Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22
WEEK ENDING SEPT. %, 1906.

WEEK ENDING SEPT. ~, 1906.
p President Roosevelt has issued an order
extending the eight-hour law to all public
work, especially to river and harbor i'm
provements. delegation of German man
ufacturers called on President Roosevelt to
complain about the custom house regula-
lions, which, they asserted resulted in dis
elimination against German goods. Labor
leaders regard President Roosevelt's eight
hour order as campaign bait" to catch the
labor vote. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission issued certain new rules for the
government of railroads. Secretary Wilson
announced the meat-food inspection regula-
t1Ons The eight-hOur law has been found
comprehensive, and Commissioner of Labor
Neill says 1t will be strictly enforced Gen.
Thomas H. Barry and Gen. William P.
and are understood to be designated for
commands in Cuba II an army is sent to the
island. Secretary Taft, Assistant Secretary
Bacon and their party left Washington for
more were among the bidders to furnish
thousands Of Chinese laborers for work on
the Panama canal. At present the United
States Marine Corps has over 1000 men in
active service, the legal limit Of the corps
being 5000. An effort will be made to COM
pei officers as well as the public to treat
with more consideration the enlisted men
of the army and navy. Washington state
republicans demanded that President Roose-
welt run for that Office again. Winston
Churchill was defeated for the nomination
for governor of New Hampshire, the Boston
and Maine railroad being too strong for
him. The democrats were much disappoint-
ed by the peaceful program OF the Presi-
dent in regard to the Cuban crisis as they
expected to be able to denounce his "reck-
less militarism." Three warshps started for
Cuban waters, to be in readiness for any
emergency. and others are making ready.
Gen. Frederick Funston arrived in WASH
ingtOn and In consultation with Cen
Bell, chief of staff, and other officers, pre-
paratory to departing for Havana to join
Secretary Taft's party. Direct communica-
lions were established between Oyster Bay
and Havana. A large part of the town of
Jellico, Tenn, was wrecked by the explo-
sion of car of dynamite which killed at
least eleven persons and injured fifty more.
Chicago Rock Island train dropped into
the river three miles from Dover, Okla, and
eight persons are known to be dead, while
twenty were hurt and as many more miss
ing. Charles Conley, the negro who attacked
two white women in Delaware recently, was
sentenced to serve fifty years in prison and
to receive thirty lashes at the whipping
post. A severe storm swept the North Car
DINA coast, doing great damage at the
beach resorts near Wilmington. Among
those who died were Representative Robert
r. Hit of Illinois; and Ex-Governor Bliss
Of Michigan.
Foreign.
Advices from Havana said that Secreta-
ries Taft and Bacon had practically aban-
doned hope Of finding a compromise in
Cuba; the dispatch added that 1t was not
denied that Intervention might be followed
by American sovereignty Hundreds of per-
sons were arrested in Warsaw, and fears Of
a massacre caused panic at Odessa; sew
enteen mutineers were shot at Helsingfors;
Gen. Doroshezsky, president Of the court
martial at Warsaw, was shot and wounded
in the thigh: Car Nicholas did not attend
the funeral Of Gen. Trepoff because he fear
ed assassination; Gen. Nicolaief. OF the
artillery, was assassinated in the streets OF
Warsaw; the PRONUNCIATION Of laws grant
ing religious freedom In Russia is promised;
social revolutionists in Russia Issued
manifesto threatening death to all the lead
ers Of the autocracy. Germany has made
representations to Russia regarding the
need for better protection Of Germans In
the Baltic provinces. The young man ar
rested in Toulon. France, on charge of
fraud, who first gave his name as Herbert
Shald, now says he Is Herbert Shaw, son
of the Secretary Of the Treasury. Advices
from Hamburg say that the British naval
authorities at Portsmouth forced German
excursion steamer to leave that harbor In
storm; officers at Portsmouth deny the
occurrence. Lord Roseberry, in speech
at Hawick. referred humorously to Presi-
dent Roosevelts scheme of spelling reform.
Three great vessels. the Mauretania Of the
Cunard line. the Adriatic of the White Star
line, and the armored cruiser Shannon
were launched in Great Britain. A German
surgeon Reports LQaI he has UeeH SuCCcSS-
full in transplanting organs from one body
to another. Spanish papers say that the
situation in Morocco Is disquieting, and
foreign Intervention Is predicted. Six hum
dred fishing junks were lost in the recent
typhoon near Hong Kong, and the total loss
of life Is now estimated at ten thousand.
In the District.
Assistant Secretary Newberry returned to
the city after a short vacation at Watch
Hill, r. l., and a cruise OF inspection of
northern naval stations on the United
States steamship Dolphin. Admiral Cali of
the Italian navy. and captaip and execu-
tive officer of the Italian cruiser Fiera-
mosca, accompanied by Lieut.. Pfster, naval
attache Of the Italian embassy called at the
Navy Department and paid their respects
to Secretary Bonaparte and Rear Admiral
Converse, chief of the bureau OF navigation
Brig. Gen. Funston, accompanied by his
| aid de camp, arrived in town and proceed
| ed at once to the War Department, where
Gen. Funston reported to Gen. Bell John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
| Workers, prominent figure in the labor
| world, Is In the city. Samuel A. Croft who
has served two years in Moundsville peni-
| tertiary for postal frauds, returned to his
| home. The executive council Of the Fed
| GRAFTON of Labor met during the week.
| The Naional Association of Railway
| Agents began its annual session. The WASH
| ington Cold Storage and Ice Company,
| which was recently Incorporated proposes
| to erect plant at cost Of 1925. 900 for the
/ conduct of ito business. James Sauer,