The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-01-04
AT IN NATIONS CAPITAL
Some inters ting Happenings Briefly

The Diplomatic Corps and repre-
sentatives of all branches of official
life in Washington were at the sta
toin to say goodbye to Sir Mortimer
Durand, the British am bassador, and
the members ofNhis family.
All obstacles have been removed
and the plan of creating and fortify-
ing an island at the entrance to the
Chesapeake can now proceed.
A proposition to disband all the
negro troops will be urged when the
Brownsville affair. is taken up in
Congress.
Chief Sanitary officer Gorgas re-
ports a steady decline in the death
rate in the Canal Zone.
The United States is pledged to
support Great Britain in any action
on the Congo affair.
President Roosevelt left Washing
ton for his holiday vacation at Pine
the Roosevelts, near CHsrlottesville
With him were Mrs. Roosevelt. and
their five children, also Assistant
| Secretary M c. Latta, Surgeon
General of the Navy Rixey, Secret
Service Agent James Sloan and Miss
| Landon, of Oyster Bay, friend OF
Miss Ethel Roosevelt.
Secretary Shaw has issue1 cir
cular that no surety company shall
be accepted on bond in which the
government is interested for an
amount greater than 10 per cent.
of it's paid up capital.
| The Department Of Agriculture is
determined to have enforced the law
prohibiting railroads from combining
live stock beyond the 36-hour limit.
! Sir Mortimer Duraad, the retiring
British ambassador, oalled upon Sec
rotary Root.
The sword of Paul Jones has been
deposited in the Library of the Navy
| Department.
Brig. Gen. ]. F~enkln Bell will
be promoted to be major general.
The Supreme Court decided that
| the succession tax of $1,000 assessed
against the board of education OF
Kentucky Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church is valid.
The Supreme Court decided that it
has jurisdiction to try Sheriff Shipp
and others, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
| for contempt of court in connection
with the lynching of Ed Johnson.
The constitutionality of the North
Carolina statute forbidding the oper-
atoms of bucket shop was upheld
by the Supreme Court of the United
| States.
Justice Moody, formerly attorney
general, has been assigned to the
Third Circuit, embracing Pennsylva-
MIA, New Jersey and Delaware.
The inheritance tax of Louisiana
was declared by the Supreme Court
of the United States to be constitu-
tional.
Anton Winter, who made the new
counterfeit two dollar certificate, was
arrested in Rochester, n. Y.
The Enterprise Transportation
Company of jamestown, r. l., hleo
complaint with the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company and the
New England Navigation Company
as to existing transportation rates.
In his annual report Rear Admiral
Rae, chief of the Bureau OF steam
Engineering of the Navy Department
says that the steam turbine presents
one of the greatest problems OF the
day.
Captain Mark, of the Navy, re-
ported experiments for coaling YES
sells at sea to be unsuccessful.
Edwin T. Sanford of Knoxville,
Tenn, will succeed ]. c. McReynolds
as an assistant attorney general.
President Roosevelt will spend
portion of the Christmas holidays at
Pine Knot, Va.