The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21
The Anti-AGonopolst.

New jersey Mutual Insurance Com
pany, which is alleged to be the
amount of fees due them. The Vice
Chancellor took the papers and resery-
ed decision.
NEWARKS BROKEN BANKS.
The officers of the Peoples Savings
Institution, of Newark, have ANNOUNCE
ed their intention of publishing a
statement to-doo in order to quiet the
public excitement created by the re-
port publiehed by Receiver Baldwin.
Last evening Mr.. II. NJ. Rhodes, late
president of the concern, declared to
| Herald reporter that neither he nor
any Of the officers had in any way
whatever loaned to them a dollar of
the banks money.
81 The examiners appointed by Chan
cellOr Runyon to investigate the New
ark Savings Institution will be ready
to report in a week or ten days. They
will probably show that their first
report was correct. In other words,
the bank will be represented us able to
pay over seventy cents on the dollar.
PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY.
The creditors of Powers, CASTOR &
| Co., wholesale dealers in shoes, corner
of Duane and Church streets. have ac-
cepted composition in bankruptcy
before Register Katchum of sixty
cents on the dollar, payable in three
install nents, in Endorsed notes, at
three, six and nine months. The
schedules shows gross liabilities of
S551, 553 90; good assets, $l63, $50, 40;
bad and doubtful assets. Sill ,3l9, 66.
Proofs of debt were filed aggregating
$209, 878,7S.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed against Joseph G.. Moody, dealer
in coal. formerly doing business at
No. Ill Broadway, by six.of his credi-
tors, whose claims are as follows
Edmund D. Saxton, 1912 80; Edward
Gulager, 1897; Samuel Bonnell, Jr.
So, 559,45; Alfred Lawton, 1895 IS:
Charles n. Elliott, $500: Theodore
Miner, 81 ,2S7 so.
George w. Cross, paper dealer, who
went into bankruptcy last September.
with liabilities amounting to SIS 900
made application to Register Little
yesterday, for his discharge, which
will be granted, no creditors appearing
in opposition.
Application was made to Register
Dayton by Jacob Cohen, formerly vel
known as a politician, for his discharge
from bankruptcy. Opposition was
made by several creditors and the uSu
al time was allowed in which to file
specifications of objections.
The matter of the application Of
| e.
from bankruptcy came up before
Register Fitch, but no action was
taken as hispapers were imperfect.
A meeting of the creditors eff S. NJ
BiXby Il Co., manufacturers of black
ing, at Nos. I73 and 175 Washington
street, was held at the Office of Regis
ter ketchum. The firm made an otfel
of composition at twenty cents on the
dollar. the liabilities amounting tC
about $4,000. Mr.. Thomas W. Har
ris, representing Joseph Byrne & Co..
opposed the acceptance of the compo
sition until he could examine the
books of the firm and the bankrupts
and he made demand for the ledgers
cash and check books. sales books and
journals for the year 1875 to 1878. NJ
conclusion was reached pending the
examination.
John p. O'Brien. liquor. dealer, at
the corner of Seventh avenue anf
Twenty ninth street. has been incOr
rectly published as having failed, with
liabilities of 81 800. Mr.. O'Brien':
affairs are not embarrassed in ANY
way whatever, SO far as known.
In the County Clerks Office there
were filed the assignments of Israe
Isaacs to Abraham Harris, of George
II. Bartels to Charles X. Street. OF
John w. Onderdonk. Jr., to Allen G
Newman, and of Robert J. Murray
to William Beattie.