gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
bff55385216e362e
Response Measures
Accommodated withdrawals, Public signal of financial health, Full suspension, Books examined
Receivership Details
Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1904-04-04
Date receivership terminated
1915-09-30
OCC cause of failure
Fraud
Share of assets assessed as good
28.6%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
50.4%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
21.0%
Description
Newspapers use both Capital and Capitol spellings; same Guthrie institution.
Events (5)
1.March 9, 1892Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2.April 4, 1904Receivership
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historical_nic
3.April 4, 1904Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The Controller of the Currency ... appointed National Bank Examiner M. R. Sturtevant receiver of the Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Okla.
Source
newspapers
4.April 4, 1904Run
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Unexpected run triggered by heavy drain and linked to the recent failure/suit involving the Holdenville National Bank (president Billingsley also tied to Holdenville).
Measures
Bank closed its doors to stop withdrawals; officers ceased payments and Comptroller/Examiner took control.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Ok., closed its doors after a run made by depositors.
Source
newspapers
5.April 4, 1904Suspension
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Suspension followed the run and was attributed indirectly to the recent Holdenville National Bank failure and an earlier suit involving Holdenville.
Newspaper Excerpt
It was placed in the hands of the Controller of the Currency ... appointed National Bank Examiner M. R. Sturtevant, receiver.
Source
newspapers
Newspaper Articles (22)
1.April 5, 1904New-York TribuneNew York, NY
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OKLAHOMA BANK FAILS. Guthrie, Okla., April 4.-The Capital National Bank, of this city, one of the oldest banking institutions in the Territory, and a Territorial and United States depository, closed its doors to-day. It was placed in the hands of the Controller of the Currency Washington, April 4.-The Controller of the Currency to-night learned that the Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Qkla. had suspended. He has appointed National Bank Examiner M. R. Sturtevant, receiver.
2.April 5, 1904Evening StarWashington, DC
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GUTHRIE BANK SUSPENSION. Statement of Resources and Liabilities January 22. The following is a statement of the'resources and liabilities of the Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which suspended yesterday, at the date of its last report of condition, January 22: ResourcesLoans and discounts. $638,805; overdrafts. $37,775; United States bonds. $201,450; stocks, securities, etc., $84,011; furniture and fixtures, $3,800; due from banks and bankers, $410,393; cash and cash items, $50,813; total, $1,427,050. Liabilities-Capital, $100,000; surplus and undivided profits, $20,893; circulation, $100.000; due to banks and bankers, $388,447; deposits, $817,708; total, $1,427,050.
3.April 5, 1904The St. Louis RepublicSaint Louis, MO
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GENERAL DOMESTIC. Fire at West Tampa, Fla., destroys fifteen business blocks and nearly 200 tenements. with a total loss of probably more than $300,000. Creditors of D. J. Sully & Co. have begun a legal controversy over the proceeds of 6,000 bales of cotton held by the Corn Exchange Bank of New York in pledge. Evangelists at Chicago draw up a petition to Governor Beckham of Kentucky. asking that leniency be shown toward Caleb Powers. the convicted slayer of Governor-elect Goebel. Mrs. J. T. Harding of Kansas City, Kas,, protests against exhibiting the beautiful girls of her State in the Kansas State building at the World's Fair. Oscar Patterson while rowing across a creek near Harrisburg, III., shot at a squirrel, and the recoil of his gun threw him into the water, where he was drowned. Appointments of the Missouri Conferonce and the Northwest Kansas Conference of the M. E. Church were announced. John, Cackley, on trial for murder committed thirty-six years ago in Iowa, confessed the crime and was sentenced to the Penitentiary for ten years. The Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Ok., closed its doors after a run made by depositors. J. W. Hawkens was dangerously wounded by L T. Russell in a pistol duel which took place on a crowded street of Lawton, Ok. SPORTING. Chief Kiely caused the postponement of the boxing bout at the West End Club set for last night. Marine Intelligence. Plymouth, April 4.-Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York. Bremen, April 4.-Arrived: Main, from New York. New York. April 4-Steamer Rhynland. from Antwerp for Philadelphia, is reported by wireless telegraph as having passed Nantucket Lightship at 5:45 p. m. London, April 4.-Spoken: Steamer Mongolia, Norfolk, for San Francisco, March 6, latitude 118. lon. 35W. New York, April 5.-Sailed: Palatia, Naples. Genoa, March S1.-Arrived: Lombardia, New York, via Naples. Boulogne. April 3.-Sailed: Ryndam, from Rotterdam. New York. Naples. March 27.-Sailed: Sicilian Prince. New York, and passed Sayres April 2. Plymouth. April 4.-Sailed: Patricia, from Hamburg and Bowlogne, New York.
4.April 5, 1904The Daily Morning Journal and CourierNew Haven, CT
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GUTHRIE, OKLA., BANK COMPELLED TO SUSPEND ONE OF THE OLDEST INSTITUTIONS IN THE TERRITORY. President Declares Depositors Will Lose Nothing-$31,255,000 of Assets to Pay $1,033,000 in Deposits-An Unex. pected Drain During Month aud a Run Yesterday Cause of Failure. Guthrie, Okla., April 4.-The Capital National bank of this city, one of the oldest banking institutions in Oklahoma and a territorial and United States depository, closed its doors to-day. C. E. Billingsley, president of the suspended bank, to-night said that the depositors would be paid in full, and that at present a deal was pending to sell the assets of the bank so that the depositors might be paid. When the bank closed its doors there was $1,255,000 with which to pay $1,033,000 in deposits. The failure was caused by a heavy drain during the last month and an unexpected run this morning. The suspension was caused directly by the failure last week of the Holdenville National bank, of which Mr. Billingsley is president.
5.April 5, 1904The Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery, AL
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BANK CLOSES DOORS. Oldest and Largest in Oklahoma Territory. Guthrie, Ok., April -The - Capital National Bank of this city, one of the oldest banking institutions in Oklahoma and a Territorial and United States depository, closed its doors today. It was placed in the hands of the Comptroller of the Currency. C. E. Billingsley, president of the suspended bank which was the largest in Oklahoma, made a statement tonight in which he says that the depositors will be paid in full. When the bank closed its doors, there were $1,255,000 of assets against $1,033,000 liabilities. The suspension was caused directly by the filing of a suit about three weegs ago against the Holdenville National Bank of which Mr. Billingsley is president and its failure last week. Although the directors say that the depositors will be paid in full, the stockholders will be heavy losers. The bank is a National and Territorial depository and many of the county banks of Oklahoma carry large deposits with it. Washington, April 4.-The Controller of the Currency learned to-night that the Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Ok., has suspended. He has appointed National Bank Examiner A. R. Sturtevant receiver.
6.April 5, 1904The Times DispatchRichmond, VA
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"RUN" CLOSES BEST BANK IN OKLAHOMA One of Oldest Financial Institutions in Territory Goes Under. National Depository. (By Associated Press.) GUTHRIE, OKLA.. April 4--The Capi. tal National Bank, of this city. one of the oldest banking institutions in Oklahoma, and a territorial and United States depository. closed its doors to-day, It was placed in the hands of Comptroller of the Currency. C. E. Billingsley, president of the suspended bank. to-night said that the depositors would be paid in full and that at present a deal was pending to sell the assets of the bank so that the depositors might be paid. When the bank closed its doors there was $1,255,000 with which to pay $1,033,000 in deposits. The failure was caused by a heavy draft during the last month and unexpected run this morning. During the last month there was a shrinkage of deposits amounting to about $500,000, and during the nun to-day more than $100,000 was paid out. The president and direc. tors, seeing that the bank must go under, closed the doors.
7.April 5, 1904The Savannah Morning NewsSavannah, GA
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BANK IN GUTHRIE FAILS. Billingsley, the President, Says Depositors Will Be Paid. Guthrie, Okia., April 4.-The Capital National Bank of this city, one of the oldest banking institutions in Oklahoma and a territorial and United States depository, closed its doors today. It was placed in the hands of the controller of the currency. C. E. Billingsley, president of the suspended bank, to-night said that the depositors would be paid in full and that at present a deal was pending to sell the assets of the bank so that the depositors might be paid. When the bank closed its doors there was $1,255,000 with which to pay $1,033,000 in deposits. The failure was caused by a heavy run during the last month and an unexpected run this morning. During the last month there was a shrinkage of deposits amounting to about $500,000 and during the run to-day more than $100,000 was paid out. The president and directors seeing that the bank must go under, closed the doors.
8.April 5, 1904The Topeka State JournalTopeka, KS
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BANK FAILURE. Capitol National, of Guthrie, Closes Its Doors. Guthrie, Okla., April 5.-C. E. Billingsley, president of the Capitol National bank, the largest bank in Oklahoma which has suspended, has made a statement. He says that the depositors will be paid in full and that at the present time a deal is on to sell the assets of the institution so that the depositors may be paid. When the bank closed its doors there were in assets $1,255,000 with which to pay $1,033,000 in deposits. National Bank Examiner Myron R. Sturtevant will take charge of the bank. The failure was caused by a heavy drain during the last month and an unexpected run yesterday morning. During the last month there was a shrinkage of deposits amounting to about five hundred thousand dollars, and during the run which commenced when the bank opened its doors yesterday morning over one hundred thousand dollars were paid out. About noon it was rumored that the bank was going under and eager depositors hurried to the bank faster than during the morning, and the president and directors seeing that the bank must go under closed the doors. The suspension was caused indirectly by the filing of a suit about three weeks ago against Holdenville National bank, of which Mr. Billingsley is president, and its failure last week. Although the directors say that the depositors will be paid in full, the stockholders will be heavy losers, and it is said that Mr. Bilingsley who has been regarded as one of the strongest financial men of the territory has lost all. The bank is a national and territorial depository and many of the country banks of Oklahoma carry large deposits with it. There is great excitement in Guthrie but the other banks are safe.
9.April 5, 1904Alexandria GazetteAlexandria, VA
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From Washington. [Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.] In response to a resolution of the House calling on the Civil Service Comto transmit mission, the list of those who were appointed under suspensions rules 4, the commission of 1885, the civil service today since There submit- March were ted the list in question. but three cases of individual suspension under President McKinley; sixty under Roosevelt. Two of the three suspensions authorized by President McKinley, are those of James N. Tyner, assistant general for the Postcffice Department, and Harrison J. Barrett, law clerk in the same department, both now under indictment in connection with the postoffice scandal. Mr. Maynard was the only Virginia member of Congress who attended the launching of the Virginia at Newport News today. Both the Senators and the other Representatives from the State were detained here on business. It is said at the Navy Department that the and her class ever most Virginia perfect fighting machines represent the devised for the United States navy. The Virginia is SO constructed that she will be a good match for any battleship or armored cruiser in the world. The Comptroller of the Currency has appointed National Bank Examiner Myron R. Sturtevant receiver of the Capitol National Bank, Guthrie, Oklahoma, upon information received from the president of the bank, Charles E. Billingsley, that the bank had closed its doors. The suffrage case, that involving the validity of the new Virginia constitution, was again before the U.S. Supreme Court over when the were day, today, coming arguments from begun yester- by Capt. J. S. Wise, who is against the State. Attorney-General Anderson replied to Capt. Wise and was speaking at 1 o'clock. Mr. Frank W. Christian will also speak today for the State. James Hayes, colored, who is associated with Wise, will also speak. The captain Capt. yesterday introduced his colleague to the court. The District Court of Appeals today overruled the demurrer to the indictment of James N. Tyner, former AttorGeneral for the Postoffice Departney his ment, and Harrison J. Barrett, nephew and assistant. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: To be Consul George E. Anderson, of Illinois, at Hang Chow, China. To be a member of the Mississippi river Commissioner, Homer P. Ritter, of Ohio. Among those at the Capital today was Judge R. T. W. Duke, of Charlottesville, Va.
10.April 5, 1904The San Francisco CallSan Francisco, CA
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"RUN" ON BANK CAUSES A CRASH Largest Financial Institution in Oklahoma Is Forced to Close Its Doors HASTENS END RUMOR Depositors Hear of Concern's Predicament and Rush to Withdraw Their Money GUTHRIE, O. T., April 4.-C. E. Billingsly, president of the Capital National Bank, the largest bank in Oklahoma, which suspended business this afternoon, made a statement to the State Capital to-night. He says that the depositors will be paid in full and that at the present time a deal is on to sell the assets of the institution so that the depositors may be paid. When the bank closed its doors at 2 o'clock there was in assets $1,225,000 with which to pay $1,033,000 in deposits. National Bank Examiner M. R. Sturtevant will arrive in the morning to take charge of the bank. The failure was caused by a heavy drain during the last month and an unexpected "run" this morning. Durlast month there was a shrinkof and ing $500,000, age the deposits during amounting the "run," to which about commenced when the bank opened its doors yesterday morning, more than $100,000 was paid out. About noon it was rumored that the bank was going under and eager depositors hurried to the bank faster than during the morning, and the president and directors, seeing that the bank must go under, closed the doors. The suspension was caused indirectly by the filing of a suit about three weeks ago against the Holdenville National Bank, of which Billingsly is president, and its failure last week. Although the directors say that the depositors will be paid in full, the stockholders will be heavy losers, and it is said that Billingsly, who has been regarded as one of the strongest financial men in the Territory, has lost all. The bank is a national and territorial depository and many of the county banks of Oklahoma carry large deposits with it. There is great excitement in Guthrie, but the other banks are safe.
11.April 6, 1904The San Francisco CallSan Francisco, CA
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TWO BANKS ARE FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS Institutions at Akron, Ohio, and McLeod, Okla., in the Hands of Receivers. AKRON, Ohio, April 5.-The Akron Savings Bank closed its doors to-day. The Common Pleas Court appointed G. W. Seiber and William Buchtel receivers of the institution. The action was precipitated as a result of the Akron Clearing-house Association compelling the bank to make all its clearings in cash. William Buchtel is president of the bank. It has a capital stock of $200.000 and deposits amounting to about $850,000. An official statement of the bank's condition, published yesterday, showed its resources to be $1,151,000. with liabilities the same. GUTHRIE, Okla., April 5.-The Citizens' Bank at McLeod, Okla., with a capital of $10,000. closed its doors today as a result of the failure of the Capitol National. M. R. Sturtevant, National Bank Examiner, reached here to-day and took charge of the Capitol National. He instructed the officers of the bank not to talk of its affairs and declines to make a statement until a thorough examination of the institution's books has been made. Other local banks are considering a plan to assume the defunct bank's obligations.
12.April 6, 1904The Guthrie Daily LeaderGuthrie, OK
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NO CAUSE FOR UNEASINESS. While the troubles of the Capitol National bank are deplorable, yet there is no reason for uneasiness on the part of Guthrie people 88 to the local and commercial situation. A bank failure, of course, hurts. Such an untoward event unsettles business temporarily, but it may be said to the credit of Guthrie depositors that the sudden collapse of one of the largest financial institutions in the territory, caused no precipitate and unreasonable actions on their part. A mad run on the other banks, Monday, following the failure of the Capitol National vould have paralyzed business locally for months. Fourteen years ago Ragsdales bank, located at the same place marking Monday's failure, suspended payment. There was a howling rush on all the other banks. It required two years' time for business to reach its normal level. The failure of Monday is a blow to the town. It will cause a shrinkage of prospective investments, by eastern capital which is proverbially timid, when western enterprises are mentioned. But the development and solid growth of Guthrie does not hinge on one bank, one firm or one individual. Guthrie's progress can not be checked by one business disaster. The city is moving onward. The good sense of Guthrie people is again to be commended.
13.April 6, 1904The Denison ReviewDenison, Dow City, IA
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Guthrie Bank Fails. Washington, April 5.-The comptroller of the currency learned that the Capital National bank of Guthrie, Okla., has suspended. He has appointed National Bank Examiner Sturtevant, receiver.
14.April 7, 1904The Manitowoc PilotManitowoc, WI
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BANK IS FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS FAILURE OF LARGEST INSTITUTION IN OKLAHOMA. DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED RUN Officials Declare That Depositors Will Be Paid in Full-Stockholders Will Be Heavy Losers. Guthrie, Okla., April 5.-The Capital national bank, of this city, one of the oldest banking institutions in Oklahoma and a territorial and United States depository, closed its doors Monday. It was placed in the hands of the comptroller of the currency. C. E. Billingsley, president of the suspended bank, which was the largest in Oklahoma, made a statement Monday night. He says that the depositors will be paid in full and that at the present time a deal is pending to sell the assets of the institution so that the depositors may be paid. When the bank closed its doors there were in assets $1,225,000, with which to pay $1,033,000 in deposits. The failure was caused by a heavy drain during the last month and an unexpected run Monday morning. During the last month there was a shrinkage of deposits amounting to $500,000, and during the run, which commenced
15.April 12, 1904Wausau PilotWausau, WI
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Bank Crash Foltows Run. Shrinkage in deposits of more than $500,000 in the past month. followed by a. run of frightened depositors, caused the failure of the Capital National Bank of Guthrie, Okla. President C. E. Billingsley issued a statement that the bank was solvent and the depositors would be paid in full.
16.July 8, 1904The Guthrie Daily LeaderGuthrie, OK
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# PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
Filed by Capitol National Bank Against Guthrie Wholesale Co.
Bankruptcy proceedings were instituted in the district court today against the Guthrie Wholesale Grocery company, a corporation established in March, 1901. The concern is capitalized a $14,100, fully paid up. The original incorporaors were: L.. E. Kimball, M. N. Smith and Harry Whitbeck. The present stockholders are: L. E. Kimball, Ed W. Kinnan, Chas. E.Pillingsley, Chas, Winslow and J. A. McTaggart, of Stillwater. The petitioners in the case are Receiver Willoughby of the Capitol National bank; the Youst Yeast company and the Nave, McCord Mercantile company. The attorneys for the petitioning creditors are Flynn & Ames and Chas. Blair. H. W. Gray has been appointed temporary receiver and is now in possession. The receiver has suspended the business, pending settlement of the bankruptcy case. His bond has been fixed at $25,000. The hearing on petition has been set for the 18th of this month, when the creditors will meet and select a permanent receiver.
The financial standing of the Guthrie Wholesale company is given as follows: Assets, capital stock, $14,100; stock inventory, $19,000; book accounts, $15,000; personal property, including office furniture, team and wagon, $1,000. Liabilities-Due the Capitol National bank on note, $21,000; due to wholesale houses, $7,000.
Since the Capitoi National bank failure, President Kimball has been trying to make arrangements to settle the indebtedness with the bank, even making a proposition to the comptroller of the currency, through Receiver Willoughby, which was to increase the capital by reorganization, but his efforts were turned down by the comptroller, who made a counter proposition, which would necessitate the company raising at once $16,000; which was impossible to do at this time and the officers of the company, realizing this, decided to allow the cerditors to proceed in bankruptcy. The one thing, more than anything else, to decide President Kimball to take this action was the every day comments by creditors of the Capitol National, and connecting the name of Mr. Kimball with his son-in-law, Chas. E. Billingsley, president of the defunct bank
17.September 7, 1904The Guthrie Daily LeaderGuthrie, OK
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Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern. ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con3'ipation. WILLOUGHEY MAKES CHANGE. Employs New Superintendent For Norman Sanitarium. The sanitarium at Norman has a new suprintendent, occasioned by J. A. Willoughby receiver of the Capitol National bank of this city. The new superintendent is A. T. Clark of Bellville, Illinois. The sanitarium being all asset of the Capitol National bank of Guthrie the change was made by the receiver thereof.
UNABLE TO GIVE BOND? Ex-Vice President of National Bank at Holdenville Under Arrest for Misappropriation of Funds. / Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 11.-R. M. McFarland, vice president of the defunct national bank at Holdenville, was arrested here and placed under $50,000 bond on a charge of alleged misappropriaton of the funds of the bank. He has failed to make the bond and may go to jail. He heard of the indictment and came prepared to give $5,000 bond. The national bank at Holdenville suspended last June. C. E. Billingsley was president of the bank, also the Capitol national, of Guthrie, Ok., which failed.
Business Failures Jan. 14-Auburn (Ind.) Farmers' bank. 16-Mt. Ayr (la.) Citizens' bank; $450,000. 22-Cleveland (0.) Produce Exchange bank and branches at Belford, Hudson and Defiance. 23-Elkhart (Ind.) Nat. bank. 30-New York, A. B. Baxter & Co., cotton brokers; $2,000,000. Feb. 2-New Orleans, Kirby Lumber Co. and Houston Oil Co. Clarksburg (W. Va.) Traders' Nat. bank. 9-McGruder (Tex.) Citizens' Nat. bank. 10-New York Equitable Nat. bank Bank of Dunn, N. C. 11-Syracuse (N. Y.) Exchange Nat. bank; $500,000. 15-Pella (Ia.) Savings bank. 28-Opelika (Ala.) bank; $150,000 Tanton (Mass.) bank; $600,000. Mar. 2-Le Sueur (Minn.) bank; $95,000. 11-Garden Grove and Coin (Ia.) banks. 18-Daniel Sully, New York cotton king; $17,000,000. 21-Lonaconing (Md.) Savings bank. 22-Riverside (Cal.) bank....E. O. Miller, banker, Providence, Ia National bank of Holdenville, Ind. T., suspends operaHons. B1-Union Trust, Boston; $1,600,000. Federal Trust, Cleveland; $1,000,000. Apr. 4-Capital Nat. bank, Guthrie, Okla.; $1,033,000.... W. B. Mack, New York.
20.February 16, 1905The Beaver HeraldBeaver, OK
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Why Do Banks Fail? Every bank failure that has occured in Oklahoma in the past two years could have been prevented had the proper examination been made as contemplated under the laws now in force. The utter ruin of several good men the serious financial crippling of hundreds more, and a general lack of confidence in all banks has been the price of penurious economy on the part of the territory in conducting the bank examiner's office. Every bank should be examined by a competent man at least twice a year and four times a year would be better. Had this been done, neither the Capital National at Guthrie, the Citizens Bank at Enid, the Bank of Beaver City, or any other bank in Oklahoma would have failed. All failed from causes which, if known in time, would have been remedied. Both the Citizens Bank and the Capital National failed because they were run along political instead of business lines. Had a competent man examined them before the abuses and irregularities responsible for their downfall had gone too far, he would have called a halt, and no depositor would have lost anything. As for the Bank of Beaver City, we are informed that less than ten per cent of its capital stock was ever paid in, and that soon after its organization the president "borrowed" $14,000 from it on his personal note, without security This condition would have been known, and remedied in time, had proper examinations been made. The bank examiner must not be blamed too strongly for these conditions, for there is four times as much work to do as it is possible for him to attend to with his present force. The safety and solidity of banking institu. tions is absolutely necessary, not only to the general welfare, but for the ordinary daily transactions of business. Banks are useful in two ways, principally, to take care of other people's money, and to loan money on proper security. The safety of the depositor's interests is the first and all-important point, and those bankers who keep this in view seldom or never get into trouble. It is the fellows who are too Joose in the matter of loans, or who engage in wildeat speculation. that cause the trouble. Comparatively few banks are wreased by straight robbery such as the officials absconding with the depositor's money. In almost every instance wherein a banker has departed with a satchel full of money it proved to be only the last net of wrecking the institution; that the record for months back was bad, and that a careful examination at the proper time would have disclosed the true state of affairs and provented a serious loss. Probably no banker in this country ever intended at the outset to wree his bank. It almost invariably takes months of bad management or misplacing of funds to do the work, and during these months is the time to defeet the real conditions. and stop the drift toward failure, This can b done by an eff etive sy stem of exam-
21.March 14, 1905The Guthrie Daily LeaderGuthrie, OK
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Personal
Mention,
Real estate men are all hustling.
J. M. Hays of Kirkwood, Ill., is in the city.
Empty houses in Guthrie are few and far between.
Henry Behrens is here today from Arkansas City.
J. M. House is a visitor from Dallas, Texas, today.
Dora M. Wright is here today from Perry visiting.
Representative Maxwell of Yukon, is in the city today.
G. A. Motter of Wichita, is a visitor in the capital city today.
P. W. Cress of Perry, is a visitor in the capital city today.
W. F. Peterman of Manchester, N. H., arrived in Guthrie last night.
S. H. Gaines arrived in Guthrie last night from Oklahoma City.
G. F. Fletcher of Pittsburg, Pa., an oil and gas man, is in the capital city.
Grant Stanley of Luthrie, is in the capital city today on special business.
D. S. Thomas of Kansas City, spent the day in Guthrie on important business.
Miss Mabel Faskin has gone to Pawnee to work in Delegate Bird McGuire's office.
O. M. Swoon of Detroit, Mich., is here looking over Guthrie with a view to locating.
Miss Lenna Prouty of Topeka, a sister of Frank G. Prouty, is here visiting her brother.
Guthrie is filling up with business men from the North and East that are seeking locations.
B. C. Thompson of Oklahoma City, came up last night to be in a good town a little while.
Mrs. P. S. Hoffman of Chandler, was the guest of General J. C. Jamison and family today.
Miss Grace Smith, a former employe of the lower house, returned to her home in Perry yesterday.
"Johnny" Murray, the Kansas City traveling salesman, is in Guthrie interviewing the trade.
Mrs. U. M. Jones left this morning over the Santa Fe for Wichita where she will visit her mother, Mrs. S. L. Kuntz, for a week.
G. A. Gast of St. Louis, is in the city. Mr. Gast remarked this morning that Guthrie was assuming a more metropolitan air.
W. C. Newland is here from Kansas City today. Mr. Newland had many words of praise for the capital city of the territory.
Miss Amanda O'Connor, who is assistant in the instrumental department of the Epworth university at Oklahoma City, is visiting her parents north of Guthrie.
Sheriff Naylor of Beaver county, is in the city. "Beaver county is rapidly growing," said Mr. Naylor in reply to a question, "and we all feel happy, herd law or no herd law."
Receiver J. A. Willoughby of the Capitol National bank, has gone to Oklahoma City and Holdenville on business connected with the bank. He will return to Guthrie Thursday or Friday.
Joe Quein is still in the city. He registered at the Elks hotel last night in this manner: "J. Quein, of God's Town, O. T." Everyone that saw the registration remarked that he must be a resident of Guthrie.
J. P. Gandy of Fort Supply, is in Guthrie. "Jim" is feeling around searchingly for the stewardship of the insane asylum. There is also a preacher by the name of Brannon, of Pawnee county, after it. It is rumored that the latter will get the job.
Misses Lela and Fay Belle Mauldin of Oklahoma City, are in Guthrie and are being shown around by Attorney Virgil Hobbs. The young ladies expressed great admiration for the capital city.
# TERRILL IS STILL TRYING.
The Oklahoma Convict Files Another Habeas Corpus Suit.
22.March 22, 1905The Guthrie Daily LeaderGuthrie, OK
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT Several Important Capitol National Bank Cases Dismissed Today. Several important cases were tried in the district court this morning. This afternoon the case of the Territory vs. Jeas Weatherly went to the jury. The defendant in this instance is charged with having broken into b R Prosser's residence and stealing an overcoal which he pawned. The case of the Territory vs. Joe Horton was tried this afternoon also. Horton is charged with stealing a watch from some Greeks at the Santa Fe depot sevcral months ago, In the case of the Hermosa Mining Company vs. Willoughby, receiver for the Capital National bank, Judge Pancoast decreed that the money should be paid subject to order of the court. The receiver is no longer a party to the suit. The following cases were dismissed by agreement at the cost of the defendant: Hopkins vs. Willoughby. Hitterbusch vs. Willoughby. Carpenter vs. Willoughby. Windam vs. Swank.
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