Show HEAVY FAILURE OF W FRANCISCO FIRM dealers in grain driven to the wall and their liabilities are said to be millions of dollars san francisco june 6 eppinger co of this city on 0 of the largest grain dealing in went to ihu vail today the crash came suddenly anil for i time threatened to completely neit the kocah grain market aa it 1 waa the announcement of the failure caused a big bobbins of prides ou change and wrought up such excitement as been sed here for kanj yeara t j it is thought the 1018 the firki mayar up while the rj ondon ditria bank the money house with which it deals sill it is said heavily wheat rose from at tho opening at 12 1 2 after th graat bulk of the pressing hil been filled the market weakened nome j ahat and the prior declined lo 10 3 t while it jeaa been impossible to ectro definite information as to the extent of the il is the belief that it it extremely heavy and severe the connections of eppinger co are numerous both on the pacific coast and in the grain markets of europe it is thought the cause da tea back to an fire or eix months ago alien the big pour combine wa caught heavily long on ships chartered at the highest prices last year and short on wheat which had been sold as low as and which rose to aco the combine wa given a evere squeeze and it wm rc eliat the losses amounted to incurred in co anns the 1 enormous shortage among the business of the company was warehouse at dixon woodson arbuckle stock ton modello Mo deslo and babo Tl there were connection in every european grain and the firm held grain carrying ship jacob kp head of the linn has been in ill lualta for years and has been forced to turn over his affairs much of the time to his associates |