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MANHATTAN RUNS ABATE. Nearly All Demands Are Paid and Excitement Is Subsiding. With the exception of runs 8n the Broadway Trust Company and the Northern Bank of New York, yesterday morning, the latter attended by disorder at the close. and the continued but decreased run on the Lincoln Trust Company, the bank situation was much improved and there were no further suspensions reported in Manhattan The situation in Harlem and The Bronx showed improvement also. The reflex of the restored confidence in Wall Street was apparent in the reduced crowds at the Harlem Savings Bank and the Dollar Savings Bank in The Bronx, where there have been runs. The run on the Northern Bank at Broadway and 4th street, resulted in the arrest of two depositors who refused to leave the bank when It closed at 12 o'clock, as allowed by law. When Henry Dimse. president of the bank, closed the doors, he said: "This bank is solvent. but we cannot pay off any more to-day A line of four hundred depositors extended at that hour from the paying teller's window to the street. Henry A. Belden, the cashier. came out and asked the depositors to leave the building When some of them refused Mr. Dimse telephoned for the police. but the depositors were stubborn and the police had no easy work in dispersing them. Eventually all of them left except the two men who were atrested. The Northern Bank has a capitalization of $300,000 and surplus and undivided profits of $239,099 The run on the Broadway Trust Company, at No. 756 Broadway, not far from the Northern Bank began at the opening of business An hour after the doors were opened the line contained three hundred and fity patrons. As the line grew Frederick G. Lee. vice-president, announced that the company would honor for the day only demands that were needed for payrolls. 'We are solvent, but we must have time," he said. Many of those waiting were there to draw money to pay off employes of nearby factories. and the money was sent to them in the afternoon. M. M Belding, jr., president of the company, said that $2,400,000 had been paid out in the week. He added "Up this minute we have paid off every demand. The Broadway Trust Company is capitalized at $700,000 and has deposits of $4,057,444. More than two-thirds of the deposits have been withdrawn, Mr. Belding said. The Harlem Savings Bank continued paying all small accounts, having availed itself the day before of the sixty-day clause on accounts of more than $100. The closing of the doors at the usual hour left about one hundred depositors in line. The readiness with which the Dollar Savings Bank in The Bronx has met all demands since the run began on Wednesday had its good effect, and while not altogether checked the demand was much diminished. Men and women had remained all night in the line in front of the bank, and some of the latter were nearly exhausted. The bank did not close at noon at usual on yesterday. but remained open until 3 o'clock, up to which time one thousand accounts had been closed, representing half of the $600,000 cash on hand. The excitement of a few days ago in Wall street, caused by the run on the Trust Company of America, was altogether absent yesterday. The all night crowd was much smaller and the paying out went on with reasonable rapidity. The company received $500,000 in deposits. Oakleigh Thorne, president of the company, said: "The institution occupies a stronger position at the end of this day than it did before. Colonel Heman Dowd. the vice-president, said: "The number of withdrawals were fewer to-day than we expected, and the deposits greater than we expected.' The situation at the Colonial branch of the Trust Company of America was much the same as at the main office. At both the main office and the Colonial branch the payments were made up to the usual Saturday closing hour. There were two hundred in line when the Lincoln Trust Company closed its day's business Louis Stern, one of the directors, said the Institution would meet every demand. Some of those in line when the bank closed were still there last night, apparently with the intention of remaining until Monday. When the Empire City Savings Bank, at No. 231 West 125th street, opened its doors there were four women and one man ready to hand in their passbooks for withdrawals. The Hamilton Bank remains closed. as do the United States Exchange Bank and the Twelfth Ward Bank, all in 125th street. There was a small run on the Bank for Savings, at Fourth avenue and 22d street, but it was not as heavy as on the two previous days. The bank has demanded sixty days' notice of withdrawal for large accounts. At 1 o'clock this morning there were forty-five persons waiting outside the Lincoln Trust Company, in Fifth avenue. They had numbers to show their places in line, and for the most part walked to and fro to keep warm, for the night was cold and raw. Some of them said they had received promises of $20 apiece to wait for the opening of the trust company. Outside the Trust Company of America, in Wall street, were twelve men, with numbers in their hats, waiting for the opening of banking hours tomorrow. Some had blankets to keep out the cold. The Colonial branch of the Trust Company of America was deserted
