337. Citizens Bank (Eureka Springs, AR)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
July 1, 1907
Location
Eureka Springs, Arkansas (36.401, -93.738)

Metadata

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gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
ff67a7e9

Response Measures

Full suspension

Description

Multiple articles (July 1–2, 1907) report a run on Citizens Bank leading to suspension of payments and appointment of a receiver (Digby West / J. W. Rigby mentioned in different reports). Causes cited include assets tied up in real estate and an overdraft with a correspondent (National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City). The bank did not reopen; receiver's reports and dividends appear later in 1907.

Events (3)
1. July 1, 1907 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
was today placed in the hands of a receiver, Digby West ... In a statement President W. W Duncan announces that an unprecedented run on the bank made it necessary ... the doors be temporarily closed and the receiver appointed.
Source
newspapers
2. July 1, 1907 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Assets tied up in real estate and heavy loans; bank overdrawn with correspondent; loss of confidence led to heavy withdrawals
Measures
Bank temporarily closed doors; subsequently suspended payment and a receiver was appointed
Newspaper Excerpt
an unprecedented run on the bank made it necessary for the protection of the creditors, that the doors be temporarily closed
Source
newspapers
3. July 1, 1907 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Assets were tied up in real estate and the bank had been overdrawn with the National Bank of Commerce (Kansas City), precipitating suspension/assignment
Newspaper Excerpt
The Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs suspended payment today, and J. W. Rigby was appointed receiver
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (15)
1. July 2, 1907 The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, AL
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RECEIVER FOR s BANK. Eureka) Sgrings Institution WILL Pa; Creditors, Memphis, Tenn., July 1-1 special to The Comercial-Appeal from Kurein Springs, Ark, says: On the application of officials of the institution the citizens bank of Euroki Springs, one of the oldest banking In stitutions in this section of the stat was today placed in the hands of & receiver, Digby West, vice president of the Carrol county bank being named, In a statement President W. W Duncan anounces that an unprecedent ed run on the bank made it neces sary for the protection of the gredit. ors, that the doors be temporarily closed and the receiver apointed. President Duncan states that the am sets of the bank are, ample to pay the creditors in full and promises # need be to sacrifice his personal prop. erty to 'pay claims against the bank,

2. July 2, 1907 The Salt Lake Herald Salt Lake City, UT
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BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT. Fort Smith, Ark., July 1.-The Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs suspended payment today, and J. W. Rigby was appointed receiver, There had been a run on the bank, whose assets were tied up in real estate. William Duncan, president of the bank, who is a wealthy man, says that every claim will be paid.

3. July 4, 1907 Baxter Springs News Baxter Springs, KS
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Arkansas Bank Failure. Eureka Springs, Ark., July 2.-Chancellor Humphreys, sitting in chambers at Fayetteville Monday, appointed Digby West, vice president of the Bank of Berryville, receiver for the Citizens' bank, of Bureka Springs, which failed to open its doors.

4. July 11, 1907 Woodruff County News McCrory, AR
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Bank at Eureka Springs Failed. The Citizens' Bank at Eureka Springs, one of the most important financial institutions in that city, has been thrown in the hands of a receiver. The bank had overdrawn its account with the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City $15,000, which precipitated the assignment.

5. July 17, 1907 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic Pine Bluff, AR
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CONDITION OF CITIZENS' BANK Receiver West Reports Liabilities of $258,000 and Assets of $253,000 Ordered to Sell Building and Fixtures. Euraka Springs, July 17.--Digby West, receiver for the Citizens' Bank, submitted his report to Chancellor Humphreys in open court yesterday. He shows liabilities of $258,000 and assets of $253,000. Included in the assets is $22,000 of city warrants. The market value of these warrants is 40 cents on the dollar. One hundred and eleven thousand dollars is represented by stock in a syndicate company which owns the Basin Park Hotel, one of the Duncan properties. The only liabilities Mr. West lists consits of deposits of $250,000. He declares he is unable to ascertain the indebtedness to sundry correspondent banks. There are $45,000 of loans to portect the quarter million of deposits, and of this amount, one-third is allied interest. The court ordered the receiver to sell the bank's building and fixtures Wednesday at public outcry.

6. July 18, 1907 Omaha Daily Bee Omaha, NE
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Condition of Arkansas Bank. EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark., July 17.Digby West, receiver of the Citizens bank, which failed recently, submitted a report of the bank's condition in which the only liability listed is deposits of $258,000. There is $45,000 in loans. of which one-third is to allied interests. Included in the assets is $22,000 in city warrants. with a market value of 40 cents, and $111,000 stock in a syndicate that owns the Basin Park hotel

7. July 25, 1907 Wood County Reporter Wisconsin Rapids, WI
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The Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended payments during a run and J. W. Digby was appointed receiver. W. M. Duncan, president of the bank, says every claim will be paid.

8. July 30, 1907 Wausau Pilot Wausau, WI
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The Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended payments during a run and J. W. Digby was appointed receiver. W. M. Duncan, president of the bank, says every claim will be paid.

9. November 1, 1907 The Green Forest Tribune Green Forest, AR
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gation. Sheriff Carroll and Clerk Russell were inattendance upon a special term of the chancery court at Eureka Springs the latter part of last week. The session was held in order for Judge Humphreys to hear the pleas of intervention asking the court to declare certain deposits in the Citizens Bank as preferred claims. Among the number and a fair sample of all the various pleas, amounting to about $38000, was that of J. D. Hailey's claim as collector of taxes. His claim was for $4100 on the grounds that it was deposited as county money and in his name as collector, hence should be a trust fund and as provided by law should have been held by the bank as such and not be mixed with the general funds, or any other funds of the bank. But Mr. Hailey was unable to prove that this identical money went into the hands of the receiver and the court held in this case and in all others brought before him that since they could not prove that the identical money claimed did go into the hands of the receiver they could not be classed as "preferred" claims, but would have to share and share alike with the common depositors. A recent decision of the supreme court on the point made the duty of the chancellor very plain. Receiver West reported that he had a net sum in his hands from the bank of $43000. A fifteen per cent dividend was declared effective Nov. 10th. As soon as the Syndicate bonds and the Electric bonds to the amount of $200,000 can be sold another dividend will be declared. The great trouble seems to be to find a buyer for them.

10. December 13, 1907 The Green Forest Tribune Green Forest, AR
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PHONOGRAPHS FROM BERRYVILLE. Sherman Simpson has a very sick little girl, suffering from pneumonia fever. The Walker Hardware Company is having a concrete sidewalk made in front of its store. Mrs. May Rountree of Springfield, Mo., is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McCleary. Ed Caudle has moved his stock of hardware to Springdale and he and family will make that town their future home. Rev. Dillon, of Rogers, a very able minister of the Christian Church, preached four days here last week. Charles Perkins, the carrier on R. F. D. No. 1, expects his route to be extended from 18 miles to 24 miles by February 1. Mrs. A. J. M. Anderson has been seriously ill for several days. She is quite advanced in years and her recovery is doubtful. Orton Walker and Miss Fannie Nunnally of Green Forest attended the Fallansbee lecture here Saturday night. Mr. Basore, a prominent saw mill man of Kingston, was here Tuesday superintending the unloading of machinery for a spoke factory at Kingston. Miss Lillian Russell gave a party to a number of her young friends Wednesday afternoon, the event being in honor of her fourteenth birthday. Mrs. John Snow, residing five miles south, died Saturday night after only a few hours, illness. She leaves a husband and several grown children. Mrs. Zed Ferguson mother of T.C. Ferguson, died at Grandview Monday. She was a sister of Mrs. J. E. Harbert and the late Mrs. William Ward and Mrs. Roan Webb of Green Forest. D. J. West has sufficiently concluded his labors as receiver of the Citizens Bank at Eureka Springs so as to return to Berry -

11. January 2, 1908 The Greenville Journal Greenville, OH
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FINANCIAL to Jan. 21-Merchants' and Farmers' bank of Fairmont, Minn., suspended. Feb. 2-F. D. Gilman, former president suspended Home bank of Goodland, Ind., found guiltv of embezzlement. 4-First National bank of Scotland, S. D., close by bank examiner. 8-F. D. Gilman, Indiana banker. sentenced to term of one to three years in state prison. 25-Disappearance of $173,000 from subtreasury at Chicago made public. Mar. 14-Virtual panic in Wall street; Secretary Cortelyou relieved the situation. 19-Citizens' State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state. 28-Corbin Banking company of New York, assigned; assets, $3,000,000; liabilities, $1,700,000. Apr. 2-Maj. H. W. Salmon of Warsaw, Mo., convicted of illegal banking, sentenced three years in penitentiary. 11-Bank of Conception, at Clyde, Mo., ordered closed. 19-Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found guilty of conspiring to defraud stockholders and depositors of Bank of America, of which he was president; penalty, imprisonment and $1,000 fine. Jul. 1-Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended. 2-First National bank of Hicksville, O., closed by comptroller of currency. 5-Fort Dallas National bank of Miami, Fla., closed. 20--Farmers' National bank of Boyertown, Pa., ordered closed. Aug. 3-People's State bank of Brownstown, Ind., closed by state authorities. it-Receivers appointed for Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn.: failure ascribed to stringency of money market. Sep. -Watson & Co., members of New York stock and produce exchanges and of Chicago board of trade, failed. Oct. 9-Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., both private institutions, closed doors. 10-H. D. Reynolds' bank of Valdez, Alaska, closed doors. 15-First National bank of Dresden, O., failed. 16-Collapse of Heinze corner in copper caused violent slump in stocks in New York; firm of Otto Heinze & Co., suspended from stock exchange. 19-New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated from banking organizations of New York. 22-Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York's second largest financial institution, forced to suspend; great slump in securities; call money at 70 per cent. 23-Secretary of treasury ordered deposit of $25,000,000 of government funds in New York banks Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency State Bank and Trust Co., of Carson, Nevada, failed. 24-Three minor banks in New York forced to close Southern Steel Co., of Birmingham, Ala., filed involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 25-Six more minor banking institutions in New York closed doors. Union Trust Co., of Providence, R. I., suspended. 26-Banks in New York and Chicago, and many other cities adopted clearing house loan certificate system to prevent draining of supplies of currency and made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. 30-California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. bank, at San Francisco, closed Financial conditions in New York practically normal again. Nov. 4-Three small banks in Kansas closed United States Steel corporation secured controlling interest in Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. 6-Receiver appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass., one of largest textile concerns in country. 12-Merchants' National bank of Portland, Ore., California bank of Oakland, Cal., and Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Sapulpa, I. T., suspended. 18-Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou ordered issue of $50,000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of in'debtedness as means of relieving financial situation City National bank of Frederick, Okla., failed. 27-American Silk Co. capital stock, $11,000,000, which operated mills in several cities, placed in hands of receiver. Dec. 2-Chelsea Savings abnk of Chelsea, Mich., owned by State Treasurer Glazier, closed. 5-National Bank of Commerce, one of largest financial institutions of Kansas City, suspended. 6-Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg, closed. 17-Jewelers' National bank at North Attleboro, Mass., in hands of receiver.

12. January 2, 1908 River Falls Journal River Falls, WI
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FINANCIAL Jan. 21-Merchants' and Farmers' bank of Fairmont, Minn., suspended. Feb. 2-F. D. Gilman, former president suspended Home bank of Goodland, Ind., found guiltv of embezzlement. 4-First National bank of Scotland, S. D., close by bank examiner. 8-F. D. Gilman, Indiana banker, sentenced to term of one to three years in state prison. 25-Disappearance of $173,000 from subtreasury at Chicago made public. Mar. 14-Virtual panic in Wall street; Secretary Cortelyou relieved the situation. 19-Citizens' State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state. 28-Corbin Banking company of New York, assigned; assets, $3,000,000; liabilities, $1,700,000. Apr. 2-Maj. H. W. Salmon of Warsaw, Mo., convicted of illegal banking, sentenced three years in penitentiary. 11-Bank of Conception, at Clyde, Mo., ordered closed. 19-Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found guilty of conspiring to defraud stockholders and depositors of Bank of America, of which he was president; penalty, imprisonment and $1,000 fine. Jul. 1-Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended. 2-First National bank of Hicksville, O., closed by comptroller of currency 5-Fort Dallas National bank of Miami, Fla., closed. 20-Farmers' National bank of Boyertown, Pa., ordered closed. Aug. 3-People's State bank of Brownstown, Ind., closed by state authorities. 14-Receivers appointed for Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn.; failure ascribed to stringency of money market. Sep. 5-Watson & Co., members of New York stock and produce exchanges and of Chicago board of trade, failed. Oct. 9-Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., both private institutions, closed doors. 10-H. D. Reynolds' bank of Valdez, Alaska, closed doors. 15-First National bank of Dresden, O., failed. 16-Collapse of Heinze corner in copper caused violent slump in stocks in New York; firm of Otto Heinze & Co., suspended from stock exchange. 19-New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated from banking organizations of New York. 22-Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York's second largest financial institution, forced to suspend; great slump in securities; call money at 70 per cent. 23-Secretary of treasury ordered deposit of $25,000,000 of government funds in New York banks Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency State Bank and Trust Co., of Carson, Nevada, failed. 24-Three minor banks in New York forced to close Southern Steel Co., of Birmingham, Ala., filed involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 25-Six more minor banking institutions in New York closed doors Union Trust Co., of Providence, R. 1., suspended. 26-Banks in New York and Chicago, and many other cities adopted clearing house loan certificate system to prevent draining of supplies of currency and made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. 20-California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. bank, at San Francisco, closed. Financial conditions in New York practically normal again. Nov. 4-Three small banks in Kansas closed. United States Steel corporation secured controlling interest in Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. 6-Receiver appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass., one of largest textile concerns in country. 12-Merchants' National bank of Portland, Ore., California bank of Oakland, Cal., and Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Sapulpa, I. T., suspended. 18--Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou ordered issue of $50,000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of indebtedness as means of relieving financial situation City National bank of Frederick, Okla., failed. 27-American Silk Co. capital stock, $11,000,000, which operated mills in several cities, placed in hands of receiver Dec. 2-Chelsea Savings abnk of Chelsea. Mich., owned by State Treasurer Glazier, closed. 5-National Bank of Commerce, one of largest financial institutions of Kansas City, suspended. 6-Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg, closed. 17-Jewelers' National bank at North Attleboro. Mass. in hands of receiver

13. January 3, 1908 The Ely Miner Ely, MN
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Jan. 21-Merchants' and Farmers' bank of Fairmont, Minn., suspended. Feb. 2-F. D. Gilman, former president suspended Home bank of Goodland, Ind., found guilty of embezzlement. 8-F. D. Gilman, Indiana banker, sentenced to term of one to three years in state prison. -Disappearance of $173,000 from subtreasury at Chicago made public. Mar. 14-Virtual panic in Wall street; Secretary Cortelyou relieved the situation. 19-Citizens' State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state. 28-Corbin Banking company of New York, assigned; assets, $3,000,000; liabilities, $1,700,000. Apr. 2-Maj. H. W. Salmon of Warsaw, Mo., convicted of illegal banking, sentenced three years in penitentiary. 11-Bank of Conception, at Clyde, Mo., ordered closed. 19-Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found guilty of conspiring to defraud stockholders and depositors of Bank of America, of which he was president; penalty, imprisonment and $1,000 fine. Jul. 1-Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended. 5-Fort Dallas National bank of Miami, Fla., closed. 20-Farmers' National bank of Boyertown, Pa., ordered closed. Aug. 3-People's State bank of Brownstown, Ind., closed by state authorities. It-Receivers appointed for Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn.; failure ascribed to stringency of money market. Sep. 5-Watson & Co., members of New York stock and produce exchanges and of Chicago board of trade, failed. Oct. 9-Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., both private institutions, closed doors. 16-Collapse of Heinze corner in copper caused violent slump- in stocks in New York: firm of Otto Heinze & Co., suspended from stock exchange. 19-New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated from banking organizations of New York. 22-Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York's second largest financial institution, forced to suspend; great slump in securities; call money at 70 per cent. -Secretary of treasury ordered deposit of $25,000,000 of government funds in New York banks Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency State Bank and Trust Co., of Carson, Nevada, failed. 24-Three minor banks in New York forced to close Southern Steel Co., of Birmingham, Ala., filed involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 25-Six more minor banking institutions in New York closed doors Union Trust Co. of Providence, R. I., suspended. 26-Banks in New York and Chicago, and many other cities adopted clearing house loan certificate system to prevent draining of supplies of currency and made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. 30-California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Finanbank, at San Francisco, closed cial corditions in New York practically normal again. Nov. 4- Three small banks in Kansas closed United States Steel corporation secured controlling interest in Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. 6-Receiver appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass., one of largest textile concerns in country. 12-Merchants' National bank of Portland, Ore., California bank of Oakland, Cal., and Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Sapulpa, I. T., suspended. 18-Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou ordered issue of $50,000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of indebtedness as means of relieving financlal situation City National bank of Frederick, Okla., failed. 27-American Silk Co. capital stock, $11,000,000, which operated mills in several cities, placed in hands of receiver. Dec. 2-Chelsea Savings abnk of Chelsea, Mich., owned by State Treasurer Glazier, closed. 5-National Bank of Commerce, one of largest financial institutions of Kansas City. suspended. 6-Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg, closed. 17-Jewelers' National bank at North Attleboro, Mass., in hands of receiver.

14. January 9, 1908 The Spanish Fork Press Spanish Fork, UT
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FINANCIAL Jan. 21-Merchants' and Farmers' bank of Fairmont, Minn., suspended. Feb. 2-F. D. Gilman, former president suspended Home bank of Goodland, Ind., found guilty of embezzlement. 8-F. D. Gilman, Indiana banker. sentenced to term of one to three years in state prison. -Disappearance of $173,000 from subtreasury at Chicago made public. Mar. 14-Virtual panic in Wall street: Secretary Cortelyou relieved the situation. 19-Citizens' State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state. 28-Corbin Banking company of New York, assigned; assets, $3,000,000; liabilities, $1,700,000. Apr. 2-Maj. H. W. Salmon of Warsaw, Mo., convicted of illegal banking, sentenced three years in penitentiary. 11-Bank of Conception, at Clyde, Mo., ordered closed. 19-Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found guilty of conspiring to defraud stockholders and depositors of Bank of America, of which he was president; penalty, imprisonment and $1,000 fine. Jul. 1-Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended. 5-Fort Dallas National bank of Miami, Fla., closed. 20-Farmers' National bank of Boyertown, Pa., ordered closed. Aug. 3-People's State bank of Brownstown, Ind., closed by state authorities. M-Receivers appointed for Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn.: failure ascribed to stringency of money market. Sep. 5-Watson & Co., members of New York stock and produce exchanges and of Chicago board of trade, failed. Oct. 9-Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., both private Institutions, closed doors. 16-Collapse of Heinze corner in copper caused violent slump in stocks in New York: firm of Otto Heinze & Co., suspended from stock exchange. 19-New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated from banking organizations of New York. 22-Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York's second largest financial institution, forced to suspend; great slump in securities: call money at 70 per cent. 23-Secretary of treasury ordered deposit of $25,000,000 of government funds in New York banks. Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency State Bank and Trust Co., of Carson, Nevada, failed. M-Three minor banks in New York forced to close Southern Steel Co., of Birmingham, Ala., filed involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 25-Six more minor banking institutions in New York closed doors. Union Trust Co., of Providence, R. I., suspended. Banks in New York and Chicago, and many other cities adopted clearing house loan certificate system to prevent draining of supplies of currency and made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. $0-California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. bank, at San Francisco, closed Financial conditions in New York practically normal again. Nov. 4-Three small banks in Kansas closed United States Steel corporation secured controlling Interest in Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. -Receiver appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass., one of largest textile concerns in country. 12-Merchants' National bank of Portland, Ore., California bank of Oakland, Cal. and Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Bapulpa, I.T., suspended. as Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou ordered issue of $50,000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of indebtedness as means of relieving financial situation City National bank of Frederick, Okla., failed. 17-American Silk Co. capital stock, $11,000,000, which operated mills in several cities, placed in hands of receiver. Dec. Chelsea Savings abnk of Chelsea, Mich., owned by State Treasurer Glazier, closed. -National Bank of Commerce, one of largest financial institutions of Kansas City, suspended. Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg, closed. l7-Jewelers' National bank at North Attleboro, Mass., in hands of receiver.

15. January 10, 1908 The Commonwealth Greenwood, MS
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FINANCIAL Jan. 21-Merchants' and Farmers' bank of Fairmont, Minn., suspended. Feb. 2-F. D. Gilman, former president suspended Home bank of Goodland, Ind., found guiltv of embezzlement. -First National bank of Scotland, S. D., close by bank examiner. 8-F. D. Gilman, Indiana banker, sentenced to term of one to three years in state prison. 5-Disappearance of $173,000 from subtreasury at Chicago made public. Mar. 14-Virtual panic in Wall street: Secretary Cortelyou relieved the situa19-Citizens' tion. State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state. 28-Corbin Banking company of New York, assigned; assets, $3,000,000; liabilities, $1,700,000. Apr. 2-Maj, H. W. Salmon of Warsaw, Mo., convicted of illegal banking, sentenced three years in penitentiary. 11-Bank of Conception, at Clyde, Mo., ordered closed. 19-Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found guilty of conspiring to defraud stockholders and depositors of Bank of America, of which he was president; penalty, imprisonment and $1,000 fine. Jul. 1-Citizens' bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended. 2-First National bank of Hicksville, O., closed by comptroner of currency 5-Fort Dallas National bank of Miami, Fla., clósed. 20-Farmers' National bank of Boyertown, Pa., ordered closed. Aug. 3-People's State bank of Brownstown, Ind., closed by state authorities. 14-Receivers appointed for Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn.: failure ascribed to stringency of money market. Sep. 5-Watson & Co., members of New York stock and produce exchanges and of Chicago board of trade, failed. Oct. 9-Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich., both private institutions, closed doors. 10-H. D. Reynolds' bank of Valdez, Alaska, closed doors. 16-First National bank of Dresden, O., failed. 16-Collapse of Heinze corner in copper caused violent slump in stocks in New York; firm of Otto Heinze & Co., suspended from stock exchange. 19--New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated from banking organizations of New York. 12-Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York's second largest financial institution, forced to suspend: great slump in securities; call money at 70 per cent. 3-Secretary of treasury ordered deposit of $25,000,000 of government funds in New York banks Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency State Bank and TraNt Co., of Carson, Nevada, failed. 24-Three minor banks in New York forced to close Southern Steel Co., of Birmingham, Ala., filed involuntary petition in bankruptcy. 25-Six more minor banking institutions in New York closed doors. Union Trust Co., of Providence, R. I., sus6-Banks pended. In New York and Chicago and many other cities ellopted Maring house loan certificate system to prevent draining of supplies of currency and made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. 10--California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. bank, at San Francisco, closed Financial conditions in New York practically normal again. Nov. 4-Three small banks in Kansas closed United States Steel corporation secured controlling interest in Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. -Receiver appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass., one of largest textile concerns in country. 12-Merchants' National bank of Portland, Ore,, California bank of Oakland, Cal., and Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Sapulpa, I. T., suspended. 18-Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou ordered issue of $50,000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of indebtedness as means of relieving financial situation City National bank of Frederick, Okla., failed. 27-American Silk Co. capital stock, $11.000,000, which operated mills in several cities placed in hands of receiver.