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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

What's the largest amount you can
write a check for and then cash it? There
are any number of persons in New York
who sign their names to checks every
day which are big enough to make the
average mortal gasp with astonishment.
When Uncle Sam handed over to Spain
four orders or checks on New York. Sub
Treasury for $40 0O0,0 900 most peoples eyes
bulged out at so much cash being repre-
sented by such small bits of paper. The
man who cashed them, however, never
so much as winked his eye as he beheld
them. He is used to such transactions,
as it is a common thing for Uncle Sam to
make drafts away up in the millions.
There are lots of men in Wall street
who sign million dollar checks and think
less of it than some people would of hun
dred dollar checks.
William Scherer of the clearinghouse
through which institution all checks are
obliged to pass, says New York business
men write more and bigger checks than
the people of any other city in the coun-
try The morning 1 called on him about
two hundred thousand checks, represent
ing $243 900 600, had passed through. That
was simply an ordinary mornings busi-
ness. Mr.. Scherer in his many years ex-
perience in the financial world has signed
his name to a few big checks himself,
some of them representing nearly twenty
million dollars.
B. c. Mitchell treasurer of the Central
Trust Company, probably signs as many
checks as any one in the city. Most Of
the big downtown banks keep one man
busy signing checks all day. One light
ming calculator who liked to waste time
figured out that the paying teller of a big
Wall street bank signed enough checks
daily to make his pen travel from Man
haitian to Albany.
The big insurance companies get a good
many large checks, some of them running
from hundred thousand to half mil
lion dollars. Big checks float around in
greater number among the members of
the Stock Exchange than in almost any
other place A big block of railroad stock
was sold just few days ago and check
for three and a half millions given in
payment.
So far as known the largest checks ever
drawn by a woman were two signed by
Miss Helen Gould. One of these was for
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

quest for the militia had come from
sew England greengrocer, who had not
.'et become acclimated to the cowboy and
his harmless Fourth of July antics while
in town.
What will the militia do?" demanded
the legislators.
Shoot the cowboys if they misbehave.
order even at the price of blood replied
the erstwhile Pathfinder.
Then member from Yavapai County
read a letter from Captain Dick inyit-
ing the militia to come to the southern
part of the Territory.
There are memebrs of that Legislature
who treasure copy of that letter to this
day and challenge any one to produce
anything as funny from Mark Twain or
Bill Nye. Captain Dick proved his sense
OF humor and his cunning with the pen
as well as the pistol. Several of the leg
islators favored sending the militia just
so as to give Captain Dick a chance to
write the milita's epitaphs, which was
the boon he asked for bestowing the hos
pitality of the cowboys
Needless to say the bill was lost, and
Captain Dick woke up to find himself ia
nous on all the Southwestern cattle
ranges.
Several years ago number of cow
boys rode into Prescott and after fright
ening all the barkeepers of the saloons
into a comatose condition, breaking glass
ware and practicing fancy shots, they re-
mounted their horses and rode through
the town wildly shooting at the clouds.
A posse of citizens was formed and a
mile or two out of town they overlook
the hilarious cowboys, killing one of them
and wounding several.
The pursuit and killing aroused indigna-
ton throughout the Territory. The cow
boys had done no real or serious damage,
according to Arizona ethics, and accord
ingly they should have been allowed to
go their way unmolested. Besides they
had wasted all. their ammunition and they
had not a fair fighting chance.
Such was the general verdict of the af-
fair.
The day after the killing Captain Dick
rode into the same town, galloped
straight to the Mayors Office and dis
mounted He left it with a folded piece
of paper tucked in his belt. 1t bore the
Mayors signature promising to raise a
certain amount of money for the families
of the dead cowboys.
Two days later came a letter from Cap
tain Dick to the town officials. 1t de-
manded an apology to the cowboys signed
by the Mayor and all the dignitaries of
the town, with the money, or there would
be some carefully aimed shooting from
the cowboys. And it was promised that
the townspeople would be at the wrong
end of the guns this time.
The money and apology, carefully
worded, besprinkled with seals and duly
signed by leading citizens and officials,
was hastily dispatched to Captain Dick.
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i" HIS is the item that heads the
personal column of most of this
weeks Arizona papers
Back of this is a story that has
l. set all Arizona agog. The tale of a
woman masquerading in cowboy
attire, lassoing cattle, taking part in
shooting scrapes, leading the wild. free,
adventurous life of the Arizona vaquero.
The story of a woman who. because her
father had been hanged as a horsethief,
changed her name, hid her sex and in the
beating of hoof and the whizZing of bullet
sought to drown the memory of the dis
grace. AS a fitting finale, when her sex
was discovered. she married Captain
Dick" the bravest and boldest cowboy
in all Arizona
1t is a story linked with strange and
dramatic incidents that could happen no
where save in Arizona, where fact still
puts fiction to blush and boot and spur
have not altogether given way TO patent
feathers.
1t was just about year ago that
slender clean-shaven youth asked for
work at one Of the big cattle ranches near
Williams. Captain Dick, who was the
leader of the cowboys, engaged the ten
derfoot," and Jack Hail. the name the
applicant for work gave, won his spurs
in the annual rodeo for which the cow
boys were then preparing.
BY day Jack sat his horse rounding up
the cattle and at night slept on the
ground He was quiet and distant toward
the other cowboys, but for the most part
they liked him. Before the first month
had passed he had an opportunity to show
his mettle.
A number of cowboys were spending the
night in a typical Arizona town-one
saloon per every fifteen inhabitants. Jack
fiall. in search of Captain Dick, dropped
into one of the saloons. cowboy, re-
yolver in hand, was acting as master of
ceremonies, while in the middle OF the
floor the barkeeper, half dead from Ia
tigue. was doing a dance. to the amuse-
ment of the rest of the cowboys.
When the barkeeper attempted to stop
twirling his feet the cowboy shouted for
) more dancing. and the master of cere-
monies encouraged the barkeeper by pop
ping his pistol bullets dangerously near
his feet
Jack Hall watched the scene in silence
until he saw that the barkeeper had
l reached the limit of his endurance Then
he deftly wrenched the pistol from the
: COWBOYS hand and, turning 1t on him,
said: If YOU want any more dancing, do
, it yourself.
The cowboy snatched another one, but
Jack Hall was too quick for him. There
was a quick, sharp report and cry or
pain. The cowboy was wounded In the
right arm.
Then Jack Hall did a strange thing. His
were the fingers that bandaged his adver-
sary's wounds. He attended to him, even
cutting his food for him, until the cowboy
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l. been satisfied with the large
degree of social and individual
freedom Of Arizona life. But she was
not. She wanted to write a redder page
of bandit life for the tale of her wild
career. and the page was soon written
and closed.
. Washington has 4 Scrap Iron Nellie and
women elsewhere have gained fame So
briquets and prisons by reckless careers
CT crime, but Arizonas woman bandit
bears the gentle name of Pearl Hart
She is the woman who on May 81 helped
a lover of unknown name to rob the stage
running from Globe to Florence.
Pearl is not so very young. and that is
about the only good thing to know about
the remarkable episode. She is not old
either. unless it be in sin of less un-
usual kind She is familiar with the wild
and rough life of the half-world in that
new land of sun and freedom.
A few years ago she was called a hand
some young woman. For years she kept
a disorderly resort in Phoenix, the Terri
torial capital, where the sporting and
frontier elements still make the city about
the widest and most brilliant scene Of
frontier life in the West.
Then she knocked around the Territory
riding in stages, making trips astride of a
mule, camping on desert trails now and
Gila monster the miner, the packer and
the stage driver and the thirst of desert
days and the chill of desert nights. She
lived at Globe for some time-that lively
mining camp and center of the Globe
mining district in ella County, far to the
northeast Of Phoenix.
1t was there that she fell in with the
stranger with whom she went forth to
rob. OF who he was or where he came
from she only knew what ne told her. A
common attachment bound them and they
lived and planned together. Finally they
disappeared from Globe.
Late in the afternoon of May 81 some
thing exciting happened on the dusty des-
ert highway from Florence to Globe-the
two towns over hundred miles apart 1t
was in the canyon of the Gila River, near
Riverside, u little halfway station on the
stage road over which all travel between
the places pass.
The driver heard the old command
''Haltr' and saw the old vision of the big
mouths of gun barrels. Then the passen-
gers saw the living picture and were
soueamish. They saw two men without
masks in control of the situation.
One had shotgun leveled at the stage
and a leyeled shotgun is to be obeyed.
The other man made warning display
with a big revolver. There were only
three passengers and they got out and
liEed up with the driver, while the reek-
Ing horses rested, and the shotgun pointed
and the bigger of the two men went
through the pockets of the quartet his
bold partner guarded well.
The robbers got u slx-shooter, a gold
watch and about $3.50 in money
One of the passengers. miner named
O'Neill, was not too nervous to study the
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

except geese and ducks, whose flesh is
hard of digestion. A young chicken is
tender and delicate food, and extremely
powers are weak. OF all tame fowls the
capon is the most nutritious. Turkey and
guinea-fowls afford substantial aliment.
but are not as welcome to. the stomach
as to the palate. In all birds those parts
are most firm which are exercised; there
fore the wings and in the larger birds the
legs are commonly the toughest. The flesh
of wild birds in general, though more di-
gestibe. is less nourishing than that of
quadrupeds, being dryer on account of
the constant exercise which birds take
Those birds which subsst upon worms
insects or fishes do not furnish whole
some food.-Albert G.. Evans in June Lip
pincotts.
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my good woman said the learned
judge, you must give an answer in the
fewest possible words of which you are
capable, to the plain and simple question
whether, when you were crossing the
street with the baby on your arm, and
the omnibus was coming down on the
right side and the cab on the left, and
the brougham was trying to pass the ON
nbus, you saw the plaintiff between the
brougham and the cab, or whether and
when you saw him at all, and whether or
not near the brougham, cab and omnibus,
or either, or which of them respectively"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

Three million dollars!" exclaimed the
young man. 1T surely pays to be
Cuban patriot"
Now, don't go to getting heretical
ideas in your head said Senator Stox.
1T pays Just as well to be an American
patriot. t."-Indianapols Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
BIGGEST CHECKS EVER DRAWN

500 900 and was given to the Government
during the war with Spain. Last week
she purchased Lyndhurst, a country seat
near Tarrytown, and 1T is reported, gave
a check for $344 900 in payment.
One of the smallest checks ever issued
was for one cent. Uncle Sam gave this to
Grover Cleveland in payment of salary,
there being a discrepancy in the accounts
to that amount. Mr. Cleveland did not
need the money. so he framed the check
as a curiosity.
The Bank of England holds the record
for big checks. This institution issued
one for $55, 900 900 and another for 1922 ,50O-
600. These valuable pieces of paper were
loan.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

The flesh Of birds differs in quality ac-
cording to the food on which they live
Such as feed upon grain and berries af-
ford in general good nourishment, if we
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
(APTuRE THE bAhoho

Captain Dick Wells and Mrs.
Wells, formerly Jack Hall. will
leave next week for San Fran
cisco en- route for Portland, Or"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
HOW PEARL HART, DRESSED IN MALE
ATTIRE, WAS DISCOVERED AFTER
HOLDING UP AN ARIZONA STAGE.

~ EARL HART, Arizona's lady des-
perado," white-handed and wild
hearted wishes from behind pris-
on. bars in Florence that she had
= been satisfied with the large
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

tn HIS is the item that heads the
personal column of most of this
weeks Arizona papers.
Back of this is a story that has
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-06
OFFERINGS auICIlLY TAKEN.
Shorts start at the Opening to Buy
ing Cotton.

New York. oct 5.--Oferinss of cotton
were eagerly snapped No by nervous
shorts around the opening ct the Cotton
Exchange to-day. and before sufficient cot
ton could be found to meet the demands
of investors. the foreign element and the
South. prices had advanced 5dS points BY
midday this movement had been supplant-
ed by an additional rise of 406 points,
with the market at that time showing re-
markable strength Though there were in
tervals of proft-taking, causing an occa-
sional setback in prices, the late market
showed plenty of bullish spirit English
cables showed great strength, with Liver
pool futures ; to 6a higher and spot cot
ton active and hardening.
The cotton beit supplied bad weather
news. reports of still higher prices for spot
cotton aud receipts in such volume as to
bear out small crop estimates Private
wires declared that the crop was showing
up less favorably as the season progress
ed. The government charts record heavy
rains in portions of the Atlantic states and
falling temperature west of the Mississippi
valley. In the Central Gulf a severe storm
was said to he ia full sway. leading 10 fears
of more or less damage to sotton still in
the fields The bulk of the cotton reported
sold to-day was down 10 the account of
mill buyers. The market closed steady,
with prices net to II points higher.
New York, Oct. s. noon.-Cotton futures
opened firm; October, 696c; November,
700c; December, 712c; January, 719c; FEB
ruary. 723c; March. 7.2Sc; April, 7.29c; May
June, 732c: July, 73ic.
4 p. m.-Closed steady; October 700c: No
vember. 706c; December L14c; January,
1900; February, 7.24c; March. 7.2sc; April.
7.9lc; May, 1886; June, 7S4c; July August,
1860
New Orleans, Oct 5.-Co,ton futures
closed steady; October oslo, bid; Novem-
Der, 6.S5n6 .S6c; December, 69Od6. Gle; jan
uary. 6.94d6,s5c; February, 69Sa7 COc;
March, 7.O3@70ic; April. 1917 Csc; May,
7.11u7.l3c June, 1851 lie.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-06
LETTERS on COTTON.

New York, Oct 5.-Hubbard Bros. &
Co. say of cotton to-day: Mancheste ter
was a free buyer in Liverpool to-day, adj
vancng the spot quotation 1-16d and the
arrival market followed this demand by
advancing some 5-64, or about the equiva
lent of Is American points This carries
Liverpool TO the highest point touched,
Z %. For an instant there was free realiz-
ing of profits which brought a reaction
at noon to the opening price of us and
719 The trade expect another reaction
from the quotati tons in Liverpool to-day.
and think il will occur as it did on the
previous advance. They believe there Is
a large amount of cotton i'm the South
for sale on any decline abrCad. and that
this amount increases each day. This Is
the reason the trade have not followed the
advance at al. They have expected the
receipts 10 stop the advance from the mo
ment il began, sixty days ago, and they
continue 10 hold that opinion. The Ameri-
can spinners. however are buying freely,
and at no time has there been any press
ure 10 sell in the South. The movement
of the crop bears out The small crop views
and trade conditions continue beyond pre-
ceClent The close was steady at the re-
action. Traders expect lower Liverpool.
We received the following cable after the
close: Government reports state Surat
growths 100000 less than last year. Ellison
thinks conservative estimate of exports to
Europe 500, COO less.
New York. Oct 5-Murphy & Cos cot
ton letter says Liverpool sent us encourage
ing cables this morning. They showed an
advance of 1-16 on spots, with sales of TO-
900 bales. and an advance o. 3-4 on flu
lures. and before the opening, advanced
2-e4 further This caused our market to
open from TO 10 points above last nights
closing Profit taking sales began to show
IN and we declined some points, but soon
regained the lost ground. The market has
been steadier than for some time, and did
not have any appearance of wildness.
Trading was lighter than for severa. days
past but prices remained firm during the
entire session.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

The following arc the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations.
Bacon-Market is steady; smoked clear
sides. 634c dry sailed clear sides 65kc; bel
lies, sac; sugar-cured hams. PFC.
Lard--Market firm; pure, in tierces. 67sc.
5o-pound tins. Tie; compound, in tiarces
SIC; 50-pouud uerces. SIC.
Butter-Market steady; cooking, 1Sc: Gilt
edged 22c; extra diaries, 23c; extra Elsin
26c.
Cheese-Market firm; fancy fun cream
cheese. 12lac; 2O-pound average, 13c.
Flour-Market steady; patent $40.
straight, sl.21; fancy, $3.50: family, $50
Corn-Market steady; white, job lots
SIC; carload lois, SIC; mixed corn. Job lots
SIC; carload lots sic.
Oats-Carload lots. 36c; job lots, CSC.
Texas rust proof oats, job lots, 43c; car
lead, 4lc.
Southern seed rye, Si.1j.
Bran--Job lots. 90c; carload lots, SIC.
Hav-Market steady; Western, Job lots
seize; carload lots. 771ac; Eastern, caroads
72iac; job lots INC.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, S245: per sack
$l.I2j2; city meal, per sack. bolted, 800:
water ground S105; pearl grits Hudnuts
per barrel, 500; per sack, Sl.22Jk
Sugar--Equality Prices-Savannah quo
tations: Cut loaf. $3.50; crushed. sec
powdered 537c; XXX%, powdered. sac
standard graduated, 5.3lc; cubes, SIC:
mould a. 5.j6c; diamond A, 5.3lc; confec-
toners A. JOG: white extra c. 46qc: extra
G. 4.aGc: golden c. 4.42c; yellows. AO9c.
Cofee-Du.l Mocha, &c; java, nc: Pea
berry, lie; standard No. !. 1Oc; No. 2 o.;
No. 3. SEC; No. 4. Sc. No. .. see; No. 4, &c ,
No. :, 6i2c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-06
DRY GOODS.

New York Oct. 5.-The feature of the
dry goods market was greaf activity in
print cloths Sales of Fan River commit
tee goods this week so far about 1,2t0,00)
pieces No change made iu quotations.
Wide strong 3S13-inch, "a squares, 4c and
39-inch, 62 by Y, generally hold fer 4l2c.
Heavy brown cottons still decided
against buyers without quotable change in
prices. Demand good; bleached cottons
selling steadily at recent advances in all
grades. Some leading makes of Eastern
denims Withdrawn from sale and all oolrse
colored cottons strong. Demand for fan
CIV prints improving. Staple linens in gool
request Turkey red occasionally advanc-
ed. Ac per yard, Ginghams all strong
and scare. Cotton Innings are stffening.
No change in the wooden grades division.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-06

Onlons-White. $40 bushel; $3.50 barrel;
red, Sis5a2OO per barrel; yellow. $500.
Potatoes-W Western, 81 90; Northern, 81 co.
Lemons-Market steady; $3.5OQ4.5O box.
Cabbage Northern rer barrel, 81. TO-;
large heads, 7nSc.
Cocoanuts-Market steady, $825a35O per
100
Dried Fruits--Apples, eyaporated, 9a1Oc;
common, 81. iL2c.
Nuts-A.monds Tarragona, 16c IvIcas
&c; walnuts. Frech, 12c; Naples, 12c; pc
cans lOc; Brazils. &c; lilberts 10c assorte !
nuts. 5O-pound and 25-pound boxes, Zoe.
Raisns-L. L., $i.75c l1-box $10O; loose
GO-pound boxes. &c pound.
Peanuts-Limited stock, far demand
market firm; fancy hand-picked, Virginia
per pound, Size; hand-picked, Virginia,
4lka5c fancy North Carolina, 4lka5c.
Eggs Market steady, with good demand
for moderate supply; candAed, 17Qlsc.
Poultry-steady; in fairly good demand;
half-grown, 350C40c per pair; three-quarters
grown, 45M55c per pair; full-grown fowls
(hens), GOdi75c per pair; ROSTERS. 40c pair
Fish-Mackerel, half-barre.s, No. ], IS So;
No. @ 81 90; No. 9. 81 90; kits. No /, 81 %,
No ., 81 90; No. soc. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6Iac; 2-pouHd bricks. &c. Smoked
herring per box, lie; Dutch herring in
kegs. 81. 10: new muilet, haff-barrel, $3.50.
Syrup-Market quiet: Georgia and FLOR
sugar house al 1On15c; selling at
straight goods, 23@S0c; sugar house mo-
lasses, 15n20c.
Honey-Fair demand; strained, in bar
rcls. 5OG5jc gallon.
salt-Demand is fair and the market
steady; carload lots, I. o. b.. Liverpool,
200-pound sacks 6sc; do job lots, 75n90a;
common fine salt. i25-pouud. in burlap
sacks, carload lots, llAc; common fine
Il a aad ii
3Slac; common fine salt, 10O-pound burlap
sacks 36c. Same in cotton sacks, &c
higher.
Hides. Wool Etc.-Hides-This market
firm; dry flint, l4lkc dry salt. Pee; greet
salted. 7lsc. Wool, nominal; prime Geor-
gia, free OF sand. burrs and black wool,
20c; black, lie; bury. 10a20c. Wax 2Sc,
ta1ow. 90. Deer skins, l5c
Oil-Market steady; demand fair; signal,
l5Gr50c; West Virginia. black, sale; lard,
SIC; neatsfoot. 60n75c; machinery, l6N25c;
linseed oil. raw. i7c: boiled, soc; kerosene,
prime white ll4c; water white, l2lzc,
Pratts astral. l9l5c; deodorlzed stove gas
oline. in drums, 12lac
Gun Powdor-Per key Austin. crack
shot. $500; hale kegs, $2.25 quarter kegs,
SIPS; Champion ducking quarter kegs
s2.25; Dupont aud Hazard smokeless, half
kegs, S1l.35; quarter kegs 1851; 1-pound
canisters, SL00; less % per cent; Troisdorf
powder soc and sl.0O pound.
Shot-Drop, $3.50; 3 y and large, $lS5
chilled. $l.S5.
Iron-Market very steady; Swedc, Sc
base; refined. $3.50 base
Nails-Cut $310 base; wire, $3.50 base
Barbed Wire-$395 per 100 pounds
Lime, Ca.cium. Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia line in fair demand
and sell at 7jc a barrel bulk and carload
lot special ca.cined plaster. $50 per bar
rel: hair fd5c. Rosedale cement, 81 l01
1.20 carload lots. special Portland ce-
ment. retail. $50; carload lots, 500.
Lumber, r. o. r.. Vessel Savannah
Minimum yard sizes, Si2.5001f0O; car sills.
siS.50G15.O0: difficult sizes. SIG. O0u2500; ship
stock. s25oOa5O0O; sawn ties, slO5Oaii.e0;
hewn ties 33036c.
Cotton Bagging Market stesdy-Jute.