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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17
Articles.
Cash Quotations were as follows.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet; winter patents S3706
$50; straits $3.20@3.60; clearances
$2.60@3.30; spring specials s4.20; pat
ents $365G3.80; straits $290@3.25; ba-
kers' s250@31O.
Wheat-No. spring III 672&c:
No. spring 66Ac; No. 2 red 69as a
70Ac
Corn-No. 427sG43kc; No. 2 yell
low 427sG431sc.
oats-No. 2 2S61ac: No. 2 white
S0Ac; No. white 2S% 63oc.
No. rye 471sc.
Good feeding barley 4S@50c.
Fair to choice mailing 51G52c.
No l fiaxseed s1.72; No. 1 north
western s1.73.
Prime timothy seed $3.45G3.55.
Mess pork. per Dbl, S14.756l4.s0.
Lard. per 100 lbs. sS.52hGS.55.
Short ribs sides. loose, s7.956s15.
Dry sailed shoulders. boxed. 767Lc
Short clear sides, boxed. $S.456S.55.
Whiskey. basis of high wines. 81 81
On the produce exchange to-day the
butter market was firm; creameries
14hG19c; diaries. 13Q17c.
Cheese dull, SAG1o1sc.
Eggs weak, loss OF cases returned
1910.
PHILADELPHIA. June 15.-Whea,
Nc lower; contract grade June 756kc,
Corn Arm: no. 2 mixed June 45@ Kc.
Oats weak and lower No. white
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17
Saturdays STOCK MARKET
WAS LARGELY UNDER THE INFLU.
ENCE OF THE DU0YANCY
OF ST. PAUL.
There Was a Good Demand for Rail-
road Bonds-The Produce Market
Showed No Especial Features at
Any P0int-The Quotetions.

NEW YORK. June 15.-There was q
teverish nndertone in to-day's stock
market. but the buoyancy o. st. Paul
was determining factor in sustaining
prices and in turning them upward at.
ter the dip occasioned by the weak bank
return. Authoritative announcement
regarding the developments in ST.. Paul
continue lacking, but the belief holds
in Wall street that controlling inter-
est in that stock has been made avail
able for the purposes of adjustment of
the Northwestern railroad dispute,
which is being worked out 1t lis a
matter of notoriety that when efforts
were made to secure ST. Paul previous
to the Burlington deal the figure de-
manded for the stock by controlling in
terests was 200. limitations have been
given that minority stockholders will
be given equal benefit in any terms of
sale OF the controlling interests. AS
sumptions from these premises were
the occasion of tO-day's dealings in
the stocks, in which conspicuous spec
ulative leaders, however, bore a large
part, as they did in other large buying
in the market ST. Paul crossed 18l in
the late dealings, compared with lf4A
last night. Colorado Fuel added SIX
points to its sensational advance A
jump of IA points in Pere Marquette
and OF 6 in Kanawha and Michigan
attracted attention, the latter being
connected with reports of a consolida-
ton by j. P. Morgan, of Ohio soft coal
properties. Tennessee coal was strong
in sympathy with Colorado Fuel, and
the Readings were in demand The
general market was influenced by St.
Paul throughout. The heavy loan in
crease disclosed by the bank statement
reflects continued demand for syndicate
purposes. The increase in cash of a
million and a half is wide of the
known movements of money, which
indicated a small gain. Part of the
gold withdrawn from the sub-treasury
yesterday went to Holland to-day. 1t is
believed more may go next week to
meet Berlin's requirements for semi
annual settlements on July 1st.
There has been a good general de-
mand for railroad bonds and some of
the convertible and contingent inter
ests issues have been active and
strong.
u. S. bonds closed unchanged on the
call prices compared with week ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17
PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Flour, re-
ceipts 14,772; exports z5,719. Dull and
easy. Winter patents So 65@3 90 WIN
ter straights 80 45Q3 So; winter ex-
tras So 50Q2 So; winter low grades
81 30Q2 40; Minnesota patent So 900
4 10; Minnesota Bakers 81 9O03 Is.
Rye -four quiet; fair to good 50 300
8 10; choice to fancy So 2003 50.
Cornmeal steady, yellow western 95c;
city 94c; brandywine 81 1902 So.
Rye steady, No. western 40 t. O.
b. af1oat; State rye 55d56 elf. New YORK
CARROTS
Barley quiet; feeding 4S elf. New
York; Mating 53@62c elf. New York.
BARLEY malt dull; western 66@72c.
Wheat, receipts 1S1,530; exports H.
7S9. Spot easy; No. red 795sc (. o. b.
afioat; No. 2 red 1850 elevator; No l
Northern Duluth $3.50 f. o. b. afloat;
Mo. hard Duluth S69sc f. o. b. afoat.
Options declined under continued
bearish crop news, lower cables, active
selling for local, foreign and western
accounts. They subsequently, rallied at
a partial 1sc net decline. July 75A@
76Ac, closed 76s4c; September 1874 a
741sc, closed 74isc; October 74A@749s.
closed 74ssc; December 73A Q75%c,
closed 75azc.
Corn receipts 40,500; exports 63,159;
spot firm; No. 2, 47Ac elevator and
sSNc T. o. b. afloat; options market had
firm undertone and some advance on
covering, strength abroad, unsatisfac-
tory crop prospects and small receipts.
Closed firm at &c net advance; July
oil ATlLa. ont 1TA
4Sbc, closed 47Bc.
Oats, receipts $4,000; exports S0S,S20.
spot quiet; No. 2, 32c; No 3. 31kc;
No. white 321ac; No. white 32c;
track mixed western 31@33Rc; track
white 32@37c; options quiet but steady
with corn.
Hay quiet; shipping 70Q75c; good
to choice 90@92kc.
Hops steady; State common to choice
1900 crop 1691Sc; 1899, 1o@l3c; old
olds 2@6c; Pacific coast 1900 crop Is
@1S1ae; 1899, 11@15c; old Odds 2@ec.
hides steady; Galveston 20 to rs lbs,
181ac; Calf. % to 25 lbs, 19c Texas dry
"a to 30 lbs, 14@1ac.
Leather steady; hemlock sole Buenos
Ayres, light to heavy weights 24G25c:
lead 231zQ24sc.
Wool quiet; domestic fleece 26927c;
Texas 16@17c.
Coal dull
Beef steady; family $40 50@12 90;
mess 50 00@9 so; beef hams $40 500
81 90: packet $40 00G10 so: extra In
dia mess SIS OF.
Cutmeats quiet; picked bellies So 20
10Ac; picked shoulders TIC; picked
hams 9sl Q10Ac.
Lard quiet; western steamed IS So:
refined quiet; continent IS 95; S. A.
50 60; compound 6SG7c.
Pork Arm, family SIS 00@'16 90; short
clear $16 00@17 %; mess SIS 1915 rs.
Butter, creamery 15@l91acv; factory
1l2@d41ac; imitation creamery 13G17c;
State dairy 14@1S1ac.
Cheese firm; fancy large colored So /:
fancy large white Sssc; fancy small col
ored &c. fancy small white &C.
Coffee, total trade In coffee reached
but 1850 bags and fluctuations were
combined to beggarly five points The
opening was steady with prices I'M
changed to points higher. The close
was steady with prices net unchanged.
In the interim the situation was unin-
teresting with the room trade content
- hold % tor new-week Developments.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17

.Daily. Daily except SUNDAY. IN
Pullman Sleeping or parlor cars on an
through trains. - y. b. "a
CITY Passenger and Ticket Agent ana
agent for all steamship lines, W nec'-
d. IL. MARTIN, b. y. AuSTIN'
4' 55lii,t,aorc Ma Chicago, III.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17
Silver.

The London silver market was steady
to strong this week, with no features
of any Importance. Supplies are ample,
but are apparently marketed with more
care than in the past and the Chinese
situation gives promise of improving
to an extent which may result in an ap-
preciably increased inquiry from that
quarter. The New York market shared
in the steadiness shown by London.
Prices-London: June s, 81 7-16d;
June 10, 271ad; June II, q 7-16d June
II, q 7-16d; June 10, 27 7-16d; June IA.
81 7-16d.
New York: June 8, Coo; June TO-,
$3.50; June II, $3.50; June IL. 59%c;
June 10, 59Ac; June Ia, 59%c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17
LIVE STOCK.

CINCINNATI, June Is. = Hogs
steady, $4.10@6.10.
Cattle quiet, $2.50@5.25.
Sheep weak, $2.25@3.60.
Lambs steady, $3.50@3.75.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-17
Whiskey Steady.

CINCINNATI, June 15.-Whiskey,
distillers finished goods, steady on ba-
sis of S1.27.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
HITTITE INSCRIPTION.

Client art. But the Inscription Is not so
simple a matter Clear cut the char
acters are not all the scholars in the world
can translate the legend, or even evolve
from the characters an alphabetical sys-
tenn. But even to the eye of one who has
no acquaintance with ancient languages
the inSt riDtion is Interesting pictorially.
One character represents an arm; another
a leg and foot, still another the outline bust
of man with his hand raised To his face:
ard there are squares. angles and other
familiar figures, each one seeming to mean
something when considered by itself, but
without attainable meaning when regarded
IN total. Within those simple looking char
acters lies the secret that an archaeO!oSfSt
would give lifetime Of tot TO learn.
Little known of Them.
Students of the Bible will recollect that
among the nations which were driven out
OF the promised land by the Israelites. un-
der the leadership Of Joshua. the Hitttes
are mentioned. This. scholars agree must
have been when the Hittite power was wan
ing. for II several centuries before this
that Seti and RameSes, Pharaohs of Egypt
sent out several expeditions against the
Hittites and reduced them to subjection If
the inscriptions upon the walls of the great
temple at Karnak are to be believed. II is
also known that the Hittltes held sway In
the city OF Carchemish on the Euphrates,
Evening star., 1901-02-02

foe, he has given this seal Of shining lapis-
lazuli. covered with beauteous gold, an o..
nament for his shining neck
Light ON History.
From the inscription on this precious
amulet it is evident that 1t was a gift to
Marduk. and was placed about the neck IT
one of his statues. or was worn about the
neck of that Babylonian king. who was
aided by Salmanezzar II (s5S-S2i B. Co.. the
Assyrian monarch. who helped him to take
away the throne from his brother, Marduk-
belusate. II was in the eighth year of his
reign that SaimaneZzar came to the assist
ance of Marduk-nad din-schum, putting his
brother to flight, and afterward Staying
him in the mountains. In this way the dis
cOvery even of small amulets confirms great
historical occurrences or legends, or gives
US bits Of ancient history unsuspected be-
fore. The value of the German discoveries
grows with each month. and 1t Is probable
that when the work is finished at old Baby
Ion we shall have a more complete view
of the palaces. temples and of the life Of
the Assyrians before their fall from power
than has yet been presented to the world
in the case of any other nation buried un-
der the dust of ages
Evening star., 1901-02-02
A MYSTERIOUS RACE
Hittites a Puzzle to Historians and
Archaeologists.
EXPLORING The Ruins OF BABYLON
Hope That Many Problems May
Yet Be Solved.
THE HANGING GARDENS

Written for The Evrans Star by G II. Levy.
Three Thousand years before the birth OF
Christ mighty nation ruled with a strong
hand in Syria and Ae5opotamia. Its influ-
tnce extended far beyond the borders OF
the realm, and made itself felt among the
outside nations. enduring long after the ma
zion itself had ceased to be. This was the
Hittite nation. tho mystery and BATTLING
puzzle OF archaeology. What little is known
OF the Hittites derived from the Bible
and from Assyrian and Egyptian inscrip-
tions. All the erud!tien Of modern scholar
ship, all the genius and patience that trans
lated the arrow-hoaded Inscriptions and
bricks of Nippur. havo failed to throw a
single ray Of Light s2sn the strange Ian
Xuage of tho Hittitss. or to Gull from their
enduring records in stone one definite his
torical fact about this once mighty race.
Endcavor ia this direction has recently
been stimulated by the finding among the
ruins of tho ancient city of Babylon, by
the German scholars and explorers now
eNCavatinS there. Il stone monument of
IIittite art ana literature in perfect con-
dltion and inscribed with a long legend in
the UntrausiItaGlc language. The monu-
ment was recently found in the ruins of a
Babyiouian temple to the goddess MIN
one inches wide and fourteen inches thick.
ON one side is Eas-re.ief sculpture of
Hittite deity. cxcellrutly preserved There
: no Doubt that this is the god of thunder,
for he EraS0s in one hand the triple fork
which often represents lightning in an
Evening star., 1901-02-02

long sought solution Of the problem by find-
ing some monument bearing double IN
sCrlption. In both the Hittite character ana
the Assyrian. which would give the Key.
The rest would be only matter OF detail.
For the finding of this monument In so
perfect a state of preservation shows that
a; some time the Hittite power must have
been great. even In the city OF Babylon IT.
self and where one monument has Deen
found it Is almost certain that others VIII
be discovered. Then some Of the German
scho:ars who have pored in vain over the
Hittite characters without the aid or any
parallel will explain 1t all in the twinkiing
of an eve.
Interesting Discoveries.
But this mysterious monument of van
ished race, utterly swept froA the face OF
the earth by the power Of Egypt and As
syria and once an ally of the world pow
ers of its day. is not the only valuable dis
covery which has been made by the Ger
man expedition. With true German thor
oughnesS the entire mound or series OF
mounds overng the site of ancient BABY
Ion is being cleared away. Without s1riE-
ing for sensational finds that may aStonish
the world. the explorers prefer to WORK
thoroughly. and reveal at last the glories
of the civilization and architecture or the
city of NebuC hadnezZar and his predeces-
sors on the throne of Assyria. They have
already succeeded in finding the great wall
described by Berodotus. and regarded as
nCtltiOuS Dy critics OF tHe IaIfieT Oh HiStoIy
whom they curtly termed the father OF
lies. Herodotus. who visited Babylon In
the time of ArtaXerxes / (i65 r. c., said
that the wall surrounding the city was 30
royal ellis wide and 200 ellis high (S4 by 33G
feet, ana that on top of the walls. on each
edge, were one-story houses. leaving a
spa e between the rows of houses on which
four chariots could drive abreast. This
wall has been found. but 1t surpasses the
description OF Herodotus The retaining
wall was built of baked bricks laid in as
phalt. and was 23la feet thick. Beyond this
was filing In OF sand and gravel 50 feet
thick, and then another retaining wall "A
feet thick. making the entire breadth of the
wall 1861 feet. This wall surrounded the
city, in which was the palace of Nebuchad-
nezzar and all of the temples required for
a city covering much ground as London.
Very Ancient Temple.
Only one of these temples has been found
so far. the temple of the little monument.
but this is q fine structure, built in the
usual AsSyr;an fashion. of a step-tower or
ggurat. and many of its rooms have now
been uncovered. From inscriptions found
there II seems that this temple was bu 1t
by AsSurbanipal (t;'iS-626 Il. c.. and by him
dedicated to MIN Mach and called Emach.
The leader of the expedition. DIR. Robert
Evening star., 1901-02-02
Encouraging the Book Agent.
From the Chicago News.

D1RcOuraS1nS the BOOK AGENT
From the Chicago News.
"Got books?" snapped the diminutive
guard at the threshold Of the big Office.
"Yes, young man. l have books" re-
sponded the woman with the portfolio.
Just step aside. I'm going in to see your
employer"
"Afore yer goes" said the boy. still COW
ering the sill, II wants to tell yer dat de
boss just upset his ink He amt in no
loving mood
"Oh. he will listen to my demonstration.
Maybe he WILL but l wants to tell yer
dat he just got telephone call sayin' dat
burglars had carried off de walubles Of
his house..
Den de news just came dat his trotter
run away an smashed UP de trap an
coachman.
THAT is very bad but"
"Just afore yer came young feller
rushes iE an tells de boss dat his naphtha
launch has been fired by tramps."
81 sympathiZe with him. and maybe
DE boss goes to look at his watch an
finds de handspring broken"
"Gracious! But
"Den comes de news dat an stock
has dropped twenty points. De boss finds
dat mice has gnawed up his new insurance
calendar. De glue upsets on a thousand
stamps.
"Terrible! Yet
de boss asks over de telephone whether it's
a boy or girl Somebody says twins
and
But the book agent had vanished. The
boss came out and patted the boy on the
head.
PATSY. you are brick! Take the rest
of the afternoon and go skating. Here 8
fare to Lincoln Park.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
FANClES IN FOOD.
Odd Dishes Placed Before Guests at
Fashionable Functions.
Ernm fh. PIT shurp Dispafch

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Odd food fancies are met at nearly every
house. l know hostess who uses rock
Canuy for sWeeteniEg in her afternoon tea
and maraschno cherries for flavor, one to
each cup. Nobody else brews such delicious
tea. her friends declare. and they never
seem to understand why. The rock candy
comes In neal packages of crystal, which
are dipped up by an antique sugar spoon.
Another young hostess made speciality
of cake and beverages in which she could
serve whipped cream. She was under SAL
ary from the proprietors of favoring eX-
tracts, which they were continually BOOM
ing, and was supplied with the material,
winch size demonstrated in her refresh
mentS every afternoon. She was a popular
gri and had instituted tea before she be-
came an advertising agent. She was de-
voted TO cooking, and therein lay her value
to her employers. She began with vanilla,
made cakes Favored with IL. and put it in
to the favorite feminine beverage. Then
she added chocolate to her tea outfit and
used whipped cream.
The next day she changed to lemon flavor
Ing. then TO almond and orange, and cre-
ated such degree of interest through her
afternoons that questions began TO be
poured over her. There was her chance to
speak good word for the makers of the
havorS. and she used Ii in such clever
way that their popularity was established
without anybody suspecting her interest in
1t. You can readily see how valuable an
assistant she was.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
A Strange Instance of Heredity.
From the Philadelphia Record

Two young men were walking down
Chestnut street yesterday afternoon. when
one Of them stumbled slightly. Instantly
he covered his eyes with both hands, as
though some dreadful explosion were about
to happen. 1t was an old and needless
gesture. and In answer to a question from
his friend he said of it: Whenever l stum-
BILE l do that. All my life l have been
doing 1t. My foot slips and at once 1t
seems to me that great noise is to burst
forth and a great flame to shoot up into
my eyes. l could no more break myself of
this habit than l could stop breathing. 1t
is, my father says. freak of heredity. My
father is bind. He fought in the civil war.
and In a certain charge one day, as he ran
toward the enemy, his foot slipped in
furrow, he stumbled and a shell burst in
his face. binding him. He was a young
man then, and l was not yet born. He has
always ever since put his hands to his eyes
on stumbling, and l developed the habit at
the age of four 1t is strange, too, how in
precisely the same way my father and L
make our common gesture. We place the
back Of our left hand over our eyes hori-
zontaly, and set the palm of our right
hand upon this vertically. forming a kind
Of cross My father will have the habit till
he dies, and l suppose that l, too. viii have
1t all my life, thanks to heredty."
Evening star., 1901-02-02

time since the estimated receipts for the
ensuing year. 1t was stated, amounted to
$500. The actual receipts 1t Is now be-
lieved Will be about 5000. an increase OK
$500. The work Of the senior Christian En-
deavor Society Is continually broadening. It
Is declared. and becoming more interesting.
hospitals and other public institutions. At
present the society Is much interested In
furnishing a room in the Florence Critten-
ton Annex.
The Society Of st. Sulpice. q religious So
c.ety whose special object Is the training
OF young men for the priesthood. has ac-
where a house of studies will be erected
and which will be affiliated with that In
stitution Just as are the houses of studies
Of several other religious orders. 1t Is ex-
pected that the new college will be opened
in September.
Evening star., 1901-02-02

Yor many OF the puzziing inscriptions at
tributed to them have been found In the
ruins Of that great emporium of the day.
]. Is not known with certainty to what race
they belonged, although the pictures of the
Hittites found in Egypt have led many to
the conslusion that they were Mongollans
Tor the pigtail. still found in China, and the
straight nose and receding forehead prove
absolutely that they could not have been
OF the Semitic race. like the Babylonians.
nor Of the Egyptian stock Some have sug-
Hested that the Hittites were Turanians,
but no one can do more than guess at the
matter. Before a language can be deciphered
Il is necessary to know to VIII. ch stock IL be-
longs. and this uncertainty about the origin
OF the Hittites has only deepened the diff
Guilty In reading their inscriptions Some
like Colonel Conder, have thought that at
last a solution of the problem had been
found. only 10 be proved wrong in a few
weeks by other scholars. The only hope
Beems to lie In finding some Hlttite inscrip-
tioi. side by side with one in another Ian
grage now known which will serve as a
key This was the fortunate accident
which led to the reading. both Of the hiero-
glyphics and OF the cuneform inscriptions,
for In one case Il wss the Greek parallel
version. In another the Persian, which led
TO the decipherment of the lost tongue.
There Is good ground for hope that the Ger
nan expedition to Babylon may offer the
Evening star., 1901-02-02
Gave Child as Security,

From the Spokane Spokesman-Reyfew.
The remarkable case Of a father giving
his child as hostage to secure the pay
ment Of debt came to light here today when
James Grant, stone mason, was given a
writ Of habeas corpus in the superior court
for his three-year-old child.
The child has been for year in the GUS
tody Of C. johnson. 1t was delivered to
Johnson to secure a debt contracted by
Grant during a long illness preceding the
death Of its mother. Grant also agreed to
pay an additional amount for the child's
maintenance.
johnson has disposed OF all his interests
here preparatory to removal to Sweden. his
native land. He refused to give Grant his
child, ard threatened to take 1t to Sweden
with him unless the debt was pad. Grant
consulted the authorities here and the ha-
beas corpus proceedings resulted.
Evening star., 1901-02-02
The Reconciliation.

From the Detroit Free Press.
You must have had q very serious
quarrel with your husband!'
'sWhy do you think so?'
That's such a very handsome seaiskln
sArque he gave you"
Evening star., 1901-02-02
An Enthu usiast.
From the Philadelphia Press.
bringing Her Ont.

From Harpers Bazaar.
Dashaway-"The only trouble with that
ST. Louis girl is that she doesn't know how
to talk"
Cleverton-''She doesn't, eh? Well. you
take her out on the links some day to play
golf and wait until you have difficult putt
to make"
Evening star., 1901-02-02
Fate.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
"There was quite a commotion up our
way last night. A burglar trying to get
away with his plunder was shot dead by a
policeman who was over a block away
"You don't say2 Wonderful! Wonder
fuir'
"Yes; you see the policeman aimed at a
mad dog that he had Just knocked down
with his club"
Evening star., 1901-02-02
Not Hopeless.
From Puck.

From Puck. .
FIRST rheosophist--"I'm afraid you're a
pessimist."
Second Theosophist-"Oh no! don't see
much outlook for the next 10000 years Ur
so: but after that, think things may pick
up."