The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
GOLD CALCULATES AGAIN.
Hotels, Ticket Offices, Etc, Showered
With 1t,

with 1T.
Judge McCafferty had a client who,
feeling the beneficial effects Of the cleo
ton, walked into his attorneys Office
and paid part of his account with a
twenty dollar gold piece.
i've been holding on to that Sinner
for fear I'd never see another" said
the client. McCafferty went to lunch
at a certain restaurant and gave the
waiter the twenty to pay for the
chicken croquettes and small bottle
(beer). A travelling man wanted to
buy a box of cigars and broke one of
the f1fties he had been given for ex-
pense money on the first trip he had
made for two months. He went to the
restaurant Mr.. McCafferty patronized
for the particular brand and received
that twenty-dollar gold piece as part
of his change. The traveller was at the
Windsor for dinner and paid for it with
his gold eagle. An hour later Will
Summers gave the same gold piece to
count with the house. First gold
have seen for four months" said the
departing guest Looks good, but
don't want it. Got paper?" and Sum-
mers fired out four fves.
That's the third man that has re-
fused to take gold in change today,
said Summers. "A week ago there was
everybody has it-especially the travel
ing men, who have been drawing from
the banks and preparing for their road
trips. The banks must be paying out
stacks of the yellow boys. We are get
ting more gold here than before the
Chicago convention. OF course we take
it-but no one seems to want 1t in
change. Looks like confidence with a
large c had come again, doesn't it?'
The same reports were made at the
other large hotels. Gold? Lots OF
it," said Presiding Genius Harris, at
the Ryan. ION Wednesday I saw the
first ten-dollar gold piece that has been
in the house for weeks. Yesterday we
must have taken in a hundred, and to-
day as much more. Hard to get rid Of
though. Nobody seems to want it In
change. Pay their bills promptly to
get rid of it-seems like. If we didn't
force it on our guests we'd have gold
to burn in a few weeks from now
Confidence is a good thing, for a that
an a that as Bobby Burns says In
this book Of his poems 1 am now read
ing. Some things in the book as good
as gold, but they do not circulate SC
freely"
Bookkeeper Kibbe, at the Merchants
stroked his whiskers thoughtfully and
asked Col. Carson what should be done
with the accumulations of yellow coin
Send it back to the bank" said the
colonel I'VE don't want so much gold
It's a good thing in the banks, l sup
pose, or the people of this country
wouldn't have given Mckinley such a
big majority; but it's nuisance wher
your guests insist in paying their bills
in gold and will not take change in the
same kind Of money. A week age
everybody in the Northwest was hun
gering for a sight of a sinner and now
no one wants it" Mr. Kibbe acknowl-
edged that he had taken in several
hundred dollars since Tuesday and that
he Is sending 1t to the banks because
no one seems to want the coin in
change.
At the union depot ticket office, very
few gold pieces were seen prior to
Wednesday. In fact, a gold flyer was
so scarce that the ticket sellers looked
at them a second time and were tempo
rarily dazed at the odd sight. Things
have changed now. Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday the union
depot ticket Office took in over 5000 In
gold each day, in addition Of course
to the great amount OF silver ano
greenbacks. The agents say that next
week they expect to take in still largei
amounts Of gold, as the banks have
sent out notices that gold can be Sc
cured on demand.
The Chicago, Burlington & Northern
took in over $120 on one day in gold
since the election, and paid it out
again in making change.
The Chicago Northwestern paid out
gold as fast as 1t came in, but they re.
ceived but about $50 in the yellow
metal.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Pau
took in about $40 in gold yesterday, and
expect larger receipts next week.
The Wisconsin Central took in $16(
in gold for tickets sold Friday and the
agents were very much surprised at the
unexpected appearance of the yellow
bows" Friday was the biggest day ir
receipts Of gold, but some was received
on other days.
The office Of the Minneapolis & ST
Louis, and the st. Paul & Duluth took
in $40 in yellow metal on Thursday and
lesser amounts on other days Of the
week.
The 500 has taken In more gold since
election than In the six months preced-
ing election. The 500 has received al
told about $400 in gold at it's city ticket
office, and the precious metal has beer
sent back. into circulation whenever
the purchaser Of a ticket demanded
gold in change.
The freight departments of all the
roads have also received far more
gold than Is usual. The big mercantile
establishments Of the city all report
large receipts Of gold coin. The re-
ceipts Of gold show more plainly thar
ANYTHING else the immediate beneficial
effects of the electan Of Mckinley.
RAILROAD MEN HAPPY.
Traffic Improves and Investments