St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
SEEFIELD I'm lHE SUW
The Heaviest Grain Dealer In
Minnesota Fails for Half
q Million.
He Left Home on Wednesday
and Has Not Been Seen
Since.
Divekeeper Sullivan Rounded
Up by a Wisconsin
Sheriff.
DR.. Kate Bushnell ProSecutes
a Badger Statesman for
Obscenity.
snecial 10 the Globe.

nOunced to-day OF Charles w. OeeleiQ,
of st. Charles, one of the heaviest gram
dealers of Southern Minnesota. The
airis full of all sorts of stories, some
placing his liabilities as high as s5UO.-
600. He has been considered a plunger,
and has been buying very heavily OF
both wheat and barley, paying such
high prices that none of the other deal
ers would meet him. He has not only,
bought himself, but has bought.
largely through commission houses,
1t has been rumored here for
month that he was IN the hole.
The details of his liabilities are un-
known and it Is hard to learn anything
accurate. One of his hest friends in the
city places them n the neighbOrhOOd OF
half million dollars. Kosenbaum, OF
Chicago. it is said, has balance of
$50, 600 against him on their books but
a good deal of this is protected by coll
lateral in the shape of barley. which Is
stored in Chicago, awaiting favorable
market. He is also indebted heaviiysto
Foss 81 Strong, and Guntenberg and
Kroeshell, of Chicago; E. P. Brown. OF
Milwaukee; TIechman s. Co., of st.
Louis, and other firms in amounts
which are not known. He drew Oh
Tiechman & Co., of st. Louis, but re-
Gently for $1,000, but MI. Sentry. OF this
city, but a day Or two since shipped
them fifteen carloads OF bar
ley, so they are nearly covered
Mr.. Seeield left st. Charles Wednes-.
day night for the West on the train
which leaves Winona at 9:sS5. He went
as far as Owatonna. and on reaching
there asked the conductor what time he
could catch "a train for st. Paul. He
was informed that the train left at s
o'clock, and replying that he would
have to wait some time, he got off from
the train. He has not been heard from
since by any of his friends. He has
been in business nineteen years, and
operated nineteen elevators. His prop
erty is probably worth 100000, includ-
ing new grist mill at st. Charles, one
at Arlington. Dak., and a good deal OF
grain. He failed four years ago for
about 500, 900, and settled at so cents on.
the dollar.
Seefield's property at st. Charles has
been attached by Deputy Sheriff Hen
del, on claim of ;S17, 900, by q. W. Van
Dusen & Co.
3 ECHOES OF A ST. PAUL CRASH.
Special to the Globe. .
MANKATo, Minn., Jan. 17.-LOng d
Glennan's dry goods store vas closed
this noon by the sheriff on an attach
ment sworn out by j. n. Farwell q Co..
of Chicago, on note for S527. The la
bilities amount to about $4,000, while
the assets are about $1,000. The credit
o,s are: j. Y. Farwell q Co.. s.. 500;
German-American bank, st. Paul, So, roo;
ST. Paul Trust company. assignee OF T..
Allen& Co.,; $250O. and Otner small
creditors. The firm has made an assign
ment to W. W. P. Mcconnell. The fail
ure is due to inability of the firm to
meet some pressing obligations in its
debts. E. Allen g. Co., of st. Paul,
formerly owned this store, and it was
purchased of them before the Allen fail,
ure. e =:
s9f5 . A TUMBLE IN CLOTHING.
Special to the Globe. i
DIES MONIES, To-, Jan. 1s.--The firm
of Barrett & Lichtenstein, proprietors
Of what is known the B. & l. Depart
ment store, the;largest retail mercantile
day, with liabilities approXimatIng $75,-
600. Claims aggregating upwards of
$4,000 have already been filed, and
papers for attachment are being made
out for numerous other claimants.
Among those who have already filed
claims are j.. r. Farwell, for $3.50,
Iowa National bank, s4,5O0: N. Elkson,
$500; H.. Barrett, $685.; Frank
Solomon, $1,000; NJ. Hecht, S3,o94.
The Iowa National bank initiated the,
movement by filing an attachment.
Bradstreet's agency here has received
notification from creditors in New York.
Boston, Philadelphia, Rochester. Troy,
Buffalo and other points. and from this,
source it is learned that the firm has
not, for some time, been considered
sound in financial circles. Both memS,
bers of the firm were formerly partners
in the boot and shoe business in Chicago
and failed. I.ichtenstein subsequently
engaged in business in Missouri and,
again failed. They came to Des Molnes
about year and a half ago with a sup:
nOSed capital of $4,000.