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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-21

yesterday's pf.ccs. The riarket for
most grades was almost nominal Choice
cattle have been scarce all week. and
sell at a Substantial premium over
short fed lots. Trade In hogs started on
at fairly steady prices, but the market
soon weakened and later sales were
50 $50 lss. the best heavy selling NJ
~ 05 and the comusonest lsht at 50 bol
Prices for sheep aud lambs were mostly
nominal at'recent quotations! sheep be-'
Ing salable ATS ooG5 70 for the poorest
lots to - Goa 10 for good 10 prime;
flocks. Yearling sheep were In demand
Mt 81 boas %, and lambs at 81 400 go.
Some 100 10. New Mexican sheep raised
by the Navajo Indians. sold for 81 90
Recelpts-Cattle, 200 sheads hogs. II, 900
heads; sheep, 1000 head n
ii EAST LIBERTY e-t Cattle steady.
prime IS ooG5 10: common 50 COCA lo.l
bulls, stays and cows g 0o0i 10. Hogs
active, and best grndes &c higher;
prime mediums 81 20, best heavy York.
ters 81 l5dii 20; heavs hogs 81 1901. 10:
good light Yorkers 81 o5lb+ 10: common
to fair Workers. 50 s5dpi 90; common to
best pigs 50. 5offs oo; roughs 50 zoos G5.
Sheep steady: choice "a, S5d75 90. COM
mon 81 boSi 90: choice lambs IS 75n
5 IS; common to good 81 65a6 20: veal
calves So 0oa6 so, y
EAST BUFFALo-Cattl about
steady. Hogs, Workers. good TO choice,
81 1904 eo;roughs. common TO choice
50 COOS so; pigs, common to choice 50 95i
: a. 90, Lambs, choice to extra, IS 500
s 90; culls to common 81 S5J5 20. Sheep
choice to selected wethera 81 S044f 3d.:
culls to common 50 1894 IL.
CINCINNATI. - Hogs active and
steady at 50 25G4 co.. Cattle strong at
81 I5l5 90, Sheep steady at Sc 1904 60.
Lambs strong at "a oc95 90. IA
WOOL.
;lLoNDoN-There was all around AMI
nation at the wool auction sales to-day.
The selection was GOOD and consisted. of.
1851 bales. Choice Queensland and
greasy. focks were In strong demand,
the home trade and the continent taking
several parcels. Alot OF GeelonE greasy
merino was sold to German buyers at
Is Id. Cross breds were In good supply
and finer grades dearer American buy
ers secured a few OF the best but the
bulk was taken by the home trade. a
small supply of secured sold quickly 10
the continental and home buyers. Dur.
Ing the week 90 500 bales were sold. The
attendance was full. The offerings next
week aggregate $3.50 bales. Following
are the sales in detail: New South Wales
900 bales, secured II lsd3ls Cd; greasy
5& @1od. Queensland, 3, 900 bales. scour-
ed Is 4isd91s Cd; greasy 4 101sd. Vic
toria 1900 bales, secured .sd91s 7iissd:,
greasy 6%d@1s Id. New Zealand, "A 100
bales: secured 6d91s 4 I'D: greasy $40
lloyd. Cape OF Good Hope and Natal.
800 bales;s secured 9h@ls ID: greasy Co
Sd. The arrivals so far for the third
series aggregate 44,257 bales, of which
5000 were forwarded direct. The I'M
ports for the week are as follows: New.
South Wales, 272 bales: Melbourne, 7l59:
South Australia, 5,67l: Cape OF Good
Hope and Natal SIT; st. iMlchaels.t
1881 and elsewhere 1.574 bales.
NEW YoRK-wool quiet; fleece no
&c; Texas 12G15c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-21
DRY Goodl

o r.
NEW YoRK-The market for dry.
goods has been subject TO many varying
influences during the week. The favor
able and unfarorable influences have
about balanced each other, and at the
close the market remains where 1t was
at the opening with the exception OF
print cloths, which have lost ground.
There has been a falling off of the buy
ing In some lines on account OF interna-
tlonal sftuation. but there has been a
gain on account Of actual needs. In
staple cottons the market Is generally
( firm, the degree. of strength being regis
tered by the stocks on hand almost en-
(tlrely. For instance advances are re-,
ported on some lines of wide sheetIngs.
But in the. main, there is no change in
the tone of; the market, the demand in
brown, bleached and coarse colored
goods as a rule. being extremely limited.
Print cloths are quoted nominally at,
2hc less per cent, but the best price,
extras can. command Is 1-16c. Odd
goods are obtainable at prices based on
the above quotation. The Gales have.
been very light during the week, and
stocks have increased. Woolen and
worsted goods. are Slow.
The Bank Statement.
NEWrYoRK-The features OF the
weekly statement OF the New York .asso-'
ciated banks are the largest decrease IN
loans and increase in reserves. The
changes as against last week are, as fol-
lows: :. 3
Reserce increased ...,........S 5,33S, CPS
Leans decreased ........ 10. $50, 100
Specie increased 52l1. 200
Legal tenders decreased ...... 1,69S,S0
Deposits decreased ............ TS0i,500
Circulation increased 1890. 69.100
Surplus reserve ............... 2S.o60,050
Pet oicuni. 55tIe$
+ OIL CTTY-Credit balances nc: certi-
.flcates, first sale. regular. at nc: high.
est, regular, at rise: closed at &c bids I
for cash delivery oil: total sales, 5000
barrels: shipments S2,3l9 barrels; runs
81, $50 barrels. e -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-21
Thc HANK Statement.

4 NEW YoRK2The features Of the
weekly statement OF the New York .asso-
ciated banks are the largest decrease in
loans and increase In reserves. The
changes as against last week are, as fol-
The record-union., 1898-08-15
AT KOTZEBUE SOUND.
Many People There But No Report
Of Any Strikes.

PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. IA let
ter received here to-day announces the
arrival at KotZebue July 14th of the
steam schooner Elk, which sailed from
this port early in June with party Oh
prospectors for the mouth of the Nc
Kenzie River The Elk made the run
from Dutch Harbor to Kotzebue Sound
in seven days, arriving there July 14th.
The letter states that there are more
than 800 people on the sound, ana that
already provisions are scarce.
The schooner had two years supplies
for fifteen men, for which a handsome
figure was offered. Parties have COM
menced prospecting in the mountains
and along the various streams emptying
into Kotzebue Sound, but no strikes
have been reported. Many who are
short of supplies are making preRara-
tions to return south.
The only gold reported from the vicin-
ity of Kotzebue Sound this season is
about $4,000, which was in the pos
session of three men who had arrived
at Dutch Harbor just before the sailing
of the Elk. They had exhausted their
supplies of provisions, and had come to
Dutch Harbor in the hope OF replenish-
ing their stock They refused to give
the exact location of where they had
been working.
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WASSERMAN, DAVIS & co.


without any trouble. Always gaunt
and griZZled, he is thinner than ever,
but there is fire in his eye and a
spring in his step which shows that the
deadly calentura has not been able to
Quench his spirit.
There was a cheer from Roosevelt s
men as the doctor came on board. They
gathered at the rail and hurled dozens
Of questions as to when they were to be
allowed to go ashore.
mot tonight, boys" was the doc
tors cheering response, but bright and
early Tomorrow / won't keep you
her a minute longer than / have to-
Colonel Roosevelt and the doctor
walked up and down for awhile, and the
commander Of the Rough Riders talked
about their trip.
1--WE came up without a single mis-
hap" said he. Nearly all my men are
well. There is not bad case among
them. and nearly all those who left
Santiago in bad shape are now we'll on
the road to health.
wheeler has been ill, as you know
he added, drawing his arm affectionate-
ly through that of the old General; "but
everybody knows how he fought 1t
was a lucky thing for the Spaniards
that he was bit under the weather"
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DISPATCHES FROM SKATER.
Colonel Dick Arrives With Them
From Santiago.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Lieuten-
and Colonel Charles Dick of the Eighth
Ohio and Major George Goodfellow,
volunteer aide on General Skaters
staff, arrived in Washington this even
ing from Santiago. bearing important
dispatches and information from Gem
eral Shafter to the President and Sec
retary of War. Lieutenant Colonel
Dick had conference of an hour and
a half with the President tonight.
Lieutenant Colonel Dick, Major Good
fellow and Representative McKittrick.
the last named being General Skaters
son-in-law and confidential aide and
Secretary, arrived at New Orleans last
Tuesday on the transport Berlin. They
were detained for five days in quaran-
tine before being permitted to enter
the city. While in New Orleans, Cap
tain McKittrick received dispatch
from San Francisco announcing the
illness Of his wife, and left immediate-
ly for the Pacific Coast.
The officers say that by the end Of
the present week the whole of General
Skaters army will have left Cuba In
the opinion of Major Goodfellow, who
is physician of Los Angeles, Cal, the
removal of the army from Cuba was
absolutely necessary. He says the men
could not recuperate in that climate
during the rainy season.
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ASSEMBLING AT KEY WEST.
The Blockade Squadron VIII All
be There Soon.

KEY WEST. Aug. 14.-In accordance
with orders from the Navy Department,
following the Presidents proclamation
Of a suspension OF hostilities Commo-
dore Howell Of the north Cuban coast
blockade squadron is rapidly assem-
bling his ships at Key West Many ar
rived yesterday, and still more to-day.
The flagship San Francisco, with the
Commodore aboard, arrived this morn:
ing. She looks none the worse for her
experience Off Havana early Friday
morning. The hole torn in her stern
by the 12-inch shell from MORO Castle
had been neatly patched and the dam
age to the ship is inconsiderable. The
larger gunboats and the torpedo-boat
destroyers have not yet received orders.
but the torpedo boats and revenue cut
ters have already been called north.
The revenue cutters Hudson and Nor
rill left for Norfolk to-day They will
be followed tomorrow by the revenue
cutters Woodbury. and Window, which
came from Havana, and the lighthouse
tender Maple, from the Isle Of Pines.
The other ships of the fleet here to-
day are the Bancroft, Marietta. Castino
Newport, Miantonomah, Apache, Pc
oria Hornet, Oneida, Hawk, Dorothea
Buccaneer, Sylvia, Siren, Danger, Pts
cataqua and Uncas. The Tecumseh
and the smaller unarmed tugs Sioux
Calumet and Cheyenne left to-day for
Tampa.
Naval officers are unanimous in their
expressions of qualification that the war
Is over. and are anxiously looking fol-
orders which will take them north.
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Finely Executed Plates Were Captured
With Them.
The johnson Family Run to Earth
at Last-There May be Trouble
Over Election in the Choctaw
Nation-Large Attendance at
the Omaha Expedition and the
Receipts Satisfactory.

WASHINGTON, aug. 14.-Informa-
ton has been received by the Treasury
Secret Service, Detroit, Mich, of the
arrest of gang Of counterfeiters whose
operations have given the Government
considerable trouble. They are Charles.
Edward and David Johnson. Through
the efforts Of Secret Service Detective
Webb, the department has secured some
Of the important paraphernalia used by
them. Chief Wilkie regards the arrest
as most important one. He Identifies
the men with the issues of Hancock
and Window 81 counterfeits, which
have been circulated freely in the West
and East during the past eight years.
AT the headquarters of the gang the
officials recovered the face and back
plates from which the Hancock
counterfeit was made, and also the
plates for making the large and small
seals on these bills. There were also
| taken fifty 81 Hancock and 500 50
Window bills-the latter being regard
ed as one Of the best all-round counter
feits discovered for years.
Charles Johnson, who is said to be
at the head Of the gang. is about 65
years Of age, and according to the
statements Of Secret Service officials
here he has spent considerable time
in prison for counterfeiting. The Off
cialS can connect the Johnson family,
one of the brothers of which, Thomas
r., is dead, with the issue of a num-
ber of counterfeits which have ap-
peared from time to time, including
the So Jackson legal tender, the $50
legal tender of 1862, and the So Grant
silver certificate in 1882, besides the
counterfeit of some issues of Canadian
notes.
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ON COAST DIAMONDS.
Oakland Beats San Francisco and
San Jose Beats Stockton.

-
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.-The San
Francisco ball players were badly beat
en- by the Oaklands to-day Pitcher
Shea did we'll. but the team work of the
local nine was very poor. Runs-San
Francisco 3. hits 3. errors 3; Oakland
Z. hits s, errors 8. Batteries-Shea and
Hammond; Russell and Sullivan.
STOCKTON, Aug. 14.-Stockton lost
the game to-day largely through the
fact that Conrad. who had been sched-
uled to catch, did not appear, and Bill
ings, though sick. went grittingly be-
hind the bat and played it out. His
pasesd balls and errors area ccounted
for by his Illness. Score: Stockton l,
hits 8. errors 8: San Jose 3, hits q, err
rors 2. Observation-Disclosures and Bill
ings: Iberg and Kent.
wATSONvILLE, Aug. 14.-In their
first game since being admitted into
the baseball league, the Pajaro Valley
nine was to-day defeated by the Ath-
letics Of San Francisco in the tenth in
ming OF an exciting contest. At the
end of the ninth inning the score stood
l to l. but In the tenth, Second Base
man Kelly made wild throw and lost
the game for his club, the score at the
close standing 3 to l in favor of the
Athletics. The batteries were: Watson
vile, Donlin and Struve; Athletics
Fitzpatricks and Peters.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE
baseball teams of the Seventh and Sixth
California regiments played an excit-
ing game to-day. The hitherto irwin
chile Southerners were vanquished by q
score OF to 4.
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THE FRESNO FIRE.
Loss Of the Packing House q Severe
One to the Town.

Loss Of the Packing House q Severe
One to the Town.
FRESNO, Aug 1.-THE confagration
that devastated a large area in the
packing house district in Fresno at mid
night was not gotten under control un-
til daylight this morning. The aggre-
gate loss is now variously estimated
from a conservative standpoint from
$500, 900 to $3.50, 600. The buildings to-
gether with their entire contents de-
stroyed We're:
The Forsyth Seeded Raisin Packing
Company's establishment, the Phoenix
Packing House, the Union Ice Works
(partly destroyed), the National Ice
Company's establishment. the Farmers
warehouse, the Einstein warehouse,
Hobbs & Parsons (partly destroyed)
the residence of John Doyle, yard
master.
T. In addition to the buildings enumer-
ated. the Southern Pacific's loss will
be considerable. Several strings of
freight cars standing along the side OF
the packing houses and the warehouses
were a mass of flames before the force
of railroad men could haul them away
The freight depot of the Southern Pa
cific was on fire several times but a
large force Of railroad men We're sta
toned there and managed to save it,
Gartenlaub & Pratt of the Phoenix
Packing and Raisin Seeding Company
state that their loss will be $4,000 ap-
proximately. This plant was partially
covered by insurance, and the stock
alone was valued at $4,000 Forsyth's
loss is placed at $125OOO, insured 70,
$4,000.
M. w. Muller, of the Farmers Ware
house, estimates his loss at $4,000
The grain was all insured
The loss to the Einstein warehouse
will foot up to about $25.OOO 1t is inn
possible to estimatet he loss to the ice
company, but it will be very heavy.
The loss of Hobb & Parsons will be
between three and five thousand dol
lars
They succeeded in saving a part OF
their warehouse.
The Southern Pacific's loss will be
large, but no figures have been given
out Twenty or thirty cars were
burned, some of them being loaded
with grain and raisins. A large num-
Der of ties were destroyed and the track
was burned in number Of places. A
number of thirt-class sleepers were also
reduced to ashes.
Only the low compact structure of the
Hobbs-Parsons warehouse and the fire.
proof structure of the Burligh building
prevented the fire from sweeping the
entire line of packing houses on both
sides of the track
The loss of the two principal packing
houses of the district is a severe blow
to Fresno. 1t Will be the means OF
throwing hundreds of needy men and
women out Of employment, at the only
time when they usually find this class
OF work in abundance. The loss OF
nearly sixty carloads Of raisins in the
various warehouses and packing estab-
lishments viii not injure the raisin bus
mess in this section at least. The can
ming crop. will be packed and seeded by
the remaining plants. No action has
been taken thus far toward rebuilding
in the burned district
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THE POPE'S ILLNESS.
It Has Caused Intrigues Among the
Members of the Sacred College.

ROME, Aug. 1.-THE Pope's extreme
weakness has produced a great COM
motion, excitement and intrigues
among the members Of the Sacred Col
lege. 1t is reported that France, Ger
many and Austria, being chiefly con-
cerned in the accession to the papacy.
have ordered their representatives not
to leave Rome.
The Pope's physician thinks there is
no danger if the Pope is. able to pull
through the hot weather. All the mem
bers Of the family Of the Pope have
hurried to Rome. His holiness on Fri
day insisted upon getting up, but soon
had to be carried to bed again in a
state Of partial collapse.
The record-union., 1898-08-15
OMAHA EXPOSITION.
Managers Well Satisfied With the
Daily Attendance.

OMAHA, Aug. 14-The record of in
creasing Exposition attendance contin-
ues. Although the seven days just past
did not involve any feature that COM
pared in general interest with the
Flower Day, an Indian day celebration
of the preceding week, the aggregate
attendance was fully as great
The aggregate attendance during the
week was 10000 distributed as follows:
Sunday 1882, Monday 1O.2O4. Tuesday
1906, Wednesday 1899. Thursday
1850 Friday 1910, Saturday 1900.
The receipts for July, the second
month of the Exposition, are highly
satisfactory In addition to running ex-
penses, $4,000 of the floating debt was
paid. June, the first month, little
more than paid expenses. 1t is claimed
here that no former American exposi-
ton made so fiattering a showing the
first sixty days
The prospects for the remaining
months Of the Exposition are very
bright.
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Il Has Caused a Great Stampede From
juneau.
The New Diggings An the North
west Territory Are Very Rioh-
The Disastrous Fresno Fire Got
ten Under Control and Estimate
Of Losses Made-N0 Strikes Re.
ported at Kotzebue Sound.

JUNEAU (Alaska). Aug. 10, via Sc
attic (Wash.), Aug. 14.-What is re-
garded as a most important discovery
of rich placer diggings is reported to
have been made on Pine Creek, a small
stream, emptying into Atlin Lake, a
feeder Of Lake Tagish. The discovery
is located in the Northwest Territory,
Canada The news of the discovery
has caused a great stampede from
Juneau, and other Southeastern Alaska
points, and it is estimated that al least
LOCO prospectors have started for the
location. AS reported here, the find
was made two years ago by George
Miller. of this city about the time the
Klondike strike was made. Miller al
lowed his discovery to lie dormant, and
went to the Klondike.
Last June he returned, and taking a
few friends into his confidence, reVls-
tied this place and staked out claims.
Walker Carter, who has just returned
here from the diggings, says: Il saw
four men shovel in twenty-six ounces
in two days, one pan from bedrock con-
| taiing 81.
This was on Discovery claim. Pine
| Creek is about fifteen miles long and
will average seventy five feet In width.
The current is very rapid. The digglngs
are what is known as bar diggings or
summer placers. Discovery claim is
about eight miles from the mouth OF
the creek. Bedrock is only five feet
| from the surface, and is of slate
| formation Miller has five men at work
| shoveling into sluice-boxes, and ne
pays them $12 day each, setting
every night with dust taken from the
boxes The men are taking out stu a
| day to the man. The gravel shows
from twenty to $50 colors. Captain
| Strickland of the Canadian mounted
| police, with several men, are already
on the ground, and have staked out
claims for themselves and reserved the
| Government claims. When 1 LETT,
| thirty-three claims had been located,
| and the balance of the creek is re-
| served by the Canadian Government.
When l was coming out to Juneau l
met a large number of prospectors
going in to every bay along Tagisn
Lake. trying to find the spot which
they had heard of, but whose location
they did not know"
| The news has caused great excite
ment in Juneau, and every boat leaving
| here is crowded with prospectors. The
gold brought in from the new dlggings
1 is like that from the Klondike, very
coarse. but it is said to be worth 81 an
ounce more
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ROUGH RIDERS ARRIVE.
They Are in Better Condition Than
When They Left Santiago.

NEW YORK, Aug. Is. = The Rough
Riders are home. With Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Fighting joe"
Wheeler they have reached Montauk
Point They came on the Miami. which,
with the Gate City. the st. Louis, the
Vigilancia and the Mattewan. lie at an
chor Off shore now- their rigging lights
plainly visible from the camp. AS soon
as the Miami was sighted the quaran-
tine physician, DIR. Magruder, put off to
her in his tug, the Pulyer. Colonel
Roosevelt met him at the rail. With
hearty handshake he assured DR.. Ma
gruder that both he and his command
were in f1rst-class condition.
II never felt better in my life," he
said, land I have not had a pain since
/ went away. Here's General Wheeler.
too, and his son, Lieutenant Wheeler.
There does not look much the matter
with them"
Colonel Roosevelt had on faded
Khaki uniform, much stained and dis
colored, but there was a wholesome
bronze on his face and hands, and II
he lost some flesh since he went away
be Is not any the worse for it. General
Wheeler to-day will pass the doctors
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which sailed from here on q secret mis-
sion nearly a month ago. returned to-
day to port The Bennington got no
further north than Seattle. She lay at
Port Orchard for seventeen days. She
left here to search for an alleged Span
ish privateer. now believed to have
been mythical.
Lieutenant Commander Mozier, acting
Captain of the Bennington. has received
orders to relieve Lieutenant Command
er Curtis of the Albatross, which sailed
from here on Friday for San Jose de
Guatemala
The record-union., 1898-08-15
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Southern California One to Begin
at Santa Monica.

SANTA MONICA, August 1.-THE
annual tennis tournament of Southern
California begins here tomorrow. Such
field of entffes has never before been
seen here. prepared to do their best
for the handsome prizes which are Of
fered by the association. The tourna-
ment committee is assured Of a large
attendance and the place will have a
go this year never equaled before,
as everything is in perfect order
Among the entries will be found
nearly all the players of note in the
southern end of the State Lewis r.
Freeman, the champion, will be there.
He is the favorite
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Cu. His own Throat.

OAKLAND. Aug. 14.--James Will
Jams, an Englishman, who had Bean for
several weeks an inmate Of the County
Infirmary, cut his throat this morning
in barn three miles from Haywards
He was afflicted with heart disease,
and was respondent because Of his i'm
poverished condition.
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NO FORWARD MOVEMENT.
Peace News Has Stopped the Ad-
vance in Porto Rico.

PONCE porto Rico), Aug Is. even
ing.-The peace news has stopped all
forward movement of the American
army in Porto Rico. General Wilson
at Coamo and General Schwan at May
aguez will remain at those places. Cen
eral Henry, who is at Utuado, will re-
turn to Adjuntas, and General Brooke
who had advanced beyond Guayama
Will return to that town.
General Miles expects to do nothing
pending the arrival at San Juan of the
Peace Commissioners