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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
NEW YORK MARKETS


NEW YORK, May e3-The leve! Of
prices OF stocks was lifted another ao'c6
as a result OF today's trading. The deal
tugs were not large, and there vas no gem
eral activity in the market. That Is TO
say, the volume OF dealings in the specu-
lative fasorites was not very large. and a
number Of important. stocks were inactive.
At the same time II was noticeable that
q nunbe: G. usually inactive shares We're
moved. md this gave the market the ap-
peaiance or broadening tendency. which
a ei5ser analysis did not altogether con-
firm 1Iisre were a large number of IT.
diyiduai transactions On the small diy4-
dend-pas ing stocks indicating a demand
from Investment sources. Buying of this
character IS usually designed for perma-
companies a plentiful supply OF money.
There was ne evidence. however. OF any
Widespread general interest In stocks. All
the speculative public evidently prefers 10
wait for a definite outcome to the naval
maneusers n Wsst Indian waters.
There was = good market for Americans
In London, and prices were vel STA
Cd on n belief tina; Spain would sho IL
sac for peSce- There Vas coincident Sc
OF pCIat or OYER In Spanish Tours III
London and Paris. A rumar that this was
due 70 j r. ndsng Franco-spanish alliance
did not kurt Americans III London. on
d9n vas also buyer Of st. Paul here. sLd
altogs,k'r was quite factor n ne
western responded 70 its excellent state
ment OF April earnings with rise Of two
points. and rad!ated strength through both
with each Of which & is coordinate.
Early in the day there was further adj
vance OF over two points in Pullman. Trad
ers realizing in the late dealings caused
a break of nearly four points in Pullman.
and of eiz in Consolidated Gas; The re-
suit was an unsettled closing. Slightly he
low the best in some cases: and with net
gain as a rule. only small
Railroad bonds were narrow and mac
tive but prices were well held Total
sales. 81 $50. 000. United States fours de-
ciined u In the bid price. Others were
unchanged.
Money and Exchange.
Money on call, 14lh per cent: last
loans. IL per cent: prime mercantile pa
per- 4i2M5h2 per cent: sterling exchange.
firm, with actual business in bankers bills
at s4.S6ia4i.s6a. for demand. and si.s3s44
asa for 90 days: posted rates. si.s4l7I
4s11&: commercial bills. s4.s2i5a4.SS: silver
certificates. 5sasQ5Sa4c; bar silver. Il2c;
Mexican dollars, t5Ac; government bonds,
weak state bonds. dull; railroad bonds,
firm.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. May 23.-Today's state
ment of the condition OF the treasury
shows:
Available cash balance ... $2o5 pa $50
Gold reserve ........... ...-..... .1l3, oil, i63
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
PORTLAND witE.r asakrr.

PORTLAND, May 1s-The local whsat
uaaEAss - very dals. there hesng a.saos, : .
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
Tts. i.tsE >rock MARKETS.


CHICAGO. Aax I-Cattle were s7iee,
ever ,ossay. BEEF steers, sszss N: expert
ers. Ase~s AZ. siolksgs and tsederS- Ss4sS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
Fafnt sales.
General q uatations.

-Four Receipts. aa0II barrels. exports
S>lis barrels market. quiet. Minnesota
patents. s6sslT.s0
WaeSt-Eeeeipss, 81. 80 bushels, exporta
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
MARKET AND TRADE REVIEW.

Seattle. May 2. fs.-
Exchanges a. the Seattle. Tacoma. spa-
Gase and Portland Clearing houSes today
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24
Receipt. and Shipments.
Dairy Products.

i1.ter- M3rket H-m: c7ea nerles. :,
lsa-. a8.rieS. II $50
E@ss FIRM. fresh a'.siessc
ese-StessAN. cgea nfrieS. 9sI4ISr
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-24

Walnuts-per n, sack 97}ac- Easter,
black walnuts Scs pecsnS- tett@e. Hiaerta
fSc. almonds fsncg. soft steii. HIS Zee a..
moCdS. chesper grade. NEEisc. peanuts ga,
6sS'sc. pine. i5c, Atckory. *: it8tgsn chest
HatS, letsc, Rrazi}. lie. cc~9auuls S.44sc
per dCE, popcorn. 10 per H. dates. e.,
Har. t,rsta and fera.
Hay ffoAbfug}-pusr. sound per ten go
ais; Eastern Washington ttmogay, 81.
alfalfa 81.
Vasts t3oa1.ne)-per ton. SsaI3a
S&riey~Rol{ed se9asN
Com sotc. $st5~. cracked. So; feva
meal. PEP soH, s..
RTe-SNs
WheSI- Ss.ls-
Feed 0oeb!nSa- Feed. sS-RS pee
ton shorts SIS h~ass a.
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D. Mack1e, press correspondents, and M. A. Good, corresponding secretary.
 Very systematically, quite as if they were active business men and women have these boys and girls gone about the building up of their association. It is their design to have, if possible, an organization in every school district of the United States, certainly several or ganizations in every town and city, and to this end they are bending every en- ergy, writing and directing.
 It is one thing, these Battleship girls and boys realize, to get indorsements and letters of eommendation from public men, another thing to actually raise $3,ooo,ooo in money from thou sands of sources. To accomplish this
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deported from the prisons of Paris. Others were to follow as soon as these had established themselves, but the levers of the swampy coast proved to be so deadly that in the end it was de- cided to only send thither conviets from Asia and Africa, while New Gale dlonia was selected as the dumping ground for the criminal contingent from France.
 France separates her criminal colo nists into three classes-RecidiWst thatishabitual criminals; Condammes, prisoners undergoing sentence, and Liberes, or ticket of leave.
 The first enjoy but little liberty, the second by good conduct may aspire to it, while the third are practically free, barring certain restrictions. Yet the lot of a transported man is not hope
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land Of Nou, where a sort of detention camp is maintained.
 The new arrivals are told off in squads of 20. Each squad is assigned to separate house, or, more properly speaking, hut.
 Those who have less than ten years to serve are fitted out with red blouses and green caps and fustian trousers; those undergoing q life sentence are furnished with green blouse and red cap, while thoses who have more than ten and less than 20 years to serve get a brown cap and green blouse.
 When they leave the detention camp the "colonists" are put at various sorts of work, such as house building, read making or farming. They labor in
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97SE1ssszzEs-a sss7esRe-Exa3a
 \ QUEER FRENCH PENAL COLONIES. Unique hives French Live in odd 0 uorid

Tn the matter of her penal settle ments France Is unique, for while the criminal code of the republic is some thing the Anglo=Saxon instinct has never been able to grapple with suc- cessfully the merits of the system that has controlled the administration of her convict colonies is patent to every one who has any acquaintance with it.
 The most important of these are lo- cated in New Caledonia and in Guyana or ayenne-France' solitary foot hold on the continent of South Amer ica. They are scattered along the coast of Guyana on the Isles, du Salut at Konron, and on the island of La Mere, and at Maroni. The last-named settlement boasts in Saint Laurent, a neat little town of small wooden houses raised above the ground on brick piers and inhabited by citizens Yariously criminal.
 But most famous ol all-beeause of
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CoPYRfOHT. feoa

less, no matter to what class he be- longs. He Is infinitely better off than he would be in French prison.
 Indeed, transportation soon became so popular by reason of the humane ad- ministration of the penal settlements that convlcts who had been sentenced to solitary confinement in the home prisons were accustomed to make more or less murderous assaults on their guards in order to insure the coveted opportunity afforded by the colonies. To such an extreme was this carried on that in 1880 an act was passed decreeing that transportation should not be the penalty for any crime committed in prison In short, transportation had altogether failed to inspire the evll-doer with anything like the measure of wholesome fear that had been hoped from it.
 On their landing in New Caledonia the eonvicts are first sent to the is-
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School Boys and Girls of the United States, Designed to Replace the. Maine.
 On one side of the Gazette repro duction is a statement as to "The American Revolution;" on the other the words of Senator Gallinger as to ''The Cuban Revolution" In bold, at tractiye type do these words stand out. The paper on its last page makes an appeal for old postage stamps to be sold for the funds benefit. This it calls the American Stamp Act"-of 1898.
 From the circular of the association these words are taken:
 Ut is designed as floating monu- ment of steel to commemorate the heroes of the destreyedyessel and will also form q protection for the living and will carry and command respect for our flag in every port in the world. By building such a vessel the boys and girls of the United States would show the world that not only are the men of our country patriotic, but that pat- riotism is born in the flesh and bred in the bone of every American youth. No monument, nor bust, nor storied urn will tell with half the force that this our vessel will the story of the sailors dead: Remember the Maine.' Phoenix like from out the wave of in- dignation which followed the destruc- ton of the great warrior in Havana harbor shall arise The American Boy.'
 "The entire furnishings of The American Boy are to display the in- valuable assistance and good judg- ment of the girls of cur country"
 CROMWELL CHILDE.
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the fame of one man-is the Isle du Diable, where Capt. Alfred Dreyfus has spent three years waiting if the last developments claimed for his case are proven true-a tardy justice at the hands of his countrymen.
 This desolate spot is one of accumu7 lated horrors. It was until recently leper settlement. Here the celebrated political prisoner has lived the long days in chains, to be caged at night like a wild beast; for the discipline to which he has been subjected has been as rigorous as it is mild and humani- tariaR in the case of an ordinary wrongdoer.
 The first convicts were sent out to Cayenne in 1852, when some 5000 were
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object practically half the children in the country must contribute. The money must come in in driblets of quarters, dimes and even pennies. No child in America is so poor that he or she cannot contribute at least penny to the battleship American Boy. And the battleship national committee pro- poses that it shall be done.
 Arrangements have been made with dozens of banks to serve as deposi- taries of the fund, and the money coI- leeted is to be forwarded in sums of $50,0o0 to the United States treasury, this detail having been settled with the officials in Washington.
 Little could be done in the spring ex- eept the mere forming of the home or ganization and the spreading of the project over the land. During the sum- mer the boys and girls have been too widely scattered to work together. But now that the schools have re- assembled news comes from every
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Into the mind of boy of the middle west last February there came an idea. The wires had hardly finished flashing over both continents the news of the destruction of the battleship Maine. Public feeling, not yet crystallized, was at fever heat. It was a historic hour, the time for the birth of a great project. This boy hit upon one. While the country was still half stunned at this awful loss in time of peace on one of it's finest ships of war, he proposed that the boys and girls of America, out of their own money, should replace it, down even to the last hangings of the cabin, the last gun.
 Later, having further evolved his plan and seeing that it struck a popu- lar note and could be carried to sue cess, he suggested that the new battle ship, to be presented outright to the government as the tribute of its youth, should be called ''The American Boy"
 Seldom, if ever, has project of this magnitude-for several millions of dol lars are involved, at least three, the Maine having been a battleship of the second class-aroused such commenda- tion. "If the boys and girls can do it- admirable!" has been the one cry. It was seen that here was a superb chance for the youngsters of America to display their patriotism and to show the interest they felt in the nation. And from here, there and everywhere, from every corner of United States, the word came, "Go ahead!"
 The boy from whose mind came this unique idea was ". Rankin Good, a
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gangs, always under the watchful eye of an armed military escort. They are not shackled in couples. A four-pound ball with chain is attached to each mans leg.
 When a prisoner gains his good con duct badge he may discard the ball and chain and also the regulation dress if he pleases. The badge he must wear for five years, during which period he is on probation. After that he is given his freedom, though he cannot quit the island.
 There are certain rules of conduct he must observe while enjoying the privileges of ticket of leave; for in stance, he must not enter store where intoxicating liquors are sold, and he must keep, to his cottage after dark.
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TELEPHONES IN LON1
The Hello Machines Are Al Novelty In the Worldf
 Largest City.

Some Interesting informatic| the telephone has just been spI fore the British public in the f a special committee of pat which has been inve stigating ject of telephone service foS months past. 1t is well-knq that the British public has nf kindly to the telephone. The of subscribers in London, for f is much smaller than in ami great city In the world.
 One important reason for bal ness in this respect is simple conservatism. The lack of ell which keeps the telephone ou. principal banks and newspapf of London is not to be explainN score of the expense involveH phone rates in the metropolis' high compared with those q American exchanges. Twent1 per year for the unlimited us telephone in greater London i. tortionate.
 One of the principal banking of London installed a telepheE chief office few months q proved a great nuisance. IF constantly called up about E matters which were usually ds by messenger. The clerk wh 1t was to answer the calls cot to the directors that his otEl was much interfered with by phone bell. So the directors q ately ordered the removal o| lending instrument. Less tha| later the bank was mulcted < by a clever swindler with a fri cheek. Another banker hadA send advance warming of the { telephone, and the messenger
 sent subsequently, arrived f But even this lesson did not the reinstallation of the telepN a matter of fact it is not ca quite respectable for conN banking house in London td
 this new-fangled contrivance l equipment.-Chicago JournaE
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The conyietsreceiye wages f ever work they may do. Ono their earnings are paid the the other half is held by the ment against the day when ( become actual settlers. In | ner they are provided with ca a fresh start in life; further t they can by good behavior eS money.
 Perhaps the most curious the life in New Caledonia is yict marriages. Just why the government should have assu responsibility of making among criminals 1t Is difficult Nevertheless it's labors in tn tion have on the whole yield satisfactory results.
 Twice every year a formal sent to the various prisons thr France where women crimina eluded, informing the inmal any woman who Is less than of age and who has served t5' of her sentence may ask to E ported if she will agree to II convict on reaching New Ca This singular proposition met high favor generally, but ths that prospective brides shaH served two years of their sent sures acceptance from only worst class of female offendea
 The prospective bridegroo1 variably ticket of leave man. a cottage and land, for no con marry who has not proved hiS to support himself. If every satisfactory there are two Q formal meetings; before the ment is entered into the wofl erally visits the home of hei husband, chaperoned by nun spects his possessions.
 The marriage itself is pei with little or no publicity. Or ried, the couple become prs free colonists, though subject tain restrictions. The full quired for a convict to becom, ed proprietor is about fivt counting from the day whel granted his first ticket of le; may then take up any trade ness he chooses, but he can ne the colony.
 The offspring of these matches are compelled to re New Caledonia until of age.
 The political prisoners have been a thorn in the side of the Some years ago they numberi thousands, and the national as which had a friendly feeling fo CT politicians who were unfort on the outs, passed an act d they should do no manual labc kind. They were thus left abundance of time at their which they employed in dilati the manifold horrors of the ton through the columns of cal press.
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Story of q Waiter.

This is the story of a man { into a store to buy a nickel thread,-he wanted nothing n 1oorman took him by the ar rected him alright to where presided from morning until [ bought the thread and settlS sort of reckless dash and the { lifted up her voice and louS for Cash" Then came a lif haired girl, with beads about# who took the thread to ano3 who entered up the check; transferred it to q boy in uni cap, who took 1t Ito the bas another clerk to wrap. T later 1t came back only to b4q. by the blond girl, just b4s wasn't marked Inspected.
 another hour it went from
 place till at last the Ihread chaser were brought face
 Grabbing it he hurried home unto his wife: Had l tried a dollar they'd have kept me # life. ."-Chicago Evening Ne1
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X C,rrshing RInw.

''Too badl too badl" snorted the misanthropic old bachelor; "deuced shamel" and he angrily crumpled the letter he had just been reading.
 Whats the matter?" asked his caller.
 "Oh, that nephew of mine; one of the finest, brightest, most promising young fellows I ever knew. Picked him out long ago for my heir"
 He's not dead?" anxiously.
 @No; ruined; hopelessly ruined- They've elected him to congress."- Detroit Free Press.
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the school superlntendents and the presidents of the boards of education, explaining, expounding and asking for inducements.
 In addition to this he went to Wash ington, called on the president, vice president and all of the cabinet with one exception, secured letters of ap- probation from them, and now is back in Cincinnati, handling daily what is probably the largest mail that any boy in this country has ever received.
 The head and shoulders of the Amer lcan Boy Battleship Fund is this young man indeed, and yet to such propor- tlons has 1t sprung that he is now only part and portion of it, even in Gin einnati but one of the "Battleship Boy and Girls"
 There is a national committee, It's Headquarters at 841 Everett street, Cincinnati, with nearly all itss mem bers Cincinnati young people. This na- tional committee is simply the home branch of the Battleship society, which goes by the name of "The American Boy association" and has already or ganizations in very many cities of the United States. Of this national com mittee w. Rankin Good is president, and his colleagues are Edward A. Bol- singer, vice president; Harry J. Price, second vice president; Louis F. Dunk man, recording secretary; Miss Abbie sslboott, of Hamilton, O.; Miss Adele Siullane, William F. Clark, Jeremiah
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''The pupils in one room of Wheel ing (W. Ya.) school made up collec- ton of SIS for the fund"
 Several business men of Baltimore have formed committee, with the mayor as chairman, and propose to as- sist the girls and boys of that city to raise $25, 5,O0O."
 "The pupils of Los Angeles (Cal.) schools were the first to take up the suggestion, and have already contrib uted $4,2o0."
 "The state board of education of California indorsed the American Boy association, and took steps to bring
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the matter before the children of the public schools"
 The teachers and pupils of North Bend, O., only numbered 92, but they raised over $87. What if all schools did that we'll! There are 13,ooo, 900 pu- pills of public schools in the United States. It would mean $10,000,0 ,000.
 The home branch of the association has also issued paper, this but sim gle number. It is reproduced here. The old and historic Boston Gazette of the issue of March 12, TITO, giving the first news of the "Boston massacre" the first mutterings of the revolution, precisely reproduced, occupies the center of each of the four pages of this paper. Around this old print, in mod ern type, are extracts, letters and an- nouneements. On the first page in big letters one may read, Reprinted for the Benefit of the Fund to Build the Battleship American Boy by the
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where of efforts that will be concen- trated and of a money-raising future that looks exceedingly bright.
 St. Louis is among the chief strong holds of the boy battleship movement, and here is one of the most enthu- siastic branches of the association. This branch has recently been giving for the benefit of the fund series of amateur dramatic performances spectacle entitled America, Past and Present" Hundreds of young people of St. Louis appeared in it, and much money for the battleship is assured from this source. The schoolboys and girls of St. Louis are not stopping here, however. They have begun to issue q paper-to be published twice month (tbe first number appeared September 1)-the official organization of the St.. Louis society, Young America. It is well-printed amateur sheet of eight pages, and the officers of this local
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The Mexican Jury System.

There are no professional jurors" in Mexico. Nine of a mans peers try him, and a majority is verdict. If the nine are unanimous there is no ap- peal. To serve on a jury one must have diploma in law, medicine, or some other profession, or an income of $100 month; or he must be mem Der of family whose head has an in- comIe of $2. 900 a year.
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His Theories Too Liberal.

The vicar of Gorleston, England, in 8 recent sermon, stated that he believed in future life for animals, and that he would far rather meet them in Heaven than many human beings of his acquaintance. This doctrine proved too strong for his congregation, most of whom rose and left the church, says the Westminster Gazette,
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17-year-old high school youth of Cin- cinnati, and so well has he worked that already $4o,0oo is banked, and in hun dreds of schools throughout the coun- try active canYassing for funds is con stantly going on.
 And, yet, the movement is only in its infancy, the real work is hardly started. Designing this to be na- tional affair, fund to which every child in the union could contribute, Rankin Good has been hard at work all the spring and summer, every hour he could spare when out of school, founding an organization that should reach every state. He has visited the chief cities of the west and the east, Interviewing the mayors of these cities, the presidents of various ex- changes and the leading men of each,
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branch responsible for it's existence are: E. Val Putnam, president; Laura Mason Burt, vice president; z. M. Her rington, secretary; Charles oyerstoiz' corresponding secretary; John K But Ter. treasurer; Chester Legg, assistant
 Something of what is being done in other localities may be judged from these three paragraphs from Young America.