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Show ( uu I DISCUSSING GUARANTEEING M i BILLS OF LADING H ) New York, Sept. 20. While cotton B '. xnon of two continents aro diecussinq; H ! Plans for guaranteeing bills of lading I t, l is generally known that tho couru" Iv of this country have yet to untangle m I? Ihe snarl of iftigation created by the ffl L' fRiluro or Steele, Miller &4Cu., of Cor- II I Ith Miss., whose crash precipitated Jm all the trouble. Three members of m the firm have been, sent to jail, but various civil actions, growing out of the case are yet to bo adjusted. These actions nlvolvo $2S,000 and will he settled In the supreme court, Brooklyn, where tho cases are on the calendar. All are actions In equity and the plaintiffs aro Mississippi banks and tho Delaware.Lackawanna & Western railroad. All seek to recover re-cover from the New York Dock company com-pany cotton shipped to New York by Steele. Miller & Co.. for which Stephen Ste-phen M. Weld, New York cotton broker, brok-er, hold bills of lading which the pjainllffs charge were forged. |