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Show Heui UuMtoa Failure. Boston, 1. T;ie AVc-iiny J mrwi! ays: Il is reported that S:iepanl, H ill A Co., exteiii'vc lumber dcalerj of this city, have i-UipJHided, with liabilities liabil-ities amounting U alx.nt f 1 ,-:X'l,i.VJ. The taiiure has Ciitistxl cimaiderablo coninient in financial circles, aa numerous nu-merous Boston bank hold nearly $l,LXOX of the paper of the suspended sus-pended firm. A Montreal bank also h:is alxxit $Jl,iK) of the paper, and another bank of that city has ? 100,-000. 100,-000. It is stated that only about '20 per cent, ol the indebtedness is in business paper. The failure is attributed attri-buted to the long depression in the lumber trade. |