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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-29
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New Ohio holders are asking u eenta
less than month ago. having 3 per ceat
Of fine and - per cent Of medium wool
yet on hand. while 1000 bales OF wool
are offered to foreign bidders. who may
decide to export it. Colder weather has
made somewhat more demand for goods
and yet not enough to change the situa-
ton materially.
The iron manufacture has still good
demand. late as it is, but the makers are
depressing prices by bidding against each
other. although in the average of all quo
tations the decline has been less than
half of one per cent from the highest
point. But the wire nail manufacturers
have reduced prices five per cent and the
rail manufacturers according to current
prices, and there is prospect that heavy
demand for products will be further en-
couraged by the later quotations.
Failures for the week have been Z6 In
the United States against 219 last year.
and "a in Canada against 25 last year.
OIL MARKET.
Oil City, Pa, October 2S.-Credit bal
ances S1.1S; certificates opened at $1.20
bid for cash; highest s1.21; closed at
$1.20 bid; sales IA barrels cash at s1.20;
barrels cash at s1.201a; barrel cash
at s120s4; Is barrels cash at s1.I.
Shipments October 26th and 9th, 1885,
921; runs, same dates, 173,0S0. Total.
81, 900 barrels.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-29

New York. October Is. Evening
Posts London financial cabiegram:
The Improvements in the stock mar
kets here noted yesterday was noted
to-day. French specialties were par
ticularly good. The upward move
ment in Americans continued mainly
on New York support and the close was
at about the best, St. Paul being espe-
cially strong.
New York, October 2S.-Money on
call steady at 1902 per cent; last loan
at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3@4 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S5A@
Assn for demand, and at $4.S2A %
4.S212 for sixty days; posted rates
$4S3@4S3A and $4.S6@4.S6h.
Commercial bills $4.S1.
Silver certificates 61062c.
Bar silver 60Sc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-29

Trains Nos. I. 2. 5 ami daily between
Cleveland and Uhrichsviiie. All other
trains daily except Sunday
Electric cars between Erfrgaport and
wheeling. and Bridgeport ana Martins
Ferry and Bellaire.
onsuit Agents for general information
as to the best routes and passenger rates
- ~ $500 /. q cARREr4 q. p. A.
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FOR sALE-SoCIETY ADDRESS Cards,
embossed and engraved. Emblen1s for any
society known Handsome and reasonable
Address or call % West Va Printing Co.
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CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

Washington, October 2S.-To-day' s
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
1901, 494, 491; gold reserve, s240,744, 514.
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TPANs-oHIO DIVISION.

TPANS-OHIO DIVISION.
For Columbus and Chicago. l:35 a. m.
and 3:25 y. m, daily
Columbus and Cincinnati Express, 10:2
a. m, and ii:s0 p. m. daily.
St Clairsville Accommodation. 1925 a.
M and 1925 D.. m. daily except Sunday
ARRIVE
Chicago Express, lilo a. IN. ana Hoo a.
m, daily.
Sandusky Mail, Sis q. M, daily.
St Clairsviile Accommodating, II 80 a.
m. and Sis p. m, daily. except Sunday.
WHEELING AND PITTSBURG DIV.
For Pittsburg. 5:25 and I:15 a. m. and
$40 p. M, daily, and i;i5 p. m. daily. ex-
cept Sunday.
and $40 .. m. daily.
ARRIVE.
From Pittsburg, 1920 a. m, 6:20 p. m.
and 1880 p. m, daily, 1000 a. M. daily.
except T. C. BURKE.
Passenger and Ticket Agent. Wheeling.
y" W. NJ GREENE.
General Manager
%. b. MAR I'm,
Manager Passenger Traffic, Baltimore.
Nc
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RAllROkpS-

w WHEELING IL ELM GROVE
w RAILROAD.
On and after Saturday. February "a
1Sso. trains Will run as follows City time:
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pany, matinee, "Ruy Bias" tonight
The Last of His Race" Monday, Under
Sealed Orders" Wednesday, Sousa's Eel
Captain"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-Little Irene
Myers Comedy Company; matinee to-day
Little Trump tonight. The Burglar"
first half of next week, Darkest Russ a q"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
The Alabama Troops.

While Alabama troops are being mustered
into service and the seriousness of the sit
uation becomes more apparent, 1t is mani
fest that the crisis demands the best ma
terial the state can furnish.
The flower of Alabama youth and early
manhood are preparing to go to the front
under brave and discreet officers, and the
entire force will be a source of pride to the
citizens of Alabama Birmingham is fur
nishing list of officers and men which
will not be surpassed by those from any
other state. AS these preparations are
going ON the friends of Rev. Owen P. Fitz-
simmons of this city are bringing him for
ward as a suitable man for elevated regi-
mental rank in the regular service Fitted
as he is by nature training and experience
for thercontrol and direction of men, he is
pre-eminently man to whom military hon.
ors should be given. He will worthily serve
his state and his country in any capacity to
which he may be appointed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
vexatiOus Taxation.

The house ways and means committee
asks the people to tax themselves 100000 900
a year, in this way: Fermented liquors.
fbeer) s35 900, 600; tobacco, ,oo0 cigars.
S., OO0, 900; tobacco licenses, $5,O0O000; stamp
taxes. sS5 OOO, 600; tonnage tax, s2,5o0,oOO No
tax is laid u1on tea or coffee, partly be-
cause Mr. Dingey desires to keep his tariff
intact for vindication purpose, but chiefly
because the fall elections are approach
ing.
In the effort to avoid an income tax,
which the republican managers are pledged
by contract to defeat in the supreme court
and in congress, they have resorted to the
most vexatious and comprehensive stamp
schedule that was ever applied or devised
in this or any other country. It far out
runs the stamp tax that was imposed to
sustain the union side in the civil war.
But in those days an income tax was con-
stitutional and feasible. Mr.. Mark Hanna
and his campaign list did not appear upon
the scene until thirty or more years had
elapsed. Now, in order to avoid an income
tax, even chewing gum and telephone mes
sages are to be taxed. Nearly every piece
of writing must bear stamp. Ginger ale
is to carry them, and so are bottles of per-
fumery, no matter how small they may be.
If a broker sign statement a stamp must
be sent for and affixed before it becomes
of value. Every legal paper must carry
an impost. The stamp act that led up to
the war of independence was weak affair
alongside the universal stamping process
that the pending bill seeks to inaugurate.
in order that subscribing milhonaires may
escape their just share of taxation through
the imposition Of an income tax.
AS a war tax no tax is more Just. more
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
Cuba's Isolation.

The signal corps of the army quickly took
through which messages between Madrid
and Havana have customarily passed But
it seems that the Spaniards, in anticipation
of war with this country, had laid cable
from the province of Santiago to. Porto
Rico and ST. Croix, from which point there
is communication with Trinidad and the
Brazilian ports, which have three cable
lines to European points. In that way Spain
has, or until recently had telegraphc COM
munication with Cuba Independent of the
United States
1t is said that the steamer Mangrove,
protected by the cruiser Marblehead, has
been dispatched with all needful appliances
to cut the Santiago cable near the shore.
The cable is of British ownership, but that
will not interfere with the cutting of a
line that will isolate Cuba. Isolation in
that case would be a justifable war meas
ure.
The isolation of Blanco and of his army
ol HSINOuS, eAclteu IeH VIII De factor IN
the coming struggle for the control of the
great island. Neither encouragement nor
distractions could then reach him any more
than biscuit and beef can be carried to
him on the north side of the island. Moral
support is to be shipped as well as physi-
cal support. Madrid would then have to
accent American reports of occurrences
through English channels. 1t will be an
Anglo-Saxon version throughout, and this
will do the Latins good. 1t may tone down
their pride and arrogance. 1t may even
cause them after a while to give the equiv
alent of pigs" vacation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
Er LANDS VAST POSSES SION.

From the London Times.
The Marquis of Lorne, M. P, took the
chair recently at a meeting of the foreign
and colonial section of the Society of Arts
when an address was delivered by Mr.. ].
Lowles,- M. p, on 1.-THE British Empire, It's
Resources and It's Future" Mr.. Lowles
said that there was at the present time in
both this country and in the colonies a
growing desire for closer knowledge of and
acquaintance with our imperial concerns.
Happily the day had gone by when man
would face an audience and say he was a
Little Highlander. 1t was in the reign of
Queen Victoria that the greatest strides
had been made in colonization until at the
present moment the British empire was
fifty-three times the size of France, fifty
two times that of Germany, three and one
half times that of the United States of
America, thrice the size the Europe, with
treble the population of all the Russias. 1t
extended over II, 000,0 900 square miles, occu-
pied one-ffth of the globe, contained one
fifth of the human race, or $50 900 people,
embraced four continents, 10000 islands,
500 promontories and 1900 rivers. 1t was
estimated that the empire possessed one
third of the sheep of the world, one-fourth
of the cattle, and one-twelfth of the horses
The total shipping under the British flag
was 900 tons There were throughout
all the British colonies an increasing spirit
of self-reliance, a keen perception of the
benefits of municipal government, and an
extending desire to promote education in
every possible way. Mr.. Lowles described
in detail the various resources of the col
onies. and in short reference to the Chinese
question observed that every one would re-
joice to find that what threatened to be a
loss of prestige in the far east had been
averted and that Great Britain still stood
predominant in that portion of the world.
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readily borne. than an income tax. There
is no need of haste at the present time
The credit of the government is not ques-
toned anywhere. 1t is simply question
between the millionaires and the people as
country would the plutocracy even seek to
evade their share of taxation. In other
countries an income tax is considered in
dispensable in times of peace. but in this
country Mr.. Hanna and his brigade have
declared there shall not be an income tax
even in times of war. They rule. The
plain people of the land are not in 1t ex-
cept for taxation purposes. Watch thu
senate. The house is Hanna-ruled.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
We EDDYToR AND We MERCHANT.
Advertisement Which Was Turning Point
in John Jones's Life

From the American Grocer.
Once in we very olden time merchant
sayd to an eddytor: 81 don't think adver-
Using payes."
LET me show you," said We eddytor. II
will pvtte a lyme in my paper and not
charge you pennie.'
"All right" replied the merchant, "and
we will see."
So We eddytor pvtte we lyme in his
papyr:
WANTED-A dogge. John Jones, 25S Old
street.
Now. vt happened that 400 people cache
brovghte a dogge on the newt dye there
after so that Mr.. Jones (Which was we mer-
chants nayme) was overrunne with
dogges.
"Since there are so manye dogges," sayd
he, II think l might make some BUSINESS,
and will give you pennie for each dogge. !"
Ye people took we pennie each for his
dogge, because there were so manye dogges
and Mister Jones skynned we 400 dogges,
and made bootes and gloves from We 400
hydes and thvs made byg fortune, and
thereafter added to it by advertising in
ye eddytor's paper.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
No man knows what he longs for most
until a woman asks him to guess.
If a woman could drive a nail straight
she probably couldn't drive a man so
crooked.
Probably If the caterpillar knew he was
going to be turned into butterfly. he would
kick.
Girls always let on that they never heard
of girl that really proposed to man,
but every man knows better.
No woman's guardian angel treats her
right if she doesn't tell her when the frost
will hurt her palm If she leaves 1t out on
the porch over night
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
IN A HURRY.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
whats the matter with those men of
yours?' inquired the Spanish general
They've gotten to be downright unreal
sonable!' replied the commander of tor
pedo boat
well, in the present crisis you may have
to make some concessions to them
"Of coure. But they want to commence
retreating before we've reached any place
to retreat FROM!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
SPANISH REAL ESTATE.

From the Boston Herald.
1t is Mark Twain who observes, in one of
his sketches of travel in foreign parts, that
the reason there is comparatively little ara
BILE land in Spain is because the great ma
jority of the Spanish people are in the habit
of squandering it on their persons, and
when they die it is buried with them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

East Indies centers at Manila, and the
capture of that rich city by Commodore
Dewey's Asiatic squadron would be hard
blow for Spain. With Manila once cap
tured by the United States, Spanish COM
merce IN the asst would be crippled and it
is doubtful il under any circumstances
Spain could resume authority there after
the war against the excellent advantage
the insurrectionist leaders would have
gained.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Now she does her own whitewashing,
Which all women much abhor.
Not because her husbands fighting.
For he's downtown talking war.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
LET THE GUNS TALK!

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The way to carry on war is to shoot
The guns should do the talking now. Ere
uuently in war 1t is as with individuals en-
gagged in fight. The first vigorous blow
counts for a good deal.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The owners of the Buena Ventura claim
that In spite of her name she did not smell
of garlic.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

General Weyler seems to have abandoned
his plan for invading the United States.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The Hon. Mr.. Polo will not find Canada
a hotbed of Spanish sentiment. The Cana
dams know that a wide gulf separates the
Anglo-Saxons from the Latins.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Those who want the best news first buy
The Age-Herald. This accounts for Its re-
cent doubling of circulation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
RACE PRIDE.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Teacher-What, Mickey, you don't know
how many quarts are in gallon? I am
ashamed of you.
Mickey-Don't have to know. We don't
buy more'n half gallon at time.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
THE WARRIORS SWEETHEART.

From the Chicago Record.
She bids him go; she hides her pain.
And pledges him-alack!
She'll never taste ice-cream again
Till he comes marching back.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
ONE ON THE BOoKKEEPER.

From the Chicago Times-Herald
81 told my wife had to stay downtown
late to get balance"
"What did she say?"
"She said I seemed to have lost 1t before
I got home"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
HAD A DIM IDEA.

From the Chicago Tribune.
'What was the cause" asked the super
intendent, ''of the Egyptian plagues?'
81 guess they didn't boil the water" YEN
tured little girl In the infant class.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Uncle Sam is simply overwhelmed with
volunteers of the best sort. He mas an
abundance of military riches, and to spare.
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year lease of the vast iron and coal fields
of shansi. back of Port Arthur. The Eng
iish thus secure the chief coal supply of
China.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The tail of the British lion is on straight,
and this country proposes to let it grow
that way.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Havana is safe from capture so long as
Theodore Roosevelt stays away from the
front.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The Cincinnati Times-Star thinks Moro
Castle should be re-christened Fort Lee.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The crowds in front of the bulletin boards
should march straightway to recruiting
office.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The difference between war news and war
rumors is bigger than barn door.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

The newsboys who carry The Accelerate
are ready to declare that the war does mo-
injure business.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
UNCLE SAM TO GOMEZ.

From the New York Sun.
am coming, Brother Gomez, I am coming
with by boats,
An my boats are rammed with thunder,
yes, Street
An I'm goif' to speak a1Tttle piece l think
is rather cute;
am coming, Brother Gomez. Wait for
me.
I amt much on palaver, an amt no hand
Ito talk,
But my guns are fluent speakers, an their
lungs are never weak,
An they're, coming down to help you In
your argument of guns;
They are coming, Brother Gomez, an
they've got piece to speak.
am coming, Brother Gomez, an I've got
a piece to speak,
An no Spaniard will cry Louder"
shall speak sufficient plain;
An my little recitation will be heard call
culate,
An will be distinctly audible In Spain.
I have got my piece committed, an
reckon that I'll speak,
Though I'm not a man to buster or to
roar;
But my guns have got two voices. an
think I'll talk through them,
An don't expect to call for an encore.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

From the Chicago Record
"That botany professor has lost his
mind"
'War excitement"
'No he couldn't classify more than fifty
of the flowers on his wifes spring hat"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Chickamauga park wildly illustrates the
changes that thirty years have wrought.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Senior Polo Is earning his salary by SUBJ
jecting himself to the interview manufac-
turer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Don Carlos and Minister Woodford are
neck and-neck in the matter Of whiskers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Consul McGarr would be more at home
in cadz than in Cienfuegos.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Russia has seized Port Arthur. but
British syndicate has gathered In sixty
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Every state has been heard from. A
want short. sharp, decisive campaign
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

Minister woodford is rather slow. but he
saved his whskers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28
AS 1T NOT INFREoUENTLY HAPPENS

From Puck.
Shux-You say that you lost. all your
money on one race thought you said you
had a sure thing.
Snux-It was a sure thing all right, but
bet the wrong way.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

chlckamauga park is fast becoming ma
tional focal point.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-28

No rainy season can "mire up the Amer
lean mule
Remember the Maine, and fling out the
flag.
The stars and stripes should wave.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-07

The Consul General of the United States
at Shanghai John Goodnow, of Minneap-
oils, is having attached to his name all the
good jokes that cannot be fathered on SEN
ator Billy Mason. AS a matter of fact
he deserves the reputation, and says so
many witty things that if he were not en-
inent in other affairs he would be great
as a humorist. When he was applicant
for the post of Consul he called upon the
President, who proceeded to lecture him
thus:
"A few years ago you were one of the
most popular, prosperous and promising
young men in this country. You had "a
fine business, a beautiful home, a happy
family and a multitude of friends. To-
day you are bankrupt, without occupation,
in the divorce courts and have all sorts of
scandals hanging over your name. What
have you been doing for the last few
years."
Il have been trying to make William Nc
Kinley President" was Goodnow's retort.
Mr.. Goodnows affairs were fully inves-
tgated by the Senate committee while his
nomination as Consul General was waiting
confirmation. Ex-senator Washburn of
Minnesota made serious charges against
his moral character, but he was defended
by Senator Davis of the same state. The
investigation took place in Senator Fryes
parlor and after Mr.. Washburn had told
his story Goodnow was asked what he had
to say
We'll" said the consular aspirant, "ev-
cry charge that Washburn has made
against me has been published over and
over again in the press of ST. Paul and
Minneapolis and discussed in every house
hold in Minnesota, and the Senator pre-
tends to know the facts. Nevertheless,
since all this scandal occurred he has in
vited me to his home, has introduced me
to his family and l have been his guest
at dinner I am neither better nor worse
than | was when he offered and accepted
his Inequalities. l have not changed, but
he has. When he sought my friendship
and favor he was a candidate for the
United States Senate, but l opposed him
and supported Knute Nelson. Since then
he has discovered l am very bad man."
That delightful story-teller, w E. Curtis,
recalls these incidents in speaking of Mr..
Goodnow' return to New York recently to
marry Miss Elizabeth Beaver.