The weekly picket. (Canton, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-03-22
CONDENSED NEWS BRIEFS.

Cotton receipts for season at Gal.
weston exceed 100000 bales, 40 per
cent of shipments.
Garfield to thoroughly inspect Indian
affairs, forest reserves and coal lands.
Inspection to begin June l..
Roosevelt bposts waterway plan.
Commission headed by Burton to ex'
anime rivers and report feasibility of
plan.
Double tracks for Missouri and Ar
kansas included in Improvements on
Missouri Pacific to cost $100,O0O.O0O.
Many Iowa weddings declared to be
illegal because of ministers failures
to return certificate part of license.
Newly-weds and preachers aroused.
Bartholdt, of Missouri, submits in
terparliamentary union plan OF arbt.
tration to president. Will be submitted
to Hague conference.
Belleyille young widow, Tilted, at
tempted to end her life with acid, gas
oline and razor, overlooking revolver.
Legal battle over estate of brother
of "Spitehouse' Richardson is to
cease after lasting II years.
Crest of flood is expected at Cincin.
natl today. Damage by high water far
exceeds January overflow.
Gov. Folk will issue call Wednea.
day for special session of Missou..
legislature to convene April 2.
E. H. Gary succeeds Geo. w. Perkt-~
as chairman of United States ST.
corporation. Close relation betw eu
firm of j. P. Morgan e Co. and s.
company reason assigned for change.
st. Paul management has determined
to suspend all work OF improvement,
including second track.
Clash between members of senate
committee shows Foraker is gathering
Brownsville evidence at his own ex.
pense.
Prohibition and excise bills killed
in Missouri legislature.
Prof. Ross OF Wisconsin declares
birth restriction TO be hope OF race
Commerce commission has plan for
supervision of railway finances.
Mergers may be legalized. Lines ex.
empt from antitrust law In order to
expand.
Annual report OF the Illinois railroad
and warehouse commission recon-
mends conservative action in reduc-
ton of passenger rates for the steam
lines because OF the trolley inroa Is
on traffic.
Robbers seek to wreck Burlington
train carrying SIS0,00O in bullion at
Plano river bridge in Illinois.
Coopers in convention at st. Louis
would compel railroads to move cars
$50 miles in "a hours. Penalty for
disregard of law.
Spring buying about over, except
and Arkansas merch5s
Horace l.. Dyer, assistar 7usc-a
States district attorney, St L-s
signs.
Resolution introduced In Wiscoua.-
senate to begin balloting for SpoCf
eTs successor on March IS. n
iowa Senate and house oted 10
postpone consideration of primary bill
until next week.
Columbus (O.) city officials and oth-
ers indicted for bribery in connection
with favorfng contract.
Former Secretary Of the Interior
Hitchcock testified that Senator Mitch
sll. convicted of land fraud, tried 70
shield Commissioner Binger Hermann.
Chicago school teachers have lobby
1t Springfield to work for amendments
10 the teachers pension law.
The French premier was upheld by
The chamber of deputies for threat to
use troops to suppress strike disorders.
The republicans regained control OF
Portland, Me-, at the municipal cleo
ion. In Biddeford the republican can
lidate was elected mayor by z votes.
The democrats secured the remainder
IF the ticket.
Gov. Gillette Of California has made
public his. correspondence with Presi.
lent Roosevelt on the japanese ques-
ion and the California legislature.
The governor expresses the opinion
hat there will be no legislation on
hat line by the legislature this sea.
lion.
Secretary Taft defends Judge vii.
ley of Shanghai court from attack.
Secret service men believe missing
ub-treasury money at Chicago was
'robably borrowed" by tottering
,ank.