Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-04-17
TREND OF EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON.
Transpiracies of Note, News and
Views OF National Interest.
VIEWED BONES OF COLUMBUS
This Distinct Compliment Said to Have
Been Paid to Minister Powell While
/. on the Island of San Doming0.--Fiifh
Time the Relics Have Been Exposed.

United States will appear the nrSt
diplomatic exchanges passing be-
tween the United States and Cuba.
pertaining principally to events in
.ident to the birth of the Republics.
President Palma's message to the
irst Cuban congress and other his.
5orical documents are included. In
The Dominican Republic series is a
note addressed to the state depart
neut by DR.. Powell. United States
niuister to that republic, telling of
The courtesies extended to General
Maximo Gomez on tie occasion of
the visit of the CUBAN soldier to San
Domingo. As testimonial of their
regard for the general, the minister
said. they allowed him TO view zone
Of their sacred treasures by ex
posing to him tie bones of Chris
topher Columbus, and permitting
him to handle the same" The
relics are contained in a casket
l8x10 inches and II inches deep,
and this was the fifth time they had
oeen exposed to public view. In
the box is a bullet, said to have
been imbedded in the leg OF the
discoverer and which was never ex-
tracted. "They claim, from this
evidence, that the present relics are
the mortal remains of the early dis
coverer." The minister added tnat
he was permitted 10 hold some of
the relics in his hands.
Sitting in the department of agri-
culture there is board OF chemical
experts, establishing standards OF
purity for various food products.
When it shall have completed its
work there will be legal standards
of purity for all kinds of foods.
While the government has not yet
the authority to prohlbit the sale of
adulterated foods, a long forward
step was made at the last session,
when law was passed giving to
the secretary of agriculture the
right to tx the standard of purity
of foods, drinks and condime OTIS.
Chairman Hepburn of the house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce called on DIR. Wiley, the
chief chemist OF the department of
agriculture, and told him that he
proposed to renew the fight for
pure food law when congress meets
next winter.
Congressman j. FL. Southa rd, OF
Toledo, has started an investigation
which may bring to light scandal
among GIFTED States officers at Ha-
vana, CUBA. The charge is that
exorbitant charges are being made
for the disinterment and shipment
Ct the bodies of dead soldiers from
9 uba, whereas the work should be
done free of cost, according to Mr..
Southard. Homer Hugh, who en-
nlisted in the navy last August died
at Havana on April 2. His mother
was advised of the death on April z.
Two days later she received cable
dispatch saying that the body would
be exhumed. EN- balmed and shipped
to New York for 1926. The mother
brought the matter to the attention
OF Congr gressman SoLthard. The dis
patches were signed by Springer.
United States Consul Maxwell at
Santo Domingo City, has tele-
graphed the state department that
the insurgents had been driven irto
that city on the 9th instant and that
their batteries and infantry had
checked, the advance Of the govern
ment forces. The consul adds that
missiles were flying over the
city as the cablegram was being
written.
The department of agriculture has
Issued a statement showing the
value Of agricultural imports and
exports during the past year.
Washington.-The comptroller of
the currency OF the treasury depart.
ment has Issued call for the condi-
tion OF the national banks at the
close of business Thursday. April 9.
Tie interstate commerce commis-
sion may ask the depa rtment of JUS
tice to break up the SouthreE Rail-
way, Louisville and Nasshile and
| Atlantic Coast Line merger.
The William r. Trigg ShipbuiId-
! ing Company. which has the con-
tract for building the cruiser Gal
weston and tie dredge to be used at
| the mouth os the Mississippi river.
will shortly resume operations.
| Attorney General Knox Is very
much gratitied by the decision Of
the Unitai States circuit court of
appeals in the Northren Securities
merger case. It is a great victory
| for the governments, be says.