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Show WALL STREET AND THE WEST. What was yesterday designated as the rich men's flurry on Wall street has mado several of them poor in a day and tho danger is imminent that more will follow in their wake if the crisis be not quickly bridged over. Heavy shipments ship-ments of gold from France and Brazil we hope will relieve the tightness of tho money center in London and avert a panic. There Is certainly cer-tainly nothing in the trade situation situa-tion of tho United States at this time to cause alarm, and there seems to be no particular lack of money for legitimate business, the bank clearings for tho month of October exceeding all previous months except May last. But stock speculation iu New York is badly demoralized. The sugar trust receivership, receiver-ship, unfavorable rumors about railroad properties, and heavy bear manipulation manipula-tion all share in producing this result with apprehensions regarding the financial finan-cial situation in London, which is aggravated ag-gravated by the sudden advance of the bank of England rate to six per cent. Thus far the fever in Wall street has not effected the west, but if it continues the western money pulse will throb fitfully. We depend to a great extent on eastern capital for loans and investments, invest-ments, and it would tighten the money market perceptably. For that reason the flurry in Wall street portends a great deal. It is, however, the opinion of the most experienced financiers that the storm has spent Us fury. Concurrent Concur-rent action in the various money centers cen-ters seems to have stilled it. Another day will toll. |