The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . •Sfw \ orK. k III. i »??>. )• IO. NEW YORK CITY 1,1 FK FiDiii (Jw World—{(tlihtri(il).Wall Street yesterday bonylit and sold :}) sharesof stock, of the par value of $11,GS3,5UU, but when itcame to buying- any such real security as the $-4()0,()))() ofbonds of the City of New York, that is when it came tobuying something that had to be paid for in real moneyand opened no door to speculative manipulation for gam-bling profits, Wall Street did not have a cent to put

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The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . •Sfw \ orK. k III. i »??>. )• IO. NEW YORK CITY 1,1 FK FiDiii (Jw World—{(tlihtri(il).Wall Street yesterday bonylit and sold :}) sharesof stock, of the par value of $11,GS3,5UU, but when itcame to buying- any such real security as the $-4()0,()))() ofbonds of the City of New York, that is when it came tobuying something that had to be paid for in real moneyand opened no door to speculative manipulation for gam-bling profits, Wall Street did not have a cent to put $121,000 of the bonds were bid for—all by outsiders.—September, 1896. AVe cannot forbear (quoting two of E. C. Sted-mans excellent pictures of Wall Street life. Thefirst, The House that Vander Built, describesconditions; the second, Israel Freyers Bid forGold, describes the critical point in the panic ofBlack Friday, which brought disaster into all partsof our nation. This story has a tragic did not bid on his own account entirely,but the manipulator of the panic had set his pri

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