The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05

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President roosevelt started Ws,di,ee.sday
ana northwest, ana IL to-day somewhere
UP In Minnesota The trip VII cost ~ z
lot Of noney5and possibly result In some
good to Tie President. Mich care q
being taken 10 Insure he safety q = gth !.
dlptlhglishud traveller Secret ser ylce 0Kss
ficers viii &c ahead OF tho rresidet1tla!
party and ~ oVofl every Inch OF ground
tho Chief Magistrate Will cover Wills
}itl#ttle citios and towns at hich ne VIII
stop. At ench OF these places tho tracA
on which the presidential CAS WI ar u.
rive is solicited and tho route8 pig
for him and his party Is mapped out
III known exactly where the presld entiall
nd + will stop and how man = steps he VIII
have to take 10 reach his carriage. Ths !
secret service man points but where lrops! |
are to be stretched to koop the crowd az |
ner, ire to stand j; also the stations \. forl
'rhore is d lot ~ trouble and d sight, az
expense connected with the presidential
junketlnE trip In these Ia tier days OF tn, !
Republic. There is also o great deal o. /
sidered ono can readily reach the con i
clusion that the place for the Preslden 4
during tho four years no holds once II
In Washington. a 1l II
NJ After much, trouble and annoying della:
Ithe now Department Of Commerc e ana !
under Secretary Cor tel you has BOT !
ten Us Ra to business in q slnall wa y. MI.
cortelyou has rented temporary 1nartersI
and has signed a. lease for. new build.
|SinE now being erected on tho site OF old
lgNewspaper2 Row OH Fourteenth Street,
Linear Pennsylvania Avenue. whlcf VI y
be ready for him In May. It sis q SINAI
building compared with the other great
partmsnts, but will furnish sufnccnt qua III
tors for the different bureaus OF the ?,
spartmen { OF Comnerco and Labor uni
| Congress provides them a permanelH
home, Tho primo ipal bran chcs 8ofs Z \
new department, the census ofilce, the ia
feau OF statistics and the Lighthouse
board, are already we'll placed and cal
remain where they arc as long as necet
sary The new building will be Soccuple1
| by the secretary. his assistants, chile
clerk disburslng officer and other clerkhl
and the bureau OF corporations and tn
Immigration bureau and steamboat N |
spection service Gun Tho removed Into \ |
from the Treasury Building.
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It was announced during the week that
Reginald Vanderbilt had settled ,o0%
/ on Miss Cathlecn Nelson, the young wo.
man to whom he IL to be united IN mar-
|riage on the l4th OF this month. It Il
Interesting also TO those who take any
Interest ut, all In such things, that the
rich young gentleman has let It leak out
that he llntcpds TO give to his best man
and ushers tho m ost expensive presents
ever given by a bridegroom anywhere III
the world. Mrs. Vanderbilt, on$Wed-I
nesday. inspected sAirleigh. where thai
wedding Is to- take place. and supertn-|
tended the putting In order OF the Break.
ers. which win be occupied by Re ginald
Vanderbilt liter his marriage. 4,
Some interesting statistics for march,
are finding their way in print. For in
stance . Tho bnnk-note circulation for
| tho year ending March S1st reac he'd IN
aggregate OF &aS2, 51o. 25s. This wa an In
crease over the previous year of 326, 042, 81.
There are many people who hope and Sex-I
poet that within the next two years
new banking system will be adopted one =
that Will largely increase the circulation
| OF bank notes. 5 This would be one tway
though not the best way, TO supply TN
country with the imuch-talked S Of and
muct-nccded elastic currency. Fl
81 During the past week tho Pcnnsylvanla
| Railroad Company y completed deals byJ
which Is succeeded in buying up all ing
property covering the site Of the great
new station In New York city. When
the project was Arst disclosed . nuns
Der OF real estate spectators started In
to buy Up as much MS they could obtain
of the property, expecting to get q large
increase from the company me cons ON
fblnation known rs the Ma than -Marx-SNiss
syndicate secured nine parcels and the
|hSlre Brothers. who are real estate and
theatrical exploIters,3 got fifteen parcels.
Ut Ia said that neither syndicate secured
n very large profit on the transac to n.s
Cremation OF dead bodies is still un-I
lawful In Prussia, whose Legislature last
week defeated a bill providing for its au.
tvor OF earth burial, the preservation 81
the body In tombs seems invinciDle there.
1T is announced from: washington that
the selection Of the United States CONS
missoneAs to the International Money
Conference. which Is to fix the Ito be.
Tween gold and silver for colonial pur-
poses. will DO made as soon as Secretary 81 atll
Shaw returns to Washing ton. This Is
particularly interesting In view Of the
fact that this will be the first time In
the history Of the country that our goy-3
eminent has had to appoint members OF
such commission Never before have
we had business with determining the
character OF the coin used in colonial res
L pi0na n, Cha rles A a ConantS of New York.
and Prof. j. w &, Jerks, OF Cornell Uni-3
5versity, who havo already conducted an
extensive inquiry for. the War Depart
ment into the financial and economic cons
I4dltions OF China. the Philippines and the
straits settlements, will probably be two
OF the United States Representatives.
The venerable and much-loyed King
Usvare " At Stockholm i on on ruesday
Hast, thus terminating the regency OF the &
Grown Prince Gustave. which began