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Show LIVERPOOL DEALERS IN COTTON HARD HIT LIVERPOOL. April 22 There was n sensation in Cottonopolis today, born of widely circulated statements that forged bills of hiding of cotton, purporting to Mates, had boon uncovered. The alleged fraudulent methods. It was said. Involve cotton valued at $2,500,000. and In addition addi-tion to thirty Liverpool linns it was said that several continental cotton hou-s were heavy loser?. The Echo says the method of iisIiil- the allegud false bills of lading sent with u 8 t(l l,h,i4 ,(, " cotton was delivered by ca triers and that Import-?L Import-?L ,n ,nnu' rawf Pnld such drafts. hen the prartlce was discovered the steamship companies withheld dellvcrv until the bills of lading wore verified. Tho Echo says an Investigation mado by Importers Im-porters shows not only were a number of these, bills of lading spurious, but that there was actually no cotton agnlnat somo of them. Sensational reports of the failure of Knight. Yancey & Co.. which hit Liverpool Liver-pool cotton houses heavily, added to th excitement. A cnhl dispatch from New Orleans wild tonight that Knight. Ynncey & Co wore short In Liverpool 25.000 bales. In Havre 53000 bale and In Genoa G0O0 bales I his would mako a total loss at current iiuotntlons of over three million dollars. In LIvorpool. twenty-six ilrms ore h-lleyccl h-lleyccl lo have been affected by thn fHlluro. A majority of them have largo amount of capital and will bp able to tl.U over the situation, but n few will he jrM'),ili hi |