Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-30


president Roosevelt to investigate
strike conditions in Nevada and to adj
wise him as to the need of federal
troops in Goldfield to preserve order,
has been made public. In connection
with it the President gives out his let
ter 10 Governor Sparks. in which he
calls attention to the report and the
conclusion reached by the commission
erS that, if the state and county eXer-
else the powers at their disposal, they
can maintain satisfactory order in
Godfield: that, so far. those authori-
ties have done nothing but are RELY
| ing upon federal aid, and their atti-
tude is that of expressly refusing to do
anything. and desiring to throw their
| own burdens upon the Federal Govern
ment for the maintenance of those ele-
mentary conditions of order for which
they, and they only, are responsible.
The President states that the troops
will be kept at Goldfield until the meet
ing of the Legislature, when he init
mates that they wiz be withdrawn.
In their report, the commissioners say
| that, in their belief. there was no war
rant whatever for calling upon the
President for troops; that there was
no insurrection against the power of
the State, and that nobody supposed
there was such an Instruction. They
say The action of the mine operators
warrants the belief that they had de-
| fp- anA
| and the refusal of employment to the
| Western Federation of Miners. but
! that :, " feared TO take this course of
action unless they had the protection
OF federal troops, and that they ac-
cordingly laid Il plan to secure such
troops. and then put their program
into effect"
Washington is constantly improving.
The new and splendid structures re-
| Gently erected add very much to her
grandeur. while those under way will
contribute notably to this pre-em,nence.
Those who have not visited the capital
| within Il decade will be agreeably sur
prised when they set foot in it and OBJ
serve the progress made in her embei-
lishment The new Union station, on
which the finishing touches are being
made, will eXtort admiration from
those who appreciate big things and
handsome piles. Here the five steam
| roads will center passenger traffic IN
the grandest railway station in either
hemisphere. Some S1i.000000 was
needed to acquire the land, raise the
grade of streets leading to the APP
proaches and erect the structure. The
roadwayS had to be elevated for Il con-
siderable distance to place them on
level with the entrances To obtain
the needed hight II feet was necessary
in some streets. and this brought them
up to the second-story level of the brick
houses on either side. More than 100
houses were seriously impaired in value
by the filling in, while some are com
plete loss. The station is on an eleya-
ton with the capitol half a mile to the
north. From the old terminal the dis
lance is Il mile and a half.
Before the House Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce, Chief
Engineer Cocktails of the Panama Ca
nal Commission and ex-senator Black
burn, governor of the canal zone, ex-
planned the present state of the great
enterprise Colonel Goethals said
there were now 10000 men on the roll,
and that last month there was for the
first time more men available than
could be employed No Americans are
on the laborers' roll. the list being
made up from West Indians and
whites from the south of Europe. A
Spaniard would do twice as much
work as Il negro. Although he had
formerly favored a sea-level canal,
Colonel Cocktails was now convinced
that the lock system was the best. The
cost of the total work would be about
100000, exclusive of the money
paid for the French rights Blackburn
said he had reduced the number of
saloons in the zone to thirty-four,
which pay 500 a month license.
A number of lively debates cropped
up in the House during the considera-
ton of the bill to codify the laws. The
civil war was fought over with great
heat when the Southern Democrats
wanted to have the sections passed in
1865 and 1870 to compel the enforce
ment of the negro amendments strick-
en- out. To this the majority would
not listen. Then came warm discus
sion over the campaign contributions
of corporations, the Democrats seeking
to increase the penalties imposed uf-
der the Tillman law upon bank officials
who thus misused their funds, but
their proposals were voted down.
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The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is preparing plans for a thorough
investigation of Thomas z. Ryan's
manipulation of the securities of the
Seaboard Air Line. which resulted in
a receivership. 1t is understood that
this investigation is undertaken at the
instance of President Roosevelt and is
highly pleasing to some of the South
ern United States Senator's who have
been preparing to urge Congress f. take
the matter up.
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The President has sent directly to
the chairman of the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs of the House Of Represen-
tatiyes urging the Importance Of inn
proving the horsemanship Of army Of
ficers by establishing remount stations
for the training of horses for army use
and suggesting legislation for the
mounting of infantry captains, who
HAY thus be better fitted for the per-
Torrance of their duties.
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A bill to establish a central bank at
Washington, to be known rs the Unit
ed States National Bank of America,
hoc haop ipt nv Eorpac IF Noux