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Show A Black Kecord. ! New York, 1. Oq hundred fail- i ures and assignments were reported inthisoityin December with aggregate aggre-gate liabilities ot nearly $8,000,000. Eighty-nine failures in which tbe aiseta and liabilities have been ascertained ascer-tained show liabilities of $7,704,391 and assets $4,118,777. This is the beavest record fnr any month of the year and is an increaue of 25 per cent, in the number and 300 per cent, in tbe amount over the record for the month of November. Th creditors of Themas Keecta, superinlendsut ol the bureau ol repairs and suppllsi, who was formerly a builder, yesterday eleotod Henry A. TojUn auignne. The schedules h"w liabilities ol $270,000 and no bj.1b. |