Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

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William Gs. and tl. S# Hopper, trading as William G. Hopper & Co., Philadelphia, bankers and htokers; 28 South 3d •treet, failed. The firm declines to give out ant statement. but the liabilities wiH probably be heavy,'as they did -a big business. It is believed they"were caught on the short side of the market The odor of gas attracted.the attention of attendants to apartments at Ne\v- York; oceupied by Arno Kuril and his wife; Karb was found breathing his las;, while' his wife was unconscious from.asphyxiation. The latter was restored, but the •h«*bnnd dfrvh- A* tle- T’cihcc StiSfSH fSr ’ that the couple had' planned suicide, the woman was placed under arrest. Karb was 3S years of age and his wife is 30 years old. -- —-—■-■-v—r —-.- The four-story iron front building' at Baltimore. Md„ owned by estate and occupied by the firm of (Jebni & Co.-sis aclothing store, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight Thursday. The adjoining lniildihga, also, occupied by Oehm A Co., were badly damaged by water, TJig^establishment is known as “OeKm’s Acme Hall," and is one of the largest in the city. A rough estimate places the !o«& on stock at s2oo,<•<*> and on the buildings at SIOO,OOO, fully covered i by insurance.' The tire is supposed to have originated from the electric light wireß. ,