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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

PLANTS IN SLEEPING = ROOMS
Flora. Napa, Cal The general effect of
plants is to purify the air. The leaves
of plants and trees inhale carbonic acid
gas the poisonous element of the atmo-
sphere thrown out by amin ais in breath
ing, and give out oxygen, the life-giving
element. without which animal life cannot
is one of the natural agencies by which
at a minimum. Carbonic acid. without
Gus to animal life-not, as is usually sun
posed, because it is itself poison. but
because when more than a certain pro-
portion of 1t rs in the air respiration is
impossible. 1t is not a poison to the
stomach or blood, but is deadly to the
lungs. House plants should never be kept
in sleeping rooms. nor, indeed, in anv
rooms generally occupied, if the matter
of ventilation is not attended to very
carefully. Every green leaf on tree or
plant sucks in during the sunshine car
bonic acid from the air and breathes out
oxygen, but this only in the day time
During the night this action ceases and
the reverse takes place-that is. taking in
oxygen and throwing out carbonic acid
Ihe young shoots and flowers of all plants
breathe in oxygen only; consequently they
may actually V1tiate the air lust as ami
mails do, by increasing the proportion of
carbon1c acid From this it may be noted
that harm done by plants in houses is
caused especially when they are blossom
ing, also at night.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

The great railroad strike at Cleveland seems tc
have reached very happy stage if not conclusion
Each side claims victory, neither is willing to trust
itself and both afraid of each other.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

AS the Democratic National Committee is com
planning of lack of money it is clear the people
too prosperous to very much whether the old
calamity mill is kept running or not.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

And now the subordinates of the national nava
bureaus have been talking too much The authorities
at Washington ought to make requisition for some
deaf and dumb clerks.
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rode the horses added: eve have walked to and fro
through the EARTH and behold all the earth steth still
and is at rest"
The fusion Democrats belong to the age of Zecha-
riah and not to the nineteenth century
---..-
Washington statesmen are beginning to disturb
themselves seriously in an effort to determine how
the Filipino will affect politics. They might dis
with better profit the query of how politics will
affect the Filipino
The press censor at Manila must be away on vaca-
ton Through strange oversight of the authori-
ties the correspondents were permitted report
act of exceptional herosm the part OF Filipino
officer.
The Trustees of the State Normal School at San
Jose have applied the whtewash brush to Principal
McNaughton Many of the alumni still of the
opinion that the doctor should have had the boot.
The great railroad strike at Cleveland seems to
have reached very happy stage if not conclusion.
Each side claims victory, neither is willing to
itself and both are afraid of each other
AS the Democratic National Committee is COM
planning of lack of money it is clear the people
too prosperous to very much whether the old
calamity mill is kept running or not
And now the subordinates of the national naval
bureaus have been talking too much. The authorities
at Washington ought to make requiston for
deaf and dumb clerks.
Peace hath her victories we'll as Sir Julian
Pauncefote, it is announced, is soon to be elevated
to the British peerage in recognition OF his services
at The Hague congress.
The Cubans are about to send a deputation to
Washington to ask intentions, so if Uncle
Sam means to wed the Queen of the Antilles it is time
for him to say
To outsiders the ruction in San Domingo may
seem like revolution, but to the people OF the island
it will hardly count as an oscillation They are used
10 such things,
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

The Cubans about to send a deputation tc
Washington to ask intentions, so if Unci
Sam means to wed the Queen OF the Antilles it is time
for him to say so.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

Peace hath her victories we'll as war. Sir Julian
Pauncefote it is announced is soon to be elevated
to the British peerage in recognition of his services
at The Hague congress.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03

To outsiders the ruction in San Domingo ma,
seem like revolution but to the people OF the isant
it will hardly count an oscillation. They usee
TO such things,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
AlIored Roer ontrages.

CAPE TOWN, Oct, ls.-complaintS Of
Boer outrages upon the natives con-
tinue to arrive. These serve further 70
lnfiame the Basutos and zulus. Rear
terdny l5O BasutOs from johannesburg
arrived-at Burghersdorp, Cape Colony.
and alleged that the Beers had robbed
them wholesale and fiOsged them With
"blacksnakcs."
The party. which included a son of
Chief Lerothedi, was supplied with pro-
visions. and the BOsutOs then started
homcward. cheering for the queen and
chanting war songs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
SENATOR HANNA
Being Challenged TO Talk About
Trusts by the Democrats, Takes Up
the Gage ofBattIe.

Being Challenged TO Talk About
Trusts BY the Democrats, Takes Up
the Gage ofBattIe.
CLEVELAND. o.. Oct. Ex-senator
Hanna, in a speech before the Fifth dis
trict Republican club tonight, defined
his position regarding the trusts. on
this subject he said;
1.-THE Democrats say / am afraid to
talk about the trusts. That settles it.
am going to talk about them. This
combination OF capital for one purpose
or another is not a political question
at all. It is a business question, and
ought not to have been brought into
politics. When our Industries were in
their Infancy England and other cOun-
tries came along and sold goods
in this country at less than the price
asked in their own. They followed the
protective tariff law formulated by that
friend of the workingmen, VIM. Nc
Kinley. Having secured this protection
American manufacturers went abroad.
They are making rapid strides and are
successfully competing with the whole
world. II Is evident, however that they
cannot continue to do so unless they
have combined capital.
Eve ought to own and control our
own merchant vessels We then would
be in shape 10 make our own rates and
compete with other nations on an equal
footing. We now have reached the stage
when we are doing more exporting than
importing, The last year was the hFst
year In the history of the country that
this was true. But we must look to the
future. We must stand prepared for the
changes that are bound to come"
This formation of combines Is simply
an evolution IN business methods.
Should railways own their own steam
ship lines there would be a marked
change in the rates. All this requires
capital and such a tremendous amount
that no ordinary corporation could
stand It, The so-called trusts are not
new. They have been found in Eng
land and Germany as far back as two
hundred yeRrs and are increasing.
Therefore, from a business standpoint
of view, the formation Of these combl-
nations, In one sense, Is one step for
ward. The Democrats would have you
believe that they are terrible Anaeon-
dns that will swallow us all up. How
ever, II the trusts are menace TO the
country, what party better than the Re
publican can give you relief? When 1t
comes down to plain facts, the various
labor organizations are sort OF trust,
and believe in them and always have.
They are for the purpose, ] believe, OF
helping the Individual members. The
organizations OF the employer should go
hand In hand with the organizations OF
the employed. In that way much good
can he ACCOMPLISHED J."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
BOER REVERSE
Sustained ut spruitfontein Near
Kimberley in an Attack Upon An
Arnored Train.

Sustained at Spruitfontein Near
Kimberley in an Attack Upon Rn
Arnored Train.
ORANGE RIVER, Oct IS. Delayed In
transmlsslon) Afternoon The Beers
suffered reverse on Sunday At sprult-
fonteIn. ten miles south Of Kimberley.
An armored train went out to bring In
train reported to have been captnred
by the Beers near the spruitfoatein
siding. A party of Beers who were en-
camped nearby lowered the railway
signal and displayed a white Dag, ap-
parently with the idea Of inducing The
train to proceed. The driver suspects
ed that the Beers were in possession
and stopped the train, whereupon Beers
Issued in large force and opened Ara.
but without any effect.
The soldiers replied from the train
and about half dozen Beers were Kills
ed. The British were unscratched.
Seven hundred Beers surprised q par.
ty Of thirteen Cape Colony police yhO
were guarding the railway at Rlyertel
Road, eighteen miles north Of RlmherT
ley on Sunday morning. The police re-.
tired. A terrific explosion was heard
later and it Is believed that the Beers
blew up the station.
A relief party Of twenty-five poilee,
sent from Kimberley, met the Beers
near Rlverton. The enemy displayed .
white flag to induce the troops to fan
into their trap, but the police were or
dered to retire. Then the Beers opened
a heavy flre upon them. dIscharglng
about 400 rounds. A bullet struck tho
horse of Surgeon Major Sullivan who,
with a trooper, whose horse had stum-
bled and dismounted him, was OaD'
trred
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CHICAGO. oct. 10. - The committee
on permanent organization appointed by
the antI-lmperlaIist conference met here
to-day and formed national organiza-
tlon to be known as the American Anti
Imperinllst league. Existing organiza-
tions will become members at the out,
set, and the work OF securing new local
ORGANIZATIONS will be pushed all over the
country.
The following were elected as officers
of the league: President. George ;.
Boutwell,. Massachusetts; Vice presl-
dents, George II, Edmunds. vermont;
j. Sterling Morton. Nebraska; Carl
Schurz. New York: Richard T. Crane,
illinois: Donaldson Caffrcy, Louisiana;
Rufus IL. Smith, Ohio. and John Nalen-
tine, California.
Chicago was selected as inc healQunT-
terE OF the league. with an eastern Office
In Boston. Other ofllces viii be estab-
ilshed as required.
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was degeneratIng into a drifting match
"a they approached the mark. The
challenger was directly astern Of ths
Columbia, trying with her mountains Of
canvass to blanket the towering sails
Of the Yankee, But columbia was a
wizard. Somehow she managed to ges
wind enough from somewhere to keep
her slipping through the water and. In.
vain Shamrock strained to oveFtRl'e
her, The yachts were half an hour
covering the last half mile.
Shamrock Becalmcd.
slowly but stately as a queen the
white ievIathan wore around the mark
and filled away. Passing Shamrock,
still outward bound, close aboard on,
her weather, she robbed her OF the light
breeze and left her with droopIng wines
utterly becaImed for fun minute. 1t
must have been a minute Of intense
chagrIn aboard the challenger, and the
patriots could not but feel sense Of
pity for the loser. A brass throated
chorus had greeted the Columbia as she
rounded and 1t was repeated with add
ed vlgor when shamrock rounded six
minutes and eighteen seconds later.
The Columbia had gained five minutes
and fifty-one seconds in the fifteen miles
to leeward. About three and a half
hours had been consumed and there ap-
peared no chance for either yacht to get
home. but as the breeze continued to
haul to the southwark. It made a fair
wind for the return journey and as It
freshened to ten knots soon afteryard
a faint hope of finishing within the
time limit arose.
The Yankee sailed away from her
rival like a ghost ship, leaving her far
astern. increasing the distance between
them so rapidly that when the race was
declared of at 4:1s she was leading by
three miles.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
YRYBUBG
SURRENDERS
10 B0ERS
Inhahitants Flee in an Direstlops,
The British are Wildly
Indignant
THERE WAS A FEARFUL PANIC.
Beers Suffer a Severe Reverse
at spruitionteln South Of
Kimberley.

LONDON, Oct 2O.-The Cape Town
correspondent Of the Daily Man toie-
graphing at 10 O'Clock Thursday says;
avryburs surrendered Sunday. To-
nights dispatches from Ruruman, nlne-
ty miles west by south OF Vryburg,
state that the police having Withdrawn
from Vryburg, the town SURRENDERED TO
the Beers, the Inhabitants feeling Ia all
directions, mostly toward RurumaR.
When the police Withdrew the Cape
Beers notified the fact to the enemy
thus inviting them to take possession.
There was a fearful panic. The British
are wildly indignant at this scuttllAg'"
LONDON, Oct. 9O.-Fhs Ladysmith
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph.
under date OF October 10. afternoon.
says:
"The Beers captured q train which
left Ladysmlth at 1890, near ElaudS-
laagto. 1t contained several ofacers
and a few men, beside civilians, all go
ing to Glencoe or Dundee. Fortunate
ly the lO:SO up train. which contained
one OF your correspondents got through.
The enemy cut the wires. severlng com-
munIcatlon with Glencoe. The news
was first received from the station mas
ter at ElandslaagtO, who wired: 7 soo
Beers near the line. What shall dor
.Ladysmith answered., Let the train
run ahead full speed
"It did SO, making Cor the north q
Elandslaagsto.
"The official said; Tho Beers are
mastering and firing to stop the train
they have stopped 1t. What shall ! dot
Must 1 go?
eyes, co. was the reply.
"Thereupon the messages ceased and
since the line has been blocked. Prob
ably the station master escaped
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
LAwToN's EXPEDITION
Is Moving Towards Isidro to Establish
Base of Operations.


Base of Operations.
MANILA, Oct. 10. = General Lawton
and General Young are at Arayat with
a force of nearly 5000 men. The gun
boats Florida and oeste are preparing to
move along the river to San Isidro,
which will be held as a base of opera
tIonS for the north.
Extensive preparations nave Deeh IN
progress for several days and the expe-
dItion, whose objective point u Tarlac'
is expected to start to-day. The sup
plies will taken on cascoes.
General Lawtons' force consists OF
eight companies OF the Twenty-fourth
Infantry, under Colonel Keller; eight
companies OF the Twenty-secord IN
fantry, under Major Baldwin; nine
troops OF the Fourth cavalry mounted,
under Colonel Hayes. and a mixed regi-
ment, consisting Of one company OF the
Thirty-seventh Infantry, six guns COM
manded by Captain Scott; one company
OF cavalry and Captain Batson's Mac
abebee scouts.
The Third cavalry is eQulpping at
San Fernando to Join the expedition,
Heavy rains, the first In weeks, began
last night and have continued steadily.
General Lawton is supposed TO have
reached San Isldro. No communication
has been received from him since ne
left Arnynt this morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20

.LADYsMITH. Oct. 1s.-The Free
state Beers, on the falling back Of tho
British patrols, occupied Acton Homes
yesterday. Their probable intention y
to cooperate with the disarected Natal
Dutch in Umvotl, Major Adye RayV
that not single shell fred at the Brit
ish scouts by Boer artillery exploded.
This bears out the reports that the
Beers shells are defective. II Is report,
ed that Chief DinlIulu held Zulu Inc
dnba near Isandula recently. His attlr
tude is loyal.
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Wheeling a Lake Eric NTortgagl

TOLEDO, o., Oct. ls.-The Wheeling
& Lake Erie railway filed an lnstru-
ment to-day, mortgaging all Its fran
chises, property, ETC., to the McrenntIle
Trust Company, for 4i5.OOO,OOO. The
explanatory detail covers n number OF
stcreotyped pages, but the process is a
refund OF indebtedness. The mortgage
is TO secure the purchase price OF the
Cleveland. Canton & southern railway.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
Bose Rail Men Fight.

DETROIT, Mich. oct. 1O.-Bo
Needham. sporting editor OF the Detroit
Free Press, and Manager vRudCrbcck,
OF the local base ball team. had 4
squabble to-day over money. Needhnm
says Vnndcrbeck owes him for doing
the official scoring the past summer.
They came 10 blows and In Tho scuiRe
Eeedhnm broke Vanderbcck's nose and
pounded him quite severely.
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LONDON, Oct. 2O.-The Cape Towp
correspondent OF the Daily Mail ls%l;
"The Beers are boRsting that they N'ln
hold fancy dress balls and ma9quaradoe
In British uniforms at Cape Town enc
Durham By the end OF Octohef.
Another $4,000 pounds Of TrapoVnll
gold has been seized, aboard the StnQ-
mer Avondule Castle at pelRGoa Bav.s
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CANTON, Miss, oct. 19.-At ST. Ann.
twenty miles east OF here to-day, Mrs
j. II. Gumbrell and four children lost
their lives in FIRE that destroyed their
residence.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20
cnnlI,ntcs Adynncch.

CLEVELAND, o.. oct l9,-rhe Ohio
Coal Traffic Association at meeting
to-day advanced the freisht9 on coal
shipped from Ohio. Western Pennsylva-
mia and West Virginia The rate To
Toledo was put up ten cents, to Detriot
ton cents. to Chicago fifteen cents and
to points In Michigan on the relative
hnnln
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snnn Man WIN Try it.

LONDON, Oct. 2O.-A provincial pa
per is authority for the statement that
IL the Shamrock fails to win the Amer
ica's cup, Mr.. Lever a millionaire soap
manufacturer Intends to issue a chal-
lenge for a series Of races in 1900.
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CLEVELAND. o., Oct. 10. - Charles
Wesley. one Of the veteran hotel men Of
the country and late proprietor OF the
%eddeil house, died to-day, aged SO
yClrg
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Rncr Rlo,N un Prldees.

CAPE TOWN. Oct, l9 = The Bosra
have blown up the bridges AZ Fourteen
Streams and the Modder river, the eofr
mer north and the latter south Of KIM
berlcy.
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WARRINGTON. oct i9-unl;cd
states senator George +. Hoar was to-
day unanimously reelected president Of
the Unitarian council.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20

The temperature yesterday, as observed
by e. Schucpf, druggist, corner Market
and Fourteenth streets, was as follows;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-20

Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For
West virginia. Western Pennsylvania and
Ohio Showers. followed by fair weather
Saturday, fair weather; light to
fresh uOrthcrly winds.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-06
OPERATORS WERE
NOT SURPRISED
Wiping Out OF Surplus Shown
in Stocks.
MARKET VERY VULNERABLE
Average Cash Holdings Fail OF the Lee
galRequirement- The Business
in Bonds Was on a
Large Scale
MARKET VERY VULNERABLE

New York, November 4.-Since the surplus
reserves of the New York banks fell to
about a quarter of a million of dollars in
the middle of September, the professional
traders in stocks have looked for deficit
in the required cash reserves of the banks
almost every week. The wiping out of the
surplus shown today was. therefore, not
surprise. The weeks events made the stock
market peculiarly vulnerable in spots and
the slump in prices of a few stocks gave an
appearance of decentralization to the
market.
The weekly bank statement of the New
York clearing house institutions had not
shown a deficit since 1898. For six weeks
past, however, the surplus has been near
the vanishing point and at least half and
sometimes more of the individual members
of the clearing house have been below the
legal reserve limit. They have not sought
to build up surplus in that time but have
apparently been content to discriminate in
the calling f.loans against collateral which
did not please Them and with their security
thus improved to keep their funds loaned
up to the limit of the legal allowance. The
average cash holdings now fail of the legal
loan contraction necessary to bring the
proportion of reserve back to the legal re-
auirements would therefore be $1,353,400.
Business in bonds was on large scale
especially in some lower grades of specu-
lative issues which have been sharply adj
vanced.
United States rs. the SIS and new As
advanced hc, the 5's registered CSC and the
SIS coupon and old 4s>Ac in the bid price.
New York, November 4.-Money on call
firm a per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 5@5al per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at s4.S67s@4S7 for
demand and al $4S344.83A for sixty days.
Posted rates, $4Sid4SS
Commercial bills, $4.S2A.
Silver certificates, 5S1aqo912c.
Bar silver, 5SBc.
Mexican dollars 471ac.
state bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds, irregular
Government bonds strong.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-06
liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, November 4.-Spot, moderate
demand, prices 1-32d higher; American mid
ding fair, 14-32d; good middling, Az mid
ding, Lied; low iffidding, 49, good ordin-
airy, ll-l6d; ordinary sgd. The sales of
the day were 5000 bales, (which 500 were
for speculation and export. and included
400 American. Receipts, 10000 bales, in
Guiding 300 American. Futures opened
steady and closed barely steady at the adj
vance. American middling, low middling
clause: November, 3.62@3.63v; November
December. 3.6163.62b; December January,
January-February. 3.59G3.6ob; February
March, 359s March-April, 35SGp3.59b; April
May, 3.5SM359s; May-June, 3.5Sb; June July,
3.5Ss; July-August S.57d3.5Sb; August-Sep-
tember .3.556l3. Ssh.
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Birmingham city Bonds


rrffa .PrF t'rGf'f7T"
Butter-Elgin, 25c; dairy, No. !, zoe; dairy
No. 2, 15c; country, 121ac; cooking. 15c
Potatoes-Irish, Csc.
Lemons-Choice, $4.25d475; fancy, $.25.
Poultry-Hers, l26221Ac: fries HOPPE;
small. S1hc; ducks. 2Gc; geese, zoe.
Eggs. Ice.
Tomatoes-25G35c.
Cabbage-1hc per mound.
Onions, 112c per pound.
Grapes--75d90c per crate.
Apples-sS. O0d$S.25.
s.scal ttaplc frooe,ie
Flour-Best patent, d.35; straight, $4.15;
full patents, $500.
Sugar-Granulated, $50; Y. C., 5mQ5Ac
Coffee-Green, SGp11hc Arbuckles pack
ages. $1,000; Levering's packages. .s10bo;
Lyons packages $10.50.
Iaard-61Ac.
Clear rib sidcs-5Tc.
Molasses Centrifugal. 15Q35c: sugar
house, 20Q35c.
Rice-4@6hc.
Corn-MrSed. 4Sc: white, 60c.
Pearl meal--90c.
Hay-Choice timothy, si6.50: No. l, S15.50;
clover mixed, SA.50.
Oats-Mixed, acc; white, &C.
Bran-Mxed, 1850; pure wheat, $3.50.
Cotton seed meal, $780,