The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30
RDMANCES Of THE BONDS.
Prove valuahie-Large suns Of
Money for People who no Not
Call for Them-Indian Ignorance.

WASHINGTON. April SAN old treas
ury official. one who has been so long In
his particular bureau that Il would be
almost impossible To fiil hts place accept
ably. said. There Is any amour. OF money
due people who SO not call for II In the
United States treasury. You See. there
have been ten great iears made TO the
United States in the past sixty years
The oldest ever had anything 10 do with
Was tina. maturing In 1857 think IL was
1t Is about all paid. but there is still
nearly SIIn.nno in principal, and interest
due TO somebody. ii will probably never
be called for And. speaking of that loan.
there was curious incident connected
with my last reference 10 the Old books
relating TO It. Ii was while Judge Fso.g ger
Was secretary. One morning an old nan
cane In. He was from a New England
state and said thai somc years before
he found some old stocks or bonds among
tho papers Of an uncle. He mentioned
the name Of his uncle. who had been a
man OF pationai reputation for ability.
and had a comfortable fortune for those
days--thas Is from isa1 To isia He had
come to the United States treasury 10
find out II the old papers were worth any
thing. as they seemed TO - Unstoa Stat 8
bonds. | looked at them. they were ten
Of tho old debt bonds. and were indeed
cur.oesttes They were old and yellow
interest. $4,000 in gold. for there was ten
years interest due on them You can
imagine the old mans Amusement when
I told him this.
why. I would gladly have taken
$500 for Them said he, and ] offered
them TO Boston banker for less than
that. bu, ne rather supercsilously and con-
ssmp,uousiy decliaed to buy them at any
figure
"a
Foiger. who was very much Guterested
In the matter when explained II to him.
He had never seen amy or the old loan
securities. ard after these were paid and
cancelled believe he directed tina, one
Of them be framed and preserved. Well.
In less than half an hours time the old
New Highlander walked out Of the build
ing with a check N hts pocket on the
New York sut-treasury for &1n.a In gold
How that smart Boston banker must have
cursed his own ignorance and stupidity
when he learned what he had thrown
away,
"A circumstance very similar 10 this oc-
eGrred IN relation 70 some Texas irsfem-
MY bonds ,the next oldest Of our national
ioansi. when Mr.. Morrti, was secretary
Of the treasury prominen, Southern
man. who had held "A high command IN
the Mexican war ard WAS A Confederate
general officer lsft among hiS papers
certificate of Texas indemnity stock as II
was called for SO av His widow v1s.te.
here soon after her husbands Death. ans.
bsfng vs-y much reduced, was consulting
the lat. George Riggs concerning tbs dis
position uf seine Texas lands. knowing
that her husband had been large aolaer
II these certificates, Mr., Riggs said
" Mrs. ---~-. whst d.d Cen. do
with his Texas Indemnity stock
II really dent know tbs laay an
Sweres never heard - amy suca
things ny the way. said she Few
tepna among hix papers not very iens
age something whfch rad the words
TEXAS Indemnify" or IL. bust thought
4 was oniy an cid r~cctps FOR taxes patt
or the Texas land q
'rsa soa shfrk you cat Cn& Il again =
sasa Mr. Riggs. without telling s~- any
shsns which ~oula rTeaEe expectations
that might nsseT he realized.
Or yes SIZE rerstes Z remember
perfectly weH where ! pat IL;
Have Is SIR. - YssH here.' w&s the
rwxt suggestion 81 sAs banker. - - well
- have AL IRE r&pers retatlrg 70 this
ard together
'fn tie ee1rs~ AZ tA- next fortnight
,he lacy csns< ssfo sA@ aaak ana. Aan.l-
Irg Mr. Rsggz = paper. sas6 Here -
sse tax rse.srg tais yeu - Instead
&C sssrg n txx s~~@.r' however e wA.
81 ss Texas Indemnity eevtsacats, ~
wssrA FIVE yssss' sntsrsxt wss due zsss
THE intense g~atsstezfIsn ~ sA@ LAZY snax
re imagined wAea sae wss sosss that sse
ed. yellow Ri % paper wssIsfs zA4 81 80
IN geld 10 her xs-ss.F. s0sszs K cane
tass r sssrss. seo, sar sne WAS stss wtsN
tae ssCsssv 90 save a valuable estate ~
Arkansas wAicA otherwise would have
sessn sss8t - s~-sSssoss = naersx gaze riser
s4e. NxsFy al ~ she Texas IEssse rgsaf y
"a tsssu aEa
.ssnk there can A@ rnese aksn 81 sss - A}c =
has Esot s~%E called fer. of course srs-
t~@ssf s&s e@As~% - acxTls
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