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Show A Hull "itetlrea. Chicago 7. A sensation was produced pro-duced on tho board of trade thn morn itig when it was discovered that Frank Gamblas, a member of the board, mid withdrawn his account from the Link and had absrouded, leaving about ooU,-UUU ooU,-UUU lo (100,000 busliol of wheat unprovided unpro-vided for. Ho has been a bull and bought largily during the recent rise, so that his loss on the whole amount is two to three cents per bushels. Tho decline which has occurred of lato alarmed him and it is supposed that ho has gono to California with what money he had. Tho members who los by this transaction were obliged to throw ft largo amount of wheat on the market, which occasioned a repaid decline. |