo .Lawior's court by Attorney T. O. Coogan. Glass was present. After the reading of one of the de murrers, the case was by agreement put over until next Tuesday. Railway Commission Renders Opinion Against Southern Pacific. Salem After due and tnnturo dollh enttlon tho Oregon Itallroad commis sion has rendered its opinion finding tho 5 rate per ton of 2,000 pound upon rough green fit lumber from Port land to San frianclavo hay tmluts, is excessive, discriminatory and contrary to the rules, orders and regulations of tho Interstate Commerce law, and, un less the southern Pticlflo eoui,ny re stores tho old rale of $3.10 per ton upon tho miiio commodity "within a Hfisonnblo length of time," about two weeks being considered "reasonable" by the commission in this rase, tho en so will bo placed beforu tho Inter stato Commerce commission through tho medium of tho attorney general of tho state. This opinion Is tho outcomo of tho hearing of tho complaint of tho West ern Oregon Lumber Manufacturer' association Tueselay against tho South ern Pacific's action In putting Inlo effect tho $5 rate, April 18, to curtail tho undeslrablo tnilllc in lumber from Interior points southward. Whether or not tho Southern Pucllic sees fit to give heed to this finding nnd suggestion remains to bo seen, but it still leaves tho question of a Hat into of $1 per thousand from valley )olnta to l'ortiand undecided, and this move ment, which Is being agltntwl by the valley mill men, is foreign to that em bracing the Interstate rote, and must be brought before tho commission un der separate complaint and petition, lO ENCOURAGE OEOATINQ. WOODBURN Actual Crops Disposed of Show Ex tra Good Profits. Woodburn If tho true funning con ditions of this section wero moro wide ly known In the East thero would bo thousands moro coming to Oregon re gnreilc of whether thero nrv special mllwud rates or full faro. Hero Is on ly n few Instances of how farming In thW vicinity ixijii, reference being made to recent sales of 101H1 oropeii P. J. Anderson, ten acres ot pota toes, sold for f 1,043. Martin Ilorpiu, six acres ot potato., sold for $760. Honnet Pros., one and thrve-foutths acres of potatoes, sold for $317. llcinshorn Pros,, four acres of on ions, sold for 800. Innumeruhlo instances can be given cf big profits being imcdo by producers in potatoes onions, hntw, clover md nnd oilier outputs, and the future looks so exceedingly bright that our farmers aro preparing to Increase tholr acreage. The markets nro nil that could bo de sired. MAY PROSECUTE THIEVES. More Money for Famine Relief. St. Petersburg, April 27. The fam ine relief committee of the lower house of parliament today dltt'iiased the sup plementary credit of II 1,600,000 for famine relief, the bill for which was submitted to parliament April 13 by Premier Stolypln, who asked for the earliest discussion of the measure on account of the urgency of the situation. The committee decided to recommend tho immediate appropriation of $2, 500,000 for famine relief, the govern ment to withhold the balance, pending the report of the ministry. Will Paint Artillery Gray. Berlin, April 27. Emperor William lias ordered that the field guns, gun carriages and ammunition wagons of tho German artillery be painted a dull gray. Thechango la based upon the experiences of the Russo-Japanese war. Pennsylvania Capitol Commission Has Evidence of Much Graft. Uarrisburg, Pa., April 20. As a io suit of the investigation by the legisla tive commission into tho expenditure of 19,000,000 for furnishings and deco rations for the new stato capltol, It is probable that criminal proceedings will bo Instituted by tho (late atalnst cer tain persons who have prominently fig nrde in the construction. Tho com mission has been Investigating the cliarges of extravagance, overcharges, duplications in payment of bills and fraud for nearly two months and lias 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 suits can bo brought has not been determined, but mem bers of the commission are convinced that it has been demonstrated that criminal action can bo brought. State Library Commission Proposes to Furnish Books for Work. Salem Debating libraries and the orgnniattlon ot a system of debating for tho high schools of tho state, which means practically tho harmonizing of tho State university, tho Library com mission and tho public sohocla of tho stato in that lino of educational develop ment, was what tho Oregon Library commission decided to Inaugurate at tho last regular meeting as ono of Uie principal now features for tho ensuing year. The commission will enlist the co operation ot the high schools of the state In the debating feature, and will furnish all ot the books and literaturo from whleh to obtain material when a series of debates will be outlined and followed out. Tho series will close with a joint debato at the university between tho winning school teams of Eastern and Western Oregon for the stato championship. These debutes will embrace nil wades of school work abovo tho ninth, and a separate plan of organizing a contest uimn tbo samo basis in declamatory work in grodrs from the eighth down la also in contemplation. Elgin Is Going Ahnad. Elgin Elgin Is ono nmong tho many Oregon towns that aro growing with rapid strides. Several thousand dollars sro to bo expended the present season for public Improvement, chief among which will bo the erection ofn new and modern nchoul building, which will cost when comploted $20,000. The structuro will lie constructed of nstlvo stone and brick and will havo ten rooms. The building will bo heated by steam and will havo evory modern convenience. School Clerk Weiss is now receiving bids for the structure, and it will bo completed this season. Tropical War Ends; Ban Salvador. Anrll 20. A treatv nf . . r . . . ' peace between (Salvador and Nicaragua was signed last night by ministers rep resenting eacn country at Amapala. Tho terms of the treaty are honorable to both countries. The conditions pro posed by Salvador were accepted, but tho demands made by President Zo layn, of Nicaragua, for reparation for Salvador's part in the recent war bo tween Nicaragua and Honduras and that there be a free interchange of commodities between Nicaragua and Salvador wero rejected. Arrange Tariff" for Year. Jlorlln, April 20. It Is understood that the new provisional tariff betweon Germany and the United States shall endure for one year and that It will prolong Itself automatically if no no tice ot a change bo given. Will Fight Closed Season Law. Astoria Fred Oieon and John Mus tlk wero arraigned in tho Justice court on complaints charging them with operating setnets during the closed sea- eon In Youngs and Lewis and Olark rivers, respectively. Musi Ik pleaded guilty and was fined $60. Olson will fight the charges against him on the ground that the staU Ashing law does not apply to Youngs river. Fruitgrowers to Build Warehouse La Grande The special meeting of the Grand Rondo Valley Fruitgrowers' union will soon be called to discuss tho plan of building a warehouso in La Grando for the accommodation of tho association's business. The officials seom to favor the project, and in all probability tho building will bo com pleted in time for tho handling of tills year's crop. Eugene Hopos to Be Terminal. Eugene It is reported here that the Southern Pacific company is negotiating ror a tract oi land in .fairmount, a su burb of Eugene, on which to erect car repair shops and terminal bulldinn It Is said tliat the company Intends to make Eugene a division point for tho proposed Klamath extension as woll as fqr the main line. Hood River Turns It Down, Hood River At a special mectlna of Pino Grove grange No. 360 tho nronosl- tlon ot roferrlng tho University ol Ore gon appropriation bill to tho poop I o was turned down by a large majority. Tho movement Is unpopular in this part of the state, LANE FRUIT CROP TO BE HEAVY All Fruits hxcept Apples Give Prom ise of Abundant Yield. Eugene Tho fino wnnn vrenthor of the past two weeks has advanced tho bulls nnd blossom so materially that somo prophesy of tho 1007 fruit crop ran bo made. Evory crop but apples promises to lo heavy. Apples will not be n plentiful tins year as last, nithougii the en re that npplo raisers aro giving their orchards Insure a better quality than In ymrs prist. The peach crop, which was the light est fruit crop In this section last year, If no accident Mails, will be unusually heavy. Cherries, penrs, prunes and plums look uniformly well. The yield on smaller fruits will bo good. The grain, hay nnd gram crop Is in good condition for this tlrno of the year. Offers 82 for TldeUnde. Salem Another effort has been mado by T. licndiyx, of Portland, who rep resented himself nnd nine ethers to in duce the Stato Land board to consider tholr application for tho purchase of approximately 2,600 acres of tldelands ana accretions cumlsting of a group ol small sand islands situated In Catlarnct toy, at $2 ier acre, but the only en couragement he nnd his attorney, (1. F. .Martin, could secure was that the ap plications would bo placed on (lie to await the further action of tho Iwnid alter tho now law goes Inlo effect In creasing the minimum price from $2 to 10 per aero. Oppose Referendum Mova. Ilrownsville Ash 8nlo grange is ono of tho grange of Linn county tliat does not take kindly to the proposition to uso the referendum on tho Stato uni versity appropriation. FOR NEGRO EDUCATION. Aged Quaker Woman Provides for Schools In South, Philadelphia, April 24, A gift ot $1,000,000 for tho establishment of it runel for rudimentary whool lor noiiin em negroes wns announced heio to night. Tho donor is Mir Anna T. Jeatica. a thinker of tills city, Hooker T, Washington, head of the Tuskcgeo Institute and Mollis llurke Frlrsell, president of tlio Hampton Nor mal Industrial Initltnto, aro niunwl as trustee of tho fund, hut neither of tho Institutions they represent will sharo In tho gift. Tho Income, of tho lulllhm dollais Is to IU) used (or the solo pur pose of assisting In the "Southern United State community, country and rural schools (or tho great olnsi ol no urws to whom tho small tural and community school are alone available." Mr. Washington ami Mr, I'rlssoll aro empowered to apKlut a board f trus tee In connection with the fund. The Pennsylvania comuny (or Insurances on lives nnd grunting annuities tit this city will nit us fiscal agynt for the trus ters . Miss Jeanes, tho donor, Is about 80 years of age and nunc from an old nnd wealthy family that ha Wen piomlii out for mora than a century In the So ciety of Friends. Slut has long Ixt'ti Interested In tho welfare ol tint negro and lias beui it contributor to tho in slllule for esluoAtlon, Railroads SHI! Far Behind Willi Orders for Cars, SUSPICIONS AROUSED. French Officials Believe Incendiary at Work In Toulon. Toulon, April St. For Iho sixth tlino within a few months this ort hs boon stricken by disaster from lire, but this time tho remiltnnt damage Is prlii- clpally material, Shortly after mid night a sentinel at tho nrseiml notice! a glare ot names In a itorchouso used for rope yarn, lie at once gave tho alarm nnd soldiers, members ct the erews ot wnmlil In port uud employe of the arsenal were turned out to fight tho Haines, which spread with Incredi ble rapidity. Tho bulldtngs in tho vicinity of tho slorchouso contained 200,000 pounds of material to clean machinery, UO.OlX) pound ol oakum, 6,000 sponges, enor mous quantities Of Uillast, Istskots, linrnrwr, tall cloth, turpentlno, Unseed oil and other Inflammables. Tho wall 'ot a stoiehouso fell In, burying 00 men, 10 ot whom were lo verly Injured. The cause ot the flro has not yet been ascertained. Tho finding of two piece- nf fuse at a kind not used In tho French navy has arous ed tho suspicion that It was not alto gether accidental. A rigorous investi gation Is lclhg conducted. Tho author It leu are becoming moro and more con vinced that tho outbreak of flro wss duo to malevolence. IS NO DECREASE OF EFFICIENT Problem I Iho Greatest and Gravest Companies Have to FaceIn creased Traffic Cause, Chicago, April 26, During tint inniith of February tho rallreMd of tho United Stale were, It I ewtlmaleel, nearly 160,000 oai short of the tie inand made niton them by tho actual tinllki offered foi transHirtntlou. This sinailng fuel was given In tho Ainstl ran Hallway ruuovlatlon at It closing nevilnn tefclay and tho knowledge, nf ll won the day for some drusllo measure' tocorre-e-t the oil. Tho problem ol ewr shortage, the op erating men declare, Is tdy the great est and the ginvett which tho iitllrtiaiU hnvo to face and to solves It was stat ed that searching Investigation dis closed the fact that tho ew shortage I nut due lo decrease! enr efficiency, n tho itvonl shotted that the average dally itiuvomrtil of nil height par had I m' u 26 4 mile. It wn therefor con cluded Hint tho shorigsn 1 duo to tho extraordinary Increase hi the demands nutdfl upon tlio mllnttih, flic committee also refuted that It had confirmed the genet nl opinimi that n great deal mil bo accomplished to Im prove tho situation wlilrh Iwa Ix-en effecting n partial Mtnl)sl ol tho lmU news of tho country. First, by the rail roads themsolvr; scceiiid, by Iho roll lends In their relation to (ho tmlillo.. nnd third, by tho lallnsid In their ro tations with each other. BUYS SUPPLIES WHOLESALE. by- PORTLAND MARKETS. 77o; Wheat Club, 76o; blbeatem, valley, 72o: red, 7-lc. Oats No. 1 wliito, $20.60; gray. $28 320. Rye $1. 46(31. 60 perowt. Parley Fecel, $22.60 per ton; brow ing, $23; rolled, $23.60824.60. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $20 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1. $16 10 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17318; clover. $0; cheat. $0: sraln hay, $8310. Applet Common, 76c3$1.26 per box; choice, $1.602. Vegetables Turnips, Sltl.25 nor cock; carrots, $131.26 per sack; beets, fl.2tKdl.0u per rack; horseradish, 73 8a per pound; cauliflower, $11.60 per doten; lettuce, head, 38346o per dozen; onions, lO012o per doteu ; radishes, 20c per dozen; asparagus, 11016o per pound; rhubarb, 334c per pound. Onions Oregon, $334 per hundred. Potatoes Oregon and .Eoatorn, $1.86 2 per aack; swct potatoes, 8c per pound. Putter Fancy creamery, 22326a per pound. Putter Pat First grade cream, 20o per pound; second grado cream, 2a less per pound. Poultry Averago old hens, I63IC0 per pound; mixed chickens, 1516Koi spring fryer and broilers, 22Ji26c; old roosters, IO012o; dressed chickens, l(H2)uc; turkeys, dressed, choice, I8K 20o; geese, live, 80; ducks, 10018c. Eggs lOo per dozen. Dressod Moata--Veal, 6)8o per pound; beef, bulls, 3Kc; cows, 63 Oo; country steers, O07o; mutton, fancy, 10Q10c par pound; ordinary, 830c; spring lambs, with pells, 13o; pork, 030o per pound, Hops 710o per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon average host, 1318o per pound, according to shrink- ago; valley, 21022c, according to fino nesi; mohair, choice, 30330o per I pound. Expenses of German Army Grow. Ik-rlln, April 24. During tho dis cussion In tho relchstag to lay of tho army appropriation, General von I'lnon, minister of war, referral to the ellllkeiltle encountered by tho army admlnlitrntlon rivontly because of tho purpose of tho government to rnirui tlio field nrtlllery. tho foot artillery nnd the Infantry n quickly as Hslblo. Tho extraordinary expenses In thonrmy appropriation 101 IUU7 include fiu,200, OUO for the rebuilding of fortresses, against $6,260,000 In 1000. When this Is done, uxtwiiie will lie lest, Ray Strikebreakers Ara Imported. Vancouver, II. C, April 21, Prose cution were ccinmonrod this morning In tho Supreme court under tho alien labor act against Smith A Sherburne, Aldcrmsn A Payne A llorio, contract ors, charging I lint they brought hero ten carpenter from Seattle to take the place of local strikers. It Is nllrgeel tho men were hi rod by Agent Williams In Scaltlo nnd that their fates wero paid to Vancouver. LI Hung Chang's 8on Appointed. Pekln, April 24 Lord LI Chlng Fang, the adopted'aon of tho late Vice roy LI Hung Chang, lias been appoint ed Chinese minister to London. Tho new minister I very wealthy. He wss formerly minister to Japan and wss the second plenipotentiary ol China at tlio time ot the pouco negotiations after the war between China and Japan. Coldest April In El Paso. El Paso, Tor,, April 23. Tlio tern pornturo horn full to 31 degrees last night and a heavy frost covered every thing nnd did ilnmngo to fruit. It la tho coldest April wcuthor known In El Paso's history, Twenty-two yeats ago tho temperature got down to froozlng. Treasure Revealed bv Earthquake Lisbon, April 24. A cave was dis covered containing valuahlo treasuro In cluding many old nieces of gold coins. jewelry nnd antlquo arms, supposed to navo necn n uuccunoers hoard, jto cont onrthqiiskcs which exposed tho cave, mado tho dlicovcry possible. Reclamation Service Save Money (Concentrating Business. Chicago, April 26. For tho purpnsev of obtaining and furnishing supplies nrcixsniy In reclaiming the arid regions, of tho West, the United States rex-la-inatlon service) yesterday eietied a now purchiulng nnd transportation olllco Iru Chicago. Heretofore nil ol thin busl line was loft In the hands of tho engin eers In charge, ot tlm work, who pur chased their siinnlles from (ho nearest dealers. It was found, however, that tint price In the past wero so eieesslvo that tho government had to save money by buying direct from the wholevileia In Chicago nnd otthrr poind, At prevent the work Is Mng carried on In 20 different project. An expen diture of $40,000,000 will be made and. when ooiniilctcd mure than 2,000,000' aoi en of arid land will havr lie-en re claimed. The freight hill alone Inst month amounted to $.18,000. The new ollleo 1 expected to result In n totnl saving to tlio servlco ot at least 20 or cent. POLICE QUARD TILLMAN. Plague Rages at Cartagena, Madrid, April 24, According to an ovenlng nowipaper, tho mlnistor of marine has received a telegram from tho cuntaln nenoral at Cuitauona sav ing the plague Is raging at that port and that 300 pel sons have boon sent to hospitals. Exciting Incidents Mark Hit Lecture, at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, A pi II 246. As a precau tionary measure, 22 detective nnd a. squad of uniformed (xdleeiimii were sta tioned in Cnrnegln music hull Us t night during tho address nf Senator II. U. Tillman, of South Cierollrm, who ills ciied tho rnoo problem. Several ex citing Incident occurred, but no trou bloenmieel, Ten negroe were present. After declaring that the race In the South wero gradually Incoming more antagonistic, Mr Tillman cnllwl for a voto of the audience to whether tho negro wn tho equal of tho whllo man, The entlro audlcnca excent the ton n. groc yotd In the negative by rising, Ono man Interrupted Xlr. Tillman several times durlim hi addrru. xi- Tillman had him admit that ho cam a from Europe and thenblltorlydonouna od Kuroneans In America who under take to Judgo questions concerning this country. i Train Young Ministers, St. Louis, Anrll 25,-Tho goneraL iKxerd ot education of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In session here today, appropriated $60,000 for thn establishment of a training ...i.t at Pnlo Alto, Cullfornln, to bo conduct eel In conjunction with Loland Stanford. Jr., university. Tho appropriation la. conditional upon an additional $60,000 being raised In California. It Is stated that a Cnllfornlan, whoso nnrne Is with hold for tho present, lma nm,..r....i ... give $200,000 fn money and ! , o.rtv 10 mo school, property Factory Men to Qo on Strike. St Petersburg, April 26. A symnn tho to strlko started hero today in ,'. oral factories, Including Nobel's. Ten thousand men are ulready out and It la feared Hie strike will iJ. " " . T his movement Is tho outcome of u oat i Wet yesterday botwoen troops nnd u numbor 0 men who hold an Illegal were injnred by ssboii and whips, rmmmxz. - Mm L'iL.' JjatUtt JssiiMimiMirttniSMSis MiMrtMaasM sssassvi &.