, 1873-09-25

| stone last June anu )aIteu iIon tHe L i ~
of July. The Doctor was then in per-
feet nealth. a.. f.
Deaths by cholera this city from
the 9th. the 10Th inst, 1915. t
VIENNA, Sept 19.-King of Italy ar
rived here to-day and was cordially re
ceived by the Emperor and populace.
NFw YORK, Sept. 1S.-Jay Cooke &
| Co. announce their suspension in con
sequence of large advances made to sus-
tain their Philadelphia house and heavy
drain made upon their own deposits.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17.-The great
firm of Jay Cooke & Co. suspended. A
crowd is now collected around their
place of business. 80
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-There is great
excitement consequent on the failure of
Jay Cooke & Co. The question gener-
ally asked is, "Who next ?" Stocks
too tumble generally, causing as much
by apprehensions of the future. as by
the existing condition Of affairs.
Prominent Wall street men attribute
the suspension of the firm not SO much
to the effort to sustain the Philadelphi
house as to their operations in the N
P.R.R. which it is said they sought to
carry beyond their strength. 1t is e1-
pected that the Life Insurance Co. with
which Jay Cooke & Co. are connected
mag tave to go under. 1t is also said
that Jay Cooke llst large sums in the
recent gold movement. Some say that
they are unable to make any further
statement save that they expect to re-
scms business in a short time.
There is general breaking of stocks
of from 1 to 10 per cent. under the rush
to sell. Great excitement continues.
3p. M.-Excitement is intense at the
Stock Exchange. Vanderbilt stands by
his Central. and the Lake Shore and
the Pacific Mail are cared for, but the
Western Union dropped from 81 to 7S1s.
Money is quiet. No failures other than
that of Jay Cooke & Co. are annornced.
1t is said Jay Cooke. Mccullough & Co.
of London are solvent. with large sur
plus above all liabilities.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
N. Clark & Go. have suspended.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The banking
house of Jay Cooke & Co. in this city,
was closed shortly after noon to-day.
First National Bank has suspended.
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 18.-In the
U. S. Circuit Court this morning the
Credit Mobiller suits came up, Judges
Hunt aad Shipman ruled that the mo-
ton for dismissal should be heard first
that all arguments on that question and
denurrers be closed by tomorrow
night.
Rowland G. hazard, defendant, read
his own argument before the court,
holding that suits were brought under
unjust and illegal action.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-Progress Of the
fire this afternoon was stopped by splen-
did work of the entire fro department
ON Maxwell street on the north and Un-
lou street on the east. No estimate of
loss can be given and it will be soom
time before particulars are given.
P1rrsBURG. Sept. 18.--Prest. Grant
did not arrive in the city in time to at
tend the afternoon session of the Socie-
ty of the Army of the Cumberland. The
meeting was an informal one for busi
ness. This evening the President was
greeted with enthusiasm by an immense
crowd. The society meets again to-
morrow.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 49, First LIEUT..
Winters of the First Cavalry has been
detailed on special duty to examine in
to the necessity and requirements of the
section of country about Camp BiGwell.
CAL, as regards the presence Of troops,
in case Camp Warner, Ogn., should be
abandoned and the garrison of both
places concentrated at Camp Bidwell or
post built in more advantageous 10.
cality if any such can be found.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE corn and iron
merchal is of Liverpool, in letter, ad-
NIT that iron may be proftably purchas-
ed in New York for shipment to Eng
land, and say they are convinced that
American trade is lost to England.
New York, Sept. 1S.-Mail odvices
from Paris of the 9th inst. say that of
fetal documents communicated yester-
day to the Paris Academy of Medicine,
confirm the report that the cholera pre-
vails'in France. At Havre during last
month out of 47S deaths 110 are from
that malady; and at Rcuen there are at
present 20 deaths day from the same
cause. The epideEic is rapidly spread
ing throughout Normandy.
CHICAGO. Sept. 49, Private dispatch
es from New York confirm the failure of
Jay Cooke & Co. but do not state the
reason Or particulars of the failure.
CHICAGO, Sept. II, 4 As P. MA fire
broke out about o'clock, in the lumber
district near the corner of Seventeenth
and Halsted streets, and has been burn
ing ever since with the greatest fury,
having spread over at this hour a dis
tance of nearly one mile. The wind is
blowing gale from the southwest. and
carrying burning brands long distance
IN advance of the fire. The entire Fire
Department is on the ground and doing
everything possible to stay the advance
of the flames. There is great excitement