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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
NEW CANADIAN ROAD.
Immense Wheat Territory win Be
Made Tributary to Quebec.

AHf'-aFtioN " hc4A ltIllOIt VIII lie
Made Tributary to Quebec.
MONTREAL. Feb. 1O.-The Quebec
ard Lake Huron railway is the name
Of new and most ambitious railway
project, behind which is a large amount
of American capital This company
proposes to build an air line railway
from the mouth of the French river on
Georgian bay to Quebec. This viii run
tar north of the existing settlements
put viii, it is said. give grain route
from the great lakes to sea port. $50
miles shorter than the Parry sound
and Great Northern Railway. which is
TO be completed this year.
The company is to build line " hose
grades and curves allow a modern To-
connective to haul at least fifty loaded
wheat cars. Immense elevators will be
built at each end. Most Of the capital
behind the scheme is from Michigan.
Tie cost is estimated at $25.O0O,00O.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
THE LOUISVILLE LEGISLATURE.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 10,-Aoting on
the recommendation OF Governor Beck
nam, contained in a message which
was read in both houses at O'Clock
today, the democratic legislature de-
cided to continue its sessions in this
ultv
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
MINES CLOSING DOWN.
Eight-Hour Law Said to Have Para
lyzed the Mining Industry.

NELSON, B. c., Feb. 1O.-All the Of
hcials and men of the Hall mines, num-
bering over sOO received notice today
that their services would be no longer
required. The shut down is owing to
the effect of the eight-hour law in para
living the mining industry Of Koot-
enay.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
rHt LONDON LEGISLATURES.

LONDON, Ky, Feb. 1O.-Both houses
met today and Immediately adjourned
until 70 o'clock Monday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
Jury Returns a Verdict Of Murder
in the First Degree.
REMARKABLE Demonstration
Prisoner Greeted with Cheers BY the
Vast Crowd Preseut-COst Of
Trial to State, 100000.

NEW YORK. Feb. io..-RcIand B.
MolineGx was found guilty Of murder
in the first degree this evening for
causing the death Of Mrs. Adams by
poison.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
THE MANAUENsE INQUIRY.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1O.-The re-
cent voyage Of the transport Manau-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11
THE BALLOONS
SAVED BULLER
-----
His Withdrawal Due to Discovery
Of Heavy BOer Guns.
ANOTHER TRAP WAS LAID
Nothing known in London Regarding
British Movements Since the
TuOeia Was Recrossed.

LONDON, Feb. II. 41O a. m.-The
war office still maintains silence re-
sarding the situation at the seat OF
war. announcing at 11;3O last evening
that no further news had been received
and none has come from other sources
which would give a clew to General
Buffers movements since he recrossed
the Tugela Or as to the present posi-
lions Of his forces
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-11

LONDON. Feb. 1l.--A special dis
patch rom Springfield bridge, under
date Of Friday. February 9. gives q
new explanation Of General Buffers re-
lirement.
According TO this dispatch. the bal.
loonists on Wednesday discovered the
fact that the Boers had developed ex-
traordlrary and unexpected artillery
IN Doern Klof, where they had man.
aged to draw up a dozen heavy guns.
These. but for the balloonists. would
have never been discovered in time to
save the British from falling into a
deadly trap. as they commanded the
road the British would have had to
take in order TO reach Ladysmith.
These guns rendered the actual po-
sitions OF the British untenable and a
further advance impossible except at
a cost OF terrible and useless loss Of
life. a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
A Bit Of Spring.


New York Sun: DO you wish for any
spring poetry to-day?" inquired a long
haired caller. and the lamb-like editor
reached for his. gun. The caller saw the
motion, and held up his hand appeal
ingly.
"Shoot II you will this long-halred
head. but do not kill the poet dead" he
crOoned softly. Ibid understand you
to say you would like some spring poet
ry to-day" he added, with milo insist
ence.
II would like II as well to-day as any
day" replied the editor. but ] do not
like 1t any day. There's house cleaning,
and moving, and n superabundance of
bile and torpid livers, and influenza and
enough other things to contend with in
the spring without having any poetry
showed In on us"
But think Of the kind mine U.s." In
sisted the visitor; ''listen." and he pulled
out dingy-looking slip Of paper, and
read;
"There bursts the jonqull from the
earth
To meet the growing showers,
And there the crocus presents Its
plumec,
The rooster of the flowers"
What do you think Of that"
"Who In thunder ever heard OF a flow
or being rooster?" queried the editor.
The most unlimited poetic license will
not pcrmls that sort OF a wrench to the
Imagination"
STEADY. steady. my Pegasus" said
the visitor. soothlngly. 81 knew you
would be kicking out Of the traces, and
l don't blame you. for there is a really
startling thought In, that suggestion. 1t
Is plain enough when you see"
(which Isnr saying that anybody can
ever see It."
only the blind will not see T.. Now
observe. please. The crocus is the roos-
ter OF the flowers Is what said. didn't
L? And am right. for the rooster is a
crow cues. amt her Now, what have
you got to say?"
And what the editor said was not fit
for publication.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

sugar and coffee. The average yearly
value OF thu sugar imports for is9i-1s9s
amounted to SsO.lls. while that OF the
coffee imports was recorded at SSs57O.-
io5.
The countries that contribute most to
the supply OF these two products are
naturally the leading factors in our
agricultural Import trade. According to
the statistics for 1s94-1sos. Brazil, which
furnishes about two-thlrds OF the coffee
imported into the United States, headed
the list. Our agricultural Imports from
this South American country during the
1--WE years had an average annual value
of SOL. 524, or 1s per cent of the total
valuation placed upon imported pro-
ducts OF agriculture. Aside from coffee,
the imports from Brazil were inconsId-
cradle. Cuba, the principal source Of
the sugar purchased by the uaited
States. ranked next to Brazil in i'm
portance. The average yearly value for
1ss4-lSsS of our agricultural imports
from the island amounted to s37,4OS,2S2.
or 10 per cent OF the total. After sugar,
the most important items were tobacco
and fruits. Under normal conditions.
our imports of agricultural produce
from Cuba were much larger than is In
dictated by the average for 1s94-lSos.
During the period mentioned there was
a remarkable falling of, the import
value for 1898 amounting to only S13,-
1bS,Oss, as compared with $72,451,35S for
1894. In 1894 Cuba stood foremost
amo=g the sources of our agricultural
imports. the products received from the
island during that year exceeding in
value those from Brazil.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

There was greater activity in financial
centers last week, prices having risen
generally, and one of the best features
noted was the breadth of the market. In
speaking OF the transaction in the stock
market Mr.. Henry Clews, in his weekly
letter, remarks that the present upward
movement is not at an end by any
means, because It is altogether based
upon too many sound reasons to prove
nothing but a short and temporary
squirt. The present rise is based upon
the excellent business conditions that
prevail; upon the large earnings Of the
securities dealt In on the Stock Elk
change; upon the passage Of the new
currency bill, which establishes the
gold standard and allows OF moderate
expansion OF the currency, and upon the
scarcity of safe and profitable invest
ments. Lately the rise in values has
been stimulated by foreign buying.
London has purchased quite freely. and
some OF these securities will be shipped
to Europe, while u considerable portion
viii be held here on speculative ac-
count: conditions favorlng that method
OF operation rather than their transfer
to London"
"As frequently minated" continues
Mr.. Clews, the most marked advances
have been in the securities Of reorgaa-
lied companies which first benei: from
the gains in earnings. Gilt-edge
bonds ard the old establish
ed divldend-payerS are neglect
ed. being held too high for the or
binary stock operator. Preferred rail-
road stocks and low-priccd bonds have
proved the best purchasers. The pre-
ferred stocks of the best industriais are
also likely 10 yield good returns to their
owners; while the common stocks of
these issues will of course take the full
brunt OF fluctuations in business. April
settlements have had surprisingly
slight effect upon the money market.
and at this writing there is no prospect
OF disturbance from that quarter. The
monetary outlook is generally assuring,
and moderate II not easy rates are like
ly to continue for some time to come"
The present wonderful showing made
by American railway and industrial
corporations only foreshadows the i'm
mense activity to conc. The entire
world is entering upon an era of COM
merclal progression and prosperity that
will FAR surpass all present records.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
Agricultural Imports.

Mr.. Frank Hitchcock. OF the depart
mont OF agriculture. has Just completed
u very interesting analysis OF the char
actcr and source OF the importatIons Of
the agricultural products into the
United States. his present calculations
covering period OF I'VE years. ending
on June 30, 1898. His report states that
during tho i've fiscal years 1s9l-1S0S tho
agricultural Imports OF the United
States had nm average annual value Of
35Gs7lsA57 Sugar. coffee, hides and
skins, wool, silk. vegetable Hbres. fruits
and tea wc=o articles imported most ex.
tenglyely. Measured In value, thcsa
eight ltpmq formed over four-dfths OF
our total import trade In agricultural
products Tor IN, parl9i mentioned. ,hci-
combined value averaging about 5000. p
100000 year. OF this sum more than
one-hatf was paid Tor two commodities
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
LEFT ALONE.


It's the lonesomest house you ever saw,
This big gray house where ! stay
don't call u llvin', Mt nl. ai all
Since my mother went>away.
-Four long weeks ago-an' It seems n year;
Gone home" 20 the preacher said;
An ache In my breast with wantin her,
An my eyes are always red.
1 stay out-of-doors TIL I'm almost froze,
Cause every corner an room
Seems empty enough to frighten n boy,
An filled to the doors with gloom.
Ihate them to call mo to my meals;
Sometimes ] think ] can't bear
To swallow a mouthful o. anythin
An her not s!ttin UP there.
A-pourln' the tea. an passln' the things,
An lauGhin to sec me take
Two big lumus Of sugar instead Of one,
An more than my share OF cake.
There's no one to go to when things go
She was always 50 safe an sure;
Why. not a trouble could tackle q boy
That she couldn't up an cure
I'm too big TO be kissed. used to say;
But somehow don't feel right
CrawlIn' into bed as stlll as n mouse
Nobody snyin' goodnight.
An tuckin the clothes under my chin,
An pushln' my hair back 70;
Things that boy makes fun OF before HIS
But things that he likes, you know
/ can't make It out. for tho lie OF me,
y Why she should have to 80,
An her boy left hero in this old gray
A-neSdin' an wantin her So
There are lots Of women. It seems to me,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
Tho Sound Money League.

While the standard monetary unit has
been fixed by law. by the passage of the
gold standard measure, the Sound
Money League, composed mainly Of
Democrats. who do not agree with Mr..
Bryan, refuses to disband in the face
OF the Nebraska fanatics continued
perniclous activity. Bradstreets in
noting this fact, says:
Most people have regarded the passage
of the gold standard law as marking me
disappearance. as really disturbing force,
Of the agitation for tho free coinage OF
silver at the ratio OF sixteen TO one, which
played such a prominent part In the last
presidential campaign. This view has
gained prevalence In spite OF the persist
cnce OF Mr. Bryan as presidential guam
tlty. There are. however, those VINO iecl
that so long as the advocacy Of such a
policy by great national party Is among
the possibilities not to say the prObnDlll.
ties the friends OF sound money cannot
afford entirely to abandon their efforts.
In ilna with thfs sentiment. We potice the
determination OF the Sound Money League
to maintain its organization Throughout.
the coming campaign, TO the end that II
may be able to render helpful service 10
the cause OF a safe and stable monetary
and financial system. TINS decision OF
tie League Is 10 be welcomed. for the
work done by II In the last presidential
contest was heartily appreciated by the
friends OF sound money
But the free silver issue is not the
only matter on which Bryan and the
sound money Democrats are at varI-
unce. Tho expansion question comes
up with peculiar force, and will antas-
onlze that element which was opposed
to Bryan in 1896 on the money question
alone. General Buckner. who was the
vice presidential candidate of the Coll
Democrats. the other duy declared that
his party has no future until the ele-
ment now in control has been wiped
out. "Expedlency." he says, mot prin-
clplo, is the motto of this element; the
energies Of Its leader. Mr.. Bryan, arc
engaged in hunting for an issue which
he hopes will attract votes, and not in
the promuigation Of those great prInci-
pies on which the Democratic party
rests
As to expansion. General Buckner is
equally emphatic. for that gentleman
has said that the controlling element OF
the Democratic party to-day would
commit 1, to opposition to expansion,
when expansion was the very essence OF
Jefrersonlnn Democracy" and for a
man who possesses such n holy admira.
ton for Ieifersonlan principles. as Mr..
Bryan does. to dccry national cxpan-
sion Is certainly most iudicrpus.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.

'Tf tn wur-ruld phwas square" said
the janltor philosopher "thord bae
saloon on aych orner."-Chlcago News.
What is writer's cramp, PAP Be
ing cramped for money my son. Near
ly all writer's have that trouble. Tit
Bits.
at all Mrs. Gabb fdelighted)-Don't 1?
Mrs. Gadd-No: see you've scratched
It out Of your family Dlble.-New York
Weekly.
BILL understand Gayboy is one OF
the best-known men In your town? jill
Why. he's so well known that ne has
to go out of town to borrow money!
Yonkers Statesman.
What is an exit, pa?" Exit, Fred
dy? Well, II is a Latin placard hung
around on the walls in the theatres and
opera-hOuses to- keep people from
thinking they smell lire.-Indlanapolis
Journal.
Ideals RealIzed.-Rev. DR.. Joyner--
And so you two are making life one
grand, sweet song? Rattles-Yes. doc
tor, a regular opera; with frantic calls
for the author when baby cries.
Brokolyn Life.
All A4AtGlllhll NuSEs 1911 = JphGIA '
vice president of the Transvaal repub-
lfc?" yes and he has shown that It
Is possible for vice president to keep
his name before the public. Puck.
MISUNDERSTANDING keep me waiting
so long!" complained the customer.
Madame, said the worried grocer.
who was econOmlzinS In his business
by employing only one clerk. Amt you
the woman that was In here yesterday
kicking about short weights?"-Chicago
Tribune. tt.
Sandy Mcpherson. In moment OF
abstraction, put half crown in the
collection-plGte last Sunday in mistake
for penny. and has since expended \
deal OF thought as to the best way OF
making up for It: moo. might stay
ava frae the kirk till the sum was
made up; hut on the ither ham, wad
be payin' pew rent n the time an get
tin nae guild o. t. Losh! But I'm
thlnkin' this is what the meenister cas-
'Teleegious dehlculty! Punch.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

Rochester Post Express; "A Roches'
ter young man was very much surpris-
ed the other evening when he picked UP
hts mandolin to find that mouse hat
succeeded In getting through the hole
and inside the wooden box and had not
been able to get out again. The young
man couldn't find the cat, so he found a
piece of tin and carefully weighted 1t
over the hole to make doubly sure the
mouse would not crawl out. Then he
put the instrument away until morn
ing. The next day he found that the
mouse, unable to get out without in
ilictlng damage, had gnawcd a hole
through the woodwork Of the expensive
instrument. To say that the man was
mad doesn't begin to express his feel
ings.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
Two Big Families.

Denver News: The Colorado and
Southern brought in n train to Pueblo
last Tuesday from the south with n
tourist car occupied by two families
Sanford and Hudson were their names
and there were twenty-seven children
in the two families, Carrying in age from
two months to sixteen years-thirty-one
people in ALL They came from the
Lower Red river country in Arkansas,
and were en- route to Portland, taking
advantage OF the last run of cheap
rates. Every time the train came to u
stop there were Just enough members
of the two families to have three heads
for each window on each side Of the
car, and every lower and upper berth
was occupied nj nighttime.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
nenfness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dgtion OF the mucous lining OF the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets
infiamed you have 4 rumblinG sound or
imperfect hearing, and when It is en-
tIrcly closed deafness Is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to It's nor
nal condition hearing win be destroyed
forever: nine cases out Of ten are
caused by cltarrh. which is nothing but
an lnnamed condition OF the mucous
surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness Caused by ca
tnrrh that cannot be cured by Ealrs
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. F. j. CHENEY d Co,
Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists. &c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
nhe Ideal Man.

There is much rivalry between the
various colleges as TO which will pro-
duce the Ideal man. By this they mean
a vigorous. honest, intellectual man.
who will make tho world better for
having lived. Health viii demand
first consideration, for upon that de-
ponds brain and achievement Hos
tettors stomach Bitters viii keep the
bowels regular and the stomach
healthy by curing all stomach disor-
ders. 1t also prevents malaria, fever
and aguc. Try It.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
1tlPnOSr NUMBERS
iaort.l Rooms. SD eoaHti'u Room. s17
THE INTELLIGENcER
WHEELING, APRhs, 1000.
The Shipping Bill.


Tbo sb,nn,nr hill which is now before
canarass !. one OF the most important
,,, 80 That has been brought before
,so. hody ,r many years. While 1t has
sor, Demoeratlc support the free trade
o,a,,,n, ~ mat marty Is daily misrepre-
.,ss,pnr he scona and effect. declaring
no, II would. not help our merchant
marine in the foreign trade. and as
sar,tng hat the bill cannot be passed.
MI ''t sero,an newspapers. however, take
On ortirsiv different view of the mat
- .,,,r,ssin, praat anxiety over the
ter eNpreSai's ~, ~.
probable passage OF the Dill inc Mu-
- r,,,,i ~ tho current issue, con-
Ilhe 'Vu'""' -. . ~,
talnS a symposium OIL thS NleMS VI Ni'S
,,-,.,, -, Journals mn this subject
brltlsh trSue Jou' '''''
which exhibits state OF alarm ai'''"e
the shlpplng interests OF Great Britain.
The London Shipping World and
Herald OF Commerce referring to tho
bin. says:
I've know the story OF the French
bounty system, and We can anora to
sr,tta at that. But British shipowners
eHilis ~ -, -. =, r.,.,,.,,,,,,,
ana shlpDu''ae'S W. No''' -. ,.,,.,oa,,
oiunaer II tnes 'ssul''s . - na,Sro
competitors are soiHs " ESp- -, $50,
,,...,t,,,, ,,-,s. and. ,nnrn
Indifferent 10 lur'Her pm az ~, ID,
substantial success oH'p ~ "a w." =,
do well 10 take s''GN u t.'stn N,-s,
the manner OF men 10 % p'''eu - a'''''
us ,.,
The annual report OF tne b. S r ,ooa
Steamship owners ASso''a.,'n ~. -oY'
contains this statement On tile s W. ~
Possi6 %nf day ,e S3e Of Inc merca-
tile marine Of the United States. which
VIII rnfou2Ssdly 69gTI iT IS NOW 5 enternk.
time and means viii be found to relieve
the British shlP nSI Tbieb U fbe S9 have now
TO ca carry on their trade.
These disadvantages which the Brit
ish shipow nars complain of, relate to
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

Bryan is resumins business at the old
stand. On Friday h. made six speeches
in Spokane and Whitman county, Wash
ington, addressing. 1t Is said, $4,000 poo
pie. il the 1896 ratio continues all will
be well, for In those days the more pao-
pie ne spoke to the idss votes he made.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

According to the concensus OF Irish
opinion the visit Of the queen to the
Emerald Isle comes too late. We must
say that Z. would have looked much
better II she had not waited to have
been driven to the courtesy she now
proposes to show.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

White was endorsed for governer and
U. s. G. Pitzer for Congress. Every
thing points to a most lively c.rnpalsn
In the eastern panhandle this year
With the party presenting = solid front
to the enemy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

Mystic Cure" for RheumatiBm nnd
Neuralgia radically cures In to days,
It's action upon the system is rcmarka-
BILE and mysterious, II removes Mt once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly Ben
citg. 40 cents Sold by r. II. List,
1910 Main street. Chas. Mcnkcmeller,
corner Market and TWenty-sccond
streets, druggists. mw&f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
II Baby is Cutting Teeth

BE sure ana use that old and wcll-trlad
rnmely. Mre Winslow'n Soothing
syrup, for childrca tanthlng. u eoothaa
the ohid. roftaHF tlo -um. ullnyG all
nnln, cures wind collie and "a the best
remedy FOR diugrboea. Twenty-Five
cents bottle. mw&f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

We orfer as bargains this week one
Krrli Plano. walnut case, IN fine condl-
ton, one AlcEwcn Plano. ebcnzcd
cngr, IN good condition. call and see
them and you win admit that they are
bargains at the price nt which We offer
thom. u. w. BAIMEh go.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02
CUTLERY GRINDING.

V1INEsT CUTLERY GRINDING DONE
Is right here IN Wheeling, concnvlnE RAJ
suts % Gp,gislty tCr barber use; clipper
scissor mud kuifr work done promptly.
urierf reasonable Rcpair work OF M
Kinds WHEELING SCALE WORKS. 1885
Market street, Telephone COS. fcl6
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

Senator Beverldge for new conner in
the senate comes under the head of
fresh winds from west, with continued
cloudy weather"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

The Randolph county Democracy
seems to be In sorely distracted state
owing to the warning factions on the
old county seat fight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

Rudyard KIpllng was under fire on
the British line last Friday. We may
expect an explosive poetical effort from
his pen soon.