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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-04

Balance in treasury. ....$35,717
The above balance stands to the
credit of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
Jan 2, 1896: ... ....
TREAsUREI's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in Treasury to tie credit Of the
various funds, Jan 2, 1896:
In State fund. ......,.....S 1,216 66
In general county fund. 90. 1904 Is
In cash contingent fund. 1921 So
In INDECENT sick fund D D.. 81 81
In county school fund. go. :.
In officers salary fund.-. 3O8 %
In road fund. ........ 1882 AZ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07

points, recovered this and at one time was
3 10 a points higher. but later reacted.
and closed at q net advance Of Is 70 Is
points on most months, August advanced
p points. The close was weak, with sales
Of Al. 400 bales
TO-day's features; The shorts were stiII
running to-day. and prices advanced. Al
hrst there was a decline on reports Of rain
in Mississippi, but the weather report
showed only a very slight precipitafiOn 10
that state, the total being 81 Of an inch. In
the southwest the drought remains un-
broken. and the signal service predicted
generally fair weather for the next thirty
six hours, so prices rallied and advanced
sharply. Liverpool responded to the rise
here yesterday, New Orleans bought. and
fresh reports Of damage was received
There was also considerable new buying
The southern stop markets were generally
higher Before the close there was sharp
reaction, yet the last prices showed a sub
stantial Improvement Tor the day. Liver
pool sold and local operators took profits
on the big rise. The break in Wall street
also had depressing influence on senti-
ment- Two failures were announced on
the floor, but they had little if any, in
f1uence. The dry goods market was some
what better to-day, but print cloths con-
tinue dull and weak
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07

17Bc; May, 20Ac; pork. September, $40;
January, T05; lard September $3.32ik;
January, S.65QS.67l2; ribs, September, S3.45;
January. S355
Chicago Aug. 6-Everythng dealt in on
the board OF trade suffered from weakness
and depression to-day The feeling of en-
ervauon was most pronounced towards
the close and It was then that the lowest
prices were established. There was no
Disgusting the fact that confidence has
been badly shaken by the recent failure
of the Moore Brothers, and anxiety over
the nnal outcome of affairs on the local
stock exchange continues to be felt. Taken
in connection with this, a break in the
New York stocks but added TO the appre-
hension. Holders Of wheat sold literally
and short sellers were disposed to help
along declining values. Statistical news
ana crop reports carried little weight At
the opening Of the market sympathy with
the declining corn prices was the promi-
nent factor, but later the tone was indie
pendent of that. September wheat OPEN
ed from 5Sls to 5SAc, declined to 56Mc, clos
tng at 1850, 2 cents per bushel lower than
yesterday Cash wheat was weak and al
so cents per bushel lower.
The corn market came to the front as
an interesting affair this morning. Right
at the opening a bear raid was made, and
prices slumped quickly, receiving little
support from any source. September was
the weaker option, the selling Of that
month being the most noted. An under
the session. September corn opened from
rs to 24l2c, declined to 24Ac where 1t clos
ed, 1al1sc under yesterday. Cash corn
was weak, selling at a decline of I1c and
closing nominally, full cent under yes
terday.
The action of prices in the oats market
was similar of that to those IN wheat and
corn and was ruled to a large extent by
those grains. The business was not brisk,
however, trade being without incident.
September oats closed &c under yesterday.
Cash oats were steady for old and weak
for new, the decline In the latter being
hMlc per bushel.
Provislons-The trade in provisions,
whilst presenting a little more life than
ordinarily, was, nevertheless. not to be
compared in volume with that seen on
Tuesday and Wednesday. There was less
support to prices. and the selling orders
were of more Importance than the buy
ing. A liberal decline took place early,
after which steadiness ruled for a time.
Packers and professionals were arrayed
against prices. The extreme weakness of
wheat extended to this market later and
at the close there was no firmness to be
seen. September pork closed 45 cents low
err September lard 2259d25c lower and
September ribs IS cents lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
DRY GOODS.

New York. Aug. 6.-Although the dry
goods market for the general run of cot
ton goods continues decidedly quiet. there
are some indications of a better business
in progress, so far as volume goes A
considerable number of buyers are in
town. Resumption Of work by shirt man.
ufacturing concerns has also. to some
extent, improved the demand for bleached
cottons. Taking the foregoing, in con-
junction with the strong advance in the
raw cotton market, sellers are inclined to
be more optimistic than of late, and the
general tone shows some Tightening. It
would not take a large business to dis
cover some descriptions of merchandise
in light supply, and even as il is there
is apparently enough doing to prevent ac-
emulation of stocks in the aggregate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Aug. 6.-Flour steady and
quiet: southern flour dull ana steady com
mon to fair extra, s2.ggqz6O; good 10
choice do, $2.6092.9O Wheat quiet and
easier; f. o. b., 671sc; options were fairly
active and closed weak at l9sc decline;
August, 611zc; September, oZasc; october,
CHIC. Corn more active ana lower, Clos
ing firm; No. 2, 30Ac elevator; Sll4c ahoat;
options were dull and weak at 1snlBc de-
cline; August, 29&c; September, 3OAc; DC
tober, 3O9sc; May, SS3sc. oats quiet and
TENDER 221sc; October, 221sc; spot, No 2,
23G23Ac; No. 2 white, 25c; mixed western,
235k02i15c Hay steady; shipping, 6zA465c; ;
good to choice, 90c4Sl.OO. wool steady;
domestic fleece, l8qzzc, Pu,lled, logoSc
Beef duiet and steady; family, S80009.0
extra mess S6.00GI7.00. Beef mans steady at
S1450GI15.C0 Tierced beef quiet and steady
city extra India mess, Sl.V94l2.00 Cut
meats steady and dull; plckled bellies, 4Aci
shoulders, 3i5d3s4c. Hams, 9nl0c. Lard
quiet and easier; western steam, 3.55c
September, 3.55c; city, soc; refined steady;
continent 4.15c; South America, 4.10c; com
pound, S7sd4kc. Pork quiet and easier;
old mess, S8.O0G8.25: new mess, 50. G008. Is.
Butter quiet and steady state dairy, 100
HE; creamery, l1z4i0c' western dairy,
eGi2c: crea merry, 1lik0l5c; Elgin, 15e. Eggs,
per case. 81. 25d2 so. Cotton seed oil quiet
and steady; crude, 19G30c; yellow. 22ls023c.
Rice quiet and steady; domestic fair to
extra, 3d52ze; japan, 444Ac Molasses
steady and dull; New Orleans open kettle
good TO cnOice1 IfWOJc- C"lte'to tAuilt ran
cy hand-picled, 404lac Coffee steady. 50
Is points down; September gs5c; Deem
Der, 9.30GI9. Soc. March, sZ9a5.3Oc; May
9.2Oc; spot Rio dull and steady No. Z, NE
Sugar raw, firm; fair refining. 1-lGe; re-
fined, active and firm; No g. 9-l5c: others
unchanged. Freights TO Liverpool. market
more active; cotton by steam S-52d; grain,
do do, I'd.
Chicago. Aug 6, ncon;-The market
opened for wheat, September, 57ssc; De
cember, 5934Q59zsc; corn. september 2i5se,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, SIC; dry sailed clear rib sides,
45sc; long clear. none; bellies, 424c; sugar,
Lard-Market firm; pure. in tierces
tierces, 4Ac in 50-pound tins, 4kc.
Butter-Market steady; fair demand;
Goshen, 14dl5c; gilt edge. 17lsQ1s1sc; best
Cheese dull; s1z@11c; fancy. full
cream cheese, 10d12c; 20-pound average
Fish Mackerel-Half- barrel, No. i. $50:
No. 2. $3.50; No. g. $500; kits, No. /, s125;
No. q $1.00; No. 3, Csc. Goldfish, 1-pound
herring, per box, zoe: Dutch herring in
kegs. s1.6O New muliet half barrels.
''i salt-Demand is fair, and the market
2OO-pound sacks. 4Sc; Virginia, 125-pound
buriap sacks, SIC; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks S5c: smaller lots, higher.
Syrup--Market quiet; Georgia and Flori-
da syrup, buying at 25c, and selling at
2S625c; sugar house at 18632c; Cuba
straight goods, 2SQSOc; sugar house mo-
Carbohydrates quiet and steady;
smoking domestic, 22Q60c; chewing, com
mon. sound. 24q27e; fair, 23935c; good,
3664Sc; bright, 60Q65c; fine fancy, 65080c
Sugar-Equality prices-Savannah o11o-
tations; cut loaf, 5.6Sc; crushed, 5.68c. now
dered, 536c; xxx powdered, 543c. stan.
dard granulated, 5.05c; cubes, 5.3Oc: rnoI1Id
A 530c; diamond A, 5.O5c; confections
A. 493c: white extra c, 4.68c; extra - -
Use ii golden c, 4.86c; yellows, 4.24c. Tone =,
Coffee-Duu and lower; Mocha. 9s1kc. =.
va. 27Ikc; Peaberry, 2012c; standard No
1sc; No. 2, 171hc; No. 9, lie; No. T. Ice ~ ~ =
15i5c; No. s. 1515c; No. z, I4c. w. NO
Flour--Market weak; patents soo.
straight 1886; fancy, $S.S5; family 81 '3351O'
C,orn-Niarket is steady; whife co 300.
hts 47c; carload lots, 44c; mixed H. yoD
lob lots, Acc; carload lots, 43c: cra IIirn:
corn, Job lots, 95c sack. SAeu
Oats-Carload lots, 2Sc job lots 21o
Bran-Job lots, so; carload lots 10
Hay-Narket steady; western ioS So.
csc; carload lots. sec. VS.
MeaI-Pearl, per barrel $3.50: ner ..o,.
81 90: city meal, per sack, SOC; pearl s,@s.n'
per barrel, $40; per sack, $1.05; city erits'
per sack, 500.
Wines-Domestic port. sherry. catavha
low grades, 604S5c; fine grades, 81 00SSi ri
California light muscatel and angelica
Sii isI9uors-Market firm; high wines haste
81 %; whisky, per gallon, rectiied. 10o
nroof. 81. 35m175; choice grades. 81 sNS9o m.
etra ight 81 45GI3. 80; blended x 00+sS NJ:
ioyv proofs IN proportion. Gins lie per s,Sg'
ion higher. Runs, &c higher. ~. sal
I,emons-A1arket quiet; per box, 81 755e
Dried Frult-Apples, evaporated, S1ho51Oc:
common. Ease
Oils 0iIs.Market steady. demand fair. sig
nal, 45d50c; West Virginia black 9G12c.
lard. 65n70c; neatsfoOt. 60GlS5c. mach inerv
boa 3oc lnseed, raw SIC, boiled, soc; kero-
sene. Georgia test. 10c. water white lie.
fire proof. 12c; guardian, lie; deodorized
stove gasoline, l3c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market quiet; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, SIPS:
New York, per bale $780, Philadelphia,
per bale, $1OO; Baltimore, per bale, $L25;
to Liverpool, via. New York. &c; Bremen.
via New York, SOC; Antwerp, via New
York, SEC; Havre. via New York, CSC; Am
sterdam, via New York, 43c; Genoa, via
New York, 43c; Reval, via New York, 53c;
Hamburg, via New York, 3Sc.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business IS more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $3.50
$50 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Ne Railroad ties, base A feet
Ice. Timber rates. 50c@S1.0J higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
Wtndward, nominal; to Rosario. $1,000
1900; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, $1,000
G11OO; to Rio Janeiro, $14.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, $l1.3OG11 to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pound SIS standard.
By Steanl-To New York, T.O0; to Phila-
delphia, 500; to Boston. $500; to Balti-
more. $500.
Naval Stores-By sail--The market is
quiet. Large sized, Cork for orders are As
Cd; Genoa, Is 3dG3c Cd Adriatic, rs 6dQ
2s Sd; South America, rosin, 65c per bar
rels of ESQ pounds. stwise-Steam-To
Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, 90c on
spirits; to New York, rosin, sac per 100
pounds spirits, S5c; to Philadelphia, ros-
in, TIC per 100 pounds, spirits, soc; to Bal
timore. rosin. INC per 100 pounds, Spirits
70c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
ro1TON FUTURES ADVANCED.
,or.L MARKET STEADY AND
IL UNCHANGED.

.,tous I'm spot Cotton Very
-. Good Demand for Spirits
-.entine at 22ls Cents n Gallon
-, FIRM and Unchanged-Loeal
r.,esaIe Markets steady and
,.,qed - New York Stocks
.--Chtcago Grain and PrOvis-
-. Markets at n Decline.
i nah Aug. 6.-The greatest inter
-. entered to-day in the New YORK
r-f-,go markets. Cotton had a spir-
-- airy. in which the market rose &c
ssr minutes. The total advance was
-. q points, but it afterwards closed
toss from the highest Of about 10 to
-,.7ts. Stocks and bonds sustained a
- while the grain and provision mar
.s-s we're lower.
- che local markets cotton remained
- and unchanged. Spirits turpen-
/ ~. vas in good demand at 22lsc; rosin
-..fn steady demand at unchanged prices
= the wholesale markets were steady
nd unchanged.
The following resume Of the different
,-Eets. both local and telegraphic. will
law the tone and the quotations at the
oss to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
COTTON.

s,s,,ilation in cotton futures was lively
rsi1 today at New York. Opening at a
Cine the market recovered and rose p
i5ts in a few minutes. August, which
nsred at 1850. rose to size at one ume'
brt finally closed at SC.
NE local market was not effected by the
1etlat ions in futures, and remained I'M
Hanged. The reported sales were seven
Iaies- The receipts were light, being only
i bales.
The following were the official spot quo
Iauons at the regular call OF the market
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07

Lime. Calcined Plaster and Cement-Al-
ALBANIA and Georgia lime IN fair demand
and selling at Soc per Darrel, bulk and
carload lots special; calcined plaster, Sl6O
per barrel; hair, 46l5c. Rosedale cement,
81 30d4.40; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail, $40; carload lots. 30.
Nuts-Almonds, Tarragona, Ice; 1vicas,
lac; walnuts, French. lie; Naples, 12lac;
pecans, 10c; Brazils, &c; filberts. 1Oc: as
sorted nuts. 50-pound and 25-pound boxes.
iOdilc; cocoanuts, $S.I5 per 100.
Cabbage-Barrel, Sc.
Peanuts-Ample stock, fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand picked Vir-
ginia, per pound, 51Ac; hand picked. per
pound, 4lac; small hand picked per pound,
'oeSnions-crates, 800; barrel A.25.
Potatoes-Irish, new, Sl.5OQ200
81 Al: Cd, ssl7; Sd, ssS2; 81, $.s2. Finish
ing, 1Od and I'D, 1897; Sd, SS47; Cd. 1852; Cd,
1852; Id, 1897; Sd. fine, $4.S2; 4d, box, 1891;
a. coOPer ST. az sd an sPke So q T. Wire
sd, 1851; Sd, $4l7; I'd, S4.57, Finishing, lOd,
I'D and god, $S72; Sd $751; Cd. A.07; Sd,
S4.22; 4d, $40; 90, A.S2; .,
'A iro;nUNIarket very steady; swede, 40
Sc; refined, $40 base .,oo. -,
s2.25; quarter key. $1.25. Champion
Suck,ing' quarter keg, s225. Aus
tin, Dupont and Hazard, smokeless,
canister, $2.10; 1-pound canister 75c. Less
20 TO 10 per cent. off.
" LEmber-Demands both foreign and do
nestle is firm. Ordinary sizes, S11. 00R
II 90: diffcult sizes. s1S0Oq1S00; flooring
boards, $l5O0a22.O0; ship stuff. $16.5OQ2O.OO;
sa PSonul try fair demand: spring
chickens, Csc per pair: half-grown to
three-auarters grown, zoe to 35c per pair;
full grown fowls, SOC per pair.
Eggs-Market fully supplied; candled,
per dozen, 1Oc; country, &c less
Hides. Wool, Etc.-Hides-The market
is weak; dry flint, Sc; dry salt, &c;
green salted, 4c. Wool-Quiet
prime Georgia, free of sand burrs.
and black wool, 121hc; bracks, 101sc; bury,
safe Wax, &c. Tallow, &c. Deer skins,
15c.
Bagging and Ties-The market is firm !;
jute bagging, 2A-pound, TIC; 2-pound,
6%c; 1%-pound, 6Ac; quotations are, for
lob lots, small lots higher; sea island bag
cling, S9SiAc; iron ties, large lots, SIPS;
DRY Goods-TLe market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints, 4q51ac; Georgia brown
shirtings, =. S%c; q, 4c; a throw brown sheet
ing, &c; white osnaburgss 1Qllac; checks,
S%G4%c; brown drillings. 51zQ61zc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-There was a good
business done in spirits turpentine to-day.
The quotation was unchanged from yes
terday's closing. The demand was good.
At the Board of Trade, at the first call.
the market was bulletined firm at 221kc.
with sales of 1000 casks. At the last call
it was unchanged, with further sales of 294
casks reported.
Rosin-There was a fair demand for
rosin at unchanged quotations. The mar
ket was bulletined firm and unchanged
at the opening and closing. Sales report
ed were 1856 at the first call, and 572 at
the close. The following We're the official
n,,n4otiore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07

stock on hand this day.. 3S 99S 1856 sos
Stock same day last year,. q, $50 1929
Receipts same day last year. 1879 3,1O2
Charleston, s.. c., Aug. 6.-Tur-
none. Rosin firm; sales none.
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 6.-Rosin firm;
strained, $l.321a; good strained, $1.37Jb.
Spirits turpentine steady; machine, 21%c;
irregular, 2034c, Tar firm at $1.O0. Crude
turpentine steady; hard $120; soft, $l55;
virgin, $l.65.
Receipts turpentine 1871 casks.
New York, Aug. 6.-Rosin dull and
steady; strained common to good, $l.6O
Turpentine quiet and easy, 2412c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07

The cash quotations were as follows:
Flour was easier; prices unchanged; No.
spring wheat, 55lkG575sc; No. 2. red,
591s061hc. No. 2 corn, 24d2fle. No. 2
oats, 17An18Hc. Mess pork. $6.3506 40.
Lard S32GQp3.30. Short rib sides, 50. $50
$50. Dry salt shoulders, $3.75G4O0; short
clear sides, $3.75G3.S5. Whisky, SLIP.
Cincinnati o., Aug. 6.-Flour quiet and
steady Wheat quiet and easy; No. red,
held at 59Q60c. Corn steady; No. mixed
track, 2e12c Oats steady; No. mixed
track, 176llSc. Pork steady; clear family,
s925. Lard inactive; kettle, 33in4c prime
steam, 31003.121ac. Bacon steady; loose
shoulders, 404Bc; short ribs, 1901 15c;
short clear sides, 4s4q4c; dry sailed meats
steady; shoulders, &c; short clear sides,
4654.05c. Whisky unchanged, $122.
st. Louis, Aug. 6.-Flour duh and nomi-
nal Wheat lower; September, 57hc; De-
cember, 6Ohc. Corn lower; August, 22lkc
nominal; September, 227sc asked; Decem-
Der, 232sc nominal. Oats lower: August,
19c bid September, 19c asked; May, 20hc
asked Pork, standard mess, new, S. 62I5
old, $637iA. Lard, prime steam, 310c;
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-27
MODIFIED THE ORDER.
Railroads May Garry Certain Letters
Without Postage.

Railroads May Garry Certain Letters
Without Postage.
Washington, Aug. 24.-Acting Post.
master. General Nelson today modified
the recent order of the postmaster. gen.
eral prohibiting railroads from carry.
ing, without payment of postage, mail
relating to railroad business The
modified order was issued to meet the
views expressed in an opinion by At.
torney- General Harmon, to whom the
matter had been referred at the request
OF the railway companies.
The attorney general held first, that
a railorad company has the right to
carry letters without payment of post
age, that are written and sent by the
officers and agents of the railorad com.
pany which carries and delivers them.
concerning its business, and these only.
They may be letters to its other officers
and agents, to those of connecting
lines, or to any one else, so long as no
other carrier intervenes. The moment
this occurs, such other carrier is tran
sporting letters for third party, which
is contartry to law. Letters of a COM
pany addressed to officers or agents of a
connecting line ON company business
and delivered to an agent of the latter
at the point of connection may be car
ried by the latter to any point on the
line, because, such letters comes within
the principle already expressed. But
any company or officer or employe
thereof carrying letters which are
neither written by that company nor
addressed to it, is liable to the penal
ties imposed by law. This is the rule,
though the intervening carrier may
have an ultimate interest in the sub.
ject of the correspondence.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-27
AN INFANT MONSTROSITY.
An Eight-Months-O Old Male Child Die,
of Old Age.

St. Louis, Aug Fisherman Robert
Burch died of senile debility at the
age of months. The child was born
last December, and on Monday died of
old age. He had passed through all
the intellectual phases that are COM
mon to mankind. but 80 rapidly that
he had not time nor opportunity to
gather the knowledge that comes of ex-
perience and precept or the wisdom
born of thought. His brain developed
and then withered with rapidity
comparable only to the growth and
decay of Jonah's gourd.
The face and head of the child made
striking feature. The head was
wedge.shaped, broad at the top and
tapering to a point at the chin. 1t
was surmounted by crop of dark
brown hair, rather scant, but strong
and Of full size. 1t was not such hair
as grows on the head Of an S.months.
old baby. 1t was strong and coarse as
that of man of mature age. On the
upper lip was slight mustache, plain.
ly outlined, while all over the face a
struggling beard was discernible.
1.-The baby was unusually bright, ="
said the father He began to notice
almost as soon as he was born, and by
the time he was week old he seemed
to know as much as his older brother,
who was year old. He did not try to
talk, but would look at you as though
he knew what you were thinking
about. He never did look like child,
nor act like one. He was little old
man -
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-27

New York, Aug. 24.-1he World
will publish the following: The big
manufacturers of bicycles have formed
an association to promote sociability
and good understanding among its
members, it is stated. The associa-
tons members represent $28, 900, 900
invested in rubber and bicycle plants.
1t was formed at recent meeting held
at the old Manhattan Athletic Club
house. 1t will hold another meeting,
which will take the form Of a banquet,
in September. There will be semi
annual meetings, or banquets, after
that. The members will, according to
their own statements, arrive at "tacit
understandings"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-27

Tromsoe, Norway, Aug. 25.-Messrs.
Trevor, Bataye and Grawood, the last
two being members Of the expedition
headed by Sir Martin Conway, have re-
turned in little steam launch. 1t is
announced that the results to geology
and geography will be very valuable.
Sir Martin Conway's expedition was
the first to corss Spitzbergen from east
to west. In the central portion OF the
island was found vast system OF
glaciers and a mangificent ice plateau.
Sir Martin Conway's expedition also
made a complete exploration OF the
Horn sound tynd, mountain in the
southern part of Spitzbergen nearly
8, 900 feet in height They report that
it is peak composed almost entirely
of marble
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-27
RELICS OF THE PAST.
interesting Discoveries by Pennsyl.
vania Mound Excayators

EACAVatOr9,
Pittsburg, Aug. 24.-Great interest
Is manifested over the discovery of i'm
plements in mound at Mckee rocks
which is being excavated for scientific
purposes. The mound is belived TO
have been built by the ancient mound
builders, and the implements found
today place the mound on par with
those that have been explored else.
where. The work is being done under
the direction of Thomas Harper, of this
city, who believes that the specimens
found here are not less than l, 600 wears
old, and proves that they were made
by the most ancient people that in
habited this country. The list includes
bone implement which Mr.. Harper
Dellves was tlaker, the pieces of
which are separated in five or six
parts Bone needles or avis also were
found, and Mr.. Harper says they can
be partially restored.
A tomahawk, which Mr.. Harper re-
CARDS as being not less than 900 years
old, was found. The same kind of
weapons are also found on the British
isles. 1t is made of gneiss. He con-
siders this an extraordinary discovery
The bone implement, or fiaker is the
implement which the ancients used in
making flint instruments. The speci-
mems will be placed in the Carnegie
museum.
Since this mound was opened, a
month ago, sixteen skeletons have been
found, many of them Of gigantic
stature,