13721. Commercial Bank (Weeping Water, NE)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
September 25, 1894
Location
Weeping Water, Nebraska (40.870, -96.141)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
192be3ec

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple newspapers from Sept. 1894 report the Commercial Bank at Weeping Water closed its doors (deposits $26,000; loans $39,000). Subsequent items in 1895–1896 refer to a receiver (John A. Donelan/Denelan) and litigation, indicating the bank remained closed and entered receivership. No article describes a depositor run prior to suspension, so this is a suspension leading to closure/receivership. OCR variants of the receiver's name (Donelan/Denelan) appear in different articles; both refer to the same receiver.

Events (3)
1. September 25, 1894 Suspension
Cause Details
Article simply states the bank 'closed its doors' without attributing the closure to rumors, correspondent failures, or government action; later receivership indicates insolvency but no detailed cause given in these clippings.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Commercial bank at Weeping Water, Neb., closed its doors with deposits of $26,000 and $39,000 in loans.
Source
newspapers
2. August 23, 1895 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Receiver John A. Denelan of the Commercial Bank at Weeping Water this morning filed an affidavit in the District Court asking for an order upon R. H. Townley, chief clerk of the State Banking Board, for the return of $237 alleged to have been unlawfully retained by him while acting as temporary receiver.
Source
newspapers
3. February 21, 1896 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
A petition was filed in the district court here today for the removal of Receiver John A. Donelan of the Commercial Bank of Weeping Water. A large number of the names which appear on the petition are those who petitioned for Donelan's appointment. They allege that the acts of the receiver are somewhat contrary to his agreement before his appointment.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (6)
1. September 27, 1894 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI
Article from Grant County Herald, September 27, 1894

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MINOR NEWS ITEMS. For the Week Ending Sept. 25. The Reaves Warehouse company at Sayannah, Ga., failed for $800,000. At Harrisburg, Pa., Judge McPherson ruled that raffies were gambling and illegal. Five acres of ground sunk at Duryea, Pa., and twenty-six dwelling houses on were wrecked. St. Mary's Roman Catholic college at Oakland, Cal., was burned, the loss being $200,000. The signal station on the summit of Pike's Peak is to be abandoned by the weather bureau. The Chicago Great Western is said to contemplate the laying of a second rack through most of Illinois. Mme. Amy Fursch-Madi, the noted opera singer, died in Warrensville, N. J. She was about 50 years old. The United States gunboat Yorktown arrived at the Mare island navy yard, California, from Behring sea. By FL clause adopted by the New York constitutional convention bookmaking is to be prohibited in the state. The Commercial bank at Weeping Water, Neb., closed its doors with deposits of $26,000 and $39,000 in loans. One laborer was killed and four others injured by a cave-in while excavating for a wall in Philadelphia. On the expiration of his term in congress Col. Breckinridge will resume the practice of law in Lexington, Ky. Grand Exalted Ruler Friday has suspended the charters of seven lodges of Elks for holding sessions on Sunday. A five-story business block was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, causing a loss of $200.000. Five firemen were injured. The New York constitutional convention adopted a civil service amendment recommending old soldiers for office. Bishop Maes suspended the Catholic young men's institute of Covington, Ky., for dispensing beer at 8 recent pienic. A rain and hailstorm did great damage throughout central Iowa. At Knoxville the storm was especially severe. .Park opera house. the chief amusement resort in Erie, Pa., for fort years, was burned, entailing a loss of $80,000. Plimmer and Murphy fought twentyfive rounds to a draw at New Orleans. The former had the better of the en couitter. Joseph P. Gordon was sentenced at Detroit to state prison for the rest of his life for the killing of his little daughter. Jim Allen, a full-blooded Choctaw Indian. was shot for murder at the Pushmahata court grounds in Indian

2. September 29, 1894 The Cape Girardeau Democrat Cape Girardeau, MO
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Smith, Ark., for murdering William Bolding and Ed von der Ver on Decem- ber 25, 1891, in the Indian country. It was claimed that adventurers were destroying all the animals in Alaska by the indiscriminate use of poison. At Galesburg, Ill., Directly paced a mile in 2:07¾, reducing the 2-year-old record from 2:09. THE United States veterinary con- vention at Philadelphia condemned the docking of horses tails. INDUSTRIOUS hammering by bears forced December wheat options in New York to 58¾ cents, a new low record. THE ready-made clothing industry in Boston was paralyzed by a strike of the operatives, involving 5,500 em- ployes. THE locomotive firemen in conven- tion at Harrisburg, Pa., agreed not to strike as long as contracts were not violated. It was discovered that the present tariff law makes no provision for a duty upon preserved fruits. BISHOP MAES suspended the Catholic young men's institute of Covington, Ky., for dispensing beer at a recent picnic. GEORGE SCHMOUS was hanged in the jail at Pittsburgh, Pa., for murdering his wife and two children. NEW YORK physicians were puzzled over the case of a woman weighing ninety-eight pounds, but who could not be lifted against her will. THE Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session at Chattanooga de- cided to admit women to the order. THE Reaves Warehouse company at Savannah, Ga., failed for $300,000. THERE were 212 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 21st, against 207 the week previous and 821 in the correspond- ing time in 1893. WILLIAM LEDBETTER, a farmer, and J. H. Clayton, an engineer, living near St. Clair, Mo., were arrested for coun- terfeiting silver dollars. EDMONIA ANDERSON and Irene Wash- ington, two octoroons, fought a duel with knives at Swift, Ala., and both were killed THE New York constitutional con- vention adopted a civil service amend- ment recommending old soldiers for office. THE exchanges at the leading clear- ing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 21st aggre- gated $900,287,045, against $853,263,145 the previous week. The decrease, com- pared with the corresponding week in 1893, was 12.0. A TRAIN struck a buggy at London, O., and Mrs. H. L. Jewell, of Greeley Col., was killed, and Mabel and Helen Stutz were fatally injured. A CYCLONE which swept northern Iowa and southern Minnesota killed two persons at Emmetsburgh, Ia., and three at Leroy, Minn. Dodge Center and Lowther, in Minnesota, were devastated. CHARLES E. NORRIS, wanted at Pear- sall, Tex., for a murder committed ten years ago, was arrested in Chicago. A COMPANY has been incorporated at Columbus, O., to build an electric road from Pittsburgh to Chicago and to furnish heat and light to towns along the line. C. A. JONES, a La Grange (Ind.) busi- ness man convicted of assault on a lit- tle girl, was found dead in his cell from poison. C. H. BLAKELY, of Chicago, was elected president of the United Typo- thetæ at the Philadelphia meeting. BRECKINRIDGE'S son attempted to pick a quarrel with Judge Kinkead at Lexington, Ky., and made an attack with a knife on a former friend who had supported Owens. CAVING of the earth from some un- known cause created great excitement among farmers in the vicinity of Wichita, Kan. IN the supreme court at Boston an injunction to prevent the sugar trust doing business in the state was refused. THE Commercial bank at Weeping Water, Neb., closed its doors with de- posits of $26,000 and $39,000 in loans. FRANCIS M. LOGGAN, aged 30, a fire- bug and proud of it, went to the state penitentiary from Kansas City, Mo., for five years for setting fire to the yards of the Kansas City Lumber com- pany. He volunteered the statement that he had been causing big fires in all parts of the United States and Can- ada for many years. A RAIN and hailstorm did great dam- age throughout central Iowa. At Knoxville the storm was especially severe. JOHN and Jasper Atkins (white) were hanged at Winnesboro, S. C., for the murder of William Camp. THE cattlemen and Cheyenne Indians near Woodward, O. T., were at war and the settlers in the vicinity were moving their effects into town and the citizens were arming. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. IN convention at Saratoga Springs the republicans of New York nom-

3. September 29, 1894 The Irish Standard Minneapolis, Saint Paul, MN
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS. For the Week Ending Sept. 26. Five acres of ground sunk at Duryea, Pa., and twenty-six dwelling houses were wrecked. The signal station on the summit of Pike's Peak is to be abandoned by the weather bureau. Chinese agents in Europe and America have been instructed to purchase all available warships The Chicago Great Western is said to contemplate the laying of a second track through most of Illinois. The United States gunboat Yorktown arrived at the Mare island navy yard, California, from Behring sea. By a clause adopted by the New York constitutional convention bookmaking is to be prohibited in the state. The Commercial bank at Weeping Water, Neb, closed its doors with deposits of $26,000 and $39,000 in loans. In her trial trip the new battleship Maine, which was built by the government, made 17.55 knots per hour. Douglas Luce, who was born in 1795 and had lived under every president of the United States, died at Urbana, O. On the expiration of his term in congress Col. Breckinridge will resume the practice of law in Lexington, Ky. Grand Exalted Ruler Friday has suspended the charters of seven lodges of Elks for holding sessions on Sunday. A five-story business block was de stroyed by fire at St. Louis, causing a loss of $200,000. Five firemen were injured. James G. Sheridan, who was considered without a peer as a race track starter, died in New York from apoplexy. Bishop Maes suspended the Catholic young men's institute of Covington, Ky., for dispensing beer at a recent picnic. Park opera house. the chief amusement resort in Erie, Pa., for fort years, was burned, entailing a loss of $80,000. Old soldiers' day at the Illinois state fair drew out 2,500 veterans, who were given free admission to the grounds. Joseph P. Gordon was sentenced at Detroit to state prison for the rest of his life for the killing of his little daughter. Jim Allen, a full-blooded Choctaw Indian, was shot for murder at the Pushmahata court grounds in Indian territory. The locomotive firemen in convention at Harrisburg, Pa., agreed not to strike as long as contracts were not violated. Frederick Brown, well known as the maker of Brown's Jamaica ginger, died at his home in Burlington, N. J., aged 57 years. Judge Ariel Standish Thurston, of Elmira, N. Y., a supreme court judge, fell downstairs and broke his neck at Braddock, Pa. The whaling steamship Falcon reached Philadelphia with most of the members of the Peary arctic expedition on board. Toledo, (0.) capitalists have projected a canal from that city to Chicago, and engineers are engaged in making surveys. Suffrage women of Topeka, Kan., to the number of 100 have agreed to reform woman's costume by wearing Turkish trousers. James P. Caven, general freight and passenger agent of the Valley road, was found murdered in Cleveland, presumably by robbers. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amèrica in session at Indianapolis elected Charles Owens, of New York, president. Cyclist Searle failed to lower the road record between Chicago and New York, taking eight days and three hours to complete the journey. An unknown man entered the office of County Treasurer Scott at Sherman, Tex., knocked him senseless and robbed the safe of more than $1,000. Senator Hoar, the new president, addressed the national Unitarian conference at Saratoga, which adopted resolutions in memory of George William Curtis.

4. August 24, 1895 The San Francisco Call San Francisco, CA
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Fees and Larceny. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR., Aug. 23.-Receiver John A. Denelan of the Commercial Bank at Weeping Water this morning filed an affidavit in the District Court asking for an order upon R. H. Townley, chief clerk of the State Banking Board, for the return of $237 alleged to have been unlawfully re-

5. August 24, 1895 The San Francisco Call San Francisco, CA
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tained by him while acting as temporary receiver. In 1894 Townley proceeded to Weeping Water and inspected the affairs of the Commercial Bank. He declared the bank to be insolvent and returned to Lincoin, taking with him over $1400 of the bank's assets. Townley handed over something like $1200 and presented a bill for the remaining $237. He refuses to give up the balance, and the Attorney-General ordered suit on the charge of larceny.

6. February 22, 1896 Omaha Daily Bee Omaha, NE
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Want the Recever Removed. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Feb. 21.-(Special.)-A petition was filed in the district court here today for the removal of Receiver John A. Donelan of the Commercial Bank of Weeping Water. A large number of the names which appear on the petition are those who petitioned for Donelan's appointment. They allege that the acts of the receiver are somewhat contrary to his agreement before his appointment.