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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-31

in its possession eashed All were asSu5satha at
the bank would be opened again today or, at
the latest tomorrow. n
Colsen, of the Sixth National Bank entered, and,
approaching the cashier OF the T, LeYx' sSd: arc
you the cashier Of the Lenox Hill Bank"
well" resumed Mr.. COlscn, am The cashier
of the Sixth National, and also the representative
of the United States Bank Examiner. ! have
here two checks certified by you yesterday Tor
$50. 900 each. Do you intend TO pay them ?"
The Lenox BarsS's cashier replied This bank
is temporarily closed"
ouence of certifying checks when you have not
the money to pay them? If you don't, you had
better consult your lawyer at once
The Lenox cashier replied that ne naa not not Salo
that the money was not there, but IL was not rea-
sonable to expect That he could obtain that sum
so early in the day The conversation became
general between the two cashiers, and In the
course of it Mr.. Colsen said: There are hiW
more checks certified like these
Mr. Colsen said to a reporter: -Four days ago
7 knew that this trouble was coming. ana sent
TO Washington and to the Clearing House for pro
lection. I have been twenty years IN the ol NtIl
National. and did not want to see the depostorSS
and nv friends swindled out of their money.
am not going to rest in this matter nntll some
hodv is brought to Justice. Before this deal was
finished | told Mr. Leland that he would rue inc
day when he got into relations with these people.
Until December 10 Charles A. IIo4p' OF go, SoI
Westinghouse was president and f. d. conner
was cashier of the LenoX Hill Bank On thab
Sow however il was transferred to the syndicate
which had bought the majority or the STOCK:
Charles f. Wallack, insurance man: AZ NO. a.
ibertv-st the son of the late Lester Wallack. the
actor was elected president and Ernest IAN Hohou
cashier. Among those elected directors W VET,
w E. Virgins, Charles A. Page, william u. MI
diff and ] X Watson. James A. simmons one
Of the syndicate, was the prlnciPal stOGKhoi"ei'
although he accepted no Office in the DanK;
The quarterly report Of the bank on January
IL, 1890, was;
Loans and less due from iSS 81
Due Due from Tst Companies State and National
stds isk and bonds as per $685. 90
T. = NMgal:einSS ger notes anu 81 e7G 90
for the nlo VT day;s exchanges .s14G,774 SO
Other items cssrlei as cash. as per m, -
Sehe0uie '''''' '''''''''''' --OD- - Jas, 1886 e5
Loss and expense. viz.
current expenses................... 10000 SO
Assets not included under say o; the above
ssssss Fora saa fixtures 5000 5000 90 90
Premiums D"'u'''''''' ,-o w 5,7o5 90
sooo'ooo %
LIABILITIES.
Canital stock paid in in cash. W
Undivided profits, viz "a ooo ..
Discount ..-......-............-.... 5000 =
Exchange OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SIS -
Other proh'' '''''''''''' 1880 90
D' geDa,s subject g a9es as3:i go g
Certified checks --.''''''''' i-lOy- y, 4oi,Clo O4
Due Trust C con Pecchedi;le CIV" 9455 OF
DUE ean pyate p BANKERS brokers' per 100 %
pu sc@ treasurer Of the state of NewYork lI2 g
Cashiers checks outstanding ..--''-''''''''''' O -
Total -
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TRYING TO AVOID RATECUTTryG

The freight committees Of the trunk lines and rep
resentatives Of the New England railways have been
in conference on the question Of quoting westbound
rates from New England points to avoid the possibility
of :. cutting.s The subject was referred 10 the
executive committee of the trunk lines for determines
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THE COUNTY NATIONAL NOT INVOLVED
no ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE sYNDl'
c.rr r,n CIT p0sSESSION OLE 1T.


Among the innumerable reports and wmors anoa1
Yesterday was one that Claassen and those assocaeu
WITH him had tried to get possession OF the NeW-forK
County National Bank OF which Francis H. Lelahu'
= brother NJ Charles H. Leland, is president III was
so enorted that the finances of the NewYork County
Rank were involved with those OF the SlAth Na'loiai
Francis L. Leland is now in Europe and during MS
absence the affairs of the bank have been decVeu ny
Daniel T. Foag the first vice president, who SAID 10
Tr,bune reporter "There Is not the slightest tounos-
tion for the report to which you refer Nether Mt.
Claassen nor any one else has tred
IN got nossesson of the County National BANK.
Tho report has It's foundation in the fact that Francis
Leland ST. was at one time president OF both banks
that the two men who are presidents are brothers,
and that our bank has very small amount OF STOCK
In the Sixth National
when | heard Of the sale Of the bank by MT
Leland was naturally much interested in the matter
IN account of our stock and communicated with MT
Doubledav one of the old directors Oh
the Sixth National, who, when 1 saw him on Tues
day, told me that all he knew Of the matter was
that Mr. Leland sold 035 shares OF Stock and that
he Mr. Doubleday and other directors were asked one
by to resign In favor OF te new oOalu, iir m h
renutation The same day l Mr. Claassen at inc
offices of the bank and asked him for an explanation
Of the transaction lie SAID tiaI nc nDt ahie one
lie intended to extend the business Vi 'ie O"iiN' ~
said. ~, r1o,r ar rocaived a
visit from Mr. PancOast the assistant cashier OF inc
sivtb National who told that Claassen had Deeh
nuttinC $500 900 worth of securities on une IdIhoy,
and expressed the opinion that some crookeu w4 t
several bankers after which the whole matter was
laid before the Clearing House Committee"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-31
nnnp1.E TRACK OK THE LAKE SHORE.

Chicago Jan. 80 (SpecaD.-It is now definitely settled
Lake Shore road VIII be doubetrscked the enre
distance Of IO1 miles between Chicago aud Ekhart Tho
contract for the work been let to J. B. Stanley, OF
Cleveland and the be completed by October l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-31
A NEW LINE IN ILLINOIS.

Chicago. jan 80 (specsD.-At meeting OF promineh,
citizens OF Tayorvie, Mt. Auburn, Springfield ana
Decatur held Mt. Auburn, Ill., to-day, the organization
Of the Tayorvie and Mt. Auburn Railroad Company "A'
effected and the president and first board OF directors
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he thought that Pell simply represented Eng

he thought that Pell simply represented an Eng
lish syndicate. Mr.. Leland Is close about money
matters; cautious to fault and, perhaps, 700
eager for the almighty dollar lie hau @l ~ 10y
been approached for the sale Of the control OF tle
Sixth National Bank by one OF the strongest ii r
i'm Wall Street, and high price was ofcled lor
his stock Pcl made better bid ana Lelahu Do"
10 reason for not accepting IT, vi cpuI' wi
OUGHT to have remembered PelPs record III " ail
Street and ne should have gone more Closely l' =;
the representations made to INN. Dut he r"o I'D -,
no manner in collision with the purch"IGeh o,lioye
his only mistake was one OF judgment "on ,.o
that he will act in the settlement OF tnls ni"t'oi
as honorably any man can mani
The change in control was made at nieeS
inc of the directors of the Sixth Natlondl vi
January 90 Mr. Leland announced uiae ne S; To-
sold his stock at $3.50, and that tne oVnea nTn
tors had the privilege of accepting ghe s' the
terms All of them avaied themselves OF .le
o0er except Mr. Quinlan the cashier OF tne
Chemical National Bank. He argued tnab u III ~
was some one willing to give that pflce lVl w
stock he could afford to wait lOr EreT resigned
one by one and put in the new melnoet 20 y yo
os each old one went out The officers theh "eie
elected.
WHAT ia KNOWN OF CLAAsSEN AND s4A"oN'''
"Refore blaming Mr.. Leland, remember thai ne
thought Pell was only 'go-between'' VI ,iie
now, directors two were certainly men OF reput-
h1o standing 7 refer 10 Mr.. Claassen ana MI.
cin,mons Mr.. Claassen is the president OF tne
Il Iouis. New-Orleans and Ocean Sanai anu
daa5 in cutting canal from Neworeans to the
Gulf Of Mexico believe that the u, he work greaf
practically finished and is expected 10 O ;t SiV Mr.
S Sons 20 dredging red contractor for the Govern
ment and is receiving handsome payments ese 6S
month Their responsibility was satsiacrc[S cd
no surface. and all that Mr.. Leland c9nccrrIcsn
HIMSELF with was TO see that he was paid f2r ms
stock do not think that the bank WI bon Ois
much. Already So 1000 in Government e nGnuf
have been recovered There was not suniclenIi
time for the bank to be thoroughly plunderedf
a al,e the new people probably used the bonds Of
the bank to pay Mr. Leland So Sy t4f T 1 ftan d. re-
tr7irg tbc money paid to him and getting DaGK
his stock and the bonds that belong to the bank
The careful, extremely conservative megnodS o %
ooter - the securities which formed so large
part of the banks assets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-31
THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE @

THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE CULTIVATE BILL
Washington Jan. 30.-The House Committee on
pociGc railroads today heard arguments by NJ storey
the attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad Company,
nnon the plan proposed in the Cultivate bill for the
settlement Of the Indebtedness Of that company TO
the government The bill provides for an extension
80 +be debit for fifty years. interest to be paid at the
rate Of per cent. and the debt and interest to be
maid in semiannual instalments. Mr.. Storey re-
viewed the history of the railroad legislation by Con-
rress. and referred to the attacks made upon The
nion Pacific Company touching particularly upon the
letter sent by the Attorney General of Nebraska to the
Attorney General OF the United States, charging that
the Union Pacific had violated It's charter ms mat
fer he declared had been fully investigated by
senate committee last year, ana the chages hau Dceh
shown TO be without foundation. Mr. storey spoke
NJ the great value the security that the road would
offer TO the Government, under the terms OF inc
bin in addition the present security. THIS add
tonal security included the unaded branch lines,
without which the main line, TO which the Government
lien appled would be worthless The rest OF Mr.
storey's argument was devoted to an explanation OF
the rather complex financial scheme proposed by the
bill for refundlng the debt.
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Fa.t Train, 10 Washington

eompIete schedule OF fast trains 20 BaltsloIo Ml1
washington IL operated by tho jersey Central hssnhs
and o. All trains run through, and are equipped w.n
Pullman paflOr and scepngcars. Punctua SerFiSs Ss
ton foot Of Liborty-st.
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l1KELY mo- BE SUED BY THE sTATE on MISSOURI.


St. Louis, Jan. 80 (speciaD.-A Attorney General WOOD
representing the state Of Missouri, filed suit against
the St. Louis and san Francisco Railroad Company for
$500 900 and interest at per cent since 1868 amount
ing to nearly 100000 The case is an intricate one,
and reached back into the scandalOus transact ons I'M
mediatey following the war Briefly stated, however,
the story runs thus In 1866 the railroad known as
the southwest Branch bought by John c. Ere
mont In 1868 the State extended loans to many
railroads including the Southwest branch, which de-
fauted In the payment Of interest and was sold under
mortgage in 1870 to the south Pacific road, which IN
turn WAS bought in 1876 by the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad and in 1850 by the st. Louis and san
Francisco Railroad The purpose of extending aid to
tbe southwest Branch to complete the road to the
state line The amounts still due the State were in
annual payments of 100000 due in June, 1874 1879
and 1876 which il is believed, were assumed by the
San Francisco road in its purchase OF the Atahuc ana
pocidc The statute of limitations figures cOnsplcu-
ousv i'm the case as suit must be brought II AT all by
gridsv at noon and will be brought IN the circuit
raur of ST Louis if the authorities should decide to
brIng shit THAT the agitation has an intimate con
ocion with the efforts OF Colonel ODay to Dust Gen
nraI Supcrint endent Ncols and incidentally TO dis
walt General Manager Mous administration cannot
be doubted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-31

since The completion OF the great bridge M Nx
Lohdon he O'Clock express train OF the shore Tinc ~
tween New YORK and Eoston makes the closest
ana rarely loses minute from now shorteneS r,n,
uine' Inns Is emphascaly the business meas uain As
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-31
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS

fluctuations yesterday. observed az the Untei Si,ss
Signal Service station al this city. The dashcs tndirs
temperature noted at Perry's Pharmacy sun Building
Tribune ONCE. Jan. 81, / a. m.-cloudv wo,,,o, 49,.
the rule yesterday. with rain In the early morning rhs
temperature ranged between 80 and IS dgrees The aver.
age GO being iis higher than the correspondents dav
last year and "a higher than Wednesday
In and near this city to-day there v'n ,roA.A,. 4,
slightly warmer, generally fair weather " '''O"op 10
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RAILROAD INTERESTS.
AT WORK on NEW "GENTLEMEN's AGREE
MENT,D

AT WORK on NEW "GENTLEMENs AukEh-
MENT.n
Chicago, Jan. 30 (SpecaD.-The Withdrawal OF inc
Union Pacific and Northwestern from the Interstate
Commerce Railway Association has hurried the COM
nittee Of Chairmen in the work Of preparing new
agreement 1t must be ready for submission 10 inc
presidents Of the association on February H. snoua
the new agreement be accepted it may be made opera
five at once and thus solve the difficulty. The hrs'
meeting of the chairmen took place in Chairman FIN
leys room this afternoon. Besides Chairman flneS'
there were present Chairman Walker and Chairman
Midgeley The meeting lasted all the afternoon ana
WAS devoted entirely to general discussion OF the old
agreement IL was agreed that those sections OF the
which there has been no dispute, should be incorporated
bodily into the new agreement. Inc aIUluatioh
clause, which, is known does not arDltrate, anu
nronosed new clause recognizing such contracts as
that between the Union Pacific and Northwestern were
considered at length. The committee had no d.incuy
in agreeing INT their task is to submit agreements
to which the presidents will agree.
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a MALIGNED BIRD.
The Courage and housing Abilities of tho
Screech Owl

The Courage and housing Abilities of tho
Screech Owl
Often in the evening, an hour or so
after sunset, the outdoor naturalist may
hear from the shade of thick hemlock.
or from a grove in some ravine, pro-
longed, quavering note. Though tinged
with melancholy, it is soft and musical,
and it is, indeed, as Lowell says, one of
the sweetest sounds in nature. And
yet, this is the characteristic note of the
bird which has gained, for reasons I'M
known to me, the unpleasant name of
''screech owl"
This pretty little owl, perhaps the
prettiest of the family, is but slightly
longer than a robin, but looks much
larger on account of the fluffy feathers
and large head. It is found in temper
ate North America, and is quite common
in most of the Eastern States. Gener-
ally it lives in the woods, but it is fond
also of frequenting barns, old orchards
and groves near the water.
It is very courageous, and can kill
other birds as large as itself, but usual
ly it preys on mice and grasshoppers.
that it has been aptly named "the feath-
cred cat, and it's great yellow eyes, ear
like tufts and niyht-prowling habits all
unite to make the name suitable.
The soft call already described is
really the love-note of this owl. 1t is
its song just as much as the prolonged
chattings of any of our common birds
are their songs, and it will be heard
oftenest in the early spring, although it
is not unusual for this owl to sing near
ly the whole year round.
Here, then, we have in this little
owl an example of bravery, industry and
cheerfulness, and these qualities are
shown by the very bird of all others
that is least credited with them; for il
names and regulations are to count fol
any thing, surely the very last bird tc
which we would look for an example Of
courage and merriment wonld be an owl
and, above all, a screech owl.-Ernes
E. Thompson, in ST. Mich BIAS.
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man ruined IN body, mind and soui7
How can parents have any happt-
ness about your future destiny,
young man gone astray? Can such
opposite lives as you and they are lly-
ing come out at the same place? Can
holiness and dissipation enter the same
gate? Where is the little prayer that
was taught you at your mothers knee?
Is the God they loved and worshiped
your God? 1t is your soul about which
they are most anxious-your soul that
shall live after the earth itself shall be
girdled with flames, and the flames
dying down will leave the planet only
a live coal, and the live coal shall be-
come ashes, and then the ashes shall be
scattered by the whirlwinds of the AL
mighty.
Oh that those lips had language! Life has
passed
with me but roughly since 1 heard Thee
| last.
What! Is she dead? How you startle
me! Is she dead? Then perhaps you
have her picture. Hang it up in your
room in the place where you oftenest
| look. Go and study her features, and
while you are looking the past will
come back, and you may hear her voice,
which is now so still speak again, say
ing: 'From my heavenly home, my
dear boy, solicit your reformation and
salvation. Go to the Christ who par
dohed me, and He will pardon you.
My Heaven will not be completed till
I hear Of your changing. But ] will
hear of it right away, for there is Joy
up here when one sinner repenteth; and
oh, if the next news of that kind that
comes up here might come up regarding
you, oh my child of many tears and
anxieties and prayers! Come, my boy,
do you not hear your mothers voice? 0
my son, my son, would God that / could
die for thee! Omy son, my son." Young
man! what news from Heaven would
be your conversion. Swifter than tele-
graph wire ever carried congratulations
to a wedding or a coronation would fly
heavenward the news of your deliver
ance, and whether the one most inter-
ested in your salvation were on river
bank, or in the temple, or on the battle-
ments, or in the great tower, the mes
sage would be instantly received, and
before this service is closed angel would
cry to angel: ''Have you heard the
news? Out yonder is a mother who has
just heard of her hayward boys redemp-
ton Another prodigal has got home.
The dead is alive again, and the lost is
! found. Hallelujah! Amen!'
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GAZE o. sTALLloNs
seasonable Hints About Animals u... !
the Stud. -

seasOnable Hints About Animals Ussa &,
the Stud.
Those keeping stations should see :.
1t that they have daily exercise. Sir -
eight miles day, if roads are good :
not too much work for them. Of eonpso
they should not be driven fast If ~
road is good, and the horse feels 1ilra q
he may be allowed to brush along livelv
occasionally. The work he gets shopls
be just enough to keep the horse vigor.
GUS and healthy. His lung and heart
action can only be kept right by work
His muscles can not be kept firm bv
being confined in stall. Any numbev
Of cases testify that the stallion that
gets abundant exercise, that is touch
hardy, vigorous, gets harder and better
colts than the one that lacks the prone.
exercise, whose muscles are fiabby. who
is fat and plethoric, who would tire q
a little exertion.
1t is all nonsense to believe thatstau.
ions should be pampered. Put them -
work. Drive them before your bugpiea
or carriages. Make them useful, even
if you have to use them before the farm
wagon, of course with careful drivers
All during the winter it would be bet.
ter to work them in some useful war.
than to let them stand idle in their
stalls.
Stations should be fed well and
groomed well. Good oats and Hsv
should be the main food, but wheat bran
is good to mix with the oats, and thres
or four ears of corn each day is desir,
able.
The treatment of stations is general.
ly harsh and cruel, which is entirely
wrong. 1t almost Invariably makes
them vicious. Many handl ers OF stall
lions think they must never 20
about them without big whip IN
hand which should be applied
every few minutes. We know 4
breeding farm where eight or ten stall
lions are kept all. the year, and any
stallion can be led out to mare with 4
halter, and a whip is never allowed to
be used in or about the stable. The
stations are treated as kindly as mares,
and respond to it as kindly, and there is
not horse about the stable that viii
bite or kick or be the least vicious.
With harsh, brutal treatment half, Il
not all of them, would be vicious. Itis
natural for horses to fight back, to re-
sent cruelty, to protect themselves from
harm. Most vicious horses are made Sc
by cruel men. A man who can not un
der all circumstances, control his tenn
per has no business about horses, ant
the sooner owners get rid of such mel
the better it will be for them.-Rura
World.
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Here AND THERE.

"A hedge of evergreens is thing Of
beauty, if properly taken care Of, and I
properly placed it viii pay for itself
many times over as wind break
Never use milk from a sick COW
Never sell it for any body else to vss
either. We can better afford to thEos
away the milk of COW than we can 9
endanger the health of ourselves or on
ers.
Prof Wiley gives the values o. ths
chief cereals in the order Of their na'
tritive qualities as follows: First, wheas
second, sorghum; third, maize; foulsn'
unhulled oats. Sorghum seed furnishes
flour like buekwheat, that MAKES
passable bread, and is coming into CON
siderable use.
"A correspondent describes q stsrm
that he has just purchased which g
wishes to bring up. It is poor any
weedy. He asks what kind OF feTtliizs.
we would advise him to use. We woala
suggest liberal application OF sneep
They are the cheapest thing he can ~
to improve land. Grow grass ana pass
ure sheep.
"A California fruit journal says tnss
while it has been, and by many stll Z
supposed, that the fertility Of Caliioral y
soil is inexhaustible, experience has y
ways taught the richest Of such so -.
will in time need supplementing " e
pity that that lesson will not Y
learned all over the country before -
is actually exhausted.
IF we grow sheep only for mus y. y
why not abandon them and raise eas1la.
asks writer Well, that is ia1se5
question to ask just at this time. s
| might conclude. under certain clfgal-
stances, that it would be best TO go
don sheep, bat the man who Woula 80 s..
breeding cattle. on the present ~
dition of the market. would sIaA-
mighty good chance Of getting all1's'
into q lnnatic asylum,