17388. Jonathan Esterly & Co. (Columbiana, OH)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
private
Start Date
December 10, 1896
Location
Columbiana, Ohio (40.888, -80.694)

Metadata

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gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
b3034176

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Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspaper dispatches (dated Dec 10–11, 1896) report the banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., Columbiana, OH, 'has gone into the hands of receivers' and that the receivership is 'merely to wind up the business.' No article describes a depositor run prior to suspension. Thus this is a suspension leading to closure (receivership) — classified as suspension_closure. Date taken as 1896-12-10 from dispatches.

Events (2)
1. December 10, 1896 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, established by Jonathan Esterly in 1875, has gone into the hands of receivers. The receivers are Josiah Rohrbaugh and Aaron Esterly, who are required to give $225,000 bond. It is said the appointment of the receivers is merely to wind up the business.
Source
newspapers
2. December 10, 1896 Suspension
Cause
Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details
Appointment of receivers to 'wind up the business' — firm placed in receivership to liquidate affairs.
Newspaper Excerpt
The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, has gone into the hands of receivers.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (12)
1. December 10, 1896 The Topeka State Journal Topeka, KS
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LARGE BANK CLOSES. Private Bank at Columbiana, O., Placed in Receiver's Hands. Cleveland, Dec. 10.-A special from East Liverpool, O., says: The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co. of Columbina, established by Jonathan Esterly in 1875, has gone into the hands receivers. The assets of the house of are given as $200,000. while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The receivers are Josiah Rohrbaugh and Aaron Esterly, who are required the said to give $225,000 bond. It is appointment of the receivers is merely to wind up the business.

2. December 11, 1896 Marietta Daily Leader Marietta, OH
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Receivers Appointed. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 10.-A special from East Liverpool, O., says: The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, established by Jonathan Esterly in 1875, has gone into the hands of receivers. The assets of the house are given as $200,000, while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The receivers are Josiah Ronerbag and Aaron Esterly, who are required to give $225,000 bonds.

3. December 11, 1896 The Wichita Daily Eagle Wichita, KS
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DAY'S LIST OF FAILURES News of Assignments, Receiverships, Fore. closures and the Like. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 10.-John and William Gay, until recently owners and proprietors of the Hotel Majestic, here, havelassigned individually and as a com pany. It is impossible to ascertain the amount of the liabilities and assets, but the property is mortgaged for $150,000. The Gay brothers, who were formerly in the publishing business in New York, are large holders of real estate, but nearly all of their property is heavily mortgaged. Cleveland, O., Dec. 10.-A special from East Liverpool says: The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of ColumbiIna, established by Johnathan Esterly in 1875,5 has gone into the hands of receivers. The assets of the house are given as $200,000, while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The receivers are Josiah Rohrbaugh and Aaron Easterly, who are required to give $225,5000 bond. It is said the appointment of the receivership is merely to wind up the business. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 10.-John B. Strauchmen, a well-known mason contractor, who has been in the business here for twenty-five years, has made on assignment without preferences. West Superior, Wis., Dec. 10.-The decree of foreclosure in the case of the Central Trust company of New York against the West Superior Iron and Steel company was given by Judge Vining today, allowing the Rockefellers to take possesion under their trust deed of $1,600,000. The Central Tust company holds a mortgage on the plant of $1.300,000. Denver, Co., Dec. 10.-The clothing store of H. Schardasky. one of the largest in the city, was taken possession of

4. December 11, 1896 The Copper Country Evening News Calumet, MI
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The Fair. Ladies' storm rubbers, 23 cents. The Fair. Men's a'l-wool hair lined pan's, $1 53. In a Receiver's Hands. Liverpool, O., Dec. 11.-The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co. of Columbiana, established by Jonathan Esterly in 1875, has gone into the hands of receivers. The assets of the house are given as $200,000, while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The receivers are Josiah Rohrbaugh and Aaron Esterly, who are required to give $225,000 bond. It is said the appointment of the receivers is merely to wind up the business.

5. December 11, 1896 The Saint Paul Globe Saint Paul, MN
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MINING STOCKS. Bulwer $0 38 Ontario $7 00 Cholor 90 80 Ophir Crown Point 17 20 Plymouth 00 Con. Cal. & Va 1 1 00 Quicksilver Deadwood 1 35 1 do pfd 25 35 Gould & Curry Sierra Nevada Hale & Norcross 85 Standard 3 50 Homestake 33 00 30 Union Con Iron Silver 25 Yellow Jacket 20 Mexican 35 WALL STREET TALK. The stock exchange will be closed on Dec. 26, the Saturday following Christmas day, but will be open on Saturday, Jan. 2, owing to the large financial settlements due on Jan. 1. One of the developments in the market was the sale of Long Island stock at a considerable decline, which may be referred to the death of Mr. Corbin, who for years had conducted the company, as a one man affair. Well advised people at Washington do not attach any importance to the rumors about the U. P. funding bill. It is pointed out that while such a measure might pass the house its case it would be a hopeless one in the senate. A leader in Wall street is the necessity of the hour and nobody seems willing to come forward and encourage largely on the bull or bear side of the list. St. Paul earnings show loss of nearly $114,000 for the first week of December. BANKS ABROAD. BERLIN, Dec. 10-The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows the following changes as compared with the previous account: Cash in hand, decrease, 2,140,000 marks; treasury notes, increase, 200,000; other securities, decrease, 333,500,000; notes in circulation, decrease, 23,840,000. London, Dec. 10.-The weekly statement of the Bank of England shows the following changes as compared with the previous account: Total reserve, increase, £393,000; circulation, decrease, £286,000; bullion, increase, £106,504; other securities, increase, £98,000; other deposits, decrease, £22,000; public deposits, increase, £465,000; notes reserve, increase, £505,000; government securities unchanged. The proportion of the Bank of England's reserve to liability, which last week was 53.81 per cent, is now 54.9 per cent. FOREIGN FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Evening Post's London financial cablegram: The stock market opened dull today, but closed better all around with the bears covering. Business was quiet, with a good undertone. The rise in money rates has little effect, because it is usual at the end of the year. The rise in Indian exchange is closely watched, and council bills sold today as high as 1.3 13-32. Brazil bonds continue to rise. It is reported that today's withdrawals from the Bank of England for Egypt forms a part of this £500,000 to be paid to the British government in return for the advance made by the Egyptian government for Soudan expedition, but I believe that such It not the case. It is probably an ordinary transaction. The Paris and Berlin markets were firm. There was a better tone in Paris, where each month successfully passed should mean & safer financial position, which is by no means clear yet. BANKING HOUSE QUITS. CLEVELAND. Dec. 10.-he banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, has gone into the hands of receivers. The assets of the house are given as $200,000, while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The receivers are required to give $225,000 bond. It is said the appointment of the receivers is merely to wind up the business. NEW YORK MONEY. NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-Money on call, 1½ 2 per cent; last loan, 1½; closed, 1½@2. Prime mercantile paper, 4@5. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.861/2@4.86% for demand and $4.83% for sixty days. Posted rates, ..84@4.84½ and $4.87@4.87½. Comercial bills, $4.821/2. Silver certificates, 65%@65%c. Bar silver, 651/4c. CLOTHING STORE CLOSED. DENVER, Dec. 10.-The clothing store of H. Schradsky, one of the largest in the city, was attached today by Kahn & Co., of Chicago, for a claim of $6,400. No statement of assets and liabilities has been given, but the stocks are estimated at $50,000 to $75,000 and are claimed to be for in excess of liabilities. BANK CLEARINGS. St. Paul-$752,534.68. Minneapolis-$1,849,284.07; for the week, $10,691,960.70. New York-Clearings, $97,340,475; balances, $6,771,068. Boston-Clearings, $14,242,179; balances, $1,533,328. NOT MUCH CASH. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 10.-An examination of the assets of the recently failed Baxter Springs bank, of which Col. Alexander Warner was president, reveals but $29.36 in cash on hand. The capital stock of the bank was $65,000. TREASURY STATEMENT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Today's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balances, $225,976,442; gold reserve, $133,086,990. BOMBAY RATE RAISED. BOMBAY, Dec. 10.-The Bank of Bombay has increased its rate of discount from 8 to 9 per cent. CHICAGO MONEY. CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Money steady, unchanged. New York exchange, 40c premium. Foreign exchange firm; demand, $4.86%; sixty days, $4.83%. LONDON RATE UNCHANGED. LONDON, Dec. 10.-The Bank of England's rate of discount remains unchanged at 4 per cent.

6. December 16, 1896 The Enterprise Wellington, OH
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To Wind Up the Business. COLUMBIANA, Dec. 11.-The banking firm of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of this town, has gone into a receiver's hands. The assets of the house are given as $200,000, while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The receivers, who are Josiah Rohrbaugh and Aaron Esterly, will be required to give $225,000 bond. The appointment of the receivers is merely to wind up the business.

7. December 17, 1896 River Falls Journal River Falls, WI
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Fire wiped out the tobacco manufacturing plant of Brown Bros. at Winston, N. C., loss being $150,000. Benny Freeman shot his father, Dr. George Freeman, at Missouri Valley. la., and then killed himself. No cause is known. At a meeting in Indianapolis the national executive committee of the national democratic party decided to retain the organization. The notorious Modoe chief, ScarFaced Charley, died of consumption on the Modoc reservation in Indian territory. The legislature of Alabama has taken a lecess until January 20. At New Richmond, Wis., Joseph H Kriesel and his sister Lena were struck and instantly killed by a west-bound passenger train. At a Catholic fair in Duluth, Minn., Miss Mae Kelly, a prominent young society woman, tell dead just as she nad begun singing "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep." Jonathan Esterly & Co., bankers at Columbiana, 0., closed their doors with liabilities of $165,000. The doors of the Harlan state bank at Harlan, Ia., were closed, owing depositors $75,000. In the late election in West Virginia the official vote for residential candidates was as follows: McKinley, 104,414; Bryan, 92,927; Levering, 1,203; Palmer, 677. McKinley's plurality, 11,487. In Illinois the corn crop this year is 288,500,000 bushels, which is the largest yield in the history of the state. At San Quentin, Cal., Marshall J. Miller was hanged for the murder of Joseph Pierre, of Marysville, last May. The legislature of Georgia has passed a bill making women eligible for state librarian. At Dubuque, Ia., the International hypothecate bank was incorporated with a capital of $10,000,000. The doors of the National bank ot commerce at Duluth, Minn., were closed with liabilities of $135,000. In San Francisco Mrs. Sarah R. Ingersoll Cooper and her daughter, Harriet Cooper, both widely known as workers in the cause of temperance, Christianity and philanthropy, committed suicide together in their home because of a church seandal in which they sided with the pastor and were snubbed by former friends. In Iowa an organization of friends of Cuba has been effected, with headquarters in Des Moines. The new city directory gives Indianapolis a population of 180,000, an increase of 11,000 in one year. Fire destroyed the Free Press and Doniphan Eagle offices at Grand Island, Neb. In an address to his followers Charles D. Lane, chairman of the national bimetallist committee, u ges them to suspend active agitation of the subject of free coinage of silver for the present and to join in upholding the hands of Maj. M Kinley as president of the United States, and to support him in all efforts to increase the prosperity of the people. In St. Louis an exceedingly wellexecuted counterfeit of United States five-dollar gold coins is in circulation. At their home in Indianapolis Mrs. Catherine Corbett, aged 70, and her daughter Mary, aged 40,were suffocated by gas. Railway earnings in Iowa the past year were $41,000,000, a gain of $5,000,000 over the previous year. At Cleveland, O., F. B. Newton, an extensive lumber dealer, made an assignment with liabilities of $125,000. Ernest L. Chase, aged 38, cut the throat of his wife, aged 32, in Detroit, Mich., in a fit of insane jealous rage and then cut his own throat. Thomas Watson, the recent populist candidate for the vice presidency, will contest the seat in congress now filled by Mr. Black, of the Tenth Georgia district. Advicesfromallsectionsof the United States tel of the horror and indignation felt at the manner in which Gen. Maceo and his comrades were lured to their deaths in Cuba. In Mexico, Mo., James Clacher, for many years a leading merchant, died from the effects of a sunstroke received 17 years ago. John Prickett & Son bankers in

8. December 17, 1896 Iron County Register Ironton, MO
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THE decision of the Kentucky court of appeals in the Jackson murder case was received in Greencastle, Ind., with great satisfaction. Members of the Bryan family expressed the belief-that justice will be reached by Jackson's execution. ON December 19 a game of football is to be played in Chicago by electric light between teams representing the University of Wisconsin and the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian school. ON receipt of a message from the house, on the 8th, announcing the death of ex-Speaker Crisp, the senate adjourned out of respect to his memory. ADVICES received from Madagascar, on the 9th, said that an American colonist named Lund had been accidentally shot and killed by a detachment of French troops who had been sent to rescue him from the rebels who had attacked him. THE national republican committee has selected the Glover building on F street, Washington, near the treasury department, as permanent headquarters, and they will be established after New Year's. GEN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, head of the Cuban junta, said to a representative of the United Associated Presses in New York, on the 9th, that he did not believe the report from Havana stating that Gen. Maceo had been killed. He declared it was a sensational piece of news sent out by the Spaniards to counteract the effect of Mr. Cleveland's message. THE jury in the case of ex-State Senator W. C. Gear, of Ohio, at Columbus, on the 9th, returned a verdict of not guilty. The charge against Mr. Gear was bribery. EL CORRESPONDENCIA MILITAR of Madrid says that Spain has forces more than sufficient to punish any interference on the part of the United States in the affairs of Spain. THE combination express and mail car attached to train No. 103 of the Illinois Central railroad was burned to the tracks at Trimble, Tenn., 92 miles north of Memphis, on the 10th. Ten pieces of baggage, six fine hunting dogs and 60 mail pouches were consumed. THE banking firm of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, O., went into the hands of a receiver on the 10th. The assets are placed at $200,000, and the indebtedness to depositors at about $165,000. It is said the receivership is merely to wind up the business, which was established in 1875. A DISPATCH from Vigo, on the 10th, announced the loss of the German Lloyds steamship Salier, with a crew of 78 and over 200 passengers, on the Coruna Carrobedo shoals. ANDREW J. SPUTE, who was accused of the murder of his wife and four children several weeks ago in Smith's lake, where they lost their lives while boating, was fully vindicated, on the 11th, by the unanimous refusal of the grand jury at Denver, Col., to vote an indictment. MRS. SARAH B. COOPER, famed throughout the entire United States because of her untiring zeal in works of charity, and her daughter, Miss Hattie Cooper, were found dead in bed at their residence in San Francisco, on the morning of the 11th, both having been asphyxiated by gas. All evidence tends to show that Miss Cooper, who suffered from acute melancholia, arose after her mother had fallen asleep, andwith suicidal intent, turned on the gas. FAILURES throughout the United States, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., for the week ended on the 11th, were 380, as against 333 for the correponding week last year; for Canada the failures were 43, against 54 last year. "A MODERATE measure" is the characterization which leading republicans of the house give to the new tariff bill which it is proposed to frame this win. ter in anticipation of an extra session of congress. GEORGE ERB. aged 34, a stonemason, who formerly lived at Mechaniesburg, Pa., called at police headquarters in Harrisburg, on the 11th, and confessed his participation in a murder at Fort Smith, Ark., last March. He was locked up.

9. December 17, 1896 The Worthington Advance Worthington, MN
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Miss Mae Kelly, a prominent young society woman, fell dead at a Catholic fair in Duluth, Minn.. just as she had begun singing "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep." The annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform league was begun in Philadelphia. The two children of William Bledsoe, living near Susakwa, 0. T., were burned to death by a prairie fire. The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co. at Columbiana, 0., closed its doors with liabilities of $165,000. The Harlan state bank at Harlan, la., closed its doors, owing depositors $75,000. Attorney-General Harmon in his annual report to congress expresses satisfaction at the results of the new salary system which displaced the old fee system July 1 of the present year. A large reduction is shown in every one of the items which would naturally be affected by the fee system. During the year the court considered 374 cases. A new crimes act is one of the things the attorney-general thinks is needed. The interstate commerce commission has issued a preliminary report of the income and expenditures of the railways in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1896, which shows that the net earnings on 172,369 miles were $368,675,047. John R. Strauchen, for many years a mason contractor at Rochester, N. Y., failed for $120,000. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 11th aggregated $1,065,638,861, against $1,285,485,804 the previous week. The decrease compared with the corresponding week in 1895 was 5.9. There were 380 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 11th, against 379 the week previous and 333 in the corresponding period of 1895. Mustapha Bey, the Turkish minister, has received peremptory instructions from his government to secure a retraction of the injurious statements made by President Cleveland in his message to congress. and a rupture of the diplomatic relations between the United States and Turkey is threatened. The corn crop in Illinois this year is 288,500,000 bushels, which is the largest yield in the history of the state. Marshall J. Miller was hanged at San Quentin. Cal., for the murder of Joseph Pierre, of Marysville, last May. The Georgia legislature has passed a bill making women eligible for state librarian. The International hypothecate bank was incorporated at Dubuque, Ia., with a capital of $10,000,000. Walter F. Slade and Francis II. Clough, operating the Clear River woolen mills at Burrellville, R. I.. failed for $1,000,000. The National bank of commerce at Duluth, Minn.. closed its doors with liabilities of $135,000. The First national bank of Niagara Falls, N. Y., suspended with liabilities of $150,000. Mrs. Sarah B. Ingersoll Cooper and her daughter, Harriet Cooper, both widely known as workers in the cause of temperance, Christianity and philanthropy. committed suicide together in their home at San Francisco because of a church scandal in which they sided with the pastor and were snubbed by former friends. The Commercial Travelers' Life association of Syracuse, N. Y., went into a receiver's hands with liabilities of $100,000. At the annual meeitng in Philadelphia of the National Civil Service Reform league Carl Schurz, of New York, was reelected president. Print paper manufacturers at a meeting in New York agreed to form a national association to control the product of all mills and fix prices. An Iowa organization of friends of Cuba has been effected, with headquarters in Des Moines. Miss Helen Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., born blind 49 years ago. has had her sight restored by the removal of a cataract from each eye. An exceedingly well-executed counterfeit of United States five-dollar gold coins is in circulation in St. Louis. Mrs. Catherine Corbett. aged 70. and her daughter Mary. aged 40, were suffocated by gas at their home in Indianapolis. The railway earnings in Iowa the past year were $41,000,000, a gain of $5,000,000 over the previous year. The three young children of Edward Farnsworth were drowned at Brookline, N. H., while playing on thin ice. A denial is made of the report that the sultan of Turkey has entered a protest against the language of the president's message to congress in its treatment of the Turkish question. Samuel P. Putnam. aged 56. of Chieago, president of the free thought cop-

10. December 18, 1896 The Jasper Weekly Courier Jasper, IN
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of appeals in the Jackson murder case was received in Greencastle, Ind., with great satisfaction. Members of the Bryan family expressed the belief that justice will be reached by Jackson's execution. ON December 19 a game of football is to be played in Chieago by electric light between teams representing the University of Wisconsin and the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian school. ON receipt of a message from the house, on the 8th, announcing the death of ex-Speaker Crisp, the senate adjourned out of respect to his memory. RICARDO DIAZ ALBERTINI, secretary of the unrecognized Cuban legation in Washington, was seen, on the 9th, regarding the alleged killing of Gen. Antonio Maceo in battle. He had no official information, but said the story was obviously untrue. He further said that the reported self-inflicted death of young Gomez was equally ridiculous. GEN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, head of the Cuban junta, said to a representative of the United Associated Presses in New York, on the 9th, that he did not believe the report from Havana stating that Gen. Maceo had been killed. He declared it was a sensational piece of news sent out by the Spaniards to counteract the effect of Mr. Cleveland's message. MR. CHARLES J. BELL, the chairman of the general inaugural committee, has appointed several of his assistants. No effort will be spared to make the inauguration ceremonies of President McKinley the most brilliant and imposing pageant that Washington has seen since the close of the war. ADVICES received from Madagascar, on the 9th, said that an American colonist named Lund had been accident ally shot and killed by a detachment of French troops who had been sent to rescue him from the rebels who had attacked him. THE national republican committee has selected the Glover building on F street, Washington, near the treasury department, as permanent head. quarters, and they will be established after New Year's. HENRY W. COOPER, Hawaiian minis. ter of foreign affairs, and his private secretary, Benjamin Lodge Marx, of Honolulu. were in Canton, O., on the 9th, in conference with the presidentelect. THE jury in the case of ex-State Senator W. C. Gear, of Ohio, at Columbus, on the 9th, returned a verdict of not guilty, The charge against Mr. Gear was bribery. ELCORRESPONDENCIA MILITAROf Mad. rid says that Spain has forces more than sufficient to punish any interference on the part of the United States in the affairs of Spain. THE combination express and mail car attached to train No. 103 of the Il. linois Central railroad was burned to the tracks at Trimble, Tenn., 92 miles north of Memphis, on the 10th. Ten pieces of baggage, six fine hunting dogs and 60 mail pouches were consumed. THE banking firm of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, O., went into the hands of a receiver on the 10th. The assets are placed at $200,000, and the indebtedness to depositors at about $165,000. It is said the receivership is merely to wind up the business, which was established in 1875. A DISPATCH from Vigo, on the 10th, announced the loss of the German Lloyds steamship Salier, with a crew of 78 and over 200 passengers, on the Coruna Carrobedo shoals.

11. December 18, 1896 Alma Record Alma, MI
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# News Summary. Miss Minme Kohler, of Doylestown, O., died from excessive bleeding, resulting from the extraction of a tooth. Cliff Simpson, aged 20, fatally stabbed Clarence Campbell, his school teacher, at Carrolton, Mo., because Campbell had chastised him. The Pittsburg miners and operators cannot come to terms, and it is probable that a strike will be ordered in the Allegheny and Monongahela valleys. The fact that there are large quantities of rock salt underlying Central Kansas has caused the formation of a syndicate to develope that industry. The sophomores of Columbia college at New York imprisoned the entire freshman class in a cellar, while they consumed the banquet prepared by the latter. Charles Scott was fatally shot by his wife at Lincoln, Neb., last Thursday. They quarreled and Scott started towards his wife with a knife in his hand. Ex-Congressman Bellamy Stores, of Ohio, a warm personal friend of McKinley, hes concluded to join his wife in her religious faith and has become a catholic. The ocean's waves are encroach upon the Coney Island beach to such an extent that it has become necessary to move the ocean house back to save the structure. In attempting to cross the Verdigris river, five miles north of Muskogee, I. T., Will Wadd and two MeKnap girls, all children, were drowned by the boat overturning. James Fein, a New York pickpocket has been arrested after robbing 40 women in department stores. His entire plunder was only $29, not including a number of hankerchiefs. The British ship Brenda, Capt. Gifford, sugar-laden, is still aground on Long Beach, L. I. In order to float her, the wrecking company is removing her cargo of 1,500 tons of sugar. George Thomas, of Grand Junction, Colo., was taken with the nosebleed three weeks ago. Physicians were unable to stop the flow and after falling off from 180 to 100 pounds he died. Scar Face Charley, a noted Modoc chief, is dead, at Seneca, Mo. It is said Charley fired the shot that broke up the conference in 1873, at which Gen. Canby and Dr. Thomas were killed. Maggie Brooks, of Georgetown, Pa., got a young livery stablekeeper for a husband, through answering a matrimonial advertisement. She was married Tuesday and says she is perfectly happy. The banking house of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, O., has gone into the hands of receivers. The assets are given as $200,000, while the indebtedness to depositors is about $165,000. The Illinois state grange has adopted a resolution demanding that the legislature pass a law making it a criminal offense for any railroad to give or offer public officials to accept or use passes. John and William Gay, until recently owners and proprietors of the Hotel Majestic at New Haven, Conn., have assigned individually and as a company. The liabilities and assets are unknown. The meeting of the American anti-saloon league, which has been in session in Washington this week, has adjourned. The next annual convention will be held in Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 11 to 13, 1878. The Massachusetts state grange has adopted a resolution favoring Col. J. H. Brigham, of Ohio, for secretary of agriculture, and a President-elect McKinley, stating the wish of the state grange in the matter. John Anderson, who left Marshall, Ill., eight years and was supposed to be dead, turned up Wednesday and found that his wife had married again and lives in Missouri. He says he will not disturb her. Desperadoes looted the house of Sherman Baker, near North Webster, Ind., while the inmates slept and then poured oil on the carpets and set it on fire. Mr. and Mrs. Baker narrowly escaped with their lives. While playing at robbers and police in Omaha, with his school fellows, Vernon White, aged 18, put a pillow slip around his neck and suspended himself to a bedroom door. When his comrades returned they found him dead. A "Jack the Hugger" has developed in Atchison, Kas. He pretends that he cannot skate and grabes girls on the ice, under pretense of trying to hold himself up. But before a girl gets away from him, she finds herself hugged. Mrs. Grace Dolan, a white woman shot and instaatly killed Henry Jackson, a negro, at Indianapolis Thursday. Mrs. Dolan claims that Jackson was trying to enter her house and after being driven away returned and threw a brick at her. John Lind, fusion candidate for governor of Minnesota, in the last election, has commenced suit against the Evening Dispatch of St. Paul for $20,000, The Dispatch charged him

12. December 19, 1896 The Cape Girardeau Democrat Cape Girardeau, MO
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ADVICES received from Madagascar, or the 9th, said that an American colonist named Lund had been accident. ally shot and killed by a detachment of French troops who had been sent to rescue him from the rebels who had attacked him. THE national republican committee has selected the Glover building on F street, Washington, near the treasury department, as permanent head. quarters, and they will be established after New Year's. GEN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, head of the Cuban junta, said to a representative of the United Associated Presses in New York, on the 9th, that he did not believe the report from Havana stating that Gen. Maceo had been killed. He declared it was a sensational piece of news sent out by the Spaniards to counteract the effect of Mr. Cleveland's message. THE jury in the case of ex-State Senator W. C. Gear, of Ohio, at Columbus, on the 9th, returned a verdict of not guilty. The charge against Mr. Gear was bribery. EL CORRESPONDENCIA MILITAROf Madrid says that Spain has forces more than sufficient to punish any interference on the part of the United States in the affairs of Spain. THE combination express and mail car attached to train No. 103 of the Il. linois Central railroad was burned to the tracks at Trimble, Tenn., 92 miles north of Memphis, on the 10th. Ten pieces of baggage, six fine hunting dogs and 60 mail pouches were consumed. THE banking firm of Jonathan Esterly & Co., of Columbiana, 0., went into the hands of a receiver on the 10th. The assets are placed at $200,000, and the indebtedness to depositors at about $165,000. It is said the receivership is merely to wind up the business, which was established in 1875. A DISPATCH from Vigo, on the 10th, announced the loss of the German Lloyds steamship Salier, with a crew of 78 and over 200 passengers, on the Coruna Carrobedo shoals. ANDREW J. SPUTE, who was accused of the murder of his wife and four children several weeks ago in Smith's lake, where they lost their lives while boating, was fully vindicated, on the 11th, by the unanimous refusal of the grand jury at Denver, Col., to vote an indictment. MRS. SARAH B. COOPER, famed throughout the entire United States because of her untiring zeal in works of charity, and her daughter, Miss Hattie Cooper, were found dead in bed at their residence in San Francisco, on in the morning of the 11th, both having been asphyxiated by gas. All evidence tends to show that Miss Cooper, = who suffered from acute melancholia, = arose after her mother had fallen asleep, andwith suicidal intent, turned on the gas. FAILURES throughout the United States, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., for the week ended on the 11th, m were 380, as against 333 for the correponding week last year; for Canada the failures were 43, against 54 last year. "A MODERATE measure" is the chara acterization which leading republicans f of the house give to the new tariff bill which it is proposed to frame this win. ter in ant cipation of an extra session of congress. S GEORGE ERB, aged 34, a stonemason, I who formerly lived at Mechanicsburg, o Pa., called at police headquarters in Harrisburg, on the 11th, and confessed 1 his participation in a murder at Fort o Smith, Ark., last March. He was locked up.