The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Some of the Wrecks Caused by the Great
Financial Depression.

Some OF the Wrecks Caused by the Great
Financial Depression.
JANUARY.
g. Wickhnm & Co, wholesale fish dealers Of
Huron, o., failed for S250,OO0.
rEBRUARY
g The First National bank of Little Rock
suspended.
g. The banking house of f. V. Rockatellow
at Wilkcsbarre Pa, closed its doors.
G3 Beauprc, kcoGh & Davis, wholesale gro
GERS, assigned in St. Paul; liabilities over
s4oO,Oo0.
MARCH.
10. The Atkinson House Furnishing company
of Maine assigned in Boston; liabilities.
Sl,5OO,0NO.
IA. The Kansas Trust and Banking company,I
at Kansas City, suspended with linbilities
of SSO,Ct0.
70. nobbns n Dazy, cotton brokers, assigned
In Nashville; liabilities. Sl,0OO0OO
APRIL
Z. The Northwestern State bank of Sibley Ia
closed its doors; liabilities, $4,000. |
Ii. Tho English, Scottish and Australian Char-
tered bank failed, with liabilities OF fS,-
0O00OO.
20. The Australian Joint Stock bank failed for1
fl3.0IO,MD.
.. The Bank of Nilbank, s. D., assigned with
liabilities of SlOO,UO0 Y
Is. Tho Union Loan and Trust company of
Sioux City closed its doors; liabilities. $780,
90. Tho National Rank Of Australasia filled
for c. .alp.M
MAY.
i. F. ii. Weeks. president of the Land and
River Improvement company, West Supe.
rior, Wis, assigned
.. II. Ii. Warner, the patent medicine manu.
facturer of Rochester, assigned; liabilities!
estimated ut S50U,uOO.
Q. The Bank of Victoria. ut Nclbourne sus-d
pended, with e., 40O, COO liabilities
II. The Capital National bank. ut Indianapo-s
lis, suspended.
II. II. Robinson * Co, banker, of Whining
ton, Del, failed. with liabilities OF over,
S:s60OO.
II. The Sioux City (Ia) Engine works suspend
ed; liabilities. S.tN06l
Thomas & Sons, whisky dealers In LOUIS.
vile, failed owing from $4,000 TO $4,000.
IL. Bank failures ut Orleans and RossyilIe
Ind, ut Frccport, o., and Rockford, Mich |
Steel company ut Bellville, His. placed in
hands of II receiver.
Kendall Il smith grain dealers OF Lincoln.
Neb. failed for over $4,000
10. Erastus Wiman, II New York capitalist.j
made an assignment.
26 EX-Secretary of the Treasury Charles Fos-i
ter of Fosioria, o., assigned, with liabilities
OF nearly Sl.0O00O0.
-. National banks at Fargo and Iakota NJ
d. closed by the comptroller.
JUNE
o. The Kansas Grain company, owning lO6 el-
evators, failed.
IL. Exciting bank panic in Denver.
70 The Erie railway went into the hands Of
receivers; the floating debt is S6,0OO,OOO
AUGUST.
q The North American Packing and Proyi-
sion company assigned in Chicago, with
$4,000 liabilities
4. Receivers were appointed for the business
or ). H. Walker " Co., dry goods dealers,
who succeeded to the Chicago trade OF A.
T. Stewart Il Co; debts, 100000
N. l.. Carte d. Co.. the old tin plate import.
ers, assigned in New York city; liabilities,
SH0OOO.
y. K. ii. Coleman, the Iron King" OF Leba-
non, Pa. assigned.
DECEMBER.
]. Abe Stein " Co.. heavy importers OF goat
skins, hides, etc, failed in New York for
over Sl,GO,OOO
4. Green Is. Raum. Jr.. general merchant and
Indian trader At Perry, O. T., failed.
The Citizens National bank Of Grand Island.
Mob, closed its doors.
b. n. j. Schloss 81 Co., wholesale clothiers in
New York assigned.