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ASKS FOR A SALE OF THE ASSETS. Court Asked to Wind Up Affairs of Nebraska Savings Bank. An effort is to be made in the district court to have an order directing the sale of the assets of the Nebraska savings and Exchange bank for the benefit of its depositors, similar to that made by Judge Fawcett in the matter of the German Savings bank receivership. An application asking for this was filed by V. O. Strickler yesterday afternoon in behalf of some fifty of the bank's depositors. In substance, it contains a comparison between the first report made by Receiver William K. Potter on November 25, 1895, and his last report, on August 31, 1898, to show that while the nominal assets of the bank have shrunk $115,000, the liabilities have been reduced no more than $74,832. In the first report the assets were given as $346,992.73, and the liabilities as $196,992.73. The August 31 report gave the assets as $231,984.16 and the Habilities as $122,160.38. During the three years and over the bank has been in the receiver's hands four dividends have been declared, one on May 14, 1896, of 10 per cent, and each of the others 5 per cent, respectively on March 8 and August 2, 1897, and on August 9, 1898. It is said by the petitioners that while these dividends, making a total of 25 per cent, have been declared, the accumulation of interest upon the bank's debts and the taxes upon its property have amounted to a total of 22% per cent, so that the net liquidation has not been greater than 2½ per cent. A further point is made to the effect that the choicest assets have been disposed of and that, should the receivership be continued, the bank would not do as well. It is al-