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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

The Van Rensselaer, house, op-.
posite Albany, N. Y, is believed
to be the oldest inhabited house in
the United States. The building
was erected in 1642 of bricks inn
ported from Holland.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
COpp's Settlers Guldc-New Edition.

COppS oeIJlers Gulue-NeW EultlOns
Henry N. Copp, the we'll known
land lawyer of Washington, D. G.,
has issued a new edition of his
popular guide for homestead and
other settlers on the public do
main. The price is 20 cents. More
than 100000 copies of this valua-
BILE exposition of the public land
system have been disposed of. It
is the settlers "vade mecum," and
should be in the possession of
every man and woman who seeks a
home on Uncle Sans farm. Mr..
Copp wants Immediately the adj
dress of every settler who paid 81
so an acre for government land
inside any forfeited railroad grant.
He has valuable information for
such settlers or their heirs. Send
your address at once to Henry N.
Copp, Washington, Q. @.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

For several years past Baron de
Hirsch has given the gross wins
nings of his race horses to London
hospitals. This year he has not
only followed his precedent, but
has doubled the amount. His
horses won for him last season
e7,5O0, and he has handed over to
the hospitals $4,000.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Mrs. Jane p. Austen, the novel;
list, author of ga Nameless Noble
man." Standish, of Standish," "Dr
Lebaron and His Daughter"
Betty Alden" and other works,
died IN Boston last week. She
was born in Worcester ftty-6vs'
years ago.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

There is an old story about two
buckets that hung in the same
well, and passed each other many
times day on their journey to
aud from the depths. One day
one of these asked the other why
it appeared so melancholy, and re-
ceived this reply: ut is because l
cannot help rejecting how dis
couraging it is that no matter how
full we come up, we always go
back empty" "Why," responded
the first bucket, "that is an odd
way of looking at it. For my
part 1 am always congratulating
myself that no matter how empty
1 go down, 1 am always sure to
come back fullw The moral of
this story is that our happiness is
not nearly so dependent upon our
outward fortunes as we are apt to
imagine.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

DT. Prices Creams BaElae Powder
Most PeeeSCt Made.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

"Ouida'' is fifty years old and
dresses in the most outlandish
manner. No color is too pronoun-
ced for her, and whether or not
the color suits her complexion
matters little to- her. She still re-
fuses the friendship Of Americans.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
Keep Your Eve on the Boss.

"Keep your eye on your boss,'
said one clerk to another, a few
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24
ELKO, NEVADA, SATURDAY, MARCH "a, 1894.
Two DOMESTIC TRAGEDIES.
Two Nobie-Hearted .Girls Who Faced the
Horrors OF n Murder. =

Two Nobie-Hearted GirIs Who Faced the
narrors OF n Murder.
They were sisters, these two, at the
moment in awful peril, and they were
alone in the house in their extremity,
says the Free Press.
"llcrc," said the elder one, handing
her sister q dcadly-loolSing dirk, .''is
knife. Bethfnll you you can use it?''
II bethinls me 1 can," replied the
younger girl with chattering teeth.
"but oh, Celeste, is there no way but
this?" "
She had read "Virginius."
None; mcthinls. L hear him moye."
"S'do |. He is struggling to escape"
open the cellar door cautiously.
have oiled the hinges. I will stand
here and hold the light. Courage. brave
girl! Hist! can hear him Stir - -
" Now may the ,fates defend u.s."
whispered the girl with the knife, land
save me from death ignoble. What
vital part shall strike, Celeste?"
solve IL to him in the neck, sister.
But soft, is yonder light the jocund orb
of day, and has the night faded into
. morrow?"' .- -....."I III.
r. Nay, that is the electric light on the
corner Wnlch mas just showed It's hand.
] go now to kill him. Yes, have said
ii. to k-li-kill. him!" -. ..-..
The brave, heroic, beautiful girl
plunged down tho stairs into the
Opaque semi-darkness, and in moment
n terrific. 'shrie,s1Celeste at. once rec
ogniZed the brand-told that all was
over.
Are you. bringing him up?" asked
the girl at the head of the cellar stairs
in 4 voice alike on both sides.
''Yes-by hand," came the ghostly
whisper. a.. .
The next moment herwas dropped on
the floor. and the sisters threw them
selves into cnch others arms, while
shrek after shrek Glove the purple dis
tance of the night.
They had murdered p mouse
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24
THE OLDEST LOCK.

1t Was Made of Wood nnd Its Key was
Ecmnr:inb,y arGe.
In the 'Ilistory of Nincvch and It's
Palaces" by Joseph Bonomi, we find q
description of perhaps the oldest lock
ever discovered, says Hardware. It
was used in securing the gates in one
of the palaces of Khorsabad. In de-
scribing this ancient piece of hard
ware, if such terms may bc applied to
wooden locks, he says: AT the end of
the chamber, just behind the iirst bulls,
was formerly Il strong gate Of one leaf,
which was fartencd by u large wooden
lock, like those still used in the cast,
of which the key is rs much as man
can conveniently carry, and by bar
which moved into q square hole in the
wall.
''It is to a key of this description
that, the prophet probably alludcs:
And the key of the house of David
will l lay upon his shoulder and it is
remarkable that the word for key in
this passage of Scripture. 'muftah,' is
the same in use all over the cast at the
present time. The key of IN ordinary
street door is commonly thirteen or
'oeA ~" ANNaSSo ICLlk, dLu 'Luc key OF
the gate of n public building or of u
street or of II quarter of u town is two
feet or moro in length.
'Thc iron pegs ut one end of the
piecepof wood correspond to- so many
holesin the woodc n bar,or bolt of the
loc!s,iwhich when the door or gate is
shut cannot be opened until the key
has been inserted and the impediment
to the drawing back of the bolt re-
moved by missing MP SO many iron pins
that foil, down into holes in the
! bar or bolt corresponding to the peg in
the key" F..
This description and others of cor
rcf1oratory character prove that this
form of lock and key was In use in
Egypt four or five thousand years, dur
ing which extended period of time it
does not appear to have undergone any
successful change. ''----.'.-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24
JOINT STATEMENT
oF AUDITOR AND TKEAsUHEK
OF ELKO COUNTY.

For the Quarter Ending Dec. I
1894.
County Of Elko. (e'o'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24

i CN pg r & ~ 4"
1TuoU shalt not covet the nane of
philanthropist Tor thine own glory.
THOU shalt not lot mothers bury
ticir shar1e III nj orphan uGylG1n ner
i-.-.2TS hide t,Sair gr I'd,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-03-24

AUDITUR'S OFFICE.
.. Jan. 2, 1894.
To the Honorable Board of County Commis-
sioners OF Eiko Comfy, Nevada.
GENTLEMEN: WchGrvwith submit our Quar-.
teily Report OF the Finances OF tho County
for the quarter ending Dcc. 81, 1879.
Respectfully submitted: ~
Auditor,
M. H. MILLER,
Treasurer.
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The morning news., 1894-10-21
THE TROPICAL TRUNK LINE.

and NEeSt FSalIIUa- =
FLORIDA COL
CABLE General Manager
WORTH RAILWAY
The morning news., 1894-10-21

No 80 ar Savannah o rs pm No 3s. II s5 an
From Jacksonville and all points u
Orleans BY the Florida Central and Peniusu
lar Railroad
The morning news., 1894-10-21

MOTIF
Wahn ngton and
To
foN New ION No ron
o A.,
NJ 8
70.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
ZEAL ESTATE MEN, TAKE da Tie % s"G The World

gone INTO the burning room and that
nobody had entered ii hut he firemen'
While a search was being made for the
leweiry Sabine RONALD rushed out Of his
rooms. He also had a loss to report. He
nhu lett pocketbook containing $50 on
his table and when he returned after the
IRE he found the pocketbook on the
iloor empty. He had lef: his $3.50 watch
IN his best vest. That was gone too.
through his rooms too, and must ha\
seen the poCketbook. None of the fire
men could be found who had seen the
missing things
Policeman Donlin reported the various
losses at the Elizabeth street station
capt. Warts said there would be a thor
ough investigation
The evening world., 1894-04-26
Tilted AND INSANE.
Pretty Annie Bernard Driven
Crazy from Unrequited Love.
lsadore Goldl e'g's Affections Died
When He Couldn't Get $50.
So lie Deserted Annie and Last Week
Married Another Girl.

Annie Bernard. nineteen years old.
was taken from her home, l3S Monroe
street. early this morning to Bellevue
Hospital, insane Her misfortune
brings to light II story of unrequited
love and despair.
Two years ago Annie came from
Russia with her mother, and went to
keep house for Annies brother Her
man Bernard. He makes cloaks at 1903
Orchard street.
IT was only a few months after hei
arrival that Annie met lsidore Gold
berg, an east side Jeweller.
He was one of the few friends Annie
had. Friendship ripenei into love, they
Were constantly together, and the
mother and brother looked with favor
upon Isador as the future husband OF
Annie.
The young woman had some money
| which she had brought with her from
Russia. Goldberg knew this, and nine
months ago, one Sunday evening. asked
Annie to lend him So SO her relatives
say.
"a al We Will become engaged at once.
Annie loved Goldberg devoteuly. but
she wanted to De quite sure he did not
want TO marry her FOR her money. so
she told him she would not lend him
the money until they We're married
lsadOrt insisted on having the money
at once. but Annie wouldn't give II to
him. The jewelIer went away angry,
and twp days later he became engaged
to another woman.
When Annie heard OF this she became
distracted. For a week she was con-
( fined to her bed. and 1t was feared she
would lose her reason.
/ Early last week Goldberg married.
4 Annie heard OF the marriage but said
little until Friday night. Then she told
her mother that she felt quite i'll. Her
mother saw her drink glass of water.
! That night the girl was delirius The
next morning she was frantic, and be-
gan 10 tear her hair out by the roots.
! \ physician vas called, and remained
! in attendance until to-day.
| The young woman kept getting worse
| until midnight last night, when the
| doctor and her mother were compelled
! to tie her to the bed and send for IA
| policeman.
| Patrolman Caulfeld called an ambu-
| lance from Bellevue Hospital, When
| Annie was united she fought so fiercely
with the surgeon and policeman that II
was half an hour before they could put
| her into the ambulance. Even then the
| policeman was compelled to hold her
! until the hospital was reached.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
HENNESSEY WILL APPEAL.
Archbishop VIII BE Asked to Alter
the Fabris Decision

Now that Bishop Wigger judge of the
ecclesiastical trial of Father Fabris. of
Hoboken, on charges preferred by Rev.
Father =. Hennessey, pastor OF ST.
Patrick's Church, Jersey City Heights,
has decided in favor of the Hoboken
clergyman DR.. Fabris will, If not de
tanned by Archbishop Corrigan, leave
Hoboken Immediately.
The parishioners of the Church of Our
Lady of Peace, Hoboken, are still loyal
to their late pastor, Father Corrigan.
and very bitter towards DR.. Fabris,
whom they charge with being guilty
OF number of things.
The Roman Catholics of the Newark
diocese say that the decision is not
to the discredit of Father Hennessey,
but DR.. Fabris's reputation was at stake,
and 1t has now been INDICATED. Others
claim that Bishop Wigger is trying to
CahensyliZe the diocese.
An appeal will be made Immediately
to Archbishop Corrigan. Twelve people
swore to the truth of Father Hennes
sey's accusations, while DR.. Fabris took
the stand for himself. 1t is expected
that the Archbishop will alter the de-
CiSiOn.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
The GANTz LETTERS.
Hayward's Friend Says They
Mysteriously Disappeared.
Asserts the Bundle Was Given Him
for Safe Keeping.
The Defendant Appears in Court in
Black Attire.

When the third day Of the trial of the
suit of Walter II. Gautz for absolute
divorce from Cornelia A. Gautz began
before Judge Dugen and a jury in the
Superior Court this morning the court
room was crowded.
Abner Hayward, the correspondent,
accompanied by his wife, was again in
court and occupied seats within the rail-
ing.
Mrs Gantz had changed the blue
costume she wore yesterday for one of
black. The only particle of color about
her costume to-day was a bunch of
pink flowers worn in the front of her
black jet hat.
The first witness to-day was Thadeus
$. Eason, of Newark, n. j., a friend OF
Correspondent Hayward, to whom Hay
ward swore he had given Mrs. Gantz's
the action for divorce in 1891. Mr. Eason
swore that Hayward gave him "a large
pa.Tckk a Of letters to keep for him.
in pa ckase. which eS was sA sealed e and he
did not know the contents of the letters.
Witness had never even seen the ai-
dresses on the envelopes of the lettrs
Witness swore that he placed the pack
age OF letters in pasteboard box and
placed the box in his trunk. His trunk
was kept locked all the time.
EARLY Ill 1872 WITNESS SAID ne moved MS
place of residence, and after moving
took the box with the pacage of let
tiers in it and placed 1t on the top shelf
of a closet in his room.
The witness never saw the package
of letters after that occasion. He looked
In the closet for the package of letters
In December 1893. and found that it had
disappeared.
Witnes said he had kept the closet
locked except at times when he left it
open for servant to clean it. seXr
open for servant to clean 1t. He said
he could not explain the disappearance
OF the letters. He admitted that he had
not asked the servant who cleaned his
room and closet II she had seen or
During tn time you had those letters
in your-trunk or. closet did Mr.. Hayward
ever visit you In your room?"
When was the last vlsit?"
In August, 1893.
after his last visit. did you see the
pasksge of Letters again?"
"Then you don't know whether the let
ters We're IN your closet at any time after
Mr.. Hayward's visit until you looked
for them In December, 1882"
II cannot say"
Did Mr.. Hayward ever tell you he
had taken the letters away from the
closet?'
Lawyer Beecher objected to the wit
ness answering and Judge Dugro sus-
tanned the objection.
on further examination the witness
swore that he had room mate who
was Il friend of Hayward.
Duringt he examination of Mr.. Eason
Hayward held his overcOat and hat, and
when the witness left the tsand he took
a seat beside Hayward and they ex-
changed few whispered words.
Margaret Egan, a former domestic in
Mrs. Gantz's employment, was recalled
and shown several letters and asked II
she knew the handwriting. She replied
that she did not.
She was finally shown letter that she
said the writing looked like Mrs Gantz.
40 you know whether Mrs. Gantz
received any kilograms from Mr.. Hay
ward?"
Lawyer Beecher objected.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
Coxey's Own Indulge in 'Fisti-
cuffs and Shooting at Fred
erick, Md,
ONE MAN JAILED, THREE VANISH.
Western Town, TO Be Rid OF
Tramps, Forms Them Into
/" IndustriaIs."

FORSYTHE. Mon. April 26.-The
strong hand of the law has reached out
and seized the Montana army of the
Commonweal. The army. $50 strong,
came in here from the West at TO- 45 last
night. Its leaders gave 1t out that the
train would remain in Forsythe until
morning. At 1l3O. however, the en-
gineer went to the round-house and
proceeded to take out a fresh engine
and prepare for the trip Eastward.
In the mean time Col. Page. of Fort
Keogh, had secured special train and
was laundering down the road to meet
the DEMONSTRATING contingent. He came
into Forsythe shortly after midnight and
found large part of the Coxey army
asleep in the box cars. The surprise
was so complete that the Coxeyites gave
up without " struggle.
The troops left most of the men
aboard the train and surroaaccd it. The
capture was effected by company OF
80 infantrymen. Nothing definite Is
known as to what will be done with the
Commonwealers, but 1t Is supposed
eight or ten of the leaders will be taken
back to Butte tomorrow, and the other
men set at liberty.
The Hogan army was SO surprised at
the prompt manoeuvring of the regulars
that the leaders capitulated and were
taken into custody without trouble.
There has been no bloodshed and none is
expected.
As soon as this news was received by
Lawyer James Mcknight counsel for
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
in New York City, he wired to Lawyer
J. II. Mitchell, jr, at st. Paul, Mimi,
and Messrs. Cullen and Toole, Helena.
Mont. to proceed against the prisoners
before United States Judge movies for
contempt Of Court, and also TO prefer
charges OF grand larceny against them
for stealing the Company's train. MIR.
Mcknight also instructed the Western
lawyers to prefer charges CT conspiracy.
under the laws of Montana, against the
mob and charge of felonious assault,
based on the fact of their firing on Dep
uty United States Marshals.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
SHARP RISE IN MANHATTAN.
Favorable News from Washington
Sends Sugar Up. .
Market Opens Firm, but General
Sales Are Slack.

Soon after the opening there was a
jump In Manhattan of . 3-S to l27 3-S
The bulls on Sugar brought their
favorite to the front this morning, and
on large transactions the stock ad
vanced / "a to so rs. The Wormsers
We're the heaviest buyers, but there was
also brisk demand from the shorts
on news from Washington that the
Sugar Trust will obtain concessions
from the Senate Finance Committee.
The rise in Sugar started prices up in
all directions. but the volume OF bust
ness was small. American Tobacco adj
vanced /, to s. -; Chicago Gas l-2, to
Ga is; Manhattan . 3-S, to l27 3-S; Lead
"a, to 80; New England 10, to 93-4;
Wheeling & Lake Erie pref. l. to 80. and
Distillers 81. to % 3-S.
Chicago Gas was weak for a spell
and ran off from O. is 10 634 IA.
Gen. Fitzgerald will succeed J. Ed
ward Simmons as Chairman of the Read
ing General Bondholhers' Mortgage Com
mittee. MIR. simmons will continue as
"A member of the Committee.
1t is staei hlat the Olyphant-Nander-
bilt party in Delaware Il Hurison will
propose the names Of II. Walter Webb.
Central. j. W. Alexander. of the Equit-
able Life Assurance, and II. q. Young,
Second iNce-I'resident of the Delaware
a Hudson as managers in the places of
some of the directors who have OPP
posed Mr.. Dlyphant. Further changes in
the ticket are expected.
TheLouisvillc n Nashville brought suit
against the Illinois Central Railroad to
! compel tn" performance of the contract
/ in the purchase of the Chesapeake. Ohio
a. Southwestern. which was bought in
! Joint partnership by the roads. There
| is Sl5.U0O.OOJ involved In the suit.
| 1t Is alleged by the complainant that
| the Illinois Central has violated the
contract by refusing To turn over the
securities, and the courts are asked
to make judicial construction and
enforcement of the bargain.
The Bank of England rate Of discount
| remains unchanged at per cent. The
| proportion of the reserve to liability is
65,1j per cent against 63.24 per cent last
| week Tn" bullion In the bank Increase
| during the week iiil go
| llnskcr wood 4 90. have 600 O0C
| francs gold on tho steamship Havel The
steamship Segurauca. from Vera cruz
| arrived with Sl59UJn i'm silver consigned
Ia James T., Ward. in transit to London
The evening world., 1894-04-26
Round About Town.

Al 2l5 o'clock this morning fire did s25 dam
age In the kitchen OF the four story brOwnstpne
building 1913 Park avenue owned and occupied
by sidney Whitmore.
Al l2.l5 Oclock this morning Mary Andrews,
forty-hve years old Of Mnetta street, was found
wandering In McDougAl street insane, She was
removed to Bellevue Hospital
Lena Cohen, thirty i've years old. was com
mitted to Bellevue Hospital TO be examined as
to her sanity by Justice Hogan In the ESSEX
Market Police Court to-day. Last night Police.
man Foley ot the Eldridge street station, found
her praying In Chrystie street.
Al 7 O'Clock this morning FIRE broke ont In
the garnet OF the tw"-story building at & Avenue
G. Joseph Muheisers carpet store was dam.
aged TO the extent OF 500. The names extended
to the second moor occupied by Joseph weih a
dressmakeT whose loss IL $500. The building was
damaged to the extent OF $500.
Eugene Smith, a negro, seventeen years old OF
Thirtieth street and Seventh avenue. was held
for trial In the Harlem Police Court this morning
charged with stealing pair OF opera glasses aud
two gold rings valued at t36 from Horace speer.
cashier Of the ColonnAde Hotel. The property
was stolen April T. from apartments at lsl
West One Hundred and Twenty .hrSt street, whers
smith bad besn employed 40 hall-boy.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
TORPEDOES ON THE TRACK.
One Exploded and Caused street
Car Horses to Run Away.

ELIZABETH, n. j., April ga tor
pedo. which was one of number placed
upon the tracks of the New Jersey Trac-
tion Company's line on First street near
Broadway, last night, was the cause OF
considerable excitement.
When car No. 10 came along one of the
wheels struck the torpedo, which explod-
ed. The fore part of the car was blown
from the track and the frightened horses
ran up the street, dragging the car until
a furniture wagon was encountered. Wag-
on and car were wrecked. Both drivers
were bruised and some Of the passengers
injured
The evening world., 1894-04-26
PORTLAND ARMY FOOLED.
They Climbed Into BON-Cnrs. and
Then Got Side-Trncked.

PORTLAND, Ore, April 26.-Trouble
is feared with the Portland contingent
OF the Industrial Army. The brigade
marched from here 500 strong and is
now in camp at Troutdale. u village on
the Northern Pacific. eighteen miles
east OF here.
The men attempted to capture a train
here, but were foiled by the Company.
The train usually carried number of
freight cars. and long before 1t started
the army began climbing into the box
cars, but these were switched or from
the passenger cars, leaving the Indus
trials in the yard
The last overland Union Pacific train
which went out carried a dozen Deputy
United States Marshals, who will en-
deavor to keep the Industrials from in
terfering with the train at Troutdale.
The evening world., 1894-04-26
BES!EGED IN HIS HOUSE.
sheriff and Posse After n Drunk en-
Michigan Veteran.

MARQUETTE. Mich. April 2G.-Albert
Kaufman, aged sixty-four years, and a
veteran of the civil war, Is surrounded
in his house near Au Train by a
sherims posse. Kaufman murdered his
first wife in a drunken frenzy in 1884, and
was sentenced to twelve years In State
prison. He was pardoned on condition
that he should never drink again.
He has lately broken his pledge. and
last night while drunk tried to shoot his
present wife, and wounded Joseph Rich.
ards, aged seventy five, who tried to aid
her. The sheriff and his men found
Kaufman barricaded in his house. As
he had rifle and considerable ammuni-
ton, they camped out around the house