St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-12

| stood on the floor of the board OF trade
/ receiving the frantic congratulations OF
/ his brokers. informing him that he WAS
richer by at least half a million dollars.
aud that acting Tor him they had pound
ed down the price OF wheat five cents
ON every bu,hcl. HIS enemies, VINO, t
was said, had formed a sort Of conbinl-
ton "A few days agJ 10 compass his ruin,
were themselves made heavy losers aud
put 10 utter ront.
The galleries OF the trading hall
throughout the day were janneJ with
sigbtseers, including many ladies. all
eager to pick ont of the jostling, yelling
crowd below the man whose extraOr-
, binary tm1lc Was causing all the tIr-
mJil Pdrdr.dgc's manner was much
ealmer than Saturday, aud it WIS evil
! dent. judging from the expression OF
those keen gray eyes, that ms plans
were more settled and better fOrmu-
lated. The same fauILlcss attire char
| actprized him i0Iay, the same diamond
studs flashed from his sDotless shirt
front, and he carefully brushed the dust
OF Saturday from his hat amt looked
| spick and span. over and above his
Profit Of 100000,
| il ~ estimated that he Melted c0nsidera-
| Die on trades OH the tia citations.
| lie was the heaviest buyer ANA seller,
| and apparently must have made pot
of money out Of MS scalping deals.
| Durng the final moments the excite
| ment was at such pitch that the spec
! tator, in the galleries. losing all control
q Il
| ers at every slump u the market. Inc
/ bears went wild over their success. and
! the men who had 1t in for Partridge"
| some OF them al least, joined in what
! amounted tOa general ovation 10 the
! bold operator.
| II anybody had been expecting Par
! bridge % run 800, they were quickly I'M
! deceived, for, on the contrary. his brOk-
| ers were among the most aggressive
/ sellers right from the start, and kept on
! the selling side all day. showing no fear
| even ON some of the Widest Aulge5.
New York aud st. LOuj, operators came
into line and sold heavily, wink There
! was also q large amount OF iUe 4 longs
| who seemed 10 despair of 1eitiug q
much larger bulge, and began % realize.
Under this concentrated selling there
was an irre-ular break OF three cents in
the price OF May, and the feeling grad
ually became quite bearsh.
The disappointment BOO the visible
supply proved also Weakening factor;
early, it was thought, there would be
decrease OF 5000 bushels but when
the figures were complete ii really
showed decrease OF l4l,OOJ bushels.
This completely
UnncrVcd the Bulls
and there WAS 4 quick collapse Par
dridge personally was not present atthe
critical time OF the opening and took
10 part in the first hours trading. IL
was said he was waiting for the others
to experiment with the nervous fluctua-
tiOns, and while ms opponents battled
in the PIT he sat In his Office reading
quotations Whether he kept himself
secluded while in apprehension that his
Waterloo was al last al hand is a ques-
ton. During the remainder Of the day,
however, and particularly al tie close,
he was continuously in view, life size.
The scene during the latter part OF
the session was the most exciting that
has been witnessed IN many day.
From sjJl cents May wheat dropped in
big jumps TO 500, and finally closed az
500. THIS is rs cents below the close
Saturday night. From the high point
TO the low figure Partridge makes five
cents per bushel, 10 is supposed, on his
10000, 900 short line, or what amounts 70
gain of 100000.
'How do you feel, Mr.. Pardridge?''
asked reporter OF that gentleman
after the pandeulOnium, at the wlnd-up.
LOvely-loyely, was the laughing
answer. accompanied by merry twin
kle of the eye, but that was all that
could be gotten out or him.