Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
INTERNAL TROUBLES, TOO.


ern conveniences for handling the cargoes
of ships in the city of Panama Goods
destined for Panama merchants will not
be stopped at the new port, which is sew
by rail, but will be allowed to go right
through in bond into Panama territory. The
duty can then be collected in Panama and
there will be no hitch.
The Presidents callers before the cabinet
meeting this morning were few. Comn1is-
sioner Macfarland called to present Frank
lin Gaylord, prominent resident of ST
Petersburg. Commissioner West likewise
called to present a friend. Prof. Willis
Moore of the weather bureau called with
Dr.. I. s. Palmer. head Of the biological
division of the Department CT Agriculture,
and had a talk on departmental matters.
President Going Into The Country.
President Roosevelt, intends TO take q
ride into Virginia with Mrs. Roosevelt this
afternoon and visit DR.. Rixey. who has a
summer home on the Virginia side of the
Potomac. Mrs. Roosevelt will leave Wash
ington Saturday morning at 10 o'clock for
Oyster BaY In New York city, she VIII
who are now in st. Louis visiting the ex-
position and they will go right on to Oyster
Bay. The President will remain in Wash
ihgton until some time between the 18th
and 10Th of this month. but the probable
lty is that he will not get away from
Washington before the 10Th
President and Mrs Roosevelt went for a
horseback ride last Sunday and remained
away from the White House all day. 1t Is
stated that they rode into Maryland and
stopped at a picturesque ancient mill to
talk with the miller While they were en-
gagged in conversation the midday dinner
bell rang, summoning the members of the
family to the meal. The miller politely in
vited the President and wife to join him,
and they accepted the invitation in the
heartiest spirit. The miller was a demo-
crat before that time. He will vote the re-
publican ticket this fall.
The Cabinet Meeting.
Secretaries Morton, Metcalf and Shaw.
Attorney General Moody and Postmaster
General Payne were the representatives OF
the cabinet at the cabinet meeting today
and they remained withsthe President some
time. Departmental affairs and politics
mingled, but the cabinets officers had little
to give to the public upon leaving. II is
thought that nearly all Of the cabinet MEM
bers will be In Washington az cabinet
meeting next Friday. ,
Postmaster General Payne, at the en-
clusion of the cabinet meeting announced
the following post office appointments:
Carolina, Chapel Hill, w. A. Lloyd; Ala
bama, Fort Payne, r. W. Frazier; Geor gia.
Tennille, P. A. Smith. y
Railroad Men as Callers.
The President received call today from
E. NJ. Gross and F. OConnor of Connells-
vile, Pa, railroad men employed for many
years on the Baltimore. and Ohio road; at
least one of them was On the road. This is
Mr.. OConnor, who was a fireman when MS
engine overturned in wreck, pinning him
underneath by the legs Both legs were
burned Off under the engine. Mr.. OCon-
nor and Mr.. Gross have the greatest ad-
miration for the President who is an
honorary member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, and he and Mr.. Gross
assured the President that the railroad men
of the country would support him In the
heartiest manner. The President talked
for some time with hts brother railroad
men.
Bartholomew GunsZt, former secretary of
Louis kossuth, governor president OF
Hungary, called on the President.
Among the callers today was w. F. Stone
OF Detroit, chief of the brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers Mr. Stone was pre-
sented to the President by Edward A. Nose
ley, secretary of the Interstate commerce
commission. His call on the President was
purely social.
Invited to Boston.
Lieut.. Governor Curtis Guild of Mass
achusetts called on the President this af-
ternoon with a committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic to invite him to at
tend the national encampment of the G. A.
h, which Is to be held in Boston August
l5-2l. President Roosevelt expressed his
sincere appreciation of the invitation, put
SAID that he hardly would be able to ac-
cept IT, In view of his announced purpose
not to participate in any public functions
curing the pending campaign.