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Show FINDS A PACKAGE CONTAINING $25,009 SMALL FORTUNE IN NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES LEFT ON COUNTER. 1 I Though Two Days Have Passed, Property Prop-erty Has Neither Been Claimed Nor Advertised for. $ San Francisco, March 11. That someone in this city ig s0 careless of I his wealth that he can lose $25,000 without making auy inquiries for It, ' was the astonishing discovery of J. L. Samuels, ft ho, two days ago, picked tip a package in the dry good's store, vUh which he is connec.ed, containing a small fortune in negotiable securities. secur-ities. Just as the store wa6 about to close last Monday night, Samuels' attention at-tention was called to a large envelope , which had been left on the hosiery ' Counter. Tho contents of tho envelope consist mainly of mining shares in Paying concerns, and as moat of them are unregistered, they could be easily negotiated. Samuels waited for two days before announcing his find, in the belief that the owner or such a valuable package would certainly advertise his loss. Tho 6hflres are now in a safe deposit where thcv will be kept until an owner own-er appeari and proves his property by naming the exact value of the shares nd the companies which Issued thcui. |