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VeeesNs es 81 skeN eteNseee

1s9OLegal interest per Under Harrison admins
tration ready demand for at premiums
fuctuang between and per cent
1s92Legal interest 10 per Cleveland elected Capital
tmid and withdrawn from circulation. Premiums on
fell off half of per and then down
par.
1s93-lnterest reduced in June per General hnan
oial panic all country. No demand for
securities Of any kind United States bonds.
1s94lnerest per Repeal of Sherman act restored
national money market. State again in demand
Premiums ranging from to per cent
s95Inerest per cent Premiums huctuang between par
and per cent.
s96-Inerest per Good demand for mp
July with premiums ranging from to per cent The
nomination of Bryan and his threatened silver basis
ated hrinkage in the national money market and all
orders Cancelled until after election. Until then prem
INNS fell off to nothing with sales.
McKinIeys election, however, restored national conf
dence Of Washington having gone fusion
Eastern capitalists refused here and state
rants remained the market with sales at par
1so7-Inercst per cent Capital shy Of Washington
ing vicious fusion legislation No demand for state
rants which remained at par until the legislature ad
iourncd, after and by August selling at per cent
premium.
1sosInerest Rapid increase in the general
peritv of the country under the Mckinley administration
finally forced Eastern capitalists back Wash
incton and the premiums warrants steadily
from half of per cent to per cent, and as high
p per cent.
1soa-Interest reduced per Continued
tional Mckinley prosperity kept up steady demand for
our state warrants in of the supply up to
june when the of interest reduced TO cent
nj which time they sold readily at per premium
The in the of interest caused falling off
in sales per interest they sold pre-
MUM of per cent
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Continued OF Pass Two
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INK rI

-
M[>N nov affecting the fusienists
llMJ NJ OF Washington and nolslly
IN II used hy them as campaign
wv argumsnt is the Eiittering
contention that state war
rants are held nt a premium. both -
home and abroad because oi 'hsit' ne
faslonists'. careful and economical adj
,nlntatratlen ~ state affairs, Anyone AZ
M familiar with matters financial, state
81 national. viii readily see ihroa3h INC
p,uzv shsurlity ~ euch an allegation. \
s.rrfls review ~ the condensed facts and
agures that head this article should sat-
lsfv even the nest yahid fepuiist that fhr
eniy effect Tepuiism has ever t'aa @n
stafe Warrants has heen enc 0f aepfces-
lns. or bear ORDER for tne reaa1H that 80
n,s,,ariian ~ ihsir political infiueuea be-
came 50 81 dominant 80 sure aid the psc-
r,ittfn IN warrants go dosu even teiaW
,.4r .ep.riaMy AZ The time NAea four
wears ago there Waa dangeruus FaHssH'i-
~ ihat nfYAn aud his it ip : pafa'
mount Issue would he fpisicd nFaa tha
nation.
,,le wvrc furhishrd ~ Mr O. Lord.
h.aA ~ fhe Capital National iiank nf
flivuspla gentleman mhuae sfanatas
ana qxpefBsnee nsaks him today rwc-
1snfsra authority among bankers am 81
,nntfern nnaHclai ana whose eauk has faf
many years tecn the fra0a4tefF - mAfn
N the funds received and dls3gfsed ~
the state.
re.untrv ia 3 uUrmsi an8neal csaaiiian.
fate agwsgs heen sonEht after 4hsis
value 81. primarily. affected not hT the
ssats administration aai ty aAiteaal con.
s4.tsen-ae a. Nru az the ssrpius - laeai
rr4tey Na#oaa prosperity s9ea as fNs
$40 teaag undtT ere IS bialey a8minls-
fraslsn Bsnsena ins pafsf stfihsa ~
rsrtera snd laesi capitalists and pats
tho money ia general circulation state
esafFAata are handled fafQu3h che fari-
Gus isesl a9eaeiQs aad taFS ln tNfn have
ets.ate fa the East an& tht Ni8diF Me#i
a. are asuays rsahv 80 tass them wksn
~ ge1fral hnanstai c9aafiigns are
healthy
rt. atmana ana fupriy af mnufy ia he
E.asf y the aaa factor teat fsE1iatfs ihe
-ate af pgssa5aau tg pa bsid on Fi&aa H4f-
rsrrs ans fNf demand f8f ihrse NaS ~
ts~srgrarlF affected p the stability ~
fhs PARTY fa pauff in tht state. se sas
tls case Rhsu Washiagion Nas infaei
asnr ts ths f4s.FalHse ia thf fah 81 ls1
Canital oH.Y scssH lnfrtiaaeAls ia fhe
tsshast grads af 3sitsFs ana tns rssFf
~ shrsr are either faFcd pp 3r 8pWa
.rrsrsiuT 80 political conditions may cr
nav nat aneri iHa cfcea q tne siasf
OBJECT LESSON TO VOTERS.
revBew fss.aN3nE the progress II
zs7nstlrataa state sagfanfa from ths year
,s.s tovp ta GATE may b. ~ interest 10
sg and prose an asierl lesson tp usn1o-
-raf. and fasl1uisis aIRe. as weH - 90
ti.s irtea.Esut sutcs wha mas ~ ses kins
far farth EveFy business man knows
that values a~pend on demand ard taat
acEnald csmea fTsM tie EasssFa aG4 Md
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over 20 a syndicate Of corrupt Chinese
half-breeds and ferocious Tagal bandits.
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CHICAGO. Oct r. Hon George L.
Neiki0johh. assistant secretary ~ war.
has mailed the following lsiter 70 Hon.
W. } Bryan, which the latter siu receive
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strikers BEGIN
BIG CONVENTION.
President Mitchell Makes a
Lengthy Address.
PEACE is NOT PROBABLE.
That Is the Opinion of Those Who
Will Talk.
PEACE is NOT PROBABLE.

Mr.. Mitchell Declines TO Discuss Inn
portant Points at Issue Before the
Big Convention-His Noncommit-
tai Address Not Regarded as Com
dueivc to settlement of the strike
The Remarkable Gathering Is
and Committee Action May He Rc-
sorted Possessions Held In secret
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FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
STATE WARRANT PREMIUMS.
Depreciation in Values Due to BryaniSm and
Other National Causes.

Eastern Capital Which Refused to Come to Washington
While State Was Ruled BY Fusonists- Confidence
Only Restored by Repeal of Fusion Laws
And the Election of Pres
ident Mckinley.
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Sr Of tho villa haliucinassons
nov affecting the fnsienists
af Washington and nolsiiy
used ~ them as campaign
argumsnt 70 the Eiitterins
contention that state war
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

The Wichita Eagle is authority for
the statement that Gen. Adna r. Chat
fee has brother in Wichita who is a
soldier in the Salvation Army. He is
a little, silvery-haired old man, and
plays the bass drum.
Lord and Lady Rathes sailed recently
for the United States. His title OF
grand bootjack to the sovereign dates
from the days when il was the duty
OF the earl of Rathes to remove the
boots of their Scotch majesties upon
their return TO the palace after a func-
ton.
The New York Evening Post relates
a story characteristic of the late King
Humbert and Queen Marguerite. The
queen, it seems, had a strongnartia
for white dresses, but with the advanc-
ing years she feared that they looked
too girlish, and asked the king what he
thought about il. He replied that he
would think it over. A few days after
she received a box containing half a
dozen white dresses fresh from Paris,
with her husbands compliments.
Gen. Chaffee. in command of the
American forces in China bears the
unusual Christian names of Adna Ro-
mama. Adna is Hebrew word sig
nifying pleasure, while Romanza is
derived from the Italian, and in Eng
hsh is applied in music to a tender
sentiment, or song without words.
1T would be interesting to know"
says the Philadelphia Record, 'how
Gen. Chaffee's parents, who were
plain farmer folk, living in prosaic
central Ohio, came to give their son
these peculiar names. This stern.
matter-of-fact man of action would
seem to have name quite out of
harmony with his character"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08

seized the swapping, yelping brute by
the throat with one hand and by main
force held it down on the floor of the
carriage. Her young son drove at top
speed back to Passaic
When Mrs. Lenone was seen by a re-
porter at her pretty home in Montgom-
cry avenue she was wis oily unwilling to
regard herself as heroine
II suppose I was nervous" she ad-
mitted. "It would be folly to say that
drive of that kind, with an animal
frothing at the mouth and making mad
efforts to escape. did not frighten me.
1t did. / knew If I once loosed my hold
the people we met would probably be
bitten, perhaps fatally. On the other
hand, l hoped that once under proper
control the dog might be saved"
Mrs. Lenone is short of stature,
though strongly built, and the hand
which grasped the dogs throat is so
small and soft that it's muscular grip
could scarcely be guessed at.
Dixie, the big French poodle which
caused all the trouble, was Mrs. Lee
none's constant companion.
Since the dog was clipped" said
Mrs. Lenone, "he had been acting
queerly. He seemed all right on Mon
day, however, when I started for a
drive. had no warning that anything
was wrong until he suddenly began
yelping, swapping a me and striving to
jump from the carriage. I had the
leash with me and attached il to the
collar with the greatest difficulty.
There was only one thing to be done
I wound my hand in the hair on his
neck and clutched his throat. held
him down with all my strength"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
ALL SORTS.

The parchment on the best banioes
is made of wolfskin.
In the United States and Canada
there are 96O,09 odd fellows and s37.
395 freemasons.
The Jerusalem artichoke" has moth
ing to do with Jerusalem, but is a cor
ruption of girasolo the sunflower.
which it resembles.
A beauty specialist is recommend
ing her patients to eat q finely graded
carrot before breakfast each morning
to improve the complexion.
An apparatus for condensing sea fog
into drinking water has been invented
by Prof. Bell. 1t will be welcomed as
a desideratum by ocean voyagers.
In the treasure house of the shah Of
Persia is a terrestrial globe three feet
in diameter, which is said to have
been used by the last monarch of that
country for the study of geography.
1t is entirely covered with gems, of
which there are 81 800 in all, reckoned
at a totSl value of SIS 100000. The vari-
GUS countries of the earth are repre-
scented In precious stones OF different
colors, while the oceans are OF emer.
AIDS
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08

It's good we can say, with a sigh and a
smile:
Times will be better after awhile!
The light will stream through the clouds
o'erhead,
And flowers will bloom where the thorns.
were redt7
What of the sigh, II we say, with smile:
Times viii be better after awhile?'
It's long-long way to the light of day:
But winter gives ever promise of May
And ever we dream, In the darkest night:
The Joy will come with the morning
lightv'
Even in our sorrow we say with a smile:
Times will be better after awhiler
Times VIII be better!' In Joy and woe
Is IL not sweeter 10 sing them so?
Sweeter to dream, when the dark's DER the
blue.
The eyes of the angels are looking at you ?
Away with the sigh, then, and sweet be the
smilei
Times will be better after awhiler'
F. l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
MAID AND MATRON.

The total number of women over IS
years old employed in the factories
and workshops of the British islands
is about 100000, of whom IL per cent.
belong to trade unions.
Miss Pauline Astor is more patriotic
than her sire, William Waldorf Aston.
She was asked recently whether she
was an English girl or a Yankee girl.
She replied that she wasn't quite sure.
Her father, she said, was an English
man. AS for herself, she said she
would be an American If the choice
were left to her.
The distinction Of being the cham
pion woman nail driver of the country
belongs TO Mrs. F. c. f. Mehlhouse, of
Pottstown, Pa. Out of IL fair contest
ants she carried off first honors by
driving six eight-penny nails into a
two-inch plank in Is seconds. In her
haste she dropped one of the nails.
but despite this handicap she finished
first
Mdlle. Jane May, the French actress.
has used her influence as the daughter
OF an officer to get a government per-
NIT to keep a tobacco shop in Paris,
so that when she has grown older and
less in demand than she is to-day she
Will have something to fall back on.
The shop is already open and is prov
ing popular success.
Mrs. Mary Church Terril. of Wash
ington, ID. c., is among the most en-
hghtened colored women Of the Unit
ed States. She is a graduate of ODER
lin, and is trustee of the public
schools of Washington. She has
studied abroad in Paris, Berlin and
Lausanne, and was once offered a po-
sition in Oberlin college.
Mrs. Laura \. Alderman owns the
largest orchard in South Dakota. Ac-
cording to w. n. Irwin. chief of the
division of pomology of the depart
ment of agriculture in Washington,
Mrs. Alderman has, near hurley, Tur-
ner county, $50 acres, in which are
5000 trees, two acres being given over
to plums. Besides the trees there are
1000 currant bushes, 1000 gooseberry
bushes, 500 grapevines and three acres
of Strawberries.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
HOW JOCKEYS REDUCE WEIGHT

Fred Archer used to spend entire
days in his private Turkish bath, eat
ing nothing meanwhile but a little
dry toast.
John Arnull once ate nothing but
an occasional apple for eight consecu-
tive days in order to reduce himself
10 ride a particular horse for the
prince of Wales.
Benjamin Smith, one of the earnest
jockeys on record, who rode and won
race with broken leg, used to live
for days in front of an enormous omen
fire, eating practically nothing, and
drinking huge quantities of SIENNA tea.
John Osborne once relieved himself
of seven pounds of flesh in a single
walk, but the walk covered 40 miles
and lasted nine hours. His diet on
this occasion was hard biscuit, pur-
chased at roadside public house and
a poached egg served in vinegar.
Wasting is the term used by
jockeys to signify the training down
TO weight. Even tiny fellow like
Tod Sloan or Johnny Reiff will, if he
lets himself go, soon weigh 20 pound
more than he ought. This will hap
pen every winter. When spring comes
there is the problem of getting rid
of the overweight, and doing it
quickly
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
DOG AND HEDGEHOGs
SnoOzer Was No Match for the Quill
Covered Porcupines.
He Struggled erHveIy to Drive Awsy
the ArmOred Kntruders. but Final
~ Gave Up the Unequal
Struggle I'm Despair.

In the vicinity Of Emerald Lakes, Col.
porcupines are exceedinly numerous
this season and afford fine sport fol-
the hunters. But the sport is not al
ways on one side, and if the porcupine,
have any sense of humor they musi
have enjoyed an incident of recent oc
currence. A party of campers at tn,
lakes were surprised on awakening
one morning to find that their saddles
thrown carelessly outside the tent, hae
been gnawed and ruined by some noe.
turnal visitors. Watch was maintained
the following evening and it was founc
that the porcupineS were the guilty
ones. Evidently they like the taste
of leather, for similar instances have
occurred, and Charles Graham. tn,
hatchery superintendent, carefully
locks the stable doors at nights.
Old Snoozer, the watch dog, is al.
ways kept within the house at night
Atfirst he was allowed to roam at large
but despite the pain from their poi.
sonous quilts he seemed to persist in
attacking the porcupines. Rolling
themselves into balls of spikes, the lit.
tie animals would defy the dog Morn,
ing after morning he was found within.
pering with pain from cruel prioks. anc
at last a watch was determined upor
to decide whether Snoozer was foolish
enough to continue fighting the pocu.
pines of his own will.
Soon after darkness had settled over
the mountains watchful eyes were kept
upon him as he lay few yards from
the cabin. The moon rose early and il.
Illuminated the scene to the satisfaction
OF the watchers. Suddenly one OF
them started in excitement. Down a
little footpath leading into the great
dark forest of pines came a company
of little animals. Noiselessly they
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08

started on an exploring expedition
The conductor made his escape, With
the bear in hot pursuit, to the cab ose,
where the train crew was. The SON
ductor won the race and slammed and
locked the door. The bear, seeing tn at
he could not get the conductor, con
tented himself with climbing around
over the other cages, in which past;ne
he was joined by other occupants of
the broken cage. Seeing that the
chances were good for whole train
full OF fighting wild animals, the train
was sidetracked and the cowboy of the
aggregation armed himself with a
lariat and started to lasso the bears.
The train was delayed over an hour
and messages began to accumulate
asking the cause. The conductor
however. had troubles of his own. and
he wired the general Office here that
he was sidetraeked to take straw vote
and find out who was running the
train, he or the bears.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
A MOMENT OF TERROR.

but was too weak to stand, and was
powerless to act.
After some farther noise and con-
fusion heard a lion treading over
the dead leaves near by. Then came
a prolonged muff1ed sound, half roar,
half moan, uttered in a deep voice,
which even under the cireumst stances
I recognized as profoundly musical.
Then there was heavy but silent
football as the beast walked to the
back of my hut, and thrusting his
nose amongst the matched grass
shifted loudly, till could see the
lighter stalks stirring, when he en-
deavored to insert q paw between the
interstices of the -yattles.
Each instant expected the whole
structure to collapse, but luckily the
beast forebore to take a mean advan'
tage, which would have secured my
destruction. I should have fired, had
not been afraid of setting fire to the
hut.
At length the brutes cleared out,
uttering deep growls. They had de-
stroyed one hut and pretty much
ruined two more, not to speak of
smashing the hut next mine, which
contained all my stores. could hear
them there, making a terrific noise,
snuffing, grunting and snarling, break.
Ing sticks and clanking metal, while
every now and then one would lean
down the bank into the water and
then come tearing back, breathing
heavily and growing low Yet not a
whisker hair did one of them show in
the freight in front of me.
The excitement did me good. The
next morning l was up and about in
pajamas and an ulster. Not one of
the boys had been injured, although
one had had a marvellous escape. The
lions were close upon him as he reached
tree. He sprang at a branch, and in
his terror seized the leg OF another
black who had clambered up before
him. Fearing lest he, too, should fan
into the lions nav, the other fellow
kicked his leg clear, so that the unfor-
tunate fugitive fell to the ground, ut
tering the yell had heard
Why the nearest lion did not seize
him cannot say. The boy explained
that it merely growled as he scram-
bled to his feet and climbed up an
other tree as fast as his black legs
could shin.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
CAR COINED
Years of an observant Boy Amused
4 the Passengers.
ESe Thought the Man with the Suee
tSustache Would Eat Up His Hir-
,suit Appendnge, Unless Given
Fair Warming.

She was good looking young WON
an and she had an air of prosperity
and general satisfaction with the
world. The little boy who sat beside
aoeT, with his hand in hers, saws the
Chicago Times-Herald. was evidently
her ''onliest"-the bright particular
star ia the armament of her existence
They were riding home on one of the
southwestern Elevated trains. and
I1cross the aisle from them sat man
eFho had mustache that dropped di.
T'ectly forward over his upper lip
thus affording him an opportunity to
'araw the hairs into his mouth by
means Of his tongue and teeth. a
@zeing he did with apparent relish.
Ehe little boy became interested in
@<he operation and endeavored TO
xzouse his mother to a realization of
rsSe wonder of it. Every time the man
'-Eould let go to set better hold the
. Ehild, in an excited stage whisper
would say:
Mamma, hook at him."
Nlhe woman would blush and pre-
Eend she didn't know what he meant.
and the man, being deep in maya
z5ne article, was oblivious of his sur
COundings.
- Ahe passengers in that end of the
'1-=Hr were not slow to join the boy in
*SnSAE 'watchful interest, and whenever
Ese tried to attract his mothers at
sssotion to the engaging operation
''s.sy smiled broadly or giggled aloud
SeCu old gentleman with mutton-chop
rWhiskers and an English look sat on
Abe other side of the boy from the lat
asec's mother. He was rather slow TO
1Hfn in the general enjoyment of the
proceeding, but he found out after
SSgbjle what it was that those around
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-08
BEsTEGED BY LIONS.
A Sick Hunters Experience in Cen.
trail Africa.
Foofhsrdiness Did Not Garry It's jus
Punishmest with Ii I'm This In
stance - A Somewhat He
role Cure for Fever.

Lion hunting is dangerous enough
when the hunters health and strength
are OF the best. But an inveterats
sportsman does not regard conse.
quences, and the author Of Sport in
East Central Africa" gives an account
of foolhardy adventure which he
seems to have enjoyed. He was i'll
with fever in a little settlement OF
blacks, but since lions were in the
neighborhood he must needs insist
upon having the carcass Of a boar
placed as bait net far from his hut;
and, although his legs were too weak
to allow him to walk a dozen steps
he had himself propped against the
door jamb, and laid his double-bar.
relied rife across his knees.
1t was nearly one o'clock, he says
when the lions gave notice of their
whereabouts. 1 heard the heavy
grunting signs of three or four oi
them as they moved about in the
scrub 200 yards away. Then followed
series of rushes, as they leaped
down the bank of the creek and
Tapped noisily at the water Next
came a terrified voice from a neigh.
boring hut.
white man, we are going" it said
and the boys" rushed pell-mell from
their shelter, some passing in front OF
me, others behind me, making for a
grove of trees.
Scarcely had the first of them got
well outside the huts before it seemed
as if lion were right among them.
as, with deep, savage grunts, it dashed
past my hut, bounding through the
scrub in close pursuit.
Suddenly a yell rang out from the
darkness, and l was convinced that
one of my blacks was being devoured;