L. A. Benoist & Co. - Saint Louis, MO

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: September 8, 1869
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri (38.627, -90.198)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: c780694f

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple newspapers ( Sept 8–9, 1869 ) report the old banking house of L. A. Benoist & Co., St. Louis, announced their suspension or suspended payment. No article mentions a depositor run, receivership, or permanent closing; a later brief report (Sept 23) lists assets and liabilities but does not state final disposition. Because there is no evidence of a run or an assigned receiver and no firm statement of permanent failure in the provided articles, I classify this as a suspension with no documented run and with outcome not described — most consistent with a temporary suspension (suspension_reopening). If further articles indicate a receiver or permanent closure, the classification should be updated.

Events (2)

1. September 8, 1869 Suspension

Cause Details: Articles report an announcement of suspension; no explicit cause provided (no mention of run, correspondent failure, government action, or specific scandal).
Newspaper Excerpt: The old banking house of L. A. Benoist & Co., of this city, announced their suspension today.
Source: newspapers

2. September 23, 1869 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: The assets of the banking firm of L. A. Benoist & Co., of St. Louis, recently suspended, are stated at $74,000, and the liabilities at $120,000.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (5)

1. September 9, 1869 The Evening Argus Rock Island, IL

Article from The Evening Argus, September 9, 1869

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i. By Telegraph. The Vermont Election. fac nce MONSTER FENIAN MEETING. reet ork Rumored Resignation of Gov. Wells. ake ain Fight in Cuba. di ht. Robberies in the West. n Failure of a Prominent St. Louis House. as ole THE INDIANS ON THE RAMPAGE. er THE AVONDALE HORROR. he c Philadelphia Water Works. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. The Haymakers of Lansingburg, defeated the Keystones, of i this city, yeaterday afternoon- 29 to 22 DUBLIN, Sept. A meeting favorable to amnesty to the Fenians, was held at Limer ick yesterday. Twenty five thousand persons were present Resolutions were adopt 1., ed. among which was one asserting that the a farmers of Ireland will not accept any tenant e bill until political prisoners are liberated it RICHMOND, Sept. 8.-Gen. Canby will, is said, issue proclamation to morrow. Gov. Wells, it is stated. has sent his resig 's nation to Gen. Canby a week ago, on the s t ception of the Attorney General's test-oath opinion. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.--A special from Seranton says There were not less than 138, nor more than 150 people in the Avon dale mine when the accident occurred.Some of the men who went down the shaft reported that the fire in the furnace was al out, and the presumption was that when the fire broke out. if the miners kept their senses and having dragged the fire, had fled to the be upper chambers, and closed the doors hind them. Supposing this to be true, the rescuers proceede on simple plan of forc ing fresh air into the mine. This was con tinued till 'clock p. m. when party of R men penetrating 200 feet, and opening the door, made the discovery that the fire was still burning in the furnace, and had even ignited the coal pile outside of it. Bt Ba Those understanding the situation upon hearing this fact. saw in moment that all Cb hope was at end, and that all that could be done was to drag the lost miners from A Gr their fiery tombs to christian burial Gr "change of operation was then instantly de Pa cided upon. It was determined to direct immediate efforts to extinguish the fire.Yo Means are now arranged to that end. The night will be occupied by deluging the mine with water. Gu MONTPELIER, Vt., Sept. Not over Im 45,000 votes were probably polled in this Oo vesterday. Returns from 35 towns state, Washburn, Republican, for Governor, Ja 6,844 and give Heaton, Democrat, 1,997, this shows majority on the whole vote of about Dr 20,000. The Senate will be unanimously Dr Republican The house will be 200 Repub lican 30 Democrats. Za WILMINGTON, Sept. An election for Rai officers to day resulted in the re-election of city Valentine, Republican, for Mayor. The Tur Dri Republicans also elect a majority in the City Pep Council. ALEXANDRIA, Va Sept. The City Council, last night, passed resolutions of re Clo spect to the memory of Gen. Rawline, and Cas resolved to attend his funeral Nut GALVESTON, Sept. 7 The freight train Gin Ma for Houston fell through Clear Cay hence Creek bridge an was smashed. No lives Car lost. A fire at Navasota, this morning, destroy Lar Lar ed property to the amount of $45,000. Sept. 8.-- Late Arizona Lin report SAN FRANCISCO, the discovery of rich placer Be advices by emigrants from White Pine. mines Numerous outrages by the Indians are We mentioned in news from rizona and Idaho. Hen Star An officer represents the mining prospects devastat as encouraging, and grasshoppers Pret ing the country. HAYANA, Sept. 7 - Cespedes The following and Quesada is from Tele Spanish 6,000 sources men attacked Los Tunas. garriwith 400 sick or valid soldiers. They goned repulsed by with a loss of 500 men, many arms and were flags. It was a comple the rout, col80 that they did not oppose 80 much of Berago, only five hundred strong, Los Tunas umn which arrived yeaterday with a large convoy at PHILADELPHIA, Sept. At 2 o'clock been afternoon, connections having Works, completed this at the Fairmount Water steamer of the fire and wrecking the pumps Fuller were set to work, discharging John their full capacity, 80,000 gallons per min 703 ute into the reservoir Engineer Graff today raised Com the blockade Chief of the Schuylki Navigation passed 3097 and thirty boats have been which has pany through, thus opening navigation been suspended since August 14th. Louis, Sept. 8. The old banking Teleg house Sr. of L. A. Benoist & Co., of this city, announce their suspension today. Ma F A farmer was robbed of $13,000 and Samuel at City, Mo, last Sunday, yester freely con was arrested at Hannibal the Oat Compton day for committing the deed. Most of Lar money A dispatch was recovered from Helena, says: the railroad "The coach from that point to about fifty Telegt mail robbed on Monday night, road agents, miles was north of Corinne, by containing four about Go in gold two treasure boxes, bars. They also robbed $2,000 new 2.03; the $30,000 passengers of all their arms within and week, This is the second robbery 852, 211. amounting to $60,000 in the aggregate Mexico A dispatch from Santa Fe, New quiet says the electien on Monday was entire Returns indicate the election of the As for Republican ticket in Santa Fe county far as heard from, Chaves (Republican W delegate to Congress, has about two hundred majority The Arizonian, of the 21st ult publisbes account of the fight between Coi. Green Por an party of Apaches in the White and a large He killed five Indians, capturMountains. number of horses and mules, ed larged a vast amount of property of and destroyed among which was one Bar every description of corn. The command Ms hundred acrea who live with the of Navajoes es found three time prospecting ration. are jall quiet on their reser Gz

2. September 9, 1869 Alexandria Gazette Alexandria, VA

Article from Alexandria Gazette, September 9, 1869

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NEWS OF THE DAY. "To show the very age and body of the Times.' The of the special committee of the Baltimore report City Council for the investigation of in connection Hall is says charges contracts, of fraud, published. with The Sun the City that committee in no wise to have of in of official is shrunk these the from days the discharge appear shortcomings their duty, which much to one of the are submitted be commended. present By building the committee the resolutions annuling requested to resign, and by others of the present and entering into entire new contracts in accordance with ordinances of 1868, are contemplated. The Shipowners' Association of New York yesterday for the purpose of the of the and held considering a meeting subject navigation revision laws, modification of the present and Congress to which American III now morializing prevents repeal citizens do the from law purchasing ships wherever they can SO to the best advantage, and sailing them under the American flag. A lively female appeared in New York day before yesterday as live stock reporter for a She burst in upon most business way, newspaper. butchers in a like the drovers poked and the about the cow pens, and her hoop a She marmost pigs, refreshing among spread style. skirts could investigated generally tell the in ket value to a dot of every live animal offered. The mail coach from Helena, Montana, to the railroad, was robbed on Monday nightabout fifty miles north of Corrine, by four road agents. of treasure boxes, containing about $30, 000 bars. also pas of all their arms and is sengers two in gold They robbed $200. amounting the This the second robbery within a week, to $60,000 in the aggregate, A telegram to the Philadelphia Bulletin, dated Allentown, Pennsylvania, September 8, says the Allentown iron works were burned yesterday. Loss, $300,000. A thousand men thrown out of employment. The works paid cut $150,000 in wages every month. The election in New Mexico on Monday was quiet. The returns indicate the election of the entire Radical ticket in Santa Fe county. So far as heard, Chaves, Radical, for Congress, has about 200 majority. Within a very short time five young women in have been ed use of imported face Louisville, by the III., seriously powder the cosmetic poison- adulterated with lead. In cach case caused paralysis. Colonel Green has been fighting with the in Arizona, and whipping much of and them, Apaches has captured of other besides their stock destroyed a large amount property. Judge Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, has suit in the sum against the and company brought Louisville Nashville this of railroad $25,000 for injuries sustained early summer. The circus steamer of John Robinson, whose circus is now on exhibition in Washington, was burned at the whart in Cincinnati on Tuesday. It was the work of an incendiary. A lady in Boston, who lost a child by death, last week, sent for ten different elergymen to officiate at the funeral, but all of them were absent from the city. The Nashville University is to be re-estab lished, and an informal tender of the Presidency has been made to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. James Henry Cafferty the widely known portrait painter, died in New York on Tuesday last, in the 51st year of his age. The old banking-house of L. A. Benoist & Co., St. Louis, announced their suspension yesterday. Boston is still ahead. Sponge cake was recently used there at a "communion service" for bread. WASHINGTON ITEMS.-Mrs. Rawlins, wile of the Secretary, though still weak from recent illness, was expected to arrive from Danbury, Connecticut, to day. The three children of the Secretary, by his first wife, will accompany Mrs. Rawlins here. Detective McDevitt, of the Metropolitan police force, has returned from Richmond with William Conneil, charged with committing a series of burglaries in this city, over six months Connell has been indicted by the grand but he in arrest jury ago. here, succeeded Richmond avoiding few days until he was captured in a ago. Eli Beach attempted to commit suicide yesterday by shooting himself with a revolver. The ball entered the left breast, inflicting a dangerous if not mortal wound. A frame house, owned by Win. McGinnis, and located on Twenty-filth street, was de stroyed by fire yesterday. Loss about $1,000. While the Franklin hose carriage was proceeding to the fire it was overturned and three of the firemen were seriously injured. OFFICIAL RETURNS of the vote for member of the U. S. House of Representatives, from the Seventh Congressional District in Virginia: McKenzie, C, Whittlesey, R. 1,818 1,693 Alexandria. 897 1,188 Culpeper, 1,002 1,243 Fairfax, 1,187 2,211 Fauquier, 1,538 2,131 Loudoun, 1.100

3. September 9, 1869 The New York Herald New York, NY

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TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Thursday, September 9, 1869. Cuba. Advices from the insurgents received at Washingtno state that the Spanish troops were severely whipped in the late fight near Puerto Principe, and the town is deserted by nearly all the Spanish troops. In the battle at Las Tunas Valmaseda's whole force was routed with great loss. Bermuda. The Bermuda Colonist of the 24th of August confirms the report of the arrival of the yacht Meteor at that port. Sae called in merely on a visit of pleasure. All well on board. The Coal Mine Horror. The dead bodies of the suffocated coal miners in the Avondale mine were found yesterday all in a theap in an inner corner of the mine, where the unhappy men had tried to shut themselves in from the noxious gases. Work was immediately comamenced to get the bodies out, and a jury of inquest was empanelled and passed upon each body as it came forth. Most of them. so far. appear to have met death calmly and without much agony. Miscellaneous. A short Cabinet meeting was held at noon yesterday. General Sherman has been directed to act as Secretary of War untH General Rawlins' successor can appointed. Vice President Colfax, on his arrival at Portland, Oregon. on Tuesday, was received with great enthusiasm. A public reception was held in the evening. Chief Justice Chase has postponed further proceedings in the matter of the habeas corpus petitions of Brown, Wood and other Texans on trial before military commissions in Texas until October, when the decision in the Yerger Mississippl case will act as a precedent for all. Senator Fessenden died yesterday morning at Portland, Me. The funeral of Secretary Rawline will take place to-day and the pageant will probably be one or the most imposing ever witnessed in Washington. In this last moments the Secretary seemed to confine his thoughts to the President, his family and Cuba. Mrs. Grant visited Mrs. Rawlins at Danbury on Tuesday. The amount subscribed for the widow in this city now amounts to $30,000. The Vermont election for State officers on Tuesday shows a falling off of 13,000 from the vote cast last year. The republican majority 18 about 20,000. The Senate is unanimously republican, while the House is believed to be 200 republicans to thirty democrats. The result of the San Francisco municipal election is still in doubt. In the Second ward the recount gives Freeman, independent, for Mayor, an increase of 148 votes and McCoppin, democrat, one vote. The election in New Mexico, on Monday, resulted in a triumph for the republican ticket and the return of Chavez, as delegate, to Congress. General Canby's proclamation naming the officers elected at the late election in Virginia and convening the State Legislature will be issued to-day. It will call the Legislature together on the 5th of October. Governor Walker will be installed, however, within two weeks, Governor Wells' resignation being already in the hands of General Canby. The Legislature will do nothing more than ratify the fifteenth amendment-probably not even elect its own officers-but will immediately take a recess until Congress has passed upon the State constitution. The Mississippi National Republican Convention met in Jackson yesterday and nominated Judge Louis Dent for Governor. The resolutions were mainly in reference to local topics, such as schools and the immigration of capitalists, and not a word was said about endorsing the administration of General Grant. An important case, involving the validity of marriage between a white man and an Indian woman in the Hudson Bay Territory, is before the Montreal courts. What adds additional interest to the case 18 the fact that the snug sum of $300,000 depends upon the issue. The banking house of L. A. Benoist & Co., one of the oldest in St. Louis, suspended payment yester. day. The mail coach from Helena, Montana, was robbed by four road agents, on Monday, of $30,000 in gold. A bronze statue of Queen Victoria, to be erected in Montreal. has been received in that city. It is to be unveiled by Prince Artnur. Rich surface diggings have been discovered in Arizona by a party of emigrants from the White Pine region, Nevada. Henry T. Moore, owner of the Kutherfurd Park (New Jersey) Hotel, shot and killed himself at his rooms in the hotel on Tuesday night. He was worth about $200,000 and leaves a family. Joseph Snyder, the murderer of Mr. Carter at Fair. mount Park, committed suicide in his cell in Phila delphia yesterday morning by holding his head in a bucket of water. The iron works at Allentown, Pa., are reported to have been burned on Tuesday night, involving a loss of $300,000 and the withdrawal of employment from 1,000 men. The City. In the Board of Health yesterday the reports o sanitary inspectors relative to tenement houses were received. The Sanitary Committee, in view of these reports, recommend that an overseer or house keeper should be employed by the owners for every house wherein there are ten families or more, and that such a provision is required by the public health. Mr. Mullett has returned to Washington, and state that he has completed arrangements to insure the rapid erection of the New York Post Office. Henry M. Wood, a salesman at Bosworth, White & Belcher's, on Canal street, and Mrs. Myra W. Bushnell, a milliner at No. 36 West Eleventh street, were arrested yesterday, charged with defrauding the Canal street firm. Wood, it is charged, had sent Mrs. Bushnell, who dealt with the firm. a much syrvator quantity of goods than she had ordered,

4. September 9, 1869 The New York Herald New York, NY

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MISSOURI. Suspension of St. Louis Bankers-Heavy Robbery. Sr. LOUIS, Sept. 8, 1869. The old banking house of L. A. Benoist & Co., of this city, announced their suspension to-day. A farmer was robbed of $13,000 at Macon City, Mo., last Sunday. A man named Samuel Compton was arrested at Hannibal yesterday for committing the deed, and most of the money was recovered.

5. September 23, 1869 The St. Cloud Journal Saint Cloud, MN

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Pe you especially severe blow to the Messrs. Cutter, as they have heretofore lost between twenty and thirty thousand dollars by fire and flood. GEN. SICKLES AND CUBA. The Paris correspondent of the London Times writes as follows : The note of the American minister to the Spanish government, in regard to Cuba, varies both in its tone and conclusions from the diplomatic communications between the Spanish minister at Wash ingtan and the government of the United States. The diplomatic experience of Gen: Sickles is limited, and probably insufficient to enablehim to rightly estimate the value and effect of his words, Doubtless he is much surprised at the it excitement they have created, and will be difficult for his government to approve of them. No pretext exists for recognizing the Cuban insurrection which does not hold a single town or position, and owes its prolougation to the action of the climate on its opponents, and the facilities afforded to the insurgents in a thinly peopled country The appointment of Gen. Sickles as minister to Spain was greatly criticised, and has not been sanctioned by the Sanate. That body will do itself credit by refusing to confirm the appointment of a man who has made so bad a first appearance in diplomacy. A letter from Madrid to the Standard says Gen. Sickles in his note intimates that the government at Washington might under the force of public opinion be compelled to recognize the Cuban insurgents. He reminds the Spanish government of the good faith in which the United States has hitherto preserved its respect for international law, and its unwillingness to embarrass Spain. Altogether the note is not of an alarming nature, but the reticence of the government, allowing the people to remain in ignorance of its contents, justifies the violent articles which have appeared in the Spanish papers for the past few days. A Madrid dispatch of the 21st says that the Epoca states that Gen. Sickles has withdrawn his note. The statement is not generally believed. Washington specials say that the Government has repudiated the action of Sickles as exceeding his instructions, and pledges itself to censure him. -Four men were murdered and scalped near Fort Buford by Indians. -Cileb Cushing's fee as counsel for Mexico before the Mexican Claim Commission is $30,000 in gold. -An exchange says that Anna Dickinson is making $2,000 a night in San Francisco. -Victor Emanual has given his consent to the election of the Duke of Genoa as King of Spain. -A noted character, Pat Mildrick, was taken from the jail at Portage City, Wis, on the morning of the 18th, and hung. -The Republic in majority in Vermont is 20,000. There are 200 Republican and 10 Democrats in the Legislature. Wonder if the Dems. wont feel a listle lonesome? -The assets of the banking firm of L. A. Benoist & Co., of St. Louis, recently suspended, are stated at $74,000, and the liabilities at $120,000. -The North National Bank of Boston will lose $96,000 by the defalcation of Davil E. Saunders, the teller, now in prison. -Gen. Sherman has ordered the election in Texas to be extended through four days, commencing on Nov. 30 The same extension will be given in Mississippi, if required. -Admiral Hoft, lately in command of the United States squadron in Cuban waters, informs Secretary Robeson that the struggle in Cuba will be a protracted one, unless some outside interference takes place.