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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
ROUND THE WORLD ROUTE
Pferpont Morgan Negotiating for the
Control OF the baltimore a.
Ohio Raflruad

One OF the big railroad deals OF the paSt
year that was mentioned by the Past-fn-
telGgencer as having a local connection
vas thai Of the round he-worid pail ana
water route made possible By the trafFe
errnnEeraent between the Great Northern
and the Baltimore a Ohio. the connection
being made at FairpoTt. -. IL was ono II
the stupendous affairs that conteusplste1
transatlantic steamship connections at
e.ther New York, Jersey City Or Baltimore
and the Nippon Nusen kaisha az Seattle.
The interest OF J T1e~vcuf Moran IN
Ncrtheru Pacific sifa3Fs lends \ new c,'or
60 The big deal when Il becomes known
that az present BE il after The control II
the Baltimore & Ohio The fight viii
come almost any time row. AR Morgan
VII try - secure the property through
foreclosure proceedings The receivers -
the road viii. IN behalf of the Baltimore
interests. enGe2Yor 20 fcTestnu Mr. Nor
gan.
ON October thu interest coupons on
S7.18& en % hcnds - the Chicago d4sisf,r,
held by J. ?. Morgan & Co. were three
snorths in default. Under the agreement
made when Morgan & Co took The bonds
foreclosure proceedings could not hezi,
urtu ni8eFy DAYS after such default n "a
asserted in Wan street fhat Mr.. Nerras
Mn lCse no time ia beginning suit 70 take
the read.
That NJ. Morgan has heen waiting Tor
tAis e Shown by Ire fact that a,tbo-,r-b
Charles II Coster az tho banking hon-a
hss secured permission from the Federal
court Tor receiveT~6trs fo- chose branches
- che goad !n ohio. Indiana ard Tnnefz
no receivers have yct beea named Mr.
NagEan DOES mex want 70 take control q
a jog O. uon-paytng branches unless he
can ST The main FIRE Il IS said ia Ven
street that SpeyET & Co. wao have adj
T1nee3 money - THE Tsa3t mora 4 rhto
t'omuswv and ira Baltimore fgfs~esss
represented ~ TIE receivers. Wifi opposs
NJ. MorS&n streUususiy. Thefr plan II ia
ss3d w3H - 90 default on certain fnfere-t
fay NESTS dHs GA October !. 10 ether uar-
ties. sn1 ,hus give ar opres turity - con-
test the Morgan SUIT for foreclosure.
= - che pr~xenf the receivers ~ ~.
b lL1oge q Ohio have 6atagltca to the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
MINERAL IN THE oLYMPICs.
Tarhoe. Iererson Countv.

Tsrboe, Jefferson County, Sept. q.
To the Editor. Please let me know
through the Post-Tnteiligencer Il the
Olympic mountains were ever explored or
prospected. CHARLES JOHNSON.
The Olympic mountains were explored
by IN expedition sent out by a Seattle
newspaper IN the winter OF 1880 and bv
a party OF regular soldiers headed by
Lieut.. ONe1 in the summer Of 1850
Some prospecting was done about that
time on the SkokOmlsh river above Lake
Cushman. where copper ore was found.
and OF late years promising mineral dis
coveriss have been made on the Dose
wallips DUckabueh and Elwha rivers.
Some development is IN progress on the
I1osewz4ifnS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

DENVER. Oct. IA special TO the Re-
publican from Phoenix. Arizona, says:
Word has been received here that the
hosting elevator of the Blackberry copper
mine near Globe. Arizona were blown up
with dynamite Saturday night. Two ex-
plosions were heard. The shaft house
and engine We're completely wrecked.
Charges of giant powder had evidently
been placed on both the engine cylinders.
Even the foundation of the building was
torn out by the explosions. Discharged
employees are suspected.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
THE UNION PACIFIC SALE.
story That N London Syndicate Will
Try to Purchase II.

LONDON, Oct. 5.-Tne Daily Chronicle
this morning publishes under reserve a
sensational report that a strong London
syndicate has sent the United States gov
eminent through Consul General Osborn
an offer 10 purchase the Union Pacific rail-
road. According to this report a New
York syndicate has offered $4,000 900, and
the government has decided to sell the
road at auction November l. believing that
It win realize at least $1,000 90, and per-
haps eli 600 or el2. 600. 600.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
NEW MINISTER TO PARAGUAY.
Finch, of Wisconsin, Appointed,
Batch of New Cousuis

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.--The president
today made the following appointments:
William Il. Finch, of Wisconsin. envoy
extraordinary and minister pienipotenti-
airy to Paraguay and Uruguay; consuls-
James /. Dodge, of Indiana, at Nagasaki,
Japan; George w. Dickinson. of New
York, at Belleville. Ont: Alvin Smith. of
Ohio. at Trinidad. West Indies. and Percy
MsElrath. of New York. at Turin. Italy:
Joseph PerrauIt. of Boise, to be surveyor
general of Idaho.
Mr.. Finch. who is named as United
States minister to Uruguay and Paraguay.
is editor and proprietor Of the La Crosse.
Wis, Republican and Leader. He has
been prominent in Republican politics in
Wisconsin for many years, and has the
reputation Of being a man OF literary at
tainments and general ability
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
FUR SEAL PLENTIFUL.
rhry Are Restless. However. snd
some Have Reen branded

VICTORIA. =. O.. Oct Capt Cox. -
lhe sealing schooner Triumph. which r.
turned FROM iseTinE SEA w{th So skiwz f,r
the season. SAYS seals are plentiful in The
sea There are as many there Eats see-
son as there ever we're bas for sozas cause
or another thsy are very restless
Included ia Ais catch are four or 60
skins frrsn whiea che BAR has been burn.
ofg the hack. They are not braadet h,rt
there = ga iron nasrS. froun Vhleh the f..r
IL burned seemingly hy eis-srle3tv Cast
Cox SAYS ;hht n hls opsaion 70 Vas not
burned IT VITA bot irons These a~s
probably. ~ thfsks. saTna % tie seals 81
wl4fSh the branding apparatus vas used
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

SACRAMENTO. Oct. 4-Whle en-
route TO this city from Portland Or. John
Shsnahan q retired soldier. became vIo-
leniiy insane this morning. and attempted
- kin number OF passengers and train
men on the Oregon express He fired A
revolver at the trainmcn and terrarized
the passengers. but was finally overpow-
cred. When the train reached this city
he was placed IN tali
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Sent the Good News to shoIto.

sAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. Oct. A.
Lord Douglas. OF Harwick. England. ar
rived in this city this morning from the
Michiplcoten gold fields, where he secured
an Interest In seven valuable claims. He
Is an enthusiastic believer in the great
possibilities Of the rev mining region
and has telegraphed his brother, Sholto
at Seattle. 10 meet him here, when the
two Will further investigate. Returning
prospectors today report rich finds. which
insure fortunes for their owners.
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Remain. to Ncxotiate necInrncitr.

WASHINGTON. Oct An. rateDotre
French ambassador has notified the state
department today Of his prospective trans.
ference 70 Madrid and that ne would bs
succeeded al Washington by NJ. Camfsof.
the present governor or Algeria The
change WIZ not take place for several
months. and NJ. Patenotre viii IN the
Meantime sn5sav3r TO negotiate a recipro-
city treaty with this government
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The Humane Society.

Owing 20 the continued indisposltlon of
Judge Roger Z. Greene. president OF the
Humane Society, the regular monthly
meeting for October has been postponed
to the first Monday Ia November Due
notice OF place o. meeting will appear
TIE society is much gratlfed and enceur-
aged b. The application from outside
towns Tor information regarding the or
SANITATION Of q humane society. taus show
Ing that the good example IS being fol-
lowed
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Postofiice Appointment Held Up.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelllgencer
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE appoint
ment OF A. A. Miller as postmaster at Pull
man, made September is. has been held up
TO give opportunity for Investigation OF GER
tain charges made against him by the OPP
posing candidate. The particulars of the
charges are refused by postofflce officials.
1t Is stated that the matter would probably
await the return OF Senator Wilson To this
city. He IS expected some time this month.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

For several moaths I vas troubled vfth
. persistent humor on my head. which
gave me considerable annoyance. unfit II
occurred 70 me - try Ayers Hair Visor.
Before using one bottle. the humor VAS
healed TT 7. Adams, General Merchant.
Trrhesille Va
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
Hall Mines smeIter shut Down

Special Dispatch 70 the Poss -InteIligencer
NELSON. b. C, Oct. 4-The blast furn-
ace, reveTberatory and roasting furnaces
Of the Hall mines smelter have been
shut down for repairs. 4 new rooster
and new reveroeTatory furnace will he
built. The railroad spur 20 the furnaces
r. complste. and the elevator newly paint
ca.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

EXCELSIOR, MINI. Oct. 4-The Hotel
Lafayette 81 Mnnetonka beach. a hugo
wooden structure. owned by the Great
Northern Railway Company. was burned
this morning. II was reputed to be the
finest summer hotel IN the Northwest. but
had not paid OF late years. and II was
proposed 10 tear Il down. The only oc-
cupant was Waterman.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
Stnnln NIL Tested.

Special Dispatch to the Post-TntelHgencer
NELSON, II. @. Oct. A-The new ten
stamp mill At the Fern mine was started
on test and ran perfectly. They EXPECT
20 have the min ard the tramway both
running regularly shortly.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
DEATHS.
Chatara, the Oldest Naval omcer.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. Capt Frederick
Chatard. an old resident OF st. Louis and
the oldest surviving officer of the Con-
federate navy. is deal at Mullanphy hos
p.tal. He is also thought to be the oldest
surviving officer OF the United States
navy OF ante-bellum days. Capt. Chstard
vas born In Baltimore in 1907. and entered
the United States navy IN 1924 on tie yes
sci Old North Carolina He served con-
tinuously in the navy until the breaking
out of the war when he resigned and
joined the Confederate navy
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 4-In the Uni
ted States district court today Judge De-
haven trnpaueled a fury TO try ex-Revenue
Collector o. " Wsiburn on an indictment
for endorsement. containing forty-thres
counts. The actual trial begins tomorrow.
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short time. have no need of aid in this
world. 1t is probable that the case Will
be advanced and acted upon promptly.
Philip Swick. of Orting. has been or
dered before the pension examining board
at Seattle. Benjamin Greer has also been
ordered before the Seattle board.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
Cant. Coon's APPOINTMENT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The appoint
ment OF Lewis II. Coon, as deputy collector
and Inspector Of customs at Port Towns
emu. Wash, was announced today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
S2OOOoo

Shi1lf.ss Bfst baking pow.
der IS as good as it ever was
and as good as the "other
never vas.
See Prsnsaes
sSsssss C%lnsaEy ssss
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position.

we ara row prepared to do com POS. tsoa
FOR IRE trade ANY msAsurel II SonoarssL
Min!on- Brewer and Long Primer Salts
faction guaranteed Call or address Post-
Intellig snCer. Seattle
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LABOR INSURANCE.
High Words OF Praise TOT ~ v
tenn Used In Germany

Consul Monaghan. writing from -
Mtg. on the result OF labor 'nsu' ~ = i !
Germany, speaks In high terms
success Of the system there % 49,
which the state pays one-tnuo. ~
ployer one-third and the eing,es :
other third OF the premium. ~
ments made include aMM ..ms
sickness, estimated to cover =
days. costing $50. ls,ooo. TINS has' x
as paif out to working peopis ~ y. e :
families. and includes none 2, .,..s
penses OF administration TIE m, u 4,
cons.sts Of sickness, accinenI ~ as z q.
ard invalid insurance. IN ten 49, -, :
900 coo have been paid OUT, |"
employers paid as per cent. -, nsa'g 49,
06O 600. In other words, 70 o10. 80
Monaghan. working men ~ ~. 81
have received more money " :. ~ ~
than they would have u 81 - ~
owned by their employers rs ~, J. y 49,
vIdad as communists or socias' 'a'ss.es
Hnwsrs. our consul does nos ''
the system to America
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Mnxhington Pensions

Special Dispatch to tho Post-Intelligencer
WASHINGTON, Oct. Am original
pension was granted today to Martin c.
Hopkins, Spokane.
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HIG PRAIRIE FIRE.
several People ISse Their Lives ana
Much Property pe.frosea.

MILLER. s n. o., t-pe~ssns fus, IA
sso1s twenty niles north stase thar zx a
rests e a biz prairie sc ere ran has
5iesi kn4 fhTee others may die. SeTen or
ejEEt wsre 0a61y burned ere ~ srgiy of Eve
Hassea Pre~toa all hegnE IL a dangerous
condition Hundreds 81 tors u hzv ard
grain EeTs ssstroyrsf. TIE ere Vas CAUSED
~ scSa making 8 Ire break
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ors story said that the man = sane =
sailor showed his SCARED and bTuae1 -
and said that when he begged i0' nEs
the captain only laughed at him
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Warner M. Bateman. LAWYER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Warner NJ.
Bateman. one Of the best known lawyers
Of Cincinnati, died suddenly at the Riggs
house In this city today. He arrived here
yesterday, apparently in good health. in
the morning he was taken suddenly I'll
and died within half an hour.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

Cart O6erIsn Csrter wEIl retire e-o-, -
Nicaragua canal commission. ard WIFI -
succeeded ,sE another member 81 TIE co.'s
% engineers
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Ex-senator samuel j. Mcmillan.

ST. PAUL. Oct. samuel ]. Mcmillan.
United States senator from 1876 TO 1885,
died in this city last night of anaemia-
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William Penn. at Springfield, III. on Sat
urdgy, trotcsd Tia lsxf hais OF q nile heat
IA lyel3s. the fa-s,azt hzl9 mile ever made
BIZ Z sEot9er
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The extension Of leave of absence grant
ed Second Lieut.. Gordon VOORHEES,, Fourth
cavalry. department of the Columbia, has
been extended TO November Is. 1897. on
which date viii take effect the resignation
of Lieut.. VOORHEES,, which has Just been
accepted by the president.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

The Daily Post-Trsslli gencer IS TOW ca
sac IN oT;land Or. az Rich Bros "a
Morrison street Portland Hotel rsws
kI-ss street
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The Oldest wooden bullain a.. |. y
~varjd r. believed 70 be the csu1 ',. !. 4
IND IN Norway. II was pu'a -. : 4
eleventh century. ana hn .s ttss
by frequent eoatings Of pea .a,,,.ns,sx ;
Of pins and In fantastic ho'n'
sign. ~
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Eszlln9s. Madison park. tree todsv.

Steamer George =. Scarr resumed ner
regular gan lass rishi 20 Blaine.
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Patrick III. Mcmahon has filed his bond
and received his commission as post
master at Auburn. Wash.
The postoffice at Cedarville. Chehalis
county. has been moved one mile north
ALLAN Il. SLAUSON.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

No official report has yet been received
by the secretary % the treasury IN regard
10 the alleged smuggling OF Chinese at
Port Townsend, in which q IS asserted by
certain papers OF the Pacific coast that the
present collector of customs was interest
ed. The matter has been referred 20
special Inspector. who viii, IN due course
OF time make a fun statement Of the facts
in the case.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05

DR.. Elmer +. Heg. Of North Yakima. has
taken the oath OF office and IS now duly
qualified as medical pension examiner at
that place. This appointment VIII be
great benefit TO old soldiers living IN
North Yakima and vicinity, who have
hitherto been compelled 20 20 70 Ellens-
burg every time the medical examination
was required. either IN their application
for pension or In their claims for an in
crease.
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-24
THE NEW FREE LUNCH.
4 Critical Situation in the Lives of
Two Women Out Shop
ming.

From the New York Sun.
Five and ten and eight" said the
blonde, counting on her fingers and look
ing at her pocketbook. That's. twenty
three: and I've only twenty-fOur."
"Dollars?" asked the brunette.
That's better than me; I've only IS
cents" ...--. C.
for car fare and ten for soda. and three
over; but I've got to get cents worth
That gives you l cent for extrava-
gance." x-o,,
"Oh, you don't want any
Yes / do: I'm hungry
so am !. now that YOU mention It. Why
will YOU put such ideas into peoples
Its funny about hunger. isn't it? How
talking about it makes you hungry
I'm ravenous now, and how am TO sat
isfy my appetite on l cent?"
or mine on cents2'
What a fraud ice cream soda is,'
Yes. If you take it before dinner you
can't eat any dinner at all, ii nils YOU up
so; and yet it's no good at all if you're
really hungry.
No. it isn't filling thar way"
Say. did you ever try a delicatessen
store?''
"A delicatessen store? Oh. love them"
did you ever go in one and order some
thing or other. just as a preteNt. and while
you were waiting go snooping around and
pick up pickles and bits Of cheese and
samples of everything that isn't locked up?
Oh. it's perfectly grand
Cant We do that now?
ITS really nicer to get a lot OF little
bites of real nice things than il is to go
into a restaurant and order something and
have to make your meal on that
oh, Ia love to do IT, Let's get our
luncheon that way now.
"But-but We haven't any money 10 pay
for what We order
lv,ft Ipr 4 nj "a ~
u tell YOU candidly I'd be afraid to order
cents worth of cheese ana then go about
picking up things. They always watch you
so dreadfully if you don't buy lot
Yes. that's so
are usually behind the counters in delica-
lessen stores. and you can't do anything
with them
Yes. you can always laugh with men.
And even men in delicatessen stores are
not very susceptible. wonder why it is?"
Say why don't people that you know
live near the shops?"
Yes. and then We could drop In and
have luncheon with somebody or other"
At least, they would give us some tea"
"Oh. I'm so hungry
And I'm really starving
Another pause.
What? Luncheon
Il could eat every bit of 1t, straight
through and back again.
Beginning with bOuillOn2'
I'm positively fainting for some now,'
And then grlddle cakes, and tea and
chocolate and wafers?
Are you in earnest? Don't tri1e with me
I'm this condition.
And l don't know how many other
things, If we have luck.
Where is this feast!
why. sim-ply-in-the-groc department
of the store across the street.
YES They give away samples OF all
kinds of things to eat and we will eat
them and they will save us from starva-
ton
But those samples are so very tiny"
Then We will go TO another store and
eat their samples. and then to another,
What a splendid idea
And IL won't cost us n cent
Ard so they were saved from starvation.
Kansas City journal., 1897-05-24
Railroad Notes.

The Rock Island is building six engines
at its shops.
The Association of Railway Claim Agents
VIII meet in national convention at St.
Louis Wednesday.
]. n. Stroude, assistant ticket seller at
the Union depot, is home from a weeks
visit at Louisville, Ky.
The Association of American Railway
Accounting Officers will hold its convention
at Richmond, Va, next Wednesday.
The Montana anti-ticket scalping bill has
been upheld by the state supreme court In
decision by Chief Justice PembertOn.
The Santa Fe proposes to reduce the
grades on it's main line between Fort
Worth and Cleburne, Tex. Bids on the
grading have been asked for.
The old DE Witt Clinton" locomotive
and the train which made its first trip
from Albany to Schenectady. August g.
1871 is on exhibition at the Tennessee eX-
position.
The monument erected at Danville. y.
Y, to the memory of Colonel Frank X
Hahn by the employees of the Manhattan
railway. of which he was for years general
manager, will be dedicated next Wednes-
day.
Three new bridges are to be erected this
summer on the main line of the Baltimore
& Ohio between Relay and Washington
JUNCTION The present structures were
built at time when the motive power was
much lighter than il is now.
Al Frederick. Nd, on the Baltimore &
Ohio. Is freight station that was built
contains an old bell that was tolled in the
days gone by when train was sighted.
In those days horses were the motive
power.
General Solicitor f. D. Kenna, of the
Santa F'e. was in the city yesterday for
several hours in conference with eX-GoV-
ernor Thomas a. Osborn, of Topeka. At
the conference there was also present j.
u. NJ. Hamilton. of Fort Madison, Ia, and
I. J. Miller. of Chicago.
The establishment of a railway commits
sion with power to regulate rates. super
wise construction and otherwise control the
government roads is being considered BY
the Canadian government. At present such
oN NerSiEht as is exercised is in the hands Of
the minister of railways, and ne suggests
the appointment of a commission with a
view, for one thing, TO call a halt on the
indisCriminate authorizing of new railway
enterprises.
Notwithstanding a loss I'm membership of
1S during the past year, the voluntary re-
lief department of the Burlington system
has Il. 155 members. The receipts during
the year were $279 100. of which $273 PA was
contributed by members and 5.9i6 received
from the railroad companies as interest on
monthly balances, and the total resources,
including balance at the commencement of
the year. were SSS0.4S Out of this was
paid Sl9l, ,S42 in benefits, leaving the hand
some balance of $lSS,639. Against this
there were known and estimated liabilities
of only Si6,034 leaving an estimated surplus
Of Sll2,6O4.