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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-17
THE DAYS RESULTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

and cool and this fact. with the influence Of
lower cables, caused wheat to open lower, with
S21sc. The market was heavy with the Deem
Der option little stronger early but dropping to
S1Mc after the weather situation was we'll in
hand. Minneapolis and Duluth reported receipts
made total for the three points Of 656 cars,
against 1,O67 last week and 800 year ago.
Local traders We're fair buyers and took offer.
1ngs Of some Of the big longs freely. holding the
break in September in the northwest markets
weakened values here and December receded to
1890 but steadied at the close on covering to
December Sly @s1Nc, old size; May, sahc. /
Cash Wheat-No 2 red, SEC; No. red, 500
Sic; No. 2 hard winter, 78@7s1ac; No. 8 hard
winter, 72@lsoc; No. 1 northern spring, s0@s2c;
The general failure of frosts to appear was
the influence In the corn pit to-day. December
opened Is QAc to N@1c lower at 81 &c to 81 sc.
ket felt the load which had been is placed on it
during the East two days BY leading longs and
the month dropped a little ranging between
5lac and 515se: Receipts 557 cars, Is contract;
Country offerings became better and there was
selling by brokers thought to be acting for puck
ing interests. December went off under the pres
sure to 5l% @5l1ac. but rallied to 52c on re-
at cd, = decline Of A@Me at 51Ne: n..
Cash Corn-No. 2, 51M@514c; No. 3, sly
@51Ac.
a, little lower and December started a shade to
1s4Ac down, at 3sAe to 3sAc. Locals sold,
Close: Oats-September, 37Tc; December,
Cash ostsMSo. e ss sc; NJ: 8, $50.
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Light and good mixed hogs steady Heavies
gsnssIfaly &c seod lover Receipts light Quality
sssss e eRsSs ss5s T B soe s5
to Choice Choice i light mike mixed 'f and
sSfs and good to choice
,e HGE r. q ls5 lbs e. 1872 lbs Sc; p
ss75; 81 sss lbs, 1855; il, s2l lbs, s545; IS,
49, q ERs So: 49, |D: s,s SIG is sS lbs
sPigs and d, u Pds to- r. 9! lbs So
ered ATrI sE5s rather light Killing
unshanged Good mixers STEADY anq Others
dull LIS Stock and feeding cattle Included
:, Butcher steers, LOO lbs, $3.50; ?. ss5
1d RStf ibs s esEs and Hefers2 o45 os 50; l.
geo sd 16s IS sSS lolo lbs, Sd l. ss5 lbs, sl75;
Rssinos Ss!s 5 49, 5s II 1885, sssS $50 lbs.
Stock and Feeding steers-l2 westerns. i,61o
it, ess iss 49, Ess lbs sa 81 'Se i0s $751;
es StG }Ss a 80 Feeding Bulls $40 lbs 500 l.
y Ht ieh. Cows Cows and gprinsers- cows and ?
ffai cow So 49, COW and calf, sse cow sa5;
SHEEP aIa Receipts moderate Demand for
,9e ang faene good at
Ing readily s at unchanged prices: Sales Of feed
ewes sTs n st doubles OF desirable western
2e isns ,a6s is 7as lbs
$275; Il :. feeding ewes, 10 lbs, s2.25; bucks,
2S 6es9 greek On tn mssss nssS,
ca 1:I,. Clear ear Lake Forrei F. Nspoeon
schTber oabTsr sehnef
der Co.. Delano; R. McPaul, Ridgeland, Wis;
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, Sept. 17.-catt1e-
Receipts. 1900. including 500 westerns; slow;
$a.eo@5. IS; stoekers and feeders. sS4o@z.15;
COWS 81 5o@4;6o; heifers. s294.so; Gamers,
$l:so@2 go; bulls $2@475; calves, ss5o@7 10
Hogs-Receipts to-day, $4,000; tomorrow TO-
S.25; good to choice heavy, s5.95@6.15; rough
heavy, $5:59@5.s5; light, $5.7o@s.ao; bulk Of
heep-Reeeipts. 25,ooo sheep and lambs
strong to 1oc higher; good to choice wethers,
$a25@4.25 fair to choice mixed, $2.25@3.25;
OSLO; western lambs $a.5o@5.4o.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK, Sept. 17-cat-
fsf stssis 5 gBS T and hssFs
saiyss Sq Ill., stsss ETC.
Heavy. s5.5o@6.eo; mixed. S55o@5.6O; light.
| .65. = To.0o@
western ysssS5nss ssS@s75; s Ssthsps G sS
$225@8.5o; lambs, $3.60@5.Oo.
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Sept. 1!.-cattle.
receipts, 5000 including 5000 Texans: market
steady; beef steers ss55@5.eo; stockers and
1eeders. ~ go; cows and heifers, $2@14 rs;
Hogs. rsseipts, 900; market steady; pigs and
lights, $b.S0@6.25; packers, $5,55@6; butchers
and best heavy. $5.7o@e. 90
Sheep. receipts. 1900; market steady to strong:
| sheep $S@390; lambs, $4@5. so.
| KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK, Sept. 17-cat.
tie, receipts. 5000 including 1000 Texans: mar.
| ket weak to 10c lower; beef steers. 81. 6065.6O;
Texans, $3.25@3.6O; and heifers ST 25G
s.75; stockers. and feeders, s2.25@4:25.
Hogs, receipts, 5000; market 5@1Oc lower:
S595 .o5; pigs, s5.15@5s5.
Sheep, receipts, 1000 market weak; sheen
| $225@4; lambs, $2.90@5.15
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, Sept. 17-Cheese-
cream: fancy small colored, 11Ac; small white,
INC; large colered. lie; large white, 10@lo1sc.
Rutter-Receipts, 5,32S pkgs; market firm; state
dairy, 15@19c; extra creamery, 2OAc; packing
stock. 12@1415c; creamery, common to choice,
15@2Oc; renovated, 13@17c; factory, 1870
ceipts. 1910 pkgs; market quiet; state and
PENNSYLVANIA fancy mixed, 23@24c; state and
extras, 23c; western thirds, 17@1sc; western
seconds to frsts, 1e@22c; refrigerated, 171,
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Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by loads as follows: Chicago Great
Western, l; Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul s.;
Minneapolis ST. Louis, 1; Chicago St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha ia: Great Northern 6;
Northern PACIFIC, 5; 500 Line, 2: total, "a.
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ties, decreased g110,000. The proportion of the
Bank OF Engand reserve to liabilities II $3.50
per cent as compared with 51.26 per cent last
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firm. Poultry, Arm Veal, higher.
BUTTER-Extra creameries, per h., 1s1ac;
firsts, 1sc; seconds. 15c; diaries. extras, 1sc;
ases se
ovated, arsts, 1ec.
,7 EGGsnNew l laid sggs at mark; cases included
per case for candled; seconds and checks, per
case. $3.50; April storage, car lots. charges paid.
,CHEESE-Twins or fats, fancy. 111ac; twins
OF flats. choice, 10Q1o1c; twins or fats, fair to
bGf No bTeR So es eR H.
3, 7@7Ae; primost No. |, Sc; ,pultost Sc: Swiss,
s Sa 10 s!ssf 1 IS; SWISS No . block lse;
LIVE POULTRY = Turkeys, mixed coops,
thn small chickens
ducks, young, white, 1oc ducks, young. colored,
sc aTsks old s. gees fat large S@7s
ss fsr e n seos tsnsY ess " S@
5@6c; mutton. fancy, &c; lambs, yearlings,
sht se hoss s medamp e en- h sSe heses
nfag ao to &C. small
ToMAToEs 81.
CABBAGE-Per crate, 81.
POTATOES bu, SOC; small lots, sacked.
ONIoNs--Per bu, 5oc
POPCORN-Old RICE per lib. BE
f: oT per id0s 7Sc; dead per dos
@eS 5: nst s1;sG fancy 7S; medium
BEANs--Quotations include sacks. Fancy
BsE sa fneiss navy sass
ssf fs ses d'6s $685. fe5sz
fernia, per Ib. &c.
per bl stn E. per Blush ss ST.
sfabapGes W pe4 Sl g sd Sr bu cooking
PINEAPPLES-Per crate, SIS. 80 81 u
ORANGES-st. Michaeis. i2ss to 2sss, $3@4;
Valencias, all sizes: $4@4:25
a. nho
$4.25; California. fancy. as to size, So; choice,
CHARACTERISTICS brl, $7.25@7.5o.
SWEET POTATOES--Jerseys per BRIL- $4.75;
WATbRMELoNs@Per crate, So
PEA s-sIichigan Bartietts, brl, S..
Observation-Disclosures, bu, $1.5O@1.75; Michi-
gan. Y blu, S5c; 10Th baskets 36@40c.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Peaches, per box, 81
crate $4,000; pears, Bartletts, boxes Cali
fornia, $275@3; Washington, So. ssisss 49,
| APES-Concords, per basket, 2o@22c; Della
wares, pony baskets, zoe; Malaga, s1.s5; Tokay,
BANANAS large punches, So; me-
HONEY.--New. fancy white, lib sections. 14c:
choice white, Lib sections, 12@13c; amber, Sc;
goldenrod, 12c; extracted white, in barrels, co
7c; extracted amber Tie. :
VEGETABLES-Wax BEANS per bu, eoc egg
plant, per dog, $1.5oQ2; radishes, per dozen
heads per doz, soc; mint, per doz Csc; celery,
per doz, 25c; new beets, per doz lunches Coo;
spinach per bu, 5O@6Oc; squash, per doz, 81 Is
caulihower per edoz, $1@1.25; parsnips, bu,
75c: -
Nryy vopp ppoD,,oE G.. ~ -,
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. DAILY WHEAT MovEMFNT
CHICAGO GRAIN

WHEAT, CORN AND OATS OPEN EASIER ON
IMPROVED WEATHER,
Chicago Sept. 1.-THE feature in the early
market to-day was the news that the weather
damage to crops was not as severe as had been
predicted. Weather in the northwest is clear
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans
fer, st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 17.-Barrett & Zim.
norman report steady demand with prices
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GENERAL PRODUCE

y Thursday, Sept. 17.-Butter, firm. Eg.s,
firm. Poultry, Arm. Veal, higher.
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SHEEP And LAMBS
They Lead in Interest To-day at the
South St. Paul Stock
Yards.
Hogs and Cattle Steady Without
Important Price
Changes.

South st. Paul, Sept. 17.-Estimated receipts
at the Union Stock Yards to-day: Cattle, loo;
calves, 90; hogs 700; sheep, 800; cars, 81.
ilis following table shows the receipts from
jan l, 1903, to date, compared with the
same period in 1902:
1sos s4ss "A ao 81 ssss
1902 ....153, 631 49, 423 412, 642 i24s, SO3 1903
Increase ....... 1900 71,608 1888 62s
The following table shows the receipts thus
far. in September, as compared with the same
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KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. Sent 17-co+.
tie, receipts, 9,ooo including 1000 Texans: mar
ket weak to 10c lower; beef steers. S4.6065 co.
S.75; stockers and feeders, S2.25@4.25
Hogs, receipts, 5000; market 5@1Oc lower;
S5:95G6.o5; pigs, $5.15@5e5. >
Sheep, receipts, 1000; market weak; sheep,
$2.25@4; lambs, $2.90@5.15.
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ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Sept. 1!.-cattle.
receipts, 5000 including 5000 Texans: market
STEADY; beef + steers, s3.55@5eo;, stockerg and
Texas steers. $2.3O@4 "$9,- -
Hogs. Irsesipts. 5000; market steady; pigs and
nghts $6:so0625; packers, $5,65@6; butchers
Sheep. receipts. 1,5o0; market steady to strong;
sheep $3@39O; lambs, $4@5.5O.
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No. red western winter, steady. Is Sd; No.
northern spring, firm, IS Cd; futures, firm;
September, Is Sd; October, IS SID; December,
Is 6hd Corn-Spot American mixed, quiet, AZ
59sd; futures, steady; September IS Esd;
October as esd.
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Sept 17.-0ose:
Wheat-september, 70Ac; December, II Nc; cash
No. hard, 73@74c; No: 3, 71@72c; No. 4 84M
8, 7s@79c. Corn-september. 45%c; December,
44%c; cash No. 2 mixed, 461ac; No. white,
46hc; No. g. 46c. Oats-No. 2 white, Acc. .
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CHICAGO ct

17.-Rye, September, $56hc; December 5615c;
May, 5sc Flax, cash northwest. $1.05la; south
s1Go 81 eet9er 81
October, 1925; Januar. $3.22h. Glover. cash,
50 Is; October, 1915. Barley. cash S45m6Oc
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Sept, 17.-close: Wheat
TENDER, s25Ac: December, s5@s5hc; May, 87Ac;
No. 2 hard, 70h @S1c.
472c; December, 47%c. Oats, Strong; No. =
cash, a7Ec; September, 3ec; December, BIC;
May. 3914c:. No. 2 white 42hc. Lead-Quiet;
| Sd. 321a ga. 30. Spelter-Quiet; $3.50.
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sheep-Receipts. $4,000; sheep and lambs
St to 1oe higher; good to choice wethers
western sheep s275@s.75; native lambs Sc. 50
OSLO; western lambs, $3.5O@5.4O.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, Sept 17-Cattle-
Receipts 1900, including 500 Westerns; slow;
good to prime steers $5.4O@6; poor to medium.
$3.90@6.25 rs; stockers and feeders. S24O@4.15;
cows, $1.5o@4.e 60; heifers. s214.so; Gamers,
81. 50@2.6O; bulls, $2@4.75; calves, S3.5O@7.10:
Texas fed steers, $3@440; western steers, So. 25
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MONEY REPORTS

Total sales, 463, 800.
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M1LWAgKEE GHAIN. AND FLOUR, Sept; p .
Fl Ne; No. northern, ss@91c; new December
81 Bc; puts s1Ac bid; calls. s2Ac bid. Rye
Firm; No. l, 51k @5sc. Barley-strong; No. e
&c; sample, 4S@64c. Oats-Ffrm standard
9h@39Ac. Corn-December, 81 Y @51 Nc; puts
517ac; calls 525sc. Flour. setady.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-19

ing a powerful charge of electricity
through a vacuum tube exhausted to
one millfoneth of an atmosphere MOLE
thrown out from the negative pole in
streams strong enough to set finely
balanced wheel in motion. These mi
mute projected particles were called by
Crookes radiant matter of electrons.
They are infinitely smaller than atoms,
which in the natural state have been
regarded as the ultimate division of
Becquerel made the remarkable dis
covery that the metal uranium pos
sesses the property of giving out radia-
tons identical in nature with the cleo
irons or radiant matter of the Crookes
tube.
Experimenting along the same lines,
Nine. and M. Pierre Curie, of France,
found Bohemian pitchblende and two
other compounds of uranium possessed
the powers of radiation in a remark
able degree, from which they inferred
the presence of some other substance
stronger In radiating power than uran-
ium. After much labor they were re-
warded by finding a new metal, similar
to pure bismuth in chemical qualities,
but far more radiant. This they named
"polonium." On continuing the search
they found another metal, chemically
like pure bariun, but possessing a
marvellous degree of radiating power.
They named it "radium."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-19
POUND OF RADIUM
is WORTH 100000
But if You Wanted to You Couldn't Buy
1t, Even at That Price.

Diamonds are valueless as brick dust
when compared with a new metal
with which scientists are now engaged
in making interesting experiments. The
most precious gem, mineral or metal
with which history is familiar becomes
cheap bauble when compared with it.
Radium is this new metal. It is
worth $1,O00.00O a pound.
1t is doubtful if a pound could he
bought at that price. In the last four
years not more than 600 grams of all
grades of purity have been manufac-
tured in the combined laboratories Of
the world, and in an absolutely pure
state it is unknown as yet
1t possesses the power hitherto
thought to be possessed only by the
sun-that of emitting light. 1t is call
ed one of the freaks of nature. No
source has been discovered which can
be called accountable for the strange
power 1t possesses. Like the sun.
radium seems to be self-sufficient. 1t
goes on giving light and heat for years
without seeming to be diminished in
power and without being replenished.
The smallest bit of this metal placed
on the skin will cause a sore which
will take months to heal. A pound of
it placed in q jar and exposed in a
room would burn every person in the
room to death.
In the course of experiments with
the metal one scientist put a small
quantity, held in a glass tube, in his
vest pocket. Within six hours it had
burned a sore on his body directly op-
posite the glass tube, and far months
this sore did not heal. This was an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-19
GAMBLED AWAY
A MINT OF MONEY
Theodore Hostetter Said to
Have Been a Great
Plunger.

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-With the rep
utation of being the boldest plunger
New York has ever seen, Theodore
Hostetter, the young Pittsburg mil
lionaire and clubman, lost a round mil
lion dollars in New York in the twelve
months preceding his death here last
August in Park avenue sanitarium.
This fact has become known in con-
nection with suit which has just been
settled at Pittsburg. begun by counsel
for David Johnson, the we'll known New
York gambler.
The suit was for $115,000 and was
compromised by the executors of Mr..
Hostetter's estate.
Johnson got 100000 more on his own
admission, which, he says, was chiefly
borrowed money Richard Garfield got
$4,000 or $1,000. The smaller gambling
houses took the res\
Hostetter was called a thorough
BRED
He would pitch pennies" at $1,000 a
flip.
He bet $1,000 game on polo at Mar
ragansett pier. He never turned down
betting proposition, and never left a
gaming table while there remained
anyone to play with him.
1t is related by Johnson, who seems
to have been Hostetter's mentor, that
Hostetter was usually a good Judge in
betting proposition. He was espe-
cially good In placing election bets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-19
TWO WOMEN DISPUTE
AUTHORSHIP OF BOOKS
Wealthy New Orleans Widow and a
Fair Partisan Are at War.

PARIS, Feb. 18.-Merry war is be-
ing waged between Mrs. Joseph Dur
kee, Of New Orleans wealthy wild
ow, and Pierre de Coulevan, the author
of American Nobility and Eve, the
Victorious"
Mrs. Durkee is the widow of a mer-
chant who was drowned by the sink
ing of the Bourgoyne.s She claims to
be the author of the two books mem
toned and has been sending copies to
friends. The affair came to a crisis
when both women met at a reception
given by the Countess De Trobriand.
Pierre de Coulevan is a nome de
plume of Mile. Favre. She said today:
Mrs. Durkee's ielaim to the author
ship of my books lis audacious. I new
err heard of her until learned she was
presenting by books to friends, claim
ing to be their author. am now writ
ing another book, perhaps she will
claim that. Calnan Levy, my publish
er, threatens to bring suit My new
book also deals with Americans. In it
describe differences between Latin
and Anglo Saxon. races. / shall not be
so favorable to Americans in this book.
1 describe them as I have seen them
at Monte Carlo, Nice and Cannes. They
are not always correct. There they
gamble terribly and drink much whis-
ky; even the American women drink
large quantities.
Il tell you the truth. My previous
studies of Americans were made in
Paris. The young girls are admirable,
but when they grow up they go to big
dinners and drink whisky. They are
terrible. American Nobility is being
dramatized and Mime. Rejane is to play
the star role"
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GOING THE ENTIRE LIMIT.
Massachusetts Banker Gives Champion
Sample of Yankee Thrift.

Sample of Yankee Thrift.
The proverbial Yankee thrift shows Up
big in a story now going the rounds remi-
ntscent of a Western Massachusetts bank
er who died during the past year. He be-
lieved in the maxim "A penny saved is a
penny earned with q vengea nee His
clerks were denied the luxury of pads of
paper and were required to figure on the
backs of old envelopes that had been
carefully prepared by the office boy in
his leisure moments The banker had a
Son-in-law to spend a few weeks WITH him
at the seashore. The close-fisted banker
decided to unloosen to the extent of hav-
ing the daily newspapers that the bank
had subscribed for sent to him after the
quotations had been inspected. He left
explicit instructions that the advertising
pages were to be cut out and the edges
trimmed so as to save postage.
The papers, which were sent every other
day. were too heavy for the 1-cent limit
though considerably inside the weight al
lowable for cents. 1t was matter of
facetious comment in the bank that the
"old man" was not getting full value for
his 2-cent expenditure for postage. The
margin in favor of Uncle Sam, however
diminished appreciably after the third in
stallment of literature had been forwarded,
the cashier receiving a postal care that
bore the following request:
Mall papers in single. wrapper every
four days, and they will require but 8
cents postage. New York Commercial.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-19
CARDINAL ATTACKS
SOUTH DAKOTA
Gibbons Says Divorces Are
Too Easy Out
There.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb. 1S.-Cardi-
nal Gibbons was by no means discoh
of the cardinals comment on the easy
divorce laws of South Dakota.
"Why, them" said the cardinal, do
people flock to South Dakota, not
only from every state in the Union, but
from England? Well, when they wish
to secure a divorce the very fact that
they go to that state is sufficient evil
dehce of the greater facilities they
have for obtaining divorces there than
in any other state in the country. In
fact, South Dakota has become the
Mecca of divorce-seeking persons"
Commenting on the suggestions made
by Judge Burns that the criticism of
South Dakota practices was not found
ed on complete knowledge of facts, the
cardinal said that he did not make the
remarks inadvertently or unadvisedly.
81 only wish it were not true. wish
it heartily" he said But there is a
looseness of legislation in that state in
the marriage laws which is we'll known
to the public and which is a source of
great scandal"
Concerning the large question of the
divorce evil in general, he said:
II am filled with deep concern oyer
the increasing facility with which de-
creeS of divorces NAV he secured 1T is
destroying all that is sweet and at
tractive in family life. 1t is breaking
down domestic happiness and is strik-
ing a blow at the very foundation of
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business than bring suit in a court of
law.
I regret the publicity that has come
out of the matter on account of the
widow and children of Tod Hostetter.
| saw them driving in the park the
other day. i believe that Mrs. Hostel
ter will say that I always treated her
husband on the level, that I was his
sincere friend, that 1 liked him person.
ally and that was of more value than
expense to him when it is considered
what wild plunger he was.
II advised him in many of his bets
and helped him win a lot of money,
but it is hard to keep track of man
who would bet $1,000 a game on polo
at Narragansett pier. That was what
Tod used to do.
Il am not keeping a gambling house
in New York at the present time and
make this statement to set myself
right with people who might have
squarely by me. Any sporting man in
New York will tell you, if he speaks
the truth, that what have said about
my friendship with Tod Hostetter is
right"
TRANSACT
tons between Johnson and Hostetter
were, the check book of the dead
plunger shows stubs that foot up $780,
600 paid to the gambler.
John Daily, Richard Garfield and the
smaller fry of gamblers, the race
tracks and side lines got the remainder
Of the million.
When the young man, died Richard
Garfield held his o U for $4,000 for
nights play at roulette and the next
day Garfield called at the home of the
widow at 5 East Seventy third street
and demanded payment on that evil
dence of Indebtedness.
Garfield doesn't seem to have pos
sessed those feelings of delicacy that
characterized the conduct of Johnson
Besides Johnson had long been in
the enjoyment of the field 1t is said
that Hostetter's checks came in so fast
that Johnson was unable to cash all
of them before the young millionaire
died. This accounts for the hold-over
debts on which the suit, which has
just been compromised, was based.
These debts consisted of a promis-
sorry note for $4,000 and checks for
$1,000, $4,000 and $4,000 AS soon
as the papers of the young millionaire,
who died suddenly of pneumonia, were
examined by his executors they dis
covered the extent Of his gambling
ventures, and would probably have
paid over the money to avoid the pub
licity had they not found soon after
ward that Johnson had already been It
beneficiary of the young millionaire to
the extent of more than half million
Then, when the suit was brought
they decided to pay anyhow to avoid
the publicity, but in some way the
matter became public, and Johnson,
when seen at his home, 145 West For
ty-third street, after a genuine express
sion of regret that the story Of Hos
letters plunging had become public,
paid him the tribute of gambler to a
real sport