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the employers liability act Of June IL,
1906. to be constitutional in its appIica-
ton &c the District of Columbia and
the Territories. A previous decision of
the court had declared the act invalid
in respect to Interstate commerce be-
tween the States. The decision handed
down by Mr. Justice Day was on an
appeal from New MeIico IL the case of
the FL Paso & Northwestern Railroad
Company vs. Gutierrez,
Ex-Secretary OF ihe Treasury John
Carlisle has been Tor the past week
in very serious condition in st. Vim
cents Hospital in New York. lie was
operated on for an intestinal trouble
aud nearly COLLAPSED, but Is somewhat
better.
Football in this section got fearful
setback on Saturday last. The football
team from Virginia Military Institute
was here to play Georgetown Universe
ty. Every man who had ever attended
Georgetown was mustered into the
street parade, and with flags and ban
ners flying and the visitors in automo-
blles the procession passed thru the
streets, creating intense enthusiasm.
The game was played to the very last
round, when in a rGush-and-tumble
miXup on the bali = dozen men of eth
er side piled bTufally On top of young
Christian, and when the bunch was
Untangled the Virginia hoy had brok-
en- skull and neck. Il is also said that
the Georgetown police were lax in their
duties to begin with and absolutely bru-
tai to end with. Il is all pretty serious,
and il is safe To say 1hat Georgetown
and V. NJ. l. will play no more football
this season.
1t is of course, senselssS 10 condemn
the game because a let ef irresponsible
young bruisers with no humanity and
lacking sense and Judgment make a
iuan-killing game OF il, but since most
of the players do exactly that it looks
almost necessary 10 prohibit the game
until somebody acquires III least some
of the rudiments eI gehtienlanlineSS. A
man a day has been sacrificed on the
gTidiron since the season opened. That
is more brutal than the old Roman
gIadiators or the b1iI-fghting of Spain.
And Vet We howl at pri2efghts, which |
are seldom fatal. ana nearly passed
anathema ON Admiral Sigsbee because
he felt it business necessity to attend
bull fights in Havana We are con-
Iradictory people, II you did but know
II.
Senator Bailey, OF Texas. called on
the President Monday. He said the call
was entirely personal. Senator Bailey |
never set foot inside the White House |
while Mr.. Roosevelt was President, and |
he has said often that he believed that
there should net i.e too much intimacy
between the Congressional and EXecu- |
tive branches of the Government.
There is a growing disposition to re-
fer to the former President as ''Col." |
Roosevelt. 1t is believed that Mr.. Roose- |
welt, althe very briefly Colonel would |
rather be known by that title than any |
other
.
Senor Isidoro Hazera, who succeeded |
Senor Espinosa as Nicsra guam Minister
To the United States, is at the New VIII |
lard awaiting President Taft's conven-
5ence to receive him in his diplomatic !
capacity. In a recent interview, refer |
ring To his mission, Senor Hazera said: |
so long as ] am the Minister from
Nicaragua TO this country shall strive
for closer fraternity and a warmer
friendship between the Central Ameri-
can Nations and with the United States. ,
Ne of Central America have the great
est respect and admiration for this great |
country. which, Dy its virtues, has the |
blessing of providence. 1 have never /
been in this country as a diplomatic |
representative, but l have travelled eX-
teHsiYeiy over all parts OF it, and l
know il is a wonderful land.
1t is because Of your progress, indus
try and hustle that admire the coun-
before Nicaragua will be doing much |
financial business with this country. :
That business nov goes u Europe, but |
The United States is much more of a /
near. good neighbor, and it will get the |
business"
It is rurnored, but NOT verified, that |
next October Mr.. Robert r. Peary will |
DE raised to the rank OF Captain in
the Navy as a reward for North Pole
research. Now, cont jump at conclu-
sions. Raising 10 rank is not raising /
10 title" MIR. PeaTy viii still be Mr.. |
Peary, so far as lite is concerned, but
he viii draw the pay OF the rank of
Captain" He is now drawing the pay |
OF the rank" Of Commander. The |
May Department demonstrated with |
afr. Peary a year or so ago for styling |
himself Commander" and at other
times Lieutenant" stating 10 him that
he had no authority 10 so designate
himself MT. Peary responded that he |
had not taken the title, but that certain
of his friends, including the newspaper
correspondents, had insistently given
Lim the title OF Commander" and that /
iIe could not help himself. exactly as all
Kentuc1ians are styled "Coionels," and |
that's the truth. Mr. Peary Is now next /
90 the ranking Civil Engineer in the |
Navy, drawing the pay OF Command |
er. lie wears the Uniform Of a Civil |
oct w. 1clyy Hhth
White retires, It will clear the way for |
Mr. Peary TO get another advance in
pay. The Navy Is more Jealous than |
ahe Army of any man U6urping a rank |
that has not been conferred officially,
and IL is said that Mr.. Peary's compla- |
cent acceptance of the title Command |
sr had very much enraged some of the |
older naval officers VINO were sailing |
she seas on the quarterback before |
Peary was born. They are particularly |
harsh in their criticism, because Mr.. |
Peasy never had a single days assign |
ment to sea duty in his life. He has
been doing some deep-sea sounding |
stunts for the Coast and Geodetic Sur |
Eey. but that is about million miles !
from being sent on seat duty by the
Navy Department and you won't soon
forget il if you call him a naval Off
GER in the presence of a real naval
officer.
President Taft's ndus Achates. Archi-
bald Butt, Aid to the President, tried
10 switch the Presidential menus from
French chefs chef doyyercs to Yankee
.'corned beef and" with commendable
success in cutting dinners to the Presi-
dent in his swing around the country,
60 that the viands could at least be
discussed in two hours time, but he
geckoned without LOUisana's Creole
cooks. Down there they gave him gen.
Nine terrapin. and he surrendered like