Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-11
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A Broker Struck with ApopIe1y
on the Floor OF the TX
change.
GOULD GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE
SITUATION.
Window Has No Apprehension on
Account OF the Money
Market.
INTENSE FEELING OF ALARM IN
LONDON.
An Autopsy Giving Too Much
"Christian Science, as
Death Causs.
GOULD GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE
SITUATION.
INTENSE FEELING OF alsam IN
LONDON.
BY Telegraph to the NEWS.
DROPPED DEAD.
The Excifemeut Too Maeh for
sfruthcr~.

i New York, Nov. 10.-The mar
ket displayed no recuperative powe
aud at noon business was arreste,
by the death by apoplexy OF Jane
Struthers, a member, ON the foo
OF the exchange. struther,s dsa,
body lay on the floor surrounded 10y
brokers' For some time not a won
was spoken, but the brokers witt
uncovered heads, waited for the
officials to act.
Mr.. Struthers had entered few
minutes before aud was noticed e
he acting In AVERY singular man.
ner. He staggered up against one
or two brokers ami sndGenly fell
forward on his face, dying in few
minutes. Struthers was seriously
III two years ago and has not been
himself since. Friends noticsd re-
Gently that he had not been look
ing well. and the doctor said the ex-
element Of today was undoubtedly
ttoo much for him. Struthers was
ifty-eight years old and leaves a
wife and a young daughter.
sharp TO the minute Of 1851, ex-
actly after the half-hour recess tx
pired, the president again mounted
the rostrum and male official nn-
nOuncement Of the unfortunate
brokers' death. He had hardly
stepped down from the platform be
fore there was a rush and a shout,
and business was once more IT.
-umed on the floor. This scene, as
well as that when recess was an
bounced, was Characteristic Of the
Tremendous excitement prevailing
10 the market today. When the
ieath was first announced scores OF
brokers, without waiting - hear
anything about IL. rushed oil in
mad haste 10 make the best use they
-'U Il Of the time In making up
their accounts.
rne rush 10 sell after the recess
caused by the fatal incident, caused
the lowest prices Of the day, but
with the exhaustion OF the selling
Driers which then appeared, n
number Of brokers who had been
heavy sellers 10 the early dealings,
turned and bought heavily. a
rally was soon under way, aud at
l:3D p. m. the market was quiet with |
prices - > per cent above the low
-st Of the day. The Vanderbilts |
had heen firmer than the list, and |
Northwestern and Lake Shore did |
lot sustain n material decline.
The stock market maintained a
moderate business in the last hour. |
Prices continued 10 advance, and |
gains OF J to were scored. Later,
however, sugar, which bad been
neglected during the early portion
OF the day, came to the front with
4 sharp drop from 81 TO 5ll. and the
general list was affected 10 some
-xtent. The market finally closed
ictive and weak, close to the lowest
orires. Notwithstanding a rally Of
two per cent.
Before O'Clock the general rail-
way list rallied and the market con-
tinued 10 gain strength up to 2:30 p.
N, when the quotations showed n
recovery of G. q C. in a number
Of stocks, with L1ckRwanna, At
Burlington & Quincy, |
Northwestern. St. Paul, Rock Is
land, New York Central and Union
Pacific In the lead.
In the money furry loans were
reported as high as ! and Interest,
nut those rates were exceptional,
and around p. IN the quotation
was down 10 Is per cent per an
mum.
The heavy declines Of late are
without failures on the street, which
the fact that for n long
time the stocks have not been held
10 any extent upon the street on
brokers' margins. A prominent
Spectator apply characterized the
present furry as a rich mans panic.
The Gould people are credited to-
lay with being large purchasers.
The final losses are very material
and st. Paul is down 81, Pacific
Mail and New England each 5,
sugar q, Louisville Z Nashville st,
Erie 81, North American and Lack
lwanna each 81, Northern Pacific
preferred q, Jersey Central q,
Rock Island q, Reading q. West
srn Union q, Missouri Pacific II,
Atchison q, Richmond and West
Point q, Canada Southern 2, and
most Of the active list over per
cent.