, 1877-01-21

| r. B. KEEN, COOKE CO.
| The wc:l-known firm Of W. 3. Keen, Cooke d
F! Co., booksellers at Nos. 1l0 and lis State
| street, succumbcd to the financial pressure
| YESTERDAY, and filed voluntary petition to take
/! advantage of the Bankrupt Law. The members
| of the firm are ". B. Keen, DaTld B. Cooke,
Edwin H. Keen, aud William B. hcon' Jr.
| Their liabilities, ali unsecured, amount to
s117,520.99. Ofthis amount, 500, 14l:7a is due
creditors outside OF tis city, and chiefly rcsld-
ing in New York, Boston, and PhilaaelpiEa.
| The debts due to parties residing IN this city
amount to $94, 4e9 .63, besides ,6o due on
discounted notes. The largest creditors are the
! ANN & Co, vi New York, s6S577.5oi to F.
! Koch 6 Sons, Of New York, s4,905.s4; to J. i.
| Osgood {, Co., If Boston, -. L: IS: to ). y.
Butler d Co., OF Philadelphia s, ,sol =: - to );
i. Lippincott & Co., OF philadelphia, s2,0l6.T2;
to Mil Lougnlin Bros, OF New York, $42, HI, -;
and to Sheldon IL Co., Of New York, $2,9e o.
The remainder Is owing in sums mostly under
$l,o2 Ths heaviest heaviest p Chicago Esst, erss1tor s7dor
sl3,449.62; the next are Williams d
Ferry, to whom 5000 is due, and Mrs.
Susan D. kean, s., roo. The remainder
OF the Chicago liabilities are nearly all made up
of small open accounts ranging from ~ cents up
to a few hundred dollars.
Their assets consist Of open accounts to the
amount OF about SIS, ,00U, as shown on the firm
books Of account; their stock Of books, station
plafes, SIS, coo; cash on hand, $3.50; store lix~
lures, shelving, counters, etc., $1,000 They
have a leasehold interest in their stores to Feb.
!, 1878, at 3 yearly rental OF $l6,ooo Fart OF
their store has been rented to j. s. Barnes TO
Nov. /. 1877, at an annual rental Of =, 500.
They carry $10j, 500 insurance on their property.
j. B. Cooke owes $500 to John 3. Drake, aud is
without assets. ". 3. Keen, Jr., owes S645 q
unsecured, and S1,200 Of secured debts. His
assets comprise horse and phacton, SIS, and fur
to the amount Of SS5,0O0, the securities being
valued at 100000, and he is liable under
judgment for 5000 on bond given by him
aud John Long to secure the United states
the Electric Match Company. His assets
consist OF real estate worth $6o,3 300, mort
gagged for $4,000; horse and buggy, 500; a
second mortgage for $4,000 on the ). ll7 Of the
3, Is Of the n ". Il OF the 8. E. i Of Sec 3,
35. II, the value thereof being unknown.
Edwin II. Keen has secured debts to the
amount Ut $5l7.5S and unsecured liabilities to
the amount OF $b,33325. His assets con-
sist Of some incumbcred lots,-Talue
uuknown.-horse, buggy, sleigh, ETC., $2254 pol
shares in tl,c Chicago Gas-Li=ht and Coke Com.
pany mar value, SIS. The petition was referred
to Register Hibbard, and J. Il. Walsh, President
Of the Western News Company, WIS appointed
PROVISIONAL ASsi-uee.
scnoEsFELD BROTHERS.
About week ago H. B. C!ailln Is Co.,
Of New York City. commenced suit in trespass
III the United States Circuit Court against tile
dry-goous firm OF S.hocn!eld Brothers, claiming
$1,000 damages. Yesterday the declaration
WAS filed i'll the suit, In which the charge is
made that the defendants obtained the goods
under false pretcnscs. The Plaintiffs allege that
in September last the defendants bought M bill
rather d'str11stful, Mr.. Dunn, one OF the arm OF
Cla1in s. Co., requested Mr. Jacob schoenfcld,
the senior partner, who bought the goods, to
make statement OF Ills firms financial COLI
dition, as they did not feel full confluence IN
them. Schoenfeld then represented that his
firm had wholesale commission place At No.
1T Fifth avenue, doing business u S3o0, 0,o0o :
year, aud also retail store at Nos los, lOo: and
170 North Clark street, with an aunual business
s5ooo and sAoo ~ N ,y3 Gooa M deDts, ,n wn,lG
smrn,,1s nf nearly ID ihy1 nrcr ali liabjlitics
T1ip ,.os sou sfn1t,~T nnd the onn3s wcrr
elIppc,I. but, learning tLat the REPRESENTATIONS
were untrue, suit was brought, as above stated,
to recover tnelr vaiue. me piaiut;ns cnalge
t,.tone tt VIA, r'er nf aafI,udnr thsn :hoen.
field Brothers are now iu bankruptcy, aud have
given notice that they cannot pay IN full, but
oiler ~ cents On the ooi!af. lnc piaanltus arc
oa st,et an4 ,tnr., aN ias t,ae ne
can recover Ly sllt Of law on the above grounds
Air. Cyrus Bentley appears for Il. B. Cla1in d
Co. -..z
,,,,,,,o Ai;lsAas s!,1 s1h.t"l outoa ~
h,vs s,,snrn1ad, His 1;a,itirs are MT actua1lv
known, but are supposed to be from 500, 0oO to
o,0W. Tue failure is sattributcd to the fact