The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-18

A. B. Stickney, president of the
Chicago Great Western Railway, has
filed with the Senate committee iii
Interstate commerce a statement in
favor of giving the interstate COM
merce commission power to fix rates.
lie says the commission would be he
most satisfactory arbiter possible.
Speaking Of rebates he says that
since the injunctions the traffic d.
rectors have stopped paying rebates
on grain shipments, but in lieu there
Of, however, paid elevator fees, which
IS another way Of giving rebates. /"
A government commission would be
untrammelled by competition or de-
sire to secure tonnage for any partic-
ular line and could frame an equi,a-
bic schedule.
In the District Criminal Court
Judge Wright overruled the motion
of counsel for August w. Machen to
quash the bench warrant issued
against Machen to bring him to trial
in the Crawford Machen-Lorenz con-
splracy case. Machen was represent
ed in court by Messrs. Douglass &
Douglass and Conrad Syme, but they
made no argument beyond raising the
point Of jurisdiction, in view Of the
fact that Machen is now serving a
sentence in the penitentiary as the
result of previous trial The effect
OF Judge Wright IS ruling will be to
bring Machen to washington for trial
on the 22nd inst.
The ease involving Assistant Sec
rotary of State, Loomis and Herbert
". Bowen, American minister at Ca
racas, will be taken up by the presi-
dent at once, who will conduct the
inquiry into the matter personally.
and both Mr.. Loomis and Mr.. Bowen
will be given whatever opportunity
they may want to submit their res
pective sides Of the case.
Sir Chensung Liano Cheng, Chinese
Minister az Washington, has sent an
official circular to Chinese subjects in
the United States, the language of
which is calculated to incite them
against this government. The circu-
lar may result in President Roosevelt
demanding his recall.
A man who said his name is Daniel
Constable, an Italian, was arrested
by Policeman Hopkins, while trying
to force an entrance to the rear door
Of the White House about midnight.
He was locked up at the police sta
ton and was proven to be insane.
The attorneys from the State OF
Mississippi have been advised that
the boundary line case between Loui-
siana and Mississippi, now pending in
he Supreme Court Of the United
States, has been set for argument on
the 10th day of Next October.
The speeches Of President Roose-
welt and Secretary Taft on the rail
road rate question caused sensation
at Washington. A bitter fight over
legislation is promised when Con-
gress reconvenes.
The crop bulletin issued by the De-
partment Of Agriculture shows the
condition Of winter wheat to be 92.5
and the acreage 29,723,OO0.
Funeral services over the remains
of General j. H. Sypher formerly
congressman from Louisiana, were
held in Washington.
Joseph L. Bristow has received
report from the New Orleans Board
Of Trade concerning the Isthmian Ca
nal trade.
Count Cassini, the Russian Ambas-
sador at Washington, will be trans
ferred to Madrid.
Secretary Of the Navy, Morton adj
mits that he will shortly retire from
the Cabinet.
A convention Of ex-slaves will be
held in Washington June LIST.
Scouts Along Coast.
st. Petersburg-The Admiralty de-
"lines to divulge any information
which it has about the ships Of the
Vladivostok division reported to be
IF the coast Of Japan, but the impress
sion prevails in naval circles that act
ing under the instructions Of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky they have pass
ed through Tsugaru Straits into the