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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. May 2.-The cotton market
0, ened about steady with considerable local
selling. There was good demand, how
ever, particular for July. and the market
soon rallied on covering with prices about
4 points net higher during the middle OF
the morning. when the undertone was STEADY
and market quiet.
Receipts a, the ports to-day were 1873
bales against s,la5 bales last week and 7,175
last year. For the week $500 bales against
6s.5s5 last week and $3.50 last year. To-
against 1856 last year.
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DARK FIRED.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GooDs MARKEr

NEW YORK. May e.-The tone Of the
dry goods market is betting better. Jobbers
announced during the day their intention OF
white goods druing the coming week. Lin
enc are lower for fall Buraps tend higher
ard stocks here are limited
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NAVAL STORES

WILMINGTON n. c.. May a.-sp1R11s
IURPENTlNE-steaa at 4aiac.: receipts,
og casks. Rosin-Steady at $3.50; receipts
~ barrels. Crude Turpentine-Firm al
s-:ss 800 and s4.25: receipts. AS barrels.
ssasANNAH. GA. May 2.-TURPENTINE
easks. Rosin-Tiru: sales, a,5ss barrels !.
receipts. 2aes barrels; shipments, 5lg par
se rs stock. 5711e barrels. A, B, c, $3.50
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HANDSOME NEW QUARTERS.

Branch, cabell & Co.. bankers and
brokers, who have for many years
done business in the State Bank Build
Ing, No. I'LL East Main Street, have
moved from their old quarters into
which has been remodeled for their
For some time the increased bust
ness of this firm has demanded more
conmodious quarters The new Of
fees. though the work upon them is
not quite finished. are already occu-
pied by Messrs Branch, Cabell & Co.
and when completely renovated VIII be
among the handsomest in the city.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, May Reports of damage
and decrease in the visible supply were
responsible for firm tone In the local
wheat market to-day. AT the close July
wheat was &c. higher. Corn was up !. a Sc
Oats were &c. higher. Provisions were Sc
lower to 2tac. higher.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

Richmond. Va, May 2. 1905.
Toba cco-Dark Fired: Receipts continue
very light and market active at quotations
Br:ghts: Receipts fair and market con-
tinues quiet but firm at unchanged prices
sun Cured: Receipts light; market active
at prices quoted
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MARKET ACTIVE
AND BUOY AN |
Marked Strength in Chesapeake
and Ohio One Of the
Features,

NEW YORK. May 2.--Thcre was an
active rebound in prices Of stocks to-
day to the highest level Of the week for
those which have been most conspicu-
Gus in the movement and which were
mostly in the transcontinental group.
Thc movement was 81 continuance of
the buoyancy when the market closed
yesterday, and was lacking III tho spe-
cipl news Developments to explain 1t.
Advances were practically wiped out
In the final hour.
st. Paul activity was resumed to i'm
press speculative sentiment. There
was marked strength in Chesapeake
and Ohio. which was also unexplained.
The prospect Of the bank statement
was hopeful a. favorable influence
In the market was, the confidence ex-
pressed by prominent financiers newly
returned from Europe In the good pros
pect Of growing interest by European
capital in American Investments.
Money was reported somewhat hrmer.
One factor causing this was the
Increased demand from stock commits
] sion houses for funds which accom-
| panied the increase in the value OF
iatocks. Sales, 421 800 shares.
NEW YORK. May Money on call
nominal. Time loans tirmer; sixty days,
3.4a13 and ninety days, 3 per cent;
six months, 8 "a. Prime mercantile
/ paper. 4D4 1-2 per cent. Sterling e*-
change steady. with actual business IN
bankers bill at si.s6ao9s4.s7 for de-
mand, and at s4.S4400a.S45o Tor Sky
fdays. Commercial bills, s4.S4 Lag
k.a.s4 a-s. Bar silver, 50 rs. Mexican
tdollars. AZ.
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PRODUCE MARKET.

change, last weeks produce market
was steady and altogether satisfac-
tory. Prices on staple articles remains
ed about the same. Spring vegetables,
becoming each day more plentiful, are.
as follows:
Apples
No. pippins and wlnesaps, $3.50 per
barrel.
Fancy pIpplns and winesaps, 50 to
ss.25 per barrel.
Choice pppins and wlnesaps. s2,a5
to $2.75 per barrel.
Inferior pipplns and winesaps, 81 per
barrel.
Stravvbcrrics-
Fancy, IL to is cents per quart
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.

~ I4"5730 ms RIChmond,f Va, May J, lUUT. T
WHEAT
No. g red. w'ern Gear lots), Qs1.o6
No.2red. Va, Gear lots)... % LOS
No. 3 red Gear lots) ...... % 1.O4
Steamer Gear lots),.....,. % LOS
Virginia tbag lots) 1880. 30 q 1903
CORN
No, g white Gear lots),... 74,s
No. 3 white Gear lots). 73.s
No, 2mixed Gear lots)..., 7Sla
No IS mixed Gear lots).... % 7a!s
Virginia tbag lots)....... Is q rs
CATS
No. % mixed Gear lots) ~, % 5sIa
No,g3 mixed Gear lots)..., SO
Il No. e white Gear lots), h6ls
No. 8 white Gear lots),,.. q btH
RYE * q
n No. z Gear lots) ,........ q 30
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Leading futures ranged as follows:
Omen High Low I'll

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No. 3 spring wheat. csc. @sl.o6: No.
2 red. sloc @1.O4. No . corn, Csc; No ,
yellow. soc. No. 2 oats. 5s.4c.: No. white
marltinE barley, 6s@72c. Faxseed-No. !
northwestern. Sl.2o; prime timothy seed
s4.25. Short ribs sides uoose,, s6.62d Z;
mess pork per barrel, $13.1291325: lard
per 100 pounds, $3.50: short clear sides
.tboxed). s7.3797.6o. Whiskey, basis of high
Wines sl.s5. Butter--Market steady; cream
Easy; at mark. cases included lac, firsts
l4&c,; prime hrsts, 15lac. Cheese-steady
a, ll@1oc. Reccipts-Wheat, 2s.2o0 bush
els; corn 1873, 600 bushels; oats. 207,10o BUSH
els hipments-Wneat, 10000 bushels
corn. 546,500 bushels: oats, 10000 bushels
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BALTIMORE, MD, May a.-FLoUR--
Firm, and unchanged. Enthusiastically; spot
contract, sl.02Ol0eh; southern on grade.
9aiac. q s1.O0ia. Corn--Firm: No, 2 white
7.a GD7assc. Oats--Firm; No. mixed. a69
5iGc. Rye--Firm. Butter--Frm; store
packed, l5M16c, Eggs--Unchnnged at &c.
Cheese-Quiet and unchanged; large 1850;
flats, 1856; small. l3Ac. Sugar-un-
changed; coarse granulated and fine. $500.
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

Richmond, May 2. 1908.
SALES AT BOARD.
v,,einta Ola 5000 at soA.
,...sinia Cant11ries-i60O 9lh.
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New Jersey Central gen. IS Did,. 12sss
Northern Pacific 4s................. zoos,
Northern Pacific IS (bid)............. 71h
Norfolk and Western con. Is Odd. %
Pennsylvania conv. 3tas.............. 81
Beading General 4s................... 97H
st. l.. and Iron Noun. con. IS (bid). 1OGK
ST. Louis and San Francisco fg. 4s.... soi,
81. Louis southwestern con. 4s....... 64ls
sea ooard Air Line IS foid) .......... As
Southern Pacific ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO
Southern Pacific LIST Is. Certificates. soH
s s Halfway 5s................. $751;;
neHas ana racine ISIS. ............. 10
Toledo. st. L. and Western 4s........ 7oM
i,,io Tactic 4s...:......... 1ooX
uhion racine conv. ss................ so
u united states as steel End bs............ s45s
wapasn 1sts..... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. los
1 WaDasn new ...................... 4sh
~, s.ern Mu. 4s....:.. ............. SIS
Y w heeuns anu Lake Erie 4s.......... 65
Hlsconsln central 4s................ S2h
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago. r. !. and Pac. II. r. col. SIS. 71s.
c.. c.. c. and st. l.. gen. As (b!d).. 80
Colorado Industrial IS. series A..... SO
Colorado Midland 4s................ So
Colorado and Southern 4s............ SO
Cuba IS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l02li
Denver and Rio Grande As (asked).... ~
ListilIers' Securities ss............... Tx
Erie prior lien As. ................... SsM
Erie General ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6eA
Hooking Valley Observation-Disclosures. 102
Peterborough Metro. 4hs.............. SAX
Japan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
Jsran AIS. certincates..... ssA
Japan 4hs, certificates. End series.... s5%
Louisville and Nash. Unified 4s..... esH
Manhattan consol gold As (bid)..... 93S
Mexican Central 4s................... s2ss
Sinn. and st, Louis IS Se tbidj...... IS
Missouri. Kansas and Texas 4s...... ssx
Missouri. Kan. and Texas ends (bid).. so
National r. r. OF Mexico con- 4s.... 81
New York Central gen. ais ......... s9h
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Surplus. se2.35e,soo: increase. s3,sss,l5o.
Ex-United States deposits. s72,7o4, $50; in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
F0RTY-ONE PERSONS KILLED
Passenger Trains in Collision Nea
Melbourne, Australia.

Melbourne. Australia, April 21.-
Two trains from Ballarat and Bendigo,
respectively, collided at Bray.
brook Junction, about eight miles from
Melbourne, forty-one persons being
killed and sixty injured. The Bendi.
go train, with two heavy engines,
crashed into the rear of the Ballarat
train. Five airs Of the latter train
were wrecked. The wreckage took
fire and was almost completely con.
sumed. Many of the bodies we're un
recognizable when recovered.
The Bendigo train suffered but lit.
tie damage, but the two engines were
piled on top of the rear coaches of
the other train. Terrible scenes fol.
lowed the accident, many of the in.
jured being caught in the wreckage,
1t was a long time before doctors and
nurses arrived on the scene and az
Q consequence intense suffering pre.
vailed among the injured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
SURE TO FAIL OF PASSAGE
Number of Measures President
Desires to Have Enacted.

Washington, April 16.-The leaders
of congress have notified the presi-
dent that several laws which he de,
sired to have enacted at this session
will not be put through. A recapitula-
ton shows that when the session
ends congress will probably have
failed to pass many Of the most inn
portant measures recommended by
the president. They are as follows:
Restricting the power of the fed
eral courts in the issuance of injunc-
lions in labor disputes; amending the
Sherman antitrust law so as TO estab-
llsh a system of federal licenses for
interstate corporations; to enable the
railroads to form traffic associations
so as to secure greater stability of
rates and returns; to remove some of
he restrictions from combinations OF
labor; to prohibit railroads from
blacklisting union employees; empow-
efing the interstate commerce com
mission to control future issues of
stocks and bonds of railroad property;
to permit the attorney general to
name one of the receivers appointed
for %insolvent railways; to remove the
duty on wood pulp; to provide for the
construction OF four battleships in
stead of two; to establish postal say.
ings banks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
PEOPLE TERROR STRICKEN
Alarming Spread of Plague in Venezr
elan Towns.

Washington, April 20.-An alarming
spread of what is declared to be bu.
bbnic plague continues to be reported
uhofficially from La Guayra and other
places in Venezuela. Whole families
in La Guayra are said to have been
stricken and many deaths have result
ed from the disease. Despite the eff
forts of the government authorities to
minimize the situation a reign of ter
ror has seized the Inhabitants. 1t also
is stated that doctors and government
agents are moving the stricken to the
crowded hospitals in the middle of
the night TO conceal as far as possible
the exact situation from the inhab-
itants. Reports received here positive
ly assert that the disease is rapidly
gaining Roadway.
Americans recently from Venezuela
describe the condition of the inhab-
itants of that country as pathetic.
Fish is said to be a staple diet and
owing to the climate it is most diff
cult to keep this one article of food in
fit condition for consumption for any
length of time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
SURROUNDED BY BRIGANDs
Russian Force in Persia In Critical
Situation.

Tifis, April 20.-An alarming report
has just been received here setting
forth the critical situation of a small.
Russian eXpeditionary force in Persia
which is menaced by a vastly superior
body of Persian %brigands. The Rus
sian troops penetrated the frontier in
the neighhorhood of Belesuvar in pur
suit of Kurdish brigands who had
committed depredations in Russian
territory.
The Russian commander of the
force has sent out a messenger de
handing reinforcements of infantry
artillery and cavalry.
The Persians, who have been Joined
by a warlike tribe of Nomads, sur
round the Russians with a numerous
force and their horsemen have as
sumed the offensive, The sending in
of Russian reinforcements is made
particularly difficult by the flooded
condition of the country.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED
Robert S. Noah to Be Executed for
Murder of Gus Johnson,

Robert S. Noah, murderer of Gus
Johnson at Kenmare, was formally
sentenced to be hanged by the neck
until dead at the state p%enitentiary at
Bismarck on Oct. %, sometime before
sunrise. Noah was joking and laugh
ing with the deputies during the prog
ress of the hearing at Minot, and
when sentenced stood with his feet
crossed in an INDECENT attitude with a
sheer on his face. When the judge
had completed the sentence Noah
turned to the spectators, which we're
largely made up of ladies, and re-
marked:
"Well, I suppose you are satisfied
now. If you amt, you ought to be-"
The murderer was taken to Bis
marck to await his hanging.
Patsey Coyle, charged with being an
accessory in the murder of Gus John
son of Kenmare, for which R. S. Noah
will be hanged, was acquitted by the
jury, who had been out fifteen hours.
The facts made it look bad for Coyle,
as he and Noah had been cellmates at
the state penitentiary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
WILL REACH HALF MILLION
Damage Caused by Breaking of Dam
Near Helena, Mont.

Near Helena, Mont.
Helena, Mont, April 16.-Two lives
haye been lost. the villages of Hauser
LAKE and Craig have been destroyed,
a dozen cabins at Oxbow, the site of
another dam, have been swept away,
railroad traffic has been tied up and
ranchefs have lost heavily in live
stock and buildings as the result of
the BURSTING of tie s2.oQQ,ooo dam at
Lake Hauser. Many thrilling escapes
from death have been reported. The
loss from the food will reach $500, 900.
Great Northern Agent Stewart of
Wolf Greek reports that the track
from Wolf Creek east as far as he can
see is flooded to a depth of three feet
and that for three miles or more it is
completely washed out and in places
overturned, while the rails are twist
ed and bent in every shape by the
foaming waters. Twenty-eight miles
of track are under water.
1t is figured conservatively that for
at least twenty days no trains can go
over the line and no repair work can
be done until the water between Wolf
Creek and Cascade recedes.
The washing out of this stretch of
track between Wolf Creek and Cas-
cade will tie up practically the entire
traffic of the Great Northern between
Helena and st. Paul.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
FRENCH CASUALTIES HEAVY
Defeat Force of Berbers and Arabs,
but Victory Is Costly.

Colomb Bechar, Algeria, April H.
A French column posted on Talzaza
hill, which commands the plain of
Tamlet, was attacked fiercely by a
number of Berbers, who, with nomad
Arabs, have been concentrating for
some weeks past on the western from
tier of Algeria. Although surprised
the French force rallied and fought
desperately and not only beat off their
adversaries but pursued them for six
miles. So hot was the pursuit that
the Arabs, in their %headlong flight,
abandoned their dead and wounded.
Several green flags of the prophet also
fell into the hands of the French.
The French victory was costly.
T~wenty-eight men, including an officer,
were killed and 100 men, including
ten officers, were wounded. The
losses were greatest in the foreign
legion. The Berber losses we're much
heavier, no less than 1875 dead bodies
being found by the French troops
The French pursuit was stopped by
darkness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED
Authorities investigating Death of a
Former Minot Girl.

FORMER Mlnot Girl.
Miss May Harris, who formerly
lived in Minot and who died at Gull
b%ertson, Mont, March IL, may have
been murdered according to the opin-
ion Of the Montana authorities who
have ordered her, body exhuned and
a postmortem held. One of the inn
portant witnesses is Miss Lillian Web
ster, who was present at the time of
her death and who is now in Minot.
Miss Webster was examined by the
authorities and her testimony is prac-
tically as follows:
She was with Miss Harris at Gull
bertson for about three weeks before
the death. A man by the name of
Joe Manning "a a constant compan-
ion of the deceased, and the day pre-
v1ous to her death had gotten into a
serious alteration with her, bruising
her body and nearly choking her.
Among other blows was one struck
back of her head, which the doctors
now claim caused a clot of blood to
form which eventually led to her
death. Miss Webster testified that
Miss Harris was unable to get up,
and that while she was addicted to
the use of morphine it was not from
an overdose that she died.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
ENDS IN GREAT CONFUSION
New York Democratic Convention a
Turbulent Affair.

New York, April 16.-Amid scenes
of turbulence and great confusion the
state Democratic convention adj
journed half an hour after midnight.
After a bitter contest the convention
unseated Patrick III. McCarren and
the delegates from ten districts OF
Kings county, seated the McCabe del
egates from Albany county, elected
four delegates at large and alternates
to the national convention and dele
gates from the various congressional
districts, chose the presidential cleo
tors and elected a new state commit
tee. The delegates to Denver are un-
instructed.
The scenes of disorder which devel-
oped from the rejection of the McCar-
rem delegates were increased when a
resolution was Unexpectedly sprung
under which the members of the new
state committee were chosen by the
convention as a whole instead of each
district ~electing its own members.
This resolution was read amid so
great a hubbub that many of the dele
gates declared afterward that they did
not hear it or know what it was about.
At the close of a roll call it was de-
clared adopted by a vote of 254 to 1913.
At this announcement the convention
became in al uproar. Delegates
poured from their seats into the aisles
after name after name was read and
there were shouts of robbers"
%"thieves," Outrageous" and the Off
GERS of the convention were denounced
in vigorous language.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
SENATOR FULTON BEATEN
Fails to Secure denomination In Ore.
gon Primaries.

Portland, Ore, April 1S.-Election
returns indicate the selection of H.
NJ. Cake for the Republican nomina-
ton for United States senator over
Senator Charles w. Fulton and that
w. r. Ellis, incumbent, has defeated
former Governor T. t. Geer and
George S. Shepard for the nomination
for representative from the Second
district. w. c. Hawley was not op-
posed for the nomination for repre-
sentative from the First district.
The campaign leading up to the pri-
maries vas one of the most bitter
ever fought in Oregon, especially in
the race for the s%enatorship. Francis
]. Heney played an important part in
the campaign against Fulton, whom
he fought bitterly for the latter's al
legged misconduct in the office which
he now holds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
MONUMENT TO ROOSEVELT
Will Be Erected on Campus of State
Agricultural College.

H
The proposition to erect a monu-
ment to President Roosevelt on the
campus of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college in Fargo is progressing
f%avorably, according to DR.. Fjelde,
who was in consultation with several
Fargo people. The movement was in
a%ugurated by the doctor some months
ago, and a Roosevelt monument asso-
citation, with Senator H%ansbrough as
president, was organized.
The doctor has received a number
of sketches. of the proposed monu
ment, and one which stands out in
especially bold relief, showing a lot
of force and individuality, has been
selected.
1t is to be an equestrian statue and
will be done by a famous Norwegian
sculptor, for whom it is now planned
the president will sit on his European
tour at the expiration of his present
term.
The animal on which the president
is to be shown as mounted will also
typify Western life, as it is proposed
to model the equine after a Western
broncho-on which Mr.. Roosevelt for
merly rode so frequently when living
on a ranch in the western part of this
state.
The plan of the association calls for
raising a 100000 fund, exclusively
among North Dakotans. 1t is expect
ed that it will require about three
years to complete the monument and
Mr.. Roosevelt is wanted at Fargo on
the day Of it's unwilling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
AGREEMENT REACHED
Two Hundred Thousand Miners
Will Return to Work.
BOTH SIDES ARE PLEASED
Feeling Between Operators and Their
Employees More Harmonious Than
Has Existed in Years.

Toledo, O., April 1S.-The 200, 900
idle miners in the Central competitive
district will return to work at once.
An amieable agreement between min
ers and operators has been reached
by members of the scale committees
and this agreement was later ratified
by the joint meeting of miners and
Operators. Both sides are satisfied
with the results of the convention and
the conference adjourned with the
best of feeling between the two par
ties to the controversy.
The terms of the agreement pro-
vide for the general resumption of
work throughout the district immedi-
ately. The adoption of the old rate
of 80 cents a ton for mining coal; a
referendum vote to be taken by dis
tficts and a call of the committee to
referendum being on the proposition
to make the agreement hold for two
years; a uniform screen of IN inches;
an eight-hour day; the referring of all
local differences as to prices and con-
ditions to the districts for settlement;
an invitation to Illinois operators to
join in the next interstate convention;
and that the next joint interstate con-
ference be held in Toledo in Feb
rutafy, 1870.
MIXERS and operators are delighted
with the outcome of the conference
and declare there is now a more har-
menious feeling between miners and
ODerators than has ayictod in vaarc
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-23
STATE Y. M. {. A. ORGANIZED
President MerrifieId of the State Uni.
versity Heads Organization.

The Young Mems Christian associa-
lions of North Dakota met at Fargo
and organized a state association.
There was a large attendance of dele
gates from over the state and the
chief speaker was International Sec
rotary Parsons, who was one of the
victims of the train hold-up on the
Northern Pacific near Minneapolis last
week. 1t was decided to employ a
college secretary to devote his entire
time to that branch of the work. The
officers of the new organization are:
President, Webster Merrifield, presi,
dent of the university at Grand Forks;
secretary, r. A. Nestes of Minot;
treasurer, o. A. Leach of Wahpeton.
Efforts will be made to organize more
local associations in North Dakota
towns.