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SCARE AT ST. LOUIS STILL CONTINUES A Steady Run on the Banks TodayPlenty of Money for All Open Accounts. St. Louis, Oct. 28.-When the doors of the Mississippi Valley bank and the Mercantile Trust company opened this morning long lines of depositors were waiting to withdraw their money. The banks took advantage of the 30-day notice law to check the run. Small crowds were in front of other banking institutions. The run became so bad by noon that the police were unable to handle the crowds men and women were trampled upon and their clothing torn. The banks finally closed their doors permitting only a few to enter at a time. Wagons loaded with coin and heavily guarded appeared in measure to re tinue. store confidence, but a the runs conThe saving clause of a thirtydays notice is still being enforced, but open accounts are paid as fast as money can be counted out. A run is being made on the Lincoln Trust. bank, which is paying all except savings accounts, on which it demands legal notice of thirty days. When it became known that the banks had unlimited means enroute among at 1:30 the this afternoon the excitement Louis Union bank the the were St. depositors subsided. police At dispensed with and the jam at Mercantile melted away like water. A short time after all was qufet at the Lincoln and the Mississippi Valley banks. Washington, has assistance been Oct. sent 28.-Finnancial to the St. Louis banks by New New and of money is leans flood Chicago being institutions. York, rushed to Or- St. A The Louis. rency that has received comptroller no of information the curI would indicate nabank of the tional New 1 world's trouble fair in any city. York Oct. 28.-Ten million dollars was shipped from the sub-treasury DOOD to the St. Louis banks this after-