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Helenn Banks Closed. HELENA, MONT., July 27.-The First National and Montana National banks failed to open this morning. A run is now in progress on the other banks of the city.
Helena National Bank (Helena, MT)
Episode Information
- Episode UID
440601123- Episode Type
- Run Only
- Bank Type
- national
- Bank ID
-
44060national - Charter Number
- 4406
- Start Date
- July 27, 1893
- Location
- Helena, Montana (46.593, -112.036)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
- Short Digest
3a1c1771c9e38aec
Response Measures
Accommodated withdrawals, Full suspension
Events (3)
1.
August 29, 1890
Chartered
- Source
- historical_nic
2.
July 27, 1893
Run
- Cause
- Local Banks
- Cause Details
- Run triggered by First National and Montana National failing to open their doors, precipitating withdrawals at other Helena banks.
- Newspaper Excerpt
- A run is now in progress on the other banks of the city.
- Source
- newspapers
3.
January 8, 1895
Voluntary Liquidation
- Source
- historical_nic
Newspaper Articles (7)
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Helena Banks Suspend. HELENA, Mon., July 28.-The First National bank and the Montana National bank suspended. The First National had average deposits of $3,250,000 and the Montana National $1,500,000. Both banks have ample assets and will pay in full. A run is in progress on all *the other city banks. The banks are confident they can stand any run and are paying cash promptly.
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MONTANA BANKS CLOSED. A Run in Progress at Helena-Assignments of Business Men-Other Banks Fail to Open Their Doors. HELENA, Mon, July 27.-The First National and Montana National banks failed to open this morning. A run is now in progress on the other banks of the city. C. W. Cannon, a local dealer in real estate, assigned yesterday. He wasa large endorser on corporation paper, and stringency of the money market caused the assignment. The liabilities are $240,000; assets, $1,500,000. A M. Halper also made a personal as signment. He, too, was a heavy endorser of corporation paper. His liabilities are $600,000; assets, $1,000,000. The Halper Hardware company, of which he is president, is not affected by the assignment. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., July 27.-The new Farmers' bank here failed to open its doors this morning, owing to a heavy run during the past week. All depositors will be paid in full. The capital stock is $250,000, and the bank was supposed to be one of the strongest in Kentucky. EXETER, N. H., July 27.-The National Granite State bank temporarily suspended payment this morning. The institution is declared by officials to be perfectly sound, the present embarrassment having been caused by a drainage of the cash supply and delayed remittances from Boston. An immediate resumption of business is expected. PORTAGE, Wis., July 27.-The City bank closed its doors this morning. The suspension is due to the condition of the money market. PORTLAND, Ore., July 27.-The Oregon National bank and the Northwest Loan & Trust company of this city suspended this morning. George B. Markle is president of both institutions. The capital stock of the Oregon National is $200,000; surplus, g $40,000; average deposits $500,000. Capiy tal stock of the Northwest Loan & Trust company $250,000; surplus $25,000. Rev. O. D. Taylor, manager of the In8 terstate Investment company at The Dalles has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. It is alleged that Taylor is short $50,000 in his accounts.
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A Run on in Helena. HELENA, Mont., July 28.-The First National and Montana National banks have failed to open and a run is now in progress on the other banks of the city.
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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. On the 25th the Mitchell bank at Milwaukee closed its doors. Its deposits amount to nearly $8,000,000, assets $9,000,000. At Indianapolis the Indianapolis National bank and the Bank of Commerce closed their doors. Joint liabilities $2,500,000. Three banks at Louisville, Kentucky, also failed on the 25th. They are the Merchants' National, the Fourth National and the Louisville Deposit bank. None of the failures are considered bad ones. Depositors in the two national banks will be paid in full, and the loss to stockholders will not be more than 60 per cent. in either case. The situation on the New York stock exchange on the 28th was critical and a panic was narrowly averted. The news that the Erle railroad had gone into the hands of a receiver was largely responsible for the break in stocks which fell from 1 to 4 points. H. I. Nicholas & Co., brokers, assigned. The First National and Montana National banks of Helena, failed to open Thursday morning. A run followed on theother banks of the city. The run was confined principally to the Merchants' National bank, which paid everybody. They are confident that they will be able to stand the run. The two closed banks have ample assets, but cannot realize on them. The Oregon National bank and the Northwest Loan and Trust company of Portland failed to open their doors on the 27th. A notice on the door says: "Owing to withdrawal of deposits and the Inability to realize on securities this bank is forced to suspend." The First National of Middleboro, Kentucky, closed on the 27th. Two banks at Sparta, Wisconsin, closed, also a bank at Portage. The Ellensburg, Washington, National bank suspended payment. In consequence of a run upon It the Traders' Deposit bank of Mount Sterling, Indiana, suspended. The following banks failed on the 28th: First National at Great Falls, Montana; German National at Washington, Wisconsin; Seymour's Bank at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Chamberlain National at Chamberlain, South Dakota. The publication of the intended action of the New York and Brooklyn savings banks and institutions to put into practice the law entitling them to sixty days' notice from depositors of intended withdrawals of money precipitated a run Saturday. Some of the banks paid the amount In full, and thus sought to restore confidence. Others required notice, the time ranging from ten to ninety days, according to the period specified in the by-laws. The Commercial National, Ainsworth National and Portland Savings bank of Portland, Oregon, closed their doors on the 29th. The following banks also closed on that date: Citizens Savings, Akron, Ohio; First National, Kankakee, Illinois; Commercial, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Barron Brothers, Lusk, Wyoming. The McNeal & Urban Safe and Lock Company, one of the oldest safe firms in the country, have assigned to Howard Douglass of Cincinnati. Assets, $160,000; liabilities unknown. The firm has been unfortunate in several large contracts, but it Is claimed that it is solvent. The New York clearing-house committee on the 31st authorized the Issue of $2,500,000 more in loan certificates, which brings the total issue outstanding up to $27,975,000. It may be noted that $26,565,000 was the maximum Issue of 1873, but this comparison is really less impressive than it seems, for a very considerable part of this year's New York issues has In practical effect, been provision for Chicago. No banks applied, so the dispatches stated, for loan certificates in the city. A secondary result of the local money scarcity was an absolute want of bids for sterling bills, exchange rates going on some transactions below the year's previous lowest record. The following banks suspended on the 31st: Springfield Savings, at Springfield, Misssouri; First National, Ashland, Wisconsin: First National, Dalles, Oregon: Bellingham Bay National Whatcom lequiring Notice of When drawal of deposits.
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A Run at Helena, Mont. HELENA, Mont, July 28.-The First national and Montana national banks failed to open this morning. A run is now in progress on the other banks.
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WHAT EDWARD L. TERRY MISSED. Would Have Been Appointed Receiver of Helena Bank. Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer. WASHINGTON Dec. 3.-When Comptroller Eckels came to make his appointment for the receivership of the Helena National bank. to which Eugene Wilson, of Ellensburg, was named. he sent a message to Bank Examiner Seeley, who was then in Seattle, to send Edward L. Terry Terry had been urged for some time by Seattle friends for a position as bank examiner. The reply was returned that Terry was in Alaska and could not be reached. Thus he lost what may be nearly a five years' job, at about $3,000 to $5,000 a year.