The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-09-11


special commission appointed to inves-
tigate the work and conditions OF work
on the panama Canal, President EnoSe-
welt expressed his complete satisfaction
with the progress TO date. saying that
he doubts III there Is any public work
Of recent years of which the people
have greater reason To he proud. Not
only has the work done been greater
than was expected under the manage
ment of Colonel Cocktails. but the rate
of the progress has been Increased.
The President also says that the treat
ment of hygienic conditions has been
such as TO make II literally the model
for all work OF the kind in trop a
countries. remarking that at preseut
the canal zone is one Of the healthiest
| places on the globe The commission
finds that the wages are not too high
at 10 per cen above the rate for con-
struction work in New York. but AL.
vises that the pay be more equalized
for various kinds Of service. The com-
| mission praises highly the recognition
by the government that the housing.
feeding and health of its employees bear
a vital relation to their economic eff
cheney" and that the complaints OF
the workers be promptly investigated.
also that liberal provision for cases Of
disability he made. At the same time
the President forwarded the report to
Cocktails with orders To put the rec
concentrations into effect so far az
| possible.
Cocaine and it's derivatives cannot be
sent through the United States mails.
This order has beer issued by the post.
office department. through alarm caused
by the alarming growth Of the cocaine
habit in the larger cities. Government
reports show that an enormous amoun)
of cocaine is sent through the mails
each year, and that this class Of mat
ter is steadily growing greater. Tho
crusades waged against the habit in the
cities have driven the drug fiends' TO
seek other means of procuring the pow
der. and the mails have been the mo
cent channel through which the work
OF the crusaders has been rendered par
TALLY ineffective. The action was taken
by authority of Congress granted at the
last session, when il included a prohi-
bition against the drug in making up
the departments appropriation bill. 1t
developed that in the South the habit
had fixed itself to an alarming degree
OF the negroes. The curse of cocaine,
in fact, is said to be as great If 10 a
greater nuisance. to the peace Of that
section of the country than the liquor
habit.
\ preliminary analysis Of the report
Of the conference OF officers at the
Naval War College at Newport shows
that il futur the armor belt of the
larger ships will be extended below
not be raised above its present posi-
ton. Those in process Of construction
will be armored as heretofore pre-
scribed. The conference has decided to
abandon the military masts and to
adopt the o0-foot fire control towers
Of steel recently tested at Hampton
Roads. The principal gum of the sec
ond battery will be 5-inch instead OF 6
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supt. Scott of the West Point Acad
envy conferred with Secretary Wright
at Washington and pointed out that
the expelled boys had disobeyed orders
by going to Washington In person tt
appeal for clemency. One explanation
of the conflicting reports is that thu
decree Of dismissal was approved by
Acting Secretary Oliver In Wright's
absence and forwarded to the Presi
dent, who gave his 20. X" pro forma
Then when it reached Wright for exc
cution he was inclined to leniency
Scott next was to confer with the Pres
ident,
The report that the trans-continenta
railroads controlled by James J. Hill
Edward III. Hartman. the Berwynt
syndicate and the Canadian govern
ment. have determined to surrender
their export trade to China, Japan
New Zealand and Australia on Nov. /
has created a great deal of interest a
the offices Of the interstate commerce
commission, but the commission will
not chaLge its rule requiring the publ
cation or export rates, which Is respon
sible for the action Of the railroads.
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The army airship board decided tina
Capt. Raldwin's dirigible balloon ha,
met all conditions emitting him TO tn,
amount agreed upon for its purchase
The board calculated that the airshil
had maintained an average speed 0
1875 miles per hour while In the al
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