1448. Bank of Rico (Rico, CO)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
September 18, 1897
Location
Rico, Colorado (37.693, -108.030)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
268c3a5c

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspapers report the Bank of Rico failed/closed (failed on Sept. 18, 1897) and subsequently went into voluntary liquidation with depositors to be paid in full. There is mention that the Montrose Bank later closed to forestall a run caused by withdrawals tied to the Rico failure, but the articles do not describe a depositor run on the Bank of Rico itself; primary cause reported is voluntary liquidation/closure.

Events (3)
1. September 18, 1897 Suspension
Cause
Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details
Contemporaneous reports state the bank failed/closed on Sept. 18 and subsequently went into voluntary liquidation; depositors were to be paid in full.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Rico, Colorado, suspended on Monday: It is claimed that the depositors will be paid in full.
Source
newspapers
2. September 29, 1897 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Montrose failed to open its doors ... the president ... is also a stockholder in the Bank of Rico, which closed a few days ago, since which time withdrawals from the Montrose concern have been so heavy that the directors thought best to forestall a run.
Source
newspapers
3. October 7, 1897 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Rico, Colo., has closed its doors, going into voluntary liquidation. Depositors are to be paid in full.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (11)
1. September 25, 1897 The Democratic Advocate Westminster, MD
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women on the workmen in the mine washeries cause the military considerable annoyance. General Gobin does not want to use force against them. It is probable that another troop of cavalry will be called into the field to suppress outbre iks at distant points. Later dispatches state that nearly all the striking miners have returned to work, a compromise having been arranged. BROCKTON, MASS., September 17.-One thousand operators on the Chase lasting machine in the shoe factories of Brockton and vicinity struck today, The strike fever has already spread to the edge-setters, and at several factories the men are out on strike. Should the strike become general, 2,500 men would be affected. The strike is directed against the Chase Company and its machines. The trouble grew out of the recent strike of the lasters at the factory of Churchill & Alden. When the men left their work there and demanded an increase in wages, the Chase Machine Company sent its agents into the factory, to take the strikers' places. Dun's Review reported 204 failures last week, running from $1,500,000 down to $5, 000. The coal miners at Diamondville, Idaho, are on strike for increased wages and the abolition of the truck store system. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 17.-All the lasters of the Halifax shoe factory, under the management of Messrs. Johnson & Bailey, at Halifax, refused to go to work today. Yesterday morning they presented their grievances and notified the managers that unless they would comply favorably with their request they would not return 10 duty. The refusal on the part of the managers to accede to their demands brought about a strike. They demand one-half cent more per pair on all shoes. Israel Strausbaugh and wife, of Paradise township, York county, Par, have made a deed of assignment. The Snow Hill (Md.) Messenger, of Saturday last says: We went to Philadelphia and Baltimore this week to look for some of the prosperity which the daily papers have been declaring was SO plentiful that everybody was getting a chunk of it. We are very sorry to report that we didn't get a slice. We visited some of the largest mercantile establishments in both of the cities named and the heads of these establishments told us candidly that they were trying to boom business by running excursions and other devices, but there was nothing encouraging in the prospect for a permanent revival. What they are after now is to get hold of the money the farmers are commanding for wheat and potatoes. When that is gone the outlook is bad. That the Diugley Tariff will not help ns sell any more goods IS acknowledged by all. We were 111 hopes that there was some truth in the glowing accounts of the daily press, but alas ! it is nothing but wind. BENTON HARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18.-The First National Bank of this city did not open for business today, and National Bank Examiner George B. Caldwell, of Detroit, is in charge. About $90,000 is due depositors, and it is generally believed that 75 per cent. will be about as much as will be realized. The suspension is not wholly a surprise. Deposits have decreased about $50,000 the past three months. The bank's capital stock was $50,000 with surplus of $40,000. The examiner says that the failure was due to the speeulations of ex-cashier James Bailey, "whose unwise investments and dangerous speculative tendencies to his removal last June.' Fuller & Wilson, of New York city, dealers in foreign and domestic exchange, assigned on Monday. The assignment created genuine surprise in the street, where the firm had an excellent reputation and was considered sound. Wm. J. C. Nickel, of Frostburg, Md., builder and contractor, has failed. Fletcher Mercantile Company, Kenzie, Tenn., sold out by sheriff. Gibson, Lazarus Grocery Company, Mobile, Ala., assigned. The Bank of Rico, Colorado, suspended on Monday: It is claimed that the depositors will be paid in full. In New York city, on Tuesday. 4000 cornice and sky-light makers went on a strike for higher wagers. Lennox & Co., Buffalo, N. Y., produce commission merchants, have confessed judgments for $3,629. John Beaver, builder, Baltimore, Md., has applied for insolvency. The Boston Co-operative Buyers' Association, housefurnishing goods, at Boston, has been petitioned into insolvency. Klein & Werley, Carey, Ohio, dealers in dry goods and shoes, have made an assignment. Wm. B. McCullum, Valparaiso, Indiana, dealer in dry goods and notions has given a chattel and realty mortgage

2. September 25, 1897 The Monte Vista Journal Monte Vista, CO
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WESTERN NEWS. the The Bank of honey Rico faicd was shipped on carioad of 20th. from on.the comptroller and of the secs. currency is with what of James Denver II. Eckels, visiting Colorado he tomn much pleased loads facEighty-seven wagon by the canning They recel red in one day runtock tory were employ at Rocky ninety Ford day people and are was ning now night and S. Davis of Denver. of Bot- the chosen elected Charles uprème Pythias represe chancellor and John T. at the Knights of grand Spring# pession at has his pri tom Colorado Adams Creck. appointed as Rod Governor of Cripple King is formerly a civil vate by prof He is the engineer S. King secretary Leadville. fession Mr. Central and Aecretary commit- of state lived Democratic in State dairy tee. For some time and past his the assistant the mater- have commissioner quietly Investigation manufacture of factories chese been ial used the methods in the employed Denver. by They made. think in and the vicinity cheese of are being inventhat filled mutascope the pic made big festival life like tion. Through of the by a a new Denver presented man. parades winter. will tures and next for the on be the preserved invention picture machine is important may be built. The a factory train No. 23 reason Rock that Island running passenger over east-bound the Union Unwest Pacific bound. tracks. and train an collided miles west head- of ion Pacific 20th. stock two locomotives were on Muney. on the Kansassked wrecked, Both the baggage was badly were completely of shattered the Rock and Island several but no train of one the was stock killed. in cars the goes wrecked. on some ranches As grain valley. threshing the xpectation* results on of the Poudre exceed the William McClellan. his wheat most time anguine. resident far is having as the bushels work has to old threshed and it so show William sixty R. is also it been done. His son. threshed and the acre. wheat to the acre. having shows fifty-seven his bushels aged 4. daughter fatburned Blanche Nowland of Chey into a was street weeds. of John Nowlan by falling The child ran into bonfire ally for burning and divertently and hair was playing Her clothing frightfully the names. and she foot was She lived caught burned from fire head the to accident mother suffer was for an intensely. hour after The child's to take the burnbadly Inc burned off trying the little one. Archiing clothes President has Arizona. appointed minister of bald The J. Sampson of E. G. states Kennedy marshal Ecundor. and United Sampson is of South of in Colorado. South to Dakota. a Dakota. resident resided A Phoenix, J. and Arizona, present was the but he formerly lawyer by general profession of Colorado the the He is first a attorney state was admitted into has after Union The closing of very the Bank material of Rico addition the Jeopardized one the town. The starting to the welfare and of may a of public seriously concentration men. eripple works. business bet ween of our mounting to the number $5,000 number county and funds. $10,000. the funds were definite of held a can by and be bank. besides Nothing liabilities of learned lodges. as to the bank? to the assets. visit of Warden to Cleghorn devise means Eastern The pent entaries conviet labor system a failure. putting penitent a itentiary $10,000 was by of the a of The the state appropriation Legislature appropriate for too of the small. erection the probably gover last is entirely $10,000 will 18 no legal way plant nor says The as there used for other than purposes remain in which unused it those can designated be by the Logistature, of Juan case Pach Arch The jury Lucero in the and Ruperto murderers. eco. J. M. the San of guilty nleta. verdlet Isidro active participants Lucero. was reached was a one of the Miguel Reveille. the first dein who the killing of of murder and In Archuleta. were found guilty Pacheco evidence. gree. while shown by the the crowd when merely who. as member. was of were given the erime degree verdict. work a be be The second El White Paso Oaks Times C. rattrott H. ways Eddy that will will for and The Paso the on commenced in El Paso the first KOOD. in a stretch few to days Fleeks will to take ask Salado the It road be pushed probably the road bids will roal fields from and doubt El rapidly now about to to Mr. Roswell build Eddy There is no White Oaks with enterprise plenty Ing of organized the his carry compan the of has capital to of Private Medanos through The Claims United has states handed Ojito Court de down las aeres an opin claim. New four grant Land in Valeneia the involving county, catendar (31,442 testimony and Mexico. dis land the court IN the that the four square 1: was land In as per leagues contende controversy closed. leagues of Antonlo Sandoval square to that only Nando tem were court given to with 1819. The was alandoned granted DONN was holds grant in three porary val and that years :hix after the alleged was made. at Idaho. Bolse, the District rendered Court in the Thomas eases In decision was the state against Fouch. et al. am a by D. W. given Pitzphirick brought and of of originges whool money The security for force for loans Make Land was Board for $2,000. made by the Fixparick Fouch for $2,500 Judge with case against against each. Niewart interest and that decided for four that years the state its loan

3. September 25, 1897 The Indicator Pueblo, CO
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WESTERN NEWS. The Bank of Rico faied on the 18th. A carload of honey was shipped east from Denver on the 20th James H Eckels, comptroller of the currency is visiting Colorado and is much pleased with what be sees. Eighty seven wagon loads of toma toes were received by the canning factory at Rocky Ford in one day. They now employ ninety people and are running night and day Charles S Davis of Denver. was elected suprème of the Knights of Pythias and John T. Bot tom chosen grand chancellor at the session at Colorado Springs. Governor Adams has appointed Rod S King of Cripple Creek as his pri vate secretary Mr King is civil engineer by profession and formerly lived in Leadville He is secretary of the Democratic State Central commit tee. For some time past the state dairy commissioner and his assistant have been quietly investigating the materlal used in the manufacture of chese and the hods employed by factories the vicinity of Denver They think that filled cheese are being made Through a new mutascope inven tion. made by a Denver man the pie tures of the big festival parades will be and presented life like the achine next winter The invention importa for the reason that a factory may be built Rock Island passenger train No. 23. bound. running the Union Paelfic tracks and an bound Un ion Pacific stock train collided head of miles west 20th. the Money Kansas Both omot completely wrecked the baggage car of the Rock Island train was badly shattered and several of the stocl were wrecked but no one was killed. As grain threshing goes on in the some on results Poudre the of the exceed ranches sanguine William Met 'lellan. an old time resident is having his wheat threshed and far as the work has to busbels been done the His son. William R is also having his wheat threshed and it shows fifty bushels to the acre Blanche Nowlan aged + daughter of John Nowlan of Cheyenne was fat ally burned by falling into bonfire for burning weeds The child playing and hadvertently rau into flames Her clothing and hair caught fire and she frightfully burned from head to foot She lived after the accident suffer ing intensely The child's mother was badly burned Irving to take the burn ing clothes off the little one The President has appointed Archi hald T. Sampson of Arizona. minister of Ecuador and E G Kennedy South Dakota. United States marshal of South Dakota A J. Sampson is at present a resident of Phoenix Arizona, but he formerly resided in Colorado He lawyer by profession and was the first attorney general of Colorado after the state was admitted into the Union The closing of the Bank of Rico has eopardized very material addition the welfare of the town public concentrating starting a works, and may seriously cripple men The our business number funds amounting bet veen and $10,000. held by the bank besides the funds of num be can definite Nothing of lodges learned as to the bank's liabilities and The visit of Warden Cleghorn to the to devise means putting Inbor system in failure $10,000 the by The of a small gover plant will probably The legal used than those designated by the The jury in the case of Juan Pach and Arch Lucero M Isidro murderers San guilty Lucero of of killing of Miguel Reveille was found murder in the first de and Archuleta. by when given that work Paso Salado build Eddy plenty Court of Private an opin handed Medanos of Valeneia and four calendar dis four that the contended land in of Sandoval in tem that only holds Sando the grant alleged In the Distric Court at Boise. Idaho rendered in the brought by the state against Thomas and D W Fouch. et al. of as given mortgages for of school for money loans The made by the Land Board against Fitzpatrick was for $2,000 500 for S2 with Fouch and against that Judge each. four years for interest Stewart decided that the state in loan money stands upon the same foot as an ing individual The notes takthe by ing carried interest bearing the Su for which interest coupons Court recently decided to be usurious preme hence Judge Stewart held that the could no: collect interest on these loans The negotiations for the purchase of lower end of the For Hall reserva ion the to a sudden end at Ross Fork on the 18th The chiefs and head men. ho had not yet signed the agreement. to

4. September 30, 1897 The Herald Los Angeles, CA
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A Broken Bank DENVER, Col., Sept. 29.-A special to the Republican from Montrose, Col., says: The Bank of Montrose failed to open its doors this morning. The president, J. E. McClure, is also a stockholder in the Bank of Rico, which closed a few days ago, since which time withdrawals from the Montrose concern have been so heavy that the directors thought best to forestall a run. The capital stock is $50,000 and the deposits $177,279. An effort will be made to reopen the bank.

5. September 30, 1897 The Silver Star Dolores, CO
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WESTERN NEWS. The Bank of Rico faied on the 18th. the James H. Eckels, comptroller and of is is visiting Colorado he sees. much currency pleased with what of tomatoes in one Eighty-seven were received wagon by the loads canning day. They facnow employ tory at Rocky ninety Ford people and are running night and day was Charles S. Davis of Denver, of the suprême representative John T. Botgrand elected Knights a Pythias chancellor and at the session tom chosen at Colorado Springs Rod King Adams has appointed his priKing Governor of Cripple Creek. as is a civil S. vate secretary by profession Mr. and secretary formerly of the lived engineer Democratic in Leadville. State He Central is commitdairy tee. For some time past his the assistant state have commissioner investigating and the of mater- chese been quietly the manufacture factories ial used the methods in employed by They think and vicinity of Denver. being made. that in the filled cheese are mutascope inven a new the pieThrough by a Denver man. will tion. of the big life like tures made festival presented parades be preserved and machine next for winter. the a The on the invention picture factory is important may be built. reand reason that J. Sweeney. an old county. was spected Peter citizen of Douglas instantly killed home by Canon. 20th. his in accidently Rappy son. Eugene shot and Sweeney. the five miles at east The his loading of cart Par ker ridge Station exploded on while he was Gulf the The gun Union Pacific. and the Denver express & com anRailway company that system the arpany operating over of $1,000 for men who nounces a reward of four near Des and 3d and held up a Mexico. on with rest New conviction passenger train the safe inst. Moines. blew open the money 23 No. train dynamite. Island passenger over the Union Un Pacific tracks. and collided of Pacific west Rock bound. stock running train an east-bound miles west headion the 20th. two locomotives were car Island Muney. on on Kansas. wrecked. Both the baggage badly completely train was cars wrecked, on of shattered the Rock and several but no of one the was stock killed. in the were threshing goes some Poudre the an As grain valley. the expectations.org results McClellan. on of the ranches exceed William his wheat most eanguine is having work has old time resident. far as the bushels to threshed and so sixty is also done. it shows William R. it been the acre. his His wheat son. bushels threshed to the and acre. shows having fifty-seven appointed ArchiPresident has Arizona, minister of The J. Sampson of E. G. Kennedy marshal bald Ecuador. and United States is at a present to South Dakota. Dakota. A J. Sampson Arizona, and was of South resident resided of Phoenix in Colorado. after the but he formerly lawyer by general profession of Colorado the the He is first a attorney state was admitted into has Rico Union The closing of very the Bank material of i. addition e., the jeopardized welfare one of public the town. concentrating a to of a seriously and may business starting works. the of our to men. cripple bet ween The the number funds. amounting were held number by county and $10,000. funds of a can be $5,000 besides the definite and learned assets. to of bank. lodges. as to Nothing the bank's liabilities the Cleghorn means visit of Warden to devise labor the Eastern The putting a altentaries convict was system a failure the in a of state penitentiary of $10,000 by of erection The Legislature appropriatic for 100 the small. the probably gover last plant is entirely The $10.000 will is legal no says. as be used for the remain nor way in which unused than it those can there designated by other Pach Legislature purposes t the case of Ruperto Juan Arch The jury M. Lucero in and Isidro purderers. Lucero. uleta. eco. J. the verdict San of active participants was reached who was killing a one of of the murder Miguel in Reveille. the Archuleta, first dein found the while guilty Pacheco of by the and evidence, crowd when were gree. who, as member committed. shown of the were given the merely crime degree was verdict. be be a second El Paso Oaks Times railroad says that will will work The White B. Eddy ask on commenced in a few will take in first to El Paso stretch Fleeks the soon c. days. to and Salado the for it Eddy bids. road will be fields from The pushed and El Paso, rapidly probably now about to to the Mr. the Roswell. build There coal is no White doubt Oaks road. company with enterprise plenty Court of has ing of capital organized the to his carry the of Private opinthrough. The Claims U'alted has States handed Ojito de down an Ins Medanos acres of Land rejecting involving the 63.443 New Mexico, grant ion claim. Valencia county. calendar and four disland in the court as the testimosy that the four square as per leagues It was contended land in Sandoval controversy in square closed. leagues to of holds Antonio that only Sando temval 1819. porary and PORMONNION that years this after was the alleged grant were granted The court was abandoned given to with three in

6. September 30, 1897 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS
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Montrose Bank Closes. Denver, Col., Sept. 30.-A special to the Republican from Montrose, Col., says: The Bank of Montrose failed to open its doors this morning. The president, J. E. McClure, is also a stockholder in the Bank of Rico which closed a few days ago, since which time withdrawals from the Montrose concern have been so heavy that the directors thought best to forestall a run. The capital is $50,000 and the deposits $177,219. An effort will be made to reopen the bank.

7. September 30, 1897 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN
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Failure of a Colorado Bank. DENVER, Col., Sept. 29.-A special from Montrose says the Bank of Montrose failed to open its doors this morning. The president, w. E. McClure, is also a stockholder in the Bank of Rico, which closed a few days ago, since which time withdrawals from the Montrose concern have been so heavy that the directors thought best to forestall a run. The capital is $50,000 and the deposits $177,219. An effort will be made to reopen the bank.

8. September 30, 1897 The Saint Paul Globe Saint Paul, MN
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Bank Doors Closed. DENVER. Col., Sept. 29.-A special from Montrose, Col., Says: The Bank of Montrose failed to open its doors this morning. The president, J. E. McClure. is also a stockholder of the Bank of Rico. which closed a few days ago, since which time withdrawals from the Montrose concern have been so heavy that the directors thought best to forestall a run. The capital is $50,000 and the deposits $177,219. An effort will be made to re-open the bank.

9. October 2, 1897 The Coeur D'alene Press Coeur D'alene, ID
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BANK OF MONTROSE, COL., FAILED. Withdrawals for the Reco Bank Caused the Downfall. Denver, Col., Sept. 30.-A special to the Republican from Montrose, Col., says the Bank of Montrose failed to open its doors yesterday. The president, J. E. McClure, is also a stockholder in the Bank of Rico, which closed a few days ago, since which time withdrawals from the Montrose concern have been so heavy that the directors thought best to forestall a run. The capital is $50,000 and the deposits $177,219. An effort will be made to reopen the bank.

10. October 7, 1897 The Pioche Weekly Record Pioche, NV
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NEWS NOTES. The Bank of Rico, Colo,, has closed its doors, going into voluntary liquidation. Depositors are to be paid in full. Chief of Police Kipley of Chicago has ordered the policemen not to receive presents from citizens in the future. Authentic information is at hand that there is a great discovery of freemilling gold ore in the Chocolate mountains of Yuma county, A. T. The Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., is in session in Springfield, III. Delegates from every State and from Europe, Canada and Australia are present. The Fruit Importers Union of New York city has disrupted, and several of the most prominent receivers have severed their connection with that organization. The revenue from customs for the month of August under the Dingley bill was $6,528,582 less than it was for the same month last year under the Wilson bill. A small detachment of United States troops will be dispatched to St. Michael, Alaska, shortly owing to the reports of pending violence among the starving adventurers in that vicinity. The Dismal swamp of Virginia and North Carolina, covering an area of perhaps 400 square miles, caught fire from one end to the other, the result of an unprecedented drought and excessively hot weather. No one inhabits the swamp but wild animals, therefore no attempt was made to check the flames. Money continues to be ordered from the banks at New York and the SubTreasury to pay the wheat-growers of the South and West. The Sub-Treasury received orders to ship $275,000 in currency to the South and the northwest. The money will be sent from Washington. The banks sent about $1,000,000. A special to the New York Herald from Panama says: Advices from Nicaragua, received by way of Tegu. cigalpa, Honduras, states that a revolution has broken out simultaneously in the city of Granada and the town Jinotepec. No details of the outbreak have been received. According to the same advices Honduras is now quiet. The Hooley-Jameson syndicate of London has concluded negotiations by which'it will take up £16,000,000 of the 5-per-cent bonds which the Chinese Government will issue at 94. A Brussels newspaper claims that the arrangement is a victory over the Americans, and says a Belgian syndicate has obtained a contract which secures exclusively the construction of the Peking-Hankow line. Seymour Brothers, stock and grain brokers at 30 Broad street, New York, have assigned. The firm had offices in various parts of the country. The firm's standing was good and it is said to have done a large business. The assignees said it would be impossible to give an estimate of the assets and liabilities until an inventory had been taken. It is reported, however, that the liabilities may reach nearly $1,000,000. It is said that the firm's failure was caused by heavy dealings in wheat. Pensions have been granted the following named Pacific Coast residents: California-Original, George Ramsay, San Francisco; James La Niece, San Bernardino; Arthur McGurk, Ven1 tura; Elihu J. Kelly, Woodfords; Asa o Kimball, Fort Bragg. Original o widows, etc., Ellen Kershner, mother, i El Pasa de Robles. Oregon-Original, 3 Frederick. Winchester, Rainier; Peter o T. Meeks, Sherwood. Washingtona Increase, Alexander Tilley, Kent; Louis Hastings, Vancouver. to

11. October 23, 1897 The White Pine News East Ely, Treasure City, Taylor, Ely, NV
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NEWS NOTES. The Bank of Rico, Colo., has closed its doors, going into voluntary liquidation. Depositors are to be paid in full. Chief of Police Kipley of Chicago has ordered the policemen not to receive presents from citizens in the future. Authentic information is at hand that there is a great discovery of freemilling gold ore in the Chocolate mountains of Yuma county, A. T. The Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., is in session in Springfield, III. Delegates from every State and from Europe, Canada and Australia are present. The Fruit Importers Union of New York city has disrupted, and several of the most prominent receivers have severed their connection with that organization. The revenue from customs for the month of August under the Dingley bill was $6,528,582 less than it was for the same month last year under the Wilson bill. A small detachment of United States troops will be dispatched to St. Michael, Alaska, shortly owing to the reports of pending violence among the starving adventurers in that vicinity. The Dismal swamp of Virginia and North Carolina, covering an area of perhaps 400 square miles, caught fire from one end to the other, the result of an unprecedented drought and excessively hot weather. No one inhabits the swamp but wild animals, therefore no attempt was made to check the flames. Money continues to be ordered from the banks at New York and the SubTreasury to pay the wheat-growers of the South and West. The Sub-Treasury received orders to ship $275,000 in currency to the South and the northwest. The money will be sent from Washington. The banks sent about $1,000,000. A special to the New York Herald from Panama says: Advices from Nicaragua, received by way of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, states that a revolution has broken out simultaneously in the city of Granada and the town Jinotepec. No details of the outbreak have been received. According to the same advices Honduras is now quiet, The Hooley-Jameson syndicate of London has concluded negotiations by which'it will take up £16,000,000 of the 5-per-cent bonds which the Chinese Government will issue at 94. A Brussels newspaper claims that the arrangement is a victory over the Americans, and says a Belgian syndicate has obtained a contract which secures exclusively the construction of the Peking-Hankow line. Seymour Brothers, stock and grain brokers at 30 Broad street, New York, have assigned. The firm had offices in various parts of the country. The firm's standing was good and it is said to have done a large business. The assignees said it would be impossible to give an estimate of the assets and liabilities until an inventory had been taken. It is reported, however, that 60 the liabilities may reach nearly $1,m 000,000. It is said that the firm's failure was caused by heavy dealings in wheat. of Pensions have been granted the folI lowing named Pacific Coast residents: California-Original, George Ramsay, t San Francisco; James La Niece, San Bernardino; Arthur McGurk, Venp c tura; Elihu J. Kelly, Woodfords; Asa Kimball, Fort Bragg. Original o widows, etc., Ellen Kershner, mother, is El Pasa de Robles. Oregon-Original, H Frederick. Winchester, Rainier; Peter o T. Meeks, Sherwood. Washingtona: Increase, Alexander Tilley, Kent; Louis Hastings, Vancouver. a