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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, Sept. The cotton
1921 points, this being hardly as much as
due on the sensational gains reported by Liver
pool cables. where prices were affected, 1t was
said. by decreasing crop estimates and a de-
mand from shorts. Following the call here
prices slid off few points below the opening
figures under continued liquidation and scatter.
ing bear pressure. encouraged by expectations or
a less bu1lish government report tomorrow than
generally looked for, the good weather over
the south and predictions of an increased move
ment.. But demand continued good, and offer,
ings dropping of somewhat, the market showed
a pretty good undertone, and tho sentiment is
evidently badly mixed. prices toward the end OF
the first hour were about 10 to Il points net
higher. Superintendent King makes the total
crop for the last season 10.002 OPS bales
Cotton futures opened firm; September, IoOcs
October, 10000; November. 10.S5ci December
1o.e4c; January. 10000; March, 1o.9sc; April.
11.C0c; May, 11.04c.
A. midday the market was ssaaE net Sal
11.50e; nfddling gulf 1l.75c
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands,
.50c; middling gulf. 11.75. Sales, 1.225 bales.
Cotton futures closed steady; September,
10. SSc October, 10.75c: November, 1910; De.
cember, 1o.TTc January, 10: lSc; February,
E10.S2c; March, lose; April. 10 zoe; May, 1oe2c.
LIVERPOOL FOOD SUPPLY.
LIVERPOOL Sept 1.-The following are the
stocks Of Dreadstufs and provisions in Liverpool:
Flour. Il 900 sacks; wheat. IL 5000 centaIs;
ers / 800 boxes; hams, $500 boxes; butter. IL
400 cwt; cheese. 10000 boxes; larg. 1900 tiercet
of prime western steam and 1850 tons of other
| kinds
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IIyopvINn rp M nm

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Toni called on Miss Eisberg yesterday.
r, Dick-What That Boston girl. Goodness,
shouldn't think 1t would be any pleasure to cali
on her; she's frigtd.
Tonn-well. do it occasionally because il
makes me feel SO good SO say good-by to her.
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PEORIA WHISKY, Sept. 1.-Whiskey on tn.
basis Of Sl.2S.

Southwest weather: Kansas City, cloudy. 70.
Omaha, clear and pleasant 70; light shower
ing warmer. = r..
Omaha wired: No wheat moving. Wheat in
shocks has all been threshed. Bids Of 81 fol-
No 2 hard wheat were sent out last night and
did not buy car. -
Broomhall cabled: Rumania-An official de-
cree has removed the import duties on forage
crops.
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT, AUG. 81. .
,te aW refined all port pofts ssRS
ANOTHER VERSION NEEDED,

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
little miss, the daughter Of an uptown bust.
ness man, who but recently mastered her cate:
the minister. who had called, confessed her dis
appointment with it thus!
7'Now obey the fifth commandment and
honor my papa and mama, and my days are not
bit longer in the land cause I'm put to bed
every night at Z o'clock, just the same"
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en- into the Bank Of England On balance today
st. PAUL, Sept. blank cleariags today.
BOSTON MINING STOCKS, Sept L.

BOSTON MINING STOCKS Sept. 1.-Closing
quotations in yesterdays market: Adventure,
1aS9lA; tAlloaez. 1874 @12a4; Areadian, $50
LOO; Arnold, 20@25; tlanta, 1874; Bingham,
NAL. 27A @27A; Copper Range Consolidated, Sc
a @5eA Daly West, laM @1sM; Dominion Coal;
e.h; Isle Royale, 1oA @iek; Mass. sk @sH
Michigan. 5A@5A; Mohawk, 45A@45A; Old
Colony y al; Old Dominion, 4A@141A: osce.
Rhode Island A@1; Santa Fe, 1M @1A; Supe.
r b1,o Copper Company 4A@4as Tamarack 1o7
States Oil, liz @12; Utah, 42@42A Victoria
5A OBS; Wnona, s% @10; Wolverine, s5@s7i
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THE FLOUR MARKET
BETTER oUTLooK-EAsTERN STOCKS LOW

BETTER oUTLooK-EAsTERN STOCKS LOW
PRICES FIRM.
Sentiment in the milling trade is better. even
tho demand for flour is not much larger, Stocks
must repenish before long. Meanwhile a fair
local demand keeps trade moving. and the , ag.
week. Export trade Is very light, and there
appears no immediate prospect of any revival, as
wheat prices are said to be too high for COM
petition with European made -four.
First patents are quoted at Se1o@6: 20; second
patents, $5.95@e.05; first clears, $a.5o@4.6o;
second clears S2SS,
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THE MEANING OF TEMPERANCE.

Temperance, in the nobler sense. does not
mean. surGued and imperfect energy; It does
not mean stopping short in any good thing, as
in love or In faith; but It means the power
which governs the !, most intense Use. energy md
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKET. Minnesota rra

MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans.
fer st. Paul, Sept. barrett 4 Zimmerman
ing the steady demand for good heavy drafters
Several lumbermen bought in carload lots, which
Drafters, extra, s1so to s21o; drafters, choice
$3.50 to $3.50; drafters, common to good, $40
maSes choice s1ih to ia0. farm maras lam nan
mon to good, 500 to $115.
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for the day by loads as follows: Chicago Great
Western, 8; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 4; Great Northern,
81; 500 line, 2; Northern Pacific "a; total 66.
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

On
northern s1115s old s1145b; to arrive sl1 No
wheat
e;
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GENERAL PRODUCE

Official quotations Of the Minneapolis
Produce Exchange, corrected up to IL M,
Thursday, Sept. l.-Butter, firm. Eggs,
steady. Poultry, firm. Veal, firm.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
IN WHEAT PIT CAUSES
81

rHoETr-rAx1HG zA5 IL w H0HA: PIT CAUSES
favorable weathe. conditions brought out con-
Causing an sasier tone of the market Initial
quotations on December were A@sac lower to
by firm cables commission houses bought freely,
resulting In an advance in December to $1OSA
daenns to snS 81
neapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts
Of, 1922 cars, against 241 cars last week and
On an active demand for northwest houses the
N 6e during the latter
during the last f minutes Of Of trading b:
market ma closed strong wit6 December showing
ret d ssn 1 %bsaf t g old
&c Sas 4 d Massf E: rsa $eSS1iSs NJ.
no es M No. nG5t spTag siS NO.
Higher saees some e. a5 to the
snd fall demand for september al and p December
s8fSso A 5ss
Scattered demand from shorts for the septem-
eember advancing in sympathy to b3% se:' he
close was strong with December up nc at
&c Close ;,. Corn, september, 5s%c; December,
ssh cs Srn" oVSssoS7aS SIX @o5c; No. 8, 54ha
HAc. 49, =
IN xR e Miss s5 the sssss
ao shade Dc. to rs hlghsr at 5$A @s5se to 5ssbs
oa sseesR spts wss Ss ssc
'' CASH 9o sfs- 2SS5s? BIN @s2c No. 8, s1Ac.
| The following was the range of prices:
Opening: 49,. 1:esSx 1.osS $50 1.1e sya
Highest. 10000. LOTS 1.O9% 1.11M
Lowest. Loo 1.Os 1.1Oh
Close
| Today. ..... 1.O6% 1.O9@M 1.11A
! Yesterday. logs 1.osa 1.1o1s az
| Year ago.. .61M .s2h@H .s4h
| Corn .s = IL
Opening ......... 5sN@A 511@N 4e% @N
Highest ......... 54A 52k 60A
Lowest ..h...... So 51M 49h@N
Close =
| Today b8B 52h 602 or
| Yesterday ..... 53M 51% 49% az
| Year ago 800. 52% 51H 51K
Oats Is. ...-
Opening ......... s1A@% 3sA@ss s5T@x
Highest ........, 32# 1884 01 81 1914 al y
Lowest ......... sl% ss%@A $500
Close - -...,--. =.
Today ........ s2A 1875 seM
Yesterday .... 81N 63A S5M@a
Year ago ..... 36k 37A 39@39 h
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PUTS AND CALLS.
CASH SALES REPORTED TO-DAY,

$50 O'Clock report:
Puts-December wheat, $1.1Oss.
Calls-December wheat, $1.149a.
Curb-DeceIuber wheat, S1.123a.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

sharp ADVANCE Of to &c to-day ~a and n nSa
S d ng neess SsPe and Is ese
where; December was unchanged at the open
good IS begnnins aerive
'f x wa: g. qpn sls5s 49,
/; oats 49, Shipments, wheat 81, 100 bu; cars
notfhs4a ,ys hs s ed No n9r 1esfR
1sEfssSG as7s AssRtsP Flss
S Sse s''~o74 futures sl:20 oats s29se; rye
NEW YORK GRAIN AND FLOUR, Sept. IL
r stssdv r zee fSa4e bTls sales pkg
bu sales Blu; opened at about last
se!s6s On and Tans steady t. firm all the
cables and on light offerings September, 81 i2M
@1l2&; December, $l.11N @I12K; May,
gu sses f h5oo ao En- xensSs
Ss@5Ss go Dece%5er 57N a5se. Oats, receipts.
Nv WINNIPEG Grain Sept. LIT was quiet,
Msy 9Sss
Way northezh sns &c. N No. northern
FITS 10 calls resi- $685. SIX Nj Rses asss
MILWAUKEE GRAIN AND FLOUR, Sept /
Flour dull. Wheat lie higher; No / northlsr.
| $116@1.17; No. 2 northern, S11O@1 IA: De
cember. 81 90 asked Rye Nc higher; No. /
! Toe Barley firm; No. 2, CSC; sample, 3S@56c
Oats Nc. higher: standard, 33%c Corn w
higher; No. 8, 56@55Ac; December, 52ist
Wheat--Puts, s1.o71a bid; calls, s1.1oN bid
Corn-Puts, 52c asked; calls, 5sc.
ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Sept. 1.-qose: Wheat
fill u @112; No. hard $1.O6@1 M: Deem
Der: $1:l1h; May, $1.13N. Corn, higher; No. 2
cash. lie; track, 521hc; December, 49h e.
May: 4shc Oats, higher. No. ?, cash, 82Hc
33Ac; May, 1855 @35%c.
KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Sept. Close
Wheat, higher; September, e6Hc; December
s6Ac; May. $1;ooM: cash, No: 2 hard, s1@
1O1; No. 9, 961a @99c; No. 4, 92@94c; No
red. 81 .O5@1OS No. 8, $1.O2@1 .04. Corn
higher; September, 4sc; December, 45Ac: May
45Ac; cash, No. mixed, soc; No. 8, 496491hc
No. white, 49kc: No. 8, 49@50c Oats, steady
No. white, 33@331ac; No. mixed, 32@321tc
CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS
Der 73c; May. tie: Flax. cash northwestern
$1:lsK.. Timothy, September. s2.eo@2e5; &c
tober, $2.9O@295. Clover, septembsr. Sic. ia
Barley, cash, 37@66c.
! LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Sept Wheat SD,
nominal; futures quiet; September, Is sgd; De
eember, Is a Esd Corn, spot firm; America
n AS "' d
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PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Sept. 1.--Provisions
were firm on a fair demand from pit traders.
Offerings light. October pork opened shade
lower, at s1l.121b, and advanced to $11.25. Lard
was up 21hc, opening at s7;o21a. The price
later sold up to 81 .07h @7.10. Ribs opened
down 2hc. at $7.35, but advanced to $40
Close: Pork, September, $11.15; October,
Close: Lard, September. ses71a; January,
1920; October, $7.12!a. -.
Close: Ribs, September, $7.25; October,
$7.421a: January. $6.e71a. : -
NEW YORK PROVISIONS, Sept. beef
steady. Pork. barely steady; mess. $13@13. 25
Lard, firm prime western steam, $40.
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CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS,
Der. 7sc; May: TIC. Flax cash Northwestern,
$1.25@; sol thwestern. $1.1S1S; September,
$1:1sh. Timothy, September s2eo@295; &c.
tober, $2.9o@2.s5. Clover September, $i250.
Barley, cash, 81 @56c.
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Washington, Sept. 1-Today's statement of
the treasury BALANCES IN the general fund, ex-
division of redemption, shows: Available cash
balance $147975, 3e4; gold, s4e,512, 294; silver,
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Sept. 1.-Wheat. sp.p
nominal; futures quiet; September, Is sgd; De
cember, Is 6Ad. Corn, spot firm; American
mixed, IS Cd; futures steady; September 4s
7Ad: December, As I'd 80 =
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No K harley. cara ,,..,. 80
No 4 harley / car ................. 81
No. s barley, | car ...................... 1914
No. Charley, / car .................. .3S
No. s barley. 2 cars ................... -
No s barley ! car .,.................. AZ
No s barley, ! car ................... .411a
No. barley, ! car .................... .3S1a
No. barley, 5 cars, dirty .............. 40
No Grade barley / car ,............. SO
No. hax. cars ..................... 1.24A
No. i dax. car. to arrive............ l24 il
Reelected flax 1 car ....,.........,.... 1928
Winter Wheat,
No. winter wheat IL cars ......,..... LOT
No. winter wheat. car ............ l.06
No. winter wheat, / car, thin ........, 100
Rejected winter wheat. / ........... LOS
Maoaroni Wheat.
No. 2 macaroni wheat. / .......,.. .90h
No. macaroni wheat, car ............ 30
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KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK Sept. Cattle
Receipts, 5000, including 800 southerns; mar.
ket slow; steady; native steers $3.75@5.00;
cows and heifers, $I.5o@4.5o; calves, s2.25@5. so
Hogs-Receipts, S,O0O market &c lower; bulk
of sales, S5.1j@5.3o; pigs and lights, $5@5 30.
Sheep-Recepts. 1000; market steady; NUT
tons, $3.25@4; lambs, $4.5O@4s5.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK Sept. Cat
stronger native steers. s5.75@5so; COWS ant
heifers, 1904; calves, $s@4.75.
Hogs-Rseecsedip ds e. 500; market s steady.
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Sept. Clos

Wheat higher; September, eeTc: December,
ssAc; May. $1;ooM cash. No: hard 81 q
red, $1.o5@1 .Os; No. 8, $1.O2@1 "a. Corn.
higher; September, 4sc; December 45Ac: May,
45Ac; cash. No: 2 mixed. soc; No. 8, 49@491ac;
No. white, 4913c: No. 8, 49@5Oc. Oats, steady
No. white, 33@391hc; No. 2 mixed 32@32Hc.
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Prices mostly &c lower. Receipts very light.
fEs"ss saS sgst hssa s. sf Sss as
are quotable from $3.50 to $40; tais light git
common heavy, common mixed and heavy pack
nf sewz 5,09 s*i ibs $685. 49, ~ lbs
IS $751; Us s?sas' 1b s $780, g. 81 lbs s51s
10, 244 lbs, S5.05.
Eo1ghsa $40 lbs $40; l. $50 lbs ST. Sn+c,.r
| calves weak to yesterdays. decline, stockers
Mb 5ees sws s sse AND sses about loo lower
s e.
lbs, 81. so; /. SIS lbs. $3.50.
! Butcher Bulls, 1850 lbs, $5.25; 2, 1000 lbs,
se $685. 81 lbs. 49, s; &sS bs $780, y %
fs Ss FssaGs ssS 49, 7 $751; u.s. sa g;
S Ass toSs and Hsifers-2, $40 lbs, $3.50;
Mich Cows and springers-,s COWS and
So and $sS
| SHEEP-Receipts liberal. The arrivals made
up mostly Of western stuff. Mutton sheep active
w and an a
Stock and feeding grades steady. Sales:
killing Sheep and Lambs-2l lambs, IS lbs
lbs, s.; II lambs p lbs. $50 s. ewes, 10;
lbs; $40; 8 ewes, SO lbs; 1926.
stockers and Feeders-2 ewes, SO lbs. 50. Is
Msvs the n p the arst
| ?. s. W. Wheeler. Sank Center; H. Otto Willard
". P. White, Willard; w, Mcvey, Kenyon
Belle plaine; Ryan ana Co.. Waseea f Robbins
Rochester, Behrenfeld Brothers. Heron Lake
A. Gilstad, Deer Park Wis.
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BUTCHER CATTLE
| = 4 SELLING LOWER
A DULL AND WEAK MARKET FOB
sToCKERs.
Calves Also Easier Hogs Sell Down &c,
Altho Receipts Are Lighter Quality
Not Up to Wednesday-Bi Bun Of
Sheep, but Prices Not Affected by It.

South St. Paul, Mimi. Sept; l:-zEstimated
tie. $50; b. calves, 1o9i hogs 5oo sheep, 1920;
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. 1, 1904, to date, as compared with the
same period in 1909
Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars
1904..... 133,4e3 25,377 ,2s2 32s ,246 1890
l9o3..... 115,226 32,2O5 469,S95 257,271 12.2ls
Inc 1927 900 122ss7 7o,s75 2'l42
The following table shows the receipts for
the month Of August, as compared with the
same period in 1aO5.
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MILWAUKEE GRAIN ANN F1o11R san+ :,


ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Sept. CLOSE: Wheat,
s1gher No. 2 cash. eleva red 81 track
Der: silly "; May, $1.13N Corn, higher; No. 2,
cash. 5l1ac; track, 521Ac; December 49hc;
track, ss% @s4c; No > white, Sec; December'
33kc; May, 35H assoc
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SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK, Sept. Ire
ceigts-cattle; 100; hogs 1000: so,.u
go, 25o lbs, IS; e2, 260 lbs, 500; 4s, BIC
lbs. $500.
s. 1886 lbs. go. Cows and Heifers-s, 500
lbs. 1920; 10. 92O lbs $3.50; -. 1,O1O lbs, So
rs 7s9 lbs s255 10 800 go lbs b. So u
s, 500 lbs, $2.75; 6. 40 lbs, So.
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MONEY REPORTS

Total sales. 578, 100 shares.
*Ey-diyfdend.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, Sept. 1:-cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1900; slow, weak to 10c lower; beeves,
$365. 90; cows and heifers, $1.1o@4.40. stock
ers and feeders. $2@3.so; Texans, sa.1o@415;
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; tomorrow $4,000; SO
1oc lower than yssterday's average; mixed an, and
AS rough heavy, ST. so .s5; light SIS o5 @55 80;
| pigs $565.50: bulk Of sales, $500 40.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000; 10c lower; sheep.
| $2.5O@4.15: lambs, S416.
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ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Sept. 1.-Cattle-
steady: beef steers, s4@5.75; cows and heifers,
$2.25@5.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market &c lower; pigs
and lights, $5@5.50; butchers and best, So. 500
$50.
sheep-Receipts, 1000; market steady; natives.
3.76@4.5O; lambs, $4@b.25.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-03


sctater Frank HHn'tcr, Jack and
Bledsoe Beat. "a 81
Mrs; N. Il. sclater returned frotr, Louis
Wills on Saturday. ~ T. ST e, .ffi II
Scottsvllc Lodge, No. a.. had It's regu-
lar meeting OF, Friday flight. and n spn-
clai communicate ion was called for tho
18TH. ii .
week. i a b ss9sls X l, V g Ia
4 Miss Nora Billiard returned from North
Garden Of, Monday, and Will loave shortly
FOR spotsylvania.
N1rs. j. w. Pereira entertained ut af-
sternoon ten on Tuesday. THOSE present
were Mrs. H. Lansing FOX. Mrs. j. r.
Blair, Misses Ma rietta Powers Annie
and Rose Tarrar. Al u 81 8 IL }5l Al g n
Y Mr.ftackson Boat returned on tho LIST
from charlottesville. . !. I. S
S "A coastlng party visited 1aalle Haven
Hill saturdaygnlg and spent o most eli !.
joyablc evenirjg 3. Ii "a Nib
/ Mr. K. IL. F,ariss Is slightly improved.
Miss Fiorrlc Fox Is III with the grip.
Mrs. j. n Ii Pitts expects TO leave OIL
Saturday for Blackstone.
Mrs. Marshall, OF West Virginia, Is
Visiting hcr parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W. L.
Mallory. 58 4 5g4 4 s s.
q Mi. Miles Heath has completcd new
stable for General j. G. Hill. III
Miss Cornclia Is visiting friends In West
Virginia. l55i II 33 .t i.aE5 .is6Fs t55 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-03
ADVERSE 10 THE BILL.
Senate Committee Reports the.
Machen Primary Plan Thus.

Despite tho fact that Senator u. H. H.
I 1Iachen's general primary election bill n
has been adversely reported from tho
Committee for Privileges and Elections.
the patron OF the bill will mako q fight
on the floor OF the Senate TO secure It's
rassagc.8 The bill has been set as a
Arccial order for Friday at 1870 o'clock.
Tho a1acl,cn bill legalizes all party pri-4
maries and provides for the payment OF
Che expenses OF same by the General AS.
scHbly- IT requires voting to be . Y bal ~
lot While there are some elections To-
the measure even on The part OF friends
or u general legalIzed primary, 4 i Is said. 1.
could be cured by amendment Many,
fsa lures OF the bill have oeells comm end
I'd but the members OF ngress from
this state Mi opposed tho measure and
the announcement Of their opposition Is
regarded as severely handlcapplng the
bill, though just why is not stated. The
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-03
TRAVELLING AUDITOR.
Mr.. Ould, Of Campbell, Offers a
Bill Creating This Office. II


3 Hon. Eugene oud, Of Campbell. yes
$tcrday introduced a bill in tho House,
which provides for n uniform system OF
book Keeping, and also creates the office
of$trayclirg auditor for the several scour-
ties OF the state. y an y * &,
The bill provides that the travelling
auditor shall examine and report on the.
condition Of tho clerks @ Offices and.
,treagurers. Offices; also county, and dis
trlct school boards, once every year.
Tile bill provides further that the said
travelling auditor has authority to adj
minister oaths ard to summon witnesses
In order to make thorough examination
Of said offices. "a fine from 500 to 500
is enforced for A. failure to keep the
public accounts In the mariner prescribed
by the said travelling auditor, or any tn-,
8terfcrenco with him In The dischargo Of
his duty. 81 3 III . ,t
The salary o the travelling auditor .is
fixed at $3.50 per annum and mileage
The travelling auditor may be. removed
BY tie Governor for failure to discharge
the duties Of the Office or for incompe-
Stcncy. Il sll II II 4. S 4sts
The patron OF the bill claims that.
having a travelling auditor will be. a
great saving ia to the State, as under.
this system II will be I'm possible for an
official to be short IN his accounts.
To the Counties. y,
i MI. JNillcroy yesterday offered IL the
House q. bill 4 o provide for the paying
into tho county treasures Of the sew
hands OF clerks from licenses issued to
nonresident hunters.
& Heretofore this money has gore to the,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-03
SALE: Bill !. !. |.
WILL | PASS ! s, 5;
$Redistrictii1g Measure Was as,s3 ilsil-.
crossed BY the Senate Al. s...55
4 l8.s s most Utlopposcd.
FOR TRAVELLING AUDITOR
NM C)uld Offers a Bill to Create
Such al, Office Otl1cr Leg
islativcs Votes.

sTbe Senate yesterday cngrosscd and
vii probably pass to-day tho t;alc- Holt,
4 congrcssionil rcdistrlctlng bill. Tho
measure as cngrosscd transfers from tho
Second to tho First District tho counties
3ycf Elizabeth CITY, York, Warwick and
James City and Tho cities OF Newport
3 Newsstand Williamsburg takes Charles
n city county from the Second and placcs'
81 In tho Third, or Richmond District
THESE changes will nearly eaualizo the
1oblilatlons OF tho First aud Second Dis-j
1rfcts and the Third also. Tho Second
dix now constituted Is easily tho most
populouy Ia tho state, exceeding the ny--l
erdgo by fully sixty thousand inllabii--
tants. The First District sstl,c smallest
8oi the ten and the Third District Is also
below tho requisite number The chief l
j demand for tho bill comes from theScities3
8or Norfolk and Newport News. which de-
%giro to be placed In separate districts
owing 10 the conflicting interests OF tho
government. navy-yard at Forfolk, and and
I tho private shipbuiding yard AT 4 New
$Dort. News.f Tho changes madc OF pro-
$l,oscd TO be made, merely detach the PC
1,insuia counties from lie Sccond and
add them to the First ~ tho,ut det ractins
from tho compactncss Of tho First Dis
trict. 5g 9sSfs 81 3 f5sy5 stg # '4.e III
" THE chief opposition to{5 the bill & has
como from tho friends OF Congressman
h William "a. Jones, who appear TO re gard r.
4 tie change MS hostile to him.. Tho bill
Will pasa In the Senate. Il there be q full
attendance to-day I. Il Ii 3g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-03
!. SECOND DISTRICT.
Negroes Took No Active Part.
SPLIT and Two Conventions.

(sneclal to Tho T lines, Dispatch
NORFOI4k,5Y March s--Ihe ,GonSs.e yen
o pn CONVERSATIONAL District, was held TO- ;.
He'll NSrfSS eng A ten,
nnrarw I iIalrman.9 and a.. g. 5 Peachy. OF
e, .ew VI News. temporary secretary;
About 100 delegates We're ~ attendane 81
citV IN tic district. There were a mum per 'r
Of negro delegate rhese, ll9wever too el
no active part iii he Is 81. !, /,
.clccted the Following delegates to tho ma
tonal M BoWaen ana
I, Martin Mnr O N News Aronheln,
The presidential elector selected &, w q
President Roosevelt and Chairman 3Agnew
we're endorsed. An differentiation ,son-
.vention wns held also. q and ! the once e
Il At the State convention to-lnorrow there
will BIO many contests. 3s4 s; IL 3s$ 5s N 55