Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — EASTERN. [ARTICLE]

EASTERN.

Judge Lawrence, of New York, has signed an order committing Thomas Q. Reabrooke, the actor, to Ludlow street jail for contempt of court for failure to pay alimony of S4O a week and a counsel fee of S2OO to his wife. The bankers of New York got together Monday when they saw the ticker reeling off lower prices for stocks and arranged to protect the gold reserve. President Tappen of the Uallatln Bank was the leader in the movement The possibility of another bond bane was mentioned, but the general opinion was -tbere was enough jgoid on hand or In giglit provided the way

eonld be clearly seen to a 'rehabilitation of the country’s income to meet its outlay. Although no formal papers were drawn itjvas generally agreed by the heads of ffcn batiks that they w®uld furnish Coin up to S2.<MHI.OOO each and in the aggregate about $15.(MlO k OOO. Sub-Treas-urer Jordan is to be consulted, and upon his intimation the coin is needed Jt will be furnished, probably from' the stock which Manager Shores has in the storage vaults under the floors of the clearing house. The effect of this compact was at once felt in the storit’cexehange, and prices stiffened all along'the line.