The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-11-10
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ance is Furnished New Rura
Routes in Mississippi. Other News
of Interest.
Washington. =" "Corroborative of
the statement made by Judge Parker
on the stump, concerning the shame
lessness of the present republican ad-
ministration in making Mr.. Cortelyou
chairman of the republican national
committee in order to hold up the
trusts by withholding the informa-
tion possessed by him, I desire to
give little history of the department
of commerce and labor" said Charles
A. Edwards, secretary of the demo-
cratic congressional committee. 81
know it to be afact that j. Pierpont
Morgan wanted, and deamnded, a
friend as the head of this new depart
ment. When the bill for the creation
of the new cabinet position, secretary
of commerce and labor, was before
congress, J. Pierpont Morgan insisted
upon a promise from the president
that he would appoint Mr.. Cortelyou
to the new place. He knew Mr.. Cor
| telyou, and he knew he could depend
upon his silence with regard to the
knowledge Of corporations which
would be acquired by him in his new
position. After the promise was made
Mr.. Morgan put his lobby to work,
and used every known influence he
and his associates could command to
secure the passage of the bill. If the
promise had not been given the bill
would never have seen daylight in
congress.
The Bureau of Chemistry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, under the super
vision of DIR. Wiley, is continuing its
investigation of the quality of whisky
sold. in the United States. When this
work is completed report will be sent
to Congress, and an effort will be made
to establish fixed standard by legis-
lative act. One hundred bottles of
whisky, supposed to be absolutely
straight, have been received from
bonded warehouses, as samples. After
this has been tested, samples will be
collected from various cities, such as
is sold over the bar, and likewise will
be critically examined. Judging from
the tests already made, the officers OF
the Bureau think that IS per cent OF
the whisky now on the market, most
of which is marked frye" or "bour-
bon," is compound liquor, made of
various things not found in straight
whiskies.
A very beautiful model of the bat
tleship Louisiana, completed and
equipped for battle, was placed on
exhibition in the corridor of the navy
department and attracted great deal
of attention. Models of nearly all
the types of battleships and cruisers
occupy glass cases in the department,
but not one surpasses in beauty that
of the Louisiana. This model, which
was made at the navy-yard, differs
from most of the others in the color
of the hull. It has been painted green
below the water line, while nearly all
of the others wear red paint. The
new model will be an object of partic-
ular interest for all Louisiana visl-
tors to the capital.
The cabled statement from Manila
that the Philippine Commission has
passed an act establishing the right OF
eminent domain for railroads in the
Philippines is explained at the lnsu-
lar Bureau here by pointing to the fact
that the Manila -Dagupan Railway
has projected branch line from Ma
nila twenty miles eastward to Anti
polo. a summer resort in the hill coun-
try. Considerable difficulty has been
experienced in securing right OF way
for the branch line, and the Philippine
Commission has finally been obliged to
adopt the American law providing for
condemnation of individual property
which stands in the way Of public I'M
provements.
Rural free delivery has been es-
tablished in Mississippi in the follow
ing places: Dennis, Tishomingo coun-
ty, Route No. /; length of route 24.S
miles; area covered "a square miles
population served $40. Hazelhurst,
Copiah county, additional service,
route No. 8; length Of route 23.1 miles
area covered, 20 square miles; popula-
ton served, 44O. Ripley, Tippah coun-
tv additional service route No. 2;
length of route, 27.5 miles; area COW
cred, 23.7 square miles; population
served, 735. Benjamin L. Root has
been appointed postmaster at Parry,