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THE CENT IS NOW MORE 1N DEMAND
"THAN EVER BEFORE.
The Penny-in-tlle-Slot and the Bargain
Counter Responsible for Its Increased
Use—One Automatic Machine Company
Takes in Halts Million :1. Day.
Notwithstanding the rumpus raised
by the disputing friends of gold and
silver, the most useful and hard- work-
ing member of the coin family is of
neither of these materials. It con-
sists of 95 per cent. of copper and 5
per cent tin and zinc and bears on its
face the legend_“one cent.”
Two recent devices have been large-
ly responsible for the increased use of
our only copper coin. One is the penny-
in-the-slot machine, which has spread
over the land like the locusts of Egypt
within the last two or three years.
A single automatic machine company
in New York City takes in half a mil-
lion pennies a day. As there isn’t a
' crossroad village in the country that
HOTEL PRESTON.
hasn’t a. chewing—gum, kinetoscope,
music or weighing machine operated
in this way the number of coins re-_
quired to keep them all going is en—
ormous. The other invention respon-
sible for the rise of the cent is the.
“bargain counter. ” The craze for 49-
cent and 99- cent bargains makes work
for a lot of pennies. Superintendent
Milman of the New York Sub- Treasury
said the other day that it was no un-
usual thing for one of the great depart-
ment stores which make a specialty of
“bargains” to take 610, 000 worth of
cents—one million pieces—at a. time.
The penny newspapers and in some
places three- cent street- -car fares have
also increased the field of operations
of the one-cent piece.
“The cent is really the most interest-
ing and least known of our coins,” said
Mr. 'Milman, “and there are some very
curious facts about it.
ury is the clearing-house for the pen—
nies in circulation in the metropolitan
district, and the penny is for us a
barometer, a calendar and an accurate
index of business conditions. , _
“Why, in the middle of July there
was a week or more. of cold, rainy
weather and the supply of pennies
coming in for exchange into larger de-
nominations fell off one-third. A
heavy storm or the sudden coming of
cold weather, anything that keeps the
penny-spending part of our population
at home, is accurately reflected in the
falling off in the supply of cents com~
ing to us for exchange. All through
the summer the pennies accumulate on
our rhands, but when cold weather
comes and the children get back to
school, and retail trade revives, there
is a great demand for them.
“Come this way,” said Mr. Milman,
"if you want to see the way we handle
pennies,” and he led the way to the
minor coin division, where half a
dozen clerks were busily at work. In
onelcorner of the room was a stack
of canvas bags reaching nearly to the
ceiling and making a. good-sized py-
ramid. “Those are all pennies.” said
the director. “I suppose
some one hundred million pieces there,
and we have more below.” In another
corner ofthe room was a stack of loose
coin-s piled high above the heads of
the clerks, who were busily counting
them ofi into the canvas bags. The
pennies are kept in bags of one thous-
and each, and when they come in they
me all counted over.
There are several unique features
about the coinage, of pennies, and the
work is managed in a somewhat dif-
ferent fashion from the turning out of
gold and silver coins.
In the first place, although the
United States Government is the only
authority entitled to indulge in the
manufacture of coins, our Uncle Sam-
uel does not prepare the blanks from
which pennies are made. He finds it
cheaper to let out the work by con-
tract than to do it himself, and it is
at present in the hands of a Cincinnati
firm. They prepare the copper blanks
in sheets large enough to turn out one
hundred pieces each. It is not known
exactly how much the Government
pays for these blanks, bu t the price is
in the vicinity of $1. 25 per one thou-
sand, or a trifle over one mill for each
unstamped cent.
When the copper sheets ready for
stamping reach the Philadelphia mint,
where all our minor coins are made.
each one is tested to see that the alloy
is in the right proportion. Thence
they pass directly to thecoining room.
Here the sheets are cut into strips,
from which the round blanks, called
“planehets,” are first punched, and
these are run directly through the
stamping machines, where they re-
ceive the impressions from the dies.
Pennies are not counted by the la—
borious process of handling each piece,
but by a device known as the “count-
ing board,” by which five hundred are
:orznled at a time. The counting board
is an inclined plane, with columns the
exact width of a cent, separated by
copper partitions in height exactly
equal to the thickness of the coin. The
tents are spread over this board and
{all into the grooves prepared for
.hem, all surplus coins falling off into
i trough. Then the counting board is
emptied into the canvas bags, which
are carted away to be shipped to any
part of the country—Washington Star.
“'11 .It “'nuld living: Heat.
Warwick—That man Wilkins ise .. g .
nius. He has the finest plan I ever
heard of for raising the temperature of
Alaska.
Wickwire—What’s his scheme?
mg to fasten an aurora borealis in 120-1
aition so it will keep off the north
winds during the day?
NVarwick—No; he's going to build a
motel and advertise the place as a. cool
:ummer resort—1. j’uck. .
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"MISS WILLARD prep
President 'of the W. C. T'. U.
. Passes Away.
A GREAT WOMAN’S CAREER
Great Grief Expressed in this Country
and Europe---Will Be 'Buried. at. Her
Home in Evanston, Ill.---Many Letters
of Condolence.
New York, Feb. 19.—-—The funeral of
the late Miss Frances E. Willard, who
died at the' Hotel Empire yesterday
morning, will take place to-morrow.
The body will then be taken to Evan-
ston, 111., Miss Willard’s home, where
it will be buried. There will be a serv-
ice at Churchville, Monroe County,
N. Y., where Miss Willard vus born.
The interment will be at Evanston on
Thursday.
The body is at present at the home of
her niece and nearest relative, Mrs.
Catherine Willard Baldwin, N o. 85 Clin-
ton place.
Five years ago Miss Willard was tak-
en with an attack of the grip and never
fully recovered. For the past six
months Miss Willard has been doing
a great deal of public speaking. which
has taxed her strength to the utmost
and left her in a. very weak condition
to sustain a protracted illness. She
came to New York several weeks ago
with the intention" of holding confer-
ences with prominent persons connected
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD.
with the temperance movement. Her
intention was to go to Boston, and from
there to Portland, Me.
On Thursday Miss Willard was be-
lieved to be in a fair way of recovery!
from the attack of grip, which had de-
veloped most alarming aspects on Tues-
day, but a second relapse Thursday
night brought the fatal result.
At the bedside of Miss Willard at the
time of her death were her niece, Mrs.
W. W. Baldwin, Mrs. L. M. M. Stevens,
vice-president of the Woman’s Chris-
tian Temperance Union; Miss Anna M.
Gordon, who was Miss Willard’s Secre-
tary, and Dr. Alfred K. Hill.
Letters and telegrams of condolence
have been received 'by 'the hundreds
from prominent men and women all
over the country. Among the tele-
grams received was one from Lady
Henry Somerset, vice-president of the
World’s Women’s Christian Temper-
ance Union, who now becomes presi—
dent, through Miss Willard’s death. She
sent word Thursday that she would sail
for this country if she were told there
was a. chance of seeing her friend alive.
But when the telegram was received
Miss Willard’s friends had given up
hope.
Sketch of Miss Willnrd’s Life.
Miss Frances E. Willard was one of
the best known women in the United
States and had an international repu-
tation not only as a. pioneer in the tem-
perance cause, but as an advocate of
every movement that tended to the
moral and mental improvement of the
representatives of .her sex. It is on rec-
ord that she threw away fortunes or
In other words declined innumerable
opportunities presented by organiza-
tions in various parts of, the World for
her advantage and material welfare.
She began life as a true reformer and
from her childhood'to the time of her
death took an active interest in all that
appertained to the progress of mankind.
Frances Elizabeth Willard was born
in Churchville, N. Y., Sept. 28, 19 30. She
was the third child of her family and
early in life gave evidence of the force
of character that was to bring her to
fame in later years.
Oflicers of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union, which was the fruit
of the women’s crusade against intem—'
Co
perance in Ohio in 1874, invited her to
, co- operate with them, and at a. conven—
ition held in Cleveland in November of
that year the National Woman’s Chi is—
ltiaza Temperance Union was organized
and she was corresponding secretary.
Since that time Miss \Villard devoted
her life to the cause of temperance.
While she was at Columbus, 0., in 187 6,
Miss Willard started the home protec—
‘ tion movement, and women were every-
where urged to do their best tow ard
controlling the liquor tra the near their
homes. .
Miss Willard, in 1883, founded the
1World’s Woman’s Christian Temper-
ance Union. Of this society Miss VVil-
7lard was vice-president for the United
States. She was elected president of
the Woman’s National Council of the
United States in 1888. In the some.
iyear she was chosen by the Lay Con-
iferences as one of the five delegates
l who were to attend the General Confer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in New‘York city. These delegates.
however, were refused admission by a
small majority “on the ground that the
constitutional law of the Church does
not provide for the reception of worm
en.” Miss Willard was also one of the
sev’en members of .the Central EXEL'Cl1-»
live Committee of the Prohi‘i'tion p21 rty.
At'the National Convention of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance ll"; :22:-
in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 1853-4. sir?
was re-elected president. At Baltimore.
on Oct. 22, 1895, she was again re-electca
president for the seventeenth consecu-
tive time. Twice since has this honcx
been conferred, the last time on Oct.
26, 1897, at Toronto, Ont. .
Died at Age of 11,2.
Bridgeport, Conn. ., Feb.19.—.Eli::'
Well, one hundred and twelve years old
a. resident of Greenwich, died in :11.
ulmshouse there ye "erday. She wore
about her neck until .. sue died a Revolu-
tionary coin presented to her bv Georg
Washington and u’hich she. prized as ‘4
much as life.
: ship.
the foreign visitor up the bay to her
' pieces of. paper, pasted together.
SPANISH ville-pr ARNINES.
Officers and Sailors Horrified to'
Learn of the Maine’s Fate.
New York, Feb. 19.——At 6.30 last night
the Spanish battleship Viscaya. dropped
anchor outside the bar at Sandy Hook,
where she remained at anchor until this
morning, it not being customary for
foreign war vessels to enter ‘ port at
night. The Viscaya. sailed from Canary
Islands Feb. 5. The distance here is
pretty close to 2,960 miles. She was
due at this port two days ago.
Reporters of city newspapers were the
first to greet the formidable Spaniard
and to give her officers and men the
startling news of the disaster to the
American battleship Maine in Havana
harbor and of the disgraceful downfall
of former Minister de Lorne.
Each piece of information was a. stu—
pendous surprise to the men on the
Viscaya. Officers and crew burst into
a wild uproar of talk that sounded like
the rattle of musketry. For a. couple
of minutes all discipline on the great
warship seemed to vanish to the
winds.
When the vessel was hailed a report-
er asked:
“Has the captain or any one on
board heard of the disaster to the
American battleship Maine in thehar—
bor of Havana?”
“No, not a word. What is it}? What
is it?” '
“Tell the captain that on last Tues-
day night the Maine was blown up in
Havana and-254 American sailors kill—
ed. The battleship is probably a. to-
tal wreck, The cause of the catastro—
phe has not yet been definitely deter-
mined—whether it was due to acci-
dent on the ship or the act of some en-
emy of the vessel.”
While the reporter was yelling these
words at the top of his voice the black
side of the Viscaya became streaked
.with long lines of white faces and the
white superstructure became black
with nervously moving figures.
Before the reporter had finished
talking a fusilade of bjacdlations rang
out from the warship. Men ran hither
and thither calling out to each other.
Hundreds of'voices were mingled in
excited converse, all talking at the
same time.
“Have «you heard that your Ministez
to the United States, Senor de Lorne,
wrote an insulting letter about Presi-
dent McKinley, and that he has been
recalled by your home Government?"
“No, we know nothing about it. Can
it be so?” ,
“Does Capt. Eulate care to express
any opinion about the disaster to the
Maine?”
“No, this is the first we have heal-:1
of it. \x’e can say nothing.”
The big Spanish battleship was re-‘
ceiVed with all due ceremony an '1
courtesy, as shes steamed up the bar
at sunrise this morning by Major- -Gen—
eral W'esley Merritt, commanding the
Department of the East.
The Viscaya’s guns, when she arrived
opposite Tompkinsville, the regular
man~of-war anchorage, boomed forth
her twenty-one guns saluting the Stars
and Stripes. At the same instant she
dipped the Spanish colors and ran up
the American jack at her peak. The
guns from Governor’s Island returned
the salute of twenty-one guns.
With these preliminaries over the
commandant of the Governor’s Island
post dispatched one of his aids to the
big battleship and informed the Spanish
comandant that the port was free to
him, with all its hospitalities, and that
any service, courtesy or assistance
which General Merritt can render will
be tendered to him or his crew.
Both the naval, municipal and cus—
toms authorities have made every prep-
arations to afford protection to the
. The police boat Patrol escorted
anchorage in the North River and will
guard her while there. It will be an
all-day and night job for the Patrol
while the Viscaya remains here. The
stay in New York will be brief and
mainly in the nature of. a passing call
en route to Havana.
Pensions for the Victims.
Washington, Feb. 19.—The Bureau of
Navigation, through Captain Hawley,
yesterday afternoon gave out this in—
formation regarding pensions for the
widOWS and children of the Maine’s vic-
tims. Under the general law all will
be entitled to pensions. The widows of
the enlisted seamen will be entitled to
$8 a. month. Under certain conditions
they may receive $12. Children of these
seamen are entitled to $2 a month un-
til they reach the age of sixteen. All
applications for pensions must be re-
ferred to the Commissioner of Pensions,
who will take them up in their order.
A New Counterfeit Bank Note.
Washington, Feb. 19.—The Secret Ser-
vice has discovered a new counterfeit
ten-dollar national bank note. It is on
the Hibernia. National Bank of New
Orleans, series 1882, check letter B.
Rosecrans, Register; Nebeker, Treas-
urer. It is a photographic production
of poor workmanship, printed on two
The
coloring is applied only in spots, and
no attempt has been made to imitate
the silk threads to be found in the gen-
uine.
hIonuinent to Lafayette.
Washington, Feb. 19.—A movement
has been set afoot to have the United
States erect a monument to General
Lafayette in the city of Paris, to be
dedicated during the Paris Exposition.
President McKinley and Assistant Sec-
retary of State Day, it is said by the.
projector, Robert Thompson, have
shown much interest in the matter,
which has been brought officially to the '
attention of Congress through resolu-
tions offered in both houses.
“’orcestcr Opera. House Burned.
Worcester, Mass, Feb. 19.—The Bijou
Opera. House, on Front street, opposite
City Hall, was partially destroyed by
fire yesterday morning. Manager Off-
ner and his wife narrowly escaped'from
their room on the third floor. Mrs.
Offner was carried out of the building
by firemen. The total loss is $60,000,
partially covered by insurance.
Irving Properties Burned.
London, Feb. lit-nail the properties'm
and scenery of no)? 9 dozen plays be-
'onging to Sir 'i'ienr'y Irving have been
lestroyed in the fire Which was discov-
ered in the. archway under the London,
Shatham and Dev er Railroad, nee _r the
Ludgate Hill Station, which was used 1
as a storehouse for the scenery of the
chc' .12 Theatre.
_ hailroad (33.1 nings
re A; our WAR -
President Has Adopted Definite
Policy on Cuban Question. ‘
,’
TIME FOR ACTION ARRIVED
[f the Disaster to'the Maine Was an r‘.ccl- ‘
dent, He Will Insist on the Sale of the
Island to the Insurgents; if the Result of
a Spanish Plot, “for Must Follow.
Washington, Feb. 19,—From a source
entirely trustworthy it is learned that
the President has adopted a definite
futue policy on the Cuban question;
He‘ has attempted no interference $711233;
Spanish rule so far, and contemplfltéd
none. He has contented himself with
remonstrances and friendly requests to
Spain for peace. Nothing has result—
ad but the farce of autonomy. The time
is approaching for action. The condi~
tions which exist cannot be permitted
to continue much longer withoutbe?
coming a reproach to the civilized
world, and to the United States in
particular. Everything will depend
on the outcome of the Maine disaster.’
If it is proved to have been due to ac-
cident, the administration will open
negotiations for Cuba’s freedom. If
foul play is discovered, the plan will.
be held in abeyance.
"B1iefiy stated, the President intends
to favor the purchase of Cuba. by the
insurgents, with the United States to
guarantee their offer. The Cuban cus-
tom and Cuban exports will be a guar-
antee for the safety of any loan raised
for this purpose. It is the Pesident’s
conviction that he will experience no
difficulty in getting the approval of
Congress. The war debt of Spain is
not to be included, but Spain will, of
necessity, have to fix the price of her
colony.
There have been frequent consulta-
tions on this subject, and it is believed
to have made progress to completion
so far as Executive intention can go.
Mr. Long, Secretary of the Navy,
said yesterday that as soon as authen-
tic information is received it should be
immediately known, but if the horrible
destruction of life can can in any way
be laid to the door of Spain satisfac-
tory steps will be taken at once.
The administration View for the
present favors the theory that the dis-
aster cannot have been caused by
means other than by accident. If any
other view were taken by this Govern-
ment zefore an official inquiry it
would be a casus belli for Spain.
THE REVISED FIGURES.
Iota! Number of Lost. by the Maine Dis-
aster Given as 248.
V‘Iashington, Feb. 19.——The Navy De-
oartment late yesterday afternoon gave
out these revised statistics in connec—
tion with the dead, injured and saved,
from the battleship Maine:
Total officers and men on board
Maine, 358.
Total officers, 26; total men, 329; to-
tal officers saved, 24; total men saved,
76; total officers lost, 2; total men lost.
2&6; total officers injured, 0; total men
injured, 57; doubtful (men), 7
“Seven men appearing as doubtful
probably represent seven or less whose
lives have been saved, but who cannot
be identified at present on account of
errors in the transmission of telegrams.
“The fifty—seven appearing as injured
are included in the seventy-six appear-
ing as saved. Two men reported as
having died in hospital are included in
the total of 246 appearing above as hav~
lng been lost.”
'Expected to Be Blown Up.
Wilton, N. H., Feb. 19.—-August Biom-
serg, of this town, father of Fred Blom~
berg, one of the crew of the battleship
Maine, has made public a. letter from
his son, dated Havana, Feb. 10, in
which the latter says: “Vi/"e are in mor-
tal terror of our lives and expect to
be blown up at any moment.”
DUN’S WEEKLY REVIEW.
The Week’s Disaster Did Not Seriously
Efl‘ect Business Generally.
New York, Feb. 19.—-R. G. Dun &
Co’s review of trade says: “The dread—
ful disaster of the Maine, much as it
has affected all hearts, has not much
affected business. Only in the stock
market, where there was selling Wed-
nesday by speculators on thin margins,
but in no other speculative market, was
an effect felt, nor in general business.
Nothing has occurred tore-heck the in—
crease in production or in working
force. The proposal of a. general strike
in cotton mills to support the New
Bedford strikers does not thus far seem
likely to meet much response. Wheat
has advanced, and cotton heldits ad—
vance, money markets are untroubled,
merchandise exports exceeded imports
in January by $57, 688, 546, and in the
past six months by $360, 407, 642, the cus~
toms and internal revenue in seventeen
days of February are more than $2,300,-
000 larger than in the same part of
January, and the $3,500.000 imports of
gold in January are already exceeded
this month.
“\Vheat has risen 3 3-8 cents, and ex—
ports continue so heavy that a material
advance is natural. The iron output
Feb. 1, with reports of stocks on hand
not held by the great. steel companies,
Indicates consumption at least 3,000 tons.
per week greater in January than the
previous maximum attained in Novem-
ber, 1895. The production is atpresent
greater than consumption, stocks hav-
ing increased 9,016 tons weekly in Janu-
‘ary outside the steel companies, whose
‘stocks presumably decreased.
“Average prices for sixty active
stocks went above $60 per share last
w or k for the first time since April, 1893,
and people v ho thought reaction due
had sold 11' ea‘ ily; but some Washington
traders were forced to cover 25,000
shares at :3. loss, and London bought
about «in {$3 shares more than it sold.
The disaster to the Maine caused sharp
decline on V: ednesday, but prices re-
covered, with good investment buying
all the time, and such borrowing de—
mand the .t most stocks loaned ‘fiat.’
in February have
been ‘ '.f’ ner cent. larger than last year-
but 24 percent. less than in 1882, the
main do! reuse being in coal carrie.s.
“*‘ailmes in February for two 11091-8
l13."'13 be: -n 35.25131‘3against $6,651,535
‘ost year, and $7 $815393 in 1893, manu—
. actuving $2 £92,113: against $3,501,422.
.111 t: urine $2,435,132 against $3 0‘56, 251).,
aili'rc . f. 1 the v each have been 295
, z e 1.2'11 <- -d States against 303 last year
End" of) in Canada against 58 last year." ~ -
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