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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY BANQUET.
CommemOration of the States Adj
mission to the Union.

The Mississippi Society WIFI give its first
annual banquet at the Planters Hotel on
Tuesday. December ~. at go p. M
This is in CONNIE oratiou of the day on
which Mississippi was admitted to the
Union. Ex-Congressman John ii. Allen of
Mississippi will be the guest of tire even.
ing. and a very interesting programme OF
speaking ard music has been arranged for
the entertainment of the guests and mem.
hers.
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PrOyinfons

Provisions inclined toward dullness early.
and prices We're slightly down IN "A weaker
hog market Receipts Were liberal. and
there was a good deal of early selling. ON
the strength in grains. however. and n re-
wal of country buying. prices reacted
smartly and closed strong. Jan. pork closed
l5Tf1;.c up at sl6.S lam. lard PIC higher
at $50 and Jan. ribs &c higher at sS.I5.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat,
IS cars: corn. LIS cars: oats, i'U cars: hogs.
$1,000 head.
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Bea..o.t OIL stocks.

SPECIHI.
Beaumont. Tex. Dec. s.-The following lead
ing oil stocks were sold to-day.
Three shares Heywood at SEQ. 1.oo shares Man
haitian at IS cents: 20 shares Msnhaftan al .s.y
cents. 30 shares Bunn's Blum At Is cents. 100,
shares Beatty At 10 cents. 2.500 shares Drllers
at SIt cents, so ehares DriIlers 1t 10 cents. i.5ol
shsree Equitable At - csnts. 30 shares Ground
Floor at IS cenfs. 1.W0 ehares National OIL and
PIPE IT s. cents.
Shipments Of oil were: Fffty-thres cars. max
~ SS cars fos tbs month.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.
Were small and Prices Gen
erally Snnered q Slump.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

ED
New York. Dec. The curb market to-day
opened rather duh. but with irregrlarity In price
changes. which later developed into weakness.
Dealings. however. were in small volume. al
though there WIS an improved activity later III
the session. This vas generally al the expense
of values. and the heayinsss Of the Inside marker
had II. reflection On the curb. The close was IL
regular. and final prices showed Losses Iva MOST
active issues. The total transactions were IS
tiniated as In the neighborhood Of 1850 shares
American Can issues were again the active fea;-
ures. and showed further heav!ness as = result III
liquidation. About $500 shares OF Can common
were dealt In between Is and ISL. The preferred
VAS even more active. with sales OF about 80,
shares. II sold from IS DOWN to 55i4. 81. Louis
Transit preferred sold at 50 for l91 shares
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=$1,o00=
co DOLLARS FREE
CAN YOU SOLVE THIS PUZZLE7

Each Q: tie three lines of figures IN THE CESTRk OF THIS
ADVERTISEMENT spells the nans OF Q great city N d United States
Thts 10 q brand IT, puzzle and ea b solved with q LITTLE study u .
follows: There I'm twenty six letters In the aNhaeet. and We ave used
neures Ii spalng the ciukS instead q lstta1- Letter A is number I.
5 nunbsr 3 c number 9 etc. nsuths.s the .enr slps,ess IF YOU
Can SPELL OUT THESE THREE CITIES VOC NAY SHARE IN THE
DisrHIBuI1oN OF 81. 900 90 wHCH vi AHI GIVING AWAY .. do.n:
= little wurk for ~ This you q do in - thas u hous OF your
t.ms. hi. AND 0.hss mos: liberal o1ss 9 n.is t. Introduce ar f n of
STATE. and G.n.da. WE 10 NOT WAIT one CENT , or I onIs
write them pi.iaiy on !. Rossal ssa and st'e II to u.s.; = 10 MIL Viii
evening t scl;s sh. Or .anss. %. STICK TO IT A -, GE e 1 WT
bE SENT FREk: to sse:y N an..s1nS TIL: sa';s; GsN NJ Do .t e
AWAY VAST SUNS 'F MONEY in te. future: Just q : we h.v. done in
III ast TO advertise or CHARMING MAGAZINE We End II Is the
ye.y best adyertian. re ca &c, TO give away LARGE Suns OF GOLD
rRir How ae the names and ad6res1es Of Q fw people We hive re-
rsti1 swa.dcd FREE COLD PRIZES: Mrs.. J. v. Lach,in. Twenty.
STd' 800. P4ttsburR. Pa, $4,000: NJ. D. 3. Ackerman, Hill. y. H.
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Prizes OF LIFE. Your share IN
depends entirely upoA your own en
mcut In TRYING 10 SOLVE TIL.
tbe people We have recently tent
Money DistributS0u write Us hind
Ing . for our prompt and honest d
10 strongly urged them 70 try 20 "
ful and wosld not have been the
money for culy a few hours effort.
cur Grand and liberal offers. OUR
the hearts OF many persons who n.
you viii give attention to this spe
.ol-e II. write US Immediately.
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wheo we say FREE We mean
aid rather take this way Of sdver-
pending many thousands Of dolls:s
4 e~heerfully give the money away.
sho gets the money. TO PLEASE
The question il. a you solve fhe
N do so. write the names Of the
InIy IN 8 letter and man It to US.
By rstwp msdl. Money IL a nice
Many useful uses We can put II TO.
II get the money We give away.
neglect these Grand golden fres
! complain s6oat their bed lack.
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FREE TO INVESTORS!

Sample copy Of the Banking World. Before re-
n,iiting money TO brokers % fiscal agents Tor
stocks. bonds. oil. copper or gold mines. send Io-
.san,pir copy Of she Rani:ing World. an absolute
rc,rssity and safeguard for investors. No use
locking che stable door after the horse is gone.
.tircss Eiitor. Banking World, Al Broad ST. New
York.
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The Banks.

New York. Dec 1.-fiose-Prima mercaut;I.
paper ii.a5 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy,
with actual business in bankers bills n; s4.sii.
FOR demand and at A.si for 81 days: posted Tate,
Sass and $751;: commercial bills s.. ssI a. s33.
Mexican dollars sic. Government bonds steady
state bonds Inactive: railroad bonds irregular.
Paris. Dec. THE Chinese loan Of 20. 80, Cp0.
at ) per cent will be issued Dec. q.
ChfcaR 20, Dec. ..-C1earings SIS. ST.. l13. balance
81. sss. Ei3. Exchange ssrs. New York ex.
change &c discount.
Philadelphia. Dec. s.-C1esrinss Ste iss: bal.
ances S.ils. 100. For the week-Clearirgs sir
4s7. ,l3: balances SIS. az. 2ss, Money 5 per cent.
Baltimore. Dec. 7.-Clearings s.. sfl. 3i: balance,
SaS1. JS. For the week-C1earings s24, oil rs: bal
anccs g. lsp. o.s. Money Gas per cent.
Boston. Dec. 1.-Exchanses ST. SIS. Isi: bal nces
81. So. Sc.
New York. Dec. s.-Exchanses $3.50. "a. sr.: bal
snces $s.3is .6s5.
Cincinnati. Dec. 7.-Mone aizas per cent. New
York exchange par. Clearings s2.31i.5N
Treasury Statement.
Washington. Dec Available cash balance,
SIso. 81 SIS: gold Sl11. I'll. 1s1.
Bar silver.
New York. Dec. Bar silver ssisc Der o,nce
London dull at s :-16i per ounce.
Imports and Exports.
New York. Dec. THE imports of dry good.
and merchandise at the cort Of New York for
this week we're valued at Hf.1 SO. The i'm.
ports OF specie this week were SlSs. So eoId and
$la. SS silver. The exports Of specie from this
port TO all countries for this week agrreeated
$sS1. as silver and s. Aa.iE gold
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Government Bonds.
New York Stock Quotations.

St Louis. SATURDAY.. Dec. :. is1i.
TIL. following snows the opening. highest. low
est and closing quotations on the New York Stock
Yesterday. Corrected daily for The Re
Lublic by Francis. Bro. x Co. bonds and stocks.
10. ut North Fourth street:
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Tnere are always plenty OF good
who are always alert and ready
buiit NJ oar enormous business b
GOLD FRET DISTRIBUTION.
We Z continually Offering
prizes. This special contest we
made. Do noe delay In giving
aud it you can speil cut The Thu
$1,000 INWARD VIII BE- paid
many Free Cash Coatea:s We ha,
nut do exactly a. we agreed. "
easily c%scerIa!n abUat our tnaul
gold cash pzises 70 q pleasure 20
culatioo OF or MRA-Asss one-dol
progressive a9e Publishers ind q
pe:zss OF CREST Idms of money.
your magazine talked aocaf. Fol
cr.far way We have OF spelling {
should hand you q sun Of money
talking about o naSs7ine. nom.
that these three Lines OF figures
Rar,es Of three cities. and that Il
and Will patiently ,Beeavo. 10 $.
waried by sharing In oar $1,000
you are easily discouraged md s
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Si20.Oe Mn. Fred Peace. lac Al
Sinsou Street, Rochester. y. T..
M 90: Mr., George Corbett. Five
idsnds. Nova Scotia. Canada. 5000:
III. G. Hare. 20 Wisconsin avenue.
COLUMBUS. O.. s1.'s0.@ this In.
cDdes the $4,000 Cabinet Grnni
Upright Piano.: W. Kettle. 2Ioo
Carson Street. PltttsoHry. "a:
$4,000: Miss Martha 0rsEosI. :
P1rx Street, Sorwaik. Coon..
Mrs. John Just. Boz !. Enfield. n:
noi.t hundreds of nance Of people
Who have Gained large SUNS q
nouey from cur roatests. bat oo!y
i've = few names. as We deeare the
SPACE to tell you all nbout THIS
SFyITAL 81, oO0.0 90 IN GOLD FItEE
OFFER. The above solution can be
vorisd out BY an alert and clever
peT1on, and the reward IN % hand
TRY An And SPELL OFF fHFsE
rHREE CITIES. Brain and energy
poWadays are winninE many golden
pr,sos. study 1t cry carefully AL
To-; Us sse X you are clever q
smart enough TO spell out the Tnrre
Yue4. We HAVE TIE 100000
Is GOLD. Have you the brains .
names Of the three cities. send them
10 MS without ooe cent Of money.
Remember that this il q 81. 100000
in Gold Free DtssributSOn. and ~
doo't want ypu to send any money.
FREE. We W
tisine cor excellent m~agasine than
in other foolish WAYS. We freely al
YOF MAY WIN. We do mot care
orr HEADERS IS OUR DGL.tGHT.
shove unique psoposieions II you {
three cities and your fiiil nddress pis
and yoa will heaf o US promptly
thing to have. because there are 10
E1me ia1y and foolish people oftei
nffers We make md then wonder an
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

Transactions at the banks Were large for a
Sa tuIdsy There vas a good Haze OF deposits.
and The inquiry for loans was sufficient 10 cause
Discount rates to ease OF a tribe. the range he
in.. lei VI a.. ard > per cent.
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Reported daily by Francis. Bro. & Co. No. 2is
North Fourth street:
New York. Dec. 1.-Early London cables re-
ported a weak market for our stocks on tie
other aide. hut not enough interest in trading to
induce brokers 10 remain in the curb. The only
arbit:age business was the sale OF a small amount
Of L. F. against purchases made on early de-
clines on the other side.
Amaisamated Copper wss depressed by forced
Boston account. The Boston selling was accom-
panied by reports Il some trouble in Boston.
which were frst current about q week ago. These
rumors found many believers here and kept local
interests from buying Amalgamated Copper. The
etock was made weak. too. by assertions that
instead OF the dividend being reduced next week
II might Be- passed altogether.
Outside OF the effect Of Amalgamated Copper
there was a pressure to sell nearly all the active
sf6cke. stop orders being reached in many cases
ana fears of tight money induced heavy selling
where the liquidation was not really forced, The
character ut the buying was the same as II has
been for several weeks. There was open buying
in Missouri Pacific and the Wabashs by strong
interests. and houses supposed To represent strong
banking interests were buyers OF Union Pacific on
Q scale. taking large blocks OF the stock on the
declines.
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bond SALES At NEW YORK.
Full Call.

New York. Dec. 1.-Saies OF bonds were made
her. to-day a. follows:
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Whitaker & HodEman. exchange brokers. No
$50 North Fourth street. quote exchange az FOL
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Week. Bnnk Cl.arinss.

Yesterdays bank cl+arings wer. s~!.s6..0is: for
:t.. week So. ~. -, against $i:.tiy. ~ the PR
yious w.eI, and SIS. -. go a year ago.
balances yesterday were 81. l23. 5l6. for the week
IS ss SCI. against sJ.SI .0i) the previous week. an!
s: vi. ps a year ago.
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CONSUL TALKS OF LIVE STOCK.

Total sales. CO.. 81, shares.
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opportunities fog clever. erainy people
, grasp a zeal good ;hipS. We hsve
being aler. ard liber,i in our GRAND
u readers RARE AND UNUSUAL
one Of the greatest offers evex
lis matter your immediate attention,
80 cities send ven answer at once.
70 any Que WIG can prove tsat IN the
conducted il TIE past yesrS We did
hsr- 4 big capital. ard any one ran
al eouditioD. To pay out these big
=. We Intend TO have the largest cir
q: Magazine Il The 1orli. In this
II they inusc be liberal in giving away
L Is III. only successful way to get
Instance. II YOU should solve the Pc
e uam.s OF The three cf:les. and We
as a frse prize. you wpnli never stop
by ogr plan. Go actually spell he
hrainy person. who can fhiok
ve how /: j. done. viii Re amply re-
b III Gold Free OFFER. pf course II
e not pxtient and are NOT willing to
spend any tine In trying 70 work
out the solution. yuu certainly can
not expect to viii. This adver-
tissment was not written TO- troncs
or idIers. who are not willing TO
give a liberal use Of their time.
w. expecI th. resde- TO do some
VIVA u CIV u II II y
teut.oI I: de5erves- USE YOUR
BRAINS. ]. you are Mfcresaful Ia
solving IL. well and cood. Write the
nanrs OF tae th.ee cities and send
them 20 IL. AID w. Will be jDe n
mucb pleased as you are. We really
desire some one 10 be successful.
and ~ II does not cost you o o.
10 solve and answer this spleni1dfree
Money OFFER. il will be very foolish
FOR you TO pass Il by. In an fairness
give il some Of your l1surr time.
SUCCESS IS FOR ENERGETIC AND
THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE and the
cause OF FAILURE Is LACK OF IN
TERESr AND LAZISES. 80. dear
uenr without try!ng ba.d to meks
A SOLUTION OF THE THRRE
LINES OF FIGURES PRINTED IN
THE CENTRE or THIS ADyER-
TISEMENT. We sugges, that you
carefully read this oEfr several
times before giving up the idea OF
solving the puzzle The harder It
Seems the more patience and deter
Eination you should have. Oourngs
and determination win many Of tho
OUR FREE MONEY DISTRIBUTION
srgy and brains. Dco't delay q mo
!, PERPLExING PJZZLE. Many Of
sums Of money TO n u FSe
md grateful letters. p~rofuscly thank
.anngs. and saying that II We had not
In they would nos have been success
happy. recipients of a Large sum Of
II always pays 10 give eftenrion to
BIG CASH PRIZES have giaddensd
eded the money. II you need money
ciai offer this very minute. II go
DON'T DELAY.
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STOCKS AND RONDs IN BOSTON.

Boston, Mass. Dec. ..-To-day's closing quota
tions on money. bonds. stocks and mining snare.
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HAVOC BEFORE RELIEF CAME.
Hundreds of Deaths and Prostrations
succession of Thunderstorms

NEW YORK, July 2.-The heat which has
worked such havoc In this city since last
Sunday was somewhat mitigated late this
afternoon by succession OF thunderstorms
which cleared the atmosphere and sent the
mercury tumbling down 10 degrees between
the hours OF 4:3O and D. m Never ID a
downpour of rain receive such an enthus-
iastic reception as did this one The thun-
der and lightning were heavy and many
houses were struck, causing fires, but so
Tar as known no person was killed in
Jured During the last downpour hail fell
In quantities. AS the furious wind blew
across Battery Park II seemed TO gain more
energy as IL entered Bowling Green and the
narrow part Of lower Broadway.
In spite OF all the rain there was little
sign or II on the streets three hours after IL
teI. 1t was after the hottest July in the
history OF the local weather bureau and a
day tnat almost reached the city's record of
Sept. Z, 1881, that this scant relief came
Inc morning opened with the tempera-
ture at 50 at 8 a. m. and in an hour IL had
gone TO 81 and in another hour had climbed
a point higher, jumping all the way to SO
by O'Clock. The wind was scarcely per-
ceptible and the humidity, which was 50
per cent. aggravated the conditions. Then
the mercury kept on climbing, registering
20 at 10 o'clock and going up point an hour
until II reached 9S in the hour between 12
and i. and stayed there until after clock,
while dwindling to absolutely imper-
ceptible movement OF the air that could be
determined only by instruments that re-
corded a velocity of six miles hour. The
humidity, however, had fallen TO AZ per
cent.
The suffering caused by the heat was un-
precented. All the ambulances OF the city,
as we'll as the patrol wagons and many
other vehicles were kept busy answering
calls. AT the rate of about one n minute
the calls came in over the police wires
throughout the day. breaking all records OF
demands upon the ambulance service and
providing patients enough TO crowd all the
hospitals OF the city as they have never
before been crowded.
While the official temperature up in the
lofty OF the weather bureau remained at 9S,
the thermometers on the street level ranged
all the way from 100 to los.
The terrible fatality of the heat was
shown in the large percentage of deaths
among those prostrated Out Of 32S cases
OF prostration reported up to 80 tonight.
las resulted fatally. Among the more promi-
nent victims were the Rev. DIR. Newland
MAYNARD. the Episcopal clergyman and
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RH Gbk HIIB IN
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Recommendation of the Civil-Service
Commission as to Age Limit
Not Approved.
OPENING OF RESERVATIONS
PROCLAMATION PREPARED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Probably Will BE Issued This Even
ing or on Independence Day-Fig-
ures from the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-Secretaries Hay
and Long were the absentees at to-day's
Cabinet meeting. Little business was trans
acted. The most important action decided
upon was a change in the civil-service rules
regarding clerks and carriers in the postal
service. The age limits within which ap-
plicants could apply for positions as car
riers heretofore have been twenty-one
years as the minimum and forty as the
maximum. The minimum for clerks has
been eighteen years, with no maximum
The Civil-service Commission proposed a
uniform minimum of eighteen and maxi
mum of forty years. 1t was the opinion Of
the postmaster general and the rest of the
Cabinet, however, that the highest maxi
mum was too low. and it was decided to
fix forty-five years as the maximum for
both classes of employees.
Secretary Hitchcock informed the Cab
met that the proclamation for the opening
of the Eiowa. Comanche and Apache In
dian reservations -in Oklahoma was COM
pleted. The secretary will go over 1t with
the President tomorrow and 1t will be is
sued either tomorrow evening or July 4. 1t
will fix the day Of opening and will pre-
scribe the methods and rules to be observed
by prospective homesteaders.
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Began His Career as the Driver of a
street Car and Finally Owned
Several Lines.
ADVOCATE OF CHEAP FARES
WAS PLANNING RAPID TRANSIT BE-
TWEEN TWO BIG CITIES.
Proposed to Carry Passengers Be-
for 40 Cents-His Enterprises.

NEW YORK, July 2.--Albert l.. Johnson.
of Cleveland, o., brother of Mayor Tom l..
Johnson, died at 10:l5 o'clock tonight, at
Fort Hamilton, a Brooklyn suburb. Death
was caused by aneurlsm of the heart AL
though he had been Ill for some time he
had only been confined TO the house about
three weeks At his bedside. when he died,
were his wife and four children, his broth
er, Tom l.. Johnson, and his mother.
Mr. Johnson was about forty years old.
He began his career as a railroad man as
driver of a street car. He came to Brook
iyn six seven years ago. after Patrick
II. Flynn had obtained franchises for sew
eral trolley lines. and he got control of the
line from the Broadway ferry to Sleeps
head Bay and the line through Hamburg
avenue to Canarsie and started a scent
fare system to Coney island. He consoli-
dated these lines with the Jesse seiigman
syndicate and merged the Atlantic-avenue
lines into the Nassau system to get across
the Brooklyn bridge. Three years ago he
sold out to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company.
A. L. Johnson's recent operations in the
East have attracted considerable attention
because OF his announced programme of
connecting view 1OTk city ara fnllduelpnld
with trunk trolley lines. He and his busi-
ness associates had already acquired a
number of branch lines in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. 1t was Mr.. Johnsons in
tention 10 furnish rapid transit between
New York city and Philadelphia and a fare
OF forty cents between the two cities was
iscussed by those interested The terminal
systems in the two great cities were TO be
made the basis for three cent fares within
the city limits of New York and Phila-
delphia. Though succeeding fairly we'll IN
the work of acquiring branch lines between
the two cities. Mr.. Johnson had not been
able to get the rapid transit commission
TO change the route of the proposed rapid
transit tunnel in the Brooklyn borough so
as TO allow for the tunnel under the
Narrows-an essential portion of the John
son programme for quick outlet into New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia
the street car charters recently issued
it is stated, interfered with many of Mr..
Johnsons Philadelphia plans.
IL is known that Mr.. Johnson, who was a
very active man, worried considerably over
the situations existing in New York city
and Philadelphia, and even after his i'll
ness kept planning active campaigns for
three-cent fares.
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ANOTHER BANK CLOSED
THE NIAGARA, OF BUFFALO, ORGAN
IzED UNDER STATE LAWS.
Involved with the City National,
Which Was Closed Monday by the
Controller of the Currency.

BUFFALO. July 2-The Niagara Bank.
a State institution. has closed its doors
The following notice was posted on the
doors this morning: 81 have closed and
taken possession of this bank" This was
signed by F. d. Kilburn, superintendent of
banks.
The Niagara Bank was organized Sept
Is. 1891. 1t had a capital of 100000. The
officers President. p H. Griffin: vice
president NJ. NJ. Darke; cashier, William
Thayer.
The chairman of the clearing house COM
mittee, 5. NJ. Clement, said this morning:
1T should be distinctly understood that the
closing OF the Niagara Bank to-day has
been brought about solely by reason of it's
connection with the City National Bank, its
president having been vice president of the
City National Bank, and that no other bank
here is in any way affected. At the meeting
OF the clearing house committee yesterday,
ar the close Of business. the Niagara Bank
was the only bank that applied for any
assistance. and arrangements were made
10 give assistance asked for, pending the re-
port this morning OF the banking depart
ment as TO the solvency of the bank. Mr.
Kilburn. the superintendent of banks on
his arrival in town this morning became
satisfied that the bank could not get
through with the assistance asked for, and
accordingly directed that the bank be
closed in order to best protect all inter-
ested." 4"
The bank superintendent was seen in the
Niagara Bank and asked why the bank was
closed. He said: 81 have closed this bank
because i think it insolvent. The main
reason for the failure is the failure OF the
City National Bank This bank is involved
in that TO an extent not yet 10 be an
nounced. but do not deem IL safe to permit
this one to continue business any longer
AS TO whether this bank has been in trouble
heretofore / have nothing to say"