The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-09-28
FAILURES INCREASE
More Business EmbarraSSmsntS Than
Last Week Showed.
TRADE UNSTEADY AND EASY
Some Sections Show Fair Condltion'
Demand Alone Causes Mills 10
Produce Anything.


tomorrow will say;
I'm eastern jobbing circles the Ieelihs -
one OF increased confidence. There Is
moro doing in some staple lines, nouceapiy
at the east and at "a few southern Clies'
In most other instances purchases coiitii'ue
for Immediate wants only. Ihefe i li''io
expectation of general revival III pusli'esS
prior to tho election.
..Thronghout the central west and north-
west. no material change is reported III
general trade features. Exceptions are NJ
Cincinnati and st. Louis. where the dehldHu
for staples is larger.
Savannah ana Augusta report a Ihaiheu
Increase in volume Of business, both Wnoie-
sale and retail with satisfactory coHeC-
tons. Memphis and Galveston report iAou-
crate gains in demand and sales. Improve
ment is shown IN various commercial ana
Industrial lines at New York, Boston, Prov
idcnco and Pittsburg.
1.-THE general higher tendency or prices
Of staples continues. The bank cleai1ngS
gauge % the volume of business brings an
expected decrease as compared with last
week, tho falling off amounting to moro
than per cent, tho total for six days end
ing September 9th, being So53 100000. Tho
decrease this week compared WIZ. the cor
responding week in 1925 IS "A per cent.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSI-
NESS FAILURES THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES
LARGE, 32t THIS WEEK. COMPAR-
ED WITH 31J LAST WEEK, AND t9s
IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF SEP
TENDER. 1885.
Loan and Trust Company Fails.
Kansas city, Mo. September 25.-The In
ternatiouaI Loan and Trust Company. of
Kansas city, with offices at Delaware
Of
trust in the recorders office today for
SOC 297.
The officers refused TO talk about tho
companys condition. \ similar deed was
filed in Wyandotte county. Kansas.
The deed of trust covers numerous tracts
of real estate in Kansas city, farm lands IN
Texas and other states and long list of
notes and securities. 1t provides that the
trust company is TO have until December
J. 1896. ia which to meet its obligations.
Moore Bros. Trouble Fixed
Chicago. September at "a meeting OF
brokers' interested in Diamond Match and
New York Biscuit stocks, held yesterday.
the committee having the matter OF settle
mcnt in charge was authorized 10 accept tho
pools terms
yerv little opposition was offered and
the outlook seems favorable for an AMIGA
bile adjustment OF the difficulty at an early
date.
IL should PVT up from $IJ9UG0 10 Sito.N0V cap
ital and that Moore Bros. should naNo
notes jim sufficient amount 10 clear me
transactions IN Match at 500 and in Bis
cult ut $50.
Big Flour Mills Shut Down.
Cleveland. o. September 1.-THE Broad
way Flour Milling Company shut up shop
.aai went out of business yesterday. ana WIZ
liquidate its present Indebtedness.
rs plant, machinery ana stock are now
for sale.
Three Failures in Defiance, Ohio.
Defiance. o. Sepigm her 1.-THE Tiedman
Furniture Company, Incorporated with a
capital stock OF 100000. made an assign
mont yesterday.
Two other failures followed that Of the
furniture company although in no way
connected with 1t. They were The N. O..
May Grocery Company. the stock being
turned over to tine Defiance Grocery COM
p3uy To satisfy debts. and the Hotel Rus
Little Rock. Ark. September 27-Tho
Wholesale dry goods house OF Wolf *
Bros Che largest exclusively wholesale
business of the kind I'm Arkansas, was
ciosed 1917 attachments last night. No state
ment of assets and liabilities.
Topeka, Kas.. september 1.-TWO bank
failures were reported to the state bank
commissioner yesterday. One at Argonia
ANA the Otuer III Tribune. Greedy county.
Tn. lauer reported halliJles mounting
10 Sf.u11. It's capital stock is He0f
No cause is ASSIGNED for the failures
other taan n gradual shrinkase Of business
On The Western part OF the state.
Gold Coming to the United States.
New York. S ptemoer 2l.-The steamship
la Gascol.c. which arrived from Havre.
brought S5gto)0 ia gold consigned 20 Lazard
Freres.
Tho Bank or British North America an
nou1ces thar 80 viii have consignment of