The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-04
TREND OF EVENTS
AT WASHING TON
Terse Topics Of Interest to the
Great American Citizenry.
ALABAMA SUFFRAGE AGAIN.
Giles Will Have Two More Opportunities
to Make Contest of Suit Decided
Against Him, as a Result of Writs OF
Error Allowed by Justice White.

Against him, as q Result OF Wits OF
Error Allowed by Justice White.
Washington. jackson W. Giles, a
negro of Montgomery, Ala. says a
press dispatch, whose suit in equity
to test the validity OF the suffrage
provision of the new constitution of
Alabama, was decided against him
by the United States court, will
have two more opportunities to
make the contest in that court as
the result of writs Of error aIlo ed
by Justice White as presiding JUS
tice OF the Fifth circuit. One of the
suits brought to compel the board
OF registers OF Montgomery county
by writ of mandamus to enter his
name as voter on the registration
list. and the other was for damage
beause Of the failure of the board to
make this entry Both proceedings
came up from the Alabama supreme
court, whose finding was against
Giles. When Giles equity case was
decided by the United States su-
preme court an intlmation was
given that his only channel of relief,
If any. was for damages.
A report has been received at the
state department describing an in
vention of Professor Artemleff, di-
rector Of the Electro Techni cal In
stitute at Kieff, Russia, which is an
effective protection against live
wires. 1t consists Of suit, and was
intended at first for the use of STU
dents in his laboratory, but it
proved to be SO practice that it
was patented aud placed on sale.
The suit is composed of a closely
woven network metal ibres, lined
with linen, which completely covers
the body from head to foot. It is
worn outside of the ordinary cloth
ing. Tie mask which covers the
head does Eot materially Influence
the eyesight. The outfit is especial
ly valuable to those whose business
is the mending of live wires. Ex-
periments show that 100000 volts
make no impression on either the
wearer or the outfit.
The published suggestion that the
defense OF former Supe rinterdent
Machen will be tina: he was partner
in the firm Of Croft Brothers, which
had the contract of furnishing pat
ent fasteners to the government, it
is declared is without foundation
ard the statement is made that this
is not the line of Mr.. Machens de-
tense. There will be thorough in
vestigatlon of the leases of the post
offices throughout the country when
the investigation of the affairs of
the salaries and allowances division
is taken up actively.
President Samuel Spencer, of til e
Southern Railroad Company, has
said that the road will be double
tracked between Washington and
Atlanta. and $4,000, 900 spent on
betterments. including double track
age. It will be impossible to CON-
pIete this work in one or two years,
but 1t will be prosecuted until
finished. The Washington division
will be the first section Of the road
to get two tracks.
Logical, because we have ex-
pected it for some time; bit i'm
practicable" was the way Postmas-
ter General Payne charac terized
Mr.. Chamberlain scheme for Eng
lish retaliation as outlined in his
speech. The postmaster general Sc
riously doubts the feasibility of
England's abandonment of the
"open door,
The war department is giving at