22945. Superior National Bank (Superior, WI)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
4680
Charter Number
4680
Start Date
July 27, 1895
Location
Superior, Wisconsin (46.721, -92.104)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
be397e65

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Other: Directors decided to discontinue business and go into voluntary liquidation; receiver later appointed.

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1895-08-06
Date receivership terminated
1897-02-26
OCC cause of failure
Losses
Share of assets assessed as good
25.7%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
18.9%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
55.4%

Description

Articles report heavy withdrawals (a run) leading to suspension by the Comptroller on July 27, 1895; directors decided to discontinue business and go into voluntary liquidation; a receiver was appointed (Aug 15, 1895). Prior embezzlement by a former president is noted as contributing to the bank's inability to recover. No reopening is reported.

Events (5)

1. January 13, 1892 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. July 27, 1895 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Heavy withdrawals of deposits (run) following prior embezzlement scandal and evidence of insolvency; less than $10,000 in cash on hand against liabilities.
Measures
Directors decided to discontinue business until arrival of bank examiner; bank examiner placed in charge; bank went into liquidation.
Newspaper Excerpt
The cause was the heavy withdrawal of deposits.
Source
newspapers
3. July 27, 1895 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Suspended by Comptroller due to insolvency after heavy withdrawals and insufficient cash; directors moved toward voluntary liquidation; examiner placed in charge.
Newspaper Excerpt
The comptroller of the currency was today notified of the suspension of the Superior National bank at West Superior, Wis. Bank Examiner Brush was placed in charge.
Source
newspapers
4. August 6, 1895 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
5. August 15, 1895 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The controller of the currency has appointed Gilbert G. Thorn receiver of the Superior National Bank of West Superior, Wis. ... These banks failed recently.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (21)

Article from The Herald, July 28, 1895

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Bank Suspended WASHINGTON. July 27.-The comp. troller of the currency was today notified of the suspension of the Superior National bank at West Superior, Wis. Bank Examiner Brush was placed in charge. The bank has a capital of $135,000.


Article from St. Paul Daily Globe, July 28, 1895

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Superior Bank Suspended. WASHINGTON, July 27.-The comptroller of the treasury has suspended the Superior National Bank of West Superior, Wis. Bank Examiner Brush was placed in charge. The bank has a capital of $135,000. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., July 27.The directors of the Superior National bank decided today to discontinue business until the arrival of the bank examiner, with a view to going into voluntary liquidation. The capital is $150,000.


Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 28, 1895

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A Wisconsin Bank Fails. Washington City, July 27.-The comptroller of the currency today was notified of the suspension of the Superior National bank at West Superior, Wis. Bank Examiner Brush was placed in charge. The bank has a capital of $135,000.


Article from The Salt Lake Herald, July 28, 1895

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WASHINGTON.-The comptroller of the currency today was notified of the suspension of the Superior National bank, at West Superior, Wis. Bank Examiner Brush was placed in charge. The bank has a capital of $135,000.


Article from The Topeka State Journal, July 29, 1895

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Ex-United States Senator Lewis of Virginia, is dead. The Superior National bank at West Superior, Wis., has suspended. "Tennessee" King is suspected of the McAfee murder at Lincoln, Ill. Henry Bradshaw killed his wife and committed suicide near Paris, Texas. Major O. P. Fowler, a former Missourian, disappeared from Perry, Ok. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha will resign his duchy in favor of his son. A National silver party may be organized at a convention to be held in St. Louis. Any soldier in the German army who advocates socialism will be courtmartialed. Eighteen Kansas City, Kan., joint keepers were fined $50 apiece for selling liquor. Rosairo Gardeno, the seventh victim of the Italian Mafia murderers, died at New Orleans. At Madera, Cal., sixty men lynched Victor Adams, who shot and killed Justice Baker. Ex-President Harrison made a patriotic speech at a flag-pole raising at Old Forge, N. Y. Lucius Lusk Stone, United States marshal for the southern district of Indian territory, is dead. The empress of Germany has not recovered from the sickness caused by her exertions at Kiel. An attempt will be made to establish a line of steamphips between New Orleans and Califoruia. The North Canadian river is out of its banks, and has flooded El Reno valley several feet deep. The St. Louis Democratic primaries resulted in theelection of a full delegation of free silver men. J. W. Reinhart, formerly of the Santa Fe, has accepted the presidency of the Chesapeake and Western railroad. Louisiana sugar planters are trying to secure a reversal of Comptroller Bowler's order in the bounty case. The results of Democratic county conventions throughout Iowa, indicate a victory for the "sound money" forces. Luther Mendenhall, the richest man in Duluth, and president of the First National bank, has been sued for divorce. Statistics indicate that this year's production of gold will be greater by several millions than that of any former year. James C. Pilling, well-known throughout the country as an expert on Indian languages and mythology, died at Washington. Abe Rothschild, one of the most notorious diamond swindlers and confidence men in the country, is locked up at Huntsville, Mo. Judge A. C. Pattee of Salina, Kan., has purchased the Junction City Tribune, ex-Congressman Davis' paper. It will advocate Populist politics. There is talk of calling a special session of the Montana legislature to defeat the possible consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The store of the Newoka Trading company at Newoka, I. T., was looted by the Christian brothers and other outlaws. They got away with about $200 worth of valuables. Felix Murray, a railway mail clerk running out of Omaha for thirteen years, has been arrested, charged with pilfering money from the mails. He is alleged to have stolen $5,000. The Nebraska supreme court will be called upon to untangle the Omaha A. P. A. and police and fireboard muddle, which threatens Omaha with two police and fire departments. The last step in the retirement of Archbishop Kendrick was taken at St. Louis when Judge Russell divested the aged prelate from his property rights and conveyed them to Archbishop Kain. The Oklahoma supreme court has decided that divorces obtained in the probate court are illegal. Hundreds of Eastern people who have been granted such divorces, will be compelled to have their cases retried in the district courts.


Article from New-York Tribune, July 29, 1895

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WESTERN BUSINESS TROUBLES. West Superior Wis., July 28.-An exciting incident occurred last evening in connection with the failure of the Superior National Bank yesterday. Alderman Brennan, who had $1,700 deposited in the bank, came to the door of the bank and demanded the money. He pulled a revolver and threatened to blow the brains out of the officers. After some trouble he was quieted. The Superior National Bank went into the hands of the National bank examiners. The cause was the heavy withdrawal of deposits. The assets are $275,000, and liabilities are $143,300. with less than $10,000 in cash on hand. The city is a heavy loser, having on deposit there $65,000. This is the same bank that A. A. Cadwallader was president of when he embezzied $27.000 three years ago, for which he is now serving a term in State prison. Milwaukee, Wis., July 28.-Under-Sher:ff Armour yesterday took possession of the drygoods stock of the Jacob Katz Company, on four executions aggregating $110,000, which were filed by the Marshall Illsley Bank. The firm is one of the oldest in the city, and did a large retail business. The firm is said to have carried a stock of $250,000, and It is thought the total liabilities will amount to $200,000.


Article from The Globe-Republican, August 1, 1895

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LATE NEWS NOTES. Ex-United States Senator Lewis of Virginia, is dead. The Superior National bank at West Superior, Wis., has suspended. "Tènnessee" King is suspected of the McAfee murder at Lincoln, III. Henry Bradshaw killed his wife and committed suicide near Paris, Texas. Major 0. P. Fowler, a former Missourian, disappeared from Perry, Ok. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha will resign his duchy in favor of his son. A National silver party may be organized at a convention to be held in St. Louis. Any soldier in the German army who advocates socialism will be courtmartialed. Eighteen Kansas City, Kan., joint keepers were fined $50 apiece for selling liquor. Rosairo Gardeno, the seventh victim of the Italian Mafia murderers, died at New Orleans. At Madera, Cal., sixty men lynched Victor Adams, who shot and killed Justice Baker. Ex-President Harrison made a patriotic speech at a flag-pole raising at Old Forge, N. Y. Lucius Lusk Stone, United States marshal for the southern district of Indian territory, is dead. The empress of Germany has not recovered from the sickness caused by her exertions at Kiel. An attempt will be made to establish a line of steamphips between New Orleans and Califoruia. The North Canadian river is out of its banks, and has flooded El Reno valley several feet deep. The St. Louis Democratic primaries resulted in theelection of a full delegation of free silver men. J. W. Reinhart, formerly of the Santa Fe, has accepted the presidency of the Chesapeake and Western railroad. Louisiana sugar planters are trying to secure a reversal of Comptroller Bowler's order in the bounty case. The results of Democratic county conventions throughout Iowa, indicate a victory for the "sound money" forces. Luther Mendenhall, the richest man in Duluth, and president of the First National bank, has been sued for divorce. Statistics indicate that this year's production of gold will be greater by several millions than that of any former year. Governor Culberson of Texas has issued a proclamation prohibiting the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight coming off in that state. James C. Pilling, well-known throughout the country as an expert on Indian languages and mythology, died at Washington. Abe Rothschild, one of the most notorious diamond swindlers and confidence men in the country, is locked up at Huntsville, Mo. Judge A. C. Pattee of Salina, Kan., has purchased the Junction City Tribune, ex-Congressman Davis' paper. It will advocate Populist politics. The board of railway commissioners has ordered the abolition of the bridge arbitrary charged by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas at Boonville, Mo. St. Louis Democratic Sound Currency Club issued an address advising sound money Democrats not to heed the coming state convention at Pertle Springs. Texas anti-silver Democrats are organizing sound money clubs. Sugar Trust Havemeyer is the backer of a $3,000,000 hotel that is going up at Fortress Monroe. A Pittsburg and Lake Erie train made 167 miles in two hours and twenty-nine minutes between Cleveland and Pittsburg. Charles Enlow, aged 20, is dead, and Charles Duffin, aged 18, is dying at Marietta, Ind., as the result of a duel over a married woman. June 5 at Saratoga General O. Howard gave $100 to the Congregational Home Missionary society to start 8 fund, which has now reached $13,600 Negro Whitecaps in Walton county, Georgia, are alleged to have whipped Sam Chandler, because he had money and put on airs like white people. Marion Miller, an Azuza, Cal.,ranchman, fell asleep while his 6-year-oid grandchild was playing with matches. The child was fatally burned and the old man being accused of carelessness, committed suicide. There is talk of calling a special session of the Montana legislature to defeat the possible consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The store of the Newoka Trading company at Newoka, I. T., was looted by the Christian brothers and other outlaws. They got away with about $200 worth of valuables. Felix Murray, a railway mail clerk running out of Omaha for thirteen years. has been arrested, charged with pilfering money from the mails. He is alleged to have stolen $5,000. Rumors of rebellion in Bulgaria are rife. Veterans will draw no color line at the Louisville encampment. An oil well in Los Angeles is "gushing" 800 barrels of oil per day. Dr. Reasoner of Morrisonville, Ill., was murdered by Dr. Entrican. John Hicks' four children burned to


Article from Little Falls Weekly Transcript, August 2, 1895

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Colonel Brush, the bank examiner who was recently here, has been placed in charge of the Superior National bank of West Superior which has been suspended by the controller of currency. It will go into liquidation.


Article from Perrysburg Journal, August 3, 1895

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murdered by the red men and the settlement burned. The place had about 140 inhabitants. EVERY day brings to light one or more atrocious murders committed by H. H. Holmes, the insurance swindler. In all, so far as known, circumstantial evidence of the strongest character points to the man as the slayer of Julia Connor, Gertrude Connor, Amelia Cigrand, Benjamin F. Pitzel and his three children, Howard, Alice and Nellie, Minnie and Alice Williams and a Miss Wild. Mrs. Patrick Quinlan confessed in Chicago all she knew about Holmes, and she and her husband were arrested as accomplices. FIRE destroyed the county insane asylum at Verona, Wis, and Superintendent Edwards was probably fatally injured. MRS. KATHERINE ROBERTS, who is 100 years old, broke her arm in a fall at Topeka, Kan. A MONUMENT was dedicated at Spirit Lake, Ia., to the memory of the pioneers killed in the Spirit Lake massa cre of 1857. Many prominent men of the state were present. As A result of a fifteen-cent drop in the price of oil the last few days "wild catting" had been stopped and the oil boom was considered ended WILLIAM FREDERICKS, who murdered Cashier William A. Herrick in an attempt to rob the San Francisco Union savings bank in March, 1894, was hanged at San Quentin, Cal. THE percentages of the baseballclubs in the National league for the week ended on the 27th were: Cleveland, .605; Pittsburgh, .603; Baltimore .581; Boston, .575; Cincinnati, .563; Chicago, .548; Brooklyn, .539; Philadelphia, 534; New York, .520; Washington, .357; St. Louis, .346; Louisville, .203. CHARLIE BURWELL (colored), about 65 years old, was lynched at Meridian, Miss. It was thought that he was concerned in a murder. FORTY people were poisoned by eatting pressed beef the home of George Griswold in Thompson, Ia. AT Big Stone Gap, Va., John Hicks' house was burned and four of his children perished in the tiames. TWELVE THOUSAND tailors in New York city struck for more wages and shorter hours. Gov. CULBERSON issued a proelamation forbidding the Corbett-FitzsimTexas, u! 14.8g suour THE Indian bureau in Washington received a dispatch from Agent Teter saying that there was no truth in the report of a massacre of the Jackson's Hole settlers in Wyoming by Indians. J. W. BLUNDON and Charles Lynch, 13 years old, and J. Guy Brown, 15 years, were struck by an express train near Riverdale Park, Md., and instantly killed. VICTOR ADAMS, who shot and killed Justice Boker, his father-in-law, at O'Neils, Cal., was lynched by a mob of sixty men. HENRY BRADSHAW, a wealthy farmer near Paris, Tex., killed his wife and daughter and then himself. No cause "имоин SEM THE supreme court of Oklahoma has again declared that probate judges have no right to grant divorces, and that all divorces granted by them are null and void. DURING a storm in the vicinity of Three States, Mo., George McClelland and his wife and three children and a man named Thomas and his wife were killed by lightning. THE Superior national bank of West Superior, Wis., suspended with liabilities of $141,300. GEORGE WOLFE rode from Chicago to New York on a bicyclein sixdaysthree hours and five minutes, breaking all previous records. A HAILSTORM in North Dakota destroyed 80,000 acres of wheat, causing a loss to farmers of $500,000. EDWARD KNEVEN, of Dayton, Ky., fatally shot Mary Schneer, of Alexandria, Ky., in Cincinnati, and then shot himself. Unrequited love was the cause. THE stores of Scharles Brothers, dealers in toys, and Jacquin & Co., dealers in French millinery, were burned in New York, the total loss beSup FORTY prominent merchants in Macon, Mo., were arrested fordoing business on Sunday. THE Jacob Katz company. supposed to be one of the strongest mercantile establishments in Milwaukee, failed for $110,000. H. Z. SALOMON, one of the pioneer merchants of Denver, failed for $100,000 THE visible supply of grain in the United States on the 29th was: Wheat, -usnq 000'202'S 'u.io bushels: els; oats, 4,887,000 bushels: rve. 154,-


Article from The L'anse Sentinel, August 3, 1895

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LATER. THE Indian bureau in Washington received a dispatch from Agent Teter saying that there was no truth in the report of a massacre of the Jackson's Hole settlers in Wyoming by Indians. MRS. ISABEL MCKEEHAN, of Washington county, Tenn., died at the age of 112 years. VICTOR ADAMS, who shot and killed Justice Boker, his father-in-law, at O'Neils, Cal., was lynched by a mob of sixty men. TWELVE THOUSAND tailors in New York city struck for more wages and shorter hours. CHARLIE BURWELL (colored), about 65 years old, was lynched at Meridian Miss. It was thought that he was concerned in a murder. FORTY people were poișoned by eatting pressed beefat the home of George Griswold in Thompson, Ia. HENRY Bradshaw, a wealthy farmer near Paris, Tex., killed his wife and daughter and then himself. No cause was known. H. Z. SALOMON, one of the pioneer merchants of Denver, failed for $100,000. A HAILSTORM in North Dakota destroyed 80,000 acres of wheat, causing a loss to farmers of $500,000. FORTY prominent merchants in Macon, Mo., were arrested fordoing business on Sunday. DURING a storm in the vicinity of Three States, Mo., George McClelland and his wife and three children and a man named Thomas and his wife were killed by lightning. THE Superior national bank of West Superior, Wis., suspended with liabilities of $141,300. THE Jacob Katz company, supposed to be one of the strongest mercantile establishments in Milwaukee, failed for $110,000. AT Big Stone Gap, Va., John Hicks' house was burned and four of his children perished in the flames. J. W. BLUNDON and Charles Lynch, 13 years old, and J. Guy Brown, 15 years, were struck by an express train near Riverdale Park, Md., and instantly killed. Gov. CULBERSON issued a proclamation forbidding the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight in Texas. Turpercentages of the baseballclubs in the National league for the week ended on the 27th were: Cleveland, .605; Pittsburgh, .603; Baltimore .581; Boston, .575; Cincinnati, .563; Chicago, .548; Brooklyn, .539; Philadelphia, 534; New York, .520; Washington, .357; St. Louis, .346; Louisville, .203.


Article from The Representative, August 7, 1895

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ANOTHER COLLAPSE. It is no pleasure for us to chronicle the misfortunes of others. We have no desire to exalt over them. But the daily papers grossly misrepresent existing conditions; and do it, for unworthy motives, to-wit: to show that the destruction of one-half the metallic money of the world may be followed by prosperity. Hence we feel that the truth should be known. It really looks as if another panic was near at hand. Read these items: Sailsbury, Mo., July 30.-The Bank of Salisbury closed its doors this morning The shortage is unknown. Cleveland, Aug. 1.-The Bedford Chair Company, of which ex-Congressman A. V Taylor is president, made an assignment today to Solomon S. Drake, of Bedford. Assets, $85,000; liabilities, $55,000. Later Mr. Taylor made a personal assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities and assets are not stated. Rockford, III., July 31.-John Farson, of Chicago, was today appointed receiver for the West End Railway Company on foreclosure proceedings instituted by the Title Guarantee and Trust Company, of Chicago. Its capital stock was $75,000. Ironton, Ohio July 31.-W. L. Bickmore, dry goods dealer, has assigned to Lot Davis. The assets, $25,000; the liabilities, $20,000. Local banks and Eastern dry goods firms are the principal creditors. Des Moines, Iowa, July 31.-The Des Moines Equalizer Company, manufacturers of fertilizer, made an assignment today for the benefit of creditors to James Belangee. The assets are $10,000, the liabilities $12,000. Louis F. Lyons, wholesale liquor dealer, failed today. The sheriff took possession of the stock on his landlord's attachment in favor of W. G. Gruss. The liabilities are not given. Pittsburg, Pa., July 31.-The Hamilton Savings Fund and Loan Association, with a capital stock of $30,000,000, was closed today by the state bank examiners and the Union Trust Company of this city placed in charge as temporary receivers. The liabilities, according to the officers of the association, are but $9,000 and the assets $11,000. The association is a national concern but the depositors are believed to be all local people, mostly workingmen. The books show about 1,000 shareholders. Denver, Colo., July 30.-Joseph T. Talbert, national bank examiner for the district of Colorado, arrived in Denver today and took charge of the affairs of the Union National Bank. It is thought the examiner will be in a position to pay a considerable dividend to depositors at the end of eight or nine days. There was upwards of $100,000 cash in the vaults when the doors were closed yesterday, and in addition a considerable sum is due from other banks, which will of course be collected. It is stated with emphasis that the bank will pay dollar for dollar without having to make a levy on stockholders. The city has $25,008 in the bank, the county about $7,000 and the state about $50,000. San Francisco, July 31.-A local paper says the Central Pacific railroad company has temporarily avoided a receivership by making arrangements with the foreign bondholders to extend the time of payment on the bonds now due three years. This transaction is made to explain the action of the board of directors in declaring a dividend of 1½ of 1 per cent this month. Sir Rivers Wilson, the representative of the English stockholders, is said to have engineered the deal, when he visited this country a few months ago, by harmonizing the differences existing between the stockholders and the bondholders. Blair. Neb., July 31.-The hardware house of J. H. Stewart was closed at noon today by the Blair State Bank, which has virtually carried the business for some time. The failure is estimated at between $40,000 and $50,000. A warrant was also issued this afternoon for the arrest of J. H. Stewart, charging him with forgery. He some time since got $4,000 from Charles McNemy and gave a note upon which the name of Grant Stewart appeared. Grant now claims that it is not his signature. The failure is not altogether a surprise to the Blair people, as it has been known for a year past that its financial affairs were somewhat mixed. J. H. Stewart will probably not go to jail as it is more than likely that he can give a satisfactory bond. West Superior, Wis., July 27.-(Special.)-The directors of the Superior National Bank today decided to go into liquidation and President Alvord was directed to turn the assets and business of the bank over to the National Bank examiner. The bank has never recovered from the shock of the Cadwalder aflair three years ago,and Mr. Alvord has not been able in the face of the continued depression to put it on a paying basis. The statement prepared in response to the call for statements from the National banks made July 11 shows that the bank has ample margin to liquidate its liabilities. It is expected that the bank exam-


Article from Evening Star, August 15, 1895

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Bank Receiver Appointed. The controller of the currency has appointed Gilbert G. Thorn receiver of the Superior National Bank of West Superior, Wis. Mr. Thorn is also receiver of the Keystone National Bank of the same city. These banks failed recently.


Article from Deseret Evening News, September 18, 1895

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To Rue Stockholders of a Bank. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Sept. 18.-A resolution erdering the city attorney to take steps in the superior court to sue the bondholders and stockholders of the suspended Superior National Bank was sprung at the council meeting Inst night and was laid over for one week. One set of aldermen desire to accept a proposition to settle for 50 cents on the dollar, while others favor proceedings against the bondsmen. The city claim amounts to $60,000.


Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 19, 1895

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Business Failures. West Superior, Wis., Sept. 18.-A resolution ordering the city attorney to take steps in the superior court to sue the bondholders and stockholders of the suspended Superior National bank was sprung at the council meeting last night and was laid over for one week. One set of aldermen desire to accept a proposition to settle for 50 cents on the dollar, while others favor the proceedings against the bondsmen. The city claim amounts to $60,000.


Article from St. Paul Daily Globe, October 24, 1895

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STATE WOULD BE NO. 1 In Case of Failed Banks at West Superior. Special to the Globe. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Oct. 23.Attorney General Mylrea, of Madison, appeared before the circuit court tonight and asked that the state of Wisconsin be made preferred creditor of the Douglas County bank. It is probable that the petition will be granted in the morning. The assignee of that institution has promised to deliver $5,000 to the state deposit of $23,000 tomorrow night, and the bondsmen will not be prosecuted unless they show a disposition to evade liability. The Keystone National bank, which also suspended, owes the state $16,000, and at the conference this afternoon the bondsmen agreed to raise that amount whenever the demand is made. It probably will not be asked for, as they are reorganizing. All the bondsmen are prominent citizens. Resolutions were adopted at the council meeting last night ordering the city attorney and committee of aldermen to investigate the conditions of the Superior National, the Douglas County and the Bank of South Superior, with a view of starting criminal prosecutions against the officers. The resolutions were introduced for the reason that the city appears to have lost a large amount by the failure of the banks, alleged to be due to reckless and negligent management. Also because it is reported, and appears to be a fact, that a large amount of deposits were loaned to its officers, directors and stockholders and to concerns in which they were interested, and that such persons and concerns were at the time loans were made notoriously insolvent, and because it appears that Superior National bank held back from publication its last report, showing that it was insolvent for a period of twelve days, during which it received all deposits which were offered.


Article from Watertown Republican, January 22, 1896

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MONEY FOR CREDITORS. Receiver of the Superior National Bank to Make a Dividend. West Superior, Wis., Jan. 18.-[Special.]-Thomas G. Alvord today received instructions from G. G. Thorne, receiver of the Superior National bank, to prepare the papers for the 20 per cent. dividend to creditors. Dr. Parker is the principal creditor, having purchased the claims of the city and county, amounting to about $70,000, at the rate of 50 cents on the dollar.


Article from Eagle River Review, January 23, 1896

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MONEY FOR CREDITORS. Receiver of the Superior National Bank to Make a Dividend. West Superior, Wis., Jan. 18.-[Special.]-Thomas G. Alvord today received instructions from G. G. Thorne, receiver of the Superior National bank, to prepare the papers for the 20 per cent. dividend to creditors. Dr. Parker is the principal creditor, having purchased the claims of the city and county, amounting to about $70,000, at the rate of 50 cents on the dollar.


Article from The Superior Times, May 29, 1897

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Notice of Foreclosure Sale. STATE OF WISCONSIN, SS. / Douglas County. In Circuit Court. Thomas H. Walbridge as Executor of the last will and testament of Horace S. Walbridge, deceased. plaintiff, VS. Edith Z. Spates, Anthony Krall, Susanna Krall Lewis Larson, Mollie Larson. Edward A. Dahl, Ella Dahl, George Peterson, Martin 0. Angvik. Superior National Bank, and Gilbert G. Thorne as Receiver of Superior National Bank, Defendants. NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the judgment of foreclosure and sale made and entered in the above entitled action, on the 2nd day of May, A.D. 1896, I will on the 5th day of July, A. D.1897, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at the easterly front door of the Court house, in the city of Superior, Douglas county, State of Wisconsin, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, the real property by the judgment ordered to be sold situated in the City of Superior, in said Douglas County. Wisconsin, and described as follows: Lots Two Hundred and Forty-Six (246) and Two Hundred and Forty-Eight (248) on West Fourteenth street, being part of the subivision of Block Fifteen (15) on West Fifteenth street, in the Townsite of Superior, now in the City of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, according to the plat of said Townsite of Superior, and of the subdivision of said Block Fifteen (15) on West Fifteenth street, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said Douglas County, Wisconsin, to satisfy the amount of said judgment, with interest and costs as therein directed. Dated this 17th day of May, 1897. FRANK L. WILCOX, Sheriff of Douglas County, Wisconsin. By CHAS. WICKSTROM, Deputy. W. E PICKERING Plaintiff's Attorney. (m22-29-j5-12-19-26-jy3)


Article from The Superior Times, June 5, 1897

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# Notice of Foreclosure Sale. STATE OF WISCONSIN, ss. Douglas County. In Circuit Court. Thomas H. Walbridge as Executor of the last will and testament of Horace S. Walbridge, deceased, plaintiff, vs. Edith Z. Spates, Anthony Krall, Susanna Krall Lewis Larson, Molhe Larson, Edward A. Dahl, Ella Dahl, George Peterson, Martin O. Angvik, Superior National Bank, and Gilbert G. Thorne as Receiver of Superior National Bank, Defendants. NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the judgment of foreclosure and sale made and entered in the above entitled action, on the 2nd day of May. A.D. 1896, I will on the 5th day of July, A. D. 1897. at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the easteily front door of the Court house, in the city of Superior, Douglas county, State of Wisconsin, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, the real property by the judgment ordered to be sold situated in the City of Superior, in said Douglas County. Wisconsin, and described as follows: Lots Two Hundred and Forty-Six (246) and Two Hundred and Forty-Eight (248) on West Four- teenth street, being part of the subdivision of Block Fifteen (15) on West Fifteenth street, in the Townsite of Superior, now in the City of Superior, Douglas County, Wis- consin, according to the plat of said Townsite of Superior, and of the subdivision of said Block Fifteen (15) on West Fifteenth street, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said Douglas County. Wiscon- sin, to satisfy the amount of said judgment, with interest and costs as therein directed. Dated this 17th day of May. 1897. FRANK L. WILCOX, Sheriff of Douglas County, Wisconsin. By CHAS. WICKSTROM, Deputy. W. E PICKERING. Plaintiff's Attorney. (m22-29-j5-12-19-26-jy3)


Article from The Superior Times, July 17, 1897

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# Notice of Foreclosure Sale. STATE OF WISCONSIN, Douglas County. (ss. In Circuit Court. Mrs. Russell Henry, Plaintiff, VS. Ole C. Swenson. Sissa Swenson, Betty Swenson. State Bank of Wisconsin, Bank of Commerce, Superior National Bank. and Gilbert G. Thorne as receiver of the Superior National Bank, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the judgment of foreclosure and sale, made and entered in the above entitled action on the 11th day of June A. D. 1896, I will on the 26th day of July A. D. 1897, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the easterly front door of the court house in the city of Superior, Douglas county, state of Wisconsin, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the real property by the judgment ordered to be sold, situated in the county of Douglas, state of Wisconsin, and described as follows: Lot three hundred and seven (307) on West Seventh street, in the townsite of Superior now in the city of Superior, Douglas county state of Wisconsin, according to the plat of said townsite on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said Douglas county, Wisconsin, to satisfy the amount of said judgment, with interest and costs as therein directed. Dated this 12th day of June, 1897. FRANK L. WILCOX, Sheriff of Douglas County, Wisconsin. By CHAS. WICKSTROM. Deputy. W. E. PICKERING, Plaintiff's Attorney. (jn 12 19 26 jy 3 10 17 24)


Article from The Sun, October 31, 1897

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# Local Business Troubles. The Sheriff received an attachment yesterday against Anthony F. Koelble, doing business as Koelble & Co., interior decorators at 50 East Twentieth street, for $696 in favor of Davis & Treat. The attachment was obtained on the ground that Mr. Koelble keeps himself concealed to avoid creditors. An attachment has been obtained here against the Ideal Rubber Company, 631 to 637 Kent avenue, Brooklyn, for $1,215 in favor of J. H. Lane & Co. The attachment was obtained on the ground that a statement made by the company on Aug. 10 to procure an extension of credit was untrue. Two judgments aggregating $23,268 were entered yesterday against Joseph F. Merriam of 100 Broadway in favor of the United States National Bank for $10,699 on his note dated April 25, 1894, and in favor of James H. Parker for $12,569 on several of his notes made at West Superior, Wis., on April 8, 1895, which were delivered to the Superior National Bank and transferred by the receiver of the latter bank to Mr. Parker.