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tinued to pay. 1was after 2 o'clock this morning when the bank closed its doors with the statement that it would be ready to go on this morning at the usual hour. A run was also started on the Milwaukee Avenue bank. Along toward 11 o'clock it quieted down. Then the people learned of the Meadowcroft failure and the run be- gan again. The bank met all demands and the officers say they are ready to with- stand another run today. The uneasy feeling invaded the board of trade and casued a temporary panic among the speculators in grains and provisions. Prices tumbled headlong and the bears could not trade fast enough to keep up with the falling market. July wheat sold down to $65⅝ cents, a drop of nearly 3 cents, and 1⅛ cents lower per bushel than wheat has sold in any year previous to the present. Provisions shared in the general demoralization, pork showing a decline of $1.20 at the close. Corn and oats were also extremely nervous and closed 1 cent lower than the prices current when the market closed at noon Saturday. With all the panic there was but one bank failure, that of Meadowcroft Bros., private bankers, but it is claimed there that no one will lose a dollar. They had many depositors among mar ne men, who will be put to serious inconvenience at the least, in having to wait for their money. Not the least fluer wever, was per- ceptible at any of t various national banks, and several prominent bankers, whose opinions were asked concerning the panicky feeling in the air, referred to it as simply a passing spasm, due entirely to the uneasiness prevailing among small deposi- tors identified with the savings banks un- der state jurisdiction. Every nation..l bank, it was insisted, was as sound as a dol- lar. Not one is in the slightest danger of a run, while there is not one but can meet the heaviest demand that may be made upon it.