The new South-news., 1909-01-16
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources. Sa1te,
National and Foreign.

0St SIC ~ t00WoNQ pN<<oS WWA1 t~s>
II Southern Italy and Sicily again.
An alleged plot to dethroas the
King OF Portugal was discovered at
Lisbon.
Senator Knox aud President-elect
W. II. Taft held . long conference At
Augusta. Ga.
The shah OF Persia has again L.
sued a manifesto revokIng the Con-
stitution.
Ex-President Castro. of vsnesueia.
Who Was operated on In Berlin. y
reported 70 be improving
Congress win be asked to furnish
funds to fght the cotton boil weevtl
In the Mississippi Valley.
The administration will not ask
for any legislation on Philippine rice
at this session Of congress.
Congressman Ransdell Will urge
Congress to make an appropriate tion
for dredging SOUTHWEST Pass.
1t was stated that New York cap
italists would put steel bargss on the
Mississippi for shipping coal.
A bill was introduced In the Ten
nessee Senate to prohibit the manu-
facture Of liquor in the state.
''Hooligans:' created panic ~
Naples, Italy, by running through
the streets crying, EarthQuake."
A block OF slo.o00.o 900 for New
York city bonds, maturing In ten
months. were sold to three nrms.
1t was reported that Gov. Smisn
would send troops to Savannah tc
enforce the Georgia prohibition law.
The Italians. from the King down
are grateful toward the United States
for the aid OF the earthquake suffer
ers.
Judge Williams OF Mobile uphelf
the Alabama prohibition law and de
MED an application for a saloon II
cense.
The Indiana legislature met At In
dianapolis, Ind, with the Democrat
In control for the first time In eight
cen years.
President Roosevelt announces
that he would appoint . Republica
to succeed Federal Judge Saunders q
New Orleans.
The White Star Liner Oceanic los
propeller blade in mid-ocean and en-
countered severe snowstorm whe
making port.
Count Hamon. a Paris banks
has disappears4 under charges {
misappropriatil1 tho FUNDS Of y
D American women.
The Russian steamer Sviatosls
. Was sunk In . collision with Il
Green stsam mer Poseldon. and thirt!
four lives were lost.
The Italian authorities have d.
termined TO isolate Nssssna ~ II
only means OF preventing an ou
break of serious illness.
g The fact leaked out that Senate
I Tillman had been shadowed by u
: secret service men In connection vii
Oregon land grant deal.
Congressman Ransdell, of Louis
ana. is fighting for a rivers and ha
- bors bill at this session OF Congrea
= Senator Frye, OF Maine, il opposed
n, 1t.
,r Owing to lively row among A
H. lanta negroes over entertaiHme
v. plans Mr.. Taft withdrew his accer
n ance OF an invitation to Addre
"A them.
r The Louisiana Agricultural q
o. partment issued its annual crop I
nr port. giving the cotton crop ~ bz'
D. 900 bales and the rice crop IT 20.
us 5s9.4o0 pounds.
The fact was brought out In
report to the Senate that Preside
Roosevelt had Senator Tillman
D South Carolina, shAdowed By Dssl
Service men.
or Kank Yu Wei. China's exiled |
H. former and leader OF the Chine
ed Empire Reform Association, clai
Tal credit for the ovrthrow OF Yuan
~. Wal. the eminent Chinese statesmI
cd The British authorities are invea
as eating the strange disappearancc
Wy Miss Violet Torden Charlesworth
~ Welsh woman. who II alleged
ne have been killed In an automoh
en- accident
The dismissal OF Yuan Shi KAi
~ the Chinese Government has caui
the United States. England and
Ie- pan to warn the Prince Regent q
no act should be committed 4
'te would endanger peace.
e' Sharp criticism Of the Army Z
u" tts management II being heard abb
~ the Capitol. Some OF the most pol
- I'd remarks have been published
." the ota<iAl record Of the testim<
taken before the House Commit
Or on Military Affairs In connect
with the Army appropriation bill
= Colonel Zavarniuky. Chief OF