The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-10
VIRGINIA WANTS
 NATIONAL FUNDS State Republicans Think Aid Should be Accorded APPEAL TO MIR. ROOSEVELT There Is a Million Dollars In the Hands of the National commIttee-Mar-
 keI Has Made a Great
 Contract.
APPEAL TO MIR. ROOSEVELT

Washington, September 9.-(Special.)-- The Virginia republicans announce that Secretary Shaw and Internal Hevsnae Commissioner Yerkes will each deliver a half dozen speeches In their state this fall in advocacy of the state ticket. The Virginia republicans are well supplied with speakers and are now turning their attention to funds.
 The President is to be asked to have a talk with MT. Corteiyou or Treasurer Bliss and direct that some of the money be turned over to help along the cause in Virginia, as well as in Maryland. The President has been communicated with, it is stated, but he does not seem to have taken action It's been generally under stood that when the presidential cam paign closed there was at least H.0O0,Oo0 of funds on hand after allowing for all debts. This is now deposited in New York.
 It Is not necessary for the next cam paign of the party, part of 1t being sufficient to keep the machinery oiled up and literature supplied in places. Part of 1t may be used in the next congress sional campaign, but with that out snug sum could still be turned into Vir- ginia Slemp and his followers would like to have some of 1t so they could pay up the poll taxes of their voters for the fight next year and after that. They do not feel able to pay those taxes and run campaign too. The President Will hear more of this and there is a hope that some national committee money may land in the republican committee treas ury in Virginia before the fight is over.
 ls elg Railroad Job.
 It seems that J. E. Market, who had such an easy time getting the stupendous contracts amounting to something liko fifty million dollars from Chairman -Shonts of the Isthmian Canal commission has been for a number of years closely associated with big railroad contracts. Up to a month or two ago he was caring for the army of laborers engaged In the Illinois Central's new New Orleans ter minal works.
 Shortly after Mr. Shonts, a railroad president, was made chairman of the com mission and was re-engaged by MT. Stevens, another railroad man, as chief engineer, 1t was announced that the canal was simply ''big railroad job" and 1t now begins to look very much that way. --~-~-~->~--~~---~-~---- ------~-~-----~~------ would be. It was a blow in the pit of the stomach followed by a left hook 10
  did not have me in distress at any stage of the game, even if some of my friends thought I was going once or twice. On the other hand I knew early in the fight I would conquer Britt. But I must give my adversary credit for having fought very squarely."
 Greatest Fight of Modern Times.
 San Francisco. September 9.-Eddy Graney referee of the fight said:
 Tt was the greatest fight of modern times Nelson kept after Britt all the time. thought Nelson would win after the eighth Britt Is the greatest boy ever saw in the ring? Britt and I did not speak and had he won would not have spoken to him. But when he lost went over to his corner and said: Jimmy, you and I will be friends
 Nelson is like Fitzsmmons. He is al- ways boring in. I did not see what blows settled Britt in the last round, but I think he went down from exhaustion"