10636. American National Bank (Springfield, MO)

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Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
4360
Charter Number
4360
Start Date
February 14, 1894
Location
Springfield, Missouri (37.215, -93.298)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
14d66215

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1894-02-28
Date receivership terminated
1897-07-24
OCC cause of failure
Fraud
Share of assets assessed as good
16.1%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
20.0%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
64.0%

Description

The bank was closed by order of the Comptroller of the Currency (Feb 14, 1894) and a receiver was appointed (reported Mar 1, 1894). Subsequent reporting documents large embezzlement/shortage by the cashier A. B. Crawford and his arrest in mid-March; no newspapers describe a depositor run prior to suspension. Classification: suspension_closure (government-ordered suspension leading to receivership/closure).

Events (5)
1. July 9, 1890 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. February 14, 1894 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by order of the Comptroller of the Currency (federal action ordering suspension).
Newspaper Excerpt
The American National bank has been closed by order of the comptroller of currency.
Source
newspapers
3. February 28, 1894 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
4. March 1, 1894 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Mr. Robert P. Williams of Fayette, Mo., receiver of the American National Bank of Springfield, Mo., which suspended payment on the 14th instant.
Source
newspapers
5. March 17, 1894 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
A. B. Crawford, cashier of the American National bank, which failed several weeks ago, was arrested ... charged ... with embezzling the funds of the bank and making false statements of condition of the bank; receiver Williams says shortage so far amounts to $16,500 (expected to reach $30,000).
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (15)
1. February 15, 1894 The Daily Morning Astorian Astoria, OR
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BANK SUSPENSION. Springfield, Mo., Feb. 14.-The American National hank has been closed by order of the comptroller of currency. The capital was $200,000, but the liabilities are small, President Yetzer, who is indebted to the bank in the sum of $100,000, turned over his real estate, included in the assets, valued at $55,000. Isaac and E. J. Dickers, notes and overdrafts, $85,000. They turned over real estate worth $10,000. A. W, Dickerson, cashier, overdrafts, $27,000. Tht grand jury is considering the matter.

2. February 15, 1894 The Madison Daily Leader Madison, SD
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MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1894. P NEWS CONDENSATIONS. THEROAROFLIONS. TO PUBLIC. May to 58 at Ohipago Tue Horrible Sounds Which Greeted the Senate: Barry the people of Arkansas Ears of Spectators at a MidMrs. winter Animal Show. her, aged 105, died suddenly Uriana. O The congress is in The Lights Went Out and Three of session at San Francisco. the Fierce Beasts Attacked The Cudady warehouses at Seattle. an Attendant. Wash., were destroyed by fire. The president has nominated Albert ersigned, have purchasBefore They Could Be Subdued He Sahm postmaster at Indianapolis. The Illinois Press association will Was Torn in it Terrible Manner. and Furnishing Goods take. as its next outing. a trip to $ and May Die. Europe The Tark killed 125 Armenians and ell Bros. and will sell SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. - Carlo wounded 310 during the recent at Thieman, attendant at Colonel Daniel Yusg Boone's wild animal show at the MidFour hundred men at Bancroft, la., ess of cost, until our winter fair. was attacked by three lions engaged in a wolf hunt Two wolves killed. and so horribly mangled that he may die. The evening performance had been The fifth attempt to incorporate the rrive. in progress in Boone's arena for about village of West Concord, Minn.. TO half an hour and the circular enclosure sulted in a favorat vote. was filled with people. The wild aniannual convention of the mals are exhibited in a large cage in the Nation Womans Suffrage association center of the arena, and it was time for is in session Washington. the lions to go on. Three huge beasts, Russell Darling, a prominent citizen Parnell, Romeo and Commodore, were of Carthage, S. D., suicided. No cause led into the cage by Thieman preparaknown except failing health. tory to Boone's entrance. Suddenly the The American National bank at FOR OPENING. electric lights went out. There W. a Springfield, Mo., has been closed by short interval of silence, when suddenly order of the comptroller of currency. A Shriek of Agouv It is stated at Boston that the plan of came from the cage. It was followed reorg nization of the New York and by a roar of enraged lions, the crunchNew England has been fully formulated ing of their terrible jaws and growns of The steamer City of Paducah ran into the man in the cage. The large crowd the Chesape ke and Ohio bridge. She ICE. of spectators became panic stricken and had to be run ashore to keep from sink ing. started for the doors. Women shrieked and fainted. but the crowd were finally The remains of Judge William J. induced to remain seated by attendants, Sharman, who died of pneumonia at Denver have been sent to St. Louis for who had retained their presence of burial. mind. Finally lanterns were brought, and there in the cage lay Thieman with While gun tests were being made at AUFMAN & BROS. the powder factory at Liege a cannon three lions clawing and munching his exploded. killing two men and injuring prostrate form. Colonel Boone seized several others. an iron bar and entered the cage. With shouts and blows he drove the beasts The Pall Mall Gazette says that hand bills dated London and threatening the from their prey and dragged the unforlife of President Carnot are in circulatunate man from the cage. It was an tion in Algiers. exhibition of bravery seldom seen Capt in James E. hite.superintendand the big crowd cheered the gallant CENTRAL BLOCK. ent of the railway mail service, who colonel. Taieman was taken to the rehas been dangerously ill, has resumed ceiving hospital, where his wounds, 43 his official duties. gricunural building, be destroyed CONGRESSIONAL in number, were examined By one b the flames from reaching those Arguments on the question of a new blow from a lion's paw he had been The Senate. trial for Prendergast were postponed hgs. The fire damaged Assembly scalped from the forehead to the nape before Judge Brentano. owing to it dis the east portion of the structure WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The whiskey of the neck. Under each arm were teragreement of counsel. hreatened to reach the rooms on lax and the position of the W. C. T. U. rible bites, where the lions had attemptThe American ship Willie Reed, st side, occupied by Frank Millet on the question, was brought up by ed to reach a vital spot. One of them which sailed from Harwich Feb. 8 for dquarters for his department durSenator Frye. The senator said that he nearly succeeded, for he just missed a New York. has been wrecked off St. had observed in the Associated Press e year. large artery. The mm arms, legs, Valtry. The crew were saved. fire was practically extinguished dispatches recently a statement that the thighs and buttocks were also bitten and had W. T. O. Rehept Paren and 2 n. m. Sixty feet of the colon: an increase of the tax on whisky. On vas destroyed, and Asseinbly hall eating wild parsnip roots and died in ANOTHER INVESTIGATION. examination it had been found that such rofessor Millet's studio were damgreat agony five minutes atterwards. ut left standing. petitions had really been presented to Report That South Dakota's Governor Has At Los Cerrillos, N. M., Jack Flynn, Exceeded His Authority. the house committeeon ways and means. champion welterweight of New Mexico, FORFEITED A LEASE. ST. PAUL, Feb. 10.-A Pioneer Press These purported to be signed by officers and Billy Kennedy, champion middleof the union in remote Western towns. weight of Colorado. fought to a finish. Washington special says: hio Company T kes Possession of 18 Flynn won in the sixth round. Letters had been sent to those towns, It is not unlikely that an investigation Leased Mesaba Mine. and

3. February 24, 1894 Perrysburg Journal Perrysburg, OH
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DOMESTIC. THE Calumet Paper company and the Chicago Toy and Fancy Goods company in Chicago were damaged $125,000 by fire. THE American national bank at Springfield, Mo., was closed by order of the comptroller of the currency. AMERICA'S gold output for 1893 will exceed $37,000,000, an increase over 1892 of $4,000,000. The production of the world will reach $150,000,000, an increase of $12,000,000. THE Massachusetts house of representatives, by a vote of 109 to 59, passed a bill abolishing fast days in that state. FIRE believed to be of incendiary origin destroyed the greater portion of the colonnade on the world's fair grounds. CARLO THIEMAN, a lion tamer, was attacked by three lions in the arena at the midwinter fair in San Francisco and mangled so that he died. THE annual review of the whale fishery for 1893 says that the season in the Arctic ocean was a phenomenal one. The total of towheads by the entire fleet was 294, against 214 in 1892. By the breaking of the levee at Horn Lake landing, below Memphis, Tenn., 5,000 acres of land were inundated. THE Burlington (Ia.) Fire and Tornado Insurance company, doing a business of $28,000,000, assigned. FIRE destroyed the entire west side of the city square at Sarcoxie, Mo. THE Old Kentucky Paper company was placed in the hands of a receiver at Louisville with liabilities of $100,000. THE value of breadstuffs exported from the United States during the seven months ended January 31 last was $108,927,568, against 122,668,880 during the corresponding time in 1893. BOB COLLINS, a respectable negro, was dragged from his home at Oglethorpe, Ga., scraped and cut with a blunt knife and left naked nearly seven hours in a freezing atmosphere. He died just after being found. PRINCE COLONNA was awarded his children by the French courts. Meanwhile they are with their mother in America. THE firm of George H. Altwell & Sous, shoe manufacturers in Milwaukee, failed for $170,000. THE twenty-sixth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association began in Washington. A FIRE in the Miller block at Columous, O., did damage to the extent of $250,000. JAMES E. STONE, who murdered the entire family of Denson Wrattan, six in number, at Washington, Ind., on September 18, 1893, was hanged in the prison at Jeffersonville. PROMINENT residents of Chicago have formed an organization the mission of which is purification of municipal politics. THE state normal and training school at Oneonta, N. Y., was burned to the ground, the loss being $150,000. JOHN Y. MCKANE. charged with intimidation of voters and gross election frauds, was found guilty in Brooklyn, N. Y., of all the counts in the charge. MAY BROOKYN, leading actress of the Palmer company, committed suicide by 3 taking carbolic acid at San Francisco. GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY, aged 80 years, 1 3 the ranking officer of the late rebellion, fell down stairs at Lynchburg, i Va., and was probably fatally injured. 1 CLEVELAND, O., is favored as the s place for holding the general conference of Methodists in 1896, a THE Ohio serate passed a bill requir1 ing that all physicians must be exama ined, and providing a board for the 1 purpose. THE exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during s the week ended on the 16th aggregated a $789,281,711, against $888,216,856 the pre. vious week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1893, was 37.1. a t FRANK H. HARPER, said to be a clever h forger. swindled two Chicago banks out of $6,800 by raised checks. g n GOVERNMENT ownership of the Nicaragua canal and annexation of Hawaii t were favored by the trans-Mississippi e congress in session in San Francisco. e ROBBERS ditched a Southern Pacific e train at Roscoe, Cal., and secured cona siderable booty. A fireman and a tramp were killed.

4. March 1, 1894 Evening Star Washington, DC
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Bank Receivers Appointed. The controller of the currency today appointed receivers of insolvent national banks as follows: Mr. Henry P. Hilliard of Austin, Texas, receiver of the First National Bank of Llana, Texas, which suspended payment on the 5th instant. Mr. Robert P. Williams of Fayette, Mo., receiver of the American National Bank of Springfield. Mo., which suspended payment on the 14th instant.

5. March 18, 1894 The Guthrie Daily Leader Guthrie, OK
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A. B. CRAWFORD OF SPRINGFIELD COMES TO GRIEF. WAS ANOTHER NAPOLEON OF FINANCE. Robbed the American National of $30,000-He Had a System of Loaning the Bank Funds-Some of the Wealthiest Men in the United States Caught - Expert Bookkeeping. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 17.-A. B. Crawford, cashier of the American National bank, which failed several weeks ago, was-arrested by Deputy United States Marshal W. T. Brown on two warrants sworn out by Bank Examiner W. D. Latimer, who is in charge of the bank. One warrant charges Mr. Crawford with making a false statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business January 1, 1892. The other warrant charges Mr. Crawford of embezzling the funds of the bank. Crawford was taken before United States Commissioner Silisby and bound over in the sum of $5,000 for a preliminary hearing which takes place March 24. The bond was furnished by Colonel John O'Day, Mr. Crawford's brother-in-law. The shortage has been on the books since May 27, and Colonel Williams says it has been covered up by expert bookkeeping. Bank Examiners Galbraith and Horine have thoroughly examined the books since May 27, but failed to discover the shortage. It is stated on the best of authority that Crawford's real shortage will foot up at least $30,000. He had a system of loaning to his brothers, whose notes are worthless, which is not believed to be regular. The arrest is the sensation of the hour. Mr. Crawford is another Napoleon of finance. Ten years ago he was a bank clerk on a modest salary. He first attracted attention when, after a bitter contest the government decided to locate a public building on a lot in /hich Mr. Crawford owned a small interest. Crawford declined to sign the deed conveying the property to the government unless the adjoining property owners gave him a big bonus. In the meantime a rival section of town came in and located the building a mile away. Next he organized the American National bank with a capital of $200,000, and some of the wealthiest men in the United States were induced to take stock. Three years ago the Baldwin theater, a structure costing $80,000. was put up and became bankrupt almost as soon as finished. Crawford got control of the big building for $7,500, and has held it ever since. He has paid no taxes or interest on the debts against the property, but has derived a neat income, nevertheless by running the theater, as well as renting a number of offices and store rooms in the building. The creditors of the concern are now trying to take the building out of Crawford's hands, and a motion to appoint a receiver will be argued before the United States Circuit court at Kansas City next Monday. Crawford also owned a dry goods establishment here called the Boston

6. March 22, 1894 The Coconino Weekly Sun Flagstaff, AZ
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CASHIER ARRESTED. Springfleld, Mo, Bank Officer Said to Be Very Short in His Accounts. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 17.-A. B. Crawford, cashier of the American National bank, which failed several weeks ago, was arrested yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal W. T. Brown on two warrants, sworn out by Bank Examiner W. D. Latimer, who is in charge of the bank. One warrant charges Mr. Crawford with making a false statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business January 1, 1893. The other warrant charges Mr. Crawford with embezzling the funds of the bank. Crawford was taken before United States Commissioner Silsby and bound over in sum of $5,000 for a pre liminary hearing, which takes place March 24. The bond was furnished by Col. John O'Day, Mr. Crawford's brother-in-law. When seen by a correspondent Mr. Crawford declared that he had no statement whatever to make. Col. H. D. Williams, receiver of the bank, says that the shortage so far amounts to $16,500. The shortage has been on the books since May 27, and Col. Williams says that it has been covered up by expert bookkeeping. Bank Examiners Galbraith and Horine have thoroughly examined the books since May 27, but failed to discover the shortage. It is stated on the best of authority that Crawford's real shortage will foot up at least $30,000. He had a system of loaning to his brothers. whose notes are worthless, which is not believed to be regular.

7. March 23, 1894 The Globe-Republican Dodge City, KS
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CASHIER ARRESTED. A Springfield, Mo, Bank Officer Said to Be Very Short in His Accounts. SPRINGFIELD. Mo., March 18-A B. Crawford, cashier of the American National bank, which failed several weeks ago, was arrested yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal W. T. Brown on two warrants, sworn out by Bank Examiner W. D. Latimer, who is in charge of the bank. One warrant charges Mr. Crawford with making a false statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business January 1, 1893. The other warrant charges Mr. Crawford with embezzling the funds of the bank. Crawford was taken before United States Commissioner Silsby and bound over in sum of $5,000 for a preliminary hearing, which takes place March 24. The bond was furnished by Col. John O'Day, Mr. Crawford's brother-in-law. When seen by a correspondent Mr. Crawford declared that he had no statement whatever to make. Col. H. D. Williams, receiver of the bank, says that the shortage so far amounts to $16,500. The shortage has been on the books since May 27, and Col. Williams says that it has been covered up by expert bookkeeping. Bank Examiners Galbraith and Horine have thoroughly examined the books since May 27, but failed to discover the shortage. It is stated on the best of authority that Crawford's real shortage will foot up at least $30,000. He had a system of loaning to his brothers, whose notes are worthless, which is not believed to be regular.

8. March 23, 1894 The True Northerner Paw Paw, MI
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Financial Napoleon Gone Wrong. At Springfield, Mo., Friday, A. B. Crawford, cashier of the American National Bank, which failed several weeks ago, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal W. T. Brown on two warrants sworn out by Bank Examiner W. D. Latimer, who is in charge of the bank. One warrant charges Mr. Crawford with making a false statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business on July 12, 1893. The other warrant charges him with embezzling the funds of the bank. Colonel R. P. Williams, receiver of the bank, says that the shortage so far amounts to $16,500. The shortage has been on the books since May 27, and Colonel Williams says that it has been covered up by expert bookkeeping. Mr. Crawford is another Napoleon of finance. Ten years ago he was a bank clerk on a modest salary. He first attracted attention when, after a bitter contest, the Government decided to locate a public building on a lot in which he owned a small interest. Crawford declined to sign the deed conveying the property to the government unless the adjoining property owners gave him a big bonus. In the meantime a rival section of town came in and located the building nearly a mile away.

9. March 24, 1894 The Weekly Intelligencer Lexington, MO
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CASHIER ARRESTED. A Springfield, Mo. Bank Officer Said to Be Very Short in His Accounts. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 18.-A. B. Crawford, cashier of the American National bank, which failed several weeks ago, was arrested yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal W. T. Brown on two warrants, sworn out by Bank Examiner W. D. Latimer, who is in charge of the bank. One warrant charges Mr. Crawford with making a false statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business January 1, 1893. The other warrant charges Mr. Crawford with embezzling the funds of the bank. Crawford was taken before United States Commissioner Silsby and bound over in sum of $5,000 for a preliminary hearing, which takes place March 24. The bond was furnished by Col. John O'Day. Mr. Crawford's brother-in-law. When seen by a correspondent Mr. Crawford declared that he had no statement whatever to make Col. H. D. Williams, receiver of the bank, says that the shortage so far amounts to $16,500. The shortage has been on the books since May 27, and Col. Williams says that it has been covered up by expert bookkeeping. Bank Examiners Galbraith and Horine have thoroughly examined the books since May 27, but failed to discover the shortage. It is stated on the best of authority that Crawford's real shortage will foot up at least $30,000. He had a system of loaning to his brothers, whose notes are worthless, which is not believed to be regular.

10. March 30, 1894 Idaho County Free Press Grangeville, ID
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A HEAVY DEFALCATION. Another Young Napoleon of Finance Meets His Waterloo. SPRINGFIELD. Mo., March 23.-A. B. Crawford, cashier of the American National Bank when it failed several weeks ago, has been arrested on two warrants sworn out by Bank Examiner W. D. Latimer. He is charged with making a false statement of the condition of the bank and with embezzlement. Receiver Williams eays the shortage so far discov ered amounts to $16,500, but it is expected to reach $30,000. Crawford is another Napoleon of finance, having begun as a bank clerk on a small salary ten years ago. He organized the American National, with a capital of $200,000, and has carried through other large financial schemes.

11. June 21, 1894 Iron County Register Ironton, MO
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Two letters, it is said, have been received in Sedalia from J. C. Thompson, absconding cashier of the First national bank. He is in the City of Mexico. THE STORY FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO. City of MexicospecialGlobe-Democrat.June 15. Thompson. the defaulting cashier of the Sedalia bank. is in this city. He arrived here May 19. and is living at the Hotel Humboldt under his own name. Your correspondent waited on him to obtain is statement. but was courteously referred to his attorney Mr. E. Kuhnert. Mr. Kuhnert isan American lawyer. whom Thompson has retained to defend his interests. He stated that there was nothing whatever to conceal in Thompson's movements. He left Sedalia immediately after the closing of the doors of his bank to go to Washington and consult the comptroller of the currency. but no sooner had he started on his trip than the newspapers began a hue and cry, making such scandalous statements regarding him that he felt unable to bear the brunt of the responsibility alone. Accordingly he changed his plans, and switched off the route. taking a train direct for Mexico. He emphatically repudiated any wrongdoing in his connection with the bank. He says its failure was due solely to the great tidal wave of depression that swept over the land, and that his actions will bear the fullest investigation. If he is indicted by the grand jury his intention now is to return at once to Sedalia and stand his trial unless unforseen circumstances arise. If no indictment for an extraditable offense is brought against him he may remain here for some months until the storm has blown over and he has recovered his health. but he has no intention of permanently locating in Mexico. Preferred Death to Imprisonment. A. Bascom Crawford, ex-cashier of the American national bank of Springfield, attempted to commit suicide by shooting. Three months ago the American national bank was ordered in the hands of a receiver. and Crawford. who had been its cashier since its foundation. was indicted in the United States court for theembezzlement of $18.000 and for uttering false statements. He gave bond in the sum of $10,000. with John Day and L. H. Murray as his principal sureties. and his case was continued till the October term of conrt. Murray became apprehensive and withdrew from the bond. Crawford was arrested. John o Day refused to assist him in making a new bond, and he found it impossible to secure names which Judge Phillips would accept United States Marshal Shelby telegraphed his deputy to put Crawford in the county jail unless a bond had been secured. Finding after a last desperate effort. that he could not secure bond. Crawford quickly, and before anyone could interfere drew a revolver and placing the muzzle at his left breast pulled the trigger. The bullet did not reach the heart. but tore through his left side, coming out near the shoulder. Physicians were quickly at hand who dressed the wound and stopped the flow of blood. The wound is not considered necessarily fatal. Deputy Marshal Brown, acting under orders, placed Crawford in jail. He was carried to his confinement on a cot in a semiconscious condition, and, attended by his wife and physicians. The Institute for the Deaf and Dungb. There were two graduates from the Missouri institute for the education of the deaf and dumb at Fulton. The term closed with a superintendent and seventeen assistants and 303 pupils enrolled during the year. This year the exhibits of art by the pupils were excellent and numerous, consisting of needlework. crochets. drawings, paintings. carvings, flower work and other elegant products of handicraft showing proficiency, taste and skill in every department. In some of the exhibits were evidences of pronounced talent and cultured taste. In all. there was expressed decided merit. showing instruction with painstaking to it. During the year 175 boys and 128 girls have received instruction. not alone in books, but mechanics. arts. in household work. in domestic accomplishments and in self-maintaining employments. Connected with the institution are shops for the training of boys in the use of tools. the manufacture of useful articles and the development of muscular activity and skill. The girls are taught domestic duties. cutting and making garments. fancy work of various kinds. and other useful and ornamental employments. Their specimens of work were highly meritorious. New Postmasters. Mount Carmel. Audrain county, Mary J. Delienne. vice H. Delienne. dead. Blendsville. Jasper county, A. J. Morton. vice W. S. Crane. removed. Minner. Scott county, J. W. Wilson. vice J. L. Shelby. resigned. Sycamore. Ozark county, A. J. Edds, vice A. L. Hodgson. resigned. Advance. Stoddard county, H. M. Flannery, vice D. C. removed Flynn. Chula. Livingston county, Ella May, vice M. W. Miller. removed. Cottbus. Howell county, Ada Whitney, vice Anna Contley. resigned. Crane. Stone county, O. F. Douglass, vice J. D. Springer. resigned. Bath. Laclede county, William King. vice J. W. Sterling. removed. Rock. Vernon county, Jeremiah Kerns, vice Y. resigned. S. Regan. Shotwell. Franklin county. H. J. Tieman, vice Frank Roedder. resigned. Carlton College. A dispatch was sent from Farmington the other day stating: It was a surprise to the people of Farmington when the trustees of Carlton college appointed a committee to consider the removal of that institution to some other place, where the citizens would give it more liberal patronage and money. The college has just completed its fortieth year. under the principalship of Miss Eliza Carlton. its founder. The school is under the control of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the property is valued at $30,000. Chinch Bug Ravages. Chinch bugs are doing considerable damage to crops in Vernon county. They are thick in many of the fields, and farmers are resorting to the use of diseased bugs. A chinch-bug station has been opened, where farmers are supplied with infected bugs free of charge. Four Hundred Conversions. Four hundred persons, it is claimed, were converted at the great revival which recently closed at Carthage. It was held by Reverends Munhall and Birch. Pettis County W. C. T. U. The annual convention of the W.C. T. U. of Pettis county was held at Green Ridge. The attendance was large and the exercises interesting. Struck by Lightning. Wm. Bibb, a highly-respected farmer, about 20 years of age, 9 miles west of Fajette, was struck by lightning while plowing and instantly killed. Drowned. While bathing in Horse creek, near Zodiac springs, near Golden City, Barwas ton county, John Cunningham drowned. He leaves a family. Christian State Sunday-School Convention. The nineteenth annual state Sundayconrention Christian

12. June 23, 1894 The Cape Girardeau Democrat Cape Girardeau, MO
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MISSOUP! STATE NEWS. Thompson Heard From. Two letters. it is said, have been re. in Sedalia from J. C. Thompson. nationabsconding ceived cashier of the First Mexico. al bank. He is in the City of STORY FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO. 15. THE City of June the Sethe defaulting cashier arrived here Thompson. bank. is in this city. He Humboldt dalia and is living at the Hotel waitMay 19. his own name. Your correspondent was courunder him to obtain a statement. but E. Kuhed on referred to his attorney. Mr. whom teously Mr. Kuhnert is an Americanlawyer his interests. nert. has retained to defend whatever to Thompson that there was nothing He left He stated in Thompson's movements. of the conceal immediately after the closing and conSedalia his bank to go to Washington but no doors of of the currency. sult the had comptroller he started on his trip than such the sooner began a hue and cry. making him that he newspapers statements regarding responsiscandalous to bear the brunt of the changed felt unable alone. Accordingly he the route. bility plans. and switched off for Mexico. his a train direct wrongtaking emphatically repudiated the any bank. He He his connection with the great tidal doing in failure was due solely to the land. says its depression that swept over fullest inveswave of his actions will bear the grand jury and that If he is indicted by the to Setigation. now is to return at once eirhis intention stand his trial unless unforseen an exdalia and arise. If no indictment for him he cumstances offense is brought against until the traditable remain here for some months recovered his may blown over and he has storm health. has but he has no intention of permanently locating in Mexico. Preferred Death to Imprisonment. Bascom Crawford. ex-cashier ot A. American national bank suicide of Spring- by field. the attempted to commit shooting. months ago the American receiver. national Three ordered in the hands of a since bank was who had been its cashier United and Crawford. was indicted in the and its foundation. court for the embezzlement of $18.000 bond in States uttering false statements. He gave and L. H. for of 10.000. with John O'Day his case the sum as his principal sureties. and of conrt. Murray till the October term withdrew was continued became apprehensive and John Murray bond. Crawford was arrested. a new from the refused to assist him in making secure O'Day and he found it impossible to accept. bond. which Judge Phillips would his names States Marshal Shelby telegraphed jail unUnited to put Crawford in the county after a deputy bond had been secured. Finding. not secure less a desperate effort. that he could before anyone last Crawford quickly. and and placing bond. interfere. drew a revolver. the trigger. could muzzle at his left breast pulled but tore the bullet did not reach the heart. near the The his left side. coming out at hand. through Physicians were quickly the flow of shoulder. dressed the wound and stopped neceswho The wound is not considered Brown. acting blood. fatal. Deputy Marshal jail. He was sarily orders. placed Crawford in in a semiunder confinement on a cot his wife conscious carried to his condition. and, attended by and physicians. Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. The were two graduates from the of Missouri There institute for the education the deaf and dumb at Fuiton. closed with a superintendent enrolled and The term assistants and 303 pupils of art seventeen This year the exhibits numerous. during the pupils year. were excellent and drawings. by the of needlework. erochets. other eleconsisting carvings. flower work and proficienpaintings. of handicraft showing In gant products and skill in every department. evidences of ey. taste the exhibits were taste. In some of and cultured pronounced talent expressed decided merit. to show- it. all. there instruction was with painstaking 128 girls ing year 175 boys and books, During received the instruction. not alone work. in in dohave mechanics, arts. in household in self-maintainbut accomplishments and with the institumestic Connected boys in the ing employments shops for the training of useful articles tion are tools. the manufacture of activity and use of development of muscular duties. and the The girls are taught domestic work of skill. and making garments fancy and ornamencutting kinds. and other useful of work tal various employments. Their specimens were highly meritorious.

13. January 22, 1895 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS
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BRIEFS BY WIRE. In Buenos Ayres it is believed to be certain that President Pena will resign. H. Clay Arnold has been appointed recorder of voters of Kansas City, to succeed S. C. Owsley, term expired. The senate has reconfirmed the nomination of Judge Clark to be judge of the Eastern and Middle district of Tennessee. Monday's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $152,621,724; gold reserve, $70,763,117. A cyclone struck near iggott, Ark., fatally injuring two persons and seriously wounding nine others. Much property was destroyed. Engelbert J. Frey, secretary of the Kansas City, Mo., German- American Savings and Loan association, is short in his accounts the sum of $1,500. Shares of the Scotch oil company have advanced on the Standard oil company agreeing to stop sending American burning oil to Scotland. In Shanghai it is announced that the delay of the departure of the Chinese peace envoys is due to disagreement among the ministers at Pekin. Ex-Corporation Counsel Ed S. Meyer, of Cleveland, Ohio, has volunteered his service without compensation in the prosecution of the Ricks case. Rube Earp, a farmer living near Maerietta, Ind. Ter., was called to his door by three mounted men and instantly shotdown. The murderers escaped. No clue. Secretary Gresham has received two cablegrams from United States Minister Denby at Pekin confirming the reports of the landing of the Japanese troops near Che Foo. Governor Morrill has received a draft for $200 from the proprietors of the New Era, published at Lancaster, Pa., for distribution among the "sufferers" of Western Kansas. Bob Fitzsiminons, who is playing in St. Louis, has cancelled all of his dates for next week and will go back to Syracuse, N. Y., to answer the indictment for killing Con Riordan. The Nebraska legislature adopted a resolution strongly comdemnatory of the assassination of Barrett Scott and requesting the governor to offer a reward for the capture of the murderers. Louis Klopsch has started from New York to Lincoln, Neb. where he wi 11 co-operate with the state relief committee in relieving the destitute farmers in the Western connties of that state. The vote for United States senator at Olympia, Wash., at the end of the sixteenth ballot stood: Ankeny 16, Wilson 27, Allen 11, Jones 1. McMillan 12. Ankeny gains 7, Wilson loses 3 since the first ballot. The daily receipts at the United States mint in Denver are not as heavy now as they have been during the past year, owing to the withdrawal of the deposits from the Omaha and Grant smelter. Several of the Oklahoma statehood boomers have bécome tired out, and have gone home. They were told that a bill would be reported last week, but it is yet in committee, and now even some expect an unfavorable report. A second dividend of 50 per cent was declared by the comptroller of the currency in favor of the creditors of the American National bank of Springfield, Mo., making in all 65 per cent on all claims proved, amounting to $88,339.27. In Middlesboro, Ky., in a shooting affray over a woman, James Gillenwater emptied both barrels of a double- barreled shotgun into the body of Dan Cochran, mining boss at the Fork Ridge mines. Cochran died instantly. Gillenwater escaped. Report of the bureau of animal industry just published shows the total cost of meat inspection during the fiscal year 1894, $312,754. Of this sum there was disbursed in Kansas City for salaries and miscellaneous expenses $68,470.80. The president has approved the fol. lowing acts: To amend the act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith railroad to bridge Little river, Arkansas, and for the relief of homestead settlers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. The Californiwlegislature will vote separately for a United States senator. The most prominent candidates before the legislature, which is strongly Repubiican, are Perkins, the present incumbent, and M. H. DeYoung, proprietor of the San FrancisCO Chronicle. The situation in the senatorial deadlock at Dover, Del., remains unchanged. But one ballot was taken Monday, which resulted as follows: Higgins, 10; Addicks, 6; Massey, 3; Wolcott, 8; Tunnel, 1. Records and Fennimore, two Wolcott supporters, were absent. The leading trans-Atlantic steamship companies are making a working agreement to take effect in the spring which will lead eventually to an amalgamation. The present object of the agreement is to offer severe competition to the lines running from Southampton. In the house Monday Mr. Coombs of New York offered a preamble and resolution which was referred to the committee on foreign affairs, requesting the president to take steps toward co-operating with the plan of settling by arbitration all disputes between the United States and Great Britain. In the county court at Fort Worth,

14. September 7, 1895 The Kootenai Herald Bonners Ferry, Kootenai, ID
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DIVIDENDS ON SUSPENDED BANKS Comptroller of the Currency Orders Lib eral Amounts Paid. Washington, Sept. 3.-The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the creditors of the national banks as follows: First National bank of Anacortes, Anacortes, Wash., 25 per cent; National bank of Pendleton, Pendleton, Or., 25 per cent; American National bank, Springfield, Mo., 20 per cent.

15. June 24, 1929 Springfield Leader and Press Springfield, MO
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Wastebasket Into which are often tossed things well worth while. The Simmons building at College and the square being remodeled again for new occupants. Like on the south half of the square, all buildings has been often gutted and changed but still the same old building. has been nearly 50 years since there has been building erected in that section, although the entire north half the the Baker has been except built since the great fire. The fire cleaned out of the square and, when the almost quarter courthouse was moved, the northwest corner rebuilt with the exception of the Baker building. Springfield's office building. However. there is no necessity for rebuilding the south part of the square present. The new Medical Arts building will give enough office space for long time unless Springfield grows more rapidly than has been doing of late. What needed something which will furnish employment. For years the Simmons building on College and the square was occupied by bank. years when the city had four banks, the First Naago tional, Holland bank. the Bank of Greene County and the Bank of Springfield on Commercial street. Then the Exchange bank was organized and the Simmons building was remodeled. vault built and the bank opened. Mr. Noland came here from Jackson county and its first president. He acted in that capacity until his son, Charles Noland. became involved in terrible tragedy. when the father sold out and left the city. The Exchange bank became sort of political and intellectual center of town. was headquarters for "leading citizens." In the back many political scheme was hatched. H. Murray. Watson. Peacher, John O'Day, Manual Maurer and many others, who have joined the majority, never missed day without visiting the back office of the bank. finally made national bank and moved to the Landers building corner and finally went out of business. The four original banks are all gone and are well forgotten that their names are being used again in later years. The original Bank of Greene county was dead and forgotten before the next Bank of Greene County. dead but not forgotten. organized. There have been two First National banks. The old First National merged with the American National. There have also been American banks, but they were no way connected. The original American was located the Daigler building the southwest corner the square. the oldest building the square The original First National bank taken over the American National. which finally became insolvent and was closed. The cashier, his frantic effort to save the concern, became involved with government and was tried in federal court, being the only banker ever tried in federal court here until the present cases came None of the original banks are now in existence. The First National was taken over the American and died in the suspension. The Exchange suspended, did the Holland bank. The Bank of Springfield did not fail. but went out of business In all the bank suspensions in Springfield in only cases did the depositors lose anything. There losses in the Bank of Commerce on Commercial street. Springfield also had two banks Commerce. the Commercial street Bank Commerce being succeeded in name only by the John Landers bank of the same name many years The Landers bank taken over by the Holland bank and went out of existence completely when the smash came. In the various bank failures of the city there have been several prosecutions, but in only one case, the cashier of the defunct American National bank, was there actual punishment. The most determined prosecution was against Burlingame. He was cashier of the Bank of Commerce on Commercial street. Just before the bank was closed he put his property out his name and the bank was unable to pay depositors full. Burlingame was tried several times, being ted twice and convicted once The conviction was reversed by the supreme court and the case dropped. The Burlingame case became an issue local politics and Duncan. prosecuting torney. was defeated for reelection because he could not convict Burlingame. The meeting of Highway 60 association Mountain Grove tomorrow promises to be of terest. there will be several resolutions before the body to endorse an extension of No. from Springfield on to the Pacific coast. The Frisco towns want highway No. 16 made national highway connected with Oklahoma highway this proposition has been endorsed by the Oklahoma legislature. Allen. Washington county, was chief opponent of the measure. Allen declared that northern Oklahoma did not obtain the route, which would run to Trinidad, Col., Kansas would obtain The Federal Highway No. association has been formed with view to selecting route which would connect Missouri No. and Oklahoma federal No. That association has approved route from Seneca. Mo., through Vinita, Nowata, Bartlesville, Pawhuska. Ponca City, Tonkawa and Pond there to be connected with Mayor Kerr of Independence, Kan., making stir to have No. extended from Springfield Greenfield and to Independence He has much support and believed either his plan the Frisco towns' plan will be endorsed by the association. The Joplin scheme to west from the James and miss Springfield not being well supported at present, but Joplin has good politicians and may pull some tricks. The action the assoclation will be nothing more than expression sentiment. The location will be made by the national highway commission and may pay no attention whatever to the action of matter what may Highway No. eventually run from the Atlantic to the Pacific.