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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

Special Dispatch 10 the lntelliEeneer'
CHARLESTON. W. Va, July "a
Domestic charters have been Issued 20
the following concerns:
Pocahontas Coal Land Company. OF
Elkhorn, with a subscribed capital OF
$3.50. 900; paid up. $3.50; authorised, $1,000.
OOO. Incorporators, T. E, Houston, OF
EIkhOrn, and others.
The Virginia Copper Company, with
principal office at Wheeling, for mining
purposes. Subscribed capital, $50; all
paid up; authorized capital. 100000. In
corporators, j. X. Hall, John Water
house. f. b. Carney. a. r. Falkner. NJ.
]. Mays, J. ]. Conlff. NELL Quinn and
John Kluri. all Of Wheeling.
The Mackle Lumber Company. OF
Piedmont. w. Va. composed Of John
Mackle and four others Of Westernport.
Nd, The subscribed capital Is $500, Of
which ten per cent Is paid up; author
lied capital, $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
BIG LAND SALE
In Monroe County to the Carter Syn
dictate, orNcw York.

In mOuEOG SOullAl " WV CAAtSA ~"
dictate, OrNcw York.
Special Dispatch to the Intslligeneer.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. July "a
The announcement has Just been made
OF the contamination OF the sale dt the
lower Potts Creek territory. lying In
Monroe county, this state, and Giles
county, Virginia, to the Carter syndl-
cate. composed Of New York capitals
lists. for the price OF $4,000. Sixty days
have been given to the purchasers to
make their examination Of titles.
This property consists Of 10000 acres
OF valuable Iron ore lands. u belonged
10 ex Governor MacCoTkle W. a. saw
age and q. Is. and W. T. Thayer. OF
this city, John II. Holt, of Huntington.
Byrnr Holt, OF LewisburE, and eX-At-
torney General JudsOn Harmon and
Col. Thomas Paxton. Of Cincinnati. o.
Negotiations arc now pending between
the Carter syndicate and the owners OF
the Dunlap creek property. consisting OF
about 10000 acres, and II IL expected
that a sale will be contaminated short
~. The owners Of this property are
PR ctlcally tho same as the owners OF
the Lower Potts creek. The price TO be
paid for Il will be 100000
There Is another one Of these tracts.
the upper Potts creek. Of which West
VIrglnla parties are the owners.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

Comes from Dr. D. B. CarElle, Of
Washita, /. T. He writes: -Four bot
Ties OF Electric Bitters has cured Mrs,
Brewer OF scrotula. which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face. and the best doctors could give no
helm; hut her cure Is complete and her
health is excellent" This shows what
Thousands have proved-thht Electric
Bitters is the best blood purifier known.
us the supreme remedy for eczema, tet-
ter. salt rheum. ulcers, bOils and rum
ming sores. II stimulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, expels polsons, helps dlges-
tIon, builds up the strength. Only 50
cents. Sold by Logan Drug Co., drug
glst. Guaranteed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
GREENBR1ER RIVER ROAD.
Bids Opened and Contracts to be Let
in Few DAYS.

IN y rev D4gh-
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencsr.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, July H.
Bids for the construction of the Green
brier River railroad have been opened,
and the contract is to be awarded In a
few days. The specifications on which
the bids have been advertised provide
for the construction OF the road either in
sections or as whole.
The road will run from Caldwell, in
Greenbrier county, about four miles
above Ronceverte. to MarllntOn, In Po-
cahOntas county, a distance OF hfty
miles. II will follow the left bank OF
the Greenbrlcr river, on an easy grade.
The construction will be like that OF
the Chesapeake & Ohio, with stone
culvCrts and first class workmanship In
every respect. It will pass Immediately
by Marble Hill, where is located the
finest building marble in the United
States. Already eight hundred work.
men have been engaged, the Intention
being to complete the road by February.
Already Ronceyerte and the adjoining
places show signs OF the awakening that
will follow the construction Of the
road. Ronceyerte IS already full OF
contractors and capitalists, the latter
OF whom are prospecting In the rich coal,
timber and marble lands In that Sec
ton. The Chesapeake & Ohio, in or
der 20 accommodate It's tr2ffic, If build
ing a double track from Caldwell down
as far as the roadway limitations will
hermit
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
FIVE CENT FARES
Arc Returned to by tho Detroit Street
Railway Lines.

RAILWAY lhncHs
DETROIT. Mich. July 21.-straight
FIVE cent fares were inaugurnted on the
old street railway lines, excepting dur
ing the morning and evening hours. In
which "worklngmen's" tickets are sold
ut eight for quarter. The universal
transfer privilege between oil lines OF
all companies which was begun during
the three cent regime. stin continues.
An effect OF the raise to-day was TO d.
vert travel to the newer lines. operated
under an elght-fOr-a-Guarter franchise.
Mayor Mnybury, who is highly indlg-
nant at the raising OF fares, has called
n special meeting OF the city council
for tomorrow. to retallate by prohibits
Ing the carrying OF freight over the
lines; by pushing a test OF the legality
Of combinations OF the companies when
prohibited by their ordinances, and in
other ways to restrict the companies
privileges.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y, July 2i.-
The formal opening OF the new supen-
sion bridge across Niagara river, con-
Meeting Lewiston on the American side,
with Queenstown on the Canadian side
took lace to-day at noon. The cere-
monies were In charge OF Hon. W. c.
Traction Company and General Mana
ger Burt Van Horn. Many prominent
citizens from Buffalo. Toronto md the
frontier towns and cities were present.
A luncheon was served nj the base Of
the monument erected to the memory
OF General Brock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

soeclal Correspondence OF IntellIgeneer.
NEW YORK. July Rive have now
reached the end of the fiscal year OF the
United States. and the official returns
enable us to make a comparison be-
tween the two most remarkable years
In the foreign trade OF the country
Taken as o whole. the trade Of last year
exceeded that Of the year preceding
the total Of imports and exports COM
bined being ;l.92IOOO,OOO for 1859 and
sl.slIOOO,OOO for 1S97-S, showing an In
crease Of s77,OOo.OOO. The increase
however. has been entirely upon the
imports which exhibit gain Of $1,000
900, while the exports have declined 81
100000. The increase in the imports
deserves attention. About three
fourths Of that gain has arisen during
the second half of the year; which
shows that 1t has been almost entirely
the consequence Of the great revival OF
business which set in with the opening
Of 1889. This expansion in the Imports,
however, can hardly be regarded as an
indication OF tendency to over-trad-
tng. whether comparison be made with
the lmportauons OF previous years, or
with the volume of the exports. Last
years imports fell Is2,1Oo.oOo below
those Of lSs5-e-Ss7,7OO below those
Of lsss-7-and s5I.sOO,OOc below those of
1Rq1.b
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

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such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy. gives n splendid appe-
lite. sound digestion and regular bod
lly habit that lnsurrs perfect health and
great energy. Only Is cents at any drug
store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

somewhat easier during the week. The
next several bank statements. therefore.
are looked forward to as important fac
tors In the situation and win be poten-
tiaI In their influence In Affecting hue-
tuatlons. The activity in trade and the
uses Of money therefor SIN continues
all over the country, and this doubtless
interfeFes with the now OF money TO this
centre. The low bsuk reserve for this
season Of the year IL offset by the gem
eral feeling that the demand for funds
upon New York for the moving OF the
crops viii be materially lessened as
compared with previous years. due to
the unusual supply OF money which has
accumulated at all interior points.
The uniformity in the rates Of inter-
est In the four great money centres Of
the world at the present time repre-
sents a condition OF established rela-
lions which is lIkely.to be more or less
permanent In the future. The ability
to change this by Europe, so far as It's
being applied to this country, has been
checked, n NOT lost entirely. by our
growing Increase in exports of manu-
featured goods, together with our hav-
ing taken the immense quantity Of
American securities from them during
the past two years, The unloading OF
these on the part of Europe was not
due to a want OF confidence but to two
other better reasons-one being In part
to settle a large trade balance in our
favor, and the other the high prices
that these securities had attained, which
made 1t more profitable to sell them
out and relnvest at home.
Foreign exchange drawers have now
commenced to put out slxty-day bills
against grain shipments. This win
keep the exchange rate below the ship
ping point and removes any further APP
prehenslon Of gold shipments for the
season, which is a very favorable fac
tor. as the frequent rumors Of late Of
gold shipments, and the fear thereof,
have severely handicapped the market.
HENRY CLBWs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

Rough Dry Washed, SEARCHED and
Dyed q cents per pound,
Flnt Work, Washed and IrOncd, q
All HAND work huished 10 conta por
p5ti1d. Al LTTZ BROS.
HfnhT Home steam Laundry
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
BpnaIo Banker Killed.

BUFFALO. n. Y. July 2i.-Former
Alderman Alexander McMaster vice
president OF the Union bank. was al
most Instantly killed by a runaway
horse on Swan street, this morning. MT.
McMastcr was riding n bicycle and DID
not see the horse until II was on top OF
him. His skull was fractured by com
Ing In contact with the shaft Of the
tynuOn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
FACTS.
wonderful Record of Foreign
Trade Last Year.
some VERY ELOQUENT FIGURES

me ErtraOrdl6aTy Balance in our
Favor due to Extraordinary Cereal
Crops in this Country and Short
Ones in all Other COuntries-sItua-
ton oftho Money alarket-A Some
what DiscouraginG outlook.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

The contest between the employees
and the managers OF the Brooklyn sur
face railroads and the fear OF It spread
ing to other roads. was deterrent to
large speculative movements in the
stock market during Che week. Trans
actions were consequently principally
confined TO the quick in-and-out
traders. and this attitude is likely to
continue until this unrest on the part
Of labor has been fully settled. The
continued good railroad earnings and
crop udvices undoubtedly favor the
maintenance OF prices The only dis
couraglng factor Is the outlook OF the
money market. although 1t has worked
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

1t is superhuous to explain what is
generally understood. that the extrnor-
binary balance OF our foreign trade for
the last two years has been mainly due,
hrst, to extraordinary cereal crops in
nearly all other countries, next to an
increase in our exports Of manufac-
lures, and next to a comparative fall
ing of in the lmports-thc Imports Of
the two last years having averaged
as, 800 900. while for the three next pre-
ceding years the average was S75S,SOO.-
900. The first OF these causes-abund-
ant crops-ls likely to be less important
during the crop year ls99-l9OO than 1t
has proved for the two last years; for.
OH, the one hand. our wheat crop will
show a falling OF and. on the other
hand the foreign crops show a large
increase, which is likely to reduce the
price Of our diminished exportable sur
plus. As to our exports Of mauufac-
tured goods, It is difficult to forecast
how they may compare with the large
ly increased movement of the last two
years. 1t is certain, from the orders
already received from foreign sources
for railroad supplies, that our ship
ments Of that class Of products Will
very largely surpass all precedents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24

But IL Is far less certain What VIII De
the movements In other kinds OF manu-
faetures. A large proportion OF the In
dustries have passed under the new
system Of consolidation; what is to be
the eject of that change upon exports
remains to be demonstrated by expert
epce. 1t does not need to be said that
the increase in this class Of exports
during late years has been largely due
10 oyerproduction having compelled
manufacturers to realize at sacrifice
in foreign markets. 1t is not easy to
say what may be the course OF pro-
ducers now that consolidation has
placed production and prices under eff
feetlye control 1t is claimed by the
consolidated institutions that amnlga-
nation will so economize the costs Of
production as to enable manufacturers
TO compete more successfully than ever
with other Industrial nations in the
worlds markets. This, however, is a
problem which has yet to be solved;
and 1, would be safer to walt for the re-
suits Of experience than TO fully con-
eede this claim in advance. So far as
respects the future of the import trade
If the large Increase of the past year
has been due to the renewed prosperity
of the country. It seems reasonable to
assume that that gain will be main
tained for so long as the recovered
prosperity is maintained. Perhaps. the
trade OF the last six months may AFFORD
some Indication OF the direction the for
eIgn balance may be expected to take
during the new fiscal year 1t is there
fore OF interest to note that while, for
the second half OF 1875. the excess OF
exports over Imports was 15O5,5oo.OOO'
the surplus for the same portion OF the
year Just closed was only Ii95.lOo. OOO-a
decrease at the rate of S22i,OoO.OOO per
year.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
WASHINGTON NOTES

\ TREATY between the United States
and Great Britain. covering reciprocity
with the British West Indian colony OF
the Barbados, was signed at Washing
ton on the 10th
THE repor; of Brig, Gen. King, com
manding the First brigade during the
early fighting al Manila was made
public By the war department on the
10th.
ACCORDING TO the plan OF eS-Cior.
Merriam, director OF the twelfth cen
sus- for the appointment of ., 900
clerks for the WORK of the main Office
the spporiionment from each state
will be as follows; United States sen
ators viii have the appointment of 10
clerks each: republican representatives
eight each and democratic representa-
tives two and in sonle cases three each.
Army officers who were requested to
submit to the war department their
views on the army canseen have been
sending in their reports and nearly all
regard the post exchange as indispsn-
sable to the morality, comfort and con-
tent OF the enlisted men.
THE two California scuators-Perkins
and White-sent a telegram TO the war
department on the I2th rendering a
thoroughly disciplined regiment OF in
fantry for service in the Philippine is
lands
GEN. OIIs cabled on the 18th that al
the volunteer organizations in the Phil
ippiues desired TO be mustered ont at
san Francisco.
The director OF the mint al Wash
ington on the 18Th announced his esti-
mate of the production of gold and siI-
yer in the United States for Isgs a. fol-
lows: Gold, s6i, sos, OOO: silver, 81 4Ss,-
900 tine ounces The commercial value
Df silver bullion for Isas was So cents
per fine ounce while for 1927 it was 60
gFnfS
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN.
She Got Away with the Oysters Bst
Not In the Usual Man-
ner.

A young girl from the state Of Washing
ton who came east TO visit a western sem
ator's family last winter, had an experience
she hasn't forgotten yet. The first few days
OF her stay IN the capital were spent there,
and her meals were sent to her room On
the very first evening she ordered oysters
for dinner. Now, she knew nothing OF a
real, life-sized oyster, having spent all her
days on the Pacific coast, where oysters are
not oysters at all, but something altogether
different She was young and exceedingly
inexperienced, and she said to the waiter:
Bring me so oysters"
The waiter gasped.
rs that ell.' he said.
"Oh, no, she answered, cheerfully. Bring
Newell, dinner, too"
She says herself that she had to shut her
eyelids tight to keep her eyes from pop
ping clear out OF her head when she saw the
50 oysters.
Isn't that more than 5O?" she asked.
NO, miss" answered the waiter. shah
i take some away and he grinned- 1t
was the grin that did it. Her western
blood rose al it.
NO" she said, coolly. ITS not too
many. i m hungry.
She locked the door after the astonished
waiter, and opened the window. 1t was q
dark night, but she could see the roofs of
the adjoining houses almost within arms
reach beneath her window. Only a narrow
alley separated the buildings. She took a
fork, and deftly and dexterously, one by
one, she flung the oysters as far as she could
She could hear them fall MOSTLY, softly. fab
billy upon the roof opposite When the
waiter returned, two oysters lay on her
plate. His eyes rolled wonderingly at her.
'.Was-was the oysters good:" he asked,
and he did not grin.
Fairly good" she made answer. calmly;
but | wasn't really hungry, after all.
Washington Post.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
A FLAT DwtLLER's THEORY.
Plant He Was Onto His
Steam Heater.

Mister" said the man who had been 90
nE through the plant where they make ar
.ificial ice, IN never forget this visit I'm
much Obliged TO you. You have given me
hint that'n probably be worth hundreds Of
dollars IN doctors bills"
you don't say SO"
'Yes, sir Now. le, me understand it all
clearly. Those pipes carry the gas which
circulates all sround the water and freezes
II up SO tight that any bouquets and things
that happen TO be floating around can't pos
sibly get away until they re thawed out"
That's the scheme, simply stated
We'll, I'm glad to know about it."
It's very interesting process"
Its more than interesting. 1t shows the
way in which man will go on thinking hard
Of his fellow man, when mebbe it was all
mistake. I'm glad to feel that have been
doing some one an injustice, and that can
go forth and candidly own up that ] was
bearing malice where it was not DUE
Are you interested in an ice plant: ;" il.
quired the attache, suspiciously.
No. But I've studied temperature. All
I've got TO do now is 10 call attention to
the mistake and have it corrected. That's
the kind OF pipes the man got into our fat
under the impression that he was putting
in steam Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
GENERAL NEWS.

4 GANG of masked robbers, probably
zen in number. early the other morn
ng rAi6ed the receiving office of the
tairmOuni Park Transportation com
7any at Philadelphia and, after hold
ployeS OF the railway, blew open the
safe, securing $4,000.
FIRE which originated in James Me
Gillicuddy's grocery in Whitesboro.
Tex, the other morning destroyed five
Of the principal business houses in
town
Top SLOAN. the American jockey.
who was charged with having assaulted
a waiter al Ascot. has made himself
very unpopular in England by his de
nial OF the act, which 80 people said
they witnessed.
Two thousand employees OF the Mary
land Steel company at Baltimore, Md,
held meeting on the 18th and deter
mined TO strike at the end of seven
days II their demands for a nine-hour
day and weekly payments were not ac-
ceded TO by the company.
AT an early hour the other morning
Allen Bros wholesale grocery at
Omaha Nsb-. was discovered on fire.
The blaze started on the fifth floor and
burned downward, destroying the Fifth
And fourth floors and their contents.
The damage 70 the stock was estimated
al Slo0,Oo0 and the building SIS 600. the
los being covered by insurance, Dur
ing the progress of the fire a magazine
hlled with powder, which the tiremen
were moving TO a place of safety. ex-
p}cded Eleven fireman were injured,
two seriously.
Mis- JENNIE PRICK was riding wheel
AcHoss the Lake Shore track a, Cleve-
land, o., and FELL in front of an ap-
preaching train. Bla>e Patrie. who
had been detailed 10 assist the iagnan
at the crossing, ran to Mrs Prices as
sistanee, but both he and the woman
were run down Physicians said both
would die.
BENJANIS T. HARDING. eN-United
States senator. died on his farm near
Cottage Grove, Ore, OF the 18th.
Two new dances have been approved
by the National Association of Masters
Of Dancing at its convention al Niaga-
"a Falls Y. Y. This will be followed
By their adoption in society circles all
over the United States They are the
Harves; dance and the Princess Louise
gavotte- The music for the cake-walk
luadEj''e was also received This is a
new dance somewhat similar to the
waltz quadrille.
RENEY GRIFFIN, a laborer. employed
IN sewer construction work. was buried
alive az heokuk, la, BY csve-in-
4 CALI. has been issued FOR meeting
Of officers of the independent telephone
companies Of the United States, to be
held al Chicago June &c TO %. to per
feet arrangements for consolidating
the various companies interested and
build lons-disianee lines, connecting
all cities that have independent sys-
tens and organizing for mutual pro-
lection against the Central Union com
pany-
GKoEsE BARROW, charged with kid
uaping Marion Clarke, was found guilty
at New York and sentenced TO IL years
and ten moaths' imprisonment
AZ the last session al Buffalo. y. Y,
On the 18th of the imperial council,
Mobiles OF the Mystic Shrine, John h
Atwood, Of Leaveuworih. Kan, was
elected imperial poten,ate-
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
The Pre.ident Gave DIplom...

South Hadley. Mass. June ai.-Corn-
meneement day at Mount Holyoke col
lege was made national event by the
participation of President Mckinley,
who. with Mrs Mckinley. had come
here TO witness the graduation of Miss
Grace Mckinley, the presidents niece.
Gov. Roger Wolcott and Mrs. wolcott
attended the exercises President Nc
kinley presented the graduating class
with their diplomas
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23
Worried Over Her chiIdrep,. rrouh,.s

Abilene, Kan, June 2l--Mrs- George
NJ Wellman. wife of a long-established
merchant here, committed suicide this
morning after her husband had gone
TO the store, drinking carboiic acid.
Worry over her children's troubles is
supposed TO have unbalanced her mind.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-23

We believe, in spite of statistics, that
more girls kill themselves eating pickles
than Kill themselves skipping rope.-Detroit
Journal.