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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Tho Cirlot-H Holmes Lumber Co. IL this
day dissolved by mutual consent, MI. $.
i: Holmes retiring. The new firm,
which is now composed Of j. NJ. Clrlot
and i. w. Oliver, will assume all the
liabilities OF the late Arm and will con-
the business.
Scranton, Miss. Nov. "a, hoo.
November -, 1900. 4l.4t
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Five civilized tribes Commission
will meet at Hatticshurg. December
18th. to enroll the Mississippi Choc.
taW Indians.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The game Of craps has made its ap-
pearance in London and the London
Academy is puzzled to know the
origin of the word craps.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Our able and honest Governor Lon.
ginO has tripped one of the scoundrels
hailing from Indiana, and whether as
an expert scamp OF national reputa-
tiOn or not. we hope that j. e. Gibson
and all Of his ilk, will be made to
know that Mississippians are not to
be bought, bartered and sold.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The man who il always going to ad.
vertise tomorrow wonders why buSl'
ness IL poor today.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

A treaty has been signed with Mica.
ragua which clears the way for Con-
grcss t. act on the Nicaragua Canal
bill.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The United States Supreme Court
has upheld the Kentucky law requir-
ing railroads to provide separate
coaches for negroes.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Robert II. May. OF Meridian, has
won the suit against the government
OF Guatemala for $l40,0 900 American
gold,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

j. Is a fact that Mississippi will
have another Congressman when the
next apportiOnment is made by the
Legislature.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Hon. +. A. McLain, our Representa-.
tive in Congress, from this district is
at his post OF duty in Washington.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Gov. LOnginO turned contractor j.
E. Gibson on the first round. Glib
son was mistaken In his man.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

President Kruger has left France
and will probably visit America dur.
log the coming new year.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Gov. Longino has appointed sixty
additional delegates to the Southern
Industrial Convention at New Or.
leans.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Don't neglect TO read carfully the
new advertisements which appear in
this weeks DEMoCRAT-STAR.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

1t Is reported at San Francisco that
the price nf salt to the trade is To be
advanced from 95 cents to ~ bag.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Our old patron and friend. Mr..
Thos. G. Ruble now 0f McHenry, IIar.
rlson county. dropped in to the DEMO.
cRAT.STAR Office Monday and left
some filthy lucre for the "Old ReIi.
able" Mr.. RubIe is one of the most
enterprising merchants on the coast.
lie has three stores In this county and
has Just opened up another Will, a
large stuck OF goods NJ Mclicnry. We
wish him continued SUCCESS.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The vicksbury Daily Dispatch out.
% Wa. sold At public auction last
week for $3.50 tile Dispatch Company
having failed " make the payments
% specified 10 the deed " trust. Mr..
4. = hcLaurin was the trustee. NJ.
NJ. Grimm, President Of the First
.stsons' Bank. WIN offered el,5Oo for
onidt' consisting of prcss, type
a'schlne, subscription llst,
Ns!is etc, wHs turned over n
Dlspatch started 10 1883 n
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The New South says the Free
State OF Jones" Is on a bonn.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

A special term nf the Circuit Court
for Harrison county convcnes at Mis-.
sissippi City next Monday.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Little can be expected Of the adver'
Using which stops with the nd itself.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Lieutenant Richard =. HObson is
seriously i'll in New York with
typhoid fever.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The trade in American meats is
being more and more restricted in
Germany,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

The price of California wine has ad-
vanced four cents a gallon.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07
Congress is In session.

The State Of Mississippi is bOom.
log.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07
.t'esC .4drerfsNesssessf q.
Stockholders MEETING.

SCRANTON STATE BANK OFFICE, !
Scranton, Miss, Dec. 6, 1900.
In conformity with the charter OF
this Bank. the annual meeting of the
Stockholders will be held in the Rooms
of the Bank, on
Saturday, January 5, 1901,
for the purpose of electing Directors to
serve for the ensuing year, and such
other business as may be brought before
them. o. RANDALL,
President.
December I, 1900. 43-4t
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-12-07

Oscar Wilde died in Paris on Friday
last caused by morphine and brandy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
LITERARY NOTES.

According to London Vanity Fair,
Clement Scott Is about to become an
editor. He will, Il is said. bring out n
new weekly society paper in September.
Helen Hay. daughter Of the Hon. John
Hay, secretary of state, will soon pub
lish a collection OF humorous child
verse entitled 1.-THE Little Boy Book.
1t Is announced that Prof Charles
Eliot Norton and other literary execu-
tors OF John Ruskin have determined
not to issue a biography of the art
critic. considering his "Praeterita" and
Collingwood's biography sufficient. But
the executors will issue representative
selections from Mr.. Ruskin's diaries
and letters.
a first folio Shakespeare. measuring
T12h inches, by s inches, with few de-
ficiencies supplied In facsimile, sold at
iSotheby's recently in London for 1850.
fair. but not n high price. Previous
prices for first folios have been $500
last year. for an exceptionally fine copy,
S3,5I5i Qs6D. $3.50. 1880, $l,O25 (wantlng
portrait and title page. so,995, s2,075,
$s45 and si.2Ii55. IS
Major General James H. Wilson. u.
5. v. who sailed for China recently.
Z is about to revisit country with which
he Is familiar. How familiar, he has
admirably indicated In his book. China
Travels and Investigations in the Mid
die Kingdom" new edition of which
Is being brought out by D. Appleton
& Co.
The editor of the Century Is receiv-
Ing INQUIRIES about the author OF THE
Helmet OF Navarro" the historical ro-
nance which began to appear serially
IN the August number OF that magazine.
Miss Bertha Runkle is the only child
5 OF Mrs. L. G. Runkle. a we'll known
New York journalist, and one of the
editors OF the Library OF the Worlds
Best 14iterature."aiT The present work is
ma den effort at fiction-writing. She
was born In New Jersey few and
twenty years ago, never went TO kim
dergarteE as n child, nor to college as
young woman, has travelled little. and
has never been in France-which pos
sibly accounts for he- laying there the
scene of her romance. --7f.f vi
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
New York Mining Stocks.

.Onered. fEN-dlvidend.
Total sales of stocks $3.50 shares.
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roads run n n 10 or near them, thousards
ot dollars are lost to the miners fa,nil.i
s'c;IHIti II, ri, MURDER !.
Still q Mystery to the New York Po-.
lice-Dead Girls Brother Held IN

!. - y
lice-Dead Girls Brother Held in
the Tombs. t
NEW YORK, August 22.-The police
continue actively at work trying to
clear up the mystery OF the murder OF
Kate Scharn, In her apartments last
Saturday night. The detectives declared
to-day that there IS, half an hour unac-
counted for in the ailbl set up by the
girls brother, Frederick. to clear him
self. Young scharn is now in the
Tombs, where he'll heldtwlthout ball.
Police Inspector Harley, who has
charge OF the case. said to-day in
speaking OF young, Scharn:
He was, out OF work for two months.
He was dependent upon his sister for
his support. He was continually ask
ling her for money. : &.
we know that suit Of clothes he
had ordered for s12 had only SO paid
on It. We know that the tailor went
to the sister and asked hergt pay the
balance, which she refused to do. "
I'VE know that the boy was the only
one that knew where to find the ham,
{mer with which the crime was commits
ted" 't5Iiii..53si n
{ Notwithstanding their suspicious
against young. Scharn, the police are
trying to find other clues. q and are
searching for5the man with whom the
murdered girl went shopping on the
day; Of her death. -
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features of the Money and Stock
Markets.

II 49, ulnrbelS.
NEW YORK; Aug. 22.-Money on call
steady at 1A91!E per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 4G5 per cent. Sterling
exchange tlrmer. with actual business
in bankers bills at 81 s7N for demand
and at 81 SiA for sixty days; posted
rates 81 s594 So: and 81 ,SS,sa4 SO.
Commercial bills 81 s3H94 81. Bar sill
yer 6l7sc. Silver certificates 61,G G62,sc.
Mexican dollars iS,sc.
Government bonds strong,
State bonds steady.
Railroad bonds Irregular.
The level OF prices was not mater
tally changed as a result OF to-day's
trading in stocks. In. fact the fluctua-
tons in the most prominent railroads
did not exceed one-half per cent and in
only few specialties was the range q
point.
Conditions underlying the general
situation are the main topic OF discuss
ion In the street and 1t apparently re-
quires unusual developments TO extri-
cate the market from the rut into
which 1t has fallen. With operations
pretty generally limited to trading ele-
nent who close their contracts from
day, not much interest can be ntte he'd
to current market movements. some
effort was made at the opening to con-
tinue yesterdays late reaction. but sup
porting orders appeared In Brooklyn
Transit and Peoples Gas. which
strengthened the entire list. CONSOLE
dated Gas was In demand and rose al
most two points on buying inspired by
Its early restoration to an per cent
annual dividend basis. A subsequent
attack was made on Peoples Gas. the
price going down IL and remaining
under last night until the final deal
ings. No definite news has developed
TO account for the recent pronounced
pressure against this stock.
Statements, That no agreement was
reached In the conference between
various steel companies and labor or
raIiiZa.ioHs was without any effect on
the steel properties which were largely
neglected. BUSINESS was Mt standStil
during the greater part OF the after
noon. but toward the close there was q
slight squirt and prices rose to the best
figures Of the day on covering OF shorts
Conspicuous strength was displayed by
ST. Louis Southwestern preferred and
northwest. which advanced point, the
latter Ignoring falling of. In It's
gross earnings for July OF $l10Tl1.
General Electric declined two points
on sales Influenced by the lack OF corr
roboration OF racent favorable rumors.
Canadian Pacific yielded a point OF
apprehension ot labor difficulties and
Western Union almost as much on3un-
usually heavy transactions. London
traded on. both sides OF the account,
but the aggregate OF transactions was
small. The sub-trcnsury statement
shows that Its less to the banks at the
close OF business yesterday wns almost
$1,000, 900.
The bond market was Irregular to-
day on moderate dealings. Total sales
par value sT3J.C00. Us
United States refundIng Is when Is
sued advanced u per cent In the bid
price. y''f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
BreadstuTs and Provisions.

CHICAGO-Wheat advanced to-day
under the influences OF unfavorable
harvesting weather and foreign buy
ing. September closing SG7sc higher.
Corn and oats closed each &c lower.
Provisions closed with but little change.
Trade in wheat most of the time was
quiet. although there were periods OF
considerable activity, especially near
the end. Liverpool showed only slight
advance compared with the bulge had
the previous session and the market
opened rather easy In consequence.
September nc lower at 72tsc to 72isc.
An early advance to 13hc was follow
ed by n reaction to 72isGi3c. Up TO
the last hour trade was quiet and fluc-
tuations narrow with the undertone.
showed decrease. rains in the north
west were reported rs interfering with
harvesting and cash bids were fully as
good MS yesterdays. II not better. For
eigners were still buying and FOCAL
bulls offered some support. Near the
end talk OF big cash sales caused
sharp rally and September, which had
been lowering between T2ssc and f3c,
shot up to 73Ec. and closed strong at
that figure, &0;sc over yesterday. The
market had something of the appear
ance OF having been oversold during
the wind-up as shorts found 1t difficult
to cover. New York reported forty
loads taken for export. Seaboard clear
anccs In wheat and -four were equhl to
Si29.0 900 bushels. Primary receipts ag-
gregated 1.l9S,000 bushels, compared
with 100000 bushels last year. Mime
lie s,,I r. ntfD nh 70
against 2l3 last week, and lI5 year
ago. Local receipts were 40e cars. l5
OF contract grade.
Corn started higher, but broke ut
once on the rains In the west. which
had the effect OF increasing country Of
ferings. Shorts bought at tha opening
while elevator people led In the selling.
Trade was quiet md the range narrow.
Cash bids were good and 100000 bush
els were sold. Receipts were i57 cars.
September sold between 39Ac and 39hc.
closing nc lower at. 39ssc.
r Oats were active and lower. the mar
ket breaking on liquidation induced by
favorable threshIng retnrDs and har-
iyestirg reports. Inter the market raj
lied on covering by shorts. September
sold between 22i&c and el1sc, closing &c
lower ut 2l7c. Receipts were las cars.
I HSlE -Nhs u iihi iVN = tiikrL ~ pbNis--.
ions. Pork was easy on local selling.
but lard and ribs were, steady, sus-
itaIned by good cash demand. For
,cigners bought lard. Trade was quiet
all the session and near the end the pit
was nearly deserted. September pork
sold between $40 30 and $40 so and
closed 21sa5c lower Mt $40 90. Septem-l
Der lard between Sc 67iiA66 10. closing n
shade lower Mt So 10. and September
ribs between 81 90 and SO o5, with the
close &c higher Mt 81 90. &,
Estimated receipts tomorrow:
II Wheat. ais cars: corn. l55 cars; oats,
'295 cars: hogs, 1000 head.
Cash quotations werelas follows:
, Flour steady. 81 HtaT
s Whcat--No. 2 red T407+psc. n
aCorn-No. 2. ioc: No. yellow i0kc.
" Oats-Nos 2. 22Nc: No. 2 white 2iH@
26c: No. : white 2i125Kc.
Barlcy-Good feeding 3GIsc.
Malting-Falr 10 choice 4ldi6
Flaxseed-No. !. $40. No. norris
western 81 40. . 4
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Coffee, spot Rio quiet; No. invoice
SSc: mild market quiet; Cordova No: 4
nominal. Coffee futures opened steady
at IN advance OF SOLO points. closed
Il rrn tntnl Asales hf nnfl ha ps-,l- !. p -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
Live Stock
UNION STOCK YARDS,

Wheeling. August %.
Following were the quotations that
ruled to-day:.t 5lH VI
Cattle-Extra, 1000 to 1900, 81 75G5 20;
good, 900 to 1000. 81 50Ii 60; 500 to 900,
s. 00Gi %: 7e0 to 500 SO 50G4 90: common
% IS. 8 $50 go -
Hogs-Extra. So ioa5 60; good. IS Esq
40: common, 81 50G5 90.
Sheep-Extra, 50 50G4 90: good s. COO
g 90; lambs. 81 OO@5 co.; calves, 81 oo9
6 50.
Fresh cows, $40 90 to s37 90 per head;
market active. with light and common
cattle lower.
CHICAGo-Cattle. receipts $4,000
head. including 1000 westerns and 800
Texans: market generally 10I15c low
er; natives, best on sale to-day, eight
carloads at Sc 90; good to prime steers
IS zoos 80; mixed stockers slow at
50 25T3 30: COWS. So S5Gi 25; heIfers,
So 00Gi 80; bulls. 81 50Ii 40: calves,
81 5oG6 so. Hogs. receipts to-day, $4,000
head tomorrow, $1,000 head; left over
5000 head; light and butchers strong;
heavy steady to slow; top, IS 571ss: mix
ed and butchers IS cua6 so: good to
choice heavy IS 05G5 30: bulk Of sales
S. 15I5 IS. Sheep. receipts $4,000 head;
sheep and lambs. choice about steady:
others 10Il5c lower: good to choice
wethers So 65N4 90: fair to choice mix
cd 50 35a3 50: native lambs 81 l5q5 %.
EAST LIBERTY-Cattle steady: ex-
ira, IS 60G5 80; prime IS 1905 CO.; COM
mon, s. SOFA 90. Hogs steady; prime
assorted light weights and pigs IS 700
5 70; mediums and heavy Workers
e. Enf1S e. no, n 70 ir Tnrtare nd
grassers IS 4515 so; heavy hogs S. 40G
so: roughs So 5oG4 30. Sheep slow;
choice wethers 81 2OG4 30; common.
81 5042 90: choice lambs S. 25G5 So:
common to good 50 2595 90. Veal calves
Sc 50il7 90.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
Metals.

NEW YoRK-The weakness OF the
local metal market grows daily. A bad
turn OF the London market to-day in
tensiiied the heGviness here and unfav-
orable news from the west added 10
the general depression. At the close
the metal exchange called pig iron war;
rants very weak ut Sill 90 nominal. Lake
copper quiet Mt SIG 5sE. Tin consider
ably lower and very weak ut $50 1870
at 81 1OGli 10. The brokers price for
lead Is S 90, and for copper SIG IS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
Dry Goods.

E NEW YoRE-There has been no
better demand than before for brown
sheetlngs and drills on home account
and export business Is still light Prices
Irregular. Bleached musllns steady,
but business limited. Wide sheetings
slow and unchanged. Cotton hannels
and blankets Inactive. More doing In
prints at previous prices. Glnghams
quiet but steady. Print cloths mac.
tive at previous prices. Mems wear
woolens and worsted dull and irregu-
lar In prices. Dress selling moderately
In staple lines and slowly in fancies.
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) I-7-. = s10I n
BROKERS.
ALFRED NJ i |: ]. E. / MEYER R
DEALERS IN
Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions.

fS'Ss1 0Vhss3 vi tih tha AiotiSiVhss
Continuous Grain, Stock and Cot
ton quotations furnished over our
private wire system and a full line
Of live market gossip. d Our great
system Of lines extends. through
Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, In
diana, West Virginia and Maryland.
Until further notice we will deal
In all the active stocks, including
Met, Sugar, Brooklyn, Man. and all
the metal stocks. One margin and
no interest.
To cur customers We offer an ,un-
equaled quick service and prompt
replies. Telegraph and telephone
charges both ways assumed by US.
Write US to-day for our daily mar
ket letter and quotation record. The
accounts Of individuals solicited.
References furnished. Business can
be transacted by mail as well us by
private wire,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23

NEW YoRK-Flour, receipts ;15,0Ss
barrels: exports l0.7s3 barrels: there
was q better inquiry to-day for spring
wheat grades at a shade advance over
yesterday. Z <
Wheat, receipts s7,125 bushels; ex-
ports 40,119 bushels; spot market firm:
No. . red 7Sc elevator; options slow all
day: closed strong ut half n cent net
decline; close: May, S2Ic:r September.
7SIsc; October. 79hc: December Sole. Q
Corn, receipts ,2l3, 900 bushels; exports
800 e53 bashels:z spot market steady:
No. 2. 45c elevator; options opened
stronger: closed firm at &c net ad-
vance; close: May, 405sc;. September,
40&c. I, & s
Oats. receipts ls3, 500 bushels: exports
2i,2i0 bushels: spot market steady: No.
2, &c; options barely steady and dull. y
Hay steady. Hides and leather firm.
Hops and coal quiet. Beef steady.
Pork steady; western steamed 81 071z;
refined firm. Tallowf dull. Cottonseed
oil and rosin steady. Turpentine easy
at 39G391sc. Rice quiet. Molasses
quiet. 4
Coffee, spot Rio quiet; No. invoice
SHc: mild market quiet; Cordova No.
nominal. Coffee futures opened steady
at IN advance OF SOLO points: closed
firm: total sales, $4,000 bags. S3s
Sugar. raw steady; refined steady.
BALTIMORE - Flour quiet and
steady: receipts 1O,301 barrels: exports
245 barrels. Wheat dull; spot and the
month 70ss 970Ac; receipts 35,S16 BUSH
els. Corn steady; mixed, spot and the
month 43k9 i3sc; receipts 1858 bush
els: exports 51,4o9 bushels. Oats firm;
No. 2 white. 26iEs927t. Hay dull: No. l
timothy old, SIS 50916 90. Cheese and
eggs firm. Butter steady; fancy cream
cry 22I23c. ftF "A
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. firm and
&c higher; contract grade. August,
1A 471kc. Corn steady; No. 2 mixed
August 44644Lc. Oats steady: new
No. white clipped ssI2Shc. Butter
firm; fancy western creamery 2lhc.
Eggs firm at &c higher. fresh nearby
and do western 16Isc. Cheese quiet
and easier: New York full cream, fancy
10Hc.' Refined sugars unchanged.
CINCINNATI-Flour quiet. Wheat
frmcr: No. red 73l:c Corn quiet No.
2, mixed 42c. Oats steady; No. 2 mixed
222hc. Rye dull; No. Q, 5lsc. Lard
quiet at Sc 67is. Bulkmeats dull at
81 3Ik. Bacon firm at IS 50. Whisky
steady at 81 "a. Sugar firm.
ToLEDO-Wheat active and higher:
spot, I6Ac. Corn dull and lower; No. .
cash 40tsc. Oats dull and unchanged;
No. . cash 22Ac. Rye dull and un-
changed; No. 2 cash 5lEc. Cloverseed
active and higher; '9S prime s. 90.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
Drowned While Bathing.

Special Dispatch to the .IntellIgencer.
PARSONS. w. Va, August, Am
employe Of the Buckhannon River Rail-
road Company was drowned while in
bathing near PhllIppI to-day. His
name Is unknown. .Sf$
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
Petroleum.

OIL CITY-Credlt balances 81 % GER
tihcates, no bids; shipments He'll bar
rels: average 10i,s35 barrels; runs, 5S,-
0G9 barrels: average SS.03l barrels.
NEW YoRK-Stundard oil stock
SLinEnhIo = - = ----...-i ~ - 49,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22
China Ripe for n ThrashfnE.

New YORK journal.
China is ripe for a sound thrashing.
and the prospects are that she will get
what she deserves. Some countries
achieve civilization and others have civil
ization thrust upon them. China belongs
to the latter class.
So long as the headsmen and the
strangers and the wild hordes of Boxers
confined their murders to their own race
there was no particular objection on the
part of the Powers
But when China, after sending her min
listers to all the nations of the world and
receiving assurances of distinguished
consideration, occupies her time in muir
dering the representatives of foreign pow
ers at Pekin and burning their houses, it
is time for swift and sure r%etribution.
The Dowager Empress, the ruling spir-
it of the empire, has often been called a
strong-minded and able woman. 1t is
more likely that she is a vacillating fool.
subject to unreasoning fears and equally
unreasonable rage.
AS ruler of the 400, 900, 900 Chinese people
she is nevertheless responsible for the
continued outrages she has seemed to
encourage. She must be deposed and the
Government of China put in the hands
of men with whom civilized powers can
have dealings. And we should dc our
full share in the work.