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Show FORCED TO THE WALL. Three Now York Stock ExchanRO Firms Announce Their Innblllty to Sleet Obligations. New lork, May 5 Three stock ex. change linns. Offenbich . Moore, Henry Hrolhers & Co and l.orknnod Hard A. Co , announced their suspension In the order or-der named at tho opening of tho mirket today Tho nmount of their point llublll. ties Is tnrloualy estimated nt from tl (,-wo (,-wo to IVsoimi. assets unknown, nnd In the opinion of good Judges, a goodly pnitlon sr,or doubtful value The da closed with tho usual rumors Of more, failures, jrlmlnil prosecution nnd the like The solvency nf seternl nnanrlil Institutions of standing was tuought Into question, but for such rumors there appeared to be absnluielv no foundation J ho failures wero directly due to list week s serious clecllno In a number of In-dustrial In-dustrial slocks Two of this group. Rutland Rut-land Hillway preferrel and St Luwrenco A Adlrondick. uro regularly listed on the stock exchange The others Including Kmlnlon Securities, llackensaik Mead-owe Mead-owe North Amoilcan Lumber and I'ulp nnd aturngn Power, nre, or rather were, Store or less extensively 'dealt wllh on tho ""Following tho nnnouncement of the fall-ureS fall-ureS man" lots of slocks and a few blocks of bonds wero bought and sold under ho rule" on tho cxi hinge for account of the tnsoltent concerns All told 3WS sluics nf Iiii'lind preferred were traded In dur- ng the d y at from M to ft closing ut M. a net loss to" I he dty of Ave points Ihe folly hi Rutland (rum the low- r Int fj jowcil tho announcement that 11J,,',1' ulMeats had ngreed to take uii it block nt thoso shores for nccount of scte or ?ho end. i crossed speculators rhero was ver little trading In tho tUbli-Meier "wSl'l street's cnnbortntlvo men were si-moat si-moat unanimous In 1,h.n0P"'0,,,,t,1o'lJ1 i! aav s haimen nga had dono much lo cnu- miiisy was loaned ul from 10 to i P'r :&udVaiuk rar, the tnanajier. |