The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-15


These tales were told in the Waldorf
Astoria cafe tonight by stock brokers
and operators about their experience dur
ing the great battle for millions in Wall
street last week, says the New York cor
respondence of the Philadelphia North
American.
E. s. Marks was short 800 shares of
Northern Pacific. Failure to deliver meant
ruin. He was specializing on the future
without his steam yacht or automobile
while gazing at the rush of brokers
around the door of the Exchange, when
rural looking person asked him what
building it was.
Stock Exchange; running good people"
he replied. CURLY.
That's the place I'm looking for" said
the farmer
We'll, you'd better stay out; they'll
have you farm if you go in there said
Marks
''oh, l amt to speculate" assured the
farmer; I've got 500 shares of that
Northern Pacific Railroad stock q want
to sell. My fool son bought it eight years
ago for 81 a share. They tell me it's worth
more now"
Got it with you?" asked Marks, hard
Yes, in my pocket" said the farmer.
placing his hand over his breast pocket.
Marks had him out of the crowd and
a hundred feet away before the old fell
low knew what had happened.
Fifteen minutes later the farmer start
ed for the Grand Central depot with a
draft for $4,000 in his pocket, and Marks
bad the stock
An army officer stationed In the Philip-
pines has been sending home his salary
Tor his wife to save. She sought to add
70 IL by taking a flyer in Wall street
she had invested every dollar of her hus-
paho savings, and in the panic of Thurs
day all were swept away. She appealed to
Henry Clews; with whose firm she had
dealt
IF l show you the way to get your
money back will you promise me that
you viii not speculate AGAIN." asked the
broker.
Indeed 1 will" tearfulIy assented the
woman N
well here's your money now keep out
of the market"
CleWs said afterward that he had not
invested the money
A broker in the Waldorf Astoria cafe
who listened to the story, laughed. "Well
thats one on Clews. That woman broueht
the money right over to my office and
esheu me TO buy Delaware and Hudson
Tor it. l did So and she made S. 400
I've got an old friend out in Indiana"
related MANY" Loeff1er. "who tbinis
m coming money out of the street
"hen the action was speediest he wrote
me asking my advice. l replied that If
ne mad any money he could make some
thlng by buying Union Pacific and put
tlng 1t away A week later / got a letter
lnclosing money order for 81. with these
Instructions:
NOW, old man, do the best YOU can
Tor me with the inclosed. 1 can snare
this now, and will send you So more in
a day or two. If you see anything better
than Union Pacific don't hesitate to
stake my pile on it,"
Think of that said Loeffier. $50
worth OF Union Pacific That wouldn't buy
the seal on one share"
The wife of a merchant in YonlSers was
moved to attempt safe breaking by the
| craze to speculate. Her husband is in
Europe. In his safe were 500 shares of
Northern Pacific. A Wall street man.
VINO had sold them to him. rushed to the
wife and offered 100000 for the bunch
which represented a profit of $4,000
But | cannot remember the combina-
ton of the safe" expostuIated the wife
in answer to the Wall street mans
frantic appeal for the stock.
We'll, blow it open. Send for a profess
sional cracksman. Hire a safe expert.
IN pay any man $1,000 to get the safe
! open"
| The wife protested, but the Wall street
man finally induced her to consent to the
burglary, and he got the stock. The wife
spent SIS cabling the news Of the trans
action to her husband, and got this re-
ply:
Good; give him the safe. too"