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Elmendorf in West Eleventh Sheet, New York City, after a summer spent at Manhattan Beach. While advanc ing old age has made heavy inroads on the senator, he seems to be in comparatively gocd health arid men tally alert. Navy Shake-up. The biggest shake-up in the history of the line of the United States Navy is now in process of arrangement by the Secretary of the Navy, who has the approbation of President Roose velt in the plan as outlined. Os the officers now commanding the eighteen battleships to make the long voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific it is declared that only four captains now commanding ships will make the trip. The President and the Secretarv of the Navv have agreed to forward the long desired plan of advancing young men to the fighting line, and send their elders to shore duty, according to information given out last week, and of the eighteen captains who will command and be responsible for the $100.000.000 worth of armament and equipment to -be sent through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific, fourteen will be young er men than those now in command. As the plan now stands, it is said, the following captains will hold their ships and make the trip: Potter, of the Vermont; Vreeland. of the Kan sas; Osterhaus. of the Connecticut, and Wainwright, of the Louisiana. Shanghai Plans Welcome for Taft. Preparations are on foot to give Secretary Taft a big reception upon his arrival at Shanghai. Thirty-two Chinese corporations of Shanghai are participating in the movement, which has been approved by the Viceroy. The project is not official, but is re garded as a distinct evidence of the friendlv feeling existing toward the United States. Czar Steals Timidly Into St. Peters burg. Last Tuesday, for the second time since “Red Sunday’ ’ (January 22, 1905), Czar Nicholas entered the cap ital k» all end the consecration of a memorial church erected on the spot where his grandfather, Alexander 11., was killed by a bomb, March 13, 1381. The date of the trip, coinciding with the conspiracy trial just closed plainly was designated to raise the loyalty of the army and the people. It was a complete success and no un toward incident occurred. The police neglected no precaution to insure the-Czar’s safety, even go ing so far as to thoroughly search the city and inspect lhe passports of sus picious individuals. Gendarmes were stationed in every window facing the route over which the imperial proces sion parsed, and ovners cf houses were forbidden to open windows un der pain of a heavy fine. Bridge and river traffic was stepped. The banks of the N<*va were lined with marine guards and torpedo boats patrolled the river. After walking around the church and saluting the guard the Czar en tered the edifice at the south door. The scene inside was cne of great splendor, recalling the old-time court balls. An abundance of light, streaming through the lofty windows, illumined WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. the four immense Mosaic columns around which were grouped 2,000 rep resentatives of the ruling classes. The Czar and the Czarina occupied the so called patriarch’s place at the right of the altar, where they were visible only from the diplomatic loge. A score of Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses encircled the imperial pair, and further back were courtiers, court dames, provincial governors and a preponderant majority of army officers. Premier Stolypin was the only’ min ister to attend the ceremonies, all the others being rbroad. Congo Natives Revolt. Passengers by the Congo mail steamer, which arrived at Brussels, report a revolt among the Tree Sit ate natives, who everywhere have refused to do work which is demanded in lieu cf taxes. Tn the Aruwimini district a white officer was attacked and wounded. Several native soldiers were also wounded. The passengers -enort that punitive expeditions are being sent out. Parker Never Again Wants Public Office Tn an interview given at Portland, Me., Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York) eaidx “I saw in a Boston newspaper of this morning that Governor Campbell, of Ohio, said he had verified in Now A ork the fact that T am pc ssessed of the conviction that I shall again be nominated for the Piesidency. Nev ertheless, I do not believe that he ever said so. Tn any event, he did not verify any such fact nor could he. for it is not tine “I do not desire ever again to hold public office. T stated my position on that subject the day after election, in 1901, and I have not changed my mind. T shall, however, always bp interested in any question affecting the public welfare, and I propose to express my view? whenever it seems to me desirable. And ’I may as well be understood that I shall not he deterred m the sli.-iiteit degree from doing so by misrepresentation.” Railroad Free for Turning State’s Evidence. Attorney-General Bonaparte has in structed District-Attorney Simms, of Chicago, to drop the proceedings look ing to the penalizing of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and its officers for giving rebates to the Standard (sil Company. This action is a re ward to the road for having practi cally turned state’s evidence against the oil octopus in the suit in which Judge Landis recently fined the Stan dard $29,240,000 for accepting rebates from the Chicago and Alton. After administering the $29,240,000 castigation to the Standard, Judge Landis, who was in ignorance of the agreement entered into by Attorney- General Moody, through Mr.- Morri son, who has been succeeded as Dis trict -Attorney here by Mr. Simms, had determined to proceed against the Chicago and Alton. He ordered a special grand jury called to inves tigate the railroad, under the facts disclosed at the trial of the Stan dard, by which it was clearly shown that the road had given rebates to the Standard. The presentation of the facts to a grand jury could have no other result than indictment. Up on the issuance of Judge Landis’ order, the Chicago and Alton’s coun sel set up a strong protest, declar ing that both road and officers had been promised immunity for their ser vices to the government. Burton Will Run Against Tom John son. Congressman Theodore E. Burton, Chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, issued a statement out lining a platform upon which he is willing to accept the Republican nom ination for Mayor of Cleveland. It is expected that his will be the only name presented in the nominat ing convention next September. The statement was issued in response to a call from republican leaders generally and petitions bearing thousands of signatures of voters asking Mr. Bur ton to become the Republican stan dard-bearer in opposition to Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who, it is conceded, will be the Democratic nominee for the fourth term. Weavers’ Strike Ends. The strike of weavers which has been in progress at the mills of the Coronet Worsted Company at Maple ville, R. 1., for ten weeks, has been declared off. It is expected that the majority of the men who struck will return to work next week. The weav ers went out. through dissatisfaction with the two-loom system which has been adopted at the mills. The strik ers voted to accept a compromise proposition of the company. The mills, when in full operation, employ about 550 hands. Harriman Defends Railroad System. E. H. Harriman, in an address to the National Irrigation Congress, at Sacramento, Cal., told how he came to take control of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific railroads. Mr. Harriman and Governor Cham berlain, of Oregon, president of the congress, engaged in a mild debate, Harriman rising in reply to certain remarks of Oregon’s chief executive. Mr. Harriman said that when he suggested to associates east of the Mississippi river that they take hold of the Union Pacific, they regarded him as almost out of his senses and asked what he was going to do with the great desert that the road tra versed f “I told them of the possibility of irrigation,” said Mr. Harriman, “but they replied that it would come in another generation, not in ours. I had to go it alone, and perhaps some of them now regret that I did not use more force and persuasion to have them go along with me.” He said that the Pacific railroads controlled much timber land in Ore gon, but that it was not for sale. The timber is to be saved for future generations. Mr. Harriman referred to the work done in improving the Union Pacific, and said that it was necessary to get control of the Central Pacific and im prove it also, otherwise traffic would be choked up at Ogden. He closed by saying he hoped the people of the West would not regard the Harriman system as a selfish organization, and added that everything possible was being done by the railroads to develop the West. Steamship Nebraskan Missing. The fate of the big American-Ha waiian Line steamship, Nebraskan, with a crew of forty, is in doubt. Cablegrams say that it left the Ha waiian Islands on August 13 for Sa lina Cruz, Mexico, with a cargo of sugar valued at $500,000. The dis tance from the Hawaiian Islands to Salina Cruz is 3,300 miles, which should have been made with an elev en-knot speed in thirteen days. G. N. NEW WAR RULES ADOPTED AT HAGUE. (Continued from Page One.) ‘ 4 Prisoners who escape to neutral territory if recaptured by troops must, after having asked for refuge in a neutral state, be set free. 44 A neutral state can defend its neutrality by force without this con stituting an act cf hostility.” When the project regarding the treatment of neutrals on belligerent territory was brought up for discus sion, Baron Marschall von Bieber stein (Germany) objected, saying that Germany could not admit the princi ple supported by Great Britain, to employ neutrals in warfare when the laws of a belligerent state permitted it. Germany, on the contrary, main tained that neutrals must take no part in a war. On the motion of Count Tornielli (Italy) the proposition on this sub ject was returned to the committee for further study in the hope of reaching an understanding acceptable to all. The Bulgarian delegation submit ted the following proposition: 4 4 The permanent court of arbitra tion : sit at The Hague, shall be com posed of fifteen judges, a third of whom shall be renewed every three years, beginning from the day of the organization of the court 4 4 The first and second renewal of the judges shall occur by drawing a third of the number by lot, while the successive renewals shall occur after the expiration of nine years from the day of the election or re-election of judges, as the latter can always be re-elected.” SUBSCRIBERS Watch Your Ute The date appearing with your name on your paper tells you when your subscription expires. If renewal is not re ceived at the office in Thom son before date of expiration, your name will be dropped from the mailing list after date of expiration. This is the only notifi cation of expiration which will be given, and this rule will invariably be held to. Watson’s Wrkkly, By the Circulation Manager. PAGE FIVE