3470. Harlan State Bank (Harlan, IA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
December 10, 1896
Location
Harlan, Iowa (41.653, -95.326)

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gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
55015aff

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None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous papers (Dec 10–12, 1896) report the Harlan State Bank was taken possession of by the state auditor/bank examiner and a receiver appointed. The cause appears to be bank-specific problems (doubtful paper/substituted paper and bad loans) rather than a depositor run. Depositors were expected to be largely paid; officers turned over property for creditors.

Events (2)
1. December 10, 1896 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
A partner (J. M. Kingery) withdrew $25,000 in cash and substituted doubtful paper (Wyland's paper), leaving the bank in bad shape; heavy questionable loans/doubtful paper led to insolvency and auditor takeover.
Newspaper Excerpt
Des Moines, Dec. 10.-The Harlan State bank was taken possession of by the state auditor today and a receiver will be asked for at once. Bank Examiner Bennett took possession this morning.
Source
newspapers
2. December 11, 1896 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Frederick A. Bennett, State Bank Examiner, took possession of the Harlan State Bank yesterday, under instructions from the Auditor of the State. Its capital is said to be $50,000 and deposits $75,000. ... The bank officials have turned over their property to be used by their creditors. L. C. Lewis has been appointed receiver for the Harlan State Bank, which was recently closed by order of the state auditor. (articles dated Dec 11–22, 1896).
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (17)
1. December 11, 1896 The Wichita Daily Eagle Wichita, KS
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by L. H. Gouldman, and Samuel Butler, mortgagees, at a late hour last night. Topeka, Dec. 10.-An examination of the assets of the recently failed Baxter Springs Bank, of which Colonel Alex. Warner was president, reveals but $29.36 in eash on hand. The capital stock of the bank was $65,000. Pueblo, Col., Dec. 10.-The Andrews Packing company, one of the oldest and Inost successful slaughterers and jobbers of fresh and cured meats in this section, has filed a general deed of assignment for the benefit of all its creditors. . Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10.-A special to the Bee from Harlan, Ia., says: The Harlan State bank closed today. The original capital was $50,000. It was organized in 1872 as a private bank. The bank officials have turned over their property to be used by their creditors. Two other local firms are involved, one having assigned. Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 10.-The entire plant and fixtures of the Nebraska City distillery were sold today for $60,000 by General John McNulta, the receiver of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding company. There was but one bid made, which was by the attorney of the reorganization committee of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding company, and title to the property, which originally cost the trust between $250,000 and $300,000, passed at the above figures. Several parties of national prominence in distilling interests were present at the sale, but made no bids. Whether the plant is to be operated in the near future is a matter of conjecture, but the chances appear to be against it.

2. December 11, 1896 The Salt Lake Herald Salt Lake City, UT
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IOWA BANK FAILS. Harlan State In the Hands of a Receiver. Des Moines, Dec. 10.-The Harlan State bank was taken possession of by the state auditor today and a receiver will be asked for at once. Bank Examiner Bennett took possession this morning. The bank has $50,000 capital and about $75,000 deposits. D. M. Wyland is its president. The bank has always been strong until a few months ago, when J. M. Kingery sold his interest to Wyland and took out of the vaults $25,000 in cash, Wyland's paper being substituted for it. The paper was doubtful and the bank has been in bad shape since. The attorney-general will close up the business at once. The depositors will be paid in full, or nearly so, from present indications, but the stock will realize little.

3. December 11, 1896 Rock Island Argus Rock Island, IL
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Iowa State Bank Closes Harlan. Ia., Dec. 11. - The Harlan State bank closed yesterday. The original capital was $50,000. It was organized in 1872 as a private bank. The bank officials have turned over their property to be used by their creditors. Two other local firms are involved, one having assigned.

4. December 12, 1896 New-York Tribune New York, NY
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BANKS CLOSE THEIR DOORS. FAILURE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL OF NIAGARA FALLS-WESTERN INSTITUTIONS GO UNDER. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Dec. 11.-The First National Bank of this city closed its doors this morning and posted a notice announcing its suspension. The directors held a meeting last night to consider the condition of the bank's affairs. and at 12:30 o'clock this morning they decided to suspend. Among those present was Senator Ellsworth, of Lockport. The action taken by the directors is said to be due to heavy withdrawals, amounting to almost a run on the bank. It is believed that the depositors will be paid in full. The bank was organized on June 1, 1893. with a capital of $100,000. The assets and liabilities are estimated at $300,000. Two days ago President Phillips resigned, and George B. Rand, president of the First National Bank of Tonawanda, was elected in his place, but has not yet qualified. The Cataract Milling Company, O. B. GaskIII. president, has been seized by the Sheriff on executions issued by Eastern parties. The mill was a heavy borrower from the First National Bank. Ex-Mayor Phillips, the president of the bank. accuses Cash er Henry Durk, of making large loans. about $80,000. to C. B. Gaskill, president of the Street Railway Company. of the Cataract Milling Company and a director of the power company, without the knowledge or consent of the directors or other officers of the bank. He also says that the loans were so cleverly covered up that the bank examiner could not learn of them. All this Mr. Durk denies. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 11.-Two receivers were this afternoon appointed for the Commercial Travellers' Life Association of New-York State. The assets are placed at $60,000 and the liabilities at $100,000. The association was first organized in 1872. Harlan, Iowa. Dec. 11.-Frederick A. Bennett, State Bank Examiner, took possession of the Harlan State Bank yesterday, under instructions from the Auditor of the State. Its capital is said to be $50,000 and deposits $75,000. The depositors will be safe, as the assets will. it is expected, pay them and leave a little for the stockholders. Duluth, Minn. Dec. 11.-The National Bank of Commerce of this city closed Its doors this morning. Its paid-up capital was $200,000. Its last statement showed undivided profits of $10,000. deposits of $200,000 and loans and discounts of $375,000. A notice posted on the door states that, owing to inability to make any money in the business, the directors had decided to suspend. and that the bank expected to pay depositors at an early date. Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 11.-Leland Smith & Co., whole. sale tobacco and cigars. failed to-day. Liabilities, $10,000: assets, somewhat less. The vice-president. J. G. Gould. disappeared several days ago, but it is said that fact has nothing to do with the failure. E. M. Harley & Co., retail gentlemen's furnishings. also failed to-day. The preferred claims amount to $23,000: assets not given. Providence. Dec. 11.-Walter F. Slade and Francls H. Clough. doing business as Walter F. Slade & Co., at the Clear River woollen mill. in Burrellville, were adjudged insolvent in the Supreme Court to-day. Their liabilities are $136,592. and their assets about $53,500.

5. December 12, 1896 The Bryan Daily Eagle Bryan, TX
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Iowa Bank Fails, HARLAN, Dec. 11.-The Harlan State bank, capital $50,000, closed. The bank officials have turned over their property to be used for creditors. Twolocal firms are involved, one having assigned.

6. December 16, 1896 The Representative Saint Paul, Minneapolis, MN
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MORE PROSPERITY. IT IS BOOMING-THE BANKS HAVE THE SMALL-POX. Read this: Harlan, Iowa, Dec. 10.-Frederick A. Bennett, state bank examiner, took possession of the Harlan State Bank today under instructions from. the auditor of the state. Its capital is $50,000; deposits, $75,000, It was started last January. And here's another: Liverpool, Ohio, Dec. 10.-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 a $225,000 bond. It is said the appointment of the receivers is merely to wind up the business. And here's another-with only $29 of assets!! Who would be foolish enough to refuse to follow the lead of such a financier as that? These are our natural guides and guardians! Topeka, Kan., Dec. 10.-An examination of the assets of the recently failed Baxter Springs Bank, of which Colonel Alexander Warner was president, reveals only $29,36 in cash on hand. The capital stock of the bank was $65,000. And here is another. Four bank failures in one day! Prosperity must be here. Washington, Dec. 10.-The comptroller of the currency has appointed Thomas A. E. Weadock of Michigan receiver of the First National Bank of East Saginaw, Mich. And here is another, the next day, Dec. 11. Duluth, Minn., the National Bank of Commerce, of Duluth, failed to open for business this morning. A notice posted on the doors stated that owing to the inability to make any money in the business, the directors had decided to suspend. The notice also stated that the bank expected to pay depositors at an early date. The bank is capitalized at $200,000, and has 30,000 surplus. And here is another: Washington, Dec. 11.-The comptroller of the currency has received notice of the First National Bank of Niagara Falls. The bank's capital was $100,000; individual deposits, $118,267; demand certificates of deposit outstanding, $16,639; notes and

7. December 16, 1896 Morris Tribune Morris, MN
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FINANCE AND TRADE. The Harlan (Ia.) State bank has failed. Iron ore has been discovered near Niles, Mich. Thr greatest oil well in Ohio has been found near Findlay. A new anti-trust nut and bolt works will be built at Anderson, Ind. Negotiations for the reorganization of the Missouri National bank at Kansas City are in progress. A receiver has been appointed at Topeka, Kan., for the celebrated silver statue of Ada Rehan. Thomas A. E. Weadock has been appointed receiver of the First National bank of East Saginaw, Mich. St. Louis is enjoying a boom in the shoe trade. Factories are running full time and with increased forces. Sioux City is to have direct telephone connection with New York and Boston as well as the Twin Cities and Kansas City. The National Bank of Commerce of Duluth has suspended. Failure to ınake any money dictated the action of the direçtors. The directors of the Western Union Telegraph company, have declared the regularly quarterly dividend of 11/4 per cent, payable Jan. 15. Statistics compiled by the crop department of Iowa show loss of over 30 per cent of all the hogs in Iowa by cholera, the per cent being from 1 to 77 in the different counties. The loss in money is given at $15,000,000. Official figures make the total iron ore output of the Lake Superior mines for the year 6,663,389 gross tons. Of this amount the Mesaba range shipped 2,893,300 tons; Marquette, 2,468,451; Gogebic, 1,698,956; Menominee, 1,514,857 ; Vermillion, 1,087,861.

8. 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

9. December 17, 1896 Barton County Democrat Great Bend, KS
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but urges the suspension of all agitatation of the subject of free coinage for the present, further than by keeping up the club rolls for future service, and thus give their adversaries every opportunity to fulfill their promises to restore prosperity to the country. A "TALL and a short man" entered the barroom of the Hotel Legrand at Chicago early on the morning of the 13th and demanded of the bartender the money in the till and the bartender accidentally knocked over some glasses under the bar which scared the "tall man" and he shot the bartender dead. THE head of the Florida branch of the Cuban junta at Jacksonville hasre ceived a letter confirming the report of Antonio Maceo's death. It appeared the marquie of Ahumada, acting cap tain-general in Weyler's absence, invited the insurgent chief to a confer ence near Punta Brava and Maceo at. tended with only his staff, when they were surrounded by Spanish soldiers and treacherously killed. ANDREW HART, aged 25, was shot dead at Marshalltown, Ia., by an un. known man who entered the house, presumably, for the purpose of rob bery. The murderer escaped, but hun dreds of armed citizens with bloodhounds went in pursuit and lynching was probable if the murderer was captured. THE rumor was given wide currency at New York that J. Pierpont Morgan was to manage the Vanderbilt railway properties and Chauncey M. Depew was to be made ambassador to En. gland. THE combination express and mail attached to train No. 103, of the Illinois Central railroad, was burned to the tracks at Trimble, Tenn., and ten pieces of baggage, six fine hunting dogs and 60 mail pouches were consumed. It was caused by the overturn. ing of a lamp. MOSE BRUNSON was found at Montezuma, Ia., on the 11th with three bullet holes in his head. He had been on trial for stealing chickens, but was ac. quitted and was on his way home when he was waylaid in the darkness. A VERDICT was given to Mrs. Ruggaber against thesupreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, in the superior court at Milwaukee for the insurance on her husband's life, who committed suicide. This was a test case to decide others like it all over the United States, the order claiming that members forfeited their rights by suicide. THE executive committee of the national democratic party met at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 10th and gave out the statement that the party would permanently maintain its organization and would at once open national headquarters in New York. THE Richmond (Va.) chamber of commerce recently adopted resolutions favoring the creation by congress of a department of commerce. THE Harlan (Ia.) state bank has suspended. A JURY returned a verdict at Metropolis, Ill., on the 11th in the case of John Lemley, Bart Lynn and Ed Lynn. on trial for the murder of Ben Ladd last May, finding them guilty and fixing their terms in the penitentiary at 99, 20 and 14 years respectively. THE steamship Salier, with 214 passengers and a crew of 78 men was sunk in a recent gale off the coast of Spain and all on board perished. THE safe of H. & A. Haas at Atoka, I. T., was cracked by burglars recently and they secured 25 copper cents for their trouble. A SPECIAL from Canton, O., on the 10th said that Senator Allison, of Ia., would be secretary of state in McKinley's cabinet. IN the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey conspiracy trial at San Francisco on the 10th George Allen, assistant trainer for Sharkey, testified that when Le helped to carry Sharkey into the dressing room there were no marks on Sharkey's groin, but it was afterwards doctored. THE principal manufacturers of white paper used by newspapers have held a conference at New York and have agreed to pool interests and to deal with consumers only through a general agency. Thirty companies are interested in the movement and they are said to control the industry in this country. THE little town of Chester, Ark., hus been almost totally destroyed by fire. FRANK LAWRENCE recently died near Huntington, Ind., from sweating blood from the pores of his skin. A DISPATCH from Frankfort, Ky., on the 8th stated that the court of appeals had affirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of Scott Jackson,

10. 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-

11. December 18, 1896 Iowa State Bystander Des Moines, IA
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IOWA CONDENSED. According to estimates of the Io Weather and Crop Service, Iowa's 1 from hog cholera during 1896 , $15,000,000. Scott M. Ladd has tendered his 1 ignation as judge of the Fourth j cial district, an action made ne sary by his recent election to the preme bench. In. the Poweshiek district co at Montezuma, a motion for a I trial in the Richard Rowe case , overruled and Judge Ryan senten him to three years in the penitentia The Harlan State Bank has b closed by the auditor. The origi capital was $50,000. It was organiz in 1872 as a private bank. The ba officials have turned over their pr erty to be used by their credito Two other local firms are involved, o having assigned. The H. B. Hamm dry goods ho of Fort Madison was closed a f days ago by creditors. The to amount of claims on file is $28,144. The firm claims their stock is wor $50,000. The heavy falling off in f trade and inability to realize on o standing bills is given as the cause. Bennie Freeman, aged 20, son Dr. George Freeman, of Missouri V ley, fired two shots at his fath ran down street, shot himself in head and fell dead. The doctor is i seriously wounded. The boy came recently from Stockton. Cal. mother, divorced, lives in Ath county. Ohio. W. C. Bremerman was sentenced Judge Woolson at Des Moi for embezzling the funds of the Boo postoffice to three years in the P itentiary and to pay a fine of $2,596 Ilis wife. who was present wl sentence was pronounced, fainted a had to be taken from the room by friends. The money which Bren man took was lost on board of tra speculation. Mose Bruner. residing near Shang was on trial at Hedrick a few d ago for stealing chickens. was acquitted and went part of way home in company with a consta and his attorney from What Che When within a few miles of his ho he went alone on foot. In the mo ing he was found dead near his ho with three bullet holes in his body. is thought the shooting was de about midnight. The coroner is n estigating the case. Des Moines dispatch: Susie Mai formerly Mrs. Susie Valeria Wats has begun suit for divorce from husband, John Mains, of Mer Guthrie county. They were marr in Des Moines in October and li together one day. He is the man " came to Des Moines bearing si: letters from Des Moines women. wh he had received as answers to advertisement for a wife. and star out on a hunt for a helpmate with directory under his arm. Mrs. Ma claims her husband has the reputat of being a murderer, and the people Guthrie county accuse him of murd ing his first wife. She claims he worth $10,000, and wants her share his wealth as his lawfully wede wife. Hansen's radical cough cure stops ti ling,cough. healing to throat and lun Rev. B. Fay Mills, whose work as evangelist has made his a na beloved by Christian Americans,

12. December 18, 1896 The Forrest City Times Forrest City, AR
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SBU asu maquo VEHOLU ed an address from San Francisco iends of the cause in which he at the cause has not been ai andoned at urges the suspension of a 1 agita tion of the sul jeet of 'ree e inage e present. further than 'y keeping o the club rolls for future service d thus give their adversari every oportunity to fulfill their promises store prosperity to the country A "TALL and a short man" entered e barroom of the Hotel Legrand icago early on the morning of the th and demanded of the bartender e money in the till and the bar nder accidentally knocked over asses under the bar which scared the all man" and he shot the bartender ead. THE head of the Florida branch e Cuban junta at Jacksonville has ived a letter confirming the report Antonio Maceo's death. It appeared e marquis of Ahumada, acting in-general in Weyler's absence. ted the insurgent chief to a confer ce near Punta Brava and Maceo nded with only his staff. when they ere surrounded by Spanish soldiers d treacherously killed. ANDREW HART. aged 25, was sho ad at Marshalltown, Ia., by an nown man who entered the house resumably, for the purpose of erv. The murderer escaped, but reds of armed citizens with blood unds went in pursuit and lynching as probable if the murderer was ared. THE rumor was given wide currency t New York that J. Pierpont Morgan as to manage the Vanderbilt railway roperties and Chauncey M. Depew as to be made ambassador to and. THE combination express and mai tached to train No. 103. of the bis Central railroad, was burned e tracks at Trimble, Tenn., and leces of baggage, six fine hunting ogs and 60 mail pouches were imed. It was caused by the overturn [are] B to MOSE BRUNSON was found at Monte ima, Ia., on the 11th with three bulle oles in his head. He had been on r stealing chickens. but was uitted and was on his way home hen he was waylaid in the darkness A VERDICT was given to Mrs. Rugga er against thesupreme lodge, Knight t Pythias, in the superior court Ilwaukee for the insurance on usband's life, who committed suicide his was a test case to decide other ke it all over the United States, rder claiming that members forfeite heir rights by suicide. THE executive committee of the onal democratic party met at Indian polis, Ind., on the 10th and gave he statement that the party would ermanently maintain its organization nd would at once open national uarters in New York. THE Richmond (Va.) chamber of erce recently adopted resolutions oring the creation by congress of epartment of commerce. THE Harlan (Ta.) state bank has ended. A JURY returned a verdict at Metrop case the u! 4711 the uo "III "sii ohn Lemley, Bart Lynn and Ed Lynn n trial for the murder of Ben ist May, finding them guilty and in their terms in the penitentiary ) 20 and 14 years respectively. THE steamship Salier, with 214 engers and a crew of 78 men was 1 a recent gale off the coast of perished pasoq uo 11" pu THE safe of H. & A. Haas at Atoka T., was cracked by burglars recent / and they secured 25 copper cents tronble A SPECIAL from Canton. O., on 0th said that Senator Allison, of Ia. would be secretary of state in MeKin cabinet S,A IN the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey conspir ey trial at San Francisco on the leorge Allen, assistant trainer harkey, testified that when Le helpe o carry Sharkey into the dressing oom there were no marks on ey's groin, but it was afterwards ored. THE principal manufacturers white paper used by newspapers eld a conference at New York ave agreed to pool interests and eal with consumers only through

13. December 19, 1896 The Democratic Advocate Westminster, MD
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News of the Week. Turk's Island, West India. is being ravaged by yellow fever. Alexander Salvini, the celebrated Italian actor, died on Tuesday, aged 35 years. An epidemic of measles prevails in Pike county, Pa., and several deaths have occurred from the disease. During December there will be 400 sheriff's sales in Crawford county, Pa. Business is booming for the sheriff. Hermann, the magician, died suddenly in Rochester, N. Y., on Thursday. He was born in Germany 50 years ago. Wheat in parts of the Argentine Republic is reported to be in bad condition, especially so in the Province of Santa Fe. Wm. Bruce, of Tulare, California, has a cow that weighs 2500 pounds. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and is a fine milker. Over 1,000,000 barrels of sweet potatoes were shipped the past season from the two eastern shore counties of Virginia. The First National Bank of Niagara Falls, New York, has suspended. The assets and liabilities are estimated at $800,000. The Harlan, Iowa, Bank was closed by the State Auditors. The deposits, amounting to $75,000, will, it is said, be paid in full. The Cataract Milling Company, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., has been seized by the Sheriff on executions issued by Eastern parties. Smith & Burden, contractors, of Long Island City, N. Y., have made an assignment; liabilities and assets each about $100,000. The postoffice, Lee's Hotel, Masonic Hall and seventeen other buildings, at Floyd's Court House, Virginia, were destroyed by fire Monday. Wm. S. Harris a member of the Chester county Pa. Bar, has been held in $800 bail at West Chester, on a charge of forging bonds aggregating $1800. Willis A. Meyer, who operates a large department store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has assigned; assets from $170,000 to $200,000 and liabilities $100,000. Bagot's Sons, dealers in ladies' wearing apparel, assigned in New York on Saturday. The liabilities are said to be $140,000 and the actual assets $45,000. Fire at Altoona, Pa., Monday night de stroyed the dry goods store of Frank M. Morrow and damaged several other buildings, causing a loss of nearly $100,000. F. B. Newton, a large lumber dealer of Cleveland, Ohio, assigned on Saturday. The assets are $125,000, and the liabilities are expected to reach the same amount. Norfolk, Virginia, and other seaports were flooded by the heavy storms of Monday night and Tuesday. Wires were torn from the poles and few details have been received. From the 1st of August to the present time there have been 106 cases of diphtheria in York, Pa., and 19 deaths; 135 cases of scarlet fever and 5 deaths, and 42 cases of typhoid fever and 7 deaths. Inspection of winter crops of colery, now in trenches in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, celery fields, shows that fully one-third is rotten on account of damp, warm weather. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Statistics compiled by the crop department of Iowa show a loss of over 30 per cent. of all hogs in Iowa by cholera, the percentage being from 1 to 77 in the different counties. The loss in money is given at $15,000,000. The winter's crops in the southern prov inces of Russia have been greatly damaged by the drought. The eastern crops are in a satisfactory condition and those of the western and northern provinces are in a good condition. Reports reached Key West, Fla, Saturday from Cuban sources to the effect that Antonio Maceo was enticed by treachery within the Spanish lines and shot by Spanish troops in ambush. The report is officially denied by the Spanish. Sterling W. Turner, a theological student at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., president of the University Y. M. C. A., committed suicide by cutting his throat on Monday. Ill health had caused him to fall behind his class. More of Carnegie's steel plates would not stand the test, and some of those tested after being placed on the ship at Washington, D. C., showed signs of weakness and had to be taken off. About 300 men will be laid by until other plates are made. The South mountains along the northwestern valley of York county, Pa., are on fire between Smoketown and Black Rock, and much valuable timber land is being destroyed. The fire was started by some boys who tried to smoke a squirrel out of a stump. Mr. Boatner, Louisiana, has offered in the House, a bill increasing to $10,000 per year the salary of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to $7500 per year the salaries of Senators and Representatives, to go into effect March 4, 1897.

14. December 22, 1896 Decorah Public Opinion Decorah, IA
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Mrs. Crownover died at Waterloo after going three months without food, because of a hard cancer of the stomach. It has developed that Ben Freeman, who attempted to kill his father at Missouri Valley and then killed himself, was insane. M. J. Foley, one of the leading business men of Manson, has been missing since December 2, when he left for Fort Dodge. Judge Scott M. Ladd, of the Fourth judicial district, has tendered his resignation in order that he may qualify as judge of the supreme court. At Clarion a few days ago the jury in the case of the state against W. E. Bullard, charged with forgery, returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Bullard was secretary of the late state senate. L. C. Lewis has been appointed receiver for the Harlan State Bank, which was recently closed by order of the state auditor. It is believed that depositors will be paid almost, if not quite, in full. Orman McPherson, alias Chas. Murphey, confessed to the police at Decotur, Ill., that he killed the marshal at Morning Sun, Iowa, on September 20 last. He had been drinking for three or four days. W. E. Gittinger, living near Russell, found the remains of a man in his pasture. It is supposed to be the body of J. H. Crooks, an old man who wandered away from his home near Corydon about six months ago. 3 Burglars entered the general store of J. G. Wallace at Waukee, in which the postoffice is located, and blew open two safes. From one they secured a gold watch and from the other $75 worth of postage stamps. Walter A. Little, of Grinnell, proprietor of the Hotel Mack in that city, was sentenced by Judge Woolson at Des Moines to pay a fine of $1,750 and to serve ten months in the Warren county jail for sending an obscene letter through the mail, Corporation papers for a new bank at Atlantic have been filed at the Cass county recorder's office. It will be known as the Farmers' State bank and will do business after January 18, 1897. D. P. Hogan, of Corning, is one of the directors and cashier. Henry Schultz, the Fairfax robber, after having made written confession, has been bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $5,000 on the charge of assault with intent to rob. Mr. Wolf, father of the dead robber, refused to claim the body of his dead son, and he was buried in the potter's field. W. E. Bullard, who was recently convicted at Clarion of forgery, says he will perfect an appeal to the supreme court at once. Mr. Bullard feels pretty badly at the outcome of the case, as he confidently expected an acquittal. The conviction was in the Keplinger case. There is another indictment against him, and should it be tried another conviction would probably follow. It is not likely to be reached this term. A case is now on in the district court at Anamosa which, besides involving a claimed indebtedness of $31,000, is of interest in raising the question of the legal right of bankers to charge interest on the overdrafts of their customers. The parties in the suit are L. Schoonover VS. Osborne Bros. The sum named is claimed as money advanced by Schoonover through a period covering some fourteen years for business purposes. There has been a decided change in the version of the shooting of the 13year-old son of A. E. Palmer, near Evanston. What seemed at first to have been the fiendish acts of tramps has proved to be the work of the little brother. One of the boys has admitted that the other did the shooting. The other denies the charge and still elings to the original story. The particulars as to why or how the shooting was done are meager. Frank Baumgartner, of Peoria, III., who has a medicine for curing hog cholera, has begun experiments in Dubuque under direction of the Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul railway company. He says cholera is due to the excessive and irregular feeding and has placed five sound hogs among as many sick onesto prove the disease is not infectious and contagious. He will also over-feed five other sound hogs to produce cholera. The killing of a would-be robber by the station agent at Fairfax reveals the extent and methods of a gang in-

15. December 30, 1896 The Abbeville Press and Banner Abbeville, SC
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ment fixing the terms of Representatives at four years. of Senators at eight years, and of the President at eight years, the President to be inelígible for re-election. The Senate in executive session ratified the treaty with Mexico, extending for one year the treaty providing for the marking of the boundary line between the two countries. Domestic. Six men lost their lives by an accident in the Holy Cross Mine. at Red Cifff, thirty miles from Leadville, Col. Morris Brill, an electrician, volunteered to flx an electric light wire in New York City and was killed by a shock. Reports from many places in all parts of the country show that men are organizing and enlisting to help Cuba. At Sneedville, Tenn., Maired Hatfleld, a relative of the notorious Hatflelds, of Kentucky and West Virginia, was hanged a few days ago. With a woman named Haney Jordan. he waylaid and killed Jonas Trail, a dealer in illicit whisky, on March 25. Moody and Sankey conducted services in the chapel of Sing Sing (N. Y.) Prison. Thirty-one convicts raised their hands as a sign that they had been converted. Mrs. Catharine McNeilly, aged nearly 10 years, died at Lambertville. N. J.. and Mrs. Catharine Perry, aged nearly 104, at Lebanon, Conn. Governor Morton appointed William M. K. Cleott to succeed the late Colonel Fellows as District Attorney of New York. He will hold the office until January 1, 1898, when he will be succeeded by the man elected to the position. A special election held in the Third Congressional District, Georgia, to fill the VR. cancy caused by the death of Charles F. Crisp, resulted in the election of Charles R. Crisp, eldest son of the former Speaker. Edward Hood, while driving a wagon in the outskirts of Brooklyn, was "held up" by two highwaymen and robbed of $100. Governor Morton dismissed the charges against Sheriff Tamsen, of New York. In his memorandum the Governor says that the Sheriff has proved an honest officer. and has done his best to properly conduct his office. The Board of Aldermen, of New York City, formally killed the franchise of the Consumers Fuel Gas, Heat and Power Company by recalling it from the Mayor and referring it to a special committee. The American Federation of Labor, in an nual session at Cincinnati. Ohio, rejected the credentials of President Pomeroy, of the Waiters' Union. after an exciting debate. Pomeroy had issued a McKinley manifesto during the campaign. Einathan Hall, of the Knoxville (Tenn.) College, a four-story building for girls, was burned. The fire originated in one of the bedrooms. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The college is under the care of the United Presbyterian Church, Grand Isle, Vt., is the lastest town selected by the Postoffice Department for the experiment of free mail delivery in the rural districts. Theophile Le Blane, who starved himself that his wife might have food, died at Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Alfred Schluss. in New York City, shot and fatally wounded the woman for whom he had left his wife and then killed himself. Richard Roberts, nineteen years old, a son of the Rev. R. W. Roberts, committed suicide at Wilkesbarie, Penn., by taking laudanum. The young man leaves a widow eighteen years old and an infant. Roberts was head clerk in a large clothing store. Recently he had been drinking heavily and became melancholy. The annual convention of the American Federation of Labor opened at Cincinnati, Ohio. President Gompers delivered his annual address.) A hunting party of seventeen or eighteen Yakima Indians are starving and freezing to death in the Cascade Mountains. Washington. They aresnowbound, and Judge Erwin, agent at Fort Simcoe, who has charge of the Yakimas, has organized a relief party. Fire in the business portion of Altoona, Penn., caused a loss of $100,000. Several lives were lost. William Johns, an employe of the Hotel Le Grand, Chicago, III., was shot and killed by a bandit because he refused to throw up his hands. Indignation meetings denouncing the as. sassination of Maceo in Cuba were held in many cities of the Union. Samuel P. Putnam, 8 famous free thinker and an author, and Miss May L. Collins were killed by gas in the latter's home in Boston, Mass. A crank with an imaginary grievance and a revolver, threatened to shoot the German Consul General, in New York City, but was disarme 1 by a policeman. Josephine, Countess Jaracke, who said she was agrandniece of Count Pulaski, was found dead in her Brooklyn (N. Y.) home, having committed suicide. The great six days' bicycle race at Madison Square Garden, New York City, ended with Hale first, Rice second and Reading third. All records were broken in the contest of endurance and speed. The winner rode a total distance of 1910 miles and eight laps. The best previous record for 142 hours was 1600 miles. Twenty-seven men started in the race, Fifteen finished. Carl Schurz, in an address to the National Civil Service Reform League, in Philadelphia, declared that the system of civil service is doing away with official spoils and bringing honesty in the service. The Harlan (Iowa) State Bank has closed. The original capital was $50,000. It was organized in 1872 as a private bank. The bank officials have turned over their property to be used by their creditors. Two other local firms are involved, one having assigned. After several hours' conference the directors of the First National Bank of Niagara It Falls, N. Y., resolved to close the doors. is stated that the depositors will get their money. A few days ago the Niagara Glazed Paper Company failed, and this pulled down the bank. Marie Barbari was acquitted, after four weeks' trial in the Criminal Part of the Supreme Court, New York City, for the murder of Domenico Cataldo.

16. April 29, 1897 Audubon Republican Audubon, IA
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OUR NEIGHBORS. Boone will have a free mail delivery after July 1st. Congressman Hager has recommended A. E. Childs, publisher of the Times, for postmaster at Bridgewater. Receiver Lewis, of the Harlan State Bank, which failed some time since, has been directed to pay seventy per cent of the preferred claims. An Avoca girl recently confessed to her pastor that she had received attentions from seventeen young men, and of that number fifteen kissed her habitually when they visited her, and the other two only occasionally. The Carroll Herald says the abolition of the free lunch in the saloons of that city is not working satisfactorily. There is a less demand for beer, which saddens the saloonist's heart, and the fellows who lived off the lunches are growing thin. The city council of Glenwood is a much "cussed" organization these days. They employed an expert to go through the books of the county recorder for evidence of the holders of mortages, and as a result the council, as a board of equalization, raised the assessment of. some twenty-five persons quite materially. Hamburg now has another sensation to very its amateur boxing matches and shooting scrapes. The Shenandoah Sentinel says that last week a number of girls and youths conceived what they thought to be a huge joke. They simply exchanged their wearing apparel and paraded the streets. The :Sentinel complains that no arrests were made. Dr. T. J. Caldwell, of Adel, well known in all central Iowa, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a runaway. The doctor was making a call in the country when his team becoming frightened, ran away, and he wasthrown from the buggy, falling on his head and shoulders. Several ribs were broken and his head considerably bruised. There was much alarm as to his condition Sunday night, but he is better and promises to recover. The Washington dispatches say that Congressman Dolliver has decided on appointing J. B. Hungerford postmaster at this place. Mr. Hungerford will make a good postmaster and is as good a selection as could have been made. Dur ing his former term he gave the patrons of the office service and his experience will enable him to do better the next time. The present postmaster's commission does not expire until about the first of September, After that time, in all probability Mr. Hungerford will have charge of Uncle Sam's affairs at this place and his appointment will give general satisfaction.-Carroll Sentinel.

17. September 22, 1897 Omaha Daily Bee Omaha, NE
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REPORT ON STATE BANKS OF IOWA. Show a Net Increase of Two in Number During the Year. DES MOINES, Sept. 21.-(Special Telegram.)-State Auditor McCarthy today issued his annual report to the legislature on the condition of state and savings banks for the year ended June 30 last. It shows that the number of savings banks was 166, and of state banks, 206. There has been a decrease of three in the number of savings, and an increase of five in the number of state banks. During the year six banks have failed: The Iowa Savings bank, Sioux City Savings bank and Commercial Savings bank, all of Sioux City; the German Savings of Des Moines, the Harlan State bank of Harlan and the Citizens' Savings of Ireton. Of these, the German Saving of Des Moines has been reorganized and reopened. The report says: "The present report indicates beyond question, not only the return of full confidence in our banking and financial institutions, but also an ease in the money market such as this state has not experienced in several years. The increase in available cash held by the banks over a year ago is $3,045,998.40, and the increase in deposits amounts to $1,476,100.37. The following shows the percentage of the deposits held by the banks as available cash for a series of years: 1892, 25 per cent; 1893, 19 per cent; 1894, 29 per cent; 1895, 21 per cent; 1896, 22 per cent; 1897, 28 per cent. It will be seen the banks now hold a larger proportion of available cash than at any time except in 1894, when the panic compelled them to fortify themselves with cash in order to prevent suspension on account of sudden withdrawals." The following statement is made for the 327 banks covered in the report: