Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-09-12

one Of these human whirlpools. Hel
would clutch men BY the threats.
They would not know & nor caro- Tor
lit. He would jam his elbows into
their sides, and after . struggl u seem,
s;nbly hopeless, womb escaps froYh the
surging mass with eyes bulging and
face bruised in. the conflict You
may search the world-scattered tribes
OF aborigines and you c4nnot APP
proximnte scene equal TO this In
savagery. The thin veneer Of civil
izati0n Is melted in the heat Of lust.
In a thousand Offices men pale with
excitement hang over the ticlers, o.
follow with nervous glance the boy
as he records the quotations on the
bulletin board. They .lonngers aloe
are in repose. The attempted jest Of the,
wit is received with mirthless laugh
ter. The affected nonchalance Of the.
loser deeeives not even himself. The
joy Of the winner Is savage In It's grim,
selfishness. Such are the catacombs
Of Wall street. b crypt swept by the
winds of the worst human passions.
and relieved }by hardly spot where
sympathy can find q. resting place. In
hundred cities and towns, restless
eyes follow the moves as they are
made on the great gambling board.
From countless sources money is alb
sorbed and attracted to this common
center, to swell the profits of the
magnate or pay the expenses of the
commission brokers'.
The market opened strong and ut n
slight advance in spite of large offer
ings of stock by Kent brokers and.
from Street & Rogers-acting for their
unknown principals-the market held
it's own the first half hour. It was 1T
this time that vague and portentious
rumors were circulated on the floor,
and whispered over telephones. These
rumors were greeted with general in
credulity, but the effect on she mar.
ket was apparent from the time
the first suspicion was breathed. Lon
don, Chicago and other speculative
centers continued buying and selling,
unconscious of the shadow which was
now darkening the street.
The storm broke at II o'clock.
The yellow slips distributed by q
news agency contained the following
paragraph in double-leaded type:
..11:o5 a. m. Andrus Carmody, Palmer
]. Morton. r. ]. Kent and Simon Pence
cannot be found. They were last seen in
| Mr.. Morton's offices about four o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Their relatives know
nothing of their whereabouts. The po-
| lice and detective force have been no.
| titled"
4 message of similar purport was
recorded on the tape.
Any description of the scenes which
followed on the floor of the Stock ex-
change would be deemed exaggeration
by those who have never seen specu-
lative panic sweep all before it. The
| tempest was loosed. Before its fury
the sturdy financial oaks bent in the
blast. The puny speculative saplings
were uprooted and borne away on
the wings of the cyclone.N Staid old
men who had not been seen on the
floor of the exchange for months
rushed hatless through the streets and
hurled themselves into the crazy mob.
The 60 acres of the financial dis
trict was q Bedlam. Men tore papers
from the hands of newsboys and rushed
away without paying for them. The
widest rumors, if of evil purport, be-
cane certainties. The word went
down the street that a great bank
lad closed its doors. There was no
fragment of truth in the statement,
but it was accepted as an l;rques-
toned fact. It was charged that the
great enterprises in which Carmody,
Pence and Morton were concerned
were insolvent, and that these men
were in secret conference. endeavor-
ing to arrange a compromise witk the
creditors. Mr.. Kent was regarded as
the Spectator who had been intr,,sted
with this news, and commissioned 20
use it to recoup some Of the losses.
The evening papers were flooding
the city with extras. The news was
so stupendous as to confo,lEd the
genius of the designers of headlines.
There was neither space nor type sufi-
cient to depict their emotions. Eut
the imagination of the reporters was
equal to the crisis. In bewiidering sue
cession the millionaires wer. Kid
mapped, lured away, and murdered by
anarchists; had committed suicide, or
reposed safely in the bosom of their
families.
At one o'clock sugar had dropped
25 points, Baltimore & Ohio 1 ; p ints,
ST. Paul IA points, Metrop Titan 80
points, Jersey Central II points and
Steel and Iron 81 points. The stocks
in which the missing men were not
known to be intereted Whilst sod the
shock with smaller losses. hut the
whole list was mutilated almost :'e-
You'd recognition. The news had
reached London too late to permit
English operators to cover in that mar.
ket, and the cables bore tn: tales o1
their dilemma.