THE RUSH FOR RICHES.
GAMBLING ON THE CHICAGO
GRAIN MARKET
BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY.
[PP.ESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received May 31,_4.49 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 30. A great gamble took place in oats and maize on the Chicago grain, market. Patten, a speculator, made halt a million sterling on a corner after a severe conflict with Armour's. Theodore H. Price, a cotton operator, has been indicted at New York xor bribing officials, conspiracy to defraud and improperly making £150,000 through early information, due to a leakage of Government statistics. Three others, including t.dwaras and Holmes, formerly assistant statisticians at Washington, are charged with conspiracy with Price.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 128, 1 June 1908, Page 5
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103THE RUSH FOR RICHES. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 128, 1 June 1908, Page 5
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