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EARLY BIRD DEPOSITORS A LONG RUN ON A CHICAGO BANK. The Doors Kept Open Till 2 a m. To Pay Ont Money To Depositors-The Fever Spreads To Other Banks. CHICAGO, ILLS., June 7.-It was uot until after two o'clock yesterday morning that the Illinois trust and saving banks closed its doors after paying the last depositor that remained in line at that hour. This performance, it is said, broke the record, it being the first time in this country, so far as is known that a bank has remained open after midnight in order to meet a run. As early as 7 o'clock, however, another batch of depositors bad made their appearance, and they lounged against the walls or sat on the curbstone awaiting the regular hour for opening. At the Bank of Commerce, farther up the street, as well as at the Dime Savings bank, the Union Trust,aud the Hibernian bank the same scenes were being enacted. By ten o'clock it was apparent that Monday's experiences would be repeated at each institution. At some of them there were double lines of depositors extending for a couple of blocks. Another large crowd (extended out into the middle of the street and those composing it pushed their way inside as best they could. Officers of all the institutions insisted that they were able to weather the storm and with the exception of the Dime Sayings bank, not one has so far found it necessary to enforce even the thirty days' notice rule, while this latter institution is paying from 20 to 80 per cent. in cash, according to the needs of the various applicants and requiring only the usual thirty days' notice for the remainder. At the various national banks it is said that the Illinois Trust, which has savings deposits subject to notice, to a total of $10,500,000 and individual deposits subject to check of $7,500,000 more, is as sound as the Bank of England, and the officers of the institution say that they can pay off every depositor in the savings branch and still haye several millions left for an emergency. Joseph Rathbone & Co., lumber dealers. made a voluntary assignment this morning. Assets scheduled at $500,000; liabilities at $250,000. KALAMAZOO, Mich., June 7.-The Winans-Pratt Carriage company made an assignment yesterday. BEATRICE, Neb., June 7.-The State bank at Cortant, this county, closed vesterday. It was a small bank. DALLAS, Tex., June 7.-The Times Herald, the only afternoon newspaper in the city, was sold at receiver's sales yesterday to Dr. c. M. Rasser for $16,000. The paper was anti-Cleveland and for free silver. It will be continued as a Democratic daily. SPOKANE, Wash., June 7.-The Washington National bank and its adjunct, the Washington Savings bank, closed their doors yesterday. Both have plenty of assets. BEDFORD, IND., June 7.-The Bedford bank suspended yesterday.