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Show from yesterday's, action of the governors- ol the stock exchange that the aharpers 'connected .with the Century deal "will find themselves in hot water. Herman Bamberger of the board of governors says: MWE HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE THIS AFFAIR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. IF THAT MILL HAS NOT BEEN BURNED, THE PARTIES PAR-TIES WHO SENT THAT FAKE MESSAGE WILL WISH THEY HAD BEEN BURNED BEFORE BE-FORE WE GET THROUGH WITH THEM. We have sent a representative to the Western Union to ! solicit its aid, and are now awaiting further word i from the Century mine. I the next telegram that comes confirms Mr. Madsen's last message, we will se,nd a detective up there at once, and the investigators investi-gators will make it uncomfortable for some one. I have my personal views as to the guilty parties, but I will keep them to myself for the present." If this policy is carried out, we may expect to see these swindlers exposed. Every effort should be made to trace this fraud home. -The mining exchange cannot can-not afford to let the grass grow under its feet. This second raid of the stock "sharks" has not added to the reputation of the exchange. A few more cases similar to the Wabash and Century affairs will de-! de-! stroy the standing the exchange now possesses: The man who engages in this kind of work is the meanest type of the thief. He should be treated as a thief, and no reputable business organization can afford to permit a thief to operate within its jurisdiction. Una Down Those Stock "Sharks." The board of -governors of the mining stock ex-tfctmge ex-tfctmge should leave no stone unturned in its efforts to thoroughly investigate the Century mill fire case. It Is charged that some one representing a clique of Stack "sharks" forged the name of a responsible man to a telegraphic message which was sent from Itelton, the nearest station to the Century mine, stating that the company's mill had been burned. Tfcere was an immediate drop in the Century stck whi this news was received here. Now it develops that there is a question as to whether or not the mill was destroyed. President Madsen of the Cen-tnry, Cen-tnry, who has started to the mine, has wired here that he does not beliee the mill was burm d. Every Indication points to the fact that the telegram was . rank Take, and that another swindle has been successfully suc-cessfully engineered through the stock exchange by daring and unscrupulous gang of stock pirates. It U nly a short time since a similar scheme was worked by conspirators who attempted to swindle tfca public through the means of a bogus strike in the '.Wabash mine. The men who engaged in this frand late never been run down, but it is evident |