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Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota
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James R. Keene, California millionaire, after stirring wheat markets in Chicago and challenging railroad men in New York, has been financially ruined and ousted from Wall Street. Jay Gould predicted his $5,000,000 fortune would vanish in ten years, forcing a return to California in a box car.
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It is said that in the commencement Jay Gould predicted that Keene's $5,000,000 would be gone in ten years and that he would return to California in a box car! In this as in all other forms of gambling, it's a mere matter of time as to how soon the big fish will absorb the smaller ones.
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financial ruin; $5,000,000 fortune predicted to be gone in ten years, return to california in a box car
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James R. Keene, California millionaire, caused commotion in Chicago wheat markets a few years ago, then moved to New York to challenge railroad men, and has now been ousted from Wall Street as a busted community. Jay Gould predicted at the start that Keene's fortune would vanish in ten years.