Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-15


/ selection viii be made from one of those
| pending on which these senators will unite.
F.! He did not return from the White House
| until nearly noon. He did not disclose at
| the committee session the result of the
| conference.
Prominent Colored Visitors.
| President Roosevelt received two dele
| cations of prominent colored visitors to-
| day. The first delegation invited him to
! Be present - the assembling in Washing
, ton, July 3-S, of the Negro Young Peo-
-p,es Christian and Educational Congress.
| The President expressed his regrets and
said that he did not expect to be in Wash
| 1ngtOn at that time, his intentions being
I to go to Oyster Bay by the end of June.
The delegation that presented the invi-
Atlanta; G. w. Clinton. Charlotte, and
J Alexander Walters. Jersey City; Prof. l.
Garland Pen, Atlanta; Prof j. r. Haw-
kins; KittrelI, N: c: Rev. N. G; B; Mason.
| Cincinnati; Prof Booker T. Washington.
| Tuskegee; Rev. w. H. Weaver, Atlanta;
] Rev. S. N. Vass, Raleigh: Rev. E. w.
! hampton. Greenville. Miss; Rev. e. r.
| Carter. Atlanta; L. E. b. Rosa, Wash
ington, and H. D. Slater. Atlanta.
Conditions in the Congo.
The other delegation presented to the
| President resolutions bearing upon the al
! leSeu OepiCTapic CONDITIONS III the congo
Free State. and asked him to interfere to
| put stop to them. The delegation was
! from the national Baptist convention, and
| consisted of Rev. Dr. e. G. Morris, Arkan-
| sas Rev Dr. l.. G. Jordan, Kentucky; Prof.
Booker I. Washington, Rev. DR.. w. Bishop
Johnson, Washington; Rev. DR.. A. A. Cosey.
| 1t is asserted that reign of terror IS on in
| the Free State under the rule of King Leo
| pold; that debauchery of women, mutlia ton
| OF children and murder of men, foggings
| cann1balism. and the imprisoning of men,
! women and children in pens together are
! common. Rev. DR.. Morris, in a speech to
| the President, stated this belief:
A Big Batch of Bills.
! Maj. W. M. Palmer Of the enrolling COM
| House today L34 bills that are ready for
the consideration of the President. This is
| the llrgest batch of bills yet delivered a.
| the White House.
! The President had throng of Wis tors
today. fifteen or twenty senators and rep
reSentauSes presenting groups of friends
and constituents. Senator Smoot presented
L. L. Mum, one of the most not ID cleo al
engineers and railway owners of the west
Representative William Alden Smith told
! the President what fine impression lost
master General Cortelyou made at the re-
cent banquet of the Lincoln Club at Grand
Rapids
Senators Dryden and Kean and Represen-
tatlve Parker of New Jersey presented to
President Roosevelt today a delegation OF
| the Northeastern Saengerbund the mem
| bers of which extended to the President an
| invitation to attend on the I'd of July the
northeastern saengerfest to be held in New
ark, n. j. 1t was explained to the Presi-
dent that the Saengerbund represented 5000
singers and J1O,CC0 people. The President
said he uniformly had declined all invita-
| tons for next summer, but he promised If
he should consider any of the invitations
favorably, he would be glad to take up this
invitation.
Gov. Brady Resigns.
Gov. John G. Brady of Alaska has sent
his resignation to the President as governor
of that territory. The resignation was
transmitted through Judge Peele of the
Court of Claims, and was presented yes
terday afternoon. This disposes of a
source of trouble to Alaska people, many
oe whom have been making fight on
Governor Brady.
The President is understood to desire to
make Lieut.. d. II. Jarvis formerly or
the revenue cutter service, governor of the
| territory 1t was Mr.. Jarvis who made
the celebrated overland trip in midwinter
for the relief of ice-imprisoned and starv
ing whalers at Point Barrow, in northern
Alaska. The trip was one of the memora-
bic and daring feats of Alaskan history
Lieut.. Jarvis resigned from the revenue
cutter service TO go into business, and is
now general manager of a large salmon
canning company on the north Pacific
coast
A Question of Open Hearings.
The members of the board of appraisers
of New York called at the White House
this afternoon with Secretary Shaw for
the purpose of comforting with the Presi-
dent and delega ton from the Merchants
Association of New York over some adj
| illustrative matters connected with the
| ryNly Nf he hoo ri IN, N.-lz
Merchants Association is in favor of
| open hearings In reappraisement cases in
stead of closed hearings. as now, and want
some other changes brought about The
| object of the talk Wac to determine the
| best policy to pursue In the future.