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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
KEENE; PAST PERFORMANCES
His wheat COrner-Iais Boom I'm the Early
SOS and His Failure In 1854.

| On April 10, 1884, James r. Keene sus-
pended payment. after losing fortune
| estimated at from 81 100000 TO $1,000 600
| in six months. Only six years before he
| had arrived in New York from San Fran
CISCO where he had met with great SUCCESS
| in his speculations, success which would
| have encouraged him. If he had needed en-
couragement, to try his luck In Wall Street
In California Keene had risen from nothing
to an estate Of 81, 600 900 or SO. had lost that
| in a fash, and then by succession OF bold
! ventures of the pyramiding type had
| brought himself to an eminence which car
ried rating Of 5000 900 when he moved
| to New York
! His first &C mbi-a alton was effected with
| Jay Gould. with whom he engaged in fight
| ing Western Union with Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph While they profited in this
afterward. alleging that Gould had gone
back on his friends and sold them out in
the middle OF deal Gould, on the other
hand, declared that Keene had played him
a shabby trick. 1t was at this time that
Keene expressed the opinion that Gould
was the wickedest man in the world.
Keene he'd heaped up his profits in cash
and was known to have as much Gs 80, 0O0, 900
in currency when he undertook to corner
the wheat market. His broker, Isidor
Wormser, saiCl thst Keene had rs much Ps
g., 400 900 in his office one afternoon An
attempt to bull Jersey Centrfl stocks,
conducted at the Same time rs the wheat
corner, was similarly UnpTofitf BILE, for the
stock went down 40 points in one dry.
Whether Keene might have succeeded
in his wheat corner or not will never posi-
lively be known. for the attempt miscarried
when forged Telegram wns sent from
New York % his Chicr go brokers ordering
them to sell 2,OOOO 900 bushels Of whes g.
They threw ii on the my rket, II bec"me
known thot Keene was selling. and before
all the evils he'd been reck oned with Keene
was 50, O0O, 600 loser on wheat His Jersey
Central finnnciering cost him good sum,
but nothing like the wheat cornar.
| But Keene came back buoyantly in 1890,
| when stocks took an upward trend and
| held il, and those who had expected 70 rec
| him wane noted his return to fortunes
! favor in a more lavish form than he had
| ever enjoyed It before. His wealth on
paper rose to a?0,OO0,0 O0 and his followers
hailed him as the king of the Street. With
| his triumphS on the market came his best
success on the tuyf. and In 1921 Foxha!l
! carried the white with blue polka dots
| home in the Grand PriX With his accounts
| lated millions Keene went into every game.
big and little, in the market, and the see-saw
| Of the Street and OF other mems brains in
| conflict with his steadily wore down his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
CONCLAVE BEGINS JULY 81.
FRENCH INFLUENCE IN FAVOR
or RAMPOLLA FOR POPE.
Several Foreign Cardinals Arrive--A Crowd
or From 80, 600 TO 10000 Files Past
the Bier-The Pope Left &6O. 900 TO
the Poor Of Three Towns In Italy.
spec,ol Cable Despatch to THE sun

sp.r,ol Cable psspafch to TIKI Sun.
Ro,,r J,,y "a .-- Tho Conolaye Of Cardinals
for tho clect;on If a Fore will omen on the
,norri,,, ~ .b,lv n Several foreign Car
dinaIs hay. arrived Including those from
Austria FRANCE and Germany.
n 10 undors, God that NJ Delcass@. French
N;nistcr ~ Foreign Affairs has minated
to tho E,.nc, Cardinals that the Govern
ment would welcome the election Of Cardinal
Ramro,Ia or anv one no supports. as Pope.
Nothing further has TRANSFERRED in con-
nection with the succession.
When MGR Merry del Val was selected
M secretary in chief of the Conclave. the.
oh,ection ,vaa raisea that he was too Young
to be made a Cardinal. the custom having
beep for tho nav pope th,ls to designate
him and give the secretary his red hat, al
tbopyb whom Loo XIII was elected he folded
his hat and nut il into his pocket An
understanding has now been reached by
which MGR, Merry del Val will be appointed
.Nuncio To Vienna after the close of the
sess;ops NJ the copcaye. According to
nrecedert be will h.come a Cardinal after
retiring from, that most
II Ia reported that II Cardinal Serafino
Vannutelli is elected Pope he will assume
the title of BENEDICT XIV
According to history Conclayes that have
been held In August have always been fatal
10 40 q Cardinal This ia due to the I'M
healthipess NJ RI n nj this season OF the
year It il believed that this will have an
influence on the Conclaye and that the
session will he n abort one
The Cardinals framed an address to the
Powers to-day ON the subiect of the
Churob's temnoraI mower which will be
read IN tho ~ n,omatic Corns m the occa-
sion Of their Official Wait to-morrow
Cooler weather and tho rcport that |,
might Ina nacassarv In ,rtail the privilege
of a last view Of the body of the Pope caused
Some increase in tbe stream Of visitors at
ST. Peters to-day where the bodv of the
Pont;n Inv in stats crowd of from
thirty IN forty Thousand nersons about
=,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
HINTON CLAIM REJECTED.
Lords Committee Decides Against the
London Organ Grinder.

Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN
LONDON, July 24.--The Privileges Com
mittee of the House OF Lords rejected to-
day the claim to the Earldom OF Poulett
made by William Turnour Thomas Poulett
who became notorious when he was know
as yiscount Einton by playing a hand
organ in the streets of London, and de-
cded in favor Of the younger claimant,
William John Lydston Poulett, the son OF
the late Earl by his third wife.
When the hearing in the case, which was
begun yesterday. was resumed to-day the
Lord Chancellor permitted the younger
claimant to introduce evidence showing
that it was improbable that the so-called
Viscount Iinton could be the son of tho
late Earl. The Chancellor allowed this
evidence on the ground that English Iuris-
prudence gave a man clear reputation
when he was deceived by a woman as to her
condition at the time Of their marriage.
The "yiscount's" lawyer protested that
this ruling was contrary to the law of legiti-
macy, which is that child born in wedlock
must be the husbands.
The contest as to the Poulett succession
has been Tor years ono OF tne curl0SltleS OF
the British peerage. The contest hinged
on the dispute as to the legitimacy OF a
son born in 1S49 to Elizabeth Newman ak
months after her marriage to the man
who afterwsrd beca G the sixth Earl Pou-
lett The future Earl was then Lieu
tenant in a regiment Of foot and had little
prospect of succeeding to the family title
and estates. The woman he married was
of low origin, and his union with her is
said to have been the result of foolish
bet made by him at ess one night, when
he made wager that he would marry the
first wo an whom he met in the street.
Poulett always refused to ackno~ ledge
az his own the eon who was born to this
woman. He left her and went to India
In 1854 ne succeeded to the earldom, and
the son assumed the appellation of Viscount
Hinton, which is the title belonging by
courtesy to the eldest son of an Earl Of
Poulett. The Earl refused to- provide for
him, and he earned his living for O long time
by PLAYING an organ in the streets of London.
On the death Of his first WIFE in 1871. Earl
Poulett MARI ed again. There was no child
Of this arriaRe, but by his third wife,
whom he made his Countess IN 1870, he had
two daughters and son. This son is the
claimant whose right to the tie and estates
of the earldom are now formally recognized.
These estates have been in the possess on
of his guardian since the death Of the late
Earl in 1890. The new Earl is 20 years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
FAILURES WERE EXPECTED.
Enormous Dealings on Change WIN
Reaction Mt the Bottom.

! 3jNOErnOWs htuIIRs VII Sh"hDC "'-'
| Reaction at the Bottom.
| Anumber Of prominent brokerage houses
| had told their clients to look out for trouble
| yesterday, and several firms had announced
| in their market letters that failures would
be announced yesterday. or certainly ON
| Monday.
For these reasons, when the chairman g
gong sounded on the Stock Exchange at
rs minutes after 2 yesterday, not only on
the floor of the Exchange but In Broad street.
Wall street and New street those who heard
il felt that some important announcement
was about to he made. There was rush
to telephone Offices. to tickers. and to the
galleries and vestibule of the Exchange.
The failure of Stow Il Co. was announced
by the chairman, and almost before the
news had been flashed to the various
brokerage houses by floor members the
gong again sounded and the failure Of
Taylor & Co was made known. Prices.
which had been low all day and which in
almost every instance had gone to new
records, hardened on these announcements
with a sort of hope that the worst was over,
and prices closed relatively strong, not
withstanding the previous tremendous
liquidation The days transactions were
1905 900 shares.
Curious crowds hung about the entrances
to the Stock Exchange in the afternoon,
and also in front Of the better known bank
ing and brokerage houses. In the Offices
customers kept close watch on the tape.
James r. Keene. who has carried out
his biggest market undertakings through
Talbot J. Taylor h Co., was in the rear Office
of the firm all day. There were frequent
consultations with friends and attorneys,
John W. Gates was also in the Street all
day. He was at the offices of Harris,
Gates 4 Co, where he amused himself
in the early hours of the morning specu-
lating On the name Of the firm which was
mentioned in market letter AS about to
fail. Mr.. Gates declared that he couldn't
even guess what firm was meant
Harris, Gates It Co. were again heavy
sellers of the market yesterday, as on
previous days of the week, and st oCk market
gossip attributed TO them dealings of over
200 600 shares this week.
curious feature of the situation was
much commented on Yesterday. 1t was
that so M NY men prominent in stock mar
lSet and financial affairs are ont OF town.
Among the men who were not in the
Street Yesterday were j. Pierpont Morgan
who did not visit his Office; William r. Leeds,
Daniel q. Reid, H, Clay Pierce and II. H.
Rogers, who are at Newport; B. F Yoaknm
and MANY others. A number of bankers
also left town on Thursday night to remain
over until Monday.
With few exceptions, stocks made new
low records for the bear market The e1-
ceptions were American Sugar, Canadian
Pacific, Consolidated Gas, Illinois Central.
Manhattan. New York Central, Pennsyl-
vania end Reading. The following Il bic
shows the high prices in the boom Of 1902,
the low Of Yesterday. the loss in points and
the shrink e. in market value Of the princi
pal stocks that made these records:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
ESIDES all the matters Of
general interest to every
we'll balanced woman--and
THE SUNDAY SUMS read

erS are all OF that Sort
there are particular articles Of interest
to particular women. There is the
usual up-to-date, clear disquisition
upon fashions. telling OF the linen
gown, its advantages and disadvant.
ages, its variations and particularly
its sleeves. Then there are some
remarks about This summers psrasol
and the severity OF its style. There
is some news about the way in
which women are learning TO swim.
The preparation OF a woman's page
OF Sunday newspaper is no kinder.
garten task, il IFS properly done.
There are brief items TO be gathered
about all sorts OF notions that
women like TO know about as we'll as
tn larger and more comprehensive
articles on main topics.
The woman's department is only
q department after all. THE SUM-
DAY SUN OF next Sunday will be.
as always, collection OF exhibits
OF human nature which make profit.
able and interesting reading for all OF
US.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
FERDINAND LEAVES SOFIA.
The Prince Not FugitIye-His Visit to
Vienna Explained.

,Sprcfal Gable Dispatches TO THE Sun.
BELGRADE, July 2.--Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria, accompanied by his children.
pnssed through here at 4 o'clock this morn
ing on his way to Vienna.
rlmor IA current that plot against the
life OF the Bulgarian ruler was discovered
and the Government found il neoe seary
to advise the Prince 10 save his life by flight.
There is no confirmation thus far OF this
report
VIENNA July 24.-The Korrespondenz Bld1
saws 1t is authorized to deny the story tbat
Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria has ned from
his country never to return because Of the
discovery OF plot against his life.
Tho paper says that the anniversary OF
the death OF Prince Ferdinand's father will
occur on Sunday. On that date the Prince
always visits his fathers grave at Coburg.
This accounts for his present journey.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
ENGLISH VOTE on TARIFF.
By-ElectiOn VIII show whether Cham.
berlaln's Plan IL Endorsed.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE sun

Special Cable Despatch TO TIE SUN.
LONDON. July PA by-election was
held to-day in the Barnard Castle division
of Durham. There were three candidates
in the field Col. Vane, Conservative: Mr..
Beaumont. : Liberal. and Mr. Henderson,
the Labor candidate.
The election attracts great deal of in
terest because II ia the first one that has
been held since Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain brought forward his preferential
tariff proposals and the result in this dis
trict will greatly turn on this question of
protection or free trade.
In the last general election, in 1000, Sir
Joseph W. Pease, Liberal. received $3.50
and Col vane. Conservative. 3,st5 votes.
The result OF to-day's polling will not be
known until tomorrow,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

Baron william Ernest de Bush was born
in 1890 and devoted his life to the study
of chemistry. He was especially well known
ethereal substances and the Installations of
essenti al oils. In 1885 he served as British
Juror for the chemical section at the Ant
werp Exhibition He had Q similar post
in the exposit'ons at Brussels in 1888 and
1897 and at Edinburgh in 1890.
was created, In 1889, a baron Of the
Duchy OF Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. and re-
ceiyed permission some years later to Use
the title in England.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
No Plot Against Kalser's Are.

Special Cable Despatch 10 The Sun.
BERLIN. July 2t--lt is stated semi
officially that no grounds exist for taking
seriously reports Of plot against the life
of Emperor William,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
RARON DE BUSH KILLED.
English Chemist. who Married an American
Woman, Falls From Train.
Special Gable Despatch to THE SUE.

Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun.
LONDON. July PA despatch from
Northampton to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says Baron William Ernest de
Bush the we'll known chemist, disappeared
from the sleeping saloon car Of an express
train during the temporary absence of his
wife. who was Miss Clara Pauline Joran,
OF Freeport. H. He was picked mp un-
consci GUS on the track and died at o'clock
this morning without speaking
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

1t was 50 Id in the Street yesterday that the
bucket shops. which revel in bear markets.
were henping up immense profits. Ono
concern, II was estimated, Is $4,000 900
ahead of the game. 1t is sid to have had
list summer only 100000 in banks with
which to pay customers credits Of 81 200 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
SEVEN YEARS FOR W. r.. ASHTON
Convicted Of Forgery I'm London-Says He
Is sn American Writer.
Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun.

Special Gable Despatch to THE sun.
LONDON, July 24--W. f. Ashton. who
says he is an American writer and who
was arrested some time ago on charge OF
presenting forged checks on the firm Of
Laird, Schroeder h Co. Of Philadelphia
to the London and County bank. was con-
victed in the Old Bailey to-day on specific
charge of forging check for clos. He
was sentenced to seven years penal servi-
tude.
Before sentence was pronounced Ashton,
who says he Is a Philadelphian. made a
speech in his own defence, alleging that 1t
was case Of mistaken identity.
During the proceedings Detective West
OF Scotland Yard said that Ashton was
convicted in London in 1904 Of forging the
name Of Mr. Yerkes. son of Charles 7.
Yerkes. the railway magnate. Ashton
created sensation in the court by shouting
at the detective after the latter had made
this statement: ~You are liar!'
The English police are still searching the
United States for Terence 0'Brien. who ia
supposed to he mixed up in this case and
who, it is said, served with Roosevelt's
Rough Riders in Cuba.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
Revising chinese Commercial Treaty.
.SpccidI Cable Despatch TO THE SUN

Special ClbIr DtspH7CH 70 THE SUN
PsKrN, July 24.--The Chinese text Of the
commercial treaty with the United States
il being revised. II is hoped that the
treaty will be signed at an early date, a
hone which 10 encouraged by Prince Ching
President of the Board Of Foreign Affairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
Conference Oh Earthquakes.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
BERLIN. July 24.The conference OF
scientific men on earthquakes and vol
canoes opened at Strasburg to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25
A Guaranteed Cure for Pilcs

Itching, Blind, bleeding OK Prosrudlrg Pilea
-FOUR druggist VIII refund your money II PAHO
OINTMENT falls 60 euro you. TO ccny.--Adv.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-25

PRICE OF Pen
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Phil May, English Artist, Very Sick.
.spec'dI Cable Despatch TO THE SUN.
LONDON. July 24.--Phil May, the artist
Of Punch and the Graphic. is seriously i'll
il Is not eyrectec thsf he will recover.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-20
A MONUMt 1UMBLEs,
Raleigh Men TO opsui Coal and Wood Bust.
ness in greensboro.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer)
Greensboro, n. c., Nov. 19.-Bad luck
befell the erection of a monument to the
late Dr. j. Henry Smith at Green Hill
cemetery yesterday. 1t was fifty-elght feet
high and at II o'clock yesterday the last
piece had been put in place and the men
went to dinner. A storm came up just
at this time and the wind gathered the
loose planks of the scaffold and blew them
against the top of the structure with such
force that i, toppled and fen, carrying
with it about thlrty-five feet OF the monu-
ment from the top. AS one piece fell 1T
carried the one below and three OF the see
tions We're broken.
The Greensboro Real Estate Exchange
Yesterday sold to Messrs. J. r, A. Power
and his son-in-law, Mr.. T. NJ. Armstrong,
of Raleigh, lot near the electric power
plant, fronting 400 feet on the Southern
Railway track, lying between the railroad
and street railway and containing one acre
of land Messrs. Power and Armstrong
will build large structure and sheds for
the purpose of carrying on an extensive
coal and wood business. and in addition
will equip the large building with the lat
est improved machinery for modern grist
milling and grain manufacturing plant.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-20
DRIVEN OUT TO DIE,
Children Find Negro III ans
Numb With Cold.
n. is Taken to the Emergency Hospital.
Gas Our by the Negroes With
whom He Lived.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Goldsboro, n. c., Nov. 19.-While roam
ing through the woods out beyond Her
mann Park yesterday, some children found
a negro man in a sitting posture at the
root of a big tree. The man was stiff and
cold and the children supposed that he
was dead. The coroner, DR. ThoS. Hill,
was notified and he went out to make an
investigation He found that the negro
was not dead. but that he was numb from
cold ard that he was very i'll. From ne
groes who live in that vicinity it was
learned that the negro had been living
with some other negroes in the neighbor-
hood He had been i'll for some time and
unable to work and the negroes with
whom he was living had driven him from
their home. This occurred last Monday
and the negro after leaving home had
wandered into the woods. He was over
come with weakness and sat down beside
the tree to rest He was unable to get up
and stad where he was until the children
found him yesterday. He was taken to
the Emergency Hospital and provided
with comforts and medicine.