New-York tribune., 1901-05-10
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.

actions were going on in that Wild tumutuous
| crowd Of frantic brokers. swayng back and i0T'h
| before the posts and struggling to drive one an
| other from their places One broker sald' iniS
| beats any market Jay Gould saw. Every
broker on the floor has selling orders tnz eTan
ne can possibly execute" As the roar ana a, Lr.Tt
IN the crowded gallery increased. The cons'aa.is am
| chance see the floor finally forced the officers
| OF the Produce Exchange to post notice proHoi'-
! ing visitors.
| HOUsMAN ALIVE.-While the panic was at Its
! height rumor spread that A. A. Housrnan
| who sold 100000 shares of stock Friday, hao
| died suddenly while watching the tape. The Tquor
mad hardly begun TO gain credence when M Nd c az
| man went 10 the Exchange and lent $l,VoUVo aI U
| per cent.
| FORTUNE IN A COOL HEAD.-One Of c. A
! Musings customers. who short five thousand
| shares of Atchison common at So. ordered Mr
| Missing cover at -. When the order was re-
! ceived the stock was selling at 10. Mr. Missing
walked slowly into the crowd and asked what ne
could buy Atchison for Instantly broker !eapee da
| surrounded him he got the entire five thousand
| shares at better than AZ.
ONE SMOKES: ANOTHER WEEPs-In one of
the large brokers' offices two stood side by
side watching the tape. After the prices had gone
steadily down for short time one of them turned
| away with the remark, Well, I've dropped 5000
and I'm ruined" and, lighting a cigar, he strolled
to the door, where he stood complacently looking
az tne crowd The other held the tape Tor q ntl- nt
ute longer, and then. dropping it, exclaimed; MY MY
| l do? What shall l do?" Covering his face with
his hands he burst into tears and staggered out OF
the office.
| THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT CLOGGED.
The excitement reached some in each Of the
! city departments. With hardly an exception Tam
many Hall officials interested in the Street
when ae
with the chiefs themselves. Controller Coler did
at his business office downtown. Corporation C0un-
sci Whalen called TO the office of his broker,
! IL
ment OF & &Bniidngs Lighting and ID, SpPpiH wa9 Wa9
| busy the telephone often. When he was not
in his office IL was said he was in the financial DIS,
small way through the curb brokers The oL''Is news
prostration in all the departments.
WORMsER GAVE CHECK FOR s2SO0,ooo-In
the course Of the day it was reported that l. e.
S. Wormster had failed Mr. Savin heard the
rumor and took the stocks the Wormsers had
bought TO their office and asked for check Mr..
wormser wrote a check for s2.sOo.OOO IN full pay
ment for all the purchases. Later he said 70 re-
porter who asked him about me rnmGr Md nS nan
any one having claims against this nTm can nave
SAYS SHE IS RUINED-An elderly woman
drove to the Exchange in cab just before noon
and helped into the building by a colored ser
want. She asked the doorkeeper for certain
broker, and when told he not on the floor In
"Eishty tkree., replied he ,doorEeeper g,
runed.'' She was helped back TO her cab sobbing
violently.
BOUGHT TO SHOW THEIR COURAGE.-Har-
vey Fisk & Co bought two thousand shares Of
just bought to show we weren't afraid. We have
some money TO spend said their buyer.
HENRY CLEWS & co MERCIFUIA-Henry
Clews e. Co. carried all their customers through
the day and gave them until to-day 10 raise money
TO carry their stocks
A DISH CARRIERS SUCCESs,-CharIes Abels.
formerly dish carrier in Hams Cafe. at Sixty
ffth-st. and Coumbus-ave. invested his savings
In stocks a short time ago and made much
money that he gave up his place and devoted all
his time Wall Street. On Wednesday night he
went into the cafe. and saying that he had money
20 burn and wanted TO burn OF II. ordered
Champagne cocktail. The drink was refused him
the cashier struck him IN the eye AheIs procured
Court yesterday afternoon but he refused prose-
cute and Wolf was discharged.
LOST AND LAUGHED.-One man. who had lost
heavily told of taking dinner the night before with
friend who had gone heavily short Northern
Pacific. The dinner a gay one he said, and
talked of the stock market though II
Gilbert and ar I5 s9iYaG 9 opera @ make Finally my hosts rs
Gay Gisf John? foG -'-' i1 OD ''"e any ''''' ~
$50 Bid gSu 4s 'sa; as$ aSs2ss aHg sfs asked then.
No he said again with another laugh. and
had been wiped out"
HIS VACATION IN CENTRAL PARK.-One
man who was reported to have lost 100000
showing his friends n pamphlet called Where To
Spend Your Summer which he had just received
from hotelkeeper in Maine. Il guess IN spend
my vacation on bench in Central Park. was his
comment he showed the pamphlet.
COMMISSIONER MURPHY MORAIIZES.-Police
Commissioner Murphy was asked last evening
whether he had detailed any extra men TO duty in
Wall Street during the paniCky times there. NO.
| have not said the commissioner. There
only the regular detailed men on duty there, but
| I think there should be more" The commissioner
was then asked Il ne thought there was an any way
| it would be done. Many fortunes have been lost
| there to-day mean by ihat that persons win IN
! ruined. Unfortunately these small people always
! retrograde movement sets in then they are swept
| away"
| FEARED TO TELL HIS WIFE.-The man who
| went downtown yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
met many sad faced people returning TO their
homes The only conversation overheard related
| to the market and the words usually audible
| and impressive. though few took their losses
| phosophically One man. who looked as though
the last few days had added as many years 20 ms ms
! world. / don't mind that much, but I've got to
| go home now and tell my wife
| EXCITEMENT ON THE DEUTSCHLAND
/ When the North German Lloyd steamer Deutsch-
land. bearing ". K. Vanderbilt. II. o. Havemeyer
| and other well known New-Yorkers came into the
| Lower Bay yesterday afternoon. tug along
side the big steamer and single copy OF an after
| noon paper. which contained the Streets closing
| quotations was tossed board. The passengers
| made rush for IT, and many sorrowful comments
| greeted the of the great break in stocks.
One man said that on leaving London he had sent
| a diSDatch. in to query from his brokers,
! telling them to hold his stocks at all cost. He was
| $4,000 Of pocket when he reached this city.
| BRIBERY CH4RGES NOT SUSTAINED.
Ottawa Ont, May s.-The committee appointed
| TO investigate the allegations made by H. H. Cook
| that he was offered a Senatorship for $4,000. re-