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HEYBURN BHOWS SECTIONAL HATE Ida’io Senator Disgusts His Col leagues By Attack on U. C. V. 1 Government Will Loan Equipment for Use of Sou hern Veterans at the Mobile Reunion. Washington, D. C—Senator Hey-1 burn laiud to to cure the support oi ■ on** s.< i.lk a.'.iir in iiis cdort to tit-Ical mo rt i>l ution of Senator Bank-! In ,oi lo earmy tents, saddles and lirnlles lor the use oi tin eon-j ft-ccratc veterans at the .Mobile re- j ut.ion. He delivered a partisan, prejudiced I ami sei tioiuii ?p •■< it in opposition to j the suggestion, and las colleagues on belli Slues in me i i o o. r sat quietly i in iheir seats and ; ;-.\e him courle- ] oiis hearing and pity m« contempt. When lie and finished Senator Hank head arose, explained tin belief that the senator Inna malm leit better and said there was milling further to do but to lake a vod o:: iln mailer. On j the and no roll caU, stxty-one senators von d tiye, while Senator ileyburn alone vend no. Only once during Senalor il< > i.iirii's spec-eii was i there an., pro poet of any inn. That n Si m tor J< 11 1 lav 1 asied Senator Ileyburn if he had been it tin ar l'he question seem oil to rile tin s» nator freai Idaho. There were irequ lit allusions to i "the lebel flap and the statue id i Lee. 'That flag, Senator Ileyburn said, \ he thought was furled forever at Ap-i pomaiiox and he objecied to Its fl ing brou! lit out at d waved ovi r prop-; erly of the I'uiicil States On the subject of Ise's statue, | which stands ele e In sid ■ that o! Washington in siatuary hall, lie said: "1 appeal to >on as Amei icati c-it, j i-ens, t nd this statue back to Vir-! ginia, where it belongs, and where; it will be iipprei gated. Ho not ask | us ot doff our hats to it. Wo will ! never do it. lake him hack to your] homes and wor.-nqi him, ii you will,: but do not ask us to do it. Senator ileyburn insisted that he spoke in the in’e-r* st <d hunueny any ( fraternity, uud was opposed to stir- j ring up the spirit of troublesome, days. "I am disc sing this question in the spirit ot iinternal kindiie.-s," In said. "If my v mil Mud Hi 1ml: i: lit ill the breast of any man, still would I 1 speak them " Senator lleyburn's tirade and the anachronism of whic h he was guiliy. ] arotit 'd only pity for him and r< gri t ; for his error of judgment. (iIKL SLUMS SM NIAGARA. Mias Deatr-ce boyder Wades Into River and Goe Over Niagara. Niagara Kails, N. Y. V young wo Ilian thouglit to f-■ Mis? Hoalriee If. Snyder of Iftihal >. eo.: milled suicide by wading into the r.er jn.-i above j Prospect Pokit .ml oing over tin I America!' fail . As hi r bod t over thi brink , of the I atarncl lie i rued Iter face j toward her wei id-lie p seuers am! smil'd a farew, I lo them. On the bank wa; found a handing: and in it tlii n t ".Mamma ami i’apa: May you both I forgive n - for bringing fills awful dis-j grace upon you in Mu e years of your life. Also i hi. our Heavenly father j forgive all my sins Hut I have been i very good, thank Hod. You will find ' a slip fi a t" • mom y under your dm. er scarf. With my heart full of love j for all your kimtn - and tender, lov ing goodbv e Isiy ingly, "BEATKICK " There was a card in the purse bear ! ing the name of Beatrice It. Snyili 1 With the lower river jammed with ice and the jam increasing hourly, there is little hope that the body i ver will he recovered. Buffalo, N. Y.—Miss Snyder was chief clerk in a Buffalo tea store. Bill lias been dejecti d . ince the d. util of lu i liam e. George P. Myers. 'They were to have been married in a tew months. POLITICALJOSS FOR OHIO. ,VVade Ellis Sent by Taft to Boss Ohio Republicans. Washington, D. C- (’resident Taft let it be known that he lias selected Wade il. Ellis, assistant attorney gen eral, for the position of republican state chairman of Ohio. This is tlie first time in the mem ory of the oldest living politicians in , Washington when a state chairman' has be< n selected in Washington. Wade Ellis h.as been known as the j administration's "trust buster." The juxtaposition id tile two offices is considered peculiar and criticism of the administration in consequence is likely Treasurer Short . :24,4-id. Boston, Mass. \ . riage id sl2* j 442 In tlm a< , lolin A Hall, | treasure: of the S m!hbridge Savings] Bank, was ,-liov. n to exist, when Bank; Commiss.i m r Ci-apiq made public his: report The hank commissuiner rec ommends cithi r a receiver for the. bank, or a plan wle-eby the deposi tors agree to aeet-pi a new book for ; S 5 per cent of their deposits. Hal! | Is in jail. Legacy for Dog and Husband. New York City.--Her husband and her dogs share equally in the will j filed of Mrs. Minnie Enochs, who j died recently in Harlem. The in come of a trust fund of SIO,OOO will j be available to provide luxuries for ] the dogs. Christianity Causes Suicide. St. Louis, Mo. The introduction ot Christianity into Japan at first caused many suicides, the Key. Hr. J. L. Hearing, a missionary, told the dele gate to the I aymens' --sionary Alow i .--nt. "The moral unrest exist ing among thinking men in Japan to day si.id Dr 1 • -aring, "is illustrated by the fact that the Ashe Shimbum, a newspaper, bus a bureau oi consulta tion for ilur e intending suicide, and someth. • '.ceeives as many as fifty letters a day from such persons, most ly students " U. S. CHANGES PROHIBITION POLICY. Government to Aid States in Enforcing Prohibition Laws. Topeka, Kans—A complete change |of policy of the federal government in prosecutions for violations of the | internal revenue liquor laws has been | ordered by Attorney General W icker i spam, on instructions Irom President i lull, at least so fur as Kansas is cou ci rued. j The letter follows: "My attention has been called to | the attitude of the department with respect to prosecutions of offensi s a,..oust tne internal revenue laws, | and much complaint has been made . y reason of the fact that in states the policy of which forbids the traffic in i.quor.--. the I nited States government is clearly aiding and abetting in the violations of these laws by compro mising proceedings for Hie enforce ment Oi the internal revi nue law s bv the mere payment of money penal fits. •‘This seems a just subject of re proach. Governor Stubbs has brought the matter to the attention of the president, who feels as above indicat ... i respect to the matter. You ~r-‘, then-lore, instructed in the fu ture, m pro:-'-cations for violations of tic internal r< venue laws as n gener al policy to refuse to compromise all liability by the payment of money p radii. and to endeavyr to secure lop.iction ami imprisonment forsomo reasonable time in punishment of tins class ci olTem* tiilliVriißEMT IN UKIiIILATIGN. Ti.c Public Warned Against a Silver Certificate fer One Debar. Washington, D. C- A couutci l'i it ?! silve r certificate lie, been discovered by the secret .1 rvice, and duel \\ il hi" ,u; issued a cireuhir in which tli" counterli'it is dc-crilied as of lilt' series of IMl'.i; ibeck litter 'll,' Dice plate No. 4x1"; bbicl; plate No. 11 or Phi l; \\. T. \'«■riioii, reg’.— jtrar of the treasury; diaties H. ; i ‘at, (reaturer ot the I’nitt d Stat ■;, ami eeiituinitig portraits of Lincoln ami Grant." Tlie counterfeit inspected would easily deceive the ordinary handler el ’1 lie lace anti hack are printed on thin paper, ami between them is pasted a third sheet to give tile required thickness. A few bits of eoar.-o and ravi b-.l silk tw . t. were .nsertod i ctwceii tile sseetMediocre woi liiuansliip is nntic able on the back note where the words “one dol lar" in the marginal upper right pan el of tin- note appear to have been scratched in. Oth r words show manipulation of the-engraver . ml the color of tli" seal, mnnlit is and de nomiuational iigures on the face of the noi ■ is pale as compared vita the original. MRS. FORI) GETS MISTRIAL. Jury Unable to Agree in Famous Blackmailing Case. Cincinnati, hOio. After Pi hours il liln ration, tile .jury in the case of Mr... Jeannette Stewart Ford, clmrg e I wiia hluekmniling t'hnrh .. 1,. T, ar finer, defaulting local treasury of tm Be Four Railroad, was unable to r ,ich an agreement and was dis .Bilge Swing stated after lie dis n j seei| the jury thilt iie bad lieen in foi iis il that on the last ballot eiyh jurors laid stood for a initial a four for convicticn. The somewhat um xpectml end to tie' sen-a.iional ease was explain) d by two of ties jut or.- as due to tie fact l aai the majority of their < oil. ims refused lo give any credit to the testimony of Warmer. They assert ed that a man who had coni, used to: embe. ..lemeiil for twenty-live »ears would net hesitate to perjurt himself against a woman whom he believed had been the cause of ids exposure. HE CONFESSES TO 10 WIVES. Police Say Emil Von Mueller Has at Least Tw.-nty-Five. New York C.ty—“Married'.’" asked tli" desk sergeant as he booked Emil i Von Mueller, alias IT mil Von Her Ha-, gen, brought here from lxis Angeles, j Cay., charged with bigamy. "Yes," admitted Kmil coyly, “nine teen times." Either Kmil lias skip- j ped count, or the figures in the pos- ' session of the police have been in- : Hated —they read 25. Von Mueller is oniy 117 years old. 1 Hilled; 4 Hurl in Train Wreck. Jacksonville, Fla—One man was was killed outright and four others 1 seriously injured in South Jackson- ; ville when train No. lit'., from St. Au- j gustine crashed into tin* rear end of I train No. 40, the New Smyrna ex- I press, which was standing at the South Jacksonville station. Train No. 10 had stopped at the station, then pulled up to take on wa ter. when No. lit. came hounding along a; a 40 mile an hour speed, striking an empty private I’ullmaii. literally tearing it into kindling wood. Tall to Help iris!) Celebrate. Washington, D. C. President Taft will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Irish at Chicago, having definitely accepted an invitation of Die Good Fellowship Club of that city. The president requested Representative j Madden of Chicago to arrange the' details of his visit with the Good j Fellowship Club. Haw Indians at ilie White House, j Washington, D. C.—Senator Curtis of Kansas introduced to President j Taft eight Kaw Indians, attired in j .gorgeous native costume. One car ried a shining tomahawk, while an other fanned himself vigorously with an eagle feather fan. Unique Way in Pay Lity’s Uebl. Bridgeport, Conn. — I'hat he be in sured for an amount between $2,000,- 000 and $3,000,000, the city to pay the premiums and receive the bene fits under the policies at bis death, is tiu 1 novel scheme for paying the city debt, which lias been presented by David S. Reach to the llridgeport council for its consideration, lie stip ulates in return that Die city erect to his memory u monument with a suitable inscription acclaiming him originator of municipal insurance. RESULT OF HIGH PRICES Statistics Show Effects of the In creased Cost of Living. 6REAf INCREASE IN SUICIDES Over ICO,OOO Persons Seek Shelter in Free Lodging Houses and 75,000 Asking for Charity. New York City.—The climax in i the fight against high prices not only of foodstuffs, but other commodities as well, is expected in the east with official action against the "beef trust” and "cold storage trust,” and with individuals aiding in tlie battle with their boycott ot prohibitively high priced foods. Statistics show general effects from high prices which are astonishing. One-sixth of those dying in Greater New York are burn >1 in the Potter's Field. Tlie ratio of suicides in tlie environs of New York lias increased 4" per cent. More than 1U2.400 per sons are seeking shelter in free lodg ing mmses, an increase of 100 per cent. More than 50,000 persons are seeking relief from charitable organ izations, an increase of 82 per cent. More than 2,500 persons have been sent to the almshouses, an increase ol If. per cent. More than 1,800 hus bands have bet n placed under bonds to support their families, an increase of ! S per cent. These figures have been comput'd over that period of time in which tlie •Tend trusts ' and other combinations were gradually increasing prices. With tiie climax readied within the past few weeks interested persons lagan to impure into statistics. Some of the figures cover the period of a few weeks; others go back to the end of tin- IT*i>T panic, when prosper ity hurst fori it and the trusts began to take advantage of the opportunity to edge up prices a few ei ills at a time. A statement was issued by repre sentatives of the eastern railroads era,plaining that the roads are suf fering from high prices and that the im n asrd eost of things in general is keeping down the wages of employes. Perhaps there is nothing that has escaped. It costs more to die titan it did a few years ago, for medicines, revolvers, cemetery lots and burial dolhing have all gone up. There is even agitation for higher rates for physicians. The outlook is fearful even in con sidering the grewsome subject ot death. From tlie slogan of "high cost of living" it may lie eventually ( hang ed to the "increased cost of dying." The boycott against high prices ts growing rapidly in Mississippi, Mi" sottri, Nebraska, Illinois and -Michigan. Market strength is shown in Pennsyl vania, Delaware, Maryland and Con ned icut. HOLD TRAIN RUBBERY. Bandits Made Each Passenger Deliver Valuables. Pittsburg, Kans. Three unidentified mi'ii held up and robbed the passen gers on an east hound Missouri T’aci tiee passenger train five miles east of in-re. They were unmasked. About s!i , o and a small amount of jewelry, were taken from the passengers. The robbers boarded the train on tlie outskirts of Pittsburg. They took seats in the chair car and rode quiet ly along until Hie train was near Coi n'd], Kans. There they leaped from (heir seats, backed Conductor Garrity into a corner ami, drawing revolvers, warned him not to call for assist ance. one of tiie robbers then covered the passengers with two large revolv ers. "You will now prepare to give up your valuables," he said. "My part ner here will pass among you. Please be quiet." The "partner" thereupon produced a gunnysaek and started on his col lecting tour. From each passenger lie ! took everything of value. Money, watches, diamonds and rings all went into the sack. i One woman screamed and fainted. The collector calmly lifted a ring from her finger, picked up her purse : and passed on to the next victim. Passengers revived the woman after I tlie Voider? left, tlie coach. < i Throughout the progress of the | robbery the train hurried ahead. Not one of the crc-.v, with tlie exception j of tlie conductor, knew a robbery was | being perpetrated. Agricultural Bill Passed. Washington, D. C. —The house pass ed the agricultural appropriation bill carrying appropriations aggregating nearly $13,500,ii00, being a net in crease of over $400,000 over tlie ap propriation for last year. This in crease was chiefly for the forest serv ice and was made necessary by the FLORIDA HUH IS VEGATABLE RATES. Alleged That Charges By Railroads Are Unreasonable. Washington, D. C.—Unreasonable, excessive and discriminatory rates on j fruits and vegetables from Florida to i various destinations in the United j States are alleged to be charged by northern and eastern railroads. The j allegations were brought by the Flor | ida Fruit and Vegetable Association j against several interstate carriers. Ar | guments in the case were submitted to the interstate commission accom | panied by briefs. The case involves j tariffs on all rail transportation of fruits and vegetables from Florida points to every other part of the country. East India Cotton Imported. Montgomery, Ala.—For the first time in tlie history of the Montgom ery cotton market fifty bales of East ! India cotton arrived here for an Ala j bama mill. | Rockefeller Gives to Southern Colleges j New York City—-John D. Kockefel-' ler lias made conditional gifts of $75,- 000 towards $300,000 to the Salem col lege for women, at Winston-Salem, N. C., and of ’525,000 towards SIOO,OOO to the Georgetown College, George town, Ky. GOVERNOR HUGHES WILL RETIRE. Will Not Accept Renomination for New York Governorship. New York City—Governor Hughes reiterates his determination not to accept a renomiuatiou in a letter made public here. "I have already publicly stated that 1 cannot under any circumstances ac cept a renomination," writes the gov ernor, "and 4 suppose that is under stood by the people of the state. Cer tainly it should be and 1 do not see how 1 could have been more explicit than in the statement to the newspa pers. "Of course those who have been so strong in uiy support should realize that there is not the slightest doubt about tlie matter, and I mean exaetly what 1 have said." WOMEN BECOMING MORE BEAUTIFUL j Women Are Gaining on Men in Physi cal Perfection. j New York City—Women are gain- I ing on the opposite sex in physical l perfection, declares Professor Dudley A. Sargent, physical director of Har vard l niversity. William M. Chase, the artist, indorses the declaration, and emphatically adds to it: "Professor Sargent is right,” Mr. Chase exclaimed,wuen the professors opinion was quoted to him. "But he doesn't tell the most important part of it —for most women, anyway—that is, that in gaining strength, women are also gaining in beauty. American w onii n particularly are becoming more beautiful every day. I absolute ly mean every word ) say when 1 tell you that in no other quarter ot the globe—nowhere in the world —is there a beauty comparable with that of tiie athletic American woman o; today. "English women have been famous always for Un-ir marvelous complex ion? gained through exercise. But not. even English women can cbinpeii with Americans. 1 would say that it is the mingling of the races here which lias a great deal to do with this—but not nearly so much as their tiabits of taking exercise. Nothing lias done so much to enhance wom an's beauty as golf. But tennis is a good second. And thou there are swimming and other sports in which she vies with men, all of which add to lu r beauty as well as to her physi cal strength. NU TARIFF WAR. United States and Germany Have Reached Agreement. Washington, D. C.—Concessions by both the United States and Germany have avcri. il a threatened tariff war. Negotiations have been concluded be tween the two countries which settle the question of minimum and maxi mum rates with the exception of tlie cattle and dressed meat issue, which was eliminated from tlie present ne gotiations ami which will be pursued hereafter in separate diplomatic rep resentation. 'The result of the negotiations agreed to is to exchange American minimum rates for the entire and unqualified minimum list of Germany. THIS MAN ill FI) HARD. Vv’itli Eleven Bullets in Head, He Was Able to Hang Self. San Francisco, Cal—Alter firing 11 bullets into his brain from a 22-cali ber six-cylinder revolver, reloading tlie weapon to accomplish tiie feat, Roman I’ritschoff hanged liimseif fit his home in Alameda to made the suicide thorough. Six of the bullets entered his brain, and the tact that he was afterwards able to fasten a clothes line about his neck and stran gle himself, puzzled the coroner and physicians, who examined tlie body. Senator Hint to Retire. Washington, D. C—Lacking the means to maintain the personal polit ical organization essential to success, Senator Frank P. Flint of Los Ange les, Cal., whose term expires March 11, 1911, has announced in a formal statement to the press that he would not be a candidate for re-election to the senate. Fire in Cotton Cargo. Norfolk, Va.— With lire in cotton which she took on at Charleston, S. C., and New Orleans, the British steamship Virgil, Captain H. W. Gav in, put into this port en route lo Ant yverp. The vessel, which is of steel, is not thought to be damaged. Newsy Paragraphs. It was announced at the state de partment that Ambassador Calhoun wi li leave tor his post at Pekin March Is, sailing from San Francisco on the steamer Mongolia. The wholesale meat dealers of New Yoork city announced an advance of a cent a pound in the price of beef as a result of the decreased demand The German Kaiser from bis pri vate purse makes a grant amounting to about $l5 on the yrUi of an eighth son in any family, u. the same fa ther and mother. The Kaiser also promises to stand as godfather to the lucky eighth son. The epidemic of cholera in Russia for this season is officially regarded as closed, the last cholera patient having been discharged as cured from the St. Petersburg hospitals. For several weeks there have been no neyv eases. Totals compiled by the sanitary bureau show that since the outbreak of the epidemic in August, 1908 there have been 16,594 cases, and 6,666 deaths, of which 1,631 cases and 2,680 deaths occurred during the vear lust closed. A new ministry has been formed in Norway to take the place of that which resigned several days ago and of which Gunner Knudsen was pre mier. The premier of the new cabi net is M. Knoow. The minister of foreign affairs will be J. Iregeins, the present minister to Great Britain. As the result of a sudden fright from a swiftly closing typewriter desk, Miss Christine Canfield, of Min neapolis, Minn., 21 years old, is totally blind, and medical experts are baf fled over the case. Miss Canfield is a stenographer. COTTON CROP REPORT Georgia Ranks Fourth in Con sumption of Staple FfflfiN COTTON IMPORTED The Report Shows Inc-ease in Amount of Cotton Consumed by Cotton- Growing States. I Washington, □. C.—The financial disturbances of 1907, which have al i ready become history in tne United i States, have not entirely disappeared I among tiio cotton manufacturers of ! Europe, according to a statement of Daniel C. Roper of the bureau of cen sus, in bis report on the supply and i distribution of cotton for tne year ending August 31, 19u9, just publish | ed. At the close of the season, lie says a number of mills were run ning on short time, with little pros | pect of au early resumption of full time, lie attributes this not alone i to the business depression generally, but also to the short crops produced 1 in the European countries and a very , marked falling off in internal demand throughout Europe, consequent to the high prices brought on by the short i crops. Notwithstanding this, however, the United States exported to Europe and I other foreign countries about two | thirds of her crop, only about one third being consumed by the mills |of this country. The value of tlie manufactures made from the Ameri can cotton crop for the year ending August 31, 1909, was about $2,000,- 000,000. Massachusetts still is by far the leading state in las consumption of i cotton, us shown by his report, con- I suming about 25 per cent of the total | crop of 1909. North Carolina was | next, with South Carolina third. Geor- I gia ranks fourth iu the amount of cot ton consumed, consuming about 10 per cent of the entire crop. The report shows a remarkable in crease in the amount of cotton con sumed by the cotton growing states over 1908. These states consumed 2,553, 797 in 1909, as against 2,187,096 in 1908. Savannah holds her place as the third port in the number of bales ex ported, being led only by Galveston and New Orleans. During the year covered by Mr. Roper's report, Sa vannah exported almost a million bales, while her net receipts were over a million and a half. Savannah has more than doubled the amount of her cott m receipts since 1875. Mr. Roper calls especial attention to the fact that we shipped more than three- and a half million hales of cot ton to the United Kingdom in the year 1909, though a considerable part of tliis was re-shipped to other coun tries. ii is interesting to note rrom his report that there were about 160,000 bales of foreign cotton consumed by the mills of the United Stales, most, of which was Egyptian. \\ iii ii we remember that only a very few years ago the seed irom cot ton were considered .of very little value .except a small portion of them for re-planting, it is little less than I astounding to note that during the season of 1908-1909 nearly three hun dred and fifty thousand bales of cot ton were ginned from tlie seed by the cotton seed oil mills while preparing the seed for their use. During Die season 'which tlie re port of Mr. Roper covers, the rc were 6,000,000 farmers and farm laborers employed in the production of cot ton; taere were about 1,000,000 other wise engaged in the handling of the raw material in the United States, and about 2,000,000 foreigners found employment on account of it. One of the most encouraging fea tures of the report to the south is the marked and continuous growth of the cotton manufactories in tlie cot ton growing states. From the year 1840, when the south had only 180,- 927 active spindles, the number has increased with leaps and bounds so that now she has nearly ten and a half million in active operation, and consumed 2,553,797 bales during tho season of 1908-09. There were more new spindles put into operation during this last year in the south than she had altogether in 1840. In IS7O the New England states consumed about ten times a 3 much cotton as did the cotton grow ing states, while the south consumed over 400,000 more hales during the year ending August 31, 1909, than did New England. Mr. Roper's report is filled with statistics which show the phenomenal speed with which the south, already standing supreme in its production, ig coming into its own as the greatest manufacturer of the worlds greatest crop. IliE MERGER, Atlantic Ice and Coal Co. Puts Fnislv ing Touches on Gigantic Deal. Macon, Ga -The Atlantic Ice and Coal Company, a corporation charter ed under the laws of the state of Vir ginia, with head offices in Atlanta, Ga., purchased the plants of the Cen tral City Ice Works and the Empire Coal Company of Macon from A. & N. M. Block, for a cash consideration of $425,000. Negotiations for plants in seven other cities of Georgia and Tennessee were also consummated, embracing an outlay of approximate ly $4,000,000. Plants were purchased in Augusta, Dublin, Athens, Rome, Columbus, Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn. Waiter Cohen Released. Philadelphia, Pa—Ferdinand Co hen, the hotel waiter, who is charg ed with kidnaping Roberta de Janon, the young heiress of this city, was released from prison in $1,50u bail. To Auction Off Carload of Babies. New Orleans, La.—Bids on a car load of babies were begun here. Of ferings are not in money. Guaran tees of care and support are reckoned among the terms of acceptance. Tho babies will come here from a New York asylum. LATE NEWS NOTES. General. Declaring that the proposed in crease in postage rates on magazines and other second-class matter prac tically would force them out of bus iness, representatives of eighty mag azines published in Atlanta, Ga., through their organization, the South ern Magazine Publishers' association, have appealed to southern representa tives In congress to do all in their power to "avert this real and threat ened danger to tlie welfare of tho American people." Former Governor David R. Francis of Missouri has accepted the first vice presidency of the Southern Com mercial congress and a membership on the executive committee, after be ing waited on by a special committee from Washington. G. Grosvenor Dawe, managing director of the congress* and John A. Fox, special director o! the National Rivers and Harbors eo»- jress, composed Die committee. The txecutive committee will meet in Washington on February 10. A record of current prices of nihe i.v-six commodities in everyday use, as compiled by Bradstreet s agency, show that the cost of living had reach ed the highest point since such fig ures were kept, exceeding even the prices of March 1, 1907, when they went soaring in anticipation of the panic. Bradstreet s figures are based on actual wholesale quotations per pound over a wide area of markets. The latest index number is $9.i23, which means that the cost of ono pound each of the ninety-six commod ities at the prevailing wholesale rate would total that sum. inis is a gain of 1t.7 since January 1, 1909, but only 3.5 over the first of 1907. But it should be understood that this list of articles is not confined to foods alone, but includes textiles, hides and leather, coal, oil, building materials drugs, etc., as well as breadstuffs and provisions. The rate of increase in fodos alone is much greater. Washington. The supreme court of the United States has til en a recess until Feb ruary 21. The comptroller of currency of the treasury has issued it call for a state ment of the condition of all national hanks at the close of business on -Monday, January 31. Tlie Alabama and Florida senators have indorsed G. E. Yancey, a grand son of William M. Yancey, for chief clerk of Die bureau of navigation, navy department. The navy department lias ordered Commander Robert F. Deary back to duty, lie arrived in Washington a:ni probably will be assigned to a post in the civil engineering corps. Major Carson, chief of the bureau of manufacturers, lias issued a bulle tin calling attention to the complaint abroad of the improper packing of United States exports. The United States sends out something like two billions of dollars worth of products natural and manufactured. Twenty niiliior dollars is i> low estimate of file amount of loss through inferior packing in the United States alone, and the trip abroad is considered much larger than Die domestic loss. -Major Carson presents photographs, especially of cotton bales, showing the great superiority of the foreign packages. The house committee on war claims heard Representative Clark of Florida and other southern nu-in hers in advocacy of bills to return to va rious states the cotton tax money amounting to about $68,000,000, which was collected during and im mediately after the civil war. If con gress should ever act favorably on this matter amounts varying from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 would go to many southern states. The commit tee decided to bunch all the bills into one anil to make a decision regard ing a disposition of the matter ut an early date. An increase, in round numbers, in customs receipts of $92,000,000 and in internal revenue of $lO 000,000, but a deficit in tlie ordinary receipts of tho government of $25,000,000 against • $64,000,000 last year shows the result of tiie first seven months' operations of the treasury for the fiscal year 1909-10, as compared with the corres ponding period of the preceding year. Panama canel disbursements not In cluded in the above calculations have amounted to $19,136,053 as compared with $12,529,984 during the seven months last year. Senator Money of Mississippi an nounced the resignation from tlie sen ate of Senator Fountain L. Thompson of North Dakota, Senator MeCumber of North Dakota, presented the cre dentials of W. E. Purcell, appointed by Governor Burke to succeed Sena tor Thompson, and Mr. Purcell was sworn in. It is said that Mr. Thomp son's resignation is due to ill heatltu, Senator Purcell, like bis predecessor sb a democrat. The government for the first time In the history of the country is print ing its own postal cards at the gov ernment printing office. As soon as the equipment for special printing has been established a new card, to be known as the index or library card, will be issued. The card will be of an excellent quality of paper and of attractive design. The paper used will be lighter than that used in the present card, but it will be more flexible and will take ink much better than the old yellow card. Senator Clay of Georgia has re sumed his seat in the senate after an absence of more than a month, caus ed by illness. The senator was warmly congratulated by his associ ates on both sides of the chamber. That the crowding of immigrants in the congested districts of the large cities is much less prevalent than is popularly supposed, and that common report of bad living conditions is much overdrawn, is stated in sub stance in an exhaustive report upon immigrants in cities submitted to congress by Senator Dillingham of Vermont, chairman of tne Immigra tion commission. A favorable report has been made to the senate in the bill appropriating for a fish hatchery in the state of Ala bama.