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Show J TWO BROKEN BANKS BCSIECED. , Till De;"iolnr Xlustly Hunt and Slavs aotl t!-ntfia II tving ICuvonfra. Hoi ii'At.i., Pa., Oct. 2. The excitement ex-citement over the suspension of the ( leartield aad Huiitzdale bank continue. contin-ue. When the depositor were informed in-formed that they were likely to receive less than 50 per cent of their money tho lower clasic formed iu quad and shouted execration and threats agaiutt tho oiiicer. that would certainly have btea put ia execution had the latter been fount!. A large de'egAtioa of Hotttzdale citizens citi-zens called on Prsldeut Dill at Clear- field aud demanded atd pleaded with hiui that be make soma satisfactory , statement. They pointed out that ths . ; two to.vns were actually threatened i with tiuancial ruin, and other disaster i iu future from private individuals were i to be feared unies be made oai sort j 01 a statement showing what he could and would do ia paying the vast arm'y i.i depositor cf the two banks. To all the- pleadings President Dill ; returned the acswar that he wa all j light ami the banks were all right, and if tiie depositors stood by him they would be ail right. F.eceivers for the Houtzdale bank were appointed, and they are now ia a-. - - charge. Bank Examiner Miller took possession of the Clearlield bank. At the time of the suspension the Ilouu-tlale Ilouu-tlale bank had deposit! of .'00.000. but there was less than Stil.OOOin the Tanlts. .Allairs have become alaiming. Men end women clamored at the doors iu vain, the tide and pressure betcm the doors becoming so groat that a strong guard of policemen wss tinally placed there and ordered to beat the howling depositors back with their clubs, as it was ieared that the bank would be de-luolished de-luolished ami looted, president Dill and Cashier Mctirath were arrested tonight to-night upon petition of one depositor, and gave bail in the sum ot J'.'OW). The llout. dale bank is a private concern, con-cern, bought by Dill lsstspring. When Dill took charge be placed John M. McCratb, in whom the community had the litmu't confidence, iu charge 88 cashier. This at once stimulated business, busi-ness, and on the tirst day over JliOOU ' wna received on deposits, mostly com- iug from poor miners. At th.it time the deposits did not reach i!0,0": but through Mctirath's wall-known mt g-rily g-rily anil popularity the giew until yes da'v morning they reached iJUU.uOO. I pon opening the bank yesterday Mclirsthhad occasion to telephone the J li st National bank concerning a check and was astounded to learn that it had closed, lie at once closed his bank, but had already received several deposits. de-posits. The word spread rapidly, and belore long several hundred depositors were on the streets. The ignorant Huns and Slavs, who have deposits running from $M) to ifiOoO, grew frantic when th-y knew that their money wr.s in danger. The larger depositor at once sought ( ahier Mctiratb. aud he informed them that although the deposits reach f J 10,000, less than t.i,",000 in paper aud currency was in the bank whn it closed, lie said President Dill had removed re-moved a great amount of the money, giving as his reason that the Houtzdale vault was not secure, aud he would put it in tho Clesrlieid vault Many of Dill's friends of yesterday are bis enemies today, it is said that he has been borrowing right and left. Only a few days ago his father-in-law, Jonathau lioyiiton, advanced $,'0,000 on the representation that it would fix everything up and put the bank on its feet. |