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M, Pont Not in IT.

Washington, May 16.-By vote OF 81 to
70 the senate determined yesterday that
Henry A. Du Pont was not entitled to a
seat in the senate from the state of Del
aware, This closed long and animated
controversy which had become one OF the
most notable contests of its kind in the
history of the senate, The result was in
doubt no to the last mement, and this lent
added interest to the final vote. There
had been some question as to the direc-
tion of Mr. Stewards vote, but It went
with those Of the Democrats and Populists
that Mr.. Du Pont was not entitled to
seat. Before taking the vote Mr. Platt
Rep. Comm spoke for Mr.. Du Pont and
MIR. Villas {Den1. Wis) against.
Washington, May, 16.-The conferrees
on the river and harbor bill were at work
all the afternoon, and made very rapid,
n r,rI over one-half the bill was pass
ed over. The consideration Of all Of the
controverted items was postponed until
the minor, matters we're disposed OF. All
the new contracts inserted by the senate
including those of Oakland, Cal, Port
Oxford, Ore, Vineyard Bay, and the pro-
vision relating to the Santa Monica and
san Pedro harbor, California were laid
aside for later action
washington. May 16.-The house COM
mittee on elections, No. /, yesterday
unanimously decided the contested cases
Of Denny VS.. Owens, from the Seventh
district in favor Of the sitting member,
MI MI owens, the success Of Col Brecken-
ridge The subcommittee in charge Of the
Hopkins Kendrick case from the Tenth
Kentucky district, is divided
washington, May 16.--The entire even
ing session of the house last night was
snent IA a futile effort to obtain a quorum,
which was made necessary on point OF
or1er raised by Mr. Talbert (Dem. S. CD,
at the beginning Of the session.. Mr.. Tai
bert first asked unanimous consent 70 pro
coed with the conside of pension bills
only and that all bills relating TO deser-
ord. 70 to the foot of the calendar A
call Of the house was ordered, which
showed the presence of 166 members, IL
fewer than q quorum.
The Gathering of the Scotch-lrish
n; .z n I'll NJ; -.ss Clans. .a &sG
Are We aangin' to the meetin', to the
81. meetin' o. the clans,
With your tartans and your pibrochs and
| s your bonnets and brogans?
There are Neeleys from New Hampshire
nr Mulligans from Maine,
McCarthys from Missouri and Tennessee
McShane,
Kellys sCaseys, Dunns and Daceys, by the
dozen and score, 81 3: . Z +
And o 'Ferral Of Virginia, whom the Tril-
by..tes adore. u
There are Cochranes (born Corcoran) as
| polished as you Please,
And Kenyons who were Keenans, and Mlr-
frees once Mtrphys
And ven sit upon. the pint -stoup and vel
talk pfs aud lang syne IL.
Aa,We qaan TIE: flowing haggis tosour lasses'
tonn.e elEne
And ven Join in iubilation for the thing
that are not; NE
For Ne saa & Irish and God knows
aren Scot
P 81
NJ II az
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FIVE YEARS
That's The Time the South African
RefOrmers Will Serve.

Berlin May IA private telegram has
been received here which asserts that the
sentences Of, Col. Francis Rhodes. Lionel
Phillips, y. Fl. Hammond and George Far
rar,, the four members of the Johannes
burg reform committee, condemned to
death, and whose sentences were after
ward committed, have been fixed at I'M
prisonment for five years.
The sentences of the SO other members
Of the reform committee. which were
fixed by the court at two years inpris-
onnent and fine of $4,000, followed by
three years Punishment have been COM
muted to one years Imprisonment.
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p1pEsromE COUNTY,.

-
CO. Pres.--C. E. Dougherty.
Division No. 1-Pres., p. PoWe1~
Vice-Pres., Con McCanfray.
Rec sec.. Edward Carroll. .
Fin. Sec. J. Barrett. m..0 ,'.-.
ms. Sec, c. 2. Dougherty.,
Treas. M Hebron.
Meets LIST Sunday Of month. AooFe1o'
Box lis. Pipestone City. ~
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SCOTT COUNTY.

SCOTT COUNTY.
County President-F. J. Leonard. Jo>
Division No. /, Belle Piaine-President
DR.. e. r. Maloney. .s5.s.,s - -, s
" Vice Pres.--M. r. Pendy.
Rec. Sec.--H. b. Conlon. sga
Fin. SEED. NJ. Cavanaugh. @ tsst .
Treasllrer-Daniel Callahan.
ms. SEWN. Fitzgerald.
+ Meet first Sunday of month. 80. q 4. s%
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL OFFICERa

, NATIONAL OFFlCEHSs
=. J. O'Connor. National President 81
vannah, Ga.
John e. Weadock. Vice President. Bay
City. Mich. =.
M. j. Slattery, National Secretary. 50
South Pearl Street, Albany, N. 7. .a,
7. J. Dundon, National Treasurer I'D
North Water street, Columbus. ..
NATIONAL DIRECTORS. F..
Maurice f. Wilhere, Philadelphaa, "a.
Edward Sweeney, of Ohio.
!. NJ. Clark. of Wisconsin.
James Jackson. of Philadelphia.
STATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
State PRESIDENT. Mccarthy. SILVIA
ter.
State secretary-Rev. B. P. Kervick,
2ipestone.
~ State Treasurer-5. Mahoney. 6os 9Th
st N p. Minneapolis.
State Board of Directors-W. Delany'
ST. Paul; J. Callahan, Duluth; ~ =.
hayes, Mankato. DR.. E. w. Buckley 81
Paul; J: j. Fitzgerald, Minneapons'
President Of Insurance Funo-'' ~
Kennedy. ST Paul.
Vice-president. D. F. McDermott' Clon-
tart.
State Secretary of insurance. John A.
OShaughnessy. Saltwater. -. :.
State treasurer of insurance. J. Sneeny'
Montgomery
Directors OF Insurance Funds. w:
Murphy, Faribault; Hugh Butler, Anokn ;
T: j. Kinnucan, st. Paul; j. ODo1lhel''
Clontarf; 7. M. Ryan. Anoka.
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Recording eSecretaly--1Isaeoo. HoNHiey. l5
F Financial Secretary q. Callaghan,
Treasurer--.Illlm1 II. hurphy.
Meet first Sunday o. month at ]: 30 o.
clock IN A.. O. U. Hall; Morris. !.
Dan9hters OF Erin, Morris-Presidant
I .arira Carney. a 2t -
Vice-preside nt-Nellte McCue.
I Recording secretary, Mary Loxues
Treasurer-Mrs. VIM. Reardon.
q: DAKOTA COUNTY. !.
+ County Presldent-I. r. moran.
/ Div. No; l, Hastings:
/ Fres.-PatrleaK. Ca alColsN
/ Vice Pres. John Driscoll.s.
lr3 Rec. %SeC.-I.@J, tf3uEuS..
Ein sec.-Th0mass McShane. .s; .
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i Div. No. 2, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
James Geraghty: n
Vice Pres.-John Cahlll.
+ Rec: Sec. William Carroll. ..
|: Financial Sec.-M. J. Hynes.
IT 10oyYjff Us. :. y ,
+ Meets on I'd Tuesday and 4th Sunday OF
month.
Daughters Of Ercn-T1astings:
& President Gertrude Fancy: t'
R R1ss s Essz:Iaa'f Dean Mai'AusA
Fin. Sec.-Theresa Conley.
Treas.-Nora Mclaughlin.
Meet on the LIST and Sd Thursdays OF the
month at A. O. II. Hall
Daughters Of Erin, Rosemount-Presd-
dent. Miss Katie Wf1alen. ~
Vice-P resaent-Miss Nellie Moran.
Recording secretary-Miss Alice Della
new . : 800 $500. .,.s.,-1..ll7.. .... :t
Treasurer-Mrs. T. E. Dewitt. A
+ Financial Secretary-Miss Maggie Kelly.
< ' ' 80 - - :. - -. =.
CIR rr .orrn srnARNa ,nrrNrv-
ce,,nty Preaident p Kennedy.
., W.nnadv 80 - :.
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lee. ana En- q \, Sg seq 1'anefes.
MS MS. 9ec9; -. Ivy Gti,a.,,,.
taS.s .,,.d n1 1r, Ss e. ,,,o,,+h NJ
mee..ngs ~ nhir" a 'ls' " 1''ons'
o" sr. na"' ~ - 50
pyrr rr,r1y en- = or11s COUNTY.
ca,,ot., r- ras =. ~ N1ohn Tinod
ns,;i.toon NJ pr.a,dent-,Yohn G.
Haaa, is,on 1So' t<'S'4>'e =
A1 1s;aatB... MY noonra,,,n .s,.- y
Tn re gee M Mu1phy, 'r' A1e1t''o oA''ee'
LIS 0SS.~J. SdAloNoHs" - " ''-5h-t'
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LYON COUNTY

LYUN COUNI1. =
J. D. Martin, G. P, Marshall v;a,-
Div. NO. l. Marshall-President' r n'ea-
ly, Minneota.
vice Pres-chas. Flay, Marshall.
Rec. Sec-J. D. Martin, Marshall.
Fin SEEM. f. Grammar, Marshai.
Treasurer, Geo. Morrow Marshall.
ms. Seed. j. Grammar, Marsnall;
Serg. -at-Arns-Peter White, MarshaA.
Sentinel-P. Kennedy. Marshall.
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WHAT a SONG DID
1t Destroyed the Value of Property and
the Business of the BOWeIY.


the Business Of the BoweIy.
The sale of two pieces Of real estate on
the Bowerw recently for $70,S00 and $l22,-
600 respectively represents depreciation
in value which, according to the .nvestiga-,
lions Of the New York Sun, is largely due
to the effect of certain popular songs. 1t
says-While these two parcels OF property
brought less than 5000, 900, they would not
have been bought six years ago for hall
million dollars. The Spring street corner
could have been sold at that time for $780,
900, such an offer having been made and
refused. For the Grand street corner $780,
600 had been refused, but this was before
Harry Conor sang the song entitled THE
Bowery'' at the Madison Square Theater in
"a Trip to Chinatown The words of the
song were written by Charles F. Hoyt and
Percy Gaunt composed the music. Accord
ing to many property owners along the
Bowery the song had a great deal to do with
causing drop in the value Of BoWery real
estate These property owners argue that
even the first stanza OF the song was enough
to kill business on the old thoroughfare,
and that it had serious effect upon the re-
tail clothing business. Here is the Ian
used in the first stanza: ii
Oh! the night that struck New York,
l went out for quiet walk;
Folks who are con to- the city say,
Better, by far, that took Broadway;
But was out to enjoy the sights;
There was the Bowery ablaze with lights;
had one of the devils own nights
I'll never go there any more.
There is now no business man on the
Bowery who is making the amount of
money he made few years ago. sad one
of the clothing dealers *'In fact the ma
jority Of them are only earning their ex-
penses The result of this is that many are
moving away, and stores remain vacant so
long that the property owners are glad to
get tenants at low rents. This being the
case, other property owners are compelled
to lower the rents of their tenants, except,
of course, in certain instances where long
leases exist. But long leases on the Bow
cry are things Of the past. Nowadays, when
a five-years' lease expires the tenant re-
fuses to renew it, and will only rent a
store for a year. I remember the time
when it was out of the question to rent a
store anywhere on the Bowery unless the
tenant was willing to pay extraordinary
premiums in buying a lease. blame it all
on the song. Take that chorus, for in
stance:
The Bowery, the Bowery;
They say such things, and they do strang@
things
On the Bowery, the Bowery-
I'll never go there anymore.
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NRf
Division No. /. Glencoe-Pres.'> ). W.
Holloran.
Vice Pres.-Rev. J. stritch.
Rec. Sec.-Thomas Holloran.
Fin. Seed. p. McNellius.
Treas. e. McElugott.
Meets o'clock p. m. LIST Sunday 81
month at G. A. r. hall -5..s5i
FILLAo1aE COUNTY.
Co. Pres, %. C. De Vaney.
Division No. /. Preston-Pres.' Inos
Healy.
Rec. sec, j. Fallon.
Fin. Sec. w. J. Ryan.
Treas. A. Z. Bennett
ms. Sec. A. j.. Bennett.
Division No. 2. lanesboro-Prss. J.
Seaman. ss- ;3s+%
vice-pres., IS. Thornton.
Rec. sec.. J. Galligan.
Fin. Sec, 6. Redmond.
Treas..J. Larkin. - 5
Inc. sec, J. Galligan. =,
Meets alternate Saturdays OF mohth ov es
Division No. I. Daughters OF Erin
Lanesborc-Pres.. Anna stanton.
V1ce-pres, Anna Redmond. q
Rec. &c.,. Alice .Tooaaey.
Elm. Sec. Madge Durkin.
Treas. Maggie Rafferty,. .5.. 1&,,
STEELE COUNTY.
nIuision No. 0watnr,na-Pres,. G. J.
(n:Ertsn = - - Z =
yice-nres.. - r. r,ourhIfn.
sRer. sec. s. n ciarEe. i b .ss 4. I'd. I.
Fin. Sec. G. G.. Toher. I#
Ins. sec, G: A Lonergan.
Place OF meeting, Owatonna. .s. II
Division No. 2, Blooming Prair1s-PreA.
d. j. O'Leary. ..,s+9
Vice. pres. W. Leehy.
Rec. sec. w. p. Feeney.
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RAMSEY COUNTY.

County President-L. J. Tierney. i'll
Smith avenue. sa@-is%
Division No. president. r. w. Nc.
Goey. S::...t. s...q.s
vice-president, James j. Kennedy.
Recording Secretary, John 3. Pewters.
Financial Secretary, John Costello.
Treasurer, C. B. Mcbride.
Meets on first and third Wednesdays
at Central Hall, corner West Seventh
and West Sixth streets.
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Some one said "Two dollars!'' said
"Tnree!''
He emptied the box and gave it to me-
II sold you the box, not the socks" said
I'll never go there any more.
*Those words may have sounded funny
to theater-goers, but they are not funny to
the ears of the gents furnishing goods
tradesmen on the Bowery. Nowadays
even the italian laborer from Mulberry
street guys the storekeeper when buying
socks. Next door here Twas In my neigh
boris store on Monday night when one of
these Italians came in. He wanted to buy
socks. The storekeeper offered to sell him
two pairs for Is cents. The Italian grin
ned and said:
-. g You selia de box or de socks?'
'sThis is a sample of the insults hurled
at the Bowery furnishing goods dealers,
who are actually boycotted on account Of
the third verse of the song The fourth
verse tells of the concert halls. They were
all driven out, but the song was not re-
sponsible for this. The reform adm:nistra-
ton drove the concert hall away from the
Bowery. But the fifth verse ruined the
old fashioned German BARRIERS, who had
gone to the expense of putting N baths.
These baths were patronized by the poor
people on the East SIDE, and after the song
came out it got to be a common thing for
one man to quiz another by saying:
!" rs that a BoWery scrape? and then
singing, I'll never go there any more
Now there are none but Italians running
barber shops on the BoWery. Here is the
part Of the song that killed hte trade Of the
Bowery's German BARRIERS: /
/ went into barber shop; u
He talked until ! thought he never would
stop; j. .tss Ay5s4 " -. Z sas g
/ said cut it shorts he misunderstood,
Clipped down my hair just as close as he
could; s.s Il
He shaved With razor that scratched like
a pin, & ..s b s8 is
Took off my .whiskers and most of my chin;
That was the worst scrapesi ever got .n---- 4
I'll never go there any M; more. 81 II ss
.But the chorus of the song helped to
make it popular, and finally brought r:di-
Guile upon the Bowery and al Of the trades
men. With business ruined, rents had to
fall, and consequently BoWery real estate
had big drop. # 5 35ss. f
Henry ]. Wehman, the song publisher,
said that the reform administration had
more to do with the fail of the Bowery than
did the song. sss III:
have sold half a mil ion copies Of the
rtis Sofs THIS song, III. lehman,
s.but IL never occurred Il, ME that the song
sniured Bowery Taa asta IA big change
|;,has Gene over NeNlg Fork and that change
Ehas been fslt by az lelks than those
q slall n
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sIBLEY COUNTY. -

5i2 50 SlbLEI NCON44s
County President-W. T. Tahey. Greer
Isle,
Division No. /. Green 1sle-President
Daniel Myers
Rec. Sec.--J. A. Shortall.
Fin. Sew. T. Fahey. ~
Treasurer-Thos. Morr1n.
ms SEEM. Mcmahon. s.e,,.-.- .:s.Sq
Meeting first Sunday In each month.
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The Bowery, the Bowery;
They say such things, and they do strang@
On the Bowery, the Bowery-
I'll never go there anymore.

*sThe words Of that chours have travelled
all over the world, and strangers coming to
New York are afraid to carry a dollar with
them wlG>n they walk to the Bowery now
adays. These strangers simply stroll
along and look for the strange things said
and done on the Bowery, but they have nc
money with them to patronize the; Bowery
tradesnen Take. the dealers in gents fur
n:shing goods. There was a time when
they all made fortunes selling neckwear
and underwear to the grocery clerks, bar
tenders, and railroad men of Jersey City
and Brooklyn. They sold good articles at
low prices and made small profits, but had
plenty of sales. They were satisfied, and
50 were the customers. But that third
verse of the song killed off their business:
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= Division No. president. NJ. !. Hal

Division No. PRESIDENT, NJ. J. HaS
loran. ",a- - 20
Vice Pres-NIichae1 Shelly. : :
Rec. See.--James McGinnis. w.. ... f..
Fin. Sec.-s;ugene Osborne.
Treasurer-Peter Morgan
InS. Sec.-M. c. Walsh.
Meet first Sunday of month. AddresA
LIE Sueur. t.'.-
Division No. 8, Montgomery-J. E. swee-
ney, president. ... .-.I
Vice Pres.-J. r. stratton.
Rec sec.--W. A. Kennedy.
Fin. Sec.-John Spence.
ms. Sew. "A. Kennedy.
Treasurer, Jerry Keohen. -s.~
Meet second Sunday In month.
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Division No. 2, curr1e-J German, Pres
Vice. Pres. -Thos. McAvoy. ..e. s.:
Rec. Sec.-James Keary.
Fin. Sec.-Michael Keary.
Treasurer-Dan Calvin. ~
ms. Sec.-E. Walsh. -.
Meet second Sunday OF each month at
GRAcEvILLE. BIG STONE COUNTY.
County President-D.s p. ONeil
Presidential. w. Grove.
=. Vice. President Day. ~
Rec. Sec.-hobert Brennan. -" -
Fin. See.--J. A.. Mccormick. -.
Treasurer--Mrs. Ellen Lane: ......
ms, Sec.-Joseph brennan. -.
Meet first Sunday OF month.
Daughters Of Erin, Gracville-Pree3s
dent Agnes Hickey.
ea g tofi. >E'.anays OF month. -. -
Recording secretary-Annie Keatiug.
Financial ssecretary-NellteD Downs
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- LIE SUEUK COUNTY.
County President-James Sullivan st.
Thomas. 49,. J, -e .t.
Division No. 1, st. Thsmas-President
James Sullivan. VIZ
Vice Pres.-D W. Burns.
Rec. Sew. II. Burns. ,-:
Fin Sec.-James Ronayne. nI4. -
Inns. Sec.-James Doherty. ~
" Treasurer-Henry Regain.
. Meet first Sunday In month AZ O'clock
p. m. at ST. Thomas.
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washington. May 16.-The house COM
mittee on elections, No. l. yesterday
unanimously decided the contested cases
Of Denny VS.. Owens, from the Seventh
district In favor Of the sitting member
M Owens. the success Of Col. Brecken-
ridge. The subcommittee in charge Of the
Hopkins-Kendrick case from the Tenth
Kentucky district, is divided.
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Division No. 2.-President. P. H. M

vice-president. John Cunniff.
Recording Secretary. Patrick McHugh
Financial Secretary, J. B.. Nolan
Treasurer, Barney Ryan. IT.
Insurance Secretary, J. J. Strap.
Meets on second and fourth Wednes-
days at Central Hall, corner West Sew.
enth and West Sixth streets.
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M'LEop COUNTY.
CHec r, nS.nT1i;-~t$

Co. Pres. F. McElssott. .
Division No. l. Glencoe-Pres" ). Y
Holloran
Vice Pres.--Rev. J. Stritch.
Rec. Sec.-Thomas Holloran.
Fin. SEED. p. McNellius.
Treas. e. .McEiAgott.
Meets 1 o'clock p. m. LIST Sunday 4
month at G. A. r. hall. >ssi
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Division No. president. M. Doyle.
vice-president, Joseph E. Murphy.
Recording Secretary, j. j. Prendergast.
Financial Secretary, James Slavin.'
Treasurer, John Maggie. :, .a'.,5
Insurance Secretary, j. ]. Griffin. +
Meets on second and fourth Fridays at
st. Michaels Hall, West st. Paul. Z: r.
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:S Z, 81
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-28

Perhaps incredibly will sit in the
eyes of the readers, but it is neverthe-
less a fact that in st. Paul every year
there are upward of $4,000 dogs cut up
for the manufacture of fur coats. In
the last year or two there has been n
scarcity of dogs, and the prices natural
ly have advanced. The dogs come from
China, and are that peculiar animal
with the black mouth and black tongue.
They are queer animal, and are known
in China by the name of "the monks"
Nobody is prepared to believe, per-
haps, that in this city annually about
45o, OO0 coonskins are cut up and made
into coats, but it is true, for we have the
word of prominent fur man who deals
extensively in all kinds of skins, from
the skunk to the seal. In 1893 his firm
cut up 1G3, 900 coonskins alone, and will
keep it up so long as the animals exist.
There are certain animals that have
survived civilization, as, for instance,
the skunk, the raccoon and the opos-
sum, while the wolf, the bear and ami
Elals of their nature havo almost en-
tircly disappeared.
In Louisville there lives IN old fur
buyer by the name of John White, who
has followed the business of buying and
selling furs for the past so years. When
asked Il short time ago by st. Paul fur
man what difference he noticed in the
business now from the first time he
vent into it, White replied that the
people are getting more coons, opos-
sums and skunks now than ever before,
proving conclusiyely that these animals
arc not affected by civilization, and 60
ahead multiplying without stint.
The vast ma ority of the otter, beaver,
mink and other skins of that illt are
captured in the northwest, throughout
Manitoba and the northwestern states.
The wombat of Australia was for many
years n drug on the market, and dealers
found it impossible to dispose of them
until the coat manufacturers of St.
Paul took them up. They were found
very excellent for the purpose of coat
making, and the hunters who had pre-
viously become discouraged and refused
to kill any moro found their occupa-
ton renewed and profitable. In tho last
two years the stock has been cleaned
out, the wombat has become scarce and
the prices have advanced proportionatc-
ly. Everything seems to be declining i'll
quantity but the raccoon, the skunk
and the Chinese dog or monk, md these
constitute the bulk of furs from which
the coats are manufactured to-day.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-09-28
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