19397. Browne National Bank (Spokane, WA)

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Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension β†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
4025
Charter Number
4025
Start Date
November 23, 1894
Location
Spokane, Washington (47.659, -117.426)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
b51305190fd23dd3

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1895-02-08
Date receivership terminated
1902-07-21
OCC cause of failure
Losses
Share of assets assessed as good
21.5%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
67.2%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
11.3%

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspaper reports state the Browne National Bank of Spokane closed its doors and suspended payment on Nov 23, 1894 due to insolvency (cramped for funds). Comptroller placed Examiner Flynn in charge and a receiver (J. J. Browne) was later appointed (Feb 9, 1895). No run is described prior to suspension.

Events (5)
1. May 4, 1889 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. November 23, 1894 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The suspension caused no flurry in business circles. There was a small withdrawal from other banks, but they are in no danger. Individual deposits ... amounted to $43,000 ... assets at $211,650; liabilities, $77,900; deposits, $29,800. J. J. Browne was chief stockholder and president.
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newspapers
3. November 23, 1894 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank closed due to insolvency/'cramped for funds'; known to be short of funds and liabilities exceeded assets; comptroller notified and examiner Flynn placed in charge.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Browne National Bank closed its doors to-day and went into insolvency. The failure was not a surprise, as it was known to be cramped for funds.
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newspapers
4. February 8, 1895 Receivership
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historical_nic
5. February 9, 1895 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
A telegram received today from the comptroller of the currency directs Bank Examiner Flynn to turn the Browne National Bank over to J. J. Browne, president of the broken institution, who is named as receiver of the concern.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (20)
1. November 24, 1894 The Morning Call San Francisco, CA
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CAUSED NO SURPRISE. Failure of the Browne National Bank of Spokane. SPOKANE, Nov. 23.-The Browne National Bank closed its doors to-day and went into insolvency. The failure was not a surprise, as it was known to be cramped for funds. The suspension caused no flurry in business circles. There was a small withdrawal from other banks, but they are in no danger. Individual deposits, subject to check at the time of the last published statement, amounted to $43,000. as the bank had long ago paid off most of the depositors. Cashier Shaw puts the assets at $11,650; liabilities, $77,900; deposits, $28,800. The bank was organized in 1889. J. J. Browne was chief stockholder and pΕ™esident.

2. November 24, 1894 The Record-Union Sacramento, CA
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A Spokane Bank Goes Into Insolvency. SPOKANE, Nov. 23,-The Browne National Bank closed its doors to-day and went into insolvency. The failure was not a surprise, as it was known to be cramped for funds. Thesuspension caused no flurry in business circles. There was a small withdrawal from other banks, but they are in no danger. The individual deposits subject to check at the time of the last published statements amounted to only $43,000, as the bank had long ago paid off most.of the depositors. Cashier Shaw puts the assets at $211,650; liabilities, $77,900; deposits, $29.800. The bank was organized in 1889. J. J. Browne was the principal stockholder and President.

3. November 24, 1894 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA
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Browne National Bank. Spokane, Fails. SPOKANE, Nov. 23.-The Browne National bank closed its doors today and went into insolvency. The failure was not a surprise, as it was known to be cramped for funds. The suspension caused no flurry in business circles. There was a small withdrawal from other banks, but they are in no danger. The individual deposits subject to check at the time of the last published statement amounted to only $43,000, as the bank had long ago paid off most of the depositors. Cashier Shaw puts the assets at $211,650; liabilities, $77,The bank was 900; deposits, $29,800. organized in 1889. J. J. Browne was chief stockholder and president, B. B. Glascock vice president, Arthur J. Shaw cashier. TACOMA, Nov. 23.-[Special.]-Before it was generally known here today that the Browne National bank, of Spokane, had closed, telegrams were received notifying the Democratic state committee and the chief Tillicums that one or more Spokane Democrats were candidates for the receivership.

4. November 24, 1894 The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer Wheeling, WV
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Bank Suspends. W ASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.-The comptroller of the currency to-day recolved notice that the Brown National bank at Spokane, Wash., has suspended payment. Bank Examiner Flynn has been placed in charge.

5. November 24, 1894 Evening Journal Wilmington, DE
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National Bank Suspends. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The comptrol ler of the currency received notice that the Brown National bank at Spokane Wash., had suspended payment. Bank Examiner Flynn has been placed in charge.

6. November 24, 1894 The Herald Los Angeles, CA
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CLOSED ITS DOORS. The Browne National Bank of Spo kane Goes Insolvent. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov.23.-The Browne National bank closed its doors today and went into insolvency. The failure was not a surprise, as it was known to be cramped for funds. The suspension caused no flurry in business circles. There was a small withdrawal from other banks, but they are in no danger. Individual deposits, subject to check at the time of the last published statement, amounted to $43,000, as the bank had long ago paid off most of the depositors. Cashier Shaw puts the assets at $211,650; liabilities, $77,900; deposits, $29.800. The bank was organized in 1889. J. J. Browne was chief stockholder and president.

7. November 24, 1894 Waterbury Evening Democrat Waterbury, CT
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National Bank Suspends. W ASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The comptroller of the currency received notice that the Brown National bank at Spokane, Wash., had suspended payment. Bank Examiner Flynn has been placed in charge.

8. November 24, 1894 The Salt Lake Herald Salt Lake City, UT
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SPOKANE BANK BURSTS. Spokane, Nov. 23.-The Brown National bank closed its doors today and went into insolvency. The failure was not a surprise, as the bank was known to be cramped for funds. The suspension caused no flurry in business circles. There was a small withdrawal from other banks, but they are in no danger. Individual deposits, subject to check at the time of the last published statement, amounted to $43,000, as the bank had long ago paid off most of the depositors. Cashier Shaw put the assets at $11.650; liabilities, $77,900; deposits, $29,800. The bank was organized in 1889. J. J. Browne was chief stockholder and its president.

9. November 29, 1894 River Falls Journal River Falls, WI
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IN session at Indianapolis republican state senators decided to reapportion the state congressional districts. THE Oklahoma territory executive committee called a statehood convention to be held at El Reno November 28. WHILE attempting to separate Thomas and Michael Neill, fighting in the street at Cheyenne, Wyo., Charles Brultar killed them both. THE noted art collector and philanthropist, William T. Walters, died at his home in Baltimore, aged 74 years. IN national convention at New Orleans the Knights of Labor decided that none but the American flag shou Id be carried in their parades. AT the age of 100 years Mrs. Mary Kennedy died at Ashland, III. THE women of the Christian Temperance league of Keokuk, Ia., criticised Mrs. Cleveland for christening the ste amer St. Louis with wine. IN Minneapolis Henry G. Sidle, expresident of the First national bank, has made an assignment, with liabilities of $100,000. A MOB lynched a negro at Landrum, S. C., for assaulting a white girl. A WILD hog killed a 14-months-old babe at Sacred Heart, O. T., and seriously injured its mother in her fight to save it. WINDSTORMS swept portions of Mississippi and in the vicinity of Meridian great damage was done to houses and trees. WORKMEN caused an explosion while drying dynamite before a fire at Charleston, W. Va., and two men were killed and two injured. MRS. MARTINO left her children, aged 4 and 2 years, alone in the house at Hastings, Col., and it caught fire, cremating them. AT Spokane, Wash., the Brown national bank suspended payment. HEART disease caused the death of Carleton B. Hutchins, of Detroit, inventor of a refrigerator car and a large manufacturer. IN the Okaw river bottoms near Pana, Ill., forest fires burned ten dwellings. FIRE at Carson, Ia., swept away one of the principal streets. RENDERED despondent by his wife's approaching death, Charles E. Allen, aged 60, of Crawfordsville, Ind., cut his throat. THE death sentence was pronounced upon Myron R. Kent. who caused his wife to be killed in order to secure her life insurance at Mandan, N. D. WHILE robbing a grave in a neighboring town five students of a medical college at Kansas City, Mo., were arrested. AT the age of 101 years Mrs. Bridget Duffy died in Denver, Col. A DROUGHT ruined three-fourths of the winter wheat sown in the western third of Kansas FLAMES caused by a defective flue destroyed a block of dwellings in Kansas City, Mo., the loss being $100,000. REV. C. W. BLODGETT says the ratio of divorces to marriages is greater in Galesburg, III., than in any other city in the country. JOHN S. JOHNSON cut the 2-mile bicycle record from 4:01 to 3:54 4-5 at Louisville. WHILE on their way to church Isaac Taylor and wife and Miss Kidwell were run down and killed by a train on a bridge at South Branch, Md. NEARLY the entire business portion of Marion, N. C., was burned, the loss being estimated at $125,000. IN an incendiary fire at Springfield, III., one man lost his life and scores of horses were burned. 1 AT Brookside, Ala., three men were fatally shot by moonshiners, who took them f

10. November 29, 1894 The Yakima Herald Yakima, WA
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STATE AND GENERAL NEWS. The Most Interesting Happenings of the World Bolled Down for "Herald" Readers. Sheriff Anthony Meade, of Kittitas county is suffering from paralysis of his left side. A. J. Splawn is feeding about 800 head of cattle, purchased in Okanogan county, near Ellensburg. The only son of Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, died at a Massachusetts college on Saturday last. A warrant for $10,770,000 has been drawn on the U.S. treasury for pensions to be paid December 4. Kittitas county will, on December 8, vote on the question of validating county warrants issued in excess of law. Bob Fitzsimmons who killed his sparring partner Con Riordan, in a boxing tournament last week, has been exonerated from all blame by a coroner's jury. Port Arthur, the stronghold of the Chinese was captured on the 21st inst. Nothing can now stay the victorious Japanese, as but a weak resistance can be made at Pekin and the Chinese are panic stricken. The Walla Walla Statesman claims that the remains of Noah's ark have been found on Crab creek mountain, this state, and in the lapse of ages the name Arrarat has been changed to Crab. The so called ark is a petrified raft of logs, with bolts almost eaten away with rust. A mass"meeting of Eilensburg citizens has resulted in the selection of the following ticket to be voted upon December 4: Mayor, John H. Smithson; marshal, A. O. Wishard; clerk, W. J. Jenkins; attorney, W. J. Welsh, councilmen, William Freyberger. Dr. J.C. McCauley, W. D. Carter]and F. D. Schnebly. The Citizens National bank, of Spokans, suspended on the 22nd inst. The assets are $425,000 and the liabilities $240,000. This brought about the assignment of E. B. Hyde, the president, who was the owner,of the Hyde block and a brother of Congressman-elect Sam Hyde. On the same day the Commercial National bank, of Seattle, went into voluntary liquidation. The following day the Browne National bank, of Spokane, suspended with liabilities placed at $79,900 and assets $211,650. The bank has lost $300,000 of deposits since June, 1893. J. J. Brown, the owner of the Auditorium, the Spokane Chronicle and a reputed millionaire, was the president and chief stockholder of the bank. He was in Portland at the time of the suspension trying to raise money to tide over the embarrassment.

11. November 30, 1894 Great Falls Weekly Tribune Great Falls, MT
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Spokane Bank Failure, SPOKANE. Nov. 24-The Browne National band has closed its doors and gone into liquidation. The suspension caused no flurry in business circles. Individual deposits subject to check at the time of the last published statement amounted to only $43,000, as the bank had long ago paid off most of the depositors. Cashier Shaw puts the assets at $11,650; liabilities, $76,900; deposits, $29,800.

12. December 1, 1894 Perrysburg Journal Perrysburg, OH
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Reno November 28. A NEW counterfeit $20 United States note bearing the vignette of Hamilton was forwarded to the treasury department from Newark, N. J. SECRETARY GRESHAM for the United States and Minister Kurino for Japan have signed the new commercial treaty. THERE were 822 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 23d, against 270 the week previous and 885 in the corresponding time in 1893. HENRY G. SIDLE, ex-president of the First national bank of Minneapolis, has made an assignment, with liabilities of $100,000. ANEGRO was lynched at Landrum, S. C., for assaulting a white girl. AT Sacred Heart, O. T., a wild hog killed a 14-months-old babe and seriously injured its mother in her fight to save it. VIOLENT windstorms swept portions of Mississippi and in the vicinity of Meridian great damage was done to houses and trees. WHILE drying dynamite before a fire at Charleston, W. Va., workmen caused an explosion and two men and two injured. Col., Mrs. her 4 2 years. were AT children, Hastings, killed aged and Martino alone left in the house, which caught fire, cremating them. THE Brown national bank at Spokane, Wash., suspended payment. MYRON R. KENT. who caused his wife to be killed in order to secure her life insurance, was condemned to hang at Mandan, N. D. FIVE students of a medical college at Kansas City, Mo., were arrested while robbing a grave in a neighboring town. EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in Connecticut at Croton, Mystic Lynn and Miatic. No damage was done. TEST cases were commenced against the United States by sugar growers, whose bounty was cut off by the new tariff bill. GEN. CASEY, chief of engineers of the war department, urges the securing of fortification sites at all large seaports. THE barns of the Traction company at Allegheny, Pa., were burned, and forty-nine horses perished in the flames. FOREST fires in the Okaw river bottoms near Pana, III., burned ten dwellings. CARSON, Ia., was visited by fire, one of the principal business streets being swept away. CHARLES E. ALLEN, aged 60, of Crawfordsville, Ind., rendered despondent by his aged wife's approaching death, cut his throat. SAMUEL CARSON, an escaped convict, who had been a Chicago cabman for ten years, has fallen heir to $10,000 and surrendered himself. Theannual report of Superintendent Stump, of the immigration bureau, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, shows that 288,020 immigrants arrived in this country. The report says that more foreigners are leaving the country than are coming in. THE centennial of the birth of William Cullen Bryant, the poet, was celebrated at Princeton, Ill. FIRE caused by a defective flue dee stroyed a block of dwellings in Kansas e City. Mo., the loss being $100,000. ACCORDING to Rev. C. W. Blodgett the ratio of divorces to marriages is greater in Galesburg, Ill., than in any city in the country. t AT Louisville John S. Johnson cut f the 2-mile bicycle record from 4:01 to 8:54 4-5. f IT was discovered that for nine years d Samuel C. Seely, bookkeeper of the d Shoe and Leather bank in New York, had been robbing that institution, his stealings aggregating $354,000. THREE miners convicted of incene diarism in the Pennsylvania strikes r last June were sentenced to seven years' solitary confinement and hard labor. THREE-FOURTHS of the winter wheat e sown in the western third of Kansas 1 was ruined by a drought. d ONE man lost his life and scores of borses were burned in an incendiary g fire at Springfield, Ill. d Six men were injured in the Yale Harvard football game at Springfield, e Mass., which was one of the most fiercely contested ever played, Yale e being the winner t FRANCIS MURPHY appeared before an le immense audience at Pittsburgh, Pa. the occasion being the eighteenth is niversary of the inauguration of the "blue ribbon movement" in that city. e THREE citizens of Brookside, Ala. e were fatally shot by moonshiners, who e took them for officers. DURING a quarrel Jacob Mohow shot t Mrs. Kate Doman at Lancaster, Pa. aand then killed himself. is Ex-CONGRESSMAN WALTER H. BUT LER, principal of the normal college Oelwein, Ia., disappeared mysteriously oA NEW and dangerous counterfeit d silver certificate made its appearance ain Omaha. It bears the portrait , William Windom, and the signatures of W. S. Rosecrans, register of the as treasury, and E. H. Nebeker, treasur e United States series.of 1891

13. December 1, 1894 The Diamond Drill Crystal Falls, MI
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The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Parts. DOMESTIC. WILLIAM P. HAZEN, the chief of the secret service of the treasury department, in his annual report shows that during the year the total number of arests made was 687, nearly all of which were for violations of the statutes relating to counterfeiting United States money. The amount of altered or counterfeit notes captured during the year was $21,300. WOMEN of the Christian Temperance league of Keokuk, Ia., criticised Mrs. Cleveland for christening the steamer St. Louis with wine. THE dean and six students of Cottner university at Lincoln. Neb., were arrested for grave robbing. THE Knights of Labor in national convention at New Orleans decided that none but the American flag should be carried in their parades. ROBERT FITZSIMMONS was exonerated by the coroner's jury at Syracuse, N. Y., from any criminal intent in the death of Con. Riordan. H D. MORGAN, treasurer of the United States, in his annual report says the net ordinary revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30 were $297,722,019, a decrease of $88,097,609 as compared with the year before. The net ordinary expenditures were $367,525,674. Including the public debt the total receipts were $724,006,538 and the expenditures $698,808,552. HUKER BECH. a Hungarian emigrant bound from Buda Pesth to North Dakota, landed in New York with his family of three and a fortune of $120,000. THE Citizens' national bank of Spokane, Wash., which failed in 1893 and then resumed, has gone into liquidation. Assets, $425,000; liabilities, $240,000. IN attempting to separate Thomas and Michael Neill, fighting in the street at Cheyenne, Wyo., Charles Brultar killed them both. THE remains of Gen. John C. Fremont were placed in the Rockland cemetery at Sparkill. N. Y. THE exchanges at the leading clear. ing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 23d aggregated $1,019,959,895, against $1,019,202,328 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1893, was 7.8. FIRE at Eldon, Ia., destroyed the Rock Island chutes, 1,000 tons of coal, several cars and two residences. Total loss, $120,000. REV. FRANK L. GOODSPEED was installed as pastor of the 'irst Congregational church at Springfield, Mass. He is the eleventh pastor in 257 years to occupy the First church pulpit. THE National Fraternal congress in session at Buffalo, N. Y., elected S. A. Well. of Pittsburgh, as president. THE chairman of the Oklahoma territory executive committee called a statehood convention to be held at El Reho November 28. A NEW counterfeit $20 United States note bearing the vignette of Hamilton was forwarded to the treasury department from Newark. N. J. SECRETARY GRESHAM for the United States and Minister Kurino for Japan have signed the new commercial treaty. THERE were 322 business failures in I the United States in the seven days ended on the 23d, against 270 the week previous and 385 in the correspondb ing time in 1893. HENRY G. SIDLE. ex-president of the y First national bank of Minneapolis, G has made an assignment, with liabilities of $100,000. AT Sacred Heart, O. T., a wild hog II killed a 14-months-old babe and seriS onsly injured its mother in her fight to save it. g a A NEGRO was lynched at Landrum. t S. C,, for assaulting a white girl. ti VIOLENT windstorms swept portions a of Mississippi and in the vicinity of Meridian great damage was done to C houses and trees. ti WHILE drying dynamite before fire at u Charleston, W, Va., workmen to caused an explosion and two men were killed and two injured. t.l AT Hastings, Col., Mrs. Martino left m her children, aged 4and 2 years, alone y in the house, which eaught fire, eremating them. a THE Brown national bank at Spoknne, Wash. suspended payment. in MYRON R. KENT, who caused his wife to killed in order to secure her life at insurance, was condemned to hang at W Mandan, N. D. N FIVE students of a medical college at Kansas City, Mo., were arrested while fr robbing a grave in a neighboring town. of re EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in in Connecticut at Croton, Mystic Lynn and Miatic. No damage was done. of TEST cases were commenced against en the United States by sugar growers,

14. December 21, 1894 The Providence News Providence, RI
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LIST OF FAILURES. Wrecks Floating Upon the Active Sea of Business. JANUARY. 2. Theodore Walton, the Plunger, assigned in New York. MARCH. 10. Morse & Smith, produce commission merchants of Boston and Codar Rapids, Ia., made an assignment; estimated liabilities, $210,000; assets, $65,000. 18. The Charles L. Webster Publishing company, of which Mark Twain was the principal owner. assigned in New York. NOVEMBER. 8. The First National bank of San Bernardi no. Cal., closed its doors. 9. Schulenberg & Boeckler, Ste Louis lumber dealers. assigned: assets, $600,000; liabili ties unknown. 23. The Brown National bank of Spokane. Wash., failed. DECEMBER.' a The J.W. Fowler Car company of Eliza

15. January 1, 1895 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS
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LIST OF FAILURES. Wrecks Floating Upon the Active Sea of Business. JANUARY. 2. Theodore Walton, the Plunger, assigned in New York. MARCH. 10. Morse & Smith, produce commission merchants of Boston and Cedar Rapids, Ia., made an assignment; estimated liabilities, $210,000; assets, $65,000. 18. The Charles L. Webster Publishing company, of which Mark Twain was the principal owner, assigned in New York. NOVEMBER. 8. The First National bank of San Bernardino, Cal., closed its doors. 9. Schulenberg & Boeckler, St. Louis lumber dealers, assigned; assets, $600,000; liabilities unknown. 23. The Brown National bank of Spokane, Wash., failed. DECEMBER. 6. The J. W. Fowler Car company of Elizabeth, N. J., went into hands of a receiver.

16. January 3, 1895 Audubon Republican Audubon, IA
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LIST OF FAILURES. Wrecks Floating Upon the Active Sea of Business. JANUARY. 2. Theodore Walton, the Plunger, assigned in New York. MARCH. 10. Morse & Smith, produce commission merchants of Boston and Cedar Rapids, Ia., made an assignment; estimated liabilities, $210,000; assets, $65,000. 18. The Charles L. Webster Publishing company, of which Mark Twain was the principal owner, assigned in New York. NOVEMBER. 8. The First National bank of San Bernardino, Cal., closed its doors. 9. Schulenberg & Boeckler, St. Louis lumber dealers, assigned; assets, $600,000; liabilities unknown. 23. The Brown National bank of Spokane, Wash., failed. DECEMBER. 6. The J. W. Fowler Car company of Elizabeth, N. J., went into hands of a receiver.

17. January 4, 1895 Middlebury Register Middlebury, VT
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LIST OF FAILURES. Wrecks Floating Upon the Active Sea of Business. JANUARY. 2. Theodore Walton, the Plunger, assigned in New York. MARCH. 10. Morse & Smith, produce commission merchants of Boston and Cedar Rapids, Ia., made an assignment; estimated liabilities, $210,000: assets, $65,000. 18. The Charles L. Webster Publishing company, of which Mark Twain was the principal owner, assigned in New York. NOVEMBER. 8. The First National bank of San Bernardino, Cal., closed its doors. 9. Schulenberg & Boeckler, St. Louis lumber dealers, assigned; assets, $600,000; liabilities unknown. 23. The Brown National bank of Spokane, Wash., failed. DECEMBER. 6. The J. W. Fowler Car company of Eliza beth, N. J., went into hands of a receiver.

18. January 10, 1895 Connecticut Western News North Canaan, Salisbury, Canaan, CT
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LIST OF FAILURES. Wrecks Floating Upon the Active Sea of Business. JANUARY. 2. Theodore Walton, the Plunger, assigned in New York. MARCH. 10. Morse & Smith, produce commission merchants of Boston and Cedar Rapids, Ia., made an assignment; estimated liabilities, $210,000; assets, $65,000. 18. The Charles L. Webster Publishing company, of which Mark Twain was the principal owner, assigned in New York. NOVEMBER. 8. The First National bank of San Bernardino, Cal., closed its doors. 9. Schulenberg & Boeckler, St. Louis lumber dealers, assigned; assets, $600,000; liabilities unknown. 23. The Brown National bank of Spokane, Wash., failed. DECEMBER. 6. The J. W. Fowler Car company of Elizabeth, N. J., went into hands of a receiver.

19. February 10, 1895 The Daily Morning Astorian Astoria, OR
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HIS OWN RECEIVER. Spokane, Feb. 9.-A telegram received today from the comptroller of the currency directs Bank Examiner Flynn to turn the Browne National Bank over to J. J. Browne, president of the broken institution, who is named as receiver of the concern. Browne has been averse to allowing the bank to pass into other hands, and has work. ed hard to prevent a receivership. He wanted to wind up the bank's affairs himself, and has carried his point.

20. February 26, 1895 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA
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National Bank Changes. Washington City, Feb. 25.-SpecialComptroller Eckels has announced the following changes in the national bank officers in the state of Washington: The Seattle national bank, John Y. Ostrander, vice president in place of Edward Blewett; the First national bank of Walla Walla, John Y. G. Walker, assistant cashier in place of G. T. Buckland; the First national bank of North Yakima, J. R. Lewis, president in place of A. W. Engle; the Boston national bank of Seattle, no assistant cashier in place of J. A. Jackson; the First national bank of Puyalllup, John B. Hartman, in president in place of A. E. Barrett; no cashier in place of John B. Hartman, jr.: the Commercial national bank of Seattle, J. P. Gleason, vice president; the Ellensburg national bank of Ellensburg, Joseph R. Paull, president In place of George B. Markle; J. c. Hubbell, vice president in place of Joseph R. Paull. Official announcement is made of the insolvency of the Browne national bank of Spokane and the appointment of J. J. Browne as receiver.