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AND YET THEY COME. Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning papers were curiosities. Take the Daily News for illustration: One column had a telegraphic report from Eckels, Comptroller, stating that all the trouble was over-the country was safe, and no failures were probable. This was written the 24th. On the 25th and 26th it took over two columns of fine type to record the failures, among them the oldest and strongest banks in the U.S. The most remarkable statement ever made in the financial world came in the finance columns of Tuesday, from New York. It was the statement that "the Philadelphia banks are unable to meet their payments, and the New York exchange is disturbed at this failure on their part!" And yet, so fearful is the goldbug organization that they do not dare to throw Philadelphia into bankruptcy. One attachment issued and over goes everything! We make up a list of a few of the failures, as they occur in one daily issue: Bradford & Church, bankers, Chicago. Henry Bach, wholesale clothing, N. Y. Wisconsin F. & M. Ins. Co. Bank, Milwaukee, by far the strongest bank in the city, and caused great excitement. The city had $1,630,000 in the bank, and will have to suspend payment, as the county did when the Commercial recently closed out. The C. M. & St. P. Ry is also mixed up in it. Several other Milwaukee institutions follow the above failure. New York-a panic raged on the N.Y. stock exchange all day Tuesday, "owing to the bank crashes." "Everything is all right," says Eckels!! INDIANAPOLIS. The Bank of Commerce failed Wednesday. The failure is for over a million dollars.; It was a U.S. Depository, and had over $800,000 of the government funds in it. "It is only a weeding out of banks that ought not to exist," said Eckels, recently! The Indianapolis National Bank failed the same day. "This was one of the oldest and soundest financial institutions in the west." Last week's statement showed over $1,000,000 of bonds to secure depositors! It was the oldest in the city. C. W. Depauw, the banker capitalist, failed on Saturday. The other banks are being run on and several factories have closed. LOUISVILLE. The Louisville Deposit Bank, failed the 25th. The Merchants National went down also, the third national bank to fail in three days, in Louis ville. The Fourth National closed its doors the afternoon of the 25th. The Bank of Commerce went down same day. The Hudson River Tunnel Co., Jersey City, has tumbled. The Hodgman Manufacturing Company, Sandusky, has "gone out." Ripley & Bronson, iron merchants, St. Louis, failed. Olaf Pary, New York Mills, Minn., has collapsed. Wealthiest Finlander in the west. Montezuma Silver Mines, Col., in a receiver's hands. Parkhurst & Wilkinson, iron, Chicago, gone under. $1,000,000. Farmers National Bank, Toledo, closed its doors at noon today. (25th.) Gayner, the great railroad conductor, Pottsville, Pa., assigned today. The St. Louis Steam Heating Co. closed today. Tacoma banks are in trouble. The Manchester National Bank of the Commonwealth went over the 25th. Eastern Cotton mills closing every day. Gloomy. On the morning of the 26th the papers were at last compelled to get off their perch, and admit that the situation as to finances was gloomy, and foreboded disaster. The display heads say, "The New York Money Kings Do not Like the Situation." The New England banks are all tottering. A. meeting of the silver men of New York was broken up by the republican goldbug gang. It was held at 5th Avenue Hotel. Wall Street is at last gloomy. The cloud is darkly gathering. And yet it is but the beginning.