The Irish standard., 1906-12-01
PRESIDENT BEGINS CLEARING UP
CORRESPONDENCE AccUMu.
LATED DURING TRIP.
CABINET is GIVEN AN
ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY
Special Report on Panama Canal to
Be Sent to Congress Soon After
opening-Ethel Greets Parents on
Their Arrival.


with dizzy acceleration. Perhaps the
ginger noticeable was due to Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's return. He was at
his desk early, bronzed and invigora-
ted in health from his long sea trip
to Panama and Porto Rico. Secretary
Loeb took to him a large amount of
correspondence which had accumula-
ted since the presidents departure
and was with him up to the time of
the cabinet meeting.
For Special Message to Panama.
Much of the time of the cabinet
session was taken up by the presi-
dents account of his trip to Panama
and Porto Rico. His special message
on the Panama canal, it Is expected,
will be sent to congress probably
about week after it convenes Mon
day. The document will give
graphic and detailed description of
conditions on the isthmus as the pres
ident found them. There will be re-
commentators for the betterment of
conditions which suggested themselves
during his visit.
| The secretary of commerce and
labor, Mr.. Metcalf, reported on the
alleged indignities offered the Japan
ese in San Francisco, and Secretary
Shaw told how the American Smelling
& Refining company, otherwise known
as the ''silver trust" had been trying
to fatten itself at the expense of the
government by boosting the price Of
silver, needed for subsidiary coinage
| All the members we're present at the
meeting for the first time since the be-
ginning of the political campaign.
Reports Packers Improve Plants.
Alfonso D. Melvin, chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry, under whose
Office the administration of the meat
inspection law is carried out. returned
from western tour of inspection
which included visit to packing
houses in Chicago. Milwaukee, Den.
YER and Kansas City. He says every.
where there is apparent beneficial
effects of execution of the law and a
manifest desire on the part Of pack
ers to comply with It's provisions
DR.. Melvin says there were some
cases in which packers proceeded
rather grudgingly in making the nee
essary improvements. due to the out
lay of money required.
Representative Mann. or Chicago
said during the day that congress at
the coming session would not amend
the food law. There will be hearings
however. on two proposed amend
ments. One lis to label the cans or
packages of foodstuffs. TO show the
exact amount in pounds of liquid
measure that they contain. The other
is to stamp the date on each package
as 1t is prepared for the market.
Daughter Ethel Greets Parents.
The Mayfiower arrived at the Wash.
ington navy yard at 10:40 o'clock Mon,
day night after having received the
president and his party from the bat.
tleship Louisiana at the mouth of the
Potomac river.
The instant the gang plank was
thrown out Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who
had been waiting at the wharf rushed
over IT, eagerly and reached the deck
just in time to meet her father as he
came from below. There was moth
ing conventional about the young girls
greeting to the president. When she
was through with showing her father
how glad she was to see him back,
Miss Ethel dashed down below to
greet her mother aE
Mr.. Roosevelt said hef fad had an
enjoyable time and wa1S deeply I'M.
pressed with the United States navy,
! with Panama and Porto Rico.