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mi** m no* w*»n
.»ti mr> j*r«*aut*
me
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ill a v.t; ue
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Hun <x»i*h
i&fcrtsi 4*r«
year
mi «u«“i
^ftKi «\ is * * < t .* -*
fwfuue i-r ins s--.
the v;-uj«
spits* *n <%$'
Iwt of
loft, * pen. u
WRiiii tru* *
iftr have stcauiiy
anu u«
jiteU'epexKn uc« i li
fKtoameafp. of a*
Hallux of -arn p
Th** com n -
CftiS *X* f*-’i <
v\ mm
.u»ra pc*uvts <n
t»* i‘hr* .mi.- ui
i> ' « t»> tru- pr«'v
ifFf‘?=M ‘ o Vi iifl -
'.s i.t«At‘d at io«. tn»
ar ). * - < r iun.-v-i
ii -r the census >>*n:
"I'driiijj this per
*d *iisr*v uttura* pro
«’i twelve >r,ir.v, our*
rmt-rs *>i tine «♦*»m
a,ivsn«>iii .a pr***
* • «*ni»mic
*» . and a
tiif total
.131, '.151.000
the record
that
a\ *11. Ami greater than in
ge «h*i« *h th* pr*--. »M.;;n<i m v
by M p< r cent Wrinc the
lie of th-> <v.rn cry u- that
iHl and aiy* •* **5. ft*5 amount
t'» m Ti«s f m«K'' • »t can
t*e re* fconed as less than $],
^Wt‘,yy“ a .«air* > umcu*nt to nin
th t tntcr#**i-tuMTing u**to of tr.<
States hiiy aii of the gold and
mmeti in a.i of tnc (ountruv
earth in I so ft, and fttlil leave
farmers iittU- p< * ket money.
« corn cr**p is a national asset
Pftorc than one ;-*n»e. it 1* not
iy ^eaith «n exudem for th >
ben*. hut t i* an aaaet of p«*r
r-curr-T.f' S ear alter year,
ghoul he agee. a stupendous
of corn with incredible value
fee produced "
ill ©1 the cereal ft except corn nre
tier worth only three-fourths aft
i aft that crop. The great allied
and st eel indue trie* had, in th**
census year for v.-huh reeului
ife heed published, Hd'l. a produc
worth only fe«» per cent. ut the
Of of this year’s « orn «*rop.
The value ot th hay erop !« atn-ut
^,000. «(d*.
The potato crop is third n order of
any, and thf torn crop and the
nival for ail cereals third in value. 1
r."$Phe farm value of the cereal crop*
““Willed $2>o,uoo,u00 In Isilu ironi
$S, and the value of all crops do
JlilMtOO.tMio. A gain was made,
aver, in th< value of animal pro
amounting t*> *4'.24,uo.ooo. li
been a year of high prices for
kt nod animals, for poultry and
and for milk and Putter, and
these reasons thi total value o',
term products Increased in l?l(i
•4,4160,000 above the estimate for
ta and Itnjwirtf- of Farm Pro
duct*.
' Except for two y( ,irs. 1x9* :iD<|
*|J, the highest balance of trade in
products was 34SX.U04.797 for
IS. a year iv hU h seems to mark the
Bloating point In the course of
balance of foreign iradt In farm
Suets, In 1909 the balance <p -
ed to f 274.210,162. and In 1 '• 10
decline continued to ? 11* 8.0 P .
“It may be that In lulu there
not that national surplus of agn
tural products to export which the
Mry had offered to other nation.'
earth In years preceding; but.
Sever this may he. li Is a tact
lilted in the exporting trade that
prices of farm product* In th
year 1910, were high enough
Invent that free export move,
itt which before existed.”
Se value of the exports of farm
lucts after constant oscillation
the easiest limes Increased to
enormous amount of $1,017,38(1,
tn 190s. from which there* was u
line In 1909 and another In 191ft,
which latter year the amount
at $1(71,107.007. a value which
bean exceeded only in the years
|nad look, previous t . 1907.
*% Share of Consumer's Prices,
fh prices receive considerable at
on iti till* report. In the farmer's
(ft of the matter he receives vuri
psreentag* * of the consumer's j
for farm products. In the case'
iUk. in 7 S cities distributed *
shout the United Stutea where |
•Ubject was investigated by the
tineiit, thr farmer receives a scant
cenl., or one-half of the price
by the consumer. The railroads
7 per cent , go that the re
ling 43 per cent, of the consumer s
i la received mostly l.y the retailer,
i termer receives hardly more than
►f the consumer's price in the case
ill try; 69 par cent In the case of
Cabbage 48 per cent, wheu bought
head and 66 per cent, when
per
the I
lit by the pound; celery, 60
When bought by the bunch.
apple grower receives .*■>.
Of the consumer's price when
ee is by the bushel and 66
when by the barrel; the straw -
grower gets 49 per e'llt. of the.
net's price In purchases l.y the
and 16 per .cent, when by the
When the consumer buys a
of onions at a time, tie- farmer
fee 28 per cent, or the retail price,
he buys a barrel, the farmer re
68 per cent. So. in the case of
when the purchase is by the
the grower receives 20 per cent,
i gsnauiner's price, w hereas, when
i;;pwrctya*e Is by the box the grower j
l it per cent. The rule seems to be
' smaller the retail .|usuitlty th
the farmer'* share of the <*,fi
r's price.
!f*il-Grounded Complaint Against
tha Farmer.
presenting many details v th
| to the Increase a{ prices on farm I
between farmer and con
,1b* secretary of agriculture tie- 1
that “the conclusion Is inevlt
S'jtbat the consumer has no well
eomphilnt against the farmer
I prices, that he pay*. The farmer
[ the capital for production and !
ft k of hts loosse* his crops
I mercy of drought, and flood,
, and tro t, to say nothing of j
f Insects and blighting diaeaae*.
hard, egacting,' unremlt
A degree and range of tn
1 and intelligence are dema nd
dculture which are hardly !
In any other <>< c-upation.
1“ the risk of overproduc- i
laatrouriy low price*. Kr«m
; to end the farmer must steer j
1*9 escape perils to in* pro- 1
1 Ul his capital, on every
; tbs products are started
t« the consumer. Tb«
rnilri- "!. rem-rnllx **i«-.-?Mnc. rd'<i a
!»rn nisev .i Imr.riH’ to tht* farmer -
i rlr. * th:• t !>■ not 1:• r»:* Viter deltx • r\
y the rsxl!r''j;il the* | reilii* t“ "re utoreit
*!!• rt till., are ire -.'.re,! 'rt.> t!>r
virion* .reti- 11 qtmn Mix . n cr* or
rmj.II. -e,l t . XI 1« r ri .* 1,.* i*n
*.>. m r9 po wild*'. The x1e*ier l. . .*
: i«k» thnt nre i ra.-tierlly -mull. exrept
.l.-ait *n!'*!*> anil moh rl-kr «« Kroxx
,*<*t’ of their tr. in* t ■ do an »mou*.:
.■I ;>u-lrt" *H xx in.'li is tntnll us ce*mpnr<d
x* itlt their numlwr
Hll$ II iS.TIQN
FOB KASHMOR m
It IN NoKlOlK MI nI <.<>
UM K TO sl VTTLI. \M>
s ! \\|) | HI.VI
J- m pli hiardrur. alias M. I'oh.-n,
w ho «trr* it- I in Norfolk. ►« v»ral
w**ks ,-.k • at the ri-quc»*t of the Be.x
tu. Wn**hington. police, who sa\ toe\
a ant him f- r nil* g* *1 forgerv ami
tatnmg rnon* \ with worthless • li* » kv
win ha\»- to <r*. ha k to the north
n. at Stnt* ami stand tri.nl, <*>• < rn«»r
Mann hn-tnjc honored the r< qmsi
m t«!» :i["n him for tin prison* r
Immediately after requisition «h*
gn.v.ted Thursxla. In Itichmond, limit r
s n • r I ft John Stringer. of King Coun
t . in which Seattle lies*, w ho vv a**
in Norfolk. awaiting the outnmif or
;i hearing In the tlovornorn <>fh« • ,
went to the “jail th«*ro. got his prP
mer and start'd tvrst with him.
Thtirsdftx morning Governor Mann
heard argument from Atorney Wood
'••**',xt'_ of Norfolk, who Insisted that
the prisoner had committed n- ■
rimlnal ofTrnsi Imt persons having
i ivi! grievance against him wiMitoi
to get him lack to Beattie. The
ilnvrmar wa*» m»f satiKfted that his
was trin1, and honored the papers
which Stringer brought her* T.-ti dap
1C".
AFFIRM DECISION AS
10 CAYNOR AND GREENE
Judge Rtw»* of the t'niled HUiUp
Circuit Court of Appeal*. Wednesday
.Afternoon affirmed the decision of the
Circuit Court of the Western district
of Virginia in th< cas** of Mary C.
Lc;*r*, administratrix of Janm* l>.
Leary. appellant, against the Cnited
States «<f America, appellee.
ht was “lie of the men mixed up
1n the groat st«al pulled off in
when almost $2,000,000 nf government
moro-y xvaa grafted m the dredging *>f
Savannah harbor. Leary whm the
bondman of Greene to the extent «.f
$40,00<*. which was forfeited when
Greene lied to Canada. Afterward
Grown* was recaptured and brought to
trial and bis widow sought to recover
the money ->n there grounds The bill,
which was one of intervention, wan re
fused by Judge ,M (Lowell on the
ground that it was ‘ against public
pollcv/'
BAKERY PRESIDENT
IS UNDER W ARRANT
ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CHILD
LABOR LAW ON TWO
OCCASIONS.
Two warrant* wew Thursday after
noon sworn out l>v Special Agent .1 H
C.Tlndinst, of the State bureau of labor,
fgatnst Mr. George Smith, president
and genera! manager of the Virginia
Hairing Company, < hurgine violation
<u thi child labor Uw.
Tin warrant* a Ik *. that Prexidvnt
Smith has b*»pn working two girls
• trace I’r urn rind Mabel William* - nh-. i
are under fourteen year* of age
DEFENSE OPENS IN
IE BEtNC CISE
co t \ s i; i. < 1,41vi* k\iiikv(>:
b.UV^T Gllil, IN IM HRU
i I lift MN'p \ \'|’| 41.,
• WUITUDUK. MASS.* Imv. 8 T•>,. ,
defense of Hattie I,* ft la nr, the Kr',iicb -
('aiiadbtn girl on trial charged with 1
ti qi untar of Clarence Oiov»*r. tM
Waltham lauruir> rna n, opened to-day.
A Farley Hri'Wcr, Junior counsel f<>r
the girl, outlining the ,*amc He d*-< lnr
ed it was impossible for Min* I^Hlarv
to have Kill* m (Hover, that th* only ev
idence present'd b\ tiir state was purr
ly circumstantial, that no motive had
b«m» shown, ami that th«» slate Im1
fitlpprcssed * vldcnc*1 favorable to the
Kiri.
Attorney Johnson. for the defense,
cubed district attorney' Higgins a hi<
first vvttneas, declaring he expected t *
show that the Mut" had Mippressed
testimotiv that would have freed th'.
girl. Judge Horn! refused to order IHk
Kin* to testify.
RESIGNATION IS
QUICKLY ACCEPTED
WASHINGTON, Dec 8. The resigna
tion of I’nlted Status marshal "Jrtek"
Abernathy, the wolf catcher. war re
ceived by the Attorney General to da ,
and quickly marked accepted. Accom
panyinir the resignation was a reipn-*1
from Abernathy for tift'en day* 1-avt
>f absence, which, w as grunted.
Th** resignation i* to !»• come off* » t ive
December ■> 1. HHd. ‘Abernathy win ua*»
Ms leave in taking ft trip to New York
where he wll confer with Col. Itoowe
rep. Th« ‘’wolf '-archer’- declared,
ho we ve i that he will make no elYort to
’ .iv#- velt tnk(* up his cans -
iXbernnthj went to New York last nlgiil
and was notified 1*' wire of t.h> accep
tance of } jw reaig nat Ion
YOUTH KILLED BY
CARELESS SHOOTING
INDIANAPOLIS JND Dec. * —Albert
I’erJn. 1$ year* old. )* dead to-day and j
Mr -chum Je*«e Osborn, age sixteen. D
n Jail, charged with manslaughter e>
the result of n con test with rifles In
which each tr4*d to aim a<§ dtractly «♦
the other a* possible without hitting
In the dusk, last evening. Osborn try
ing a final shot that Mm friend could
roar th* hum of the bullet passing his (
ar, shot the fvrin lad in the forehead,
killing him.
SIONED STREE CAR;
PAY HEAVY FINES
TORONTO. ONT.. Dec, t.—Chari* •
Smithson and Samuel Prince pleaded
Kullty In police court to-day to throw j
!f u stone-4 nt street car* during the
rhit.r night. and were fined |20 and
'•-sis. '1 he • ompany will prepare a bill
f dcmugcj gi,d be reimbursed out of j
'in** imposed. The six other fneti ar
rested were remanded- for a we#k lb ‘
Mill of 1200, each. There trim no dam*
rnstrs lion grid our* w ere not disturb* 1
FINDS PHILIPPINES
IN GOOD CONDITION
Secretary of War Reports Progress n Prosperity, Luucationi
> - and Health m Asiatic Possessions.
WASHINGTON. D * < \, 1>. .. S.-Tht*
r» !•< rt of the neon,-tsiry of wm upon
his r* r* nt visit to the I’hiiipi .in 1*1
nIts}.- h t - •.1*1 i ll issii* d hy t ht War
!>» pat *iih nt. Fairing the • * tarj ‘s
stay in the inlands, from July 2 <
to September J, he inspected practi
uiy uU th< public institutions; an
army p**ty and held many public
hearing* The administration of the
various department* wur< fmmd to be
in i g- m rail* satisfactory condition.
The «i r.tnrt of war speaks wry
•*y mpathetb nil of the aspirations of
th* Filipino p.-opu* for independen ••
ami says that the public t xprcaaioli l*
'* j N |f.i neral in i»vor «d same. hut
that mat y c f the (-opycrvatf\*• and
substantia) men would view °u< h
.» result with consternation. J? *
Sale of IVItir lounN.
The secretary dwells at porno length
upon his investigation* relative to
the recent rale of iriar lands, which
was fflwn nun'll fi■ t"r 1 * t> in the last
Meffsion of O ngr« ■ s and the public
press, but found no ba*U for the ex
treme statements then made
The number of Filipino employes In
the civil service is shown to b< steud
ily increasing and that of Americans
proportionately decreasing. it being
the policy of the a dmini-dratb»n to
proceed j».« ruptdly a.** the good of the
gervli e will permit in increasing the
Filipino * mployeg.* • *
The agricultural industry 1ms been
alrmet prostrated in many portions
of the Islands through Joes • > work
animal* by rinderpest. speeihc pre
ventive by inoculation h »* been found
nnd the disease j.« now well under con
trol.
'Hun has been a marker! develop
m* nt In the disposition of the people
of the Inlands to exert themselves and
to assume tax burdens lor the pur
pose of se< urlng good roads. ’ *
\ 11 lif*|M*r* Sc«r(‘lWtr(l.
Practically all th*> leper* havo been
segregated and transported to the
leper colony on the Island of i’ullon.
where there nry now about three
thousand. Apparent cures have been
effected by the use of rhaulmoogra
oil and further investigations arc be
ing conducted.
The secretary found mu- h of in
terest nt the penal colony at Iwahig.
i>n the Island of Palawan, where thou
sands of criminals live together on a
penal r* nervation of 270 nquaro miles
in pence- and carry mi industrial and
agrh ultural pursuits under an Admin
istration largely controlled by them
selves The prisons throughout the
islands w«rc carefully examined and
the cleanliness, sanitary provisions,
ventilation and food and its prepara
tion were found to be beyond criti
cism.
Th#- financial condition of the islands
is very satisfactory, there being a sur
plus of **;,:ilM.7tu.r»b * • *
Th« Agricultural bank appears not
to lut\» been «d' the assistance to ag
riculturists which was anticipated
from its creation. * * *
A very deep and widespread inter
est is being manifested in education
on tbc part of voting and old and the
burden of taxation for education is
cheerfully borne. flood progress i*
HOUSE T1CK.ES
APFRDPRIflTION BILL
IXIMAN MKVSlHi: ( AUIUI S \ TO.
i u. or \ i;i:im < -
tio.v or
WASHINGTON. l». C fuv H.—The '
f«-da roninn'in’Hl work upon
th<* Indian appropriation Mil. tin* first
"i- the Mg appropriation r;n-aaur«*i
which will (onstituto the bulk of th.i*
session'** work. Tin bill rarrio** ap
propriation* totalling *v 1 f,n,f»sr.._ <-r
$#f. l.fWRl less than the npproprt, Hons
i.»r 1911.
Moon Sik*<’o<hU iN’iiby.
UoproHcntatix« Muon ( Rcpuhlicun,
I’cnnsyIvania ) whh to-day appointed
by Speaker Cannon a member of the
committee on employer*’ liability to
succeed It? pre*entati\c Dcnby (Re
publican. Michigan». w ho resigned
from the committee to-day because
of his defeat for the next Congress.
thi* J\m> im i n
I’Hoxhtia *(\\ vm:n.
t\ ASIII.VdToX, I U r s. The .liirao
River « Mh-souri» dam bill, upon which
Room* v»dt wrote f\t* famous water ve*o
mfR«iiKP, popped up in the Senate to
day and v\ an promptly swatted by Sen
ator Burton < Represent ing <»,». who ob
♦■Jc t e«l to it* t onHldcrn t Ion.
Hoost velt f'»n<p inijefi the bill h*v an.-**
It gave a “valuable privilege which I ;
Ms very nature i rnonopollM l<
i:vi:nv coNonrssMW
ll.\S \ (WDIDATi;
WASHINGTON, D. <\. lire. s. -To
day brought t<»rth another crop of
candidate# for the Supreme Court and
the Court of Commerce vacancies !
Nearly every member of Congress
who called at the White House urged
th*ir candidate on the President.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
10 PEACE DELEGATES
\VM<I<-K N'OH'N Ml\ MtoXI \l;|;
ovi ii stxti; to xttdxd rox
X I MU IN IN XX XSIIINOTOV.
trovernor Matin Thuraduv mimed
John Stewart Bryan. Judge (leorg.
I,. Chrlrtian, A I’. Dlcklnuon, Fred
U. Scott. Arthur I.. Adamson, of Rich
nond; Chaidca llall Davl*, of I’etera
burg: W. H. Copeland, of Newport
Vi■ w. s. Ilcth Tyler of Norfolk
lamer U. Colon. of Alexandria: and
Hubert A. Hutchlmii. of Mnmirisao, nx
ielegate* from Virginia, to the cnri
.ention of the American Society for
Judbial Settlement of International
I >1 a pule*, which will In held in XXlnsh
DRton Lnn I lecojuber 16 to 17.
The iio'tv./,rs wo re named at the ,
of Theodore Marburg, Sec- |
■ tary of the Society.
Among thoae who will apeak at ho j
••invention am l*r**ldent Taft, Seerr- i
:ur> of State Knox, Sanator Kllhu
toot Charlea X\\ Flint, Joaoph Choate
rhemaa Nelnon Rake and the Dutch
VRnimer.
ASKED REDUCTION;
GOT AN INCREASE J
I Spool*) to The Richmond X'lrsrinton.)
POAVOKB, VA Dec. (i—In th« t
Hctciourt Circuit Court laat evenin'* i
Ihc Facie Ror |. T line Company nnd
the Moore Dime < otoMicy applied for
a reduction of the e**.>a«nt«r.t on mln
'•rul properties. The court reduced the '
Rattle Rock Company *1.770. In the
.!*«■ of the Moore Company the ;«M*aa. ! J
nent ««■ Itterenaed *7,000, It develop- j
ink (hat the a*i«e**or had failed to tuhe |!
note of • large coimniaaary building, j l
being made in learning 'l''' f'ngllsh i
* * •'
im suitemcnt of < >rl* and ini- 1
pi i i.i mn.iv* mm tne iuft mu oi.»lne»s '
"i l in' hi.uni* ini* Kiimi.V incri ased
i«ini«' itiu i. * * *
i In- progress |„ promoting better;
henlui t oliullioUH im* g. m steadily on. t
l-nr Im- quarter ernieo Jurn itu, 1*1*1, I
t.n- ni nth rate in m, . nv of -Manila ;
nn- .. I, n I per 1.00U. util'll compare* ;
favorably ivlth the drain rati- among
oriental peoples m an- -i tne Asiatic
cities.
1 m* n-Tetarj riinki* specific n*cfm>
nn-iidati* ns mi the foil . , not subjects: .
it. I'Tiruary 2*, .; • 0. Congress
micb an appropriation of 5 511,000, en
ril ling the War Department to e\,r
1 be an option on certain coal claims
mi the Island of nature cut bus since
failed to make provision lor t()p de- 1
vi b pinetit of same. Thi mines have
beep under the quart) rmaster'a de
partment. but their dc-evloprnent has
not been possible, there being no ap
propriation. The secretary recom
mends an appropriation1'of J25O.O00
l"f this purpose, it is stated (hat In
time of extreme need tie "..'line of tilts
■ -'a! property to the g-■ rnm*-nt would
l.e beyond calculation in dollars and
cents. > » •
OMVim s tl.AIMK 1UI.I.
TO I»K Crtl.l l ll MONDAY
A SI 11 NOTt ix. lie s—An omnl
liu.« claims bill. cart .a vast »*•
gr»gnt|on of demand* n the gov
ernment for moni'y, v. be < svllori up
In the Senate Monuai for nctlon. ac
cording t" n statement made t.v Chair
man tliirnhiun (Hep. v u.). „f the
Corrtrntttsc on i.Talms, to-day.
Th«Tf are l,Tnj claim* to the MU.
end ih» total amount Hiked for pi
12.040,046. The claimants represent
■is States and Territories, h geogrnph
ica! spread regarded In Senate circles
an liable to muater a heavy vote.
These riairne have ripened In con
gressional pigeon hole,. for man*
years; some of them for generations.
A largo number are fer losses suf
fered by Southerners during th. (’nil
War, but there are hundreds also tha*
date back more than n century.
Among the Southern claimants nr*
217 churches, They are mostly for
church buildings dest-r.. ■ I to furnish
materials for the us ■ f the l'nloti
army
NEITHER MAY ACT
AS COMMANDANT
Washington. r> * ip., s.._At
torney-fb neral W1ckersh.ini In an
opinion sent t*> Secret an .*i the Xavy
M* >*'c to-day concerning tin* admin
istration of the Marine r.*rps sabl that
neither General Klllott, tin- retired
commandant. tor Coti-.ei |;|,id|,. could
a* I us conunandani o; th«..
The attorney-general said that the
cnl£ Holutlon of the pt.alem was for
the .secretary to sign ,11 orders him
self. .VI ever Will not appoint a com
mandant until emigre* has acted upon
the legislation propos. l,v hint in his
annual report.
ROANOKE LANDS
NEW INDUSTRY
(S||. .i;il t,, The liiclitriomi Virginian t
ROANOKE, VA., | tec. K- Plana have
' • • ti p' llti'ti.l l.v ell'A Elliott for
"" here :ii „.n curly tint.- ,.f :i
lai't?' brick lurtorv building t,,r tn.r
itiHiiiitHi-tiirc Of ,iV1 rails iUHi stuns
i tlU.loynifllt HU! j; | V(.|| to
ktrlfi ami men to m:u t with.
I.I< ! \sl ;.S I.IIANTI II TO
'i vs> iiimi.tia CoiPi.i;s
w xamxfjTf i.
to rnarr
t • Hi.' If *110W1 htf \ ,
"a mi K. /-until.
of fmitooro, Va„ n
twenty-.MX. (if >f)u
tvov. i tuna I,., ,
Ocnrge VV. i i.i.i
I flu ,vt, . 'oz/y M , |
O Han , \ a. I In, k,
Horace A Hcut
lUcninonfl, Vh ,
twenty live, of
Knv william
" Ofc. 5. U
riavo neon granted
■unia con joes
man, trnrty-nine,
■ i.tiimtt .vtct. itire.
t int. Va.,
Mac t-cod
l tvciiiy-t wo, anti
' iity-onu, of t ’nt-r
Henry B. Angus,
f'l, fori y-nitf, ,,f
Wilt tain j
ty-iour, linn
live. bofn o'
■b .'1 Lai tit .
Henry li.
lami \'H.,
t vv, nty-tUe
.1. I inward
lienrv s.
no Amy Armstrong,
w H-mngton, oa. The
'i mior.
•finings
l-cmi r
lit lino
Batchelor, twen
tfiillun, twenty*
ml. Va. The Km.
Tat I.
anti i
of III
Wen*
Holland, Jr., twenty-one
forty, of Oooch
rKh' C. Bow lea,
lp. Va. The llcv.
".("’in hViUa.r' 1 "n‘ twenty-one" both
of Richmond, Va. The Key. J. How.
aril Went..
KHk«’,KAWu;;°^ ',!- anti
of IB, hm v c"11 f" enty-one, both
r Richmond. \ Tim Kov. C. j s
Hunnlcirtt. • “
Wilt re,I II. Br. r,on (wen,v-aevto,
both r IM h twenty-one;
M. UUb ’ Vn- Th" Hev. J.
Smith, u *• H
I MoXN wil l, III ,1*
KM I* I I* rill; I ftn
MUCAOO. 11,
.licaflon that the strike^,!'Vo^l'/ga'r
'.o®. recognition th* .
"HI tlovelon into an all-winter igh,
the uniIona to-,la, started to get tlnam
'85r^“2;
a*. • ! r'»rnjoiI to-dav bear
iruit will eontnbut 25 enti «
r,rltl, 4 ««o'r' ” *,!'rt that 25. oo*j
■1 tho 40 000 O f ;irp getting their
their'?0!? fr°,n U" "mml“»*ry stores,
th hr ieaour, , » having been entirely
exhausted by tlm t, ,, weeks' war. oj
th.ae B.OOO fuinliio, they my. would
ValW* *l,?l"r',’1 1 ,h"y 'Vf‘rr' not *iv<r'
,a"J. nl‘'' a,,(‘ .. families are in
v M,V‘‘r ' vlrtlon ,'or unpaid
out. More than v-noo children art
being dally supplied with milk
Ihrough the relief |,oar(,g
I
IVH,I, HEAR ( HAItKES
nrtoi t.iiT by kh ilardh
t'har*e» brought by Councilma
Itlcharda against Assistant Engine,
Todd, of th,- ,it, engineering d<
oartment. will be hoard by the »j„
4al Investigating committee Thun
lay night at 8 o'clock.
The commute, has already mat!
•onalderaWe headway, a number ,
Yltnessea having I.... tl examined an
i uuantlty of testimony having h,.
aken. ” *
llnttrtioa Permits.
Inspector Beea i iip^dav au'horlze'l
he follow Inw hulld.ng repair*:
Mr. H b. Wallerstein two frame ten- j
'/0,,r d»‘l||nKS) So*. JO. 82. 21 j
nti .8 West t anal -treat, to coal $200
. H«at, of John A, Iielvln. brhdJ stores
•$2*’ * ant* H ilovuriM^f* itrcii, to cots'
A Mi IN ItKAIUNI.SS IX) H LOt’AI.
OPTION KliKCTlOX IN I.VXCU
!H H(. TO-MOHKOW.
LiVNcmirau. va., do>-. s.—Con
gressman 1'urter '.Iiuse. George IS.
Citskic, and H* v. Gc< rgn K. oti.art,
will Cione the campaign tor ihe Antl
iSaloon forces lo-nignt at the audi
torium. after one of the most atren
uous liquor buttles In the history of
the city. It ts expelled that the
speakers to-night will make some
warm answer to the charges ami
i‘ 1111'mciita mailc hy the "wot” speak
ers lust night.
Preparations have heen completed
for election day to-niorrow. Moral
hundred ladles will serve lunches at
the polling places; and there are
many men who will do all they can
to get out a big vote.
MORE TROUBLE FOR
MOEQUllU REAS
NEW ORLEANS, LA., I Me. s..Agi
tators from two Central Amerunn
Republics arc orgnmr.mg yutpeuitiuns
here to-nny. determined to oyeritirnw
tlte existing government of Hondu
ras anti Guatemala. .Men are oelng
enlisted arui munition* nt war nsrem
bleu by three ugents of Jose Zemyu,
deposed president of Nicaragua. wno
piune the unseating of Lsuubn Ca
brera. president of Guatemala.
Representatives id former President
Honllla, of 1 loiidtiras, and his lieu
tenant, Lee Christinas, are active in
e (nipping an expedition against Pres
ident l'uvUlit in Honduras.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY TO MOVE HEAD
QUARTERS FROM
ATLANTA.
The N-w York Life Insurance l oin
liany v. ill move lie Smutiicrn heuuquar
h rs from .vilantn p> Kieiimotid on
January 1. ateotomg to an announce,
tnenl made ny • buries .'I. Heuoiem,
"i.longer o; the Kuhtnond otnno of tne
company.
"All details for the tratister by the
first of the year have already heeu
made.' hi sites "atm alter that elute
i.K iimond iv ui be nt" eieu.ring-no.isM
for all i he houUicrii business or ms
i oiupany."
Mr 'I had C. IP 11. of New Orleans,
Will be Ulajiag*! ui III* RUnnioltd eu.CM
ar.d 11 is pei ■ t* ■ r of agetuies. uimi ,vir.
In uou'ih wilt b - tiansteried to .\»«n
v tile.
sir. HeiiMein has been in charge of
tin lui'ii on.ie lor me last ovt years
and will It'Hvt ;i host oi friends in
Rieiuiioiid v in a h" sets out lor his
new post
si no:mi: muh< <.»«\ms
I »» » . M WHIT*.
Two writs .*f frror nj»*1 nuporcHa*
W i*rr Kt'ililtn l>y l lie f'Ulu t ill*' cuui i of
'jnui'ftUH.v in one a irmt m
arm is Uivuat'O,
ui.ii m Hi'. »nnvr *•»."*•*» hwmmhi as coin
l>riiHitiu» fur iujui.cn nr-,x<i wn.i*
v* ■ i uni* I<• r a i u i
*i im nr»t writ wtih K^ntfl to * >ltvta
< 'ruu'hiiaio. who i4pi*< ai« \j ii«.'in iiui u*
oinon «»i tm* f riiimiin vounry circuit
t.'nun, wmni miuert-n a vcniii t « Hiry
\hk vvitu n *. u') (iarii<nr*"i anui.j-t m-r
ivrnt in favor of tnr»“- i> i.t fa
i.rio n. Mary i *. N'ciihh aim \\ . c . ohhn
aerf*.
.Mrs (TutchrteM inherited proper!,
froru her f h 111 ** r and hem if. Tne otmi
parties claimed too land as nr
‘Hiice trout ncr wrarmiafnor. atm in a
mm n<»t >:00 \n appeal was *rani«-i
her.
i np Danville Circuit four! at its <>e.
loht r term awarcum \V. T. i/wmi jM.'i'".
as uama*os ror injuries received wmic
cmployo'i in the freight yard of cm*
Soutiidn lent.road Micro The ra.’
road'e petition tor an appeal was "Tam
ed.
On Yiookout for Smallpox.
That smallpox may be •■xpectm] to
apear In tnt* .state within a few dayp
is the auhstance of a warning aent
out to-day by the* Health Department.
An yet ther<* have been few rases of
the disease, but as tin people of the
•Mat* an* not aecurin^ the nec^aary
protection by vac* Inauun, the Health
Department nntlcipateH rase? of the
disease in many quarters.
ARGUMENTS HEARD
IN THb LEMON CASE
WASHINGTON. L>«e. 8. — Argument«
on the charge the refrtgi raior rate*
made hv the buuthern I'aciflc Company
for shipments of oranges and lemon,
are exorbitant, and whether shippers
hail the right to pre-cool their »rnlt.
were heard by the Interstate Com
mereo Comtssion to-day.
Both question* were In what is
known n» the "lemon case" In which
the Arlington Fruit Exchange Com
t>any and other fruit companies of the
tactile coast complained of an increase
of ir> cents per hundred pounds on s.np
ments of oranges and lemons.
The commission already nas ordered
this rate reduced to the original soiled
ulo. but the Southern I’acinc Company
Is lighting the ruling.
C. H. Circuit. Court of Apjieul*.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals reconvened Thursday, with
In ult Judges Goff and Pritchard and
District Judges McDowell arid Jingo in
Utendanee.
The following case was argued:
No. »95—Virginia Hallway nnd
Power Company, appellant. vs. First
National Hank of Kiehmond, Va.. ap
pellee. On appeal from the Circuit
■ ourt at Klchmnnd, Vn. Cause ar
fued by Kppa Hunlon. Jr., of this etty,
or the appellant, and by George
Hryan and John PiokrclI. of this city,
’or the appellee, und submitted.
Cases In call Friday:
No. 887—Felipe liarreda v flams,
appellant, vs. Alexander Brown &
Sons, appellees. Appeal from the Clr
•ult Court at Baltimore. Md. To lie
irgued by 8. 8. Field and James H.
*reston. of Baltimore, Md.. for the
ippellant, and by Edgar H. Gans, of
laltlmore, Md, for the appellees.
No. 998—Fairmont Carriage Works
t al.. appellants, vs George It Ho*ue,
rustee In bankruptcy of B. O Wll
lains. bankrupt, appellee On appeal
rom the D.strict Court at Philippi,
,V. Va. In bankruptcy. To he ar
med by Howard X. Ogden and Charles
’owell, of Fairmont. 'V. Va.. for the*
onellants. mid by Noyes A Hits, of I
Vboolj my, W_, jVH-.._fgr_jho appellee. i
MIST.
AlST—‘vVE DNK8DA T. llfccIfMTiTffT^', j
one large hound dog, black and tan I
spots, bad on collar lJberal reward
If returned to CHA8. hi 8THANO.
17)1 K. Main street. Phone Madlsoi
1IM,
STOCKS AC IE
THEN CO 1101
GAINS OF OPENING ACTIVITY
'
LOST IN WAVERING TENDEN
CY WHICH APPEARS
I
LATER.
! NEW YORK. Dec. '1Moderato
strength Avtu? «hnwr. In the stock mar
ket at the opening; to-day, prices gen
erally ranging sllghtlj nhove yester
' day's close. A wavering tendency
nulckly developed, however, and the
rtuins were lost
Material Concessions Mh.Io.
After the early trading the mar
ket again became unsettled with many
Flecks supplied at material conces
sion!. in prices. Government bonds
arc unchanged, with other bonds ir
regular.
Only trifling changes occurred In the
lest half of the f< renoon. with prices
lit mid-day ranging slightly tinder yes
terday’s rlo»e.
Steel Declines sttghtli.
Steel i tunnion declined over two
points from mld-dav Ogures but later
recovered a good part of this loss, t. n
lon 1’acUlo and Heading were hoth < x
tri-mely weak for last of the after
noon hut Utter rallied.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Open. Closed.
f.:r
*S
40’j
American IVat Sugar.. .
Am. Art. Chem. Co.
Allia-Chalmer*..
Allia-ChainVT*. pfd.
Almnljramated Coppe*. .
American Cud . . ....
American Can, pfd . . .....
American Car A Fdy
American < ar A Fdy, pfd...,.
American Cotton Oil ... .
American Locomotive...
American Loeomntire. f»i.\ . .
American Smelting .
American Suagr .
A mer. Tel and Tel. Co.
American Tobacco. com. . .
American Tobacco, pid.
Anaconda Copier.
At chiton ..
Atlanta- Coaat Line .
Baltimore and Ohio. . . JOU .
Brooklyn Rapid Tntnti'. 74s,
Canadian Pacific. R>2
Cheaspeake and Ohio... SO5 *
Chicago Great Western .
Chic. Mil. and 8*. Par,!. 12054
Chi. snd Northwestern . iil5*
31
’•I
!2i *•
e-A
C G. W„ pfd.
Central leather.
Colorado Fuel and Iron
(''dorado and Southern
Colo, and .South., !»t pfd
Col. and Setith., 2d pfd.
Consolidated Um
Deirwar# ami fiudaou. . .
Denver and Rio. F . com
Denver and Uto (».. pfd
Distiller*’ S*-r Cor
Kri# .
Frit. 1 at pfd...
Erie, ad pfvl....
1 < »eneral Fleetr.<>.
Great Northern, pfd ...
Great North. Ore. Of* .
IlliODOi* Centra!.
Int. Metropolitan .
Int. Metropolitan. pfd.
1 r.t. Mer. Marine, com. .
In’. Mer Marine, pfd , .
International Taper .
International Paper. pi«l
Kanaa* City Ho., coni
Kansas City So . pid
I-oulrrUle an i Nashville.
■ Manhattan.
Metro. Street Radwa
i Mo.. Kan. and Terns
Mo . Kan. and Tesaa
Miaai/uri Pacific .
National lead .
New York Central
N Y. Or.!, and Western
Norfolk and Western. .
Northern Pacific......
Pacific Mail .
P*tmaylTanie . . .
P-’oplo'a Gas.
Preseed St«* 1 C* r .
Preseed St*#-! f'ar. pid,
Rwy veel Spring ,com,
Reading . . . .
Republic Iron aivi Steel.
s Repbulei J, and S . pfd
Rock Island.
Rock Island, pfd..
, SWBhrffield.
Southern Pacific. C--s
Southern Railway..
I Southern Railway, pid . ., /,u
Tcnneeaee Copper. 341'
I Teiaa Pacific...
Colon Pacific.
L uiUk1 States Rubber.
Cnited State* Steel. 7J1 ±
i Cnited State* Atari, pfd . j -,!a
Va.-Car. Chemical... cq
\ n,-Cur. Chemical, pfd.
Pfd.. .
45 Vi
110* |
113 -
1041*
Mia
Ml’
2*’»
Wubaah.
15?*
Wabash, pfd. 3^k
Western Co ion.
f>0?4
fi
'13
ft 4
WH
iO
WO ’ 4
105 Vi
r\u
VJ2
.’l-M
H
m
HO
1M
12 S
54
' s
02
45
51 * l
n. i
'Mi l4
112S
!t 4 I.,
20* j
so*
u '
♦*>»*
iu
?4’i
8
v4
it;?
3515
7 *4
110R
00
1 of 4
33
fl9*i
HiniMOM) STOCK MARKET.
Richmond, Va., lice. 8. 1810.
Hid asked
\ it. 3s. Old. C. & It. 1838...,8* 8#i<,
I'MilurlM. 2-3. C'. A ri. 1981.S»t; 8914
A. C. U K. R. Con. Tr 4 P c 83
O. A O. Gen. Mer. 4t*s, 1882 ioo
Oa. Tar. lot 6a. C 1323.113
<i« and Ala. Con. 5e. 184ft..193
Nor. A West Hjr 4s 1936 . . .(13
N. A W. Ry. Porn, Is, 164J .88
Rich. A Dan. Hold 6« c
..101
Soft board Air Line la. I860 81
Seaboard Adjustments .
Ho. Hallway, 1st 5s. 1981 . . if»7
West. N. C 1st. 6,s, C. 1811.. 10.1
V«. Ilj. & l>. Co Prof.71
V«. Icy. It I'. Co Com .13
Atlan. Coast Dine Com..
C. * O... 89
Nor. and West. Com.96
K. t’. A- Dtv. iddla.270
Ho. Railway, prof .59
Ho. Hallway, Com.. 21
I'lrsl National .Sdo
Merchants National .575
Planters National ..675
Savings Bank of Rlch'd....«3
Union Bank of Rich’d.330
Va. Trust Co.uo
Va -Car. Chem Pref. *p. c. 121
Va. Car. Chem Co tom . .80
123
SAI.RS.
4 Shares Va. <'ar. Chemical I'fd at
12014.
NioioMi Titiurco Htnic r
K chmond, Va.. Doc. 8. 1810 1
Rrlghts—-Cncuangru. urn., 4.„,u fe
ce iil>. Dark Tired—NVw. -Heempts j
continue vety 1 gin and mutket firm at '■
quotations. Sun-cured—Hece pts con
tinue .ifttit; market fairly active m !
prices quot* d.
DARK ST K MM1NO— N EW.
Duffs .•..$ 6.00 V $ 7.00 ■
Short |g»f . . 7.00 1/ O.UO
Dons Deaf . .. 10.00 y ty on
HROW'N SH11‘RING—REiotlii!Rfcy,
Durs .i, ft.00 >)a r.;.o
Hhort Deaf .L 7.00 y 8.io
Dong Deaf . 8.00 (y 12.01!
Wrapiwr* ............ 10.00 <U 16.00
lmioiiTS. /
SiloK.DIts—Commop I 7.00 C (.50
Medium . D.00 O 1
Fine . 12.00 <m la.t’n
Cl’TTERS—Common .. 11.on 4t’ U’.io
Medium .IS oo it H.r.ti
Fine . is.00 t'i> is.tiij
Fancy . is.oo it 20.00
FILLERS—Common ... 8.00 4< jo.oo
Medium . 11.00 is.tw
Good . 12.00 tip 18, 'J
Fine . 14.00 it 16.us
\
| CONSIDERABLY ABOVE WHAT
HAD BEEN EXPECTED AND
UNLOADING FOLLOWS.
■ NEW YORK. Dec. 8.—The ginning -
j figure* wore considerably above nm
j of tlio estimate* and rtarted sore ■
i heavy unloading at the opening, .
; which Initial prices were off 3 to l'>
I points. To-day's report had the effe. t
| of changing the views of some who
I hud been ^expecting a very low gov
! eminent report on the crop to-mor
j row. Although bulls still maintained
, that big ginning figures merely Indi
! catcd an unusually large proportion of
‘ the crop ginned to date. Tito opening
prices were as follows:
I tecember. 314.65(it 14.70: Januar'1,
314.«4#fl4.«.V, April. 114.96: May. 115,0
315.03; Jul, 31 4.96 <0 1 4,‘U!; August.
314.60.
I INCREASE SHOWN
;IN BALED COTTON
WASHINGTON. !»'•• S - V rotten
ginning report Issued by tne Ony-i .
I Bureau t<»-day shows 10.13y.r*$(» bale .
counting round a* half halos, glnnc-i
; from the growth of l°HY to Oeconilvo*
; i. a® compared with for 1 y00.
Round hales i no luck'd this year nr**
i 101,6F»1!, n* (*un pared with 134.39*1 f- .•
,<»>® Island hales Included this jv;,r
«re 66.651# a a compared with 77,’dM f r
, lf«09,
TWO DKC.KKKS BEl-OU
ZKKO AT LVir\\
(Special to The Richmond Virginian >
itOAN’OKE, VA., !><•('. s.-—Reports
received by the Norfolk and Western
Railway show that it was two degrees
beh.w zero at Lumy this morning,
with severe wintry conditions pre
vailing throughout that section.
DR. WINN’S BUGGY
SMASHED BY AUTO
The horse ami bugg) belonging :■>
Dr John K. Winn, of lit North Fift
street. an struck by an nufomoi>i.
Wednesda ■■ night while standing in
front of Dr. Winn's office and thu
shaft and wheels demolished.
The accident, v, Itb-h war due • •
.treless on tho jiart of tho driver .
tho automobile. did not serve to
tho machine. Tin- log oar was tin .
:ng 'vest on Or»eo street "hen i'
down Fifth toward Krankilti and r.
ed otio side of tho buggy bari- Tr
hors was thrown to th« ground,
es'-ajied injury. No damage -.vus a;
l-arentlv wrought to tho oar as
backed clear of the wreck *nd dc-i
od away without waiting to disco- t
what harm it had done.
SEEKING HEIRS OF
RICH Pv>R 1 UGUESE
if there are two PiTiBSiH-i' v n
tinmen in this city or neighborin' ..
who ran ooa»t an urn «■ with tire -.sat.
of Jose .silva da Terra, they can !;>>.
their pockets with a tiviy sum !•; mo
Ing l hemselv .-s known. The IV.t. r
authorities hero nr.- kin* t-v.. ;.o, ,
men. whom 1 lie; huv ■ been inform*1'.
Hi'** the heir? t*. the • <ti'.t. of the
(tontliman abovi tunned. v ,m is .
1’ortuguisc capitalist IP ini; tc■■■.
th» Az..r. ■
N "v tefor an.v o 'll .<;• |. 1 s < .rii1
cash, they must alo mak. It pioii,
that they nr« the grandchildren
\nthuny Silva, a cvltiz- n ■’ lt!< hts: ic
for the Inst lift, oarc Tile capital
sa'-* that he is anxiotn r • tRapo— ,
tin" money to tin proper parties. I .
don't everyone conic at once . s . • r
all efforts to locnt" Silva or tils gran 1
children have h..en vain, and it do <
no» add to the ease o. 111• * search when
the capitalist slat' s thru they reset •
In 1 Rock Edge, suburb of 1:..•hmoutl.”
WORK ON ROANOKE
TUNNEL COMPLETE
n\s iu:i:\ t\ i* i lot lit loss nvi:
VI ,\|{s_n \M |. |v, |i200 n i l ‘
LONG.
I
(Spei i«l to The Richmond Virginian.)
I.YXCHKI'IIC, VA.. Dee. S.—Con
tractor J. H. Stone this morning an
nounced that the Klvormont tunnel
of a new rout'i of the Southern Rail
way through this city had been com
pleted. This announcement marks the
end of an undertaking which has been
in progress for five year*. The tunnel
is 1,200 feet l"ng, concrete lined
throughout and containing double
trucks. The work was greatly delay
ed by the lire which burned for stg
weeks, started on August 19. 19oS,
and which caused a portion of the
Rlvermont Boulevard and Water street
to cave In.
Fairmount
Mr. John Gary, who has been very
sick at Ills home on iho avenue for
the past week. Is slightly Improved.
Mr. and .Mis. lleroert Uivens anil
children are the guests of Mr. und
Mis. j. O. Mlnaon on Tvventy-iirst
street.
Mrs. Mary Pollard is uhla to bo out
tigaln. after an Indisposition ..of teu
days.
Mrs. Mablc Jmkirts left Monday for
Roanoke to visit her sister, who is
very sick.
Mrs. James Bailey, of Baltimore, la
the guest of her mother on Mostly
nreet.
Mr. Eddie Carter lvus returned from
Lunenburg county, where he went to
attend the burial of his wife, who died
here on Twentieth street Friday, and
was carried to Lunenburg for inter
ment.
Mr. John Griffin left Monday for
Pe.ersburs to spend the week on bus
iness.
Mrs. G. W. Troxler, of Philadelphia,
Is the „uest of her mother on Bald
win street.
Mr. Joe Muynes, of Twentieth street
Is visiting friends In Bowilng Green,
Va.
Mr. and ^trs. Ned Hutcheson, of
Chimborazo Park, was the guest of
Mrs. S. It. Gary on the avenue Sun
day.
Mrs. A. Simpson Clayton, who has
been very/111 at her home for tin
past three weeks, I* able to bo put
again.
Miss Bella Snider, of Barbervlllg,
Va.. Is the guest of her cq lift ns, ths
Misses Stokes, on Carrington Hint