First National Bank (Duluth, MN)

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Episode Information

Episode UID
195400915
Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
19540 national
Charter Number
1954
Start Date
March 12, 1876
Location
Duluth, Minnesota (46.783, -92.107)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
2650234fc7bf763a

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
100.0%
Date receivership started
1876-03-13
Date receivership terminated
1881-01-31
OCC cause of failure
Fraud
Share of assets assessed as good
10.5%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
68.7%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
20.8%

Description

Receivership date (1876-03-13) is consistent with known record; run described as preceding the bank's closing.

Events (8)
1. April 6, 1872 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. March 12, 1876 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Depositors withdrawing due to bank failure/insolvency reports (run began day before closure).
Newspaper Excerpt
An upper town widow woman was among the fortunate ones to draw her $800 out of the First National at Duluth, when the run first began the day before the bank closed.
Source
newspapers
3. March 13, 1876 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
4. March 13, 1876 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National Bank of Duluth has failed for $82,000.
Source
newspapers
5. March 13, 1876 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank failure/insolvency led to suspension/closing and placement in receivership.
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National Bank of Duluth has failed for $82,000.
Source
newspapers
6. August 1, 1876* Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend of 25 per cent. in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Duluth, recently suspended.
Source
newspapers
7. August 4, 1877 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
the Comptroller of the Currency ... declared a second dividend of 10 per cent in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank, Duluth.
Source
newspapers
8. October 11, 1880 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Final Full Payment of Creditors of the First National Bank of Duluth - ... declared a dividend of ten per cent., making in all dividends of one hundred per cent.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (13)
1. March 23, 1876 The Superior Times Superior, WI
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America SUPERIOR, THURSDAY, MAR. 23, 1876 Superiorisms -Dr. Rice will hold service at the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening next. -The bad state of the roads, preventing much hauling, is making hay scarce and tending to raise the price. -Mr. James Bardon is extending his Texas trip beyond the time he contemplated. He IS now expected back by 1st of April. -No service at the Episcopal church on Sunday last. Mr. Mill paugh was detained in Duluth to attend a funeral. -Our old townsman E. II. Bly is still at the helm in Brainerd. At the recent election he was made Chairman of the town board. -Mr. George F. Holcomb, our town treasurer, will act as deputy for county treasurer James Bardon until his return home. -The weather for the past few days has been unexceptionable, apparently trying to make up for past behavior, or else getting ready for another bender. --This office is in need of some good dry tamarac wood. Where is the delinquent subscriber that is looking out for the chance to pay for his paper for one year with one cord of wood? -Better to be born lucky than wise, sometimes. An upper town widow woman was among the fortunate ones to draw her $800 out of the First National at Duluth, when the run first began the day before the bank closed. -We understand friend Howen stien, the morning after the great storm, found only the chimney of Mrs. Tanner's cottage above the drift on Minnesota Point, and had quite a lively time digging the old lady out. -Ontonagon harbor asks Congress for $60,000 and expects to get 840,000. Superior harbor asks for nothing and gets it; while Duluth asked for $60,000 and may get $6, 000, provided it is all spent on the inner harbor. -The unusual stormy weather of March has made the Northern Pacitic folks rute the experiment of opening their road to accommodate the Black Hills traffic. It is likely to prove anything but a renumera tive job. -Beaver Dam Citizen of the 9th Mr. C.S. Douglas, editor of the Su perior Times, is enjoying the good a society days, intending of Beaver resumelis Dam for travels few to morrow. Weare always glad to see him. -The Daluth M-H thinks the all the suspension wrong-they of didn't the 1st go National about it right way. In fact they have not suspended at all, they only shut up shop to rest awhile, and will open with the flowers in the spring. -This section of country seems to be remarkably free from the de vastating storms that other portions of the land are afflicte with Our storms are moderate compared with those the papers detail almost every day. We guess the Lake Superior country will do to live in attera -While the snowplow was at work a few daysagoat Rice's Point a man whose name we have not been able to learn-a Swede we believe and a brother of the switch tender who dropped dead at his post last fall--was killed by the breaking of some portion of the plow. -Several sleigh loads of our neighbors from over the bay paid Superior a visit on Tuesday They must have been favorably impress ed with the enterprise and thrit our as out our displayed ing and by citiz streets in to wind avoid snow drifts Come again mexiJune

2. March 24, 1876 The Iowa Plain Dealer Cresco, New Oregon, IA
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weapona our wee I THE ROSH to RESERVED The shadow of caming Events. 1010 may Rech " *** REF. Beston March Charlee = North & Co., estensite 1 parkers went represent Returned The house claims . surples in December of more than half . million dollars and will probably only ark an extension P. M. Oliver & Co provision deal. era ste reported is have failed, ewing North & Co. $40,000 R e & Co. wool dealers. are also reported to have failed. New York, March R-8AAA T Meyer. real estate operatore. 13 Walker street. have suspended The firm has lost ever $400,000 by on. dorements for friends who have : failed. Baltimore, March B-Warner. Presel & Co., tobacco and shipping merchants, have suspended. The I amount of their liabilities, part or which are in Kurope. are not yet ⑉ e certained. The immediate cause for . the failure was the suspension of I Thompson & Randall, whose notes a they hold for twenty thousand dollars. e Dresel has been German Consul at this I port for many years. p Atlanta. March 8 --Cook & Cheek have failed. Liabilities supposed to be $300,000. Baltimore. March 10. - Thompson I & Hall, commission merchants. have 1. . suspended. Liabilities said to amount to $900,000. le N. Y. March 13. - Daniel Drew n who has been deemed worth about 1, l $14,000,000. has failed for $1,500, our. Two or three years ago he had e o n corner on the Chicago and North western railroad. w N. Y March 14.-The bank of elo 1. state of New York with a reputed cap isul of 82,000,000, has failed. It ha over drawn its capital stock largely. of a Duluth, Minn., March 14.-The First National Bank of Duluth ha as failed for 882,000. d Milwaukee, Mareli 20 -The Even e ing Wisconsin announces the failure o e John Naxro & Co., hardware and iro . dealers of that city with $400,000 i in liabilities The assets is estimated n 8 $100,000.

3. August 4, 1876 The Superior Times Superior, WI
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- While in town Bishop Weltes was the guest of Mr. H. W. Shaw. - Huckleberries are ripe and huckleberrying parties numerous. - Those eminent disciples of Blackstone, Hons. H. N. Setzer and J. D. Ensign, of Duluth, were in town to-day. - A very pleasant picnic party was participated in by the elite of the town at the residence of Mr. James Newton, Thursday evening. - Mr. Root, a son-in-law of the late Madison Sweetzer, was in town this week on business connected with the Sweetzer estate. - The propellers Francis Smith and Ontario on Wednesday landed at Duluth 600 Icelanders, bound for Manitoba via of the Northern Pacific. - The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend of 25 per cent. in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Duluth, recently suspended. - Peter E. Bradshaw departed for Biver Falls, Wednesday, with his household goods (but not gods). Mrs. Bradshaw and children remain here with her father, Mr. Syer, until next week. - The Brainerd Tribune must be making money-its editor advertises for a man to saw wood. The most of us fellows have to saw our own wood-that is, if our neighbors' woodpiles aren't handy. - The pulpit of the Presbyterian Church was occupied last Sunday evening by Rev. Mr. Riley, assisted by Dr. Rice. Mr. Riley, we believe, is a member of the Presbyterian State Board of Missions. He preached a good sermon. - Bishop Welles held service in the Episcopal Church of Duluth Sunday evening. A number of the congregation of this place chartered the Stillman Witt and accompanied him over, the Bishop returning with them after service. Monday he departed for Bayfield. - Ontonagon Miner, July 29: "Chas. McManus, for the past two seasons engineer on the tug Agate, left for his home in Minnesota on the Manistee Monday. Charlie was a good, faithful boy, but ever since the Agate disaster his parents have endeavored to have him give up tugging. At last his mother came down to see him, and he concluded to return with her. He leaves many friends behind who will miss him." - The attendance at the Episcopal Church, on last Sunday morning, was very large, the house being filled to overflowing-the attendance of our own citizens being swelled by a large number from Duluth, who came over on the tug Nellie Cotton. Bishop Welles officiated, preaching an excellent sermon, abounding in purity of thought and language, and wise, practical suggestions. The confirmation services were very impressive, indeed. The persons confirmed were Howard Relf and Misses Hattie and Fannie Shiels and Florence Ashton - the young misses, dressed in spotless white, looking the embodiment of purity and lovliness. - "There's millions in it"-millions of swallows in the air, swallows, swallows everywhere. The "oldest inhabitant" never before saw them so numerous, their appearance here in such numbers being reported as something unusual. We see by a Milwaukee paper that the swallows there, a few days ago, all gathered together on the housetops, seemingly holding a consulta-

4. April 7, 1877 The Superior Times Superior, WI
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-The report of the commission ers of St. Louis County Minn. for the year ending March 1st 1877, published in the Duluth Tribune, shows: Receipts $79,436.34; expenditures $69,164.47, leaving in the treasury a balance of $10,571.57. Expenses for general purposes, including salaries and fees of officers, attorney's fees,rents, witness and juror's fees, etc. $12,757.84; for rclief the poor $4,279.68; for roads $3,465,12. The assets of the county which includes incollected taxes, are rated at $98,992.19; liabilities, $196,175.53, showing a balance in favor of the latter of $97,183.34. The county pays liberal salaries to its officers. The auditor received $1,639.29, treasurer $1,573.43, clerk of court $1,266.15, county attorney $500.00, judge of probate $400.00, jailor $100,00, sheriff and deputies $558.32, county physician $245.00. J.D. Ray received for rent of the buildings used for offices $1,850.00; W. K. Rogers received as attorney fees for assisting the county attorney in suits against the county $620.00. In the assets the poor farm is valued at $6,150.00, the court house square, residence and jail $1,000.00; the assets also include $3,803.78 due from the First National Bank, and $4,166.31 due from the Bank of Duluth, both suspended banks. The largest item in the liabilities is $150,000 of bonds issued to the L. S. & M. R. R Co. due in 1890. The county orders outstanding amount to $8,056.66. Quite an array of figures, but on the W hole not a bad showing for the County.

5. August 4, 1877 Chicago Daily Tribune Chicago, IL
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our citizens on the Rio Grande: that our troops must be all. wed to follow the robbers and raiders as long us they could keep them In might without worring themselves overmuch ab ut boundary lines. and that Gen. Trevino regards himsell as having won a complete diplomatic victory over the American General and the American Government. PATENT REFUSED. Gen. Spear. Commissioner of Patents, has refused to graut n patent to James Sargent, of Sargent it Greenlcaf. to cover the employment of time-locks in connection with inder endent combination locks used upon safe and vault doors. The application of Mr. Fergent was a feature of the noted time-lock context that nas been pendine in the Patent-Olive for years. tien. Spear's action is based principally upon the fact that tl.c suit Instituted by the Yale Lock Company in the Sureme Court of the District of Columbia is being prosecuted to determine de more the right of using the time lock in controversy. The Hall Safe & Lock Company of Chicago and Cinclunati, and about 3,000 banking institutions throughot the country, are Interested in the result of the suit. RESPENDED After an Investigation at the Interior Department. (len. Kimball, the Surveyor-General of Utah, has been suspended. Great efforts have been made for his reinstatement by influential politicians, tho most prominent of whom is Attorney-General Deveus, but the Secretary of the Interior is said to be unalterably opposed to his retention. The Government has moved to dismiss the suit of the Lee heirs to recover the Artington [leights Cemetery on the ground that the Goverminent has prossession of the proberty under title of record. DIVIDENDS. To the Wetern Associated Press. WARNINGTON, D. C., Aug. 3.-The Comptrollcr of the Currency declared a dividend of 15 per cent In favor of the creditors of the National Bank of the State of Missouri. St. Louis, and a second dividend of 10 per cent In favor of the creditors of the First National Bank. Duluth. The dividends are payable as soon as the tiecessary schedule can be prepared. NATIONAL BANK SECURITIES. The total amount of United States bonds held as security for the circulating notes of National Banks is $337,528,100. CALL FOR RONDS. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day issued the lifty-fourtli call for the redemption of ten millions of 5-20 bonds of 1805, seven millions of coupon and three millions of registered bonds, as follows: Coupons-$50. Nos. 40,001 to 44,000; $100. Nos. 66,001 to 76,000; $300, Nos. 50,001 to 57.000; $1,000, Nos. 85,001 to 90,000. Registered-8:00 Nos. 1.40L to 1,000; $100, Nos. 11,001 to 13,100; $500, Nos. 7,751 to 8.300: 81.000, Non. 25,101 to 27,400; $5,000, Nos. 7,301 to 7,050; $10,000 Nos. 11,751 to 13,550. CABINET MEETING. The Cabinet session to-day was short, and no business of importance was done. There was a discussion of Utah mattere, and the Indletment of certain Mormon leaders In connection with the Mountain Meadow maseacre, the labor troubles, and matters pertaining to appointments in the territories. RELEASED. Ex-Detective Bell, arrested last night on a requisition from the Governor of Texas on the charge of murder, was released to-day by Judge Humphrics, of the District Supreme Court.

6. November 3, 1877 The Superior Times Superior, WI
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THE WEST. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., voted, on the 26th, to transfer the city stock in the bridge at that point to the Union Pacific railroad, provided the terminus of the road is made at St. Joseph. THE superintendent of the Braidwood, III., coal mines has offered to pay the miners all the money due them if they will resume work at 95 cents per ton. This is an important concession, but unless a conclusion is soon reached, the old miners will all be gone. About 75 left for Iowa October 26th. THE removal of the Indians from the neighborhood of Red Cloud Agency to the vicinity of the Missouri river, began on the 24th inst. They are escorted by Capt. Lawson's and Lieut. Cumming's companies of the third cavalry. No dissatisfaction is evinced by the Indians; on the contrary all move harmoniously. The march will be a long and tedious one, probably occupying a month. THE Bunker Hill bank at Bunker [Hill, Ill., closed on the 22d inst. Liabilities to depositors said to be $60,000. The bank officers say they can show $75,000 assets. Charges of misapplication of the bank's funds are made against the cashier and assistant cashier of the bank which, it is alleged, are the causes of suspension. THE followingtelegram from Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, was received on the 23d inst.: "Gen. Hatch, commanding the district, reports 191 southern Apaches surrendered at Fort Wingate and 56 more expected in soon. THE Controller of the Currency, on the 23d inst., declared dividends of 10 per cent. in favor of the credit ors of the National Bank of the state of Missouri, and the First National Bank of Duluth, Minn. THE Leyser opposition tow-boat line at San Francisco has failed and the boats are in the sheriff's hands. N. D. EMERSON, assistant superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, at Quincy, III., has been made general manager of the Hannibal and St. Joe road, under the new receiver. THE members of the Des Moines bar have declared that Cate's charges of corruption against Judge Dillon are wholly baseless.

7. January 23, 1878 New-York Tribune New York, NY
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CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL. LOYALTY PROMOTED BY VEGETABLES. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1878. Yesterday General Sherman received from Major Brisbin, commanding the post at Fort Ellis, Montana, reports of the company gardeners for the year just ended. They state that the troops have for two years been constantly in the field during all the Summer, or growing months; yet both seasons they have had excellent gardens. The amount of perishable stuff produced was enormous. There have been no desertions from Fort Ellis for a long time, and the commander attributes this in a large measure to the manner in which the soldiers are fed and cared for. The vegetables raised were potatoes, onions, turnips, carrots, beets, parsnins, salsify, and cabbages. They were cultivated in twenty-six and a half acres, by companies F. G, H, and L, of the 2d, and company G of the 7th Cavalry. DRIBLETS FOR CREDITORS. The Controller of the Currency has declared a dividend of 45 per cent in favor of the creditors of the Third National Bank of Chicago, and 25 per cent in favor of the creditors of the Central National Bank of Chicago, payable as soon as the schedules are received from the receivers and examined. He has also declared dividends in favor of the creditors of the following banks: First National Bank of Norfolk, Va., 10 per cent, making in all 45 per cent; First National Bank of Delphi, Ind., 25 per cent, making in all 50 per cent; First National Bank of Duluth, Miun., 20 per cent, making in all 65 per cent, and 7 per cent in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Selma, Ala., in all 42 per cent. A SWEDE LEARNING FROM AMERICANS. Lieutenant Smolenski, of the Swedish Artillery, is passing a few days in Washington as the guest of Mr. Thomas P. Morgan, president of the Board of Fire Commissioners. Lieutenant Smolenski was one of the Commissioners from his country to the Centennial Exhibition, and while in Philadelphia became much interested in the American plan of dealing with fires in large cities. On returning to his home he obtained leave from his Government to come back and make a tour of American cities 110 order to give our Are systems a more complete examination. He is an enthusiast on this subject, spending much time in the engine houses and riding on the engines with the firemen when they are called out by an alarm. He will leave for Chicago in a few days.

8. January 30, 1878 The Princeton Union Princeton, MN
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Dividends Declared. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Chicago of 45 per cent., and to the creditors of the Central National bank of 25 per cent., payable as soon as schedules received from receivers are examined. He has also declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the following banks: First National bank of Delphi, Ind., 25 per cent., making in all 50 per cent,; First National bank of Duluth, Minn., 20 per cent., making 65 per cent. in all.

9. January 31, 1878 The Worthington Advance Worthington, MN
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Dividends Declared. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Chicago of 45 per cent., and to the creditors of the Central National bank of 25 per ccnt., payable as soon as schedules received from receivers are examined. He has also declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the following banks: First National bank of Delphi, Ind., 25 per cent., making in all 50 per cent,; First National bank of Duluth, Minn., 20 percent., making 65 per cent. in all. French Protectorate for San Domingo. Late Havana advices give out the rumor that Spain will sign a treaty with San Domingo at the end of this month, assuring a protectorate over that island, causes great excitement in San Domingo and Hayti, and serves to increase the unpopularity of President Bolz. The-rumor is somewhat strengthened by the appointment of New Spanish Consuls at several parts of the Domingan Republic.

10. January 31, 1878 River Falls Journal River Falls, WI
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Dividends Declared. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Chicago of 45 per cent., and to the creditors of the Central National bank of 25 per cent., payable as soon as schedules received from receivers are examined. He has also declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the following banks: First National bank of Delphi, Ind., 25 per cent., making in all 50 per cent,; First National bank of Duluth, Minn., 20 per cent., making 65 per cent. in all.

11. January 31, 1878 The Eaton Democrat Eaton, OH
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NEWS SUMMARY. Washington. The Controller of the Currency has declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the Third National Bank of Chicago of 45 per cent., and of creditors of the Central National Bank of Chicago of 25 per cent., payable as soon as the schedules are received from the receivers and examined. He has also declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the following banks: First National Bank of Delhi, Ind., 25 per cent., making in all 50 per cent.; First National Bank of Duluth, Minn., 20 per cent., making in all 65 per cent. President Hayes has written the following letter in answer to one written by J. M. Glover, Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Treasury Department: EXECUTIVE Mansion, } Washington, January 21. DEARSIR: I am in receipt of a resolution adopted by the Committee of the House of Representatives on expenditures in the Treasury Department, requesting my co-operation with the committee in its investigation of alleged abuses in said department. I shall be glad to co-operate heartily with the committee in the proposed investigation, and to that end will issue such proper directions to all officers of that or any other department as may be required to secure prompt and effective assistance in the conduct of the investigation. Touching the suggestion contained in your letter that witnesses who may testify before the committee may be apprehensive of losing their places if they testify truly and fully, you are at liberty to assure all subordinate offic rs that the fact of their testifying before the committee shall not be used to their prejudice. R. B. HAYES. Very respectfully, Hon. JNO. M. GLOVER, M. C. Captain A. K. Long, Commissary of Subsistence at Washington, committed suicide on the 22d of January. He went home at the usual hour in the afternoon, and entering his W fe's room had a brief conversation with her, and immediately afterward passed into an adjoining room and shot himself near the heart, causing death almost immediately. Long was pardon clerk at the White House under President Johnson, and assigned to duty with Mr. Johnson when the latter was Military Governor of Tennessee. He married the daughter of Hon. Henry D. Foster, ex-Representative from Pennsylvania.

12. October 12, 1880 Daily Globe Saint Paul, MN
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WASHINGTON NEWS. Final Full Payment of Creditora of the First National Bank of Duluth-The Lottery Cases Dismissed by the Supreme Conrt--Spotted Tail Raisesa Contribution to Employ a Lawyer to Defend the Sloex in Prison at Fort Omaha--Yellow Fever on the Lower Mississippi. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-The comptroller of the currency has declared a dividend of ten per cent. in favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Duluth, Minnesota, making in all dividends of one hundred per cent. The requisition for payment of the Utes was signed to-day. The supreme court of the United States convened at noon to-day for the October term of 1880. All the justices were present except Hunt, Clifford and Field. Justice Field is expected to take his seat Oct. 18th, and the condition of Justice Clifford is so much improved to-day it is hoped his absence may be only temporary. No arguments were heard by the court this afternoon, but the chief justice announced that the call of the docket will begin to-morrow. Among the cases disposed of to-day were those of theLouisana and KentuckyLottery com panies, assigned for the first day of the term., The Kentucky case, Comerfords vs. Thompsonwas dismissed upon motion of Solicitor Gener al Phillips, in behalf of appellants, and the Louisiana case, Daupin V3. Key, was on mo tion of the attorney generali indefinitely postponed. These suits were abandoned for the reasons already stated in these dispatches, viz.: That according to a previous ruling an application for mandamus cannot be sustained against an ex-officer of the government, since a mandamus must issue against an individual and an ex-officer has no power to obey the writ even should it be granted Secretary Schurz has the following letter from Spotted Tail, chief of the Brule Sioux: Dear Sir: I want to talk with you about six young men belonging to my people, who were sent down to Omaha to be dealt with under the laws of the Great Father. These young men I have given up to you to be punished if they are'guilty, ,according to the same laws laid down for punishment of white men who have committed crimes against the laws of the Great Father. Now what I want to say to you is this. If these young men are guilty I want to see them punished. If they are not guilty I want them sent back to me and their families. Now they should have, in trial for their alleged crimes, the same chances a wnite man has. They should have as good lawyers as we can give and, we should defend them the same as you would be allowed to defend your children if they were in prison and were to be tried for offenses they had been charged wirh. What I am now writing to you I do not say for myself alone. I talk for my whole people. They have met in council and have talked long, but always spoke good and kind words for the Great Father to listen to, and We want him to open his ears to hear the good words we have to say. My people are good people, and want to do as the Great Father tells them. They love their children, and it makes them mourn when their children do wrong. Every way we can, we want to help our children. Now, my people have put together from their earnings a little money to be used in helping our children in their trouble. All who were able to give have given to help them, and the money we have raised we are going to send to you that you may help us find good lawyers to defend our children. We want them to have a fair trial, and we want you to spend the money we send you that they may have as good a chance to go free as white men could have. So I send you $332.80. I am your true friend. The national board of health sustains the recent report of Inspector Sterling that yellow fever has existed on the lower Mississippi.

13. October 12, 1880 The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer Wheeling, WV
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BRIEFS. St. Julian will trot at Prospect Park, New York, Friday, notto-day,as previously reported. Yesterday a gravel train ran into a drove of cows near Stillman Valley, Ill., on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, ditch9 ing ten cars and killing several men, including John Ryan, a section man. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend of ten per cent in favor of the creditors of the First Nation Al Bank of Duluth, Minn., making in all dividends one hundred per cent. At New York, yesterday morning, the train going down town on the Second Avenue Elevated Railroad, during the fog, ran into the rear of the train ahead of them, killing Edward Cooper, the engineer. The engines and three cars were badly broken up. At Huntington, Pa., John Carson and his son, together with another boy, named Benner, of Spruce Creek, attempted to walk through Spruce Creek tunnel yesterday, but were run over by the Pacific express east and all instantly killed. At Milledgeville, Indiana, on Saturday night, Win. Torey, a man aged 92 yeare, was shot and killed by Charles Allen, t who is the husband of the daughter of Torey's second wife. Torev in the night heard the dogs barking and went to his door to see what was the matter, when the shot was fired from the street. Allen was arrested and has confessed. 8, At St. Louis at the inquest on the body of Leon Buncher, who committed suicide Blast Sunday hisson testified that his mother B died about a year ago, since when his father 1. has been much depressed in spirits. In adte dition to this his father believed his blood was turning to water and on this subject he had become a monomanaic. On all other subjecte, however, he was perfectly rational. e The Nashville, Tenn., American's Lynnis ville special says: "A negro prisoner in or charge of Sheriff Arrowsmith, was taken re off of the train at this place to-day by a number of men but was returned into the custody of the Sheriff upon. his agreeing to return him to Pulaski." The negro had ravished a white girl near Pros. d: pect and was being brought to Nashville for safe keeping.