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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-17
STERLING IS LOWER
Sensational Drop Of Sixty points In
Foreign Ex-
yetffs chanoA ,s
change.

New York, July 17.-Demand sterling
broke about go points yesterday, being
offered freely at s486. This sis said to be
one OF the most sensational declines in the
local history of the foreign exchange
market. Primarily the break is due to the
high rate of money now prevailing at
this center, which makes it more profit
able to employ money here than to ship
it abroad.
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RECOVERY IN SIGHT
Russell Sage Says That Stocks VIII
Rally Within a
Month

New York, July 17.-Russen Sage exc
pressed confidence to-day that the pres
ent stock furry would have no bad effect
on the prosperity Of the nation. He said:
The stock market is not demoralized.
It is in what is known as a declining con-
dition, with promises of quick reaction
within month The present aspect Of
the stock market does not indicate a de-
crease of prosperity or a money strin-
gency.
Its tone Is not one of decentralization,
but may be truthfully expressed as a de-
Ginning one. This does not mean, either,
that the decline will continue indefinitely.
Prices will rally within month.
There is no doubt but the market 10
disturbed. When these disturbances.
which are periodical and regular. occur
they are regarded by the public as being
more than mere disturbing agencies.
THE public thinks then that things
are going all to smash. A serious aspect
is taken of Wall street affairs by the out
slider, while the experienced man in stocks
and finances knows the actual causes and
can explain them.
TT Is foolish to declare that Messrs.
Rockefeller and Morgan are waging
financial war against each other or that
their individual influences are responsible
for the present decline. Messrs Rookie.
Teller and Morgan do not wage war in that
sense-they do not make money out Of
each other.
Another feature which may have con-
siderable influence is the fact that the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad established a loan
Of $50.oo9.o00 for its great contemplated
improvements. Stockholders in that big
corpora ton did not all appreciate that tie
borrowing Of $4,000 900 by. the Pennsy1-
vania road was a comparative trife to that
concern. Stockholders believed that
crisis was, reached when such a loan be-
came necessary, and many of them sold
while the high water mark was on. This
and other influences mentioned are di-
rectly traceable as causes of the decline.
It is only temporary. and within month
the market will have recovered
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WASHINGTON, July TITO VS. statement
of the treasury balances in the general fund.- ex-
elusive Of the $50, 100000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption shows: Available cash
balance, $22s 3Os 1856 gold, $500 1872, 74e; silver
S29,024, s75; United States notes, $1O,s43.62s:
treasury notes OF $780, $70,s43 ational bank
notes, SIS, 283 342; total receipts this day,
49, total receipts tiis month, .4Ss 1897
total receipts this year. 81 ,439ss2:: total ex-
penditures trfs day. ST, $50, 900: total expendi-
lures this month. $34 500 o0o total expenditures
this year. s34 ,ooo deposits In ia tional banks
$156. 052, 4I3. x ~
NEW YORK. July 17.--The subtreaanrv had
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nm unusually heavy derit at the clearine. house
to-day, resulting from pension payments. mail
transportation, and 3 $50e0OD payment to tic
hongkong ana Shanghai bank for account Of tho
MINNEAPoIiS, July a Bank clearings to-
rate. DC premium; buying rate, Csc premium:
Chicago exchange selling rate, 5Oc premium
buying rate, par; London so-day sight document
ST. PAUL. July IT.. earrings to-day, s1.a3e,.
1919. g. = I - -
PARIS. July 17.-Three per cent rentes. All
g71ac for the account. Exchange on London, Isl
BE 81 Ii July iys i7.-Exchange on London %
marks SO pigs for checks: discount rates short
bills 3A per cent; three months bills, 8 per
cent.
LONDON CLOSING STOCKS, July 17.--con.
soils for money. 81 5-16;; consols for account
90 7-16; Anaconda, 4A Atchison. 67A; AtchIson
Pacific. i2s: chesapeake Ohio, g. Chicago
e eas ssA p psssr' Dsnysr Rs
s21a; Erie 81 11s Erie first preferred 81 Il; Erie
Louisville 8 Nashville. 1oo1s; Missouri, Kansa a
& Texas, 21A New York Central 1l01 Nor
folk Western. 65h; Norfolk & Western pre-
ferred, e. g.; Ontario Western, 247s; Pennsyl
Reading hrst preferred, AZ; Reading second IRE e
ferred, 35;. Southern Railway. 2SA: Southern
Railway, preferred, aS1a Southern Pacific 47lh
Union Pacific, 79;. Union Pacific preferred So
United ststes Steel United States Steel pre-
ferred,, A. 9f - s. -
| Money, l1h@2 per cent.
The rate OF discount In, the open market TO,
| short bills Is, 2M per cent. 5sy7-.,,-,> =
i The rate of discount In the omen market 10
| three months bills is .2N az 7-16 per cent
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/ ~,
eggs, steady. Fancy country dressed veal.
BUTTER-Extra creameries per .lb, 1e1hc;
arsts, 15c; laisles, Seconds, se ! packing stoes;
a ssn LED sss ct Ct psl Id
ties, So per- case for candled seconds and checks,
cHEEsE@Txins. or fats, fancy. l2c;stvins or
fats, choice, 1o1ac; twins or dats fair to good.
gs fspsy Ssa No.
round, iSe; swiss, No round 1Sc; Swiss. No Q.
i, block, l5e; swiss. No. 2, block, i2c; daisies,
LIVE PGGITR Turkeys, mixed coops, 1o@
e tHksy sn s
VI 15s psepess io1a sscas s@a b %bifs
eeSfsRsE plasf SAS fs fancy per H. 7c
5s Asss ss 9ssssxss ssan e
pieisss} lc buffaio SCI SallS hes sne &C.
s'SsSs. Is crate
b per ssks e sssts
No 4. sacks extra, eoc; medium, sacks extra,
s'fPoPcoRN-old rice, perth, 4@5e; new rice,
NEW HONEY-Fancy white, lib sections
lie; choice. lib sections. 15@16c. - 4. "a.
PlGEONS..Live per doz, 15e;s dead, doz, Soc
safpsRPif bS S9i Fancy yellow, per Du. $40
s rs; nar Tosf s ian's' sA' meo,um
9pe5atig sn;ca include
hand picked, s225; medium fail, SITS: medium
mixed and dirty, e5@eoe; brown, fancy. So
brown e a. fa, II to good Lima califor
1 1IdT 81 s. 70 BY bog : 5ss@sl
CHERR sd-a cherries. 24-qt case. So; 10
choice, sa@s:5o; Mediterranean sweets $3.50;
budded seedlings, $2I5@3; Michaels 128s to
2sss, So. 5o@4; late yalencias, all sizes, $4@
LEMONS soos to ssos choice, 81. so; califor.
MA. fancy, as to size, So; choice, as to size,
GRAPE FRUIT-Per box, So. so.
STRAWBERRIES-16-qtc case, 81. 3d.
BLACK RAsPBERR1Es-R24-pp ts Case s..s $50.
aGuRRAEIs.16.qt case, s1.5o@l.75.
BLUEBERRIEs-16-qt case, 81. so.
WATERMELONS-Per doz, 81. 50@5.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Cherries per box,
$1.3O; 3apricots, per crate, 81. 35; peaches, per
box, s5c;; plums, red, per crate ST. so prunes
per, crate $1:35; pears, half boxes, 81 so.
punches, 81 5o@2I5; small punches. 81. So.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES beans, per bu s9Oc;s egg
plant, per doz 81. 50@2; radishes per doz bunch.
es, tl5@20c lettuce, per doz, zoe; lettuce, heads
per doz, 30c; mint, per doz, 25c; new potatoes,
doz, s5c@sl;. new beets, per doz, lunches, 6oc;
@$l;t squash, summer, per doz. 50@60c; cauli.
flower, per doz, 81 80 81
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MIDWAY HORSE MARGIN ,,,

MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans.
fer, st. Paul. Mimi. July 17-Barrett a zifn.
norman report the retail trade the only thing of
Importance. great scarcity of horses is noted.
Prices hold strong. Values: Drafters, extra $50
mon to good. 5000 80; farm mares extra. $50
@150; farm mares. choice. $11O@13O: farm
mares, common to good, S75m11O. =. -
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

ss s Al ii * os sPes fsna Td ssSd ss
sss fer tse and s fSse
e 81 s s i2sfs
.e 81 up tes eepFpei Strong
sr sna ay = Ssrs s4
northern TSe sssei No No. northsrn s. e 81
f2s.asss ssRssseeS s ssaesF oets sss
e7ac: November. CSC. OATS 36@3e1ac Rye:
49c; September, 4S &C.
NEW YORK GRAIN 3 81 APP So FLOUR 9u1y H..
$50 bu;. sales, $50 600 bu; wheat acted weak
this morning and declined under bearish cables.
srss and fsFtss
Site Rye. Dull ]; state, 5s@5she,,, e. i f.
New York No 2,Esssstesn, ese g. DO al t1
was slow and easier as a result Of favorable
weather news septembeE. s56hc; December,
Rn market a
4ske. 'q 0''eis. seeAps 8 ''eeA s'ni'e' ~
Ssss he s4c ssst.ss s ssgtebsr Sc:
LIVERPOOL GRAIN, July 17--wheat-,,spot
western @iaser iRH'nf s No. esliforn MA
dull. 6s SID; futures quiet; July, es i'd; Sep
asteae IS asd essg sules se
July. A. sd: September As 4Td. -. 80
u. Liverpool ep close. . Old lover Corn,
KANSAS cry GRAIN, July 17.-elos,s
heat-.7SePtember. SIC; December, 6SMc; cash
red Eac: Corn--Septem 45ss e; y December
4 4Ss cash No, mixed, 4s1a @4ec; No. white.
669@ 5lc;5sN No. B. &c. Oats--No Q cash white,
3s@a0c; No. 2 mixed, 85 1ac.
CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAINS, Jul,
Sa SarfAr
5ohc. Flax. cash. nor invest 91c; southwest
a a' July a3c; September. CSC: October, 9Sc
Timothy. July So. 40; September. So. 17Ia; DC
tober, IS; ON Glover, July, $3.50. Barley
ST. LOUIS RAIN, July 17.-Close: Wheat
IHlgher = Ne red cash elevator, 77e: July
soc. Corn Firm; No.2, cash, Sec; September
a2hc; December, 1880; No. 2 white, 4fc @ !
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THE FLOUR MARKET
A FAIRLY SATISFACTORY MARKET-aoe
GENERAL TNorrrRv

GENERAL INQUIRY.
No change of Importance is noted in -four.
Shipments are moderate but likely to in
crease somewhat as, directions on old orders
being received freely. Patents are being
taken by the local and domestic trade in small
lots principally and buyers still show fear Of
heavy decline to come. despite the reported as
surances of millers that the -four situation Is
1egitimately strong. y
Shipments yesterday. 42.916 brls
Prices for first patents in wood, T. o. b. Min
neapolis 81. 55@4:65: second patents s4 4o@
400 first clears So. 50@3. 90; second clears So 40
@3.50. -
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THE CASH TRADE
COARSE GRAINS GENERALLY EASY.
r,xy xyrv, 1xyr,

UUAHSE UhAINb GENERALLY EASY-BAR.
LEY VERY WEAK
FLAx-Flax keeps coming in at a rate some
what surprising even to those who figured on a
free movement for this time. The market stands
the pressure fairly we'll and to-day was steady
but still around the low prices except for very
choice lots. Sellers, say they can see nothing to
indicate strength for the immediate future
closing prices; Minneapolis cash, 95c; to ar
Minneapolis received % cars against last
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NEW YORK PRopUcE. !,

NEW YORK PRODUCE, July 17.-Butter-
Receipts: "a packages; MARKET steady; state
cry, common to choice. 15h@ 2oc
CaeeseaRecetpts, 500 pkgs market steady
small white, large colored and large white S1oc
Eggs--Receirts, 1929 pkgs; market, irreg.
frsts to extras; western extras, 1s@ls1ac:S ives.
tern seconds to firsts, 140l17c. - s>7s--ss'
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PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS, July 17.--Proyision.
opened firm on the hos situation ,althoa lard had
not fully recovered from the recent furry There
was "a fair demand early and September porl
showed q gain OF loo, at s145O, with ribs up Sc
at $s. 521a Lnrd was Of 25ac at $500. -
Lard, july. $7:e2s; September. Ssiaik as Is;
October, $7;771a. Ribs. July. $S.57Ja Septem
Der, Sc. 571a October, $s.12I =, -
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than at Yesterdays close September corn
opened " Nc lower than at the close last
night. at 4aA q 5ec, ranging between 49a4c and
were, 19- cars. u - -, q
The market held fairly steady at slight adj
vance Offerings were well taken and close was
eatn at shade better figure for September at
5oAc; December, 4eslc; nay. asN mAeNc. - q y
Cash corn.No. ., 5oN e; No 8. 4aN G6oc.
"A little July oats for. sale at the opening
shade lower than the close yesterday, at 3sNc,
receding to 331bc. September was about steady,
market was not very active. One hundred and
NINETY rssy cars were reported this morning.
giose. % atsIJuly. 3sc; September 43ssc; De-
Gash.oats--No. 2. 35c;5 No. s.. 31h @ssc.
Inc following was the range of prices for old
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CHICAGO j

i CHICAGO PRODUCE, July 17.-Butrer-
Ter; creameries 15@2oc; diaries, 1871 @16lsc.
Eggs-Steady:: at mark, cases included, 13@
14kc. Cheese-New, steady; daisies, IL oil nc;
twins, 1O01O1ac; Young Americas, 11@1ihc.
Iced Poultry-Firner; turkeys, 12c; chickens, IL
M12Xc. 80 & = -, -
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81. LOUIS LIVE STOCK. July 17.-cattle-Re
ceapls' s s.m market steady to strong; beef
steers $50 ). 10: 9stockers and feeders, 81, So@
80; cows and heifers. So. 25@4.25 y
$4.so@S. so;t packers. s5.3o@55o; butcher. and
best heavy. ss.3o@5.eo.. anu
sheep-Receipts, 70o market steady: sheen
$3.5o@s.s 80; lambs. s4.2o@56o S. ~
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Strong Demand for Beef and
Butcher Cattle Fails to Bring
Receipts.

Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
Tor the day by loads as follows: Chicago Great
sMy,sstern 3; Chicago. Milwaukee, & st. Paul, 8;
minneapolis & st. Louis. 5; Chicago ST. Paul.
siinneapols 4 Omaha, 10: Great Northern, q:
Northern Pacific: 2: Chicago. Burlington &
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MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, July 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at a decline Of Il points
to an advance of points but after a brief in.
clines and under support Of brokers' credited with
representing the New Orleans bull contingent.
The opening was In keeping with the LIVERPOOL
cables, which We're lower on the near and higher
on the later positions and at first the trade was
rendered bearish by persistently circulating re-
ports OF shipments Of cotton to this point from
all over Europe Climatic conditions were gen
out small and the steadiness in Liverpool SPOT
market was also assustaining factor. 80 -
At noon the. market was quiet but steady
lower Middling upland II. 7Uc; middlng gulf,
12.96c; spot. quiet. 80 ~ 3l5s.7 = ~
Cotton-Spot closed quiet. II to 20 points de-
cline; n,iddling uplands, IL. Soc; middling' gulf
12.75c; sales, 200 bales, q 90
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PUTS AND CALLS.

2 o'clock report:
Puts-September wheat 75shc
Calls September wheat, 1886.
j Curb-September wheat 7aKc.
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RERukE OF THE SENTRY.

NEW YORK PROVISIONS, July, Il 7.--Beet-
Easy. pork-Easy. Lard--Dull; prime western
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NEW YORK LEAD AND COPPER, july II
Copper Easier; $13.5 @1382ld Lead-ouiet
and unchanged. s ~ -
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PEORIA WHISKY, July 17.-whisky on thu
basis of 40
ST. LOUIS LEAD, July 17.-Lead-stronz,
4.121ac. spelter-Fir1n; 5.5oc.
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NEW YORK ocFFE AND SUGAR, July ~
Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining, g. 3-i6c; centrif
ugal, So test 11-16c: molasses. sugar. 2 10
15c. Refined firm: crushed 5000 powdered
5.10c; granulated. SD. DOC. -
Coffee-Qutat;; Mo- Z Rio, 5 3-16c
Molasses, firm; New Orleans, 31l4oc.
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GENERAL PRODUCE
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS OF THE MINNEAPo
LIS PRODUCE EXCHANGE.

Friday, July 17-Extra creamery butter,
frm; packing stock steady. Strictly fresh
eggs, steady. Fancy country dressed veal,
weak. Poultry. steady. -.
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KANSAS City GRAM. .Ju1y!@ 17.-

Wheat--sePten,ber. SIC; December 6sNc; cash
10 aaar GsM@52Me ssjeetsd No
43hc: cash No. 2 mixed: 431a Dec: Mop white
90 51c;s No. g.. 19c. :. 0ats-No. q cash white
3S@39c; No. 2 mixed, 35 &c 35ss775s :
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s.. so@54h; bulk. sJ.1oM5 20: common to eood
neavy hogs selling from $3.50 to $500; fair
r mixed ; ana butchers $52o@525; good light
Sales @oo0eSoo''
:. Hogs-25 1875 lbs. ss.45; 81. 2os lbs, IS. as;
Is 20; 40 2s5 lbs. S. IS: a. $50 lbs. S. 20: ~
3o2 lbs. $5.o5; I'll 33s lbs So 10. % fa1a III, bs
sl ri b. S. ITO lbs, $3.50; 81 244 lbs s5a5; g.
s5e lbs, 50 Us $50 lbs, s5.is 2. $50 i ibs
shs ~ - :; az 200 lbs 81 5o 9, 2ee lbs so Sill
Stays 4;s and Bears L, 500 lbs, 81.
d, pAA;TsIIL l light. Prices steady on
cattle sa,ss demand strong for beef and butcher
81 b an Steers. $50 lbs. $3.50; L, $50 lb,
Butcher nne Cows and Heifers-1. .2so lbs ~ on
oSs 4. $50 lbs ss15 1850 lbs i $40 us
lbs cus sss and gfp9 iss j. ss
90 lbs 81 10; 1. $50 lbs. ST. 50. 49, Si0o' l.
b. ~ rs ss g s4s5 12s lbs $3.50
ISL StG iSs ssdr Fesslng Sterile s5s lbs 49,
2. $50 lbs, $3.50 1850 . DO IDS $3.50;
,bs sto 20 &c Cows and eiferse 44e lbs, ST. sac
Stock see and Feeding Bu1ls-2. 1,oeo lbs, So a.
CAVES Rash siis saa sga and
sed calves cow s2s cow si and eoT'
.teadE IM .ta moderate. Prices general,
EN- Wethers at 81 Fair native LAMBS soId 81
Sales seceip.s a are very light. -. :
q lbs So; 126 lambs rs lbs. $50: lamps
r. ips; So;2s; 2aS western wethers. Toe lbs. 81
Mes1ern -, wethers 131 lbs s4 as westsrr
ewes. l22 lbs So 80; Il chi lambs. s. lbs. 81 *
I6 cmIss q ips SO; u ewes ia lbs $3. Co
q a7Hi ~ the shippers on the market were:
wis E. n = eox. kirkhoyen J. TingvaH River Falls
Drayton n D.; r. shen, Lakevflie: O. al Iaee
aq Hansen a. e p, sehlltz Hankinson
CO. Myrtle: Gallery Keliv. FraHkIin i fran
Ha esnn pIysGR
GIBBONS Manto rville; II. Knippie Gihban q
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Prices mostly Be higher Receipts lirht DUAL
ity little better than YESTERDAY Price range
$4.s0015.4h; bulk. $5.10M5.20: common to good
heayy hogs selling from $3.50 to $40; fair
mixed s1ii lights and light butchers. $5so@5.s5
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Sales. stocks High Low Bid Bid.
est ] est. lJuly17 lJuly1t
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MONEY REPORTS

Total Sales. 691, 300 shares.
Ex-dividend.
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CHICAGO SEED AZ

17.--Rye. July, 5c;s September, 5Ohc; December
6o1ac Flax cash. northwest. 91c; southwest
Timothy, July. $s.45; September. S.. Tx: &c
tober, ss:o1A. Glover, July, $3.50. Barley
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ST. LOUIS RAIN, July 17-Cose: Wheat
Higher; Me- red cash. elevator he: July,
soc. Corn--Fir No. 2, cash, gee; September.
a2hc; December, 1890; No. 2 white 41c.-sI 6 ],
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Id, 20. lbs, Sc. so: 70 lambs.
: 6 lbs: $3.50; 4 lambs,
tern Wethers. 1o2 lbs. 81;
tl31 lbs. 81: 93 western
ewes. 10S lbs. 1913: II
c,ill lambs. SO lbs. SO .25:
" ewes. ia lbs, So. 60;
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WINTER WHEAT GOOD

arts close: heat unchanged to 8 confines
her; -four unchanged to 5 confines lower. !
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.nA11,y wHEAr MovEMENr.

July II.
The following are the receipts and shipments nj
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-23

From the ridiculous to the sublime = from the boiling pot in the yard to a Gas Range.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-23
UNDERWOOD URGES
 PRIMARY FUR 1904
Wise and Conservative Delega-
 ton Should be Chosen
STATE DEMOCRACY UNITED
Congressman Underwood Thinks That General Primary Law is of High est importance, and Hopes Leg
 lsIature Will Enact One.

A reporter of The Age-Herald saw Con- gressman Oscar w. Underwood yester- day and asked his opinion as to how the selection of candidates to the next dem- ocratic convention should bo made, elect ed at a state convention or by primary.
 The congressman stated that he had al- ways been partial to the primary plan. He said that there was a good deal of criticism and that there were great many statements made before the last gubernatorial election, that a state pri- mary for governor could not be success fully conducted, but it was tried and proved eminently successful, seemingly giving satisfaction to all parties In all probability, he remarked, no candidate for the Presidency would go to the next democratic national convention with enough votes to nominate him, and the nominee would ultimately be chosen by the convention, as likely as not, from candidates who were not among the strongest when the convention was or gan.zed.
 Of Utmost Importance.
 It Is therefore of the utmost import ance, continued Congressman Under wood that a wise, conservative and thoroughly democratic delegation should be sent to the next national convention in the interests of the people of the state; and assuredly no one is better able to judge or better able to select these rep resentatives of the party than the great mass of party voters in a primary elec- tion.
 The congressman further stated that he regretted that up to this time the leg islature has not passed an efficient pri- mary selection law to govern all state primaries.
 "The democratic party" he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-23
BIRDS CARE FOR SHEEP.
Remarkable Crane Used in Some Parts
 of South America.

The natives of Venezuela and adjoining countries on the north side of the River Amazon. says the Montreal Star, often avail themselves of the services of the native crane to care for their poultry, and also use it in the place of a collie or shep- herd dog. to guard and herd their domes- tic animals. This remarkable bird, which the Indians call yakamik, and the ornith- ologsts Psophia Crepitans, Is found in 8 wild state in the great forests that lie between the northern coasts of South America and the Amazon river, particu- larly in Venezuela and British Guinan. The birds never leave the forests unless shot or captured.
 They travel about in flocks of from one hundred to two hundred, in search of the berries, fruits and insects upon which they subsist Their usual gait is a slow and stately march, but they enliven themselves from time to time by leaping up Into the air, executing eccentric and fancy waltzes and striking the most absurd and prepos- terous attitudes If pursued they endeav- or to save themselves by running, for their flight Is so weak, according to Schomburg, that when they attempt to fly over body of water of any considerable width they are often compelled to. drop upon 1t and save themselves by swimming.
 When alarmed they utter the peculiar cry which has obtained for them the name of trumpeters The sound Is something like that produced by person endeavor- ing to shout the syllables tow. tow, tow. tow, tow, tow" with his mouth shut, or the doleful noise made by children on New Years day with their trumpets. The yakamiks usually deposit their eggs in a hollow in the ground, often at the foot of a tree.
 A nest generally contains ten eggs of q pale green color. young birds follow their mothers as soon as they are matched, but do not lose their pretty downy cover ing until several weeks old. The yakamiks are very readily tanned and prove valuable servants to the Indians, who domesticate them and ss they are courageous and will protect animals entrusted to their care at every risk to themselves. even dogs are obliged to yield to their authority.
 They may be trusted with the care of a flock of sheep or comestic fowls. and ev- cry morning will drive the ducks and poul- try to their feoding places and carefully