The Morrills and reminiscences . es, hopingthereby to modify their aggressive acts towards thetransportation companies. In the latter part of 1894 I was chosen by the Ne-braska Republican State Convention as a member ofthe Republican National Committee, for a term of fouryears. In 1895 I was appointed receiver of the NebraskaSavings Bank. This bank had a capital of fiftythousand, and deposits amounting to about onehundred thousand dollars. The assets became nearlyworthless through the shrinkage of values and becausemany borrowers left the State. In north Lincoln, asuburb, where the Savings Ban
The Morrills and reminiscences . es, hopingthereby to modify their aggressive acts towards thetransportation companies. In the latter part of 1894 I was chosen by the Ne-braska Republican State Convention as a member ofthe Republican National Committee, for a term of fouryears. In 1895 I was appointed receiver of the NebraskaSavings Bank. This bank had a capital of fiftythousand, and deposits amounting to about onehundred thousand dollars. The assets became nearlyworthless through the shrinkage of values and becausemany borrowers left the State. In north Lincoln, asuburb, where the Savings Bank had made many loans,there were about two hundred houses and several busi-ness blocks, nearly all vacant. Windows and doorsdisappeared one by one, and much of the lumber wascarried away. It was impossible to obtain tenants tooccupy these buildings rent free. The owners of thesehouses, seeing that they were being destroyed, soldthem for whatever they could get. Many housescosting from one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars [78]. a Lie Colonel W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill. Takenin Rome, Italy, March 28, 1906. ERRATUM: The statement on this page that In the fall of 1892 the First NationalBank was purchased by the American Exchange Bank of Lincoln isincorrect. The statement should have been as follows: In the fall of 1892 the First National Bank was consolidated with theLincoln National Bank, and continued under the name of the FirstNational Bank and under the management of N. S. Harwood and Cook,as President and Cashier, respectively. Mr. S. H. Burnham bought theFirst National Bank in May, 1899. THE MORRILLS AND REMINISCENCES were sold for a hundred dollars each and the purchasermoved them away to some other locality. In the cityof Lincoln at that time the streets were mostly pavedwith cedar blocks, which, owing to neglect and decay,were in such a dilapidated condition that it was unsafeto drive upon them. Many business blocks werevacant and all hotels were financially embarras
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