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MORE WILDRUNS ON BANKS A Couple of Failures Start a Rush at Omaha. All the Institutions Except the Two Previously Closed Weather the Storm-Only One Even Takes Advantage of the Sixty Days' Clause. Kansas City the Scene of a Still More Absurd Run. Omaha, Neb., June 13.-There was a run on every savings bank in the city this morning, precipitated by the failure of the McCague Savings Bank yesterday, followed by the downfall this morning of the American National Bank, in which the McCagues are largely interested. It was unofficially stated yesterday that the clearing house association would stand by its members, of which the American National is one, but when the assets of the American National Bank came to be examined they were pronounced not good enough and the aid of the associated banks was withheld. The ominous sign appeared on the door this morning and the crowd which had collected becamegreatly excited. The McCagues tried to reassure the depositors, telling them that every account would be paid in full. At the Omaha Savings Bank, the German Savings Bank, the American Savings Bank, the Globe Loan and Trust Company, and other institutions, there was a steady drain of deposits all day Cash was paid out as long as called for, and there was no apparent limit to the supply. Senator Manderson and Vice President Kimball, of the Union Pacific, directors of the bank, made speeches to the excited depositors, guaranteeing them their money, but the run continued. The Dime Savings Bank compelled its depositors to give sixty days' notice of withdrawal. This action, together with the promptness with which other banks met all demands, is believed, to have stopped what almost promised to be a panic. A CRAZY RUN AT KANSAS CITY. Kansas City, June 13.-As a result of the suspension yesterday of the People's Savings Bank, an insignificant institution with deposits of only $25,000, a run was started this morning on the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings Bank. The bank took advantage of the clause of its by-laws requiring depositors to give thirty days' notice of the withdrawal of deposits. That checked the run and at it noon was practically over. None of the other banks experienced a run. Just why the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings Bank should have been selected for a run is a mystery. It is the largest and one of the soundest institutions of the kind in the state and has the confidence of the banks and merchants generally. A RUN CHECKED AT DETROIT. Detroit, Mich., June 3.-The State Bank of Crystal Falls, Mich. has suspended as a result of the failure of the Plankington Bank of Milwaukee. The bank is only a year old and its capital is $25,000. The deposits foot up $60,000. The officers of all the savings banks in this city agreed to enforce the time limit upon withdrawals of deposits. A run was started this morning upon the People's Savings Bank, one of the strongest in Detroit, but the sixty-day notice requirement checked it. The officers coneur in a statement that "it was not for want of money that we took this action, for we could have secured enough to have paid every depositor, but we did not think this the wisest plan.' A NASHVILLE BANK SHUT. Nashville, Tenn., June -The Nashville Savings Company, of which Thomas S. Marris is owner and president. filed an assignment to-night. The liabilities are $282,876, and the assets are valued at $ 125,000. The deposits amount to $109,010 22, and the certificates of deposits to $72,911 21. Among the assets are $60,000 on deposit with Arthur, Ketcher & Co., suspended bankers of New York. In an interview President Marr says the failure was due to the shrinkage in values and steady withdrawal of money by depositors since failures have become so frequent. The recent failures of local business houses and the suspension of the Commercial National Bank also caught him for large sums. ASSETS WIPED OUT. Mankoto, Kan. June 3.-The bank of Burr Oak, Jewell county, closed its doors yesterday morning. The bank was owned by Hulbert Bros., and the liabilities are placed at $35,000. The assets are practically nothing. C. D. Hulbert, one of the proprietors of the bank, has fled and his whereabouts are unknown The depositors are greatly excited, and if he should return either of his own accord or to answer a criminal charge, there being some inclination among the depositors to prefer such a charge, he would be roughly dealt with. A BANK FAILS IN UTAIF. Salt Lake, Utah, June 13.-The Park City Bank suspended yesterday. Its liabilities are $130,000, and its assets as much. The claim is made that the bank will shortly resume. The assignee says that depositors are to be paid 80 cents on the dollar.