The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-02
WASHINGTON NOTES

'hS hdtioudl waterways cOlHnlSSlOu
IN its work. He will give attention
20 various questions and will aid the
commission in the preparation of its
forthcoming report. The commission
will report to Congress about the first
Of next January.
James Freeman Curtis of Boston
Mass, now assistant United States
district attorney and once intercol-
leglate champion OF the United States
has been chosen Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury. Announcement to
this effect was made by Secretary
MacNeagh,. Mr.. Curtis succeeds
James b. Reynolds, who resigned to
become a member of the tariff board,
and he will have special charge OF
customs matters.
Preparations arc being made for
400 marines to sail from Philadel-
phia either for the canal zone or for
Nicaragua. This will constitute the
| first armed force to land in Mica
| ragua If developments in the situa-
tion within the next few days require
such course to be pursued. All will
! depend upon the action to be taken
by the state department, which is
marking time pending the receipt of
| additional details of the killings OF
the two Americans, Grace and Can
| non.
The gunboat Princeton was Friday
ordered by the Navy Department to
sail for Corinto. Nicaragua, to john
the gunboat Nicksburg. already at
this port. The Princeton is now at
the Bremerton navy yard. Washing
! ton, undergoing repairs. On her way
down the coast the Princeton will
stop at San Francisco. Some time
ago it was arranged that the Prince
| ton should relieve the Nicksburg on
| the western coast of Central America
and 1t is i'll coformity with this plan
that the Princeton is now ordered tc
Nicaragua. The Nicksburg. however
| will remain at Corinto. or the i'm
mediate vicinity. until peace in Mica
! ragua has been restored.
John W. Langdale. the aged assis-
tant superintendent of parking. who
was arrested Monday night for cut
ting the throat of negro who had
followed and assaulted him, died sud
| denly at Georgetown University. Hos
| pital of paralysis of the neck. Ber
nard Brown, the big negro whose
throat was cut from ear to ear bv
Landale, is still alive. a patient at
the Casualty Hospital. The Negro
as soon as he is well will probably
be placed under arrest and charged
with having killed Langdale.
| The gold mines of the United States
produced $94.56O,OOO worth of the
precious metal during 1908. accord
ing to the Geological Survey and the
Bureau of the Mint. The total golG
product was 4,574,3i0 ounces, a net
increase in value of $4,124.300. Col.
orado leads with n productive valua
of $22 ,O00 Alaska was second
with $l9.S5S.S00 and California third
with $19,329,700 Porto Rico was the
smallest producer. with a total OF
only 5000. The Philippines show al
increase of $219,SOO to 1884 800.
George III. Brown. Who laid out
the grounds surrounding the Capitol
and the White House. died at his
! home here Tuesday of pneumonia.
Mr.. Brown was superintendent OF
the Botanic Garden. Since 1870 h=
had been in the employ of the Gov.
ernment in Washington.
| Collector Loeb. of New York. left
for home Tuesday. after concluding
his conference with President Taft
| and Secretary Of the Treasury Mae.
Neagh and other officials here. regard.
ing the customs conditions at his port
Washington S first snowstorm of
the season drove Robert E. Pealv
Artlc explorer, into a taxicab Wednes.
day. He stepped out to the pavement
in front of President Taft's Office
about l O'Clock in the afternoon, and
with his coat collar turned up around
his ears. hurried into the reception
room. After waiting about half an
hour, Mr.. Peary was admitted to the
inner sanctum and was closeted will
President Taft for about 20 minutes
| While no expression of opinion
could be obtained here Friday on the
proposed selection of King Edward
|