Bishop & Company - Honolulu, HI

Episode Information

Episode UID: 9563309791196
Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: private
Bank ID: 956330979 hash
Start Date: August 18, 1899
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii (21.326, -157.845)

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Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: f6e2a5b0ccf468b3

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Events (1)

1. August 18, 1899 Run

Cause: Correspondent
Cause Details: Public feared collapse tied to the Bank of California in San Francisco, prompting heavy withdrawals from Bishop & Co.
Measures: Had been preparing for the emergency for months; local merchants increased deposits and offered assistance.
Newspaper Excerpt: its over withdrawals, nearly all the merchants of the city adding largely to their deposit accounts besides offering Mr. Damon any assistance that he might need in tiding over the crisis.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 18, 1899 The Hawaiian Gazette Honolulu, HI

Article from The Hawaiian Gazette, August 18, 1899

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Article Text

# 41st ANNIVERSARY (Continued from Page 1.) its over withdrawals, nearly all the merchants of the city adding largely to their deposit accounts besides offering Mr. Damon any assistance that he might need in tiding over the crisis. In San Francisco the belief was general that the bank would go down with the Bank of California, but Bishop & Co. were really in better shape to stand a run at that time than their deposit-ors dreamed of, and, in fact, had been preparing for the emergency for months.

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Article Text

Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.

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