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Show A I'AIHS SENSATION. I "Hllilcat" II inline lliidnni Inls 11 llli the UltaiiprarAare uf tlie llankrr. no rnoMisiNQ outlook ronTHC ILLINOIS nCrUBLICANB The (litlrmau or Hie "Miier Pool" liiusllgatlngloninilllee llrules Uwrnhj's Ulrgallont. HTslefrsph lotus Nswsl A III till! II NI NSSTIIIV A Vtell Kllunil I'srls I'rltala llanksr I'AKIH, Keh. 111. A decided senaa-Hon senaa-Hon has been I Aust-tl by the diss) a ar nncn of a well known rh ale hanker, Victor Mace, who, It Is Icnrned, left debts amounting to f l,0W,il. Uro years ngo he oienod an establl.hment, doing a business which lu Auierlcn woull lie denominated "wildcat," ollerlng Interest 011 dessltt averaging as high as 10 per cent, mr monlh. Hn a Ive rtlcd widely, and conducted his affairs lu so Irasurablo a luaniiur lhal he uccumubtol a very large clientage. Humors lisco frciuently Uhiii nil out rcgaMlug iim lustablllt of lilt torn-lses, torn-lses, but he alvays imnsgesl to re n-Miro ileiKitlloni, freiUcntly telling them that he had Inside this oil the financial situation, etc. Tho latter pait of Ills week, however, more serious rumors became current, aud the depositors bteleged tho lank, only lo lln I that M, Mace was alsaiit. Tho tullce hail to 1 lace n guanl over thn Institution ioeae It from lailng sacked Today Ihey nsluced a letter from Mace, saying that ho leaves Ihu creditors all Iho money ha hat (l,fli,. om francs) and he It going lo suicide. I ew isHipln bellevo that lie will do this. His accounts show lhal he owes at hait ;i,'ll),(l francs to the de. jioallots. |