, 1875-01-20

tito real OPERATOR hut great many Toap!c Doubt
oil the assort,un. hecrnt ,cvclopmcnts, how
ever 20 to s1.n" that Mr. Aliens sptctlhtisc ton
to l,,a being financially drowned. "Jack" al
wayn held that "A c"ran hank hal control Of hia
margins; and. whlo ha kept his rersoual nc
coult in the Gank of Montreal. It was ev-
| ae weapon to furtior fla "cnrner schemes
| Willie other sjooEu'aturs wo,n compelled To put
up llicir margins, Nr 5turgcn carried his cortf1l-
Gates OF deposit, kept wA1t ninnov lo had III l.is
owl, hands. nl,d ae played Il Ulufr gnnle. As tila
sixty lays have uot sat EXPIRED it Wifi lie curiuas
tn note wfIntElcr Mir. Stnrses will live un to lis
| p"n proposition. Dllurw,se, hsa c,itis,, with
AIr. Allen must become matter Of notnrrty.
AMI thu theory that the fallen banker WAS tho
rial operator In tho transactions Of October last
will DO rltAtaiiiel
SINE or THE srorKno1nEna.
!sr%fht b'sr'fsh Il. fhc thhHtI i'i6'fne.
WAsnlSnruS, n.H.. jan. 10.--Ihp Comptroller
OF tic Currency to-day received information TINT
tho Cuuk County National Hank Ind 4ecitin to
90 Into voluntary liinilatinn. Examiner Sphinx
WAS Immediately directed to examine and report.
Tho information In the possession of the Conn
t,o1ler Indicates that the bank viii ayo sur
tfciont asseta to pny in f1lft. Tho following are
nnderstootl to he aolne OF tho principal stock
huidars: r. +. Alon. Chantlrcv r. itawet. cto'i.
Ifowar burton G. Couk, Josse Dubois, Lyman
Trumb,lll, Perry Tru,nbuli.
THE xEws IN Dta MorNEs.
DFH Mo1Sls, la., jnh. 10.-Iho newB Of the
slHlensou OF the Louk County National Bank
Of Chicago receiyoI hero at tho old llnn,e Of
Mr. Allen, President Of the bark, Will, great
surprise md mitch excitement. The newb re-
coyed was amny tho more announcement OF
tin fact. i spread rapidly thsnngh tic city,
or rcglet. invariably accompanied by
further cxrrossion that Mr.. Alien woll!
still como cut all right without Il mai losinS
tluffar by him. III All hour or Two largo gath"
crinK OF business nen, Including all tia largest
md nlost solid business tlrns uf the city, Ar
senlbIcd spontaneously, at which resolutions
ware offered expressing tho l1enrticst faith In
aIr. Allen, anu in his speedily r,sfng frun tie
temporary trouble. Tho resolutions were adopt
cd, and NIL the business nen preseht. some 23D at-
taclshd tneit nanleH. Since the meeting Rdiourned
many more hsyo signed tue paper. A large
numhcr Of merchants aro advertising in tic
morning papers that all certificates Of deposit il.
Aliens Des Aioines banks wlll bo taken In pay
Of bills. Tho private bank Of Mr. Allen WAS
Chased about uoon as natter of pre-
cauiou but tlle other two banks Of
which Ito iR President wcro kept open
all day md pracccsietl with business ~ usual
M his private bank coull have done with perfect
safety. AZ thore has been nn disposition 1nani-
fcntctl to make run, but. OIL tile other llanti,
disposition anlong s1usitscss mot 70 make et1i
larger deposits, to show conidcneo in the solven
cy at Mr. Allen and holp lin out Of his present
elnargeucy. Az MIR. Allen OWN property in Dcs
Moinea to the vnhe Of sl.50u. QUO, onr citizens
naturally take great interest III this matter. and
thcre 10 probably npt n business man in the CITY,
oven aulon: those most heartily interested III
rival hanka Who duts not stand ready to express
confidence in Allen, and to predict hla payment
of ercry dollar TINT 1le owes