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GEORGIA NEGROES HELD Bayd Conyers of Monroe,Labeled Leader in Brownsville Riot. PRESIDENT JHVES EVIDENCE In Message to Congress Roosevelt Charg es Fcoraker with Encourag ng Negroes to Testify Falsely. Washington, D. C. —Five negroes now living in Georgia are charged in evidence submitted by President Roosevelt to the senate with having been conspicuously involved in the shooting up of Brownsville, Texas, on August 13 and 14, 1906. Boyd Conyers of Monroe, Ga., and John-Holloman, now living quietly in Macon, Ga., are accused by special in vestigators of the w r ar department with having been ringleaders in the riot. Senator Joseph Benson Forakar, of Ohio, a member of the senate commit tee on militarv affairs, which investi gated the affray and who defended the negroes in committee, and on the floor of the senate, is charged with having encouraged discharged negro soldiers to adhere to false testimony given before the committee. President Roosevelt in his message to the senate, declares that all the members in companies B, C and D were more or less guilty. He de clares all the members of B troop must have been actively concerned In the shooting affray, and that the members of the two other companies were guilty of complicity and of con cealing the facts. He recommends that the secretary of war within a year, be authorized to reinstate such members of the dis charged battalion as will tell the truth and assist in fixing the blame upon, those actually guilty of firing the shots. The president seeks to divide the “less guilty from those whose guilt was heinous. That many negroes throughout the country now know those guilty of par ticipation in the Brownsville affray, and are shielding members of their own race is the charge made by Her bert J. Brown, and Captain W. G. Bald win, who conducted the investiga tion. _ A letter written by Senator Fora ker to Convers is included in the teo timonv. In this letter, Senator Fora ker assures congress in his belief that Conyers’ testimony was the truth. VENEZUELA EXCITED. Country Declared by Acting President to Be in a of Defense. Caracas, Venezuela. When the news of the capture of the Venezuelan guardship Alexis by the Dutch cruiser Gelderland became known in Cacacas, a big crowd assembled in the Plaza Bolivar and demonstrated in support of the A decree issued by Acting President Gomez places the reoublte in a state of defense. . A crowd of citizens, including a large number of students, went to the office of El Constitutional, the organ of President Castro, and indulged in a counter-demonstration. The feelings of this crowd were plainly hostile to Castro and to the steps taken by Go mez. ~ A pitched battle ensued between the employees of the naper and the crowd on the streets. Many shots were ex changed, and the fiehting lasted for fivo minutes. Several men were woun ded and one has since died. The captain of the Alexis, who came ashore at Puerto Cabello, has sent up to Caracas the communication handed him by the Dutch officer who came on board from the Gelderland. This note is as follows: “On Board the Cruiser Gelderland, December 12.—Her majesty, the queen of Holland, has given orders for her warships temporarily to sequestra.e and embargo all Venezuelan govern ment vessels. This is a retaliatory measure. We demand that you lower your flag and surrender your ship and your persons to tbe commander of the Gelderland. All resistance will be use less. If you resist the result will be the loss to you of your vessel and death to many of you. “(Signed) „ „ “SECOND LIEUT. BOTNAR. Acting President Gomez issued a decree in which he relates the cap ture of the Alexis, after which he de clares * “I consider these actions a true in vasion of Venezuelan territory and an aggression against the Venezuelan government. They constitute a grave offen'-e The national sovereignty is threatened and the territorial integri ty, honor and dignity of the father land is in danger. . - “I decree the nation in a state o defense and consequently the execu tive assumes and will exercise the ex traordinary faculties conferred on him by section 9 of article 80 of the Ven ezuelan constitution. HtRUIFBiIXEirOIjTIiSHAK Died Without Friends—May Lie in Potter’s Field. New York City. No one has .claimed the body of William Hanra han, a hero of the Boxer outbreaks, who died in a Newark hospital and it is expected that he will be buried in Potter’s Field. one of four men who at Tien Tsin to Tne w alls of the city during a heavy fire and remove the dead and wounded. . . . Among his effe-w (.wVete found let ters f ■ former secre tai#m tie navy, and from Major James Regan, of the army board of awards, both of which commended him for bravery in action. TO INVESTIGATE EXCHANGES. Committee of Nine Appointed by Gov. Hughes of New York. Albany, N. Y. —Governor Hughes has announced the appointment of a com mittee of nine, consisting of bankers and business men to inquire into the facts surrounding the business of ex changes in New York, and to suggest “what changes, if any, are advisable in the law's of the state bearing upon speculation in securities and commod ities; or relating to the protection of investors. PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE. Secretary Wilson Review* Advance Made in Pest Twelve Year*. Washington, D. C. —Secretary Jas. Wilson of the department of agricul ture, after twelve years of service in his twelfth annual report to the pres ident, renders a comprehensive ac count of his presents a review of the progress of agricul ture in the United States during this period. Concerning the farm produc tion of 'I9OB, he says that the farm er has created wealth by the billions. Production has been above the aver age of recent years with few excep tions; and, while some prices have fallen, others have risen. The farm value of all farm prod ucts of 1908 reaches the most extra ordinary total in the nation’s history, $3,778,000,003. This is about four times the value of the products of the mines, including mineral oils and precious metals. The farmer contrib utes 87 per cent of the raw materials used in those manufacturing indus tries which depend mostly or consid erably upon agricultural materials, and these industries use 42 per cent of all materials used in all indus tries. The gain In value of farm products in 1908 over 1907 is $290,000,000 and would have been much larger had not the prices of cotton and hay been low. GUMMING MADE BOARD MFMBER. Appointed on Chickamauga National Park Commision. Washington* D. C. —President Roose velt named Major Joseph B. Gumming 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, hut they were too late. Judge Maddox was in the battle uf Chickamauga, and was strongly back ed for the appointment, but Major Cumming was the successful man. Rockefeller Will Give Millions. Chicago, 111. —According to a pro fessor of the University of Chicago, John D. Rockefeller will devote $50,- 000,000 to the promotion of education in Oriental countries. “Mr. Rockefeller is only awaiting the reports of Professor Ernest Bur ton and Professor Thomas C. Cham berlain,” said the professor. Professor Burton is now in India and Professor Chamberlain will start for China next month. 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 No! Guilty. 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 cree murder, growing out of the kill ing of the five people in the street riot in which the police and the Holy Rol lers took part. Republicans Flan Far Ahead. Chicago, 111. —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. 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, I shall retire from public life. That is perhaps the belt way to put it,” said Mr. Bona parte. Big Steamship Aground. New York City.—ln a dense fog off Belleport, L. 1., the German SS. 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 jobFoTliryan. f 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. Kuei Guilty of Bribery. San Francisco, Cal. —After deliber ating twenty-four hours, the jury re turned a I'erdict of guilty of bribery charges alainst Abraham Ruef, form er politiccl boss of San Francisco. Under v1■* conviction Ruef is liable to a majSjum penalty of fourteen years in#_• penitentiary. oL i Plaj'J&OOO.OOO Horae. WashingtS or , C.— One result of the meeting hei^ o Southern Com mercial Congress,. /*s a project an nounced to erect a f lT>,ooo home for the congress is this% a i r President Parker announced the plan which is to secure 1,000 subscrip tions of SI,OOO each from southern business 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. PLAN TO HANDLE CROP Federation of Warehouses Will Facilitate Holding Campaign. TO CONTROLIS),BOB BALES New Orlean3 Selected Permanent Head quarters of Colton Committee of National Farmers’ Union. Bebee, Ark.—At a meeting cf the board of directors of the National Farmer’s union and the national cot ton committee relative to the hand ling of the cotton crop for next year, planning, in brief a federation of warehouses, Nvas 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 state meetings and will be held as fellows: Oklahojna, January 9; 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, with 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 Venezuelan 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 no shots came from the fort on land. The crew of the Alix was put ashore and the Dutch officer and ma rines remained on board, the Gelder land 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 ezuela 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 tfie Gelderland, UETTERTiiMS FORDIPLOMATS. 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 suitable 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 matter 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. Immediate 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. This action has been taken as the result of facts brought out at the re cent meeting of the National Conser vation in Washington, w'hen it that national available rock in the United States willTm only about fifty years. POISONED ALTAR WINE. Attempt on Life of Italian Priest in Ohio City. Youngstown, Ohio. —Poisoned as he 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 congregation. It was learned that strychnine had been placed in the altar wine which Father Lops drank before administer 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 buried itself in the wall close to his head. TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES. Seaboard Air Line to Issue Bonds to Amount of $4,250,000. Richmond, Va. —On motion of S. Da vies Warfield, R. Lancaster Williams and Edward C. Duncan, receivers of the Seaboard Air Line railway, Judge Pritchard of the United JStates circuit court authorized an iss£e of $4,250,- 000 in receivers’ certifif.Jf.es, payable semi-annually at 5 per ca ! t. The cer tificates are issued to the debts of the corporation under me receiver: ship and to make improvements. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS Matters of Importance Before tie National Lawmakers. For nearly five hours the house of representatives considered the bill providing for the taking of the thii teenth and subsequent decennial cen suses, and passed it without material change. The session of the senate Wednes day was chiefly devoted to the for mal presentation of departmental re ports and the introduction of bills. 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 reinstate former Cadets Rossell and Weaver, dismissed from the military academy for hazing. He declared that their punishment was excessive, and said that every new senator was hazed by being given unimportant assignments and Deing 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 senate, after an ex ecutive session, 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 relative to charges in president’s mes sage on secret service. The house be gan reading and debate on th<* 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 old time form. Parlia mentary tactics were freely resorted to, with the result that five times the roll w r as cafled. The first wrangle oc curred on a resolution, fixing the boundary line between the states of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico, which was adopted by a good majori ty, but not without two roll 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 roll had been called twice. The senate was not in session Sat urday. While considering bills dealing with affairs in the District of Columbia, the house Monday passed a measure pro viduig for 85-cent gas in Washington. now goes to the senate, as well as another bill abolishing the bucket-shops in the district. A bill providing for free lectures in the pub lic schools was voted down. An attempt by Representative Hen ry of Texas to obtain a change in the reference of a bill prohibiting the ma king of future contracts on agricultu ral products, brought forth the prom ise from Chairman Scott of the agri cultural committee, that his commit tee would soon grant hearings to far mers’ unions and others on this sub ject The house voted to adjourn Sat urday, December 19/to Monday, Jan uary 4, and adjourned for the day. The president’s message on the Brownsville investigation was read in the senate Monday. Senator Foraker proposed that a commission, headed by General Chaffee, be appointed to investigate Brownsville affair. The senate adjourned without taking ac tion. NEWS! 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. The first auction of the American cotton was held recently, and the entire product was bought by ons firm at a price 25 per cent higher than Ondian cotton. Prominent women of New York, forming the association opposed to woman suffrage, are quietly conduct ing their campaign and distributing literature. A secret meeting of the organization was held at which offi cers were elected. Mrs. Elihu Root, wife of the secretary of state, was chosen as one of the vice presidents. Safe robbers at Maize. Kan., blew open the slate bank vault and escap ed with nearly $6,000 in currency. A resolution providing that public schools be closed one afternoon a week to allow children to attend re ligious services and to receive in struction in their own church, precip itated a lively debate in the conven tion of the Federal Council of Church es of 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 ious instruction for their children as well as the duty of parents to see that such instruction is given CREATORSJH FASHION Have Promulgated Styles for Women’s Wearing Apparel. ALL SUITS ¥IE HIPLESS Feature* of New styles Will Be the Ver tical Effect Given the Wearer* and Reduced Size at Bottom of Skirt*. ToledV Ohio. —The convention of the Cloak, Suit and Shirt Manufactur 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-piece 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 ic 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 com plete dresses in both 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. EXPLt)i>lU;\i IN PAkaMA. Fourteen Killed and 50 Injured at Bas Obispo Cut. Colon, Panama. —A giant blast of dynamite, already prepared for firing, was prematurely exploded ; ,n the workings at Bas Obispo. Founeen men ■were killed and fifty injured. 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, wbicn 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 killed in the explosion. They were John J. Reidy of Indianapolis, Ind., and James L. Hummer of Dunnellon, N. J. opulaiTvote for fphesident. Figures Compiled By the New York Times on National Election. New York City,— According to fig ures compiled by the New York Times, the vote ferr Taft in the recent election was 7,659,658, as compared with 7,623,486 for Roosevelt in 1904. The democratic vote is given as 6,450,- 690, as against 5,077,97 H four years ago. According to the Times, the social ist vote was less this year than in 1904, the respective figures being 401,- 506 ’and 402,255. Fewer votes were cast for the prohibition candidates, the count standing 223,014 last.fall, as compared with 258,536 in the last presidential year. In a few instances, says 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 WM. Decrease in Internal Reve' Jes Shown in Capers’ Report. Washington, D. C. —Commissioner John G. Capers of the internal reve nue bureau, in his annual report, states that for the last fiscal year there was a decrease in the receipts of $17,993,072, as compared with the previous year, and that for the flrst three months of the current year there has been a decrease of 7,262,- 238, x The revenues for the full current year are estimated at $250,000,0*00, which is $1,655,000 less than for last year. 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 decision that If it stands will serve to quash all in dictments now standing 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 S. Fairchild, of the same company. TAFT TO VISIT PANAMA. President-Elect Will Inspect Work or Canal. Washington, D. C. —William H. Taft, president-elect, contemplates a visit to Panama before his inauguration. This visit is approved by 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 ion he will leave the port of Charles ton, S. C., the last week in January for a trip of twenty days. fate news notes. General, Twenty-seven wereT vwua avalanche at San Lucane 1 result of the avalanche J/' I opened for these unfortuna 1 *>. I enormous flood of water s l Hundreds of familes are wl 7 k and homes. Subscript,' /■* I opened fo rthese unfortunate > I Nine persons were badlv I and more than a scor* 0 f Z 1 I cut and bruised by fallin ther * I shattered glass I Black Hand” g<v- eni °* I the roof to the airshaft "ofTy? °*r I ment at 330 East Sirtv-thira 1 New York City, and After two trials, George I a Brooklyn commission shot and killed himself m /fK old daughter was with'him fired the fatal shot. heu U Rev. Francis A. Pools Dastm . , First Congregational church J n Vt., says he has quadrupled’ the dance at his church in ihre e by advertising in the papers. Ira Cablegrams received at qL u China, by private sources from \w' ington announcing that j U and° P 1 * Wilfley of the United States cour had been removed, created a t rP dous sensation. The American S ny believes the methods adootenT Judge Wilfley have operated to SJ? fy his efforts and have discredit the Ameiicau court. q Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson qua of the best known women physician in Chicago and the first woman to ’ honored with membership i n / American Medical association died i cerebral hemorrhage, brought or hi overwork at St. Elizabeths’ hospital The pope at Rome blessed Pre- ; dent-elect Taft and his family JA blessing was declared in the present of Archbishop J. J. Glennon of / Louis who was one of the first pe*. 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., Decern her 10 for the murder of J. W, Davis on March 20, 190S, has been granted a respite of thirty days by Governor Patterson. Davis, the man who was killed, was supreintendent of a rail road construction ~ang working on a contract held by W. J. Oliver & Cos, 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 fine of SIO,OOO and to serve two years in the penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va., the maximum penalty under the law. Joost H. Schneider of Tuscon, Ariz., an em ploye of Hyde, and convicted with him, was fined SI,OOO annd sentenced to one year and two months in tie penitentiary. The supreme court of the United states decided in favor of the plain* tiff in the case of Mrs. Eva A. inge>* soil widow of the late Robert G. k gersoll, against Joseph Coram anii others, involving a claim of by Mrs. Ingersoll on account of ser vices rendered by her husband n breaking the will of the late Andre# J Davis, a Montana millionaire A verdict of the circuit court gave .ir=- Ingersoll $138,000, principal and m-er est. The steamers Shawnut aim mont, now* at Seattle, Mash., been purchased by the is tnmian < v* commission from the Boston . a g . tion company, to be used m ta ing supplies for the ' >alja^ u * i . {or For the purchase of two st the isthmian canal congies ter appropriated 51; j renlcDt it ers of the Shar.-.mt and Tremot.l^ flrst asked exactly this amou the vessels, but finally ? cept for the two Because of unsettled boa: Gonnoives, Hayti, the 1 a Dolphin, now in Central - waters, has been ordered to ' to protect American inteiert cruiser Des M°ln e , t p o rt ad davs has been station a Prince, has left that pUce -^ and will stop at Gonnai Marc. . ■ j n the A change has taken P program of the adm ’ n '^ rican troop* withdrawal of the A j v ‘ moV emect from Cuba. Instead of the D e* terminating January e raled> president is to be c , g e cretar. heretofore, announced be rJ or Wright, the gradual, and ■*-- program will run W President-elect Taft, augurated next Marc i, oll ]y pre s ' unique position ol t 0 hold ident of the United pC?I - same time he occur * head 0 f on tion, another office a - L na tionai !lu ', of the country’s great a ot>/ pendent organizations. - Ration** meeting of i-aft was ucj. Red Cross society Ml ; p^ ident of imously re-elected P ■ u Sage, { organization. Mrs. rtu and recognition of her secr etary, a ‘J gift of $25,000 to the ch r i ?t ;5 e Dr. Louis Klopsch - D i 7 ing^ Herald for llis I{ w . or^ nd executing ll |, China flood relief and e un’ the name of the *; v mously elected t he only 0 President Rooseve. honorary member. With the honors due pb B the body of Rear Admiral Coghlan was laid t 0 j l)guis hed ton cemetery. Many - inC val men were in atten * l ‘: ewb err Secretary of the /j 0 H rrar ‘V' Se>.or Don Louis T ° le {he I’n-'- Guatemalan minister ■ io States; Senor. don Juan v;ho 1S -* ister of foreign affa * l£)Ii; c • Washington on sw- v ; dbu e.al Joseph C™maj°nd fee planter of Gu---; (hro*"- 1 ,’ 1 Starling, cbamieuri afl , y injure-- ■ an automobile