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Show THE HOWELL LUVeEFt FAILURE. II w at tui.d hf th Failure of th. Jtfr.r-au Jtfr.r-au l.uiulr CouipaMy, Aktiisdv, Kans., July 16. Tha attorney for Geo. W. Howell, of th IIoTell Lumber c jmpiny which faded yckterday, aays the failure was caused by the failure of tha Jefl'ersonvitle Luni-ber Luni-ber company which was a debtor to th j llowell company for S lO.OilO, and that tho sale of the Omaha plant by Ilorhir'. ,l'!-vett, viu wholly unexpected. unex-pected. The lialji'.iti s of the Atc.h'soit concern are if '.jO.UuO, of which the First National bant of Chicago is a creditor for JMO.tMNi. The assets of all tha Howill conct rns aie placed at S.'.OHO,-IKI0; S.'.OHO,-IKI0; liabilities unknown. C. F. iilouut, this city, has tiled an attachment for .".(). COU, and the Missouri I'acllio lor $13(10. La.vyors are recelviu numerous claims r. gainst the lioweiui, ' a. torn '.. received yasteriiay over iOo.OW fo r claims against tliem by telegraph, mostly "accommodation papers." C. II. Blount, retail lumber dualer of this city, has fCO.COO of this kind of paper outstanding and' instituted attachment proceedings. L'lount states that tbo outstanding accommodation paper will reach from Jl.niiO.OOO to $l,oOU.O()0. Oil' A',o, July 10. It is staled at tha First National bank that as soon as tlm llowells affair is straightened out it will advance them money to begin., business with. |