The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01
BUSINESS TRoueLEs.
Some Of the Wrecks Caused by the Or,sN
Financial Depression.

JAsLAnY.
O. Wickham & Co, Wholesale FISH dealers o.
Huron. D., failed Tor s2'nAo0
FEBRUARY.
2. The First National bank Of Little Rock
suspended.
g. The banking house 81 r. v. Rockaiellow
al Wllkesbarrc, Pa, closed its doors
80. Beaupre. keogh a. Davis, Wholesale gro
GERS. assigned IN 81. Paul' liabilities over
smoO00.
MARCH.
b. Tho Atkinson House Furnishing company
OF Maine assigned ia Boston; liabilities,
SlJDmO
a. The Kansas Trust and Banking company,
at Kansas city, suspended, with liabilities
Of esnn.JOO
q. Dobblns & Day. cotton brokers. assigned
IN Nashville: liabilities. sl.o0Un.
APRIL
z. The Northwestern State bank Of sibley, Ia.
closed it- doors; liabilities. slOm0.
u. The English. Scottish and Australian Char
tered bank failed, with liabilities Of fs.-
O0nm0.
%. The Australian Joint stock bank failed for
ElaOW.Vlu.
q. Tho Bark Of Milbank, S. D., assigned, with
liabilities OF $1,000.
.. The Union Loan and Trust company Of
Sioux City closed its doors liabilities, $780,
90
90. The National Bank Of Australasia failed
for g. ,500,O0O.
MAY.
l. /. II. Weeks president Of the Land and
River Improvement company. West supe-
rior, Wis. assigned.
g. II. II. Warner. the patent medicine manu-
facturer Of Rochester. assigned; liabilities
estimated at SJO0O00.
.. The Bank Of Victoria. at Melbourne, sus-
pended. with g.. 10000 liabilities.
II. The Capital National bank, at lndianaDO-
lis. s~- ed
Il. sinson & Co. bankers Of Whining
ton. Del, failed, with liabilities Of over
S;r6.O0O
l2. The Sioux City da.j Engine works suspend
ed; liabilities, saO,0O.
Thomas a. sons. whisky dealers In Louis
Vile, failed owing from Sl50OOO TO S4o0,On.
l8 Bank failures az Orleans and Rossville,
Ind. at Frceport. o., and Rockford, Mich.
Steel company al Bellville, Ills, placed In
hands of a receiver.
Kendall q Smith. grain dealers Of Lincoln.
Noh.. failed for over $4,000.
i5 Erastus Wiman. New York capitalist,
made an assignment.
&C. Ex-secretary OF the Treasury Charles Fos-
ter OF Fostoria. a., asst gned, with liabilities
OF nearly sl.0n,0u.
Is National banks az Fargo and Lakota, n.
D., closed by the comptroller.
JUNE.
8. Tho Kansas Grain company, owning lo6 ell
evators. failed.
july.
10. Exciting bank panic In Denver.
-. The Erie railway went into the hands Of
receivers; tho floating debt is s6,000Oo0.
AUGUST.
2. The North American Packing and Provi-
sion company assigned In Chicago, with
S9HUu Liabilities.
T. Receivers were appointed for the business
Of }. II. Walker a. Co.. dry goods dealers,
who succeeded 20 the Chicago trade OF A.
T. Stewart a. Co.; debts. s2.monO.
n l.. Carte * Co., the old tin plate import
ers assigned Ia New York city; liabilities,
SIOOOu
O. r. n. Coleman. the "Iron King" OF Leba-
non. Pa. assigned.
DECEMBER.
l. Abe Stein q Co., heavy importers Of goat
skins hides. etc, failed IN New York for
over Sl.u00o0
T. Green d. Raum. Jr.. general merchant and
Indian trader AZ Perry, o. T., failed.
The Citizens National bank OF Grand Island.
Neh., CLOSED its duore.
8. y. J. schio>s g Co.. wholesale ciothiers tn
New y crk. assigned.