Show I GAMBLING CRAZE IN BUSINESS Remarkable Scenes Over the Floata tion of a London Scheme London March lOThe floatation of the joint stock company which is total to-tal e over the business here of Sir t Thomas Johnstone Tipton provision j I tea and coffee merchant fruit preserv I i er etc closed at 4 p m today Tenders were made to the amount of over I 25000100 for the 2500000 asked of whch sum Tipton for himself the directors di-rectors and his friends retained 1 j I roooo The floatation Is pronounced to be the most sensational ever launched There I was an extraordinary rush of people who knew nothing about the affairs of the company The tip had been generally I gen-erally circulated however that it was I a good gamble and the craze ex tended to the West End where ladies of title officers and public men Were I I among the people who besiege Sir I Thomas Tipton imploring him t take I I their money Extraordinary scenes I were witnessed at the Bank of Scotland I j where the lists were opened crowds The police had to regulate the I |