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77Ssc, closed at 76s.c; December, a 3-l6G
775sc, closed at 77i4c.
Corn-Receipts, sc, 80 bu: exports, l,bb bu.
Spot quiet; No. 2. zoe elevator, &c I. o. q.
afioat. Options opened firm and advanced
sharply on covering, but later eased OF
under bearish cables. fine crop news ana
the wheat reaction, closing sc higher 70 &c
net lower. July closed at 69c; september,
6S1sG641sc, closed at 6S9sc; December, 5l1S4
51ssc, closed at 5liac
Oats-Receipts sc. 400 bu. Spot steady
No. 2. Soc No 3. soc: No white, 5995yl2c,
No. white. sec: track mixed Western, OBJ
sc: track white Western. 57G63c; track
white State, 57G63c. Options steadier al
first but later dropped off with corn.
Lard easier; Western steamed. Sll-55i July
closed s1l45: continental, sll.70: South
American. S1225; compound, SS.l2lsqS 90.
TallOw firm; city (s2 for package), Csc
country packages free, 6izd6Ac.
Coffee-Spot Rio easy and nominal; No.
invoice, SIC; mild strong; Cordova, Sdll1sc.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 5-loc'
centrifugal. 95 test. 5-l6c; molasses sugar,
25sc; refined steady.
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The Sunday Journal, by Hail,
$3.50 per Annum.

Aftcbiean city. g. BENJAMIN f. Adds, Patriot.
ss0. samuel Countryman, Orestes, Slts Isaac =.
Donham Terre Haute So. Washington Strick-
and Fort Branch. So. Henry o. Hosier. East
Germantown, SO. William otto Michigan CITY,
SO. Loren y. Pegg. Fort Wayne s.. Harmon
Terre Haste. So. Daniel II. Perrine Thorn
town sI7. John s.. Graham. GospOrt. SO. Isaac
lanes Union city So OVerton n Mennet. Co
iurnbus 81. August kiegcr, Hammond. 81:
F,uhralm Haskins, Laporte. $40. Sylvanus Stee-
oletou Iaconia SO. Nathan Dunkin Mhitclm0.
"a. Milton CLARK. t,rawfordsvlll $50. frankin
shelton Indiana polls, Si2 Matthew Atkinson
Redkey SO, David CHM, Woman. 81.
Widows Miners and Dependent Relatives
Harriet Waiburn. Wolf Lake. s. Sarah J. GU
bert Montpelier. s.. Miranda Dickey Marion.
s.. Elizabeth "a. Crawford. Crawfordsville s..
Rosanna Hnkel, Lafayette s.. MARI A Trout
Cioverdale s.. sarah l. Barnes. Anderson -
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AT NEW YORK.
Easier Tone in Wheat, but Corn Ad-
vances on Covering.

NEW YORK, July 16-Flour-Receipts,
1919 brls; exports. ZAP brls. Market easy
with moderate trade. Rye -four steady;
sales, 500 brls; fair TO good. So 25as. As:
choice to fancy s.. 55aS 70. Corn meal quiet;
yellow Western, s.s1; city, sl29; Brandy
wine. s345GS.55. Rye steady; No. West
ern. 661zc (. o. b. afioat; State, 63d64c C. 1. f.
New York. car lots.
wheat-Receipts. 200 bu. Spot easy;
No. red. 7Sl4c elevator. 7sil979asc f. O. b.
afoat; No northern Duluth, s11zc (. o. b.
afioat: No. hard Manitoba. s424c T. o. b.
anoat During the forenoon wheat was
firm and shade higher on covering by To-
cal shorts, but finally yielded 10 bearish
news and was weak in the last hour Cables
were lower. crop news favorable and for
eign houses sellers OF wheat. The close
was partially nc net lower. July. SOlkG
Scssc, closed at S0lsc; September. IS 7-l6Q
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Street syveepinE..

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
The mayor does not seem 10 be success
ful in compelling people to refrain from
sweeping dirt into the streets. The streets
are as dirty with sweepings as ever Wash
ington street is so dirty that no one likes
20 go there in a decent costume. Any old
dusty. soiled, begrimed rubbish in the way
OF clothes Is good enough FOR our shopping
street. good dress becomes a dirty one
there in short order. The first step to-
wards decency lies in keeping ones dirt at
home. There Is really no civilization and
no progress in a community that filings its
dirt into the streets and alleys
Indianapolis. July Is. RODERICK.
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Wool.

LONDON. July 1.-THE offerings at the wool
auction sales to-day numbered l3, 294 bales All
grades in good demand and fine merinos
showed an advance Of 21za5c above the opening
rates. Several lots Of good merinos were taken
by America, and demand from this quarter slim
ulated competition. Cross-breds were firm, but
the large supply hampered sellers Following
are the sales in detail: New South Wales $500
lEd. Queensland. 200 bales: secured. Is 5ddls
Cd; greasy 7%dG1s I'D Victoria. 2 400 bales;
Australia. 500 bales; secured. Sddls Sd; greasy.
5@,G11d Tasmania 100 bales greasy. lll1ddis
Id New Zealand $500 bales secured SdIls
slsd greasy, 3AdQls. Cape OF Good Hope and
Natal, 500 bales secured 20l0lkd: greasy, AZ.
add. River Plata, Il bales; greasy. 4d4Kd.
ST. LOUIS. July 1e-Wool strong and active
medium grades and cOmbing. Boise: light fine
12ql5c; heavy fine, iOq13c; tub washed, i5d24I1c
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Changes in Available Stocks.

NEW YORK, July 16.-SpecIal cable and
Geographic communications to Bradstreet's
show the following changes in available
supplies compared with previous reports:
Wheat, in the United States and Canada.
east OF the Rockies, an increase of
100000 bu; a1oat for and in Europe. a
decrease Of 10000 total supply, a de-
crease Of 2,993.0G0. Corn, a decrease OF
10000 bu. Oats. a decrease of 314OOO bu
Among the more important Increases re-
ported are those of 10000 bu at Nashville:
10000 at Minneapolis private elevators
10000 at New Orleans: 107 900 at Rochester.
$500 at Chicago private elevators, and
$1,000 at Fort Worth. The leading de-
crease is that of 10000 bu at Manitoba
elevators.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour weak
and 561Oc lower No. spring wheat, 76d76Izc;
No. 3, 7SIzQ75c; No. red. 7lG7Hsc. No 3
corn. 65965Ac; No. yellow. 659s5lc No. 2
oats, 4SS4G49c; No. white. 51d53c. No 2 rye
6l0611zc. Fair to choice mailing barley 7Oa72c.
No. faxseed, $l.S7; No. ! Northwestern. s1.4S.
Prime timothy seed. $5.75. Clover. contract
grade, sS25. Mess pork per brI. SIS. 45GiS. 80.
Lard. per 100 lbs, s1115. Short-rib sides Qoose).
SIC i5q1OS5. Drysalted shoulders (boxed). So BIZ
az so Short-clear sides (boxed), slI 37I[0311 "a
Whisky basis Of high wines, SI30.
Receipts-Flour, q 600 brls; wheat PSI 900 bu:
corn. sos coo bu; oats 202. 600 bu. rye s. 900 bu
barley. 1000 bu. Shipments-Flour 1900 hrls
Wheat, 1900 bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, 2lS OOO
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CHICAGO, July 16.-The British transport
service which for SO many months con-
Quoted active trade at Port Chalmette
is to reopen its camp there for the shipment
of horses, mules and cattle to South Africa,
says 1.-The Chronicles New Orleans CORE
spondent. Ii is found that the American
animals are the hardest for the veldt work
and the British government will need i
great number under its agreement of re-
stocking the farms OF the burgers. The
officers are now on the way and the camp
will be reopened Immediately upon their
arrival
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Poultry.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-Poultry-r.ive ouis,
Dressed firm; brolers, i5Ql6c fowls, i2iIsfisc.
turkeys i3di4c.
ST. LOUIS, July u.-Poultry firm; chickens
Ice; springs, ai4c; turkeys. 12c; ducks 6lSc
geese. 4iac.
CHICAGO, July 16.-Live poultry firm. tur-
keys, l2c; chickens, hens, lie; springs l5Giec
CINCINNATI July l6-Poultrv nrmer. ba,s
foikc; springs. l3Q14c; turkeys. 10c.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK. July 1s-wide print cloth and
grey goods are frmer, with a good demand for
2sIz-inch. Narrow print cloths are dun and IN
changed. IN other divisions Of the cotton goods
market prices unchanged. but the demand
shows some Improvement Woolens and worsted
for mems fra fair demand in sprine-
staple lines. WOolen dress goods firm for staples
and some lines tending against buyers
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS. July 1s-Cotton steady.
Sales u 500 bales. Ordinary. s-isc. good or
dfnary 11-isc: low middling, slice middline
%. good middling, 9 B-l6c; middlng fair. li-lsc
Receipts COS bales; stock. Il. 81 bales
NEW YORK, July ls.-Cotton-Spot quiet.
middlinz uplsnds, 5-lSc; middliag gulf s-l6c
Sales, 81 bales.
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INTERURBAN TIME CARD.
UNION TRACTION CO, OF INDIANA.
Time Table Effective May 23, 1902.
statiOn-UniOa Block,
I'D west MARYLAND Street.
ITO West Maryland street.

For Anderson Muncie. Marion. Alexandria and
intermediate stations. Leave: Ais a. m and
each hour thereafter until Sis .. m. and ii "a
= N.
Limited trains for Anderson and Muacie.
Leave. 3 a. m.. ii a. m. y. m. and y N.
arriving Anderson In one hoar and twenty a .
minutes, and Muncie in two hours II a. and
) D. m. trains make direct connections at Ander-
son with limited trains for Elwood-
Combination passenger and express car viii
leave Nest Maryland-street station Sis a. m.
Express car leaves West MaTyland-street sta
ton 9 a. m
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON-Wedn statement
of the treasury balances in the general
fund, exclusive of the $150000,00O gold re-
serve i'm the division of redemption, shows:
Available cash balances. .$l9S, 762, O49
Gold ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l02, 442 500
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Money Rates Abroad.

LONDON.-Money, 2AQ21a per cent; dis
counts, 2$s921z and 2 7-16621k Consols, $50
961s. Spanish fours, SOS.
PARIS.-Three per cent. rentes, 101f,
2212c for the account. Spanish tours, SLIP.
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INDIANAPOLIS, GREENWOOD q
FRANKLIN II. R. CO.

Passenger cars leave Pennsylvania and Wash
trcTon streets. First al a. M. and hourly
thereafter until 10 2. Last car leaves az "a rs
R-Combination passenger ana express leaves
Georgia and Meridian streets for Greenwood only
az 90 a m. and s:3o =. m
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Certificates have been issued to the following
named Indianisns:
Increase Reissue. etc.-Geofge w Martin.
Covington, SiI. Thomas Laughman National
Military Home. Marion. $40. Seymour J. Ward.
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Markets for silver.

dollars 417sc
LONDON.-Silver bars closed at 241kd an
ounce.
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ST. LOUIS, July ls.-MetaIs quiet: lead stead
at So 97lzG4: spelter finn at $40.
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smaller than a week ago and nearly 1000
smaller than a year ago. The market
opened with little better demand from
shippers, but there was not quite as much
competition from local butchers, and the
bidding was generally at lower prices AT
first statesmen were not inclined TO make
any concessions, but finally were forced TO
accept nearly 25c lower prices than those
for lambs was practically $3.50. but few
sold as high as $575 and other sales ranged
from $3.50 to S5.25. There were scattering
sales of sheep at $S25Q3.5O, but not many
strictly old kinds sold above 50, and other
sales ranged from $2.25 TO S2.75. Quota
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INDIANAPOLIS & GREENFIELD RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY.

PASSENGER CARS-Leave Georgia and Me-
rtdian streets. First at a m and hourly
thereafter until 10 p. m Last car leaves at II 20
y.
~fdtan streets AT ) a. m. and leave at a. m
80 arrive al 2.30 and leave at $40 D. IA.
NGoETpIN ALTON PASSENGER AND EMPRESS
r SRS-I.eave Georgia and Meridian a.
= a. m 9 a. m. ~ noon. p. m. .. M.
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SEALS, STENCILS AND STAMPS.
RAILROAD TIME CARD.

p. NJ. time is in BLACK figures Trains marked
thus; Daily; S-Sleeper; P-Parlor Cart O.
Chair Car; D-Dining Car: Except Sunday;
sunday only. .Daiy except Monday.
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GEO. BRIpENBUCHER. BROKER.

GRAIN. PROVISIONS AND STOCKS -
Rooms IA and ls Beard OF Trade
Trades executed. Any quantity. Also receive
and deliver any commodity with immediate set
Elements. Both Phones 5S3
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United States fours.
United States fours. .l334s
United States old fours, reg..................l09
United States old fours. coup.................l0g
United states nNeSs
United States fves coup.
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Sheep-Receipts, 100; shipments. 300 Com
bined receipts OF sheep and lambs for three
days show decrease OF 800 compared with
the same time last week and 1850 com
pared with the corresponding time a year
ago. The receipts to-day were about 200
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Hogs-Receipts. 1900; shipments. 4O6.
Combined receipts of hogs thus far this
week indicates a decrease of 5000 COM
pared with the same time last week and
nearly $500 compared with the correspond
ing time a year ago. The receipts to-day
were less than half as large as a week ago.
and over $500 smaller than a year ago.
The market opened with just fair inquiry
for choice cornfed light hogs, which were
not plentiful. and the buyers were forced
to pay strong 10 shade higher prices for
that class. The competition for other
grades. however, was not so aggressive
and there very little change noted I'm
the position Of prices compared with yes
terday. II was believed in some instances
that sales of mixed hogs were a shade
lower, and hogs that sold at the top price
were probably better than yesterday. As
a rule statesmen claimed the average for
the day could not be considered any better
than yesterday, but Kingan & Co.'S
purchases indicate that the average to-day
was strong. With packers and shippers
buying the supply was exhausted and the
market closed quotably steady The ax-
IRENE range in prices was from s.. 35aS and
a small portion Of the supply sold below
s. 60 Quotations.
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Horses-Less than 100 head OF hOTses at
rived for the regular sale of the Blair
Baker Horse Company. or only about haIt
as many as a week ago and not quite as
many as a year ago. Very few strictly
top kinds were represented, but the quality
was fair for this season of the year. There
was a moderate demand from Eastern and
New England buyers for the good heavy
horses and a fair demand from exporters
for the best coach horses, all of which sold
at quotably steady prices. There was a
very duh market. however, for little horses
and those lacking quality or flesh, ana
there was considerable complaint of sales
below country cost. The highest prices re-
ported were SlS7.50 for heavy horses and
$3.50 for an extra high-going coach horse.
There were not many sales around $3.50 or
above, and most of the supply sold at $40
Obs, with smaller horses as low as $50.
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INTERSTATE STOCKYARDS, INDIAN
APOLIS, July acknowledgements small;
shipments none. The weaker feeling that
began with this week still exists, and prices
on everything, excepting the very best
grades, are quoted sharply lower, amount
ing to as much as SOC on the most common
kinds. The demand, almost entirely from
local sources, was strong for desirable
butcher stock, but there was very little
outlet for under-grade stock. All offered
were sold, the market closing quiet and
easy. Quotations:
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BANKING HOUSE
go. OF 49,.
A. M. FLETCHER
Iz8 Broadway, New York,
Member NewYOrk Stock Exchange

1ransacts a general banking business
Receives deposits subject to draft. Divi-
dends collected and RENTED Acts as fs-
cal agent for corporations and negotiates
security issues of railroads and other COM
psnies.
Deals in Government Bonds and other
Investment Securities.
Commission orders executed.
Accounts of Banks, Bankers,
Corporations and Individuals
solicited.
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|. CHI. ND. a LOUIS ny.
~ a N.rsTERy M. n


Toledo, Chicago and Michigan eK..:;;;roo .ioss
Toledo. Detroit and Chicago lin. ...s12 20 - %
Muncie, Lafay'te and Mich C'y spec ts-25 tIO.26
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Hogs-Receipts, 500; shipments. POO. To-
days market was steady, no grades show
ing any changes compared with yesterday.
The supply was made up of light and me-
dunn mixed, and the quality was but fair.
Local packers and Eastern shippers were
both in the market. and the demand was
strong. Heavy hogs still worth up to
S. The closing steady at quotations:
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| City Ticket Office. No. East Washington st
Depart Arrive
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS
SHARP DECLINE IN MEDIUM STEERS;
PRIME GRADES STEADY.
Hogs in Good Demand and steady
Sheep Weak and LOwer-COndi-
ton of Markets Elsewhere.

UNION STOCKYARDS, INDIANAPOLIS,
July Observation-Disclosures, 500; shipments,
80. The receipts of cattle for the first half
of this week show a decrease of 400 com
pared with the same time last week and $50
compared with the corresponding time
year ago. The receipts to-day were about
600 smaller than week ago and nearly 200
smaller than year ago. A very small pro-
portion of the supply was fully up to the
requirements of buyers in quality or flesh,
and with steady demand for that class
sales for the most part were at about yes
terday's prices. Cattle, however, that
looked to be pretty good TO statesmen were
not in a few instances reported, and they
were not easy to sell. There was a very
dull market at sharply reduced prices for
common to medium steers, such kinds as
at present coming in competition with
grass-fed Texas cattle. Buyers at the start
intimated that they would expect to get
their supplies soc to 81 per 100 lbs lower
than at the close of last week This, of
course, put a damper on the trading, and it
was very difficult to move the supply Sub
sequent transactions indicate that there was
a decline of at least soc compared with last
Friday, and at very late hour a number
remained in the pens unsold. Under exist
ing circumstances II Is Indt snip
pers should allow safe margin in buying
all kinds of cattle, and 81 per 100 lbs will
not be too much TO allow for the undesira-
BILE kinds. The top price for steers was
Sis. heifers So and cows $4.75. Quotations.:
Good TO choice steers. 1850 lbs and
upwards ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8 50n 30
Plain fat steers, 1850 lbs and up
wards ............................ $500 75O
Good to choice 200 to 1,300-lb
steers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500 TBS
Plain fat 200 to 1,3O0-lb steers. 550q $50
Good to choice 900 to 1,150-lb steers $500 $50
Plain fat 900 to 1,100-lb steers. $500 $50
Choice feeding steers, 1000 to LOO
IDS ..'s...''s'...-ss....... 4i0Q O.VU
Good feeding steers, 800 20 1,100
lbs .......................... 400 AIS
Medium feeding steers, 500 to 900
lbs ......................... 1000 ABS
Common to good stockers.......... $500 400
Good to choice heifers. ............. 1900 $40
Fair TO medium heifers. 1000 T. 10
Common light heifers. 3.O0G1 3.75
Good to choice cows................ 1850 g. %
Fair to medium cows............... 3.00lD 10
Common old cows...................1 loo 2. 10
Prime to fancy export bulls. ....... 4.50ll 500
Good 10 choice butcher BULLS. $3.50 435
Common 10 fair bulls. 5000 $50
Veal calves .-...... 1900 els
Heavy calves ........................3 .50q 500
Good to choice cows and calves .35 .OO05O 90
Common 10 medium cows and
calves ........................... 9OOOaSO. 90
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Local fractions and IndustriaIs.
Chicago Stocks.

TGranger Farwel & Co.'S wire.l
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Sheep-Receipts none shipments none.
All grades were steady, with strong de-
mand for prime grades Quotations:
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-02
cusA's FIRST ELECTION
The Palma Ticket Had No OPpesI-
 tion-L.sht Vote PcILcd.

The Palma Ticket Had No OPpesI-
 tion-L.sht Vote PclIcd.
 HAVANA, Jan. 2.-The indications are that the entire Palma ticket will be elected and that Tomas Estrada Palma, the Nationalist candidate for the presidency of Cuba, will receive the unanimous vote of the electoral college.
 The adherents of General Bartolome Maso, the Democratic candidate who recently withdrew from the campaign, not only withdrew their candidates, but refused to go to the polls.
 A remarkably light vote was boiled throughout the island. La Discussion describes this indifference to the cer- tainty on the part of the Palmaists of being victorious and that consequently the majority of them remained at home and did not vote. La Lucha says that this light vote can be taken as a protest from the Cuban people against the imposition of of1cial candidates. The Diario de la Marina says that the result is an indication that the Cuban Democracy may look upon American policy as inevitable.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-02
.J. T. PHEIAN.
A MoRTGAGE TAX.
Senator Stranaham Introduces BilI to
 Meet Governor OdeIPs Views.

Senator Stranaham Introduces Bi1I to
 Meet Governor OdeEps Views.
 ALBANY, Jan. 2 - Senator Stran- ahan, who is to be the next collector of the port of New York, has introduced a bill proposing stamp tax of one half of 1 per cent on mortgages. The bill follows the recommendation of Governor Odell in his message and, &C., cording to Speaker Nixon, who strong ly indorsed it in his opening speech in the assembly, will add $3,000,000 to the revenues of the state
 The bill provides that the state comp troller issue the stamps to officials who have charge of the recording of mort gages and provides that the stamps must be affixed to all mortgages when they are filed. All other forms of tax ation on mortgages which are now as- sessed as real estate are to be abolish ed.
 The stamp tax, the governor and his advisers think, will meet all objections, although it is expected that the corpo- rations dealing in mortgages will make determined effort to prevent the pas sage of the bill. 1t is predicted that the biggest battle of the session will be over this measure
 The railways, insurance companies and banks will probably lead the fight against it. The governor is represented as being very determined to press the bill to passage in spite of the corpora tions and will of course sign it when it reaches him.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-02
virginia oncials 1nauguratea.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2.-Before the constitutional convention and d committee of the general assembly in the hall of the house of delegates yes terday at noon Governor Andrew J.
 Montague, Lieutenant Governor Will lard and Attorney General Anderson were inducted into office, the oaths be- ing administered by President Keith of the supreme court The address of the governor occupied only twenty minutes in it's delivery. 1t was mainly devoted to comparison of the work of the present constitutional conven- ton with that of 1850, showing the magnitude of the task before the for mer, for which he pleaded patience and due consideration on the part of the public The governor took an opti- migtic view of conditions in Virginia.