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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-16
PRODUCE


CHICAGO. March Crop damage re-
ports and denial of them kept whea tin a
f.r-..l- to-day and caused iderahle
IUrH-l..rI-y Dob .ra fluctuations. The gen
.r#I E-u. was upward, May closing az
..H.e advance. Provisions made another
H.- -Iu. closing from 2i.u5c higher for
lard and 2'-e higher for pork. Corn closed
a. -naI. Hieh.r AMI oats shade lower.
.-..r, l.r.ga reports We're plentiful at
t.. rrrv.rE OF DEE wheat market not only
from Illinois bu- also from Indiana and
Kansas. especially from the latter State.
Wl.a, or a9. ACCOUNT, opened strong
May which closed saturday al ,5l40io'sc.
cr.usl II trom 1859 10 73ac. and IN the
course OF th. first hours trading IL got as
ASH as -rt. The Springfield report.
which gave The area OF winter wheat kill
Cd d.. The S.-r. as 30 per cent. or the whole.
received partial confirmation from private
r.n.-t- tr.m The country. The only thing
-r.. prevented those crop damage reports
from more seriously influencing the mar
E.- was the fact -hat only a week ago tei-
.-.sDs from similar sources said wheat
previously Thought CD be- winter killed IS
-r-NHE finely under the influence of TWO
or -rr. day, NJ mild weather
Cash quotations were as follows;
Wheat No . spring sc: No 8 spring.
sample. --g-t.c. No. red. S+GSSc.
CrIu 40. o. -Nec. 40. yellow. 23icC.
O1ts. No . lf-al17.c. No. . white, @i2G
Ole. 80. white. l9i2H2lc.
Rye. No g. Sicc
Barley 40. s.. 2i42gc. No. {. 22ieQ4c.
FlN 10. !. Isl lS1i C.
Prime timothy seed. 8 6502 70.
Mess pork. per barrel. s 70QS -.
Lard. per l,o los. s. 21Q4 22ia.
Short RIBS. sides lOOSe) 81 6lG4 81
DRY sailed shoulders taONed). 4l2G435c.
Short clear sides (5oxed), 4}4g45sc.
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godet and the lower edge finished with
q Igchiug of the silk 10 give an apron
eLect
The waist is trimmed with deep epau-
lets of the striped silk and a rufle of
the same SET around the throat above
The black silk collar. An embroidered
couarette of irridesceut beads can cover
up the shabby parts of the neck; and if
the sleeves need anything around the
hand a cum of the same can De set ON.
A pretty bordering TO the skirt is
made by stitching little bands OF ribbon
on ,0 form N-shaped pattern.
HELEN GREY-PAGE.
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Fen-men. who dwelt in the marshes north
Of the Baltic sea. They We're conquered
by the Russians in the twelfth century.
The Armeniaus claim direct descent
from Noah as he settled in their country
after the Hood. Their countr,- has BEEN
conquered by forty-,wo different nations.
The Prussians were at first the Borus-
slams, or Borussi a warlike tribe of Cen
rral Germany. which moved north and oc-
cUulj The plains of the present kingdom
ol Prussia.
The Servians are thought by some writ
ers TO have beena branch Of the Suevi
vaue others believe them 10 have been
originally the Seryu. a branch of the
SiLvouic family.
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THB THANKS WE'RE PREMATURE.

During the rebellion the Nineteenth
Maine acquired reputation for foraging
the country so thoroughly that they We're
said TO have starved the Confederacy out
one Gay they We're sweeping along dining
ON the fat Of the land as usual. Another
troop was ahead. and between them and
the Nineteenth rode General Hancock.
AS the general was passing one plantation
the proprietor came out and hailed his
party.
General" said he. "I want some sort
of safeguard The troops that have just
gone 10y stole my pigs. lifted my hen roosts
and ewpued my cellar"
81 ann very sorry" said Hancock.
yes continued the old man. they
stole everything bur my hope for immor-
-sH,y Thank God, none of them can steal
that"
Don't Toe too sure of that" retorted the
general "the Nineteenth Maine is coming
neNt"-Sau Francisco Argonaut.
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Corn. active and steady; No. mixed
Oats. dull but steady: No. mixed, lS,,
Rye. dull but urm; 80. leash, ai'-c o lt
Cloverse5i. active; prime cash anu
March. So TO-
oil unchanged.
PHILADELPHIA. March BIB yer. yer,
firm and i'm fair demand; fancy western
creamery. l9c. ,.,.,-,,..
Eges. steady; fresh nearby, loi-4llc'
western. lOiac.
Cheese. Quiet but steady.
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gallon q
Su'l1rss - L. 7,.e $40. ,--a-r1q+sd 4-re.
Rece.p-s-Il6gr 5000 barrels. wheat.
u yo bushels. corn 1-.49 bushels oats.
$4,000 bushels. rye 5000 bushels. barley.
jl..0 bus shells.
shipments Flour. 1000 barr Is. wheat.
- lIj bushels. corn 1900 bushels. oats.
$4,000 bushels: rye none; barley. 1000
bushels.
butter na-l-.. 80 tr,irr.r.c l-5
lsc, dairie-. gqlGe.
Cheese firm ar -i.0IUl-c.
Eggs. easy al gl.TIOc
CHICAGO. March -.
Wheat-Openinc. H4-l l.Iw. closed.
NAY -a ass -4l
July -.5a lsI14
Corn
My 2ie.G1. Zi 2 2ia,t
Oats
Nay III a. II- ll.. u l-sD
july 1871 lN4 j. l>ls4
PORK
May s. f2is IS sou Rs 90 S. >-
July So SIS so S9-a
Laro-
May IS goa - 4214D
sIs so
July e-u 43J 1'O
s-
Short RIBS
NAY fof -1fa f2i. ( "a
july r. 61-
Car lots-Whea-. il: oats. pa. corn 13;
hogs. $4,000
Estimates for to-morr5w-yVh heat .;
oats. go; corn. 2l5; hoss. 1900.
NEW YORK March r-.-F.0ur rec iuts,
. eu barrels. tNuOrt~ l5.luy barrels. mar
ket quiet but firm with prices on western
brands held higher.
Wheat -Nporrs go SOD bushels. spot mar
Ike, firm: No hard. N1..e: options op.u5d
firm and closed 5,r net ai-l-r, No. .
red March closed at Sl"-c; l-. closed 40
's'st.
corn, receipts, 800 bushels .Hi. 1ii-. N-''
Do
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DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. March 15,-Printing cloths
olIfat at 2g-lGc for spots and 25sc for con-
tracts. Sales Of odd goods more than l0yJ
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STEAMBOATS,

JOHN j. ARCHER. G. p. A.
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n a ST TL1LE
The herald., 1897-05-07

mourn their husbands. and the husbands
whose arms will reach to embrace forms
that are henceforth but shadows-be-
cause some city official neglected to per-
form the duties for which he draws his
salary or because Of the careless ease
enjoyed by some titled noble who had
the erection Of the miserable affair in
charge. Not if these people had hundred
lives and each was taken from them sep
arately could they properly atone for
the crime of which they are guilty.
AS we say, 1t is discouraging to write
about it; but, whether in our day or In
some future wiser day, there must be
laws which will visit such crimes on the
heads of the guilty miscreants so Sc
verely that these awful sacrifices of
valuable lives will stop. and human
hearts will cease to bleed because Of the
easy carelessness Of men whose duty II
is to see that places for such gatherings
are safe beyond doubt.
The herald., 1897-05-07
WILL KNOW WHY
Japan Will Investigate Action Taken
at Honolulu

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-The
steamer Alameda this morning, from
Honolulu, April 20, brings further ad-
vices regarding Japanese immigratio
troubles. A message had been received
from the Hawaiian Minister at Toxic.
stating that the Japanese warehip Mani
wa Is now on her way to Honolulu with
q Japanese Commissioner on board. This
official will investigate the cases of the
Japanese immigrants who were recently
denied landing by this Government.
The Japanese now in quarantine were
to have been liberated on April 2S, but a
fresh case Of smallpox extended the time
Of their confinement another eighteen
days.
The Hawaiian Cabinet has decided
that the Asiatic laborers must sooner or
later be replaced by Americans, and
that the sooner such work is commenced
the better it will be for the islands. The
Hawaiian Government has determined
to open a labor bureau under Govern
ment auspices. and as no funds are
available for such purpose, the plant
ers will stand the expense.
]. B. Sutton, purser Of the steamer Ala
media, has been arrested for smuggling.
Seven 5-tael tins Of opium We're found
in his possession, and his connection
with Chinese firm in Honolulu Is said
to have been established by Honolulu
detectives. Sutton has been in the en-
ploy of the Oceanic Company for years
and has always had an excellent reputa-
ton.
The herald., 1897-05-07
THE CRIME AT PARIS

1t seems discouragingly useless to
write about it, yet from the standpoint
OF human sympathy it is impossible to
dismiss from ones mind the horror en-
acted at Paris during the progress Of
charity fair.
dreds of people presumed to be among
the most intelligent in the world, and
with plenty of leisure to pay attention
to all the details of anything they might
have had in hand. 1t is also presumable
that in an old city and in a community,
where experience covers every imagin
able circumstance. all the precautions
known to modern civilization would be
taken in the erection of such a structure.
Once more, it is not violent assump-
ton that the municipal authorities in
city so large, so rich SO old as PAriss
have officials of scientific and experiment
tai knowledge who should have super
vised the structure, its means of exit,
the material out of which it was con-
structed and the manner of lighting it.
Fair as all these assumptions seem,
there are none of them that have bit
of foundation in fact. If a lot of children
had planned and built bazaar 1t could
hardly have been more dangerous. If
the wild Indians had been its architects
and superintendent there could scarce
ly have been so little attention paid to
prevention Of fire or to allowing for the
escape Of crowd in case of a panic.
So inflammable was the structure that
people We're literally roasted alive be-
fore the smoke had time to suffocate
them. So poorly were the exits planned
that the loss of life runs into hundreds.
Scarcely in the history of mankind is
there recorded a parallel catastrophe or
SO large loss of life in any similar case.
We call it the Crime at Paris and a
crime it surely is, whoever may be the
criminals. If a wretch under the con-
straint of want starting to rob man
ard in the effort finding he has to take
human life is murderer, or if two men
DecOmlng enraSeQ anu one klIIlHS tne
other is guilty of manslaughter, the
carelessness and neglect of an obvious
duty which results in the loss of two
hundred lives is surely wholesale muir
der; and if any taking Of human life
calls for an eye for an eye, a tooth for
tooth and life for life, surely those
who are TO blame for the terrible ac-
cident last Tuesday ought to pay the
penalty of their crime.
Think of the hearts that bleed, of the
lives whose JOY is quenched, no matter
how many years they may survive this
horror, the homes made desolate forever
by the criminal carelessness of those
who should have seen the build
ing was safe. Think of the children
bereft of their parents, of the parents
who saw their children roasted, before
their eyes, of the wives who forever
The herald., 1897-05-07
To Siberia Now by Rail

To Siberia-by railway. This is the new
version Of the famous Russian sentence.
In all the long history Of human suffer-
ing and cruelty, there is no worse chapter
than that of the march Of the condemned
to the Arctic waters of the czar. For 200
years the victims of Russian justice have
tramped halfway across the world on foot.
The horrors of that long march across the
white deserts of the north have been told
by many romancers. In sober fact. the
journey. of recent years at any rate. has
been by no means so dreadful as 1t is repre-
sented; nor is Siberia in all respects the icy
inferno that it appears to the western i'm
agination. There are towns in Siberia
where you can buy Paul Bourgeois last
novel, and enjoy plenty Of cultured So
ciety. All the same. one is glad to hear that
the czar has isued an order enjoining that
henceforth prisoners for Siberia shall be
conveyed by rail. 1t is a merciful and hui
name act of the ruler whom Mr.. Glad
stone politely calls a young despot.-St
James Gazette.
The herald., 1897-05-07
THE COUNCILS FIAsCo

It is eminently satisfactory that
Mayor Snyder has been able to wash his
hands of any responsibility in the gum
mary and unjust removal Of General
Forman from the police commission.
The mayor has already established for
himself such an enviable reputation as
to sound sense and straightforward
dealing, that 1t would have been a mat
ter for deep regret If he had been at all
implicated in this scandalous proceed
ing. Mr.. Snyder has published an en-
phatic and unequivocal denial Of any
and all charges concerning the ILL
advised incident.
1t Is not unnatural that Republicans
are endeavoring to make all the political
capital possible out of the error for
which three Democrats. one Populiet
and one Republican were responsible by
their votes in the council, but 1t will
come as news and as painful news to
hear, as the Evening Express assures
us, that Mr.. Hutchison has come into
a position Of great influence in the
Democratic party" The Herald does
not believe that this is so and has a
shrewd suspicion that ''the wish is
father to the thought" Of the Express.
Mr.. Hutchison, it ie true, was fusion
candidate at the late election and re-
ceived the support of Democrats as we'll
as Populists. The councilman Of the
Eighth ward posed as a purist in civic
politics, and there was no reason to sus-
pect the purity of his motives and as
lose confidence in his integrity and good
intentions, but we think that Mr.. Hutch
ison has temporarily lost his head. The
temptation to prove his power in an
ostentatious way was too inviting for
the young councilman and he sue
cumbed. He does not seem as vet to
have been visited with the proper regret
that a couple Of his colleagues have al
ready confessed to. That, it is to be
hoped, may come later. but II Mr..
Hutchison, intoxicated with the success
Of his coup 6etat" Of last Monday,
continues on his misguided path, the
inevitable repentance will probably be
good deal more painful.
The tone of public opinion concerning
the removal of most efficient member
of the police commission for no Other
reason than that he was doing his duty
is unmistakable, and If councilmen have
the cause Of good government really a
heart and also any prudence for their
own self-preservation they will take
care that the action of last Monday is
not paralleled.
In the meantime the esteemed Express
may rest assured that neither is Mr.
Hutchison coming into a position Of
great influence in the Democratic party
nor has the Democratic party anything
but condemnation for the miserable bit
of petty politics enacted in the council
chamber last Monday.
The herald., 1897-05-07
OUR FRUIT CROPS

We are Informed that already the rail-
roads are busy preparing to move the
early fresh fruit crops of the state. 1t
is we'll such action is taken in time, and
it would be we'll If the fruit growers
could be stirred UP to as prompt consid-
Grafton.
From all signs and reports the fruit
crops of the state will be generally large.
In many instances they will be record
breakers Such abundant crops always
bring with them difficulties in the way
Of profitable marketing. Not the least
Of these is the presence of a great deal
of small and otherwise low-grade fruit.
Now, no matter what the general condi-
tions, goods of this class are always slow
of sale and movable only at low prices.
But worse than this, they interfere with
the profitable handling Of good fruit.
This year there are many elements Of
the market in our favor. Not in ten
years have old fruit stocks been 90 we'll
cleaned up as they are now. Dried and
canned fruit is almost all out Of the hands
of producers, and jobbers as rule have
very light supplies. In the three to six
months before the new crop shall come
upon the market all the stocks in retail
dealers hands will have gone to con-
sumers.
The peach crops of the eaet are not
likely to be excessive. Georgia peach
growers have examined the peach buds
in their orchards and say that they find
about three fourths of the Elberta and
Chinese free peach killed by the late
frosts. Other localities report the DAM
age as exceedingly light. The crop is
now estimated at about one-half of
Elbertas and Chinese free stones while
Alexanders, Tillottson's Michigan.
Mountain Rose and Bells are not SO
badly affected.
Georgia is one of the two or three
great peach regions of the east. Its i'm
portance is indicated by, the following
figures covering one spot: Within a
radius of ten miles having Fort valley
Ga, as a center, there are 1926 acres
of land devoted to the culture of fruit
on which there are 1921. 900 peach trees
49, 900 pears, $4,000 grapes 5000 plums and
900 apples.
AS to the greatest Of all the eastern
peach districts, Delaware, the following
is the latest intelligence concerning the
The herald., 1897-05-07
Mrs, Craven's Case

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-Nothing
sensational was developed during to-
days session Of the trial involving part
of the estate Of the late James G. Fair.
The legal wrangling was over the order
in which the evidence was to be present.
ed. 1t interfered with the progress Of
the case. A question arose during the
redirect examination of Clerk Stanford
of Crocker's Printing House, by whose
evidence the plaintiff seeks to establish
the fact that the notarial certificate used
on the Craven deeds were not printed
until long after the date Of Fairs al
LEGGED acknowledgment. The set OF le-
gal blanks had defective TO-" but the
defense for the present successfully OBJ
ljected to it's being described to the jury.
The herald., 1897-05-07
A Defiant Little Burglar

Brooklyns baby burglar, her brow puck
cred in a sullen frown, stood before JUS
tice Tighe Tuesday. like little statue OF
defiance. Her eyes looked. straight and
bold. into those of the justice and her lit
tie mouth was closed firmly. She tossed her
chestnut curls back saucily when question.
ed but answered not word.
Josephine Smith is the name of the tiny
criminal. She is 10 years old, although
she looks only g.
Josephine said she could not talk Eng.
lish. She was turned over to Agent Cos
china of the childrens society. who will
care for her until the police investigate
the charges Of burglary against her.-New
York Journal
The herald., 1897-05-07

The history of the effort to regulate
and prohibit the liquor traffic in Iowa
proves what has long been admitted by
the most sagacious observers that it is
impossible to enforce prohibitory law
where there is not strong public senti-
ment in its favor. With the knowledge
gained in the past Iowa should be able
to deal advisedly with the liquor ques-
tion in the future and so as to conserve
the best interests of it's people.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The herald., 1897-05-07
ARMY ORDERS
Changes ordered-oficers Hoping fol
Promotion

Promotion
WASHINGTON, May 6.-orders have
been issued from the War Department
assigning General Shafter to the COM
mand of the Department of Columbia
with headquarters at Vancouver bar
racks, transferring General Otis to the
command of the Department Of Colora-
do, with headquarters at Denver. Gen
eral Merriam, now at Denver. will as
sumo command Of the department upon
General Wheaton's retirement next Sat
urday until Otis arrival Colonel lAnder-
son at Vancouver will be in command
until Skaters arrival.
1t Is settled that General Brooke, com
manding the Department of the Missou-
ri, at Chicago, will succeed to the Major
Generalship vacated by Wheaton's re-
tirement. For the vacant Brigadier-
|Generalship the leading candidates are
Colonels Merriam and Anderson of in.
fantry and Wade Of cavalry, with Miz-
ner of cavalry and Frank of artillery ae
possibilities.
The herald., 1897-05-07
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina Rioting Ended-The Bra
lillian Congress Opened

lillian Congress Opened
NEW YORK, May GA dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres sayss
Federal troops have succeeded in
quelling the riots in San Luis province,
and the participants, mostly unem-
ployed laborers. have been disarmed. No
further trouble is expected there. as the
Government has taken steps to relieve
tthe destitution.
A correspondent in Rio Janeiro says
that a great public meeting Of Greek
sympathizers was held there. and large
sum of money collected to send to the
Greek Government.
The daily fetes in honor Of the Chilean
navy, now at Rio Janeiro, continue. and
great friendliness to Chile is being shown
on all sides.
The Brazilian Congress opened yes
lterday. The President In his message
said that the army Of Brazil must be re-
organized at once, in order to Immediate
/, ly crush the rebellion Of the fanatics.
He also called attention to the decrease
of the national revenue, owing to the
commercial crisis here and the prevail
| ing low prices Of Brazilian produce In
foreign markets.
The herald., 1897-05-07

versy over the fisheries questions. That
nation, too. has endless complications
all over the world, and any general COM
bination with her may involve US to an
extent that no one can now foresee.
We have forced Great Britain out Of
several positions she has assumed, and
compelled her to accept new and
progressive principles of international
law. We drove her out of her assump-
tion of the right of search, but not with
out war. From fear of war with us,
after asprotracted diplomatic struggle,
she accepted broader doctrine on the
subject of the duty Of neutrals in respect
to a friendly nation when involved in
war. The result Of the controversy over
the so-called Alabama claims, those
which our government asserted in con-
sequence of the dereliction of the British
government in permitting Confederate
cruisers to obtain supplies in and to de-
part from British ports, was great
triumph. Our contention that a neutral
nation is not only bound to faithfully
execute such neutrality laws as she has,
but that she is bound also to enact such
laws as when properly executed, will be
effective in preventing injury, was at
laet assented to.
The interests of Europe and Of the In
dependent people of America are coming
more and more into conflict. and arbi
tration before tribunal of which the
umpire is European, does not assure the
utmost impartiality. Great Britain Is
not averse to employing force or sur
reptitious means in order to gain advan-
tages. European diplomacy at best is
subtle. intriguing and mendacious. We
had better confine ourselves to straight
and specific work in dealing with any
European government. The complica-
tions over these are past our finding out
and the more we stand aloof from them
the safer it will be for US.
A treaty Of general arbitration once
made will be step towards what so
many American Anglo-maniacs want,
and that is an alliance with Great
Britain as the great English speaking
nation on the other side of the Atlantic.
If Anglo-maniac sentiment continues to
increase in this country as rapidly as it
has grown during the last twenty-five
years, the Utopia of Carnegie and other
American multi-millionaires, which is
the union of all English speaking peo-
pie under one government, may be rea-
lized sooner than any one now antici-
pates. We are travelling faster than we
dream towards aristocratic institutions
modelled on those of Great Britain.
British subjects already have immense
and ramified investments in this coun-
try and the controlling principle Of the
British government is protection to and
zens. The British people meddle in our
politics with monumental immodesty,
and seek to dictate our economic policies
with unblushing effrontery, a course
which they abstain from pursuing in re-
spect to the great nations of Europe.
Let us deal with that country fairly,
and in all honorable ways avoid war.
but let us shun all possible involvement
with European affairs and complica-
tions with every European nation. Our
interests can best be promoted by abso-
lutely Independent action and utter
freedom from any claim upon US by any
transatlantic country.