gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
72d4d90256d38c6a
Response Measures
None
Description
Failure due to a large bad loan to the Gallatin Cotton Mill; some articles show minor OCR/date variances.
Events (1)
1.December 16, 1889Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
$35,000 loan to the Gallatin Cotton Mill became worthless after the mill assigned, causing insolvency.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Gallatin, of this State, failed to-day. Liabilities, $60,000; assets, $40,000.
Source
newspapers
Newspaper Articles (11)
1.December 17, 1889Sacramento Daily Record-UnionSacramento, CA
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
Southern Bank Busted. NASHVILLE (Tenn.), December 16th.-The Bank of Gallatin, of this State, failed to-day. Liabilities, $60,000; assets, $40,000. It was caused by the loss $35,000 loaned to the Gallatin Cotton Mill, which assigned recently.
3.December 17, 1889Sacramento Daily Record-UnionSacramento, CA
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
Southern Bank Busted. NASHVILLE (Tenn.), December 16th.-The Bank of Gallatin, of this State, failed to-day. Liabilities, $60,000: assets, $40,000. It was caused by the loss $35,000 loaned to the Gallatin Cotton Mill, which assigned recently.
4.December 17, 1889Evening JournalWilmington, DE
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
Another Bank Failure. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 17.-The Bank of Gallatin, in Gallatin, Sumner county, has assigned. The assets are about $60,000 and the liabilities about $40,000. The charter of the bank expires in March, 1890, and the failure was due to the fact that the bank cannot make a clear title to a cotton factory until June, 1890. The factory was assigned to the bank when the cotton company made an assignment some months ago.
5.December 17, 1889St. Paul Daily GlobeSaint Paul, MN
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
Failure of a Tennessee Bank. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 16.--The Bank of Gallatin, in Gallatin, Sumner county. assigned to-day. The assets are about $60,000, and the liabilities about $40,000. Nearly all the Summer county officials and anany business men were depositors. The charter of the bank expires in March, 1890, and the failure was due to the fact that the bank cannot make a clear title to a cotton factory until June, 1890. The factory was assigned to the bank when the cotton company made au assignmentsome timo ago.
6.December 17, 1889St. Paul Daily GlobeSaint Paul, MN
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
Failure of a Tennessee Bank. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 16.-The Bank of Gallatin, in Gallatin. Sumner county. assigned to-day. The assets are about $60,000, and the liabilities about $40,000. Nearly all the Summer county officials and many business men were depositors. The charter of the bank expires in March, 1890, and the failure was due to the fact that the bank cannot make a clear title to a cotton factory until June, 1890. The factory was assigned to the bank when the cotton company made an assignment some timo ago.
Another Bank Closed. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 17.-The Bank of Gallantin, Summer county. assigned yesterday. Assets about $60,000; liabilities about $40,000.
8.December 19, 1889The Pulaski CitizenPulaski, TN
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
The Bank of Gallatin made an assignment last Monday in favor of its depositors and creditors. Assets $60,000. liabilities $40,000. The Sumner Cotton Manufacturing Company which recently made an assignment at Gallatin was iLdebted to the bank at the time to the amount of $35,000. It is thought that none of the directors will lose anything by the suspension. This is a sad and terrible blow to Gallatin. Pulaski should congratulate herself on the solid condition of her banks.
9.December 21, 1889The Ottawa Free TraderOttawa, IL
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
A Tennessee Bank Fails. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 17. - The Bank of Gallatin, in Gallatin, Sumner County, assigned Tuesday. The assets are about $60,000 and the liabilities about $40,000. Nearly all the Sumner County officials and many business men were depositors.
10.December 25, 1889The Globe-RepublicanDodge City, KS
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
THE SOUTH. THE bank of Gallatin, Tenn., has assigned with $60,000 assets and $40,000 liabilities. The depositors will be paid in full. A MEETING of Virginia colored Republicans at Richmond adopted resolutions calling on Congress to pass a general election law. IN a fight between four unarmed farmers and two armed robbers near Waco, Tex., the other night, John T. Mathes was killed and W. H. Harris severely wounded. The robbers got little. THE commission of army engineers appointed to select the best point along the Texas coast for the location of a first-class harbor has submitted its report recommending Galveston. A MISSISSIPPI CITY special says that the whole assessed valuation of the late Jefferson Davis property in Harrison County in $7,940. The personal assessment was $581. Beauvoir is assessed at $4,500. THE Gettysburg Battlefield Association has refused to remove the Second Maryland cavalry monument, and declares that all ex-Confederates shall have the right to commemorate their dead si
11.December 26, 1889Barton County DemocratGreat Bend, KS
Click image to open full size in new tab
Article Text
THE SOUTH. THE bank of Gallatin, Tenn., has assigned with $60,000 assets and $40,000 liabilities. The depositors will be paid in full. A MEETING of Virginia colored Republicans at Richmond adopted resolutions calling on Congress to pass a general election law.' IN a fight between four unarmed farmers and two armed robbers near Waco, Tex., the other night, John T. Mathes was killed and W. H. Harris severely wounded. The robbers got little. THE commission of army engineers appointed to select the best point along the Texas coast for the location of a first-class harbor has submitted its report recommending Galveston. A MISSISSIPPI CITY special says that the whole assessed valuation of the late Jefferson Davis property in Harrison County in $7,940. The personal assessment was $581. Beauvoir is assessed at $4,500. THE Gettysburg Battlefield Association has refused to remove the Second Maryland cavalry monument, and declares that all ex-Confederates shall have the right to commemorate their dead similarly.
Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.
But not for you.
You are the measure-zero exception: great fundamentals, solid bank, and yet the Diamond Dybvig fairy spread its rumor. Depositors woke up. Your collateral was not prepositioned. The Clearinghouse had it for you.
Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to jail… or worse.