The evening world. Newspaper, May 9, 1901, Page 3

THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, HAY 9, 1901. | _ “MANY FIRMS ARE HARD HIT; = soon SILENT SMITH” IN ] | | STOCK CRAZE A BLUNDER.” FIGHT OF MILLIONS —RUSSELL SAGE. Richest Bachelor in the and why men common setise | EE eis Goma World Said to Be the Se eens Man Who Is Fighting Magnate Hill for Con- trol of Northern Pa- cific. “Wall atreet may have acen ' ae It cannot be too o pose ne of the worst, be Financier Sage Says | Wall Street Is Near- ing a Most Terrible} Blve nanstatance a Crisis—Speculationa': pecuintion there r will shake th comb for the mi e market. TI have been and never have [eng ding. I don't want t monty Vin such tof remaining fre nt man of or James H. Smith, the ‘sth All street.” who ts the richest tu in the world, isa powerful factor int Rigantic “atock trangactions in| which millions are being made and lost. It is fs due yest the whe " lost $3, wh rine 't! His Innings Yet to Come. ea pet | at all street to-day. Men are being wiped out} Waiting Decause of the ch in an hour. price of their foolish desires for the contr v nee a penny ot specalated int stocks nt jump, Tam which is. sure in and uying will aseing tt an Evening Worl t require an exp yn the prices whien stocks are | qnanciall o-day. Th nd they) mi for mud that te squeeze in N of the Ch (0. values ar te down Cu than the point feh they were bee fore this ive craze ny fic, ne shown cific years azo Whether Mr. Smith ts the power which 8 . to boom them. The Hea of C., Bo & @ myilnnto: yy the Uecker it would block the plans of the railroad JAMES H. SMITH. a absurd . J J. MAM, cannot be confirmed | —— — be mi 1 jump like thi extremes to rn Dae aM DOS Tiana bsurd ont terrible cut-thront | gin could be duplicated for } struggle Wall atreet has ever seen TT ean ace no acnaible settler peter for the CRC nhead, The whole thing In a wed the men concerned to |Slaantic blan Common sense should hi nd these men to come together and mak terms. ‘The sir st them mit nv of dollars aad may cost them mi ng at nearly foie Tat 6m Hither. roa. con's on the Smith himself. At this time he | opie qgure 9 touched by Northern Pas ent than visual. He ts | otc t« evidence that some one has Impere aman of remarkable nerve, and even in/ative néed of the stock. a ertsle which would try the strongest) fe tt Hii? xpirit he is and self-controlled | Is jt James H, Smith, “the silent. axa mint Ju hax lately gone Into soctoty under That he ia 4 large holder of Northern|the patronage of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Pacific is admitted by the wisest men in] but who ts keen as a fox in a Well the street. It is sald that he holds a]street fight? ority of the stock, and will take] Mr. Smith's friends declare he ts “site this advantage to thwart a deal against | ting easy.” His demeanor carries out. which he protested last month. the axsertion, and he has all the outward Smith's Opposition. « of a winner. The directors of the Chicago, Burling ‘TION ON THE EXCHANGD ton and Quiney tmaued a circtilar on i April 39 last from Bonton, which was pecullar In. its way, but It faintly fores unwarrany It is all foollxh and th which some of th en are already put is shown by t ot that it man me yesterday for money and Is percent. for At is ditfeult to tell prompted} are in th nothing to Ind x seneral pu and al t fhout with thetr millions. The t All will be a blow to the fe when the public loses r the losing stump. fortunes are being lost In Wa ROBBED-NAVY- | ler. RRR Renin eidivinicinisteleinivicicinieint SLUMP IN 30 MINUTES OF 15 LEADING STOCKS. Pradowed fast calencisimtine meant ! 4 fight. And to those who know him Close Lowest. Net such a development as that of yetserdaye| ) . Stocks. Yesterday. To-Day, Loss. In which men were crushed and for- : —_—+-- if St. Paul 16445 134 301% tines enepe away was jnot unexpected: pi : he & Q. clreular made the hison 77M 43 : A F fe yrmal announcement of the detalls of Smith, Who Figured in t Union Pacific . ut 79 offer of the Northern Pacific to pur- Wechsler Scandal, $ Missouri Pacific 105 hase control of the stock. ‘The unusual | 5 5 course Was taken of adding to. this : | Copper ve... M5, urse was. tal < . htin Act. + ihe - circular a few lines saying that James Caug' f New York Centra 156 H. Smith, of this clty, was reconied ; = | People's Gas : 112 diss “| voung against the acceptance of that : TENET 3 5 Albert. (D, Smith, Postmaster at the | Manhattan . 121%, THE Floor ‘| offer. Mr. Smith, as usual, declined to Srooklyn Navy-Yard, was arrested oy | Deleware & Hudson. 164 THE STOCK ZT] sive his reasons for so voting. AT 10 AM, " Majority stockholders. ;Post-OMice, Inspectors who were Inv tgnting the loss of a number of lette addregsed *o the yard which had con- tained: mon: Smith was caught In the act of. open- {nz a letter audressed to Charies 53 Abee, care of the U, 8. 8. Matchless and was arraigned before United St ietbirietittbicthteiete Mb bibkbiihibiitiitehbiebbhbitbibiic hihi eer rere Commissioner Morle this morning. YTV INT I | Smith is thirty-three years old and! MOST REMARKABLE CHANGES CUNARD LINE IN. succeeded to the post upon the dear of EVER SEEN IN STOCK PRICES. * fea meaner rt his father, who held it. He was held coy CE ee day ieee Fluctua- Prices at thia morning that the rive in the road's United States Steel. United Stats § Louisville & Mr. Smith, with the tron determina- \jon and the tenacity ef purpose of the ‘Md money-epinner from whom he tn- j perited halyastitorsinne;/ setita| workto plock the deal, Hin plan was to acquire = 1 p ‘4 Sam STOCKHOLDERS PERE Rr Reinert |. majority of Northern Pacific and ¥ 2 AMAZED BY RISE.|¢ HILL DENIES THAT ieatiat the Burlington purchase at the en opt BI HE BOUGHT STOCK. eel pt ashville PANIC ON 'CHANG A phenomenal rise of the stock to-day | oi Hroker-Don't know, stp in a tobox: i market shows that the] | OSONe Te 0 fight ts a gigantic, desperate struggle. | 1"! Cu bs any, Inintninpeintet 1 ! | 1 | t or sold a rm Pacific “1 never bou share of North Soe a ee Stocks. Lowent. tons. 115 PLM. "3 Ieiiebin!-ite- The Inspectors determined to w Pere RAE UL ea a eo 6 Smith yeste and accordingly bored 2 Union Tactile . M3 hamong the directors, Mans have been pea she fn z ann shat n i : notte a pariltien: through whch they | i ul serlously in ny the doubl- "0 Gavel neither aequieed could xee Smith's desk, They saw him kon common 2 6 fees Anse e merican ur open a large letter addressed to Abeo | Atchison preferred Managers View with In-] ins in values, bilitey Be piten rid of Sarthern ta: ° y aap telco th lttecn tellers ror es Tees | ead res difference the Plans jaue to London short interests Tae Chi Olt , hd examined carefully and then placed | 9 Stert common WETAimeetaW rin He veasetlatmiliarcenst stock, en the ry in a pigton hole, which was no part of Steel proferred . of J. P. Morgan. | p i Raiictlitiatana the nie hee awe at belteve the business of conducting the office. Rock Island Then they seized him and locked him} up in the “brig’’ at the yeYard | one foresaw vie tremendous ad- nce of commons’ ae remarked, “and ing Company, | the direc: en did not Know that tt} cople wlll see nw much than they do Nashville. (Copyright, 1901, by the over night. New York Ce York World) { ea > jew York Worl: would re: esterdiyys figures, Asa da friend fc f topper. 9 ge common for 3 per een ee him in large envels In was one of (2 opoxan Pactite LONDON 9—The managers of AOE COMO NLU S PERSON tea Landay trol of the Northern Pacific i tar and Cunard lines, inter. | (uote! ieee Sel We don't want con- the Whit Viewed by puthern Pacitie . forthern Packie Metropolitan 8t. RR. these which Smith The Government jas been rece'ving complaints from relatives of men in the navy tha era wh! b they have yoand. valuables, ye never been delivered. In one case { what was ymmon today in ow Do per cent.” We are not trying putrol, and unier the coald not retain if we got tad. J. vening World corre: h spondent to-day, ny emphatically the Delaware & Hudson . vtory publishe America that they Sugar oe... vine . mp ae ecided to Join fore S letter contained $1), In another case | Heb hitbbhiitkhinrthbririclebinieii inicio ileleleiniteleleletetetefefefetetep | wulldation but in art pin. pre : ror Te Seta sailing ai #, to touch, Tho cave wan place! in the han] THREE VICTIMS OF FIRE. | REICHSTAG TO ADJOURN, | a#r ate! mt Pty mout| Tas waa with ate tine! STANDARD OIL SLUMPS. reClOrs artes 3 Waters and I ory inenectorsSchartvals i, or Southampton, in order to compere T knew of friends of his whol | from New York been caugotand Inicitieieleinininirie inlet Hib , Not as a con- nt of | Rad lost control of the Northern Pacitle , ; were nc Aoby the Northern Pacitic | debi RRRRRREEEEEEFEEEEE President ——— et z a & arrangen Michael Boyle, who made the arrest. . yi . In March, 1, Smith attempted sule{Men Cangh¢ In Blase That Wiped | Von Muclow Wants a Legiaintive vland - Atlantic | Rad Northern Pacitic common to. ell. elde by taking carbolie acid, out Mock « en in Ottawa, Lun Until Nove TRNar a estes Henna su Butaicoule ’ : of troubles growing out of the disab- | OTTAWA, Ont. May 9%—Three mer could have bought large amounts: Closing Figare of Veaterday, aw nday had he ti anes porate adage Pearance of Miss Henrietta Weehtler | were jurned to death to-day ina. fire a letter te be and that Mr. More: preserve his hold, but ae did nor. ¢ StandardhOls aol hg ners the apeteen-yen FAceA UE A PRGRRC LAT ASRIIRE A letter to the] will be n Morgan's not do Its] tne of In painta from Ils close. i ‘| Ido not believe Mr. Hill lomt con: y . dy to adjourn] plans hia fected and will haa) lost) con: ped 5 tothe uel Weetis! and Roy & Savignise's Hotel in See al tnetetie trol. The 9 : 7 he! affect them in tne silght s s ~ She nie irom ty ariaeciionvoritharclts bn by: the German Chan. | °° —_— Ss opening transactions on the curb, Sales with the Morgan - ‘Vransport combin ee The managers xa at no change of May %—Count von Buelow,| sailing dates or present: arrangements from the ne ITE Prices De tc degre 6 sixth hy Brook ends the German: Chan 768. Ww eek it has > iota, tind weveral day ra reported einsing, but a] trad itte to iheurhotutie tatheree nie SHIPPING NEWS ONE TRAGEDY sare rn ey eo ' i 1 e 0 import enn fo eo Retchsta 'e sold ats Sia, the recor! Wee No, stant nf the ruins resulted so far in| {mn Lea UTE ww for the Reichstag ght that Mr. Rockefeller finding of ihrer bodtes, B : 3 —— The victima were ft. Lebla eo was bel yearn ol, of St. Joseph's Village: senes| THEY LET CHILDREN DANCE. | sun «s+ Cher whereabouts, | Maxwell, forty-two, of Point Le sted on a charge! Quebec, and Edward Roy, of St. in, where ‘na birth Hd. smith directed the polle | was Ww: ne was had heen forced to let go some of stock In order to protect other Inter —$—<$<—<—<—a$?]T[_- a Trading Irregular. 1 stots ant)! PERFORMANCES. OF THE STREET.| 1 wax AC FOR TO-DAY CS Moon ieee. WSS] Just” hot anxom cab rush up to the entrance of the Stock change and an elderly woman alighted. Sun noon it ying, although , nied any knowledg: He was afterward ar Ca fs | | Teddy Marks and Jo WINNERS OF 1900, RECORD OF BEST | AMERICAN TURF of attempted suicide ephin Vth The: Sandy Mook 1 it married ‘and’ has two ehile | *ePh's age. Their bdlen wereo * - Bandra ook ser Her face was pale and she ten ‘The cotton market op eee tes Ba fotind In the ruins of Mra. Le Compto'x ere ean ER CH: Wiel Gate Percy: iho/atm lof iin’ colored attendant to § points higher, a bare response t aos BoaninehGusseatlss nice street, | Teddy Marks, the theatrical manager, Sa Entering Wilding ahe tnquirea | strong Liverpool cables and to covering “<» BURGLARS FIREBUGS. — ane monn ae Horinmer were) tonday fred PE Donsre fhr a certain broker and was told that] D¥ nervous local shorts, Following th D 25 ench In the Court of & Sen. OF NEW yori, : ms oe obtalned on more } pecial Sex. he was not on the floor firm se aticcarteateomiiilie THE ENGLISH HARNESS How la Steel pf? she asked of a op in to. BOYS HELD FOR FORGERY. Hensiters violallcee the law relating —_—— Ti children on t Ofice wafers Mown Open and ees f YO were convicted it Poi noealt needed DERBY. | i RACING, Ry Halldingn Set Abiane, of allowing two children under Nac was the indifferent sa aye 5 ene! to Mave Made Ta to dunes. on th Ot tha lite ite sel oaltiie + FREEHOLD, N. J., May 9.—A fire that! 4 fo Muneo on the stage of the| i i. Sele \ + 4s belleved to have been the work of! ek for RLOD, Tap eemeensecuss en i stacey} 10. Gita ai patermo.”” : help ome, Um ruined," sobbed ‘ evonm an ALLIGITE NINA burglars destroye ¢ stores and aj eon years old, Pity of Macon... i Lande burying her face in partcdie Aaa blackamtth ehop at’ Marlvoro, near this | > et; Abraham I MERCY TO SICK PRISONER. | f:"?" Segre teteeinu nN oar and blindly: stax DC es place, éurly to-day: lzako, fourteen yeara old, of No. Peaaaylvanie erences prygllda Honary. movement: in. Live The tlre-mtarted In the dry-goods store, Kent avenue a Patrick — Mersin, | + Gene sic A nt Paid $150,000, Ge Joep Butcher, on Maln street, In /elehtecn years old, of No, ©) Manhattan! BAW7E" Found Galtty of swindiiog OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS ara eer $t5u) atsyecede A TO-DAY. the "afore ‘was the village post-office, | #veaue,’ were arrested by the Willlams-| CIV Service Pays a Fine SATLE Three-pulidings were consumed. burg police this morning on a charge! Lawyer Henry W. Bates, of No, 74| "wert Hismarck, Ham. ‘Pwolkafen In Butcher's store had been | of forging a check for 100 on Dezago| Wall xtreot, who wan convicted In Spat fF MowAropen. It iy muppored that bur-| Bror, of No. 6 Howard eirest, Sanhat-| cial Senslonw for abtuining money. from an onler from one of hia cuss tay ) shares of tomers Atebison When Missing went on the foor of the Stock Exchange the pante A civil service candidates under the pres slara-blew the nafea and then set fire| tan. tense that he would secure: thelr ‘ap.| me A BOOK OF FACTS AND ALL NEWSDEALERS OR’ FIGURES. BY MAIL, Was to the bullding. The safes are ald to| The boys cawhed the check at the Con-| pointment, waa to-day. fined fox IPs “INCOMING BTEAMBHIPS. Oy ie 2 ¥ . b > a . und he bought the stock at from 43 ¢o 3u, | 7.8; dui Maer ears pera ee ere or co earners | oe ie maui ea “Tells all you want to know just when you Want to, Rave ,sequren any..cash.: ? Hi g this fact made Sugtice H. exercise} Stiadoo, 1 tai 3180.00) for his customer Inside of two] 7'43'to. 7.01; December, 7.6 it.” pe ve.sequrenl és _ | They were held for‘examination. _ slemency, AGRE Je Nympbse, St. Mlobeels, Bt hours, ary, “Rei to 205. Mark know it AEE asi Seana Shi: vices aa