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Show DOU.V TI1KV go. Viiorher Cliicaeo Savlnns Uauk Goes to Pieces. Chicago, 19. The Merchants', Farmers' aud Mechanics' Savings bank, 75 Clark street, failed this afternoon, and O. H. Horton, in behalf be-half of many of the depositors, will, to morrow morning, petition the United States court to appoint a re-! ceiver. Tbia bank owes tbe State, .Savings bank o0,000, secured by bonds of the city of Cairo to tbe amount ot SuO.000. Tne sixty-second quarterly statement, published last July, shows deposits of 57130,310; investment in-vestment certificates, $103,800; capital capi-tal aud contingent fund, $112,000; investment loans on real estate, $o5o,230; office equipment, $3,3oS; loans and demands by collaterals, $233, 161; United States bonds and other available securities, $254,705; cash in the vault, $124,650. This bank has been subjected lo a pretty steady run ever since the State Savings Sav-ings bank failed. Sydney Meyers, manager and owner, refuses to give any statement of the assets and liabilities. |