The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14
Meqv York
DURING.
The Week.

III the Nc cen,ers Of the East has
zN no conception Of the eno1mity
tS}A OF speculation and stock gam
bling. The restoration cf n
}onal prosperity hAs nsade money wonder
hlIy Plentiful, and nowhere can better
Evidence OF the fact be found than In Wall
street. The market has been buliish tor
nDnths past and that 10 a.ways the popn-
1nr side. The downtown streets that are
Given over to the AFFAIRS OF Anauce are
1aiiy throased with Thousands Of specula-
e0fs and the slightest curry In either direc-
con produces an instantaneous senaasion.
The investors range from laborera. mo
ehanics and clerks. who put Up ~ or 20
on margins TO the big guns. who risk
Thousands In the play. The pooling Of In
teTests In . series Of gigantic trusts with
Inflated capitalization has been wonder
ful factor In adding to the activity Of the
market. In the last six months there have.
bsen some wonderful winnings made In the
street by persons least suspected Of apec-
ulativs acumen. A barkeeper at the Wal
Aorf-Assoria took the tip Of . bibuiou3
broker. and In twenty-four hours gathered
IN 110.0o0 a beilboy 1t the same hotel
overheard two financial men taking and
che stoIsn tip Melted him t.6e0. A tels-
phone clerk in q brokers' ONCE knew .
good thing when he heard Il. and has gone
60 California to spend part OF $1,000 that
be cashed IN. Lillian RUSSELL and Edna
" 0tt1CC- k1ORPEts tHC 1ItI W0tS - - ~
ID about the copper boom By broker friends
some weeks ago and they have made more
anoney than their voices ever brought
them. They are not the only ones In the
professional world who have made heavy
winnings I'd Ryan. Western sporsinx
man, who had never seen q ticker In hts
1isa dropped into town one day and bought
and sold Brooklyn Rapid Transit until ne
could not count his money. He struck il
tho day that Il made series Of phenorne
nal Jumps upwards. well-known flnan-
ciai writer tapped the market for $3.50
aAy for six days and now contractor Ii
building him q house. There have been
losses. too. but you don't hear 10 much
about them. Lattefly the bears have made
q ser1es Of fierce attacks. but the buoyancy
ottii holds on. and the market. except for
certain industrtais. shows remarkable
strength.
TIME Frohmans have sent their "On and
- or company to the Coast. ard II
should do rafting good business. ''On
and Or IL quite the funniest and best
comedy brought out here this year. and
lts New York run was very successful. f.
II. Holland plays the leading role, and
among the women In the piece il Essie TIT
tell. who began her stage career on the Pa
cific coast.
The ambition OF Maud Adams 10 play
Juliet has at last been gratined. and with
considerable success. but II In doubtful II
the Frohmans were justified In making the
sacrtnces that they did To crafty her am
hilton. Miss Adams gave UP The Chris
man." James K Hachett was taken from
sBupert Of Hentsau," and the production
& lord and Lady Aixy" was stopped all
ar Romeo aud Juliet" All the pieces
9anod were bin Burcasses and could have
- on winning money un.n the hot
- roes rardsns are being brnshed and
furnished In preparation for the summer.
Prank W. Sanger. we'll known In the West
viii control tho Madison Square Roof Gar
- this season. and expects to make IL
a. thing In soef ssrdsas.
* X x
ID ESIDENTS OF Seattle or eight or ten
~ years standing viii be interested in
the following brief cable that appeared In
the Bun day or 80 ago. ''London-frank
Andrew Barrett, son OF Wilson Barrett. the
actor. has been adjudged a bankrupt. Hts
liabilities are f67S and his assets nothing
His insolvency In attributed To his living
beyond his means" Ten years ago Bar
fett was sent TO the West by his father
20 grow up with the country. The father
had toured the United States and saw the
possibilities of Washington. The youth
tried his hand at various things and was
Tor u time a reporter on the old Press
Times He tired Of the Wes,. however,
and with the desire and intention Of Eong
on the stage returned Ia England He was
evidently better reporter than All actor.
Tor he never lost fe7s at the former calling
* X
TyHE latest bit OF professional gossip
- In that William j. Bryan saneies
George Fred williams. OF Massachusetts,.
Tor running mate aud viii try In force
his nomination before the next national
raft tim
somewhat OF n sigurc in the last Chicago
convention OF the party, and during the
cen, visit % Bryan TO New York the two
had series Of friendly talks q. II. +.
Belmont. OF the Beinants who fancy Wild
ows is going 10 make q bold bid for that
same nomination. and with all his money
ehculd make showing Although the
convention Is more than n year away Bel
mont has decided to Ro 10 the convention
In a special train. and has already begun
making up the party that viii be his
guests.
IL J. FELT. OF Tacoma. is in The city
-ALs business trip and tS a guest
a. the Manhattan hetel.
W. II. Conner. OF Seattle. arrived ear
" this week and makes headquarters al
the Imperial
w. NJ !.dd and wife. OF Portland. are
spending several days In the city and are
81 the Aibemarle.
p. N. Seller. 81 Portland is here on
business mission. He has quarters At the
Hotel savoy.
f. p. pooieY. u Portland, was amenS
the Northwestern arrivals this week. He
IL al the Hoffman house.
n. toseh. 81 Vancouver, IS in the city.
He is AZ The Murray I'm hotel.
l.. II. York. OF Portland, IS IN the city
en- n business and pleasure trip. He Is At
The lurertal.
s Wtatts. Of Rosiyn. Is seeing Greater
New York. He II making headquarters at
the Murray Hill.
Ryren Phelps. 90 Seattle. spent the week
In The city looking up ed friends sna at;
tending 70 some matters 81 business. lie
hst quarters at the Grand TnsuG
". n. Mullins. OF Salem. Or. was anong
the arrivals from the West this week. He
nAi quarters al the Imperial
Mrs. r. h Potts. Of Victoria. Is in TIE
CITY and IS guest ~ the Cosmopolitan.
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