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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02

Tho mails in China arc different
from the postal arrangements OF any
other country in the world. In China
tho neil service is not only not in tho
hands OF the government, but it Is
left 10 private persons to establish
postal connection, how and whenever
they please. Anybody may open a
store and hang out II sign, advertising
that he is ready to accept letters to be
forwarded to certain places or coun.
tries. Tie result Of this arrange
mont is that in populous towns there
are Il great number of persons accept
ing letters to be forwarded to all parts
OF tle country; at Shanghai, for in.
stance. there arc not less than $500
IT res comrcting with each other and
go 'r!irG on n war To tho knife as far
Us tu.es are concerned. This system,
although having great faults, has
some good qualities. There are sew.
cral parties accepting letters To ono
certain town. The Chinese merchant
who writes letters two or three times
will patronizc several Of the concerns
and ask his correspondent to inform
him which he got tnu quickest. IIav
ing experimental for u while no will
select tho firm giving the best scr.
vice. but he always has tho choice o
several mailing services for his cor,
respondcncc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
The ls.o,n In wheat

The San Francisco Post has the fol
lowing regarding the advance in the
price Of wheat last week:
Tho week just ended has gladden..
ed the hearts OF farmers more than
any one week in two years. 1t has
increased the value OF California
wheat in the neighborhood OF $4,000.
600 which relieves the strain on many
banks throughout the State. Not
alone has tho benefit been to wheat,
but farm lands are more valuable,
There is no end to the good the ad-
in grain products has done.
The boom is not n soap bubble, but
one OF genuine merit.
Conditions warrant tho advance, il
it were twice as much. There is every
reason to believe old time prices for
wheat not far off. Natural conditions
must prevail. These conditions have
been buried for two or three years.
The laws of supply and demand are
II more exerting their influence
and no power is strong enough to
withstand the force OF their claim &.
The Pacific Coast has found n good
market for its surplus wheat i'll Aus,
tralia and South Africa. This demand
will surely last n year or more.
The China-Japan trade is yearly in.
creasing at n rapid rate. The time
may not be far distant when the sur.
plus wheat OF this Coast may be want
ed by these two countries. 1t is quite
certain farmers may look for good
prices for the next year at least.
Weather conditions could not be
more favorable for a good crop. When
the farmer is prosperous every other
line OF commerce Is also.
The trading on the Call Board to.
day was very heavy. May wheat sold
at sI.l75s rs against sl.0916 one week
ago. Outside orders are beginning to
have their influence. The business Is
not left to the talent, ms has been the
custom for a great length Of time.
Higher prices are looked for next
week.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02

We are not now suffering so much
from the want OF money i'll existence
rs from the fact that the money i'll the
country docs not circulate. 1t is
boarded in the banks and will not cir
culate. And there is no physical
force in existence that can make it
circulate. Why is this?
1t is because the population and the
needs Of the people for money are in
creasing and the volume Of money is
not This condition OF things causes
falling prices and money will not cir
culate freely during a time OF falling
prices. The men owning money place
it in the banks or otherwise hoard it,
waiting for prices TO touch bottom.
No man will invest or pay ont his
money during Il time OF general fall
ling prices if he can help it. Why
should he build "A house or buy a
farm, or in any way invest his money
il it will cost him less to do so a few
month later? lie will not do it.
So our situation to-day is this:
Money is boarded and will not circu-
late because general prices are tend
ing downward, aud prices will not
cease falling as long rs money is
boarded. 1t is a game Of f~reeze.out.
One condition perpetuates the other.
Neither will yield. And without the
assistance OF some outside agency
there Is no escape. from general bank
ruptcy and ultimate ruin. About ono
dollar Of money to twenty dollars OF
business is not far from the average
necessary to prevent bankruptcies.
less than that approaches the danger
line. Hence the contraction OF one
dollar Of actual money kills or places
at increased hazard twenty dollars Of
busincss.-Ex- Congressman Davis in
Chicago Express.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02

Contraction OF tho currency il the
cause. and the solo cause. and ever
was the cause Of II general fall OF pric.
cs. Our British gold standard has re-.
suited III currency contraction. Con.
traction OF the volume ~ currency
appreciates tho value ~ the dollar.
Appreciation Of money is denoted by
falling prices, shrinkugc Of values
lowering Of wages. enforced idlcnce4
Tor labor. all the iiis from winch We
suffer III this laud Of great plenty.
but why rcitcratc what hns been
said a thousand times by every man
IN public life who makes the lcast q.
Tort to represent tho people. Toledo
tOD Ncwa.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
Capture ofa Nevada Murderer.

PREscoTT (Ariz.), january Oh
James p. Boone, wanted in Esmeral.
da county, Nevada, to answer the
charge OF murder in the killing of An.
tone Bacoch, November 90, 1895, and
for whom there are rewards OF $3.50,
was arrested yesterday evening by
Sheriff RufTney Of Yavapai county.
Rutrney left this afternoon for Ne.
VIDA to deliver him to the Sheriff Of
the above county. Boone has been
employed about u month as a team.
stcr in frcighting between Riden
Mine and Peach Springs, on the At.
lantic IL Pacific Railroad. He always
carried n loaded winchester on Che
wagon convenient to him. and but
for a ruse adopted by tho Sheriff to
get bin away from the G he
would no doubt have made u fight.
As it was, he was very reluctant about
obcying the orders OF tho Sheriff 10
throw up his hands. He is Il very dc
tcrmined and desperate looking nan
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
FOREIGNERS or HIGH DEGREE

TmE king OF the Bclginns is taking n
pleasure trip in England.
lT Is said that Lord Roscbcry looks
ten years younger. now that he is out
OF office.
TIE commander in chief OF the sui.
tan Of Morocco's army Is n Scotsman.
by nnnc Kuid McLain.
TT duloc Of York Is snid to have
sold his collection of postage stamps tn
l'nron Ferdinand de lothschild. IL is
insured for s2sO, OOO.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02

Tho Press Club in Alabany, n. Y.
gave a little supper TO Frank Mayo,
tho actor. who during tho evening
was called ou by the POSTMASTER for
Il speech. "nnd let it be- he added "the
beet thing you have ,vcr spoken
Mr.. Mayo hcsitatcd n moment. he Ind
played so many parts In his time:
then he rccitcd the Lords PRAYER.
The newspaper mcn there toll Il in
praise Of the actors wonderful power
OF diction used to the best advantage.
that when he had finished his five
minute GRAFTON there was not n dry
eye III that room.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
ENVELOPE FLAPS.
Old Mays Said to lie Used to Make ThG
Adhesive.

Via NhRS Sniu To lie tstu Z ID Slhhe mem
Adhesive.
Envclope-lickcrs will do we'll to
pause and ponder on the fact that n
man has died in consequence of in
dulging in the popular but disgusting
trick of m~Oistcning the adhesive en-
vclopc with the tongue, advises Oak
land Echoes. Some will say: How
can rum arabic poison any person."
Cam arabic? Are they so innocent as
- believe that this article. raised TO n
,"uhIbitivc price by the Egyptian ~
ana subsequent closure of the Soudan.
- uGgi on the envelopes? Do they see
That ancient nag hobbling down the
rect? There is the parent OF their
:EI arabic; ANA in Il few weeks time.
"'cn that dccrcpit animal has made
: bow TO the knaclscr. and yielded up
MS hOofs 10 the gluc-boilcr, perhaps
llcy NAV have n lick at his remains on
The envelope they are dispatching to a
friend or sweetheart.
And should some faint of animal
poi oa Turk amid that gum, they may
f'Nn require other. and black bordcrcd,
ENVELOPES to be licked for them when
,hvir mourning cards are sent nut
Perhaps no more unpleasant part of n
Lit 10 u stationcr's shop is when. hnv-
'.lg folded the small purchase in a iliImsy
'r"clopr. the tradcsmun raises it To his
lips. opens n hippOpo,amus mouth, pro-
trades "a tongue which looks at least
iw" sizes too large for its h%abi,ation.
and then with II srnirk hands the damp
d"licacy to his customer. May he. of
all mon. he warned by the premature
d"partur" of Il fcllow-liclScr. and may
all who send literary mieSivcs to their
friends rest assured that the recipients
OF these envelopes would feel better
pleased If these coverings had been
closed without any exhibition of moist
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
Congressional

: WASHINGTON, January27.-The two
Senators from Utah. Frank J. Can
o and Arthur Brown. were on the
floor OF the Senate to-day for the first
time. They were the center Of an
animated group in the rear chamber
where the Senators gathered to ex-
tend to them u warm welcome.
Rev. DR.. Milburn, the blind chap
lain, prayed %eloqucntly for bleeding
Armenia. @Hear our cry Of agony"
he prayed ION behalf Of the people Of
Armenia, despoilcd and tortured, their
homes in ashes, their men ome and
children slain at the edge OF the
sword and their women d~ishonored.
Arouse and unite the powers OF
C~hristendom, the Queen. Car, kaIs-
er, and the kings and princes and
thC.r ministers and people. that the
bloody sword and stay the ~fren2ied
rage of his fanatical soldicry and sub.
~iects.
The introduction Of the Utah Sena-
tors occurred Immediately after the
chaplain's invocation. Dubois pre-
scntcd the credentials of Cannon, and
Burrow those Of Brown. The ere.
dentials were read and the two new
Senators proceeded to the desk Of the
Vice President, where, with uplifted
hand, the oath of Office was taken.
Brown was assigned to Il desk in the
rea and extreme left OF the chamber
and Cannon to a place Immediately
before HIM. Baker presented a petit
ton from Mrs. Waller, wife of IA form
er United States Consul at Madagas-
car, reciting her husbands arrest,
trial 10y drum-head court and trans.
portation i'll chains TO a French pris-
on.
Mrs. Walters petition r~ecitcs:
by these acts France has held my
husband, an American citizen, as an
imprisoned felOn for the past ten
hioilIS' anu L DcllcNc anu am sure
that had my husband been Il subject
OF Great Britain he would long since
have been released Mrs. Waller
asks the American Congress to take
suitable action.
PETER offered a resolution calling
upon the Interstate Commerce
Commission for information us to
discrimination III passenger and
freight rates to and from Missouri
river points. The resolution went
over.
The Utah Senators then drew lots.
Cannon o the long term, expiring
Oh March 3, 1899, and Brown the term
until March 3.TlS97.
At l o'clock Hansbrough addressed
the Senate oil a resolution instructing
the Secretary OF Agriculture to exc.
the law concerning the distribu.
ton Of seeds etc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
Don't fail to hear this discourse.

NJ. G. Tildcn, who pretended TO
practice law in Virginia City and
Dayton several years ago. but whose
principal bu 3incss was l%oauing o II
ut rates that would make Asa Fisk
turn green wi Ii envy. had a row with
lawyer White Of Sacramento Inst
Summer, III which White chokcd him
and thumpcd his head against II stair.
way. Tildcn sucI White Tor $4,000
Tor tn" injuries lac received in tho
scrap. Tho case was tried last week
III Sacramento md the jury returned
u verdict OF 81 for Tilden This will
mako make Tildcn bleed internally rs
he will have to pay tho costs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
HOUSE

Hepburn has given notice OF an
amendment to the Armenian resolu-
ton, instructing the President to give
the Turkish Minister his passports
and end all diplomatic relations with
Turkey.
Hit. Chairman of the Foreign AZ
fairs Committee, rcbuked Hepburn
for his extraordinary proposal to sew.
cr diplomatic relations with friendly
power. ave want no relations with
that murderer replied Hepburn.
lIcpburn's amendment to the Ar.
menian resolution to give the Turkish
Minister his passports was defeat
ed.
Tho Armenian resolution, unamcnd.
ell was adopted by the House by Il
vote OF ll3 to %.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02

Preaching service at II IA. III. by tho
pastor. Tho subject will he one Of
interest To all.
Sabbath school at l:3O D.. m. Jun.
ior endeavor society at 3 p. IN.
Preaching Mt I p. IN. Subject "rhc
S~uiiicicncy of Revelation To Convince
Men Of the Reality Of Revealed Re.
ligion.-
Don't fail tn hrnr iLis I;g,,,-n
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02

An insurance war is raging in Re.
no. Wish the Elko agents would
catch tho fever.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

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olood pure. Those who t.ke SIMMONS
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-04

rode a terrific pace for two blocks before
he toppled to the ground. The other MEM
bers of the gang escaped and the stolen
money was found inside the shirt bosom
of Fred Mccarthy. The next heard of
them was in August of the present year.
when they raided the bank of Montpelier,
Idaho, and secured $7.165 without any fa-
talities.
The last attempt, which resulted in their
destruction, occurred on the morning of
the 18th inst, when they made a raid on
the bank of Meeker Col, town made
famous in history by the Thornburg In
dian massacre of 1879. Here, as at Delta
the people on the outside were given the
alarm by the accidental discharge of a
revolver, and before the bandits could Sc
cure the money and escape, the building
was surrounded by a small army of armed
citizens. The robbers, realizing they were
cornered, one of them raised his rifle and
fired at State Game Warden w. H. Clark
the ball passing through his right breast,
causing fatal wound. The posse on the
outside returned the fire through the glass
front of the structure, and for a few min
utes battle ensued The outlaws then
made dash for their horses, but fell
not three feet from the door, riddled with
bullets. Rifle balls had ploughed through
their chests and lungs, and any one of the
dozen shots would have caused instant
death.
One Of the men lived In terrible agony
for over two hours, and just before he ex-
PRED he said his name was George Harris,
and that his dead companions were Will
lam Smith and Charles Jones, the latter
being the leader. 1t was subsequently
proven that this statement was untrue
and that the leader was none other than
the notorious Tom Mccarthy that Harris
real name was George Mccarthy, and the
other dead robber is believed to have been
James G. Durham, a fugitive from San
Jose, Cal, who murdered his father-in-
law and five other members of the family
and for whose arrest a reward of 81, 900
was offered. However, this may be, 1t
is certain that the last Of the McCarthys,
the most noted bank robbers that ever
infested the west, have died with their
boots on.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-04
A HUsKING BEE.

ballroom of the Waldorf to Take on
the Appearance of the Barns of
New England.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
New York, Oct. 23-Ye olden time is to
be recalled again by the National Society
of New England Women, which will give
an old-fashioned husking bee at the Wal
dorf, Nov. 20. The Waldorf ball room will
take on the appearance of the great barns
of New England in the autumn. 1t will
be piled high with corn stalks and fes-
TONED with autumn leaves. The beaux
and bellies will husk the corn and pass
around apples and cider and all the New
England daintfes, as their ancestors did
at the genuine huskng bees of long ago.
There will be heaps of apples, turnips,
and, of course, pumpkins followed out
and containing lighted candles.
All the matrons of the society are to
wear the costume of the husking bee
period, but the young women who mean
to take part in the dancing have refused
to discard their handsome ball gowns for
the sober costume of Prudence and Pris-
ella. They WILL however. atone for the
modernness of their toilets with big
white muslin aprons, made according to
some archaic pattern, and on their fash
ionable eoiffures win be perched the mob
cap of their great-grandmothers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-04
Close Quarters with a Mig Panther.
From Scribner's Magazine


The panther was coming for us. Our po-
sition was not altogether an agreeable
one. We were standing not more than FIVE
yards outside the bushes. Nothing of the
panther was visible; only the noise OF his
on-coming told us he was charging, and
l knew that 1 should not see him until he
had burst his way out of the bushes al
most onto us.
To retreat backward there was scarcely
time, and should probably have fallen
over a rock or bush had j tried TO. There
was nothing for 1t but to wait and shoot
on sight. SO we waited. My bhil stood
close behind me, and though he had merely
small woodcutter's ak in his hand, he
never fiinched a step, merely saying
quietly, "ata, Sahib, alta (Sahib, he is
coming). 1t was but a wait Of few mo-
ments-then out from the dark green CO.
rinda-leaves burst the panther's round
yellow head, with jaws agape, right before
us. Quick as thought my rifle went up to
my shoulder-both barrels flashed out sim
ultaneously, staggering me with the re-
coil for had six drains of powder in each
barrel, and was enveloped in smoke
There was, an instant of uncomfortable
suspense. Got me or not got me?"-the
next second realize the luck is with me
and that | still stand untouched The
smoke cleared. A snarling growl came
from inside the bushes-the panther had
retreated. My shikari sprang up a tree
ana looked down, then called to me he
could see something yellow. felt no dis
inclination to follow him up that tree. and
did so. Sitting astride the shaking branches
/ fred at a small patch of yellow just dis
cernible beneath the bush. Sounds of the
orute's body crashing amid the bushes fol-
lowed the shot-then snarls growing faint
er and fainter. AT length all was still
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-04
A PLEA ron THE ARMENIANs.
French Deputy Calls on the Nation
TO Stop the MassncreS,


10 stop the Massncres.
Paris, Nov. BIN the Chamber of Depu.
ties to-day NJ. Denys deputy for Cochin
China, interpellated the government, de-
handing to know what action France
would take in defense of the Armenlans.
He asked what the powers had done since
1880 in defense of a race whose sufferings
were without a parallel in history. NJ.
Denys then recapitulated the horrors Of
the massacres in Asia Minor and Constan
tinople, during the recital of which the
chamber was greatly agitated. He de-
clared that it was the duty of France to
interfere in the name of humanity to pre-
vent the occurrence of further massacres.
In order to effect this, he said, 1t wouln
be necessary to make a clean sweep OF
this corner of Europe, and to guarantees
protection not only to Christians, but to
Turks as well. The whole OF civilized
Europe was interested in the publication
Of Turkey, and France had a right to
convoke her allies and all Europe to I'M
dertake the task.
M. Denys said, in conclusion, that the
friendship of France was worthy of prac-
teal recognition. I'VE must tell our friends
this" he said. land their first step will be
to appreciate the generous impulses of our
nation and decide to Cooperate 10 defend
the feeble and the oppressed"
The speech of M. Denys ELECTED great an
plause.
Count Albert de Munfen, followed NJ.
Denys in a speech in which he declared
that sadder even than the Armenian afro
cities was the inertia with which Europe
tolerated such outrages.
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Do Others Eat Meat Like This 2
From GalignanPs Messenger.

fEOIu GdllBIldIl messenger.
The exposure which has just been made
of the enormous traffic in diseased meat
which is going on in Paris will make us
turn in terror for many days to come
from any dinner at a place which we do
not know. The discovery was made some
days ago. but for many weeks past Gu
rious cases of poisoning have been puz-
zling both the patients who were suffer-
ing from them and the doctors WHO were
attending them. Finally some complaints
were made against a certain establish
ment in the Rue de Gergovie, belonging to
one Neveu, which was registered as an
ordinary butchers slaughter house. but
has been from the first carefully closed
in with high ratings. 1t had lately been
enlarged, and the new space inclosed with
equal care. The smell in its neighborhood
was insufferable, and when once their at
tention had been called TO 1t, the police
had no difficulty in realizing what 1t was.
They merely waited till they were ready
to put their hands on all Neveu's accom-
plices, as well as the scoundrel himself.
Neveu bought his diseased meats cheaply
at Les Halles, and taking 1t to his slaugh-
ter house prepared 1t carefully with spir-
its of turpentine or petroleum. Then two
men named Bin and Durand took it round
and sold it at prices corresponding more
or less with the ordinary market prices.
As Neveu made his purchases at prices
averaging % cents per lilo, the profit was
considerable. The meat was prepared
with so much skill that it wanted a fairly
quick eye to detect that something was
wrong-tuberculous meat especially,
which is so noisome that even to touch
1t Is dangerous, looks extremely good
and the two men rarely failed to sell their
whole stock. A large number of restau-
rant keepers doubtless bought it quite in
nocently, but others were in the secret
and, of course only paid a small price
for their horrible purchases. These lat
ter gentlemen are all wanted by the po-
lice, but are naturally not easy to find
The police chose their moment for en-
tering this vile establishment very ju-
diciously, for, as they came in, two men
We're coming in at another entrance with
a diseased pig. One Of the men, when ar
rested, became philosophical. zone can
not earn ones living by work nowadays"
he said, with many shrugs Of the Shout
ders. He called his loathsome provisions
petite viande," but wisely declined an
invitation to dine on them. Bin and Du-
rand had, It appears rashly fed on them
once or twice, and had been iii in conse-
quence. 1t appeared that a poultry farm
of considerable extent was an appendaee
to the business, the poultry eating such
portions of meat as could not be sold.
The fowls were, consequently, all diseas-
ed. The Vegetarian Society ought to gain
a large number OF temporary recruits from
this exposure Of business which stretch
ed further than any one yet knows