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THE BANK OF THE REPUBLIC STRONG. George E. Simpson, of the suspended banking firm of Donnell, Lawson & Slmpson. is one of the directors of the National Bank of the Republic. Customers of the suspended firm were aware that it had been doing business both with the Metropolitan National and with the National Bank of the Republic. Immediately after the announcement of the Metropolitan's misfortune and that of the firm of Donnell, Lawson & Simpson, -rumors became prevalent that the National Bank of the Republic must also close its doors. There was not, however, enough of belief in the stories to cause any great run on the concern, although a steady line of men and boys approached the paying teller's desk all day long. Vice-President Orson Adams, who was actively superintending the work at this desk, said to a TRIBUNE reporter in the afternoon: The bank is as sound as a dollar. There is no cause for any anxiety about us. Donnell, Lawson & Simpson had a loan here on account, but it is secured with collaterais worth three times the amount borrowed. After banking hours John J. Knox, the new president of the bank. said: There is absolutely no trouble here. We are strnog, and able to pay everything, to meet every demand.
