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Show RUN IS STARTED ON BANK IN NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 14. Owing jtrobbably to the publication of a story in a newspaper here, a run began yesterday yes-terday afternoon on the Germanla Savings Sav-ings bank. Many small depositors withdrew their deposits, 'ew knowing ihe reason for the run. The story was that the bank held $30,000 of the mortgage mort-gage bonds of the Rushmere Planting i-ompany. In which Vice-President Blaffer of the bank is Interested, and ithat the company had defaulted. Mr. Blaffer said that he and bis associates had taken the bonds off the fiands of the bank and shouldered the loss themselves. them-selves. While the run was on Germanla bank tock was quoted on the stock exchange ex-change at $1500 a share, a rise of ten points during- the day. .The bank is regarded re-garded as one of the ataunchest In this city. ..... ' |