Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-20


 been his reasoning, for Bonanza soon be- gan to decline. Once started, it wont down on a run, finally reaching the pitiful figure of 25 or thcreahouts. Through the Untiro course of the collapse kecnc bought and sold, bought and sOld doubling his money over and over again, and when the bottom was reached he had wads and wnds of money. His winnings must have been a round $3, 0OO GOO.
 Now, many men, including the present writer and probably most of his readers, would have hrcn well satisfied to rest right there and enjoy the S3, 000, GOO. but it was not so with keenP. He was not satisfied. He thought he had proved his judgment and his ability as a fighter He could see no reason whatever why he should not make som" more millions. and he came to New York IO do the trick
 kCCnc is d man of abundant nerve even HOW. Then his nerve was like steel tenn pc",d to the hardness of tho diamond, for he decided before ever leaving California not only that he would make plenty of money in New York, but that he would mako it out of Jay Gould. When he reached New York, Keene found his fame ahead of him. People of all sorts were talking of him as the poor schoolmaster who had motamorphoscd himself into a millionaire by selling something he never owned
 It was expected by 'the street. that he would hero proceed on a plan similar to that adopted on the slope in whatever op- eration he undertook, but he didn't. At first he took things easy for him. Then he got up n corner in wheat with the idea that he could down Gould in that way. As the cx-schoolmaster bought the price went up day after day. The people watched, and Keene smiled in the anticipation of the triumph certain soon to be his, but Gould said nothing All the time, how ever, the great railroad and telegraph magnate was "sawing wood'-indus- triously and consistently. After awhile Gould began more open operations. They were very similar in plan to those by which Keene had made his millions out of l Bonanza stock. Gould sold wheat day after day, day after day, and ordered it sold all over the cOuISry. The result was bad for Keene. It bIeke the corner and ruined the schoolmastcr. Plenty there werc who believed his ruin was perma- nent, but Kccno was not among that num- l ber. Those who knew him then say he | was not badly affected by the smash as he is now whenever something happens to Domino.
 It was through the Vanderbilts that Kcene got on his feet again. He had done something that redounded to their inter- est when he first came east, and they loaned him some money, though he was able to offer no security. With this money Keene laid the foundation of his present fortune, though it was years before he was able to count himself millionaire again.
 When he came east, Keene used to wear | long tailed milk white overcoat, and in | many other ways encouraged the people 1 to talk about him. Now he is past that, as he is also past further plunging in such a manner as to risk q second downfall.
 M I. DEXTER.
 Drowned While Gathering Lilies.
 NEW YORK, July 20.-Eddie Bell, aged l3 years, while gathering water lilies near Ihe Fort Wadsworth station, Clifton, N. Y., fell into the pond and was drowned,