Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

nrerly kept open all night. and the places
were frequented by thieves. thugs ard the
disreputable element. Thieves would go
out and cal stuff and be able to come
to these dives and pawn II for liquor.
The police are delighted with the changed
conditions, and there Is little likelihood
Of the repeal Of the ordinance.
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Several days ago application was made to
the adtutant general for permission to
ganize a military company at Roanoke
there being no command at that place at
this time. The governor Endorsed the pc
tition, and the company is now in process
or organization. The paper presented Is
signed by about seventy-five business and
professional men, and the company is ex-
pected to be ready for muster within the
next thirty days. Harrisonburg has also
applied for permission to organize a COM
pany. and this will be granted Since the
Spanish war there has not been a command
at either Of the places that was worth the
name, no interest being taken in the SOL
diers, no quarters provided and everything
done to discourage the young men in their
efforts to keep the commands alive. There
Is not a company Of negro troops in Vir-
ginia. and there has not been one since the
call for soldiers for the Spanish war. The
negro soldiers responded pretty generally
at that time. and on the reorganization of
the state militia no application was made
for a negro company till the full quota OF
the state had been completed.
Commissioner George W. Koiner of the
Department of Agriculture has gone 10
England and European countries in quest
Of immigrants for the state OF Virginia Mr.
Koiner is after only one class-farm labor
ers and domestics. . He is exercising great
care in selecting his men, and he is care
full to see that no statement is made that
is not complied with The state has so far
received some 300 farm laborers and of
late a great many have announced that
they were coming during the summer and
fall These people have been induced to
come here by others who have preceded
them and who have been more than pleased
with the reception they have received and
the case with which positions are to be OBJ
tanned. Mr.. Koiner expects to bring back
several hundred before July / of this year,
at which time the new laws relating to inn
migrants are to become effective
~
The congressional primary In the eighth
district has been fixed for June 49, ard
there are five candidates in the field. Poll
ticians from that section say they have
never seen situation more mixed in their
lives. with friends OF all the candidates
claiming that the advantage Is to their
candidate No one seems to know who will
WIN. The candidacy of Mr.. Hooe is not
taken seriously here. 1t is said to be
fact that all the candidates in the contest
the Tour leadfng-were followers of the Mon
tague end of the fractional politics in the
state a few years ago. save that Mr.. Car
lin was and Is Martin man. The gentle
men In the race are vieing with each other
In the amount of work being DONE getting
IN touch with the voters and organizing
their forces. The contest has engendered
some bitterness. and many charges are
being made and denied by the candidates
1t Is not believed that Gov Swanson will
order special election to elect the con-
gressman
Notes.
Three hundred rolls of mating from
Kobe. Japan, were received at the port
here this week for a firm In Atlanta. The
imports here are second to those Of Newport
News for the state.
The members of the painters union have
decided to strike. the bosses having
fused to give them the increased pay and
shorter hours. Fifty OF the men will go
to Washington and get work and fifty
others will go TO Norfolk. where positions
have already been obtained
Capt. George E Ward. formerly q con-
tractor for river work here. and who
financed Gaynor and Greene, and who dis
appeared several years ago, has been To-
Gated at Yonkers. N. Y. He had wife In
Philadelphia. He lost considerable money
when the Savannah incident began to at
tract attention.
The Commissioners have awarded the con-
tract to the q. w. Forsberg Company to in