andard Oil"
transferred all its Boston gas properties ($6,000,000) to the Addicks
crowd.

In October, 1896, the whole Bay State Gas outfit passed from the control
of Addicks and his cohorts into the hands of a receiver, and as a result
of this receivership, with its accumulated complications, "Standard
Oil," in November, 1896, regained all its old Boston companies, and in
addition all the Addicks companies, with the exception of the Bay State
Gas Company of Delaware.

In 1896 I perfected and formulated the plans for "Coppers," a broad and
comprehensive project, having for its basis the buying and consolidating
of all the best-producing copper properties in Europe and America, and
the educating of the world up to their great merits as safe and
profitable investments.

In 1897 I laid these plans before "Standard Oil."

In 1898 "Standard Oil" was so far educated up to my plans on "Coppers"
as to accept them.

In 1899 Amalgamated, intended to be the second or third section of
"Coppers," was suddenly shifted by "Standard Oil" into the first
section, and with a full head of steam ran out of the "City Bank"
station, carrying the largest and best train-load of passengers ever
sent to destruction on any financial trunk-line.

In 1899, after the allotment of the Amalgamated public subscription, the
public for the first time, in a dazed and benumbed way, realized it had
been "taken in" on this subscription, and a shiver went down America's
financial spinal column.

In 1900, after the price of Amalgamated had slumped to 75 instead of
advancing to 150, to 200, as had been promised, the "Standard
Oil"-Amalgamated-City Bank fraternity called Wall Street's king of
manipulators, James R. Keene, to the rescue, and under his adroit
handling of the stock in the market Amalgamated was sent soaring over
its flotation price of 100.

In 1901 Boston & Montana and Butte & Boston, after long delay, drew out
of the "Standard Oil" station as the second section of Amalgamated,
carrying an immense load of investors and speculators to what was at
that time confidently believed would be Dollar Utopia; and the price of
the enlarged Amalgamated fairly flew to 130. These were the stocks which
I had originally advertised would be part of the first section of the
consolidated "Coppers," and which, after Amalgamated had been run in
ahead of them, I advertised would follow in due course.

In the latter part of 1901 President McKinley was assassina