The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04
WASHINGTON NOTES

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Yard to secure an entrance to the dry
dock and berths alongside the wharf
by the removal of accumulated de-
posts from the Cooper River. A
channel will be dredged to a depth
OF 30 feet below mean low water.
leading from the river to the dry
dock. The channel will be 165 wide,
widening out to 500 feet at 80 feet
below mean low water, length, 1000
feet from face of quay wall.
The Brownsville court of inquiry
has decided to visit Brownsville, Tex.
late in November to hear any new
material facts bearing in the famous
shooting up" of that city on the
night of August 13, 1906. Every
reasonable opportunity will be given
to the discharged noncommissioned
officers and men of the Twenty-fifth
Regiment of Infantry to prove they
were not engaged in the riot with a
view to their re-enlistment in tho
army should they desire to take ad-
vantage of the offer contained in the
act OF Congress creating the tribunal.
The court will follow up the Browns
vile hearing with a similar proceed
ing at Washington. The DISCHARGED
men will have the privilege of appear
ing before the court represented by
an attroney.
What is regarded as distinct con-
cession to improting interests ann to
France was made by the Treasury
Department Monday in directing the
collectors of customs at the various
United States ports to keep custom
houses open until 4:3O p. m. Satur-
day, October 80, on which date the
commercial agreements with France,
Switzerland and Bulgaria expired.
The purpose of the order was to give
every facility to importers to enter
goods at the reduced rates of the ex-
piring treaties and applies particular
ly to New York and few other cities
where the custom houses close ordi-
narily at l p. m. on Saturday in def
erence to local law or custom.
The horse as means of transpor-
tation is more than holding its own
under the competition of the auto
! ! mobile, according to Maurice Connolly
Mr.. Connolly says the trade in horse
driven vehicles this year was greater
than ever before, and the business al
ready booked for the coming year
will eclipse all previous records. The
only manufacturers of carriages az
fected are those who cater to the mil
honaire class, which has in a large
measure discarded the landau, the
brougham and the victoria for the
motorcar. Accordingly the manufac-
turers of these higher grades of car
riages have taken up the manufacture
of automobile bodies. The carriage
builders who turn out the moderate
priced vehicles for city and farm use,
such as buggies and surreys, are said
to have more than they can do.
No grave apprehension is felt III
Washington for the safety of Prof.
Charles K. Leith and Arthur I.eith,
who, with others, since last summer
las been making geological investi-
cations in the Hudson Bay country.
They had intended returning here by
October l, but in letters received
from them early in August it was ir-
timated that their return might bo
delayed owing to weather conditions.
Professor Leith is attached to the ex-
pedition as a representative of the
University of Wisconsin, where he
holds professorship, while his
brother Arthur. who lives here, is ac-
companying the party as an anna
teur scientist.
Information has reached the State
Department that the celebrated Alsop
claim against Chile, involving valu-
able guano deposits and silver mines,
is in fair way of settlemen. The
Alsop case, which has been pending
for thirty-fve years, had its origin
in the actual advance of money by
Americans to the Bolivian govern
ment in return for rights to valuable
guano deposits.
| Every national bank that is loan
ing money in excess of the amount
permitted by law is being asked to
reduce the loans to the required limit
and to abstain from any such excess
| in the future This effort To have all
the national banks observe the, legal