Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-09-19
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

tried by general court Hurtlni nv NH
Mia. on the charge OF conduct To tho
prejudice OF good order and military
discipline. There were two speciiica-
tions under the charge. The iirst al
legged that Captain Ryan. when COM
manding II detachment OF troops Mt
JImIncZ, MIndanao. and having In his
charge as prisoner, uvnldi Abing.
presldentc OF the pueblo OF Jimlncz. nd-
mlnlstcrcd the water cure to him Tor
the purpose OF eNtortinS information,
The second specification alleged that
Captain Ryan ill.treatcd one Luis Cir
memo. vice prcsldentc OF the pueblo of
.IlmlrcZ, prisoner In his charge at
JImlncz, 10y holding his head In n buck
ct OF water. The record shows that
Captain Ryan pleaded mot guilty" To
the specifications and the charge. and
that the court finds him mot guilty
on the first specification. guilty or
the second specification. attaching no
crlmInalIty thereto. and mot guilty" OF
the charge. The court therefore acpuit-
ted Captain Ryan. The court martial
In this ease was appointed by the l'rrs-
Idcnt. The record OF the proceedings
Of the court having been submitted so
the President, he indorsed II simply ns
follows: "Thc proceedings and fnd-
ings In the foregoing case OF Capt.
James a. Ryan of the Fifteenth cav
airy are dlsapprovcd.'
The following statement was issued
10y the secretary Of the treasury on the
18th inst:
'secrcinry Shaw Inns made arrange
mcnts To release about St.OcO.Oso OF
treasury holdings. II. has n list pre-
pared OF those national banks through
ont the country which held free or
pledged bonds nt the dat. OF their last
report and had made inquiry FOR oth-
cr-. After making allowance for tho
changed conditions since last report. hc
expects this win release Mt least 81
orp.uDJ. lie has sent notice To nil such
that II they viii send these bonds to
tho trca surrr of the United States, Ia
sums OF $4,000 or more, they VIII b,
designated ms temporary d-posi,orlcs
md the face value of the bonds Will
lie deposited with them To the credit
0T the treasurer of til. United Staicr-
lie las pursued this course In prefer
cncc to designating Repositories In til,
ordinary way. which comIrls them to
buy bonds In the market Mt lnrs,
premium. thus paying out more for tho
bonds than they set from the govern
ncnt. The customs receipts are cS-'
tr-mciy heavy Mt this particular season
OF the year and the cash balance OF tho.
has alao decided to anticipate tho Or.
tobcr int1cst. amounting to about 81.
.Dp.Opp. aud with this In view. orders
have been Issued to the various sub.
l treasures to cash such coupons ms may
I bc presented them for payment ana ia.
treasurer of the United States has been
Instructed to mail checks FOR Interest
on the registered bonds.
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clan Of The Department Of Agriculture
shows The nVcrngc condition Of corn
September ist to hHv" been sI.5 ne
compared with sG.i August !. 1907:
5i.s September J, 1901; sD.JD nt III,
correspondent. date ia 1900. and q ten
year average Of ss.s. Except In khns
sas aud South Dakota. which report "a
decline Of twelve points aud ten
points respectively. during August, no
material change of condition IN report.
cd from amy Of the principal corn
states. Notwithstanding Its marked
decline during August. Kansas reports
j condition OF ~. or - points above tho,
t-n.ycRr average. while Ncbraska and
Missouri exceed their respective ten
year averages 10y - and - points re-
su.ctIvciy. The average condition. ut
harvest OF winter aud spring wheat
combined was ~. against SIS last
year, GpG In 1870 aud tcn.y.nr aver
age OF sSG. Pennsylvania aud CniIfor.
mia report . points below thc tcn.ycnr
average. Iowa I. points below nnd
Kansas condition OF ~. or - points
lriow the tsn.ycar average OF the state.
The average condition OF oats when
harvested was So: against I'll last
year. $40 In 100 and tCn.ycnr aver
age Of IoI. While correspondents re-
port the harvesting Of nn exceptionally
large crop OF oats. there are Indications
that the crop VIII bc deficient In point
OF quality. Reports MS TO the protiuc.
iion OF peaches, ms compared with a
full crop In the important peach. grow
ing n'a;cs. range from ten per cent. in
Illinois to 10 In Oklahoma. In all but
eight Of the states having 2ODpOpp
trees and upward In 1880. n production
exceeding the tcn.ycar average Is
probable.
Secretary Moody has ordered the bat.
tlcship Wisconsin. now at Brcmcrton.
and the cruiser Cincinnati, Mt Cape
Ifnyticn. to proceed rs soon as possible
to the Isthmus OF Panama. the wiscon-
sin reinforcing the Ranger Mt Panama
and the Cincinnati taking station at
Colon. II will takc the Wisconsin fully
twenty days TO make the long trip OF
over 1000 miles down the Pacific coast
to Panama. The navy department had
intended TO send the Boston. which IL
now getting ready FOR service ut San
Francisco. 10 relieve or reinforce the
Hanger. but the alarming situation
which has so quickly arisen on tho
isthmus prompted the officials to tako
more extensive measures to increase
tho naval representation Of the United
States in that section. II Is realized
that Notwithstanding the absence OF a
Iinyticn navy on either side OF the rev,
ulutionary struggle there Is danger that
some of the ports where American
property interests are large may suffer-
because OF the practice which has
grown UP In course of the rebellion of
burning towns before cvacuating them.
Therefore IL has been decided TO send
the cruiser Montgomery to replace the
Cincinnati at Port au Prince. The com
mnnicrs OF the Cincinnati and the
Wisconsin will be instructed to enforce
the treaty stipulations with Colombia
strictly by preventing any Interference
with trehic across the isthmus and also
to prevent n bombardmcnt of Panama
from the sea OH the ground that this