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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-10

Hot water washing in cold
weather means chapped
hands. Lukewarm water
and little rubbing is re-
quired only if
FELS-NAPTHA
soap be used, even in
cold weather.
HELS & CO, PhiIa deIphia
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-10

Heavy and lightweight underwear
at one-half price. Waters bankrupt
sale, POS Lackawanna avenue. ..
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-20

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
FINANCE N TRADE
The Features OF the Money and Stocl
Markets. s
once OF the 1ntelligencer.

The Features OF the Money md Stock
Markets.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-NIoney on cal!
firm at 1901 per cent: last loan at 81
per cent: closed At Sh04 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 1904 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm With actual bus.
mess in bankers bills at 81 SiA for dc.
mand and at 81 S2STi S2is for GO days;
posted rates 81 SO and 81 S5@t Sc: COM
mcrcia! bills 81 S114. Silver certificates
56GGJSc. Bar silver 5G%c. Mexican
dollars ACC.
Prices OF stocks showed n further dc.
cline to-day and there was nothing TO
Indicate that the decline was due TO
any other cause than the prepondcrance
OF thpsc who desire to sell over those
who desire 10 bug. There was some
short selling by the professional bears
but no marked rec%uperatlon such as
would be caused by the covering OF
shorts was manifest and the bears, II
they sold. were apparently content to
leave their contracts open. The special.
ties continued 20 abSorb the largest
shaFe of atterilon. but the marIse,
showed n broader tendency ard the
liquidation extended more generally
through the list. Metropolitan Stree,
Railway was fcverish and giraffe
throughout, moving over n range OF 2Ia
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
WHEELING DAILY INTELLIGENCE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY - 1895

10000 bushels OF It on this side. In The
afternoon New York reported 50 boa.
loads taken for export and infused some
needed strength into the trade, not.
withstand!ng the fact, that the accuracy
OF the i.girts was doubted by many.
May rallied 10 OH d9lSc. where 1t was
quoted at the close.
Corn acted weak mos. OF the day. The
early feature was scattered country
selling through receivers and elevators,
Some liquidation was also caused by the
heavy receipts, 1919 cars. There was q
little rally later on the moderate estl.
mates for Tomorrow and the market
became fairly strong when wheat ra..
lied near the close. May ranged from
29h629Hc to 2sSc. and closed a shade
higher at 2oHc.
Oats were also weak, especially for
January. elevator people selling that de-
livery freely and forcing 1t 2Hc under
May, Liberal receipts. restoration q
freight rates anu falling OF In the ex-
port demand were oil factors in the
general liquidation during the morning
Prices rallied late In the day on a little
buytrg in sympathy with the reactions
IN wheat and 0 May ranged from
2sAc to 22%92e7sc. and closed q shadt
lower at 23ac.
..N -. ia -. n.y. f.... a. d 81
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

points and closing with a gain OF a
fraction. The stoek at one time shared
in the weakness OF the general list and
fell u points. Manhattan was under
pressure all day after q monetary
gain at the opening, and fell TO the
lowest, 10, only a little before the close
with a feeble rally. There was obvious
bear pressure against this stock. Net
losses OF large fraction are general
throughout the list and n number OF
prominent speclaltles and railroad
stocks, notably among southern and
southwestern roads and tho coalers.
show net losses OF point or over.
Yesterdays furry in the money market
| which carried rates up to 6 per cent,
wa not repeated to-day. but rates were
lrm and the largest part OF the days
transactions was made at 4 per cent,
With exceptions at 3,h per cent. The
clearing house statement dlseloscs that
the January disbursements resulted In
the transfer OF q littlc over $4,000 900
from the treasury to the New York
money market, Us indicated by the sub
treasures debit balance. The days OK.
| changes a. the clearing house ran up TO
the enormous total OF S?S0,T51, 265, and
the balances footed up over Sl6.5 900. 900,
To-morrow,s Union Pacific payment Of
IS, 100000, which Is TO pc covered Into
the treasury in cash, doubtless figures
In these transactions, but there were
evidently heavy banking operations in
addition ouite sufficient to account for
the furry In the money market ycster-
day. In view OF the proportlonately
small gurplus reserve. there are not
such confident predictions heard CT an
Immediate easing of the rates for money
ms were current last week, though the
exchnnr market holds firm ON n dc.
mant which is based on a presumption
OF lower rates for money in the near fu-
ture. sliaiIjFgE5 g1G
The demand for bonds was not heavy
| TODAY but prices were we'll held. Total
sales si,65o,0oo.
U. s. old As registered were u lower
bid to-day and the IS were Il higher.
The total sales OF stocks to.day were
oo4. 700 shares.
Evening Posts London financial ca
blcSram:
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and rather dull to-day, the only feature
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which have risen sharply.
,,ar;c,rs r.ar. 5,,,i a, ,ho Nor. yor,,
: = "a
weakness, the operators here entirely
awaiting n load fro,p tho otbe. r,do
a""t1ts " au ~! '"e 't s4ue.
There is no initiative here, where the
5,.no,i,ior Il, "a no,,.r .na,,,,,,;,.a
u!sposi'toA Is W eeHIer speculative dc-
tiv!ty on ArGertInes and mines, with n
n.a,,hor o,.n ono, 10 uo.,., 4, 1, ,,,,o,
"t ese oPSi " Al tii1tineu
to move
Iu,or,o =, ro,,, t, ,a,u
iH'poiea"t regulations are proceeding
here as to q Chinese loan, Spanish and
Llosl VI Tue ioIeISH stochs We're soou on
| strong uDport from Paris. China and
- 49,
9apdii securities nave risen murphy
Grand Trunks were booming on large
-.
~ increased freight receipts.
Gold is nj rs 1OHd {
=,
The Paris bourse and Berlin markets
were very firm
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saoS SooiAiioNe
u: .. new IS res.!as l0re. X. q, Nav. IS
40 coupon......lS pittsburgh .....l6S
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

CHlCAGo-Cattle lower; sales OF
steers ranged from 81 OOaA % for COM
mon grades up to s. 25a5 50 for the
best. the bulk OF the cattle crossing the
scales at 81 COOS 10. Calves were less
active and lower; choice lots selling at
Sc Is. Hogs. &c reduction; heavy pack.
ers sold at 50 4Oa3 55 and prime hogs
at 50 Coos 10. the bulk OF the hogs go.
Ing ut 50 550a Go. Pigs sold largely At
81 36Q3 %, Sheep md lambs active;
sheep So oo13 80 for The poorest lots up
to 81 G5G4 Is for a few prime TO fancy.
Lambs were salablc at 81 0OIi 30 for
the commonest up to S. 70d5 70 for cx-
tra lots. most Of the offerings going at
80 20 and upwards. Rcceiptl-Cattlc
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

CHICAGO-Revlval III the foreign
demand for American wheat to-day
caused the wheat market to close steady
at only Iic decline. 1t at one tine show
ed lHc break from yesterdays figures.
The market for corr ard oats was very
similar to that OF wheat and showed
very little changes at the close, Pro-
visions were weak and lost 7k9l2kc.
Wheat was somewhat irregular 10 be-
gin with There were buyers Of May at
from 9114c to 9lFsc OF the start, as COM
pared With 91k491Sc at the close the
day before, while January, the closing
price OF which was 9O&c, sold at tn,
opening to-day at 9OKc. May very
quickly began to give evidence Of de-
cIded weakness. 1t dropped at once af-
ter a few transactions at 91&c, AMI for
about half ar hour 1t hung around 9lAc.
Forty-tivc minutes or so later 1t weak
cned still! further On news connected
with the Argentine situation, and be-
fore the decline brought IN buyers
enough to stop it the price OF May was
9OhsG90%c. and Of January S9%c.
The carly news was not particularly
influential either way. Chicago receipts
were only rs cars instead Of $50 ex.
rected. and the northwestern receipts
at Minneapolis and Duluth we're reduced
to io5 carloads, against 657 the week be-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
AS TO FORAKER.
His Party Regularity" q Very Barren
Ideality.

HIS PARTY Regularity O very Barren
Idcality.
New York Press: Chief among the po-
l!ticai assets OF Joseph e. Foraker, for
many years leader OF a personal fac
tion II Ohio politics and now n senator
from that state, has been a display OF
pertervid party loyalty. Since his de-
feat OF eight years ago. VIXEN he last
venturcd TO go before the people, AR.
Foraker has lived on Regularity" In
4 other words. he has maintained and ad-
4 vanced his political fortunes and these
Of his followers not so much by an OK
hihlt of strength at the polls as by the
Industry which secured what Is called
: Substantial recognition" In party con
rcnt!oa3. 81 thus procuring the afix-
ture OF the party stamp to political
I goods which we're rather more than
4 damaged II the catastrophe OF 1889 Mr..
I Foraker has done an enviahly success
4 fl business. he himsel; holds u seat
In the senate, and the most impalpable
OF his creations, Mr.. Bushnell, holds the
g~overnorship by Virtue OF the mark o.
party approval on their candidates. In
years when the devotion OF Ohio 10 the
prime favo:ite of all he. favor!te sons
made a Republican nomination cquiva-
lent to an election.
Mr.. Foraker's regularity does not ap-
pear to be standing the test which he
has exacted from others with such adj
vantage to himself. In the June past
the Republican convention. of his state
placed Messrs. Hanna and Bushnell In
Joint nomination fo- senator and gov
ernor. Mr.. Foraker was 4 party to the
action. and to emphasize his part in It
he Opened the campaign from the
same rostrum with Mr.. Eonno, titus
setting at rest all doubts OF. his par,ic-
ipancy In the arrangements which an
Inscriptions opposition had enteay-
ored to create. The election followed,
and both candidates were In fact,
though only Mr.. Bushnell In form. cho-
sen for the respective Offices.
NOW that tho time has como for the
mere p~ertnnctory ratification OF this
solemn. political agreement, every term
OF which has been already executed In
fact. We behold on the par; OF Mr..
Foraker's intimate friends and accred-
ited agents hot only the most agtound-
Ing breach OF private faith. hut the
most hlidaciouS disregard OF party OBJ
neailon that recent politics records. we
mo MI: For&ker's personal rcpresentn-
ives, a~tesSra. Bushnell and kurl., not
only fecrcan.s to their party, in the
declaration or whose win they Joined IN
q state convention. but rccreants In al
lance with the most vicious and deg
Uctate party foes cas-; Of the MissIss-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

lphl river. We hnd them bandcd with.
the Bryanite leaders. Mclean and
Meyers, IN an effort to defeat tho cleo
itlon OF the chairman OF the Republican
national committee. whose candidacy
was proposed by the Republican organ
ization and accepted by the people OF
the state OF Ohio.
II Senator Foraker desires 10 retain a
singic .as OF reputation, u single Inch
OF standing nH a regular Republican, he
will nut an instant stop to this man
slrouG exhibition OF periidv.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

MISS ALLIE HUGHES. Norfolk, va.
was frightfully burned on the face and
neck. Pain was Instantly relieved by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sulvc, which
healed the injury without leaving n
scar. II Is the famous pile remedy.
Charles r.. Goetze. Market and Twelfth
streets; Chatham Sinclak, Fcrty-siXth
and Jacob streets; a. E. Scncelc, No.
COZ Main street: Exley Bros, Penn and
Zane streets; Bowie & Co.. Bridgeport,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
Wool

BosToN-The demand in the wool
market has been brisk during the past
week. The market is yet strong and
there is still a large lee-way lnWalues
before prices get up to the importing
basis, under the present duty. Territory
woods are now selling at 4Sa50c and the
prospect bright for an advance. Fleece
woods have met with little attention. but
the market holds firm. The sale OF Aus
trallan woods hold on well and at odd
prices, buyers being disposed to oper-
ate freely. Following are the quota
tions for leading descriptions: Ohio and
Pennsylvania tleeces X and above 20
CSC; XX and above 2e@2oc; No. l comb
Ing zoe: No. . comblng 29@3Oc.
NEW YORK-Wool very firm.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
$500 head; hogs 5000 head; sheep Is,
900 heal.

BALTIMORE. Monday. Jan. ).

~. BALTIMORE, Monday Jan. u
tswine.-The receipts this week were
13.5SS head. The arrivals foot up some
400 head less than last week and constl-
tute a light supply on the market. As
anticipated last week q fairly active
trade. with a better feeling, is seet,with
an Improvement OF ten or fifteen cents
per 100 lbs. gross Is seen In the quota
lions. Good light far western hogs sell
at 81 10. those from other points 50 700
a 100: light pigs 50 70d3 s.. and ropghs
81 50G3 90 per 100 pounds gross.
eSheep and ,Lambs.-The market for
good sheep and lambs Is active and
firm ut q slight advance In some In
stances over last week. Common to fair
sheep. weight 20 to so lbs, 333&c: fair
20 good. weight so to 100 Tbs, SA4ikc,
and extra (wethers) weight 100 Tbs,
gross, 4Ac per ID. grosa Common to fair
lambs 595isc; good to eStrars 5%q6Ac
per ID. gross.
Caires.-There Is a light u OF veal
calves and an active demand reported.
veals, weight 90 to 200 lbs, sell at i%@
6Mc per ID. Roushs nomina! at IS 600
z 90 per head.
EAST guFFALo-catte, extra TO.
prime steers 20 OOuo ~, 1alr TO-, good
steers 50 75@4 90: fair to good mixed
butchers stock s., 659il5: fair to good
butchers cows So 25d3 So: common old
to fair cows 81 1902 IS. Hogs, Workers.
50 1913 SOi roughs 50 1913 Is; pigs
SO 1903 So Sheep and lambs, receipts
36 cars; lambs. choice to extra, IS 500.
6 90; culls to common 81 5odf6 40. Sheep.
choice selected wethers 81 G0G4i as: culls
to common 81 50G3 rs,
EAST LlBERTY-Cattle frm;prlme
81 1904 %; common So 25G3 CO.: bulls.
stays and cows So 00I3 70. Hogs steady
at yesterdays quotations. Sheep active:
choice, 81 1904 SIS; common So 25G3 20;
choice lambs SO 0006 10; common to
good 81 5Oa5 So: veal calves IS 5067 %.
ClNcINNATI-Hogs easy at 50 CSC
Z G5.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
RAILWAY TIME CARD.

Arrival and departure OF trains on and.
snee dRrks: 'Dally. tDaily, except Sum
day. fDally. except Saturday. ifDaily, ex-
Sept Monday. sSundays'oniy. Saturdays
only. Eastern Standard Thine lIthIe
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

NEW YoRK-Plg iron warrants mar
ket at the close dull at Sc 85I6 Is. Lake
copper unchanged at $40 S5911 90. Tin
quiet and unchanged at slS 1913 s..
Spelter unchanged at So 90G4 90, and
lead dull at 50 C7A93 72!k; brokers'
e. *
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

NEW YoRK-Continued dullness Is
the rule in dry goods, the market being
without feature to-day in the direction.
OF improvement. The new prices on
fancy prints for spring show UNIVERSAL
ly low prices.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

OIL CITY-Credit balances csc; certi-
flcates. no bids for regular options;
opened and closed at Csc bid for cash;
no sales: shipments l2l,l53 barrels;runs
S3,45S barrels.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05

NEW YoRK-Flour, receipts 81. 453
barrels; exports $500 barrels; market
quie: and barely steady.
Wheat, receipts 130,425 bushels: ex-
ports eO7,162 bushels: spot firm: No. 2
red 81 0Ohs; options opened weak; clos
Ing only BGSc net lower: No. . red
January, closed at 95Ac; May closed at
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-09
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA
A Tug a Dredge and Two ScOWs With
All on Board are Wrecked in the
Gull of Mexico.

Apalachicola, Fla, August 5.-George
c. Randolph, purser of the steam tug
Nimrod, of Mobile, arrived here this
afternoon, accompanied by two ship
mates, and reports one of the most
terrible disasters that has ever occur
red on the gulf.
The Nirnrod, towing the dredge
Thomas H. Herndon and two scows,
were all totally wrecked off Cape ST.
Bias in Tuesday nights storm. The
NimrOd, with her entire crew, consist
ing of twelve men, went down forty
miles at sea and nothing has since
been heard of them. The dredge with
her two scOWS is ashore on Cape ST.
Bias, the dredge being a total loss. The
NimrOd, dredge and scOWs belong to
RittenhOuse Moore, of Mobile. They
are valued as follows: NimrOd, $40,-
900; dredge, SIS, 900; scOws, 49,, 900.
All Geographic communications are
still cut off, through there being no way
to communicate with the outside world
except by mail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-09
Mexico and the PHILIPPINES

From the foundation of Manila in
1871 up to the year 1919 the colony of
the Philippine islands was a depen-
dency of Mexico. During that long
period there was absolutely no direct
try and her far eastern colony. Ev-
erybOdy and everything destined for
the Philippines passed through Mexico
until the American colony threw off
the Spanish yoke. ThencefOrth, for
fifty-One years communication with
Spain was via the Cape of Good Hope.
The commercial history of the Philip
pines would be too long to relate here
in extensO; suffice it to say that it is
a series of struggles between the col
OniSts, who sought to trade freely
with Mexico and China, and the Span
ish king and his councillors and the
trading community in Spain, who per-
sistentIy determined to curtail that
freedom as mush as possible. The pol
icy of the Spanish merchant class was
to hold Mexico as their exclusive mar
ket. They opposed Philippine traffic
with China because this necessitated
silver dollars, which they knew must
come from Mexico SurreptiOuSly, if the
islanders were not openly permitted to
give goods in exchange. The famous
galleons, which were so frequently in
terrupted and seized by British pri-
vateers from the days of our Queen
Elizabeth onward. formed the only
connection between Mexico (Acapulco)
and Manila.-FrOm the Contemporary
PpvieW-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-09
Foreign Consuls at San Juan Advise the
Spaniards to Surrender.
TROOPS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
The Spaniards Make a Bold Front of Determination to Resit..Com
Martial OF Commander OF Ponce-.Spanish Forces Driven Back.
A Cablegram from Admiral Sampson--General Tone OF
Health of the Ships Crews Lowered--FirtT Trans.
port Leaves Santiago with Troops
or Nontauk.
for MOntauk.

is present. There is around town a
ragged man with a smattering Of
Spanish who has turned several dollars
by buying up swords and machetes
from Spaniards and city pawnshops
to sell them again to American relic
hunters. There is the man with the
capital to invest who awaits but a sure
and remunerative opportunity, and
there is the man who buys up bargains
in American horse flesh from sick or
wounded officers going home, hoping
to sell the animals at a profit. The
first steamer from the United States
has brought many men to look over
this new field of business opportuni-
ties, and there will be American sharp
ness and enterprise pitted against the
Cuban and ~Spaniard. If Santiago
prospers n money is easy there will
be a good field here for the gambler
and his outfit, if the laws will allow
him to operate. With prosperity and a
good hotel there is promise in Santi-
ago of a wide open town that will be
a sure attraction to men of a certain
stamp.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-09
White Oak Chips.
White Oak. N. c., August

mite OAK. N. u, August o.
The Sunday school conference Of
Bladen circuit will be held at Bethle-
hem September 9th and 10th. We ex-
pect some good speeches from Rev.
L. M. Chaffin, DR.. w. H. G. Lucas, Mr..
E. F. McCulloch and others.
Rev. Joseph G.. Fisher has been
called to the pastorate of White Oak
church for next year.
Mrs. Lucian Herring, of Sampson,
has been visiting her daughter Mrs.
A. E. Martin.
Prospects are good for an abundant
harvest Of ORR and cotton in this
section.
Miss Jessie Wooten a popular young
lady Of Columbus county has been Wis
iting relatives and friends here.
Ar interesting series Of meetings at
White Oak Baptist church closed last
Sunday with seven accessions to the
church. A large number Of penitents
were at the altar throughout the meet
ing.