The Helena independent., 1892-11-10
BOTH PLACES CLOSED.
Creditors Attach the Daily journal
and the Journal Publish
ing Company.
The Claims Exceed $4,000 So
Fer AS Already Heard
From.
statement That tho Newspaper WIN Make
Arrangements to Renew Pub
licatIon TO-Morrow.

The news Wednesday shat the journal
Publishing company and the Daily jour
nal company had been attached by their
creditors, and that both establishments had
been closed by the sheriff, caused much
surprise in the city. The frst attachment
was against the Journal Publishing COM
pany and was for $26,424.15. IL Was ON be-
half of the Montana National bank and
was served by q deputy from Sherlh 1et-
feris' office shortly after one O'clock yes
terday morning. When this became known
in the morning the Merchants National
bank laid an attachments on the Daily Jour
nal company for $24,66l.65, and the office
of the paper was closed. The First Ma
tionsl bank then filed an attachment on
the Journal Publishing company for
$22,2S1, and against Russell b. Har-
rison for $13, ,426.17. J. ID. Thomp-
son also attached the journal Publishing
company for 1904. Thus two big establish
msnts, a newspaper and business concern,
were closed up. Various efforts were made
during the day to have the publication OF
the journal continued, but they were un-
successful and it was decided to have no
issue of the paper to-day. 1t is stated BY
A. b. Keith. the editor, however, that ar
rangements will be perfected by which the
paper will again begin publication to-mor-
row morning.
The several debts against the two con-
Germs are the eaocumulations of pretty nearly
two years. The claims of the Merchants
National bank against the Journal newspa-
per are as follows: Note of 50, $3.50, dated
Feb. q, 1892, for ninety days. with interest
at 10 per cent per annum; note OF
S5.170.s3, dated March 25. 1892, at
10 per cent per annum; note of
s5,12916, dated March "a, 1892. and
note for SIS, 129. 16, dated May "a, 1892. The
claims of the Montana National bank
against the journal Publishing company
are two notes for $4,000 each for ninety
davs, dated Aug. 15 1891, and another
of S6,475 of the same date; and $500 for
attorneys fees. The First Nationals claim
against Russell b. Harrison is on note Tor
$12. .426.17 for ninety days from March 16
1884, with interest at one per cent month.
} he claims of the bank against the journal
Publishing company are on ninety day
note for $4,000, dated Sept. IL. 1891. with
interest at one per cent a month, one for
&5. $50 for sixty days from March 10, 1892,
for $1,000 for ninety days from March 10.
1892, at one per cent per month. The
Thompson claim is for rent of store in the
Pittsburg block for October and November.
The total amounts for which attachments
have been issued are SS7, 296. 81. There is
also long list of eastern creditors for pa
per and supplies furnished the daily Jour
nal. and for merchandise furnished the
store. 1t Ia believed the claims of the
eastern creditors will swell the total in
dsbtednssa to somewhee in the neightor-
hood of $15O,000.
The Jou nal has been running as daily
newspaper about four years. first being
called the Record. Foue papers have been
published BY the compsny-th ee weeklies
and one daily. The daily has always been
run as q republican paper and being com
PEELED to divide up the patronage i'll it's
party with the Herald, the result has not
been most advantageous. The newspaper
plant is very complete, while the journal
Publishing eompany's stoie is one of the
leading establishments of it's kind in the
state.