, 1879-03-08

to cover themselves. Hence It might bo some
thing In thciway of clcw n fni out who had
been the heavy sellers during tile last two or
ttrce days, md who wcro Tie hcavy buyers to-
day. 1t was incumbent on the Chfcago
BOARD Of Trndc TO make full investigation.
It. was also incumbent on tic AtInntc & Pacific
Telegraph Company to do all 'a Its poret to
discover who sent The forged dispatch. 1t IL
satI on good authority That
M1l. KEENn HAS oFRHNHn $4,000
for tha discovery Of The sender. Mr. Bococl<, Mr..
Kecnc's stock.broker, has publicly offered 10
gvs $4,000 for the SAME discovery. Regarding
Mr. Kecno's Intentions as 10 tho large lnautity
OF w),eat Ia bis possession, tho esnsleman flrst
hluded to said that Mr. Kccno had
ncgcr meant, Bnd docs not mean, to do
anything with tho wheat until navigation
opens. Fisher g. Co. hnd nothing to do With
this Wheat, nor had anybody elsa ssve Mr.
Kccnc himself.
TuH G1TgHr or Mr.. KEEsx's CONNECTION
WITH p1st1E. 4 CO.
WIS that when ih' Chicago be malo Ills
headquarters at tleir ot1lce, at,d they
were considered his broke1s in Chicago. Mr..
Kccnc could wall afford tolho1d hIs wheat. By
the rso already stnes he bought ilc could realize
q handsome sum. But hc had tnade up tia
mind To sec what ho could do In legitimate
speculation, aid he wns not a man
to give up That ho undertook. He might lose,
but hc could neither be backed down nor
frightened cut, nnd no movement IN Chicago
could scare him Into selling. The belief was
freely expressed that had hfr. j. X. Fisher been
at homo this consfetemps would not haYe oc-
CURED.
KEENn nRruDfATEs TIE SALE.
To tho trtltsrn Estotfdttd Prkss.
New Yonx, Mnrch flames r. Kcene, tho
well'khown stock and grain operator, stated to.
night that hls name was forged last night
fThursday) to a l1alf-rate tc1cgraphic message to
J. X. Fisher E Co., grain brokers, Of Chicago,
directing them to sell 100000 bu Of
wheat on Mr. Keene's aeeount. This caused a
decline on wheat Mt Chicago to-day from QDc
3 kssi Sns En-" ss Ss1 saa sa ss
compel tic re ropurcSaso by Fisher i C. Of , tho
amount sold on h!s account today. Kccne
says e haa 70 atent9n ot making ay ses
per bushol. The message was sent through tic
Atlantic & Pacific Company, md Kecno states
1t was evidently. tlo work Of m agent
II h,yo Now soaa York kop ct Chicago .sa;r Gss sps s
author Of the telegram. Kecne says
suspicious nrc strong against persons short On
provisions, who hoped by thil means to dcprcss
the market md cover their shorts: large re-
ward vii be Immediately offered BY Mr. ketno
for the discovery Of tho forEcr and hts assoct-
atcs. The original eopy Of tho dispatch Ia now
in Mr.. Kocne's possession,
now IT LOOKS.
After receiving this dlepatch, the reporter
again set out IN search Of bfr: Fisher, but was
whom he had dIncl had loft the Cub und dit-
to learn from him shother ho
aa fecotLsa tay ay avi:ss tfom NJ,
genco given In tho telegram. But It Is not
such Is to Indicate anything Of tho
kind. A person who has made bust
fm ira from siooom to ssoS,ooo I Is not u il the %
habit Of spending, tho evening at a dinner party
with a lot Of friends. lie clthcr cousults 1nwyer
| to find out whether ho ia responsible under the
oilse iooklg ovot t.,5 liz IT. sooks . 10 ;;, r.
senior n,cmbcr of the ilr1n Of ]. Il. Fisher i
Co. is IN Europe, md tho junior member, on
would be oil thy more nervous had he received
Indicated ID tfio dispatch. It Is very
safe, therefore. to ,prcsusne that ~
viii vii hay have To- to 70 o. chaage ibis mo1nng and t buy T
back tlat 3,000, 600 bushels Of erai.l. -
1t Is surprising too, tl1at alr. Fisher should
| have received no intelligence from Mr.. Kccuo
during the day. The moment tho market
Degan 10 waver here, the noWs flashcl 10
| Npw York, and Of course reached A1r. kcenc.
| lie knew from minute to minute, rs matter Of
general Information at least, how the Chicago
| whcat-market Tas going, md had he known
tllAt Ills wheat wns selling against ILLS wishes hu
would certainly have telegrapbed hls agent hero
| 10 stop tint hllstncss.
Moreover, 1t is not customary to send orders
OF guch Importance uB one relating to the aalc Of
| 5000 000 bushels Of wheat in The form OF half
ratio message, and that too, in plafn English.
Tho artu atld Mr.. kocnu havu their own ciphor,
| which they arc In tho habt Of using, aud which
! IL not 10 eaallY stolen.
1t was tle fcoitg last cyonlng. among those
WIN know anything about tAe subject, and nero
| Ectasnbto, tllat Biz. Keone'e dleayowal Of tho
order was q rusc,--a strategem for tie purpose
| U! atlf!enfnE up tho market this mostl-
/ Ing. Wheat went down yesterday q
littlc lower than was altogether t1estrablo, mil
this announcement tlIut Fisher would buy baCl
tlese j,000,0 bushels would hayc tendcucy
to bull things. The price Of wheat would go
sune more of tho stock he still has on hand, ulak-
tux hts sales, Of coursc, through oificE brokofs.
There will, undoubtedly, be lRrgo purchases
to-day, a1!l not through Mr. Flslser directly,
| for II that gentleman wns to 20 or 'Chango atitl
attempt 10 make inrRe purchases In view Of tle
dispatches tint he has got to buy back the
:.00o, CO bushels, the urlce would 60 up to q
f1guru too absurd for him to graphic with.
But whatever the truth about this may be,
tlonably bu ltYr1ler than they hasc boon s!uce
| kcene made bis b!g purchase last year.
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