The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Items Gathered from AL
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for tho
BENEFIT of Our Readers.
Personal.

J. NJ. Depuy, representative from
Taney county in the Missouri legis-
lature, died while eating supper at
Jefferson City.
| H. Bowyer Mcdonald, chief clerk Of
the United States senate, is dead.
His father and grandfather had been
employed in the same capacity.
The Tooth anniversary of the birth
of Henry w. Longfellow, the poet,
was observed throughout New Eng
land recently.
| w. A. Garrett has been elected
president of the Seaboard Air line to
succeed Alfred Walter, recently de-
ceased.
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Shallenbarger has resigned his
position and Representative McCleary
of Minnesota, has been named to take
his place.
David P. Dyer, OF st. Louis, has
been appointed Judge of the federal
court for the eastern district of Mis-
souri,. For several years he has been
attorney for that district.
B. Pearsall, quartermaster of the
National Soldiers home at Leaven-
worth, dropped dead recently of
Bright's disease. He was formerly
mayor of Fort Scott, Kan.
Wendell Phillips Garrison, son of
William Lloyd Garrison, the noted
abolitionist, and for more than 40
years editor of the New York Nation,
Is dead
Orson D. Mum, head of Mum &
Co., publishers of the Scientific Amer
lean, died recently at his home in New
York.
Sylvester R. Rush, Of Omaha, Uni
ted States district attorney for Ne
braska, has been appointed assistant
attorney general of the United States,
and will have charge of the prosecu-
! tions of public land frauds through
out the country.
Wilhelm Rapp, editor of the Illinois
Stats zeitung since 1861, died recent
ly at his home in Chicago. He was
79 years old.
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, Chinese
minister to the United States, has
been elected president of Andover
academy alumni association.
Congressional.
The chairman of the appropriation
committee of the house announced be-
fore the adjournment of congress that
in place of there being deficit at
the close of the fiscal year 1908 as at
time seemed probable, there would
be surplus of $40 100000.
The proposition to abandon all of
the 1S pension agencies and consol-
idate all the business at Washington
| was defeated.
The filibustering tactics of the
democrats in the senate was successful
in defeating the ship subsidy bill which
had passed the house by a close mar
! gin.
The Beveridge amendment to the
agricultural appropriation bill pro-
viding that packers must date the
cans of meat products was defeated in
conference.
| The house has passed the senate
! bill providing for an agricultural bank
in the Philippines.
| Both houses of congress have
| passed a resolution creating a Joint
committee of five senators and five
representatives of the Sixtieth con-
gress to revise and codify the laws
of the United States.
After a notable battle between the
two great parties the house recently
passed the ship subsidy bill by the
close vote of 1855 to 149. Forty-one re-
publicans voted with the democrats
against the measure.
The salary of the presidents sec
retary Mr.. Loeb has been increased by
congress to$6,000.
The bill making it possible for
farmers to establish stills of limited
capacity for the manufacture of alco-
hol TO be denatured has passed both
houses of congress.
All theaters, skating rinks, dance
halls and all places of public amuse-
ment in jefferson City, Mo-, have
been closed on account of the small
pox epidemic.
A joint resolution mas been intro
president to exclude from the mails
publications which contain the revolt
ing details of the Thaw trial and
other cases of similar nature
About so senators and representa-
tives will leave Washington for tour
of inspection of the Panama canal
zone
| Senator Tillman has introduced in
the senate a resolution calling for
the papers relating to the bid of Mr..
oliver for the completion of the Pana-
ma canal
Senator John C. Spooner of Wis
consin has resigned his seat in the
United States senate.