6922. Norton County State Bank (Norton, KS)

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: December 1, 1893
Location: Norton, Kansas (39.834, -99.892)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: f9aa4550

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Description

The bank closed its doors in early December 1893 and a receiver (Ellsworth/Elworth Ingalls) was appointed. Coverage attributes the suspension to an internal quarrel among stockholders rather than a depositor run or macro shock. Court-authorized reorganization in early February 1894 led to resumption of operations (receivership lasted ~30 days).

Events (4)

1. December 1, 1893 Suspension

Cause Details: Closed and receiver appointed after internal quarrel between stockholders (application by heavy stockholders Craig & Parmlee); not described as depositor run or macro panic.
Newspaper Excerpt: Norton State bank of Norton, Kan., which closed its doors last Friday. The liabilities aggregate $36,000.
Source: newspapers

2. December 5, 1893 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: U. S. Judge Ryner has appointed Elworth Ingalls, of Atchison, receiver for the Norton State bank. Liabilities $38,000; assets, it is claimed are $75,000.
Source: newspapers

3. February 2, 1894 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: Ellsworth Ingalls, receiver of the Norton County State Bank, got an order from Judge Caldwell ... authorizing the reorganization of the bank. It is expected that the bank will resume operations in about two weeks.
Source: newspapers

4. February 9, 1894 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: Bank Commissioner Briedeuthal returned yesterday from Norton, where he assisted the Norton State bank to resume operations. The receivership lasted but thirty days.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (11)

1. December 5, 1893 San Antonio Daily Light San Antonio, TX

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# TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-A petition is being largely signed in this city by merchants asking that the Democratic tariff bill be postponed until July, 1894. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.-The U. S. revenue cutter sailed at midnight last night. Her destination is kept secret, but it is supposed she is going to the Hawaian islands. LITTLE ROCK, Dec. 5.--Governor Fishback is in receipt of information from Benton county that Cheney and Powell, two of the Olephant robbers, have confessed and offer to surrender and turn state's evidence. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 5.-The Sunday closing movement is gradually spreading, and a number of prominent merchants have been arrested. Trial set for next Friday. TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec 5.-U. S. Judge Ryner has appointed Elworth Ingalls, of Atchison, receiver for the Norton State bank. Liabilities $38,000; assets, it is claimed are $75,000. WASHINGTON, Dec., 5. The State Department say they have received no news from Honolulu, and the sensational dispatches published, are discredited.

2. December 6, 1893 The Sun New York, NY

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A Receiver for a Kanans Bink. TOPEKA. Kan., Dec. 5.-Judge Miner of the United States Circuit Court has appointed Ellsworth Ingalls of Atchison receiver of the Norton State Bank of Norton. Kan., which closed its doors last Friday. The liabilities aggregate $36,000. The bank says that the assets will aggregate $75,000.

3. December 6, 1893 The Madison Daily Leader Madison, SD

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Receiver For a Bank. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 6.-Judge Riner of the United States circuit court has appointed Ellsworth Ingalls of Atchison receiver for the Norton State bank of Norton, Kan., which closed its doors last Friday. The liabilities of the concern aggregate $38,000. The bank claims that the assets will aggregate $75,000.

4. December 7, 1893 Phillipsburg Herald Phillipsburg, KS

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-At the council meeting Tuesday night bills were allowed as follows: G. W. Young, $210; D. F. Klose, $40; bill of P. J. Crookham, $37, allowed at last meeting, was ordered withdrawn and destroyed. J. N. McIlvain reported 2,400 pounds of hay belonging to the cemetery fund. -DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cleaness, purifies and heals. It was made for that purpose. Use it for burns, cuts, bruises, chapped hands, sores of all descriptions and if you have piles use it for them. Fisher & Co. -The coping and grading of the area-way around the basement of the court house has been finished by order of the county clerk. And now it would be in order for the board of commissioners to put a railing around the area-way, as it is rather dangerous to be left without something of the kind. -Thanksgiving day was probably the quietest ever known in Phillipsburg. The cold weather kept most people at home, so that the stores and streets were about deserted. Services were held at the Methodist church where an appropriate sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Crawford.— Quite a nice sum of money was collected for charitable purposes. -The Dispatch is "injuring the credit of the state" again in a vain attempt to hurt the party of reform by publishing a letter purporting to be from a real estate man of Jeffersonville, Indiana, who fears to come to this state lest he may be attacked with the "crazy political notions" of the populists. The truth of the matter 18 that every intelligent person knows that Kansas, under the populist rule, 18 to-day in better financial condition than nine-tenths of the older states, under republican or democratic rule. -C. A. Lewis was at Norton yesterday in the interest of a client who is a creditor of the Norton County Bank, recently suspended. Mr. Lewis thinks the suspension was caused more by a quarrel between stockholders of the bank than by a scarcity of funds. A receiver was appointed on the application of Craig & Parmlee of Plattsmouth, Neb., who are heavy stockholders. Ellsworth Ingalls, a son of the ex-senator, received the appointment. The affair occurred while Mr. Heaton, the cashier. was away, and he knew nothing of it until his return to Topeka from Chicago. The result will be a complete suspension of business, though it is thought that payment will be made in full. Smith's lamp window makes a good show by day and is gloriously bright at night.

5. December 8, 1893 The Goodland Republic Goodland, KS

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THE NEWS OF KANSAS The Happenings of the Week Concisely Chronicled-A Norton County Bank Fails. ROBBED THE POSTOFFICE AT EMPOBIA. The History of a Week in the Sunflower State-A United States Commissioner Deposed-Briedenthral Will Resign His Office. Receivers For a Kansas Bank. 1 TOPEKA, Dec. 6.-Judge Riner has appointed El sworth Ingalls receiver of the Norton State bank of Norton, Kan.

6. December 8, 1893 Bismarck Weekly Tribune Bismarck, ND

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7. December 13, 1893 Barbour County Index Medicine Lodge, KS

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:social thanks have been offered in all the Berlin churches for the Emperor's escape from the plot to assassinate him, and the ecclesiasts throughout the German empire have been ordered to hold services for a similar purpose. John Dunlap of 823 West Lake street, Chicago, shot and killed his wife and then shot himself, dying intantly. Hon. John W. Herrin. the district at Cincinnati. attorney has forwarded with to Washington his resignation, the request that it take effect January 1. His term expires then. The Citizens' National bank of Grand Island, Neb., closed its doors, and the following notice was posted: "Owing to slow collections the board of directors of this bank have ordered the bank closed." At Selma, Ala., Sunday night A. S. Tanner and Ralph Grant quarreled about escorting Miss Virginia Gleason from church. Tanner had the girl on his arm and Grant attacked him. Grant was killed. Tanner is now in jail. The girl was made insane by fright. John Delfino, the Italian barber, was successfully electrocuted in state prison in Sing Sing for the murder of Carolina Gissell, in Brooklyn, eleven months ago. Kansas City has gone into the business of exporting dressed beef direct to England. Seventeen cars have been sent to New York containing carcasses of steers slaughtered for the London Christmas trade. The Bovaird and Sefang, a Pittsburg manufacturing company, extensive manufacturers of oil well supplies, has gone into the hands of receivers Over 100 families at Richmond, Ind., are dependent on public charity for the means to live. The El Paso, Texas, Herald and Tribune, both afternoon papers, have been proscribed in Mexico. The principal business block is Wheatland. N. D., was destroyed by fire. Losses $50,000. Glass factories in and about WheelW. have or ing, Va, resumed with full prepar- forces ing to resume work Dr. Lewis J. Warren, a prominent physician and Baptist leader of Clay Center, Kan., died of Bright's disease. Tramps broke into the store of J. L. Sheldon at Reading, Kan, and secured clothing, money and other articles. None of the officials of the Indianapolis National bank were indicted before the grand jury took a recess to the 18th inst. In his charge to the grand jury at Mo., Judge John E. declared in favor Warrensburg, Ryland of the whipping post for minor offenses. Major Joseph W. Wham, paymaster, U. S. A., has been ordered before the retiring board at Washington by direction of the Pres dent. United States District Judge Foster who is now at Galveston, is health and of Texas, Kansas, gaining rapidly expects soon to be well again. Ellsworth Ingalls has been appointed receiver of the Norton, Kas., state closed its Fribank which liabilities. doors last day night with $38,000 pene i The during expenditureson account fiscal of sions the present year amount to $59,481,572. as against $65,i 481,795 for the same time last year Hiram Berkey of Stillwater, Minn., has asked for a receiver for ex-Senator Dwight M. Sabin of Minnesota He says he carnot collect a debt of $10,000. The customs receipts this fiscal year fallen off $23,589,830. and the inrevenue receipts as ternal have $7,666,678 compared with last year. The Wichita followers of Colonel James R. Hailowell announce that he will be a candidate for congressmanat-large before the next Republican state convention. A delegation from Canada is going through Iowa and Kansas to see how prohibition works.

8. December 15, 1893 The Weekly Tribune Great Falls, MT

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Receiver For a Bank. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. i.-Judge Riner of the United States circuit court has appointed Ellsworth Ingalls of Atchison receiver for the Norton State bank of Norton. Kan., which closed its doors last Friday. The liabilities of the concern aggregate $38,000. The bank claims that the assets will aggregate $75,000.

9. December 16, 1893 The L'anse Sentinel L'anse, MI

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John Burns, the well known social ist \nember of the house of commons who was taken sick Wednesday night is be tter, but cannot leave his room for several days. Secretary Herbert yesterday awarded the contract for two of the three gun boats for the construction of which bids were recently opened to the New port News Ship & Prydock company at its bid of $280,000 for each vessel. Commodore O. F. Stanton, detached from command of the United States naval forces in Rio harbor for saluting Admiral Mello, has arrived in Wash ington and reported at the navy de partment, Commodore Stanton would not talk for publication. The Siecle, commenting upon the position of the French in Algeria, says that it is necessary to wait before an attempt is made to dispatch a military expedition to South Algeria. The paper maintains that it would be advantageous to extend the Ain-Sefra railway and also to send commercial missions that would enable the French posts to advance slowly under cover of commerce. France, it says, would then gain influence in Touat, Gourara and Tidikett without striking a blow, The grip continues to spread around Holland, Mich., and appears to be attacking chiefly old people. Hiram Miller died of apoplexy while driving in a cutter at Kalamazoo, Mich. He was 79 years old and Levi wealthy. Goshen was arrested at Farmington, III., charged with perjury in swearing to the assessor's returns last spring. Work in the Chicago & Alton machine shops at Bloomington, Ill., will be resumed with a full force. Two thousand men will be employed. The annual meeting of the Mutual Protective Board of Telegraphers of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain systems is being held at the Laclede hotel to elect officers. Ellsworth Ingalls of Atchison has been appointed receiver of the Norton State bank of Norton, Kan.. which closed its doors last Friday. The liabilities aggregate $38,000. The bank claims that the assets will aggregate The $75,000. puddlers have notified Manager C. I. O'Connor of the rolling mill department of the National Tube works, McKeesport Pa., that they will not accept anything less than $4.75 per ton. A portion of the puddling department has been closed down. E. Stevens Henry for mayor and the entire republican city ticket were elected at Rockville, Conn. William Kairer, a baker. was shot and killed at his place of business in Aq "I N Candent, E. C. Williamson, mayor of Hazelhurst, Miss., was beaten to death with a baseball bat by Kirby Miller at Hazelhurst. Miss. The Chinese and opium smuggling cases at Portland. Ore., have been indefinitely postponed. Three hundred men will resume work in the Pullman repair shops at Wilmington, Del., this week at a reduetion of 20 per cent in wages. Thomas Thompson, a Creek Indian. was convicted at Fort Smith. Ark., of the murder of Charles Hermes in the Indian Territory. The schooner Avon. Capt. Crouse. from Lunenberg. went ashore at Liscomb, N.S. The crew was saved. but

10. February 2, 1894 People's Voice Wellington, KS

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week 107 rabbits were slaughtered. The Topeka Bicyclist Protective association, with a membership of 100 has been organized. The Union Pacific is reducing the force at Ellis. Eleven men were laid off in one day last week. The Cincinnati Price Current reports 40,000 bushels of wheat in the hands of Reno county farmers on Jan uary 1. 5 A Sheridan courty man caught an eagle measuring nearly seven feet from tip to tip, in a wolf trap last week. The Union Pacific railroad Y. M. C. A. of Ellis has a membership of 148, sixty-two of whom died during the last year. The graduates of the Holton high school number 116. Of these eightyseven were girls and twenty-nine were boys. The biggest barber pole in the state is at Lincoln. It is a twenty foot section of a smoke stack, painted red, white and blue: The Hays City Sentinel says the test of a young man's popularity with the Goodland girls is how many jack rabbits his hounds have caught. The Sun and Journal of Johnson City, Stanton county, have been purchased by Messrs Riley & Hamaran, who will consolidate the two papers Garden City has a lawsuit involving some $30,000 on her hands. The point of dispute is over a contract providing for the setting of a large number of shade trees. The new German Evangelical church at Holton. built at a cost of $6,900, was dedicated last Sunday. More than $2,500 was raised on that day toward clearing the church debt. A Sterling man who has been in the Rice county jail for several months for refusing to pay his road tax, has just been released by the county commissioners. His tax is not yet paid. Orders have been telegraphed for new machinery to take the place of that ruined by the burning of the handle factory at Parsons last week, and manufacturing will be under way again in sixty days. In the German reichstag Monday Secretary of the Interior Boetticher replying to a question, declared that wages generally had an upward tendency and that the condition of the working people was improving. The president has signed the bills to authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam across the Kansas river within Shawnee county, Kansas, and extending the time for the construction of the Choctaw railway. 6 A clothing store at Washington was burglarized one night last week and several suits of clothing taken. Burglars have entered the store on several previous occasions but were never before successful in obtaining anything. Ellsworth Ingalls, receiver of the Norton County State Bank, got an order from Judge Caldwell at Little Rock, on Saturday last, authorizing the reorganization of the bank. It is expected that the bank will resume operations in about two weeks. Captain A. G. Carpenter has sold his farm of 294 acres near Lenexa, to a Mr. Pryor Yokum of Kansas City, all cash. This sale goes to prove that Johnson county land is still considered a gilt-edged investment by well informed business men.-Olathe Mirror. 1 Kansas City, Kan., is nearer on a cash basis to-day than she has been before since the consolidation of the cities at the Kaw's mouth seven years ago. On Wednesday the city treasurer sent a check for $75,000 to New York to take up a large block of the bonds now due. Station Agent W. A. Lewis informed a Bee reporter that notwithstanding the hard times the tonnage to and from Frankfort for the month of December, 1893, was 1,966,810 pounds t more than the corresponding month of 1892, and the increase in the earnings was $1,557.62.-Frankfort Bee. Work has been commenced on the creamery here and will be rapidly pushed to completion as fast as ar rangements can be made. We are confident that this will be a great efit to the surrounding country in fur nishing the highest price for the produets of the farm.-Minneapolis Mes senger. The Associated Charities of Law rence announce the performance of "The Old Oaken Bucket" by amateur talent as a means of raising reliei funds. The play will be presente February 1 and 2, and will be under the direction of Miss Georgia Brown The new Democratic national cam paign committee held its first meeting at Washington Saturday, and selected Representrtive Stevens of Massachu setts as chairman, and Representative Mutchler of Pennsylvania as secretary The election of permanent officers was postponed. The Missouri Pacific employes who tried to move the Chico, Saline county depot on a Sabbath and were arrested

11. February 9, 1894 The Kinsley Graphic Kinsley, KS

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A SWEET COATED PLUM. Bank Commissioner Briedeuthal returned yesterday from Norton, where he assisted the Norton State bank to resume operations. Ellsworth Ingalls, of Atchison, was appointed receiver of this bank December 2nd, by the United States Circuit court. The receivership lasted but thirty days, but the court allowed Mr. Ingalls $1,000 compensation, $320 expenses and $500 attorney fees, making $1,820 for sixty days' work.-Topeka Capital. Bank receivership seems to be a pretty good thing under the rule of the old parties. If the laws made by the republicans, who claim to have made the state of Kansas, countenance such an exhorbitant bill as Mr. Ingalls has been allowed it looks as though a change in our lawmakers and courts might benefit the depositors in suspended banks.