10810. Provident Savings Institution (St Louis, MO)

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: July 14, 1886
Location: St Louis, Missouri (38.627, -90.198)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 98d29106

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Description

Multiple contemporaneous dispatches report the Provident Savings Bank (St. Louis) closed/suspended on July 14, 1886 after discovery of large embezzlement by cashier Almond B. Thomson/Thompson. A receiver (W. H. Thompson) was appointed. Newspapers state the bank 'closed its doors and has made an assignment' and several reports say 'the bank will never resume operations.' Some OCR variants show 'Providence' or 'Provident Savings Bank' and cashier name spelled Thomson/Thompson; corrected to Almond B. Thompson (reported both ways). There was crowding and agitation when doors were closed, but articles explicitly state no prior run occurred.

Events (3)

1. July 14, 1886 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: Large crowds of depositors congregated around the bank anxious to know the nature of the embarrassment...the excitement increased until it became necessary to call the police.
Source: newspapers

2. July 14, 1886 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The directors of the bank have filed a petition for a receiver. The court granted the application for a receiver, and appointed W. H. Thompson ... to that position.
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3. July 14, 1886 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Large embezzlement/defalcation by cashier Almond B. Thompson (shortage reported $40,000 to $70,000); directors closed the bank and filed for a receiver.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Provident Savings Bank closed its doors to-day and has made an assignment. Almond B. Thompson, the cashier, has absconded.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (18)

1. July 15, 1886 Savannah Morning News Savannah, GA

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BANK DOORS BOLTED. A Deficiency of $40,000 Found in the Fugitive Cashier's Accounts. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 14.-The Provident Savings Bank closed its doors to-day and has made an assignment. Almond B. Thompson, the cashier, has absoonded. The liabilities exceed the assets by $40,000. Thompson is a graduate of Harvard College, and since he bas held his responsible position in this city has been regarded as a man of sterling integrity. He is President of the Harvard Club of this city and a member of the Light Cavalry, and a prominent Knight Templar. He announced his intention in the latter part of last week of accompanying the Light Cavalry to the State encampment, and it was generally supposed he was there. Advices from that point, however, state that be has never been near the camp, and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Canada. No other cause for his defalcation can be assigned other than fast living, for he has never been known to speculate. The directors of the bank have filed a petition for a receiver. The President of the bank, J. S. Garland, has been absent from the city for about six months, and the cashier has assumed the President's duties as well as his own. The bank'sstatement of yesterday shows assets of $1,165,000 and liabilities $985,000. The directors of the bank state that they will not be able to realize on apparent assets to their full extent by a large sum. W. H. Thompson, of the Commercial bank, has been appointed receiver. Large crowds of depositors congregated around the bank anxious to know the nature of the embarrassment. The excitement increased until it became necessary to call the police. The largest number of depositors are clerks and poor men and women. W. H. Thompson, the receiver, says that the bank has been carefully managed, and few if any bad loans exist, and it is bis opinion that the depositors will be paid in full. DE RIVERA'S FLIGHT. NEW YORK, July 14.-Some defect having been made in the assignment of De Rivera & Co. several days ago a new assignment was prepared and filed to-day in the County Clerk's office, in which Emet R. Olcott is preferred for professional services rendered the firm as counsel. Mr. Olcott has also taken proceedings in the Supreme Court, and has obtained an attachment against the property of Henry C. de Rivera from Judge Barrett upon a claim that he rendered professional services in 1884 and 1866, for which he alleges be 18 entitled to $3,000. He has not been able to find De Rivera in this State and believes that he has abseconded. De Rivera's father, and also his partner, are of the same opinton. Upon this ground the attachment was granted. De Rivera is reported to be in Montreal. The liabilities of the firm are put at $500,000 by common rumor in the absence of an official statement.

2. July 15, 1886 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN

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ANOTHER CASHIER OFF FOR CANADA. A Savings Bank Closes Its Doors Because of Almond B. Thousen's Dishonesty. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 14.-The Provident Savings Bank closed its doors to-day and has made an assignment. Almond B. Thomson, the cashier, has absconded. The liabilities exceed the assets by $40,000. Thomson is a graduate of Harard College, and since he has held his responsibie position in this city has been regarded as a man of sterling integrity. He is president of the Harvard Club, of this city, and of the Light Cavalry, and a prominent Knight Templar. He announced his intention, the latter part of last week, of accompanying the Light Cavalry to the State encampment at Sweet Springs; and it was generally supposed that he was there. Advices from that point, however, state that he has never been near the camp. and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Canada. No cause for his defalcation can be assigned other than fast living, for he has never been known to speculate. Ex-Judge Adams, of the firm of Boyle, Adams & McKeighan, filed with Judge Lubke, in Cham bers, a petition for a receiver for the bank for Charles Greely, a heavy depositor. The petition states that Cashier Thompson has not been at the bank since July 12, and they believe that he does not intend to return to his position: that a partial examination of the books shows a deficit of over $40.000, and that they believe that a fuller investigation will swell the amount to a much larger sum. The president of the bank, J.S. Garland, has been abeent from the city for about six months, and the cashier has assumed his duties as well as his own. The bank's statement of yesterday is as follows: Aesets-Cash, €78,988.74 real estate, $92. 630.79; stocks and bonds, $38,050; balances with other banks, $23,503.31; security accounts, $10. 770.95: bills receivable and accounts, $925,046.08; total, $1,168,829.59. Liabilities-Current deposhts. $488,236.29; time deposits, $426,649.17; cashier checks, $19,594.96; unpaid dividends, $1,302; other indebtedness, $50,000; aggregate indebtedness, $985,782.42. The directors of the bank state that they will not be able to realize on their apparent assets to their full extent by a large sum. The court granted the application for a receiver, and appointed W. H. Thompson, of the Commercial Bank, to that position. No one imagined for a moment that the bank was embarrassed, and no run was made upon it. The investigation has been under way since Tuesday morning, and at noon to-day the directors decided to close the bank's doors. As soon as news of this action became sprend throughout the city, a large crowd of depositors congregated around the bank, anxious to know the nature of the embarrassment and calling upon some one to inform them. No one answered the call, and the excitement ingreased until it became necessary to call the podice, who are now upon the scene to quell any possible disturbance. The largest number of depositors are clerks and poor men and women, so that the failure will not affect, to any great extent, the commercial interests of the city. The amount of Thompson's bond was $30,000, and it was signed by Carlos S. Greeley and the cashier's father, who is a wealthy retired liquor dealer. They are responsible, of course, for the amount of the bond, which, together with the apparent assets, more than equal the bank's liabilities. Mr. W. H. Thompson. the receiver, says tha the bank has been carefully managed. and few, if any, bad loans exist, and it is his opinion that the depositors will be paid in full. The stockholders, however, have a poorer chance of realizing OR their stock, and several of them state that, rather than do so, they desire the amount to be turned into a general fund to pay the depositors dollar for dollar. The watchman of the bank states that the cashier was at the bank into on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning, and it is supposed that it was then that he fixed the books so as to delay exposure as long as possible. Up to a late hour to-night no tidings had been received of Thomson's whereabouts. His family assert their ignorance on that point, and say that his absence and the condition of the bank are as much of a surprise to them as to anybody else. It has not transpired yet how many individual accounts there are in the bank, but as it is known that the depositors are generally poor people, it is believed that the accounts are quite numerous, and that the suspension will cause widespread loss and much distress among a class of very worthy persons. The receiver appointed by the court is W. H. Thompson, of the Bank of Commerce, not the Commercial Bank, as stated in a previous dispatch. The bond of the defaulting cashier, which amounts to $30,000, will be made good on demand.

3. July 15, 1886 The Waco Daily Examiner Waco, TX

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Closes its Doors. Vast Numbers of Provident Poor May Loose All of Their savings. How They seek to Buy Jurors in Chicago The Price They Offer. Maxwell the Murderer of PretIer. Sentenced to be Hung the 27th of August. RIG BANK BREAK ST. Louis,July -The Provident Savings bank closed its doors to-day and has made an assignment Almond R. Thompson, the cashier. has absconded The liabilities exceed the assetts by $40,000. Thompson is B graduate of Harvard college. and since he has held this responsible po. sition in this city he has been garded as a man of sterling integrity. Heis president of the Harvard club, of this city, and a prominent Knight Templar. He announced intention, the latter part of last week, of accompanying the Light Cavalry to the state encampment at Sweet Springs, and it was generally supposed that he was there. Advices from that point, however, state that he has never been at the camp, and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Causes No other cause for his defalcation can be assigned. than fast living, for he has not been known to speculate A director of the bank. Mr. Adams, of the firm of Boyle, Adams & McKeighan has filed with Judge Lubke, in chambers, R petition for it receiver for the bank, for Charles Greely, a heavy depositor The petition states that Cashier Thompson has not been at the bank since July 12th. and he, (the petitiouer.) believes that he does not intend to return to his position: that it partial examination of his books show a deficit of over $40,000, and that they believe it fuller investi gation will swell the amount to a much larger smith. The president of : the bank has been absent from the city for about six months. and the cashier has assumed his duties as well as his own. The bank's statement was as fol. lows: Assets: cash 478,988.74; real es rate. $92,523.10; stocks and bonds, $383,050.00 balances with other banks, $23,503.31 accounts, $107,709. 91: bills receivable and accounts, $925,046.80 total. $1,168,829.59 Linbilities: current deposits. $188,236.29; time deposits. $426,619.17; cashier's checks. $19,179.46 unpaid dividends, $140,200; other indebtedness, $50.000 882.42 The directors of the bank state they will not be able to realize on their apparent I a-sets to their tull extent. by a large sum. The court granted ) application for a receiver and appointed W. 11. Thompson of the . Bank of Commerce, to that position. It was not imagined for a moment that the bank was embarrassed and no run was made on it. An investigation has been under way since Tuesday morning, and to-day the directors decided to close the doors. As soon as this action became known throughout the city a large crowd of depositors congregated around the 11 bank anxious to know the nature and i extent of the embarrassment and calling upon some one to inform them. No answer came, and the excitement increased until it became necessary to call the police, who appeared on the scene to queil any possible disturb. ance. Their services, however. were it not needed. The largest numb r of 2 depositors are clerks, and poor men 8 and women; so that the failure will not affect. to any great xtent, commercial interests of the city. but will much distress on number of very peo. a entail large and worthy suffering ple.

4. July 15, 1886 The Emporia Weekly News Emporia, KS

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ST. LOUIS, July 14,-The Provident Savings bank closed its doors and has made an assignment. Al. Thompson, cashier, has abscobdeđ. The liabilities will exceed the assets by $40,000. Thompson is & graduate of Harvard college, and since he has held his responsible position in this city has been regarded as a man of sterling integrity. He 18 president of the Harvard club of this city and of the light cavalry and & prominent Knight Templar. He announced his intention the latter part of last week of accompanying the light cavalry to the state encampment at Sweet Springs and It was generally supposed that he was there. Advices from that point, however, state that he has never been near the camp and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Canada. No cause for his defalcation is assigned other than fast living, for he has never been known to speculate. The directors of the bank have filed application for & receiver.

5. July 15, 1886 The Memphis Appeal Memphis, TN

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RUINED BY THE CASHIER GREAT SENSATION AT ST. LOUIS OVER THE Failure of the Provident Savings Bank-A Defalcation of Fifty Thousand Dollars. Sr. LOUIS, Mo., July 14-The Provident Savings Bank closed its doors today and mac e an assignment. Almond B. Thomson, the cashier, has absconded. The liabilities exceed the assets $40,000. THOMSON is a graduate of Harvard College, and since he has held his responsib'e position in this city has been regarded as a man of sterling integrity. He is pres. ident of the Harvard Club of this city, and of the Light Cavalry, and a prominent Knight Templar. Heannounced his intention, the latter part of last week, of accompanying the Light Artillery to the State encampment at Sweet Springs, and it was generally supposed thet be was there. Advices from that point, however, state that he has never been near the camp, and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Canada. No other cause for the defalcation can be assigned than fast living, for he has never been known to speculate. The directors of the bank have filed a petition for a receiver. EX-JUDGE ADAM, of the firm of Boyle, Adams & Mc. Keighan, filed with Judge Lubke, in Chambers, a petition for a receiver for the bank for Charles Greely, a heavy depositor. The petition states that Cashier Thomson has not been at the bank since July 12th, and they believe that he doss not intend to return to his position, that a partial examination of his books shows a deficit of over $40,000, and they believe that a fuller investigation will swell the amount to a much larger sum. The president of the bank, J. S. Garland, has been absent from the city for about six months, and the cashier has assumed his duties as well as his own. The bank's statement of yesterday is 88 follows:

6. July 15, 1886 Richmond Dispatch Richmond, VA

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Bank Failure and an Absconding Cashier. [By telegraph tothe Dispatch.] ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 14.-The Providence Savings Bank closed its doors to-day and has made an assignment. Almond B. Thompson, the cashier, has absconded. The liabilities exceed the assets by $40,000. Thompson is a graduate of Harvard College, and since be has held his responsible position in this city has been regarded as a man of sterling integrity. He is president of the Harvard Club of this city and of the Light Cavalry and a prominent Knight Templar. He announced his intention the latter part of last week of accompanying the Light Cavalry to the State encampment, and it was generally supposed that he was there. Advices from that point, however, state that he has never been near the camp, and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Canada. No cause for his defalcation can be assigned other than fast living, for be has never been known to speculate. The directors of the bank have filed a petition for a receiver.

7. July 16, 1886 Weekly Graphic Kirksville, MO

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offices under the state at the same time. Our information is that, Mr. Higbee does not expect the state to furnish him an office and pay rent for same. Our information is that, Mr. Higbee has no pets or brothers in the legal profession whom he feels should "be braced up" and strengthened in their business. Our information is that, Mr.Higbee is not only respectable and an intelligent lawyer, but a gentleman in the broadest sense and as said, before his nomination, by the 'Lancastor Excelsior,' the Democratic paper of Schuyler county, 'He will honor the bench as he has done the bar." ---The Provident Savings Bank of St. Louis, suspended payment Wednesday morning, caused by A. B. Thompson, the cashier embezzling nearly $50,000. The deposits are nearly one million dollars. The depositors are nearly all poor people and the receiver asserts that they will be paid dollar for dollar. -The execution of the laws are entrusted to judges and juries. What is wanted in a judge is the requisite amount of legal learning, a pure and upright character, a judicial turn of mind, independence of thought, and aptitude and promptness in the dispatch of business. These qualities will always make a good judge, and are presented to the voters of the 27th judicial district in the person of Mr. Higbee, the Republican candidate for Circuit Judge.

8. July 16, 1886 The Memphis Appeal Memphis, TN

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THOMSON'S BIG STEAL. HIS TOTAL SHORTAGE SOMETHING OVER $70,000. A Nebraska Bank President Skips to Canada With the Funds-The De Rivera Failure. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 15.-Mr. Carlos S. Greeley, the largest stockholder of the Provident Savings Bank, which failed yesterday, makes the following statement as to how that event was brought about: "When the Board of Directors counted the cashier's reserve fund, two weeks ago, preparatory to declaring their dividend, they found $40,000 in the bank vault. The night watchman informed me last evening that Mr. Thomson entered the bank building on Saturday evening at about 10:30 o'clock, and it was then undoubtedly that the cashier salted $15,000 of the fund in bis pockets, and the greate t surprise to me is that he did not appropriate the rest of it. The first discovery of this shortage was made last Friday by me, and it came about like this: Mr. Swain, the acting president of the bank, on that day came to my place of business and informed me that the directors had just loaned Thomson $8500 on 100 shares of the Crystal Plate Glass Company's stock, which he had deposited as a collateral. Now I am a director of that corporation, and had assisted in the disbursement of dividends, and I was in a position to know that ThomFon did not ho 100 shares of stock. Going immedia'ely to our treasurer, Mr. Bernes, I bad him furnish me a list of the S ockholders. In this list I found that on October 9, 1885, a cert ficate numbered 378, calling for one share of the capital stock, had been issued to Almond B. Thomson. I called the attention of the Board of Directors to this, but Thomson explained that the other ninety-nine shares had been transferred to him but not yet delivered. He said if the board wished it he would return the amount of the loan on Monday. When he did not show up Monday my fears received a substantial acknowledgment of his crookedness. I went to the bank and by means of a microscope detected very plainly that the certifica'e bad been raised from one share to 100 shares, and that the date had also been altered. A further examination of his books showed that bis rascality had been going on since 1883. Since that time he had carried a fraudulent en'ry on the foreign exchange account, involving $20,000 B His total shortage will doubtless amount to $70,000. I agree with the receiver, however, that the depositors will be paid in full, even at the ex19 pense of the st ckholders. The bank will never resume operations.

9. July 16, 1886 St. Paul Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN

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THE ST. LOUIS CASHIER. is Now Thought He Made Away With $70,000. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 15.-Mr. Charles Greely, the largest stockholder of the Provident savings bank, which failed yesterday, makes the following statement as to how the event was brought about: When the board of directors counted the cashier's reserve fund two weeks ago, preparatory to declaring their dividends, they found $40,000 in the bank vaults. The might watchman informed me last evening that Mr. Thompson entered the bank building on Saturday evening at about 10:30 o'clock, and it was undoubtedly then that the cashier saited $15,000 of the fund in his pocket and the greatest surprise to me is that he did not anpropriate the rest of it. The first discovery of the shortage was made last Friday by me, and it came like this: Mr. Swain, the acting president of the bank, on that day came to my place of business and informed me that the directors had just loaned Thompson $8,000 on 100 shares of the Crystal Plate Glass company's stock, which he as a had collateral. deposited Now, I am a director of that corporation and had assisted in the disbursements of dividends, and I was in a position to know that Thompson did not hold 100 shares of stock. Going immediately to our treasurer, Mr. Barnes, I had him furnish me a list of the stockholders. In this list I found on Oct. 9, 1885, a eertificate numbered 378, calling for one share of the capital stock, had been issued to Almond B. Thompson. I called the attention of the board of directors to this, but Thompson explained that the other ninety-nine shares had been transferred to him and not yet delivered. He said if the board demanded it he would return the amount of the loan on Monday. When he did not show up on Monday my fears received a substantial acknowledgment of his crookedness. I went to the bank and by means of a microscope detected very plainly that the certificate had been raised from one share to 100, and that the date had also been altered. Further examination of his books showed that his rascality had been going on since 1883. Since that time he has carried a fraudulent entry on the foreign exchange account, involving $20,000. His total shortage will doubtless amount to $70,000. I agree with the receiver, however, that the depositors will be paid in full, even at the expense of the stockholders. The bank will never resume operations.

10. July 20, 1886 Daily Republican Wilmington, DE

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Big Men Who Steal. Captain James B. Willing, of the oyster packing firm of William L. Ellis & Co., of Baltimore, disappeared about ten days ago, and it is said that about $35,000 belonging to his friends has also disa ppeared. He was a member of the last State Legislature and was instru mental in having a bill passed refunding money paid by owners of oyster vessele as a tonnage tax. Certificates amounting to $2,800 were entrusted to him for collection. He had them cashed, but failed to make returns. He also borrowed largely from some of his friends, and several notes recently due were allowed to go to protest. Willing was also administrator of the estate of a deceased cousin, and is believed to have mismanaged it As far as can be learned the firm of William L. Ellis & Co. has not been obligated by the ab. sconder. At St. Louis yesterday, warrants were sworn out by an attorney for Barr and Widen, depositors of the broken Provident Savings Bank, for the arrest of the officers and directors of the bank for alleged criminal violation of the banking law. The document states "that on the 14th day of July. 1886, Charles H. Smith, Charles B. Creely, George Scott, Wm. P. Mullin, Thomas H. Maine, fl. R. Thomson and James 8. Garland, being the officers of the bank, received or assisted to the reception of $130 as deposit, knowing at the time that the institution was insolvent or in failing circumstances." Samuel K. Gay, the absconding pension agent, was brought back to Pittsborg last night. He confessses his guilt, but says he did not steal more than $4,000. A special examiner from Washington is now engaged in running over the books of the Pittsburg pension office, to get at the extent of Gay's defalcation. The job is DO light one, as 18,009 pensioners are paid from the Pittsburg agency every quarter. As the books for the last three years have to be gone over, nearly 216 000 different accounts must be examined.

11. July 22, 1886 Crawford Avalanche Grayling, MI

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UNSAFE SAVINGS. A Cashier of a St. Louis Bank Absconds with $40,000 of Depositors' Money. The Customary Promise that All Debts Will Be Paid in Full Speedily. (St. Louis dispatch.] The Provident Savings Bank of this city has closed its doors and made an assignment, Almond B. Thompson, the Cashier, having absconded. Carlos S. Greeley, a heavy depositor, filed a petition for the appointment of a receiver over the bank, alleging that Cashier Thompson had not been at the bank since the 12th; that a partial examination of his books show a deficit of over $40,000, and that it is believed a fuller examination will swell the amount to a much larger sum. The court appointed W. H. Thompson, of the Commercial Bank, receiver of the institution. Until to-day no outsider imagined for a moment that the bank was embarrassed, and no run was made upon it. The investigation of the books had been under way since Tuesday morning. At noon to-day the Directors decided to close the doors. As soon as this action became known throughout the city, large crowds of depositors congregated around the bank, anxious to know the nature of the embarrassment, and calling upon some one to inform them. No one answered the call, and the excitement increased until it became necessary to call the police, who are now upon the scene to quell any possible disturbance. The largest number of depositors are clerks and poor men and women, so that the failure will not affect to any great extent the commercial interests of the city. The President. of the bank, J. S. Garland, has been absent from the city for about six months and the cashier has assumed his duties as well as his own. The bank statement of yesterday shows total assets of $1,168,829 and total liabilities of $985,782. The amount of the deposits is $426,649. The directors of the bank say that they will not be able to realize on their apparent assets to their full extent. Thompson, the absconding cashier, is a graduate of Harvard College, and since he has held his responsible position in this city has been regarded as a man of sterling integrity. He is President of the Harvard Club of this city and of the Light Cavalry, and a prominent Knight Templar. He announced his intention the latter part of last week of accompanying the Light Cavalry to the State Encampment at Sweet Springs; and it was generally supposed that he was there. Advices from that point, however, state that he has never been near the camp, and it is supposed that he has joined the army of defaulters in Canada. No cause for his defalcation can be assigned other than fast living, for he has never been known to speculate. The amount of Casher THOMPSON'S DONA was $30,000. The bond was signed by Carlos S. Greeley and the cashier's father, who is a wealthy retired liquor-dealer. W. H. His Deen carefully managed, and that few, if any, bad loans exist. It is his opinion that the depositors will be paid in full. Many of the stockholders say they are willing to turn their stock into a fund with which to pay the depositors dollar for dollar.

12. July 22, 1886 Belmont Chronicle Saint Clairsville, OH

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THE NEWS. Texas drouth sufferers are appealing for government aid. The widow of the late General Durbin Ward will be granted a pension. Maxwell, murderer of Preller in St. Louis, has been sentenced to hang August 27. Remarkably destructive storms last week are reported from various parts of the country. The convict mine strikers in Tennessee have been starved into submission, and will return to work. The Kansas Prohibitionists have nominated a state ticket headed by C. H. Branscombe for governor. A destructive storm swept up the Ohio river between Steubenville and Pittsburgh Wednesday morning. Ex-Sheriff John Renfroe was lynched in Sumpter county, Ala., for attempting to kill his brother-in-law. At Norwalk, 0., county treasurer Martin O. Van Fleet was sentenced six years in the penitentiary for forgery. O. S. Langan has been arrested, charged with robbing his own bank at Bluffton, O., of $10,000 in money and securities. Tuesday night's storm was very severe on Lake Michigan. Storm damages are reported from the state of Michigan. The committee investigating Pension-Commissioner Black has found him guilty of abuses in the granting of pensions. Two little girls, Dora Johnson and Della Maples, were drowned while wading in the Maumee river at Fort Wayne. Space in the Cincinnati Exposition for 1886 is being rapidly taken up. The prospects of success are very encouraging. Near Lebanon, 0., David and Ricard King, brothers, fought with corn hoes and both are thought to be fatally injured. The Dundy county, (Neb.) bank failed, the president being in Canada with the funds. The loss falls heavily on new settlers. John Roach, the famous old ship-builder, is dying at College Point, Long Island. His business disappointments weigh heavily on him. The Castle Garden authorities at New York are on the lookout for foroign vessels bearing undesirable immigrants, with the view of turning them back. Almond B. Thompson, chashier of the Provident saving bank, St. Louis, has absconded and the bank has suspended. Liabilities exceed assets $40,000. The Democratic congressional convention at Boonville, Ind., broke up in a row, the Menzies supporters withdrawing, and the friends of exSenator McCullough remaining and nominating their man. Near Fayettville, Ark., Rev. John Lokey and his son attacked a neighbor named McClelland in a trouble about a line fence. McClelland got out his knife and sliced his assailants so badly that they will die. There are now in Ohio 30,500 government pensioners, consisting of invalids, widows, minors and dependent relatives. The invalids number about 21,500 and the widows, minors and dependent relatives about 9,000. Prohibitionists of Cincinnati and Hamilton county met last week, adopted a platform, nominated congressionol and county office candidates for the November election, and appointed delegates to the state convention to be held at Canton, July 28 and 20. Drunken miscreants visited Pleasant Hill cemetery, in Jackson township, Shelby county, O., Sunday night, last week, and overturned twenty-four handsome monuments and headstones, several of them being broken in falling. The damage is estimated at $2,000. The scoundrels were tracked into an adjouining county and arrested. The president's proclamation, warning federal office-holders not to participate in conventions or primary meetings, is said to have been called out by representations that the conduct of certain Democratic officials in Indiana, in taking part in primaries, was bringing discredit upon the Democratic party, and hurting the president's policy of civil service reform. The Dakota constitutional convention, at Sioux Falls, with about sixty delegates in attendance, unanimously adopted a preamble and resolutions declaring it to be the solemn belief of the people of south Dakota that the state now established and waiting admission to the Union should be admitted without delay and that a division of Dakota is imperatively demanded. The central labor union, of New York, representing a hundred thousand working people, has adopted a new constitution. The declaration of principles hold that there should be no private property in land; that labor should share in the wealth it produces; that it is the sacred duty of every honorable laboring man to sever his connection with all political parties of the capitalists, and to devote his energy and attention to the re-organization of his trade or labor union and the concentration of all unions

13. July 29, 1886 Iron County Register Ironton, MO

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THE sureties of Cashier Thomson of the Provident Savings Bank, St. Louis, have made a proposition to settle the deficit, and Receiver Thompson has filed a petition for instructions and advice from the court.

14. July 31, 1886 Huntsville Gazette Huntsville, AL

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. News from Everywhere. THE Marquis of Lorne is mentioned as the next Viceroy of Ireland. VERMONT Democrats met in convention at Montpelier and nominated S. B. Shurtliff for Governor. has made a personal appeal to in to THE Lord Queen Hartington minis join Salisbury the formation of a ry. SALISBURY kissed the Queen's at Osborne on the was aphand LORD Minister. 26th, and pointed her Prime CYRUS W. FIELD has been awarded $25,000 damages in his libel suit at London against James Gordon Bennett. SIR CHARLES DILKE has definitely announced his withdrawal from public life and has retired to the continent. OVER five thousand silver trade dollars in the treasury at Buffalo, N. Y., were sold on the 23d for 75 4-100 cents each. A CIVIL-SERVICE examination is to be held in St. Louis on the 7th of August for assistant examiners in the patent office. THE President h S referred the Oleomargarine bill to the Attorney-General for an opinion as to its constitutionality. A STATUE of Gladstone, to be erected on College Green, Dublin, by the people of Ireland, is suggested by the Freeman's Journal. THE United Ireland urges the Irish people to tender a grand ovation to the Earl of Aberdeen on his departure from the country. THE directors of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company report in favor of a continuance of the reduced cable rates on messages. STEPHEN BRODIE, a bootblack, twentythree years of age, jumped from the Brooklvn bridge into the East river on the 23d, and was fished out uninjured. GOOD rain fell on the 23d in Southwestern Kansas, covering a large area and including some districts which had not been visited by the preceding showers. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has received from Prince Bismarck a large photograph of the German Chancellor, framed in oak and bearing the Prince's autograph. MEXICAN troops are gathering at Paso del Norte, and affairs are taking on a warlike pearance. Additional United States troops have been d spat hed to the border. THE office of burgomaster of Strasbourg, which has been vacant since 1873, has been filled by the appointm nt thereto of Herr Bach, president of the district of Lower Alsace. THE London Standard, discussing the new urges that the United States Great Britain "this should treaty, not refuse proof of sympathy in difficulties which may soon be her own." THE citizens of Waterford, Ireland, demand the removal from the Council chamber of the royal portraits and the substitution therefor of a portrait of General Thomas Francis Meagher. WM. HUNTER, S econd assistant and the oldest official in tinuous tary of State, Secre- conservice in the United States, died at on the 22d of a complica. incident to old tion W Washington of diseases age. of Cashier Thomson of the Bank, St. Provident THE sureties Savings Louis, have made proposition to settle the Thompson has filed a and tion Receiver for deficit, petiinstructions and advice from the court. A RELIABLE sea serpent recently visited Rockport (Me.) breakwater. no sea serpent concocted for the any particular benefit imaginary of watering This place. is t is vouched for by men of undoubted veracity. THE cholera returns Italy for the 5 new 2 new case, 2 deaths: 3 Brindisi new were: Bologna, cases, Latiano, deaths 24th cases, 2 deaths; Fontano, 6 new cases, 1 death; other points, 12 new cases nd 8 deaths. THE business failures throughout the country during the seven ended the the as reported by telegraph, for States, 160, and for 24, a total 231. United days number, Canada, of 184, compared with a total of 183 SIR the previous week. age MICHAEL Hicks-Beach and the late Tory Cabinet admission of the Duke of members pose and Goschen the of will op - Argyle other will into the new and that the Duke of be appointed urge Cabinet, Abercorn Viceroy of Ireland. 4 PORTION of the Simmons monster handwareestablishraent in St. Louis colthe 25th, the and crushing those floors falling The loss below. upper heavy on building and stock will be but n person was killed or injured. who FOUR hundred masons and bricklayers, viously struck at Milwaukeetw weeks pre-

15. July 31, 1886 The Osceola Times Osceola, AR

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TOPICS OF THE DAY. News from Everywhere. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL THE President has received from Prince Bismarck a large photograph of the German Chancellor, framed in oak and bear. ing the Prince's autograph. THE veteran actor Joe Jofferson and his wife have just returned from salmon fishing trip to Canada, where they had the finest of sport. Mr. Jefferson is now resting at his home on Saddle Brook, Hohokus, N. J. ON the 22d Wm. Hunter, second assistant Secretary of State, and the oldest official in continuous service in the United States, died at Washington of a complication of diseases incident to old age. THE greetings between Bismarck and Count Kalnoky on the latter's arrival at Kissingen were very cordial. THE bondsmen of Cashier Thomson, of the Provident Savings Bank, St. Louis, have made a proposition to settle the deficit, and Receiver Thompson has filed petition for instructions and advice from be court. IT is announced that the English Liberal Unionists positively object to a coalition a with the Conservatives in the way of new administration ON the 23.1 Stephen Brodie, a bootblack, twenty-three years of age, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into the East river, and was fished out uninjured. The citizens of Waterford, Ireland, de mand the removal from the Council chamber of the royal portraits and the substitution therefor of a portrait of General Thomas Francis Meacher. THE remains of United States Consul Rogers. who died at Vera Cruz five years ago, are to be disinterred on the 1st of August and brought back to his home in No. braska. ON the 23d Colonel Dexter Russell right, one of the best-known lawyers of Connecticut, died at his residence in New Haven. THE PEERLESS "MORLACCHI," the famous premiere danseuse, died on the 23d at her residence at East Billerica, Mass. at the age of forty-two years and nine months. She was the wife of the noted Texas Jack. GENERAL LOGAN has gone to San Francisco to attend the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, SIR CHARLES DILKE has definitely announced his withdrawal from public life and basretired to the continent. A FAVORABLE report on the Fitz-John Porter nomination has been ordered by the Senate committee on military affairs. THE Marquis of Lorne is mentioned as the next Viceroy of Ireland. STEPHEN BRODIE, who jumped off the Brookly bridge and escaped uninjured, has been bound to court for attempting suicide. Meanwhile he has an offer to appear at a dime museum. BRIGADIER+GENERAL BEN BARNEY, a Mexican veteran and ex-president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, died suddenly at his home in San Francisco on the 24th. REV. WILLIAM J. SHERMAN, a young Catholic priest, is said to have been clandestinely married to Miss Tillie McCoy, of Brooklyn, N. Y on June 14. The matter has just been made public. THE German Cabinet has forbidden Prussian officers betting with bookmakers, riding horses owned by professional horsement or figuring in races unless uni101 form. ACTING SERETARY FAIRCHILD has notified the collect r of customs at New York to allow free entry of an original portrait of General Washington, painted by This E. Pyne. HENRY HANN V as killed in a general fight at a German pienic near Glenwood, Pa., on the 25th. THE "Social Democrats" seem to be coming to the front as an element in English polities. MEXICAN troops are gathering at Paso del Norte, and affairs are taking on a warInke appearance Additional United States troops have been dispatched to the border. THE Queen has made a personal appea to Lord Hartington to join Salisbury in the formation of a ministry. MADAGASCAR has been notified that its scheme for raising a loan in London is a violation of treaties. THE Porte has issued a circular urging enforcement of the Turkish law which forbids the recognition of the naturalization of Turks abroad. JULIUS FREDERICKS, one of the Greely expedition survivors, indig gnantly contradiets recently published stories of Maurice Connell reflecting on Greely. intiATTORNEY-GENELA GARLAND mates, in connection with New York editorial comments on him, that be is not go ing resign just yet. HINTON R. HELPER, of "Three Americas"railway fame, reported dead, shows up alive and exceedingly wide awake in Buenos Ayres.

16. July 31, 1886 The Milan Exchange Milan, TN

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# TOPICS OF THE DAY. News from Everywhere. THE Marquis of Lorne is mentioned as the next Viceroy of Ireland. THE Queen has made a personal appeal to Lord Hartington to join Salisbury in the formation of a ministry. SIR CHARLES DILKE has definitely announced his withdrawal from public life and has retired to the continent. OVER five thousand silver trade dollars in the treasury at Buffalo, N. Y., were sold on the 23d for 75 4-100 cents each. A STATUE of Gladstone, to be erected on College Green, Dublin, by the people of Ireland, is suggested by the Freeman's Journal. THE United Ireland urges the Irish people to tender a grand ovation to the Earl of Aberdeen on his departure from the country. STEPHEN BRODIE, a bootblack, twenty-three years of age, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into the East river on the 23d, and was fished out uninjured. A BRITISH troop-ship was ordered suddenly on the 24th to proceed to Oban, Scotland, with a force of police to maintain order among the Tiree crofters. GOOD rain fell on the 23d in Southwestern Kansas, covering a large area and including some districts which had not been visited by the preceding showers. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has received from Prince Bismarck a large photograph of the German Chancellor, framed in oak and bearing the Prince's autograph. MEXICAN troops are gathering at Paso del Norte, and affairs are taking on a warlike appearance. Additional United States troops have been dispatched to the border. ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has notified the collector of customs at New York to allow free entry of an original portrait of General Washington, painted by Thos. E. Pyne. THE German Cabinet has forbidden Prussian officers betting with bookmakers, riding horses owned by professional horsemen or figuring in races unless in uniform. THE remains of United States Consul Rogers, who died at Vera Cruz five years ago, are to disinterred on the 1st of August and brought back to his home in Nebraska. THE House naval affairs committee has decided to add as an amendment to the Naval Establishment bill the provision for the building of a dynamite gunboat to cost $350,000. THE sureties of Cashier Thomson of the Provident Savings Bank, St. Louis, have made a proposition to settle the deficit, and Receiver Thompson has filed a petition for instructions and advice from the court. THE cholera returns in Italy for the 24th were: Bologna, 5 new cases, 2 deaths; Brindisi, 1 new case, 2 deaths; Latiano, 3 new cases, 2 deaths; Fontano, 6 new cases, 1 death; other points, 12 new cases and 8 deaths. THE business failures throughout the country during the seven days ended the 23d, as reported by telegraph, number, for the United States, 160, and for Canada, 24, a total of 184, as compared with a total of 183 the previous week. A PORTION of the Simmons monster hardware establishment in St. Louis collapsed on the night of the 25th, the upper floors falling and crushing those below. The loss on building and stock will be heavy, but no person was killed or injured. THE Para Rubber Shoe Company at South Framingham, Mass., posted a notice on the 23rd that its factory would be closed on July 31. No limit to the shutdown is announced. During its continuance, 1,100 hands will be thrown out of employment. WEST ELIZABETH, a mining town twenty miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa., is sorely affected with malarial fever. It broke out four weeks ago, and on the 20th there were over sixty cases. Up to that date only one death had occurred, but several were in a serious condition. E. C. MONTGOMERY carried the head of an Apache into Clifton, Ariz., on the evening of the 21st. Montgomery was attacked in the divide between Eagle creek and Blue river, about forty miles above Clifton by three Apaches. Besides the one whose head he carried in, he thinks he killed or wounded a second. THE Tennessee commissioner of Agriculture is preparing the crop reports for July. The wheat crop yielded much better than was anticipated, the crop being better than for many years. Corn is very promising. Much hay was lost on account of wet weather, but the crop was still very large. The oat crop was above the average. Cotton looks well and the potato crop is good.

17. September 23, 1886 The Abilene Reflector Abilene, KS

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# MISCELLANEOUS. A FRENCHMAN, lately arrested in Tennessee for a trivial offense, confessed that he was the murderer of ex-Mayor Bowman, of St. Louis. The crime was committed a year ago and was never unraveled. A FRENCH paper stated lately that the Sultan demands the evacuation of Egypt by the English and Russia supports the Turkish demands. ANOTHER earthquake shock was felt at Summerville, S. C., on the morning of the 13th and one occurred at one o'clock the same day which overthrew a small brick building. It is said not more than twenty white famlies are left in the town. THE trial of the great three-cornered Nickel Plate foreclosure suit was begun in the Common Pleas Court at Cleveland on September 15. Millions of dollars are involved in the case. It was reported on September 15 that Manager Brown, of the Western Union's St. Louis office, was short and had skipped. ALL the Powers replied favorably to the Porte's circular lately issued. They agree that there shall be no military occupation of Bulgaria. SIX persons died from cholera in Trieste on September 15, and two died in Pesth. In the former city sixteen new cases were reported, six in Pesth. FRANCE has just given Germany satisfactory assurances and the tension between the two countries caused by the action of General Boulanger and the French Chauvinists has largely vanished. The relations between the Paris and Berlin Governments are now better than they have been for a long time. A BAD fire occurred in Kansas City on September 16, which destroyed the Kaw Valley Soap Works and a portion of the "L" road trestle work. THE Government's final estimates of the corn crop of Missouri and Kansas is as follows: Missouri, 196,861,000 bushels; Kansas, 158,390,000 bushels. MR. RICALTON, who was sent to the Arctic ocean in May by "Outing" to make a journey on a three-wheeled machine from Archangle Strait through Russia, has not been heard from and it is feared that the Russians have arrested him. RECEIVER THOMPSON, of the closed-up Provident Savings Bank, of St. Louis, says that the depositors will get a respectable dividend during October. W. H. TOBEY, editor of the Times, at Greenup, Ill., was recently arrested and taken to Charleston, charged with publishing a libel on F. A. Allison, a well-known prohibition lecturer. A GREAT conflagration raged at Brooklyn, Ia., on September 15. The entire business portion was burned. The fire consumed the Downing Hotel, the post-office, the elevator and other big buildings. THE colored men of New England held at conference in Boston on September 16 to protest against the discrimination of the race in society, business and every thing else. KANSAS CITY had a grand time on September 16, it being the big day of the fair. Twenty-five thousand people were at the fair and in the evening over 100,000 blocked the sidewalks to see the parade through the city and the fireworks. RECENTLY at Waupun, Wis., a widow and two children were crossing a bridge, when a train dashed around a curve, killing them instantly. THE National Cattle Growers' Association of America, and the National Cattle and Horse Growers' Association of the United States, have been consolidated. THE Haddock coroner's jury, at Sioux City, Ia., rendered a verdict recently charging H. L. Leavitt and others with complicity in the murder of the Rev. George C. Haddock. THE Chippewa Falls (Wis.) Lumber Company's saw mill was struck by lightning and destroyed recently, causing a loss of $250,000.

18. September 24, 1886 The Iola Register Iola, KS

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THE trial of the great three-cornered Nickel Plate foreclosure suit was begun in the Common Pleas Court at Cleveland on September 15. Millions of dollars are involved in the case. THE report of the Kansas City clearing house on the 14th showed the clearings were`$1,060,141, against $602,338 the corres ponding day last year, an increase of $457,803, or 76 per cent. A BAD fire occurred in Kansas City on September 16, which destroyed the Kaw Valley Soap Works and a portion of the "L" road trestle work. THE Government's final estimates of the corn crop of Missouri and Kansas is as follows: Missouri, 196,861,000 bushels; Kansas, 158,390,000 bushels. RECEIVER THOMPSON, of the closed-up Provident Savings Bank, of St. Louis, says that the depositors will get a respectable dividend during October. W. H. TOBES, editer of the Times, at Greenup, III, was recently arrested and taken to Charleston, charged with publishing a libel on F. A. Allison, a well known prohibition lecturer. A GREAT conflagration raged at Brooklyn, In., on September 15. The entire business portion was burned. The fire consumed the Downing Hotel, the post-office, the elevater and other big buildings. RECENTLY at Woupun, Wis., a widowand two children were crossing a bridge, when a train dashed around a curve, killing them instantly. IT was reported on September 15 that Manager Brown, of the Western Union's St. Louis office, was short and had skipped. THERE is a quiet move among the Western delegates to the general convention of the Knights of Labor to become united upon a plan of action before proceeding to Richmond, Va., where the convention is to be held. The plan suggested is to have all the Western delegates stop over in Pitts burgh and hold a caucus. KANSAS CITY had a grand time on Sep tember 16, it being the big day of the fair. Twentv-five thousand people were at the fair and in the evening over 100,000 blocked the sidewalks to see the parade through the city and the fireworks. A TERRIFIC wind storm swept over Southeastern Michigan on September 16, which eaused great havoc. THE Haddock coroner's jury, at Sioux City, Ia., rendered a verdict recently charging H. L. Leavitt and others with complicity in the murder of the Rev. George C. Haddock. THE State Labor convention which was in session at Neenah, Wis., on September 16, had a very stormy time, charges being made that the State organizer had sold out to the Democrats. THE Chippewa Falls (Wis.) Lumber Company's saw mill was struck by lightning and destroyed recently, causing a loss of $250,000. THE Anti-Saloon Republicans, which met at Chicago on September 16, adopted resolutions strongly condemning the liquor traffic. THE Republicans of the Seventh Wisconsin district have nominated O. B. Thomas for another term in Congrass. GENERAL J. L. PACKABD has been nominated for Congress in the Thirteenth Indiana district. THE Western Export Association (whisky pool) met in Chicago on September 16 for the purpose of limiting the production of whisky. A RELIGIOUS crank in Chicago, named Dr. Arthur Morton, lately proclaimed himself the Messiah who will establish a new Jerusalem in Chicago and run it on the principles of heaven. His following comprises a number of refined and intelligent ladies. A RECENT telegram states that the C. C. Carroll, from Kansas City to St. Louis, struck a snag and sunk a few miles below Glasgow. She will probably be a total loss. MRS. ELIZA OTTARD, aged eighty years, died recently at Galena, III., while kneeling in prayer at her bedside. Cause, paralysis of the brain. SEVEN baggage cars and thirty special sleepers passed through Kansas City on the 18th bearing Knights Templar from the West to the St. Louis triennial conclave. SAM STARR, a notoricus desperado of the Indian Territory, was caught recently by the Cherokee authorities. Large rewards were offered for his body. J. B. GLASS, a Mount Sterling, Ill., banker, recently made an assignment. The liabilities are about $75,000, and the assets $60,000. The losses will fall almost wholly upon people who deposited their savings with him. THE SOUTH. NORTH and West Texas were recently blessed with a heavy rain after a long drought. HENRY SAMPSON, a convict at work on the Georgia Midland road, recently escaped. A match was applied to a tunnel upon which the gang was working and all retreated to a respectful distance. After the blast went off Sampson failed to show up. A bloodhound was put upon his track, but when the dog was again seen he was manacled to a tree with the convict's shackles. A FRENCHMAN, lately arrested in Tennessee for a trivial offense, confessed that he was the murderer of ex-Mayor Bowman, of St. Louis. The crime was committed a