Show 1 president receives a report from a commission oyster bay L I 1 aug 16 president roosevelt entertained at luncheon today baron Hengel muller the ambassador of austro hungary senator dryden of now jersey james M breck formerly an assistant attorney general of the department of justice charles H keep assistant secretary of the treasury and robert bridges the author and magazine writer ambassador Hengel muller desired to take up with the president a matter concerning immigration which Is pending between this country and austria hungary senator dryden and mr breck are here to discuss insurance problems with the president the former Is president of the prudential insurance company and the latter one of the attorneys of the equitable lle assurance society assistant secretary keep chairman ot what Is known as the keep commission appointed by the president to inquire into the organization iza tion personnel system 0 accounts methods of correspondence and purchases of supplies and other matters pertaining to the conduct of the government departments at washington came to oyster bay to lay before tho president the result of the commissions inquiry into the affairs of the government printing office the inquiry was adopted with special reference to the letting of a contract for the purchase of 72 typesetting machines when it was announced that the contract had been let to the lanston company the officials of the gen thaler company made a protest to president roosevelt he directed that the contract beheld up until the whole subject could be investigated and then gave to the keep commission to conduct the inquiry the investigation occupied many days voluminous testimony being taken the conclusions of tho commission aro contained in the report filed today by commissioner keep with the president RAILROAD IN mexica new line to be constructed at cost of mexico city aug 15 the department of haa granted to J A naugle as representing the southern pacific railway a concession for the construction and operation of a railway between and guad albajara or ome other point on the mexican central railway sonora railway of whick the proposed new lino is a part Is one of the southern pacific or harraman Harrl man properties according to the terms of tho charter it must bo completed within seven yar the lino will carry a subsidy of 12 per Idl ometer the new line will open up the states of sonora and and place them in direct con with aba railway system of the republic as well as the united states surveyors in the field have run several lines and it now remains to make a choice among them tor the construction work the new road will cos and it Is announced tha work will be rapidly pushed EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE sua aug IG an sion of at at abo judson powder work on the west berkeley shore six mils north of oakland |