Henrietta National Bank (Henrietta, TX)

Episode Information

Episode UID
302201051
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
30220 national
Charter Number
3022
Start Date
July 25, 1887
Location
Henrietta, Texas (33.817, -98.195)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
94572dee80cb78b1

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1887-08-17
Date receivership terminated
1889-07-11
OCC cause of failure
Excessive lending
Share of assets assessed as good
60.2%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
29.2%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
10.6%

Description

Failure traced to depressed cattle market and related local firm failures; Comptroller appointed a receiver and dividends paid later.

Events (6)

1. August 8, 1883 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. July 25, 1887 Suspension
Cause
Local Shock
Cause Details
Depressed cattle market and large attachments against local cattle firms (Curtis & Atkinson, Ikard family) undermined bank assets.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Henrietta National Bank ... closed its doors at noon today.
Source
newspapers
3. July 26, 1887 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
There is still large crowd of anxious depositors hanging around the bank door. The failure is the all-absorbing topic of conversation.
Source
newspapers
4. August 17, 1887 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
5. August 24, 1887 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The receiver, D. B. Kerr, appointed by the United States Comptroller ... arrived on the evening train of the 21st. The control of the bank's affairs were, however, not received by him until to-day.
Source
newspapers
6. October 24, 1887 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Frank Brown, the new receiver of the Henrietta National bank, commenced payment of the first dividend this morning, which is 50 per cent. of the deposits.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (20)

Article from The Indianapolis Journal, July 26, 1887

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The Henrietta (Tex.) National Bank closed its doors yesterday. No estimate of the extent of the failure can be given. Miss Rebecca Hunter, a prominent lady of Newport, R. I., committed suicide last night by jumping from the cliffs into the harbor. Wallace Phillips, the boy who was shot in the head by the cowboys of Sells's circus, during their recent performance at Clinton, Ia, died yesterday. Mrs. Grace Brotherton Deems and her husband, Dr. Francis M. Deems, the son of the Rev. Dr. Charles S. Deems, of New York, have amicably adjusted their differences. Richard H. Paine, clerk under Paymastor Putnam, at the Portsmouth navy-yard, was arrested last night. charged with the embezzlement of about $3,000 of the paymaster's funds. At Youngstown, O., yesterday, Ebenezer Stanyard, convicted of the murder of Alice Hancox, his sweethart, in March last, was sentenced to be hanged Nov. 18, in the penitentiary at Columbus. C. J. Little. a Breathitt county lumber merchant, was arrested at Louisville last night, at the instance of Marion Childers, an Indiana contractor, who charges that Little made way with $1,500 worth of county bonds that he gave him to sell. James Gorham and Mrs. James Dewey. of Springfield. Mass., were arrested by the Clevoland police yesterday, at the instance of Mrs. Gorham, who charges that the couple eloped from Springfield last Wednesday. Gorham was an engineer on the Boston & Albany railroad and Mrs. Dewey is the wife of a Springfield carpenter. The Colby mine safe, at Bessemer, Mich., was robbed of $4,000 on Saturday night. The burglars gained admission by the office windows. Saturday was pay-day, and over $30,000 was distributed. There is generaliy about $10,000 in the safe after pay-day, as some men don't get their wages until Monday. There is no clew to the robbers. Oliver and Elmer Brumbaugh. cousins, aged twenty and twenty-two, respectively, the sons of wealthy farmers living near Congress lake, Ohio, were drowned, Sunday afternoon, while bathing in the lake. Neither could swim, and they jumped from a boat into ten feet of water. A companion in the boat tried to save them, but failed. Jameson, the steeple-chase jockev, who was hurt by the falling of the Canadian horse Willie W. in a race at the West-side track, Chicago, on Saturday, is in a dying condition. Until yesterday it was supposed that he was but slightly injured, but the fact is that his skull was fractured, and a surgical operation yesterday afternoon only served to leave him unconscious. Giles Smith, of Deerfield, N. Y., lost three cows last Wednesday by bloody murrain. Ho had them buried near a running stream, which infected the water. Three cows belonging to Wm. Budlong, jr., a neighbor, died of the disease. Budlong and John Raymond, while looking for the cause, were stung by mosquitoes, and are now seriously ill, having been inoculated with the murrain virus. There is considerable excitement and indignation about the matter. The stream runs through several large farms of imported cattle. Mrs. Joseph Dewitt, a wealthy lady of Wichita, Kan., was probably fatally stabbed, about 9 o'clock last night, by her step-daughter, Mollie Bennett. of Hot Springs. Ark. Miss Bennet is a daughter of Dewitt by his first wife, and upon her coming to Wichita Mrs. Dewitt refused her admission to the house. Last evening, Miss Bennett, accompanied by a young man, drove up to the house, and upon Mrs. Dewitt coming to the door, drew a knife and stabbed her twenty times in the breast, face, neck and arms. She will probably die. The assailant had not been arrested at last accounts.


Article from Richmond Dispatch, July 26, 1887

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Heavy Cattle Failure. [By telegraph to the Dispatch.) FORT WORTH, Tex., July 25.-Attachments to the amount of $115,603 have been run on the cattle-firms of Curtis & Atkinson and E. F. and W. Inard, of Henrietta, Tex. Their liabilities are $550,000; assets, $115,000. The Henrietta National Bank, with a capital stock of $150,000 and deposits of $87,000, closed its doors at noon today. The cause of the failure is the depressed condition of the cattle market.


Article from Evening Star, July 27, 1887

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Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-Day.-Internal revenue, $254,015; customs, $1,086,481. HIS ACCOUNTS ALL RIGHT.-A board, consisting of Inspector Gen. Farnsworth, Capt. D. M. Taylor, of the Ordnance Department, and Mr. Tolman, chief of the Division of Requisitions and Accounts, War Department, have completed a thorough examination of the books and accounts of Mr. Yeatman, the disbursing officer of the War Department, and have reported to the Secretary of War that they are absolutely correct. FORTY-FIVE RECRUITS have been ordered to Fort Snelling for assignment to the 3d infantry and 15th infantry, forty to the Division of the Pacinc for the 2d cavalry, and fifteen to the Department or the Platte for the 9th cavalry. THE SUSPENDED TEXAS BANK.-The Controller having received information that the Henrietta National Bank, of Henrietta, Tex., has suspended, has directed the State bank examiner to take charge of its affairs and to report promptly the result of his examination. THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CITY during the summer can have THE STAR mailed to them for any length of time, and the address changed as often as desired. The subscription must be invariably paid in advance. THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT have not yet completed marking the examination papers of the clerks of the first and $1,000 classes for the Surgeon General's Office, but the results of the examination of clerks of the second and third classes are before the Civil-Service Commission for final action. BIDDING ON THE NEW SHIPS.-The Secretary of the Navy said to-day that several persons have been under the impression that the bidding on the new ships would be postponed, and they are not quite ready with their papers. While the Department is not responsible for this impression he has decided, in view of all the circumstance, to postpone the bidding for one week, which will make the opening of bids take place Monday, August THE NICARAGUAN CANAL PROJECT.-Rear Admiral Ammen, retired, who is one of the most earnest workers for the Nicaraguan Canal, attended an important meeting of the canal company in New York recently, where it was shown that everything was in a most promising condition. It was decided to let contracts for dredging as soon as possible, and it is expected that active operations will be commenced at an early day. Nor AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT THE ADMINISTRATION.-Col. Lamont said last evening, in reference to the interview in the New York World with Congressman Collins, cabled from London, and referred to in yesterday's STAR: "There 18 no truth in the report that the President has contemplated relieving Secretary Endicott or making changes in his Cabinet. It is possible that Mr. Barnum spoke to Mr. Collins on the subject, as the latter avers, but If he did SO he acted entirely upon his own responsibility and was certainly notauthorized to represent the Administration in any way." PERSONAL-Clinton Beckwith of Herkimer, N.Y., W. S. Morrow of Pennsylvania, C. M. Brett of Boston, and John N. Staples of North Caroina, are at Willard's.-John C. Porter of Pittsburg, W.S.B. Hopkins of Worcester, Mass., H. W. Peacock of Philadelphia, and B. Hayden of New York, are at the Riggs.-Byron Morgan of New York, R. E. Boyd of Baltimore, C. W. Adams of Chicago, Samuel Moody, of Pittsburg, and F. W. Buskirk, of Cincinnati, are at the Arlington. J. Greenbaun, P. Kraker, and A. S. Kraker of New York, P. Joley, L. P. Shanes, F. Mathews, and D. Collins of West Virginia, are at the Metropolitan.-Chas Logan of South Carolina, W.S Edenborn of Philadelphia, Robert H. Moore of Virginia, I. L. Jones of Maryland, and G. S. Evans of Boston, are at the National.-Charles Folsom of New York, B.F. Van Vliet and J. A. Baldwin of Burlington, Vt., are at the St. James.


Article from The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, July 27, 1887

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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. The races at Saratoga were postponed until to-day. All entries stand. The most destructive rain storm that ever visited Susquehanna, Pa., occured yesterday. The town of Binghampton, N. Y., is flooded, and all business is suspended. The damage is heavy and worse is feared. A mysterious murder occurred near the fair grounds at Concord, Kansas, Monday. The victim was F. M. Terbush, a son of a horse trainer. Dr. Norvin Green says that negotiations are being carried on which, if successful, will terminate the present cable rate war in aboutai weeks. Assistant Cashier Meline, of the United States Treasury, has gone to Cincinnati with a force of clerks to examine the condition of the Subtreasury in that city. Mrs. Richard Greenlaw, residing near the corner of Vance and De Soto streets, Memphis, Tenn., last night gave birth to four children. The mother and babies are all doing well. The Comptroller of Currency having received information that the Henrietta National Bank, of Henrietta, Texas, has suspended, has directed the State Bank examiner to take charge of its affairs. The steamer Martha's Vineyard, of New Bedford, ran ashore yesterday at College City. She had on board a large party of excursionists. The steamer was badly injured, but the passengers were all landed safely. Unknown parties entered the weaving room of a large cotton mill at Woonsocket, Mass, Monday night, and with a knife ruined 5,000 yards of fancy goods in the looms. The mill was recently the scene of a weaver's strike. The old Harriet Beecher Stowe house in Andover, in which the famous author wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, was burned last night at Lawrence, Mass. The theory is that burglars in attempting to secure the plate set fire to the house. Two laborers, Joseph Gaback and Harry Doyle, were instantly killed yesterday by the permature explosion of & blast on the Colorado and Midland railroad. The men were blown high in the air and came down lifeless, their eyes protruding from their sockets and their bodies horribly mutilated. Dr. E. D. Standiford, one of the wealthiest and best known men in Kentucky, died at his home in Louisville, yesterday, aged 56 years. He was prominent in political circles, and was one of the leading candidates for United States Senate before the late Legislature. General Clinton B. Fiske, of New Jera Bey, speaking yesterday of the probable r weakness of the two great political parties B on account of the growth of the Labor and e and Prohibition parties, said he would e not be surprised to see an alliance between labor and prohibition in the next r twelve months. Mr. Pullman proposes to introduce here the system now in vogue on one or two o: B the English railroad lines of storing elec tricity for the lighting of cars from the y friction of the car wheels. He has brought d an expert over who will soon set to work t on a series of experiments at the carshop TB at Pullman, III. of The will of the late William Glenn, o S, Cincinnati, makes public bequests, mostly t. for roligious and educational organizations of amounting to $32,000. The largest is $7,00 each to the Ohio Wesleyan University ee Female College of


Article from The Indianapolis Journal, July 27, 1887

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General Notes. WASHINGTON, July 26.-Assistant Cashier Meline, of the Treasury, has gone to Cincinnati with a force of clerks to examine the condition of the sub-treasury of that city. The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the following-named banks to begin business: The National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, Mo., capital $100,000; the First National Bank of Milbrook, Kan., capital $50,000. The Comptroller of the Currency having received information that the Henrietta National Bank of Henrietta, Texas, has suspended, has directed the State bank examiner to take charge of its affairs and to report promptly the result of his examination. In the case of the Traders' and Travelers' Union against the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company the Interstate-commerce Commission has decided that it has no jurisdiction, and dismissed the complaint. The case involves the free transportation of extra baggage.


Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, July 27, 1887

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Another Batch of Attachment Run Aggregating Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars. Belcher & Babb Further Secure Their Creditors by Deeds of Trust-Re more of Aid for the Bank Special to theGazette HENRIETTA, TEX., July 26.- About the only new developments that have occurred in the great failures of the cattle barons and the Henrietta National Bank suspension since yesterday are the run ning of the following attachments National Exchange Bank of Dallas Curtis & Atkinson and E. F. and W Ikard for $9911 C.O. Edwards vs. E.F. Ikard and Cur tis & Atkinson for 8224 F. Halsell of Decatur vs. E F.and W TS Ikard and Curtis & Atkinson for First National Bank of Decatur vs. F Ikard and Curtis & Atkinson for 81031 First National Bank of Decatur F.Ikardand J.C Carpenter and Curtis Atkinson for 87040 CO Edwards vs. Curtis Atkinson for $12,252 VS Texas Land and Mortgage Company Curtis Atkinson, E. F. and W. Ikard for 8 Belcher Babb have further secured their creditors by deeds of trust, as follows for 2 American National Bank of Kansas City Sam Davidson of Henrietta, 84587 W Eastley of Henrietta, 81000 G.P Meade of Fort Worth, 9400 J.S. Halsell of Decatur, 838.000 H. Campbell & Co. of Chicago, 849 000 Henrietta National Bank, 87000 R D Wellborne of Henrietta, 8500Y City Treasurer of Henrietta, 8750. Various rumors are flying on the street that the bank has received assistance from distance and will resume payment on to-morrow, but these are been has city rumors Our only full of creditors and their agents to-day looking after their interests There is still large crowd of anxious depos itors hanging around the bank door. The failure is the all-absorbing topic of con versation. Prohibition has been dropped for the present to give place to what is ed of greater moment A great many of our citizens intended going to the grand jubilee at Fort Worth to day, the bank suspension knocked all that the head in The following is taken from the record Deed of trust of Curtis & Atkinson to seres of land in Clay made county July to of Atkinson Bills Carter and Roberson & West Durham cattle, made July of Curtis & Atkin to B. truste cattle of First National 1887, Bank Fort Worth, date July filled twoSmith, trustee, year-old steers to secure note of Fort Merchants National Bank, filled Worth, made February July To Thomas West stock better to secure note of Gray dated July 19, 1887, filed To Armour Bros Banking Company Kansas City, cattle to secure debt of S dated December 27, 1886, filed February To James T. Thornton, cattle to secure note of dated Decem filed April 4500 To John D Templeton. trustee, cattle to secure B C. Evans June dated Fort Worth, filed July 1887 The following additional attachments were run on by the parties named, between and clock last evening Taylor of Charley, Clay county, Tex, vs Henrietta National Bank for the amount of 8126 and W Van Slyke, New York City, Curtis & Atkinson al., for 850 Wright, sheriff of Clay county, enrietta National Bank, for 81511 worth It is safe to say that property of Curtis & Atkinson and E.F. W Ikard attached HENRIETT July 24 An exam ination of the records of Clay show the secured liabilities of F. W W Ikard to be follows Chattel mortgages to Western Mortgage Investment and Company, for record M Bean gating deed of trust to F n land in Archer and lands Clay DAN deed of trust W Archer Cashier National Bank, Kansas City, W S ikard, deed of trust W Wellesley, lands W B to Ikard Shat mortgage on lauds and in Clay for tuck May F. Ikard to M. Sears, two deed W.S Ikard nearly trust July of to Henrietta National Bank. bill n horses, besides several amounts, all secured to local parties impossi at this time to makean any mate of their assets, but if is taken in handling property it will not only meet all mands but leave & surplus to the Ikards The attachments were run on their propertv in Clay county last night and in Archer to-day The secured liabilities of Curtie Atkinson as shown by the records of this county are &S follows To the Western Mortgage and Invest ment Company, chattel mortgages filed August 1, 1885. to Armour Bros to Banking Company, S to Thornton of Kansas City, 895 John D. Templeton, for B. Evans Co., 850.000 to Thomas F West, for W.T. Gray, cashier, $20.0 to A B. Smith, Merchants' National Bank, Fort Worth $20,000. and J. W T. Grav. trus810.000 tee. The claim of the Mer chants' Nations is the one upon which the attachments were run Unless the liabilities are very much be. yond what is shown here, there was occasion to have pressed the above firm. They have very large assets. probably The


Article from Turner County Herald, July 28, 1887

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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. An Interesting Summary of the Important Occurrences of the Week. $ A t Budget of News Gleaned From the Latest Dispatches From Far and Near. ADVICES BY TELEGRAM. -Lee Shellenberger, the murderer of his little child, was taken from the jail at Nobraska City by a masked mob and hanged. -Mattie Johnson, a Swede domestic of Omaha, gave birth to a male infant a d smothered it in a lot of clothes, She threw it ehind a where it was did her work as up girl trunk, usual found. to the time Th of the birth of the child. She denied the maternity of the child, butfainted while doing. She was placed under arrest. -S. D. Lyster, a good looking, well-dressed man was arrested at Omaha for "shoving e queer." He has been at different towns in Nebraeka passing counterfeit one and five dollar bil and had twenty dollars of the stuff on his person when arrested. -Richard H. Payne, A clerk under Paymaster Putnam at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yards, was arrested, charged with the embezzlement of about $3,000 of the paymaster's funds. -John Zugg, a farmer liv ng a few miles out from Dubuque, was operating a mower recently when his team ran away and threw him under the mach ne, mangling both arms in such a manner that amputation became necessary to save his live. One arm was cut off at the shoulder, the other one a few in ches lower. -Attachments to the amount of $115,603 have been run on the catile firm of Curtis Atkinson and E. F. & W. L Inard, of Henrietta, Texas. Their liabilities are $5,520,000 and assets $1,115,000. The Henrietta National bank, with 9 capital stock of $150,090, and deposits of $87,000 has closed its doors. The cause of the failure is the depressed condition of the cattle market -Louis Bourrette and mother and Frank Coffee and-wife, who live near Sioux City Io., have been arrested for the murder of an infant of which the mother, Eliza Rivers, alleges Bourrette was the father. The child was taken from her shortly after its birth while she was too ill to protest, and afterward found in the Big Sioux r.ver. The defendants have been placed under 85,000 bonds each, to appear for hearing July 30. -The Wei e House presented an animated I scene the afternoon of the 25th, on the occa1 sion of the reception of the delegation from Missouri to invite the President to visit St. a Louis during the State fair in October next. The delegation, headed by Mayor Franco, U numbered nearly a hundred persons, repretl senting nearly all the interests of the city of 2. St. uis, as well as the principal sections of sa the State. Several ladies also accompanied o the party. The members of the cabinet and 2. their familes were also included in the invit: to tion which has been accepted by the President. P -The Pacific mail steamer City of Rio de b Janiero has arrived at San Francisco, bringT ing Hong Kong advices to July 1 and YokoT homa news to Julv 9. By the loss of the n steamer Sir John Lawrence, in the bay of u Bengal, 800 lives were lost, mainly pilgrims fo of the best families of Bengal. From the 21st gi to of a bay th of with the Bengal 26th May disastrous cyclone results raged to in shipping, the and ou on T passengers attended with board great the Sir loss John of life. Lawrence The be numbered 50 men lo 50. The were gopassengers 700, officers and mainly famous numbering women temple ing on a pilgrimage to the of th Jaggernaught at Furi. There is scarcely a cb native family in Calcutta which does not beCO moan the loss of relatives by the disaster. th -The drivers and helpers of the Mutual th Benefit Ice of struck ta successfully for an Company, advance New of wages. York, la Baldw the Illinois Central Enals gineer who was at some time --Charlie injured n, be around Tara crutches. pc ago, is now able to on in ...PRobert Verdin, unionist member of Parlia_ as ment for the Northwich division of Cheshire, is dead. ing -The Phillips boy, who was shot in the th head by the cowboys of Sel's circus during a Ma recent performance at Clinton, Iowa, is dead.


Article from Fort Worth Weekly Gazette, July 29, 1887

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THE HENRIETTA FAILURES. The Expected Relief for the Bank Does Not Come - The Town Fall of Attorneys Special to the Gazette, HENRIETTA, TEX., July 27.-Nothing new has come to light concerning the failures and bank suspension since yester day's special sent to THE GAZETTE except that W. S. Ikard has made & trust deed to the Henrietta National Bank as trustee for the benefit of H. C. Babb for the sum of $2000. The rumors that were affest yesterday about the relief from & distance coming to the bank did not meteralize. W. R. Curtis, who it was said would be here to-day with $30,000, did not arrive. A great many visiting at torneys are here, looking after the inter-7 ex. est of their respective clients. The treat citement has abated to a very their extent, and all seem to think that money will be forthcomingerere long. The bank examiner is expected at any time, as J W. T. Gray, Cashier of the from the ogram bank. received & tel Comptroller that the ordered to come here as soon as (Speciale


Article from Turner County Herald, August 4, 1887

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FROM VASHINGTON. -Complaint has been received by the interstate commerce commission, signed by the manager of the Merchants' Freight bureau, of New York, on behalf of 281 merchants of the States of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware, that the pre-ent classification in use for west-bound traffic by the New York Central, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Ohio and Erio railroad companies, as regards unjust differences now made in classifications and freight charges between carloads and less than carloads on the same articles between the same points are in violation of sections of the interstate law, forbidding undue preferences to individuals or localities. Complainants ask for the restoration of the principle of uniform rates without regard to quantity which was in force from the seaboard for twenty years previous to April, 1877. -The Secretary of the Interior has denied the claim of Wm. Hedgepeth, ex-private in the Forty-secon 1 Indiana volunteers. The c. 80 is an uncommon one and has been the subject of much discussion by pension officials. Hedgepeth was captured in 1868 and confined as a prisoner at Andersonville. After remaining in captivity for months, he enlisted in the confederate army, he says, to escape starvation, and 80 informed his fellow prisoners, and that at the first opportunity he would desert, and, if pos ible, make his way back to his old command. After a short service in the confederate army he carried out this intention and finally reached his old regiment in which he served until discharged. Some years ago Hedgepeth applied for a position on the ground of disability contracted while in the federal service. This act was fully sustained. The law provides that no one who aided, directly or indirectly, the enemies of the government in the late war, shall be permitted to draw n pension. --The:e are indications that the Grand Army of the Republic will take such notice of the indiscreet atterances of Gen. Tuttle and a few other ambitions members of the organization, as will clearly show that these individu ils do not represent the Grand Army in their criticism of the President. Alrea ly several posts have repudiated the utterances of Tuttle, and it is probable that the attention of the Grand Army will be called to the matter when assembled in conven ion at St. Louis. The great majority of Grand Army men deprecate the introduction of politics in the society, knowing that such a policy would ultimately disrupt 1+, and if the opportunity to presented at the national gathering at St. Louis, such a declaration will Le officially promulgated. -Assistant (ashier Meline, of the Treasury, has gone to Cincinnati with a force of clerks to examine the condition of the subtreasury at that city. - he comptroller of the currency having rec ived information that the Henrietta National Bank of Henrie!ta, Tex., has suspended, has directed the St ite Examiner to take charge of its affairs


Article from Wessington Springs Herald, August 5, 1887

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GENERAL PARAGRAPHS. -John Zugg, a farmer liv ng a few miles out from Dubaque was operating a mower recently when his team ran away and threw him under the mach ne, mangling both a:ms in such a manner that amputation become necessary to save his live. One arm was cut off at the shoulder, the other one a few inches lower. -Attachments to the amount of $115,603 have been run on the catile firm of Curtis & Atkinson and E. F. & W. L. Inard, of Henrietta, Texas. Their liabilities are $5,5.0,000 and a sets $1,115,000. The Heurietta National bank. with a capital stock of $153,09), and deposits of $8,000 has closed its doors. The cause of the failu o is the depressed condition of the cattle market. -Louis Bourrette and mother and Frank Coffe and wife, who live near Soux City Io., have been arrested for the murder of an infant of which he mo her, Eliza River., alleges Bourrette was the ather. The child was taken from her shortly a ter its Lirt while she was too ill to rotest, and afterward found in the Big Sioux r ver. The defendant; have been placed under $5,000 bonds cac ; to appear for hearing July 30. -At a committee meeting held in Iowa City recently, the chair of history was filled by Wm. R. Perkins, late professor in Cornell University; the chair of mathematics and astronomy by W. H. Butte, principal of the Orchard Lake Military Academy, Michigan; the chair of medical and moral science by G. W. T. Patrick, of John Hopkins' University, and a graduate of the State University of I wa --A sensational row has broken out i ! he G.A. R. post, at Madison, W.s., of which Gen Fairchild is a member. At a regular meeting a few evenings since George Raynier, editor of the Madison D mocra', and an old veeran, senta letter asking for an honorable ds.harge from the post. A spirited debate ensued, and many were vigorously opposed to ranting an honorable discharge on account of the articles which had appeared in the Democrat, reflecting upon the political attitudo of the G. A. R. In the middle of the debate, when matters had become decidedly hot, the officer of the day, a demo rat, unbuckled his sword, removed h's badges and declared that he had become disgusted W th the actions of the post and wished no further connection with it. Efforts were made to quell the dissatisfaction of the me nbers, but without avail, and the meeting broke up in a general political row. The affair has caused great excitement in Grand Army circies.


Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, August 25, 1887

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HENRIETTA NATIONAL BANK, The Receiver Appointed by the United States Comptroller Takes Charge, Special to the Gazette. HENRIETTA, TEX., Aug. 24 -The receiver, D. B. Kerr, appointed by the United States Comptroller at Washington to take charge of the Henrietta National Bank, arrived on the evening train of the 21st. The control of the bank's affairs were, however, not received by him until to-day. The belief has been 80 general for the past few days that the bank would resume business some time this week that but few of the creditors


Article from The Waco Daily Examiner, August 26, 1887

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whil Pay upand Resume Henrietta. Tex,, August 25.-A reply to stelegram by the county judge to the United States Comptroller, concerning the Henrietta National Bank, the reply was received today. The comp. trollersays: "Rest assured that the receiver has been instructed to do everything practicable for the speedy payment to the depositors of the bank. Also that the bank affairs will then be turned over to the stocks holders, and that by their united efforts the bank will be able to resume business within thirty days."


Article from Fort Worth Weekly Gazette, August 26, 1887

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HENRIETTA NATIONAL BANK. The Receiver Appointed by the United States Comptroller Takes Charge. Special to the Gazette. HENRIETTA, TEX., Aug. 24.-The receiver, D. B. Kerr, appointed by the United States Comptroller at Washington to take charge of the Henrietta National Bank, arrived on the evening train of the 21st. The control of the bank's affairs were, however, not received by him until to-day. The belief has been SO general for the past few days that the bank would resume business some time this week that but few of the creditors would have accepted 95 cents on the 81 in cash, but alas, it would be accepted now. The chances are still that the creditors will get dollar for dollar, possibly that the bank will resume business is also expressed by authority. Mr. James Kincannon. the inspector for this district, who has been here since the suspension of the bank exerting all his ability in trying to sift out the affairs of the bank, was presented to-day with a memorial signed by about forty of the principal depositors, asking him to accept the sincere thanks of the undersigned for the very strong efforts they believe him to have made for their interests while having the control of affairs.


Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, August 26, 1887

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Henrietta National Bank, Special to the Gazette. HENRIETTA, TEX., Aug. 25.-In reply to a telegram by the County Judge to the United States Comptroller, concerning the Henrietta National Bank, a reply was received to-day. The Comptroller says: "Rest assured that the receiver has been instructed to do everything practicable for a speedy payment to the depositors of the bank, also that the bank's affairs will then be turned over to the stockholders and that by their united efforts the bank will be able to resume business within thirty days."


Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, October 22, 1887

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The Henrictta Bank Case. Special to the Gazette. HENRIETTA, Txx., Oct. 21.-D. J. Kerr, receiver of the Henrietta National Bank was relieved of his position as such today and Mr. Frank Brown of this city appointed his successor. Colonel Kincannon, national bank examiner for this district is still here attending business affairs of the bank.


Article from St. Paul Daily Globe, October 23, 1887

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A Bank's Affairs. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-A special from Henrietta, Tex., says: Col. James Concannon, National bank examiner for this district, is here looking after the affairs of the Henrietta National bank. He relieves D. J. Kerr, who was appointed receiver on the suspension of the bank, Aug. 7, and the comptroller of the currency appointed Frank Brown. The receiver will pay 50 per cent. of the deposits by the 25th inst.


Article from New-York Tribune, October 23, 1887

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TO PAY DEPOSITORS OF THE HENRIETTA BANK. HENRIETTA, Tex., Oct 22.-Colonel James Concannon, National Bank Examiner for this district, is here looking after the affairs of the Henrietta National Bank. He relieved D. J. Kerr, who was appointed Receiver on the suspension of the bank August 7, and the Countroller of the Currency appointed Frank Brown. The receiver will pay 50 per cent of the deposits by October 25.


Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, October 25, 1887

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Faying the First Dividend. Special to the Gazette. HENRIETTA, TEX., Oct. 24.-Frank Brown, the new receiver of the Henrietta National bank, commenced payment of the first dividend this morning, which is 50 per cent. of the deposits. This puts into circulation about $40,000 of real money in our town, and which is quite a relief to several of our business citizens.


Article from Fort Worth Daily Gazette, October 14, 1888

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Arother Lividend. Special to the Gazette. HENRIETTA, Tzx, Oct. 13.-Mr. Frank Brown, receiver ofthe Henrietta National Bank, which closed some filten months ago, is now preparing the papers neces sary for another dividend. The payment will be 13 per cent. on the original amounts. This will make the third dividend, the others being payments of 50 and 25 per cent. The total amount paid will then be 90 per cent. of the whole. The receiver will be ready to pay the 15 per cent. distribution about November 1


Article from Barton County Democrat, May 9, 1889

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THE WORLD AT LARGE. Summary of the Daily News. WASHINGTON NOTES. THE State Department has granted to Mr. Perry Belmont, United States Minister to Spain, leave of absence for the purpose of attending the opening ceremonies of the Paris Exposition, to which he had been officially invited by the French Government. THERE was no truth in the report that gained currency that Secretary of State Blaine had suffered a paralytic stroke. Walker Blaine stated that his father was improving from an attack of lumbago. THE last dividend making full payments with interest has been declared by the Comptroller of the Currency in favor of the creditors of the Henrietta (Tex.) National Bank COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY LACEY of Michigan, assumed charge of his office o on the 1st. THE decrease of the public debt during April was $13,078,264.11. THE President granted a respite until May 17 in the case of Nelson Colbert who was to have been hanged in Washington May 3 for the murder of Richard Wentzell, in October last. THE routine of the White House was resumed on the 2d. The crowd of office seekers was smaller than usual, but was large enough to keep the President engaged all the morning. THE Postmaster-General has decided to forward to Guthrie all mail addressed to Edmond, Wharton, Alfred and other points in Oklahoma where there are no "post-offices. He has also directed the postmaster at Guthrie to deliver such mail to the persons addressed upon satisfactory evidence of identity. ASSISTANT SECRETARY TICHENOR has made a ruling that the emigrant fund can not properly be used for the support or deportation of emigrants who are allowed to proceed to their destinations, butsubsequently become charges by reason of sickness. HENRY CAMMETT, of the geological survey, has been appointed biographer of the <census. THE new British Minister was presented by Mr. Blaine (who had entirely recovered from his indisposition) to the President on the 3d. THE sentence on Major Lydecker, court martialed for the Washington aqueduct frauds was, to forfeit $100 of his pay for nine months and to be reprimanded in orders. The President approved the findings. THE free pass question came up before the Inter-State Commerce Commission at Washington on the 3d. Twenty-seven roads were cited to appear. THE only member of Cleveland's Cabinet left in Washington is ex-Attorney-General Garland, who has become a permanent resident. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER has purchased of Judge Andrew Wylie the latter's residence property on Fourteenth street fronting Thomas circle between Vermont avenue and M street, Washington, for $100,000. The Chief Justice will take possession of the residence next autum. DR. KNAPPE,the German Consul, severely censures the "loose discipline" of the American sailors in Samoa. He accuses them of thievish propensities and a fondness for liquor. THE Secretary of the Navy has approved the sentence and findings of the court martial in the case of Lieutenant W. C. Strong, tried on board the United States ship Tallapoosa, at Montevideo, February 11, 1889. He was suspended for five years and repremanded for drunkenness and disobedience.