The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
WASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES
CRIMSON ROBES CONFERRED
AT EDINBURGH.
MONEY IN THE TREASURY
WI Show a Decrease Over Same Pc
Rod Last Year. The Panama Cur
rency Agreement Has Been Estab-
Hshed. Other Notes.


Washington. Great activity in the
movement for the protection of game
the United States during the last
calender year is announced in a re-
port issued by the Postoflice Depart
ment. The report says the volume of
legislation on the subject exceeded all
previous records. The movement for
The protection of non-game birds
spread to an additional number of
States and an agreement was made be-
tween the Audubon societies and lead
mg wholesale millinery organizations.
There were numerous importations of
exotic species. Nine States and Terri
tores now prohibit the sale of all
game, twenty-seven the sale of certain
species and only fourteen have no re-
strlctions on sale. Prohibition of ex-
port of game in some form is in force
practically throughout the United
States. Several States have adopted
better means for enforcing the laws.
The University of Dublin will con-
ter upon Hannis Taylor of Washing
ton, formerly Of Mobile and formerly
United States minister to Spain, the
crimson robes Of Ii. d. on June 80,
and on July % the University of Ed
lnburgh will confer upon him the same
honors. Seldom if ever before has
any American lawyer received at al
most the same moment such a dis
ilnction from two of the most ancient
British universities. These prizes are
to be bestowed as recognition of the
tame of two works to whose compost
tion the author devoted himself for
nearly thirty years. The first to ap-
pear was "The Origin and Growth of
the English Constitution, which is
recognized as a standard authority
throughout the English-speaking
world. About three years ago Mr..
Taylor published his International
Public Law" which received instant
recognition at the hands, where it was
quoted as authority in an important
ease by Justice Brown. Mr.. Taylor
occupies the chair of constitutional
and international law in the Colum-
bian University in this city.
Government money in national de-
pository banks now stands at $104,-
100000, and the available cash bal
ance in the Treasury stands at $164,-
$4,000, leaving the Treasury working
balance slightly below $G0,000,000.
All the money called for out of ma
ional bank repositories has now been
paid into the Treasury under the last
call of Secretary Shaw, and the Treas
ury working balance from now on to
July / is likely to increase slightly, as
the surplus for June will probably
ditures incidents to appropriations
BOO. After /, because of heavy expen-
aitures incident to appropriations
made available at the beginning of
the next fcal year, the Treasury ex-
penditures for July will probably ex-
reed the receipts by from $10,00O,OO0
to $12,000,000, especially as the rev.
snues of the government are progress
sively decreasing. The receipts of
the month of June to date are nearly
100000 less than for the CORES
ponding period in June of last year.
A decrease in these figures has been
noted for each of the last six months,
the total representing a decrease of
$15,000,000 compared with the re-
ceipts of the same period of last year.
Rear Admiral Chadwick, command
ing the fleet of warships at Tangier,
Morocco, in mail report to the Navy
Department relative to the seizure OF
Perdicaris and Varley by the bandit
Raisuli, says he called with Consul
General Gummere on the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs at Tangier, informing
him that "the squadron had been sent
to mark the sense of gravity on the
part of our government" The re-
port says Raisuli s adherents, number
ing not more than 100 men bearing
arms, occupying region thirty or
forty miles southeast of Tangier; that
Raisuli long has been disaffected and
in state of insurgency against the
Sultan s authority. A number of his
adherents are in prison at Tangier,
and there are number of Moors In
the city who aid him. About a year
ago a village of Raisuli's people, q
short distance from Tangier was burn
ed by government troops. An Eng
lisman named Harris, the Admiral
adds. had servant who was native
of the village attacked, and on his
requesting to go there after his fam
ily was accompanied by Harris