The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-21
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Happenings of Week Condensed
For Our Busy Readers.

Secretary Root signed arbitration
treaties with Costa RIGA and Chile.
The American Forestry Association
named many prominent men as off,
GERS.
The omnibus claims bill was ia
ken up by the Senate but no vote
was reached
The engineers submitted a favor
able report on the Louisiana-Texas
1ntercoastal Canal.
Speaker Cannon is blocking the
passage of the Southern cotton
claims bill in the House
The naval appropriation bill II
provide for the maintenance of the
New Orleans Naval Station.
The city of Natchez, Miss, has
asked the Navy department for a
warship during the Carnival.
Congressman Mann, of Illinois, has
started fight in Congress for addi-
tional railroad rate legislation.
Attorney General Bonaparte issued
statement in reply to the speech
of Senator Tillman in the Senate.
Senator Tillman announced that
he would deliver another speech in
the Senate on President Roosevelt.
Arizona and New Mexico are in a
fair way to tecome full-fedged States
during the present session of Con-
gress.
The Democrats may be able to force
the passage of rivers AMI harbors
bill during the present session of
Congress.
The Federal Government has been
asked to transfer the public land
records in this State to the Louisiana
Land Office
Senator Forster, of Louisiana, is
making an effort to secure an approp
ration of $250,O00 to fight the cot
ton boil weevil.
The Democratic members of the
House Ways and Means Committee
have begun the preparation of the
minority's tariff bill.
The -emocrats have decided to
force vote on the rivers and har-
bors bill in the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors.
A hearing was given Monday by
the House Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee in the interest of new dred-
&c for Southwest Pass.
The Southern Commercial Con-
gress has made arrangements to con-
struct Southern building at Wash
ington at a cost of $1,000,00O.
The fact has been developed that
President Roosevelt's barber and Mrs
ROosevelt's private messenger are
carried on the Government pay rolls.
Senator Milton, of Florida, intro
duced a bill to prohibit marriages
between white and negroes in the
District of Columbia and the Terri
tories.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina
attacked President Roosevelt, Attor-
ney General Bonaparte and Post
master General Meyer in speech in
the senate.
President Roosevelt signed the
bill authorizing the payment of
$4,000 to the Citizens Bank of
New Orleans for money seized by But
Ter in 1862.
President Roosevelt was reported
in fine fettle over his horseback per-
Torrance of Wednesday, Unnamed
army officers rediculed at as a grand
stand stunt.
1t was reported that Senator Aid
rich chairman of the Monetary
Commission, has plan for central
government bank to solve the cur
rency problem.
BY unanimous vote the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs agreed to
recommend placing the marines back
on the ships in the Navy contrary
to the action of the President.
4NO Ill IlC LII LII VI SOVOIu-
ment of the isthmian canal zone is
to be recommended TO Congress at
this session by the House Committee
on Interstate Commerce.
The controversy between President
Roosevelt and Senator Tillman dates
back to the Presidents dinner to
Prince Henry of Germany, when
Roosevelt withdrew an invitation to
Tillman.
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, in
speech in the Senate, attacked ~Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Judge Taft for
using detectives to investigate the
negro soldiers who shot up Browns
vile, Tex.
The House Judiciary Cimmittee
submitted a favorable report on the
Humphreys resolution authorizing
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas
TO settle boundary line dispute be-
tween the States.
President Roosevelt and the mem