Joseph Steiner & Sons (Greenville, AL)

Episode Information

Episode UID
3471945591128
Episode Type
Suspension β†’ Closure
Bank Type
trust
Bank ID
347194559 hash
Start Date
December 18, 1893
Location
Greenville, Alabama (31.830, -86.618)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
66506fb97b4dd187

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple items state the firm assigned/failed and made an assignment to E. R. Adams and Bernard Steiner.

Events (3)
1. December 18, 1893 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Firm made an assignment (failure/insolvency) with liabilities about $100,000; creditors impaired.
Newspaper Excerpt
The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons; also Steiner Bros. & Co., of Greenville, Ala., assigned Monday.
Source
newspapers
2. December 20, 1893 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Liabilities, $160,000; assets, $750,000. The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons; also Steiner Bros. & Co., of Greenville, Ala., assigned Monday.
Source
newspapers
3. December 28, 1893 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons, the general merchandise firm of Steiner Bros. & Co., both doing business at Greenville, Ala., made an assignment to E. R. Adams and Bernard Steiner.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (6)
1. December 20, 1893 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA
Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 20, 1893

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CONDENSED DISPATCHES. The American Federation of Labor has adjourned sine die. Abram Steen, a New York lumber dealer, assigned Monday. Liabilities, $300,000. Edward Gallagher was killed in an explosion of one of the Dupont powder mills at Wilmington, Del, Tuesday morning. Robert Adams, ex-minister to Brazil, has been elected to succeed the late Charles O'Neil as representative of the Second Pennsylvania district. W. Boynton, the American who attempted to destroy Mello's ship Aquidabau in the harbor of Rio, has arrived in New York as a political prisoner. The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons; also Steiner Bros. & Co., of Greenville, Ala., assigned Monday. Liabilities, $160,000; assets, $750,000. The fire in Union Pacific coal mine No. 7 at Evanston. Wyo., will not permit of the mine being worked inside of six months. The fire was of incendiary origin. Gov. McConnell has ordered the Idaho miue exhibit, which is again intact, shipped from Chieago to Boise, preparatory to its being rearranged and shipped to the Midwinter fair. Edward Payson Weston, the old-time pedestrian, started Monday night from Old Trinity, New York, to walk to the capitol at Albany. He was heartily cheered by a large crowd as he started up Broadway. Fire in the office of the Kansas City Times Monday night created a panic among the compositors, among whom were several women who fainted and had to be carried out The loss was principally by water.

2. December 23, 1893 The Irish Standard Minneapolis, Saint Paul, MN
Article from The Irish Standard, December 23, 1893

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SATURDAY, DECEMB MINOR NEWS ITEMS. For the Week Ending Dec. 20. The private bank of Olmsted Storms of Galesburg, Mich., has suspended. The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons at Greenville, Ala, failed for $100,000. The big plate-glass works at Charleroi, Pa., will close down for an indefinite period. The Akron (0.) Iron company went into the handsof a receiver with liabilities of $500,000. Robbers held up the attendants in a gambling house in Chicago and got away with $4,000. On her official trial trip the United States craiser Olympis made a record of 21.67 knots an hour. After a separation of fifty years William C. Burner and Mrs. Childs, a sister, met at Lima. O. Exports exceeded imports during November by $40,881,023, according to the bureau of statistics. Joe Kangley drank four cups of bad whisky at Gifford, Ia., and died of con gestion of the brain. Herman Kleving, a carpenter out of work, fatally cut his wife's throat and his own in Cincinnati. Ex-Gov. Larrabee. of Iowa. has sold for $100,000 his Black Hills coal mines to Chicago capitalists. The National Carbon company's works in Cleveland, O., were burned, the loss being $175,000. The firm of Kleine, Timberman & Co., dealers in woolen cloths in Cincinnati, failed for $125,000. Henry G. Givens (colored) was lynched near Nebo, Ky. He was accused of poisoning stock. New York Sons of the American Revolution commemorated the Boston tea party anniversary by a banquet. Half the police force of Ironwood, Mich., is under arrest forstealing goods sent to thestarving Gogebic miners. Pete Nolan, pugilist, had both ears chewed half off in a fight at Cincinnati with Jim Watson, a circus man. By a wreck on the Seaboard Air Line road near Athens, La, twelve passengers and several trainmen were hurt. Will Ferguson, for informing on Adel (Ga.) gamblers, was dragged to a swamp and killed to prevent him testifying. Hunter Wilson was killed and his wife probably fatally wounded by robbers in Baxter county, Ark. John P. Hopkins (dem.) defeated George B. Swift (republican) for mayor of Chicago by a plurality of 1,461. David Stout, a farmer living near Indianapolis, was robbed of $10,000 in gold which he had buried in his cellar. Mary Gould, of New Bedford, Mass., has been sleeping for about three weeks The case is attracting attention. Mrs. Sarah Farley Van Nostrand died at her homevin East Millston, N. J., aged 105 years, 3 months and 10 days. Joseph Jefferson made his debut at Detroit as a lecturer at a charitable entertainment. His subject was "Dramatic Art." The felt works of Alfred Dolge at Dolgeville, N. Y., have shut down indefinitely, throwing 1,500 men out of employment. James Mathis and Henry Scott, two negroes, were shot and killed at Live Oak. Fla., by City Marshal Peary while resisting arrest. Three persons and 300 hugs and 100 cattle were killed in a wreck on the Chesapeake & Ohio Southwestern road near Louisville, Ky. Flames in several towns in Japan destroyed 340 houses, and in a tornado at Nayasaki 2,235 houses were wrecked and 44 persons were killed. A successful operation was performed at Paris on Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, for double hernis of the stomach: He is reported to be rapidly improving. C. A. Crawford and O. P. Frost sold the little Annie Gold Mining CODEpany's property at Summitville, Col., to the Consolidated Gold Mining company for $2,000,000. During the season just closed 10.800,000 barrels of flour were received and handled at Buffato, N. Y. The value of the product was between $80,000,000 and $40,000,000. One hundred volumes of the original edition of Prof. J. D. Dana's work on "Crustaceea of America" were consumed in a fire ab New Haven. They were valued at $100,000. Colorado's Big Gold Output. DEEVER, Col., Dec. 18.-Leadville is again to the front. The Carbonate

3. December 28, 1893 The State Republican Jefferson City, MO
Article from The State Republican, December 28, 1893

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WEST AND SOUTH. JOSEPH STEINER & SONS, bankers at Greenville, Ala., failed for $100,000. IN Cincinnati Herman Kleving, a carpenter out of work, fatally cut his wife's throat and his own. ROBBERS killed Hunter Wilson and fatally wounded his wife in Baxter county, Ark. THE attendants in a gambling house in Chicago were held up by burglars who got away with $4,000. AT Burbank, S. D., while sleigh-riding Miss Dolly Hemphill and Miss Kate Stefani were fatally shot by their escort, a man called "Shorty" Babcock, who then killed himself. No cause was known. OLMSTED & STORMS, private bankers at Galesburg, Mich., suspended. AT their home near Winchester, O., L. P. Ryan and wife, aged 81 and 78 respectively. were found murdered. KLEINE, TIMBERMAN & Co., dealers In woolen cloths in Cincinnati, failed for $125,000. ONE-HALF the police force in Ironwood, Mich., was under arrest for stealing goods sent to the starving Gogebic miners. FOR informing on Adel (Ga.) gamblers Will Ferguson was dragged to a swamp and killed to prevent his testifying. ROBBERS held up the Richmond Southern Pacific express train near Houston, Tex., killed the express messenger and fireman and robbed the expressare

4. December 28, 1893 The Sun Morris, MN
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Foreign Gossip. Premier Crispi makes a statement of the cabinet policy. Germany's great fortifications at Mahmedy are said to be with a view to easily invading the north of France. Canadians are against any proposition to annex their country to the United States. For making an incendiary speech at a Socialist meeting, the mayor of Monreale, Sicily, has been suspended. The extraction of a nail from Vaillant's thigh. received from his own bomb has thrown the anarchists into a fever. A pleasure yacht with tifteen persons aboard capsized in the harbor at Sidney during a squall and seven of the party were drowned. The offices of L'Anarchistse at Paris were raided to-day and a number of documents were seized. The Journal des Bats says that ten dynamite cart ridges have been found in an omnibus in the Rue Fuvier. The statement is made on the best of authority that the relations between the Vatican and Russia are less cordial than they were some time ago. The pope, in his recent autograph letter to the ezar, complained of various acts against the liberty of Polish Catholics. It is reported that Joseph Codina, the anarchist who was recently arrested at Perpignan. Spain and brought to Madrid has confessed to being the father of the Liceo theatre outrage. He added calmly, "Now. only my death remains I wait it. "Letters have been received by the authorities of Gijon threatening to blow the Jesuit college up and other public buildings at that place. A committee of Spanish manufacturers, who are supported by several well known politicians, has arrived at Madrid in order to protest against the commercial treaty with Germany The committee intends to seek an interview with the queen, and will represent to her that the concessions made to Germany will ruin many trades and injure Spanish interests generally In addition, the committee will point out to the queen the vast increase in Ger man imports during recent years. Miscellaneous Items. The long strike in the Providence, R I., mills is ended by arbitration. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is a candidate for governor of Nebraska. In many localities in Texas cattle are perishing by thousands No rain has fallen for five months. Samuel Gompers is re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor on a close vote. The private bank of Olmsted & Storms of Galesburg. Mich., has suspended. Lawrence Gronlund, socialist, was de nied permission to speak in any of the Topeka, Kan., churches. Surveyor of Customs Alexander of Omaha has sent his resignation to the president. Pennsylvania heirs of Stephen Mast claim acres of land in Baltimore, Md., now valued at $100,000,000. Denver police are being execrated for their inability to cope with the epidemic of robbery in the city. Erath & Thym, cut stone dealers at Kansas City, Mo., made an assignment to J. A. Boyard. Assets, $13,000. The Working Woman's Home, established at a cost of $250,000. has been thrown open in Philadelphia. Anxiety is felt for the fast line steamer Corean, which is now five days overdue at St. Johns, N. F. Aldermen of Mankato, Kan., passed an ordinance fining any one whistling "After the Ball" 50 cents. James Ogden, chief of the Lima, Ohio, fire department, has sued the Times-Democrat for $10,000, alleging libel. Boston's cradle of liberty was rocked with true American speeches on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Boston tea party. The United German society of Hamilton, Ohio, assigned to Christen Benningholen. Assets and liabilities, $18,000 each. Kansas mine operators are said to 1gnore the weekly pay law. An investigation has been ordered by the governor. Suit for stock worth $950,000 has been brought by the administrators of the A. J. Davis estate against A. J. Davis, Jr. The strikes at Olneyville, R. I., involving 5,700 persons, fell through, the manufacturers making slight concessions. H. E. Pilcher has been appointed general freight agent of the Jacksonville Southeastern, with headquarters at St. Louis. General Master Workman Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, declares himself 2 foe to strikes and an out-andout free trader. The Young Men's Democratic club of Massachusetts held a banquet at Boston. C.S. Hamlin, assistant secretary of the treasury, was the guest of the evening. The receiver of the Union Pacific system has closed a contract for 30,000 tons of steel rails, which will keep the plant at Pueblo busy for al nost four months. The Baltimore & Ohio finance committee has authorized the payment of the customary dividend of 3 per cent on the preferred stock on the business for the six months ending Dec. 31. A Cleveland, Ohio, syndicate, with H. A. Everett, president of the Cleveland. Street Railway company, at its head, has secured a controlling interest in the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation company. The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons, the general merchardise firm of Steiner Bros. & Co., both doing business at Greenville, Ala., made an assignment to E. R. Adams and Bernard Steiner. The liabilities are estimated to be not less than $100,000

5. December 30, 1893 The Irish Standard Minneapolis, Saint Paul, MN
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SWILLI SMIN HOND For the Week Ending Dec. 27. Almon Root, in his 100th year, died at Whitewater, Minn. New rules adopted for the army pro. que 10 X the JOJ epia whistle The banking firm of Joseph Steiner & Sons at Greenville, Ala., failed for '000'001$ The old house in New York of Albert Haager & Co., importers of laces, failed for $150,000. An earthquake shock at Bedford, Pa., caused persons to flee in terror from their houses. Printing and engraving tirms at San Francisco, Cal, were burned out with 000'0988 10 SSOT 8 For the present all the miners on the Gogebic range are amply provided with conthing pus poor Manchester Center, Vt., suffered the loss of its principal business section by fire. Loss, $100,000. Indiana temperance workers propose to begin a crusade to force saloons out of residence sections. New rules adopted at Washington for the army provide for the giving of commands with a whistle The mayor of Rhiladelphia made an appeal for aid for 50,000 unemployed workmen in that city. Richard McGovern, a Tacoma (Wash.) character, had $7,000 in gold taken hotel "18 moos and mon Gov. Waite has issued a call convening the Colorado legislature in extraordinary session January 10. Henry W. Paine, the eminent lawyer, died at his residence in Cambridge, Mass. He was 83 years old. Miscreants fired several shots into a passenger train on the Michigan Central road near Jackson, Mich. Thomas A. Marshall, one of Mississippi's famous lawyers and public men, died at Vicksburg in his 83d year. 78 third R no Include рмолэ 8 Mille Marshall, Tex., knocked down an express messenger and stole $8,000. The Banner Brewing company at Cincinnati went into the hands of receivers with liabilities of $275,000. Buffalo city authorities put 1,000 of the unemployed at work breaking paving stone at ten cents an hour. Miss Lizzie Everette, of Lebanon. Ala., has just)awakened from a six-day sleep. The case puzzles the doctors. R 4q cansed SEM 000'00% JO SSOI V blaze in a six-story building in Boston concerns 49 perdnoso Patterns accumulated for twenty years were burned with the Dry Dock company's plant at Wyandotte, Mich. A system of electric roads to connect the cities and towns in northwestern Ohio is projected by Toledo capitalists. A system of electric roads to connect the cities and towns of northwestern Ohio is projected by Toledo capitalists. War on firms which sell patent medicines at cut rates will be made by the National Wholesale Druggists' association. Eight convicted white caps at Jackson. Miss, were pardoned by Gov. -1710 pood eq of them pe.8.u ΠΎΡ‡ΠΌ Stone zens. Oliver & Roberts' wire mill at Pittsburgh, Pa., closed down for an indefinite period. throwing 1,500 men out of work. Regulations for the yearly calling under arms of men completing their twentieth year are to be enforced in All Italy. the policemen of Ironwood, Mich., arrested for stealing goods sent to destitute miners have been convicted. Dr. William Labshield visited his -ung Tensn SB pettents (o) -naud more perp by Aup 1xeN Aep. monia. Sixteen hundred miners in the Bellaire (0.) district will strike January 1 if the operators insist or a reduction in A wages. receiver has been asked for the old -80 38 Vassar 10 may tablished by the founders of Vassar college. Calvin Thomas, a negro who assaulted Mrs. Sellers at Bainbridge, Ga., was taken from the jail by a mob and crable Think E Sehwartz perfusq 'f' 'd anq Typer, S Heary up 04 thind was disarmed before he could use his H 'M aspnf "III Benton 7V was fatally shot from ambush by John Martin, whose divorced wife be had married. Pedestrian Weston completed his walk to Albany from New *York city. the SB poo2 SB eq 04 claims eH 0.88 years For the murder of Ben Nabors, his employer. Sloan Allen, a negro, was hanged and burned by a mob near Wests, Miss. Robert C. Fisher, the millionaire philanthropist, died at New Rochelle, Chirist- Supinp III taken SEM e ᡉ A N services sew stools B 1 T TO barra The man at Anchorage, Ky., was burned, together with thirty horses and 100 head of cattle. The wine crop of France this year is Ballons, 78 extitation against 650,000,000 gallons last year. '000'000'098$ BT enjes II Tracy J Oscar pas Bing-

6. January 3, 1894 The Abbeville Press and Banner Abbeville, SC
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LATER NEWS. OLNEYVILLE, (R. I.,) strikers have accepted the mill-owners' concessions, and over 5000 persons will again be self-supporting, ROBERT ADAMS, JR., ex-Minister of Brazil was elected member of Congress in th Second District, Philadelphia. Penn., to suc ceed the late Charles O'Neill. IN the Virginia Legislature General Eppt Hunton was elected United States Senator for the short term, and Thomas S. Martin United States Senator for the long. JOHN P. HOPKINS, Democrat. defeated George B. Swift, Republican, in the election to fill the unexpired term of Carter Harrison as Mayor of Chicago. JOSEPH STEINER & Sons, bankers, and Steiner Bros. & Co., merchants, of Greenville, Ala., have assigned. Liabilities, $100,000. WELLS-FARGO MESSENGER JOHN C. RICIARDSON was killed on aSouthern Pacifictrain near Houston. Texas, and his car robbed. THE warships San Francisco and N York have been ordered to proceed to IN Janeiro, Brazil, a3 soon as possible. THE President has refused Admiral Da Gama's demand for recognition of the Brazilian insurgents as beliigerents. THE resignation of Rev. Dr. Dorchester, as Superintendent of In lian Schools, has been accepted. THE Secretary of the Navy has accepted the cruiser Marblehoad in behalf of the Government. A check for the premium of $125.000. earned by the vessel for excess in speed over contract requirements. was sent to the contractors, the Quintard Iron Works, of Now York. JOSE CODINA. the anarchist, who was lately arrested, has confessed that he was the author of the dynamite explosion that OCcurred in the Lyceum Theatre at Barcelona, Spain, on the night of November 7. Upward of thirty persons were killed. He glories in the act.