12823. State Bank (Bloomfield, NE)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
March 19, 1896
Location
Bloomfield, Nebraska (42.599, -97.646)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
bddf3717

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple syndicated brief articles (Mar 19–28, 1896) report the Nebraska State Banking Board asked the district court to appoint a receiver and that the State Bank of Bloomfield went into the hands of a receiver. No article mentions depositor runs or withdrawals. This indicates a suspension/receivership and permanent closure rather than a run-driven event.

Events (2)

1. March 19, 1896 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Nebraska State Banking Board petitioned the district court to appoint a receiver for the State Bank of Bloomfield; bank placed in hands of a receiver.
Newspaper Excerpt
The state banking board has asked the district court of Knox county to appoint R receiver for the State bank of Bloomfield.
Source
newspapers
2. March 20, 1896 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
A NEBRASKA BANK FAILS. ... The District Court has been asked by the State Banking Board to appoint a receiver for the State Bank of Bloomfield, which has a capital of $50,000
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (9)

Article from The Topeka State Journal, March 19, 1896

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Bloomfield (Neb.) Bank Breaks. LINCOLN, Neb., Murch 19.-The state banking board has asked the district court of Knox county to appoint R receiver for the State bank of Bloomfield. The bank has a capital stock of $50,000. R. L. Oxford was president and A. R. Oxford cashier.


Article from Rock Island Argus, March 20, 1896

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ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. General Baratieri is said to have passed through Cairo, Egypt, incognito'last Tuesday. Obituary: At Franklin, Ind., E B. Head, 82 At Wilmington, Ills., Mrs. Jane Forsythe, 87. At Jeffersonville, Ind., Dowden E Jacobs, 64. At Shideler, Ind., Mrs. John N. Studebaker, 82. At Carlyle, Ills., Mrs. Edward G. Heitmeier, 28. At Hebron, Ind., Mrs. Rhoda Hildreth, 82. Trained animals used in circus performances will hereafter be admitted into the United States free of duty, having been classed as "tools of trade" by the circuit court at New York. John C. Rice, general manager of the Blue Jay Mining company, has caused the arrest of John H. Royer and A. Wilson King, two brokers at Denver, who figured in a Blue Jay deal, charging them with embezzlement. The governor of Havana has prohibited the editors of newspapers from expressing disaffection toward the government. Thomas Whitfleld, aged 57, and Katharine LaRue, aged 22, both of Chicago, have been granted a license to marry at San Diego, Cal. Charles F. Berg, for twenty-six years in the county treasurer's office at Chicago, being chief clerk the last five years, has resigned his position owing to ill health. The Nebraska state banking board has asked the district court of Knox county to appoint a receiver for the State bank of Bloomfleid. The bank has a capital of $50,000. Depression in the watch trade may cause the Waltham factory to shut down temporarily, throwing 2,500 persons out of employment. A British warship has been sent from Kingston, Jamaica, to intercept the steamer Bermuda, which is expected to embark a Cuban filibustering expedition there. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says England's rapid move in Egypt seems to have staggered public opinion there. The gross receipts for the thirty largest postoffices in the country last month increased $344.742 The total receipts were $2,722,187, against $2,377,445 for February, 1895. Robbers tried to hold up a train near Tulare, Cal., but having been "given away" by one of the gang were fired on by a sheriff's posse and one of the robbers killed. The posse did such bad shooting, however, that the sheriff was fatally and one other member severely wounded, while the balance of the thugs got away. There are reports at Newport, Ky., that an attempt will be made to lynch Jackson and Walling, accused murderers of Pearl Bryan.


Article from New-York Tribune, March 21, 1896

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A NEBRASKA BANK FAILS. Lincoln, Neb., March 20.-The District Court has been asked by the State Banking Board to appoint a receiver for the State Bank of Bloomfield, which has a capital of $50,000


Article from Semi-Weekly Independent, March 25, 1896

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BREVITIES, A big coal pool, covering all the shipments from Pennsylvania and Ohio by way of the lakes, has been formed. The companies represent in the pool an annual output of over 15,000,000 tons, of which 4,000,000 goes in shipment by the lakes. The gross receipts at the thirty largest postoffices in the country last month increased $344,742. The total receipts were $3,722,187, against $2,377,445 for February, 1895. Trained animals used in circus performances will hereafter be admitted into the United States free of duty, having been classed as "tools of trade" by the Circuit Court at New York. Yellow fever is again spreading throughout Rio Janeiro at an alarming rate. One hundred new cases were reported Tuesday. The scourge reappeared on the Italian cruiser Lombardia and it was resolved to send her to sea. The vessel started for the Cape Verde Islands. The steamship Peru brings to San Francisco news from China that the Presbyterian mission 130 miles southeast of Shanghai was raided by a band of robbers Feb. 7. Rev. Rufus H. Bent was shot in the thigh and seriously cut in the head. The robbers secured $300 from the mission safe and departed unmolested. John C. Rice, general manager of the Blue Jay Mining Company, has caused the arrest of John H. Royer and A. Wilson King, two brokers who figured in the Blue Jay deal at Denver, charging them with embezzlement. The complaint alleges that Royer and King were, March 16, 1896, acting as general agents of the Blue Jay Company, and as such had in their possession $5,700, the property of the Blue Jay Company, which they embezzled. Two officers were shot and a train robber named Daniel McCole was killed in an attempt to hold up the south-bound New Orleans express near Tulare, Cal., at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. The attempted robbery was one of the most daring that has taken place in California, and probably would have succeeded if it had not been for the perfidy of one of the robbers. The officers were informed that an attempt would be made to hold up the "Limited." The man who gave the information gave the details of the plot and said that at first he intended to take part in the robbery. Lamoreaux and O'Nett. two of the alleged murderers of Jim Washakie, the young Shoshone, who were followed from the Shoshone reservation by Deputy United States Marshal J. M. Waite, were captured in Malta. They will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Cockrell in Great Falls, Mont., and then taken back to Wyoming. The Nebraska State Banking Board has asked the District Court of Knox County to appoint a receiver for the State Bank of Bloomfield. The bank has a capital of $50,000. R. L. Oxford was presi. dent and A. R. Oxford cashier.


Article from The Ely Miner, March 25, 1896

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At Belleville, Tex., Clem Stawthor and Buck Chappelle (negroes) were hanged for murder. Three unknown tramps were killed in a freight wreck on the Illinois Central near Water Valley, Miss. A cyclone wrecked many houses and did other damage near Beaumont, Tex. Martin L. Sweet, a capitalist at Grand Rapids, Mich., failed for $200,000. A fire destroyed the masonic temple and considerable other property at Providence, R. I., entailing a loss of $325,000. Orders were sent out from Washington to seize all filibustering expeditions leaving the United States to aid the Cuban insurgents. Sheriff Doggett and Constable Reed were shot and a train robber named Daniel McCole was killed in an attempt to hold up an express train near Tulare, Cal. North Port, a small mining town in Washington, near the Canadian boundary, was wiped out by fire. John Moes, a manufacturer at New Riegel, O., shot and fatally injured his divorced wife and her sister, Miss Katie Smith, and made his escape. While insane from sickness Albert Kinchlow shot and fatally wounded his mother at Indianapolis and then killed himself. As a result of a conference of the leading Cuban sympathizers in New York three steamers will be fitted out for Cuban shores laden with arms and ammunition for the insurgents. The State bank at Bloomfield, Neb., went into the hands of a receiver. The scheme of adding the latest weather forecasts to the regular postmarks on letters will be commenced by the post office department July 1. Gus Elzy (colored) shot and probably fatally wounded his wife at Peoria, Ill., and then shot and killed himself. Domestic trouble was the cause. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $975,883,801, against $943,098,042 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 2.4. Reports to New York commercial agencies show that the business outlook throughout the country was not encouraging. One of the worst snowstorms of the season prevailed in western New York, the snow in many places being two feet deep on the level and drifts were enormous. At Forest City, Pa., Frank Creagle fatally shot his wife, from whom he was separated. and then killed himself. John Holzinger shot and killed his aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Miller, and fatally wounded his young wife in Milwaukee. Family trouble was the cause. The murderer was arrested. Ballington Booth has changed the name of his new salvation army to "The Volunteers." There were 261 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 20th, against 300 the week previous and 278 in the corresponding period of 1895.


Article from Warren Sheaf, March 26, 1896

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DOMESTIC. Curfew ordinances requiring children to be in doors by nine o'clock in the evening were passed in Omaha and Lincoln. Neb. John A. Knight, cashier of the Fifth avenue savings bank at Columbus, O., was arrested and charged with having embezzled $80,000. Fire destroyed the compressor mills of the Poorman and Tiger mines at Burke, Idaho, entailing a loss of $200,000. Cardinal Satolli, the papal delegate to this country, will say farewell to America forever and sail for Rome early in May. At Fayette, O., William Scharf and Archie Rogers, stonemasons, were thrown 70 feet from the scaffolding of a church and killed. At Belleville, Tex., Clem Stawthor and Buck Chappelle (negroes) were hanged for murder. Three unknown tramps were killed in a freight wreck on the Illinois Central near Water Valley, Miss. A cyclone wrecked many houses and did other damage near Beaumont, Tex. Martin L. Sweet, a capitalist at Grand Rapids, Mich., failed for $200,000. A fire destroyed the masonic temple and considerable other property at Providence, R. I., entailing a loss of $325,000. Orders were sent out from Washington to seize all filibustering expeditions leaving the United States to aid the Cuban insurgents. Sheriff Doggett and Constable Reed were shot and a train robber named Daniel McCole was killed in an attempt to hold up an express train near Tulare, Cal. John Moes, a manufacturer at New Riegel, O., shot and fatally injured his divorced wife and her sister, Miss Katie Smith, and made his escape. While insane from sickness Albert Kinchlow shot and fatally wounded his mother at Indianapolis and then killed himself. As a result of a conference of the leading Cuban sympathizers in New York three steamers will be fitted out for Cuban shores laden with arms and ammunition for the insurgents. The State bank at Bloomfield, Neb., went into the hands of a receiver. The scheme of adding the latest weather forecasts to the regular postmarks on letters will be commenced by the post office department July 1. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States/during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $975,883,801, against $943,098,042 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 2.4. Mrs. Abigail Knapp Holman, the wife ofex-Representative William S. Holman, of Indiana, died suddenly in Washington.


Article from Perrysburg Journal, March 28, 1896

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DOMESTIC. At Belleville, Tex., Clem Stawthor and Buck Chappelle (negroes) were hanged for murder. Martin L. Sweet, a capitalist at Grand Rapids, Mich., failed for $200,000. A fire destroyed the masonic temple and considerable other property at Providence, R. I., entailing a loss of $325,000. Orders were sent out from Washington to seize all filibustering expeditions leaving the United States to aid the Cuban insurgents. Sheriff Doggett and Constable Reed were shot and a train robber named Daniel McCole was killed in an attempt to hold up an express train near Tulare, Cal. John Moes, a manufacturer at New Riegel, O., shot and fatally injured his divorced wife and her sister, Miss Katie Smith, and made his escape. While insane from sickness Albert Kinchlow shot and fatally wounded his mother at Indianapolis and then killed himself. As a result of a conference of the leading Cuban sympathizers in New York three steamers will be fitted out for Cuban shores laden with arms and ammunition for the insurgents. The State bank at Bloomfield, Neb., went into the hands of a receiver. The scheme of adding the latest weather forecasts to the regular postmarks on letters with be commenced by the post office department July 1. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $975,883,801, against $943,098,042 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 2.4. Mrs. Abigail Knapp Holman, the wife ofex-Representative William S.Holman, of Indiana, died suddenly in Washing ton. One of the worst snowstorms of the season prevailed in western New York, the snow in many places being two feet e deep on the level and drifts were enormous. North Port, a small mining town in 7 S Washington, near the Canadian boun. 1 dary, was wiped out by fire. e Gus Elzy (colored) shot and prob9 ably fatally wounded his wife at Peoria, t III., and then shot and killed himself. 9 Domestic trouble was the cause. 1 Reports to New York commercial t agencies show that the business outlook d throughout the country was not encouraging. t At Forest City, Pa., Frank Creagle fatally shot his wife, from whom he and then killed shot 1 r and young Miller, was aged John separated, mother-in-law, Holzinger fatally wounded Mrs, and Catherine killed his himself. his is wife in Milwaukee. Family trouble was i the cause. The murderer was arrested. n Ballington Booth has changed the x name of his new salvation army to 9, "The Volunteers." h There were 261 business failures in L the United States in the seven days e ended on the 20th, against 300 the week 11 previous and 278 in the corresponding e period of 1895. it Fire in the Atlantic oil refinery at Pittsburgh, Pa., caused a loss of over $100,000. e Elijah Rutter and John White, of a Brice, O., quarreled over the former's ts wife and both were fatally injured. 1Julia Bird, an aged squaw, her daugh 6 ter, Charlotte Bird, an infant daughter r of Charlotte Bird and O. Biquette, an Iner dian, were burned to death near Bay is field, Wis., during a drunken carousal 10 A mob took William Murphy from the it jail at Huntsville, Tenn., and strung is him to a tree for the murder of William 10 Knowlin, a miner. ol John Cloggett and Lee Williams were 1, killed and three other men were injured d by an explosion of dynamite at Ellicot City, Md.


Article from The Diamond Drill, March 28, 1896

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DOMESTIC. As a result of a conference of the leading Cuban sympathizers in New York three steamers will be fitted out for Cuban shores laden with arms and ammunition for the insurgents. The State bank at Bloomfield, Neb., went into the hands of a receiver. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $975,883,801, against $943,098,042 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 2.4. Mrs. Abigail Knapp Holman, the wife ofex-Representative William S. Holman, of Indiana, died suddenly in Washington. One of the worst snowstorms of the season prevailed in western New York, the snow in many places being two feet deep on the level and drifts were enormous. North Port, a small mining town in Washington, near the Canadian boundary, was wiped out by fire. Gus Elzy (colored) shot and probably fatally wounded his wife at Peoria, III., and then shot and killed himself. Domestic trouble was the cause. Reports to New York commercial agencies show that the business outlook throughout the country was not encouraging. At Forest City, Pa., Frank Creagle fatally shot his wife, from whom he was separated. and then killed himself. John Holzinger shot and killed his aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Miller, and fatally wounded his young wife in Milwaukee. Family trouble was the cause. The murderer was arrested. Ballington Booth has changed the name of his new salvation army to "The Volunteers." There were 261 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 20th, against 300 the week previous and 278 in the corresponding period of 1895. Fire in the Atlantic oil refinery at Pittsburgh, Pa., eaused a loss of over $100,000. Elijah Rutter and John White, of Brice, O., quarreled over the former's wife and both were fatally injured. Julia Bird, an aged squaw, her daughter, Charlotte Bird, an infant daughter of Charlotte Bird and O. Biquette, an Indian, were burned to death near Bayfield, Wis., during a drunken carousal A mob took William Murphy from the jail at Huntsville, Tenn., and strung him to a tree for the murder of William Knowlin, a miner. John Cloggett and Lee Williams were killed and three other men were injured by RD explosion of dynamite at Ellicott City, Md. Mr. Edison, the famous inventor, has succeeded in penetrating the human body with the naked eye. With the powerful enthode light behind his patient, he gazes through a screen of prepared chemicals and sees every organ of the body plainly. John Hartman killed his wife and committed suicide at Omaha, Neb. No cause was known. There were ten cases of suicide in Chicago during the week ended on the 21st. A fire nearly wiped out the business portion of Berrien Springs, Mich. James Ford and Harry Somers were painting a church steeple at Grand, O. T., when a thunderstorm came up and they were killed by lightning. It was said that 50,000 persons were suffering in Chicago because of the strike in the clothing manufacturing trade.


Article from The L'anse Sentinel, March 28, 1896

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Cardinal Satolli, the papal delegate to this country, will say farewell to America forever and sail for Rome early in May. At Fayette, O., William Scharf and Archie Rogers, stonemasons, were thrown 70 feet from the scaffolding of a church and killed. At Belleville, Tex., Clem Stawthor and Buck Chappelle (negroes) were hanged for murder. Three unknown tramps were killed in a freight wreck on the Illinois Central near Water Valley. Miss. A cyclone wrecked many houses and did other damage near Beaumont, Tex. Martin L. Sweet, a capitalist at Grand Rapids, Mich., failed for $200,000. A fire destroyed the masonic temple and considerable other property at Providence, R. I., entailing a loss of $325,000. Orders were sent out from Washington to seize all filibustering expeditions leaving the United States to aid the Cuban insurgents. Sheriff Doggett and Constable Reed were shot and a train robber named Daniel McCole was killed in an attempt to hold up an express train near Tulare, Cal. North Port, a small mining town in Washington, near the Canadian boundary, was wiped out by fire. John Moes, a manufacturer at New Riegel, O., shot and fatally injured his divorced wife and her sister, Miss Katie Smith, and made his escape. While insane from sickness Albert Kinchlow shot and fatally wounded his mother at Indianapolis and then killed himself. As a result of a conference of the leading Cuban sympathizers in New York three steamers will be fitted out for Cuban shores laden with arms and ammunition for the insurgents. The State bank at Bloomfield, Neb., went into the hands of a receiver. The scheme of adding the latest weather forecasts to the regular postmarks on letters will be commenced by the post office department July 1. Gus Elzy (colored) shot and probably fatally wounded his wife at Peoria, III., and then shot and killed himself. Domestic trouble was the cause. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $975,883,801. against $943,098,042 the previous week. The increase, compared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 2.4. Reports to New York commercial agencies show that the business outlook throughout the country was not encouraging. One of the worst snowstorms of the season prevailed in western New York, the snow in many places being two feet deep on the level and drifts were enormous. At Forest City, Pa., Frank Creagle fatally shot his wife, from whom he was separated. and then killed himself. John Holzinger shot and killed his aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Miller, and fatally wounded his young wife in Milwaukee. Family trouble was the cause. The murderer was arrested. Ballington Booth has changed the name of his new salvation army to "The Volunteers." There were 261 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 20th, against 300 the week previous and 278 in the corresponding period of 1895.