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TWO BANKS CLOSED. Houston, Tex., Dec. 19.-Two banks, one at Angleton and another at Velasco, both of them owned by W. W. Hosken, closed their doors today as a result of a run which started Saturday at Angleton. No statement of assets or liabilities was made.
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Two Banks Closed. (By Associated Press.) HOUSTON, TEX., December 19.-Two banks at Angleton and Velasco, both of them owned by W. M. Hoskins, closed their doors to-day. A run which started Saturday at Angleton was continued today, until Mr. Hoskins went there from Velasco and posted a notice that he would suspend payments until he could make arrangements for payment of all claims in full. No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Both banks paid all claims until they closed. It is asserted that about $30,000 has been withdrawn during the runs,
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HOSKINS BANKS CLOSE. Those at Velasco and Angleton Shut Down Yesterday Morning. Angleton, Texas: W. W. Hoskins of the banks of Velasco and Angleton closed both banks yesterday. He came from Velasco yesterday noon and plac ed a notice on the door of the bank stating: "Bank closed account heavy run on it Saturday and this morning. Expect to arrange affairs and settle with all depositors at an early date." The bank paid all claims promptly until Mr. Hoskins arrived. The people have great confidence in Mr. Hoskins and believe he will pay all claims. Velasco, Texas: Quite a little excitement was created here yesterday at noon by the closing of the Bank of Velasco, caused by a run on the Bank of Angleton, which is a branch of this bank. No statement of assets or liabilities can now be obtained, but Mr. W. W. Hoskins stated that every depositor would be paid in full. Confidence is expressed here that Mr. Hoskins will be able to meet all difficulties and that the bank swill be able to resume business in a few days.
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TUESDAY. A marriage license has been issued for Minister von Swinderen of the Netherlands and Miss Elizabeth L. Glover, daughter of C. C. Glover of Washington. Two banks, one at Angleton and another at Velasco, Texas, both owned by W. W. Hoskins, have closed their doors following a run. No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Fourteen hundred patents for timber claims in eastern Colorado have been cancelled by the land office at Denver. These cancellations are made because the locators had not complied with the terms of the timber claim act. Orders have been issued by the navy department striking from the naval list the gunboats Basco, Gardoqui and Urdaneta, recently stationed at the naval station at Cavite, P. I. These are small iron vessels of 42 tons displacement. They have been condemned as unfit for naval service. The sale of the Egyptian anthropological exhibit at the world's fair took place Monday. John Wanamaker of Philadelphia purchased half of the exhibit, which included an ancient sarcophagus and a mummy (200 B. C.) for the Philadelphia museum. The price paid for the exhibits aggregated about $70,000.
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Texas Banks Closed. Houston, Tex., Dec. 21. - Two banks one at Angleton and another at Velasco, both of them owned by W. W. Hoskins, closed their doors Monday. A run, which started Saturday at Angleton, was continued to-day until Mr. Hoskins went there from Velasco and posted a notice that he would suspend payment until he could make arrangements for payment of all claims in full. No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Both banks paid all claims until they closed. It is asserted that about $30,000 has been withdrawn during the runs.
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS. A marriage license has been issued for Minister von Swinderen of the Netherlands and Miss Elizabeth L. Glover, daughter of C. C. Glover of Washington. Two banks, one at Angleton and another at Velasco, Texas, both owned by W. W. Hoskins, have closed their doors following a run. No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Fourteen hundred patents for timher claims in eastern Colorado have been cancelled by the land office at Denver. These cancellations are made because the locators had not complied with the terms of the timber claim act. Orders have been issued by the navy department striking from the naval list the gunboats Basco, Gardoqui and Urdaneta, recently stationed at the naval station at Cavite, P. I. These are small iron vessels of 42 tons displacement. They have been zondemned as unfit for naval service. The sale of the Egyptian anthropollogical exhibit at the world's fair took place Monday. John Wanamaker of Philadelphia purchased half of the exhibit, which included an ancient sarcophagus and a mummy (200 B. C.) for the Philadelphia museum. The price paid for the exhibits aggregated about $70,000.
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Texas Banks Closed. Houston, Tex., Dec. 20.-Two banks, one at Angleton and another at Velasco, both of them owned by W. W. Hoskins, closed their doors Monday. A run, which started Saturday at Angleton, was continued to-day until Mr. Hoskins went there from Velasco and posted a notice that he would suspend payment until he could make arrangements for payment of all claims in full. No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Both banks paid all claims until they closed. It is asserted that about $30,000 has been withdrawn during the runs.
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Texas Banks Fail. Houston, Texas, Special. - Two banks at Angleton and Velasco, both of them owned by W. M. Hoskins, closed their doors Monday. A run which started Saturday at Angleton was continued today until Mr. Hos. kins went there from Velasco and posted a notice that is would suspend payments until be court, make arrangements for payments of all claims in full. No statement of assets or liabilities was made. Both banks paid all claims until they closed.
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MISCELLANEOUS. City Clerk Edward M. Schuengel, of Milwaukee, Wis., aged 47 years, died suddenly. Mr. Schuengel had been suffering from Bright's disease and heart trouble for some time. After a lingering illness of three years, due to infirmities of old age, Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan, bishop of Pittsburg diocese, of the Roman Catholic church, died at Pittsburg, Pa., aged 76 years. The official report shows that during the world's fair at St. Louis the total admissions were 19,694,855, of these 12,804,616 were paid. The free admissions amounted to 6,890,239. Two trainmen were killed and one was badly scalded in a collision between freight trains on the Rochester & Pittsburg road, near West Falls, N. Y. The John Thompson & Son agricultural machine works and gasoline engine factory at Beloit, Wis., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $100,000. Seven were killed in the disaster at Minneapolis, Minn., when the wall of the Peck building crushed the Crocker hotel. Senator Fairbanks has decided to forward his resignation to the governor of Indiana January 9, the date of the meeting of the legislature, to take effect March 4, next, when he will be inaugurated vice president. Four men were killed and their bodies terribly mangled as the result of a boiler explosion at the sawmill of B. F. Redline near Rohrsburg, Pa. James P. Eagle died at Little Rock, Ark., after an illness of three weeks. He was governor of Arkansas from 1889 to 1893. Three men were arrested at St. Cloud, Minn., on a charge of having robbed the bank of Rice, at Rice, Minn., of $2,000 in currency and several thousand dollars in negotiable securities. Joseph Ryant and Paul Wienewsky, fishermen, were drowned in the Grand Traverse bay. Subscriptions are being taken up throughout England to care for the unemployed. The London fund, started by royalty, has reached $130,000. Two Texas banks, one at Angleton and another at Velasco, both of them owned by W. W. Hoskins closed their doors because of a run. A Minneapolis man shot his fiancee dead and killed himself. Illness is supposed to have unbalanced his mind. Augustus Macon, an attorney, died at Denver, Col., of acute stomach trouble, aged 73 years. He was a native of Kentucky and studied law in Abraham Lincoln's office. John Clapp, formerly a National league baseball player, dropped dead at Ithaca, N. Y. Henry Wellington Wack, who says he suffered in the recent slump of Amalgamated copper, asks the district attorney of New York to indict Thomas W. Lawson.