St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-13
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SANDWICH, Mass, May 12.-Attach-
ments on the Charles W. Spur Veneer
works, at Sandwich, to the amount of
$4,000, have been served by the sheriff.
The company has Offices in New York
and Boston.
PITTsBURe. Pa, May 12.-Harry
rs, 900 barrels of Oil were sold Oh the eX-
change for his account. The shortage
is small. The failure was caused by the
recent bucket shop suspensions.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Patrick j. Egan
and Solomon Pulver, comprising the
firm of P. j. Egan 81 Co., importers of
lace, at Mo. "a Lispenard street, made
an assignment to-day to Michael Levy
without preference.
New YORK, May 12.-John F.Becker,
wholesale grocer, to-day made an as
signment to Joseph B. Quinlan. with
preferences amounting to $500. Liza
bilitieS and assets are estimated at
$4,000.
LONDON, May 12.-It is announced
to-day that Messrs. Atkins & Co., mer-
chants, have failed, with liabilities of
$4,000 and assets of $4,000.
r. ThraIl, said to be the oldest prac-
ticing attorney in the United States,
died yesterday in his ninety-ffth year.
He had cases on the docket of the
county and supreme courts at the time
of his death. He was state attorney in
1856, and an old-tlme abolitiOniSt and
co-worker of William Lloyd Garrison.
New YORK, May 12.-At meeting OF
creditors of the Iron Car company to-
| day, claims amounting to 100000 being
represented, steps were taken to reor-
| game the company, and committee
composed of the following houses was
| appointed to conclude the negotiations:
| Harrisburg Car company, Consh0hocken
| Tube company, Brady Metal company,
| Troy Malleable Iron company. and IL.
| G. johnson & Co. Gen. Stewart l..
| Woodford, of ArnouX, Ritch d Wood
! ford, attorneys, said that the general
| liabilities of the company would
amount to about 81 100000. From 9TH
ers present it was learned that this
! amount included the claim OF Alfred
| Sully for $1,000 There were S6,0G0,-
600 in assets, including cars against
which S3,500,000 car trust bonds had
been sold. The car trust bonds had
been taken by bankers, but on Jan
the bankers declined to longer recog-
nize the security, and 100000 of car
trust certificates accumulated on the
company's hands. President Dith-
ridge said the whole trouble
was on account of capitalists
becoming dissatisfied with Mir. Sully,
and that the collapse was fastened by
scheme of Mr.. Sully to get up a new
company to take the place and to ab-
sorb control of the iron company. Mr..
Fiske, of ArnouX, Ritch IL Woodford,
stated that there was no truth in the
report that the iron company had some
time ago assumed the liabilities of the
Minnesota Car company.
HUNTINGDON. Pa, May 12.-Several
additional foreign attachments were is
sued and served here to-day against the
Iron Car company and the suspended
Huntingdon Manufacturing company.
making a total liability of over 100000.
Many suits for judgment have been en-
| tered. The Carlisle Car works, referred
to in other dispatches, are in no wise
| connected with the embarrassed COM
panes. A conference of the directors
of the suspended local company will be
| held in New York tomorrow.