The Brandon news., 1903-11-05

bureau of forestry, $il2, $50; bureau
of chemistry, $14S, 700, including $780,
900 for continuing the inspection
work under the pure foodlaw. There
is also an urgent deficiency appropri-
alton estimate for $500. 900 for the
bureau of animal industry for use, il
needed. for fighting foot and mouth
epidemics. The estimate for the road
inquiry work is S65, 900, almost double
the present appropriation.
DIR. Quitman Kohnke, president OF
the Now Orleans board of health who
has been attending the m Getting of the
American Health Association at Wash
ington has left for New York. The per-
sonnel of none of the committees has as
yet been annouced, but the south will
no doubt have representation upon
those committees relating particularly
to that section of the country. While
the date on which the next meeting Of
the association to be held in Havana
has not yet been determined, the con-
sensus of opinion seems to be that it
will convene some time during the
early part of December of next year.
Edward Tanner, 33 years old, ma
tive of Switzerland, and crank, tried
to see the President few days ago
but he did not get far beyond the
doors of the executive offices before he
was discovered. He was taken to po-
lice headquarters and later to st.
Elizabeth Insane Asylum. His de-
lusion was that he was being eontinu.
ally pursued by airships. He thought
the President would make them stop
bothering him. Tanuer said he had a
wife in Memphis, Tenn. but that he
came direct from northern Montana to
see the President.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson spent
a few days out in the boil weevil dis
tricts of Texas, and carefully avoided
anything in the way of demonstar-
tion or reception which would inter-
fere with his investigations of the
Texas coast country. In addition to
the boil weevil investigations he is
paying attention to the newly devel-
oped tea lands and will look over east
Texas tobacco lands and pineries as
well as visit the Robinson county
farms, where the weevil tests have
been under way.
The secretary of war has approved
the following leases of property be-
longing to the United States, situated
along South Pass: Ocean Towboat
Line, New Orleans, for rent of tele-
graph Office, Port Eads, $25 per an
mum; Mrs. Raphael Buras, rent
three rooms, building No. 10 Port
Eads, SIS per month; Association
Branch Pilots Association, New Or
leans, rent premises. occupied by
them as coalyard. situated seven
tenths miles above South Pass, 500
per annum.
The president has made the follow
ing appointments: Sanford B. Dole,
to be United States district Judge for
Hawaii. to sncceed the late Judge
Morris M. Esfee; George r. Carter,
secretary Of Hawaii, to be governor of
the same, to succeed Gov. Doyle.
Large sums of money are being for
warded to New Orleans for the move
ment of the cotton and other crops.
The transactions in this line for the
past three months amounts to
81, 400, 900.
The Germania National Bank, of
New Orleans has been approved as re-
serve agent of the First National Bank
of Jackson, Miss.
May Establish Quarantine.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Dr. Wilmer r.
Bait, quarantine officer at large for
the state board of health has arrived
here from Washington. In reply to
questions concerning the establish
ment of quarantine against Allegheny