Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-15
QUE LATEST HANHRUPTS.

Arrival of Representatives of the Creditors
OF the Firm Of Hanauer, Lichtenauer g.
Co-The Debts of the Concern in New
YorI1-Action OF the Creditors.
Messrs. Adolph Dessar and Jerome Bern
heimer, representing the New York creditors
of Hanauer, Lichtenauer & Co., of this city,
have arrived here to look after the interests
of the eastern houses concerned in the re-
cent failure. They occupied yesterday in
looking over the books and stock of the con-
Germ, but were able to give but little informa-
ton concerning the affairs Of the firm. The
following from the New York World of the
18th, however, contains information not
heretofore published here:
The report came to this city in quiet way
on Monday last that the Wholesale clothing
house of Hanauer, Lichtenauer & Co., of ST.
Paul, Mimi, had on Saturday made an assign
ment. This, taken in connection with several
other large failures in this line of business
that have recently occurred in the West,
caused excitement among the clothing trade
here III New York. A meeting Of the creditors
of the St. Paul firm was called at once. The
meeting was held at the office of Blum & Co. on
Tuesday afternoon and attended by fifteen
creditors. In the absence of any positive in
formation concerning the nature of the failure
little was done beyond the appointment of a
committee consisting of Messrs. Adolph Des-
sar and jerome Bernheimer, to go at once to st.
Paul. The failure is said to be for about $780,
UOO, OF which nearly 1926, coo is owed in
the East, mainly in Nea York and Philadel-
phia. The New York creditors include
Dessar Brothers G. Co.. $4,000; Naum-
berg, Kraus, Lauer 81 Co., $500; D. L.. New
borg, $4,000; Schephin, Baldwin, Tweedy &
Co., 1880; Heavenrich, Hurchberg Il Co.,
nj o
$40 1000; Rindskopf Brothers & Co., $1,000; G.
s. Werner, 58, 800; ID. II. Goodman & Bro
IS, 500; L. Levinam u Co., $4 900; Mack u Co.,
$1,000; l.. 6insheimer, $500; S. Syke & Co.,
5000; Ell. Wallack's Sons, So, 500, aud Necar-
sulmer & Myres, $4,000. Among the Philadel-
phia creditors are Leucheim Bros, 81 900, and
Newbergher & Hostetter, $1,000.
The firm of Hanauer, Lichtenauer & Co. was
established in 1875, and grew out of the firm of
Hanauer & Austrian, which in turn had sue
ceeded the firm Of Hahauer Brothers, by which
trim the business was originally established in
1872. The present house has always borne a
good name in the trade and was thought to
have been still further strengthened by the
marriage year and half ago of Mr.. Hanauer
to the daughter of the millionaire, Herman
Bernheimer, of the firm of Herman Bernhem-
er, Son u Co. 1t was known in New York that
the St. Paul firm owed $2S,OO0 to
the house of S. Mann, Austrian & Co.,
of Cleveland, before the fall trade be-
gan, but certain of the New York firms
who are now the creditors of Hanauer 4 Lich-
tenauer were, it is said, given to understand
that this debt had been iquidated. 1t now APP
pears that before making the assignment of
last Saturday Hanauer & Lichtenauer confessed
Judgment for $43, 900 to the Cleveland house.
Mr. Mann, OF the Cleveland house, is a broth
er-ln-law of Mr. Hanauer. In view of this Mr..
Jerome Bernheimer (a!so brother-in-law of
Mir. Hanauer) expressed the intention Of going
at once to St. Paul, and, being well known to
the New York creditors was-although he is
not q creditor himself-placed on the commit
tee with Mr.. Adolph Dessar, as above stated.