The new South-news., 1909-02-13
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
happenings Of Week CONDENSED
For Osf Busy Readers.

The senate passed the House bin
prohibiting the importation OF opium.
The waterway improvement bill
will be reported 70 the House This
week
The senate has agreed 20 vote On
the Brownsville negro solder nlli
ych. 20.
Tho largest wireless telegraph sta
sion N the world viii os ffccfed at
Washinrton
a bin 70 Increase the pay oi IA.
rinc Hospital surgeons is being
preTs'd In Congress
Thc senate confirmed tho nomlua-
tisn ~ Rufus .. Foster 10 BE- FED
sral Judge Al New Orleans
President Roosevelt "a much con.
esrsei over the antl-Japhnese asits-
tion vn the Psciflc coast
Tho Department of Agriculture
will continue rice experimental work
10 Louiilsna
President Roosevelt sent mes.
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be had vetoed the Census bin
The House Committee on Agrlcul.
turc viii give a hearing on the hii
60 prohibit dealing 10 cotton ia.
tufca
The Panama Railroad. owned By
the United States. viii be- used 10
control iranscOniinental freight .
rairH
The omnibus claims hlll. which I.
contains many Southern elaine. was .
vcfcrrcd 10 conference commit
tee.
N,nor Ccdy Secretary OF the Mex
lean Emhpsay ~ Washington. has
boon appointed Mexican Minister to
Cuha
LUIS .. Corea. cS Minister from
Nicarar1a. left Washington for New
orleans. whore ho viii make his fu-
ture hunT
Democrats continue their opposi-
tion 20 the confirmation OF W. D.
crEm, 10 be- Customs Collector at
'hofl"ftoni 3. g.
The llnris-lrh~ Cotton COMPANY
Of Oklahoma. hlod charge ageinsl
several railroads for alleged Illegal
rates on cotton
William Loeb. lr secretary 10 the
President. will be Collector OF Gus.
toms AT New York under the TAFT
ADMINISTRATION.
The Federal government will dc.
tai men to survey the water bound
ary ON the Gulf coast between Louis
lana and Misr,ssippi
The Humphreys bin providing TO-
the regulation OF interstate ship
mcni. OF liquor was fayorabiy ro-
ported 10 the House.
The National Committee appointed
TO ns the standards OF cotton com
plc,cd i,a work and submitted its
report 10 Secretary Wilson.
The senate judiciary Committee
continued the Investigation OF the
absorption Of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company by the steel Trust.
Louisiana aud Texas lumbcrmon
were given a hearing by the Inter
state Commerce Commission on the
question OF tap line railroad rates.
Congressman nroussard. OF loiisi-
ana. introduced a resolution In the
House providing for an investigation
Of plan for Federal control of
leyc..
Eight men will be hanged March
In Louisiana three In West Baton
Rouge. two In Madison. one In Cal
cssieu,, one in jefferson and one in
"a. Mary.
Senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts,.
Is trying tc rag Senator rillman. of
South Carolina, aud prevnet him
from attacking President Roosevelt
by amending the Senate rules.
Members OF Congress believe that
the decision OF the United States Su-
prcmc court In the Wall Paper Trust
case will 80 far toward breaking up
Illegal trusts and combinations.
The Secretary OF the r,~asury an
nounccd that he would make anoih-
cr call on the temporary national
hank dopositorics TO be paid on or
before Fob. "a. 1909. that will yield |
shout sso,oco,ooo.
An effort is being made TO in
crease the membership OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission In order
g. make place for Congressman
Hepburn. Of Iowa. who was defeated
for reelection.
Senator Tinman, OF South Caro-
lima, continues his nsht in the Sen
ate against tho confirmation of w.
-. Crum. Collector OF Customs AZ
Charlcstoa
julien L. prode. OF Memphis a
graduate OF the University OF Chi
cago. has been appointed an export
Of hc department Of Comcrce md
Labor TO inquire into the matter OF