The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-21
SPECIAL PANIC BY WIRELESS.
INVENTED on la SAVOIE TO
"BCST" 4 CHICAGO MAN.

'"That Drop In Northwest Cost Me $40. :.
OOO." Said Mr.. singer After He Had
Been strung without . wire - Ions
~ the ship Was Near Nantucket
Charles J Singer Of hicago returned
Yesterday from trip abroad by the French
liner La Savoie from Havre, with the de-
pressing impression. O. RI 'cted when he got
to Quar- antine. that he was out about $780,
600 because Of war complications arising
from the Venezuelan situation.
Mr. Singer supposed that several hot
air messages. read aboard the FrenchmaIl
as she was approaching and passing Nan
tuoket. were wireless ss ials. That is why
he spent most Of Friday night walking the
promenade deck wondering whether or
not the Anglo-German feet had begun
bombarding New York. and longing to
hear ticket There is no ticker aboard
any OF the liners yet-but there may be next
year. when the North German Lloyd +
2+-knot Kaiser Wilhelm II. 10 in commission
Mr.. Singers friends on the Savoie had
'tickers' OF their own that did lively
business from o'clock on Friday after
noon. when the Savoie picked up Nam
tucket by wireless. intermittently until
she got to Sandy Hook lightship early
yesterday morning Some genuine news
OF the Venezuela complications came aud
then MIR. Singers friends got lot Of ireess
blanks and began hammering at the stocks
in which he is interested The messages
came rapidly. The first one was:
Panic IN Wall Street"
Mr. Singer went to the rail and looked
sadly into the sea. He saw almost Ar much
water as the Populi,ts find in ocks, and
decided that he would wait for the worst
before liqudating.
=. ar S...xei speciality is Chicago ai,G
sNorthwes,ei which closed yesterday AT
90 Natui ally. his friends knew all aboui
hr. Singers preferences. and there was
concerted bear attack on Northwes,
u was pounded down with a long list Oh
.ther stocks MIR Singer was much agi.
ated. His friends came around ana shco
MS hand nournfully. IL cidentaly swearins
n the German Emperor. They said tina
hey would s"e that Mr.. SiI ger was pro
Niued with v t'thinp excel @ al Tor the
winter, and /. he Saw, lie could break through
ne blockade at New iOix they wou.,
get him Passage to Chicago
have said. still have enough to struggl,
along on in a modest Aat but that drop i.
Norhwestern cos m $50 "'0.'
MI Singer and mia friends stayed up
iate on Friday night. lie was anxiou.
was out OF range" Yes terday morning
Mr. Singer tackled the pilot, who boarded
the Savoie. The pilot had been out several
days and, not having any wireless APP
paratus, he couldn't relieve Mr. Singers
suspense.
Mr. Singer found no warships in the
dining His friends avoided him there
after. At Quarantine he found out that
Northwestern was all right. But he wasn't
altogether salts fled cor he asked reporter
who talked to him ~ the pier, If there had
really been a panic N Wall Street.
n. Pacaud, editor Of lie Soleii OF Quebec.
who was q passenger by the Savoie, as
tonished his assistant by sending him a
wireless message from the neig hborhood
OF Nantucket. NJ. Pacaud received
despatch when he landed announcing
the first of its kind that ever has appea red
In Canadian newspaper