[Volume XXV
THE CHICAGO BANKER
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ESTABLISHED 1872
Deposits
$23,000,000
Capital
and
Surplus
$4,000,000
Northwestern National Bank
MINNEAPOLIS
Wm. H. Dunwoody, President M. B. Koon, Vice*Pres. E. W. Decker, Vice Pres. Joseph Chapman, Jr., Vice Pres. A. A. Crane, Vice-Pres. Frank E. Holton, Cashier C. W. Farwell, Asst. Cashier W. F. McLane, Asst. Cash. R. E. Macgregor, Asst. Cash. S. S. Cook, Asst. Cash.	I. F. Cotton, Asst. Cash.
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Canadian Bank Merger
The Standard Bank of Canada is about to absorb the Western Bank of Canada, at Oshawa, Ont. There is to be no interchange of stock, the Standard being a straight purchaser of the shares of the Western institution. The authorized capital of the Western Bank is $!,000,000 but of this only $555,000 has been subscribed. It has a rest account of $300,000. The Standard bank has an authorized capital of $2,000,000, of which $1,537,700 has been subscribed. The stockholders of the Western Bank will meet on January 6th to ratify the
The First State Bank of Richfield
The First State Bank of Richfield, Ida., reports capital of $15,000 and deposits of $15,000. George W. Mickelwait is president; R. E. Mickelwait, vice-president, and T. B. Brush,
The Marine National
H. R. Buck has been appointed assistant cashier of the Marine National of Wildwood, N. J.
A. O. Jopling
A. O. Jopling has been elected a director of the First National of Marquette, Mich., to succeed the late Hon. Peter White. The First National has deposits of $1,787,790, and is a United States depositary. Louis G. Kaufman, the president of the bank, is an ex-president of the Michigan Bankers Association. The First National has total resources of $2,196,192.
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Toronto Banker Dead
Robert P. Davidson, manager of the Traders’ Bank at Lakefield, shot himself Wednesday. An unimportant shortage was discovered in his books by the bank inspector and fear of exposure and disgrace led Davidson to shoot himself. Davidson’s home was in Toronto.
C. G. Dawes
Chas. G. Dawes, of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, at Chicago, says that business is steadily improving, the surest sign being the expanding bank clearings all over the country.
Bond Department Northern Trust
H. B. Judson of the bond department of the Northern Trust Company of this city is offering some fine securities for investors. He has on hand $100,000 general mortgage 4 per cent bonds of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; $100,000 general corporate 4’s City of Chicago; $50,000 4J4 per cent water bonds city of Los Angeles; $100,000 first mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds Chicago City Railway Company; $100,000 refunding gold 5 per cent bonds Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company, and various other excellent investment securities.
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The State Savings Bank of Stanton
The State Savings Bank of Stanton, Mich., reports capital of $20,000; surplus $4,000 and undivided profits $3,600. Fred R. Messenger is president; P. J. Devine, vice-president, and C. W. French, cashier.
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First National of Fishkill Landing
Thomas Aldridge succeeds M. E. Curtis as cashier of the First National of Fishkill Landing, New York.