The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
FAMOUS FOUR HUNDRED
Rapid Y DISAPPEARING

charge for this accomplishment Is
! $1,000. These prices are all nearly
double those Of six months ago. but on
the word OF one eminent east side au-
thority. they should come down short.
ly. now that election Is over. The
price Of minor services In the same
general field has remained fairly con-
slant. the latest being SIS for stab
bling. $50 for beating with brass
knuckles. SIS for punching. together
with one razor stroke or one blow with
q blackjack. and Is for . plain beat
ing up with hands or feet. or both.
There are today q number Of gangs
with several hundred members. whose
services are available at these figures.
| according to police authority. The
! best known are the Monk Eastmans."
the "Humpty Jacksons." the paul Kel-
leys' and the kid Twists" and all Of
these are outgrowths Of . quarter Of
a century ago when the Gas House
Gang" and the "whyes'' made life un-
safe for any respectable citizen who
ventured within their territory. The
majority Of members are youths under
25 years of age. since for q number OF
reasons they are not likely to live to
any advanced age.
While Paris has but recently been
stirred by . duel between Q leading
critic and one OF it's foremost drama
tists in which the latter "fotgot to
discharge his pistol" after having been
missed by his opponent; and while
Cuba has been highly wrought UP over
a revolver duel between two of the
prominent ofacers OF Its government
| In which eight shots were exchanged
without injury. New York has just
been treated to q duelling revival In
| which bullets and swords both reached
their marks resulting In several con-
structive deaths. This revival OF duell-
ing frowned upon even 80 long ago as
during the days of the revolution.
took place on the grounds Of Column
bia University In the heart OF the city.
Two students. COOL but grim and de-
termined. faced each other at q dis
lance OF twenty yards with loaded
duelling pistols. At the word the two
adversaries fred simultaneously. One
| was struck above the eye. the other
| just over the heart. Each was killed
| instantly, that IL according to the
rules Of the combat. The deaths were
only theoretical. however. since the
bullets were made OF wax and the
| combatants protected by masks and
coats. Several other duels followed In
1 which serious though not mortal
wounds were inflicted. to the edincation
Of the large gathering OF spectators
Altogether the first duels which have
taken place In New York for many
years proved such q success that the
new sport promises to make this city
the dueiling center OF the country.
Though Monte Carlo is generally
looked upon as the greatest gambling
| place In the world, 1t really comes no.
| where near being In the class OF New
4 Xrxrtr IN thfA rNanar&.-thaf fa n
| distinction 10 made between riskins
| money In the games of chance played
| In the foreign city and on stocks,
which form the chief basis of specu-
| lation here.
Not only does the daily amount
risked here far exceed the yearly in
come Of the gaming tables Of the prin-
cipaiity of Monaco. but so keen 10 the
local gambling instinct that stake
may be risked. which simply because
OF its minuteness would not be appre-
ciated at Monte Carlo. One may win
or lose--anywhere from millions OF
dollars TO three cents in a single stock
speculation here. The regular Stock
Exchange grades fluctuations IN prices
by Fights, but on the curb sixteenth
of one point has in the past been sum
cient to cause selling and buying.
This week, however. new record
was set when numerous transactions
were recorded in mining stocks at q
| change of only one thirty-second Of
one point In the quoted price. AZ
many OF these stocks have par value
| Of only 81, the profit or loss on each
share would be on this basis only three
| cents When 1t IL remembered that
many sell for only q few cents on the
dollar. involving on each share q mi.
croscopicai profit or loss. 1t becomes
| apparent that New Workers are not
| only the greatest spectators on earth
but the smallest as well.
Hetty Green. long famous as the
| worlds greatest business woman, al
| well as the weaithiest In this country
| will now have to relinquish both IL
| ties. The death of e. II. Hartman
| made his widow. to whom he left al
| his property in his famous ninety-nins
| word will. Weather even that MRS
| Green. and Mrs Harriman's decision Il
| open an once in which she will admin
| lister the property herself. makes hsl
| the most important feminine hgure II
| the business world today. ~
| While Harriman's personal fortune
| was estimated at between si00.0O0,o0
| and 5000, 0O0, 900. the interests ovel
| which Mrs. Hartman will exercise
| control. total. IL Ii stated. more thar
| $1,000. 900. 600.
/ while she will not Of course occup,
| a position in any OF the direetorafei
| of her late husbands interests. Mrs
| Hartman will nevertheless. through
her representatives on these boards
| exert an active influence In so man,
| different ways that Hettv Green's op'