, 1874-03-31
Considerable Interest and Various Con.
lecture rs 10 tic Result.
An Institution Which Is Said to 90 Under "An
Egyptian Gloon."
What Mr. But1or Will Probably Do.

Tuesday, tho 3let uny ol Aafcls 1874.
o.. JAcon BUTLER,
MAnon a. 1875. .., Noe-prea'tlont r
THIS ID not IN unusual notice, anu 1t Woul'
scarcely hayo called Tor second reading, excopt
,,oaa;v from thoso 1irect,v interestnl. If It lint
,,ot hacn ror
THE PECULIAR NATURE
Of tho adYertiaolnont. It is woll known that Mr
scamn,ou. for twonEy years past, las mauago
I'm afYnira of the Marine Comnnnv. and In
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noVcr ooloEo uoieB@1eu " any ono tno n"<notlt.
to call meetings or to mallago it's general policy
Yhat thon, waa tho object Of tho meeting, ans
why should 1t bo called by hIr. Jacob Butler
M. 1,,;a,t ,.,,o,, omo ia com,oro+ +;r,,,, ,,,
H1o. .oa1o', ,n;t,. .,a 1Far,,'a H,..,.
familiar IN connoos!on VIII 'no mal.oo oans
which hnH como to 10 Hho"n aa Mr. soammohf
special institution. D,rt ettll another pccuarit,
1gas remarked by some persons, in tho fact tl1at
,a.'.... tI,o az, NV ti,o ,nootir1 10 coror,,1,I
e.1pooeu ,no ass ~. NV .ns ~ :. H. ,,a'a, -
ElVon, no hour ID naneu; ana, III ~ ID usual te
fix tho time definitely for such meetings, thiswas
q remarkable omission, which might bc construed
~ 1Af4ouH ,"r "Asg .,,a a,,vartao1,o,1t attraota
etnNe' Anoeo'nei' 'no "aoAs ".so. ,''.N'.
public curiosity, anu moro tnah uHnal Interest
on the pnrS Of the stookholdors, WHO woro
,,naccustomctl to seeing such calls, and wore not
boaed some nfsslolslno, As oonsoau9nev u
this, It came to 20 talk9a aoonE among pannora
and businessmen: Yarloug aulnlgos were
mons rosigplng the charGe o. tn!s, ola lnstlsu-
tion into other hands. 1las tounu cfeaohcc oo'
cause Of hla enormous n pNsinesh opoiiss1ous, lroh
i tho wcll-knoWn TACT that nls o&tohslve improve
,nonts haa proved III unptGnsapn WIZ 1 a voneuso nna a
from tho further 1aGt tnat he "as more OF iosa
engaged IN various nnsineas g., enterprises, wh1co.
best poor invesiments =, for capital But 1t was
generally conceded that only
! AN EXTRAORDINARY E2lEl9'ESc3
wonld ind{cc Mf; eeamnioa 70 tooso & h'a hoa
upon tue htafino balk, 81 osen 10 ao1oSato auy
sharo Of tlo mahaRomont 10 anotneI, m,x.
reporter on t1e sehrcn lor 4e"s: q gontlenah
coming from tllo MaIIho Da4A M9l tne tepuller
and said 70 Altn haFo Jus1 neen uoWm TO
scapmons palk @ 81 ana nag nfely H. s1ma 1nore'
1nueeu, AoW luIulteu tHo 1upptH5'
"oh, I vent down TO inquire about the stock,
Ir Butler ~ possession OF Ino oooks ana other
things. aakea nun "nat tno n!eptIu9 was 70 oe
nbous, anu ne fopAau t4At Ao MAh eolu6 " n@9e
an Investigation OF aafa nnier came e. 1efe ac
which he pu5 into tho nank, ana 10 , naJs he has
been puzz1oa over s1llce 10 e'o LII" " se1 IL
out,n .n,.,o So Via. pu,a,sont .oo ), so,d H.,
Butler ia Vlce-Hreslaons, aee," sald the fe'
porter.
thu @ "1a ,I9 a som banor IL Taa ~ au aud
ho thought it was Q Zig chance Tor him.
he oc thnRs ana not nov. He says Mr, scammon
has 1926. 900 out on his own personal nccount,
aud about 7loo III tue ELECTRIC Match Com
pany, peslaos carving Luz inter 1ceaH aceouht,
and other matters. scanlmon 1eela ansutted
when ~, any ono put nllnsol ars''s money out"
~. Mas Mf; scA9nmoh aronnu tuss morning r.
1es, 4o hao luat gob oaoa. no cal!ga me
asldo az "ab gong CUT, ana, poln1ng 70 butloc,
said: 'Ho is crazy"
ON TIE SEARCH;
"Well, Small nave 10 SEQ anout thle, ea1d
tho Marine Bank. Arriving thorc, ho asked if
Mr. Butler was in.
mo" curly replied the clerk at the counter
"When " wlll no 10 IN, nr| ,
an apparou seu 5 anaon All in tho this sas as
said; "Do YOU know where ho is 7" II do
not" :.
Further tl inquiry failoa to Illicit my nforna;
ton from tins po'oIly informed Young man, aud
Butler was III Iowa man. lie would probably be
we'll acquainted with Alr. B. I. Allen, President
Of tho Cook County National Bank and possibly
some clue to his whoreabonts could be obtained
Of hlr. Allon. Upon reaching tho Cook County
Bank, tho reporter aaked I'LL. Allen it he know
Mr. Butler.
o. do"
" Do you know where can find him ?"
with his frienls."
- I should like to SEQ him. I wish to learn
about the trouble at tho Marlno Bank. nm
reporter"
Alr. Allen objected stating that A1r. Butler
VIM excited. Having explained that 1t WAS not
the OBJECT or thls paper to make any sensation
Of the matter, bat to give it aa piece Of in-
formation, which wae already halt-told, Mr.
Alien consented to sneak to Mr.. Butler and
nTtnr waiting five mnnioe. the otter camn ;nt1,
tho room,
Iii. nuGLEna STATEMENT,
Flo WAS oy,doutly laboriug under strong mon-
tal excitement, spoke rapidly and almost inco-
horontly. When asked If he would ma;,o NM
statement ho replied tint lo would not, and
then, turning to tho doRk, said: II will tell Won
what I will do; I will write YOU a statemelt.N
Io lhen indicted lottcr, which he read Lurriol
Iy. It ran about as follows: IT a1n realy to
giyo information to The Tn1punE altor consult
lug with my friond, AIr. Ed1nonls, Of Dos
aIoines, Ia. I hayo mot A1r. Whito but hayo
boon 40 busy that 1 could not call on
him. Aftor + have got through attonl-
ing to tho interests Of tho stockholders
OF the Marine Bank I will call upon him.
intend to look after tho interests Of tho stock
holders, and, when get through with that, I