Metropolitan Bank - St Paul, MN

Episode Information

Episode UID: 1334555291058
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 133455529 hash
Start Date: February 7, 1888
Location: St Paul, Minnesota (44.944, -93.093)

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Model: gemini-3-flash-preview (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 921b77bf80f19310

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Description

The article describes the bank as already failed and guarded by officers, with legal proceedings against its officers.

Events (2)

1. February 7, 1888 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: Everybody understands that these cases are those of President Means, Cashier Decamp, and perhaps one or two other officers of the bank.
Source: newspapers

2. February 7, 1888 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Criminal charges and arrests of bank officers including President Means and Cashier Decamp.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Metropolitan bank was guarded to-day by officers, and no one except such as had immediate business with the concern was permitted to enter.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. February 8, 1888 St. Paul Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN

Article from St. Paul Daily Globe, February 8, 1888

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Article Text

SAINT 1888. MINN. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY PAUL, 8, MORNING, was doing its greatest work. All this dians are citizens dence in getting an appropriation for a counts in his favor and adds to the surpublic building at Fond du Lac. Conand of Minnesota, AT SAN FRANCISCO. THE MINERAL LANDS. prise that he should possibly be guilty entitled to aid fro gressman Smith, of Milwaukee, will of a grave offense. The Metropolitan have a hearing before the house comment. The appro bank was cure land for them mittee on public buildings and grounds GUARDED TO-DAY BY OFFICERS, California's and does not mak Thursday, and argue for the appropriCity Capital A Protest From Montana Minand no one except such as had immecharges. Mr. Mac ation of $1,200,000 for a public building diate business with the concern was Wants the Democratic Naendeavor to secu at Milwaukee. Hon. E. P. Bundy, ers Against Railroads Acpermitted to enter. The beautiful and circuit judge of Menominee, Wis., is from congress to b tional Convention. costly appointments of the banking ments for the Indla visiting his brother, Justice C.S. Bundy, quiring Mineral Lands. house and the splendor of its architecof this city. ture and ornamentation contrast FIRE PR The Sioux Reservation Bill. strongly with the sadness of the situaWhy the Occasion Should Be A Convention at Helena to Waseca Citizen tion of the once promising bank. One Special to the Globe. of the results already felt from this Departmen Made a CommemoraWASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-The house Petition Congress For Imfresh failure is the increase of investSpecial to the Globe. committee on Indian affairs met "this ments in building associations, which tive One. mediate Relief. WASECA, Minn morning at 10 o'clock and remained in shows strongly with all the associations meeting of over 300 session until 1 o'clock, being an hour that met to-night. The feeling iu finanat the court house over time. They were considering the cial matters among small depositors is Sioux reservation bill, and tried to comRepresentative Anderson Deing for the purp quite strained, and suspicions against a A Case Involving the Title to plete the matter, but were unable to do action with referer national bank could be very easily clares Himself an AntiA Great Portion of Lisso. Another meeting of the committee aroused. It is said that quite a number for the city, it havi will be held Friday morning, when it is of building associations have their deBlaine Man. organized fire com bon, Dak. confidently expected the bill will be posits in the Metropolitan. Examiner resignation of the completed, with the report of the comSanders was required to give alist of caused by trouble Ittee unanimously recommending its them to-day. They will lose nothing, and The following red passage by the house. Unless Senator Senator Davis Much Imthe laying out of their money for a few Billings, the owa Murderer, the meeting: "To Dawes hastens this work he wilt cease weeks wiil be the only inconvenience cil and all who wer proved--Some Personal to hold bis place in this matter. Brought Before the they will suffer. It is considered beCompanies of the ( yond a doubt that every depositor will the citizens of the Mention. Grand Jury. be paid in full, and it is believed the Reading Strike Investigation. spectfully represer Special to the Globe. stock will realize from 60 to 80 per cent interest of the ctt on its face. It is not known to-night WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Speaker Carof property and 1 Special to the Globe. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Ex-Gov. Rodwhether any more arrests will be made. lisle agreed to-night to appoint as the city council reinst HELENA, Mont., Feb. 7.-A onvenYesterday it was agreed between man H. Price, of New Jersey, who is the old hook and la special committee on the Reading railMiss Josie Holmes and the distion of the mining men of Montana, 200 now in Washington, sent a letter to-day their rights, dutie road strike Messrs. Tillman, of South trict attorney, all the authoristrong, met in the Helena court house well as the other d to every member of the national DemoCarolina; Chipman, of Michigan; Stone, ties concerned having consented, that respectfully reque to-night, to take steps towards securing cratic committee, urging San Francisco of Missouri; Parker, of New York, and Miss Josie Holmes (who is still in cil, at the earliest legislation on the railroad mineral land Anderson, of Kansas. The announceas the place for the meeting of the najail) should appear in the United States instate the fire de ment will be made to-morrow, and the question. The discovery has been made tional Democratic convention next sumcourt, plead guilty and receive a senspectfully ask eve committee will leave at once for Penntence which the court would afterwards that the Northern Pacific railroad, unmer. The letter was written at the sugdepartment to retu sylvania to be absent about a month. suspend. She, in the meanwhile, to be der their land grant, threaten to acquire gestion of a number of prominent San companies and as The chairmanship of the committee liberated from prison. When the time title to tracts of mineral land in Monduties heretofore Franciscoans, and it declares that the was offered to, and declined by. Mr. came to-day for this proceeding, Miss tana, which have been returned after soon as the city co Raynor, of Maryland. The Reading selection of that city would be not only Holmes, through her attorney, informed A committee of on survey as non-mineral, through the strikers will hold a mass meeting here a deserved compliment to a youthful the district attorney that for the present appointed to prese to-morrow night, and be addressed by ignorance or carelessness of the surveyshe had changed her mind and that she city and section, but a sagacious choice city council. The Congressman Brumm and others. ors. As their grant specially excepts would not enter a plea of guilty. The from a political point of view. The until Moneay, Feb significant thing in the conduct of the mineral lands, except coal and iron, spaciousness of San Francisco's conWant No Retired List. city council fail t government to-day was the giving the such corporations are not entitled to and reinstate the f vention building and hotels is referred WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-In reporting grand jury a recess of one week, in oranything but agricultural lands. The steps will be take to as an important consideration, adversely Mr. Crain's bill to create a der to let the government prepare some convention met to take action on and it is stated that the price of tickets fresh cases that it had to lay before that civil service retired list, the house comKennett this question and protest against the body. Everybody understands that these will assuredly be reduced so low that mittee on reform in the civil service Special to the Globe. acquisition by the Northern Pacific or cases are those of President Means, no objection can possibly be made to says that the ultimate effect of the bill LA CROSSE, Feb Cashier Decamp, and perhaps one or other corporation of mineral-bearing would probably be the building up of a the selection of this city on the ground two other officers of the bank. who is supposed to lands. The convention organized with burdensome civil pension list unnecesdeath s of expense. It further suggested that