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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-01
what becomes ar Them.

or the ll0,9O0.O 600 old copper cents
which were sent ont from the mint
only the 10000 have ever been ac.
counted for and only now and then is
Il stray one Of the remaining ll0,OUu..
COO seen in circulation.
or the 100000 bronze two-cent
pieces sent ont only l.JO0.000 ever
found their way back, leaving 3.OOO.-
coo to DO accounted for. There are an
equa. number Of nickic thrcc-cent
pieces somewhere in the country.
though it il very rarely IL il seen.
or the 100000 half cents not one
has ever been returned to the mint.
a few OF this denomination may be
fOnnd i'll the hands Of the coin col
l~ectors, but the whereabouts Of the
rest il a mystery.
1t is estimated that the daily sup
pla OF needles for the entire world
amounts to 5000. 100000 Of all shapes
and sizes, while the United Statcs
alone calls Tor Il yearly supply OF
3O0.OT. 900.
Of pins, il IL said that eone Of the
large department stores often order
100 cases Mt a time. Each case con.
tains l08 dozen papers and each pa.
per holds 3C0 pins, go little use Of the
multiplication table will show what
nm immense thing even the ono order
means. Tho yearly output OF pins
from tho largest factory in tho Unit
cd States. il In claimed. would |
placed end To endrcach three times
around the wofld.-C Chicago News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-01
PoInd=xter. the Woman heater.

Monday night constable Triplett
was summoned to Chinatown to put
f. c. Poiudexter ont OF the domicile
OF the woman with whom he has been
living. The constable responded to
the summons and on entering the
house found that delectable duck in
bed. He wa made TO get up and get
out and his clothing was put ont
after him. Later in the night Poin-
dexter asked the constable to 90 TO
the house with him to get his clothes.
This the constable did and PoindeA-
ter took all his belongings away.
Tuesday evening about six o'clock
Poindezter went tn the house and
seizing a Ratchet threatened to brain
the woman. This he did not do, how
ever, but conteDted himself with bru-
tally striking her and knocking her
down. The Woman WAS badly cut
over the left eye and DR.. Mcdowell
was called to sen up the wound. The
DIR. found her suffering severely from
the effects Of the blows, her left eye
being swollen shut and her face bad.
ly discolored. The cut is clean and
appears to have been made with some
sharp instrument.
Poinde xter is in hiding today rs the
victim OF his brutalit, threatens 10
swear ont a warrant for his arrest M
soon as she is able to get to justice
horgan's office. THIS il the third
scrape this contemplate cur has
been in since no struck the town and
1t ought to be the last. We under.
stand that it Is his intention Ia leave
the town tonight II not arrested be.
foro he can get out. II he does not
leave Of his own accord, he should
DO notified to tako his dirty carcass
out OF the town or suffer the conse
quences Of remaining. There ia no
place here for men OF his kind.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-01
TUITION.

Business Course. six months 80 90
Business Course, per month. 10 60
Shorthand Course. six months. 80 90
Shorthand Course. per mouth. 10 90
Pcnmnnship. per month ..... = 90
Any single study. per month.
except bookkeeping or
Shorthand , 90
y reduction Of ten per cent is made
from the above figures when two or
more students from family enter
at the same time.
Fall term opens Nov. !. 1897.
For further particulars call ON or
address
E. +. NESSF, Principal.
ELKO, NEVADA.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-01

Tho following has been issued BY
the Nevada section OF the weather
bureau for tho week ending Monday,
July 90. 1897:
The past week has been generally
favorable for Nil farming interests.
Tho temperature averaged about
normal. but the most favorable lea.
turo was the warm nights. which
were much needed 10 hasten the
growth OF grain and vegetable crops.
Tho maximum temperature generally
ranged between 80 aid so dcprece.
and minimum between 30 and co do
grees. Local showers in many 10.
calitiea greatly benefited ranger
and grain. especially In those sec.
tions where the water snpply Tor ir.
rigatiOn If getting short. Unusually
copious showers fell In D0nglna
Elko, Lander and Ormsby counties
Tho condition Of wheat nnd oats il
atill generally good. althouGh there
are a few localities, principally IN
Elko county, where these crops will
be light. No grain harvested outoidc
Of Lincoln and Nye counties. Hay.
ing In siill in progress, the crops nov
being cut, including meadows. wild
hay and tho second crop Of alfalfa.
In the tropical climate OF Lincoln
county, tho principal crops are al
harvested. including corn and The
third crop Of alfalfa, and melons
grapes and the second crop Of fge
arc ripe. Roasting cars and early
apples are marketable in southern
Nyo county.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
GREECE CAUSED 1T.

That Country's Ambition Responsible for
the Troubles in Crete.
LONDON, Feb. 1O.-Private and Off
cial advices and private letters from
English officers show that the troubles
in the island of Crete are undoubtedly
caused by Greek agitators, and that
the Christians are undoubtedly the
aggressors. The Greek government,
believing that the end of the Ottoman
empire is near, thinks the time oppor-
tune to carry out the long cherished
desire to annex the island of Crete.
Public officials here and on the con-
tinent regard the situation as serious
and as threatening the peace of the
whole of Europe.
In the event of collision between
Turkey and Greece, it is doubtful
whether the entente of the powers
could be maintained. The papers
everywhere urge the powers to bring
pressure to bear upon Greece in order
to prevent her further aggravation of
Turkey.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
REFUSED THEIR CONSENT.

Ambassadors at Constantinople Object to
Turkish Troops for Crete.
LONDON, Feb. 10.--A dispatch to The
Times from Constantinople says that
the ambassadors appear more hopeful
and confident that the instruction on
the Island of Crete will speedily SUBJ
side. The representatives of the pow
ers at Constantinople are averse to CIV
ing their consent to the despatch Of
Turkish troops to Canea as desired by
Abdul Hamid, the sultan, and the
porte, therefore, will not send the
Turkish warships and transport to
the Island of Crete for the present.
The Athens correspondent of The
Times in dispatch announces that he
is empowered to assert that there is
full accord between the king and the
cabinet upon the subject Of the Cretan
policy. The Athens correspondent also
asserts that during the uproarious de-
bate in the legislative chamber the op-
position urged the government to take
a stand on the matter of the union of
Greece with Crete at all costs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
IT WAS MENTIONED.

Ex-Govsrner Long was Told He 11gAS
Be Wanted.
Boston, Feb. lO.-Ex-G Governor John
D. Long said that the dispatch from CAM
ton to the effect that Mr.. Longs 40.
ceptance Of the navy portfolio had been
received at Canton. was probably based
upon letter written to Mr.. Mckinley
some ten days ago. in answer to one
received from Major Mckinley. Mr..
Long said: Eat that time he wrote
me that he had me in mind for the
navy, but added that something might
happen to change his mind, though not
likely.
~ replied that I therefore took u
that the matter was to remain at q
standstill. and should continue to In.
form the press that it was still under
his consideration. Since them" said
Mr.. Long, mo word has passed be.
tween u.s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
ARREST OF scovEL.

Consul General Lee Cables Some Of the
Particulars.
WASHINGTON, Feb. !O.-Consul Gem
eral Lee at Havana has cabled the state
department some details of the arrest
of Sylvester Scovel, the New York
World correspondent in Cuba. He
says that Scovel was arrested on the
train between Tunas and Sancto Spir-
titus and brought to the latter place,
where he is at present. Acting Cap
tain General Ahumada, who gave this
information to the consul general indi-
Gated that the prisoner probably would
be tried at Sancta Spiritus, although
General Lee was endeavoring to. have
the case transferred to Havana, where
he would have better opportunity to
watch its progress.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
THE YOUNG TURKS.

They Threaten to Add to the Complica-
ton of the Eastern Situation.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Feb. O.-Anxiety
is felt here at the danger of an out.
break upon the part Of the young Turks.
The fall of the prices on the Galata
bourse continues.
The officials of the embassies on Sun
day received copies of manifesto from
the young Turks party declaring that
they had decided to have recourse to
force. Numbers of fly sheets denounc-
ing the present government have been
found on the streets of Stamboul
The Russian embassy has written to
theporte pointing out the necessity of
preventing an outbreak which i'm.
perils the integrity of Turkey.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An Australian baseball team will
come to America the coming season.
Pacific coast powder manufacturers,
who have been at war for several years,
have patched up peace.
Mr.. Frank May, formerly chief CASH
Ter and practically manager of the
Bank of England until he resigned in
1898, is dead.
The United States battleship Texas
has sailed for Galveston, where she
will be presented with silver service
in the name of the citizens of Texas.
John Quincy Adams Herring of Bal
timore, the oldest managing director
Of the Adams Express company, died
suddenly in the Holland House, New
York city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Greece Not to Be Allowed
to Seize and Annex the
i Island of Crete.
France Might Be Willing, but
the Dreibund and Russia
| Would Interfere.
Troops Prevented by Ambas-
sailors From Leaving
Constantinople.

LONDON, Feb. 10.-A special dispatch
from Canea says that the commanders
of the foreign men-of.war now concen-
trated off the Island of Crete have mott
fed the captains Of the Greek warships
that no isolated action on the part of
the Greeks, such as bombarding Canea
or the landing Of troops, will be per-
mitted.
A dispatch from Cologne, Germany,
says that The Kolnische Zeitung de-
clares that the attempt of Greece to
annex Crete will not succeed. France,
it is asserted, may favor the design,
but the dreibund and Russia have
agreed to maintain the status quo.
A dispatch to The Standard from
Athens says that an English man-of-
war, has arrived at Sitia, at the east
ern extremity of Crete, for the purpose
of protecting Christians who have been
attacked by Mussulmans.
May Endangsr Europe's Peace.
The Times says that Vienna news.
paper contains an interview with Min
lister Delyannis, the Grecian represent
tative at Paris, to the effect that, unless
the powers compel the sultan to execute
Cretan reforms, affairs may take turn
endange1ing the peace Of Europe. The
Greek government, according to Minis
ter Delyannis, has dene and will do
nothing to complicate affairs but he
claims the present situation seriously
embarrasses it. During the course OF
of his interview, Minister Delyannis
asserts that the comedy, or so-called
conference of the ambassadors at Con-
stantinople, must be discontinued and
the Europesn powers must decide to
extricate Christians from their intoler-
able position.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago Union Stock Yards.
CHICAGO, Feb. o.
HOGS-Market fairly active and aver
aging shade higher. Late prospects
easier.
Sales ranged at $3.4O@3.57K for light;
g. 3O@355 for mixed; $3.1503.52H for
heavy; So. l5(@3s0 for rough
CATTLE-Market quiet but steady.
Sales ranged at $3.5O@o.25 for beeves;
81. SO@4.25 TOR COWS and heifers; $a10@
4.2O Tor Texas steers; 1926 gao for
stockers and feeders
SHEEP-Market steady to strong.
Receipts: Hogs, $4,000; cattle, 5000;
sheep 1900
Chicago Grain and Provisions
CHICAGO, Feb. O.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-February, 7oNc; May, TIC;
July, 72sc; September, 7lNc.
CORN - February, 21H@ 22c; May,
24@ .41sc; July, 25@25Nc, September,
26Ac
OATs-February 1890; May, 1890;
July, 1870.
PoRK-February. sze7,l; May, sz77,l;
July, $7.9s1a.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Mrs. Beeci,er Grows worse.

STANFORD, Conn.,, Feb. 10.-At the
residence Of Rev. Samuel Scoville, it
was stated that Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher is worse. The aged woman
passed restless night and shows signs
of weakening. She is not expected 70
live more than few hours.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Victim of the Rubber Trust.

NEW YORK, Feb. IO.-The Liberty
Rubber company at Setauket, L. l.,
has closed down and more than 500
hands are thrown out of employment.
This news means that the last little
stronghold, which for two years has
held out sing4y and alone against the
money and power of the rubber trust,
has been forced to surrender.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Panic at St. Peters burg.

LONDON, Feb. 10.-A dispatch to The
Times from St. Petersburg says that a
panic occurred on the bourse Tuesday.
The general collapse was due, it is as
serted, to rumors Of war, troubles in
Crete and at Constantinople and to the
spread Of the bubonic plague
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH. Feb. 8.
WHEAT-Cash, No. hard, 78c; No.
Northern, rs &C: No. Northern, 70 10;
No. 8 spring, 69a71c; rejected, 81
@56c. To arrive-No. l hard, TIC:
No Northern, 75&c;, May, No l hard
SOC, No. Northern, TIC.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Minneapolis Grain.
M1NNEAPoLIs, Feb. 8.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8.
WHEAT-February closed at 741Sc;
May, 74Tc; July, 75Hc. On Track-No.
/ hard, 75Nc; No. Northern, 73Hc; No.
3 Northern, 1870.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Feb. y.
HOGS = Market active and steady.
Range of prices. $3071z@ 20.
CATTLE Market steady and active;
good demand for fat cattle, stockers
and fee1ers
Sales ranged at s.. % $3.50 for cows;
S3OO03 40 for stockers; S5.65@5.75 fol-
steers. -
SHEEP - Market steady. Muttons,
$500; lambs, s4.25.
Receipts: Hogs, $500; cattle, 500; sheep
000. calves. 60
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Poultry. Butter and Eggs.

CHICAGO, Feb. D.
Dressed poultry dull; turks, ll@12o;
chicks, 6@7c; dux, 1O@l1c. Butter, firm.
Creamery, 1oM2OHc; dairy, 9@17c. Eggs
firm; fresh, 14Kc.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Cycle Works Burned.

New LONDON, Wis, Feb. 1O.-Fire
destroyed the plant of the Burtwood
Cycle company. The loss on stock and
building is $4,000. The plant will be
rebuilt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
LATEST MARKET REPORT
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 9.
FLOUR-Less firm
WHEAT-No. , Spring. 76c; No.
Northern, 7Shc; May. 77Ac.
COtaN-No. 3, 19@l9Ac.
OATS-No. 2 white, 1S@19Nc.
BARLEY-No.2 2, SIC; sample on track,
800 DC.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-11
Agreed to Receive a Bride,

DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 10.-Albert
Swenson, ex-county commissioner, was
arrested upon two indictments by the
grand jury, charging him with asking
for and agreeing to receive bride.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
MONEY

At meeting of the Alliance study
class, held at the Brooks House reception
room Monday evening. Mrs S. Z. Law
ton read paper on Money" No attempt
was made TO discuss the financial question.
The paper simply gave lucid and simply
phrased history of the various mediums of
exchange from the earliest times to the
present, and showed how and why the ma
tions of the civilized world have come TO
recognize in gold and silver the best repre-
sentatives of value. Under the conditions
of primitive life barter was the foundation
of commercial intercourse. Among va
rlous peoples, according as their native
surroundings and natural products CHANGED
to be, corn or wheat, cattle, skins or furs
of animals, slaves, olive oil, valuable min
erals, tobacco Tin our own country. and
many other articles have been accepted as
standards or mediums of money value.
The "Wampum' of the North American
Indians-which consisted of polished beads
made from the ends of black and white
shells and strung into belts or necklaces
is good illustration of the use of tokens
OF value. The reasons why gold and silver
nave come to hold their present place as
precious metals were thus clearly stated:
/. These metals possess much value in
little weight; they are very portable, they
may be carried in ones pocket.
,. They may be divided and sub-diyided
to any extent without losing any part of
their value
). They are not subject to loss by ex-
posure to the atmosphere or by the iapse
OF time, and to very little wear and tear by
handling.
4. They are susceptible of receiving q
nne impression in letters and figures denot.
ing their value, and are not easily counter.
feited.
.. They are homogeneous-always of
the same character
d. These metals possess value apart
from their utility as money. They are
useful In the arts, and for purposes of or
nament.
AFTER glance at the history of coins
and coinage from remote times in the cen.
turtles before the Christian era. the paper
went on to show how as civilization pro-
greSses the actual handling of coin and
bullion diminishes and the more convenient
instruments of bank notes, checks. drafts
and bills Of exchange are used in Their
place, and the character and province NJ
each OF these was explained.
while we are not accustomed In look N
Womankind for instruction in "monev
matters" it is entirely safe To saw thai IN
this paper was given as clear and concise
monograph on the historic and funda-
mental facts underlying this subject as has
Ol'en OF ever been put together.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
cuNN1NaHAM MURDER CASE.
Francis Farrell Indicted by the Grand
Jury in New York, Charged wan
nilIinr MamIe Cunningham Last WAY.

Jurv In New York, Charged WIN
U,t,,ne Mamie Cunningham Last May.
Francis p. Farrell Of 31j East Thirty
Soventb street, New York, was indicted by
the grand Jury Friday, for the murder Of
little Mary Cunningham, the l3-year-old
niece of Rev Father Cunningham Of
Brattleboro. On May Goth last the Gun
nlnrbam girl lived with her widowed
mother. and Farrell, who is % years old,
lived with his aunt in the same house.
Mrs. Cunningham, who had been out
on A visit. returned home shortly after 2
o'clock that day. She went first to her
bedroom. and found the bed clothing in
disorder and signs Of a struggle about the
room. Pushing her way into Mamie's
room she saw the body of the child lying
on the floor, bruised and CHASTITY. Her
head was under the bed, while her feet
we're resting on the ashstand
A towel on which were spots of blood
was knotted tightly around the chld's
neck, and another towel, also knotted, was
living near by, which had evidently been
used TO bind her hands and ankles. A bent
carving knife which was found near the
body had probably been used by Mamie 10
defend herself against the assailant. Her
clothing was disarranged and spotted with
blood, and the bed clothing was strewn
about.
Farrell had been out of work and had
been hanging about the house much of the
time, and the police arrested him on sus-
picion when they ascertained that he bad
a kew which would unlock one of the
doors Of the rooms occupied by Mrs. Gun
ningham. Farrell declared that ne was in
a barber shop at the time of the murder
and this apparently good alibi led to his
discharge.
Then the police arrested Edward Nc
Cormick, an old man, on the testimony Of
Antonio Ferrone, a young Italian, who
swore that he had seen Mccormick bend
ing over the girls body. Mccormick was
released when the young Italian admitted
that he had lied. Detectives have been
following up clews since then, and it was
on their afidavits that the grand jury in
dicted Farrell. The detectives have secured
considerable new crcumstantial evidence
to connect Farrell with the murder, but
will not disclose the nature of the evil
dence. Farrell was arrested by the detec-
tives on Friday evening at his home in the
tenement house, and was locked up at po-
lice headquarters all night. He is now in
the Tombs.
The police claim that they have evil
dence which will convict Farrell. The
case has been review wed in the New York
papers this week, and Mrs. Cunningham,
the mother of the girl, wrote a statement
telling how Farrell avoided meeting her
after the body of the murdered girl was
found, etc.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22
Announcements.

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saturday and can be consulted at the Brooks
House until further notice
We offer to-day special value in ladies' vests
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