The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-21
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FROM GOTHAM
.Howa Mistake Melted a Spectator
$4,000.
PLAT REPLIES TO CROKER
Rats Run at Large in Sixth Avenue.
A Galveston Newspaper Man
Talks Hopefully of the
City's Future.
.PLATT REPLIES TO CROKER

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NEW YORK, Sept. 2o-An interesting
story is af1oat on the Stock Exchange III
connection with Mr.. James r. Keene. 1t
is said that just before ne sailed Cor New
York on Saturday he cabed 4 firm Of
brokers here an order to sell line of
various stocks.
Mr.. Keene' S intention was that 5000 shares
OF these stocks should be sold, but by
some improper use Of his code his mes
sage read GG,ono shares instead. aud. fol-
lowing the instructions as they came, fully
10000 shares were sold during the two
business hours OF Saturdays market scs-
sion The result was a very sharp break
in the whole market.
After the close of the market l;ere, so
goes the rlrr1or, the error in the cable
message was discovered, and on Monday
morning, with their principal on the oscsn,
Mr.. Ksene's brokers set about 10 rectify
the mistake, which they did by buying
back again about fifty thousand shares
Of the stocks that had been sold Helped
by the weakness Of the London market,
which may or may not nave been artifl-
ciaI, and by the generally bea:ish seEti-
ment in Wall Street, the brokers were
enabled to obtain their stock at low Prices
on Monday.
Indeed, these prices were so low that, in
stead of resulting in loss, the error Melted
a profit of between $1,000 and $4,000.
PLATT TO CROKER.
Senator Piatt read with his usual COM
! placency the statement of Richard Croker
in which the Tammany chief called him
liar because he had said that Tammany
was getting it's campaign money from
saloons and brothels.
49, said the Senator, while a smile
spread over his face, Croker calls me
liar Well, when 1 said the Tammaay
campaign fund was obtained from liquor
dealers the keepers of brothels and the
ofticehoders, evidently pinched ten
der corn, judging from the howl. Ke9lly,
I am inclined to think that Croker talks
too much.
ST notice he is betting on the State
and prophesying a Democratic victory.
What an excellent hand he is at blt'ffing.
But | am willing to let my prophecy
stand and the correctness of 1t be judged
by the count of the votes after election.
It is said that Richard Croker has now
wagered an aggregate of 100000 Gin Bryan,s
election, and should the Democrats eject
| their man Mr.. Croker will realize at least
| 100000 of the Mckinley money which has
been put up against him, as the gree LEI
part of his wagers are male at me rate
! of to 2 IL.
SHOT AT HIS SWEETHEART
Thomas Doyle went to the home Of Miss
Grace Baldwin, near Hilton. N. j., last
| evening with the determination OF shoot
ing her because she had refused to marry
him.
His shot at her went wild. Her father,
Horace Baldwin, seized a double-bar-
relied shotgun and made toward the IN
truder. who backed out on the porch
Doyle put a bullet in Baldwin's shoulder,
and the latter, steadytng himself, sent
full charge of bird shot into Doyle's right
| breast
| Doyle fired twice more. one of the bull
| lets going into the farmers right leg and
| the other in the breast. Baldwin fell
bleeding from three wounds. He was
placed in bed by neighbors and Doyle dis
appeared. Although he is said TO be NOR
| tally wouded, Doyle boarded a trolley car
| going toward Newark. He rode to Market
| Street, Newark. and walked to tae CITY
Hospital a distance of about six miles.
The old car barns in Sixth Atenu: De-
| tween F'orty-third and Forty fourth Streets
| were recently torn down. Colonies OF rats
| had lived in those old buildings for years,
| and when their home was destroyed the
rodents began to trc1 Aceordi Ugly rats
| in large number have been wandering up
and down Sixth Avenue of late squeaiins
| derisively at pedestrians as they FaSseu.
| They have even been seen strotlinS els
| urelv towards Fifth Avenue, and many CT
| them have obtained lodging places n pri-
| vate stables.
GALvEsToN's FUTURE.
! Colonel 4. II. Beo, publisher OF me
/! Galveston News is in New York. He
| saws that Galveston will be rebuilt at once
| and that the new buildings will be strong
| er than those which were swept away
| by the storm.
| 1.-THE storm and flood taught us d Et.rn-
| Der of significant things, said G'ionel
| Relo to a Tribune reporter last night 1t
| was demonstrated rather clearly that the
4 loss of life would have been comparatively
| light il the buildings had been Of 4 more
| solid character l don't mean TO Intimate
| that there would have have been 10 loss
| OF life and no property damage There
! was no escape from great loss Doth Of life
| ana property, but we should have suffered
less if the buildings had been more $40
| stantially oui!t The Ursuiine convent
| was surrounded by brick wall, Tor m
| stance-a light brick fence-and there was
no loss of life there, although it stood right
| in the path Of the flood and storm. Light
as the wall was, it served to protect tue
| buildings There were no lives lost in
The News office, and we should not nave
| been badly flooded had i. not been Tor a
! building falling against our office and bat
| tering in a part of our wall. While we
| have had bad storms on the Gulf before,
| this one was unprecedented in It's severity.
/ and there is no more likelihood of similar
| one than there is of lightning Striking
/ twice in the same place.
ROMANCE AND ART.