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Federation of Warehouses Will Facilitate Holding Campaign. T 0 CONTROLI,OOO,OOO BALES New Orleans Selected Permanent Haad quarters of Cotton Committee of National Farmers’ Union. Bebee, Ark.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the National Farmer’s union arnd the national cot ton committee relative to the hand ling of the cotton crop for next year, planning, in brief a federation of warehouses, was approved by the board of directors. New Orleans was chosen as the permanent headquarters of the cotton committee, The report of the committee, in part, follows: “Our efforts to hold 1,000,000 bales off the market has met with much favor among the members of our union and we have received pledges for thousands of bales of cot ton to be held. “We have perfected a plain in which the next crop can be handled through union channels, that is, the federation of warehouses, which plan and by operation in Mississippi dur ing the past year and embodies the feature of the new plan.” ‘ President Barrett has called statei meetings and will be held as follows: Oklahoma, January §; Mississippi, *January 12; Arkansas, January 14; Texas, December 21; Alabama, Janu aly 16; Georgia, January 18; Louisia na, January 18; South Carolina, Jan uary 20; North Carolina, December .16; Florida, January 22; Missouri, January 25; Illinois, January 27; Kan :sas, January 29; Colorado, February 1; California, February 7, | VENEZUELAN SHIP CAPTURED. Cruiser Gelderland Raises Dutch Flag Over the Alix, Wilemstad, Island of Curacao.—The Dutch cruiser Gelderland came into this port towing the Venezuelan coast -guard ship Alix, witl/ the Dutch flag flying and a Dutch crew on board. The Gelderland captured the -Alix -off Puerto Cabello. The Alix was ly ing close in shore, and, notwithstand ing the threat which the Venezueian government had made to fire upon -any of the Dutch warships committing a hostile act. the Gelderland steamed at full speed towards the guardship and sent in a launch‘to seize her. “This they did without resistance, and T[WO }lo] Oy} WOJJ dWed . S}oYs ou iand. ¢ . The crew of the Alix was put .ashore and the Dutch officer and ma rines remained on board, the Gelder- Tland finally taking the Alix in tow and steaming away with her prize. * The~ seizure of the Alix was in ac <cordance with the plans of the Hol land government, when instructions were issued to the three Dutch war :ships now in these waters to make a demonstration off the coast of Ven <zuela and to capture any Venezuelan ships of war or guard - vessels .that they might find. The arrival of the Gelderland at Willemstad was greet “ed with unbounded enthusiasm by those who noticed the cruiser’s ap .proach and soon the entire popula tion was down to the water’'s edge to ‘welcome the return of the Gelderland, BETTER HUMES FOR DIPLOMATS. Matter Will Be Pressed at This Ses sion of Congress, Washington, D. C.—Determined that the dignity of the United States shall no longer be jeopardized by the failure of this government to provide suitablé buildings for its diplomatic and consular deputies abroad, advo cates of an immediate —appropriation to begin the construction or purchase ©of suitable buildings have decided to press the fmatter at this session of congress, Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio will lead the fight again this session, as he did last, The members of the committee on foreign affairs have agreed to stand behind the Longworth bill, introduced at the last session, authorizing the ap propriation of $1,000,000 annually for the construction or purchase of em bassies, legations-and consular build ings. PHOSPHATE LANDS WITHDRAWN. dmmediate Results From Conserva. tion Movement, Washington, D. C.—Acting under in structions of President Roosevelt, the secretary of the interior has with «drawn from entry all public lands con taining phosphate rock, pending ap propriate action by congress, MThis action has been taken as the result of facts brought out at the re «cent meeting of the National Conser vation commission in Washington, when it was shown that national available supply of phosphate rock in the United States will last only about fifty years, . HERO OF BOXER OUTBREAK Died Without Friends—May Lie in Potter's Field, New York City. — No one has claimed the body of Willlam Hanra bhan, a hero of the Boxer outhreaks, who died in a Newark hospital ard it is expected that he will be buried in Potter’'s Field, Hanrahan was one of four men who volunteered at Tien Tsin to go under the walls of the city during a heavy fire and remove the dead and wounded, Among his effects were found let ters from John D. Long, former secre tary of the navy, and from Major James Regan, of the army board of awards, both of which C¢ommended him for bravery in action. TAFT TOVISIT PANAMA, President-Elect Will Inspect Work of Canal, Washington, D, C.—William H. Taft, president-elect, contemplates a visit to Panama before his inauguration. This *visit is approved Ly President ‘Roosevelt, While it has not been finally determined upon, Mr. Taft has announced that it was his inclination to go. Should this be his final decis fon he will leave the port of Charles ton, 8. C., the last week in January for a trip of twenty days. HOW THE MONEY GOES. - Different Ways in Which the Govern mant Spends its Millions. Washington, D. C.-—The secretaryl of the treasury has trausmitied to congresss the book of estimates of ap-| propriations required for the service forthe, fiscal year ending June 40, 1910, . The following shows by depart ments the estimates for the fiscal year 1909, the latter including the de ficiency, miscellaneous and permauent annual appropriations: Appropri / Estimates ations | Objects— for 1910 for 1909. Legislative .§ 13,178,178 § 14,142,586‘ Executive .. 415,510 440,610 | State depart- | ment ~ ~ ,4,320,395 4,413,469 Treasury de ment .. .. 190,896,645 235,000,673 War depart ment .. .. 234,093,150 193,328,116 Navy depart- i ment .. ~ 137,510,388 133,160,401 Interior de partment 200,532,157 212,390.745| Postoffice de partment ~ 1,711,040 1,787,450 Department of Agricul- Nure ... o, 18,817.626 15,786,249 Department of labor and com merce: .. . 13,043,845 11,344,105 Department of Justice 9,890,020 10,903,087‘ Totals ..$824,408,020 $832,629,087 The estimates for 1910 exceed the estimates for 1909 by $57,900,676. ‘ THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE. J. J. Hill Says All Future Advance ment Rests on Agriculture. Peoria, Ill.—Surrounded by more prominent railroad officials than ever before visited this city at one time, Jas. J, Hill of St. Paul addressed five hundred persons at a banquet given in his honor by the Commercial and Creve Couer clubs. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Hill advocated the ‘development of the agricultural inter ests of the country as its future salva tion. -He said no country ever pros pered unless its prosperity were based | upon its agricultural industry. In another century, he predicted the population of this country would be 200,000,000 and that the present meth ods of agriculture would be inade ’quate. He favored the amendment of ' the present tariffs by saying that it ' was an utter impossibility at the pres l ent prices of things to build and equip 'a railroad from Chicago to New York city which would pay a dividend of 2 t per cent per annum, Predicts Failure In Canal Work, Paris, France.—That the Panama canal will cost $280,000,000, double the estimate, is the gloomy view tak en by Beuna-Varilla, former Panama minister to the United States. He says that destruction is sure to overtake Gatun dam. The recent ac cident there confirms this view, he de clares, He says the plans now under way will result in the greatest disas ter in the history of this country. “Adam God” Pleads Not Gullty. Kansas City, Mo.—Trembling with fear, their spirit broken with the re nunciation of their faith, James Sharpe, “Adam God,” and three of his followers, almost without a word in their own behalf, entered pleas of not guilty when arraigned before Justice Hemley on charges of first de gree murder, growing oul of the kill ing of the five people in the street riot in which the police and the Holy Rol lers took part. Republicans Plan Far Ahead. Chicago,. Ill.—Fred W. Upman makes the announcement that perma nent national headquarters for the! republican national commission will be established in the First National‘ bank building, Chicago, for the pur pose of perfecting the most compre-! hensive national organization ever known in American politics, | Bonaparte Not in Cabinet, i Baltimore, Md.—That Atorney Gen eral Charles J. Bonaparte will not be a member of President Taft's cabinet was the definite statement made here by Mr. Bonaparte, “After March 4th, 1 shall retire from public life. That is perhaps the best way to put it,” said Mr. Bona parte, Big Steamship Aground. New York City.—ln a dense fog off Belleport, L. 1., the German SBS. Ham burg ‘ran aground. The boat, com manded by Captain Schur, has a crew of forty men, who refused to disem bark when the Belleport life-savers went out to rescue them. The Har burg is in no danger of destruction unless a storm breaks, ‘ Good Job For Bryan. Minneapolis, Minn.—A campaign to obtain William Jennings Bryan as president of the University of Minne sota in the event that the resignation of President Cyrus Northrop is ac cepted, has been started by the Uni versity Press Club, which passed a resolution asking the board of regents to extend a call to the commoner, Rues Guilty of Bribery. San Francigco, Cal.—After deliber ating twenty-four hours, the jury re turned a verdict of guilty ot bribery charges against Abraham Rues, form er political boss of San Francisco, Under the conviction Rues is liable to a maximum penalty of fourteen vears in the penitentiary, Plan $1,000,000 Home. Washington, D, C.—One result of the meeting here of the Southern Com mercial Congress is a project an nounced to erect a $1,000,000 home for the congress s this city, President Parker announced the plan which is to secure 1,000 subscrip tions of SI,OOO each from southern husiness men. Two hundred and thir ty-seven thousand dollars was pledged. Is is proposed to erect a skyscraper office building for the headquarters of ‘the Souhtern Commercial Congress, Have Promulgated Styles for Women's Wearing Apparel. | 1 ALL SUITS TO BE HIPLESS Features of New Styles Will Be the Ver tical Effect Given the Wearers and Reduced Sizs at Bottom of Skirts. Toledo, Ohio.—The convention of the Cloak, Suit and Shirt Manufactus ers’ association, which has been in session here, has promulgated ' the styles of wearing apparel next spring. The feature of the new styles for women will be the vertical effect giv en the wearers. The suits will come in one, two and three pieces, all hip less, and one of the strongest features in the change will be the reduced size at the bottom of both separate and suit skirts, . " The official decree of styles is as follows: : Two-plece Tailored Suits—Hipless and half-fitted jackets; cutaway and straight fronts 34 to 42 inches long and 30 to 36 inches long for misses. Long, narrow coat sleeves, Skirts to be gored and of diminished full ness, with a tendency to high-waisted effects, Three-Piece Suits—Without sleeves, with net or lace yokes, or made to be worn over waists with hipless jackets. Cutaway fronts predominating, Long, small sleeves, Tailored Dresses — One-piece coul plete dresses in hoth prinsess and raised waist effects. Guimpe dresses more particularly for misses and ju niors. Separate Coats—Hipless and semi fitted cloth jackets with some ten dency toward cutaway effects, 32 to 42 inches long for ladies and 30 to 36 inches long for misses, Coat sleeves. ‘Tailoring or Touring <Coats—Half fitted empire or hipless effects 52 to 54 inches long, Silk and satin coats —all lengths, Separate skirts similar to suit skirts, but show more trimming, main ly in vertical effects, & EXPLOSION IN PANAMA. ‘ Fourteen Killed and 50 Injured at Bas Obispo Cut, Colon, Panama.—A ; giant blast of dynamite, already prepared for firing, was prematurely exploded in the workings at Bas Obispo. Fourteen men were killed and fifty mjured. It may be that others have been killed, for the debris is piled up in all directions, Bas Obispo cut is about thirty miles from Colon, and the shock of the explosion was distinctly felt here, Numerous reports are current as to the cause of the accident, but the of ficial version from Culebra, whicn gives an estimate of 14 killed and fifty wounded, states that during the loading of the last hole of the blast, the dynamite in this cutting was dis charged, and the remaining twenty two were exploded by concussion, Two Americans were Kkilled in the explosion... They were John J, Rey] of Indianapolis, Ind. and James ‘éL Hummer of Dunnellon, N, J. -~ POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, Figures Compiled By the New York Times on National Election. | New York City,—According to fig ures compiled hy the New York Times, the vote for Taft in the recent election was 7,659,688, as - compared with 7,623,486 for Roosevelt in 1904. The democratic vote is given as 6,450, 690, as against 5,077,971 four years ago. ~ According to the Times, the social ist vole was less this year than in 1904, the respective figures being 401,- 506 and 402,288, Fewer votes were ‘cast for the prohibition candidates, l the count standing 228,014 last fall, as compared with 258,636 in the last presidential year, In a few instances, gays the Times these figures are not final. But in every instance, it is declared, they are the best that can be obtained prior to the publication of the official canvass and will differ from the original fig ures very slightly, if at all, | LESS LIQUOR IN PAST YEAR. | Decrease in Internal Revenues Shown ’ in Capers’ Report, | Washington, D. C.—Commissioner | John G. Capers of the internal reve nue burean, in his annual report, states that for the last fiscal year there was a decrease in the receipts of $17,998,072, as compared with the | previous year, and that for the first three months of the current Yyear | there has been a decrease of 7,262, 238, Sy The revenues for the full current year are estimated at $250,000,000, which is $1,655,000 less than for last | year. ' POISONED ALTAR WINE, Attempt on Life of [talian Priest in Ohio City. Youngstown, Ohio.—Poisoned ashe drank the communion wine at the al tar of the Italian Catholic Church here, Father Lops nearly succumbed to the second attempt at assassination, be lieved to have been made by mem bers of his congregzation, It was learned that strychnine had been placed in the altar wine which Father Lops drank before admlinister ing communion to his flock. The priest is in a dangerous condition, but he will recover, A short time ago a shot was fired through a window, which burfed itself in the wall clese to his head, . TO ISOLATE CONSUMPTIVES, Dr. Wiley Says Separate Cars Should Be Provided, Washington, D, C.—lsolation of con sumptives on railroad journeys, partic ularly on sleeping car trips across the continent wasg urged by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bu reau of the department of agriculture. in an interview, in which he pointed out that separate cars for those af fiicted with tuberculosis were as ne sessary as detention reamps, PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS Matters of Importance Before tle National Lawmakers. Tuesday, after the completion of preliminary routine business the president’s message was read in both houses, adjournment was then taken until noon Wednesday, An emergency volunteer army moas ure was advocated Tuesday by Pres ident Roosevelt in a special’ message sent to congress, and the draft of the bill accompanying the message was introduced in the senate by Mr. Cul lom. The president says the bill s intended to replace the present law, which was placed on the statute books “plecemeal and hurriedly, partly on the eve of the war with Spain and partly after hostilities had actually commenced.” After declaring that the present law is faulty and wholly inadequate to a speedy and proper organization of a volunteer force, the president says the bill proposed,which was drawn under the supervision of the chief of staff of the army, has the hearty approval of the war depart ment. The proposed bill is elastic: un der its provisions a force of 2,000,000 men could be raised, as well as one of 50,000. - For nearly five hours the house of representatives considered the bill providing for the taking of the thir teenth and subsequent decennial cen suses, and passed it without material change, e session of the senate Wednes day was chiefly devoted to the for mal presentation of departmental re ports and the introduction of Dbills, The reports have been made public from time to time, and the bills, num bering 352, were chiefly for the grant ing of pensions. Senator Johnston of Alabama introduced a bill to reinstats former Cadets Rossell and Weaver, dismissed from the military academy for hazing. He, declared that their punishment was excessive, and sald that every new senator was hazed by being given unimportant assignments and being restricted in his privileges. He did not wish to have the idea go forth that the boys’ mothers have to look after them after they enter the military academy, - In the senate Thursday Senator Lodge gave notice that he would ‘speak on the Brownsville question - Wednesday. The sengte, after an ex ‘ecutive sessicn, adjourned until Mon day. The house received the report of legislative, judicial and executive appropriation bills. The house Thurs day passed an amendment to the pres ent army and navy desertion act, A bill to appropriate sum to reinburse the Island of Hawaii for its light house service immediately preceding federal control of the island was pass ed. Proceedings were interriupted ‘when Henry G. Worthington, a form er member, was stricken with apo plexy. Mr. Townsend of Michigan called up a bill authorizing the pres ident to appoint a commission to in vestigate commerce and labor dis putes. - A resolution was presented in the house Friday calling for investigation Télative to charges in president’s mes sage on secret service, The house be gan reading and debate on the legis lative, judicial and executive appropri ation bill. The committee on com ‘merce made tentative plans for inves tigating a trip to the Isthmus of Pan ama, The senate was not in session Friday. The house of representatives Satur day was in its oid time form, Parlia mentary tactics were freely resorted to, with the result that five times the roll was called, The first wrangle oc curred on a resolution, fixing the boundary liné between the states of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico, which was adopted by a good majori ty, but not without two roli calls, The house, then by a decisive vote, refus ‘ed to further consider the bill provid ing for arbitrary settlement of dis ‘putes between employers and em ‘ployees next turning attention to the ‘bill providing for the protection of ‘aliens in the United States, the sub ject was threshed out at length., The ‘measure had rough sailing, and it was passed by a slim majority, after the roil had been called twice, The senate was not in session Sat ‘urday. B NEWSY PARAGRAPHS. A remarkable hunt for “needles in a haystack” has been inaugurated in Michigan by men of science in the employment of Uncle Sam. This “nee dle” is known as the michococcus ap tha bovinalis, This is the germ of the cattle plague, known among farmers as the foot and mouth disease, It is prevalent now’in Michigan and the federal authorities have imposed a quarantine not only against the Mich. igan herds but against the Michigan hay, Not a-pound of Michigan hay will be permitted to be shipped out of the state, The quarantine is ex pected to last for nine months, The British government’s experi ment in introducing American cotton into India has met with encouraging success, Tke first auction of the American cotton was held recently, and the entire product was bought by one firm at a price 25 per c¢ent higher than Ondiap cotton, Prominent women of New York, forming the association opposed to* woman suffrage, are quietly conduct ing their campaign and digtributing Hterature, A secret meeting of the organization was held at which offi cers were elected, Mrs. Elihu Root, wife cf the secrctary of state, was chosen as one of the vice presidents, Safe robbers at Maize, Kan., blew open the state bank vault and escap ed with nearly $6,000 in currency. A resolutlon providing that public gschools be closed one afternoon a week to allow children to attend re ligious services and to receive in struction in their own church, precip ftated a lively debate in the conven tion of the Federal Counci] of Church es~oi Christ in America in session at Philadelphia, The resolution was de feated, A resolution was adopted in which it was declared that it was the duty of the church to provide relig fous instruction for their children as well as the duty of parents to see that such instruction is given N r i ? CASTRO REAGHES PARIS Venezuelan Rater Ufficially In. formed How He Must Act. g ) ™ Y EXPULSION THE PENALTY President Castro Says He is in France as Private Citizen, and Agrees Not to Make Trouble. Paris, France, — President Castro Bordeaux, President Castor is being of Venezual has arrived here from reated as a private citizen, and not as. chief of state. : The president’s physicians are anx ious that he reach Berlin as soon as possible, in order to undergo his op eration, should specialists consider this necessary, with the least loss of time; ccnsequently Castros ’'stay in Paris will be short. Willemstad, Curacao.—The govern ment of the Netherlands has no in tention of being negligent in the mat ter of the blockade of the Venezuelan coast, inaugurated by three of its war ships last week, The battleship Ja cob Van Heemskork and the cruiser Gelderland left here for Venezuelan waters, They have been cleared for action. It is believed that they will demonstrate off LaGuira, Further mare, they will probably begin seizing Venezuelan merchant vessels, thus putting a stop to the trade between Venezuelan ports. A clash between the warships and the coastal forts of Venezuela is liable to follow any radical action, because the government at “Caracas has ex pressed its intention of firing on the Dutch ships at the first “unfriendly act Paris, France—lJt was officially an nounced that the French government has informed President Castro that he would be expelled from the coun try in case he made any “manifesta tion calculated to disturb the public order,” give interviews to journals or in any manner inaugurate a press campaign against France or in justi fication of his own attitude Catsro gave assurances that he came to France te undergo an opera tion, and he promised to adhere to the wishes of the government, MONEY FOR WATERWAYS. Goverenment Will Be Asked to Issue $500,000,000 in Bonds, Washington, D. C.—Sentiment in favor of the issuance of government bonds for a comprehensive improve ment of the rivers, harbors and ca nals of the country to the end that this nation shall have the greattst system of waterways in the world, 'gained‘ considerable headway at the annual meeting of the rivers and har bors congress here, The scheme conte®iplates the issu ance of $500,000,000 worth of federal bonds for internal water courses, to be distributed over a ten-year period, or $50.000,000 annually, Following the lead of Prerident Roosevelt and Pres. ident-elect Taft, both of whom, before ‘the joint conservation meeting advo cated the issuance of government bonds for the construction of perma nent public improvements, enthusias tic endorsement was given the propo sition at the rivers and harbors con gress by such leading figures as Vice President Falrbanks, Andrew Carne gie, Joseph K, Ransdell, president ot the congress, and other speakers. This session witnessed one of the most notable gatherings in the his tory of congress, The list of speak ers included Vice President Fair banks, Andrew Carntgie, James Bryce, the British ambassador; Former May or Seth Lowe of New York; Represen tative John E. Ransdell; Champ Clark of Missouri, minority leader of the house of representatives; Governor George E. Chamberlain of Oregon; Governor J, Y. Sanders of Louisiana; Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor; Judge George Hillyer, a member of the Geor lgia railroad commission, and Profes [ sor W, D, Lyman of Whitman College | of Washington, CUMMING HADE BOARD MEMBER, Appointed on Chickamauga National Park Commision, Washington, D. C.—President Roose. velt named Major Jogeph B. Cumming of Augusta, Ga.,, a member of the Chickamauga National Park Commis sion to succeed General A. P, Stewart of Mississippi, deceased, It has been understood for several days that the president would name a Georgian for the place and the con test was between Judge John W. Mad dox of Rome and Major Cumming. A delegation friendly to Judge Maddox called at the white house to urge his nomination, but they were too late, Judge Maddox was in the battle of Chickamauga, and was sirongly hack ed for the appointment, but Major Cumming was the successful man, INSURANCE PRESIDENT FREED, John Hegeman Charged With Perjury Was Acquitted, New York City~—~John R. Hege man, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was freed by the court in a decislon that sis it stands will serve to guash all in dictments now standingz against in surance officials, according to District Attorney Jerome, who, however, ex pects to take the present case to the court of appeals There are six indictments for for gery against George W, Perkins, for merly vice president of the New York Life Insurance company, and several against Charles 8. Fairchild, of the game company, 3 THINKS ELECTRICITY KiLLS. Physician Will Attempt to Disprove Theory That Chair Is Not Fatal, Trenton, N, J.—County Physician Frank (. Seammell announces that he will make an effort to resuscitate the next man electrocuted in the New Jer sey state pricon in order to digprove the claim of a New York physician recently put forth that electricity does not kill, but -that electrocuted crimi nals die under the surgeon’s knife in the autopsy or in the quicklime 'in which they are buried. LATE [:W§ NOTES. General. Twenty-seven were killed in an avalanche at San Lucane, Italy, The result of the avalanche left a large opened for these unfortunate vicums. enormous flood of water is flowiug. Hundreds of familes are without food and homes, Subscriptions have been ope_ned so rthese unfortunate victims. Nine persons were badly iajured and more than a score of others were cut and bruised by falling walls and shattered glass when an agent of the “Black Hand” gr-, slipped over the roof to the airshaft' of the tene ment at 330 East Sixty-third slr@& New York City, and dropped a bom After two trials, George W. Sulper, a Brooklyn commission merchant, shet and killed himself, His 13-year old daughter was with him when he fired the fatal shot, Rev, Francis A, Pools, pastor of the First Congregational church, at Barre, Vt., says he has quadrupled the atten dance at his church in three years by advertising in the papers. Cablegrams received at Shanghai China, by private sources from Wasi ington announcing that Judge L. R. Wilfley of the Uuited States court had been removed, created a tremen dous sensation. The American colo ny believes the methods adopted by Judge Wilfley have operated to nulli fy his efforts and have discredited the American court, Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, one of the best known women physicians in Chicago and the first woman to be honored with membership in the American Medical association, died of cerebral hemorrhage, brought on by overwork at St, Elizabeths’ hospital. The pope at Rome Dblessed Presi dent-elect Taft and his family. The blessing was declared in the presence of Archbishop J. J. Glennon of St. Louis who was one of the first per sons received in audience, William Burke of New Bedford, Mass., took the oath of allegiance to his county and was enrolled in the navy here after having walked nearly one hundred miles to carry out his purpose., He reached here at day break, after tramping all night from Providence, weary, cold and hungry. Dave Edwards, under sentence to hang at Chattanooga, Tenn., Decem ber 10 for the murder of J, W. Davis on March 20, 1908, has been granted a respite of thirty days by Governor Patterscn. Davis, the man who was killed, was supreintendent of a rall road construction oang working on a contract held by W, J, Oliver & Co. Edwards was an employe under Davis, Washington Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco recently convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States of large tracts of land in Oregon and Washing ton, was sentenced in the criminal court to pay a fihe of SIO,OOO and to sérve two years in the penitentiary at Moundsville, W, Va., the maximum penalty under the law, Joost H, Schneider of Tuscon, Ariz, an em g\oye of Hyde, and convicted with im, was fnndd.imw,xmmf to one year and two months in the ‘penitentiary. e The supreme court of the United states decided in favor of the. plain tiff in the case of Mrs. Eva A. Inger goll, widow of the late Robert G, In gersoll, against Joseph Coram annd others, involving a claim of SIOO,OOO by Mrs. Ingersoll on account of ser vices rendered .by her husband in breaking the will of the late Andrew J. Davis, a Montana mililonaire, A verdict of the circuit court gave Mrs, Ingersoll $138,000, principal and inter est, The steamers Shawnut and Tre mont, now at Seattle, Wash, have been purchased by the isthmian canal commission from the Boston Naviga tion company, to be used, in transport ing supplies for the Panama canal. Fer the purchase of two steamers for the isthmian canal, congress last win ter appropriated $1,500,000, The own ers of the Shawnut and Tremont at first asked exactly this amount for the vessels, but finally agreed to ac cept for the two $1,157,301. Because of unsettled conditiong at Gonnoives, Hayti, the dispatch boat Dolphin, now in Central American waters, has been ordered to that place to protect American interests, The cruiser Des Moines, which for some davs has been stationed at Port au Prince, has left that place for a cruise and will stop at Gonnaives and St. Mare, A change has taken place in the program of the administration for the withdrawal of the American troops from Cuba, Instead of the movement terminating January 28, when the new president is to be inaugurated, as heretofore, announced by Secretary Wright, the withdrawal will be more gradual, and according to the present program will run into April, President-elect Taft, when he 1s In augurated next March, will occupy the unique position of being the only pres ident of the United States to hold at the same time he occupied that posi tion, ancther office at the head of one of the country’s great national inde pendent organizations, At the annual meeting of the American National Red Cross society Mr, Taft was unan. imously re-elected president of that organization, Mrs, Rusgell Sage, in recognition of her services and the gift of $25,000 to the secretary, and Dr. Louis Klopsch of the Christian Herald for his work in organizing the China flood relief and executing it in <he name of the society, were unani mously elected honorary members. President Roosevelt is the only other honorary member, With the honors due to his rank, the body of Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan was laid to rest in Arling ton cemetery, Many distinguished na. val men were in attendance, including Secretary of the Navy Newberry Senor Don Louis Toledo Herrarte, Guatemalan minister to the United States; Senor don Juan Barrior, min ister of foreign affairs, who is in Washington on special mission; Gen eral Joseph Drummond, a wealthy cof fee planter of Guatemala, and Georgo Starling, chauffeur, were thrown from an automobile and badly injured,