CHAPTER LXVII.

RECENT WALL STREET BOOMS. THE RESISTLESS POWER BEHIND THE MARKET.—THE ADVENT OF GOVERNOR R. P. FLOWER.—HOW STOCKS WERE BOOMED WITH A DASH.—A SUDDEN DEATH AVERTS A BIG PANIC.—MR. MORGAN AS A RAILWAY REORGANIZER.—HOW BANNIGAN UNLOADED HIS RUBBER.—MILLIONS WON ONLY TO BE LOST. Wall Street, after the election of McKinley, enjoyed a boom such as it has seldom known. Probably the most interesting feature about this boom was that it was not in any sense spectacular. In that respect it is unique. Prices of stoc…