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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1903. MINING WEALTH N STRTITICS Returns for State Are In and Summary Is Due. Low Water Interferes With Operations on the Mother Lode. i el Some time during the coming week the | most complete report of the mineral out- | put of Ca 1 any ar will be published. I ting the mineral re- | tumns for Californi year 1902 the State M d its statistician, o Charl had exceptional opport & for securing accuracy. The Ay s s that the United Stat: Gove tistics makin whic tics viot the tof eid, gathering s Bureau, and is also of various kinds ed to is all of avallable statis- ¥ is, as has been pre- in this column, that of Californfa for the y >w some falling off compared with the year 191 It may eresting to compare the st ics, will be subr next week with the estimat £ California for the year 1902, es prepared by the Director of the Mint at Washington, on the basis of the returns from the assay offices. as be The Mint returns the California gold output for 1802 at 316,57 Colorado mekes & showing in gold the same authority, of $25.468, ; Mo 600; Utah, 94,50 Alaska, $8,%15,500; South Dakota, $6 Nevada, $28%,- %0; Idaho, $1.4 The practically -unlimited quantities of mineral ofl, the vast deposits of that are developed only in part a great variety of mineral products in C. fornia in addition to gold, under favora- ble oconditi are sufficient to make its annual output much greater in total than it has been in many years, in fact, since the great output of the placer mines in ihe earlier years of California mining his- tory. Ofl has been compelled to make its market and await somewhat slow substi- tution for coal as fuel. With the proper demand, the output of ofl would easily equal the total annual output of goid if not surpass it The last returns have been received by Statistician Yale for the ar 1902. The ling all the statistics will e full results of min- California in the year iic within a very few per the Comparing the statistics of the United nt at Washington, it 1s interest- te that the total output for the States in 1902 in gold was in round figures; Iver, $29.- ifornia is the lowest but one er-producing States, but second roducer. Of the Territories, the lowest showing in sil- 1 with a value in entire T 550,000,000 315,000 part in the ng in the stamp here where d The vince of Benguet, he O al any will to Luzon to in com- r is reported to County, nt, ac- ge ve g eet of been per- uding a vertical shaft to the 1. A contract has been fct fopal tunnel, to be 3000 feet give a vertical depth of will be the main working mine. The Grass Valley activity in a mining wa means are going in and rogress on a and it is said are meeting wi » has m the panies A £00d success. xtent, n let for grading new smelter to The site 1s of the about ATVERTISEMENTS. cars Soap for toilet, nursery, bath and shaving. Match- | less among all soaps in the world for these pur- POSE& 801d 211 over the world ‘Promotes the growth of the balr and gives it thelustre 2nd silkinees of youth. When the bhalr is gray or faded it BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL COLOR. It Dandruff and bair falling and keeps the scalp clean and lhealthy. Don’t Scold. - Irritability is a nervous affection. Strengthen the nerves with Dr. Mules Nervine. Sleep better, cat betrer work better, feel better, and be betrer | 80ld on zuara tee. Bouk OB Drrves for poste’ | Dr Mives Mroic 1 Co. Fikhar, ind | A business school— Schil- ling’s Best—that teaches how to do business so as to make every man and woman you deal-with your friend. Your grocer's; moneyback. | part. | Charles D. Lane, Alvinza Hayward and | 100 feet, | in Tuolumne County ThY 10 DITCH FREIGHT TRAIN Wreckers Run a Car Off Siding and Obstruct Main Track. Oollision Takes Flace, but Fortunately No One Is Injured —— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sent. 25.—A fre!ght train | on the Calffornia Northwestern came very | near being wrecked on Wednesday night. | The mutter was kept quiet by the rafl road officials, but sev: ral of heriff Tay- lor's deputies were detailed on the case ! and last night they were stationed at| various points ne between Pet- | 1 to guard against any > mata trac about car had been that it projected out 15t below the switch nd to be smoldering : <et on fire. nt, with Engineer Ed- was en route to Tiburon and running at a low rate of crew removed the obstruction 1 the burning timbers of the | at a point ne miles fr Brotherhood of Rallroad headguarters at Tiburon the the strikers were astonished Eng leaders of when they learned of the affal Both J U'na and Charles Hackett were most ve- hement in the declaration that none of ir men had anything to do with the attempting to wreck the train. | Sheriff Taylor will thoroughly investi- | gate the case. —_———————— New Union Pacific Agent. OMAHA, Sept. 25.—N. P. Plant of the Union Pacific general freight department has been appointed soliciting agent of the Unfon Pacific at San Francisco, and will Jeave for his new post soon. He has been fourteen years In the service of the com- | pany. i @ iy i e @ The Menlo Gold Mining Company of rass Valley, Nevada County, is about be wound up. A petition has been filed in court for permission to dissolve. This course was decided upon at a meeting of the stockholders, The capital stock s §760,000, ‘of which $5,000 15 paid up. The Bully Hill Mining and Smelting Company has secured an option on lowa, ldaho and Columbia quartz m! in the Bully Hill district. According to the Redding Searchlight the Detroit and California Mining Com- pany will replace the dredger that was destroyed on Clear Creek, near Horse- town, with a Jarger jone, to have a c: pacity of 6000 cubic yards per day. The old machine had just half that capacl The new plant will require 700 hor: power, which will be supplied by orthern California Power Company te for resuming work is December 1 The Siskiyou Mining and Development Association of Etna is reported to have struck several strata of coal at a depth of 150 feet, which is hard and flinty. On the basis of thiy discovery the managers timate that they will have L acres coal lands whict’ can be mined at low | cost NEW DRIFT ENTERPRISE. | Information concerning a new drift mining enterprise in Nevada County is put by the Nevada County Miner, s in pa th the Arrangements are being made to open up an- other gravel mine in this district, and it is thought that active operations wiil begin nter storms set in. Former Su- before the verior Judge John Caldwell of this city and J. T. McCall, an old-time m! g superintend- st in the district, but now in Central Amer- a are the owners of 250 acres of land which believed to contain the north branch of the iarmony ridge channel, Judge Caldwell own- hree-quarter interest and Mr. McCall nce. The holdings include the Waicott location of fifty acres and the right to mine S0 acres on the Frazler ranch 1 120 acres on the Cable r: The loca- s adjoin and constitute an oldspring ¢laim which has at various times yielded considerable gold. All of the pleces have been prospected more or less and are known to contan pay. In the early sixties Mr, Walcott, who was a ditch tender for the South Yuba Water Company, ran a tunnel for 300 feet und found bedrock pitching away from him_which led to an abandonment of that | aterprisé. Mr, Walcott also sluiced out a pit about twenty-five feet deep and fifty feet equare. It is proposed to continue a shaft down from the bottom of this pit to ascer- tain the depth and pitch of the bedrock, then go down the hill and art a crosscut tunnel Which will reach the channel within 400 feet. | By such & tunnel the lead could be worked | to advantage, as there 1s a good site for the dump and water could be easily taken in for washing. The projectors are of the opinion | that it would not be -mecessary to comstruct a stamp mill, as they belleve the gravel would | Within a reasonable time after exposure to the | alr disintegrate sufficlently for ordinary wash- | R T Saciten wihtais the consolldeied evs | erties are situated has for years been famous | as a rich gravel mining section. The Alta and Bingham Mines in Nevada | County are reported to have been bonded | by Charles Gresswell and A. G. Harvey | of San Francisco. The mines are in the Washington district and adjoin the prop- erties operated by the Yuba Development Company’s mines. There is a rumor current in Calaveras County that the Utica mining properties at Angels are to be sold. These inciude the Utica, Stickle, Cross, Gold CUff and | Madison mines. the Union Water Com- pany’s system and the Angels electric light works. The rumor grows out of an inspection that has been progressing, in which John McKenzie, Willlam Dodge and Bdwin F. Blake have been taking The properties are owned by n of the Walter Hobart. One hundred men are working at the copper mine at Campo Seco, Calaveras Count The new working shaft is down Of recent tra =actions relating to mines the Mother Lode Sanner says: MINES ARE SOLD. Tuesday there was telegraphed to the Tuo- lumne County Bank from New York $5000, to be paid to the Doyle brothers. It was in part payment of the Doyle gravel mine and was | sent by W. S. Estey. In sixty days there will Lo due ancther $5000, and the final payment of 20,000 more will be made in four months, Alexander Piscagt has deeded to John P. Beckett an undivided onme-sixth interest in and to the Golden Thread quartz claim, situated near Algerine. It was formerly the prop- erty of Andrew Sullivan. H. J Dykes has executed to Paul Seiler a deed for 42.15 acres of land covering what is known as the Ajax mine and mill site, together with all improvements, machinery, water rights, etc. The property has been in litiga- tion for several months and this settlement will allow the operation of the mine. The Sonora Union Democrat says of operations on the mother lode: Last Monday the Phoenix Lake power plant closed and ss a result the working force of miners in this county was considerably re- duced. Not nearly so many mines are affected this year by the closing of the plant as has been ‘the.case in previous years. The mines on the east belt continue in operation, while the Jumper, Dutch and a few other mines on the mother lode Will keep things moving by means of steam plants. The Shawmut has lJaid off 100 men and the Republican is work- ing with a force of but ten men. The mills of both mines are shut down. During the lull it is the intention of both companies to do extensive repairing to mills, aitches, etc., and do development work. The water supply is sald to be sufficient for battery purposes, and those mines uxmwedn with auxiliary steam plants can easily continue operations through the dry spell. A WITH A BAND CHINESE GREET LEADER President of Reform Party of the Leong Kai Chen, Vice Empire, Arrives From the Ovation by His Many Followers in Mongolian Quarter OF MUSIC PARKS CAUSES FURTHER TANGLE Convention Adjourns to North and Is Accorded Great - Prevent a Free | Fight. Rump Meeting Votes to Un- seat Delegate From New York Local No. 2 — KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25—Samuel Parks, | walking delegate from New York City, caused a split In the annual convention of the International Association of Bridge | and Structural Iron Workers here to-day in a fight to unseat Danlel Brophy, a del- egate from unfon No. 2 of that city, but | who held a proxy from Scranton, Pa. The | charge was made by the Parks delegates that Brophy’s credentials had been forged, and to prevent a free for all fight that seemed eminent, President Buchanan ad- | journed the convention without hour and without walting to put the question. Later, when President Buchanan, remain- | ing away from the hall, refused to recon- | ve the convention the Parks crowd or- ganized a session, placing Second Vice President Warden of New Haven In the chair, and unseated Brophy. President Buchanan deciages that the acts of the rump convention are uncon- stitutional and Brophy says that he will ignore the acts of the Parks crowd and take his seat whenever President Bucha- | nan again assumes the chair. After the delegates had voted to unseat Brophy, the chair was requested to notify President Buchanan of the proceedings ! and to invite him to preside over the con- vention to-morrow. Vice President War- den then declared the sesslon adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Delegate Brophy left the hall as soon as the vote to unseat had been taken. “The action this afterncon,” sald he, “Is unconstitutional. I still claim my seat ¢ 1and will re-enter the convention when | President Buchanan assumes the chalr } | again.” | A fight had been made on Brophy yes- | | terday by the Parks crowd and although VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINESE REFORM SOCIETY, WHO IS VIS- ITING 1 i EONG KATI CHEN, vice president of the Chinese Empire Reform So- ciety, for whose head there is & price of 150,000 yen, payable in gold to any person who is willing to de ltver the same at the gates of the Peking palace, ¥s a guest of the local of his widely spreading association. With | a greeting that any American agitator might well have been proud of, the noted reformer was welcomed into the city yes- terday by his Mongolian followers and during the afternoon and evening he was accorded a serfes of ovations, the like of which has never been witnessed in the Chinese ¢ rter. Ieong Kai Chen arrived on the early morning train from attle, where he has been devoting several weeks among the Chinese there expounding the principles of his organization and exhorting them to join in the movement which has as its ul- timate end the dethroning of the Dow- ager Empress of China, to be followed by the restoration of the young Empercr and a more liberal government, in which the ordinary people of the empire may have a say in the direction of polltical affairs. Elaborate preparations had been made for his coming and a delegation from the local soclety went over to the Sixteenth- street station to meet their distinguished ! leader and escort him to this city, where a band of music and 100 or more followers awalted him at the ferry. HAILED AS THEIR CHIEF. The advent of the reformer was attend- ed by a scene entirely new and strange to Chinese customs in that the band her- alded his coming by playing “Hall to the Chiet,” and after the visitor and his es- cort had been comfortably seated in car- riages a procession was formed and the march began up Market street to Mont- gomery and thence to the Occidental Ho- tel, where a stop was made long enough to permit Leong Kal Chen and his secre- tary, Pow Chee, to enter the hostelry and introduce themselves to the management, under whose protection they will rest | during their stay of a fortnight in San Francisco. 5 From there the procession continued on its way to Chinatown, where a great throng awaited the visitor and gave him a greeting that plainly suggested to fhe reformers that their fellow countrymen are rapidly conforming to the Anglo- Saxon methods of hospitality. The band of fifteen pleces, which preceded the pro- cession through the principal streets of Chinatown, contributed music almost con- tinuously, rendering popular and familiar airs, such as “Hiawatha,” “Anona” and a few less dignified pleces that the Ameri- can parader enjoys. Only one thing nec- essary to make the reception fully up to date was the noticeably lacking demon- strations of enthuslasm, which the Chi- nese seemingly at no time are ready to outwardly show. STRENUOUS DAY FOR CHEN. ‘While thousands of Mongolians crowded the narrow thoroughfares through which the procession meandered, the oniookers remained remarkably stolid as their tero passed in review. The parade finally ter- minated at the headquarters of the re- form assoclation on Stockton street, be- tween Jackson and Washington, where a reception more in keeping with the dig- nity of Leong Kai Chen followed. There was handclapping and handshaking with speeches of welcome, to which the re- former responded in a cheerful manner. This function over, the members of the association escorted their guest to the Yung Fong teahouse, where a light repast was provided, and then Leong Kal Chen and his secretary repaired to their apart- ments at the Occidental to prepare for an elaborate banquet in the evening at the Jackson-street restaurant. The reform- er's first day in San Francisco was cer- tainly a strenuous one. He was kept on the move for nearly fourteen hours, a te- dious ordeal for any man, considering that he had just finished a long overland trip when the local receptions began. GUARDED BY OFFICERS. During the entire day Leong Kal Chen and his secretary were carefully guarded by Detectives George Gibson and George McMann, who were detailed at the re- quest of the local reform soclety, whose members feared that some agent of the Chinese Government might attempt as- sassination. Chen, however, scoffed at the arrangements for his ‘protection, re- marking that he had traveled through many thickly settled portions of China without fear of treachery and without even being extended the courtesy of a members | 4 | he was seated, President Buchanan ruled, | to prevent endless debate, that any one | who is willing to make a protest against any of the delegates might do so in writ- tng. Such a protest against Brophy, de- of his country is a remarkable one. Al-! claring him to be a “scab,” was presented though only 20 vears of age he has ac- | jugt before adjournment last evening and complished more for the advancement of | hecame the first business of the conven- his countrymen than all his predecessors | yion to-day. In thefr similar movements. His ambi-| A threatening move was made at the tion to serve his fellow men is sald 0| goor of the hall as Brophy sought en- have developed within him when he Was | ¢rance to the convention ta-day. He made a mere boy. According to his own story body guard. The history of Leong Kai Chen and his work for the betterment of the conditions TROOPS GATHER FOR MANEUVERS Regulars of Department of the Lakes Arriving. Trial of Automobile by Sig- nal Corps Ends in Failure. e ettt CAMP YOUNG, WEST POINT, Ky., Sept. 25.—With the commanding general | on the ground and all preliminaries dis- | posed of, the regular troops from the | Department of the Lakes began arriving to-day, while others were “leaving sta- | tion” in different parts of the country | for the second series of instructive war maneuvers, the second of their kind un- | dertaken In time of peace since the Civil| War, the first having been held at Fort | Riley, Kans.,, last year. About 14000 troops, including militia from Indiana, Illinots, Ohlo, Michigan, Kentucky and | Wigconsin, will participate. The regular trodps taking part represent all arms of | the service except the heavy artillery. The militia will be represented solely by infantry and light artillery. Major General John C. Bates, command- | ing the Department of the Lakes, has| issued a lengthy order for the guldance of the umpires. officers and troops dur- ing the maneuvers. | The automobile as a factor in warfare already has been given a trial by the| signal corps men. Their lumbering ve- hicle struck its colors, however, last night to one of the Kentucky “knobs™ surround- ing the camp and was shoved back to a steamboat to be sent to Loulsville for| repairs. | @ ittt etk @ | as if to draw Mis revolver, it is stated. and declared he would shoot the first man | to interfere. Soon after the doors had been cloded and the protest agalnst the | seating of Brophy had been brought up. | | a number of the Parks delegation made | the sensational declaration that the cre- | dentlals held by Brophy from Scranton had been forged and that it originally | bore the name of J. Reed, which had been | erased. | Instantly there was an uproar and heated words were heard on all sides, | charges and counter charges of fraud be- | Ing made on all sides. When the scene | became threatening and it seemed impos- | sible to get the convention out of its tan- | gle, President Buchanan summarily de- | clared the convention adjourned without | hour. | The Sheriff then called fogy th LINGHERS KILL NEGRD IN JAIL Three of the Mob Are Captured by the Sheriff. Confession of One of Them Implicates Thirteen Citizens. —n. LYNCHBURG, Tenn., Sept. 25.—Sheriff George R. Davidson in attempting to save the life of a negro early to-day fired into a mob which was storming the jail, wounding a man whose name ‘s un- known. The Sheriff summonder assist- ance, but he and his alds were cverpow- ered, the jail was entered and the much wanted negro, Hallen Small, shot to death in the corridor. The mob was composed of about twen- ty-five persons. Sheriff Davison wa3 alone at the time. He refused to give up the keys and opened fire from a window. police. Two officers and several citlz rushed to the jail, but despite their presence the mob battered down the wooden door ut the foot of the stairs leading to the cor- ridor. The Sherift and posse mada a de- termined resistance, but were unable to prevent the mob from breaking in the iron door at d of the stairs and entering the cell upled by the negro, about whose neck they placed a rope. As soon as the men emerged from the ceil it became apparent that the negro could not be taken from the jail and hanged for tear of being fired on and he was shot to death. The mob then made an effort to escape, but the Sheriff and his guard captured three of them. One of them, it is smid, made a confession, implica‘ing thirieen men. Small was under arrest on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Ellza Egg «- aston, and at the preliminary hear'ng ‘he warrant was amended so as to charge a simple case of assault. The nesed hud walved examination and was awaltl"g the action of the Grand Jury. —————e Bonds for Refunding. WASHINGTON, Sept. %5.—The amount of bonds so far received at the treasury under the Secretary’s offer of last Wednesday for refunding is $268,600, and for redemption, $305.350. ———————— Last of the Massachusett: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. %.—Cather- ine O. Hoakins, one of the last survivors of Massachusetts Indians, is dead at the age of 104 years. he was g ted from the Canton Col- | lege at the age of 12 years with the degree | of bachelor of arts. At the age of 19 he | ADVERTISEMENTS. was engaged to instruct the children of ! the old Imperor at Peking and later, through his or al efforts he was christened "“The Spirit. EDUCATION HIS SLOGAN. Firally he left the imperial family and began to deliver res, and next started a newspaper, s 1] World, in Peking, right u e of the Em- Jeror. ucation was his slogan and he preached it everywhere and made It the special topic of his paper until the impe- Jf Book Reviews Count, rial family began to rerard the former | tuter as a menace to the dynas: Later inother 1e Progress, was started in Shanghal a he young reformer be- | n the work of organizing educatfonal socleties throughout the .central parts of ! | the emplre. It was about this time that | the Empress Dowager took the initiatory | etep toward suppr. ing Leong Kal Chen ard the imperial physician, who was the | !prefihh-nl of the educational society and an ardent admirer of the young .editor. An edict was is from the palace | ainst the further maintenance of the| | societles and heads pped off when- | cer offenders against this ruling were discovered. ally the president and the vice president of the organization were forced to flee from the empire, the former going to Calcutta. By RICHARD GREAVES Will Have an Enormous Jale, WRITTEN SOLELY TO AMUSE. FLEES FROM THE DOWAGER. In making his from Peking Leong Kai Chen was given protection by the British Consul General and through the influence of that official he was taken aboard a Japanese man of war and car- ried to Yokohama, where he started an- other paper and with the assistance of his followers In China he began to make war upon the Dowager. It was then that a price of 10,000 yen, or $75,000, was of- fered by the Dowager for Leong Kal Chen’s head, and a similar price is offered for the head of the president of the so- clety, who is still in the country seuth of China, laboring among the Chinese settlements. Somc months ago Leong Kal Chen left the Orient and for a time was in Honolulu, and from there he jour- neyed to Seattle, where he remained long enough to complete his plans for an ex- tended tour of the United States, through which he expects to spread the gospel of education among the Chinese = residents and strengthen the organization of which he is the leader. FEARS NOT ASSASSIN. Asked yesterday afternoon if he had ever entertained a fear since he had left China that some agent of the Chinese Government might attempt to take his life, Leong Kal Chen, who speaks Eng- lish fluently, replied, as a smile {llumin- ed his clean shaven countenance: “No, I am not afraid of any such mis- fortune. Even $75,00 will not induce one of my counfrymen to betray me, for I know that they have too high regard for me and the movement I am leading.” The young reformer edded that his pa- per In Yokohama had proved a valuable means of educating the Chinese up to the necessity of shaping the future career of thelr Government. Secret efforts had lieen made by the Peking Government to suppress it, but the attempt had failed, Continuing, he said; The Chinese Empire Reform Sock out to accomplish much for ChllllC ::lyd ’::.e :‘lfi forts of the organization are already bea: ing good results. Our greatest hope for the 3 early salvation of the empire lies mainly in the death of the Empress Dowager within the next few years. Anticipating this event our so- ciety is laboring to educate the people of the country eo that they will, as an organiza- tion, be a powerful lever in the future politi- > cal reconstruction of China, FIGHTING SUPERSTITION. We are working against | - perstition, which have wrougl?:"::c:m:cnha a aster to our people. It is possible that som. day in the near future that we may be strong enough to force recognition from the Empress Dowager and compel this tyrannioal old woman to make concessions of benefit to China’s unfortunate population. Our soclety is making great progress, which in itself is a fact that plainly suggests that the move- ment of reform is popular. The ovation s corded me on my arrival here to-day s but a repetition of what has been witnessed in othes cities that I have had the good fortune to visit. 1In the United States our people have greater advantages than those of their country. men at home. Here they have an example 9t what they lay expect when education has taken the place of Ignorance and superstition ¢ They are learning exactly what is needed 1 thelr own country and are eager that & change in the cmpire shall take place. They have 15° celved the same lesson in Japan and in the Fnglish portion of China. They noed leader to provide means for their advancement apnd they have found them in every cou to which the Chinese have emigrated, Leong Kai Chen expects to remain in San Francisco for at least a fortnight, during which time he will hold frequent meetings with the local reform asso- clation and make such suggestions to it members as he may regard as for the betterment of the organization, —_——— SUES FOR RACEHORSE.—B. W. Haskell Dbrought sult against the Southern Pacific Com- pany yesterday to recover $5010 for the death of his horse Tepper, which was killed at the Oakland whart some time ago. b 8 NEW YORK. The World—It ought to be among the most popular and suc- cessful of the year’s light books. The Sun—An animated and un- usual story. The Times—The story.is witty, sprightly and full of fun, and it is warmly recommended to novel readers. BOSTON. The Suburban—TIt is bound to be one of the great books of 1903. PHILADELPHIA. The Inquirer—One of the most delightful of recent books. It might be called an intellectual re- fresher. CHICAGO. The Tribune—It contains enough of the spirit of an exhilarating race to hold the reader spellbound. The Record-Herald—Clever in conception and entertaining in a rare degree. The News—It is certain to hold the reader’s attention. BUFFALO, N. Y. Courier—Here is an uncommon- ly good story. LOVISVILLE. The Times—You will thank us for recommending it. ST. PAUL. The Dispatch—The book is one of the best literary jokes of the decade. KANSAS CITY. The Star—The romance in the book is quite charming, the fun is unfailing; there are no dull pages, and none which the most cursory reader would be likely to skip. OAKLAND. The Tribune—This book-can be commended as a model of its kind. MILWAUKEE. The Sentinel—Certainly a book that one would recommend. ST. LOUIS. The Republic—Its sole purpose is to amuse, and this purpose is accomplished. Have You Read REWSTER'S MILLIONS IF NOT BUYIT