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A YEAR REVIEWED What Has Been Done During the Past Twelve Months. THE YEAR 1897 A BUSY ONE All of the Important Happenings the World Over Briefly Noted in Chronological Order. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES Disasters of Various Kinds-Crimes, Suicides and Lynchings-A Year's Famous Dead -Political Events-Sporting BANK FAILURES. Jan 2-State savings, Whitehall, Mich Citizens' national, Fargo, N. D Omaha (Neb.) savings, $850,000. Jan 4-Germania ($1,000,000) and West Side, St. Paul, Minn First City, Nora Springs, Ia. Merchants' national, Devil's Lake, N. D. Jan 7-Commercial, Eau Claire, Wis Bank of Canton, Minn Citizens', Lanes. boro, Minn. Jan 8-Bank of North St. Paul, Minn. Jan 9-First national, Alma, Neb. Jan 12-Bank of Mayview, Mo. Jan 13-Seattle (Wash.) savings. Jan 14-Merchants' national, Ocala, Fla. Jan 15-Citizens' state, Fullerton, Neb. Jan 16-Bank on Conway, Mo. Jan 18-German national, Louisville, Ky. First national, Newport, Ky Minnenota savings, St. Paul. Jan 21-German savings, Des Moines, Ia., $554,000. Jan 23-Upland (Ind.) bank (voluntary suspension Farmers' and Merchants' bank, Excelsior Springs, Mo. Jan 25-Pottsdam (N. Y.) national. Jan 26-First national, Olympia, Wash. Jan 29-Wautauga bank, Johnson City, Tenn. Jan 30-Dime savings, Chicago. Feb 2-First national, Oakesdale, Wash (voluntary suspension) Moscow (Ind.) national. Feb 4-First national, Griswold, Ia. Feb 5-First national, Franklin, Northwestern national, Great Falls, Mont., $700,000. Feb 8-State savings, Atlanta, Ga. Feb 9-Farmers' and Merchants', Free. port, III. (voluntary suspension). Feb 10-Bankers' exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. Feb 13-State trust and savings, West Superior, Wis. .... Commercial savings Leeds, Ia. Merchants' national, Helena, Mont., $1,000,000. Feb 16-Merchants' national, Jacksonville, Fla. State national, St. Joseph, Mo. Feb 24-German-American, Tonawanda, N.Y. (Resumed March 8.) Feb 26-Bank of Lithonia, Ga. Security Loan and Trust company, Des Moines, Ia. Commercial, Milwaukee, Wis. Feb 27-Mullanphy savings, St. Louis, Mo., $500,000. Mar 8-Lexington savings, Baltimore. Mar 12-Bank of Mulhall, O. T. Mar 22-West Point (Ga.) state bank. Mar 23-Farmers' and Merchants', Paris, Tex. Mar 24-De Kalb county bank, Maysville, Mo. Mar 27-American exchange, Buffalo, N. Y. (voluntary suspension). Apr 5-Globe savings, Chicago, $640,000. Apr 27-N. Barnes, Son & Co., bankers, Norfolk, Va. Apr 28-Bank of Hutchinson, Kan William Van Ordstrand & Co., bankers, Heyworth, Ill. Apr New Hampshire Banking Co., Nashua, $849,352. May 3-J. B. Wheeler & Co., bankers, Maniteu and Aspen, Col. May 7-Exchange bank, Atkinson, Neb. Dalles (Ore.) national. May 12-Traders', Lynchburg, Va. May 19-Miners' state, Cripple Creek, Col. Belknap savings, Laconia, N. H. May 20-State, Monticello, Ind. State Third nationnational, Logansport, Ind al, New York. May 21-First national, Orleans, Neb. May 24-Bank of Johnston, Neb. Jun 1-Merchants', Lincoln, Neb. Jun 9-Boone county, Harrison, Ark. Jun 14-First state, Fenton, Mich. Jun 29-Union Trust and Savings, Tacoma, Wash Keystone national, Erie, Pa. (voluntary). Jul 7-First national, Mason, Tex. Jul 14-Nebraska national, York, Neb. Jul 23-Bank of Monmouth Springs, Ark. Jul 31-First national, Asheville, N. C., (voluntary). Aug 21-People's savings, Mount Pleasant, Mich. Aug 27-Bank of Minneapolis, Minn. Aug 31-State, Ambia, Ind First state, McPherson, Kan. Sep 2-First national, Greensburg, Ind. Sep 14-Bank of Durand, Ill. Sep 18-First national, Benton Harbor, Mich. Sep 20-Bank at Rico, Col. Sep 29-Bank at Montrose, Col. Oct 18-City, Sherman, Tex. Oct 19-Edgerton (Wis.) bank. Oct 21-Bank of Lodi, Wis. Oct 22-National of Asheville, N.C. Nov 9-John A, Willard, banker at Man-