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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-23

This slate or board as the odds marked
upon IL indicate. shows that the book
maker has made Floretta the favorite.
being willing 10 bet 3 against that she
does not win. or against 10 that she does
not finish first or second In the race. 10
bet on that animal the bOokmaker's pa
iron must give him odds. But on the
next horse. Axiom. the b0Okmaker bets
20 against his winning but only 20
against him runnlns first or second, and
so on. The odds. 10 viii be observed,
marked I'm the column TO the left are
against the horse winning; I'm the FIRST
column TO the right. headed "2d." against
the horse finishing first or second, and
in the second column 10 the right. headed
I'D" against the horse Showing" that
Is. against the horse finishing first, sec
ond or third
AS has been already stated. the odds
are constantly changing. and are seldom
the same throughout the betting ring FOR
five minutes at a time, the specuiatn-
public in It's chanseful moods, throwing
tn rs money on first one horse and then
another. The number OF bOokmakers
doing business at a race track varies
considerably. OF course. On the big
tracks about New York city as many
as 10 have weighed In" at a time tnat
Is. have engaged IN business. As each
one paid 70 the owners OF the track 500
a day for the privilege some Idea can
be obtained OF the extent 10 which gam
bling Oh horses was carried on and tho
immense profits derived by the track
owners from the letting Of the betting
privileges. Now. however all that *
prohibited IN the State Of New York and
betting is confined 10 what Is done by the
hookmakers and the. public. or between
man and man.
RECORDING BET.
When one OF "the talent" as that class
who profess or are supposed 10 know
II all is known. or. indeed. any one else
m4keT "a bet with a boOkmaker ne makes
his way through the surRing crowd IN the
betting TipS TO one e, IL hOokmakers'
stands and says. for Instance Give me
s. three ways on Wisifal." The sbooktc."
az the bOokmaker Is affectiOnafely called.
takes The money. glances at his slate TO
observe the odds. and. throwing the money
into his cash box. cries out 10 his clerk:
'Wistful; forty 10 five; fifteen 20 tive.
and i've even" The card or ticket IS
quickly written. almost In second, being
carefully recorded ~ the same time rnen
II is passed 10 the bookmaker. who hands
IL over to the man who handed him the
money. The latter glances al II 10 see
that II calls for just what he wished
and then he gives way 10 others. me
card returned to the better reads as fol-
lows:
7S3 John Smith. Kc
40 wistful.
Is "a.
The card or ticket d the only evidence
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
SELLS SLAVE GIRLS.


How thn Queen OF Corea SustainS Her
Royal Purse.
There are slave girls innumera bic
around the royal palaces of the hermit
Kingdom of Corea, says the Philadel-
phia Press. II is difficult to find out
how many there are. One official will
say hundreds, another. thousands. a
consul who has had opportunity to learn
the facts in the case saws there are
about fifteen hundred
1t is equally difficult 10 learn where
they come from. Their appearance
shows that they are not from any one
stock. Some are Coreans and some are
Tonghulss, from Guing- -Shang-Do. in
the south of the kingdom: some show
'laronese blood. others Chinese and
Siiii:u'hcrs Manchurian. They are of
all >?rts aud types. All speak Corcan
and yearly all have u sInut,ering Of
Chinese, They are all well brought mp
and quiet, polite and Industrious They
begin their career us domestic servants
when mere children and are seldom
found in the royal establishment after
they are twenty-five years old. a few
who are unusually good-loohing be-
come royal concubincs and large
number are taken for the same purpose
by the princes and lords of the realm,
and, 1t is said, for n very large price.
The rest are sold as commodities to the
highest bidder and the proceeds paid
into the royal treasury.
The latest available : blue book of
Corca-fsS4-in summarizing the royal
income, includes these articles:
"Nincty-onc thousand nine hundred
and seventeen stone of best rice.
"Forty-one thousand four hundred
and eighty-four stone of beans
,One hundred and scventy-two thou
sand seven hundred and thirteen nyang
in money.
"Twcnty-four thousand nyang from
sale of'slavc girls"
nynng is n string of one hundred
copper coins. whose value in American
money ranges from five hundred to one
thousand to the dollar. The market
value of girl in Corca varies from ten
to forty dollars. Upon these figures
the monarch must raise and sell in the
public market every year from thirty.
to. four hundred and eighty Young
women. The general average would
be about two hundred per year. The
custom is not SO bad as II seems at first
sight. The majority are purchased by
men for their wives, and a small mi
noFity for immoral purposes.
This trade in human beings is con-
sidcrcd perfectly Legitimate and has
come down from time im,ac,no.ial. II,
is not confined To the royal ,inln,c b,,t
is practiced TO II certain extent III over
Cocrca. The custom is followed like
wise in Chinn and seems 10 character
izc nearly every Mongolian race.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
The ..Loy. ylnc..

The dendly 4love vine- which kills
alfalfa, has made It's appearance in
Wnshoc comfy, and may possibly in
some manner become transplanted
to the alfalfa fields of this country.
Tho following bullitin issued by the
university experiment station. gives
the best methods of dealing with the
"love vine:r ,--s'-:' Z,
"As the dodder is apt tospread rap
idly when once established in field,
some effective remedy alonc can pre-.
vent this, and Mt the same time erad-
icate the pest. Probably the most
effective romedy, and one easily sug.
gestcd, is that of burning the infested
area. IL this is done late in autumn
the best results will doubtless follow
rs at this time the seeds OF the dodder
have but recently reached maturity
and are either still in the seed cap
sules or simply resting on the surface
of the ground. In either case quick.
hot fire burning close to the ground,
will suffice; and il such. will proba.
bly, do no injury to future crops Of al
falfa from the same roots. The stand
ing alfalfa moved and allowedto dry
for a day or two probably would fur
nlsh sufficient hent, and at the right
place, too. i@ G
Sulphate of iron (green vitrioD il
sprinkled upon the dodder is said to
kill it without injury to the alfalfa.
Better than any remedy, however, is
Il means OF prevention.
@Tho seed of this vine is much
smaller thnn that of alfalfa, and has
n blotted appearance. This is char.
acter not mt ull presented by the seed
OF alfalfa, which is perfectly smooth,
and may be used with safety as de.
cisive character in distinguishing be.
tween tho two. a hand magnifier
such MS ordinarily carried in tile
pocket is necessary in porcciying these
dots. Owing to the marked difference
in size between the seeds OF alfalfa
Il sieve Of of proper mc sh- say twenty
meshcs per ihch--will serve to separ.
ato the fwo.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
Hawaiian Annir..

WAsuiNGToN, May 2l.-1'hc official
service Of Lorin NJ. Thurston MS
the lIawainn Minister TO the Unit.
cd States closed today when
Frank +. lIastings presented the
State Department with his Gro.
dentiuls, just received. us Charge
dAfrairs. Official mail from Homo.
lulu arrived this morning. 1t was tho
first mail from Hawaii since tho re.
cent press reports from SIN Francisco
giving an official outline OF tho !. pur.
pose OF the Hawaiian government in
Mr.. Thurston's case.
Hastings was very reticent as TO
the instructions ho received, but it is
known that no was commissioned rs
Charge, also as the Hawaiian Com.
missioner to the Cotton States Expo.
sition at Atlanta. The Department
had expected Hastings 10 DO commits.
stoned Minister.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
Death In n Mine.

The Eureka Sentinel says that
Henry Phillips. an old miner of that
district. died from ilsphy Siation in the
Victoria mine last Tuesday. Deceas
ed and his partner, Frank Witten
berg, went down the Victoria shaft
which is ;lbout thirty-five feet deep
and went to work in drift whore
several Shots hhd been put off the
day before. and in which the air was
very foul. a short time. after going
into the drift, Wittenberg found
Phillips lying on the floor unconscious.
Wittenburg got Phillips to the
foot OF the shaft and tied rope around
his body and gave orders to his son
on top to hoist slowly. The boy being
unable TO hoist Phillips out lowered
him to the bottom and descended the
shaft by,way OF the ladders. When
he got to the bottom OF the shaft, he
found his father unconscious and
Immediately went to the surface and
summoned help.
Both men were hoisted TO the sur
face and efforts made To resuscitntc
them. WittenburG was breathing
slightly and soon recoYercd but
Phillips was beyond all aid ana died
without recovering consciousness.
The deceased was quiet industri.
ous man, and leaves widow to mourn
his loss. He was native OF Ohio
aged G3 years.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
VIZ ,ER IS Xxx X Y
nMo scHLIrZI MILWAuKEE REER
Doe. the Defense Wan, ueney.


From interviews with U. S. District
Attorney Jones, published in the Reno
papers. it appears TINT Mr.. Wood
burns offers L" produce the much
wanted James Hency at Carson. we're
not made III good faith, Before be.
ing retained to defend John #. ones
Woodburn, so Mrs. Hency says, ad,
vised her husband to come forward
and face the music, but since he has
been employed to defend Jones be
has advised differently. Hrs, Heney
also informed the District Attorney
TINT MIR. Coffin had also advised her
not to surrender her husband as his
bail would be over $4,000, which it
would be impossible to give and he
would be compelled to go to Jail.
1t is plainly evident from the above
that the defense in the Jones case dc
not want Heney to appear and are
making efforts to keep him ont Of the
way of the United States authorities.
The following from the Reno Jour
nal throws more light on the matter:
THE investigation has shown beyond
question that either Jones or Heney
were i'll collusion or they knew of
each others methods in swipinp the
Mint bullion. The spurious melts that
have been traced show shortage of
over $4,000. Tho evidence further
shows that the books in the Melting
and Refining department were under
the supervision of Assistant Meter
and Refiner Jones and they had been
Kept so as to cover up this shortage,
and that defendant Jones, by virtue
OF his position, must have known OF il
but while knowing the exact amount
OF this particular shortage he had not
figured on the $4,000 that Heney had
swipcd, SO the returns on the spurious
mclts did not balance as anticipated,
for upon balancing the books and nc.
counts it was discovered that there
was nm excess Of 5000 ounces of silver
over and above what should have
properly belonged To the Melting and
Refining Department This compli.
cation in the accounts deepened tho
mystery aud Sprung the cat show
ing bad bookkeeping where a steal
OF such magnitude was to bc carried
ont.
"Unitcd States District Attorney
Jones and United States Marshal
Humphrey, together with other Of
iicers. are endeavoring to bring the
guilty to justice and are confident Of
success. II is perfectly apparent
now, that while Mr.. Woodburnis is pro.
claiming his Willingness ON tho streets
to produce llcncy. ms attorney for dc.
fendant Jones, hc Is as energotically
working to keep Hcncy out OF tho way
and That when he made his bombastic
proposition 10 Attorney Jones TO fur
nish him with 500 Tor Il pleasure trip.
hc was we'll aware that tho depart
mont could not grant anything Of the
kind, and his bluT while for time
striking tho popular idea, hae fallen
flat as tho facts show that he is an a. .
tornoy for Heney as we'll as on es
and the counsel for the latter have
no especial anxiety for Hency TO show
up
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
Tho ,jnps n. Jokcr..

The Japanese are very polite pco-
pie, but they sometimes like to play a
joke, In n roundabout oriental way,
upon the men OF the west. In the DAYS
of the Second empire, Baron Gros was
sent to Japan to demand the opening
of certain ports to French commerce.
Among the rest he named To the jap.
ancsc minister's II certain city. The
Japanese functionurics smiled so broad-
~ ywhcn he preferred the request that
the French ambassador asked them to
tell him what gave them so much
amusement: but instead OF answering
tile Japanese ministers said:
1--WE will open the port in question,
my lord, II France in her turn will open
q certain port To u.s."
"Whnt port Is that2' asked the
Frcnchman.
"Thc port OF Liverpool"
"But, your cxcellcncicsn Qaughnp).
Liverpool Is not q French port, but an
English one"
yes" answered the Japanese, "and
tho port you, named is not in japan,
but IL Korea"
"H o-,ch ambassador was com.
"".!1d 'dmit that tho joke was
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
coun,erfeIters.

Denver, May With Denver as
base of operations and the entire
western country for market. James
Charles Corbett aud gang of conn.
terfeiters have been making and ut
tering base coin on Il scale seldom at
tempted before in this country, ac-
cording to the belief now held by
United States Secret Service Agent
Walker. and the city detectives. Cor
bett and his brother.in- law, Geo. w.
Allen, have been bound over TO the
Grand Jury. Their wives, who are
sisters, and a third sister, Mrs. Millie
Hyland, are under arrest Whiting a
hearing. Mrs. Hyland lives ut Butte,
Mont, and was on visit to her sisters
in Denver at their residence, where a
complete counterfeiter's outfit was
discovered, and raided. Tho Secret
Service officers believe Mrs. Hyland
made frequent trips to Denver and
carried much counterfeit money to
Butte.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26

n.Ohio missionary has discounted
Salvation Army methods with what
seems to be fnir results. He was once
a.poker player. and In his mission
worlt;the Rev. Shcrrard Beatty. Tor
Tint is hiSname. ,devotes himself to
the gamblers.
On entering Il saloon the Rev. Mr..
Beatty will pull ont bunch OF cards,
begin shuiIling them in manner
that shows experience in handling,
and when he has tho eyes OF all those
in the saloon upon him, he aslis:
Gentlemen, viii you take a hand
with mc?-
lie then bcgins to deal the cards
around. one TO each person. When
they turn. tho face Of the card towurd
them, instead Of tinding spots they
licholdtho words:
"Boycott the devil; lie doesn't pu,
living wages The wages OF sin j.
death, but tho gi', Of God Is eternal
lilo through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
On the chips which the Rev. Mr.
Beatty gives out with these cards Il
printed:
Seek yc the Lord Life is short
death issurc; sin'athe cause, Christie
the cure"
Gamblers are worth saving just us
nucl, ms other sinners, and the Rev
Mr. Beatty may lave found tho bcst
way OF reaching them. Chicago
Mail. = ~
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26
Notice to Creditors.


Estate Of friedrich King, deceased
Notice IS hereby given by the under
signed, Administrators OF tho Estate
OF friedrich King deceased, to the
creditors OF, and to all persons hav-
ii.a claims against the said deceased.
to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after
the first publication ot this notice, 10
the undersigned ndministralrix at
rho residence OF William Henry In
Star Valley in tho County OF Elko,
the same being her place for the
transaction OF tho business OF said ee.
tate.
ALICE v. KING,
Administrative OF the estate Of Fred
rick King, deceased.
Dated at Elko, New, March %, 1896.
March 22.4w WI
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26

The Tribune says James Cadalolo
an Italian, who was doing his first
dny's work in McClarkys logging
camp, Lake Valley, was killed Satur-
day afternoon by falling tree.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-05-26

Judge Shiras II the lightning
change artist OF tho United States Su.
preine Court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-25
TO END THE CEN TURY.
A Big Exposition Proposed for
1900 in Washington.
Centennial Of he Founding Of
the Capital There.
MEETS WITH FAVOR.
Washington People Are Becom-
ing EnthuSed Over the Project.
Is Suggested That State Exhibits
be Made Permanent.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 The suggestion
that great exposition marking the close
of the present century be held in Wa sh-
ington, in the summer of 1900, is meet
ing with much favor at the capital
Besides commemorating the close of
century such an exposition would mark
the centennial anniversary of the found
ing of the seat of government in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
In June. 1900, the public offices were
transferred to Washington. On Novem-
Der %, 1900, John Adams in his speech at
the opening of congress said: 81 con-
gratulate the people of the United States
on the assem- bling of congress at the
permanent seat of their government and
l congratulate you gentlemen on the
prospect of residence not to be
changed
''You will consider it as the capital of
great nation, advancing with unex-
ampled rapidity in art, in commerce. in
wealth, and in population. and possess
ing within itself resources which, if not
thrown away or lamentably misdirected,
will secure to it long course of pros
perity, and self government"
The house of representatives, in
answer to the above, resolved: "The final
establishment of the seat of national
government, which has now taken
place, is an event of no small Importance
in political transactions of the country.
A consideration of these powers which
have been vested in Congress over
the District of Columbia will not escape
our attention, nor will we forget that in
exercising these powers. a regard must
be had TO those events which will neces-
sarily attend the capital of America"
A citizen of Washington suggests to
the hoard Of a fbar would ho
fitting as this is the capital city, that
each state composing the union should
have a permanent exhibition located
here, showing its resources as to agri-
! culture, commerce, manufacturing, trans
portation. mining, etc.
Added to the national government ex-
hibit and the individual state exhibits,
there should be exhibits of the nations
of North, Central and South America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-25
HENNEPIN CANAL STOPS.
The Appropriation Has Been Exhausted d
and Work WIN Cease.

CHICAGO, Oct 25-A special from
Princeton, III, says: Work has been sns-
pended on the entire line of the Henne-
pin canal. with the exception Of two
forces on the extreme eastern end, and
these will be laid off November TO-
This action was taken as the appropri-
ations of congress have been about ex-
hausted, and work cannot be resumed
to any great extent until further appro-
priations are made. One million two
hundred thousand has been voted so far,
and with the amount eight miles on the
west end have been completed, and on
the east end the excavations for ten or
twenty miles have been made and seven
locks have been finished. A small fund
is vet available with which land for the
right of way will be purchased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-25
A VICKSBURG PARK.
a National Military Park Association fol
That IsattEs6 6nid is Organized.

a National Military Park association for
That Battle Einid is Organized.
VIcksBURG, Oct. 25.-One of the re-
suits of the great gathering of western
men here incidental to the Waterways
convention has been the organization of
the Vicksburg National Park associa-
ton, whose charter is now in course of
preparation, and whose iucorporators are
such men AS Gen. Lee, Gen. R. A. Alger,
Gen. J. B. Gordon, Ex-Governor Hoard of
Wisconsin, Col. Fred D. Grant, and
many others of equal prominence.
The object of the organization is to
foster the foundation of a national mill
tary park here similar to those at Gettys-
burg aud Chickamauga, which will belt
the city on three sides, and be-
as one of the promoters expressed
il, a monument to American manhood
The officers of the association are Gen.
Stephen d. Lee of Mississippi, president;
Maior c. L. Davidson, Iowa. vice presi-
dent; Capt. w. I. Rigby, of Iowa, secre-
tary; Col. c. G. Flower, Vicksbarg,
treasurer.
The project is not a new one but has
won sudden favor, and the west is said to
be in its favor. The incorporators are
almost equally drawn from the ranks of
both armies. The enterprise was in
dorsed by the recent reunion of the G. A.
r. at Louisville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-25

A photographer who has pictures of
nearly all of the famous personages in
this country has a side room next to his
studio which is known as the death
chamber" Immediately upon arrival
of the news of the death of any famous
person his photograph goes into this
room, which is entirely dark, the walls
being covered with Grape and with the
aid of an incandescent light a person
looking through the room will first see
the face of George Washington On
either side are pictures of the assas-
sinated presidents, Lincoln and Gar
field, while the photograph of Blaine
is above and that of Grant below the
counterfeit presentments of the father
of our country. The photographer is
very proud of his collection and person
ally escorts visitors around the room,
naming the men whose pictures are
shown.-Montreal Saturday Night.