Show TELEGRAPHIC SHORTSTOPS The rumor that the Llbcrtndor hnd been sunk at Puerto Colombia Colombia by a Venezuelan man of war proves to bo unfounded representative Griffith of Indiana has Introduced a bill providing for coupon currency in order that small sums In mnlllnlcs of 3 cents may conveniently sent by mal 0 In Erwin Tenn yesterday Armstrong Ilenslcy convicted of assaulting and murdering his sixyearold stepdaughter last spring was hanged He asserted his lnnounncc to the last Yesterdays statement of the treasury balances In tho general fund exclusive of the S150WWOOO gold reserve In the division divi-sion o redemption shows Available cash balance 177005400 gold 57072163 Mrs Soncl the accomplice of the Bid die brothers Is considerably worse Her wound seems to bo healing but she takes little nourishment and her mental coridl lon Is declared as approaching a col lapse The Stato department Is advised that I owing to a change In plans the King of Slam will not visit tho United States this year The cause assigned Is the unexpected unex-pected return of the crown Prince of Slam In tho autumn 0 Tho House Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures yesterday heard I representatives of leading l manufacturing and business houses on the advisability rlsahlt of adopting tho metric stem of weights and measures Joseph Lawrence M P and Archibald W Maconochla M P entertained Charles M Schwab president of the United Stiles Steel corporation and Mrs Schwab at dinner at tho House of Commons Com-mons last night 0 Senator Platt of Now York today Intro duced In the Senato a Joint resolution providing pro-viding for the appointment of a Joint commission by tlio United States and Canada to examine and report on tho dlcrslon of the waters between the two countries Negotiations were completed yesterday In London between the Ivory Coast GoldFields Gold-Fields company and Albert Kahn the Paris representative of Kuhn Loch R Co of New York by which Mr Kahns concessions amounting to nearly 300000 acres named company are amalgamated wtlh the first |