The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-08-24
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)

| department is about 10 issue a new
postal card. Designs for it have been
| passed upon by Third Asst. Postmaster
| General Madden, and the final selcc.
| tiOn Of the design rests with Post
! master General Cortelyou, who is eX-
| pected 10 return TO Washington next
| month. The new card Will not be
much different from the one now in
use. II Will have a medallion head
! Of the late President Mckinley and the
usual inscription. The change will be
| in the style in which the latter is
| printed The department wants some
th.ag simpler and more harmonious
| in character than the card now in use.
Mormon Proselyt.ng.-COngress may
be called upon to remedy the immi.
grafton law so that aliens brought 10
this country for the purpose OF increas-
ing the strength of the Mormon
church may be excluded. Thousands
Of women and young girls have been
brought over from Europe and sent Gi-
! rect TO Utah or Idaho 70 become the
| wives OF MormOns, their expenses paid
| By Mormon elders or missionaries who
accompany them. Ii is said at the
immigration bureau that these arri.
I FuIs approximate 2.GoU q year BOs-
( Ton Is the iayorito port OF entry for
/ the Mormon missionaries with their
pTOSelrtos. They usually come in with
! q party OF from five TO seven in charge
Of c1o missionary or elder. Not long
ago one Of these elders brought back
q family in which there was an idiot
/ daughter. The Girl was dcported
To Visit Public Building S,tcs.-The
first treasury agent TO inspect public
! building sites is Col. James +. Low.
! Col. Low has just received orders from
Asst. Sec. Edwards to leave for New
England at once and look over the
sites offered for sale in q number OF
cities, bids for which have been open
ed recently. His first stop will be
New Britain, Conn Thence he viii
visit Willimantic and Greenwich,
/ Conn; Plymouth, Webster, Beverly,
and otacr Massachusetts, towns; no,
/ Yer and EcCao, \. H., Auburn, Me, and
points in Vermont and Rhode Island
Col. Lows orders are 10 inspect
every site offered for sale in the New
| England cities Tor which public build
| in" sites were provided in the recent
| public building BILL except those in
| Boston, North Adams ana P.tsdcld
In these cities it is The purpose Of the
treasury officials 20 give personal al
! tontion 10 the stys offered At North
| Adams one site was of red TO De
donated. This requires particular at
tCntion; SO does the selection of
site for the new Boston appraisers
stores. They will be handled later
COl. Low will report upon each site to
Soc. Shaw upon his return, making
recommendations as to which he
thinks the best. His recommends
| tions will not be final, but naturally
they VIII carry considerable weight.
Workmen in the White House.-A
| large force Of wOTkmen are in complete
possession of the White House, and il
is in a dsmantled condition. Carpen-
tcrs, plastorers, and painters will have
the historic mansion to themselves
until late in September No changes
| in the appearance Of the White
House viii be made this summer, and
! ii will not be rcmOdcled in any par
ticular. The exterior Of the house is
| being given q new coat OF white paint;
| the noted East Room is being re-paint-
ell a deeper cream, and the Red. Blue
and Green Parlors will also be re-
, painted. Practically all the furniture
viii be upholstered, and some new fur
niJW2 Will be purchased. The colon
made next 10 the public entrance is
! being enclosed in.glaSs for the accom-
| mediation Of the large number of per-
sons VINO attend the receptions at the
White House; the roof OF the colon
made is being repaired, it having
sprung a leak. 1t is not the inten-
! ton of Col. Charles Bromwcll. who
! has supervision over the White House
| and all public buildings, to make fur
thor provision for protecting the Pres
| idcnt from Cranks or other intruders.
| Ample protection is now given him.
There is a large guard of policemen
and secret service men on duty at the
! White House, and ii is impossible for
| Iany one to gain admission to the Pres
id,nt unless he is Looked over by the
. Presidents guards.
To Protect Canal Workers.-Care
will be taken by the United States
government TO prevent contractors
from doing injustice TO the Chinese
lahorers employed for work on the
Panama canal The specifications adj
ycrls.ug for proposals to supply 2.500
Chinese to the canal commission will
St.ralute that the secretary of war
shall have the privilege Of passing on
! contracts which labor AGENTS make
with Chinese who are to be sent to
the isthmns. This provision Will
! make il possible for Secretary Taft
! TO prevent discrimination against tho
| coolies by unscrupulous contractors.
Under this arrangement The United
States will know exactly what the Chi.
ncsc ere paid by the labor agents and
! the Chinese government will be able
ftO AFFORD its subjects protection on the