Show THIS FROri WASHINGTON The Secretary of the Treasury has purchased S1G000000 shortterm 4 percent per-cent bonds at 11355 Announcement of thc engagement of Miss Edythc Patten to AdjGcn Corbln of the United States army Specific provision for the neutrality of the proposed Isthmian canal will bo madirln the new treaty to be signed by Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefotc British Ambassador The President has appointed John G Caper to be AttorneyGeneral of tile United States for thc District of South Carolina Mr Capers win succeed Abel Lathrop the present District Attorney for South Carolina Thc President and the members of his Cabinet were photographed yesterday yester-day In the Cabinetroom It Is the custom ns soon as a change In thc Cabinet Cab-inet occurs to have a new set of photographs pho-tographs of thc Cabinet taken Assistant Secretary Spauldlng says that tine hat trimmings cases which have been In process of settlement by the courts for a long time he understands under-stands are drawing near the end but I he did not knov how much the Government Govern-ment will L I fe compelled to refund to the Importers The State department has been advised ad-vised through the American Embnssa lot at Rome and the Italian Foreign office that Baron Fava will be succeeded suc-ceeded as Emlmssador from Italy to this country by thc MarqiilsOblzjio Ma lisplna dl Carbonara at present Minister Min-ister for Italy to thc Argentine Republic Repub-lic Messrs Stokes and Molt of the International In-ternational committee Y M C A invited in-vited the President to attend the great jubilee convention of thc Y M C A of the world at Boston June 10lCth Thc President said the date would conflict with his Western tour which docs not end until June 15lh but he said he Avould think thc matter over Thc Treasury department and the authorities of the Stale of l ouislana are trying to secure a final settlement of thc old Louisiana State bonds Theo bonds originally worth 1476000 were confiscated by Gen P U Sheridan nt Shrevcport La on July 12 ISfio but as the capture occurred after the war had oilhciahly ended the National Government Gov-ernment has never claimed title to them |