Items of Interest June 13, 1903 Issue

Items of Interest

President Roosevelt returned to Washington June 5, after a trip that lasted sixty-six days, the longest ever taken by a President of the United States. It covered nearly fourteen thousand miles and touched every State in the Union except New York, New Jersey, Delaware, the Southern States, and New England. He has made about three hundred speeches, and attended one hundred public dinners, breakfasts, and luncheons. There were no accidents to the train, no connections missed, and the itinerary was kept almost to the minute throughout.

It is said that the Venezuelan revolutionists, who have for over a year been fighting the government of President Castro, intend to petition the United States for recognition as belligerents. The request is based on the representation that they hold all the ports of importance in the country except La Guayra, Maracaibo, and Porto Cabello, and hold all the eastern portion of Venezuela, over which they claim to exercise powers of government. Failing to gain recognition from the United States, they intend to seek it from Great Britain.

The coal operators have appointed three "district" representatives in accordance with the recommendation of the finding of the "Strike Committee," but decline to recognize the three members for the miners on the ground that they are presidents of the three mining districts and represent union miners rather than the whole body of miners. The operators agree, however, to recognize these representatives if they shall be approved by a majority of the miners at a convention to be called.

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