Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-18

necessarily be restricted. Hundreds
will go into bankruptcy and draw
Others with them where one went be-
fore, and the result will be a
serious one to the country and to bust
ness"
A BIT OF HISTORY.
Thirty-eisht Bankruptcy Cases Filed
In Past Two Years.
One hundred and eighty-two thous-
and and four dollars worth of liabili-
ties have been wiped out of existence
in Wapello and Davis counties since
The bankrupt law went into effect in
January, 1898. The books of Referee
Lewis show that amount of liabilities
with a total of assets amounting to
S25,S35.29 Thirty-eighr cases have
been filed altogether, eight of them in
1888, the remainder in 1899 and 1900,
and but one Of them was forced into
bankruptcy. Leaving out the Gephart
matter, which occurred this year, the
assets would amount to but S7.954.
about one-twentieth of the liabilities.
Some of these cases are now in course
of settlement and it remains to be seen
whether or not the assets will reach
the figures given in the total. Sub
tracing the liabilities given in the
sGephart matter would leave total
amount of liabilities for the years $685.
SO of $171,O47.95, which amount, how
ever. includes the Fisher matter which
happened this year also.
The following is the number of cases
filed, the year in which they We're filed
and the total liabilities and assets for
that year:
1895.
Eight cases filed.
La s b;iit;es "a sse eo
i 500.
Thirty cases filed.
asse.s ..s... ..s.i..F...s........ i,So4.OO
Liabilities ..... ............ 136,379.35
Total assets, leaving out the
Gephart matter .......... $4,000
Total liabilities, leaving out
the Gephart matter ....... 17,1O4.95
The Cases.
The following is the title of each
bankrupt case filed since the law went
into effect together with the total
amount of assets and liabilities: /.
1898.
Mrs. I. e. Muir, no assets; liabilities
about $4,000.
Lloyd Finley, no assets; liabilities
SILL.
4 Samuel t. Caster, no assets; liabili-
ties about 1865.
Dennis Reardon, no assets; liabilities
1,O25.0s.
Charles R. Schilling, no assets; LA
bilities 81 ,O54.1s.
John F. Parker, no assets; liabilities
So, ZOO.
Samuel Marsh, no assets; liabilities
$5,713.34.
Henry J. Handy, assets s215; liabili-
ties, $3,70O.
William Rideout, no assets; liabilities
$25, 633.51.
Augusta NJ. Rideout, no assets; liza
bilities 11,759 .63.
Edward T. Mathews, assets $4,000;
liabilities S., AGO.
William w. Harris, of Bloomfield, no
assets; liabilities $2,359.3O.
George l.. Bissell, assets $500; liabil-
tiles $1,329.95.
Mary A. Wilson, Eldon, no assets;
liabilities $1,873.s9.
William. +. Handy, Highland Center,
no assets; liabilities $6,49O.
William T. Marsh, Agency, no assets;
liabilities $5,4S4.64.
EllasA. Marsh, of Agency, no assets;
liablilties $3,072.76.
Harvey NJ. Spilman, no assets; LA
libilities 1924.
Frank A. Reed, of Bloomfield, no as
sets; liabilities $3,963.51.
Francis j. Comstocls, of Chillicothe,
no assets; liabilities $4,324.67.
| Ira E. Fisher, no assets; liabilities
$4,346.24.
Nathan NJ. Tindell, assets $40; liza
bilities $4,971.40.
John A.. Williams, of Bloomfield, no
assets; Liabilities S649.S6.
| Robert L. Cameron, no assets; iabil-
| tiles $514.67.
Joseph +. Peck, no assets; liabilities
81, 4O1.37.
ostumwa Lumber Company, involun-
tary bankrupt, no assets; liabilities
John P. Anderson, no assets; liabili-
Abraham L. Right, no assets; liabil-
tiles $4,000.
John w. Thompson, Bloomfield, no
assets; liabilities $4,000.
Holtzschuherr & Ayers, assets $500;
liabilities $1,557.
! Alfred H. Graves, no assets; liabili-
ties $4,000.
i Jno. w. Canouse, of Bloomfield, no
assets; liabilities $4,000.
\ August j. Henig, Eldon, no assets;
liabilities $1,387.
/. w. P. Fagerstrom, Chillicothe, no
assets; liabilities $1,000.
i Samuel Glassburner, Bloomfield, as
sets $2,O94; liabilities $3,722.
d. N. Kerr, Kirkville, assets $2,15O;
liabilities $4,1O4.66.
1900.
i Arthur Gephart, assets $17,666.29;
liabilities $1O,957.
4 Charles A. Fisher, assets $500; liabil-
4 tiles $3,625.
FEAR REPEAL OF LAW.
Federal Officers Kept Busy With Cases
i Under Bankruptcy Acts.
j Des Moines, Jan. 15.-During the
past few weeks there have been filed
j in the office of the clerk of the federal