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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

ot6x&hott610 0eW cqGnJony r. and nv
1of some time 1eGnain. uuder the shield
Of tho influential ~dnancierB who have
organized the trust and are watching it
with 3 protecting eye during its tlota-
ton. Moreover, these securities have
not yet been subjected to speculative
manipulation. Under these circum-
stances, 1t does not seem unlikely that
the large operators who are getting out
of their railroad stocks may attempt to
wind UP their extraordinary campaign
by trying their hand on this new cor
poration. In that case, the market
may possibly receive another bull i'm
pulse before it passes through a course
of liquidation that will in the nature OF
things follow in due time. Apart from
that possibility, the situation is not n
to encourage a material rise above the
present level which certainly reflects a
high degree of national prosperity.
Wall Street has never before wit
messed such a clashing of impetuous
realizing and wholesale buying as has
swayed the crowds of SPECTATORS dur
ing the past week. In spite Of the i'm
mense sales, some of the largest ad-
vances realized on any day in the boom
took effect upon Wednesday. Stories
Of new amalgamations neutralized the
effects Of the large liq~uidations, and
Delaware & Hudson advanced IL points
and C. B. & @. scored a rise of Is
points within tw~enty-four hours, while
Rock Island o IL points. Some of
the realizing was done in the way of
parting with other stocks to buy those
thus advancing.
The market is drifting into a stage of
confusion that has injured many a
boom in bygone days. Operators are
apt to lose their heads in the sanguine
excitement of their operations. There
Is no possibility of keeping track of
the rapid changes in the distribution
of stocks, and when men lose their
knowledge of the forces on the field
they lose their confidence; confusion
sets in; then the situation ripens into
nervousness; mistakes in tactics are
made; and the confusion may precipi-
tate heavy forced liquidation when it is
little expected. We are verging on a
position which is associated with a high
degree of risk; and throughout the
week there has been evidence that OPP
orators who have made large profits
are adopting mea to secure them
selves against a scramble to sell.
HENRY CLEWS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
The Plan Ridiculed.
. New York special says:

A New York special says:
Leading financiers ridicule to-day the
plan outlined in some of the morn
ing papers to bring all the principal
railroads under the control of a sin
gle corporation capitalized at an en-
ormous amount. James Stillman, who
was mentioned with ]. P. Morgan,
James ]. Hill, e. E. Hartman and
others, as interested in the affairs, con
sidered the proposition too ridiculous
to justify serious discussion.
J. Edward Simmons, President of the
Fourth National Bank, also placed lit
tie credence in the report. He said:
ITO my mind the idea is absurd. In
fact, its apparent ~absurdity is the
best evidence that the report Is untrue.
The success of such a plan would de-
pend on the willingness of the public
to absorb the stock and just now the
public has about all it can attend to in
the absorbing direction. Such a scheme
would invite a~ntagonistic legislation
of the most drastic type. While we
are certainly living in times of unpre-
cedented prosperity, there is little
ground for supposing that such a gil
gantic scheme of railroad control could
be put through"
Other bankers prominent in the man.
agement and financing of the railroads
whose names were mentioned in the
published stories as likely to be pur-
chased and included in the new COM
pany, said in response to inquiries that
the report of the organization of a
company to hold these stocks were
absurd. In other quarters it was sad
that a company might be organized
later on to acquire a controlling inter
est in the stock of a few railroads, but
the initial step had not been taken.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
W A ACCIDENTS
To Passengers Trains Near Thomas
w. Va.-Several Cars Wrecked, and

To Passengers Trains Near Thomas,
w. Va.-several Cars Wrecked, and
One Man killed.
Special to the Register.
THOMAS. w. Va, April 6.-There
was a bad freight wreck three miles
below here last night A caboose and
one car broke loose as the train was
ascending the grade and started to run
back. The train crew tried to catch
them and eight cars broke loose. The
eight cars a off and tumbled down
a bank, killing one man. The others
turned over a mile further down.
To-day about two tons of stone roll
ed down near the same place as a
passenger train was passing, part of
1t striking the train and derailing the
tender and baggage car. No one was
hurt. II the coach had turned over it
would have rolled two hundred feet
into the river with 100 passengers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
Iron N Steel.

Rogers, Brown G. Co. say. 1.-THE
market for pig iron continues firm and
active. Sales the past week have per-
haps been the largest for any like
period since the buying movement be-
gan about February LIST. No objection
is made by buyers to paying a moder-
ate advance and no disposition is
shown by furnace interests to unduly
force prices upward.
1.-The interest for the past week,
however. has centered not so much in
iroI as in iron securities. The change
CT 2ssiment in two brief months is
lia.le .rlort Of marvellous. In the con-
diuaas surrounding the trade, there
has aeen no change to account for the
difference between pessimism as to
iron and steel securities February LIST
and optimism approaching enthusiasm
Apri! LIST. The companies were max
ing practically as large earnings then
as now, and the outlook was bright.
The transformation, of course, is
wholly due to the successful working
out of the great combine, which is ex-
pected to eliminate competition, con-
troll prices, and introduce stability
where heretofore there has been uncer-
tainty. That the expected result will
follow is generally accepted in the
trade. The many important interests
outside the United States Steel Com
pany instead of showing antagonism.
will find it to their profit to heartily
support the policy of the company so
long as it is conservative and calculat-
ed to improve Che condition of the in
dustry as a whole.
"The United States Steel Company
has recently acquired further Bessemer
ore properties in the Lake Superior dis
trict, and is actively negotiating, for
the few remaining interests still out
side. There is no longer any DOUBT,
therefore, of Its purpose to become u
preme dictator in the steel trade
Trough control of the raw materials.
What will be its policy with reference
to the millions of.tons of ore which its
mines are 10 producing in excess of
the demand of its own furnaces is the
problem that keeps ever the best in
formed guessing. Most likely the giant
does not yet know its own mind. II
the ores are kept in the ground as re-
serve, important l~easeholds will in time
expire and large invested capital be
jeopardized. If the ore carrying roads
have their traffic heavily reduced by a
restrictive policy, higher rates must ne
cessarily be exacted. The most likely
outcome is that the monopoly will sell
freely to Its rivals. but make them nay
tribute to Caesar"
Nothing Too Large.
phtIa. Financial Review.
It Is an extraordinary situation and
q that puzzles those men who are not
"A the inner financial circles. We are
9tung n most wonderful umes Moths
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, April 6.-Great excitement
and marked strength characterized the
opening of the corn market to-day. May
at the beginning, sold from A to 44Hc
n to 1Mc higher than Thursdays close
A flood Of country buying odrers, prob
ably influenced by wet weather, were
in the pit. Fora few minutes offerings
were scarce but scattered, and lots OF
long stuff began to come out and check
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
Live Stock Quotation..

CHICAGO. April Cattle. receipts
2ts, nominally steady. Good to prime
steers IS COOS 90; COW 81 1904 so;
heifers 80 8V@4 65; bulls slow 81 75@
4 so; calves about steady 81 1906 co.
Hogs, receipts to-day 5000; Mon
day $4,000; estimated left over 2,10O;
about steady. Top S. 10; mixed and
butchers IS 1905 10; bulk of sales
S. 9006 W.
Sheep, receipts $4,000; sheep and
lambs steady; good to choice wethers
export IS 25; native lambs 81 1905 As.
Receipts this week: Cattle IS, 500;
hogs 119,500; sheep $500.
Receipts last week: Cattle $500;
hogs 1856, 800; sheep 20, 0
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, April 6.-Cat-
tie steady. Extra S. 50@5 65; com
mon So 25@4 90.
Hogs steady. Prime mediums and
heavy hogs Sc 25@6 So; heavy york
ers Sc %; pigs S. 90@6 90.
Sheep steady. Choice wethers S. q
@5 35; choice lambs IS 1906 80. Veal
calves Sc 00@6 rs.
Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread Is
good. Ask yOIIr grocer
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

EASTER LILIES.
Written for the Register.
The orient bore in Hydrologic times
Funds for many a modern skeptic's
rhymes.
The Spring. of glowing force, most potent,
Fen a physical trend thereto lent.
But Easter lilies grew apace. and grace
By Resurrection won. gained new place.
The cold and critical. and reakers
or the wisdom of divine partakers,
Are now seeking in the symbol. white
OF lilies. a hope of joy, OF light.
Wonder then not that the lilies grow,
symbols of patience. symbols OF woe,
Figures of purity, pictures of heaven,
Charity's emblems, truths fairest leaveni
At Easter. then, the white and pure
Must to the penitent innure:
Must with the lilies adore the shrine.
Where is w~orshipped the Christ, divine.
And on all the affairs of the land,
Gun fervent alteration command.
&C. X.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
OIL OPERATIONS.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April 6.-In the
Keiser. sand development on the Ohio
side in Monroe county, McFadden,
Twitchell & Co. have completed their No.
6 on the Riley Smith farm, and nave a
buster. The Fisher Oil Company has com
pleted its No. 5 on the John Bates farm
and has a 40 barrel producer. The same
company has completed it's No. 2 in the
Christie heirs farm and has a rs barrel
producer. The Shawnut Oil Company has
drilled it's test we'll on the Louis Ludwig
farm into the Big Injun sand and has a 10
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
John KittinKer Had Himself Indict-
ed for Murder-A Peculiar Case.

John KittfnEer Had Himself Indict-
ed for Murder-A Peculiar Case.
Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, April g.
Because neighbors alleged that he had
used questionable means in getting
the grand jury to refuse to indict him
for shooting a man to death, who as
saulted his wife in his presence two
years Ago., John Kittinger, of Dry
Branch, had the present jury bring in
IN indictment of murder against him
and will stand a trial for his life to
clear his anne. He came to the sher-
diff and gave himself up. He will be
released on bond to await his trial. He
is a prominent merchant.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
MunicfpaIs In Demand.

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-Dealers
in municipal bonds say that the de-
mand has quickened once more, a large
volume OF business having been done
In the last week OF two.
The advance OF high grade railroad
bonds to out-of-reach prices is respon-
sible in some degree for this turning
to the municipal market by seekers for
gilt-edge securities.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

The conditions Obtaining were man

The conditions obtaining were man
ifestly ~occasioned by the settlements in
connection with United States Steel
stocks.
There are rumors afloat of an unset
tied and perhaps slightly wild market
for Monday, but these rumors were
possibly set in circulation for some par
ticular effect, and must be taken with
a grain of salt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
Special to the Register

Special to the Register
NEW YORK, April 6.-Ihe bank
statement to-day was by no means a
good one, there being a heavy falling
on all along the line, with the single
exception of circulation, which In
creased slightly. The result was an
ticipated. however, and no bad effects
nre exnected. The figures follows.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
BUSINESS oPpoRTuNrrIEs.

FORTUNES IN OLA new book lust
out. explaining how large fortunes have
been made In oil and how IL is possible to
share in those which are to be made in
the future. BECKLEY & Co, Bankers.
80 Broadway, New York. apIdo
AN ESTABLISHED $4,000 Illinois Corr
poration composed OF men rated five mill
ion dollars desires negotiations and inter-
views with men competent to fulhll a
managerial position handling office and
finances. Cash investment 1900 to $e,5o0
absolutely necessary. Salary $3.50 per
month and Ase commission. Address
AUDITORS DEPT. 521-25 Manhattan
Bldg, Chicago. mch2idt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

barrel bumper. Northwest OF tho Brickef
pool, in Harrison county, Davis. johnson
| Snyder heirs farm and have a show for a
Is barrel pumper In the Scio field. DR..
| Black & Co. nave completed their No. q
| on the James Kimmeu farm and have a 5
| barrel bumper.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
Oil Quotations.

| OIL CITY, Pa. April 6.-Creddt bal
ances $1.23. Certificates, sales of 2.000 bar
| rels at S1.1S. Shipments, 1895 45 barrels;
average, IS, 1876. Runs, 49, OPS barrels; aver
| age, 1927.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Call and see our school. Visitors are
always welcome. w. B. Elliott, 1885
Market street
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

FOR RENT CARDS. Blank House Leases
n Blank Deeds and Deeds OF Trust for
sale at REGISTER COUNTING ROOM.
1926 Market Street
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Diamonds, only of that quality that
will carry with them real intrinsic
value for all time to come.
DILLON, HANCHER & co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Crepe de Chimes, all colors,
Taylor Co.'S.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
NOT SATISFACTORY.

Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread
good. Ask your grocer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

You know the Green Boxes Herber
Chocolate.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Real Lnces, for evening Gowns, .
TayIor's.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
EASTER LILIES

Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread i
good. Ask your grocer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
TO CLEAR HIS NAME.

Don't buy a Piano until you ha'
seen and heard the kimball.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

The Second Venture Not q Suc-
A numbe rof Wheeling people, to-
gether with the Strain brothers, drilled
another well nea West Liberty, on
the Smith farm. In a stray shallow
sand, at about $50 feet, the drill in the
first well, on Short creek, struck a con-
siderable showing of oil, but no atten-
ton was paid to it,
After the well was completed to the
Gordon, it was though by some that
there might be a pay streak in the
shallow sand passed. With this idea
in view, a new location was made, and
a well put down 230 feet, where a show
ing of oil was discovered on Friday
night, but not in sufficient quantity to
make it pay. The casing will be pulled
up and the hole abandoned. Thus an
other effort to find oil in Ohio county
has proved unavailing.
Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread is
good. Ask your grocer.
Newest Silk Waists, black and
%colOrs, at Taylor Co.'s.
Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread Is
Onnd Acly O1Jr rrNanr
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
INDUSTRIAL BOOM.

MAYS SPECIAL LETTER issued on
Monday Will tell you about the approach
ing INDUSTRIAL BOOM, and name the
stocks that will in our opinion lead In the
great upward movement and forecast the
prices they will reach. This letter will be
prepared with great accuracy and care,
and viii be valuable to those who desire
to enter the market at the present time.
SEM free.
LEWIS, A. & CO..
BANKERS & BROKERS',
81 and 80 Broadway, New York.
Send for our book. wal Street Mus
trated." ap7do
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

1t is probable that in forming such
a corporation provision would be made
for future acquisitions, producing an
even larger capital stock.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Concerning the alleged contemplated
deal In railroads the Wall Street Jour-
nal says:
We understand papers are being pre-
pared for a New Jersey corporation
which is intended to hold stocks Of
Erie, Burlington, Northern Pacific, and
Great Northern. The scheme is essen
TALLY that employed in the Steel Com
pany, whereby one company of large
capital exchanges its stock for the
stocks of constituent companies. 1t is
needless to say that if this plan is car
ried through it will be a railway cor
poration of the first magnitude. 1t will
provide for the stockholdings which
follow:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
BENWOOD

Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread l
good. Ask your grocer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Wheeling Bakery Quaker Bread 4
good. Ask your grocer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Following are the clearings in other
cities of the approximate size of Wheel
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07

Newest Silk Waists, black M
colOrs, at Taylor Co.'s.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
In h Cities.

Clearing House n
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
Two Cruel PuniShments.

The gantlope, or gauntlet, was mill
tary and naval punishment for theft.
A man had to run the gantlet Of a
long file of his fellow soldiers, each
provided with a switch, and to prevent
the sinner going too rapidly and to see
that no man, impelled by motives of
friendliness or kindness, failed to strike
hard, a sergeant walked backward, fac
ing the said sinner, with halberd
pointed at the latter's breast.
After lengthy experiment this was
found to be inconvenient and degrad-
ing, so recourse was had to another
method, a variety of the same species
of torture. The offender was tied tC
four halberds, three in triangle and
a fourth across. The regiment or COM
pany then filed off, the cato -nine-tails
was placed in the hands Of the first
man, who gave the culprit lash and
passed on, handing the cat to the Sec
ond, who also gave a lash, and SO the
game went merrily on until the offense
had been xpiated.-London Graphic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
GAINESVILLE.

George Clark formerly night clerk at
the Grand, arrived home Saturday after
twenty. seven months army service in the
Philippines. During most of his term
of service he was on the island of Negros.
The certified statement of the gross
receipts of the GAINESVILLE Street Railway
company for the year ending November
30, 1901 was filed yesterday with City
Treasurer JAS A Fathers. The receipts
were S13,685.06 or S619.50 over those of
last year. The two per cent tax on the
receipts nets the city $273.70.
A large number of men and boys made
an Intellectual search along the river
Monday for the missing William Cody.
Very little could be done on account of
it's being covered with ice. However,
holes were cut through the ice in num-
Der of places and the bottom in their
vicinity thoroughly searched. There is
hardly any doubt but that Mr. Cody is
in the river and if the weather continues
cold there is very small chance of his
body being recovered before spring.
The track layers on the Rockton-
GAINESVILLE line are making good time,
laying rails at the rate of nearly mile
day. They have 5O-ton locomotive and
are delivering the rails over their own
road from Rockton. Ties are being
placed and the steel put down as fast as
the facilities will permit. About five
miles Of steel have been laid thus far.
The steel bridge at Roscoe is practically
completed for use, the flooring having
been laid. The track is completed, ex-
cept the last surfacing, as far as the
grove this side of Beloit. The iron arms
over the pole line have been placed from
the Rockford end Of the route as far
north as the Herr place. The company.
hopes to have the system connected up
as far as Beloit by New Years day.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
Fulton.

Jos. Gibbs has been laid up nursing a
bad cold.
School closes Friday for two weeks
vacation.
D E Sayre is confined to his home
with severe cold
The usual Christmas exercises will be
held at the church this year.
Mrs Olin passed few days of the
week with Mrs Geo Lynts
Ell. G. Pease made business trip to
Chicago during the week.
Mrs Bentley received visit recently
from her son, Frank, who resides at
Platteville.
Fulton students attending the James
vile High school are home for the holi-
days.
In honor of the birthday of one of
Fulton's most estimable ladies, Mrs w.
FL. Pease, she and her daughter, Mrs.
Hill, entertained a number of their
friends last Friday from to 8 o'clock
and the occasion was a most pleasant
one in every respect.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20

Gladiatorial games were prohibited
by an edict of the Emperor Constan-
tine in A. D. 325, but from some cause,
probably the loudly expressed disap-
probation of the people, the edict was
allowed to fall into disuse, and it's pen
alties were never visited on it's VIC
lators. During the reign of Honorius
the defeat of the Goths in Italy was
celebrated by games, but in the midst
of the fights in the amphitheater of
Vespasian a monk named Telemachus
found his way into the arena and part
ed the combatants with a large pro-
cessional cross.
The populace swarmed over the bar
ricades and tore the monk to pieces,
but the moral effect of the heroic act
was permanent, and in A. D. 4O4 an
imperial edict abolished gladiatorial
sports in the Coliseum and shortly aft
er throughout the Roman empire. The
fight stopped by Telemachus was the
last in the Coliseum, and that structure
is now consecrated to the honor of
Telemachus and the Christian martyrs
who persisted in the prosecutions by
Nero and other emperOrs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
fIanerviIIe.

Preparations are being made for a
Christmas tree.
Floy Hammond is learning dress max
ing at Stoughton.
Mr. Thompson has returned from a
pleasant trip at Vernon county.
Lee Shaw of Milton Junction, was
here selling brooms Tuesday.
Inga and Clara Ellingsrud of Albion
did sewing for Julia Olson last week.
Lewis Slinde of Pleasant Springs, Wis
tied with j @ Cannon and family last
week.
Died after brief illness on Sunday
Dee 18th, Conrad Olson, age A years.
He came from Tromsa, Norway, 10 years
ago and resided here most of the time.
His relatives, Mr. and Mrs Anderson,
Mr. and Mrs Olson OF DeForest, came
Tuesday to attend the funeral which
was held Wednesday at Stoughton, con
Quoted by Rev Dahl. He leaves a wife
and FIVE children to mourn his DEPARTURE