The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
WASHINGTON NOTES

junk is to be sold by the United
States to the highest bidder. The
junk includes old locomotives, dump
cars, tanks, boilers, girders, dredges,
sheet iron, parts of old machinery,
! and the like which was left on the
isthmus by the French before opera
tions were begun by the Americans.
Among this huge amount of debris
are hundreds of pounds OF copper and
brass, of which a great quantity has
been sent to the Philadelphia mint
to be made into Canal medals.
Four torpedo boats, comprising the
second division of the Atlantic tor
pedo fiotilla, have left Hampton
Roads, under orders from the navy
department to proceed to ST. Louis
and accompany President Taft down
The Mississippi river to New Orleans
as feature of his coming trans-con-
tinental tour. The vessels are the
destroyer Macdonough and the. tor
pedo boats Thornton, Tingley and
Wilkes. On their way around to st.
Louis they will make short stops at
Charleston, Key West. New Orleans
and other cities on the Mississippi.
They are scheduled to arrive at st.
Louis October 3.
AS a preliminary step to complete
reorganization of the division of Far
| Eastern affairs in the State Depart
ment, official announcement of APP
pointment in that division have been
made as follows: Chief-Ransford S.
miller, Jr., Japanese secretary and
interpreter of the embassy at Toxic.
Assistant Chief-Edward p. Will
llams, Consrl-General at Tientsin and
formerly Chinese secretary of the le-
CATION at Pelin. Assistant-Perciva
Heintzleman, Consul at Chungking,
China.
seasons work in the establish
ment of n Government horse pasture
near Front Royal, Va. by Capt. C.
ii. Conrad, Jr., of the Third Cavalry,
has confirmed Quartermaster General
Aleshire S belief that animals suit
able for the military service could be
obtained in that section. The prices
| are reasonable and, indeed, lower
than those paid for animals in the
West. They are of fine stock and
are expected to prove valuable ac-
QUESTION to the collection of animals
at the ermy remount depot at Fort
Reno.
Bolivia's serious dispute with Peru
over the Acre arbitral award may be
settled through the "kindly inter-
est' of the United States within the
next few weeks.
An order involving approxima-
tely a million dollars in reparation
was issued by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. 1t included claims
In which is known as the Central
Yellow Pine Association territory
louisiana, Mississippi and Western
Alabama-and involved a refunding
OF amounts paid by large number
of shippers of yellow pine lumber
from the territory to points in other
States of which an overcharge of
two cents a hundred pounds was
collectc. ~ various railroads.
Three thousand old soldiers at
tended the encampment of the Union
Veteran Legion.
The President has approved the
sentence of dismissal imposed by
a general court martial appointed by
him at Denver, Col, in the case of
First Lieut.. Clarence S. Nettles, U. S.
A., retired. According to the War De-
partment s announcement Lieutenant
Nettles was convicted of neglecting
to pay many private debts, making
false statement to the department.
commander in regard thereto, and
giving worthless check.
The Washington Aero Club has
decided to bid for the worlds avia-
tion contests to be held next year.
Citizens from Norfolk and New
port News presented Acting Secre-
tary Winthrop with evidence that
health conditions near Hampton
Roads are not a menace to the men
Of the battleship fleet.
Through cars from Seattle to
Panama" is the report that comes
to the United States Government