6743. First National Bank (Kansas City, KS)

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 3706
Charter Number: 3706
Start Date: July 20, 1891
Location: Kansas City, Kansas (39.114, -94.627)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 424049b8

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Other: Receiver appointed (comptroller/controller named Wm. T. Atkinson); appraisers reported negligible assets later.

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate: 70.0%
Date receivership started: 1891-08-17
Date receivership terminated: 1899-05-25
OCC cause of failure: Fraud
Share of assets assessed as good: 29.5%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful: 30.0%
Share of assets assessed as worthless: 40.5%

Description

Newspaper accounts from July–September 1891 report the First National Bank (Kansas City, Kan.) being taken charge by the bank examiner/Controller, closing in mid‑July 1891 and later declared insolvent with a receiver appointed (Aug 17). Cause chosen as bank_specific_adverse_info because articles report the bank was insolvent and closed after inability to meet large checks; no concrete misinformation event is described. Some OCR errors in district/state abbreviations corrected (Kansas City, Kan.).

Events (6)

1. May 17, 1887 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. July 20, 1891 Run

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Heavy withdrawals and inability to meet a large check against city deposits; bank later found insolvent.
Measures: None reported (no temporary measures such as partial payments or special guarantees mentioned).
Newspaper Excerpt: The doors of the First National bank of Kansas City, Kan., were closed the other afternoon ... The bank was unable to meet a large check drawn against city deposits and therefore closed.
Source: newspapers

3. July 20, 1891 Suspension

Cause: Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details: Bank was unable to meet large checks and was taken in charge by the bank examiner; later reported insolvent by Controller of the Currency.
Newspaper Excerpt: The First National bank of Kansas City, Kan., is in the hands of a receiver. / The doors of the First National bank of Kansas City, Kan., were closed the other afternoon at 2:15 o'clock-the hour for clearing.
Source: newspapers

4. August 17, 1891 Receivership

Source: historical_nic

5. August 17, 1891 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The controller of the currency today appointed Mr. Wm. T Atkinson ... receiver of the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kan.
Source: newspapers

6. September 17, 1891 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: Assets appraised at $1,680. The liabilities of the bank are $34,000.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (18)

1. July 18, 1891 Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle Clarksville, TN

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NEWS IN BRIEF. A Condensation of Interesting Items on Various Subjects. The First National bank, of Wyandotte, Kan., has failed. A Lake Shore train killed Tabor Wood, aged 92, at Oberlin, O. George Gould says that his father, Jay Gould, is not sick, as reported. The First National bank of Kansas City, Kan., is in the hands of a receiver. Said that President Harrison may go to Bar Harbor to see Secretary Blaine. Henry Menke's little son fell under a wagon at St. John's and was killed. John Blakely, the veteran boat-builder, died Thursday at Cambridge, Mass. Brakeman Wilbur Kistler was crushed to death by an engine at Wabash, Ind. Mrs. Catherine Burkley fell from a cherry tree near Youngstown, O., and was killed. Dr. George Perin, veteran of 1812; died Thursday at Cynthiana, Ky., aged ninetyseven. The international medical congress says Turkish baths are the best cure for drunkenness. William Denny wound up a week's spree at Shelbyville, Ind., with a dose of rat poison. Mrs. Middleton, of Pisgah, O., came to life just as the undertaker was about to lay her out. W. H. Harrison, a prominent citizenand banker of Cincinnati, died at Lakewood, N. Y., from paralysis. A threshing machine boiler exploded near Chaifant, O., killing Abraham Kinworthy and Oscar Blee. W. S. Cappellar, of the Mansfied (O.) News, was elected president of the National Editorial association. Near Xenia, O., Rudolph Hitz, a despondent German, deliberately stepped in front of a train and was killed. Mother Stewart, the temperance advo cate, has returned to Springfield, O., after receiving great honors in Europe. The story that an English syndicate is to control America's glucose manufactories is denied upon reputable authority. Only a small amount of valuables were obtained by the man who robbed the Texarkana,' Ark., train Wednesday night. Rev. Father Jerome Kearney, of St. Bridges Roman Catholic church, Pittsburg, died of an affection of the throat. He was 61. Charles E. Jacks, of Cincinnati, has been chosen supreme corresponding engineer of the American Order of Steam Engineers. The international medical congress, at Prohibition park, Port Richmond, Staten Island, is discussing the best way to cure drunkards. At Philadelphia John Reilly, 19, who brutally assaulted Irene Sisserton. 13, was sentenced to fifteen years, and to pay a fine of $1,000. Natural gas explosion in the Portland, (Ind.) mills made the most of its hardened employes think of religion. They all became Shakers. Walter Alden, a St. Louis traveling man, stopping at the Bates House, Indianapolis, ended the life he wearied of with a dose of morphine. Asa resnlt of a long existing feud between two farmers. J. T. Russell and J. H. Fletcher, the latter was shot and killed near Jewett, Tex. Secretary Foster has awarded a silver life saving medal to Miss Mabel Mason for saving the life of Thomas Jones in the Detroit river on May 11, 1890. Senator Jack Robinson has the inside track on the presidency of the Pennsylvania Republican League clubs which meet at Scranton on Sept. 23. During a thunder storm at Livermore Falls, Me., R. E. Bryant's barn was struck by lightning. Bryant perished in the flames, which destroyed the structure. State Railroad Inspector McInerna finds that the rules of the company made the Ravenna wreck possible, and censures the freight crew for gross negligence. "Buckskin Joe," a street medicine fakir, suicided at Leavenworth, Ind., by hanging. He was a victim of chloral and drink, and recently said the sooner he was dead the better. Hal Hughes, of Seymour, Ind., won't be 80 flickerty in his affections hereafter, if his discarded betrothed, Annie Nailie, succeeds in collecting the $10,000 sheclaims is due on his broken promise. Mrs. Cramer, mother of Jennie Cramer, who was found dead on the New Haven (Conn.) beach ten years ago, and for whose murder the Malley brothers were tried, but not convicted. has suicided with a rope. Her husband did likewise two years ago. Professor E. B. Coy will represent Ohio in the directory of the international educational association. Miss Mary E. Nich-

2. July 21, 1891 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN

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TEXAS BANK COLLAPSES. Examiner Spalding in Charge of the Assets -Liabilities, $500,000. FORT WORTH, Tex., July 20.-The Merchants' National Bank, by a vote of the directors, closed its doors this morning, and was placed in the hands of Bank Examiner H. M. Spalding. Assets, $1,200,000; liabilities, $500,000. Trouble began six months ago when rumors caused a heavy withdrawal of deposits. Within fifteen days $200,000 in deposits was withdrawn, of which $85,000 was taken out by foreign loan companies on account of the alien land law. Spalding says the bank is solvent, and that there is no occasion for a receiver. He would not have taken charge, except at the unanimous request of the directors. The depositors and creditors will be fully protected. A movement is on foot to reorganize the bank under the new law. Other banks tender aid, but the directors concluded the best way was to take the course they did. No other banks are affected, and little excitement is exhibited over the suspension. A dispatch from Madison, Ind., says: Capt. James G. Wright and Messrs. Edward, William, Frank and Nathan Powell, of this city, are stockholders, the first two directors, in the Merchants' National Bank of Fort Worth, Tex. Mrs. Dr. William Davidson, also of this city, had been a stockholder until quite recently, when she sold out, after realizing double her investments. A shrewd business man, in a position to know, informs your correspondent that the bank had been paying from 24 to as high as 37 per cent. interest for money. Hence he is not surprised at the announcement of its suspension to-day. Indeed, he anticipated it. Other Business Troubles. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., July 20.-The Baylay hat factory in this city made an assignment to-day for the benefit of creditors to Hon. E. P. Dodge and Hon. C. C. Dame. The cause is said to be the manufacturing of a class of goods which had to be sold at less than the cost of the production. The company was established in 1863 and employed about 250 hands. It is expected that the liabilities will reach $175,000 and the assets are placed at less than $50,000. The local creditors are national banks that hold from $10,000 to $25,000 each of the company's paper. KANSAS CITY, July 20.-The Central Bank, of Kansas City, Kan., failed this morning. The failure was due to the failure of the First National Bank, which was taken charge of by the bank examiner last Thursday. The liabilities are $35,000; assets $65,000. R. W. Hilliker is the president and cashier of the bank. The bank was organized under the State law. CINCINNATI, July 20.-Late this afternoon the firm of Thompson, Stewart & Co., dealers in millinery goods, 187 and 189 West Fourth street, made an assignment to Thomas McIntyre. The assets are $50,000; liabilities, $70,000. Preferred creditors are E. F. Knowlton, of New York, $2,500: C. H. Wood, of New York, $2,500: William Knowlton & Co., of New York, $6,940.

3. July 21, 1891 New-York Tribune New York, NY

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by foreign loan companies on account of the Alien Land law. Mr. Spaulding says the bank is solvent; that there is no occasion for a receiver, and he would not have taken such a step except at the unanimous request of the directors. Depositors and creditors will be fully protected. A movement is on foot to re-organize the bank under the new law. Other banks tendered aid, but the directors decided to take the course they did. No other banks are affected, and little excitement is exhibited over the suspension. Kansas City, Mo., July 20. -The Central Bank of Kansas City, Kan., failed this morning. The failure was due to the failure of the First National Bank, which was taken charge of by the Bank Examiner last Thursday. The liabilities are $35,000, assets $65,000. R. W. Hilliker is the president and cashier of the bank. The bank was organized under the State law.

4. July 23, 1891 Barton County Democrat Great Bend, KS

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KANSAS STATE NEWS. Ed Vaughn, a fifteen-year-old son of J. Vaughn, fell into a shaft 105 feet deep at Galena the other afternoon, and was se badly mangled that he only lived about two hours after being taken out The Howell Lumber Co., of Atchison, has failed. The company had connections at Chicago, Omaha, Jeffersonville, Tex., and other places. The assets are reported at $3,000,000. Liabilities not given. The preachers of Topeka recently held a meeting in the interest of prohibition and to adopt measures to suppress the illegal sale of liquor by drug stores, which they aver have taken the places of saloons. Joseph Hecklin, a ten-year-old boy, was killed the other night at a crossing on the Missouri Pacific some distance north of Wichita. The boy and his father were crossing the track with a reaper and were caught by a train. Despite threatening anonymous letters of death in twenty-four hours and many other terrible things unless he refused the office, Thomas J. Irwin took charge of the office of secretary of the board of education of Wichita, and still lives. Laura Bogard attempted to commit suicide at Kansas City, Kan., the other day by letting herself down from the Central avenue bridge into the Kansas river, but was rescued by two men who noticed her actions and watched her. Inhuman treatment by her husband the cause. When the Missouri Pacific railway was built to Arkansas City the city gave the company a bonus of $50,000 in bonds. Since then the city has refused to pay the bonds. The other day suit was begun in the United States court by the holders of the bonds for $50,000 and interest. The doors of the Firt National bank of Kansas City, Kan., were closed the other afternoon at 2:15 o'clock-the hour for clearing. The bank was unable to meet a large check drawn against city deposits and therefore closed. It was thought all liabilities would be paid in full. The trial of Rev. A. H. Tevis, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist church of Kansas City, Kan., resulted in the finding of the defendant guilty, as charged, of falsehood and hypocrisy and his suspension from the ministry. The result was a split in the church, one of the oldest in the state. Dr. Tevis is talking of organizing a new church. L. S. Cook, representing the Phoenix Savings Investment Trust Co., of Kansas City, Mo., was recently arrested at Ossawatomie on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He had obtained advance fees from a number of persons, aggregating several hundred dollars, under pretense of loaning money at six per cent., and the money was never forthcoming. Nelson George, a highly connected young fellow, who used to be deputy postmaster at Wichita, and was more recently head of the registered letter department in the post office at Ogden, Utah, is under arrest charged with embezzling $5,000 from the Ogden office. He appropriated a registered letter containing a large sum of money. The other morning as the Missouri Pacific train from Kansas City started west to Wichita and stopped at the Misssouri, Kansas & Texas crossing at the city limits of Fort Scott, a freight train on the latter road struck the Missouri Pacific chair car, knocked it off the rear trucks and turned it on its side. The locomotive of the freight train was derailed and badly smashed. Several passengers were injured. A call has been issued by the various heads of reform organizations in Topeka for a co-operative convention in Topeka, August 29 next. It was formulated by Fred. P. Bailey, of Wichita, general manager of the Mutual Protective association, an organization for staying executions under mortgage foreclosure. Among the names signed to the call are those of Senator Peffer, W. F. Rightmire, secretary of the Citizens' Alliance; S. McLallin, editor of the Advocate; J. B. French, secretary of the alliance, and Fred P. Bailey. President Frank McGrath, of the Farmers' Alliance, says that the estimates of Secretary Mohler that the wheat crop of Kansas would be about 54,000,000 bushels are altogether too high. From reports received by him from nearly every county in the state he estimates that the yield will not exceed 40,000,000 and possibly not more than 35,000,000. The counties which have heretofore produced the largest crop have, according to him, suffered partial failure this year. He believes, however, that the corn crop will be unusually large. The state supreme court has decided against the petitioners in the case of the three insurance agents who were trying to be released from custody at Leavenworth on a writ of habeas corpus. This is the case wherein three insurance agents from Missouri formed an organization called the "Sunflower club, and went to Leavenworth to discipline a local insurance agent named James Graham, who they charged with writing policies at cut rates. Graham did not take kindly to their extraordinary efforts to regulate his business and he had the three agents arrested on a criminal charge for violating the Kansas insurance law by their trying to keep up and regulate insurance rates. In the decision the law has been virtually declared constitutional It is now believed that Max Tuchman, the old man whose body was lately

5. July 23, 1891 The Southern Argus Fort Scott, Baxter Springs, KS

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KANSAS STATE NEWS. a fill Ed Vaughn, fell into a and was J. Vaughn, the other afternoon, only lived at Galena mangled that he taken out so about badly two hours after being Howell Lumber Co., of Atchison, connecThe The had has failed. Chicago, Company Jeffersonville, tions at other places. not Tex., reported and at $3,000,000. Liabilities given. preachers of Topeka of recently proThe meeting in the interest to supheld a and to adopt measures drug hibition the illegal sale of liquor by taken the press stores, which they aver have places of saloons. Joseph killed the other Hecklin, a ten-year-old boy, ten-year-old boy, ten-year-old was Missouri Pacific some and his OR the of Wichita. The boy with a north father were crossing the track train. reaper and were caught by a threatening anonymous and letDespite death in twenty-four hours he ters of other terrible things unless Irwin many refused the office, Thomas J. charge of the office of Wichita, secretary of took the board of education of and still lives. Bogard attempted to other commit Laura at Kansas City, Kan., the from the suicide letting herself down Kansas day by avenue bridge into the who Central was rescued by two men her. river, but her actions and watched husband noticed Inhuman treatment by her the cause. the Missouri Pacific city railway When built to Arkansas City the in was the company a bonus of $50,000 refused gave Since then the city has suit bonds. the bonds. The other day court to pay in the United States $50,000 and interest. by was the begun holders of the bonds for doors of the Firt National the bank The Kansas City, Kan., were closed o'clock-the of afternoon at 2:15 unother for clearing. The bank was drawn hour meet a large check therefore able to city deposits and liabilities closed. against It was thought all would be paid in full. trial of Rev. A. H. Tevis, pastor Methodist The Washington Street resulted of the of Kansas City, Kan., guilty, church finding of the defendant in the charged, of falsehood and ministry. hypocrisy as suspension from the church, and his result was a split in the Dr. The the oldest in the state. new one Tevis of is talking of organizing a S. church. Cook, representing the Kan- Phoenix L. Investment Trust Co., of arrested at Savings Mo., was recently obtaining sas City, Ossawatomie on the charge of He had under false pretenses. number money obtained advance fees from a hunInsuing several of persons, dollars, under pretense of money dred money at six per cent., and the was never forthcoming. Nelson George, a highly connected fellow, who used to be more deputy young at Wichita, and was letter postmaster head of the registered Ogden, recently in the post office at with emis department under arrest charged office. Utah, $5,000 from the Ogden letter conHe bezzling appropriated a registered I taining a large sum of money. other morning as the Missouri started The train from Kansas City MisPacific to Wichita and stopped at the the vest Kansas & Texas crossing at train ssouri, limits of Fort Scott, a freight Missouri city latter road struck the the rear on the chair car, knocked it off The Pacific and turned it on its side. detrucks ocomotive of the freight train was ailed and badly smashed. Several passengers were injured. call has been issued by the Tope- various A of reform organizations in Toheads for a co-operative convention in (a August 29 next. It was formulaeka, Fred. P. Bailey, of Wichita, Protective gened by manager of the Mutual staying ral association, an organization for xecutions under mortgage foreclosure. are the names signed to the call Among of Senator Peffer, W. F. Alliance; Righthose secretary of the Citizens' J. aire, McLallin, editor of the Advocate; 3. French, secretary of the alliance, Bailey 'd Frod put President Frank that McGrath, the of the esti-

6. July 24, 1891 Middlebury Register Middlebury, VT

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General News. The crop prospects in Russia and India are alarming. Gold at Buenos Ayres is quoted at 287 per cent premium. Cholera is increasing at Mecca, chiefly among the Turkish pilgrims. Senator Morgan of Alabama says he thinks Cleveland cannot secure a renomination. The number of paupers in the United States in 1890 was 73,045, an increase of 1842 in ten years. Nine laborers were killed Friday night by a wreck on the Chicago and Erie railway near Kenton, Ohio. Senator Gorman of Maryland is talked of as a likely candidate for the Democratnomination for the presidency. It is reported that an effort is being made to organize a revolutionary movement in Hayti to depose Hippolyte. The Merchants' national bank of Fort Worth, Tex., has closed its doors, and so has the Central bank of Kansas in Kansas City, Kan. Thirty thousand Confederates participated in the dedication of a monument to Stonewall Jackson at Lexington, Va., Tuesday. Englishmen maintain that the moral and physical condition of Ireland has improved since the funds from America diminished. The startling discovery that several Chinese lepers are running laundries in New York has stirred up the patrons of those institutions. The secretary of the treasury has issued a call on the national banks for nearly four millions of government funds in their possession. The policy holders of the New York Life Insurance company have appointed committee to investigate the charges recently made against President Beers. Dom Pedro, ex-emperor of Brazil, is very ill at Vichy. He recently met with accident, sustaining an injury of one of his feet, which was followed by gangrene. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, who raised the first regiment of loyal troops south of Mason and Dixon's line during the war, died at Oakland, Md., Thursday evening. Gen. Clarkson says that Senator Quay has long desired to resign the chairmanship of the Republican national committee, but has been persuaded to retain his position. Orders have been issued from Washingto reduce expenses in the New York custom house to the amount of $86,450 by the dismissal of 75 clerks and laborers and a reduction of salaries. A tornado and hail storm struck some portions of Wisconsin on Thursday afternoon. The hail storm beat down and destroyed quantities of wheat and the wind much damage to buildings. Ex-Queen Natalle of Seryia has brought a suit against ex-King Milan, in the Paris courts, to recover the sum of 3,000,000 francs, being a portion of her personal fortune which her dissolute husband squandered. Assistant Secretary Spaulding of the treasury department has directed that the Chinamen arrested in El Paso, Tex. for unlawfully entering this country by way of Mexico be sent to San Francisco for deportation to China. During a cyclone at West Superior. Wis., Thursday afternoon a number of buildings were blown down, including a hotel in course of construction. Of 40 workmen in the building at least five were killed and others were badly hurt. The city treasurer of Kansas City, Mo., threatens to criminally prosecute the of ficers of the first national bank of Kansas City, Kansas, unless they return to him $30,000 which they accepted on deposit the afternoon before the failure was announced. Fire broke out in the business centre of Lynn, Mass., a little before 10 o'clock Friday night, and for a time the entire business portion of the city seemed in danger of destruction. The flames were. however. confined to narrow limits, and the loss is estimated at about $200,000. The city of Santiago, Chili, has just been visited with the severest fire ever known in South America. the loss being estimated at more than $2,000,000. The British legation was consumed, with all of the archives and personal property of the minister. The fire started in a restaurant. The judicial authorities of the German government have investigated as far as possible the system of putting murderers to death by electricity in vogue in New

7. July 27, 1891 Evening Star Washington, DC

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AN INSOLVENT BANK.-The controller of the currency today received a report from Bank Examiner Marshall which shows that the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kan., is insolvent. A receiver will be appointed immediately.

8. July 28, 1891 New-York Tribune New York, NY

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A KANSAS CITY BANK IN TROUBLE. Washington, July 27.-The Controller of the Currency said to-day that it would probably be found necessary to place the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kan., in the hand of a receiver.

9. July 30, 1891 Connecticut Western News North Canaan, Salisbury, Canaan, CT

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BRIEF MENTION OF NEWS Happenings of the World from Pole to Pole. TOLD IN A FEW SECONDS OF TIME the Developments of Each Day During the Week Caught Fresh from the Busy Wires and Carefully Edited and Condensed for Our Readers. Theodore D. Lorich, of Jersey City, was frowned at Sharon, Mass. The anti-pool selling law at St. Louis has been declared unconstitutional Captain William W. Bair, of Clarion, Pa., has been appointed president judge of Clarion county, to succeed the late Theophilus Wilson. Eighty motor men and conductors of the Newark (N. J.) Passenger Railway company have struck for a reduction of hours and an increase of wages. The Massachusetts Democraticstate convention will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Worcester. The First National Bank of Kansas City Kan., is insolvent. A receiver will be appointed. E. H. Morris, of the Republican state central committee of Illinois, has been offered the position of minister to Liberia by the president. Mrs. Samuels, the mother of Jesse James, the outlaw, has received an offer to exhibit the James log house near Kearny, Mo., at the World's fair. The lobster factories at Bay of Islands, N F. with the exception of those operated by the French, have been closed by the sommander of the British ship Pelican. A conscience stricken unfortunate has sent hirty-eight one dollar lottery tickets. none of which drew a prize, to the dead letter office, with the comment that the kottery is a humbug Treasury officials are said to be greatly worried over the letter written by Mr. Dwen, superintendent of immigratic in which he said tin plate workers might be brought into this country in spite of the contract labor law. The total loss by fire at Dallas, Tex., will foot up nearly $300,000, with an insurance of about $200,000. During a heavy thunder storm at Greenville, Pa., the tall steeple of the United Presbyterian church was demolished by lightning. Rev. Scouller was just finishing his sermon and about 200 people were in the building. The greatest excitement prevailed for a while, but no one was injured. While Edward Dwyer was walking near Washington Park Lake, Albany, N. Y. he was taken with a fit and rolled in the water. Before assistance could reach him aedrowned. His body was recovered later. W. C. Tiffany's picture store, 233 Seneca street, Buffalo, N.Y., was damaged by fire 10 the extent of $40,000. Insurance unknown. Charles Curtis, a well known thief, matched a pocketbook from Miss Bessie Mead, of 13 East Thirty-second street, New York, while she was walking on Madison Avenue, near Fifty-first street, Curtis was captured after something of a chase. Christie Hughes, saloon keeper, of Stone street, Newark, N. J. who took a prominent part in the Clark Thread works strike, has disappeared, owing many debts. George Gasser. of Newark, N. J., whose sons and son-in-law were drowned resently, is to be admitted to the Krueger home. He is seventy-two years old and aearly blind. Major Grover shot his brother Henry at Lexington, Tenn. Both men were drunk The Pokegama Athletic association, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has decided to offer $10,000 for the Fitzsimmons fight, with or without gloves. The United States steamship Benningson will be docked and painted at the New York yard in a few days for her final srial. Syracuse is out of the Eastern associa lion and President White is trying to get the club into Toronto. Passengers on the steamer Drew, which collided with an excursion barge on the Hudson rives, near Albany, believe at least two persons were drowned. Harvey J. Searles has been appointed postmaster at Liberty, N. Y.; Clement Russell, postmaster at Massillon, O. Levi Gaines, of Illinois, serving a sen tence of one year in the Chester (Pa.) penItentiary for violating the pension laws, has been pardoned. Josephine Sickengen, a beautiful and well to do German girl who left home to seape from a marriage she could not endure, was burned to death at New York President Ignatius Donnelly, of the Minnesota State Farmers' Alliance, has published an open letter to members in opposition to the scheme for withholding the wheat crop. Mr. Donnelly says the market would eventually be glutted with wheat, and prices would drop to ruinous figures. The tower of a church in the process of erection at Szalatina, Hungary, fell, killing sixteen workmen. S. Gerber, who lived in Omaha, Neb. for five years, has, it is said. been etiled to Siberia by the Russian authorities. 'As You Like It" was presented at Pitts burg in the rain. The Columbia Oil company, of Chicago, has failed. At Paterson, N. J., Mrs. Annie Kaufman, a young bride; ended her existence with a dose of paris green. She was very jealous. Richard Cumming, Nicolas Politeo and Pio Sepulveda were shot to death in Chili for plotting against Balmaceda. g A new phase has developed in the big e railway deal going on between the Canailian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways, to the effect that the Boston and Maine railload is also to be included in the deal which if consummated, will form one of the biggest railroad combinations on the continent 8 The pope, it is reported, will lend his int fluence to support the republic of France. It was decided at the New York state g camp at Peekskill to form an athletic ast sociation. the members of which shall belong to the national guard of the state. 1 Count and Countess Von Blucher, who la were married in Milwaukee a week ago, have arrived in Brooklyn. The count went to Asbury Park, N.J., to placate the girl's r father. One-fifth of the capital stock which New Jersey is to contribute toward the buildt ing of the North river bridge has been of raised. Wealthy brewers are the princie bal stockholders. Work on the structure

10. July 30, 1891 Delaware Gazette and State Journal Wilmington, DE

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IN GENERAL. Calvin P. Hazard, lumber dealer in Buffalo, ment New York, made an assign ing to Monday, $30,000. with preferences amount killed A Northern Pacific train ran over and lying two drunken Indians who on Sunday on the morning. track near Billings, Mont. were convention The Massachusetts Democratic state on will be held in Worceste Collins September 29th. Gen. Patrick A of Boston will preside. cotton, The first bale of new crop Georgia dling, classed about strict low mid Monday was sold at auction in New York at seven cents a pound. The comptroller of the currency said on found Monday that it would probably be tional necessary to place the First Na hands Bank of Kansas City, Kan.,i the of a receiver. which The anti-pool room law in Missouri horse prohibits the selling of pools state, races and base-ball outside of or tutional was Monday declared unconsti the by Judge Claiburne,in St. Louis During Vera a performance of the "Siege of George Cruz,' in Baltimore on Monday got in Ringlab, one of the performers just it the way of one of the big guns as was being discharged, and was fatally wounded. The Tourtelotte, remains of the late Colonel John de-camp E. U. S. A., formerly aide terred to General Sherman, were in charge at of Arlington or. Monday, under of Columbia a committee from the District Legion. Commandery of the Loyal found Sophia Handcock, 22 years of age, at her dead at the foot of the cellar stairs was days home, in Fairbank, Ont., a few on the ago. Detectives were put to work father case and they have arrested her murder. and mother on the charge of A struck wagon containing seven persons was Elmira, N. by a train at a crossing them were Y., Monday night, and SIX near the Rev. killed. The victims of two of Wellington J. White, his wife were young girls. his daughters and two other which The Tolleston has Stock Yards Company county, New been incorporated in Hudsor of Jersey, is to have a d of $1,000,000, $100 divided into 10,000 capita shares will be each. Only 200 of these shares be divided issued at present, and they among the veincorporators wil An mill explosion occurred Monday in d new Company of the Laflin Rand Powde : was about at Platteville, Wisconsin, as that to be started for the first rey was morning. A workman named Low time was blown the only one in the mill, and O wrecked to atoms. The building he town. and the concussion awoke was the Dr. Henry V. Wilson, in charge of the f United Holl, States fish station at Wood' y elected Massachusetts, was on Monday d versity of professor of biology at the d is a North Carolina. Dr. Wilson Uni act of graduate the of JoHns Hopkins. Under 00 Dr. legislature of North rs commissioner Wilson will be assistant shell Carolina fisl 10 expert to the commission. for that state and scientifica n f Charles of the O'Connor Hennessy, city edi ed tor was Evening News, in New York S. Smyth, Monday for arraigned before Recorde ylished the misdemeanor, in having is executions details of the recent electrica pub ed once at Sing Sing. His counsela Odictment, handed up a demurrer to the a as corder will which was entered. The in be notify counsel when he re murrer. prepared to hear argument on the wil de r, A charter was issued on Monday he it, Harrisburg Pennsylvania to the Bradford & Wester a from a Railroad Company to th by & point on the Buffalo, Bradfor rui Rochester Pittsburg railroad and the p- is as Lewis & Pittsburg railroad Buffalo to a run, in the county of McKean know r, near point on the Bradford 7, miles: Marshburg. Length of road, railroad an ney of capital stock, $70,000. C.S. seve Vrthe company. Belmont, N. Y., is president Whit o cife Thursday A telegram from St. Paul says that formed in the affairs of the great or 1Wilder 1879, and consisting of trus he given the and F. Drake, to which A. H er which form lands granted to the five wer he by which the present Omaha road or land have trust nearly 350,000 railroad brought been sold and 200,000 acres o having into Minnesota, the people affairs, handled millions of dollars trustee has being will come to an end, its worl in it completed. ay ay A the special meeting of the stockholder y, nd 27th, of to lead trust will be held on ids ganization act on a proposed plan of Augus them to which the trustees reor ey atthe scaling approve. The plan provides desir down of the capital fo out en$87,000,000 will be to $30,000,000, of which from hal and the seven per cent preferred in eir also other half common stock, stock en bonds. authorizes the issue of $3,000,000i an rosubject The reorganized corporation to the New Jersey law. of Judge Brewer of the United lly Supreme Monday Court, arrived in Omaha State court and proceeded to the Federa o decision room, where he announced om Rock in the famous Union hi are is Island bridge case. The decisio Pacific iorthat against the the Union Pacific, and ity. Union contract entered into by hold has Milwaukee Pacific with the Rock Island th Instanding roads is valid. Notwith an eef affected, the variety of the to contract Judge Brewer holds that interest 100 iles officials. was approved by the prope th fter ure Wrought Articles Steel of incorporation of th exday filed at Company were tal stock Trenton, N. J. The Mon the authorized is $2,000,000, cap of incorporators are William P. an This W. Pittsburg, Nentley, Smith M. Weed, Georg Shin one Nicholas W. Nivan Edward of A. Smith an hail an James pany will W. Roach of Camden. New York The an ling steel car wheels manufacture wrought con soli den Shinn will be for railroad use. M hile

11. August 17, 1891 Evening Star Washington, DC

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KANSAS CITY BANK RECEIVER.- - The controller of the currency today appointed Mr. Wm. T Atkinson of Hutchinson, Kan., receiver of the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kan.

12. August 19, 1891 Wheeling Register Wheeling, WV

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A Receiver Appointed. WASHINGTON, August 17.-The Controller of the Currency to-day appointed Mr. Wm. T. Atkinson, of Hutchinson, Kan., receiver of the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kan.

13. August 20, 1891 Delaware Gazette and State Journal Wilmington, DE

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Bank Receiver Appointed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-The comptroller of the currency to-day appointed William T. Atkinson of Hutchinson, Kan., receiver of the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kan.

14. September 18, 1891 St. Paul Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN

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Its Assets Small. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 17.-The appraisers appointed by Judge Alder, of the district court of Wyandotte county, to ascertain the value of the assets of the suspended First National Bank of Kansas City, filed their report to-day. Assets appraised at $1,680. The liabilities of the bank are $34,000.

15. September 19, 1891 Telegram-Herald Grand Rapids, MI

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SHORT SPECIALS. Italy has recognized the new government of Chili. Muskegon, Mich, is to have s new $85,000 courthouse. The efforts to reconcile Emperor William to Prince Bismarck have failed. An explosion of gasoline in a store at Eldon, la., started a fire that did $10.000 damage Wednesday night. Burglars entered the residence of Charles Louderbeck, in Marengo, IIL, Wednesday night and secured $500. At Dunbar, III., Thursday evening Michael Schlester quarreled with his wife and shot her dead. He was arrested. The twenty-eighth anniversary of the battle of Antietam was celebrated by Wisconsin veterans in Madison Thursday. At Peoria, III, Thursday J. Newman was shot and mortally wounded by Joseph Githens in a quarrel over a whisky bill. It is found that the assets of the suspended First national bank of Kansas City, Kan., are $1,680 and the liabilities $34,000. Two farmers living near Warsaw, Ind., have unearthed two huge teeth twenty-four inches in length and evidently the remains of a mastodon. Gen. Richard J. Oglesby, of Illinois, was elected president of the National Memorial Hall association, Grand Army of the Republic, Thursday at Decatur. Dennis Sullivan was lodged in jail at Rico, Col., Thursday night, for being drunk. He set fire to the building, which was destroyed, while he was burned to a crisp. George W. Updike, of the Grier Commission Company of St. Louis, filed a suit Thursday charging J. B. Kelor, a partner, with having appropriated $40,000 of the firm's money.

16. December 23, 1892 The Goodland Republic Goodland, KS

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Abbreviated News From All Parts of the State. A young man named Stuart is wanted at Topeka for horsestealing. He has been located at Kansas City. The dairymen's association at Topeka decided to take steps to stop the sale of butterine in Kansas. W. S. Page of Topeka, assistant superintendent of C., R. I. & P., has resigned and will go to Chicago. The Kansas grain elevator on the south side of Kansas City has been attached for a debt of $2,000. Lincoln Hospital, 121 South 14th st. Modern surgery in all its branches. Dr. Thad H. Woodward. surgeon in charge, Lincoln, Neb. W. J. Wright, a young builder of Leavenworth, fell from a scaffold last week and was fatally injured. The accident was one of the saddest at that place during the year, as he was much esteemed and had but recently embarked in business for himself. Boy's strong suits $1.25 and $2.50 Men's durable suits $3 90 Boy 8 overcoats $1 50 Men's overcoats $2 50 and up Write for catalogue The Hub, 104-6 N 10 st, Lincoln The Newton National bank has closed its doors. Nothing definite can be learned about its condition, but it is generally believed that its liabilities will be met in full. The bank failed in November, 1891, but was reorgan. ized later and supposed to be perfectly safe. Topeka special: The case of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, Mo., against the receiver of the First National bank of Kansas City, Kas., has been heard in the United States circuit court. The suit involves $65,000 and hinges upon whether the indorsement of that amount of the American and English Mortgage company's paper by the president of the First National bank is what is known in law as an accommodation indorsement. The attorneys will submit their arguments in writing and a decision is expected in about a month. Take a run down to Herpolsheimer & Co., Lincoln. for your holidav dry goods, cloaks, furs, dolls, toys, fancy goods, candies, etc. If you have $5 worth of goods to buy it will pay you to see this fine collection. as they are the largest dealers in the west. William Humphrey, employe of Kingan & Co., packers of Kansas City, Kas., picked up a discarded incandescent electric light globe and had been carrying it in his pocket, intending to make a present of itto his little grandson. Last week while talking and at the same time rolling and rubbing the globe between his hands it exploded with terrific violence, bursting into a thousand pieces, many of which penetrated his hands and one or more of the larger particles few into his mouth, cutting the arches of his palate and causing considerable hemorrhage. No serious injury was sustained by Mr. Humphrey. but had particles entered his eyes he might have been seriously injured for life. The big stores of Herpolsheimer & Co., Lincoln, use goods in such large quantities they are enabled to save you fully one-third to one-half on your purchases of dry goods. furs, tine dolls, 20-ineh bisque head 25c, usual price 650, toys, pictures. etc., of all kinds. Run down and have the avantage of Herpolsheimer & Co.'s fine collection. The body of Charles A. Burson was burled in the potter's field at Leavenworth last Sunday, the bereaved wife having no money to give a private interment. E. B. Cabbell, populist candidate for presidential elector against E. G. Dewey, republican, has been declared elected by the state canvassing board which met at Topeka. J. C. McLaughlin of Bronson. Kas. has invented a railway switch that can be operated by the engineer from the cab while the train is in motion, going forward or backward.

17. December 7, 1907 The Vinita Daily Chieftain Vinita, OK

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CRISIS PASSED Kansas City, Mo', Dec. 6. .-There were no evidence of a run on any local banks in the early hours today. Bank officials generally gave it as their opinion that the crisis resulting from the failure yesterday of the National Bank of Commerce was over, and that normal condition would soon exist again. Many depositors were reassure by declarations of officials of that institution that it would not only pay its depositors in full, but that the stockholders also would loose nothing. One of the three small banks that closed yesterday, the First National Bank of A rgentine, Kansas, re-opened for busi ness this morning. The bank has deposits of a quarter of a million of dollars and the cashier says it is in a perfectly sound condition.

18. December 12, 1907 The Vinita Weekly Chieftain Vinita, OK

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CRISIS PASSED Kansas City, Mo: Dec. -There were no evidence of a run on any local banks in the early hours today. Bank officials generally gave H. as their opinion that the crisis resulting from the failure yesterday of the National Bank of Commerce was over, and that normal condition would soon exist again. Many depositors were reassure by declarations of officials of that institution that it would not only pay its depositors in full, but that the stockholders also would loose nothing. One of the three small banks that closed yesterday, the First National Bank of A rgentine, Kansas. re-opened for busi. ness this morning. The bank has deposits of A quarter of I million of dollars and the cashier says It is in a perfectly sound condition.