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night, the newspaper called.It was: the; first "case 'on -record.1. ./.

INCREDIBLE.

OUTrhere in God's great, quiet Nland"With the pujsing.sky-.above me

By every passing zephyr fannedAnd the long, lush grass to love me,Istretch myself ;full.length and lieEnamored of. the earth and :\u25a0 sky.

Ihear the river .murmuring..murmuring.

.And the song 'it sings is 'tender; '

-. '\u25a0 A butterfly is on the. wing, \u25a0

?: A;beautiful bit]of splendor,'From bloom to'bloom it!.flutters on,Then, like an autumn leaf, is:gone.

Full length IJie upon the green' !And the long, lush' grassr enfolds' me,

With earth and sky andall serene \u25a0

. . And the silence fondly, holds 'me,And 'faint and fainter, grows the gleamAs I-drift Outward in a drcani;

Forgetting all this world.of careAnd the chains that lohg:have:bound me,Ismell the earth-and drink tHe air ,

While the sunlight;;plays arouiid :me,;. Out here my vain complainings cease \u0084

And earth, my mother, brings me peace.

Out here in God's great, quiet land:Witl\ no mocking care .to floutme,.

With ;naught -of /me; to make demandWith; the dear earth's arms about me,

: I\u25a0 close mine eyes": ariVl"drift afar."-;

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.:.; ;Where dreamland's rbse-hued rislands are. ,:; /\u25a0\u25a0-':'

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BOX COAT IN:TAN COVERT.

AMONGithe numerous styles of coats for,thejearly fall;the: short box coat"on severely .tailored'lines fis .to \u25a0be Ta'"prime{favorite "witht.those"; builtion

\u25a0'y. \slender 'Hnes/^Allf sorts ;of-materials ?. are;: used* -In^theSdevelopmentr'ofthese ';\u25a0 coats, but f6r the separate garment tari'covert:is .by.far: theVmosttpref erfable." .This ;season's jmodels jshow; a)heavy, stitching at the' bottdnr of the coat,

.-and; they .are cutia"trifle:more ;flarlngvthan

'-formerly.!*The;•.pocket :iflaps, too,

.'". showia'changeitin .that |they,;are!cut withfrounds instead:; of Icorners.Wlth\ these coats a?e Iwdrri^one of the many.;'expTessions :6f,}small jhats,'«beh t

\and;twlsted.in the '<mbst: becoming angle^'and • simply 'trimmed ;^with{folds Vofvelvet and wings." \u25a0' "-" .'\u25a0\u25a0"'- :--\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0,">"-'':''\u25a0'--''::,':'\u25a0 -.'

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MIRROR OF DAME FASHION

:;;Youngun—But~i~x '\u25a0 suppose-

}t-~t

-~ your;- ,~ pur-poseiisjtot remove] a iBhe.et. ofJfly.paperthat \u25a0 you' veVsat: do wnvupon unthinking-*ly?—Philadelphia' Pres3.*^9teBjßHHßteri[

\u0084. lOlduri-rPerBevere,.my boy;;persevere;there's one. Lway. to accomplishyour/purposeT; and that' is:'"Stick.to it."

SECRETS. ;\u25a0. She— Theytve, been secretly cn-• gaged for^nearljt a year.

I:He^How tdo youknow?.:.Why; -. she •' told "almost every-,;body.^/ ; .

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"twll'~l^''

WWM'

iiijW>W IIBM—lJiii"^*"*™1"!The ;Judge— No, my conscience

doesn't "-hurt me ..when ,1 give a.man a life sentence." If J*mvBUre

of 'his 'guilt." But Isuppose 'yoursdoes? ;

-f.^S^VKSBBOS^y i•.: -:\u25a0

The Preacher— How do you mean?The Judge-^Wh}v you sentence

-~.many > innocent ;men ifor•life and

then collect a fee for doing Jt. :

THE DIFKEREXCB.

.Procrastination 'is^ the thief of. time-but the man who leaped before he ;lookeddoesn't: believe tit." , ':..''.•; .

;'_-Mighf;makes, right--but tho:burglar's <jimmy

'didn't "keep him out ;of 'prison'. .'

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"ry. Beauty unadorned ;ls;adorned tho.' most !

men believe It*after .a seasonatithe seashore. '. _^. ,:, . ,'\ . /..'

Jvidge;hot ;that ye. be;not Judged-^-butyou;need Cnot ? cease \u25a0'_ electing V judges onthat :account ;:they; aometirnes prove to be.useful.? ;; '; t

*: A:fool and hlsc money"are soon parted-^

but the lfact does .not .'differentiate Jhimfrom, a'wise man, for the latter holds 'hismoney -6nl>va' few.years.at most. , ;~iCharity sbegins5 begins at:home^-but \u25a0 some peo-ple Jarej mistaken *In- thlnldng? there is alaw compelling'itio\ stay there. \u25a0 '•

A little-bit of sunshine and. a little bitof"*:. rain, ". : . ..";

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:Ailittle.bit^ of pleasure and a little bit'ofiv pain/ '.' '-;\u25a0\u25a0 ':.\u25a0\u25a0 '-,\u25a0' V *:; '....-

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.:.. ; ;.:I'And-.then.fto fend J the .little things,, the*'

•. "long,"unbroken isrest. .

MAXIMS THAT MIGHT BE-

-AMENDED.'

A PLUTOCRAT.Inkwell, (to,Paper knife)—S««!

There goes that" rich jyoung Mr.Fountain Pen. Isaw him slgu acheck for $50,000 this morning.

NECESSARY.'*

Mrs.. Kdyne-rDoctor. Idesire tospend next winter in Florida.

Doctor Wise-^Certainly, madam.Have you selected your diseaseyet?- \ . . /'

, .V.QUEEH LITTLE MAID.There was a maid said:

'"I'm afraid

.\ Of horrid Charlie, Blls.c" .. VHe looks 'at me': so wistfully \u25a0

I'm".sure;he wants a kiss;I-:-\u25a0'_ .;And,"oh. itimakee me.so;afraid!"

.Remarked" that charming little maid.

'And so that maid so sore afraid%~;Looked. coy^ at =Charlie—so—

* -.. .Ap if;to say,' ."Don't come my way;:. That is— well—lldon'llknow."You seei ;sne was.so. so much .a fraid,

This very charming Uttlfe maid.

Some time. ha3' pa3t, and they at last ."•..Trot jointly,.as it were.And;no,oho;knows,

'biit

-1:suppose

/Sometimes he kisses her; • ;.1\ fancy, she is les3 afraidThan; once she was,:; the little maid.

Ihave no art a woman's heart v

To fathom land expound, .But this <:ase shows, '•_:beneath the rose,..The key to it is found

'In this brief rule: Ifjshe's afraid, -•;;Why,- then's the t.irne!to catch the maid.

"Was it-love'at:first sight ?V.>;-they thought so,, but later ob-'

servation3 proved that the sight .wasconsiderably twisted.". .

"/.'Do;you -believe, in;affinities In love?" _:/'Of:course ;;bu t.Inotice :that ,ths kindly

fates^ usually;\u25a0 arrange ithat.- they live on'the:samel section' of-land.";::*;

THESUNNYSIDE OF LIFE

Special Information supplied ;dally tobusiness houses and public'men by thaPress ClippingBureau (Allen's), 30 Cali-fornia street. Telephone Mala 1013.

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NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP—W. 8., City. There i3a difference be-tween nationality and citizenship.- Achild is a native of the country in. whichborn; on attaining majority >the indi-vidual may elect to become a citizen of

Townsend's California Glaco Fruits, In.-

axtls tic Hre-etched boxes. New stora nowopen. 767 Market street.

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81 Fourth 9t. (front birber), best eyeglasses;specs, 20c-50c; oth»r atorw, <2 SO-3 SO.

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MONEY IN BANK—Subscriber. City.

This department does not advise any

cne how to invest money nor advisein what bank to deposit money. . Ifyou desire to know the standing of thevarious banks doing business in thiscity make Inquiry at the office of thaBank Commissioners.

IRISH LANGUAGE—Subscriber, City.

The Irish is not "a dead language InIreland." The census of 1901 showsthat the number of people returned asspeaking only.Irish was 38,192 andspeaking Irish and English 697145.

PROBABLYi APROPOS ; OF.NOTHING.

•':I'X see ithat some "\of theVpieat \packerswho violated the interstate commerce. lawhave been ;fined '.' from -55000

"to $10,000

apiece."*"

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'•Yes, Inoticed jit."..f;spg|!|\ "And it. is aaid tthawt w they feel very

much hurt-V , ;" , ."Naturally." .-/.-*

"Ever see my,five-year-old when he'sbeen "naughty, and his" mother gets afterhim?"

"Don't know,as Ihave.""Well, she takes him across her knee

and delivers some taps on hishome basethat wouldn't; hurt' the -feelings of a ma-rauding, mosquito.' .'But; he,yells! My,doesn't he yell! You would. think he .wasbeing killed. And. after she* gets donefondling him she says, .'There! Ihopethisf will 'serve a3 a warning.to you." Ireckon it might' if he ever, was able tDnotice that anything in particular hadtaken Ulace.^V;VYes,but what has this to do with the

meat packers', fines ?','\u0084

-Sli'Oh," nothing;.:nothing, in particular. .. Ijust;happened' to mention the boy and hisma, ithat . was all.! Prpbably that is allthere is to improbably :"it is."

LETTER CARRIERS— A. S., City.

Any one-desiring to become a lettercarrier in the Postoffice Departmentmust take the civilservice examination,irrespective of;the fact that the appli-

cant has served as a special messenger.

TWO STEAMERS— J. U. Jamestown.Cal. The tonnage of the steamer Dakotais, gross 21,000 tons, net 13,305. That of

the Minnesota is, gross 20,713 tons, net13.323.

CAT WITH FlTS— Subscriber. City. Acorrespondent writing to this departmentgives the following as a method of treat-ing a cat with fits: "To brlns a Malteseor other domestic cat out of a fit withoutmutilating it In any way. give half-tea-spoonful doses of salt dissolved in tepidwater: put wet salt upon th* tongue, re-peat two or three times if necessary;

shelter the animal from cold and draft;give a comfortable bed *ln a dark, quietplace. If this does not bring about thadesired result apply a flannel wrung outin warm alcohol or whisky to tha abdo-men and cover carefully. You will prob-ably soon hear the animal purring In re-lief and a long sleep will follow. Toprevent a repetition of the fits avoidstartling or worrying the animal. Give ita variety of simple food, no tough orstringy or raw meat; never give the ani-mal meat wfth a milk diet or allow it tolie with its^ead toward the flre. Ifthefit is the result of a bltft or sting consulta veterinary surgeon."

INDEBTEDNESS— W. R.. Miller. Cal.The bonded Indebtedness of..the -city

and county of San Francisco at thistime is 54,245,100.

KALAKAUA—Subscriber. City. King

David Kalakaua of the Hawaiian Islandsdied in:San Francisco of Brighfs diseaseJanuary 20, IS&L ,

BLAKE—Subscriber, City. Maurice C.Blake was Mayor of San Francisco from

December 5. 1881. until January 8, ISB3.

any country. A child born to Americanparents, say while traveling through

China or while the father was in the ser-vice of the United States and residing InChina, would be a native of China, butby reason of the fact that such childwa3 born to American parents who hadnot become citizens of that country itwould be an American citizen. Citizen-ship may be changed at win, but nation-ality,never.

ANSWERS TO QUERIES

''ItIs rumored in New York that John

W. Gates Is to be financial backer forChafes E. Burnell. a young turfman.who Tias been purchasing a string ofyearlings. His closest friends do notcredit the report, but th« rumor willnot down. There Is no doubt that goaawealthy man is backing DumoU to ahandsome extent.

. Miss Fannie Weeks, the Treasuryclerk, who was killed a few days agoby fallinginto a geyser in Yello\*stonePark, left a'will with these curious di-rections: "The casket shall not costover $75. Interment shall be at RockCreek Cemetery, on high ground, in fullsunshine. My grave shall be lined, bot-

tom anil sides, withgranite blocks not

less than one foot thick. A granitemonument shall be placed at my grave.It shall not cost more than $S0 andshall bear the following? inscription:•Miss Fannie JfcyWeeks. Died, such adate. "He giveth his beloved sleep."

'My funeral shall be held from the NewYork Avenue Presbyterian Church. The

Possibility that the Japanese armymight mutiny because peace had beendeclared recalls an Incident of thoFranco- Prussian war. After th« battlaof Sedan and the surrender of thaFrench Emperor .with 84.000 troops,next day many European newspapersthought that France had been humbledsufficiently. At a council of war CrownPrince

'Frederick suggested to YonMoltke that perhaps It were better to

call a halt. The great strategist lis-tened In silence, but when pressed for areply said grimly to Emperor William,!'Slre, Imust blood my hounds," and »othe war went on.

y The Duke of Abruzzl is clearly of theopinion that the old proverb, "He whois born to be hanged will never badrowned," is correct in .theory ifnot Inliteral application. The Duke has beenflirting with death ever since he at-tained his majority and apparently

bears a charmed life, since he has suf-

fered on 111 effects from his. various dar-ing adventures. He has been in variousautomobile accidents, in the most seri-ous of which ho was thrown thirty feetover a hedge and yet was not even seri-ously injured. He has indulged a fadfor Arctic being compelled

to abandon his ship, which was caught

in the ice pack oft Prince Rudolph

Island. He has made innumerableascents in a balloon, is noted as o^ne ofthe most daring Alpine climbers in Eu-rope and now he purposes tempting

fate by hunting big game in CentralAfrica.

Ata meeting of the General Synod laQuebec all the members stood up whileArchbishop Mathewson of Ruperts Landcongratulated Archbishop Bond ofMontreal in their name upon the ar-rival of hia ninetieth birthday. Thevenerable primate was greatly moved.After a few words of thanks and areference to the day, sixty-flye years

ago, when he knelt with two otheryoung men in that very city and feltthe hands of the late Bishop Mountainlaid on his head Inordination, he turnedto the prolocutor. "Pray for me,** hasaid. , •

You have sometimes thought, ,Idoubt'not, that a pregnant thought you

had, , . :Something graver than a motion, some-, thing deeper than a fad, -^And you strove that thought to grapple

and to place it in your yoke.

But you found the "effort fruitless— 'twas; a bubble, and it broke;.Arid Ihereby ,make confession that my.. case is*much the. same;Ihave seen iaea3,surging, but Icouldn't, cage'; the game; -And, in":; fact.^thls little anthem proves

. that Iam thus accursed;

For Imearit'to fly a ;thoughtlet— 'twas abubble, and 'it burst! • .

Ajv we -mortals/ oft are bubbles floating

through the spaces^wide.Sheen and; splendor in appearance—most-\::ly-vacuum inside. ,.-. \u25a0

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Here's a favored, ,fa\-ored fellow. Just:\ '.\u25a0 *\u25a0] observe ;his diamonds flash,Andyhis: style's a; proclamation, "Notice

ffc. V'fhow-1cut a dash!" ': :,

Draw xpii'.closer to the chappie, all hisinner worth" to find.

Andfryou'll: note ;his composition—one-\u25a0\u25a0:...] tenths sheen and nine-tenths wind.Merely,;as -;^an illustration "of the fact I. '-mentioned first.' . .That the bubble shining brightest often is

the soonest burst.

BLOWING,BUBBLES*-~fTSLOSEIbe§ ide the~;kitchen doorway,"I;* in the Land of.Long Ago,- N."Was—* ."Was a bench, of home 'production,-

where, bur bubbles 'we would-\u25a0'.•:, blow.'There, we children used to gather, pipe

;\u25a0'\u25a0" of clay in.every -hand.And the bubbles

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drifted;skyward to the±y '\u25a0 shrieking of the. band. •\u25a0\u25a0><'- V:-;\u25a0".•".'-. \u25a0

Bubbles :great and bubbles smaller, bub-bright and bubbles dim, .

Allwent'floatins:, floating.' onward at thewind's fantastic whim;

Rainbow bubbles", iridescent as the opalssuns have nurse'l—

AndInoticed that the brightest was theone that burst the

"first. ;.

\u25a0 \u25a0', Vi. 1~:,: \u25a0 . \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:-\u25a0',Still beside that ,kitchen .doorway stands

> the bench rknew of yore,But we"children .of the- old-time gather. round -it;nevermore.; ' •' \u25a0

We have •wandered.' down -life's highway> ; ,:tillitno .shadows rearward creep—

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Some* are here and some are*yonder; some:, have' sunk

kto dreamless ;sleep-

But whereye'r. we may journey, still pur'. bubbles ;bright; wejbibw,

Smiling, at their fragil«xsplen*dor, slghlris,v;oft to

'see ;them go; >

And forever we "are Jearning life's great. ; lesson,: e'er, rehearsed, . .

Thatlthe one of sheen :the brightest oftenis -the

'first to.bursL'

There's .the tairy,; fairy bubble known as

Fame." In youth's .bright dawnWe behold:it: dancing o'er us. Comes a

T: breath, ,arid—it is gone! . \u25a0

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There's Wealth's 1bubble iridescent,' of ar '.-\u25a0-: sheen -that few resist; •

Even as: we'd gra;p its glory, lo! itmelts'\u25a0\u25a0: \u25a0'-..-: ?iway..in -mist. . i ;: •Youthful-; love and youthful dreaming—

happier we than we,may.knowIf their, dancing, 1glancing graces do not'. l<ke a vapor go. '/;.

Every ;dreamer has his yis!ons, hope-en-:- gendered, fancy-nursed, \v.

And the one" pf sheen the brightest oftenis" the first to burst.

Senator Foraker of Ohio holds that,while no-- good American -will 11« forrevenue only, except to the Assessor.we all lie a little,no matter how truth-ful we consider ourselves.' "For*ln-stance." says the Senator, "1know anauthor who writes bang-up books,, andeverybody knows it, but he has oftentold me that.be writes wretched stuff,

and (hat Brown and Smith and Robin-son are twice as clever as he Is. Now.he doesn't believe a word of that Hereally believes that he can write any

man living clean out of sight, andwhenever any critic finds fault with hiswork he gets everlastingly riled andswears that the critic is a prejudicedass- He is as truthful as any man thatever lived, yet he will lie about him-self."

M. Witte, principal Russian delegate

to the peace conference, first attractedattention by"acts \of disobedience. He/was"a station master in"Southern Rus-sia at the time of the "war with Tur-key^;; In that campaign Russia's posi-tion in the field .was jeopardized by thelack of .reinforcements resulting, fromofficial incompetence, causing conges-tion of;the whole railway lines. M.Witte disobeyed, the insane instructionsof his superiors, 'straightened 'things

out and rushed through trains ladenwith troops, leaving on sidings specialtrains occupied by fussy autocrats whohad been to blame for the delay. Therewas' a big row, but the station master'spolicy was upheld, hij initiative waskept in mind and in course of time hebecame manager of the Southeast Rail-way, director of Russia's railways. Min-ister of ways of communication,' Mi-

nister of Finance and later the ImperialChancellor.

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Order of tho Eastern Star shall officiate.Mr. "Wright in O street, Northwest, shallbe the undertaker." '^

A.J. Waterhouse

OCCIDENTALACCIDENTALS

PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE

There is something humorous in any person lying awake worryingwhether Theodore/ Roosevelt is able to take care of himself.— Chicago Post.*

That • florist . was an all-in-a-nutshell biographer when j.tie inscribed afloral pillow for a dead collector, "His Life Work Dun."—Baltimore Sun.-

A Frenchman' predicts that we shall all live in glass houses before long.A large number have already moved in, but theyrdo.not seem to.be over-liappy in their quarters.— New York Tribune.

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The Denver man who paid his wife's alimony in mining stock in hisown mine and then depressed the value of it to make her sell seems to havesojved the marriage problem.

—New,York Commercial. _

Publicity, in addition to its curative properties, is "useful sometimes as apreventive. There are. reasons for thinking that it prevented one Addicksfrom going to the United States Senate.

—Chicago Tribune.

Notwithstanding the denials. of Colonel Watterson that he has a mintbed and mixes juleps, the Prohibitionists show no disposition to make himtheir standard bearer in the next campaign.— Kansas City Journal.

LIFE insurance methods are sharply criticized in' the Octobernumber of the Forum by . Louis Windmuller. He does notconfine blame to officers of the companies, but shows that the

public is in large measure responsible fpr, the mismanagement of;funds and the extravagance which has ;•made insurance come-rfardearer to people of moderate

1 means than' they could afford.^ His.paper points out grave faults and also suggests remedies that he'thinks would correct them. .- Itis well known that the value of a policy becomes greatly less-ened if the holder is obliged to surrender it from inability to pay.the premium; but it is not so well known that the profits to thecompanies from this source are enormous, that a very large propor-tionof the people are caught in financial straits and are so compelledto sacrifice a Urge part of the savings they had put into insurance.Itis easily seen that the effect of this system of compelling policy-holders to risk their premium money is to make a gamble of anoutlay that ought to be the very opposite of the gambling spirit. Weare told that twice as much insurance lapses and is surrendered asis paid for at maturity. "Man}' forfeitures occur because sanguinepersons, persuaded by overzealous agents, are unable to pay eventhe second premium." vv One of the remedies recommended is that all the companies

could do a larger and safer business if they "were to return to thefirst principles of life insurance, selling, for the smallest premiumsconsistent with safety, old line, non-participating policies." As forJlie public's. share in the blame, the writer says :"For the extensivesale of these expensive policies the public is largely- to blame. Themost audacious canvassers could not have. succeeded by their,'rribstinsinuating manners inplacing the large number they did if the expec-tation of the insured that during their lives they would participate inthe profits had not induced them to take them.

* * * Theircredulity has created the vast power of^ the huge companies whichthey now ask the Federal Government to control."

INSURANCE REMEDIES.

Thus, with abundant crops, selling at high prices, the mills and'labor fuily employed, the wholesalers, jobbers and retailers report-ing activity in their several lines, collections prompt and plenty b£.money, apparently, to meet all calls, it appears that the country isstill in the full enjoyment of prosperity. Orfthe. Pacific Coast* theprospects for the coming }rear are especially bright, there being noadverse conditions of any consequence at present.

THE feature in business last. week was the sudden flurry in call,money in New York on,Friday, the rate advancing from^^ to

7 per cent, with frequent fluctuations up and down betweenthese two extremes. The causes of the flurry were, several, but thesalient ones were the loss of $6,679,000 from the banks to the sub-treasury, the drafts and borrowings to provide for the quarterly set-

tlements on October 1and to carry current matters over to Monday,the movement of the Western. crops, the Pennsylvania and Atchisonbond subscription payments and the advance in the Bank of Eng-land discount rate from 3to 4 per cent the day before. , v.1 All these combined circumstances were sufficient to staggerany money market, and it is not surprising that the rates advanced.But there" was no alarm, as all these conditions had been expected,and when 'the. rate got up to 6 per cent the banks and other largennancial interests promptly appeared in the market with millionsto lend, one bank.alone loaning $10,000,000 at this figure, an indi-vidual house $3,000,000, and other 'institutions very heavy, sums.This ready appearance of available funds allayed any t apprehen-sion that might have been felt, and the market receded from 7 to 6per cent, where it closed. There were loans on Saturday at s|an_d

'hV'z Per cent - The flurry was apparently the culmination of the dis-turbance, as the rates for call loans had been advancing for somedays. Premonitions had been given a fortnight before by the ad-vance in the rates of discounts by the banks of England, France amiGermany, and the flurry had largely been foreseen and discounted.

A matter of extensive comment was the steadiness and evenbuoyancy with which the stock market received the sudden rise inmoney. By allprecedent the advance in money should have causedconsequent? liquidation in the stock market and a resultant declinein stocks, but this expected occurrence did not take place. Thewhole list was steady and some stocks 'actually went up. It wasan artificial steadiness, however, and readily comprehensible by ac-customed observers of the stock market. .Strong hands were sus-taining quotations and would not permit them to fall. This showedtwo conditions

—first, that the public were not very large holders

of stocks, else mere would have been immediate and hystericalliquidation; and second, that the great banking' interests were not

willingto see a lower market at this time; But^even if the-steadi-.ness were artificial and contrary to the normal laws of trade, thefact that the market -could be held up under such an array of ad-verse circumstances was proof that underlying supporting forceswere very strong, that basic conditions of trade were on firm founda-tions, and was therefore encouraging and productive of confidence•in the future: In all respects, therefore, Friday was a very inter-esting and curious day in money and stock circles.

Reports from the industrials and staples were again cheerful.The season is now so late that the crops may be considered sate

from frosts as a rule, and abundant harvests are thus assured. Thisis a great thing for the country. Again, the mills and factorieseverywhere report their machinery running topfull capacity. TheAmerican Locomotive Company reports a. very large businessbooked ahead for the coming year and that every department willbe loaded to the limit for a long period. Railway managers reporta scarcity of cars and engines to handle the business tendered them.The bank clearings for the week were 26.1 per cent larger than forthe corresponding week last year, with almost all the leading citiesand towns showing gains, and the aggregate clearings were $2,539,7000,000. Mercantile collections were reported good in all sections-Cotton sales of large proportions at good prices were reported by•the Sottfh, and the distribution of merchandise was liberal every-where. Allkinds of building and structural material were in con-tinued active demand. Winter seeding of wheat was active, with anincreased acreage indicated. The scarcity of steel is increasing, and,as mentioned several times of late, orders for considerably over amillion tons of steel rails have been booked for the coming year.The only line in the country showing overproduction at present isbituminous coal. , v

THE FLURRY IN MONEY.

ADVICES;received by the Ban Do-- mingo Consulate at New York de-

,, clare that' a man \ passing -undertheiiame* of Larawals, .^but "who- in,reality was A. B.".Rawlsjßeader,was.re-sponslble't for the recent revolutionary:flurryjin? San Domingo, says tho "Phila-delphia North American.".

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\[\Larawals^; as he was v known, on*, the 1island," is .alleged to have* offered^ GeneralDemetrio.Rodriquez the active ,leadershipin a to. overthrow? 1President\u25a0Morales and -the 'present administration.'This"plot was nipped '\u25a0In the ibud; byTthe/arrest of a number. -of.prominent- Domin-icans whose -opposition', to thV'admlnis-.tration is; well' known. ; ; ' %

The \ letters ;'receiyed by:.' the Consulatecontain the fassertion that

-the'name of

Senator Morgan,of-.: Alabama, and of,theSan .Domingo S Improvement ,Company fofNew York,"-as well as theInames of.sev-eral: other -

United: States Senators, ;werefreely -used by Larawals 'Jn furthering

"the!, scheme.' >.\u25a0\u25a0..,:..'. \u25a0\u25a0.. ,:..' -V" - ;- ; \u25a0"-:r~- .-,-\u25a0--.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-'. Rawls-Reader is the \husband vofxMrs.Ella ;;whoso attempt glast,winter to sell Samanaßay to the UnitedStates; fthanco r the indebtedness of SariDomingo; and whose career as a promoter

of big enterprises has won for- her 1 the <

title of the leading: business woman/ofthe .United States. ', ' :Mrs. Rawls-Reader., maintains' an office

lit,45 AV'allistreet,:: and .has ;influentialconnections among leading financiers whohave been interested in her San Domingo

scheme and iirher railroad enterprises inthe: South, in England and in Jahore,India. She admitted when seen that" herhusband had just returned from a secretvisit'to San Domingo,

"but declared \that

he was on. the island in' connection withprivate business enterprises In which sheand a number, of others are interested. •

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALLJOHN D. SPKECKELS ..,........./..... .1\u2666......... .Proprietor

ADDRESS AUiCOMMUNICATIONS TOJOHN McXAUGHT .^ManagerPUBLICATION OFFICE THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAW FRANCISCO

'MONDAY \u0084 ./-...OCTOBER 2, 1905

THE SAN FRANCIS^

Famous Woman Promoter Denies :% >- .

Connection With RevolutionaryxPlot in Island of San Domingo

Mrs. .Rawls-Reader stated also thatLarawals is her cable address, and deniedmost -positively that either her .husbandor herself had any connection with a BanDomlrigan revolutionary plot..

MRsi ELLA RAWI-S-UEADER.

IN THE COUNTRY

The policeman .entered'his home and

hung Bup his coat and helmet. "Mary,"

he said; "I've resigned." '-."What for?"asked his astonished

"wire. /' "I'm going

Into business for myself.V^i can do bet-ter that way than Ican dp, working

for the Police Department. "lsupposeyou're"— "No, Mary," he said, "Iknow what you suppose. Ihave "a llt-

r

tie surprise for you.'-' The woman satdown and drew a long breath. "Well,"

she said, '!jvhat is it? I'm -ready."'"Mary," he

'replied . gravelyt "I'm : not

going into the saloon business." .That

.Tho prizefighter,, had;.been touched onthe, shoulder by:the -referee and he wasnow,;: champion. As;;he !; entered hisdressing-room; a- man :;hurried up tohim. : "Mr. Sw^tti" :he _ said, -.'.'l'll* giveyou $3000 '\u25a0:\u25a0.'\u25a0 a/.year \u25a0/ to -;go l^on!;the stageunder, my:"management.''.. The cham-pion 'hesitated. .'"Ten 'thousand," saidthe

* manager. ; The ']\u25a0 prizefighter'

he.ldup his jhand* ."Friend,"/* he . began, ."1wouldn't accept :$50,000. 151 have too|muchrespect for, the :.public."—Kansas City

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