East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-21
NEW YORK LETTER

New York, July 2l.-The steam
yacht Mayflower, formerly owned by
Mrs Ogden Goelet and purchased
from her by the United States govern
ment at the time of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. probably will be sold soon.
During the time that the Japanese
Russian peace ENJOYS are in this
country the vessel will be placed at
the disposal of the commission. After
that the government will have no fur
ther use for her.
The Mayflower is being overhauled
at the Brooklyn navy yard. and will
go to Portsmouth, N H, on August
l. carrying the peace commission. All
the expensive fittings, which were re-
moved at the time she was commits
stoned for war service will be replac-
ed. 1t has been decided by the author
tiles to have six of the 6-pounders
formerly on board the battleship Ala
bama, placed on the peace ship" so
that it is supposed there will be enough
of war about the boat to keep fresh
in the minds of the ENJOYS the grim
ness of the conflict which they may
bring to close.
More Warships Coming.
With the completion of the battle
ship Connecticut, now building here
and other warships. more vessels will
be added to the register of naval
ships in the fiscal year just opening
than in any other fiscal year in the
country's naval history. In the COM
ing 12 months there will be placed in
active service, beside the Connecticut
the great battleships Nebraska. Yer
mont, Virginia, Georgia, New Jersey
Rhode Island and Louisiana, the ar
mored cruisers California. South Da-
kota, Tennessee and Washington, and
the protected cruisers st. Paul, Mil
waukee and Charleston.
The result of this large addition to
the navy will be a swing of the pendu-
lum of activity to the other extreme
Not for a long time have there been
so few vessels in the early period of
their construction as now. and the
consequence will be that July l. 1900
will find fewer ships than in many
years in course of construction at pri-
vate government yards.
$1,0OO,OOO Art Temple.
Brooklyn is to have million dollar
art temple. which will be a grand
| opera house and a Madison Square
garden in one. Plans for the struc.
ture have been accepted by the board
of directors of the Academy of Music
and work on the handsome new build.
| ing, to replace the old Academy, de.
stroyed by fire, will begin at once.
The building will be constructed or
the most modern lines, and will com.
| prise two auditorlums and bal
room. The main auditorium will be
| for grand opera and dramatic pro,
| ductions, and will have a seating ca
| pacity of 5000. The other auditorium
will seat 1900. and will be used fol
lectures and concerts On the SECOND
! floor will be the ball room. with {
floor space of $500 square feet
Enforcing Child Labor Laws.
The rigidity with which the chilC
! labor laws are being enforced thi'
summer is being bitterly protested b!
the parents in the poorer sections o
| the city. They cannot understand VIII!
| the board of health should refuse ;
work certificate to a child under 1
years of age, nor can they understand
any of the other regulations which
! govern the issuance of these certifi
! Gates.
As a result of this ignorance score
upon scores of angry parents are be
| ing turned away from the various 10
| cal offices of the health bureau NUT
tering imprecations at the official
| who refuse to give them the certifi
Gates which enable their children t.
work during the summer months.
In former years it was compare
lively easy matter for a child to OBJ
tain a vacation work certificate, bu
things have changed now and no chilli
is permitted to work unless it is l.
years of age and has attended schoo
for 1870 school days since its 13u
birthday. So rigidly are these tw'
qualifications enforced that no worl
certificate is issued to a child unles
IT can produce absolute evidence o
age. together with a certificate from
the principal of the school it last at
| tended, showing that it had been II
| school the necessary number OF days