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4 PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST.

Novel Competition.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 8.-YaIe and
Harvard are to meet in a new field of
competition.
With the University Of Pennsylvania
they viii take part in a Photographic con,
test which viii be held il May. Harvard
and Pennsylvania have fully organized
their camera clubs. The Yale Club viii
be organized this evening.
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S1.25 To Baltimore and Return 81 20
Via PennssIxania RaiIroad

Tickets on sale Saturday and Sunday February
and 10, good to return until Monday, February
IL All trains except Congressional Limited.
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Bubonic Plague at Cape Town.

CAPE TOWN, Feb S.-Two cases Of the
bubanIc plague have been discovered on
the docks here.
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THE KING MAY GO TO GERMANY.
Report That He VIII visit the KAT
ser and cx-Empress Frederick.

LONDON, Feb. st is states at Ports
mouth that the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert is being prepared to convey King
Edward 10 Flushing after the meeting OF
Parliament on February Il
The King. IF IS said. viii Isl. his sis
ter, eX-Enpress Frederick. and al the
same time return the Kaiser's visit 10
England
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SI.25 20 Baltimore and Return via
b. & O. Saturday md SUNDAY

February and 10 god for return until folIcs,-
ing Monday Tickets good on all trains except
Royal Limited.
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Delightful trips daily II 6;50 p n from foot
18th 81 10 Old Point Comfort Newport News
Norfolk. and the South. For schedule see page Z
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4 bill extending 10 Hawaii the laws re
lating TO the transportation Of dutiabIc
goods presented by Mr. Grosvenor. was
rassed.
The House at I O'Clock resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole for the con
siGeration Of bills on the private calendar
for the allowance Of pensions. removal Of
charges Of desertiOn and political disabiIi-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
SAGE SAYS 70 LOOK OUT
STREET MAY HAVE SEEN ITS
WORST, BUT CAUTION is
NECESSARY
GREAT FORTUNES BEING LOST
Northern Pacific Fight "the Most
Bitter Cut Throat Struggle
Wall Street Has
Ever Seen.'

NEW YORK, May Especial. )-Rus-
sell Sage, who predicted the panic some
days ago, said today: wall street may
have seen It's worst, but it cannot be
too cautious. Beyond question some Of
the big firms have been terribly hit.
They are deep In the financial mire and
unless they hurry to give assistance
among themselves and stop this reckless
and absurd speculation there may be a
crash which will shake the street as it
has never been shaken before.
Great fortunes are being lost In the
street today. Men are being wiped out
financially because of their greed to get
rich in an hour. They are paying the
price of their foolish Gesires. The fight
for the control fthe Northern Pacific,
as shown by the quotations today, is to
a finish. 1t is the most terrible cut
throat struggle Wall street has ever
seen. I can see no sensible settlement
ahead. The whole thing Is a gigantic
blunder. Common sense should have
prompted these men to come together
and make terms. The struggle has cost
them millions of dollars and may cost
them millions more before 1t is ended.
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OCEAN LINERS.

New York-Arrived: Deutschland, Ham
burg: Pennsylvania, Hamburg, etc. Sail
ed: Grosser Kurfurst, Bremen, via Cher
bourg; Fuerst Bismarck, Hamburg, via
Plymouth and Cherbourg; La Champagne,
Havre; Werra, Naples, etc.: Belgravia-
Halifax, N. s.-Arrived: Corean, Gas-
Cow and Liverpool, via st. Johns, N. F.,
for Philadelphia.
Lizard-Passed: Zealand, New York
for Southampton and Antwerp.
Cherbourg-Arrived: Columbia, New
York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg (and
proceeded)
st. Vincent-Arrived previously: Robert
Adamson, Portland. Or, via Callao.
Liverpool-Arriyed: Teutonic, New
York; Waesland, Philadelphia. Sailed:
New England, Queenstown and Boston.
London-Sailed: Mesba, New York
Plymouth-Arrived: Columbia, New
York, for Cherbourg and Hamburg
Shanghai-Sailed: Almond Branch, Port
Townsend.
Glasgow-Sailed: Assyrian, New York.
Queenstown-Sailed: Oceanic from
LiverpooD New York.
Naples ARRIVED: Aller, New York, via
Gibraltar for Genoa (and proceeded.)
st. Michaels-Arrived: Liguria, New
York for Naples and Genoa.
Observation-Disclosures: Amsterdam, New
VOrk
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WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota Showers Friday, with warm
er in northern portion. Saturday fair and
cooler; fresh southerly winds.
Wisconsin--Fair Friday. Saturday in
creasinG cloudiness and showers, with
cooler in western portion; fresh to brisk
southeasterly winds.
.Iowa-Fair and warmer in eastern;
showers in western portion Friday Sat
urday showers and cooler; southeasterly
winds.
North Dakota-Showers and cooler Fri
day. Saturday fair; warmer in western
portion; northwesterly winds.
South Dakota-Showers Friday, with
cooler IN western and central portions.
Saturday fair In western; probably show
ers in eastern portion; northwesterly
winds.
Montana-Fair Friday and Saturday,
warmer; variable winds.
st. Paul - Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, P; F. Lyons. observer. for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, "a; lowest temperature, 43; average
temperature, 5S daily range, 81; barome-
ter. % 9.S2; humidity, 62; precipitation, o.;
p, M, temperature, 72; p. m, wind
south; weather, clear.
Yesterdays TemneratureS-
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FORTUNES LOST AND Won
MADE MILLIoNs-OTHER
QUICK PRoFITS
CoRBETT CAUGHT ON RIPPER
j. j. Hill, While the Battle Ragged,
Sat In His Pine Street Office
Discussing Locomotives,
for His Road.

NEW YORK, May Especial 1.-THE
biggest winners Of the panic are James
r. Keene and his associates. They are
credited with clearing up s22,5OO ,OOo
Hundreds of brokers made quick turns
In score or stocks, netting them tens
OF thousands Here are two instances:
zimmermen and FnosEav bought and
sold 1000 Louisville & Nashville at profit
of $4,000; time four minutes.
Harvey Fisk & Co. bought 10000 Steel
and sold 1t again in seven and one-half
minutes clearing $2s,OOO.
Reas Dipple, the great Belgian tenor Of
the grand opera company, made 100000
through the quick rise. He ordered his
broker to sell at 2OO Before they could
execute the order Northern Pacific struck
600.
Jas. ]. Corbett was caught for $4,000 ON
Northern Pacific margins,
Brokers paid 81 a trip to messenger
boys for delivering stock. The regular
service couldn't handle the business.
The boys used cabs
A rumor Of Wor1mser Brothers failure
caused Frank Savin to deliver personally
stocks sold by him. He asked for
check. 1sador Wormser gave him one for
Sz'SOooOO, offering him the cash If Savin
thought he could carry it!
The biggest loans included H P. Forth
lngham with $20,000,O0Q; Russell Sage with
A,oOO,OOO, and A. A. Housrnan with 81 COO
OOO Which he lent f,ersnralIv on ,obo1oo
sage and Forthingham are credited with
getting from 20 to 60 per cent
Many Of the brokers offices and tho
corridors Of all down town hotels are
crowded with cots. Office forces too busy
TO go home are sleeping there tonight.
w. K. Vanderbilt arrived this evening
suddenly from Europe. He was met by
tug ard rushed up town in an automo
pile. He is taking an active hand in the
fight already
Ex-speaker, Reed said "I think the
financial condition Of the country is
heaithy' and this panic cannot last"
A significant point Is seen in the prices
at their lowest today, and on November
l, just before .McKinley,s. election. To-
uay panic prices were higher than the
regular prices then.
James j. Hill, while the swirling battle
raged round him, sat quietly in his Pine
street oTflce discussing locomotives for
i ms roaos with several engineers. ''I
nave not bought or sold Northern Pa
clIlc IN six months'' he said.
many wise brokers say the gas having
all escaped from their flatted balloon
Wall street will do business again on q
earnings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
AROUND THE HOTELS.

At the Merchant's-N Brodie Winni-
peg; Sam Mathews 1. N West, Fargo;
L. F. hammers, Heron Lake; G. w. Lew
is, Madison, Wis; H. H. Mccoy, Grand
Forks; j. A. Armstrong, Winnebago
City: Heinrich Strom Jackson; 5. G.
Rugland and daughter, Ashley; NJ. w.
Barnard. Moorhead: T. e. Dawson, Per
ham; Marcus Maurin, Cold Spring; j.
r. Howard Willnor: Fred Bombov.
Candy; e. Dazell, Cloquet; M. Ledwidge,
Shakapee: j. J. Ohmann, Richmond; /;
John T. Bynes, Litchfield, w. c. Sher-
wood, Duluth; p Christensen, Sleepy
Eye.
go; Bishop Whipple and wife Fariba,rft:
dali and children. Lewiston, Mont; M
At the Clarendon1Fred Kline. ST. Pc
ter; ]. r. Paulson and wife, Crookston;
Frank Wenick, Belle Plain; A. j. Mylan.
Grantsburg.
At the Windsor-c. B. ober. Fan
dream; A. L. Ober Chatfield; NJ Wink
meier, Gorta; f. j. Bohland, Belle Plain;
Mrs F. A. Wright. Springfield; Allen
J. Green. Lake City: r. Zeismer: Will
mar; J. D. Jones, Long Prairie; J. r.
Casey, Duluth; Mrs. G. w. La Pointe
and Miss W. E. Beaver, Menominee. Wis.
At the Metropolitan-Albert Johnson,
Lake City; j. J. Klausman, Sioux City;
H. T. Thombragh, Yankton, s. D.: G.
Torrison, Oblion. N. D.; D. H. Turner,
Crookston; D. II. Freeman. st. Cloud:
III. L. Sheldon and wife, Duluth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
SHORTS RELIEVED AT
OFFER OF SETTLEMENT
After the battle Spectators Dis
cussed Their Losses at the
WaIdOrf-AstOrfa.

NEW YORK, May 9.-The lights of the
Waldorf Astoria were the camp fires
tonight of hundreds Of the soldiers of
finance, who were on the firing line in
Wall street today, and as they sat in tho
CHEEKY glow they nursed their wounds
and counted their dead. The causalty
list was long one, but the night had
more cheer than the preceding one.
There were no wild scrambles for over
night loans of Northern Pacific stock
and the new day seemed to be fair in
promise. There was intense relief at tne
promised succor Of the Northern Pacific
shorts. 1t was accepted as fact that
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. and ]. p Morgan g.
Co. would settle for $50, and it was be
lieved that the action of those two great
houses would fix the price for everybody.
The price 1t was generally agreed was
fair one. The rumor that J. P. Morgan
& Co. and ]. j. Hill were together on top
in the fight TO control Northern Pacific
stock stirred up the crowd, but the chief
concern was for the future of the mar
ket. AS to the latter a very hopeful view
generally prevailed. John w. Gates dis
pensed cheer
Mr.. Gates would not discuss his per-
sonal losses. but told dog story that
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WITH THE STRONG HAND
RIoTTNG AT BARCELONA rs SUP
PRESSED BY THE TROOPS.

MADRID Nav 9.-An enormous crowd
of people participated in yesterdays riot.
ing at Barcelona. The rioters endeavored
to stop work in the factori which re-
suited in collisions with the troops. A
number of soldiers we amCng the
wounded Over 1CO arrests of anarchists.
fanatics and extremists have been made.
Twenty-one notorious anarchists, includ@
ing Chiefs Rofarul and FOncuberta. have
b. en- interned on beard the warshtp
Pe'ayo. /
Gen. Weyler, n flister Of war, has tele-
graphed to the captain general Of Barco-
Iona:
you will rep'y by arms to eye-y cry
of death to-Spain.'
The latest di p tches today say o der
has lie n es;ored. Troops occupy he
suburbs of Barcelona, where the majority
OF the fact )rics are situated and work
has been resumed.
The cabinet has decl Cd that al the
agitators are to be tried by cOurt-martial
The foreign anarchists Will be expelled
from the country.
The government will present to the
Cortes bills in the interes.s of the work
ing clas es tu, there VIII be 70 COM
promise wi the Catalans of separatlss
tendencies. IF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
SITUATION DRAMATIC.

The state of excitement was very ap-
parent all through the financial district
during the period of panic, but there were
few sensational scenes. Now and then a
wh!te-face1 woman would peer from
cab outside a brokers' office and would
be driven off in fainting condition after
receiving a message from the interior.
Wherever any near a proach could be
made to ticker or to board on which
quotations were posted there were great
throngs Of excited SPECTATORS scramb-
ling for view of the course of the
market. But the real stress of the oc-
casicn' came upon the m n who were. shut
up in either their private offices or these
of brokers, or who were struggling and
even fighting on the floor OF the ex-
change. The outside country could have
little idea of the actual occurrences on
the exchange as the brokers are remote
from the public galleries In their tenn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
INDEMNITY CLAIM
PRESENTED TO CHINA
MINISTER'S HAND CHINESE PLENI-
PQTENTIARIES A BILL FOR
45O. 900 TAEIS.

PEKrN. May 9-An indemnity claim
o. 450 ono ono taels W / be pres nte t.
the Chinese plenipotentiari s this even
ing. Official Chinese throughout the en
pire have been cmmunic1 ting with the
court and giving advice
Most Of tn m en- to favor loan
guaranteed by the foreign powers.
Others more prominent among whom is
Chang Chi Tung. believe in raising the
money in every possible way without IL
loan and in paying off the entire demand
with five years.
TIE court hs cen idered methods of
raising twenty millions extra annually
and Professionally approves the plan. b t
the Chin sc enipotentiaries Rave In
str trlctions to obtain uction of the
indemnity den and9d as fa- as rossi5le.
Whateve the raj Cemanls of the
powers may be it is not believed the op-
position Will be much more tf an ma
ter Of form.
The ministers Of the powers met this
morning an1 deci ed at the Chinese
Should be given to understand tho-oIIg.
that he am cunt c1nstitu e the
clam, ut about thu tota If the ex-
pens n n'ludlng private clai ns con
sidcred fair and was meant mora to OBJ
tain an opinion from official sources as
to China's ability to pay and also as t.
what means she would employ.
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Panic Follows in Which Other
Stocks Fall at Heart
Breaking Rate.
COLLAPSE IN PRICES RUINS MANY
Scenes of Excitement in Wall Street
---PoWerful Support to Pre-
vent Actual Panic.


to loan the money rate down to 0 per
cent on the stock exchange. The bid
for money had been run up to 60 per
cent and was threatening to keep alive
the panic. The dozen banks quickly
came to an agreement to raise $4,000 900
with implied willingness to increase the
sum If necessary. There were very
heavy loans placed also by individual
banks, ranging in scme cases to $-5,OOO,-
600 and $SO,OOOOOO. Through the early part
of the day bankers exacted the market
rate for loans, But with the growing
need to suppress the panic they offered
the rate down to per cent.
Old customers of the banks were not
charged over per cent at any time.
but when outsiders came in asking for
new loans the law of supply and demand
was allowed to run It's course,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
LOCOMOTIVE TRUST.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY
NAME OF $5o,OoO,OOO COMBINE.

BUFFALO, May "A special from
Duniirk says: Robert ]. Gross vice
president of the Brooks Locomotive
works, confirms the statement that the
locomotive trust" is a reality and will
comprise all the cone rms except the
Baldwin, of Philadelphia, and the II x
Porter company, of P.ttsburg. The COM
Germ will be known as the American L =
comotive company, With capitalization
of $4,000 09O,00a. Mr.. Gross said ths
Brooks works will not suffer by reason
of the community of interG sts in loco
motive building.
PTTTSBURG, May ct is now regard
ed as definitely settled that the American
Looomo i've company as announce fro
New York yesterday will be organized
with a capital of 100000, and that the
Pittsburg Locomotive works will be
member Of the combine, which will con-
troll two-thirds of the capacity Of the
entire country. In talking of the mat
ter today, w lson Miller presi ,ent Of the
Pittsburg Locomotive works, said:
There are mary details ye. to he set
tied and the matter is yet in its ernbry-
cnic stage. If. however. no hitcn hap
pens, and there is none in sight at pres
ent, the big locomotive combine will 60
through"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
IS STRUCK BY A PANIC
Dealers Fen overl Each other in
Rush to Sell Their Holdings Of
Americana stocks.


American stocks.
LONDON, May, 9. Not in the memory
o1 the Oldest stock broker in London
mas there been such a panic as there
preValled this afternoon in Americans
AFTER the closing of the stock exchange
nuIloreds OF. dealers endeavored to strug-
gle INTO the narrow confines of Short
ers court" where outside dealing are
done, In efforts to raise or reduce, as
the case might be, Americans to New
York parity. Suddenly there developed
a terrific slump in Union Pacific, which
was knocked down twenty points in
as many seconds. st. Paul suffered al
most as badly Large and small brok-
ers rushed to the scene until Throckmor-
ton street became impassable. The rain
poured down, but the excited crowd paid
no heed to it. Parties formed them
selves into flying wedges in endeavors
to force their way into the center Of
Shorters' court, at which spot the prin-
cipal dealing was done. All sorts of con-
ditfons and prices were shouted at the
top OF the operators voices. Down, down
Went Americans. The leading houses
sent urgent orders to buy or sell. but
found it almost impossible to have their
orders executed. Rails of every descrip-
ton were quoted at rock bottom prices
and steel and other securities fell in
sympathy.
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q NEW YORK, May 9.-Bitter stress de-
Veloped in Wall street before the second
hour Of trading on the stock exchange to-
day. The violence Of the commotion had
time being when the chairman's gavel
fell announcing the closing of the days
and the field of battle was strewn with
the wounded and may be with the dying
But Of actual fatalities none was re-
corded of Importance during the day.
During the height of the panic ramors
of insolvencies were handed about more
quickly than they could be reported. But
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
AT NEW YORK HOTELS.

NEW YORK, May 9-(Special Fol
lowing are Northwesterners registering
at New York hotels today:
st. Paul-G. Walker and wife, Union
Square; Reuben Warner and wife, Fifth
Avenue: L. Johnson Jr., Bristol.
Minneapolis-D. B. Wilson. Grand
Union: Munroe Rotthchild, Hoffman; E.
E. Atkinson, Herald Square; John H.
Waterman, Grand; H. G. Childs, Ma
varre; Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Harris Nor
mandie; Stewart Harris. w. S. London,
Victoria; L. G.. Smith. Imperial
Deadwood, S. DIP. N. Carr. Sinclair.
Sioux Falls-C. w. Fulton Everett.
Helena, Mont.-Ed F. Murray, West
Miles City, MONTE. M. Calvin, conti-
mental.
Grand Forks-A. C. Brown. Continen-
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no combinations could be had of the in
timations of financial wreck. Those
against whom the rumols pointed re-
fused even to show any sign of distress
and professed themselves ready to meet
all obligations In more than one in
stance the answer to these rumors was
for a representative of the house to go
on the stock exchange and place loans
to large amount, as indicating the
abundance of resources at hand But
Notwithstanding these and similar devices
for keeping up credit and confidence the
fact was too obvious from the crash of
values on the exchange that credits and
borrowing power We're shrinking at too
prodigious a rate net to leave the minds
of the whole financial wo:ld in con-
dition of intense strain
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
was eloquent in expression.

was eloquent in expression.
IT knew a man In YOUNGSTOWN, h,
said, who haS a poor yellow purp. Wen
that dog kicked so hard and so often
that he walked sideways. I am walking
Sideways"
james a., Keene was In evidence early
and dofSn men credited him with the
statement that the Northern Pacific
shorts ssEald have paid $4,000 per share.
He declines to talk for publication, how
.evexs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY


Weather Forecast for ST. Paul:
Showers.
I-NOrthern Pacific COrnered.
Fortunes Lost and Made.
Hill in the Saddle.
McKinley's Trip.
By the Duke of York.
&Dunn Scores Auditor johnson.
Republic of Young Boys.
Manhattan Must Quit.
3-Nevvs of Northwest.
4-EditoriaI Page.
Consul to Make Kick.
5SpOrting Page.
Results of Ball Games.
6-News of Railroads.
Popular Wants.
7-Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, II I-4c.
Bar Silver, 90 I-2c.
Stocks Pantckyy Lower.
S-News of the Courts.
Suit Against Western Union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
SULTAN IS SICK.

Abdul Hamid Reported In "a Pre-
cariOus Condition.
LONDON. May s-The Athens CORES
pondent of the Daily Mall claims TO have
received reliable information that this
sultan of Turkey has been very sick
and that he Is still in a precarious con-
dition. He refuses to undergo a neces-
sary operation. He has lost all energy
and does not handle state affairs. which
are left to his chief secretary and
chamberlain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
Cherokee Vote.

WASHINGTON, May s.LThe Indian
bureau has received word that the off,
cial count Of the vote of the Cherokee
nation on the Cherokee agreement with
the Dawes commission shows majority
OF 1.O00 of the votes for rejection, In
stead Of 1235. as first announced.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10

ed In the market value of collateral over
the amount of loans placed that they
had little to fear short of an absolute
wiping out of market values The
shrinkage of collateral made 1t neces-
cary for the banks in many cases to exact
additional collateral during the day and
this added much to the distress for
time. But in the late dealings the prin-
ciPal banks in the financial district
agreed to form pool and raise fund
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
GAMBLERS LOSE.

But the indications at the close of the
day were strong that the principal dam
age had been wrought upon the specu-
lative class or upon holders of securities
on margin, for whatever p1rpose The
banks have been so well protected by
recent extensions of the margins exact
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-10
..,M'aahing5t5on tirne q ?. m. St. Paul.2

*RiSe Fall.
River forecast till o. m. Friday: The
Mississippi will change but little in the
vicinity of St. Paul
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porary quarters in the produce exchange
and are half shut off from view by the
sixteen-foot wall
In the brokers' Offices sat many men
who were reduced to absolute ruin as
result of fifteen minutes proceedings on
the stock exchange. Some of these have
been made opulent within a few weeks
past as a result of the unparallel rise
of prices. With the true gambling spirit
they have replaced all their winnings In
new ventures on each successful turn.
Today's drop therefore wiped them all
out. In many cases one could see ths
gamblers fortitude with which the
chances of gain were accepted. But the
glittering attraction Of this market has
brought into it constantly increasing
assortment Of more staid and mex
perienced spectators, men and women
who have bought long standing hoards
from secret places and from savings
banks deposits with the determination 10
make one successful stroke and then re-
tire with the proceeds. The demonstra-
tions from this class, which includes
many women SPECTATORS, furnished the
hysterical scenes and sensations of the
day