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More Prosperity. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 14.-The First National bank of this place, the oldest bank in this section, one of the original 57 national banks in the United States, suspended this morning on account of heavy drawing on funds in the past few days. Two other banks at Martinsburg and Williamsburg failed as a result. The Hollidaysburg bank had $50.000 capital, the Martinsburg de posit bank $25,000, and the Williamsburg bank $30,000.
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Bank Failures. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., Dec. 14.The First National Bank of Hollidaysburg was compelled to suspend busi ness this morning owing to a heavy run made by its depositors. The Martinsburg Deposit Bank, of Martinsburg, and the Williamsburg Bank, of Wil liamsburg, have also suspended business. These two banks were branches of the First National Bank and were unincorporated.
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS. 11. 11. Kohlsnat, of Chicago, dentes that he has been offered a cabinet place and says he could not accept one If offered. At Marcus Hock, Pa., last night. two thousand citizens held a demonstration against Spatn. General Weyter was burned in elligy and the Spanish this was burned. No action is likely to be taken by Congress with reference to the death of General Maceo until the report that the Cuban leader was assassinated under a Hag of truce is officially confirmed. A boxing exhibition was given In Broadway, N. Y., Athletic Club last night In honor of ex-Champion Jem Mace, of England, aged sixty-five. and Mike Donovan, aged forty-nine These two, after several preliminary bouts, sparred four rounds and quit even. They were loudly applauded. The First National Bank. of Hollidaysburg. Pa., closed itw doors yesterday and the Martinsburg and Williamsburg banks failed In consequence. Officials say the auspension is only temporary and depositors will lose nothing. The suspension was due to the withdrawal of the Pennsylvania railroad deposits In the Sharkey-Fltzaimmons hearing in court. nt San Francisco, Julian and Fitzsimmons testified as to the stories of it conspiracy between Referee Earp and the Sharkey people, but It was only a hearsny. Dr. Lustig. medical examiner for the club. said he was refused admisalon to Sharkey's room to examine him. and when he aid see him. found the InJuries in the groin superficial and such as might have been made by an Injection of acidulated water.
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PENNSYLVANIA BANKS FAIL. Three Institutions Fail as the Result of a Contention With a Railroad Company. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 15.-The First National bank, of this place, the oldest bank in this section of the state, and one of the original fifty-seven national banks in the United States, suspended business this morning on account of heavy withdrawals of deposits. The bank was organized in 1863, with a capital of $50,000. Two other banks, at Martinsburg and at Williamsburg, failed as a result of the first failure. The Martinsburg Deposit bank was established in 1870. Colonel William Jack, of Hollidaysburg, is the president. The bank had a capital of $25,000. The Williamsburg bank is controlled by Jack and Watson, Morrow & Co., of which Colonel William Jack has been president and Hon. John Clark, of Williamsburg, cashier. It was established in 1873, with a capital of $30,000. The officials of the bank say that the suspension is only temporarily, and that the three banks will be reopened without any financial loss to the depositors after the work of reorganization is completed. The closing of the bank. it is said, was due principally to the withdrawal of the deposits of the Pennsylvania railroad ten days ago. The banks retaliated by refusing to cash the checks of railroad employes when they were presented. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company last week ran their pay car over the several branches centering here. There was a banking department aboard the car and the employes received their money without going to the banks. The result of this contention between the railway company and the banks was a steady run on the institutions by the minor depositors, and they succumbed this morning. after withstanding the run for seven days. The average deposits in the three banks was $450,000.
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CONDENSED NEWS. Gathered From All Parts of the Country by Telegraph. Edward Brooks, a colored bootblack, aged 17, ran amuck in Waco, Tex., with a revolver in his hand, and shot five persons, one fatally. Miss Chickholm, a young American lady who was studying music at Weimar, has committed suicide at that place by drowning. The young woman had been afflicted with melancholia for some time. The police of Stockton, Cal., have succeeded in capturing W. A. Kains and his son, Banny Kains, two members of the most dangerous gang of counterfeiters that has ever operated in the west. Madame Albertine Kotelmann. whose husband is a planter in Central America, who had been staying for the benefit of her health in is Berlin hygienic establishment, committed suicide a day or two ago by taking poison. Counsel for Edward J. Ivory, alias Edward Bell, the alleged Irish American dynamiter, appeared in the central criminal court, old Bailey, Monday morning, and obtained a postponement of the trial of his client until the January sessions. Ändrew Hart, a farmer living near Lamoille, In., with his parents, was murdered by an unknown burglar whom he surprised in the act of pilfering the house early Sunday morning. A posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit of the desperado. News comes from Havana that the Maceo murder story, ascabled from the United States, has set the papers wild, and their editorials are bitter against the Cubans, who, they declare, have set this false report affort to gain aid in the United States. At Shawnce, Okla., an entire block of business houses was destrowed by fire. The losses aggregate about $00,000. The principal sufferers are: Field & Saxton, general merchandise; F. J. Adair, grocer, and A. Hess, suloon. The town has no fire apparatus. The first national bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., was compelled to suspend business Monday morning owing to a heavy run made by its depositors. This bank was organized in 1863, is capitalized at $50,000, and is one of the 57 oldest national banks in the United States. In a fit of insane jealous rage, Ernest L. Chase, aged 38, cut the throat of his wife, aged 32, in their rooms at No. 70 Grand Ravine avenue, Detroit, Mich., shortly after 8 o'clock Monday morning, and. then cut his own throat from ear to ear. The woman and man were taken to Harper hospital, where the physicians say both will die. Fire which started at 8 o'clock Sunday morning badly damaged the building at Tenth and P streets, Lincoln, Neb., known as the Hur block, and totally ruined the dry mids and clothing stock of Sammels as well as damaging the goods of occupants of the second story. Total loss, $40,000; insured.s Incendiarism insuspected.
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New line of teachers' bibles and albums at the book auction. Bank Suspends Business. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 15.-The First National bank of this place, the oldest bank in this section of the country, and one of the original fifty-seven national banks in the United States, suspended business Monday morning. The following notice was posted on the door of the-bank: On account of the heavy drain upon this bank for the past thirty days, and especially the last two or three days, the board of directors have decided to suspend business until further notice." The Martinsburg Deposit bank and the Williamsburg bank also failed. They are unincorporated and controlled by the stockholders of the First National bank. citement. The failures produced great ex-
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DAY'S LIST OF FAILURES Includes that of one of the "Original" National Banks, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 14.-The First National bank of this place, the oldest in this section of the state and one of the original fifty-seven national banks in the United States, suspended business this morning. The following notice was posted on the front door of the bank: "On account of the heavy drain upon this bank for the past thirty days, especially the last two or three days, the board of directors have decided to suspend business until further notice. (Signed.) "BOARD OF DIRECTORS." The First National bank of Hollidays. burg was organized in 1863 with a capital f $50,000. Two other banks, at Martinsburg and Williamsburg, failed as a result of the first failure. The Martinsburg Deposit bank was established in 1870. Colonel William Jack of Hollidaysburg is the president. The bank had a captial of $25,000. The Williamsburg bank is controlled by Jack, Watson, Morrow & Co., of which Colonel William Jack has been president and Hon. John Clark of Williamsburg cashier. It was established in 1873 with a captial of $30,000. The officials of the bank say that the suspension is only temporary and that the three banks will be reopened without any financial loss to the depositors after the work of reorganization is completed. The closing of the Hollidaysburg, Martinsburg and Williamsburg banks, it is Isaid, was due principally to the withdraw al of the deposits of the Pennsylvania railroad ten days ago. The banks all retaliated by refusing to cash the checks of the railroad employes when they were presented. The Pennsylvania railroad company last week ran their pay car over the several branches centering here. There was a banking department aboard the car and the employes received their money without going to the banks. The result of this contention between the railway company and the banks was a steady run on the institutions by the minor depositors and they succumbed this morning, after withstanding the run for seven days. The average deposits in the three banks was $450,000. The banks have been distrusted in financial circles since September 18, last. On that date the private banking house of Gardner, Morrow & Co., of this city, failed, with libillities of $325,000 and assets, so far as ascertained, of $92,000. The intimate relations existing between the four banks, the fact that they were main
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FAILURE OF FOUR BANKS. Three Were in Pennsylvania and the Other in Illinois. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., Dec. 15.-The First National Bank of Hollidaysburg was compelled to close Monday owing to a heavy run made by depositors. This bank was organized in 1863, is capitalized at $50,000 and is one of the 57 oldest national banks in the United States. The excitement over the closing of the First national bank has been intensified by news that the Martinsburg Deposit bank, of Martinsburg, and the Williamsburg bank, of Williamsburg, also suspended business. These two banks were branches of the First national bank and were incorporated. The officials say that the suspension is only temporary and that the three banks will resume business shortly. EDWARDSVILLE, III., Dec. 15.-The banking house of John A. Pickett & Son, of this city, made an assignment Monday. The causes assigned are heavy cash withdrawals during the panic times and the long illness of the senior partner. The assets and liabilities are not stated.
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THE EAST. At Westchester, Pa., Rev. Samuel Bailey was arrested for the murder of his wife. Francis H. Clough and Walter F. Slade, operating the Clear River woolen mills at Burrellville, R. 1., failed for $1,000,000. At Niagara Falls, N. Y., the First national bank suspended with liabilities of $150,000. Carl Schurz, of New York, was reelected president at the annua! meeting in Philadelphia of the National Civil Service Reform league. At a meeting in New York print pa per manufacturers agreed to form a national association to control the product of all mills and fix prices. Helen Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., born blind 49 years ago, has had her sight restored by the removal of a cat aract from each eye. Three young children of Edward Farnsworth were drowned at Brookline, N. H., while playing on thin ice. In Boston Samuel P. Putman, aged 56, of Chicago, president of the free thought congress, and May L. Collins, aged 20, of Midway, Ky., a promising free thought lecturer and writer, were suffocated by gas. Hale, the Irish flyer, was the winner in the six-day bicycle race in New York, making 1,910 miles and a new record. Rice, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., was second. with a'score of 1,882 miles. Charles A. Prouty, of Vermont, has been nominated interstate commerce commissioner in place of Wheelock G. Veazey, resigned. In New York the Cuban League of the United States was organized by Chauneey M. Depew, Roswell P. Flower, Charles A. Dana. Theodore Roosevelt and others of equal prominence, the object being to demand intercession by the United States to end the warfare in the island. Great preparations are being made to celebratedtheone hundredth anniversary of Albany as the capital city of New York on January 6, 1897. The doors of the First national bank at Holidaysburg. Pa., were closed, and as a result two other banks, at Martinsburg and Williamsburg, were forced to suspend. Flames in the business section of Altoona, Pa., entailed a loss of $100,000. At his home in New York Emanuel Schwab celebrated his 100th birthday.
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An Old Bank Suspends. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., Dec. 15.-The First national bank of Hollidaysburg was compelled to suspend business this morning owing to a heavy run made by its depositors. This bank was organized in 1863. is capitalized at $50,000 and is one of the 57 oldest banks in the United States.
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unknown to the guard and through the window of a car and escaped near South McAlester. I. T. THE United States consulate-general in Havana has been putunder a special guard of armed policemen. This precaution was taken by the Spanish authorities owing to the fear that the indignation expressed by Spanish sympathizers against the United States would find vent in an attack upon the consulate. J. W. BENJE and Judge Keys, of Tahlequah, I. T.. have gone to Washington as representatives of the Indians on matters affecting tribal welfare before congress. Mr. Benje said the five civilized tribes were not yet ready for statehood, as a large per cent. of the Indians were too imperfectly advanced in civilization to understand the duties of civilization. AT Detroit, Mich., Ernest Chase, son of Dr. Chase, of recipe book fame, cut his wife's and his own throat badly in an insane attempt at murder and suicide. Physicians think that both have a good chance of recovery. SEVERAL of the Spanish residents of Key West. Fla., attempted on the 14th to celebrate the killing of Gen. Maceo, but the Cubans gathered in ominous crowds and had not the police interfered blood would have been spilled. Mass meetings of Cubans are to be held to ask congress to investigate the manner of Maceo's death and if he was treacherously killed they will demand that the belligerency of the Cubans be recoznized. THE First national bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., was compelled to suspend business on the 14th owing to a heavy run made by its depositors. The bank was organized in 1863, and was one of the 7oldest banks in the United States. CHARLES D. LANE. chairman of the national bimetallist committee, has issued an address from San Francisco to friends of the cause in which he says that the cause has not been abandoned. but urges the suspension of a 1 agitatation of the subject of free coinage for the rresent. further than by keeping up the club rolls for future service, and thus give their adversaries every opportunity to fulfill their promises to restore prosperity to the country. A "TALL and a short man" entered the barroom of the Hotel Legrand at Chicago early on the morning of the 13th and demanded of the bartender the money in the till and the bartender accidentally knocked over some glasses under the bar which scared the "tall man" and he shot the bartender dead. GEORGE ISAAC. a scientist at Berlin. was experimenting with acetyline gas and he and three assistants were blown to atoms. THE head of the Florida branch of the Cuban junta at Jacksonville has ceived a letter confirming the report of Antonio Maceo's death. It appeared the marquis of Ahumada, acting captain-general in Weyler's absence. invited the insurgent chief to a conference near Punta Brava and Maceo attended with only his staff. when they were surrounded by Spanish soldiers and treacherously killed. ANDREW HART. aged 25, was shot dead at Marshalltown. Ia., by an unknown man who entered the house, presumably, for the purpose of robberv. The murderer escaped, but hundreds of armed citizens with bloodhounds went in pursuit and lynching was probable if the murderer was captured. THE rumor was given wide currency at New York that J. Pierpont Morgan was to manage the Vanderbilt railway properties and Chauncey M. Depew was to be made ambassador to England. THE combination express and mail attached to train No. 103, of the Illinois Central railroad, was burned to the tracks at Trimble, Tenn., and ten pieces of baggage, six fine hunting dogs and 60 mail pouches were consumed. It was caused by the overturning of a lamp. THE Richmond (Va.) chamber of commerce recently adopted resolutions favoring the creation by congress of a department of commerce. THE Cleveland, 0., delegates to the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will use their influence toward the defeat of the reelection of the president, Samuel Gompers. The cause given is that Mr. Gompers is too conservative, whereas occasions often arise calling for aggressive action. A JURY returned a verdict at Metropolis, Ill., on the 11th in the case of John Lemley, Bart Lynn and Ed Lynn. on trial for the murder of Ben Ladd last May, finding them guilty and fixing their terms in the penitentiary at 99. 20 and 14 years respectively. THE steamship Salier. with 214 passengers and a crew of 78 men was sunk in a recent gale off the coast of Spain and all on board perished. THE safe of H. & A. Haas at Atoka. I. T., was cracked by burglars recently and they secured 25 copper cents for their trouble. A SPECIAL from Canton, O., on the 10th said that Senator Allison, of Ia., would be secretary of state in McKinlev's cabinet. THE little town of Chester. Ark., hus
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tained and the adjourned. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. organized COMPANY is being of the Ohio naA O., of members service in Cuba. RoToledo, for St. Agnes' tional guard occurred in in Pittsburgh, A PANIC Catholic church by the burstman Pa., on the steam 13th, pipe. caused but fortunately ing of was a injured. started on an- on no one CLEVELA expedition the PRESIDENT shooting will be 13th. the Annandale other the of duck This time Carolina. he club, Several on An- its guest in South visited the preserves the president given public but nandale years ago club and this time was he will avoid late reception, of that honor. his fiance, repetition OVER the grave of at Toledo, aged O. member Calvary Edmund cemetery. E. Wright, Toledo in on the 13th. of a prominent suicide. After the 20, family. a a committed bunch sent of a flowers bullet into on his toinb placing heart, Wright dying almost B. instantly. COOPER, States famed MRS. SARAH entire United zeal in works throughout her the untiring Miss Hatbecause of and her daughter. dead in bed on at of charity, were found Francisco, tie Cooper. in San both having their residence of the 11th, gas. All evithe morning asphyxiated by that Miss melancholia, Cooper. arose dence been tends to from show acute had fallen andwith ho suffered after her suicidal mother intent. turned asleep. on the gas. 12th the banks of New York rule. plague in from requirements been of the two 25-per-cent. London. fatal Bombay. cases The of the bubonic was imported many deaths resi- and general disease where it has panic caused among the native that says dents. WASHINGTON with dispatch Great Britain cover- for A negotiations of arbitration between the treaty English-speak.comple- difference naing the goods all two great advanced almost to Ill., tion. tions HON. have TRAVIS for PHILLIPS, Los had of Aurora Cal. to left ns far spend recently the as Reno. winter. taken Nev. from and when the he train, became and III and few was hours later. Hart. a Ia., pioneer was died a BON of George county. the mornA of Marshakilled. on whom he and the 13th. by house a and ing discovered with. farmer shot of instantly in the burglar of grappled Chicago the the Chinese, residents Confucius of on THE a temple to Foo. editor priest. opened Wong Chin as high Chinese an address for the 13th, Chimade 11e News, the Celestials neting outlining correspond con- the version plans of , Chicago. with a on the he IN an interview Madrid newspaper der stated that to for a Weyler in order ent Capt.-Gen. to Havana are Hocking had 13th, returned rebels who the Havana the sendisperse the province has of sent to Chas. terstate into THE followingermant. president nominations: to an vice inate the of commissioner. Lieu A. Proutty. commerce Second Massa G. Vensoy, resigned: H. Dimock, lieutenant of in the W. Frank first Also long service. navy, chusetts, tenant cutter to be in congress. the made 14th, list of recess of on the during the insane rage, Detroit, Mich., wife. IN a L. Chase. throat of throat 38, cut then cut wounding his 32, and car. fatally was aged aged Ernest eart fit of the of Times own G. his both. Conn purfrom Washington from John 11. on Hutchins. Oberly, placed in bank suspended chased, by Stil formerly THE the national 15th. charge. Indian 14th, Hon. commission- of Holli- made THE First Pa. on the heavy run to a The bank was at its 1863. oldest and is United ganized daysburowing business by in one of the capitalized States. well-known national $50. or in BUTLER, who 000, banks the had York been HENRY P. clubman. in New 14th. lawyer from and his home on the from an missing city was four found days. to returned be suffering will be need down attack He Iris said of grip. 50,000 the soldiers w insurrection in Capt. the ed to put Philippine st islandsomes schooner crew Edith. of 30 days men THE steam with a the 15th. nine from the fears aboard, Edwards, was. Tacom Fecate on Wash. sound. mis and hap had overdue Halibut banks at enter off tained her owing that some to the seTeleUnion on vere storms. in the building Western at Evansville, Frondrach graph FIRE Co.'s the dumaged of whose the Union factory not to any Bros.. Ind., occupies cigar the The top Western extent
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senate. The Newark and Raleigh failed to overhaul the steamer Three Friends. A plot to break out of the Macon, Mo., jail was discovered and frustrated. The American Federation of Labor adopted stirring resolutions of sympathy for Cuba, and called upon Congress to recognize the Cubans. The French chamber of deputies passed the naval bill. A motion to reduce the term of military service to one year was defeated. The house passed the Atlantic and Pacific railway reorganization bill. The nomination of John H. Rogers to be judge for the Western district of Arkansas has been confirmed. J. S. Schofield of Albuquerque, N. M., has been appointed by the comptroller of the currency receiver of the Union National bank of Denver, Col. General Weyler, according to advices from Madrid. may be recalled soon and General Marin may succeed him. John Winston won the Dupont trophy and the live-bird championship of America. Dr. J. L. Williamson shot 191 out of a possible 200 live birds at Milwaukee, breaking the world's record. Hamburg dockers have lost their strike and returned to work. Ed Reed, desperate son of Belle Starr, was killed in a saloon at Claremore, Ind. Ter. Black envelopes. addressed in white ink, to carry bad bills, have been shut out of the mails. Alexander Salvini, the noted young actor, died in Italy, from consumption of the bov els. Nearly all the battle ship steel in the Newport News Ship Building Company's yards is faulty and may be condemned. Employes of the Illinois Central are taking stock in the road and it is believed this will prevent strikes in future. Patrick Coughlin was executed by shooting in Sage Hollow, Utah, for killing Deputy Sheriffs Staggs and Dawes in 1895. Some of the ministers of St. Louis have declared war against the South Side race track. and declare that they will not stop until it is closed. Ernst Chase, son of Dr. Chase of receipt book fame, cut his wife's and his own throat badly in an insane attempt at murder and suicide at Detroit. Vote of California for Presidential electors has been tabulated and shows the following totals: Republicans, 146.588; fusion, 144,766; Prohibition, 2,573. John Seward and William Trustee, the witnesses who perjured themselves in the Pearl Bryan case. were given two and one years respectively in the Kentucky "pen." Edward Clark and wife, mother and stepfather of Mary Stewart, who poisoned her husband, John P. Stewart, have been pardoned out of the Montana "pen," having been convicted on perjured evidence of their daughter. who later confessed and committed suicide. Enlisting in the United States for Cuban service is unlawful and is severely punishable. Washington officials have given out a hint that the law will be enforced. London Times makes several cracks at Senator Chandler for his off-hand recognition of Cub : says Uncle Sam's attitude is incorrect. dthe jingo senators should only provoke smiles in Spain The United States consulate in Havana is guarded because of fear of an attack by Spaniards. The last letter received by the New York junta from General Maceo recommended Ruiz Rivera as his successor in case of his death. The Republicans, it is claimed, expect to annex Hawaii at the next session. Senator Peffer introduced a resolution providing for a monetary commission of five members. For the last fiscal year the total receipts of the government were $400.475,408; expenditures $434,678,654. The House ways and means committee decided to open hearings December 28 on the extra session tariff bill and to continue them two weeks. Two Paris aeronauts intend to make an attempt to reach the North Pole in a balloon. First National bank, Holidaysburg, Pa.. failed, dragging down with it banks at Martinsburg and Williamsburg. Bessemer Steel pool will continue the organization with an open market, and make war on the recalcitrant Bellaire company. Fifty thousand Armenian children under 13 years of age were made orphans by the massacres.
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A SON of George Hart, a pioneer farmer of Marshall county, Ia., was shot and instantly killed, on the morning of the 13th, by a burglar whom he discovered in the house and grappled with. THE Chinese residents of Chicago opened a temple to Confucius on the 13th, Wong Chin Foo, editor of the Chinese News, acting as high priest. He made an address outlining the plans of the Celestials for the conversion of Chicago. IN an interview with a correspondent for a Madrid newspaper, on the 13th, Capt.-Gen. Weyler stated that he had returned to Havana in order to disperse the rebels who are flocking into the province of Havana. THE president has sent to the senate the following nominations: Chas. A. Proutty, of Vermont, to be an interstate commerce commissioner, vice W. G. Veasey, resigned; Second Lieutenant Frank H. Dimock, of Massachusetts, to be first lieutenant in the revenue cutter service. Also a long list of promotions in the navy, made during the recess of congress. IN a fit of insane rage, on the 14th, Ernest L. Chase, of Detroit, Mich., aged 38, cut the throat of his wife, aged 32, and then cut his own throat from ear to ear, fatally wounding both. THE Washington Times was purchased, on the 15th, from C. G. Conn by Stilson Hutchins. Hon. John H. Oberly, formerly Indian commissioner, was placed in charge. THE First national bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., on the 14th, suspended business owing to a heavy run made by its depositors. The bank was organized in 1863, is capitalized at $50.00 000, and is one of the oldest national banks in the United States. HENRY P. BUTLER, a well-known lawyer and clubman, who had been missing from his home in New York city four days, returned on the 14th. He was found to be suffering from an attack of grip. THE steam schooner Edith. Capt. Edwards, with a crew of 30 men aboard, was, on the 15th, nine days overdue at Tacoma, Wash., from the Halibut banks off Hecate sound, and fears were entertained that some mishap had befallen her owing to the severe storms. FIRE in the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s building at Evansville, Ind., on the 15th, damaged Frondrach Bros., cigar manufacturers, whose factory occupies the top floor of the building, $5,000. The Western Union office was not damaged to any extent. THE Frer ch coasting steamer Marie Fanny was lost off the island of Alderney, in the British channel, on the 15th, and her crew of 14 men were drowned. THE lumbermen of the United States met in convention in Cincinnati on the 15th. FIGHTING is reported west of the trocha in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, where the insurgents, under Maceo's successor, Gen. Ruis Rivera. have taken the field against the Spanish forces left there by Gen. Weyler. No details have been received yet, but 50 wounded soldiers arrived at Havana, on the 15th, from the neighborhood of Artemisa. IT was stated in Havana, on the 15th, that Gen. Weyler had called in some of the troops stationed outside of the city, fearing an attack byGen. Gomez, who was reported to be moving eastward with a large force, well armed and provisioned. The insurgents had already occupied several small towns held by the Spaniards in the eastern part of the province of Havana. THE London Globe of the 15th said that important negotiations were pro-
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Other Business Troubles. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Upon an intervening petition and information filed by Attorney General Maurice T. Moloney, Judge Payne this evening appointed George Shilling. Dr. George Emerick and Paul O. Stensland receivers of the International Building, Loan and Investment Union, fixing their bonds at $100,000 each. These are the same receivers appointed by Judge Payne last Saturday. Under the information and petition filed to-day by the attorney general the newly appointed receivers are to dissolve the union, settle up all its affairs and gradually work it out of existence. HOLLIDAYSBURG. Pa., Jan. 5.-Assurances were to-day given to the depositors of the First National Bank of Hollidaysburg and the Martinsburg Deposit Bank, which closed their doors three weeks ago, that both would be able to resume business in a few days. The Williamsburg bank, which went down in the crash. is said to be a hopeless wreck, and its affairs will be settled up by an assignee. TOLEDO, Jan. 5.-A dispatch sent out from Albany, N. Y., stated that the Milburn Wagon Company had gone into the hands of a receiver. The statement is an error. The Milburn company is located here and is in excellent financial condition. The firm which went into receivership was an Albany house. which acted as local agent for the Milburns. SEDALIA. Mo., Jan. 5.-The Van Wagener-Hanney Shoe Company, the oldest and largest house in the city, closed its doors this morning on a deed of trust. John Montgomery. jr., is trustee. The failure is a bad one, but the amount of assets and liabilities are not given.
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Reopened for Business. The First National Bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., which suspended payment December 14, 1896, having complied with the conditions imposed by the controller of the currency, and its capital stock being now unimpaired, has been permitted to reopen its doors for business.
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Broken Hollidaysburg Bank Resumes. HOLMIDAYSBURG, Pa. Jan. 27.-National Bank Examiner Bingham, of Philadelphia, acting under the direction of the comptroller of the currency, will today transfer the broken First National bank of Hollidaysburg to the new organization, which will open the bank with 100 per cent. of new capital. Prothonotary J. L. Hartman will be president and J. G. Swope, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., cashier. This bank was closed by a run on Dec. 14. The Martinsburg Deposit bank and the Willlamsburg bank, which were branches, will not resume.
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Bank Permitted to Reopen. Washington, Jan. 28.-The First National bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., which suspended payment Dec. 14, 1896, having complied with the conditions imposed by the comptroller of the currency, and its capital stock being now unimpaired, has been permitted to reopen its doors for business.
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-Dr. John Isenberg, a prominent dentist, died suddenly at his home in Altoona on Friday morning. aged fifty-six years He had resided in Altoona for thirty-five years. His wife and three children survive. One son-George L.-is a passenger brakeman on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad. -The officers of the First National bank of Hollidaysburg, expect that the bank will resume business on Tuesday. January 27. All the claims will be paid in full and the capital of the bank restored to its legal amount. This was the information received by Comptroller Eckles, from the receiver who has been in charge of the affairs of the bank since it closed its doors in December. -The secretary of the commonwealth recently addressed the attorney general's department, asking whether the tenth section of the Act of June 10, 1893. which regulates the nomination and election of public officers, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1895, (P. L. 392,) requires a sheriff to nave a "fac-simile" of the official ballot published as part of the general election proclamation. Deputy-Attorney-General Elkin to-day stated that only the officers need be enumerated, and no "fac-simile" ballot is required. -Here is an item for the farm boys, from the Germantown Telegraph: The statement was made in one of the daily papers recently that, according to the testimony of real estate dealers in the interior of the state, there is a very decided increase in the demand for farms and that the demand comes largely from those who have moved into the cities years ago. If this be true, it is an encouraging item of news. Out of ten who leave the farm to make their way in the city eight would certainly have done better had they remained at home. -Mr. Robert Brooks, a civil engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad, and well and favorable known in Ebensburg, where he resided during the building of the Blacklick railroad, died at Lilly on Wednesday morning from pneumonia after a short illness. The deceased was married on the 21st day of October last to Miss Margaret Dunegan, daughter of E. R. Dunegan, Esq.. of St. Augustine, and since that time the young couple have made their residence at Lilly where Mr. Brooks was employed on the new railroad work at that place. -A fire broke out in a dwelling house owned by the Elk Tanning company at Curwensville, on Tuesday evening, occupied by Moses Watson aud John Webb, both colored with their families. Mrs. Webb had gone to the store and left her four children in the house, their ages being six, four, and two years. and a baby. All were burned to death. The fireman did effective work, and when the fire was quenched a search was made for the bodies. They werefound, but were burned almost beyond recognition. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is the firstinstance in that village in which human life has been lost by fire.
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burned to death in their home at Curwinsville, Pa., during the absence of their parents. Melville W. Fuller, chief justice of the United States supreme court, and David J. Brewer, associate justice, have been nominated as commissioners to serve on the arbitration tribunal to determine the boundary line between Venezuela and British Guiana. W. J. Morrison and Edward Dennison were blown to atoms by a dynamite explosion at Cygnet, O. Thousands of cattle perished in the Indian territory in the recent blizzard. Gov. Bushnell has appointed a commission to receive funds and build a monument to Gen. Phil H. Sheridan at Somerset, O. Joseph Boxell, 25 years old, fatally shot Miss Ora Brotherton, 16 years old, at Dundee, Ind., and then killed himself. It was a case of unrequited love. The two infant children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilkie were burned to death in their home at Linton, Ind., during the absence of their parents. For the last quarter of the year 1896 there was a net decrease of $33,379 in the postal receipts throughout the country. The total receipts were $8,679,320; the total for the corresponding quarter of 1895, $8,712,699. The National board of trade at its annual meeting in Washington declared in favor of the gold standard and for the establishment of a consistent and deliberatively planned financial system. An explosion in the Smock mines at Uniontown, Pa., killed Peter Houser and Charles McQuister, and injured eight other men. The Teckensaw, a small packet plying between Evansville, Ind., and Hartford, Ky., was sunk by floating ice and six lives were said to have been lost. Goepper's malt house in Cincinnati was destroyed by fire, the loss being $350,000. The First national bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., which suspended payment December 14 last. has resumed business. Five men were killed by a freight train near the East Norwalk (Conn.) railway station. The National Association of Manufacturers at its annual meeting in Philadelphia adopted resolutions favoring protection and reciprocity. In a collision between steamers at New Orleans H. P. Hester and F. Blossini, newspaper reporters, were drowned. The National Association of Manufacturers at their annual meeting in Philadelphia reelected as president Theodore C. Search, of Pennsylvania. The Van Emster block in Bay City, Mich., was burned and Mr. Van Emster, aged 56, and Theodore During, aged 68, perished in the flames. More than 1,000 head of horses and cattle perished in Lyman county, S. D., in the recent blizzard. The four children of Mrs. Lee Wade were burned to death in their home at Centerview, Mo., during the absence of their parents. It is announced that the CorbettFitzsimmons fight will take place in the state of Nevada on the 17th of March next. C. K. Rash, a farmer near Wayne, Neb., in a fit of insanity brained his wife and three children with an ax and then hacked the bodies to pieces. James R. Hawkins, proprietor of the iron works at Springfield, Mass., failed for $200,000. Lyman J. Gage, president of the First national bank of Chicago, was formally tendered the treasury portfolio by President-elect McKinley and accepted the same. Morris Jackson, of Little Falls, N. Y., shot Fred McIntosh and Miss Ella M. Ausman and then shot himself. Miss Ausman's wounds were probably fatal. Michael McDermott, an attendant, and Joseph Hall, a patient at the state hospital for the insane in Morristown, Pa., were killed by the cars. A family named Norton, consisting of father, mother and three children, were frozen to death in their home near Mt. Ida, Ark. Eleven men were injured, one, Louis Folger, fatally, by an explosion in a coal mine at Foster, Ia. The recent cold snap will cost the truck and vegetable growers of Florida $100,000. The "Tomboy" mine in Colorado has been bought by the Rothschilds of London for $1,500,000. The Wautauga bank of Johnson City, Tenn., closed its doors with liabilities of $28,000. The exchanges at the leading clearing
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DOMESTIC. Thousands of cattle perished in the Indian territory in the recent blizzardi Joseph Boxell, 25 years old, fatally shot Miss Ora Brotherton, 16 years old, at Dundee, Ind., and then killed himself. It was a case of unrequited love. The two infant children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wil' ie were burned to death in their home at Linton, Ind., during the absence of their parents. For the last quarter of the year 1896 there was a net decrease of $33,379 in the postal receipts throughout the country. The total receipts were $8,679,320; the total for the corresponding quarter of 1895, $8,712,699. The National board of trade at its annual meeting in Washington declared in favor of the gold standard and for the establishment of a consistent and deliberatively planned financial system. An explosion in the Smock mines at Uniontown, Pa., killed Peter Houser and Charles McQuister, and injured eight other men. The Teckensaw, a small packet plying between Evansville, Ind., and Hartford, Ky., was sunk by floating ice and six lives were said to have been lost. Goepper's malt house in Cincinnati was destroyed by fire, the loss being $350,000. The First national bank of Hollidaysburg, Pa., which suspended payment December 14 last. has resumed business. Five men were killed by a freight train near the East Norwalk (Conn.) railway station. The National Association of Manufacturers at its annual meeting in Philadelphia adopted resolutions favoring protection and reciprocity. In a collision between steamers at New Orleans H. P. Hester and F. Blossini, newspaper reporters, were drowned. The National Association of Manufacturers at their annual meeting in Philadelphia reelected as president Theodore C. Search, of Pennsylvania. The Van Emster block in Bay City, Mich., was burned and Mr. Van Emster, aged 56, and Theodore During, aged 68, perished in the flames. More than 1,000 head of horses and cattle perished in Lyman county, S.D., in the recent blizzard. The four children of Mrs. Lee Wade were burned to death in their home at Centerview, Mo., during the absence of their parents. It is announced that the CorbettFitzsimmous fight will take place in the state of Nevada on the 17th of March next. C.K. Rash, a farmer near Wayne, Neb., in a fit of insanity brained his wife and three children with an ax and then hacked the bodies to pieces. James R. Hawkins, proprietor of the iron works at Springfield, Mass., failed for $200,000. Lyman J. Gage, president of the First national bank of Chicago, was formally tendered the treasury portfolio by President-elect McKinley and accepted the same. Morris Jackson, of Little Falls, N. Y., shot Fred McIntosh and Miss Ella M. Ausman and then shot himself. Miss Ausman's wounds were probably fatal. Eleven men were injured, one, Louis Folger. fatally, by an explosion in a coal mine at Foster, Ia. The recent cold snap will cost the truck and vegetable growers of Florida $100,000. The "Tomboy" mine in Colorado has been bought by the Rothschilds of London for $1,500,000. A family named Norton, consisting of father, mother and three children, were. frozen to death in their home near Mt. Ida. Ark. Michael McDermott, an attendant, and Joseph Hall, a patient at the state hospital for the insane in Morristown, Pa., were killed by the cars.