Inter State National Bank - Kansas City, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 4381
Charter Number: 4381
Start Date: February 22, 1894
Location: Kansas City, Missouri (39.100, -94.579)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 5270a4ee

Response Measures

None

Other: Article only contains a passing remark that bankers would not admit to a run though there was some pretty fast walking on all of them. No explicit run or suspension of Inter-State National Bank is described.

Description

Article (1894-02-22) contains a banker (J. J. Squires) admitting banks would not publicly admit a run but that there was some pretty fast walking on all of them. No suspension, closure, or reopening mentioned. Cause of withdrawals not described, so classified as 'other'. Date of run not specified beyond 'during the year'; I use the article date for the event record.

Events (2)

1. July 28, 1890 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. February 22, 1894 Run

Cause Details: Article only hints at heavy withdrawals or nervousness among banks during the year; no specific trigger (rumor, failure of another bank, or bank-specific scandal) is given.
Newspaper Excerpt: J. J. Squires of the Inter-State National bank of Kansas City, Mo., said no members of the association would be ready to admit that there had been a run on his bank during the year, yet if the truth was known there was likely some pretty fast walking on all of them.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. February 22, 1894 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS

Article from The Topeka State Journal, February 22, 1894

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Article Text

mayor but Major Hudson was not there, having slipped off the stage while Col. Harrison was talking. President Levy seemed startled and asked jokingly, "Has the Major gone out to get his jug? He then thanked the two representatives of the city for their kind words and said: "Topeka has ever been known for her enterprise, progress, and royal greetings vouchsafed the sojourner within her gates. Carpenters, masons, tramps and bankers, are equally welcome under the shadows of the capitol dome. Here, over a quarter of a century ago, Colonel C. K. Holliday and a few other leading spirits laid the foundation for the greatest system of railroads in the universe, now traversing the entire western continent, and enhancing the value of every foot of land and every commodity born of the soil, transporting the productions of Kansas to every nook of the civilized world. The Jeffersonian theory of governmental ownership of railroads being yet of the future, after nearly thirty years, the Santa Fe is still in the hands of a-Topekan." Mr. Levy said that no city in the country was SO free from crime, iniquity and trangression of laws as Topeka. He said that years ago the people hanged to a telegraph pole the only real bad man within her borders, but that Wichita was able to supply any wants in that line in the person of Clyde Mattox. The president's annual address was then read. It was filled with facts and figures about the growth of the banking business in the state and the growth of the state. Treasurer J. W. Thurston presented his report showing that he had received during the year $453.99, and that the expenditures amounted to $361.31. The report of the secretary, Wm. Macferran, showed that seventy-nine banking institutions are represented in the membership of the association, and that lie is corresponding with others who will probably soon join the association. Several letters were read from bankers regretting their inability to attend the meeting. J. J. Squires of the Inter-State National bank of Kansas City, Mo., said no members of the association would be ready to admit that there had been a run on his bank during the year, yet if the truth was known there was likely some pretty fast walking on all of them. Before the evening meeting adjourned President Levy announced the following appointments of committees: On nominationsJohn R. Mulvane, Lee Clark. J. A. Swenson, Calvin Hood and L. McKee. On auditing accounts-C. W. Trickett, P. J. Bonebrake, Ira P. Nye, George W. Burr and Guy Lombard.