The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-19
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AT WASHINGTON.
Transpiracies OF Note, News and
Views of National Interest.
HOUSE HAS PASSED ELKINS BILL.
WHICH is Said to Be A Piece of Welcome
News to Railroads, and Also to Small
Shippers to Whom it Gives the Same
Advantages Enjoyed by Larger Firms.

Observation-Disclosures the opera
ton of special order which cut off
opportunity to offer amendments,
the house by vote of 241 to 6. has
passed the Elkins bill to prohibit
rebates to shippers. The SIX mem
bers who voted against the bill
were Democrats. Mr.. Littlefield, OF
Name, was present, but did not vote
on either the rule or the bill. A
government official. who is in po-
sition to speak with knowledge and
authority on this subject, said:
"The Elkins bill will be gladly well
coined by the railroads, as would
any measure that makes it illegal for
them to give rebates. At the same
time, this bill will prove good
thing for the public as we'll as for
the railroads, because it is for the
interest of everybody that the same
rate should be charged to all ship
pers. The rate, as general propo-
sition, Injuries the smaller shipper
and benefits the large shipper. My
own impression, however. is that at
the present time the payment of re-
bates is growing less and less every
year.
A new division to be known as
the division of Mythology has re-
Gently been organized in the n.y.
geographic branch of the United
States geological survey. The work
of this division will include the
gathering and fling of well records
of all kinds, the study of artesian
and other problems relating to un-
foreground waters, and the investi-
cation of the stratigraphy of the
water bearing and associated rocks.
In addition to the gathering of sta
tistics relating to the flow, cost,
ETC., of the wells, it is hoped in the
future to give especial attention to
the geological features which gov
ern or which are associated in any
way to the supply of water. The
division will be subdivided into two
sections, the eastern and the west
ern; the first embracing the Gulf
and Mississippi river State and the
States to the east, and the SECOND
embracing the remaining, "Recla-
matior," States and Territories, or
those having public lands. The
charge of each section has beer as
signed to geologist; the western
section to N. D. barton, and the
eastern to M L. Fuller. The Office
details are in charge of Mr.. Fuller.
The exchange of places between
Col. Theodore A. Bingham, super
intendent Of the White House build
ings and grounds, and Major
Thomas W. Symons, who has for
some years been engaged on engi-
neering work at Buffalo, N. Y !,
came not unexpectedly. Colonel
Bingham was said to be wholly out
of key with the new movement for
the Identification Of Washington,
and, being of con- bative tempera-
ment. has made the task of the
esthetic reformers needIessly diff
cult. He had design Of his own
for the enlargement of the White
House which drew the fire of the
American Institute of Architects,
and was set aside in favor of Charles
f. McKim. He also differed radio
ally with the Burnham commission
on the question of a site for the pro-
posed memorial bridge, and also as
to the treatment to be given to the
grounds south of the White House
and sweeping down the Potomac.
Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela s
representative in the peace negotia-
ton at Washington, has signed with
each OF the allies Representatives
here a protocol providing for the
immediate raising of the Venezuelan
blockade and for the reference Il
the question of preferential treat
ment of the claims of the allies
against Venezuela to The Hague Ar
filtration Tribunal.
The senate committee on com.
merce agreed to report adversely
the nomination of DR.. w. D. Crun
to be collector of the port of Charl.
estOn. S. c.. The vote on confirma