The Helena independent., 1894-01-01
BUSINESS TROUBLES.


Some Of the Wrecks Caused by tho Gr.as
Financial Depression.
JANUARY.
g. Wickham e. Co., Wholesale fish dealers Of
Huron, o., failed for S2hO,D0N. ~
FEBRUARY.
4. The First National bank OF Little Rock
suspended.
g. The banking house Of F. v. Rockarellow
at Wilkesbnrre, Pa. closed its doors.
0a Beaupre, Keogh Il Davis, wholesale gro
GERS, assigned In st. Paul liabilities over
L. The Atkinson House Furnishing company
Of Maine assigned In Boston; liabilities,
$l,5O0,D0
II. The Kansas Trust and Banking company,
at Kansas City. suspended, with liabilities
of $4,000.
%. Dobbins & Dazy. cotton brokers, assigned
in Nashville: liabilities, sI,OOO00O.
a, APRIL.
Z. The Northwestern State bank OF Sibley. IA,
closed its doors; liabilities. $l50,00O.
u. Thes"sseS.lish, Scottish and Australian Char
tered bank failed. with liabilities Of Rs.-
100000.
20. The Australian Joint Stock bank failed for
2l3OOO,OOO u
a. The Baf,k OF Milbank, 8. D.. assigned. With
liabilities Of 100000.
S. The Union Loan and Trust company OF
Sioux City closed its doors: liabilities, $75O.-
600.
80. The National Bank of Australasia failed
l. F. Il. Weeks, president Of the Land and
River Improvement company. West Supe-
rior, Wis. assigned.
.. H. H. Warner, the patent medicine manu-
facturcr OF Rochester. assigned: liabilities
estimated at $4,000.
Q. The Bank of Victoria, at Melbourne, sus-
pended with 22. 400, 600 liabilities.
II. The Capital National bank, at Indianapo-
lis, suspended.
r. r. Robinson & CO., bankers Of Whining
ton. DEL, failed, with liabilities Of over
$3.50
II. The Sioux City da.) Engine works suspend
ed; liabilities, $200,0O0
Thomas & Sons, whisky dealers In Louis
vile. failed owing from Slso,ooo to 100000.
ID. Bank failures at Orleans and Roesville,
Ind, at Freeport, o., and Rockford, Mich
Steel company at Bellville. Ills, placed in
hands of receiver.
Kendall q Smith, grain dealers Of Lincoln.
Neh., failed for over $250000.
ID. Erastus Wiman, q New York capitalist,
made an assignment.
20. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles Fos-
ter Of Fostora, O., assigned, with liabilities
of nearly S1,O0OO00.
%. National banks at Fargo and Lakota. N.
d., closed by the comptroller.
JUNE.
8. The Kansas Grain company, owning 106 el-
evators, failed.
JULY.
lS. Exciting bank panic in Denver.
25. The Erie railway went into the hands Of
receivers; the floating debt Is $8,0OO,OO0
AUGUST. "
2. The North American Packing and Provi-
sion company assigned in Chicago, with
$T50,0O0 liabilities.
I. Receivers were appointed for the business
of j. II. Walker IL Co., dry goods dealers.
who succeeded to the Chicago trade OF A.
7. Stewart & Co.; debts, $2,0OOOW
N. l.. Carte 4 Co., the old tin plate import
ers, assigned in New York city; liabilities,
$35O,00O.
O. r. II. Coleman, the "Iron King" of Leba-
non, Pa, assigned.
DECEMBER.
I. Abe Stein g. Co.. heavy importers Of goat
skins, hides, ETC., failed in New York for
over Sl,G0O,0O0.
4 Green b. Raum, Jr., general merchant and
Indian trader at Perry, o. T., failed.
The Citizens National bank OF Grand Island,
Neb., closed its doors.
B. N. j. Schloss & Co., wholesale clothiers In
New York, assigned.