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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

crop situation which, il not discour-
aging, is certainly less encouraging
than last year. We are assured OF good
wheat and hay crops. The former is
especially important; for, owing to the
shortage in Europe we are sure OF
good export demand at satisfactory
prices. This means high degree Of
prosperity for The wheat-grOwing re-
gions, good hauls for the railroads and
favorable effect upon our foreign trade
balance. This is the best that can be
said OF the crop situation. Prolonged
drOuth in some sections and too much
rain in Others have been anything but
beneficial to crops in general. The in
jury to corn Is already familiar Late
corn has shown great Improvement
during the last three weeks. and crop
estimates are being steadily raised:
but it is altogether too cary yet to
place any fixed reliance on en- tmates OF
yield. late corn being especially liable
to frost damage. Should corn escape
frost and the weather continue favor
able the remainder OF the season we
might easily harvest crop OF 400
to 1890 millions but the frost pos
sibility makes very important III"
Fortunately the partial loss OF the corn
crop will prove in no sense a calamity;
but in spite OF favorable Offsets IL will
enforce economy among large numbers
Of farmers and OF necessity be check
upon business activity. Its effects will
he felt among merchant, by the rail
roads and in the provision markets dur
ing the fail and winter months rather
than now. Another important crop is
feeling adverse weather conditions, and
that is cotton. 100 much rain in some
sections and too little in others. Texas,
which raises between one-quarter and
one-third OF the. cotton crop is suffer
ing from a severe drouth, and viii cer-
tainly produce considerably less cotton
than last year The loss in this State
tIexasl will be partially offset by in
creased yie.d in other States. but the
cotton trade is fully reeoncilej to a
smaller crop than last year by several
hundred thousand bales. The diminu-
ton of two such important crops az
corn and cotton cannot be considered
an element OF prosperity even II higher
prices largely compensate therefor.
The country Is likely to be prosperous
in spots and backward elsewhere. A
good deal OF talk Is heard about our
prospective large exports to Europe.
This is likely TO be true as regards
foodstuffs. which Europe will 81 COM
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
General Labor Votes.

MANY tons of coke have been
stocked on the yards of the works IN
the Connellsville region in the last two
weeks. II demand reaches much low
err ebb the active list of ovens will have
to be cut down.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF
the National Glass Company in Pitts
burg last week, it was UNANIMOUSLY de-
cided to increase the aggregate bonded
indebtedness of the company to $2,ooo,-
600 This was deemed necessary as
the company at its inception ala not
provide for sufficient working capital.
Nearly $4,000 shares out OF total OF
AZ 600 was represented at the meeting.
1t was also decided at the meeting 10
proceed at once with the extensive IN
provements cotemplated.
The cooperative glass factories VIII
resume October 18th. The American
and independent plants will resume
November LIST.
firm of British watch case manu-
facturers. located at Birmingham Eng
land. is reported to have purchased the
tools and. machinery of the Attieoofo
watch Case Pendant Company, OF At
tleboro. Mass, and the property has
been shipped to the other side' Inc
purchase, it is said, was brought ABOUT
bv the desire of the English manulac-
tuners to make the heads for watches
the patents for which are held in the
limited States, and to do this 1t was
necessary to get control ofvthe appli-
anceS used.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
some City Notes.

The Central Glass Company is run
ming along smoothly with two furnaces
in operation.
Structural iron work is becoming TO
be a decided factor in Wheeling build
ings. Pity tbs we couldn make the
material here.
handsome new front is being put
in the Wingerter building, on the east
side of Main street, north OF Eleventh
The T. S. Riley apartment house IL
rapidly approaching completion.
Work on the George K. House apart
ment building is proceeding apprecia-
hlv It's a big job, however.
Old residents remember that myster-
ioue sewer discovered under the old
court house. 1t is rot quite an an
cient however, as the water conduit
found when the excavations were
made for the Jail building, af Fifteenth
and EoH streets.
The House & Hermann NTH story
will soon be available
The Bader & Maurer building will
soon be ready for business.
The masons are still busy on the
foundations for the new Methodist
church on the South Side.
There is striking change in the -ap-
nearance of things at the nortneas'
corner of r,of and Fourteenth sire
since the high brick wall has been torn
away. go,
The I G. Dillon residence, at South
Front and Ohio streets, is approach
ing completion. and will be one OF the
ornaments of the Island.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01


templating the erection of an omen
hearth steel plant of 500 tons daily ca
pacity.
The Youngstown Iron 4 Steel Roof
ing Co, OF Youngstown, o.. wifi start.
its new mill the first week In Septem-
Der. The plant consists OF double
pudding furnace and a double scrap
furnace, with three gh bar mill.
four sheet mills. two cold mills and a
galsanizing department.
The Massillon Glass 4 Bottle Co. of
Massillon. will resume in full Tuesday.
The firm will operate three continuous
tanks next fire. giving employment TO
los blowers. This doubles the firms
capacity, only "A blowers being en-
ployed last fire. Extensive improve
ments have been maze at the plant
during the shut down.
The Ohio rolling mill at Findlay. O..
shut down last week. throwing 200
men out of employment The men use
water from the river for lavatofy pur-
poses. Glycerine factories above the
mill threw their refuse into the river.
The acids have taken the skin of the
hands OF many of the men. utterly in
capacitating them for work, hence the
shut down
gas well with a steady pressure of
250 pounds was struck in the front
yard OF Thomas Maloney on Wick Ave.
Youngstown. last week The we'll shot
fame for 2e0 feet until IL was gotten
under control. The drillers we're after
water.
The strike situation in the Mahon-
ing Valley remains unchanged. On
Monday of thfs week the Republic Iron
& Steel Co. placed on triple turn No.
puddle mill at the Brown Bonnet plant.
giving employment TO about 70 strikers
and increasing its output Of muck bar
about 10000 pounds per day. The
strikers have all secured employment
ia other places. and in the two large
new mills in Youngstown and are APP
parently taking but little interest in
the strike.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3l.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 800; nominally steady. Good to
prime steers, $5,70n6.30; poor to me
dunn, S3S0M5, So; stokers and feeders
slow, s2250A25; cows, $2.45@4.50.
Heifers. S2.5095.0O; Gamers. $1,000
2.40; bulls, $2.25d4.60. Calves, $4,000
$50. Texas steers. $4l0005.10. Texas
grass steers, $3.40m4.00.'
Receipts, 200; Monday. 3d.
900; estimated left over. 1000, strong
TO &c higher, except packers, weak Top,
S675; mixed And butchers, S5.85a670.
Good to choice, heavy, $6.00M615.
Rough, heavy. $5.s0G5.95. Light, $3.50
$50 Bulk OF sales, SGi0M650.
Sheep Receipts $500. sheep and
lambs steady Good to choice wethers,
So 1904 rs; fair to choice mixed, $1,000
35o; Western sheep, $3.400o425; native
lambs. s3.00d525; Western lambs,
S40005.25.
Official receipts for two weeks com
pared
This weeks reeeipts-Cattle, $4,000;
hogs, 1874 100; sheep, 81 500.
Last weeks reeeipts--Cattle, 6l,20O;
hogs, 142,50O, sheep, $4,000.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa. Aug. 3i.-Cat-
t.e-Steady Choice. s5.6Od5.75; prime,
S5.35M5.50. Good t5.l0M5.25.
Hogs-Higher Prime assorted medi-
ums, sG.35M70O, Heavy workers., $4,000
sos. Heavy hogs, $G.7066.80. Best
light workers., S6.s0M6.s0. Pigs, as to
weight and quality. ss.50G6.75. Skips,
s4.50M5.50. Roughs, $475M6.25.
Sheep--Steady. Best wethers, $4,000
40 Culls and tomman. $l.25G2.25.
Yearlings. $2.50m415. Veal calves,
36.00G6.50.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
BLANtS THE SHERIFF.
ADJ rANT GENERkI. pANERON.
or AIssot M. MAKES GRAVE
CHARGES
AGAINST SHERIFF NsNa.oNE, OF
LAWRENCE COUNTY. IN COW
NEsyrIoN WITH A RECENT
INNtHtNG.

JEFFERSON CITY. MO-. August 81.
Responsibility fer the recest lynchins
OF three innocent negroes at Pierce
City is placed upon Sheriff Manlove of
Lawrence county by adjutsnft General
Cameron. In his report to Governor
Dockery. made public to-day, General
cameron says that despite the fact that
threats Of lynehing We're openly made.
the sheriff saw Mt to leave for his
home al Mount Vernon, and adds that
it is the general belief tnaL II he had
remained at his post Of duty during the
crisis and asked for the militia the
lynehings would have been prevented.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL FACTS
THE SITUATION LOCALLY, IN WEST
VIRGINIA AND OVER
IN OHIO.
OUTSIDE SITUATION NORMAL.
one of the Features of the ewrrept
Year Is the Great improvements
Being Made In West Virginia
Cities and Towns-Localiy and
Aside from the strike, There il
No Change worthy of Especial
Mention.

Putting the difficulty between the
Amalgamated Association and the
United States Steel Company aside.
there is no notable or even interesting
change in the local industrial situation.
Independent mill plants and the gem
eral run of Industrial establishments
are doing well, and were it not for the
strike there would be no change from
-ormal conditions. Building operations
continue lively, and promise to be so
for an indefinite time to come. 'fhe
city muddle has knocked many men
VINO usually work on the streets during
the summer and fail season out OF jobs,
and this Is a drawback seriously felt in
certain labor circles. On the Chic side
there is little worthy OF mention aside
rom the daily reports of the industrial
events occurring from day TO day.
lhe three towns are prospecting despite
the strike and substantial improve
ments are being made.
And spea king of substantial improve
ments. the cities and towns OF West
Virginia are worth considering In this
regard. Every county paper contains
item upon item OF buildings going up.
public Improvements being made, and
Of generally prosperous and growing
condition. Modern ideas are invading
ne once wilderness, and the town
pump, the mud road, the log cabin
and the tin lantern are giving place to
water works. substantial and even
ornate residences. paved streets, trolly
llues and electric lights. And yet all
this is simply but the beginning of bet
ter things for this State. The pro-
gressive spirit is abroad and enterprise
and energy are in their saddles. The
next five years will see wonders
wrought in West Virginia
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
peoples go to dot place.
ITO see some sights"

,f'Oxaetly. In some dime museums |
hat seen giants. dwarfs, wolves. wild
cats, snakes und der legless und arm
less man. Why don't you be some
dime museum"
How can |? vhas | dwarf or a
snake"
mo. but you can be dime museum.
Did you effer see Teller haf some
fits?''
"Neffer in my life
"yhelI. | show you how she vhas
when he haf some fits.
IND de boy he opens his mouth und
rolls his eyes und shakes his head und
almost scares nae oudt OF der shop.
Den he says:
dot vhas better ash giants or
dwarfs or snakes. You vhas some free
dime museums. Der pooblic pays not
tings at all to see you haf fits. 1t yhas
fits free to customers. See?
But who likes to see Teller NIT q
IT." / says.
"Eaferypoay does. BY golly, but If a
horse falls down, a dog gets hurt or
bay falls off der fence don't more ash
one thousand peoples stop to see? II
horse vhas sick, you cant get past
for der crowd Don't you make some
mistake on my white eyebrows.
/ don't like to hat some fits, but dol
boy he talks und talks und talks, unc
by und by he makes me sign dot says;
Keep Oudt of Dis Shop. Der Cobblel
yhas Liable to Fits" ! don't belief she
yhas any good. but | put him oop in del
window at night before | go to bed.
don't hardly get my shop open mex
morning before a womans nit two
shoes comes in und says:
II vhas buying some butter at del
grocery when | saw your sign, und so
hurried home to get some shoes tt
mend. Put on two cement patches UNI
show me a fit."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

peliea 70 Suy fssm us, but ms regards
our rlsnuiaeartd products which
have become such anstm poTtant factor
in our expor, trade. il should he re-
membered that beth Fagland and Ger
many have been going through
period OF depression and lower prices.
lessenlng ther PURCHASING powers and
placing ihem IN a better position fos
undertaking ms IN foreign markets.
The lower leVel of the foreign mar
ke,s Is also liIefy To stimulate the
shipments of merehand sc TO this coun-
try; hence, ths natural tendency OF our
feseigr trade woaid be towards smaller
exports and larger imports. or srad-
ia, reduction az the abnormal tssde
balance which has been such Il feature
OF our prosperity during the las, three
or four years. Much, however, depends
upon the foreign demand tor grain and
cotton
General business continues IN good
condition and merchants generally an
tcipste SEASON. eQusiling last feat IN
volume, II Is auiiteahls, however, that
very few expect 20 exceed last year.
and there is u wholesome feeling OF
conservatism In mercantile circles,
Railroad prosperity seems 70 No on
without interruption, Gross earnings
show steady gains in spite OF the large
increases ot the throe ans four previous
years This is chiefly the result OF
better rates and shows the value OF
harmony To owners of railroad seeuri-
ties, As a matter of fact many OF the
roads are CARRYING smaller tonnage
than last year, hWt they are earning a
fair profit as a result OF reasonable and
stable rates,
,,r~snxs ~ t,xk1
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

die. He looks disappointed aboudt her
for while, und den says:
''Vhell, don't suppose you can die
till your time comes. 1t vhas first
class fit und shall come in often und
see more of EN-. So long ash you hat
fits | don't hat to go by der circus or
theater'
Der next caller vhas one of dose
dago cobblers.. He hears aboudt my
Ats und my good luck, und he likes to
catch on. He brings me in shoe und
says:
"One patcht ten centa."
"All right" | says. but he goes on:
''One ten centa-one fitta."
Nota on your 1ifa," | says, und |
make him go uodt so quick dot he falls
down.
More ash ten odder people comes in
NIT shoes. und it vhas night before dot
fat policemans WALKS in und says:
Look here, cobbler. What aboudt
some fits?"
She WAS all right"
NO, she Wasn't. | runs dis town,
und If anybody vhas to half fits it
yhas me. How dare you hat fits"
When he says like dot to me, | roll
my eyes und yell oudt und shump for
him., und when he runs oudt doors /
turn der key ON him. He comes back
und hammers nit his club und says he
shall pull me in for a policy shop. but
| keep still until he vhas tiredoubt.
Dot eafenings der grocer's boy comes
in to see how she yhas, ind when l
tells him dot take in 81 he grins und
says:
"Cobbler, it yhas all in understand
ing human nature. When you cant
haf some more fits, all customers must
come in free to see your baby scalded
in tub of hot water
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
Many Independent Mills.

Ohio Valley Manufacturer
A list of new steel plants are about
to start was given out by interested
steel men last week. In this list were
found the following: The Laughlin
sheet plant, capacity six mills. in Mar
tin S Ferry; Parkersburg Iron and Steel
Company, Parkersburs, w. Va, sheet
plant of four mills; Mccullough mills,
Ashland Ky, four mills. Niles tO9
Iron and Steel Company, sheet plant of
four mills; Neal Bros, South Side,
Pittsburg. plant of two mills; Stark
rolling mills, sheet plant of four
mills; Youngstown Sheet Iron Roofing
Company plant of four mills; Burger
Manufacturing Company, Canton. O.,
plant of four mills; Curtiss Rolling
Mill Company, GAINESVILLE, o., plant of
six mills; Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company, headed by the Wick interests
with a capital of 100000. which is
building one of the largest sheet and
tube plants in the world and which will
employ thouands of men,
The list of new independent tin mills
that are now rapidly nearing compile
ton and familiar to the Pittsburg in
terests were given as follows: Clarks-
burg, w. Va. tin and sheet mills, six
mill plant; Wheeling tin plate mills,
building near the LaBelle works of the
trust. four-mill plant: Humbert tin
plate mills, Connellsville, which are be-
ing planned at present and which Will
be extensive and of large capacity, and
the enlargement of the Albania plant In
AVonmore.
Among the more serious competitors
will be the new PittsbTg Steel Com
pany, which is now operating the Pitts
burg steel hoop mills in Glassport
This company is building plant in
Monessen for the manufacture of hoops
and bars and when completed it will be
one Of the largest concerns Of its kind
in the world. The new Johnson hoop
and cotton tie mills in Sheffield, Ala.
will be started in few weeks and will
compete with the trust for business in
the Southern market
The National Tube Company is to
meet competition through additional
independent plants now building. One
of GAINESVILLE, O., which will be started
up next month. The Wick interests OF
Youngstown will have an enormous
output of tubes as we'll. The Shelby
Tube Company, which rumors said was
ell but bought out by the United States
Steel Corporation, is understood tc
have decided to remain Independent
and is enlarging many of its plants
actuated by the possibilities of lone
labor war of the trust with its former
employees
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

] roll nv eyes und shake ny head una
click nay teeth, ind do; woman laughs
und elaps her hands und says
Beautiful, Beautiful, For twenty
years like 10 Sc. some 2oss hal = A..
und now vhas satisfied cobbler. YOU
vhas success. Eafery day | shall
bring in some shoes. to new, und you
shall show me some fits
In ter minutes a mans comes in Sit
some heels to fix. und ne looks sroandt
init a earelessness und says.
DO you mean dot you hat some Ats
for der benefit OF customers
Il do. | says.
dis morning, 50 can see II like him.
l used To see some fellers init nts when
yhas in der army. but dot vhas a long
time ago. Proceed. bet be leetle care
full II you should bite me in your Al,
| shall knock your head OF
make small M for him, und he
stands back una looks una mods und
says:
"Shast 80. Couldn't be beat. cohbler.
| shall Willingly pay , shinings 10 nx
dose heels. ind pretty soon shalt
bring IN more shoes ANYBODY can he
Wild mans from Borneo ind eat raw
beef. but It takes a smart mans TO haf
some Ats Keep her eop.'
You bet dot pAeases me. una my wife
she smiles und says We don't 20 by der
poorhouse next winter. In little While
some other womans comes in. She hat
Two pairs " shildren's shoes 10 be
liked. und sh. SAYS to me;
"Cohbler. how vhas il abondt fts?'
she whae al. X. O., ms'am, | says
"Vhss it regular hts?"
lie vhss.''
DO yoa roll your eyes,"
Il dc"
eVhell. | vhas glad you don't deceive
me ] don't care to see some Ats my
self. but my leetle poy vhss lonesome.
und like something TO amuse him.
shall send him oafer for does shoes dis
afternoon und / hope you Will hat
some first class Ats for him.
Der next caller vhas a man. He looks
VERY solemn und serious. und after he
buys box of backing und some shoe
StrfuVa no sayes
Il Yhas customer now. und | like to
ask aboudt dose fits. How do you feel
when you hat en-"
Like some mad dogs
do you suffer init your hearth"
Il do"
"Und your eyes vhas blind?"
Stone blind
"Vhe,l, | see sooch fits in Africa. ind
1t vhas always death in der end, 1t
Will he so NIT you. Vhas you a good
man."
Der VERY best
'und prepared to die?"
'Of course.
Den you may go aheadt. ! like tt
see shoemaker die in a fit. Don't be
stiney, but gif me all der vhas in IT,
hat some its for him, but | dom
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
SALISBURY MAY RETIRE.
Continuance Ia Once Dt.tssstefui to
Himself aud tsmiaN.


LONDON. August Sl.-A representa-
tive of the Associated Press'learns that
the rumors OF Lord Salisbu,ys retire
ment are due To the existen eof agita=
ton within the premier's osn family
that he take the step in order To pre-
serve his health His sons ,and daugh-
ters believe the strain OF conducting
the affairs of the empire is bound TO
shorten his life In this they have
been opposed by several less closely re-
lated members OF the Cecil family and
almost all the leaders OF the unionist
party. The latter. so far as can be
ascertained. are likely 10 prevail for the
present, at any rate. in their conten-
ton that relief from the duties OF pre-
mier would be very doubutul benent
to Lord Salisburys health. Hhich. 1hst
now, is not bad. CONSIDERING his age
In former times when his retirement
was mooted the opposition To snch
step was based on the absolute neees-
sity for Lord Salisbury's presence in
the foreign Office Thanks to Lord
Lansdowne's apparent ability To han
die that department. this necessity no
longer exists. but the cry has now
changed. and the Unionists admit that
the selection of a successor to Lore
Salisbury would perhaps preeipitate an
internal struggle. Hence the extreme,
and. as some OF the members of Lord
Salisburys family consider. almost in
human pressure on the premier to re-
tain power, which. for him. has lost ALI
attraction
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
West virginia Notes.

The Huntington Tumbler Companys
plant, at Central City, resumed opera
tons Thursday after an idleness OF
FIVE years. About 200 hands are en-
ployed. 1t lie an independent plant.
Sixteen cars of machinery have ar
rived at the Decker's creek quarry,
Monongalia county during the past
week. A number of dwellings are
being erected, and fifty men will be
employed.
Many of the employees of the Monon-
gahela textile works, now closed, have
left, and others nave sought other en-
Payment.
Pennsylvania experts few days ago.
examined the deposits of glass and in
Monongalia county, on the line of the
" & X. railroad. and the result was
a very favorable verdict.
The Wagner-Palmer Manufacturing
Company, of Fairmont, have secured
the contract for the overhead work for
six miles of the Fairmont & Clarks-
burg electric railway.
Big Improvements are being made TO
the Bell Telephone Company plant at
Morgantown.
A water works system for Cameron
Is now or the tapis.
A fruit evaporating plant is to be
erected at Charles-Town by Brown *
Co., OF Wayne county, n. Y.
Morgantown may have glass bath
tub factory in the near future.
The Shepherdtown Knitting mill has
been established.
The WEIGH Light, Heat & Equipment
Company has been Incorporated, with
a capital OF five millions.
From nearly every town in the State
come reports of very important build
ing operations, and the aggregate cost
Will be very large.
Montgomery Is to have new hotel.
The Chesapeake q Ohio Railway Co.
has received 700 new coal cars within
the last two months. The cars are
manufactured from pressed steel. and
have capacity reaching from fifty to
hfty-five tons each.
Ohio Industrial News.
Niles capitalists are said to be con-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
POWDER MILLS EXPLODE.

louisville. Pa, August 31.-The
powder mills at Krebs' Station We're
totally destroyed by terrific explo-
sion at noon to-day and two men were
instantly killed. They are Iris Rupert
and Richard Houser, both residents OF
Krebs' Station