The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-28
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NEWS NOTES
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MONEY IN THE TREASURY
VIII Show Decrease Over Sane Pc
ssed Last Year. The Panama Cur
rency Agreement Has Been Estab,
Nshed. Other Notes.
Neutrality-suspicious. activity in the
movement for the protection Of game
n the United States during the last
calender year is announced in Z re-
port issued by the Postoffice Depart
nent. The report says the volume of
legislation on the subject exceeded all
previous records. The movement for
she protection Of non-game birds
spread to an additional number of
States and an agreement was mads be-
tween the Audubon societies and bad
ing Wholesale millinery organizations.
There we've numerous importations Of
sxotie species. Nine States and Terri
series now prohibit the sale Of all
game, twenty-seven the sale of certain
species and only fourteen have no re-
strictions on sale. Prohibition Of ex-
pert 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 IL. 3. on June 80,
and ca July % the University Of Ed
iaburgh will confer upon him the same
Asnors. Seldom # ever before has
any American lawyer received at al
nest the, aams moment such . dis
6netion from two Of the most ancient
British universities. These prizes are
10 be bestowed as recognition Of the
lame Of two works to whose compost
lien the author devoted himself for
searly thirty years. The Arst to ap-
pear was "The Origin and Growth Of
tho English Constitution, which is
recognized as a standard authority
throughout the English-speakMs
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
,ase by Justice Brown. Mr. Taylor
occupies the chair of constitutional
and international law in the Column
bian University in this city.
Government money in national de-
positery banks now stands at $104,-
100000, and the available cash bal
ance in the Treasury stands at 1884,
1856, 1000, leaying the Treasury working
balance slightly below $60,000,000.
all the money called for out Of ma
tional 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 l is likely to increase slightly, as
The surplus for June will probably
ditures incidents to appropriations
900. After /, because of heavy sxpen-
aitures incident to appropriations
made available at the beginning of
the next zeal year, the Treasury ex-
penditures for July will probably ex-
seed the receipts by from $l0,00O,00O
to $12,000,000, especially as the rev.
enues Of the government are progress
sively decreasing. The receipts of
the month Of June to date are nearly
100000 less than for the cores
bonding period in June of last year.
A decrease in these figures has been
noted for each Of the last six months,
the total representing decrease of
SIS, 100000 compared with the re-
ceipts Of the same period of last year.
Rear Admiral Chadwick, command
ing the feet Of warships 1T Tangier,
Morocco, in a mail report to the Navy
Department relative to the seizure of
Perdicaris and Marley by the bandit
Raisuli, says he called with Consul
General Gummere on the Minister of
Foreign Affairs at Tangier, informing
him that 1.-THE squadron had been sent
TO mark the sense Of gravity on the
part Of our government. - The re-
pert 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
il q state Of insurgency against the
Suitan's authority. A number Of his