Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-02
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Jan. n-Merchants' and Farmers bank
OF fnlrmont, Mimi, suspended.
FEB. 2-F. ID; Gilman. former PRECEDENT
Ind, found guilty OF embezElemcnt
m-F. -. Gilman, Indiana banker. SEN
fenced 60 term OF one TO three years In
a6-DisappeaTanee OF slTs,OOo from sub
treasury At Chicago made public.
MAR. h-NtrtuRl panic In Wall street;
Secretary Cortelyou relieved the sltua-
lS-,ciiizens' State bank of Firth. Mob.
2s-corbin Banking company OF New
York asslgned; assets. s9,Ooo,0OO; nabili-
Apr. 2-Maj. ii. w. Salmon OF Warsaw.
Mo, convicted OF Illegal banking. SEN
fenced three years In penitentiary.
u-Bank OF Conception. At Clyde NO.
1a-Ex-Judge Smith OF Chicago, foure
guilty OF conspiring to defraud stock
holders and deposltorB OF Bank OF
America, of which he was president:
penalty, imprisonment and fi,vve hne,
Jul; i-citixens, bank OF Eureka Springs
S--Fort Dallas National bank Of Miami,
Fla. closed.
town, Pa, ordered closed.
Aug S-People's State bank OF Browns
town. Ind. closed ~ state au tis La
of Hartford. Conn: failure ascrtbed TO
stringeney OF money market. ~,
YORK stoeE and nro1uee sxehRnSes and
OF Chicago board OF trade, failed.
Oct S-Union bank of Richland, and
both private institutions. closed doors,
Is-Collapge OF Heinze corner in copper
caused violent slump In stocks in New
pended from stock exchange.
1g-New York clearing house committee
declared that the Helnze Morse and
Thomas interests had been eliminated
from banking organizations OF New
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second largest financial institution.
forced TO suspend; great slump in 30
., c1rities; call money al % per cent
OF So 10000 of government funds In
New York banks. e. -Four Westinghouse
companies. at Pittsburs and one trust
company forced into hands OF receivers
because OF financial stringency. :. State
Bank and Trust Co.. OF Carson. Nevada.
as-Three mirror banks in New York
forced TO close. Southern Steel Co, Of
Birmingham. Ala, ihled involuntary Pc
2S-E3ix more minor banking institutions
IN New York closed doors. >. Union
Trust Co. OF Providence. II. l.. aus
1s-Banks in New York and Chicago. and
many other cities adopted clearing
draining OF supplies OF currency and
made withdrawal OF savings deposits
subject TO legal notice.
SO-C1lifornlR Safe Deposit a. Trust Co.
bank, ut san FranciAco, closed. FlnRn-
cial conditions In New York practically
normal again.
Nov. 4-Three small banks In Kansas
closed. United States Steel corpora
ton secured controlling Interest In Ten
nesseS Coal 4 Iron Co.
&-Reoeiver appointed for Arnold Print
works OF North Adams, Mass. one OF
largest textile concerns In country.
E-Merchants' National bank of Port
land. Ore, California bank OF Oakland.
Cal, and Farmers q Merchants' bank
Of Sapuipa, l. r, suspended.
AS-Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou or
dered issue OF &O.00O,000 OF Panama
bonds and slOo.OoOoco certificates OF I'm
debtednesa as means of relieving finan-
cial situation. City National bank OF
Frederick. Okla, failed.
G-Amertcan SILK Co. capital stock, ST.
100000 which operated mills In several
cities. placed la hands OF receiver.
Dec. 2-Chelsea Savings abnk OF Chel-
sen, Mich, owned by State Treasurer
GlaEier, closed.
S--National Bank OF Commerce, one o:
largest financial institutions OF Kansas
S-Fort. Pitt National bank OF Pit,sburg.
closed.
1T-Jewelers' National bank at North
Attisboro, Mass. In hands OF receiver