The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-05
Fully a Million Already i'm Stakehofd-
ers' Hands, with the sum Con-
stantIy Increasing.
BIG ODDS ON MR.. M'KINLEY
THE RULING RATE is FROM FOUR
TO FIVE TO ONE.
James II. keene Refused to Accept
$45O,OOO on Mckinley at jacob
Fields Offer of 1-2 to 1.
cb,cago Times-Herald special.

Chicago Times-Herald Special.
NEW YORK. Nov ga barrel of money
has been bet in New York on the election.
How much cannot be told, but the best in
formed men say that there is at least
81, 100000 tied up in this way, with good
chance that it will be greatly increased
tomorrow. AS the election draws nearer
the supply of money for betting in Wall
street gets bigger. Many wagers are Of
fered on Bryan at 1 to S. while consid-
cradle is held at to 5lz to 1. Bets at all
these figures were made to-day.
Body, McClelland & Co. placed consider
able money on Mckinley at to 1. They
bet $500 against $500. put up by Bell az
Co.; $500 against $500, put up by Cooper.
Cramp & Beadleston, on the general re-
suit, and offered $4,000 at to / on the
general result and $1,000 even that Nc
Kinley would have 100000 plurality in New
York State.
l.. FEEDER placed $500 on Bryan against
$500 on Mckinley. put up by l.. A. May;
$500 on Bryan against $500 on Mckinley,
by G. Heineman, and 5000 even that Bryan
would carry the State of Indiana
Some Republicans are now willing to
bet that New York State will give a Re-
publican plurality of 10000 votes. Flower
& Co. are said TO represent an upstate
politician willing to make this wager, but
made no bets unless the 5000 even put up
by William b. Lockwood was for their
account. The Bryan end of this bet was
taken by C. /. Hudson & Co.
On the curb market John j. Judge bet
$4,000 on Mckinley against $1,000 on Bryan
with Charles c. Leveson: $1,000 against
81, 900, put I'D by Judge Wall, and 500
against 500 with Thomas Tucker that Bry-
an would have as many electoral votes as
in 1896. Judge also offered $4,000 at to /
on Mckinley.
Mr. Asbuch, clerk of the Hoffman House,
has $1,000 that Mckinley will carry New
York State by 100000 majority, but only
$1,000 of it has been taken. f. II. Brooks
reported placing several small bets of 500
and 500 even that New York would give
Mckinley 100000 plurality. Brooks placed
a bet of 81 25O against sou on Mckinney on
general results. he had $lO,VOO 10 S4,OUO
bet offered on Mckinley with no takers.
Ii. N. Sawyer, jr., of Boston, who offered
ar the Waloorf- Astoria a few DAYS ago to
wager S3O,OOO against $1,000 that Mckinley
would carry Illinois by 5O,UUO votes, has dis
appeared. Two prominent Democrats called
at the hotel yesterday to cover Sawyer s
money. They were informed that he had
left the city.
Two good sized bets were made to-day on
the result of the election in Kings county
One Wa $500 at even money that the Nc
Kiney electors would have a plurality of
800 over Bryan. Councilman Charles h
Francisco was the Republican representa-
tive in both cases.
James r. Keene to-day denied the story
that he was considering an offer from
Jacob Field, who wanted to wager 500, 900
against Keenes 100000 that Mckinley
would be elected.
on carrying Ohio by a larger plurality than
four years ago, when Mckinley had 81, l09,
but to-day they were betting on 10000.
Odds as high 10 to have been given on
Mckinley carrying Ohio.