19400. Commercial Savings Bank (Spokane, WA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
savings bank
Start Date
December 28, 1894
Location
Spokane, Washington (47.659, -117.426)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
8857292903b35992

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspaper notices (late Dec 1894/early Jan 1895) report the Spokane Commercial Savings Bank suspended payment (Dec 28, 1894) and describe it as a private savings bank with capital $50,000 whose deposits had dwindled. No article mentions a depositor run or later reopening; language (e.g., Spokane's Only Savings Bank Gone) implies permanent failure. I corrected obvious OCR errors (e.g., 'savbank' -> 'savings bank', 'bokane' -> 'Spokane').

Events (1)
1. December 28, 1894 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Deposits had dwindled to a small sum and the bank suspended payments; indicates institution-specific insolvency/problems rather than a rumor-driven run.
Newspaper Excerpt
Spokane's Only Savings Bank Gone ... The Commercial Savings bank, a private institution, with capital of $50,000, suspended payment Dec. 28.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (5)
1. December 29, 1894 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA
Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 29, 1894

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Spokane's Only Savings Bank Gone bokane, Dec. 28-The Commercial Savbank, a private institution, with expital of $50,000, suspended payment tow. is y. John Wickham was president, D. McDonald cashier. The deposits had indied to a small sum. It was the only savings bank in Spokane, Three national banks remain. John Wickham, of Reardon. the prestent, and D. K. McDonald, the cashier, with J. C. Keeler, of Almira: Charles V. Washin, of Spokane, and George E. Edmiston are the directors. The last offistatement, issued October 2 was as Mows: Loans, $49,145: cash and exchange, $32,464; profits, $5,915; deposits,

2. January 2, 1895 Morris Tribune Morris, MN
Article from Morris Tribune, January 2, 1895

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DAN McDoNALD and Will Carter (colered were lynched by a mob near Meridian, Miss., for killing Jacob Copp. aged 75 years. STATE teachers' associations of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas held their annual meetings. THE visible supply of grain in the United States on the 26th was: Wheat, 89,071,000 bushels; corn, 8,838,000 bushels; oats, 9,000,000 bushels; rye, 452,000 bushels: barley, 3,306,000 bushels. FIVE white boys were fatally burned in a suburb of Richmond, Va., by an explosion of gunpowder. WILLIAM BLAKESLEY, of Sacramento, Cal., supposed by his parents to be dead for thirty years, gladdened their hearts at Trenton, N. J., by letting them know he is alive. MADELINE POLLARD'S attorneys propose to follow Breckinridge on his lecture tour and attach the receipts. A PRAIRIE fire swept over a large area in the southern part of "N" county, O. T., and a number of farmers lost everything they owned and barely escaped with their families. THE old capitol building at Atlanta, Ga., was burned, the loss being $100,000. ALEX WILLIAMSON and Will Perry, two young men living at Coalburg, Ala., fought for the hand of Nannie Bell and both were killed. THE worst blizzard in years swept over the western and eastern states. Along the Massachusetts coast many ships were wrecked, causing great loss of life, and in the cities of Boston and New York much damage was done by the storm. BURGLARS broke into the home of Henry Fecker, at Piqua, O., and carried off his savings, amounting to $4,001 JOHN W. FOSTER, ex-secretary of state, has consented to go to Japan to aid the Chinese representatives in bringing about peace. FARMERS and robbers engaged in a desperate fight near Salem, O., and two of the former were shot and one of the latter. THE bank at Somonauk, Ill., was entered by burglars, who robbed the safe of $8,100 and a large amount of valuables JOSEPH BIDWELL and William Find. ley, farmers of Union county, were killed near Columbus, O., by a PanHandle train. COLLEGE presidents of Indiana and Iowa decided to forbid intercollegiate football games. AUGUST PERMONTIR shot and fatally wounded Miss Meister, the daughter of his landlady at New Castle, Pa., and Robert Charles. another boarder, and then blew out his own brains. He was insane. IOWA attorneys met in Des Moines and organized a state bar association, A. J. McCreary, of Keokuk, was elected president. Six horses and two mules were killed in Philadelphia by coming in contact with electric light wires blown down storm. B 4q THE dry goods and millinery firm of J. Lichtenstein & Sons, New York. failed for $450,000. THE Illinois Teachers' association will urge the legislature to erect another normal school in the northern part of the state. THE women's council of the Nineteenth Century club of Memphis, Tenn., voted to boycott Congressman Breckirridge's lecture. THERE were 350 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 28th, against 349 the week previous and 511 in the corresponding time in 1893. THE president has approved the act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. FIVE men were killed and a number of others badly scalded by the explosion of a sawmill boiler at Bonayr, .y. AUGUST SIEVERDING was stricken with paralysis at Galena, Ill., and fell across a buzz saw and his head and arm were severed. JACOB SHANE, aged 55 years, a wealthy real estate man, was robbed by two highwaymen at Des Moines of *000'919 THE Spokane (Wash.) Commercial savings bank, with a capital of $50,000, suspended payment. EXCHANGES at the leading clearing

3. January 5, 1895 The Cape Girardeau Democrat Cape Girardeau, MO
Article from The Cape Girardeau Democrat, January 5, 1895

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United States on the 26th was: Wheat, 89,071,000 bushels; corn, 8,838,000 bushels; oats, 9,000,000 bushels; rye, 452,000 bushels: barley. 3,306,000 bushels. FIVE white boys were fatally burned in a suburb of Richmond, Va., by an explosion of gunpowder. WILLIAM BLAKESLEY, of Sacramento, Cal., supposed by his parents to be dead for thirty years, gladdened their hearts at Trenton, N. J., by letting them know he is alive. MADELINE POLLARD'S attorneys propose to follow Breckinridge on his lecture tour and attach the receipts. A PRAIRIE fire swept over a large area in the southern part of "N" county. O. T., and a number of farmers lost everything they owned and barely escaped with their families. THE old capitol building at Atlanta, Ga., was burned, the loss being $100,000. ALEX WILLIAMSON and Will Perry, two young men living at Coalburg, Ala., fought for the hand of Nannie Bell and both were killed. THE worst blizzard in years swept over the western and eastern states. Along the Massachusetts coast many ships were wrecked. causing great loss of life. and in the cities of Boston and New York much damage was done by the storm. BURGLARS broke into the home of Henry Fecker, at Piqua, O., and carried off his savings, amounting to $4,750. JOHN W. FOSTER, ex-secretary of state, has consented to go to Japan to aid the Chinese representatives in bringing about peace. FARMERS and robbers engaged in a desperate fight near Salem, O., and two of the former were shot and one of the latter. THE bank at Somonauk, Ill., was entered by burglars, who robbed the safe of $8,100 and a large amount of valuables. JOSEPH BIDWELL and William Find. ley, farmers of Union county, were killed near Columbus, O., by a PanHandle train. COLLEGE presidents of Indiana and Iowa decided to forbid intercollegiate football games. AUGUST PERMONTIR shot and fatally wounded Miss Meister, the daughter of his landlady at New Castle, Pa., and Robert Charles. another boarder, and then blew out his own brains. He was insane. IOWA attorneys met in Des Moines and organized a state bar association. A. J. McCreary, of Keokuk, was elected president. Six horses and two mules were killed in Philadelphia by coming in contact with electric light wires blown down by a storm. THE dry goods and millinery firm of J. Lichtenstein & Sons, New York. failed for $450,000. THE Illinois Teachers' association will urge the legislature to erect another normal school in the northern part of the state. THE women's council of the Nineteenth Century club of Memphis, Tenn., voted to boycott Congressman Breckinridge's lecture. THERE were 350 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 28th, against 349 the week previous and 511 in the corresponding time in 1893. THE president has approved the act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. FIVE men were killed and a number of others badly scalded by the explosion of a sawmill boiler at Bonayr, Ky. AUGUST SIEVERDING was stricken with paralysis at Galena, III., and fell across a buzz saw and his head and arm were severed. JACOB SHANE, aged 55 years, a wealthy real estate man. was robbed by two highwaymen at Des Moines of $16,000. THE Spokane (Wash.) Commercial savings bank, with a capital of $50,000, suspended payment. EXCHANGES at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 28th aggregated $836,401,764, against $1,020,040,544 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1893. was 9.1. THE county treasury at Santa Rosa, Cal., was robbed by a burglar of $8,000. MICHIGAN teachers in session at Lansing declared in favor of free text books and against teachers using tobacco. TEMPERANCE societies in Indiana were preparing to make a determined fight on the saloons before the legislature. AT Wellington, Mich., Matthew Palmer cut his wife's throat and then cut his own. Both were dead. TWENTY-FIVE bakers in Cincinnati reduced the price of bread from five to three cents. LEELER'S hotel and other buildings in Waterbury, Conn., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000. COAL miners at Massillon, O., decided to reject the award of the arbitration committee and will not resume work. IT wasstated at Akron, O., that there was a project on foot to combine all of the larger printing houses of the

4. January 5, 1895 The Diamond Drill Crystal Falls, MI
Article from The Diamond Drill, January 5, 1895

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The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Parts. DOMESTIC. ANNIE FREEZE, a 15-year-old girl. was abducted from the home of her grandfather near Hicksville, O., by unknown persons. STATE teachers' associations of 1111nois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas held their annual meetings. MISS CELESTE STAUFFER, who was engaged to Samuel J. Tilden at the time of his death, was married in New Orleans to George S. Eastwick. A PRAIRIE fire swept over a large area in the southern part of "N" county, T., and a number of farmers lost everything they owned and barely escaped with their families. ALEX WILLIAMSON and Will Perry, two young men living at Coalburg, Ala., fought for the hand of Nannie Bell and both were killed. THE worst blizzard in years swept over the western and eastern states. Along the Massachusetts coast many ships were wrecked, causing great loss of life, and in the cities of Boston and New York much damage was done by the storm. BURGLARS broke into the home of Henry Fecker, at Piqua, O., and carried off his savings, amounting to $4,750. JOHN W. FOSTER, ex-secretary of state, has consented to go to Japan to aid the Chinese representatives in bringing about peace. FARMERS and robbers engaged in a desperate fight near Salem, O., and twoof the former were shot and one of the latter. THE bank at Somonauk, Ill., was entered by burglars, who robbed the safe of $8,100 and a large amount of valuables. JOSEPH BIDWELL and William Find. ley, farmers of Union county, were killed near Columbus, O., by a PanHandle train. COLLEGE presidents of Indiana and Iowa decided to forbid intercollegiate football games. AUGUST PERMONTIR shot and fatally wounded Miss Meister, the daughter of his landlady at New Castle, Pa., and Robert Charles, another boarder, and then blew out his own brains. He was insane. IOWA attorneys met in Des Moines and organized a state bar association, A.J. McCreary, of Keokuk, was elected president. Six horses and two mules were killed in Philadelphia by coming in contact with electric light wires blown down by a storm. THE Illinois Teachers' association will urge the legislature to erect another normal school in the northern part of the state. THE women's council of the Nineteenth Century club of Memphis, Tenn., voted to boycott Congressman Breckinridge's lecture. THERE were 350 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 28th, against 349 the week previous and 511 in the corresponding time in 1893. THE dry goods and millinery firm of J. Lichtenstein & Sons, New York, failed for $450,000. THE president has approved the act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. THE Spokane (Wash.) Commercial savings bank, with a capital of $50,000, suspended payment. FIVE men were killed and a number of others badly scalded by the explosion of a sawmill boiler at Bonayr, Ky. AUGUST SIEVERDING was stricken with paralysis at Galena, III., and fell across a buzz saw and his head and arm were severed. JACOB SHANE.Rg ed 55 years, a wealthy real estate man. was robbed by two highwaymen at Des Moines of $16,000. EXCHANGES at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 28th aggregated $886,401,764, against $1,020,040,544 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1893. was 9.1. THE county treasury at Santa Rosa, Cal., was robbed by a burglar of $8,000. MICHIGAN teachers in session at Lansing declared in favor of free text books and against teachers using tobacco. TEMPERANCE societies in Indiana were preparing to make a determined fight on the saloons before the legislature. AT Wellington, Mich., Matthew Palmer cut his wife's throat and then cut his own. Both were dead. a TWENTY-FIVE bakers in Cincinnati = reduced the price of bread from five to three cents. i LEELER'S hotel and other buildings in Waterbury, Conn., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000. COAL miners at Massillon, O., de4 cided to reject the award of the arbitration committee and will not resume A work. IT wasstated at Akron, O., that there S was a project on foot to combine all of the larger printing houses of the country. e FIRE in Louisville, Ky., caused $300,1 000 damage to the immense auction house of Stucky, Brent a Co. t GILBERT JAMESON, an old resident of Norwalk was blown from a

5. January 5, 1895 The L'anse Sentinel L'anse, MI
Article from The L'anse Sentinel, January 5, 1895

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LATER. THERE were 350 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 28th, against 349 the week previous and 511 in the corresponding time in 1893. THE president has approved the act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. FIVE men were killed and a number of others badly scalded by the explosion of a sawmill boiler at Bonayr, Ky. OFFICERS searching for a stolen body in Indianapolis found twenty bodies of various ages in an empty house. PETER MURDOCK, a New Orleans motorman, shot his wife and then blew out his own brains with a revolver. THE county treasury at Santa Rosa, Cal., was robbed by a burglar of $8,000. MICHIGAN teachers in session at Lansing declared in favor of free text books and against teachers using tobacco. AT Wellington, Mich., Matthew Palmer cut his wife's throat and then cut his own. Both were dead. TWENTY-FIVE bakers in Cincinnati reduced the price of bread from five to three cents. AT Silver Lake, Ore., during a Christmas celebration a lamp exploded and forty-one persons were burned to death and fifteen injured. LEELER'S hotel and other buildings in Waterbury, Conn., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $100,000. OUTLAWS, supposed to belong to the Dalton gang, burned the courthouse at Stillwater, O. T., with all its records. Doss HATTS murdered his fiancee. Lizzie Smith, at Hunter Hill, Ala., and then killed himself. Ex-SENATOR JAMES G. FAIR, the bonanza millionaire, died at the Lick house in San Francisco of asthma, aged 63 years. FLAMES swept away a business block in Buffalo, N. Y., the loss being $300,000. Two STICKS, the Sioux Indian who murdered four cowboys February 2, 1893, was hanged at Deadwood, . D., protesting his innocence. THE Spokane (Wash.) Commercial savings bank, with a capital of $50,000, suspended payment. EXCHANGES at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 28th aggregated $836,401,764, against $1,020,040,544 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1893, was 9.1.