be able to re
)ort a couple of millions more of in
rease in our endowment."
Central Will Spend $5,000,000 For
Equipment, W. C. Brown Says.
Washington, D. C.-W. C. Brown,
?resident of the New York Central,
vas so pleased at the way in which
'resident Taft had treated the rail
oads in the present controversy over
ates that he said that he would order
he resumption of all work on the
Central which he ordered suspended.
This work will require the expendi
ure of about $5,000,000. It has to
o with improving stations, building
ew ones, laying of tracks and making
ard and roadbed improvements.
Prominent People.
Mr. Roosevelt and Dr. Osier took
ea together in London.
Andrew D. White, former Ambas
ador to Germany, cannot stand the
dor of tobacco.
Mr. Roosevelt and his family were
he guests of Lieutenant Colonel and
Irs. Lee, at London.
Willis Cummings, surgeon to the
sthmian Commission infirst sale of $1,
219,000 bfore the call was issued for
the Legislature. The American To
bacco Company bid leaves only $1,
111,000 to be taken care of by the
bankers and through other bids that
are coming in to be opened Friday.
Roosevelt Will Get Rousing Welcome.
New York, Special.-On Friday
next Col. Theodore Roosevelt will sail
from Southampton, England, aboard
the steamship Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria, and begin the last leg of his
wonderful and spectacular journey,
which will end when the ship docks in
this harbor eight days later.
Since he emerged from the African
jungle the latter part of March he
has beeu the guest of nearly every
European ruler, and honors have been
conferred on him which were never
before accorded; a private American
citizen. As a fitting climax to his
triumphal tour, a monster reception
has been planned by representative
citizens of the nation, and when the
colonel