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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
ART. MUSIC. LITERATURE.

George Brandes, the noted SSandina-
Wan literary critic, has recently re-
ceived the cross Of. the Legion Of Honor
Alfred Greenebaum, of San Fran
cisco, has just given Semitic library Of
1000 volumes to the University Of CAL
ifornia. 1t is part of the library Of
his father, the late DIR. Elias Greene
baum, chief rabbi of Landau, Germany.
Nansen, as an artist, hns rather sur
prised the English. Studies of ice foes,
of northern lights, Of arctic lights, and
other polar subjects, done by the ex-
plorer in pastel and water colors,
showed him the possessor of fine sense
of color and the artistic touch.
lola, busy as he is supposed to be,
works only three hours day, and the
first hour hardly counts. 1t is usually
between ten and one in the day that he
writes. At home in the evening he
ordinarily wears Il snuff-colored sack
suit. lie is growing stout, he looks
tired, and his voice is weak and pitched
high.
According to Il London cablegrnm, the
original manuscript Of Keats "Endy-
mion" has just been sold for STATS,
which is without doubt much more than
Keats ever received for his entire 20
et:cal works. The republic of letters,
like all other republics, is ungratcful,
and to poets more than to all others.
But only when they are alive. It can
not do too much for them after they are
too dead to care what it docs.
Some of the French decadent authors
ard artists whom Max Nor l::l PIT
down on his list as certain to reach the
lnadhouse have already come to that
bourne of Unbalanced genius, notwith-
standing the protests OF their friends
that such fate was preposterous. The
latest is Charles Destengue, who is On
empty name on this side of the water,
but who has considerable vogue in Paris
as an arbiter at the Chat Noir and SINH
lar resorts. He is now raving mad. and
incurably so.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
Homicide Near Kennedy.

Saturdays Silver State says: Last
evenings Kennedy stage brought the
news of the killing of Frank HELEN
by Jacob Leick at ranch owned by
the latter about 80 miles from Ken
uedy on Wednesday morning last.
Leick gave himself up to the Ken.
nedy officers and his preliminary ex-
animation was being held before JUS
Uce Chenoweth when the stage left.
But few PARTICULARS can be obtain
ed OF the homicide at this writing.
Leick claims that he killed HELEN in
self defense and there was but one
other witness u the tragedy. a man
named Andy Julick. There was a
long standing quarrel between tie
men and it ID said that HELEN had
made threats against Leick. who had
discharged him from his employ.
Wednesday morning the quarrel
was renewed, while the men we're
getting breakfast. HELEN made for
Leick, who had butcher knife in his
hand, with which he had been cut.
ting bacon. Leick backed INTO the
house and HELEN followed him.
When he could 60 no further Leick
made stand and as HELEN was com.
ing at him stabbed him in the aldo.
men with the knife. HELEN lived
but few minutes.
From the stories told Of the affair
the impression at Kennedy seemed to
be that the justice would discharge
Leick on the grourd that he killed
HELEN in self defense.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
Collection Agency.

1uaor'ed BY the Leading Firms Of, t.
Coast.
what isf
The INTERSTATE COMMERCIAL.
AND COLLECTION AGENCY.
Send your slow accounts 10 them toraooI
cotton. v
once, a1o nth Street. Sacramento, Gale
Don't delay. Call at.onoe and let ua have.
Jour business
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
Noc1rish Him

Wecan cure no disease un-
l.ss we can keep up the pa
tents STRENGTH. And there's
only one way to do that
feed him. Bot ifthe system
refuses foods Then use
SCOTS EMULSION
of Cod-livcr Oil with Fly
pophosphitcs. 1t goes
STRAIGHT TO THE
BLOOD, stops the wasting,
r kindles the vital fire, and
so renders a hop.fu1 Fight
possibl: against any disease.
Especially Is this 50 IN
bronchial and lung troubles,
in the relief and cure Of
which SCOTS Emulsion has
won its reputation. Book
about ii free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, New Yorh.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
Could Not Awe the American Girl
Justin Huntly MCCARTHY was once

Justin Huntly Mccarthy was once
showing a young American woman over
the house of parliament. In escorting
her through the library of the commons
he casually mentioned. as q more or
less interesting fact, that it was against
the rules for women to sit down there.
els that really law OF the plGcc2"
asked the fair American. THAT is So"
answered Mccarthy, grayely. "Thcn,
said his visitor, "you Just see me break
it," and, drawing up q chair, she sat
resolutely down at the table.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
The Famine III Indaa.

Among the greatest sufferers from
the Indian famine are the jewelers. in
Delhi, whose business is ruined, as hard
ly any marriages take place and every
body wants to see ornaments instead
OF buying.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
SECRETS OF THE TRUSTS LAID
BARE.

Dick. w. B. Thomas, J. E. Parsons.
Haveneyer is the president Of the
company. His salary aggregates
100000 per year His estimated
wealth is from s6O,OOo,OOO to s80,OOO.-
600.
Searles is the trust treasurer. His
salary is s75 900 per year. His wealth
is estimated at from S25,OOO.0OO to
S3O.OoO,OO0.
1t produces over two and quarter
billion pounds OF sugar every year.
BY I'm increase of trifle over half a
cent in the pound it can increase its
yearly profits by over S16,OOO,OOO
year.
BY filling half sheet of notepaper
with figures it can force from every
man, woman and child in the
country contributions amounting to q
total of over S1O,UOp,0OO in twelve
months.
It's president receives a salary as
large again as that of the president OF
the United States, and his influence
on legislation may be greater than
that of the president Of the United
States.
The salary of it's treasurer is half as
much ngaIn as that Of the president
Of the United States.
The trust has $4,000 employees, req
resenting a city of over 10000 souls.
The average wages it pays to these
employees iR only s12 per week.
Its average profits are S42,O00,0OO
per year.
Its speculative profits have amount
cd to over s159. 100000 per year.
Total protit7 for eleven years $780,
663. 1868.
In his analysis of the trusts profits
Henry D. Lloyd writes that "every
half cent up or down in the price Of
sugar makes gain to the combina-
ton at the rate of $2000l,O00 u
year."
When it is remembered that every
point up in the price of trust stocks
means moro millions, it no longer
seems strange that the trust should
contribute money by the hundred
thousand in buying the rascals OF both
parties. Nor is it singular that it
should promise the United States
senators investing ION the ground
floor" in it's stock raise OF 30 points
as it is said to have done in case OF
senator's who epeculated through
Chat man or Others Of it's agents.
It's attitude towards labor is moi
less vicious.
This is illustrated by ats semi-an'
nual shut.downs." Whenever there
is more sugar on the market than II
likes it shuts down refneries enough
to check supply, regardless Of the Of
feet on it's badly paid labor. "The
regular semi-annual shutdown at the
Havemeyer refinery took place this
morning." wrote an investigator oil
ulcGtlOu6s Nb u EcHulL 9,UUt
men are ont Of work, and as the,
make only little over sc week
many Of them have absolutely nj
means OF supporting their families.
Another investigator who visited
the refinery wrote:
"These men work hard in rooms the
temperature OF which is sometime,
nearly 200 degrees, and they are paie
but eight and one-third cents for al
hours work. They therefore have t,
work IL hours day in heated room
to earn 81, and rs the sugar retiner
les are operated on Sundays the sam
as any other day, many of the labor
era work every day in the week tina
they may earn 81. Those Of the Ia
borers who are married are compelle
TO look to their wives to help suppo,
the family. which the women do
some cases by taking in Washing
N. Y. World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-14
Nervous

People wonder why their nerves arc 50
weak; why they get tired so easily; why
they do not sleep naturally; why they have
frequent headaches. indigestion and
Nervous Dyspepsia. The explanation
Is simple. It is found in that impure blood
feeding the nerves on refuse instead Of the
elements OF strength and vigor. Hoods
Sarsaparilla feeds the nerves pure, rich
blood; gives natural sleep. good digestion,
is the true remedy for all nervous troubles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
Captain. Cap cover for rain. Chief.

Prior to the time the uniforms were adopted
the police wore a silver star outside their coats.
Policemen were called stars then as they are
called loops" nov. At night, however. they
wore tho vanished leather helmets worn
by the fremen, which descended from the
Knickerbocker days. when watchmen guard
ed the city from sunset to sunrise. and
tho leather helmets were the most eficacious
protection they could find against the brickbats
and stones SHE'D at them from dark alleys. In
the old days the policemen were notorious for
"sojering" on post, and they simply put their
stars in their pockets and. crawling into the
taverns around town. snoozed through their
hours Of watch. Later. when hey were fully
uniformed, however. they were called Leather
heads" and this name stuck to them for a score
Of years. The reading notice which accom-.
panies the Illustration is as follows:
I'VE give herewith a view of the new regula-
tion uniform of the police Of New York. which
has just been adopted. and, as we think, very
properly. The police Of every large city, in our
opinion, should be uniformed. This is also the
opinion Of many good judges in such matters,
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and we observe that the plan ia to be adopted In
Philadelphia and also in Cincinnati. Let
not Boston 30 behindhand in adopting q meas
ure that would undoubtedly add to the en-
cacy of this arm OF tho municipal authority.
For the Chief OF Police, the emblem OF onice
IN n rold star with a gold ribbon underneath
holding q gold shield. Tho dress 10 a double
breasted frock coat Of navy blue cloth, the skirt
extending two-thirds OF the distance from the
top OF tho hip to. tho bend OF the knee. There
are two rows of buttons on the breast, ten In
each row, the distance between the rows boing
hve and ono-half inches at tho top and three
and one-half inches at the bottom.
Tho collar is of black silk velvet, rolling, and
buttons close up at the throat; the cuffs are two
and a half inches deep and go around the sleeves
parallel with the lower odge, and button with
three small buttons at the under seam the pock-
ets arc in the folds Of the skirt, with one button
at tho hip and one at the end of each pocket,
making four buttons on the back and skirt Of
the coat, the hip button ranging with the lower
button on the breast.
"For the Captains of Police the emblem is a
silver star, with q silver disc about n quarter
of an inch wide. having engraved upon 1t the
namo of the Captain and the district to which
he 10 attached. The dress Is the same as the
Chiefs, with seven buttons on the breast, double
rows. For Lieutenants OF Police tho emblem
of office Is a silver star surrounded with q
silver wire, and the dress Is the same as
the Captains, with eight buttons on the breast.
double rows. For the Sergeants Of Police tho
emblem OF Office is q plain copper star, and the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
4 com
The Icemnn Worked II sEiIruIIy for n Time
but Was CMMght nj Inst.

A new bride and her recently emancipa;ed
mother, cnch luckily born with n sense OF hui.
NOR, met the other day at the studio OF an even
more Bohemian sister, and merrily tried to see
which could tell the bigger story.'of her expert.
enccs. The deaf and dumb hall boy who has
eyes in the back OF his head, the faithless butch
er, and 1.-THE lady who wants washing" had each
furnished n share of an irrcsistible'quarter hour.
II had always supposed" raid the old lady
as che rose to so. that an honest janitor was
the noblest work OF God. ] have come TO the
conclusion that there is something in the very
air of an apartment which is dcmoralizing to
every one who either makes, bakes, brews, or
In any way serves the dwellcrs therein. Lots
OF things my twenty years of housekeeping had
prepared mo for. but I found out a brand.new
scheme the other day.
Ever since we went to the Marie Jeanette
to live, / had wond cred how it was that we used
as much ice.ln our small ice chest as we used to
in our large refrigerator. / saw tho ice put in
each morning. and tho next morning the place
that knew IL knew IL no more. studied that
thing of and on for month before I found my gay
talking to the cook, and saw that the ice chest
lid seemed Tilted up; looked In. There was
prevent the lid from closing tight. iI"iR nvest J.
gated. In each hinge of that lid there was q
match. took them out The I'D went down
tain ] WAS tina. II WAS not a mere coincidence
that there were two of them. When tho ice.
man came that morning / watched out and had
the satisfaction OF seeing him look surprised
when the lid went down with a bang under his
hand. The next morning wo told him that
kitchen air being shut out. Tho next morning
! stayed away until he was gone. telling Rosa
to give him the kitchen, to himself. The lid was
tilted up the same old yey,, but no matches,
! got my glasses on and lighted the gas, and
there II you please in each hinge was . little
wad of chewing gum!'
What a cold fraudl" said the Bohemian sis
ter, and thereat every woman In the lot gath
cred up her raiment and fled TO look into the
yitals Of her own household. And not a pot Of
them all could call the kettle black. It 10 q
brand-new scheme, but IL works.
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dress is a frock coat of navy blue cloth. single
breasted, nine buttons on the breast. and but
tons close up at the throat, with a rolling collar
Of black velvet.
For policemen the emblem of Office Is a plain
brass star, with the number of his warrant
stamped thereon: the dress Is the same as the
Sergeants.
I'm addition TO the above, each officer and
policeman is furnished with a navy blue cloth
cap. made in the style Of the officers of the
highest grade in the navy. on the front of which
is the word Police In raised letters. the
number of the warrant Of each policeman.
and, the letter OF the section to which
he belongs. During night patrol duty tho
policemen wear, a leather cap in the form OF n
helmet with q rim around 1t resembling the cap
worn by the New York firemen, with the word
Police in large. white, metal letters, a star.
and the number of the district to which they
belong on the front OF the cap.
Thus this important arm Of the law for the
great metropolis OF America may be said to be
In a state Of thorough organization and COM
plete in all its departments. There can be no
doubt but that all persons legally endowed with
authority should be so uniformed as to carry
with them, even. to a casual passer-by, the sign
OF their authority. and then none viii pretend
to dispute 1t. A years experience in the matter
will show other cities of the Union the great ex.
%cellence and Importance Of such a measure, and,
ms we have intimated above, we hope to see 1t
generally adopted"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
THE GROWING BRONx B0ROUGH.
Public works for which n SiIiisn Of Dollars
Has Been Appropriated.

Until Jan. !, 1891, the expense of the main
tenance, Improvement, and development of all
public works in the annexed district OF the TWEEN
ty.third and Twenty.fourth wards devolved
upon the Department OF Parks. BY IA statute
passed in 1890 the Department of Street I'm
provements in the Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth wards was created, and upon the Com.
missioner in charge of 1t devolved the perform
ance OF the duties which had previously been a
part of the work OF the Park Department. AS
n result of this separation, additional sum Of
money have been found available for the terri
tory above tho Harlem, and as IL has been de-
vcloped there has Leen a largo increase in the
material interests OF this section, as well as in
the population.
BY the census of 1890 of the Board of Health
the population OF the annexed district was TO-
265. 1t is now, seven years later. 10000, an
increase of so per cent. Tit material increase
in the value of land and OF buildings has been
even larger. for at the time of tho establishment
OF the Department of Street improvements tho
assessed value of real estate in the two wards
was 100000. 900, and 1t is now SOC, 900. 600. or
more than 100 per cent. greater. Much of this
growth of what Is to be. after Jan. /. the Dor.
ough of the Bronx Is to be ascribed TO the &C.
tivity of the Department Of Street Improve
| ments in grading, paving. and lighting streets.
opening new thoroughtares, establishing sewer
connections, ana OLner IKE WOTk. inc Ollgl'
nal appropriation for the Department OF Street
improvements made for the year 1891, six
years ago. was $3.50 600, and this year there
has been appropriated 81. ol0,275. compar.
ison OF the items in the approximation OF 1891
with those OF 1898 summarizes the develop
ment of this section.
The frst appropriation was sec, 800 for sal.
aries in the office of the Commissioner, $5,0
fST "a s, Snd p Sos ssafG as2G -. iSs ffr os Sest T teI..
phone service. and sundry expenses. and $500
600 for maintenance, salaries, and supplies.
This year $4,000 is allowed by appropriation
for the Commissioners ofice-nOt q very large
increase over 1891 when the increase OF the
work is consldered-$l 500 for telephone ser,
vico and contingencies. 49, 500 for bridges. in,
Guiding the bridges over the New York and
Harlem Railroad depression. 10000 for sew
ers and drains, and $780, 600 for supplies, sala.
ries. and tho wages Of employees, exclusive OF
the engineering and Typographical bureau
which has charge Of the maps. plans. and pro
file work and for which there has been appro
pri8ted $lS3,0O0. There has been allowed $32,
boo for copying records, $4,000 for number
ing streets and avenues. $4,000 for the plans
and surveys for the Boulevard and Concourse
$4,000 toward tho construction of the Con
course, and "a 1900 for lithographing and mai
] printing, and $4,000 for the purchase of wagon
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FIRST POLICE UNIFORMS.
WHAT TIE NEW PORK CoPs" WORE
WHEN THEY WERE STARS"

mig Leather HeImets like these view vvsrn BY
Fireuaen Protected Their Heads from the
Rowing stone ana FiyinE Brichbat-Chie
McCuliash's Picture or the FIRST UnirOrrns.
with Some Boston Comment on Them.
On q mantel In Chief McCullagh's Office at Po-
lice Headquarters is a picture of the first rcgu-
lation uniforms worn by the Now York police
men, q copy Of which IL produced herewith.
Tho picture 10 taken from Giedson's Pictorial
Weekly, printed in Boston some time In 1854.
1t may have been framed then and stuck up
In the oflco Of the Chief Of Police
or Superintendent. as that official was
called In the old days. At any rate. It
has been a curio in the office during the terms
Of all the heads of the department within the
recollection Of the Oldest policeman at Head
quarters. From tho reading notice under the
illustration It appears that this city was tho
nrst to adopt uniforms for its policemen.
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JUDGE ROY BEAN, BEAR DEAD
a Joke That Caused the UntimeIs Demise OF n
Pet Famous ms n Beer Brinker.

49, sbhhH AttE VI -
Pet Famous Is n Beer Drinker.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Dec. Judge Roy Beam,
the celebrated dispenser of justice west OF the
Pecos. and proprietor of the Jersey Lily saloon
at Langtry. is mourning the loss OF his pet bear.
The animal was known to every traveller on the
Southern Pacific Railroad west OF here. and had
"A reputation for Its beer.drinkiuG capacity. The
killing OF bruin was due to a mistake, to which
Bean was an unconscious party.
Several days ago Bean came to San Antonio.
A day or two later John Lebbert, a commercial
traveller, arrived at Langtry, and. ycNrning for
the society OF Judge Bean. sent this despatch TO
San Antonio to bring him back:
Bear was killed last night. Come home.
Then Lebbort went across the river 10 the
little town in Mexico to do some business for
his house. thinking what d good Joke he would
have on Bean when the latter arrived next day.
The telegram was duly delivered to Bean ut
Jim Brady's place, where the Justice was re-
| calling a large circle of friends with frontier
stories. The harkeepcr was requested to open
and read the telegram, ana when the full sense
OF the message was realized Bean was grief
That's terrible news to NO." he said. Il
must go home at once and see that the bear has
His friends assured him that 1t would not be
necessary TO go home. and that the proper thing
10 do Was 10 have the skin sent to San Antonio
at once and given 10 a taXidcrmist. When
mounted the animal would have a li.clike ap.
poarance and might still bo used as one OF the
attractions at the Jersey Lily. This struck Bean
as a happy idea. and he despatched tho follow
ing message TO the man left in charge OF his
place:
Skin the bear and ship skin to mt at San Antonio
by next train.
An order from Bean is law at the Jersey Lily.
and the instructions given in the message had
to be complied with. Tho man at the Jersey
Lily loaded q rifle and shortening the chain with
which bruin was tied as much as possible. put a
bullet hOlo through the animals brain. The
bear was skinned and the pclt forwarded to
Bean, with a letter. saying:
send You the hear skin AZ per your request. He
has been doing so well since you LEFT that | hated TO
kill him.
This letter puzzled Bean so much that he went
home on the next train. leaving the skin here TO
be mounted. AZ Langtry he found that the
killing OF the bear had been due 10 a mistake,
and that Lebbert's telegram had been a joke.
When Lebbert retuFned from his trip across
the Rio Grande he found the bear had been
killed. The telegram from Bean ordering the
killing was shown TO him. Realizing that Bean
he learned tho fact, Lebbert left Langtry with.
out delay, going West, 10 III Paso. LRnRtry is
no longer on his route.
Bean says now that no will not place the
mounted bear N his saloon. but will make Bob
F~itzsimmons. the champion pugilist. a present
Of. IT,, Bean and Fitzsinmons BECAME warm
friends at the time of the Maher. F~itzsimmons
fight. Just opposite LAnGry. IN Mexico.
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stick, but, in exterior at any rate, is as perfect q
reproduction of a well-nppointed steamboat as
can well be imagined. It is a thoroughly prac-
teal and seaworthy vessel. too. only its motive
power is electricity instead Of steam. the bur-
nished brass smokestack. steam pipe and whistle
being In the nature Of an innocent deception.
Two Grenet batteries fill the boiler space and q
compound electric motor is geared to the pro-
peller. The boat has a speed of six miles an
hour. and has made many successful trips across
and around Branch Brook Lake
The designer. builder. and owner Of this craft
Is August Gerding. a lapidary, 81 years old,
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AN INSTRUCTIVE CLOCK.
IT WILL EXPLAIN THE PARIDoxEe
OF SOLAR TIME.

I've Little nicyciists Riding Across uts FAep
show the Loss or cain or n Day ns lOne
travels Around the Earth-Othcr ThinEs 10
Will s~how-Days or Forty.riEht Hours.
4 novel clock has been patented recently ~
Hirsh Margolis, a Russian, who lives In this
city. II Is designed TO show at a glance the
time Of day at any part of tho earth, whether ~
is daytime or night at any given place, the day
Of the week and month, where tho statutory
day begins and ends, how 1t Is that n traveller
going east or west gains or loses n day Of the
calendar in making n trip around the globe
and tn demonstrate that every day Of the week
exists upon some part Of tho earth for forty.
eight hours instead OF twenty-four hours, e.
would naturally be supposed. go