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Mrs. Barnhart Enjoys Life Once More.

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years ago; have given birth to four
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19

Customary. His Judgment has been rip
ened and matured by experience. In the
interview in which he gave the public
the benefit of his opinions, he con-
cluded:
"a higher level of prices for our Sc
curities is inevitable. There are GER
tainly many stocks selling much below
their intrinsic and prospective value
There is abundant money. Foreign and
domestic business conditions are the
best in the history of the country; and
these can only mean material increases
in the value of. railroad and industrial
securities"
Keene holds the same opinion today
that he did on Dec. 8. When asked in
regard to the matter he said:
There may be a few stocks that are
selling too high now but the great ma
jority are we'll within their worth.
Prices have gone to higher level be-
cause they belong there, and they will
not fall until business conditions offer
a decided change The nation has
gained in wealth a billion and half on
foreign exchanges in the past three
years. and is feeling the good effect of
this increase now. Values will go still
higher, according to my judgment
z. W. MAYO
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took his place with these men. became
one of the board and soon had a repu-
tation for good luck and sound judg-
nleut.
The boom and the rush of money for
investment had forced prices to a very
high point Keene saw that the infla-
ton could not last. When he believed
that the turn was close at hand. he
went short of the Comstock securities,
which had received more attention, and
had been forced higher than any 9TH
ers. In taking this course he had
Mackay, Flood, Fair and the powerful
Bank of california against him. For a
time there was lively contest between
these rival Influences, then the market
began 10 sag under the influence of
Keene's persistent sales and soon it
was going down with a rush. In the
smash-up OF values that ensued Keene
realized three millions from his short
interest in the Belcher, Crown Point
and Ophir mines. This coup made him
famous all over the country as the first
man who hal successfully fought the
Pacific coast triumvirate before named.
Although Keene had been on the bear
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
SIX MILLIONS in SIX WEEKS.
How James R. Keene Prophesied the Recent Boom and
Made Fortune From It.

and decisive. But he Will stop in the
middle of the most important trarDsac-
ton to shake hands with an old friend
or TO give ear to a dependent acQuaint-
ance, and he has many of the latter.
STORY OF A BIG GIFT
Keene's charities are characteristic of
the man. During the recent blizzard in
New York he was sitting with two
friends in the Waldorf-Astoriae This
is the time said Keene. when the
well-to-do ought to put their hands into
their pockets to relieve the poor. The
people in this hotel should give $4,000
toward it, and if they don't WILL"
I'll give $1,000" said one of his COM
panions.
TN do the sarne,'' said the other.
Keene walked to the telephone, called
up the mayor and told him that $4,000
was waiting to relieve the sufferingsi of
the destitute poor. The only stipulation
was that it should reach them immedi
ately.
1t was holiday, and the mayor had
to get hold. of the commissioners of
charities before he could promise that
the money would be applied immediate
ly. Meanwhile Keene sent for the head
of one OF the principal charitable or
CARNATIONS of the city, and placed in
his hands $40, 00O-SS, 900 from the his
own pocket and two from his two
friends. The only proviso attached to
the gift was: Get it to the needy to-
day
A little later the mayor, having made
his arrangements. called up Mr.. Keene
and announced that his gift was ac
cepted. Keene's response was: All
right" and so he gave $4,000 to a very
practical charity instead of the $1,000
he had at first intended for the purpose.
KEENE'S REMARKABLE RISE.
Keene's rise to fortune has been
remarkable, and in some respects a ro-
mantle one. He was born in London
little more than sixty years ago. He
came to America at the age of II. For
few years he lived in the south, and
studied law there. AS soon as he was
admitted to the bar, in the late SOS, he
Joined the throng of young men drawn
westward by the California gold dis
coVeries, and began his practice in san
Francisco.
The young lawyers practice related
chiefly to mining claims. He became
familiar with mining stocks and prop
critics, and soon was more a mining
speculator than lawyer. He made
money in his ventures, but his health
was poor and a physician advised him
to take a long trip. So he closed up
his business affairs, packed his effects
and started for the Atlantic coast, to be
absent . year
That was an important trip for
Keene. 1t made him a rich man. Some
time before he had become possessed Of
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side of the market he was not then.
nor afterward, a destroyer of values. In
this case he simply took advantage of
ascondition of affairs thatswas certain
to bring about the same result. After
the crash, when values were on a saner
level, be did his utmost to restore pros
perity. The Bank of California had
been dragged down in the ruin. and
Keene set to work to rehabilitate it,
and put up million dollars, along with
D. o. Mills and Lucky Baldwin, for
the purpose. It was due to the COM
bined efforts of these men that the
slump dill not extend further.
Keene continued his speculative ca
reer in California until, in 1877, his for
tune had grown to $4,000, 900. Then he
started for Europe to recuDerate his
health again B. that time the unvary-
ing success of his operations, had made
his name known to financiers and spec
ulators, though he had confined his at
tention entirely to the Pacific coast.
APPEARANCE IN WALL STREET.
It was in 1877, in the course of his
journey, that Keene first appeared in
Wall street. He came to see, but he
remained to conquer The attraction
of the larger market, the opportunity
for great undertakings, were irresist-
ible. Keene transferred his interests
to New York and at once became one
of the prominent figures in Wall
street.
One fact that the California million
aire soon learned was that he could
not run the Wall street market to suit
himself as he had done in San Francis
CO. When he threw out thousands of
shares in an effort to send the market
down, it sagged only point or two,
yr1E.t nn1 e Iii h L., Il
been the case in his earlier field. But
he soon adjusted himself to his new
surroundings. One of the first big
deals that he went into was the West
ern Union pool which Jay Gould was
engineering. In this they netted mil
lion between them.
Six years had elapsed since the panic
of '73. Prices were at their lowest ebb.
Keene, carefully studying the market
and the conditions of the country as
he has always done, was convinced
that rockbottom had been reached, and
! that a great advance was coming. He
bought heavily, stalking the bulk of his
! fortune on his judgment in the matter
| The rise in values came and continued
| beyond the expectation of those who
| had predicted it. Keene added between
! eight and nine millions to his fortune
TEN MILLIONS IN THREE YEARS
People looked at Keene in wonder
| Here was a man who had made a for
| tune of fourteen millions by specula-
ton, who had cleared nearly ten mil
! lions in Wall street in three years. His
| fortune was without parallel for the
rapidity of it's accumulation. He came
| to be looked upon as a sort of financial
wizard. 1t was said that he could not
lose. Perhaps Keene came to have a
! little of the same feeling.
| After his great success. Keene
branched out in every direction. He
| lived in the princely fashion agreeable
| to his nature. He gave away thousands
! and gave advice to his friends on
which they made thousands. He was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
Especial Correspondence,

New York. March 15.-In the recent
Wall street boom James R. Keene re-
covered his old time position as the
most daring and successful Spectator
on change. He was the only prominent
trader who saw the advance comang,
and he has made between SIS, 00O, 600 and
S6,O0O,000 in six weeks, with more in
prospect.
But Keene has helped the public as
well as himself. On Dec. last he came
out with an interview in which he pre-
dicted a general and sustained rise in
values. In the three months since then
the stocks and securities handled in
Wall street have advanced over $780,
100000. A large part of this increase
has gone TO small investors all over the
country, who took Keene's advice, and
went in at the beginning of the ad-
vance.
Nobody except Keene could have done
IL. There are bigger operators here and
men whose names are more familiar,
but not one who occupies his unique
position. For one thing he is the vet
eran, or one of the veterans of the
street. He was here in the days Of Jay
Gould and the elder Vanderbilt. He
has seen the rise and fall Of many for
tunes, including MS own lie mas UudQe
millions, lost them and made others to
replace them. But the chief influence
that led investors to accept his judg-
ment as 10 the course of prices was
his reputation for absolute honesty.
Everybody knows that Jim keene is
honest. If another man had come out
with the same statements, he would
have been accused of trying to inf1u-
ea,ce the market for the benefit of deals
that he had on foot. When Keene said
1t the people beloved it.
KEENE, KING OF SPECTATORS.
Keene has indicated his financial sa-
gacity by accommodating two great for
tunes. He has done battle with some of
the masters of the street" and has not
come off YanquiShed. He may not be so
great a manager as Flower or Pierpont
Morgan, but he is the king Of Specula-
tors. His honesty was proved when he
paid 81, 00O. 900 for which he was not le-
gally responsible. He has been in many
deals and has always acted on the
square. He has been ''euchered,' sold
out" ruined by men whom he trusted.
and some Of whom he had made, but
Keene himself has never been accused
of a mean or dishonest act.
The James r. Keene of today is a
man of medium height, and compact
build. His gray beard, close-cropped
10 the chin, does not hide the firm out
lines of his Jaw His gray eyes are
searching. kindly and bright His man
ner in transacting business is abrupt
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some shares of a mining stock that
was selling at almost nothing. 1t was
believed to be practically worthless, but
soon after Keene's departure it panned
out wonderfully rich. The stock went
up like a rocket from one figure to
three. Keene was away; news Travelled
slowly in those days. He knew moth
ing of his good fortune for a long time,
but when he returned to san Francisco
he found that his few hundreds had
grown to $200,000. Had he remained at
home he would have sold out probably
at the first advance, netting 9erhaos
one-tenth of what he actually realized.
AS he says himself, it was a lucky
journey.
The former lawyer, having brains,
confidence, sound judgment and 100000
at his command, was ready to attempt
larger affairs. He became a broker and
Spectator: invested freely and came
out luckily in ali his undertakings.
: IN THE WESTERN BOOM.
Those were days of great speculation
in San Francisco. Mackay, Flood, Fair
and O'Brien were the leaders. Keene
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fond of racing, so he bought a stable
and became leading figure in turf
affairs. At the same time he specu-
lated in oil, wheat, stocks-anything.
FIGHTING JAY GOULD.
/ 1T was in 1885 that Keene. in vulgar
parlance, bit off more than he could
chew. He tried to corner the wheat
market, an attempt that has been
fatal stumbling-block to other able
financiers. In this same year his horse,
F'oxhall, won the Grand Prix in Paris.
1t was an honor that Keene priced
dearly, and when it came he was en-
gagged IN a struggle that involved prac-
t1cally his whole fortune. Under the
stimulus of rising prices the western
farmers rushed their wheat to mar
ket faster than Keene with his
| millions could absorb it. Jay Gould
had been watching Keenefts course with
interest, and saw the vulnerable spot.
With Addison Cammack he set out to
bear the market on the interests that
keene was concerned in At the
same time the newspapers began de-
nouncing the corner and its hackers
Some of Keene's partners in the COM
bine became tin1id and sold out The
load was too heavy for the Californian
to carry alone, and he went down un-
der it. Over seven millions of his ac-
foundations were swept away. He
tried desperately to recoup himself on
what remained, but could not do it,
Men whom he had aided before were
willing to profit by his downfall, and,
in the language of the street, he was
sold OUT He had the modification
of seeing the shares that he was I'M
able to hold on to advance over so per
cent within few months. under the
skillful manipulation of Gould and his
associates.
AFTER HIS GREAT FAILURE.
Keene was not overwhelmed by his
misfortune. He set to work quietly to
regain what he had lost. For a time
he was heard of but little. He was in
| Wall street, and was making progress
| but he did not attempt any Napoleonlc
maneuvers. Still he made money at a
rate that could not be accounted other
wise than rapid. He paid off all the
| obligations remaining from his disas-
trous venture and gradually returned
to something like has old position in the
affairs of the street.
When the present period of CONNER
cial prosperity came Enthusiastically into
view last fall, at the conclusion of the
war; Keene recalled his experience OF
| twenty years ago, and resolved TO profit
by it. He was not guided by president
| however, but by his appreciation of eX-
listing conditions Heavy crops in the
west had brought large earnings to the
western railroads. Improved financia
conditions were certain to make invest
ments plentiful and to send prices up
Heavy earnings were certain to make
! this advance strongly felt in the GROUP
| of railroad shares known as the gran
ger stocks. Accordingly, Keene bought
grangers and advised others to do the
same How much his operations viii
yield him is unknown for the end is moi
yet, but his fortune is once more re-
stored to the tenrmillion mark, and is
| not likely to fall below 1t again
Keene is an optimist, but not an H.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-19
Discovered By a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made. and that, too, by a lady in this
country: Disease fastened its clutches
unon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and her death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed necessarily and could not
sieep. She finally discovered way to
recovery, by purchasing of US bottle
of DIR. kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved
on taking the first dose. that she slept
all night, and with two bottles has
been absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus writes w. C.
Hamnick & Co., of. Shelby, N C. Trial
bottles free at Il. C. NJ. ]. drug depart
nent. Regular size. SOC and S1.0O.
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Ramberger sells coal right.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-15
AWAITING COURT DECISION
Wrecking Company Is Ready to Tear
Down the Exposition
Buildings.

If the legal complications are adjusted the
Chicago House Wrecking company will be-
gin tearing down the exposition buildings
this week. otherwise, 1t is doubtful when
the work will be started. The company IL
ready and has its machinery here and many
men employed.
At the exposition grounds an air OF des-
oation seems to have taken complete pcs
session of everything Along the Midway
the wreck is complete and hardly a build
ing remains intact The fence around the
Bluff tract is down in half dozen places
and cattle and horses are running over
and grazing upon the park that has been
SO greatly admired during the past two
years The smooth walks and drives are
rough as corduroy roads. The water and
gas mains have been taken up and many
OF the trenches left untitled
On the Main court the brick has been
taken up and all the buildings are empty
with the exception of the one erected by the
United States The government exhibit
has been taken out of this and sent back
to Washington. Tho Libby War Museum
exhibit has been boxed and win be shipped
this week. 1t will go to Buffalo n. Y,
and will be feature OF the exposition to
be held there.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-15
EDUCATION IN THE COLONIES
start Made in Hawaii Encouraging
and Plans Outlined for other
Possessions.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.--The active en-
couragement of education in our new colo.
nial possessions is urged and the presen,
educational system in Hawaii commended
in the annual report of the commissioner OF
education for the fiscal year just closed
The Hawaiian school system Is described as
remarkable for its completeness and 1t is
pointed out that of a total population of
10000 in 1896, the school enrolment was
14,522.
ut is all-important," the report says,
that in the reorganization of the schools
in Spanish countries, we do not attempt too
much in the way Of introducing the English
language. All the daily lessons should be
given in Spanish save in the reading OF ele-
mentary English. II the other lessons be
taught in English it will be just ground for
suspicion that the United States purposes to
enforce the use of the English language in
these territories. The old schools must be
revived, and those who have been employed
in them must be invited to take up their
work again. Spanish teachers may be as
sisted by superintendent thoroughly ac-
quainted with United States methods"
The report quotes statistics of 1898 to show
the grand total OF enrolment in all schools,
elementary, secondary and higher public and
private, in the United States, as 16.6S7,643, an
increase of almost 100000 over 1897. This
includes an increase of nearly 1000 in col
leges and universities.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-15
ASPIRE TO BE CORP0RALS
Eleven Ambitious Omaha Guards
Submit to Rigid EXamina-
tiOn for Promotion.

In their armory at Fifteenth and Harney
streets Monday night privates of the Linz
were given an opportunity to show by a
competitive drill their fitness to be cor
porals. There were only four vacancies
however, and eleven asprants left their
places when Captain Hodgins ordered those
wishing to take the test to step forward.
These were: Fetterman, Benawa Doane,
Copernell, Deising, Hammang, Francis
Sholes, Martin, Traynor and Richards.
The remainder of the company was di-
vided into squads, which the ambitious pri-
Yates put through the manual the four CIV
ing orders in the most accurate and soldier
like manner to be selected for the vacant
places. The young commanders were nerv-
Gus and the squads were directed to carry
out number of impossible movements.
The decision will be announced by Captain
Hodgns and Lieutenant Osborne next Mon
day night. A canvass of the company re-
vealed popular verdict in favor Of Privates
Copernell, Desng, Sholes and Martin, who
will in all probability receive the coveted
honors.
The company announces medal drill on
November 27, to be followed by an informal
dance more formal social event will be
the hop on December 8.