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Show AKsi-iiment in New Turk. New Yokk. July 30. John C. Avery, a broker in investment securities, made an assignment to-day to Louis C. V.'hiton, giving preference to Annie E. Avery for $5,000 for borrowed money. Avery acknowledged the deed in Denver Den-ver on July 23d. Avery opened his office in this city in June of 1889, and claimed to be worth $200,000. He had been engaged for fifteen years previously previ-ously in the money lending business in the West, particularly at Denver and Kansas City. He organized and was president of the Denver Land Security Co., with an office at 115 Broadway. The capital stock was increased at that time to 51.000,000. The management, it is said, rested mainly on Avery. One year ago his company claimed assets of $1,770.03.-) againstjliabilities of $1,445,060, of which U 000,000 was capital capi-tal stock. It is stated that the stringency string-ency of the money market made it impossible im-possible to realize promptly. |