18626. Johnston, Buck & Co. (Ebensburg, PA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
private
Start Date
November 29, 1890
Location
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania (40.485, -78.725)

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Description

Johnston, Buck & Co. suspended on Nov 29, 1890 because their Philadelphia correspondent B. K. Jamison & Co. failed (loss ~$40,000). Creditors granted an extension and the firm reopened in late December 1890 to resume business and pay installments to depositors.

Events (3)
1. November 29, 1890 Suspension
Cause
Correspondent
Cause Details
Forced to suspend because their correspondent B. K. Jamison & Co. of Philadelphia failed, causing about $40,000 loss to Johnston, Buck & Co.
Newspaper Excerpt
Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, of this place, closed their doors this morning ... The failure is one of the results of that of B. K. Jamison & Co., who were Johnston, Buck & Co.'s correspondents.
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newspapers
2. December 1, 1890* Other
Newspaper Excerpt
They expect to be able to pay all depositors in full, the first payment of 25 per cent to be made on January 1, 1891, and 25 per cent every following three months until it is paid. They had about $45,000 in other banks, $40,000 of which was in B. K. Jamison's. Their entire loss therefore is $40,000, and business men of this place ... say that they have every confidence that their money will be paid in full.
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newspapers
3. December 26, 1890 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
The firm of Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, of this place, which suspended on Nov. 29, has decided to open for business to-morrow morning, having secured an extension from their creditors. The first installment of 25 per cent will be available Jan. 5, and 25 per cent of its indebtedness will be paid each six months thereafter, with interest at 4 per cent, until its debts are canceled.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (10)
1. November 30, 1890 New-York Tribune New York, NY
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THE FAILURE OF B. K. JAMISON & CO. PROBABLY WORSE THAN AT FIRST REPORTEDA COUNTRY BANKING HOUSE FORCED TO SUSPEND. Philadelphia, Nov. 29.-The failure of B. K. Jamison & Co. divided the attention of the Street to-day with the startling publication of John R. Baker, jr.'s, gigantic forgeries. The general opinion seems to be that the failure of Jamison & Co. will be worse than was at first reported. The firm are said to have been large borrowers lately, and several financial institutions of this city are thought to have been heavily hit by their suspension. The failure has had no appreciable effect on the local stock market, stocks to-day having been dull, but steady. Assignee Thompson said this afternoon: "It is utterly impossible for me® at this time to give an approximate estimate of the firm's liabilities and assets. We have only started on the first details of the work, and It will be several days before any statement can be made." The liabilities of the firm are variously estimated on the Street at from $500,000 to $1,500,000, but such estimates are the merest guesswork. Ebensburg, Penn., Nov. 29.-Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, of this place, closed their doors this morning, their failure being one of the results of that of B. K. Jamison & Co., who were Johnston, Buck & Co.'s correspondents. Their statement has not yet been made public, but they expect to be able to pay all depositors in full, the first payment of 25 per cent to be made on January 1, 1891, and 25 per cent every following three months until it is paid. They had about $45,000 in other banks, $40,000 of which was in B. K. Jamison's. Their entire loss therefore is $40,000, and business men of this place, who are depositors, say that they have every confidence that their money will be paid in full. The heaviest loser is County Treasurer Howe, who had a deposit of $20,000. State Treasurer Boyer to-day entered two suits in the Common Pleas Court against B. K. Jamison & Co., upon a bond for $100,000, dated last June, to secure the payment of the State's money, which the firm are said to have had in their possession. In an affidavit filed with the bond, Mr. Boyer avers that the amount due on the bond filed in the action, and the judgment thereon, is $25,000, that being the amount at this time on deposit with Jamison & Co., to secure the payment of which the bond was given. The suits are entered against B. K. Jamison, W. M. Steward, J. Henry Kershaw, Philip F. Kelly and A. G. Plamer. trading as the firm of B. K. Jamison & Co., to hold them responsible for the debt as contracted by the firm, and also against the same parties individually.

2. November 30, 1890 The Wichita Daily Eagle Wichita, KS
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Beecham's Pills cure sick headache. FAILURES. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-The failure of B. K. Jamison & Co., divided the attention of the street this morning with the startling publication of John A. Baker, Jr.'s, gigantic forgeries. The general opinion seems to be that the failure of Jamison & Co. will be worse than at first represented. The liabilities of the firm are estimated on the street at $1,500,000; but such estimates are the merest guess work, as those who are in a position to authoritatively state what the liabilities are decline to do SO at this time. NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Behning Sons, piano manufacturers, at 157 East One Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, made a general assignment today to William Jonk, with preferences of over $10,000. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 29.-A dispatch from Edensburg, Pa., says: Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, have closed their doors. The assets and liabilities are not yet known. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 29. - The Journal's Duluth special says the private bank of H. P. Hall & Co. closed its doors this morning temporarily. In a run yesterday $30,000 of the $70,000 deposits were drawn out. When the bank closed Mr Hall addressed the waiting depositors, and told them he could pay no more cash, but if they would wait a day or two, they would be paid in full. He had not raised the necessary funds today. Immediate "Had

3. November 30, 1890 The Morning Call San Francisco, CA
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MORE FAILURES. Suspension of Pittsburg Bankers-Run on a Minneapolis Bank. PITTSBURG, Nov. 29.- - A dispatch from Ebensburg, Pa., says Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers. have closed their doors. Their assets and liabilities are not known. The failure is a result of that of Jamieson & Co., the bank's correspondents. A statement has not yet been made public, but the firm expects to be able to pay all the depositors in full. The heaviest loser is the County Treasurer, who has a deposit of $20,000 in the bank. The failure of B. K. Jamieson & Co. divided the attention of the street this morning with the startling publication of John A. Baker Jr.'s gigantic forgeries. The general opinion seems to be that the failure of Jamieson & Co. will prove worse than at first reported. The firm is said to have been large borrowers lately, and several financial institutions in this city are thought to have been heavily hit. The liabilities of the firm are variously estimated at $50,000 to $1,500,000, but such estimates are the merest guess work. Beyond the statement given last night, no information in regard to Baker's enormous speculation will be made by the absconder's family. The general impression is that Baker has made good his escape from the country and will not be apprehended. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29. From figures obtained to-night, the indications are that the labilities of Jamieson & Co. will exceed $1,000,000. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 29.-A Duluth special says the private bank of Hall & Co. closed its doors this morning temporarily. In a run yesterday $50,000 of $70,000 of the deposits were drawn out. No runs were made on the other banks. The bank expects to pay in full.

4. November 30, 1890 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA
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THE GREAT JAMISON FAILURE. Worse Than at First Reported-A Duluth Bank Forced to Close. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 29.-The failure of B. K. Jamison & Co. divided the attention of the street this morning with the startling publication of John A. Baker's, jr., gigantic torgeries. The general opinion seems to be that the failure of Jamison & Co. will be worse than at first reported. The firm is said to have been large borrowers lately, and several financial institutions of this city are thought to have been heavily hit. The liabilities of the firm are variously estimated at $500.000 to $1,500,000, but such estimates are mere guesswork. Bevond the statement given last night, no information in regard to Baker's enormous peculations can be made public by the absconder's family. The general impression is that Baker has made good his escape from the country and will not be apprehended. The state treasurer has entered two suits in the common pleas court against Jamison & Co., upon bonds to secure the payment of $25,000 of state money which the firm is said to have had in its possession. From figures received tonight the indications are that the liabilities of Jamison & Co. exceed $1,000,000. PITTSBURG, Nov. 29.-A dispatch from Ebensburg, Pa., says that Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, have closed their doors. 1 he failure is the result of that of Jamison & Co., the bank's correspondents. A statement has not yet been made public, but the firm expects to be able to pay all depositors in full. The heaviest loser is the county treasurer, who has a deposit of $20,000 in the bank. DULUTH, Nov. 29.-The private bank of Hall & Co. closed its doors this morning temporarily. In a run yesterday $30,000 of the $70,000 of deposits was drawn out. No runs have been made on the other banks. The bank expects to pay in full.

5. December 3, 1890 The Enterprise Wellington, OH
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LATER. A MEETING of the National Executive Silver Committee has been called at Washington on December 10, 1890. INTERNAL revenue receipts for the first four months of the present fiscal year. aggregated $51,028,289, or an increase over the corresponding months of the last fiscal year of $4,245,290. IN a freight wreck which occurred on the 29th ult. on the Spokane branch of the Union Pacific railroad, near Pendleton, Ore., the engineer, fireman and one brakeman were killed, and another brakeman fatally injured. THE pension appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, as agreed upon by the subcommittee having it in charge, appropriates $133,173,085 for the payment of pensions and $1,500,000 for examining surgeons. A SMALL boat containing six persons was capsized in Rice Lake, Wis., on the 29th ult., and the entire party were drowned. The victims were Frank Founcer, William Knight, Charles Stikes, William and Al Stark and Arthur Page, the latter of Boston, Mass. JOHNSTON, BUCK & Co., bankers at Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa., closed their doors on the 29th ult. owing to the failure of B. K. Jamieson & Co., of Philadelphia. They promise to pay dollar for dollar within a year. THE Bossemer plant of the Bethlehem Iron Company, at Bethlehem, Pa., has shut down for an indefinite period, throwing 1,200 men out of work. Scarcity of orders is the alleged cause of the suspension. A RECEIVER of the Knights of Aurora will shortly be appointed by Judge Hicks, of Minneapolis, owing to fraud, insolvency and unlawful practices in the management. ANGUS McDoNALD, Alex McIsaacs and B. Walsh left Sandy Point. N. F., several days ago in a large sail boat for Stevensville. A fierce gale prevailed during the night and all hands were lost. THE Hotel Patawomick, at Glen Echo, a pleasure resort near Washington, D. C., burned on the 29th ult., causing a loss of $90,000. Many of the occupants of the hotel had narrow escapes. THE private bank of Hall & Co., at Duluth, Minn., was forced to suspend on the 29th ult., owing to a run on the institution, during which $30,000 of the $70,000 of deposits were drawn out. JOHN Gebhard, a cigarmaker, his wife and their two children were instantly killed by a train on the Northern railway at Closter, N. J., on the 29th ult.

6. December 5, 1890 The Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, PA
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THE suspension of the banking firm of Johnston, Buck & Co., of this place, Carrolltown and Hastings, is an unfortunate calamity for the people of central and northern Cambria. Its effects will be far reaching and felo by many, but it is to be hoped the confidence the people have in the integrity and busis ness management of the firm, and 6Spreially in A. W. Buck, the resident partner and cashier. will enable it to overcome its difficulties. avoid an assignment and prevent the winding up of its affairs by the sudden collection of its securities. Its assets are composed entirely of the notes of our people, who, having found themselves in need of money to carry on their business, to make payment for their farms or homes or to tide themselves over some pressing financial stringency have found it necessary to become borrowers from the bank. Many no doubt have borrowed with the intention and expectation of paying part of their indebtedness when their notes became due and of getting a renewal for the balance, believing it better to pay interest than to sacrifice 8 ome produce, or stock that perhaps at the time was unsalable. It is not the old business men or the old farmers that would be pushed to the wall during such a financial panic as the enforced liquidation of the assets of Johnston, Buck & Co., would create in this county. It is the beginners, the men who at the end of the next decade may be either prosperous or poor as the result of this financial crisis ; the half fledged business men who with small capital but lots of energy are struggling for a foothold in their business ; the young farmers, (who after several years of hard work and saving find themselves the purchasers of farms and are meeting their pays ments as they become due by the sale of their stock and produce and when they can't sell, borrowing from the bank until such time as they can sell to advantage ; to these the sudden, enforced collection, by the strong arm of the law of all the assets of the suspended firm, means a great loss ; to some it means financial ruin and sends them back to the place of beginning with several payments lost and several years of honest toil thrown away. It is not alone the notes of the banking firm that would be collected but others, holding notes against the same people, finding the banking firm pushing for the money due them would become uneasy, credit and confidence would be destroyed and in the financial panic that would ensue the debtors along with others who do not at present feel that they are interested, would lose more than the entire liabilities of the suspended firm. To those who are indebted to the suspended firm the granting of the extension asked for means much ; but to the entire community who are prosperous, happy and contented when business goes smoothly along the prospect of a financial panic in the county is not a pleasing event to contemplate and every available means should be used to avert it. Give the suspended firm 3 chance and help them on their feet. They have been struck, cyclone like, by a sudden and unexpected loss, but through no fault of theirs. The examination of their affairs by a committee of business men, in whom we all would trust, shows they have ample assets to meet their liabilities and but the more firmly establishes the business probity and integrity of the firm. The forbearance of their creditors will make their loss lighter, enable them to be more lenient with their debtors and may be the means of saving a number of our people from financial ruin.

7. December 6, 1890 Perrysburg Journal Perrysburg, OH
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DOMESTIC. INTERNAL revenue receipts for the first four months of the present fiscal year aggregated $51,028,289, or an increase over the corresponding months of the last fiscal year of $4,245,290. AT Jersey City, N. J., on the 28th alt. John Whalen, Joseph G. Mulrain, David and Martin J. White, recently were Judge one sentenced convicted Gordon of by ballot-box Lippincott stuffing, labor to year and six months' hard in State prison. BENJAMIN WRIGHT, aged eighty-two, N. on He died had at eaten Trenton, nothing J., for the five 28th months ult. on account of stomach trouble, and was reduced to skin and bone. THE accounts of the postmaster at for the of November have days New Orleans first been twenty-two received They at the Post-office Department. show that the receipts for the period were $1,124, against $33,552 for the first twenty-two days of last year, when the lottery law was not in force. AT Lincoln, Neb., on the 28th ult. John Barlow accidentally shot H. H. of Bliss, a prominent business man Steele City, killing him instantly. THE failure of B. K. Jamieson & Co., bankers and brokers, was announced on the Philadelphia stock exchange on the 28th ult. No statement of liabilities or assets was made. MARTIN D. LOPPY, who was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his wife on July 4th last, was on the 28th ult. sentenced to death by electroeution within the week beginning January 1891, at Sing Sing, N. Y. LYMAN MOWRY, an attorney of San Francisco whose principal clientage is among the Chinese, has just returned from China where he went in the interest of the Tehauntepec railroad. At Canton he contracted for 8,000 men to work on the raiiroad. They will be shipped direct to the field of labor. THE Extensive barrel and stave works Horn & Co., at Louis, were by fire on ult. of B. F. destroyed East the insured St. 29th entailing a loss of $75,000: for $25,000. THE officers of the Brazilian squadron visited the Executive Mansion on the 28th ult. and were received by the President and Cabinet The Brazilian Adto the a a as a miral medal, presented weighing nearly President pound, medal gold is token of friendship. The handsomely designed, bearing on one side the Brazilian coat of arms and on the other the insignia of the United States. IN a freight wreck which occurred on the 29th ult. on the Spokane branch of the Union Pacific railroad, near Pendleton, Ore., the engineer, fireman and one brakeman were killed, and another brakeman fatally injured. WILLIAM BLYTHE and Harlow Bennett, of Wolcott, with James Ferguson and Calvin F. Campbell, of Oswego, went hunting in a boat on Sodus Bay, eixteen miles from Oswego, N. Y., on the 27th ult. Two days later their boat was found on the beach and the men are missing. B. R. BROCKINGTON, the leading merehant of Hillsboro, Tex., has made an assignment, with liabilities amounting to over $100,000; assets not known. THE threshing machine men of the are in a is forming United States gigantic busily trust, which engaged it will rival in reformed A was efently pany. thought temporary American organization magnitude Harvester the Comfected at Chicago on the 29th ult. and articles of incorporation will soon be filed. THE pension appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, as agreed upon by the ap$183,173,085 propriates subcommittee having it for in the for charge, payment examinof pensions and $1,500,000 ing surgeons. GOVERNMENT receipts from allsources during November past aggregated $28,986,124, against $30,746,967 in November, 1889. AT the hearing before the Congressional Committee on Immigration in Seattle, Wa., on the 29th ult., Collector Bradshaw, of the Puget Sound district, stated thatat least fifty or sixty Chinese are smuggled across the Canadian border each month. He recommended that the Government purchase two swift steam launches to patrol the Sound. JOHNSTON, BUCK & Co., bankers at Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa., closed their doors on the 29th ult. owing to the failure of B. K. Jamieson & Co., of Philadelphia. They promise to pay dolBar for dollar within a year. THE Bassemer plant of the Bethlehem Iron Company. at Bethlehem, Pa., has abut down for an indefinite period, throwing 1,200 men out of work. Scarcity of orders is the alleged cause of the suspension. A RECEIVER of the Knights of Aurora will shortly be appointed by Judge Hicks, of Minneapolis, owing to fraud, insolvency and unlawful practices in the management

8. December 27, 1890 St. Paul Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN
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With Four Per Cent Inteerst. EBENSBURG, Pa., Dec. 26.-The firm of Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, of this place, which suspended on Nov. 29, has decided to open for business to-morrow morning, having secured an extension from their creditors. The first installment of 25 per cent will be available Jan. 5, and 25 per cent of its indebtedness will be paid each six months thereafter, with interest at 4 per cent, until its debts are canceled. The bank's creditors are greatly pleased over the result.

9. December 31, 1890 The Somerset Herald Somerset, PA
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Two Banks to Resume. EBENSBURG, Pa., Dec. 20.-The firm of Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers, of this place which suspended on November 29th with liabilities of over $250,000, will open for business to-morrow morning. having secured an extension from their creditors. The first installment of 25 per cent. will be available on January 5th, and 25 per cent. of their indebtedness will be paid each six months thereafter with interest at 4 per cent. until their debts are canceled. The bank's embarrassment was caused by the failure of B. K. Jamison & Co., of Philadelphia, The bank of Saltsburg, Indiana county, which was also forced to suspend by the Jamison failure, will probably resume some time next month. The appraisers report that the assets largely exceed the liabilities.

10. January 1, 1891 Pittsburg Dispatch Pittsburgh, PA
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# DECEMBER 1-Harrison sent a message at the opening of don for attempting to kill Dr. Frank Bright, Master of University College, Oxford. Two American girls at Ann Arbor run away and marry Japanese students. Filemaker, champion of the jumping horses, clears 7 feet 1¼ inches. Desertions from the army during the last 12 months were hundreds less than last year. Director General Davis, of the World's Fair, issues a letter calling on the National Commission to stir up State Legislatures. 9-Patrick Ford, posing as a switchman, arrested in Chicago for systematic robbing of cars. Harrison issues his Thanksgiving proclamation. Lieutenant Troup replies to and denies several of Stanley's charges. Wet potatoes said to be the only food of the starving Irish. A syndicate proposes to construct a ship. 10-William Bonney corroborates all that Stanley revealed. Two thousand friends of the Haymarket rioters celebrate their execution. The daughter-in-law of murdered millionaire Snell wants to know why Tascott has not been arrested. The American Committee for the Relief of Famine in Ireland temporarily withdraws its appeal. Johnstown horse dealers robbed by mountain brigands, Danforth and Brennan fight eight rounds, when darkness stops hostilities. 11-A big slump in stocks caused by the action of the Bank of England and expert manipulation. Troup talks again of the horrible charges of cannibalism against Jameson. The arbitrators in the discharged Frick employe's case say he should be taken back to work. Dillon and O'Brien have a big reception at New York. 12-The financial storm causes a number of failures at New York. Henry M. Stanley given an elegant reception at New York. General Assembly Knights of Labor opens its sessions at Denver. Pittsburg and New York clubs make up their minds to leave the Players' League. New York City letter carriers dismissed for working in league with green goods sharpers. 13-Betty Benton, of Bradford, Pa., has six husbands before she is 25 and loses them all. Condition of financial affairs change for the better. Stronghold of a gang of moonshiners and counterfeiters in Tucker county, W. Va. An accused Kentucky murderer remains in jail 22 years forgotten by the officials. 14-Allen G. Thurman the recipient of the biggest birthday banquet ever given in the country. Reported that Iceman O'Sullivan, one of the convicted murderers of Dr. Cronin, confessed. Stanley's worst charges more than confirmed by the most overwhelming evidence. The North American Company borrows $12,000,000 to tide it over present difficulties. 15-A thousand tests made of Koch's new discovery for the cure of consumption. The Secretary of State at work on a reciprocity report. Jameson's widow makes public her late husband's written statement. Conflict at Chicago between the Director General and the local board of officers of the Fair. Gould says $24,000,000 are lost every year through railroad wars. The Messiah still being looked for by the Indians. 16-Explorer Stanley thinks there is a chance for American enterprise in Africa. Parnell fails to appear in the O'Shea divorce case. Baring Brothers, of London, embarrassed, the news causing great excitement in financial circles. Mr. Arthur Bateman, of New York, robbed of diamonds worth $12,000. 17-Albert H. Smith arrested in New York, charged with forgeries amounting to over $350,000. A drunken man's freak causes the murder of three men at Ocala, Fla. Fifteen disgusted Mormon converts return from Utah to Chambersburg, Pa. 18-Decree of divorce entered in the O'Shea case. Powderly re-elected General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor. The Indian Messiah, according to the red skins, to bring peace, not war. Financial affairs getting down to their normal condition. Pauline Hall, the comic opera singer, falls out with her managers and discharges them. 19-Troops started to the Northwest to protect the settlers from the Indians an outbreak being feared. The fight still going on over a site for the World's fair. George Gould makes a vigorous raid on Pacific Mail stocks. 20-Indians reported to be in a frantic condition and ready for war. Boston sends to Koch for a supply of his lymph. Anna Brundage put on trial at Washington, Pa., as West's accomplice in the Crouch murder. Walter W. Burnham, slated to manage the Pittsburg ball club, in town. A Russian Pole proves to be the slayer of General Seliverskoff. 21-Barker Bros. & Co., bankers at Philadelphia, fail for nearly $5,000,000. The Legislative committee begins an inquiry into Cincinnati's rotten board. Koch jealously holds the secret of his consumption cure. Many meetings in Ireland in support of Parnell. 22-Gladstone's counsel will decide the political future of Parnell. The Bishop of Lincoln found guilty of illegal ritualism. The case of Jugiro, sentenced to die by electricity, before the United States Supreme Court. An imprisoned murderer at Huntingdon shoots two men who wanted to lynch him. Indian hostiles defiant. Several banks in Oklahoma and Kansas fail. 23-Indians massing and settlers flee for safety. Many arrests of Nihilists being made in Russia. Harvard defeats Yale at football. Jackson and Goddard fight eight rounds, when it is declared a draw. The United States Rolling Stock Company, of Chicago, fails for nearly $4,000,000. Tory journals make concerted onslaught upon Parnell. 24-An expedition leaves England to work up trade in Africa. Murderer West and others make unsuccessful attempt to escape from Washington county jail. 25-First gun fired in the Indian outbreak. Joan E. Baker, Philadelphia broker, disappears, leaving many debts. Reports that Parnell may retire. 26-Gladstone says Parnell or himself must retire from the Home Rule party. Floods in Germany cause much loss of life and property. Democrats jealous of Blaine's proposed South American Bureau for the World's Fair. Eva Hamilton released from the New Jersey Penitentiary. Indians terrorized by the large number of troops. 27-Parnell wants to hear from the Irish delegates in America. Action urged to improve the Mississippi river. Andersonville prison bought by the G. A. R. Heirs of Andrew J. Davis, at Helena, Mont., fighting over an estate of $12,000,000. Two banks in Duluth suspend with liabilities aggregating $700,000. Indian scare said to be partly fictitious. Brazilian warships received with unusual honors in New York harbor. Mr. Leland Stanford said to have become a Roman Catholic. 28-Yale defeats Princeton. During the play a stand falls and many people are hurt. An Ann Arbor professor demonstrates that mind reading is a fake. Governor Campbell respites Popp and Smith, the murderers. The Irish Home Rule party practically broken up. State Farmers' convention adopt resolutions for free coinage among other things. 29-B. F. Jamison & Co., Philadelphia bankers, suspend. Parnell turns upon the Liberals, and reveals secret political history. Mine Superintendent Lang may have to pay heavy damages for the Hill Farm mine horror. The army to disarm the Indians. Wanamaker recommends a postal telegraph. Irish delegates in America confer over the Parrell matter. 30-The Nicely brothers and a number of other prisoners saw their way out of the Somerset jail. Chesapeake and Ohio project to be resurrected. Johnston, Buck & Co., bankers of Ebensburg, fail. Gladstone, in a manifesto, makes general denial of the charges of Parnell.