Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1878, Page 1

The Chicago Dailp Teibune, , ,__—l——__"_——————_—_———_— VOLUME XXXIL » CHICAGO, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1878, TFOREIGN. | mweuccpiyiripiioi] HARD TIMES, ucgotistidng, 72, CENTS. 2 23 loss of $197, of ‘?”}e" g, oh 7§ 718, classiled under the 2o 8 chapter of finan- .4y 0 be hoped are without s parallel, The!’ sble nature of the scts, » taken {n connectitivwaih the deceptions which they comprehend, I§ apparent. In regard to the other loans, Mr. Bast eays the duplicity of Mr. Mangam {n thess transactions is made palnmllly‘fmmluem by his testimony, Ite loaned $i44,006 on collnterals of ‘s nominal value of $206,900, of which £33,000 was represented by old stock of the Missouri Paciflc Railroad, worth littie more than waste paper, Of the remainder there were $175,000 of third- mortgage bouds ol the samne road, which Mr. Mangam admits wera not paying Interest. In- deeil, of all the sceurities oniy 823,000 were in- tereat-paying, and the markes value of the whole fell short of the loand not less than ,000. Another phase of Mr, Mangam's dishonesty In the management of this trust Is found In the wurchare of the Mirsouri Pacific Raliroad bonds, This transactlon bad its origin in a loan of $100,« 000 made April 23, 1835, 1o the Atlantle & Pa- cifle Raiiroad Compang, the collaterals being $200.000 in the improvament bonds of the Mis- souri Pacific Railroad Company. _Thir purchase was consummated Oct. 47, 1835, The prico Journallst, Mr. Bunn was in town Monday last, but he did not {ntimate to any one that he was fu any way hard-up, for, if he had, it is likely that he could have obtained some rellef. Mr. Bunn is one of the oldest, If not the oldest, banker in Hlinols. He commencesd the banking business in Springfield as early as 1345, Hewns conservative man, until the War brought cnfation, Inthe years sluce ho has been largely connected In varlous enterprises entirely outstde of hie legitimate aphere. Now it ‘was in a coal-mine, then & watch-factory, next a rolllng-mlfl then & newspaper, a distlilery, an "0 on, all of * which speculations have proved anything but remunerative. He waa aiso largely Interested In yeal estate, and all thess little matters hnve tended to cripple him financia)ly. In thiscity Mr, Bunn did bueiness with the Traders’ National Bank and the Merchants' Savings, Loman & Trust Compnn{. At the former he hasa balance to his credit. Mr. Jo- scph Rutter, the President of the bank, stated that Mr. Bunn never asked for favors, and had he desired money there fe no doubt bat that he would have been cheerfully accommodated. Ife had regarded him as & very careful and prudent Lanker, hud a very honest man. ‘When the reporter entered office of the Merchants' Savings, Loan & Trust Comy ,nn{: n ably $153,054, sh which Mr.'Manga The foregoin) head of “ loans, cial history which) 1810. The war party will endeavor to make the 4 18 =S Faili f the Banking-H f Jacob | The Earl of Gamarvon's | ftoelis mieeh s s ms | F00 g e e i Views on the Eastern exasperating as the Turkophiles wonld make it FREINSURANCECONPAYY | SHEEIN'T'S? A = appear. The antl-war party s beglnning to Situation. agitate the country for the purnose of checking | Hiq Liabilities Rackoned at Some= England Has Not Offered « to DE WE AR . Undertake Any Formal : Mediation, AND the supposed aggreasive Atcmlency of the thlng Near $750,000. - DEPARTMENT. Cablnet, ‘The Thnes this morning urges the Liberal leadera to make thelr views koown, It suss: ‘ "Gnless something entirely besond surmise | N0 Probability of His Assets Real- has ocetirred to turn the (overnment from the fzlng Over 8500,000. views exprossed by Mr. Cross, the Iome Becre- tary, In the flouse of Con:mons at tho last ses. s, :nd by Earl Derby. the Forelgn Minister, | Causes of This Lamentable Event to a deputation which recently waited on hiny, ok i’ the Mintsters woutd welcome the support which Great Exdltamient, the adlieslon to their views by all responsitle ;:m.u.::’ would ufford. “The time for sllence | Report of the Recelver of the Natlonal a8 passod, and the lour for speech, and for dochlid speorts, hu €OmS d Trust Compuny of New York. ITALY'S ATTITUDE, It was reported In London last night that tho Kini of aly, 1n addreeaing memtiors of | Alcgation that Its Past Btatements Have One Bundred and Thirty-sixth Semi- Annual Exhibit, Cash Capital - - - $1,250,000.00 Cash Assols, Jan. 1, '78 8,288,018.49 All pending liahilities - _l_?g.lfi_us_l Net Assels - - $3,109,756.68 Surplas over Capital and She Ias Only Deolivered a Mes- sage from One of the Belligerents. Great Britain Must, However, Have r— he found together Mr. Sof Smith, John We: pald for the bonds Ly the Trust Com- arere % . xd topeth Smith, John all present Linhilties $1,850,766.68 | : o Hand in the Final | i tisan busiauest v sin Sovearnce Boen Begus, e T Zd l t sef,flement; ception, made o threatening specch, which was — +| They were just then discussing Mr. Bunu's | upon the books nt (5, the differonce being creds At the close of n youl’ol‘ nnusunl ze 'y ez eg‘ interpreted here us directed wrainst Turkey or JACOB BUNN, ““'e( . Ited “to the profit and loss account.”” In this il and perplexity in the busi # Englaud. /peciat Plspatch ta The Chicaga Tribune, hl;é‘;-'r"fi:"!"a';}l"t?fmfl,l‘_"‘;é% Ym“‘:ll_flmflul way the assets of the Company were fictitiously per e . ¢ lacreased §30,000 Mr, lest continues: * shall refer to bmt one more vf_the deceptions practiced by Mr. Man- wam: On Dec. 7 a statcment appeared In the newspapers, over his elgnature, purporting to give the condition of the Company on Dec. 81, Uneol theassets wasan item o!‘nlcrul. amount~ ng to $33,018, Of this sum, $10,000 proves to have been an error on the part uf the bookkeop- er, and ncarly 834,000 more was eatimated upon fictitlous loaus, and A joan of £45,000 on which The Timas* Rotae special merely eags: The | SPRINGPIRD, 11l Jan. 2—Since the suspen- King alluded to the grasity of the present state | Slon of the Springfield Baviugs Bauk, s few of Europe, and expressed his earnest deslre to | $0€k30R0, rmors have obtained that the well- contribute to peace, and recomaseuded cone | known baoking house of Jacob Bunn, which cord.t! . had a largesavings dopartment, must suspend, Another Rone dispatch saya: “The King | f8run wasmade. It was known that the bank recominended the Deputics to preserve con. | had - about £170,000, but, an Mr. Bunn cord, and expresned bis hope that they would | %43 thought to posscss a very larze estate, take care that the army wanted for nothing, os | St 78 hoped that he would stand any pressure ness, nccompanicd Dby heavy shrinkages in market value of permanent investments, and after maintaining its usual Dividends to Stockholders, the foregoing is presented to its patrons as ovi- . donco of the conservative man- agement and continued ability of A Right which She Claims as a Member of the Euro- pean Family. §'4 - & .Co. - EXPOSITION BUILDING, Offer decided Bargains -to Gentlemen who desive to re- ** We are Just thinking of closing Pl was near 4 o'clock], and we were discussing the question of & Hecelvership. Can you sugcst usa name of some good man for the placet” Y1 refer to Withur F. Btorey,” replied the re- rters “he {s the man who mostiy names Recelvers.” #1 thought Jake Bunn a pretty honest man,"” sald Mr, Haddock, “and I guess you'll find that he'll come out all right.” “Now that was really {oo bad In Tnix Trin- Oue of Russia’s Aims Said to Do the i i lkely tocome. He was known also to bave no intercst Lus been pald since June, 1510 this well-known institution. ; Demolition of the Dannbiam ;| lie saw o stormy horlian arouud, and 1t might | [E8 E ome, e Mes KHOW Ml b Pava | EE to oppose that Srate-Houte approoriation | e coilateral for ihis lonn i fecond mori- i plendsh in this-line of Goods. .. Fortresses 4 &4 % %bo in desleous for Inst yoar,” satd Mr. Wentwortt, *1 thiuk it | gave on real estate at Lonw Brauch, N, JI., out MOORE & JANES, City Agonts, A o 3| neace, 50 o act a8 to make ersclf not only re. | It Was regardedas possiblo that he wonld bo | was'a shame,—a real, downright outragy in | of which the Company moy reatize from #0,000 @, T, BIRRELL, Manager. Espectal attention s called Tl Ji] spected but feured, fn case any Power should | 8bleto tide over the Iat of January, and thus | Tue TRikuNeto bave doue any such thing. | 1o $15,000. It thercforo follows that the inter- Why, if Tur Trinuxe hadn’t opposed it, Jake would have got the money probabls, and bulled through. I'ggthink it's a shame, and Tue 3| wish to consult its vwn futerests alone.” meeting savings claims pull through all right. 4 ¥ est is not likely to be pald. Suntracting Speculations as to the Object of Roux, Jan, 2.~The Jtalie denles that the | On Saturday night or Sunday he went to Chi- 261,000 from Mr. Mangam's $83,018, the ro- malnder s 319,015, which is ahout the smount P, HEYWOOD, Ass't Manager, | to @ line of 5 King uscd warlike langunge at yesterday’s re- | ©3%0, sid the bank apparcutly essily stanilng | Trinuxe oud®t to be sorry for it hat the C hould h: o s ORI % 3 ther Russian _Balkan Ex- & ception, and suys m.," moraly xfl::fl'“’m "f“ arun of nearly 850,000 (savings) on Monday, { T don't think snsthing dishonest of Jake S{,,};‘&'{;‘,‘,...‘ l{]'flu: fi.a" v e e Bt THE GREAT EUROPEAN NOVELTY. l‘fl pedition, - 41 diffleultles of the Europesu situstion, recom. | 1t Was subpored the more pressiug de- | Bunn,? continued Mr. “!'m'orthk “hut I 1 inents remained intact. I de not doubt that o mended the natfonat Feprosentatives to mands were met. Yesterday rumors were | thitk he bas been injudicious. I think, though, | Mr, Mangam fully measured the magultuds of | . c0ncord amous thewsciver 1YE8 10 PICICITE | Lin aflont that the bank must suspend, but 1t it he bad got that Stutelouss appropriation | this deception.” "UNY Al)l JM\OS. The Turks Likely to Be Forced to Fall'f A o rald to Jave grown out of the fact that its oday. o P “, TILE BONNER FAILURE. > 3 . E: vors were closed oo account of New Years, as e Rl v NEW APERIENT WATER. UNDEBWE AR Back on Adrianople. P A BOLD RAID, b b i AR L lnm{f;‘p‘:c‘,‘l“‘j“}n”‘}'}f‘g M‘,’J‘"{F;"g’:fif Bunn'' | New Yonr, Jan. 2.—Arthur Bcwhzll, of the . Brecially recommend- . THE RUSBIAN BALKAN EXPEDITION, TRISUNB representative reccived assurance | found him perfectly squarc and uprlght in lits euspended firm of Bonner & Co., has sent & 2 e S A STRAW. LONDON, Jut. 2.—A Vicnna dispatch says: | that there was no especlal cause for Immediate | deatinge.t communicution to the Stuck Exchange, nsking Marked at less than cost of <mportation. Also several lines of English Mertno half Iose at 50c and 60c per pairv; former price, $1.00. White Shirts, Collars, Cujfs, Neckweay, Cardigan Juckets, &£c.y Lc. Western Agents for Smith’s Perforated Buckskin Under- wear. The Russiaus Lave schicved a ra t of .. | aporebension. This mornlug the doors of the severance and endurauce fn ifi-;::ln?: Thro '"‘{',‘,‘ b “,'J"N' '{::‘ tho crowil 'rm"':""":’"’ red read a wr h announ 1Al Etropol Balkans, and, though the force cannot. | Exssienmont had beeh g £0 G G Hrom, be very numerous, and the whols movement | Esq., of the law flnn of Stuart, Edwards & secrns to savor ratlier of a bold, adventnrous | Brown. Examination at the Recorder's office raid like Gen. Gourko's over the Hankol Pags | Shuwed tie tillng of the followlug lnstrument at than of a recular military operation, ft cannot | ¥ 'clock 8- m.: but hasten the withdrawalof the Turklsh troops c..',“l‘,'i'.?pfi:;‘ 'é.‘fl?gfil."'bfi"i:.; ?3."{';.';‘1&".',"“# from the Balkan line, at any rate from the IM‘II U""‘l".l flfldx""u m“fl"sid Lfllhko Shug 0’“11 western portion. Bulelman Posha scoms to | Roty, 1°GANe, 1070, and Scbraska, aod o coods, chattels, rights, credits bills, not have forescen this when he took up his hesd- lc‘uumn. and choses iit action, and all ot! erpe” nal quarters at Ichtiman, aud to bave thought that r!uwm of sald Jacob Bunn, wherever eitusted, astand made at the raliving-point formed by pflfxf,fi“‘w_‘:,':{'!“' ote:y In‘teustfor the foliowluiy the junction of the Rludopo and tho second | ~ Ta rell and dispore of all of sald progerty for Balkan chain might effectually bar al; advance g:g;‘ ;;;fl“;""g;':.}gn,_g'flfifild;"u:hwung Lot 53' from tho direction of Bofla. There s, however, | fiem in all, and. If thete auowld nat be satteient & succession of parallel valleys formed by the | to p:y":lllrnfln d:‘{nnl‘lli? :Il}'..l‘?!tln u: In:y nunnme ro ratn, and to adminiaics said trust in complianc ‘Topolinca, the Guipso, and the Tund|n, which l‘-'“‘;n the Jawa of mua:;n. <o, e HETNLY Mr. 8mith. stated that he bad known Mr. Bunn since 1837, and he had always found him perfectly honorable. Mr. Bunn was In the bank Monday, snd ncver jotimated to Mr. Smith that he was In any trouble; and {f ke had, it was moAt probable that e would have helped him out, Mr. Buni had never borrowed of Mr. Bmith's bank, and had overdrawn his account but once or twice, and then for a very smwall amount, which was alwavs made good, ~ His ae- couut generalty bad a balance to his credit, He nad some 1,400 in the bank's hands, consisting mainly of collectione. Jucob Buun is a partner with his brother, John W. Bunn, In_the wholesale grocery busi- ness In Springtield, -John W. Bunn s also o partner of the firm of Michael Selz & Co., of this city, who have the stone contract at the Btate Penltentiary. Jacob Bunn owns some real estate In this city, but vo very grest amount. He lost something, over #100,000 here some years ago In trying to run the Hembilean, sui- for a committee of nvestigation Into the affairs of the firm. Mr. Sowell claims to bo entlrely innocent of any connection with the rehypothe ecation of securities. An official statement, prepared under dirce- tlon of the Assiguce, shows that Bonner struck twenty-seven different victims~—ffteen brokers, nine banks, two trust companies, and ono rafl- roud company. The total amount of rehypoth- oeations is cquivatent to §1,854,000, 4 Rotert L. Cuttlog has becir temporarily ap- pointed Recefver of the Bankers’ & Brokers” a\mmuun. vt which Joba Bunner was Presi- ent. Stout & Co,, and vther creditors of Honner & Co., have applied to Judge Van Hocsen for an order directing Russel! Sage to turn over to (iriswold, Bunner & Co.'s Assignee Chicago & Northwestern and other atocks hypotbecated with him as collateral on Joans, Itfs understood thut this fs 2 tcst case, as there are nearly BHOWING HOW THE EASTERN BITUATION 18 RE« OARDED DY THE BRITISH MINISTRY. [By Cabdls to The Chicago Tribune.] Loxvoy, Jan. 3—0 a. m.—At Iast the posis tion of the Ministry has been somi-offictally declared. Yosterday a deputation waited on the Coloninl Minister to express tho hopo that tho Cape Colony would not be forgot. ten in the disposition of the troops on ac- count of tho Turco-Russion war, Lord Car. narvon replied that there was no altern- tion in England's positien sinco Lord Derby declared it in the last doys of November. He eald, ‘however, prevention of Piles, etc., aod as an ordinary sperfent by LIEDIG, VIt CIOW, KCAN- L oM HON 2 Ko N K, Rnrweon-Genernl U Ko A D i i mlemant in s eqce atanyof e Uiter waters™ o Je MARTON SIMS, New Vaork, "Asals: It A PR I AD very oiber” miserat wi el V. . WA N . *'The ‘waters." 4] 2D L. 1,000 New York, ''Tho adapted for datly ul pR. P(llllll\'(rli DARKER, New York. 1 run to the nurth of Ichtimen, by which Russlan Jacon Brsx, sequently rehabilitated In the Fnter-Ucoan. Tiis 9 “The 1: o A : - that whon o sottlement was mado England | uiumns decending from the Etropo! Batkans Evizaneri J. Drxy, Soringticld ~ walch-factory and the rolling- ::’ret?c? ALAERSIA Mok, l‘ e DR.LEWIN A, 5/}“\"!«'1‘1.! Mo, York. *'Fro- was resolved to bave a hand fu it also, that | may press castward, and, uniting with the forces Cinstarues C. Brows, mill speculation proved” downright fatlures. Inthe hst of securities hypothecated by John A WINKGLASSFUL A DOSE. E In bottle besrs tha nama of The Apol: Haaris G (Ghnitedy, London, P 'RED'K DH BARY & CO., 41 & 43 Warron.st,, New York Folo Agents for United Atatcs and Canada. FOR SALE BY DEALERK, GROCERS, AND DIRUGGISTN, traversing the Shipkn Pass, turn the position of | A statement of ail labilitles Is promised at r the carlicst possible moment. 1t fs understood Tebtiman, and march down upon Aurianople. | {1 fiicy Wil approsinate §530,000 1t s The only question, therefore, ts whether the | Jearned that Mr. Bunn to the last moment op- Turks arc atroni enough to bar the descent | poscd suspension, and that step was taken, alter from 8hipka Pass, and hold Ichtiman with the | consultation with other bankers, as the last al- deflles of Topolinca and tha Gulpso at the same § eRIutive. c I ve Inst - e, B ot they st retreat sl urther to i e slore Iumeht i anouy ¢ casf He also carried a great deal of land, which he had taken as sccurity for notes made by cattlc- dealers with whont he uid business and who have falled. Taken as a whole, it will be found that Mr, Bunu's fatlure will prove a disastrous ane, because 8 great many of the aasets will be found almost wholly worthless. It is only an- other fustance of two mauy frons In the fire. Bonner & Uo, thcro are 6,500 shares of Bankers? & Brokers' Aesoclation stock, or what would have bad par value of §050,000. CINCINNATI. . Cincixsary Jan. 2.—J, D. P'ark & Bon, men- tion of whose fallure was made u few days ago, flled n voluntary petition In bankruptcy to-da, thore was n serious risk on both sides, and that sorious results might follow if the Russian and British pooplo failed to keep ealm and not rush hastily to conclusions. In consequenco of this speech, the tono of the London press is unusually peaceful. The COAL. J. L. HATHAWAY, made s above, sall Jacob Bunn doth fully N ONAL 'Tll [ COMPANY, 11t iz thosa of the | w&wfimm Wholegale and Retail Dealer in Daily Telegraph, however, ignores it, merely YARIOUS t‘r‘n;uc(r:. l(c}'-' uo;t:. nr‘l:g iy nulug n‘li: }x’;;‘ TYlonx.‘ J‘nn. E.IEE-t‘;cclmr l\\f!‘lll:m-a J. Ellt"llufilfnmg::}l&;l'u‘? c{‘l:::mx‘lm‘l,m;guotwfw. o al . 3 row, e au 3 ta, $58,300% PARIS EXPOSITION, 1878, alluding to it 4 Lord Carnarvon's * colorloss TUE KOUMANIANS, Rotcs, ~accoutts, | Fights, moneys, credits, | Bet of tho defunct National Trust Company, | 845t B8y 0 of prautdtn, 0., nlso this cvening completed Lis report on the affairs of that institution, and mode it publte. The report shows that the capital of the Company i fmpatred to the cxtent of #7,2M. lle saya tho publishicd statements of the Natlounl Trust Company's conditlon for years past. wero flett- tious, and so vunningly devised as to decelve not only the creditors and stockhiolders, but alse o majority of the Hoard of Trustees, The Trustees, he states, are open to eriticletn for permlitting the Presiaent to masnipulate lts affairs according to his own mnotlons. The caoltal stock of the Company was placed st £1,000,000 by its charter, and by the rcturus made to the Banking Department that amount of stock had been rubscribed ond pafd In. % But {n thls, bowcever," says Mr, Best, * Pres dent Mangam had practiced the greatest du- plicity in bis refations to the devartment, stock- holders, and the public, At no time since 1873 has the capltal stock amounted to 81,000,- 000. HBeginnini with the panle of thut yenr and continuing down to Oct. 4, 1877, Mr, Munizam had systematically used the funds of the Come pany to purch ts own stock.” M. Jest qui from the testimony of Mr. Mangam to show that moncey was loancd by the Cowmpanuy upon Its own stock to Peasley & Co. A member of this firm belouged to the Execu- tive Conunittee, und was & Trustec of the Com- pany, by name Wiklians 1, Shattuck, Accordiug to the Joan ledier the louns of the Company on Dev, 4 amounted to 81,710,002 but from ‘this should by deducted 8620,528 i loaus which wers detitiously so d, leaving the uctual atnutut of loans at 81,150,515, L these flctitious loans one was to C. H. Pearce, a Wal broker, for 33,452, another to C. Ralston, on forged New York, Buffslo & Erie atlroad bonds, $11,050; to F. . Juncs, lesl- 0003 to Rollins Iicos. & Cu., 813,000 to A, H. Doughty, #134310; to the Becurity Hunk of \\“;‘-Fuwn. £24,03; and to F. W, fluldekeper, 0, . Mr. Mangnm, in his testinocy, states tuat the Mr, Doughty mieutioucd abuve ls u brotbier {n-law of his. Mr. Best quotes numerous other instances of loans of thio same character, and states that the majority of the Trustecs were uot purties to thbse vlututions of trust. ) speech.” LONDON, Jan. 2.—A corresponitent telegrapha: ;};:{e:,,uz,,. ;:x?fr ,,;';.3,1; '{,’m'.“%'},‘:,?‘ir “The Roumanlans are becomlug very wneasy might not secn to piss by language of sald obout the rumorcd fntentl,n of Russiu to do- { deed with full authority 4o have transferred to mand o retrocessfon of tho small strip of Bessa- El[m F':I:':fpfi‘x’.o)fl."' -:;l : Ef;fl{:u,gg ay. ':’u"f.‘ rabin which was ceded tv Roumania after the S e nLonas ¥ sald deeds; and sald Brown sball with all reason- Crimean war. This would lcave Roumanlu not | sy wpeed sell and dispose of all such property only without compensation for the sacritices of | ns Is of a salablo nature, anid use his best vn- war beyond anacknowledzment of lier fude- | deavors to obtutn, and recover, and receive such pendence, but, n fact, poorer in territory, since | parta of sume oo consists ot ng;;'y"‘h;n;{l ather Austria ls thought ikely to ablect to the exten- | gy pasinent of ail debts and Habfitics of said slon of Roumanian territory south of the Dan- | Jucob Bunn, without preterence or priority, and ube." inuccordance with the laws of Ilinols.” TURKISH OCTRAGEY, This Instrument is slcued by Jacob Bunn and Loxnoy, Jau. 2.—There {s great excitement | C, C. Brown. heru tolay, caused by news Just received from | The uxcltenient consequent upon the suspen. 3 sion of Bunu's bankinjg-house bus continued Crete. A number of Christiun families yestor- | unutated all day, - Assufances are given to fe day attompted to euter Retimo, & smuall town | yuiring depositors, but the Assiznee states that on the north coast, but were prevented by the for somo days lllm (nx‘mn‘mlu:x a3 0 u,m:;mz " v) he even approximately stated, certaly that Turkish populace, who assaulted them, men, | p ehop Appros lmn’ll)’ Toll short of | §70,000 women, and children. After driving tho Chris- ' uxcee amd may oxceed that sum. The vaine of the tlans buck, tho Turks closed the gutes of tho | asxets depends larzely upon the salable-charace town, and then turned to the Britlsh Vice- | ter of real estato fn this and otlicr States, andin Consul, threatening his life, und purstng [ the vahie fll'jlmk uv’;_vilcd by .\lr.‘mum Inu vnrli bim with knives, until he found . g [ OuA curporations. The uggregate wsscts, of beat, can scarcely yichl bait s mitilon, The fricndly shelter fn the house of a brather | pank fiad no Atato’funds In its keeping, unless Consul. The Turkish soldlers quictly stood by | jusy e considerca a8 such the account of the during all these outrages, and mnot one at- | State Agelcultural Hoand, of which John W, tempted to stop thy riotous disturbances, The | Bunn is Treasurer. Its balance will probubly British frouclad Rupert aerived ot Athens yes. | upprosimate §10.000, The county kopt an ac- terday, and aafled last night for Potimo, and f¢ | Soutb there lvo, but, it batuote w '}l;{::'f,‘} 18 belloved here that England will take tempo- | which Me. Bunu {s one of the members, kept rary possesslon of the island, with a view of | it account there, and Mrs. Lincoln had a preventing n repetition of the outrages, large special deposit of bonds, but both are TUE MONTENEZGRINS. conaldered as trust junds, and are vot juciuded £ : in the acrounts of the bank. Lonpox, dan, 2.—A disvatch (rom Ragusa [ Mr, Bunn went to Chicugo Sundsy nlght and reports that the whole Monteuegrin forcs from | obtained some ald, but upon his return, fluding the Ilerzegovina frontler is moving into Alba. :ll::t“l’; ;lu‘:‘lhlrl‘ll; ::.:;.: t}l'l:::“l;xyfllc.l:‘gll:.: :;;;;W l{lln. ‘;Ilhu Governor ot Albanla has ondered a cleney, nnd returned tho moncy upused. orpad vy Much of the bitter fecliug which cxisted when BOSNIAN INSURRKCTION. the bare announcement = of suspension A Belgrado dispateh says the Insurrection in :h:u ‘rud[ uuw wum.)’mmnk d):mr lll: ! el ot e norning rad y¢ when BM‘:‘;:‘ taseported tobo reviviug aud gainlug became knuwn that Mr. Buuw, with his wife, BIOURC had nssigned all their property, of whatever description, for the beneft of the bank’s cred- filed 8 valuntary petition in bankrum&{lwdzy. Liabflities abutit $30,000; nsscts, §2 ). M, Hirsch & Co., whisky dealers, suspended to-dny. Liubliities unkuown, but supposed to be heavy. COAL! MAIN OFFICE AND DOCK, Corner Market and Randolph-sts. Office and Dock, 1 North Market-st, Oifico and Dock, 267 Archer-av, All Conl freshly mined and received since the strike. Conl delivered in all parts of the city promptly and in good order. Orders from country and city solicited. APPLICATIONS FOR SPACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION, T0 BE RELD IN PARIS, IN THE YEAR 1678, May bo addressed to the undersigaed, upto Jan. 10, At Room No, 24, Post Office Bulld- . iug, New Yorlk City. MEDIATION. THE EARL OF CAKNANVON'S VIEWS, Loxpon, Jan, 2—Tho Eari of Carnarvon to- day received a deputation of South Afnican merchants, who expressed the wish that rein- forcements be sent tothe Cape for fear tho colonists may bo outnumbered, or, In the event of European complieations, left to their own resources. ‘The Earl sdmitted that the situatlon at the Cape was such as to causo serfousanxiety, In repgard to the probability of England becom- ingg Involved in a European war, he satd he did not think, in spitcof the fall of Plevas, that there had been any materlal change tn the situation since Lord Derby's reassuring speech I November, Theattitudo of the Government, therefore, remained the same, watchful aver real British Interosts, friondly towsrds otherma- tlons, and ncutral towards the belligerents. Al- though the Government was not prepared to bulster up Turkish interests as such, they were resolved to TAVHE A VOICE IN THE BETTLEMENT of this question whenever it came oo for acttle- ment. Epgland had not, as supposed, offercd tomediate, but hod merely conveyed overtures ofweace from ono belligerent to the other. The Earldeclored that he wholly disagrecd from tha 1dea that Russia’s answer to these overtures was apy affront or {nsult to England. Such an Wea seemed unreasonable andunfounded. Ho thought ot the present moment there was o ncrious risk on each side, On the one haod, he hoped we should not Jash ourselves into o nervous appreliension concerns Ing Britist honor and futerests, as our Lonor bud never been fmpeached throughout theso trausactious, and, although our iuterests were undoubtedly large, wo should carelully dis- criminato botween real and accondary {nterests, On the other hand, le hoped sincerely that Rus- sla would remember that many questions now SAN FRANCISCO. Bax FRaxcisco, Jan, %-Ilickox & Bpesr, bankers, suspended to-day. No statement of the asscts and Habilitles is yet obtainable. Tha tirtn express the belfef that they cun pay dollur for dollar with time to avold sacrificing asscts. The immediate cause of the fallure was a de- mand by thielr New York correspondenta, Laid- low & Co., to make good an overdraft, The fallure will not affect othier bunks, Ilickox, the senlor partner, i Treasurer of the Pavifle Stock Exc‘::‘x)nn ge, but the Exchange ls amply secured ¥ bouds, 8 INDIANAPOLIR. Spectal Dlapateh ta Tra tAleazn Triduns. IXDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 2.—At u mecting of tho Directors of the State Savings Bank to- ulght 1t was determined to closs Lusincss and work. ‘The paying of depositors will bezin to- murrow, ‘h & 5!‘ am‘fl'l Lo ~crn.r %‘;%:L‘(‘fi: ftors $81, with axsets of About 830,000 can’ bo Wit ety daye. It will requlire »i% montlis 10 realtze the balance, 1t {8 believed that every dollar of indebtedneas wili be pald within that time., Applicants will atate as spocifionlly aa pos. siblo the number of square fest raquired, whother of flcor or wall space, and the char. acter of oxhibita. Restaurants, or stands for eating or drink- ing, will not be allowaed within the space ale lotted to the United Statos. RICHARD O, McCORMIOK, Unitad Sta PROFESSOR WAL G. SUMNER OF Y ALB COLLEGE, WILL BIEAK ON “THE NILVER QUESTIO 4 At Farwell Hall, Monday, Jau. 7, 1878, ATE D, M. Admission free. ' All aro fuvited, CIGAR MANUFACTURERS, ATTENTION, Meetlng at Kiare's iall, No. 70 North Clark-st., Jan. AR Wstacni of friparisacs, | 110 0o DISSOLUTION. The copartnershin heratofors extsting hoiwaen the noderatgued, upder the firm naine of pisiin & Dexster, THilimofved by Mutial consents O I, Dextor Daving v jrva from tha sctive manawient in duly lasr, Tiio ustiiess will he cn iy the retai Nathan Buith and A- We Merril, ;"A"_"_""A:‘“ E"‘"':;"' T Dee. 31, 1877, AL W OMERKILL, SHITI & MERRILL, General Commission Morchants No. 33 Markat-st. DISSOLUTION. The copartuership heretofore cxi of Farain & Otfs, at 240 dadison solvad by caniration. Ciieagu, beo. 31, 1877, MILWAUKEE, Hpeetal Dispalch 1o Fhe eAlrado Triluns, MiLwAUKEs, Jan, &.—The unnual meeting-of the Milwaukee Cleariog-House Association elected the followlng officers: President, D. Ferguson: \‘I'vl’ngmcm. [ [é ;Jllllhl, )h;;- rer, T, L. Baker; Committee, Co F. llsle] . G W G P " ——— JONIA, MICH. Suectn? Disvated to The Chicugo Tribune, (naxp Rarips, Mich,, Jun, 2.—Tower & Milts, ono of tha heavlest and niost prominent fring in the neightwring City of lonia, were nd’ud(- eatea bunkrupts in the United States Court hiere to-duy. ” ‘Tho wholesala oot aud sl inued at 240 Madfson-st. by atyle aid uatn . aurd clafing of “FOR SALE.” arislng are uot for settlement between the MISCELLANY. ftors, The bank bad many heavy deposit Y e bl £ Mr. Dest makes S Boak Fixturos, Safos, and Gonoral DI Tallizorente alnes bt Wil lnvolss Eurpeals | oiwancicts ADMINITIATIVE Scitmws, | Anamestoskcinn throashont Contial iuom, | o ccouibsnslue bis sepost Me. Best makes MISCELLANZOUS, “fu%‘gt?{smflhmn Rooolv ey STeh Bt dtien Olmatead & Co. 1o th | futcreats. In tho final declalon of these ques- | Dexuin, Jon, 2—Princy Bismarckls apecial | 8wl upon theu the suspenslon will i with Company, showing that ta total, lablitis are ’"l"'m"- "*;"'[ eiptagpbegiila eyl iy yt000iver, A LR tlons it was very important that England, s a | orgau, the Nord Deutache Aigemicue Zeltung, at. | feasy offect, Tho drain, upew the sav- | 75,0 total sssets, E200LTHY anml the de. | Bauk Commistluncry, the Ao 172 East Washingto tacks tho National Liberals violently for their w,:fk. ““}:’3"":‘;1’.21‘..:«1' “u'uw rea rejectlon of the Prince's terms, The Natlonal | money supply, Hesides the shriukage Liberals, on the other bund, declars thut they ::u\‘:lnll,l:l ‘l)lll :‘t‘u.‘:‘::‘m‘ ;:zl'. - rlli::t‘:s':u"‘.:‘. 'l‘fi: can afford to walt until Priuco Dinmarck's no- | Jedtlly of Jate yewsn by b oober iorests, | His cessitles compet Lim 1o cuinply with tielrdo- | s was & lurge stockhiobler, wero well known. wands, A bectsuger fuvestiwent turied out dias- ENULISU REVENUES, trously, His vineyanl in Menarnd County was LoxnoN, Jan. 2.—~The nes and other ] not a profituble luvestment, uor until recently, fouruals estimate from the revenua returus of { 1t at ull has the distilicey ut Riverton, I which the st threa quarters of the tseul vearthat the | {4 W8 Tks biuieey, Moy e, 10 fourth quarter will leave a delleft of about | yeurg slnce, neited i s considerable loss, snd £1,000,000 1 the budget, the present buiiding also has not proved peying IMPOITANT DECLARATION, vrfllln'hly- Ib‘u :rlunlthe"wulcnl ‘u'tu"! -:W" Bornravx, Jan. —Gen, De Hochebouet, | 8nd other iuvestuicnls all cousplring 1o reduce chicfof the Jate Minlstry, reciving the Mayor :Z“f""’m""y tho mulilonalre of u few. yeurs of Bordeaux to-day, cimplatically declared that ‘Conjectura is rifo a3 to how much depositors uneither the Marshal nor late Cablnet ever con- | will nrabahly realize, but wll figurcs ust be tempiated a coup d'vtut. and are mere guess-work until the amouut aud DIED, lue of the wssets cun be ascertained, Thy . uslon sy causc teiporary embarrass- Pasis Jun 3 i Lasior, the Fresc o%b fo wous of the wany werhants who palnter, died to-day, azed 70. ficlency fu the canital of $313,318, to the lstter of which is added for contingent $53,917, wak- inirthe tolal, $THT,2H, 5 Of the collaterals held on loauy to P, W, Joues apd Rollins Broas & Co. fs 814,600 on firat mortgare guld bouls of the New Jersey & New Yurk Raftromd Company, the Recelver of which clalins them as its proverty aud has euloined the Natloual Trust Cunpsny i the watter of thelr dbposal unthl the question of ownership be settled by the courts, Ju addition tothsabove, Rollins Bros, pledged £9.000 of New York Central real-cstate bouds which wppesr to be forgerics. A loun was mado to tho Security Baok of Watertown. Boon afterwand the bank fsiled und was plaved (o the bands of a Hecelver, The loan ruterred to was not pald, und no efort lus becu made to reallze upou the collaterals, which were Insumicient as. sccurity, aml thero exists 1o reourse whereby the defelevcy may bo made good. The vollaterals embr.co 10,000 of martguge bouds of the Davis Suwine Machine Company, of Watertown, which that Compavy clalms a4 its property. It fs also Suviugs Bunk has been enjolued from trausuct~ fng further busiueds. Rocursten, N. Y., Jan. 3—The run .on tho Rochester Saviugg Bank bus ceused. 'Quly tho stiall depositors withdrew thelr juoney, NasuviLLg, Teon., Jao. 2.—I. Croue, grocer, failed to-day. Ldabilitics, §$22,000 ussets, abuut oue-fourth that uwount. S THE WEATHER. Orrics or TuR Cutzy Biowar Oveicn, Wasiinaroy, D. C,, Juv. 3—1 & w.~Indica- tions—For the Upper Missiaslppl sud Lower Missouri Valleys and Upper Lake region, falling baromcter, warmer south and cast winds, in- creasiug cloudiness, and possibly occasfonal suows, member of the Buropean fumily, should bave a distinet vojce, Jord Carnarvon did not feel any difficulty in recouciling these two views, and remiuded his hearcrsof the way In which England drifted Into the Crimean war, He thought few people Juoked back on that war with satisfaction, and was confident that nobody in England was in- sane enough to desiro Its repetition. e point. edout thatthe commedcial community, both in Kugland aod Russla, was {nterested in the malutenance of peace, and hoped the British Uoveroment would nover do auythiog to en- courage alarm or admit that diplomacy had bo- come 8o exhausted as to be fncapable of aflord- jug a peacelul solutlon. TUE BRITISU CABINET COUNCIL. Loxnon, Jan. 85 a. m.~The 2'0at publishes & paragraph in official form to the cifcct that the Cablnet yesterday by no means sssumed that Russia’s answer shut tha door to overtures. Cutcaan, Jan. 1, 1A oo l;unlnm:n w’b:‘ic:gfmiln o, sucreasors, | 2 Builalng. ™ e COPARTNERSIIID, fhis day eatarad tatn » co- ous thy busluess of the cad & Co S ——— - e = s t MASONS AND CONTRACTORS, FURBALE-TO BIiE TAKEN DOWN-TIF LA FTONE UUILDING at west end of Norii av, b onoaala wiii ha recelyed until Tueaday, the At in {5 She ofice of tie CHICAUQ LAND COMI . ANV (pom 3 Ogden Bulldiug, southwest corner Lake and Sy Ari same of X 1 i 70a-st., Farwell lhuflding. 400, Jan. J, IN78. OFTICIAN, Wit RN i BTANARAE, OPTICIAN, Tribane Huitiing, Wi mmf'n‘“' B T AR e M — i e e s {WANTED i . A situation by & party familfar with the grain irade, sad eompet thedour, Address W, care CHAR. RANDOLDY o fecretaryy Nloard uf WANTED. Bltuation s bookkrener ar rorreapondent by & parfy at expeticace, ¢ Fine gpectac e sulted o all sig clplens Uipora wnd Field Kupes, Barvmelcrs, &c. ol STOCKHOLDER < " STOCKROLDERS MEETING. hts on scientine prine 3 feleacopes, icro- AL OBAERYATIONN. b Cuicana, J Th § meettng of tho stoekhotd ta X 4 G & 4 ukod there, as welt as to private tudividuals, [ wortly of meatlon tbat seven of these bonds, in Caa Uity Ivaibe by Company, fur ine. clemtis oy Nhdrens DAESENRILE t SEthihone | Tue paragraph points out that England, whe 5. TS ea—— aud It will especlaly work burdehip to *savings | ar olue 3 000, bever received the symature Directars for 1ho cusuloe yrar the (raniaciiun ol 0. uh pol st England, when denositors. Prestde b st the : ¢ : 5 THE COAL\MONOPOLISTS, rusitore. o | of thie Prestdent'of the Company tssutng thew, 80y uitiet bualneas whlch s e, wii e — communicuting the Hussian anawer to the AmUND n ‘Thu wholesale grocery house of J. & J. W. | who, gt the time the loan was hegotiuted, was Eark: #.‘nc”u.{ St 8 ITh AL 3 Wclock po AUCTION NA Porte, will be cxpected to accom. | PSLADELPUL, Juu. 2~Tho adjourned meet- | gyny & Co, de not allected by the suspension | a Trastee of tho National Trise Coimpatys MO CRAWFORD, Becrotary, pany I with advice, Therefory {t | In@ of coalstipoera and vperators, haviug In | fyrther than Jacob luun's intercst, threc- ‘The Dougbty loau {s a pertioent fllustration of the President’s methods. This lvan grew out of aserivs of loats wmade to T ore Ber- dell between Nov, 15, 1571, and Nov. 1, 19572, Iuclusive, Mr. Bendell fulled in 157, aud the collaterals which the Company, behl wers found 10 be joalequate. As the Company Lad no other recuurse, (L should have realized upon ths collateraly, and charged the detlelency to proft aud loss. This plan, huwever, wus ot fullowed. The sccurities wers held untll June 2, 1374, when they were sold to Mr. Douebty ut fully twice their markes value. At ths date name Bendell owed the Cowmpany $144.080.01, to which was added sirewrs ol luterest Increastug tho amount to $131,693. This suw was (hen ustensibly loaned to Doughty on Ber- deil’s securitizs, “The loan mnude to Douglity was ot wade wt all, but & mers matter of con- veplence to the Trust Company. The Hinde- koper Juan was purely fletitious. 1t woouuted on Dec. 4 to 354,470, Charges have been uiade siucy which {ncrewscd it to $356,00. Agaiust this the Cowpauy Lolds collatessla wosth prob- ATOCKIOLDERS ~ MEETIN vicw the loal combiuation of oll coal interests, | eighths in extent. The house Is solveut, took vlace this afteruoon, There were three Mr. Bunn Las been forty-one years i business ballots takenon the perventages. It scemed | In Springticld u baukiug. 3Most of the time he . i hias occunied mauy positions of pubilc trust, and lmpossible to arrive at aostlitug dettaice, until | A5 oG el In bigh esteein in Contral Ihiuois: Judge Lathropo offcred the Ifollowlog as | ‘e uther city banks have generally bl oo scte compromiso: Pllladelpbia & Readiug, 233¢; | ive day. and eapecially so_the Ridgely Nativnal, Lehigh Vulley, 183¢; Central Rallroad of Now which had arge suviugs deposits. Much of its Jersey, 1814 Delaware & Hudson, 124¢; Dela. | withdrawal wis due to tho bank's seduction of ware, Lackawauua & Western, r.{{; f'eum.yx. the rute of futereat from Jun. L The Kidgely vanis Railroad Cotpany, i3i: Peunsylvania | palid out $65,000 uud upwanls, and declares it- Coal Company, 6, This ailotment was acevpted | seif cuval to all dewmauds.” The other bavks by all the Intcrests represented except the | 8lso have alanze wupply of ready funds, they Loblzh Velley, which voted azalnst it T deciare. . votu not befig upavlmous, the meetlug ad® journed siue dle, with the understanding, that 1N CLICAGO. ol € the representatives of the Lehlsh Valley ‘The fallurc of Jacvb Buon's bavk at Sprinz- operatars requested within furty-cight bours | feld yesterday caused somewhat of a ripple of there shall % call by the Chairmau for ? anotlior inceting.” 4. Guiken satd To-ulkiy it exdteuliut pon bur atzects,. 88 he fu well a 11 the Lebigh Valley individual operators dud | kBowa tos great many peopls of Clleago, es- Lot wiree within the tine speciicd they would | becially to a portion of the newspaper fraterul- $0 bo winiug the sawe ws usal. by, whorvpnsded liu uy ® LOL Very sucueseful will be very nmatural if England, before taking this step, foquires what conditions Russian commanders have been instructed to dersaud. By upproachiug Russia agaln, England would ve giviog proof of her earnest desire to sparo Europe furtherdanger. Another Cabinet Councll is upuounced for to-day. WUAT RUSSIA WANTS. A Vienua correspondent says tho Russian Goverument sppears to bo throwiog out feelers pointing tothe demolition of Turkey’s Danublan Tortresses as ono of the conditions of peace. PHOPOSED ARMISTICE, Brusssts, Jan, &—A dispatch from Paris in. timates that furkey will probahly propose an armistico on the basls of the belligerents re- taining the positions they now occupy. ENGLAND'S ATTITUDE. Loxnoy, Jun. &—A Cabinet ouscll will bo loalng vut sale of goods saved fire will be sold ont et auce AY nornlng. 10a. m, r {nspection sad private sale 3% 320 Stalo-al., caroer Quincy. Frivato saie duriog the suctions every day after §2p,’ m o boors eleciing cleyen: Trustees 10 serva uring ihe Jear and for the trananction of sucl uibier b apsome up Uetora'the meatioy. CHAIL Trinity Church First Morlgage Bonis, f%l’l;‘c‘in’ U. PEAUCHY & CO. L T Monroe an. "$43.. Upuu prescaratiun! COUNTY ORDERS - APOPLEXY. &puctal Diswalck o Ths (hicage Tribuns, BroontxuzoN, 1L, Jau, S.—3lobest McWhis, a0 0ld resident of McLean County, fall dead of spoplexy yesterday at Holdes, Clamber of Cvumerce. TATEST.