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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
Coke Record Broken.

All previous records were o
again last week when 230, 900 tons were
burned in this district. This tonnage
beats all the figures Of the boom period
over a year ago by from 10000 to 15.-
900 tons. The detailed report of the
operation and output of the region for
the week ending on Saturday, March
9th, shows a total of PLAT ovens, OF
which 1880 are active and 1907 are
idle. Shipments for the week aggre-
gate 10,747 cars, distributed as fol-
lows: To Pittsburg and river tipples.
1886 cars; to points west of Pittsburg.
5,015 cars; to points east OF Conneiis-
Vile. 2,1s6 cars.-Connellsville Courier.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

The Home Gas Company, of Clarks-
burg, is preparing to pipe gas to Graf
ton.
The Whitaker mill, of this city, is
very busy at present and is employ
ing a large force of hands. The new
bar mill heating furnace, which started
up recently, is being operated very sue
%cessfully.
The Republic Glass Co., of Clarks-
burg, is operating five Cleveland finish
ers in their factory night and day with
very satisfactory results.
Two heating furnaces of the River
side tube mill are idle as a result Of q
disagreement of the testers and bund-
lers of the plant. Tne rest of the de-
partments are running full.
The brick plants along the Ohio
river in Hancock county have resumed
operation with but few exceptions.
Chester, w. Va, a small town in
Hancock county, may have another in
dustry before long. Within the past
few weeks the Pan-American Porcelain
Company was organized for the pur-
pose of erecting a large plant for the
making of that class Of ware The
company is composed of Walter b.
Hill, A. w. Scott, T. V. Milligan, DR..
J. w. Gardner and N. G. Marcum. The
latter is the son of former United
States Consul Charles E. Marcum, who
was stationed at Pretoria, s. A. r. 1t
is proposed to have this plant in oper-
alton within the next four months
Ohio Valley Manufacturer.
The Home Gas Company will lay
pipes from Cameron to Moundsville
and thence into this city.
After en- enforced idleness OF three
weeks at the Top mill owing to re-
pairs. works WAS resumed the latter
part of last week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
Martins Ferry.

The Aetna-Standard Co has been
busily engaged during the past week
with all of it's eighteen mills on full OPP
Grafton. 1t is understood that this
plant will soon build another additional
sheet mill, and make a number of other
improvements, which will all tend to
increasing the production.
Mann's foundry was on in full last
! week.
The Stanton Heater Co. is working
every day, and report business very
good.
Work On the new Laughlin sheet
mills has been much retarded during
the past week on account of the wealth
er.
The Spence-Baggs Co. have let the
contract for their new mould room, and
ground will soon be broken and the
work of erecting the building will Ee
pushed as rapidly as possible, as they
wish to increase their capacity and
meet the demand of thelr large and in
~creasing fall trade.
McDermotts tool works is enjoying a
good business, although owing to the
bad conditions of the roads, much re-
pair work for the oil iields is being held
back.
The work of rebuilding the crown Of
the furnace in the West Virginia glass
works is progressing satisfactorily, and
the management expect to complete the
work by April 18th. The falling in of
this crown has been quite a drawback
to the company, as they have plenty Of
orders ahead
The Beaumont Glass Company is
working every day and report business
very good.
The Laughlin tin mill was busily en-
gagged all last week, and has plenty of
orders ahead.
Hipkins' novelty mould works is
working every day and have plenty of
orders ahead.
The Youngstown Iron Sheet and
Tube Company will increase it's capt.
tai from 81, 000, coo to $4,000, 900, as it
has decided to erect a much larger
plant than was at first projected. The
site has been selected near Youngs-
town, but it has not been made pub
lie.
Sixty thousand feet Of space is being
added to the already extensive plant OF
the j. B. Owens Pottery Company, of
GAINESVILLE. Six new decorating kilns
are now under construction. and after
the first of the month two others will
probably be built.
There is some talk of a new pottery
being built at East Liverpool, in what
is known as the East End. If this is
true surely the East End will have
four of Aast Liverpools forty potter
les. East Liverpool and Pittsburg
capitalists are interested.
The VIM. Tod Co., of Youngstown,
has shipped to the Sharon Steel Hoop
Company, of Sharon, Pa, the four COM
pound ccndensing engines that will
operate their new plant. The engines
are the first of the machinery received.
The National Steel Company have
had two new blast furnaces under
construction for some time at Mingo
Junction, and one of them may be
ready to blow in this month, and the
other early in June. Each will have
a daily capacity of 600 tons.
The National Steel Company is dis
mantling one of it's old Mingo furnaces.
The S~teubenville pottery is very busy
at present, all departments are run
ming full and a large number Of or
ders are still on the books.
Edwin N. Knowles, manufacturer Of
potter's supplies, Of East Liverpool.
has just installed new pin machines
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
IF I were sick and
wanted to get well,
I'd find out how some
one else got well who
had the same sort of
sickness as mine"

If your sickness is like hers,
Mrs. Jacobs story will interest you.
81 was very sick indeed" writes Mrs.
Mollie Jacobs, of FELTON,, Kent Co, Del
aware, land our family doctor said I had
consumption. l thought ] must die soon
for / felt so awful bad. Had a bad cough,
spit blood, was very short of breath, had
pains in my chest and right lung, and also
bad dyspepsia. Before / took your Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets
] was so weak / could not sweep a room,
and now l can do a small washing, and 1
feel like a new person. l believe that the
Lord and your medicine have saved my
life. was sick over two years. l took IL
bottles of the Golden Medical Discovery
end four walls of DR.. Pierce's Pellets"
Are you sick? Are jour lungs
weak" Have you obstinate
lingering cough, with bleeding
lungs, weakness and emaciation I?
Thousands in just your case have
been cured by the use Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
THE OHIO SIDE.
Bellaire.

The Bellaire Steel Company has its
plant on in full. and is working every
day. Both of the blast furnaces are
working and turning out a large
amount of metal. The work of filling
in the low land lying west of the plant
with Stag is almost completed, and only
a few feet on the south side remain to
be filled up, and when this work is I'm
ished, the company will have extensive
grounds for building additions to their
plant.
The Bellaire Stove Company was Idle
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
Cancer 6: s.: 4; :: !: ]; !;
e blood L.

polluted and the system thoroughly con-
tamlnated BY this deadly v~irulent poison.
Then a sore or ulcer appears on some
part OF the body it may be small and
harmless looking at first, but as the can
cefous cells form and are deposited by
the blood near the sore, it increases in
size and severity, with sharp shooting
pains. No matter how often the sore is
removed by the surgeons knife or flesh
destroying plasters, another comes and is
worse. The real disease is in the blecd,
and the treatment must begin there. The
poisoned blood must be invigorated and
purified, and when this is done cancerous
cells can no longer form and the sore will
heal naturally and permanently
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
DIR. PIERCE'S
GOLDEN MEDICAL


II alavays helps. IT almost Arrays
eu,ss. Sick persons are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce by letter abso-
lutely without fee or charge. All
correspondence is strictly private.
Write and get Z specialists 0pin-
lon on your case, fres. Address
Dr. =. y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

100000 men If produced by hand. In
America the advantage derived from ma
chinery is about twice as great as in Eu-
rope, so hat the actual population of the
Unieed States is equal in productive power
to 100, OOo, Geo Europeans, with ~labor-saving
machinery one generation of men can do
the work of four or five generations of
handworkers."
There will be pea ce and good wages in
New York in the marble cutting, carving
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
wheeling Stamping COMPANY.

The Wheeling Stamping Company's
plant has been running full since the
first of the year. For a time it was
necessary to run night and day and the
managers anticipate a period of con-
%tinuous running, as they are about six
weeks behind on orders. The trade
this year Is greater than ever before.
The company employs between 200 and
$50 hands.
One of the improvements in the
course of construction is a new 100
horse power gas engine which will re-
place the steam engine and boiler. I'M
der which power the plant is at pres
ent operating.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

and polishing industry until May, 1908,
and perhaps much beyond that time. An
agreement has been signed by representa-
tives of the associated employers and tho
organized journeymen covering two years
from the coming May and regulating
hours. wages and other trade conditions.
1t provides that marble cutters shall re.
ceive $3.50 and carvers IS a day. for eight
hours work, and hat the yards will not
be operated on Saturday afternoons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17


Mrs. Sarah M.KeestinE,
q4I Windsor Ave, Bristol.
Tenn, writes: II am Al
years old, and for three
years had suffered with a
severe form Of Cancer on
my jaw, which n doctors
said was ircurable, and
that I coald not live more
than six months. Iacccpt-
ed their statement as true.
aud had given up all hope
OF ever being well again,
when my druggist, know
Ing Of my eondition recon.
nended S. S. S. After tax
eux n t. AkAfa- -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
lOGA ICE MANUFACTURERS
WILL rRODA1LY ENTER UPON ONE
MORE SEASON WITH
OUT


Notwithstanding the Efforts Of ssMe
to teach aa Understandings Before
the IIarIy Sunamer Season Opens.
A Fund of Industrial intelligence
Of A0atrs, noth Local and Foreign,
which Have Trnnspired in Manu-
factoring Circles During h Past
Week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
LaBeIIe Iron Works.

The situation at the LaBelle iron
works is unchanged over last weeks
report which appeared in these col
umns. Every department is on full
operating day and night.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

The Wheeling Steel and Iron Works
plant at Benwood has been forced to
remain idle during the entire past
week, owing to the supply of pig metal
being exhausted. 1t is expected that a
shipment will arrive in time for the
mill to resume early in the coming
week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

plenty of orders ahead to keep the
plant in operation all season. Some
Improvements are contemplated this
summer, but just what they will be
will not be given out for some time.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
warwick China Company.

The Warwick China Company is
operating under the same conditions as
last year. They are running full at
present.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

strengtnens h BODY and builds up the
general health.
II you have a suspicious sore, or have in
hefited any blood faint. send for our free
book on Cancer, and write to our medical
department for any information or advice
wanted; we make no charge for this SCI.
rice. Your letter viii receive prompt and
careful attention, and will be held in
otrictest confidence.
the SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. A1tAAIA. "a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

Wheeling Ice and Storage Company.
The Hygeia ice skating rink closed
its doors to the public yesterday even
ing, after a most successful season. 1t
has been a most satisfactory one to the
company. They will reopen next fall
at the usual time and perhaps the
skating space may be enlarged.
At the ice plant the management is
replacing the old boilers which have
done service for twelve years with a
new battery, which are in process Of
construction at the Marietta boiler
works. The first boiler will arrive
early this week. The rest will arrive
in time to be set up before the season
fairly opens.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
Tannery,

At the Hoffman tannery the situation
over last season is unchanged. The
company is operating in full with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

began to heal. to the surprise of the physicians,
and in q short time made a complete care. Ihave
gained IN fesh, my appetite is splendid, sleep is
refrcshing-in fact, am ~cnioying perfect health"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

overcomes this de-
structive poison and
removes every vestige
of it from the system,
makes new. rich blood
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
S U OF THE WEEK.
A Review of the Week in the Indus
trial Plants of the City and En-

trial Plants of the City and En-
virOns.
The Improvements which will be
made this spring in the smaller plants
are exceptionally few, and in no in
stance at all large. The managers of
the concerns generally are even, if pos
sible, putting off both improvements
and repairs, as there seems to be on
hand everywhere orders to be filled for
months ahead.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17

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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

its share of slaughter when the
commander of the battery called out
to knot of us, part of a rife
company, Shoot the man on the
white horsen One after another our
best marksmen squeezed in between
the gun and the parapet wall and took
aim through the embrasure. After sew
eral had put in their shots the orderly
sergeant tried it and came back crest
fallen. Handing me his rifle, he ex-
claimed. with laugh: Here, you, Vet.
Fetch down the man on the white
horsen
with a reputation to sustain, / ac-
cepted the challenge. When | drew a
bead on the gallant horsenan, / say
that he was leading band of men
back from the main line direct upon
our guns. Shells tore the ground in
front of him or exploded overhead, and
invisible case shot cut down his follow
ers, but he held his seat like statue of
war. Firing at random, crawled back,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

not suit the Union men, and soon they
began to set uneasy, First one regi-
ment, then another, moved out and
started up the. ridge until finally the
whole Army of the Cumberland was
climbing that hill, struggling over rocks
and timber, but ever onward. without
any orders having been given for an
advance. The result was tl.at eventual
~ General Thomas soldiers captured
the ridge and turned the batteries, VIM
ming a decisive victory
When General Grant saw the men
scrambling up the ridge, he turned to
Thomas and said, Who ordered those
men up?''
q don't know. but did not was his
answer.
Did you order them up?" asked
Grant of Granger, who was standing
near.
Not l." answered Granger "They
started without orders. But no matter.
When those boys get started, nothing
can stop them!'
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

as there was nothing in front of him
except mere handful of the enemy,
and he need not wait for Towards left
wing to come up. The great chief then
rode away, and Slocum ordered an adj
vance, but just at this juncture one of
his aids brought to him young man
in Confederate gray who claimed to be
a deserter and wished to see the COM
mander. He was, he said. Union man
who had been kept a year in Anderson
vile and had enlisted in the Confeder-
ate army. He then gave Slocum the
startling information that there was an
army of 10000 men in ambush in his
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

to their death. All that can be said of
the fighting at Cold Harbor,. declares a
competent war critic, is that on the Fed
eral side twas avid havoc of slaughter.
Veteran officers set the example of gal
liant exposure as though the hopeless
ness of the situation could be relieved
by godlike bravery. Scarcely 90 min
utes from the time the signal was given
the repulse of the corps was complete.
Three thousand men had fallen.
Among the officers the loss had been
portentous.
This is one of those awful military
blunders thats cannot be obliterated,
cannot be forgotten.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

OF which a GER
tain officer re-
ported: I'm pla-
toon firing with
the Belgian mus
kets / can al
ways tell how
m any pie ce s
have been fired
by counting the
m e n on t h e
ground. It's Il
case of fire and
fall back fiat.
One of these
Belgian muskets
will kick like a
mule and burst
with the rraat-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

the lett anu
Lew Wallace's
on the right.
One of the sur
yiving veterans
of that time
s a Y S: 1T h e
ground in front
of Smith was
covered with alb
ats too thick
for a rabbit to
get through, but
old Smith rode
right in front of
the center, as
erect as a ram
rod, and, though
l was nearly
scared to death,
It. ,L;+
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1t a range of only 60 yards. Such a ter

at range of only 60 yards. Such a ter
rible gap was formed that the Union
men were thrown into confusion, taking
advantage of which two Confederate
brigades charged holly into the mass
and, quickly taking six guns, turned
them upon the foe, soon changing APP
parent victory for the Unions into a
pronounced defeat. This victory was
won by Forrest at Brices Farm, Mis-
sissippi. and was the outcome of Stur-
gis attempt to sweep him from Sher-
mans line of communication.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

ing shot, they charged the enemy's
second line, but, having no support.
We're Obliged to fall back on the bat
terry. disputing every foot of the ground
in hand to hand struggle. The Con-
federate artillerists fell upon them as
they retreated, but they beat them off,
'sfngly and together. The last to leave
the scene of carnage was captain of
the gallant Fifth. who with parting
blow split the head Of an opponent from
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

fight at Perry
vile in October,
1862. Those who
Wore the gray
constituted the
Fifth Tennessee,
while those who
carried the Tn
ion banner We're
in Lytle's Tenth
Ohio. The Ten
nesseeans charg-
ed yalorously
across an open
field upon the
Ohioa ms. w no
We're intrenched
behind n stone
wall. The latter
sent a volley
which decinated
the former; but,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

the prisoners except General Franklin
sleeping soundly in fence corners and
various places, But the general he
could not find at all. 1t seems that the
distinguished captive had an ample
supply of liquor in his valise, which he
was allowed to retain, and, being of
generous disposition. had treated his
guards to all they wanted-and much
more than was good for them-with the
result that freedom dawned upon him
about the time. that the fact of his es-
cape dawned upon Gilmor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

dpIedSl the DIX
ty- first Pennsyl.
vania and open
ed a rifle duel at
! e S S t h an 40
yards. Colonel
Ripley and sew
eral other off,
GERS of the Six
ty-first We're kill
ed, the regiment
losing 263 by
d e a t h and
wounds, or one
half the total
number engag-
AI -L.1~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

trick of the Con-
federates in US
ing m ov a bic
breastworks on
the second day
of the attack.
They had" he
said, construct
ed a breastwork
of hemp bales,
which they rolled
in front of their
lines up the hill,
advancing under
this cover. All
our efforts could
NOT retard tha
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in a carriage, he
was sent across
the M a ryla nd
line into Virgin
ia under escort
of a strong
mounted guard.
His captor was
kept very busy
scouting and
raiding, and one
night was away
from his com
mand for sever
alhours. Return
ing at dawn the
KIT morning,
he was disgust
ed to find the
guard and all
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The Fighting Fifth New Hampshire.

in battle is said
to be the Fifth
New Hampshire.
which emerged
from Gettysburg
with only 81
men with the
colors." 1t took
part with re-
cruited forces in
the awful on
slaught at Cold
Harbor, where
it lost 50 men in
that brief morn
ing's work.
Bounding over
the parapet of a
4 Confederate bat
terry without fir
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

occasion in east
Tenne IS see 81
years ago. Yes,
more than a
quarter century
has passed since
Colonel E. M.
McCook. at the
head of a cav
airy division
from Burnside's
army, met and
charged upon
two divisions of
10 n g S tr e et' s
men under Cap
= NJ
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

his leading brigade being hurled back
with terrible slaughter from the breast
work of rails and logs behind which
Were intrenched his foes. Believing
that the time had come to advance and
charge the Confederates, the Union
troops had no sooner got outside their
breastworks before Forrest was upon
them like demon, having a two horse
battery. the pieces of which We're
Charged with canister, He opened up
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

as Sherman was
m arc hing to-
ward Raleig h.
N. c.. with his
army in two col
umns on roads
Sc eral mile S
apart, General
Slo Gu m, COM
mander of the
right wing, dis
covered a body
of the enemy
apparent thy in
posse sion of
the road. APP
pealing to Sher-
man for orders.
he was told to
on right ahead
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

advance of those bales. Round shot
and bullets were poured against them,
but they would only rock a little and
then settle back. Heated shot were
fired on them with the hope of setting
them afire. but they had been soaked
and would not burn. By means of these
movable breastworks the Confederates
advanced SO close to the intrenchments
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30

1863, he and his
men were prewl-
ing abc@; the
Union he a d.
quartersat Fair
fax Court House,
Va. and from a
prisoner learned
where General
Stoughton, COM
mander of the
in f a n try out
posts, was Sleep
ing. Taking with
him a few trusty
m e n, M o S b y
stole UP to the
generals house,
- ra-a.ol
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30
was during Gordon's grand sortie at
Petersburg. The Union batteries on the
tanks and rear of the breach made it so

hot for Gordon
that he sounded
retreat But the
getting out of
a trap is the
hardest part of
1t. 1t was at
this crisis that !
witnessed that
grand sight-a
Confederate off,
Ger on a white
horse riding at
the blazing can
non full tilt, I
stood near a gun
in Fort Haskell
which was do
ing more than