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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-03
Recent Charters Issued

Special Dispatch to tho Intell!sencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March ~
charter was secured yesterday, for ,bs
purpose of constructing a railroad from
Huntington, In Cabell county, to 4
point at or near Pineville, in Wyoming
county. The corporation which will
build 1t Is to be known as the Guyaa.
dotte Valley Railway Company, and
consists of the following persons, all ..
Huntington: ]. L. Caldwell, John H.
Holt, c. W. Campbell. H. 7. Lovett and
W. NJ. Campbell. The capital stock IA
$4,000, divided into shares OF one hun
dred dollars each. The principal ottlca
is to be at Huntington.
A charter was also ISSUED. YESTERDAY
to the Sistersville Hardware COMPANY,
OF Sistersville. for the purpose OF carry.
ing on the business OF manufacturing,
buying and selling OF hardware, paints,
oils. stoves, builders supplies, plumb.
ers' supplies, tin-ware. eave-spoutins,
agricultural implements, lime, cement,
tile, brick. coal, wagons. buggies, har.
ness, saddles, and other articles. Tia
subscribed capital stock is $4,000, Of
which $1,000 has been paid up. On.
hundred thousand dollars is authorized
The incorporators are Robert Mccor-
mick, Frank ". Berry, F. ]. ColbeT.
George B. Work, T. D. Mccoy and E. A.
Durham, all Of SiSterSvllle.
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Nails Hnve ADVANCED.

Says an Associated Press dispatch to
the Intelligencer from Pittsburgh:
The advance in iron and steel during
the past few days has caused nail
manufacturers to advance their prices,
nnd wire, steel and wrought nails have
been increased 10 per cent. The hasing
rate remains the same, but the dis
count has been taken off.
Manufacturers say that the demand
for their product has greatly increased.
during the past few weeks and that
prices would not have been changed
had not the price on raw material ad-
vanced. All the mills ore running full
time and up TO their capacities. All the
rod mills in the city are working over
time In order to I'LL orders AMI the
workmen are now beginning to hope
that the increase In the prices of iron
and steel will mean a general advance
in wages. The shortage in steel is al
ready being felt by some OF the small
er plants, and producers of billets with
finishing mills Of their own are reaping
harvest. Structural mills have ad-
vanced all shapes So a ton and sheets
have been advanced the same figure.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-03
RIVERSIDE WORKERS
Confer with General Manager Hcarnc
this Afternoon Relative to their Re-
quest for Wage Adynncc-Tcn Per
Cent Incrcnse IL Asked

Confer with General Manager Hcarnc
this Afternoon Relative to their Re-
quest for n Wage Advnncc-Tcn Per
Cent Increase is Asked.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock General
Manager Frank ]. Hearne will confer
with 4 committee of the employees of
the Riverside steel works, relative to
the increase OF wages asked for by the
committee recently. rs stated in the
Intelligencer at the time. The men
are confident OF getting their demands
complied with. as the scale under which
they work doesn't expire until the Goth.
and Mr.. Hearne yesterday asked for to-
days conference.
There Is not scale at the steel works,
in the sense OF sliding scale. but
every year wage agreement Is en-
tered into, and thirty days notice OF n
change in its provisions must be given
by either party. The increase will
affect the day men chiefly. and n 10
per cent increase Is asked, which will
make difference in some of the day
mems wages of from Il to % cents per
day.
The men base their confidence of get
ting the increase on the fact of the high
price OF steel. and Manager Hcarne's
request for conference Is viewed ia
vorably. There were rumors yesterday
that the tube works employees would be
the next to ask for more wages. and IL
they do 1t Is certain the plate mill men
will fall In line. The big plant loses
less time in n year than any of It's COM
petitOrs and with better wages this
community would feel like dating the
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TWO BISHOPS
And Other Ciergymen OF the
\ Methodist Episcopal Church.
WILL BE IN WHEELING SUNDAY
To Preach Discourscs Advocating
support for the Great American
University Project at Washington
,City-The Local Committee hns not
yctArrangcd the Days Programme.
News of tho Churches.

This afternoon four prominent clergy
men of the Methodist Episcopal church,
including Bishops Fowler and Hurst,
and Rev. DR.. j. w. Hill, of Fostorla, O.,
and Rev. DR.. W. L. Davidson. of the
Mountain Lake Chatauqua. arrive In
the city, and will be the guests of Rev.
DR.. ]. L. sooy, pastor Of the Fourth
Street ". E. church. over Sunday.
They come for the purpose OF preach-
Ing discourses here next Sunday in IA.
vor OF support of the great American
University project. details Of which
were given Intelligencer readers re-
Gently on the occasion OF q visit OF DR..
Hill. one of the foremost promoters.
1t was intended to have services In
several Of the Protestant churches Of
the city. and to be followed with a
great public meeting In the afternoon a t
the Opera House or some other hall,
but the latter feature will probably be
eliminated, and the union meeting will
Likely be held at the Fourth street
church. The details OF the meetings
will be given in to-morrow's Int.alli-
gencer, after q meeting OF the visiting
clergymen and local friends OF the
American University project to be held
to-day for the purpose Of making the
arrangements.
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Iron Busincss Retrieved,

In referring to the rapid advance In
products OF the iron and steel mills of
the country, the Iron Trade Review in
its current issue says: Advances in
iron and steel prices come so thick and
so fast that daily rather than week.
~ review would be required TO take
timely note of all. The important con-
solidation fact of the week is the organ
iZat!on of the National Steel Company.
with an annual output of about 1850 900
tons of billets and sheet bars from It's
six central western steel plants, and 4
pig iron capacity of from 1900, 900 to
100000 tons. That 1t Is negotiating for
ore supply is quite certain; and it is en-
tirely In the proba bilities that its ALL
ance with the American Tin Plate Com
pany may take on stronger form later.
and that the American Steel and Wire
Company may be another factor in q
larger combine The relation of the i'm
pending sheet mill consolidation to the
National Steel Company has not yet
developed, but some work has been
done.
In the past week the whole line of
products has moved upward, and there
Is further Indication of the present in
adequacy of furnaces and mills TO cope
with the requirements Of domestic and
foreign trade OF the marvellous proper
tons to which both have come. Another
week of such advances as those made In
the past seven days would put export
business out of the question, except at
concessions"
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Much New Business

Yesterdays Ohio Valley Manufacture
er in reviewing the iron and steel trade,
says:
Iron and steel manufactures lead all
other branches Of trade In the volume
Of new business. While production Is
almost up to full capacity, OF plants
making raw and semi finished products,
there Is no apparent abatement OF de-
mand. A number Of mills have with
drawn quotations., and refuse TO con-
slider specifications until August or Sep
tember: some are booked for entire out
put to that time. Bessemer pig Is firm
at $500 to S12.25 Wheeling and the
valleys, with mill and foundry irons
following close at $l1.75 to $ll.9O. Prices
have moved up rapidly since January,
assisted by number of influences,
among them the desire to discourage
undesired business by naming prohibi-
tory figures Demand was so keen,
however. buyers so importunate and
bullish sentiment so strong, that the
highest figures were adopted all around
when they were authenticity quoted.
Control of the output of iron rods, sheet
bars. etc. helped. and this gave an add
ed impulse to the demand for billcts by
consumers who feared Il shutting OFF OF
supply for any purpose, whether COM
pctitivc or not. Billets are now out of
reach and are H8miRally S22, but as
there nre more attnlnable at any price
they might rs we'll be 500. Sheet bars
and wire rods are in much the same
category. Never in the history of
manufacture was the output
OF iron and steel so fully under control,
and never was production and con-
sumption so great. Europe and our
side has shared in this condition by rcn-
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Standard Oil Inquiry.

& NEWARK. o.. March 2.-AttoFnas
General Monnett continued his inves'l'
gationsin the Standard Oil case here TO-
day. VIII. Clark, the ex-agent OF the
Standard company, continued his test-
mony He was. not permitted 10 an
swer questions as to whether the CON.
pany had a monopoly, an objection beng
made by the defense. He testified ths;
Manager Mathews, of Columbus, ma
sworn in n case here that the COMPANY
books were burned there last fall. Man!
questions were ruled out on objections
of the defense. Clark on cross-exam!a.
alton said that he had been arrested lot
embezzlemeRt by the Standard com.
pany, but that the charges were no.
made until after he had left the co''
pany's service. Two of the charges We''
dismissed and third Is pending.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-03

The special Lenten services held on
Thursday evenings at St. Matthews p.
E. church are very attractive, and ad-
dressed by distinguished divines. The
speaker last night was Rev. Y. Peyton
Morgan, D. D., rector OF Christ church,
Dayton, O.. were discussed with elo-
quence and force from the text, God so
loved the world that Ee sent His only
begotten Son that whatsoever believed
on Him should rot perish, but have
everlasting life" Dr.. Morgan empha-
sized Gods love for the world by apt IL
Illustrations, and his talk was singuIarIy
effective.
Next Thursday evening, the preacher
will be Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady,
arch-deacon of Pennsylvania. and an
author of note. Rev. pr. Brady preach
ed in St. Matthew's last Lent. and he
will be heard by very large congre-
CATION.
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NntionnlRcfprm pnrtr.

CINCINNATI, O., March 1.-The gen.
eral conference of the National Union
Reform party concluded Its work to-day
at noon. It's organization preparatory
to nominating an Independent preslden-
tial ticket next year will be completed
when the national executive committee
meets at Buffalo, June 49, The effort to
amalgamate the Populists. silver Re-
publicans. socialists, labor party, the
national liberty party and other scatter
inG elements were not successful. Yes
terday there were only 15t delegates
present. representing fifteen states, and
n still smaller number attended to-day
Joel Parker, OF the Texas Press Reform
Association and DR.. H. a. Thompson. n
leading ProhibitIoHist and other re-
formers who participated yesterday
were not present to-day and the advo-
Gates OF amalgamation freely expressed
their disappointment over the results of
the general conference.
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An Intellfgencer man endeavo.ed to
interview President John A. Topping,
of the Aetna-Standard, last night. with
reference to the developments following
the requirement of his concern by the
National Steel Company, but Mr.. Top
ping, by the exercise of the guarded
diplomacy for which he has become ia
maus recently. succeeded In preventing
the scribe from gathering the least
speck of information. Later, said Mr.
Topping, he might have some informal
ton for the public.
1t Is said the retiring Aetna-Standard
stockholders will receive their money
from the National in the course OF the
ensuing week.
There Is some curiosity as TO what
effect the requirement of the Beliaire
and Aetna-Standard plants will have
on the positions of the several leading
officials of the two companies. It's be-
lieved some of them will be called to
Chicago, to the headquarters of the
company. though nothing definite along
this line can be learned at this time.
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BRO UGHTTHECASH.
Vice President Carter and Cashier
4! Tallman Return
WITH THEMONEYFOR BELLAIRE
Steel Works Stockholders = Over a
Million Dollars in Cash Figured in.
the Observation-Disclosures In Wages
of Tin-platc Workmen Announced
Ycstcrday-Dbings in tho Field of
Industry In Greater Wheeling.

Vice President A.. B. Carter, of the
BeIlnlre Steel Company and Cashier A.
P. Taliman. of the First National bank.
OF Bellaire. returned yesterday, from
Chicago. where they attended the re-
cent meeting at which the Bellalre
Steel Company was formally acquired
BY the National Steel Company. 1t Is
understood that they brought with
them drafts and securities amounting
to no less than 100000. the amount
necessary to pay the stockholders OF
the Bellairc Steel Company. who retire.
It is learned that each retiring stock
holder Is paid nt the rate of s. 90 on
each dollar OF stock held. About %
per cent OF this amount represents the
price the National pays for the current
earnings, sales OF manufactured pro-
ducts. raw materials on hand, etc.
The stockholders will be paid to-day
or Tomorrow, 1t Is understood.
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Volcanic Eruption ,Ielts snow.

VANCOUVER, B. c., March ~
letter from Lac La Hoche, camp In
the Carlbo gold country, says that
flood caused by volcanic action 4
Lookout mountain, which melted The
snow, has caused much damage. The
miners are fleeing 10 high ground as
the water continues to rise. The noun
tain was covered by SNOW ten feet deep
in places, when steam issued from It's
side and the snow was sent in streams
OF water into the valley. causing all iha
creeks 10 overflow. The letter adds;
THE rumhling from Lookout mountain
increases hourly In volume. Volcanic &C.
ton, which undoubtedly has alre3is
commenced, is momentariiy expeciedio
become visible to the terror-strckea
Inhabitants of the valley. Thousands ..
dollars worth OF property and q numee7
of lives are said TO be In danger"
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MUNYON'S IL. II. R. CO.,
1908 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
FISH TRUST BROKEN.
One ofthe Big Incorporators Pulls
out-Chcapcr Prices pro,niscu

One of the Big Incorporators Pulls
out-Chcapcr Prices Promised.
CLEVELAND. o.. March 2.-Mr. E.
R. Edison, one of the incorporators Of
the big fish trust formed about a year
ago, and who has until lately held the
position Of general manager Of the con-
Germ, has withdrawn from the combine
and organized a new company to fight
the trust. The new organization has
been Incorporated under the name Of
the Buckeye Fish Company. Ground
has been broken by the new company
for the erection OF big packing house
in this city which will have cold stor-
age capacity Of 1,G50,0OO pounds. The
plant, 1t Is said. will be the finest Of its
kind in the United States. A fleet Of
fishing tugs has also been purchased.
Warehouses will be erected at points
east and west of Cleveland.
II withdrew from the trust" said Mr..
Edison to-day, because it insisted on one
policy and ! on another. It's policy was
to cut the prices paid to fishermen and
boom the selling price. Our policy will
be to pay the fishermen fair price and
do business on u small profit"
The selling price of fish will be re-
duccd. 1t is said, and lively war is
promised.
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Tin Plate Advances.

3
The American Tin Plate Company has
Increased the price of plate ten cents q
box, making the full price now 50 60.
The advance is ordered because OF the
increased demand for steel. The Ma
tlonal Steel Company supplies the plate
company with billets. Within the last
few weeks the Tin Plate Company has,
on several occasions. declined to quote
prices, because OF the uncertainty OF
the billet supply. ~
There is no doubt the National Steel
company and the Tin Plate company
are due to make lot OF money this
year, says the Chicago 1nter-Ocean.
The Steel company can advance the
price Of billets, and the Plate company
must pay the advance. 1t. in turn,
must raise the price Of tin plate. The
price Of plate has been increased now,
eighty-fiye cents over the price prevail
Ing al the time OF the consolidation Of
the. companies. last December. The ad-
vance has been necessary, In part, be-
cause Of the increase in price of raw
material. OF the eighty-flve cents ad-
vance, thirty-flve cents represents the
Increased cost Of billets. leaving forty
five cents to apply to the improvement
I'm. price per box. So far as can be
learned, the output Of plate this year
promises to be at least 100000 boxes.
This is only an approximate number,
but al fortg-flve cents per box It rep
resents an increase In revenue OF 49,
100000. This is equal to 20 per cent on
the slS.O0O000 OF the issued preferred
stock of the company. Deducting per
cent, or S2.34O,OOO, there remains $780,
900 applicable to the common stock issue
OF s2S.000.O00. or As per cent. The In
crease. 1t will be remembered. Is net.
Presumably the company was doing a
fairly profitable business before the ad-
vances were made. ~
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AN UPRIGHT MAN
To be Recognized by tho President.
(spnp'. Nn,,, Iya,,a..,

To be Recognized by tho President.
Gray's New Honors.
WASHINGTON. March 2,-senato.
George Gray, OF Delaware, whose term
expires March 4. has signlhed to tba
President that he would accept tender
of appointment as United States circui.
judge for the Third judicial circuit, com
judge for the Third judicial circuit,
comprising the states of New Jersey
Pennsylvania and Delaware, and hi,
appointment has been decided upon
The nomination, however. will NOT he
made until nfter the adjournment OF
Congress. A recent act gave an add.
tional judge to this circuit because O,
the large amount of litigation therein
Senator Gray is n gold Democrat and
was one OF the American commissioners
In the recent peace treaty negotiations.
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A wild rush of excited miners Is re-
ported at Nullagine. Western Australia,
where diamonds. have been discovered
In large quantities, and 1t is feared that
many will lose their lives In the mad
struggle for riches. In this country
the rush for gain is causing many other
men to break down in health and
strength. Nervousness, sleepiessness,
loss Of flesh and appetite and general
debility are the common symptoms.
them all -
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PITTSBURGH. March 2.-Lottic, AL
ma and Nellie Herman. daughters of an
undertaken, Elmer E. Herman, received
by mail package Of powders. enclosed
in note, advising them to use the pow
ders for their complexion. Their moth
err, whose suspicious were aroused. took
charge Of the package, and upon exam
ination found. 1t Is said, that It con-
tanned paris green. The motive for the
attempt upon the lives OF the young
girls cannot be conjectured. Their ages
range from eleven to sixteen years. The
matter has not been reported to the po-
lice
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WAGES INCREASED

At tho Several Plants of the American
Tfn.nlate Company In this Yiciai,r.
~,
i"o i"efe'''o 70 if".'' HI'e W len
FER Cent ana rs now III Effect.
The wave OF Increased wages now
now striking Industrial plants In ar.
ra.o,, n,,,, :, a. oo,n,. 49,.
'eie"t p''' % Va ''e .'un.'s ""s III
plensurable evidence In Wheeling yes
tcrday morning, when cmployes of Tho
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Denied by Officials.

PITTSBURGH, March 2.-The dis
patch from Cleveland announcing that
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers is sending emissa-
rles into the various industrial CEN
tres to work up a sentiment among the
workers looking to the securing Of an
advance In wages Of from Is to 20 per
cent for the next scale is generally
denied by Amalgamated officials.
Secretary John Williams says there Is
no truth In the story. He says 1t is too
carly in the year to talk Of next years
scale and so far there has been no ex-
preston of what will be demanded.
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Don't Believe his Confession.

CHICAGO. March ALBERT HecSe''
the self-confesscd wife murderer, was
to-day taken by The police out on me
Randolph street viaduct TO the POM
wher he claims he pushed his vile INV
the lake, on the afternoon OF Janua'!
y. Hecker cody pointed out the spo.
where his wife stood when he threw hss
into the water. The police stu nav
strong doubts of the truth OF Hechst
confession and they are strenGtheneJi
by the statements of fishermen aI;u
others around the pier that the zee =, y,
the lake on January 81 was at least -
Inches thick.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., March p.
The navy department is pushing the
settlement Of the prize cases growing
out of the late war as rapidly as posi-
BILE and the Judge advocate general has
sent to the auditor of the treasury for
the navy the claims OF the Nashville
and Marblehead for the seizure of the
Argonaut and the Marbfehead ResoIute
and Annapolis for the seizure Of the
Adula. These are sent forward for pre-
llminary adjustment only rs the final
judgment of the prize courts In the
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An Ant Suggestion.

TORONTO, Ont. March Inv
Globe, the government organ, ed'toria'.
" says to-day regarding the buria' u
Lord Herschell: M,
1T would be n graceful thing T on ,%
part of the government of the oI a IN
States to send the body to Enslan O,id
m American ,warship. Nothing fU' ";
more fittingly illustrate the kinsh.r Vas
the race than n warship flying tHe eth ,g.s
and stripes entering Portsmouth w." a.
the flag at half mast and the pou;
the British plenipotenilary on poas~
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The New Stocks.

+ In Chicago, on Wednesday, National
Steel closed at &c for the common and
IS for the preferred, being one point
below the high price OF the former and
two points below tile high price of the
latter. The market was quite active,
total sales being 1890 shares. Tin plate
closed below the high price al 39S for
the common and 81 for the preferred.
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AChurch Supper.

The success OF the supper given by
the ladies of the First United Presby-
terrain church last night. was even
greater than prophesied, for the repu-
tation for culinary entertainments
achiveed by this church always war
rants the presumption OF their success
There was a jam Of people In the lee
turc room until nearly . o'clock. and
the receipts netted 4 goodly sum for the
cause at stake. new church pipe or
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BclgilllM's Queen III.

BRUSSELS. March 2.-Thc queen I T.,
Belgium is grnvcly III. Her mnJesH -.
suffering from broncho-pncumon,a' In.
latest official news indicates an ssn,
provcment in the condition oil inc IN
and that her physicians expect u snija
recovery unless Unforeseen co'l9'
tlOnS Intervene
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Denies Reported Combine.

YOUNGSTOWN. o.. March 2.-Henry
Wick. who is first president and chair
man Of the executive committee of the
National Steel Company. returned from
Chicago yesterday. In an Interview he
denied the existence OF any combina-
ton between the American Tin Plate
Company and the National Steel Com
pany, as has been reported.