Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-08
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Many Delegations and Callers
Received.
A TALK WITH MR.. FOLK
CITY ATTORNEY OF ST. LOUIS
LUNCHES WITH PRESIDENT.
Gives Result CT Chairman Burton's
Trip Abroad-Mr. Loeb on
CranRS.
A Talk WITH MR.. FOLK

| Despite the Gownpour of rain the PreSi-
dent had a busy day and large number OF
| visitors with resultant receptions, confer
| enoes etc. The day really an impor-
| tant one in many respects. There was an
| Informal cabinet meeting. at which four
members were present-Secretary Hay, Sec
retary Moody. Secretary Co-telyOu and At
torney General Knox. The object of th,
| cabinet gathering was not ascertained.
| More than one hundred 6roccrs of the
New England states, who are in Washing
| ton on their annual excursion, were re-
| ceived by the President about noon, and
| at the same time the President received
| and shook hands with over three hundred
| druggists who are attending the convention
| of the National Association of Retail Drug
gists.
| The commission international eN-
| change, which has been abroad studying
| exchange there. was received by the Presi-
| dent also the meinters being H II. Hanna
| of Indianapolis. Prof. j. v. jerks OF Cor
| nell and c. 4. Conlnt of New York. Sec
| retary Hay and Secretary Shaw were pres
| ent The commission has returned from
an extended trip abroad and made verbal
report to the President. The formal re-
port VIII be submitted to Congress later,
1t will contain recommendations and suS-
gestiors as to legislation necessary to carry
into effect the tentative agreements reached
| by the commission with foreign govern
mentS.
After the conference al the White House
| it was stated thai the President and the
| commission had dec dad to send Pi ofessor
| jerks to China to present t. the Chinese
government the su5jec, OF the adVisahiiity
| of the adoption by 1hat county OF a gold
exchange standard along with nearly All
| world
| Luncheon With Mr. Eclk.
Zest was given the days work by a
luncheon with Joseph Folk, the noted city
! attorney of ST. Louis, whose prosecution
| of political scalawags and boodieTs will
probably bring him the democratic nor,ina-
ton for governor. There was nothing
| Political in the meeting Of the two men,
Mir. Folk is a democrat with strong pos
| sibity of election governor of his state
by reason of the desire of the voters To
reward him for his successful efforts
| against the worst gang OF booderS Mis-
souri, and The city of st. Louis ever knew
Mr.. Folk has encountered some difficulty
| in the performance of his duties ON account
| OF the escape of L few of those whose IN
| dctment he had secured into Canada and
Mexico. Mr.. Felix desires that the ex-
| tradition treaties between those govern
| ments and the United States be 50 amend
| ed and strengthened as to admit of the
| return to this country of persons VINO have
| been indicted for bribery, embezzlenent.
! &c. He desires that the President should
| take up the matter for consideration with
| Secretary Hay, and. If possible. have the
suggested amendments to the treaties
made.
! This afternoon Secretary Hay presented
| to the President the officers of the Bra
| lillian warsilip Constant, which is now in
/ this country paying official return visit
| for the visit of the United States war ve'-
| sci which called at Brazil to present the
compliments of this government at the time
of the Inauguration of the president OF
| Brazil. The President greeted the officers
| cordially. TO him We're conveyed the uill-
| cial assurances of the good Will and friend
! skip of Brazil.
Work of Rivers and EarboTs.
| Representative Burton ot Oh o, chairman
| of the rivers and hlrbors committee of the
| last two Congresses and probable chairman
| of that committee III the Fifty eighth Con-
| gress had "a chat with the Pres dent re-
! garding the work of the approaching seS-
SION. Mr.. Burton returned Z day or two
ago from an extensive tour of Eu 'ope. he
made the trip for the purpose OF Studying
the methods of foe Sn countries ~ the
making of r.ver and hafbor improvements
! His OF servations extended not only over
the engineering features OF the works but
| also over the ys,ems OF pigment for the
| works. His principal idea was TO ascerta II,
if POSSIBLE, whether there was a DEFINITE line
of demarcation between projects the entire
| expense of which WAS paid by the central
| governments and such improvements as
|
| corporations ind .Gu Is. Ec is quite
satisfied that such line of deriarcation
| exists. The systems of payment for public
! improvements vary decidedly n the several
| European countries, some of item being
| not essentially different f. ON the plan usu-
| ally followed by the Congress of the United
| States. He has gathered mass of inter
csting and valuable Information which it
| viii be necessary for him to clas ssify and
! tabulate before it is preSen ed to Congress.
! Mr. Burton is in favor OF the enactment OF
| ri am plrhGr y n
| preaching session OF Congress but says he
finds strong sentiment against such ac-
ton. No decision regarding the matter Will
be reached probably for SJme time.
Mr. Loeb Likewise Busy Man.
Secretary Loeb also had a busy day,
spending time with Chief Wilkie of
the secret service in a conference relative
to the disposition to be made OF cranks and
the placing of secret service where
| their services will be most effective in the
protection of the President.
! Secretary Loeb has announced il as his
! intention in the future to suppress every
fact in connection with the arrest of cranks
| at the White House. and he has notified
every attache of the White House force,
| every secret service and police officer on
duty there, and the police department. that
he will make trouble fCr any man who fails
| to observe his orders in this respect. Sec
retary Loeb was displaased when the facr
leaked out that John Decker, demented
the White House -hecluse he thought that
| the devil riding his shoulders and
that the President was the only man who
f, could remove the imp. Mr.. Loeb refused to
! give cut anything about the arrest and had
| coached the police department Sd that every
| officer refused to say word. 1t was only
| after a long persuasion that Mr.. Loeb con-
sented to give the name and address OF the
| man who had made no threats Mr.. LOebS
policy will be to prevent anything of this
! kind going out, because he believes that it
| suggests to demcnted people everywhere
! to make similar visits. BY completely pre-
venting the publication of anything about
crazy people going near the White House
| Mr.. Loeb thinks that he can reduce the
| number of such visitors and relieve the de-
tective force of considerable strain in con-
| nection with the protection of the Pres-
dSnt
| Installation of Howard's President.
| Judge Peelle Judge Anderson, DR.. Hamlin
and General King of the board Of trustees
Of Howard University called on the Pres;-