Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-21

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Knapp of the interstate commerce com
mission and Labor Commissioner
Neil. Knapp and NELL arrived here
from Washington early today and
went at once to the Congress hotel,
where they had arranged for confer
ences with both the firemen's strike
committee and the committee of gen
eral managers representing the rail
roads
The commissioners arranged to
bring the two committees together in
two separate rooms, Knapp and Neill
acting as go-betweens In negotiations.
Both commissioners are hopeful of
effecting satisfactory adjustment to
both sides They are evidently heed
ing the desire OF The firemen that no
time be wasted in negotiations, for
they hurried matters the instant they
arrived
That the entire west is fearful Of
strike and its disastrous results
Is Indicated by the numberous tele-
grams which poured into the Offices of
the railroads today.
SAN JOSE, Mar. 17.--Halley's com
ct win he visible to the naked eye
Just about April 3. states w. w. Camp
bell, director of the Lick observatory
on Mount Hamilton.
While it is never possible 10 pre-
dict how bright Il comet is going to
be" he said. at is safe TO say the
head and perhaps a little of the tail
Of the comet will be visible at this
time"
LONDON. Mar. 17.-London Is sing
ing the praises of Theodore Roosevelt
today as never before, the result of
his speeches at Khartoum yesterday
in which he praised British rule in
Egypt and pleaded with the young ma
uves 10 carry the work so well begun.
In his brief visit to Khartoum. Eng
llshmen admit. Colonel Roosevelt has
done England more good than the
army and government officials could
have done in a year. His speeches
will have powerful effect in quietins
the unrest of large part of the ma
| tive population is the belief of Eng
| lishmen generally 1t Is conceded no
one else could have made the plea
so effectively as Colonel Roosevelt.
Similar words coming from English
men could not possibly have had the
same influence owing to The suspicion
Of self interest
KHARTOuM, Mar 17-Eyery feel
ing of Colonel Roosevelt as a soldier,
statesman. historian. lover of spect@
cles, and beautiful pictures was arous
ed to the height of enthusiasm upon
his visit to Omdurman 1t was a
glorious pageant fantasy of color
aud at the same time gloriilcatlon of
civilization, which moved Colonel
Roosevelt twice during its progress to
express the depth of his feelings, first
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meni school, when In response to their
cheers and greetings. he said:
Il am glad TO be here to see the
astounding progress of the Soudan,
and ] hope when you have grown 10
manhood you will aid in perpetuating
the present rule of peace and justice
in Soudan."
| Again, when tire chief of merchants
was presented, MIR. Roosevelt said:
s,T sinoarolN. tvuct ,-n,, ,,t;u do .,ar..
thing, to uphold the government, which
Is the cause OF this magnificent prog
ress and the perpetuation whereof lies
every hope OF your future prosperity
| Every word snapped out with every
ounce of his energy; every syllable
| was emphasized with jerk of his
clenched fist. II was an outburst OF
real Rooseveltism in the middle OF
| Africa. an outburst not to be wondered
at. viewed in The light of the results
accomplished since Kitchener replaced
he long reign of barbarism with civi
li2ation, mere dozen years ago.
CHICAGO, Mar. 1S.--'What has be
come of the old sod?" is the question
agitating Chicago Irishmen today
while President Taft is speeding to-
wards Rochester after spending st
Patrick's day as the guest of the
Irish Fellowship club.
The sod has disappeared. Those
who attended the banquet last night
looked eagerly around for the sight OF
u bit of the green imported from the
Emerald isle, but it is nowhere to he
seen. When the committee early in
the evening opened the room where
the yenerated twelve square feet of sod
reposed they were shocked to find but
six square inches left. The rest had
fallen into the hands of the souyeni'
hunter
| II is agreed today that even Colone
Roosevelt could not ask for anything
more strenuous than the presidents
St Patrick's day, During the fifteer
hours he was in the city he delivered
eight speeches on eight different sub
ieots. attended seven receptions, one
luncheon and one banquet, was whisll
ed and whirled around the city in al
automobile, and smiled through it all
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