Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
STORIES ABOUT CHECKS.
Some Big and Famous Ones and Some
Curious Endorsements.

From the London Globe.
This check Is to order and must be in
dorsed," said a paving cashier in a High
land bank to a Presbyterian minister. "Eh?''
queried the cleric. 'Indorsed-across the
back, explained the money expert. "Oh!
aye" and with the pen and with great fer
vor the minister wrote: 81 heartily indorse
this check This little anecdote, which
came across the border some years since,
was called to mind few days ago, when
modern Autolycus actually knocked down
check for the modest return of one penny
for every ESQ, $50 mentioned the paper.
The document in question, II must be ad-
United at once, or Autolycus may consider
the above statement Hbelous and rejecting
upon his sanity, was Photographic repro
ducuon OF the check for I'll DOS, S57 lbs. I'd,
with which his excellency Sir Chichen Lob
Penguin paid off the balance due to Japan
on account Of the war indemnity.
This check, which was indorsed-and with
out doubt heartily indorsed'-by 1T Ka-
to, minister of Japan" now holds the rec
ord for big checks. having eclipsed the pre-
riOus record held in connection with the
Franco-German war indemnity and quite
puts In the shade the four checks each rep
resenting 100000 (1. 0O0,000), that the
United States Treasury Department made
payable to his excellency Jules Cambon,
ambassador extraordinary and plenipot an
tiary Of France" as representative of Spain
In the Philippine Islands purchase deal A
statement printed at the top Of the first
mentioned check says, Payable In the pub
lie drawing Office and refers TO the Bank
OF England, but fortunately for the clerks
employed by the old lady of inreadneedle
street, the minister for Japan refrained
from asking them to count out the sum to
him in gold, which would, by the way have
weighed over lightweight tons. AS nat
ter Of fact, neither the minister for China
who signed away the millions, nor the min
lister for Japan. who eventually Endorsed it
though not In the words of the young lady
who startled paying cashier who had re-
quested her to execute the same forrnality
and handed back the check bearing the
words, Il want this money awful bad yours
truly, please pay the bearer''-was present.
Sir Halliday Mccartney and Mr. T. Y Io
represented the Chinese minister, and Mr.
Iamaza and Mr.. koike the minister for
Japan. the transaction being completed in
the presence Of the governor, the deputy
governor and the chief cashier of the bank.
When the history Of large checks Is writ
ten chapter will have to be devoted to the
competition that took place some few years
ago among the chief clients Of the inland
revenue department. who, by the way.
doubtless regarded II with equanimity: the
game opened with check for f5O.5t3 lis
ID, representing clearance Of about /. 100
tons Of tea, but the triumph Of the drawer
was short lived. for on publication of the
figures great firm OF distillers distributed
a large number Of fac SMILES of check
for go. 372 IS. I'd, on account of the duty
on 6s5. O56 bottles of their produce, which
they handed to the collector OF the revenue
two years before the tea check was drawn
Tea however, refused to acknowledge de-
feat. and after hiding her time-if ever a
Commodity deserved to be fen1inized II sure
~ Is tea!-she, through the medium of an
other firm of merchants, beat every record
Tor duty checks by having one for fa3 l47
- 1oo-, Drawn on her account-a blow to