Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-02
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Jay Gould rs a ssBulI'' Wakes Up-A
new Stock Exchange - Ex-Nay8r
Oakley Hall-'sSeparatiOn'' New
Debutante-Nrs. Langtry's New Home
Thomas keene, Etc.


Special Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR
NEW YORK. Feb. 1.
Jay Could woke up from the apparent
lethafgy In which he had been for sometime
immersed, few days ago, clutched a huge
mass of Oregon and Transcontinental stock
and sent it from IS to 119. The result was
that Mr.. Woerishoeffer and other eminent bears
were squeezed so hard that they haven't got
through gasping for breath yet Gould has an
| admirable faculty of appearing to be asleep
until the street begins TO move without con-
sidering him, then he shakes himself and raises
the dust. The effect OF his little schemes in
Oregon Transcontinenta was disastrous to a
great many of Mr.. Gouds dearest foes. Gould
has arrived at point now when he takes no
risks worth speaking of, for he holds the mar
ket IN the palm of his hand. He was. by the
ava OF brother capitalist or two, able to rake
IN seventy thousand shares of the stock of the
Northern Pacific system. He knew that the
FARMERS Loan and Trust company held thirty
thousand more. and that the Oregon company
nad hypothecated at least twenty thousand
adaitlonai shares. Therefore, with his immense
resources he had actual control of the market
linen he proceeded tochastise the bears. Gould
IS mysterious factor in Wall street affairs. He
! Is absolutely king Of the street. There is prob
aoiy no truth in the rumor that he is behind the
scheme. for
II Gould had any interest in new building.
directly Or otherwise, he would probably build
1t himself and then force the exchange to &C
cept it. One thing is certain, he would not
bother with the tedious and troublesome board
OF governors in the present exchange. No one
knows what the agitation over the new stock
exchange really means Two years ago half a
million dollars We're spent in charging and re-
constructing the present building. There is
still great deal of dissatisfaction with it.
mainly on the ground that it is inconvenient.
lts location cannot be surpassed but unfor
tunatelv the entire business of the board cam
| not De transacted on one floor. The loaning of
| STOCKS and money Is now done upon floor
when 1t should be in a separate department.,
| and there are no facilities for dealing in IN
listed securities. Another reason, and one that
Is OF more Importance than all the rest, is that
| the board room Is too small for the large men,
bership OF the exchange. 1t is not unlikely
that the Stock Exchange is more or less jealous
| OF the Produce Exchange. The Produce has
superb building on lower Broadway 1t Is
easily four times as big as the Stock Exchange
and has conveniences for work which drive the
heavier propretors Of the great Wall street es-
taeiishment frantic with envy. The Produce
Exchange has adopted patroniZing and far
from respectful air towards their older brothers.
| new building increased business and high
commercial standing has done much for the
| Produce Exchange. Its members claim that it
| 10 va q Sief iOuHuutioH because IL uPatS III
| staples-whereas the Stock Exchange deals in
paper. The value of seats in the Produce Ex-
change has increased very rapidly. and the posi-
ton or the members in financial life has been
much heightened by the prominence given to
wheat and gralf SPECIFICATIONS of late. Still,
the principal exS3An.gee,,A by long odds the one
in which Mr.. eG6d dd occasionally shows his
power. 81
Ex-HArd R olKEY HALL .-
Oakley Hall has arrived safely in London and
made his debQtnat che Savage club. He is
known as an eNaa4aEoRef New York. brilliant
Journalist and g6bd fe1iow, and he has already
become member Of well-known English law
firm and received his first retainer in an impor-
| tant international law case He has Joined the
| bright galaxy OF American "rOunders" headed
by Sam Ward and William H. Hurlburr and
writes glowing and enthusiastic accounts of his
London life. He ought to be success in Eng
land, Tor he has all the qualities which English
! men admire.
SEPARATION"
Mr.. BARLEY Campbell appeared in connection
with his play desperation" at the Union Square
theater, on Monday night. The play was Sec
ondary to Mr.. Campbell. A New York audi
ence enjoys nothing SO much as the spectacle of
the attenuated. spasmodic. and yellow-haired
playwright on the occasion of the first produc-
! ton of one of his plays. Mr.. Campbell differs
1 from other eminent men. You never know
where to expect him. nor how he will be dressed
when ne appears before the foot-iights. When
| the 'White Slave" was produced Mr.. Camp
bell came before the audience wearing q sack
| coat. pair of white gloves, and large and
| efful9ent smile. The audience hailed him with
clamorous gee and forced him to make no less
| than seven distinct appearances. Shortly after
| that he produced an Irish play at the Standard
theater. The people looked for the white
| gloves and the smile, but they were disap-
| pointed. After repeated calls the dramatist
shot out on the left of the stage, clad in fault
less evening dress, huge diamond in his shirt
front, buttonaire in his button hole, crush
| hat and slver-tOp stick in one hand and
| mOuse-cOlored Union club overcoat tossed
| gracefully over his left arm. He looked blase
and bored, bowed haughtily and retired There
tempest of applause that fairly shok the chande-
Tiers. Mr.. Campbell was called out several
| times. but he preserved the manners and ap-
| pearance of millionaire. Later on he made an
appearance at the Union Square theater on the
| production of his play, ''Sibera." This time he
wore Newmarket coat. which fitted him CO.
| piousy around the neck, was very tight at the
waist and spread out like a crnone about the
| legs. He skipped around in front of the foot
! lights like prima danseuse smiled graciously,
and only restrained himself from kissing his
hand to the audience by violent muscular
effort He received no less than six recalls
! we looked for his appearance on Monday
night with mingled feelings Of agitation aud
\ ptdSuIc. I1c CdiIlcu d ulCkOFy SUCK, wore q
business suit. and q rough and shaggy ulster.
| which resembled nothing 80 much as the monde
| script garment which car drivers and truckmen
wear on stormy days. but his smile was larger
than it has been before for seven years. He was
all vivacity and grace. His six feet two inches
of stature fairly palptated with delight, and he
| flung himself around on the stage with reck-
less galety that stupefed the orchestra and
called forth shouts of appreciation from the aud
/ fence. He made fine speech at the end OF the
play, and then flung himself off the stage with
the same recklessness with which he had come
| on
Mr.. Campbell's play seems to have been sue
| cess. In many points 1t rs ridiculous, but the
general effect Of the play must have been pleas
| ing, for the people who were there stayed until
the last act, and the papers the next morning
pronounced it q success. There are many in
congruous things about the play, and have no
hesitation whatever in saying that, If it had
| been acted by troupe of less merit than that
| of the Union Square theater, it would have
fallen fiat on the first night. The play which
presents Charles COghlan, Eleanor Cary, Ellie
Elsler, Maud Harrison and Messrs. Stod-
dard, Parsell and Whiting is pretty
sure to succeed. The stage setting was
superb, and, as the rehearsing has been
careful, everything moved without hitch. The
best scene in the play is taken bodily from sar-
dou's great drama, "Odette." The whole plot
| OF the play hinges upon an unnatural and silly
incident which is given in the prologue. 4
! husband and wife quarrel over petty matter,
| and they part v0wing never to meet again, The
cause Of their quarrel is silly in the extreme