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The Fairbanks Banking Co
failed to open its bank this
morning: it is closed for
want of currency - not
that it is not solvent and
able to pay its depositors
but because the currency
of the camp has been sent
outside. The News issued
an Extra Morning Ed. announcing
the failure and printing a full
statement by Barnette in
which he gave the financial
situation of the Bank and
pledged his own private
fortune to pay its debts.
A "run" has begun on the
