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FINANCIAL. More About the Grant Failure. Individual Assignments of the Grant Brothers. NEW YORK, May 27.-Individual schedules in the assignments of Frederick D. Grant and Jesse R. Grant to James McNamer were filed to-day. The schedules of Frederick D. Grant show the following statement. The debts and liabilities amount to $2,215,066 made up as follows: Creditors other than preferred, $820,000; preferred, $243,966; contingent liabilities, $10,000; par value of securities borrowed from Grant & Ward, $1,140,800; assets nominally worth $1,990,013; actually unknown. Schedules in the assignment of Jesse R. Grant show debts and liabilities to the amount to $95,429 and assets nominally worth $131,950; assets actually worth unknown. Jesse Grant makes an affidavit as to the cause of the difference between the nominal and actual value of the assets and says he is unable to state the actual value of the assets and monies because Grant & Ward's property is in the hands of an assignee and receiver and no schedules have been made showing the assets of the firm. United States District Attorney Root lodged a warrant for the arrest of Ferdinand Ward at the Ludlow street jail to-night on complaint of Bank Examiner Scriba who charges that Ward aided and abetted President James D. Fish in misappropriating the funds of the Marine Bank. Donnell, Lawson & Simpson, the brokers who failed in the recent panic, will probably soon resume as most of their creditors have accepted a proposition made by the firm and the assets are being rapidly converted into available funds by the assignee. The Metropolitan Bank. A meeting of the Metropolitan bank directors was held this morning. The president stated that the deposits had diminished about $9,000,000 since the suspension, but show no further diminution this week. George J. Seney to-day in consideration of $350,000 transferred to the Metropolitan national bank 137 paintings in his residence, No. 4 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn. Run Upon an Arkansas Bank. HOT SPRINGS, May 27.-The Hot Springs national bank closed its doors to-day owing to a run on the bank caused by the reported absence of President Andrew Bruon. The liabilities are $40,000. A run has commenced on the Arkansas national bank of Hot Springs which is understood to be in good condition. There is great excitement. The Peun Bank's Affairs. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 27.-The directors of the Penn bank have been making an examination of its accounts to-day and find one with D. Wilson & Co., which shows over checking to an extent of $240,000. No such firm is known in this city aud it is supposed to represent accounts of a number of persons lately operating on the wrong side of the oil market and who have been ailowed to draw to the extent named. The account of a prominent oil dealer was found to be overdrawn $97,000. These two accounts represent $7,000 in excess of the entire capital and surplus of the bank. Cause of Suspension of Strong's Bank. GREENBAY, Wis., May 27.-The cause of the suspension of Strong's bank here yesterday is stated in the following note left by president Henry Strong who departed for the Eas Saturday night "owing to the failure of several banks in this vicinity last winter, and the general demoralization of financial matters lately and also owing to some villainous reports circulated about our own bank, our deposits have greatly decreased 80 that in the last three or four months we have had to pay out over $100,000. Feeling that we cannot convert the assets rapidly enough to meet the demand for money we deemed it best in justice to all to close the bank and wind up its affairs." The belief exists generally that depositors will not meet with much loss. The directors find that the assets amount to about $350,005, and liabilities to $340,000.
