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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT MONDAY. AUGUST 2e 1907.

compel him either before or after he offers to sell to show his ability to deliver, away goes the stock-gambling
 structure, because from the very na- ture of the whole structure of stock gambling the same shares are sold and resold many times in each session and the seller cannot know, much less show, that he can deliver until he first adjusts with the buyer and the buyer cannot adjust until after he has be- come such by buying. If rule were
 made compelling seller to show his responsibility before selling, every member would have every other mem- Der at his mercy and there could be no k-gambling When had worked this out, saw that while the few trick sters of the System had a perfect de-
 vice for taking from the people their
 wealth, had discovered as perfect
 means of taking away from the few the wealth they had secured from the many. With this knowledge came a conviction that my way was as honest as the Systems, in fact. more honest than theirs. They took from the inno- cent. took from the guilty what had already been dishonestly secured. determined to put my discovery into practice.
 T might never have done so but for that Sugar panic in which was robbed of millions by the System through Barry Conant In that panic the System with its unlimited re- sources. filched from the people by the arbitrary manufacture of stocks, and by their manipulation did to me what I afterward discovered I could do to them, without any resources other than my right to do business on the floor of this exchange. You saw the outcome, in the second Sugar panic, of my first experiment In a few minutes cleared profit of $10,. 100000. I could have made it fifty mil. lions, or one hundred and fifty, but was not then on familiar terms with my new robber-robbing device, and I had yet heart. To make this ten millions of money, all that was necessary for me to do was to sell more Sugar than Barry Conant could buy. This was easy, because Barry Conant, not knowing of my newly invented trick, could buy only what he could pay for on the morrow, or, at least, what he believed his clients could pay for; while I, not in- tending to deliver what I sold-unless by smashing the price to point where I could compel those who had bought to resell to me at millions less than sold at-could sell unlimited amounts, literally unlimited amounts. When Barry Conant had bought all that he thought he could pay for, he was obliged to beat retreat in front of my offerings, and I was able to smash. and smash, until the price was so low that he could not by the use of what he had bought. as collateral, borrow sufficient to pay me for what I had sold him. Then he was compelled to turn about and sell what he had bought from me, and when I had re- bought it for ten millions less than I had sold it for. the trick had been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26

here in this institution, which you own and control, was the open sesame for each or all of you, to those great chests of gold that your clients. the 'System.' have filled to bursting from the stores of the people. What, ask, do you wise men think of the situation as you now see it?"
 There was an oppressive stiffness on the floor. The great crowd, which now contained nearly all the members of the exchange. listened with bulging eyes and open mouths to the revela- tions of their fellow member. From time to time. as Bob Brovnley poured forth his shot and shell of deadly logic, from the vast mob that now surround ed the exchange rose hoarse below of impatience, for few in that dense throng outside could understand the silence of the gigantic human crusher. which between the hours of ten and three was never before known to miss e revolution except while its victims hearts and souls were being removed from Its gears and meshes.
 Bob Brownley paused and looked down into the faces of the breathless gamblers with e contempt that was superb. He went on:
 Men of Wall street. 1t is writ in the books Of the ancients that every evil contains within itself a cure or a de stroyer. do not pretend that what am revealing to you Is to you a cure for this hideous evil. but do say that what am giving you is q destroyer for 1t. and that while 1t will be to the world a cure. 1t may leave you in a more fiery he'll than the one of which you now feel the flames do not care if it does. When I am through. any member of the New York stock en- change who feels the iron in his soul can get instant revenge and unlimited wealth. You vho are turning over in your minds the consideration that your great body can make new rules to render my discovery imperative. are dealing with a shadow There is no rule or device that can prevent it's workins. There are 1000 seats in the New York stock exchange. They are worth today tss.ooo apiece. or ss5.- ooo.0o in sil- Their value is due to the fact that this exehange deals in between one and three million shares . day. Were any attempt made to prevent the operation Of ny invention. transactions wouId because of such attempt drop to Eve CT ter thousand shares per day. or to such trznssctfons ss represented stock that wfll be sctn- sIly delivered and actually paid for. To make ny i1venfio. useless ft must ss made impossible to buy or sell ths sane share of stock nore fbsn occs Et c1s session. Ent szorf selling. rhtch 1 zcv. e To1 k-cw. t1s fcusds<ic1 of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26
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"The governing committee instructs me to say that Mir Robert Brownley has asked that operations be suspend ed for 30 minutes, in order that he be allowed to address you. MT. Brown ley has agreed, if this request be granted, he will upon resumption of operations purchase sufficient amount of stock to raise the average price of all active shares at least one half their total drop-all of 1t, if pos sible. He agrees to buy to the limit of his fortune of billion dollars. now put MT. Brownley's request to a vote. All those in favor of granting it will signify the same by saying Yes"
 A mighty roof-lifting "Yes" sound. cd through the room.
 ''All those opposed, No"
 There was deathly hush.
 ''Mr. Brownley will please speak from this platform, and remember, in 30 minutes to the second, will sound the gavel for the resumption of busi- ness
 Bob Brownley strode to the place just vacated by the president. The crowd was growing larger every min ute. The ticker was already missing a tape biograph of this extr; ordinary situation in brokerage shops, hotels, and banks throughout the country, and in few minutes the news of 1t would be in the capitals of Europe. Never before in history did man have such an audience-the whole civilized world. Already arose from Wall, Broad and New streets, which sur round the exchange. the hoarse bel low of the gathering hordes. Before the ticker should announce the re- sumption of business these would number hundreds of thousands, for the financial district for more than an hour had been a. surging. mob.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26

the modern stock-gambling structure, must likewise be made impossible. If this could be done the $s5, 100000 worth of seats in the exchange would be worth less than five millions, and, what is of far greater import to all the people. the financial world would be revolutionized. Men of Wall street. do not fool yourselves. My invention is a sure destroyer of the greatest curse in the world. stock-gambling."
 sullen growl rose from the gam blers. Robert Brownley glared down his defiance.
 Let me show you the impossibility of preventing in the future anyone's doing what 1 have done to you SO many times during the past five years. All the capital required to work my invention is nerve and desperation. or nerve without desperation. It is we'll known to you that there are at all times exchange members who will commit any crime. barring. perhaps, murder. to gain millions Your mem bers have from time to time shown nerve or desperation enough to embez- gle. raise certificates. give bogus checks. counterfeit stocks and bonds, and this for gain of less than millions, and when detection was probable. All these arc criminal offenses and their detection is sure to bring disgrace and state prison. Yet members of this ex- change desperate enough to take the chance. when confronted with loss of fortune and open bankruptcy. have al- ways been found with nerve enough to attempt the crimes. I repeat that there are at all times exchange mem bers who will commit any crime. barr. ing. perhaps. murder. to gain millions. That you may see that my successors will surely come from your midst from time to time during the future exist enee of the exchange. I will enumerate the different classes of members who will follow i- -sv sontsteps:
 (To Be Continuedt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26

He pressed my hand in his strong, honest one and strode into the ex- change ahead of the crowd. All was chaos, although the trading had toned down to sullen desperation. So many houses, banks, and trust com panies had failed that no man knew whether the member he had traded with early in the day would on the morrow be solvent enough to carry out his trades. The man who had been long in the morning, and had sold out before the crash, and who thought he now had no interest in the panic, found himself with his stock again on hand, because of the failure of the one to whom he had sold, and the price cut in two. The man who was "short" and who a few minutes before had been eagerly counting his profits now knew that they had been turned to loss, because the man from whom he had borrowed his short stocks for delivery would be in no condition to repay for them, the next day, when they should be returned to him. The short" man was himself, therefore, Tong" stocks he had bought to cover his 'short" sale. In depressing the price he had been working against his own pocket in stead of against the bulls he had thought he was opposing. All was confusion and black despair. There As, indeed. no blacker place than the floor of the stock exchange after 8 panic cyclone has swept it. and is yet lingering in it's corners, while the survivors of its fury do not know whether or not it will again gather force.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26

-Une word. gentlemen" he called. T have more trades outstanding. both buys and sells, than any other mem Der or house. Before deciding whether to adjourn in an attempt to save the Street. I ask your consideration of this proposition: If the exchange will suspend operations for 30 minutes, and allow me to address the mem- bers on the floor, I will agree to buy stocks all around the room, until they have regained at least half their drop all of 1t. if possible. I will buy un- til I have exhausted to the last hun dred my fortune of a billion dollars. This should make an adjournment un- necessary. know that this is most extraordinary request. but you are confronted with a most extraordinary situation, the most remarkable in the history of the stock exchange. AL ready. if what they say on the floor tz correct, over 200 banks and trust companies throughout the country have gone under. and new failures gre being announced every minute. Half the members of this and the Boston and Philadelphia exchanges are insolvent and have closed their eoors. or vill close them before three o'clock. and the shrinkage in values o far reported runs over fifteen bil- lions. Unless something Is done be- fore the close. there will be similar panic in every exchange and bourse in Europe tomorrow.
 The committee instantly voted to lay the proposition before the full board In another minute the presi- dents savel sounded. and the floor vas stfIl as a tomb All eves were fired on the president Every man fn that great throng knew that upon the announcement they were about to hear. might depend. at least tenn porarfly. the welfare. not only of Wall street. but Of the nation. per h.ps even of the civilized world The president spoke:
 Members of the New York Stock ExchanEs:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26
(To Be ContinuedD.

To orx.ntre A~~ York central Clerks
 ALBANY. N r-. Aug 26.-Af a meet. ing here of delegates representing the state lodge of Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks. the board of adjustment. the organizing branch of the association. was instructed to begin the work Of organizing all the clerks along the line of the New York Centra; Railroad company. This board win meet in Syracuse Sept %.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26
Es-N.yor ~ p.nkfrl p~-s.

DUSKIRK- \. r. Ans- zs-RIrh,rd MuIbollsnd- former mayor of Dunkirk died. He was the frst supreme pre<l-I dent of the Csfholk Mutual B~,sst' sssociztion snd rs< prominent la fss k1ixhu c< Colunbus.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-26
CHAPTER Ix

The governing committee was hold ing meeting in its room. Bob rushed in .unceremoniously
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Alice Lloyd. the English music hall
comedienne. Is said TO receive sal
airy Of $500 per week.
Mansfield may not be seen on the
Htage again for year. He has par
tally recovered his health.
A performance Of the seldom given
Loves Labour's Lost was one Of the
features Of the shakespearean festival
In Stratford.
James X. Haokett will open his next
reason in John Glayde's Honor" Lat
err he will have a new play by Louis n.
Parker, "Alr George
w. Dayton Wegefarths new song,
"Tell Ne What's Fellow to Do"
which was sung by Helena Frederick
In vaudeville, win be put In musical
comedy production next season
Herbert Kelley ana Efie shannon
win be co-stars for i've years under
the management Of Ernest Shipman,
They will next season produce a new
play written for them by a we'll known
author.
In 1.-THE Round Up" by Edmund
Day. IS q realistic battle between two
prospecting miners and n band Of ma.
rauding Apache Indians. The miners
arc rescued in the unequal contest by
a detachment OF United States cavalry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
BOSTON AFTER
STANDARD
Former Northern League Star
VIII Go There
------~--
FROM SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
size Joining the Connecticut League
Standard Has Never Hit Below the
800 Mark and Has Covered Sew
eral Positions.
FROM SPRINGFIELD, MASS

Tom Standard who formerly played
second base for the Intercity in the
Northern league and who has been with
Springfield, Mass, in the Connecticut
league, will probably wear a Boston Ma
tional uniform next season The Bos-
tons have been watching Standard for
several weeks, and II successful deal
ii closed lie will be transferred at the
close of the minor league season, Mana
Ger Tenny has offered Burke and $500 to
boot for the swap.
While playing here Stank was looked
upon as one Of the heaviest hitters in
the Northern league, and when hit was
needed, the fans were always ticl<ied to
see the elongated second baseman step
! up to the plate. He rarely struck out
and was pIstty sure Of getting a hit.
The Springfield Republican says Of his
work.
Standard was with the Pittsburg Ma
tionais after he graduated from Holy
Cross three years ago, but be was soon
let 20 to Jersey City, where he finished
out the season. In the spring of 1906 be
was secured hy Springfield. Standard
has been hitting hard all the season, and
has never fallen below the 300 mark
He Is natural hitter and probably can
give ball harder belt than any man
in the minor leagues. Springfield has
used him at one outfield and three in.
field positions, and while he has been
getting along finely at second base he
showed in his few attempts at first base
that he is capable Of swinging that posi-.
ton. Standard is a student at the HaT-
ward medical school, and 1t won't be
long before he will be called "Doc.n He
first attracted attention as ball player
while at Boston college, though il was at
Holy Cross that his stunts first became
Of the man sized variety"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
Defeated Wholesale Granite
Men, % to 5
HEPBURN, HE FADED AWAY
Feature Of the Game Was the Refusal
Of the Car couplers to Get Put Out
In the Fourth Until They Had
Scored Eleven Times.


The c. v. and M & w railway en-
ployes met nine Of professional" ball
players representing the wholesale gran
tie offices in seveninning battle at the
lntercity park yesterday afternoon and
when the smoke had rolled away and the
dead and dying gathered up, @skiddooR
victory was heralded for the railroad
stars BY the score of 23 To :. The ap.
preaching darkness made the batters
strike the air instead Of the ball, and as
II was not base ball unless four al five
runs was made In an inning. Umpire
"BoscoeR Lowe called the exhibition off
at the close OF the seventh.
The famous nfade away" pitcher, Viii
liam Henry Harrison Hepburne, fooled
the raiIroaders with his fade Always I'm.
ill he faded aawy himself in the fourth
inning after thirteen men had batted and
eleven runs were scored. Hep said he
hated to do it but in order to allow his
team to get three men out he thought
lie would retire In favor 81 ] y, Goodwin,
the ex-assistant postmaster who for
three innings held the sluggers down To
four tallies The deaf and dumb pitcher,
Taylor, formerly of New York, but now
4 ticket puncher in the q. ". station,
did the twirling for the yictors for three
innings successfully when he retired in
favor Of idle Hour" jimmie Gall and
there was nothing more to 1t, the big
fellow blanking the wholesalers for the
remainder of the game.
Among the features were George
Washington Gorman's two scores IN the
fourth without hit, Bancrofts catch
of liner of the hat and the magnifi-
cent work at the initial sack oil Jason
Elliot Stoughton, gorgeous il ice cream
trousers and white tie. This il the first
Of series az three games the teams in
tend 70 play and the next game will pc
pulled OIL as Don as tho bruises and
rheumatism are cured up,
The original lineup 81 the team was
as follows, though it was changed sew
eral times during the contests Railroad
ers German Ct, Na4h 3D. Leland If,
Halvosa %, Wales c, Mackay S, Gall ID,
Nelson ri, Taylor =. Wholesalers Ban
croft s., Douglas c, Stoughton ID, Hep
burn p, Goodwin 3b, Wctmpre cfi Dnthie
%, Morrison II, Mclean RI.
Innings .,.1 80 4546 r. RsH. Il.
Railroaders "A 2 2 III 90 "a IL 6
Wholesalers ~ ! IA % Il d. . 4 10
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
ADMITS HIS GUILT 100000 THEFT
Ruuyan Now Stands Liable to Ten
Years in the States Prison.

New York, July 26.--Chester B. Run
yam, the paying teller of the Windsor
Trust company, who on June last alb.
seconded with over 100000 Of that in
stitution's money pleaded guilty today
to grand larceny in the first degree
The extreme penalty is ten years in
state prison.
Judge Whitman rcmanded the pris-
oner 70 the tombs without fixing date
for sentence.
Laura NJ. Carter, the woman in whose
apartments Runyan was arrested, and
who was arrested by the police upon
suspicion that she had received part
OF the 100000 which Runyan stole, was
taken before Justice Dayton in obedi-
ence to a writ Of habeas corpus. In her
petition the Carter woman set forth
that she had been kept in the tombs
prison since July without any warrant
or order Of court Of competent juris.
diction
Congressman GoldfoRle, her counsel
said that her treatment BY the police
was an outrage.
Assistant District Attorney Meyer
said that the woman's case would be
presented to the grand jury st once,
and pending the action BY that body JUS
ticc Dayton adjourned hearing until to-
morrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
DEMAND GIRLS SLAYER HANGED
French People Want the Public Exeeu-
toner Measure Enforced

Paris, July 26.-There Is great pop
ular elarmo for the carrying out Of the
death sentence imposed last Tuesday
upon a man named SoleIlant for the
murder OF little girl. especially as Il
has been discovered that the ChaIAbef
Of Deputies has passed an appropriation
OF $4,000 for public execution.
1t was thought when Solellant was
sentenced that the execution was i'm.
possible, bccpllse Of the lack Of this APP.
preparation, but the appropriation pass
ed the Chamber OF Deputies during the
confusion Of the closing days Of the
sessions by a majority Of 70.
The time allowed BY law for Solellant
to appeal from the death sentence ex,
pires tomorrow at midnight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
ALExANDRIAN LIBRARY.
The Greatest Literary Treasure That
the World Has Lost.

The Greatest Literary Treasure That
the World Has Lost.
Perhaps the largest and most valu.
able OF literary treasures the world
has lost was the Alexandrlan library
This collection, the most remarkable
OF the ancient world, is said to have
contained in it's most fiourishlng period
100000 or. according to others, T00.-
900 manuscripts. Its royal founder
collected from all nations their choic-
est compositions. We are told that one
of his successors went so far as to re-
fuse to supply the Athenians with
wheat until they had given him the
original manuscripts of E,schylus.
Sophoeles and Euripides. When Ju-
lius Caesar laid Siege to the city the
greater portion OF this library was de
stroyed by FIRE It was later replaced
BY the collection presented to Queen
Cleopatra by Mark Antony. But 1t
was not destined to endure long.
When the Emperor Theodosius the
Great In 391 A. D. ordered the destruc-
ton of oil heather temples within the
Roman empire, the Christians, led by
the Archbishop Theophilus, did not
spare that Of Jupiter, in which were
kept the literary treasures. From this
general destruction about 1900 manu-
scripts escaped, only to be burned In
640 by Saracens under the Caliph
Omar. --Argonaut
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
CHESS CLOCKS.
There Are Specially Constructed Ones
ueed n The Game.

There Are Specially Constructed Ones
iced In the Game.
Honrglasses. or sandglasses, were
formerly used for the purpose Of meas
uring time at chess matches, but now
specially constructed clocks are in gen
eral use for this purpose, These clocks
consist Of two clocks mounted on a
common base, whicA moves on a pivot,
the two clocks therefore being Oh the
arms III q sort OF seesaw. The beam,
or base, is so constructed that when
one clock is elevated IL stands perfect
" perpendicular, while the depressed
clock lies over at an angle, but as the
mechanism Of each clock is so con-
structed that 1t only moves when the
clock Is perfectly perpendicular 1t fol-
lows that when the upright clock Is
going the depressed clock is at rest.
Another and more modern variety
has the two clocks fixed on the same
level but with a small brass arm
reaching from the top Of one to the top
OF the other. This arm acts On pivor
and can be brought down into actual
contact with one clock at time by d
touch OF the finger. When it is thus IN
contact by an ingenious device the
clock is stopped aud the desired result
Is attained The working Of the clock
during a match is simplicity itself At
the commencement Of the match the
hands OF each clock point to II. Then
at the call of "time to commence play
the clock OF the first player Is started
then as soon as he makes his first
move be stops bis own clock either by
depressing 1t Or BY touching the arm
referred to, the same motion starting
his opponents clock. SO 1t goes on
during the entire course Of the game,
each move being marked by the stop
ping OF one clock and the starting Of
the other.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-26
TOWN TOPICS.

Greater New York covers more space
than any other city in the world.
The salary OF a Chicago alderman
has been raised to $500 a year, the
highest compensation attached to the
Office anywhere.
The town Of Killingly can boast OF
probably the oldest town house in Con.
necticut, dating back into the eight
eeuth century. II Is said 70 be also the
worst looking town house IN the state
Woodland, Me-, has tho largest town
farm III the country RI IL sixty-iive
miles long and la most places twelve
miles wide Tho farmers Of the town
do large amount Of the work Grain
and potatoes are raised chiefly, the POI
tato rows extending halfway across
the farm.