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Show BUCKET SHOP NOTIFIES CUSTOMERS OF CLOSING ST. LOUIS, June 14. Tho Merchants Stock and Grain company notified its customers todav that no further trades would be made in stocks, grain or provisions. pro-visions. Recently Frank J. Minor, manager man-ager of the couocrn, was convicted on a charge of conducting a bucket shop. The oflicial closing notice reads: "Owing to contingencies arising, all trades will bo closed out today." The Western Union Telegraph company, com-pany, which furnished the service to the company, issued an order several days ago withdrawing its wirca from all alleged Jjuckot shops. Circuit; Attorncj' Jones, in three weeks, closed up eighty so called bucket shops and the Merchants Mer-chants was the only one in this class which continued operations. |