Secretary Taft has ordered that none but
Americans shall be put on the “Gold Rolls”
of the Isthmian canal commission. All va
cancies, as they occur now, will be filled by
Americans. The order is the outcome of an
objection made by the secretary of American
machinists.
Teddy Visits Circus.
President Roosevelt’s keen enjoyment of
the pranks of many juvenile clowns and the
acrobatic accomplishments of a score of boys,
featured the indoor circus at the Y. M. C. A.
in Washington. The president was enter
tained for more than an hour by the varied
program.
Japs Buy Rifles.
The Crucible Steel Co., a concern of New
Jersey, has just completed 750,000 rifles for
the Japanese government.
More Battleships Wanted.
Representative Hobson, of Alabama, has
asked the house committee on naval affairs
and urged the appropriation of $50,000,000
for the eoflstruction of four battleships, to be
begun this year.
Fleet in Magellan.
The American battleships are now passing
through the strait of Magellan. They are
accompanied by the Torpedo Flotilla. The
fleet is being led by a Chilean cruiser.
Bryan Spends a Strenuous Day.
New York, February s.—William Jennings
Bryan’s stay in New York today was a stren
uous one. After a morning interview with the
newspaper men he hurried to Brooklyn, where
he was tendered a reception by Bird S. Coler,
president of the Borough, and made a speech
in which he declared that the Democratic
party presented a united front, and was now
in position to fight the divided enemy; then
he made a long trip to Harlem, where he
addressed a meeting of the Young Men’s He
brew Association. To-night he was the prin
cipal guest and speaker at the dinner of the
Economic Club at the Hotel Astor.
