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A Bank Suspends. TACOMA (Wash.), May 26.-The Bank of Puyallup closed its doors this morning. A notice posted on the door states that it has closed on account of the stringency in the money market. A. G. Matthews filed a suit here to-day asking that a receiver be appointed, stating the liabilities of the bank to be $80,000. Matthews deposited $1,500 yesterday and attempted to draw it out to-day, but was refused payment.
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Banker Charged with Embezzlement. WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 26.-Last February private banker E. V. Rockafellow closed the doors of his bank on 840 depositors. The report of the assignees shewed that depositors would get 4 per cent. A meeting of all creditors was held yesterday. Heretofore it was impossible to serve warrants of arrest on the ex-banker. physicianshaving testified that he was unable to leave his bed. Last evening Constable Bauer, disguised as a delivery man for a grocery store, got access to Rockafellow's kitchen. He made his way up stairs and served nine warrants on the banker charg-. ing him with embezzlement. Rookafellow, however, secured bail in the sum of $25,000 Other Business Troubles. BRUNSWICK. Ga., May 26.-The Brunswick State Bank did not open for business this morning, and remained closed all day. The bank was the repository of the State, and the State has in it now $30,000. TACOMA, Wash., May 26.-The Bank of Puyallup, at Puyallup. closed its doors this morning. A. G. Matthews filed suit for a receiver, stating liabilities of the bank were 880,000.
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Closed Its Doors. TACOMA, Wash., May 26.-The - Bank of Puyallup, at Puyallup, closed its doors this morning. A notice stated it had closed on account of the stringency of the money market. A. G. Matthews filed suit here today asking that a receiver be appointed, stating the liabilities of the bank were $30,000. Matthews deposited $1,500 yesterday and attemptea to draw it out today, but was refused.
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BANK OF PUYALLUP FAILS. The Closure Due to a Stringency in the Money Market. TACOMA, May 26.-The Bank of Puyallup closed its doors this morning. A notice on the door says that it closed on account of a stringency in the money market. A. C. Matthews filed a suit here to-day asking that a receiver be appointed, and stating that the liabilities of the bank were $80,000. Matthews deposited $1500 yesterday and attempted to draw it out to-day, but was refused payment.
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and ne assigned. Great excitement. CINCINNATI. HOW HE O., LOST May HIS 26.-A WEALTH. special Ex- to Post from Fostoria, O., says the Charles Foster of the treasury Foster Secretary failed and made an assignment. goods has in business in Fostoria as a dry he was Soon after the war closed National merchant. helped to organize the Fostoria Bank. By shrewd speculation in real when estate elected he became wealthy, and for in the 1879, first time. was governor of be Ohio worth $1,000,000. During Lake reputed next to four years he lost heavily and in street Superior the copper. natural gas, railway Findlay speculations. during its temporary bubble boom At invested largely. When the caught he he, with many others, was He also burst thousands of dollars. business and for lost many endorsing notes for he has atby friends. Since then only bepolitical to recoup his losses, but The crash tempted deeply involved. appointcame temporarily more avoided by his It is was Secretary of the Treasury. able to more thought ment as he will at best not be than pay his debts. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT. ITS YORK, May 26.-The New York ComNEW of the Foster Banking tocorrespondent of Fostoria, O., which suspended and Leather Bank. day. pany is the National Shoe NEW YORK FAILURE. YORK, A May -The failure at the of NEW Minton was announced Consolidated McKin Exchange this morning. ASSIGNA. MACHINE AGENT A SEWING N. Y., May Domestic 26.-Edward Sewing Newell. BUFFALO, agent for the has made a general Machine Company liabilities of between assignment and $60,000. with and assets caused about by the the $40.000 failure was in New same. The trouble of the company accommodafinancial York, to whom he had given AUSTRALIAN tion. ANOTHER FAILURE. May 26.-The MELBOURNE Financial AUSTRALIA. Trustees and Agency The Company Mercantile has suspended the concern payment exceeds nominal $4,000,000. capital and the of British $300,000. deposits in the institution amount O., May to 27.-The Peoples x-Secretary Bank of FINDLAY North held Baltimore, $10,000 in stock, which feared stood would a heavy and it was bank to suspend. morning. for compelled business as directors usual this announce Foster run vesterday The opened storm how- their be I ability ever, and to pull its through the financial ONE. safely. FAILURE A VERY BAD Gormley, POSTER'S O., May 27.-J. B. Foster. states FOSTORIA, of s-Secretary shows his i the assignee further investigation shape than had 3 that a be in even worse says that the : affairs to first thought. He and possibly will much less. ) $1,000,000, with n.-The doors , TACOMA, WANH closed its been liabilities at reach Puyalhup. assets May $800,000 that Bank it had the of Puyallup, at A notice stated of yesterday of the filed closed oil A G. receiver money market. asking that a of : account Matthews stringency liabilities suit the be here yesterday. stating that the deposited I bank were and attempted to $1,500 but was refused. : appointed. out yesterday. Thursday $80,000. May Matthews 30. The Bank head draw of of it BERT-FORD 4. D., concern at the which Beresford, A. it A. Ames, has is MEET ITS : MAY private OBLIGATION# failed. May 30.-The i : Worley Liabilities $35,000; bank will pay failed. ELLETISVILLE, Bank that it private IND. the institution assets, all $50,000. local. has all . It is believed The depositors are CLAIMS. , A BROKEN BANK PA., May 30.-A. Bank A. of : of the Tyrone its doors one Stevens. which closed of the coni obligations. assignee Pa. creditors PAYING 15 per : ago, is dividend of 40 per cern a second so far received of their claims. Creditors year Tyrone, have paying cent. cent
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mated. THERE were 273 business failures reported in the United States during the seven days ended on the 26th. In the week preceding there were 261, and during the corresponding time in 1892 he number was 198. THE Brunswick state bank at Brunswick, Ga., where the state funds were deposited, has failed. CHARLES FOSTER, ex-secretary of the treasury and one of the most prominent business men in Fostoria, O., made an assignment with liabilities of $600,000 and assets about the same. Stringency in the money market was given as the cause. THE Bank of Puyallup at Puyallup, Wash., closed its doors with liabilities of $80,000. THE children of the Brooklyn Sunday School union celebrated the sixtyfourth anniversary of the organization by parading in different parts of the city with more than 65,000 little ones in line. WHILE fishing in Wall lake near Marshalltown, Ia., George Burgess, Bert Corey and R. Corey were drowned. A GOVERNMENT surveying party on the Colville reservation in Washington was attacked by Indians and two of its members were killed. A CYCLONE in Illinois wrecked many houses, barns and trees at Rentchler, Olney and Lawrenceville and injured several persons. ROBERT ALEXANDER and Louis and Howard Pugh, negro boys, were hanged at Tuskegee, Ala., for criminal assault on Mrs. Cox, a farmer's wife. This was the first legal hanging for this offense in the state. THE father of Lou Trenck, who was hanged by an Indiana mob in Jackson county, has offered a reward for the conviction of the ringleaders. THOUSANDS of people have been rendered homeless by the floods in northwest Louisiana and an appeal has been issued for aid. WARRANTS were issued for several dishonest gatekeepers at the world's fair, from 5,000 to 10,000 souvenir tickets having been purloined daily. THE sixteen foreign countries dissatisfied with the single judge plan of making awards at the world's fair have decided to enter into competion among themselves. DA MARBLE bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famous author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," was unveiled in the library of the Woman's building on the world's fair grounds by Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, her sister. The entire work is a gift of the women of Connectieut. THE town of Blue Mound, Kan., was nearly destroyed by a tornado. Houses were lifted bodily and blown away, orchards were ruined, fences blown down and vast damage done. Thomas Higgins was killed. THE percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 28th were as follows: Pittsburgh, .652; Cleveland. .647; Brooklyn, .565; St. Louis, Balti- .542; Philadelphia, .522; Boston, .520; more, .520; Cincinnati, .462; Washing- .409; ton, .440; New York, .440; Chicago, Louisville. .214. THE heaviest rainfall in years occurred throughout Tennessee, Missis- the sippi. Arkansas and Louisiana and whole country was Alooded and incalculable damage was done to planters. OWING to the recent floods there was said to be 10,000 homeless and hungry people in East Carroll, Moorehouse, West Carroll and Madison parishes in Louisiana, and the sufferings and privations they were undergoing were appalling. PROHIBITIONISTS of Cheney, Kan., deraided the saloons and hotel bars, the stroying the fixtures and spilling liquors. HORTICULTURAL hall at Philadelphia burned, causing a loss of $100,000. was SECRETARY HOKE SMITH made a pension ruling to the effect that applicants must be incapacitated from manual a labor before they can be eligible to pension. ON the Cass Lake Indian reservation the Minnesota Shoe-wawaw-ge-sh, venerable in Chippewa chieftain, was stabbed and instantly killed by an assassin. The chief's relatives dead. captured the assassin and shot him THE sugar refinery at Baltimore, Md., was burned, the loss being $1,000,000; insurance, $865,000. REV. WILLIAM GRAHAM and wife while walking on the Central railroad an near Milner, Ga., were struck by ngine and both were killed. THE world's fair grounds were thrown main on Sunday and also all the United exhibit open buildings except the States headquarters and the exhibits colofrom Great Britain and the British nies. Eighteen state buildings were and twenty-two were closed. open THE firm of Weaver, Getz & Co., one in the largest and most important susof the coal business in Chicago, has pended with liabilities of $500,000. CHRISTIAN HABERKUS, aged 72, in- of Roanoke, Ind., while temporarily sane killed his wife, aged 70, and then took his own life. WHILE playing with a revolver Willie shot Knapp, of St. Paul, aged 11 years, his and killed his sister, two years junior. F.H. MILBURN, aged 30. son of the
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PUYALLUP BANKER ARRESTED. Cashier Dusinberre, of a Suspended Dank, Charged with Emberslement. TACOMA, July 15-(Special.)-Sam B. Dusin. berre, secretary of the State Bankers' Association and cashier of the suspended Bank of Puy. allup, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Director A. Gardella of that bank, charging him with embessling $41,000 of the bank's money. His attorney, B. W. Coiner, says Mr. Dusinberre borrowed some of the bank's money. as did others connected with it, but that he has covered the amounts with notes in the usual manner. While those causing his arrest were no doubt sincere in doing no, Mr. Coiner saye It will be shown that they were mistaken and Mr. Dusinberre is not guilty of embesslement Some of the bad dehts of the bank have been charged up to Mr. Dusinberre, it is said, and he is held responsible when the responsibility does not rest with him. If he did borrow the bank's money and provided notes to cover the same he could not, it is maintained by Mr. Coluer, be charged with embessiement, It is claimed that he provided for every dollar in that manner, but, on the other hand, it is claimed that some of these notes are worthies and therefore fraudulent. Mr. Dusiaberre is a prominent and popular business and society man. He was formerly assistant cashier of the Pacific National bank, of this city. Lately be has been stopping with his father-in-law at Yakima Mrs. Dusinberre is greatly grieved by the charges preferred against her husband and it is feared her mind may be temporarily affected thereby. He was admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000 and will be given a hearing next week before Justice Hill, of Puyallup, who issued the warrant
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DUSINBERRE'S STEALINGS. The Cashier of a Suspended Bank Arrested for Embezzlement. TACOMA, Wash., July 15.-S. B. Dusinberre cashier of the suspended bank of Puyallup, has been arrested on the charge of embezzing $41,000 of the bank's funde. The arrest caused-a big sensation, as Dusinberre was prominent in business and social circles in Tacoma. His bail was fixed at $10,000, in default of which be went to jail. Dusinberre refused to talk, but the bank officials claim he has acknowledged to a shortage of $11,000, claiming the remainder bad notes, etc.
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Another Arrest. TACOMA, Wash., July 16.-W. S. Dusenberry, cashier of the suspended bank of Puyallup, was arrested at Yaki maya, charged with embezzling $41,000 of the bank's funds. He is a prominent man here. Dusenberry was taken to Puyallup for a hearing. Bail was fixed at $10,000, which he was unable to furnish, and he was remanded to jail. Where Are They At? ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 15.-The stockholdersof six building and loan associations, each capitalized at $600,000, are wondering today where they are at. The associations are the Western Union, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Yesterday, Milo T. Bogard, secretary of all the associations, and also one of the largest real estate dealers in the city, gave warranty deeds of all his property to John H. Vette, a money lender whose rates of interest are considered too high for ordinary business men to touch. For what purpose the deeds are given could not readily be ascertained. The stockholders of the six associations learned of the transaction this morning and alarmed for their own interest hastened to Bogard's office and took possession of his books. An examination was at once commenced, but it will take a long time to unravel them in their complicated condition. In the meantime Bogard could not be found and therefore no explanation of his side of the story could be obtained. Trouble in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 15.-The failure of the Bank of Kansas City yesterday precipitated runs on three-fourths of the large. banks in the city today, and Delaware and Ninth streets, the bank streets, were thronged as never before in years. The Bank of Commerce had three policemen before its door, and none except those who had business with the bank were allowed to enter. There have been rumors about a bank which has a paid-up capital of $2,000,000 for some time, and last night the stockholders realizing the bank was in danger, owing to the excitement, signed a pledge passing their estates into the bank's assets. The sum total was about $4,000,000. At noon confidence in a large measure had been restored, and the runs stopped except on the Missouri National, which continued slowly. Unless some bank fails the crisis for the immediate present is passed. Tried an Unfortunate Experiment. NEW YORK, July 16.-Chancellor McGill at Jersey City, yesterday, appointed John C. Paul receiver of the Garwood Steel Works. The company was originally a Boston concern and made steel car wheels. The works are at Garwood, N. Y., and $300,000 has been lost in following a new process.
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ANOTHER EMBEZZLING BANK CASHIER Tacoma, Wash.. July 16.-S. N. Dusenbery, cashier of the suspended bank of Puyallup, was arrested on a charge of embezzling $41.000 of the bank's funds. The charge and arrest have caused a big sensation. as Dusenbery was a protainent man in business and social circles of Tacoma. The arrest was made at Yakima yesterday by the sheriff, who kept his prisoner all night in a room of a private house in this city. Dusenbery was taken this afternoon to Payallup for hearing before Justice K. Hill. The bail was fixed at $10,000. which he was unable to furnish, and he was remanded to jait. lie refused to talk, though the bank officials say he has acknowledged to a shortage of $19,000.
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EX-CASHIER DUsINBERRE'S case. His Attorneys Trying to Have His Ball Reduced-How His Bank Was Run. TACOMA. July 17. - (Special.)-S. R. Dusinberre was taken out to Puyallup again this afternoon to waive an examination before Justice of the Peace Hill. His attorneys consider that his bail was fixed too high by the justice and they propose to have him arraigned before the superior court at once and have the amount reduced. A resident of Puyallup says: At the old Central hotel at Puyallup they have been in the habit of running a pretty stiff poker game, and it le said that Dasinberre once lost $600 there in six minutes. It is a gentlemen's game. of course There is grim humor in the fact that one of the officers of the law at Puyallup owns the Central hotel property and is eredited with drawing a big rental, but when the Bank of Puyallup closed he had $1,500 in it and could not get It out Another amus. ing thing about that bank is that one of the most prominent men In it to full of schemes to befriend the farmer. He wanted to get in a cargo of burlap, for instance, and sell it to his brother farmers at cost, and the like. The bank was wanted for the purpose of helping the farmer, also, as well as others. It was expected that it would be run by farmers and they would derive the benefits, instead of allowing it to go to the city bankers. As a resuit the city bankers went out, with the assist. once of Mr. Dusinberre, and the bank was run into the ground.
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A "Prominent" Bank Cashier Jailed. TACOMA, Wash., July 17.-S. N. Dusenbery, cashier of the suspended Bank of Puyallup, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling $41,000 of the bank's funds. The charge and the arrest has caused a big sensation, as Dusenbery was a prominent man in business and social circles of Tacoma.
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A Swindier Arrested. TACOMA (Wash.), Sept. 6.-A telegram received to-night announces the arrest of W. F. Rhodes at Denver, a son of the Postmaster at Centralia, for carrying on a swindling scheme through the mails. Rhodes, it is alleged, started a fake seed agency some time ago, and made each purchaser sign a contract, which turned out to be a promissory note. Edward Caskin, a tinsmith at Puyallup, has been arrested for writing threatening letters to President Boatman of the suspended Bank of Puyallup.
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Brief Tacoma News. Receiver Barto, of the Bank of Puyallup, has been ordered to bring suit for the payment of unpaid stock subscriptions. The receiver of the North Olympia Land Company filed has his report estimating the assets at $74,188, the liabilities at $36,027.
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NORTHWEST NEWS. Oregon. A decision was handed down by the Supreme Court last week affirming the famous case of Raymond VS. Flavel, decided by the lower court in favor of the defendant some time ago. This case in volves the title to a large tract of land now included within the city limits of Flavel, and the opinion of the Supreme Court confirms the title of the Flavel estate, which was attacked by the plaintiff, Raymond. C. W. Fulton represented the Flavel heirs, and both he and his clients are being congratulated on the favorable termination of the case. The State improvements of the public mineral springs at Sodaville are now in course of construction. The State owns an acre of land surrounding and including the mineral springs, and the last Legislature appropriated $500 to improve this ground. Those who have charge of the work have planned a great deal more than the $500 will do, and the next Legislature will be asked to appropriate more money. The work already begun consists of a large summer-house covering the springs. It is to have cement floors on the lower story and, is to be a handsome structure when completed. Washington. An order for 72,000,000 matches has been received from the East at a Tacoma match factory. Several carloads of cattle blockaded at Ritzville were unloaded and driven across country to the Great Northern. Skagit county School Commissioners have bought 250,000 feet of three-inch planks for planking roads on the Samish flats. An effort is being made to stop the wanton slaughter of elk in the Olympia Mountains. The Indians kill them simply for the hides and tallow. A handsome traveling saleswoman is doing the Sound towns for a San Francisco grocery house, and even Washington chivalry does not prevent the local trade journal from laughing her to scorn. The Puyallup Commerce is occupying itself mostly with an unlicensed saloon, which it has found there working on the back-door principle. The license is $750, and the Commerce wants it collected. Chief Mah-sa-lah of a tribe of the Kalispel Indians is in jail at Colville on the charge of burglary. Mah-sa-lah stole some provisions from a farmer's cabin about two weeks ago, and was apprehended for the offense. The Chieftian says he feels very bad about going to jail, for the reason that his father and all his relatives before him were good men and he himself is a good man, and he fears that some of his near kin will com nit suicide on account of the disgrace they feel over the unfortunate affair. Receiver F. D. Barto of the Bank of Puyallup has sued the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company of Kansas City for $5,000 upon a bond guaranteeing creditors of the institution against loss by any criminal negligence on the part of Cashier S. B. Dusenberre, now serving a term in the Walla Walla penitentiary. A year ago the State had 151 Christian Endeavor Societies. Now there are 188. There are nearly 6,000 members. Pierce county has 22 societies to 19 in King and 13 in Spokane. Of those reported Congregational Churches have 43 societies, Presbyterian 35, Christian 10, Methodist 6, Baptist 3 and Episcopal 2, the rest being union societies in small places. The total valuation of assessable property in Walla Walla is shown by the Assessor's return for the year 1894 to be $3,402,526, as follows: Value of real estate, $1,448,865; value of improvements, $792,620; value of personal property, $1,161,041. The assessed valuation of real estate and improvements in the city exempt from taxation is $410,000, as follows: Walla Walla county, $120,000; Walla Walla city, $50,000; School District No. 1, $94,000; Whitman College, $50,000; State of Washington, $52,000; church property, $44,000. The city owes $78,000. Secretary A. C. Van Doren of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce has kept a record of the receipts and forwardings of merchandise from that city for a year, ending June 1, showing receipts of 251,213 tonsof general merchandise and 449,552 tons of coal. The record shows that 165 steamers with 205,412 registered tonnage and eighty-nine sailing vessels with tonnage of 93,643 visited that port during the year. The shipments of general merchandise were 140,487 tons; coal, 153,666 tons; lumber shipments by water, 16,445,000 feet; rail, 730,000 feet. Seattle's rail shipments of shingles were 68,520,000.
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Washington. An order for 72,000,000 matches has been received from the East at a Tacoma match factory. Several carloads of cattle blockaded at Ritzville were unloaded and driven across country to the Great Northern. Skagit county School Commissioners have bought 250,000 feet of three-ineh flats. planks for planking roads on the Samish An effort is being made to stop the wanton slaughter of elk in the Olympia Mountains. The Indians kill them simply for the hides and tallow. A handsome traveling saleswoman is doing the Sound towns for a San Francisco grocery house, and even Washington chivalry does not prevent the local trade journal from laughing her to scorn. Chief Mah-sa-lah of a tribe of the Kalispel Indians is in jail at Colville on the charge of burglary. Mah-sa-lah stole some provisions from a farmer's cabin about two weeks ago, and was apprehended for the offense. The Chieftian says he feels very bad about going to jail, for the reason that his father and all his relatives before him were good men and he himself is a good man, and he fears that some of his near kin will commit suicide on account of the disgrace they feel over the unfortunate atfair. Receiver F. D. Barto of the Bank of Puyallup has sued the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company of Kansas City for $5,000 upon a bond guaranteeing creditors of the institution against loss by any criminal negligence on the part of Cashier S. B. Dusenberre, now serving a term in the Walla Walla pententiary. A year ago the State had 151 Christian Endeavor Societies. Now there are 188 There are nearly 6,000 members. Pierce county has 22 societies to 19 in King and 13 in Spokane. Of those reported Congregational Churches have 43 societies Presbyterian 35, Christian 10, Methodist 6, Baptist 3 and Episcopal 2, the rest being union societies in small places. The total valuation of assessable property in Walla Walla is shown by the Assessor's return for the year 1894 to be $3,402,526, as follows: Value of real tate, $1,448,865; value of improvements, $792,620; value of personal property,$1,161,041. The assessed valuation of real estate and improvements in the city exempt from taxation is $410,000, as follows: Walla Walla county, $120,000; Walla Walla city, $50,000; School District No. 1, $94,000; Whitman College, $50,000; State of Washington, $52,000: church property, $44,000. The city owes $78,000.
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Brief Tacoma News. TACOMA, Oct. 17.-[Special.]-The receiver of the Bank of Payallup suggested today to the superior court that many of the bank's creditors could settle on securing pay for their hop crop, and therefore the time of settling should be extended. John Holgate was appointed receiver of the L. B. Stewart Grocery Company today. An apparently well-trained shoplifter was arrested today at the Interstate fair. She gives the name of Mary Laportie. Several days ago W. J. Mead had his gold watch stolen at the fair. Rev. Arthur Smith, who has been for twenty-three years a resident of the Flowery Kingdom, delivered a lecture on China this evening in the Congregational church. The large audience listened attentively and many expressed their appreciation. The city began suit today against the receiver of the State Savings bank to recover ninety-seven city warrants, which had been deposited as a special deposit, of the value of $5,227.35. The receiver of the Bank of Puyallup filed his report for the months of June, July, August and September, and asked for instructions, especially as to how long he should continue before ordering a sale of the assets. The hearing in the case of A. W. Berry, a dummy bidder, vs. the city, to restrain it from letting the city printing to the Union, the lowest bidder, was postponed to Thursday. George R. Osgood began suit today against the city to have the sale of property sold for street improvements set aside. The administrator of the Lister estate filed an inventory of the personal property today, appraising it at $350. The court instructed him to make abstracts of the real property. Letters of administration for the estate of C. Huebach were issued to F.S. Harmon today. Chief Breummer, of the fire department, is having the office and reading room at engine house No. 6 changed for the convenience and health of his men, and the saving of fuel. Thomas Conley, of Puyallup, has been arrested for stealing a cow, John Wesley being the complainant. Bertha Myard, the French "speiler" at the fair, who sometimes wears men's attire to attract attention, got into a row a swore a last Today evening she and slapped out warrant woman's for face. the arrest of the woman's husband, alleging that he maliciously provoked the trouble. Byron Harmon, aged 18, of this city, has during the past few months constructed four guitars. valued by an expert at from $20 to $50. His tools consist of a jackknife and a jack plane. He made the guitars after office hours, and without studied training as a musical instrument maker.
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The Suspended Bank of Puyallup. TACOMA, Dec. 10.-[Special.]-The report of T. D. Bartow, receiver of the suspended Bank of Puyallup, on the state of certain securities, shows that from $110,000 to $120,000 worth of promissory notes, etc., were sold for $2,463.90. A note made by Frank Spimming for $2,468.27 was sold to J. H. Davis for $4; another note for $7,827.05 sold for $5.50. The highest bid made was one for $123 for securities of the alleged value of $225, and the lowest was a bid of 10 cents for a $40 at ock assessment. H. G. Rowland bought a $7,000 note for $6, and $120 worth of stock in the Puyallup Canning Company sold for $2.