The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-19

/ corps, has begun vigorous campaign
TO protect his men in Cuba from vel.
i low fever. Ten barrels of oil of cit
ronella have been ordered sent to
Cuba, and every marine on guard duty
will be supplied with bottle OF this
oil 10 be used in protecting himself
against mosquito bites. All the ma.
rines in Cuba are supplied with mos
quito bite nettings. Water filters have
| also been sent 10 Cuba and all the Of
! fcers have been urged 10 caution the
marines against the use OF unfiltered
water.
Comley Finding Approved-Acting
| Secretary NewberTy of the navy de-
partment has just approved the find
ings Of acquittal in the court martial
in the case of Capt. Samuel p Com.
ley, recently tried on charges growing
| out OF the collision between the Ala
! bama and Illinois off Brenton's Reef,
| Rhode Island, on July 81. Capt Com
| ley was in command OF the Alabama
| al the time and Lieut.. Alfred w Pres.
| sey, officer OF the deck. The action OF
the court in regard to Lieu. Pressey is
understood 10 have been an acquittal.
Contract Work on Canal--lt has
been finally decided that the Panama
| canal will be completed by contract,
In few days the commission will
| make public a statement setting forth
its reasons for favorng the contract
system. and at that time a form of
contract will also probably be pub
lished showing exactly the sort Of
document believed by the commission
erS to be necessary for safeguarding
the work. This change in the plan OF
building the canal will in no way af-
feet the employment of Chinese labor.
Proposals for furnishing the Chinese
labor were made under such cond-
tiOns that they can be transferred TO
contractors and the terms can be full
filled in such manner that the gov
crnment can give the coolies just as
much protection as il could if the gov
enment were the direct employer.
President Roosevelt still intends to
visit the isthmus this fall, and unless
there be some change for the worse in
the Cuban situation, will probably
leave for Colon in a short time after
the election.
Thousands of slind-About one per-
son in every 1900 was blind and one
in every $50 persons was deaf in the
United States in 1900. according to a
special census report just issued. The
inquiry was conducted under the di-
roCtiOn OF Or. Alexander Graham Bell
The total number OF blind in the
United States in 1890 was G4.763. of
whom 3j.G45 were totally, 29.11S par
TALLY blind. OF the total blind, 81 .054
were males and 27,709 females. About
1-l0 of the total number of blind were
born so. The number of blind per
1000 population was greater among ne
groes than among the whites. and
greater among the foreign born whites
than among the native whites. In
about 5 percent of the cases of blind
ness reported, the parents Of the blind
were cousins. OF the blind whose
parents were so related % percent
were congenitally blind, while among
the blind whose parents were not
cousins. the proportion cong9nitally
blind was only GS percent. OF the
blind at least 10 years old. 20 percent
were engaged in some ganful occupa-
tion The percentage Of persons en-
gagged in professional pursuitst trade
and transportation and in MANUFACTURE
ing and mechanical industries Is larg-
or among the totally blind than among
the general population.
Diplomatic Changes-Marked chang
es i'm the personnel of the Latine Amer
lean representation in Washington
have taken place within the last three
months. and as the season foT activ-
ity in diplomatic circles approaches,
great interest is shown in newt diplo-
mats from South and Central America
and there is much speculation as 10
aUpointments vet to be made. With
the return of Secretary Root after his
remarkable tour of South America the
southern republics have taken on an
added Importance in official circles
Reports thar Argentina is anxious 10
follow the example of Mexico and Bra
zil and elevate its mission in Washing
ton 70 an embassy are causing COM
ment. Ever since the serious ILLNESS
OF the Mexican ambassador. last year,
il has been rumored that he probably
would not stay in Washington long and
the opinion seems 10 prevail now that
he will soon surrender his post. AT
present he is in Europe. where he has
been under treatment for several
months Although Mr., WalkertMarti-
nez. the Chilian minister. has not for.
ma,ly resigned his post. II is we'll un-
de, stood that he will not return 10
Washington from Chile where he is at
rresent looking after property inter
ests which were affected by the earth.
ouakes Nobody has been mentioned
yet as his successor DR. Enrique Cor
tez. the new Columbian minister. will