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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-24

Flour, barely steady.
No. 3 spring wheat 62@64Ac; No. 2
red wheat Csc.
No. 2 yellow corn 37%@37kc; No. 2
corr 37Ac.
No. 2 oats 24@24Ac; No. 2 white
26A @26&c: No. 8 white 26@26kc.
No. 2 rye 54k @55c.
No. 2 barley 3S942c.
No. l 1aXseed $1.65; No. / new S1.65.
Prime timothy seed, s2.35@2.50.
Mess pork, per barrel, $11. 20@11.s5.
Lard, per 100 pounds, $6.171a@6.25.
Short ribs, sides (loosel, $6.25@6.50.
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed) 6A@
SIC.
Short clear sides boxed, s6.40@6.5O.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, s1.24k.
Sugars, cut loaf 6.00c; granulated
SAC.
Glover, contract grade sS.25.
Butter. steady; creameries 19@23Rc;
dairies 16@22c.
Cheese, firm at 12@13c.
Eggs, steady; fresh 11@11hc.
Receipts-Flour, $1,000 barrels;
wheat, 81 5000 bushels: corn, $50, 900
bushels; oats, 2S0, 900 bushels; rye, s.
900 bushels; barley, 20, 900 bushels.
Shipments-Flour, $4,000 barrels;
wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn, 203 900
bushels; oats, 2T2. 900 bushels rye, s.
600 bushels; barley, 10000 bushels.
NEW YORK, March 23.-F1our, re-
ceipts, 21,413 barrels; exports, 1889
barrels; market more active. especially
on low grades winter. but at old prices,
closing steadier.
Wheat, receipts, 9 1900 bushels; spot
firm: No. 2 red 757sc elevator; No. ,
red 1850 f. O.. b. afioat; No. 1 Northern
Duluth 1850 f. O. b. afioat prompt; No.
l hard Duluth 775sc f. o. b.. aioat
prompt; options opened weak at sc
decline, closing firm at 1sc net adj
M Close. May 72ssc; July 72sse;
September 72Rc.
Corn, receipts, 67,275 bushels: ex-
ports, 1921 bushels; spot firm: No. 2.
44Ac f. o. b.. afioat, and 43&c elevator;
options opened steady, closing strong
at &c net advance. Close, May 43c;
July 4sAc.
Oats, receipts. 75,40o bushels: ex-
ports. 800 bushels; spot steady. No. 2,
2Shc; No. s, 28Ac: No. 8 white S1Ec,
track mixed western 29630c, No. 2
white SIC; track white western $40
25c; track white State s1h@35c; OPP
TONS active. dosing unchanged on
whites and No lower on mixed: May
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closed at 2SAc; No. 2 white May clos

closed at 2SAc; No. 2 white May clos
ed at 30asc.
Hay, quiet.
Hops, quiet.
HidS, firm.
Leather, firmer.
Wool, dull.
Coal, firm.
Beef, steady.
Cutmeats, steady.
Lard, firm; western steamed $3.50:
refined, firm; continent $6.75; S. A.
$500; compound 6@6Bc.
Pork, strong.
Butter, firm.
Cheese, strong.
Eggs, weak.
Tallow, weak.
Cottonseed oil, steadier.
Petroleum, firm.
Rosin, steady.
Turpentine, steady.
Rice, steady.
Moiasses, steady.
Peanuts, steady.
Coffee, futures opened quiet at 5 to
10 points lower, closing barely steady
at 10 to 20 points net lower. Sales,
1900 bags.
Sugar, raw, firm; refined, firm.
BALTIMORE, March 23.-Flour,
quiet, steady and unchanged; receipts,
1911 barrels; exports, 5,764 barrels.
Wheat, dull; spot and March 72as@
72@c; May 1878 @72hc; steamer No. 2
red 67%@67Ac; receipts, $500 BUSH
els; southern wheat, by sample, esq
74c; do. On grade 69Q73c.
Corn, dull; spot, March and April
40B @41c; May AN @41asc; steamer
mixed 39B@40c; receipts, 154, 1888 BUSH
els; exports, 2S9. 954; southern white
and yellow corn 40h@ 41hc.
Oats, dull and easy; No. 2 white 30A
@30%c; No. 2 mixed 2S@28kc.
Hay, dull; No. l timothy $500 ask
ed.
Butter and cheese, firm and un-
changed.
Eggs, at 14@14hc.
+. PHILADELPHIA, March 23.-Wheat,
Ac lower; contract grade March TN
@73Ac. 81
Corn, firm and hc higher; No. 2
mixed March AN @41kc.
Oot0, 4uiCI Dut SlCduy INO. q Wllltc
clipped 31@31hc; No. 8 do. 30@30kc;
No. 2 mixed do. 29@29hc.
Butter, firm; fancy western creamery
25hc; do. prints 27c.
Eggs, firm; fresh nearby 15c; do.
western 15c.
Cheese, quiet.
Sugar, refined, unchanged.
CINCINNATI, o., March 23.-Flour,
quiet.
Wheat, easy; No. 2 red 71@72c.
Corn, active; No. 2 mixed 39hc.
Oats, firm; No. 2 mixed 2Sc.
Rye, dull; No. 2, Coo.
Lard, firm at S6.0506.10.
Bulkmeats, strong at S6.37H.
Bacon, active at $500.
Whisky, active at S1.24h.
Butter, quiet.
Sugar, steady.
Eggs, steady at lie.
Cheese, steady.
TOLEDO, o., March 23.-Wheat. dull
and lower; No. 2 cash Tic; May TIC.
Corn, firm but unchanged; No. 2
mixed SIC.
Oats, dull and lower; No. 2 mixed
23%c.
Rye, dull; No. 2 cash 57kc.
Cloverseed, dull but unchanged:
prime cash old s4.95; March new $3.50;
October $50; No. 2 seed S4.50@4.75.
Oil, unchanged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-24
10 o a. m.-oHIo VALLEY EXPRESS.

10 o "a. m.-OHfO EXPRESS.
Daily e5-ept Sunday.
For Moundsville, New Martinsville.
Sistersville, 81. Mary's, Marietta, Par
kersburg, Ravenswood, Miliwood,
Pomeroy, PIT. Pleasant. Charleston,
Galiipolis. Huntington, Kenova, Iron
ton. Portsmouth, Hiilsbero. Cincin-
natl, and all points south and west.
Runs solid 10 Cincinnati Parler car.
LAS a. m.-KENOVA EXPRESS. Daily.
For Sistersyllie, Msrietta,. Psrksrs-
ton, Gailipolis. Huntington, Kenoya.
and principal intermediate points.
s:45 r ACCOMMODATION. Daily.
For Parkersburg n intermediate
700 y. m.-ExPRESS. Daily except sun
day.
For Sistersville, st. Mary's, Wayerly,
Marietta, Parkersburg and intermedi-
ate points north OF Sistersyilie.
l.. L. cHALENOR,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-24

.Daily: I Except sunday: { Sunday or. 2,
.hrongb trains, T 4. BURKE.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent
Wheeling, w. Va
AGENT FOR ALL STEAMSHIP LINES
= ~ UNDERWOOD, D. n. MARTIN.
General MANAGER. Mgr. Pass. Tranie
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-24

London's active buying yesterday that
sustained support would be accorded
to the market from that source.SThere
was nothing in the news Of the day
to afford a clear explanation of the
weakness in the market. beyond the
natural desire to take profits on yes
terday's very considerable rise. The
local traction stocks showed some pos
tive weakness and were something Of
a drag on the market as was Sugar.
The local fractions were sold on re-
newed apprehension that a heavy tax
would be levied under the new fran
chise tax law. A sudden squirt to
164A by Metropolitan after having
sold at 100 a few minutes before caus-
ed rallies in this group and had a
steadying effect on the whole market,
which was tending downwards up to
that time. The weakness in Sugar was
due to the explicit announcement that
recent negotiations for a compromise
Of the trade wal had been abandoned.
The iron and steel stocks continued
dull and rather heavy on account of
the machinists strike. There was
some apprehension early in the day
that the rate for loans to carry over
until Monday would cause a pinch in
the call money market, but this fear
proved groundless. Money continued
in good supply up to the close. The
cash changes for the week on various
ance, that the fate of the surplus re-
serves will depend upon the changes
in the loan account. The sub-treas-
ury has commenced to disburse the
premium on government bonds eepos-
tied for conversion into the new rs
and as a consequence the losses by the
banks for the week on sub-treasury
operations are reduced to 81, s. 900
and this is almost offset by receipts
of gold from Canada and other points.
The shipments to the interior are al
most exactly offset by the receipts.
The profit taking in governments has
tended to the reduction of loans of the
banks, but the renewed activity on the
stock market has created a demand for
new loans. The action of the money
market indicates that the banks are
well within their limit of legal re-
serves.
The bond market was less active
than yesterday and yielded at some
points in sympathy with stocks. To-
tai sales par value 81 ,5S5, 900.
United States Is advanced Hc and
the refunding rs when issued, declin-
ed Rc in the bid price .
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-24

Leave. Arrive
From Wheeling to- .. MI a. Ia,
Grafton and Cumberland. ~l2.2G *B.le
Washington and baltimore. sl2;2ol hB.iG
PHILADELPHIA and New York. sl1:2I $50
e s5IImsnt and snd fn a4siloa. - 1851 !saa35
b. na.
pittsburg and Cumberland s5.25l si1.M
washington and Baltimore. sb:15l sgi.f9
philadelphia and New York; s6:25l s11s9l
IPa) and Plttsl I.2V s6:1
GAINESVILLE and N~ewark..... .z:2l sfs1s
coiumpus and C!lcago.....I s7.21 lib
Zanesvfl.e and Columbns... slQI5 s5I7
Cincinnati and S. Louis...I .l0JB e517
Grafton and Cumberland. -. 1850 1000
Washington aud He..tnoge.J 1850 1850
p.mI q. M.
Zanesville and Newafk...-. .5sxy su.49
Colambus and Chicago. 800 si140
Washington Pa and PittsI f3.ll $50
PHILADELPHIA and New YORK; f3a5l el9i3
Graft0u and Cumberland. $50. $50 5000
Wilmington and Baltimore $50
Pittsfarg and Cumberland. SD s10l9
WasningtOn and BALTIMORE. s5.6G si0I3
PHILADELPHIA and New York. e5.24 s10I5
Zanesyliie and Columbus. sUs40l sB.19
Cincinnati and ST. Louis-t 1880 $50
Plttsburg and WASH Pa-.s b.35l fIts05
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r. s on' I " es.

Time Table n Effect November I9, 1899.
T:21 a. ACCOMMODATION. Daily.
For Parkersburs md intermediate
Points.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-24

NEW YORK, March 23.--Money on
call firm at 4@5 per cent; last loan
4.
Prime mercantile paper 5@5h per
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
MILITARY RESOURCES OFF CHINA.

China has never been rated as a military
power, and yet ii would not be safe to con-
Guide that she is without military resources
or that she would not prove a powerful an
tagonist in a contest that threatened the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the empire. TIL worlds
ignorance regarding her military resources
is as great as its ignorance relating to al
most everything else connected with the
country. A high British official is quoted as
saying that the utterances of European
statesmen and the writings of correspond
en.s regarding conditions in China must be
gagged by standards of compare
tive ignorance rather than by COM
said the official. really knows
anything about China Some know less
than others, but that is about all 1t
amounts to" 1t follows that speculation re-
garding the military resources of the coun-
try or the extent and duration of the re-
sistance the people might make to a joint
invasion by the powers that threatened the
overthrow of their government and the
extinction of their nationality must be
based on meager data. The one great fact
in the case. and it is one OF tremendous
import. is China's population.
With a population of 4Oo,OOO,oOO, even If
| they are the least warlike of any in the
world. China could put vast armies in the
| field. and while they might be very inef-
| hcient at first, they might learn the art of
war more rapidly than anyone imaglnes.
| The Chinese are initiative and are not
stupid. In a war with European soldiers
their losses at first would be very great
and their defeats perhaps overwhelming,
but with countless millions TO draw from
these losses might be quickly repaired and
In the meantime they might gradually de-
velop an army OF veterans. The question of
arming their troops would be a serious one.
as they could not purchase arms in Eu-
ropean markets: yet even that might be
cvercome. In any discussion of the ques-
ton II must be remembered that the war
would be essentially a land war. that tho
invading powers would have to send their
armies and supplies a long distance. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
THE MATTER OF STATEHOOD.
A Problem Which Should BE Settled
Once for All.

Washington Post.
Only one of all the sixteenth amendment
propositions that have been offered and dis
cussed In the past thirty years has seemed
to the Post to be desirable, or to have any
chance of adoption. That one was proposed
during the recent session of Congress. its
purpose being to limit the area of the
United States proper to our continental
domain. In other words. 1T proposed to bar
all of our insular acquisitions from State
hood. The Post would like to have such a
provision as that implanted in our funda-
mental law, but it has little hope of such a
consummation. While we believe there are
millions of patriotic citizens who share our
opposition to insular Statehood, we see no
encouraging prospect that such an amend
ment Will command the support required
to place it in the Constitution.
We refer to this subject at this time be-
cause of the fact that one of the political
any organization in the United States
which will work TO make Hawaii a state
of the Union. If insular Statehood were
constitutionally prohibited. the inhabitants
of Hawaii would not be exploiting that sort
of nonsense, nor would their fellow-citizens
of the States be troubled with anticipations
of a possibly coming time when presidential
elections may be decided and the balance or
parties in Congress be upset by returns
from a back county in the State of Hawaii.
But IL our fellow-citizens in Hawaii Will
take the trouble to study the history OF
New Mexico and Arizona, they will prob
ably conclude to let their successors of the
next or some more remote generation do
all the whooping up for Statehood. Mean
while, in order to create fair conditions Tor
those far-on whoopers to work on. this
generation should induce about 10000 in
dustrious and intelligent white people to
emigrate to Hawaii and grow up with the
country"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
The Roosevelt Handshake.

Roosevelt's personality is going to be
the feature of this campaign. The cartoon
lists have already made 'Teddy's teeth"
familiar to all newspaper readers, but the
Roosevelt handshake seems TO have
passed unnoticed. There is as much in
Gividuality about the Roosevelt hand
shake as there is about everything else the
Rough Rider says or does. When Gov
ernor Roosevelt grasps a mans hand he
does IL heartily. He takes a good grip and
gives the man the impression that he is
sincere even to pump handling"
The peculiar thing about the Roosevelt
shake is the way the Governor holds his
shoulder. He lunches IL uD until the
point of the shoulder blade is almost on a
level with his right ear. From a distance
Il looks as though he were squaring him.
self to swing for the other fellow S jaw.
Whether or not Roosevelt will have 10
abandon his hearty grip for the conven-
tional campaign handshake remains TO be
seen.
The campaign handshake is designed to
save the man who has to be continually
making a pump handle out Of himself from
wear and tear The veteran campaigner
grasps one .~hand-no he doesn't grasp it
he touches it l~ightly-his arm goes up and
he lets go, touching the next mans hand
as he brings his arm down again. Presi-
dent Mckinley, who probably does more
handshaking than any man in the world.
Is a past grand master of this latter style
of shaking hands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
YOUNG MEN IN THE CAMPAIGN
Hon. James Il. Watson Has Something
to Say of Their Duty.
July Success.

July success.
Who, then, are young men? They are
those who eagerly face the future; who
heroically confront new conditions and
meet new problems; who have al abound
ing faith in the future of humanity; those
who are not content to live in the past, but
whose minds and hearts are open to new
ideas and new convictions. All such are
young regardless of years. What are the
main points of distinction between the
debility of age and the virility of youth?
Courage, self-reliance, and an unwavering
faith in destiny, or in the processes of
evolution, or. better yet, in God.
Men constantly limit themselves by their
thoughts. The man who, in the presence
of any task. folds his arms and lazily as
serts II can't" renders himself helpless by
that very thought. All the inventions OF
history, which have transformed nations
and made possible the glory of our age,
first existed in the mind before they were
cutwardly expressed in the material.
Therefore, large ideas are necessary,-grand
conceptions of duty and destiny and glory.
A nation limits itself by it's ideals, and
so, If we would accomplish much, We must
maintain lofty conceptions of our possibili-
ties and powers. / have no patience with
the American who is without faith in his
country, in it's capabilities. in it's p~otentiali-
ties, in it's destiny, and constantly doubts
its ability to take its proper place among
the nations of the earth. l have no pa
thence with that man who, like the freely,
carries his headlight on behind, and must
therefore. back into the future In order to
see his way.
This is pessimism run mad,-pessimism
tina stagnates and will ultimately destroy.
These mighty tasks are before us; We
must perform them, and we can. The
young men of the Republic say we can
and we will. and that very statement clears
the way Of half its rubbish.
$50 near is grandeur to our dust,
So nigh is God to man,
When duty whispers low Thou must
The youth replies, L cam"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25

1t is a platform that will have TO be en-
larged upon in many of its features and
added to in entirety in many other fea-
lures of omission when the spellbinder
lakes the stump.-Fort Wayne Sentinel.
The tariff question is coming W for So
luton as soon as McKinley's defeat makes
clear the desire of Americans that the
Republic will continue. Neither that nor
the silver question is at all settled, and
they will not be until they are settled right.
Lafayette Journal.
The strength of Roosevelt is in the mid
die West, where his career as a war hero
will have its influence. In New York he
is not likely to be effective. He fought
the corporations in that State and for that
the people. but they believe he ought to
have stood at his post and not have been
sidetracked to a position where his infiu-
ence is nil.-Evansville Courier.
The ticket is a popular one personally.
and that is the highest compliment that
can be paid to it, for 1t certainly does not
harmonic with the platform, which in
many instances is at variance with the
past utterance of the Republican party
and its candidate for President. Never
theiess the Philadelphia convention. repre-
senting a party firmly intrenched in power.
nominated a very attractive ticket, and
with Mr.. Hanna at the helm 1t will have
at its command the riches Of the Nation.
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.
The Republican party in its national
convention was placed in a rather embar-
RAISING position in making its platform
declaration concerning the subject of civil
service. After declaring unequivocally in
favor of civil service reform four years
ago, and after the President had prom
ised that no backward step should be TAX
en-, the latter, as is well known, yielded
to the demands of the spcilsmen by re-
scinding an order of his predecessor which
had placed several thousand offices on the
classified list. Added to this is the bitter
fruit of the spoils system in Cuba, which
has also proved a thorn in the flesh. The
makers of the platform must have realized
to their regret that these unfortunate cir
cumstances would render meaningless any
further declarations.-South Bend Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
,r it may be the aeluge.-st. louis Post

or II may be the ~deluge.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The prospect that an extraordinary ses-
sion of Congress may be called within a
few days TO declare war against China
seems to be growing rapidly. Ii Is believed
that Minister Wu's passports will be
handed him without much delay, and at
once should the news that everybody
breads comes to us from Picking and Tien-
Tsin.-Washington Times.
The great point is not to become any
more deeply involved in the complication
than is positively necessary. for in that
event there is the danger of the powers
falling to fighting among themselves. They
are very good friends. but how long they
will be so. no one knows, and so they keep
a sharp eye on each other. The bull is close
to the door of the China shop, and IL is not
possible to sling him far by the tail.-Pitts-
burg News. 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
THE N FERMENT.

A pull all together seems to be what the
powers are taking in China.-Atlanta Con-
stitution-
The most trustworthy report from China
is that that reliable sources of information
are lacking.-Detroit Free Press.
China is just now listening TO an in
ternational concert and 1t dislikes the
musician Francisco Chronicle.
Russian hnanciers are already talking
about gold indemnities In connection with
the Chinese imbroglio.-Detroit Tribune.
The biggest Chinese puzzle is the where
abouts of the helpless and pitiable En-
peror Of the Flowery Kingdom.-Boston
Journal.
A bull in a China shop has long been
typical Of the worst possible kin Of general
smash UP. But what will the break up be
when the Bull is joined by the Bear, and
the Cock. and several varieties of Eagles,-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Whenever the missionaries make Chris
tians out of the 400, 10000 Cinnamon, other
teachers will come along and persuade
them that in order to be good Christians
they must know how to handle guns
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
1t is not quite plain whether the interna-
tional vessels bombarded Tien-Tsin or II
the Chinese fired on the foreign forces who
OCCuDlcu Tic HI bQln lutiiIlS Il
clear about China but the fact that il must
be Recommendations City Star.
With or without the consent of the GEN.
tralauthority. war seems to have been de-
clared against the United States. and de-
ernined action TO enforce respect fer the
American flag has become not merely de-
sirable, but imperative Baltimore Herald.
The summoning of Ii Hung Chang to the
scene shows that the imperial authorities
are at least aroused to the necessity Of
quelling the disorder. Ii Hung Chang's
plan of cutting off the heads OF the leaders
will be undoubtedly effective In putting an
end to the Boxer Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle Telegraph.
Thousands Of soldiers OF every tribe and
nation OF the earth are concentrating upon
Chinese soil. and a great crisis seems In
evitabie In the affairs of the world. After
that 1t may be either peace on earth, and
good will TO men, as the Gar Of the Rus
slams ~propose at the council of The Hague.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
Senators Hill and German.

The Sentinel thinks the Philippines have
no strategic value in relation to the present
crisis in China because Manila is an eight
days voyage from Taku. That is true. but
ii is a month nearer TAXI than San Fran
cisco is Senator Lodge put the case clear
ly in a speech delivered in Boston since
the Philadelphia convention. He said:
The crisis in China would have arisen if
Dewey had never seen Manila bay. We
had for thirty years but one ship on the
China station. the old Monocacy. which was
too weak TO be taken across 10 Manila by
Dewey But If it had not been for the war
in the Philippines our missionaries, our
traders. our consuls and our merchants
would be to-day unprotected in China or
left in the protection of some other nation.
AS IL is. holding Manila we are the strong
est naval power in the East and can protect
otrr nwn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25

The Chicago Times-Herald, when It's adj
vice is not followed, often becomes sensa-
tsonal. II insisted that GoveTnor Roose-
Welt should not be nominated for Vice
President because he could be more useful
a. Governor of New York. The convention
ala not take its advice. so the Times
Herald puts New York In the list of doubt
cuI States. Considering that President
NcKinley's plurality in New York was
ma.ooo In 1856. the Milwaukee Sentinel re-