22824. Bank of Oregon (Oregon, WI)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
May 12, 1893
Location
Oregon, Wisconsin (42.926, -89.385)

Metadata

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gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
5fb92e18

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple newspapers (May 12–18, 1893) report the Bank of Oregon (Oregon, Wis.) made an assignment / closed its doors following the collapse of the Columbia/Columbian National Bank of Chicago. This is a suspension that resulted in assignment/closure (receiver) rather than a mere depositor run; no discrete run is described. Cause is failure/distress of a correspondent (Columbia National of Chicago).

Events (3)
1. May 12, 1893 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The assets are figured at $35,000; liabilities $30,000 of which $25,000 is due the depositors, who are nearly all business men in the village of Oregon. ... made an assignment today. The closing of the bank is due to the collapse of the Columbian National bank of Chicago.
Source
newspapers
2. May 12, 1893 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
made an assignment today. The closing of the bank is due to the collapse of the Columbian National bank of Chicago.
Source
newspapers
3. May 12, 1893 Suspension
Cause
Correspondent
Cause Details
Closed / made assignment because of its connection/exposure to the collapse of the Columbia (Columbian) National Bank of Chicago.
Newspaper Excerpt
The bank of Oregon, established about a year ago by Dwiggin, Starbuck & Co., of Chicago, made an assignment today. The closing of the bank is due to the collapse of the Columbian National bank of Chicago.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (9)
1. May 13, 1893 The Daily Morning Astorian Astoria, OR
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A DISASTROUS BANK FAILURE The Collapse of the Columbia National of Chicago. OTHER INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED Expected that Depositors will Lose But Little-Straightenidg Out the Affair. f t Associated Press. Madison, Wis., May 12.-The bank of r Oregon, established about a year ago 0 by Dwiggin, Starbuck & Co., of Chie cago, made an assignment today. The closing of the bank is due to the cole lapse of the Columbian National bank r of Chicago. The assets are figured at o $35,000; liabilities $30,000 of which $25,000 is due the depositors, who are nearly all business men in the village f of Oregon. St Louis, May 12.-The Ottawa county bank at Elmore closed its doors today, as a result of the failure of the Columbian National bank of Chicago. The out-look is that depositers will be paid in full. Casey, Ills., May 12.-The Columbia National Bank are the principal stockholders in the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of this city, and it made an assignment today. The assets will probably be $16,000; the liabilities, may reach $25,000 or over. Rockford, Mich., May 12.-The private banking institution of Paris and Nave closed its doors this morning. The bank was affected by the failure of the Indianapolis Bank. Kalamazoo, Mich., May 12.-The United Bank of Richland of this county, did not open its doors today, owing to its connection with the Columbian National Bank of Chicago. Lafayette, Ind., May 12.-The Commercial Bank at Crookston, fifteen miles north of this city has closed its doors. The deposits amount $50,000. The officers say it will pay in full and resume business as soon as its affairs can be straightened out. Charlevaix, Mich., May 12,-The Bank of Charlevaix closed its doors this morning and placed its affairs in the hands of an assignee. The deposits probably do not exceed $10,000, and it is believed every creditor will be paid in full. Ind., May 12.-The Comat republican Kokomo, meeting Louisville knew the Farmers' Bank at Greentown failed this morning for $60,000. The failure of the Columbia Bank of Chicago is responsible for the collapse. Ottawa, Ills., May 12.-Richard J. Hornick, banker, merchant and speculator of Grand Ridge, has failed owing to a run on the bank caused by a financial entanglement with (his brother, John Hornick, of Sioux City. 1 Minneapolis, May 12.-The Bank of Greenwood, Ind., closed its doors on account of the failure of the Columbia Bank of Chicago. No statement has been made. Edwardsburg, Mich., May -The Citizens' Bank displayed a notice on its doors this morning as follows: "Out of business; back at noon." Starbuck & National D. Columbia town Wiggins, on Bank of Co., Chicago, of the held a large share of stock in the Citizens' Bank. The citizens of this place d are interested to the extent of $25,000. Township and school funds are also tied up. The manager of the local bank t at Lawton, Mich., has left town and W the bank is closed. The liabilities are small. p h Indianapolis, May 12.-The Commerd cial bank of Brookston has closed. No V statement is made as to assets or liabilities. It was controlled by the Columbla bank of Chicago. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 12.-The pria of D. Wiggins, & t Williamsburg, its vate Co. at bank Ohio, Starbuck closed from t doors this morning on orders Wiggins, the president of the Columbia bank of Chicago. It was a branch V assets are $35,000; " An $60,000. bank. The expert accountant liabilities, employed bank yesterday came He was this at the morning. arrested, here charged early V with embezzlement.

2. May 13, 1893 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA
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ABADDAY FOR BANKS Over a Dozen Branches of Columbia National Close. EFFECTS OF CHICAGO SMASH Other Small Institutions in Indiana Michigan Also Go to the WallComptroller Eckles' Warning. SPOKANE, May 12.-|Special.]-A lace, Idaho, special says: The Small Colby Lumber Company. of Old Mission has failed for about $100,000. The failur will throw about 100 men out of employ ment, but the wages of the laborers are secured, and the assets, if properly handled will pay all the liabilities. Attachmen suits and mortgage liens filed against company aggregate $41,000. The of the failure is attributed to the amount of logs and timber on hand, which owing to the lateness of the spring, not be turned into available cash. KoKoMo. Ind.. May 12-The Commercis State bank, of Russiaville, and the Farm ers' bank. at Greentown. both under management, failed this morning for 000. The failure of the Columbia Nations bank, of Chicago, is responsible for collapse. About twenty other banks Indiana are connected to some with the Columbia, and a like number private banks, mostly small concerns. EDWARDSBURG. Mich., May 12.-Th Citizens' Bank displayed a notice on doors this morning as follows: *Out town on business. Back at noon. Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co., of the Colum bia National bank of Chicago, held a share of the stock in the Citizens' and citizens of this place are interested the extent of $25,000. The township school funds are also tied up. The manager of the local bank at ton. Mich., has also left town and the is closed. The liabilities are small. CINCINNATI, May 12.-The private of Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co., at Williams burg, closed its doors this morning orders from Dwiggins, the president of Columbia National bank of Chicago. It a branch of the latter, with assets $35,000 and liabilities of $60,000. The pert accountant employed at the yesterday came here early this mornin and was arrested on the charge of embe: zlement. It is suspected that he was ployed to conceal some of the funds of bank. MILWAUKEE, May 12-The stores Frank A. Lappen & Co., and the Lappe Furniture Company, doing an immens business in dry goods and house furnish ings, is in the hands of the sheriff on cutions aggregating over $65,000. Planking ton this afternoon filed an executio against Lappen & Co. for $219,000. liabilities of the firm, as far as known, At a meeting of business men tonight was decided to allow Lappen & Co. to sume business tomorrow. The assets the firm are placed by Lappen at $586,000 and the liabilities at $380,000. MADISON, Wis., May 12.-The Bank Oregon, Wis., established about a ago, by Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co., Chicago, made an assignment today, closing being due to the collapse the Columbia National bank, of Chicago The assets are figured at $35,000 and bilities at $30,000, of which $25,000 is

3. May 18, 1893 The Worthington Advance Worthington, MN
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JOHN MAHIN'S residence and two other houses at Muscatine, Ia., were destroyed by dynamite. Mr. Mahin is editor of the Muscatine Journal, postmaster and .an ardent prohibitionist, and the residences destroyed were those of prominent citizens who have been active in prosecuting saloon cases. NEAR Lakeport, Ark., the levee gave way, flooding thousands of acres of cotton land and causing heavy losses to planters. IN Chicago the Columbia national bank suspended with liabilities of over $1,000,000. The principal business of the bank was with country banks and they will be the chief sufferers. THE doors of the Capital national bank at Indianapolis were closed with liabilities of $1,000,000. THE Danube left Portland, Ore., for China with 406 Chinese on board who had been refused admission to the United States. ON the Ohio River railroad a freight train went off the tracks at Walkers, W. Va., falling 35 feet, and three men were killed. CHARLES LUTTRELL and John Z. Carlisle were hanged at Sherman, Tex., for the murder of W. T. Sherman at Denison on April 28, 1892. AT Grand Ridge, III., R. J. Horinck, conductor of a general store nd.private bank, failed for $300,000, and scores of farmers are ruined by the disaster. THE members of the local world's fair directory passed a resolution that the fair should be open Sundays on and after May 21, the admission to the grounds to be twenty-five cents, and the big exhibit buildings to be closed. This action may be annulled by the national commission. AT Charleston, S. c., Joe Brannon, aged 19. was hanged for the murder of Stephen Kearney on the 31st of August last. THE Columbia national bank collapse in Chicago caused the failure of banks at Russiaville, Greentown. Oxford, Morristown, Arcadia, Spiceland, Orleans, Hebron, Brookston, Dunkirk, Geneva, Boswell, Knox, West Lebanon and Gieenwood in Indiana, the Richland, Edwardsburg, Lawton, Rockford and Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank of Casey in Illinois and the bank at Clearmount in Ohio. TWENTY-FIVE ringleaders of the mob that took from jail at Chattanooga, Tenn., Alfred Blount, a negro assaulter, and hanged him. have been indicted for murder. EAST of Pinckney, Mich., several farms were swept by a cyclone and buildings were wrecked and several persons were hurt, but not seriously, though many horses and sheep were killed. OHIO prohibitionists will meet in state convention at Cleveland June 27 and 28. THE firm of Kendall & Smith, the largest millers in Nebraska, failed at Lincoln for $250,000. IN Milwaukee the big department store of Frank A. Lappen & Co. and the furniture store of the Lappen Furniture company failed for $500,000. W. H. THOMAS & SON, the largest dealers in old Kentucky whisky in the world. suspended at Louisville with liabilities of $600,000. IN session at Louisville, Ky., the National Republican College league elected L. E. Hawkins, of Syracuse university, as president.

4. May 18, 1893 Grant County Herald Lancaster, WI
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MANY BANKS CLOSE. Result of the Failure of the Columbia National of Chicago. CHICAGO, May 13.-Dispatches received here announce the suspension of the following banks, all of them due to their connection with Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co., of the Columbia national bank of this city, which closed its doors on Thursday: Bank of Dunkirk, Portland, Ind., liabilities estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000; Commer rial state bank of Russiaville, Ind., deposits, 560,000; Farmers' bank, Greentown, Ind.: priwater banking firm of Dwiggins, Starbuck & Co., at Williamsburg, O.; Ottawa bank, Elmore. O: Commercial bank of Morristown, Ind: Citizens' national bank, Boswell. Ind.: Commercial bank of Brookston, Ind.; Commercial bank at Walkerton, Ind.: Farmers' and Merchante bank of Genewa. Ind : Bank of Greenwood, Ind.; Bank of Orleans, Orleans, Ind.: Citizens bank, Hebron, Ind.: Farmers' and Merchants' bank, Casey, Ill.: Citizens' bank of Edwardsburg, Mich Bank of Lawton, Mich.: Bank of Oregon. Wis: Union bank, Richland, Mich: Spiceland bank, Spiceland, Ind : Citi zens' state bank, Knox, Ind: Central bank, West Lebanon, Ind.; banks at Oxford, Ind, and Arcadia. Ind.

5. May 18, 1893 The State Republican Jefferson City, MO
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WEST AND SOUTH. THE Republican League clubs met in national convention in Louisville, Ky., delegates from thirty-three states being present. A MOB lynched a young negro who tempted to assault a daughter of Capt. James Wham at Chestnut Ridge, & C. IN the nineteenth annual Kentucky derby at Louisville six horses participated, Lookout winning by four lengths in 2:39 14. JOHN MAHIN'S residence and two other houses at Muscatine, Ia., were destroyed by dynamite. Mr. Mahin is editor of the Muscatine Journal, postmaster and an ardent prohibitionist, and the residences destroyed were those of prominent citizens who have been active in prosecuting saloon cases. FLAMES swept away one-half of Spring Lake, Mich., and fifty families were homeless. Total loss, $175,000. W. W. TRACEY, of Springfield, III., was chosen president of the National League of Republican clubs at the session in Louisville. NEAR Lakeport, Ark., the levee gave way, flooding thousands of acres of cotton land and causing heavy losses to planters. IN Chicago the Columbia national bank suspended with liabilities of over $1,000,000. The principal business of the bank was with country banks and they will be the chief sufferers. THE doors of the Capital national bank at Indianapolis were closed with liabilities of $1,000,000. THE Danube left Portland. Ore., for China with 406 Chinese on board who had been refused admission to the United States. ON the Ohio River railroad a freight train went off the tracks at Walkers, W. Va., falling 35 feet, and three men were killed. CHARLES LUTTRELL and John Z. Carliste were hanged at Sherman, Tex, for the murder of W. T. Sherman at Denison on April 88, 1893. AT Grand Ridge, III., R. J. Horinck, conductor of a general store and private bank, failed for $800,000, and scores of farmers are ruined by the disaster. THE members of the local world's fair directory passed a resolution that the fair should be open Sundays on and after May 21, the admission to the grounds to be twenty-five cents, and the big exhibit buildings to be closed. This action may be annulled by the national commission. THE Columbia national bank collapse in Chicago caused the failure of banks at Russiaville, Greentown. Oxford, Morristown, Arcadia, Spiceland, Ordeans, Hebron, Brookston, Dunkirk, Geneva, Boswell, Knox, West Lebanon and Greenwood in Indiana, the Richland, Edwardsburg, Lawton, Rockford and Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank of Casey in Illinois and the bank at Clearmount in Ohio. TWENTY-FIVE ringleaders of the mob that. took from jail at Chattanooga Tenn., Alfred Blount, a negroassaulter. and hanged him. have been indicted for murder.

6. May 18, 1893 River Falls Journal River Falls, WI
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CHARLES LUTTRELL and John Z. Carlisle were hanged at Sherman, Tex., for the murder of W. T. Sherman at Denison on April 28. 1892. AT Grand Ridge, III., R. J. Horinck, conductor of a general store andiprivate bank, failed for $300,000. and scores of farmers are ruined by the disaster. THE members of the local world's fair directory passed a resolution that the fair should be open Sundays on and after May 21. the admission to the grounds to be twenty-five cents, and the big exhibit buildings to be closed. This action may be annulled by the national commission. AT Charleston, S. C., Joe Brannon, aged 19. was changed for the murder of Stephen Kearney on the 31st of August last. THE Columbia national bank collapse in Chicago caused the failure of banks at Russiaville, Greentown. Oxford, Morristown, Arcadia, Spiceland, Orleans, Hebron, Brookston. Dunkirk, Geneva, Boswell, Knox. West Lebanon and Greenwood in Indiana, the Riehland, Edwardsburg, Lawton. Rockford and Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank of Casey in Illinois and the bank at Clearmount in Ohio. TWENTY-FIVE ringleaders of the mob that took from jail at Chattanooga, Tenn., Alfred Blount, a negroassaulter, and hanged him, have been indicted for murder. EAST of Pinekney, Mich., several farms were swept by a cyclone and buildings were wreeked and several persons were hurt. but not seriously, though many horses and sheep were killed. OHIO prohibitionists will meet in state convention at Cleveland June 27 and 28. THE firm of Kendall & Smith, the largest millers in Nebraska, failed at Lincoln for $250,000. IN Milwaukee the big department store of Frank A. Lappen & Co. and the furniture store of the Lappen Furniture company failed for $500,000. W. II. THOMAS & SON, the largest dealers in old Kentucky whisky in the world. suspended at Louisville with liabilities of $600,000. IN session at Louisville, Ky., the National Republican College league elected L. E. Hawkins, of Syracuse university, as president. THE Illinois and Sangamon rivers in Cass county, III., overflowed and several thousand aeres of rich farming lands were flooded, entirely destroying the wheat sown last fall. THE doors of the Kissamee (Fla.) City bank were closed with liabilities of $100,000. L. F. PRICE, a conductor on a train at Seymour, Ind., was shot and killed by John Turley and a mob took the murderer from jail at Bedford and lynched him. THE founder and principal of the Hampton institute for negroes and Indians near Fort Monroe, Va., Gen. Samuel C. Armstrong, died at Hampton, aged 54 years. IN the case of W C. Rippey, accused of assaulting John W. Mackay in San Francisco with intent to kill, the jury was dismissed, having failed to reach an agreement. AT Brook's mill in Arkansas a crevasse gave way causing the destruction of crops in eight or nine parishes. NEAR Kenova. W. Va., an extensive was analysis tin-ore mine per found, tin. the showing 70 cent. pure A PICKPOCKET robbed N. B. Martans, 70 years of age, of Woodland, Cal., of $4,100 on the world's fair grounds in Chicago. FIRE destroyed the Standard Oil company's-works at Whiting, Ind., the loss being $100,000. AT Calamet, Mich., ten men fell 3,000 feet to their death down the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mine.

7. May 18, 1893 Warren Sheaf Warren, MN
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JOHN MAHIN'S residence and two other houses at Muscatine, Ia., were destroyed by dynamite. Mr. Mahin is editor of the Muscatine Journal, postmaster and an ardent prohibitionist, and the residences destroyed were those of prominent citizens who have been active in prosecuting saloon cases. NEAR Lakeport, Ark., the levee gave way, flooding thousands of acres of cotton land and causing heavy losses to planters. IN Chicago the Columbia national bank suspended with liabilities of over $1,000,000. The principal business of the bank was with country banks and they will be the chief sufferers. THE doors of the Capital national bank at Indianapolis were closed with liabilities of $1,000,000. THE Danube left Portland, Ore., for China with 406 Chinese on board who had been refused admission to the United States. ON the Ohio River railroad a freight train went off the tracks at Walkers, W. Va., falling 35 feet, and three men were killed. CHARLES LUTTRELL and John z. Carlisle were hanged at Sherman, Tex., for the murder of W. T. Sherman at Denison on April 28. 1892. AT Grand Ridge, Ill., R. J. Horinck, conductor of a general store and.private bank, failed for $300,000, and scores of farmers are ruined by the disaster. THE members of the local world's fair directory passed a resolution that the fair should be open Sundays on and after May 21; the admission to the grounds to be twenty-five cents, and the big exhibit buildings to be closed. This action may be annulled by the national commission. AT Charleston, S. c., Joe Brannon, aged 19, was hanged for the murder of Stephen Kearney on the 31st of August last. THE Columbia national bank collapse in Chicago caused the failure of banks at Russiaville, Greentown. Oxford, Morristown, Arcadia, Spiceland, Orleans, Hebron, Brookston, Dunkirk, Geneva, Boswell, Knox, West Lebanon and Gieenwood in Indiana, the Richland, Edwardsburg, Lawton, Rockford and Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank of Casey in Illinois and the bank at Clearmount in Ohio. TWENTY-FIVE ringleaders of the mob that took from jail at Chattanooga, Tenn., Alfred Blount, a negro assaulter, and hanged him, have been indicted for murder. EAST of Pinckney, Mich., several farms were swept by a cyclone and buildings were wrecked and several persons were hurt, but not seriously, though many horses and sheep were killed. OHIO prohibitionists will meet in state convention at Cleveland June 27 and 28. THE firm of Kendall & Smith, the largest millers in Nebraska, failed at Lincoln for $250,000. IN Milwaukee the big department store of Frank A. Lappen & Co. and the furniture store of the Lappen Furniture company failed for $500,000. W. H. THOMAS & SON, the largest dealers in old Kentucky whisky in the world, suspended at Louisville with liabilities of $600,000. IN session at Louisville, Ky., the National Republican College league elected L. E. Hawkins, of Syracuse university, as president.

8. May 19, 1893 The Times Owosso, MI
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States reported exchanges United amounting to $1,370,664,109 against As $1,373,638,156 the previous week. week compared with the corresponding of 8192 the increase was 11.0. JOHN Z. Carlisle and Charles Luttrell the hanged at Sherman, Tex., Denison for were murder of W. T. Sherman at on April 28, 1892. THERE were 257 business failures the rein the United States during the ported seven days ended on the 12th. In week preceding there were 216, 1892 and during the corresponding time in the number was 209. R. J. HORINCK, conductor of a general store and private bank at Grand Ridge, of Ill., failed for $300,000, and scores farmers are ruined by the disaster. FOREST fires burned hundreds of of oak, pine and cedar timber, acres valuable cranberry bogs N.J. and three many houses in Berkeley township, the THE twenty-five ringleaders of mob that took from jail at Chattanooga, Tenn., Alfred Blount, a negroassaulter, for and hanged him, have been indicted murder. THE Hygeian Ice company at Trenton, N. J., failed for $150,000. SEVERAL farms east of Pinckney, Mich., were swept by a cyclone and buildings were wrecked and several persons were hurt, but not seriously, though many horses and sheep were killed. THE collapse of the Columbia national of bank in Chicago caused the failure banks at Rusiaville, Greentown, Oxford. Morristewn, Arcadia, Spiceland, Orleans, Hebron, Brookston, Dunkirk, Geneva, Boswell, Knox, West Labanon and Greenwood in Indiana, the Richland, Edwardsburg, Lawton, Rockford and Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank at of Casey in Illinois and the bank Clearmount in Ohio. MEMBERS of the local world's fair dipassed a resolution that the fair should rectory be open Sundays on and after May 21, the admission to the grounds to be twenty-five cents, and the big exhibit buildings to be closed. This action may be annulled by the national commission. JOE BRANNON, aged 19, was hanged at Charleston, S. C., for the murder of Stephen Kearney on the 31st of August last. THE police at Buffalo, N. Y., claimed to have discovered evidence of a plot by anarchists to blow up the water works and fire the world's fair buildings to avenge upon Chicago the execution of the anarchists condemned for the Haymarket murders. THE new Cunard line steamship Campania made the trip from New York to Queenstown in 5 days 17 hours and 42 minutes. the quickest passage eastward yet made by any steamer. THE total value of the exports of breadstuffs from this country during the ten months ended April 30 last was $157,653,913, a decrease of $93,000,000 from the corresponding period of 1892. JOHN WEISS, grand treasurer of the Order Germania, a relief fund, sick and benefit association, departed from his home in New York with $100,000 belonging to the order. KENDALL & SMITH, the largest milling firm in Nebraska, failed at Lincoln for $250,000. THE big department store of Frank A. Lappen & Co. and the furniture store of the Lappen Furniture company in Milwaukee failed for $500,000. AT Louisville, Ky., the firm of W. H. Thomas & Son, the largest dealers in old Kentucky whisky in the world, suspended with liabilities of $600,000. A SEVERE windstorm at Astoria, Ore., overturned a number of fishing boats and four men were drowned. THE percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 15th were as follows: Cleveland. .667; St. Louis, .667; Washington, .643; Pittsburgh, .636; Brooklyn, .588; Cincinnati, .572; Philadelphia, .500; Baltimore, .429; Boston, .462; New York, .885; Chicago, .286; Louisville. .200. Two PERSONS were killed and several a seriously injured by the explosion of railway locomotive at Lebanon, Pa. THE jury in the case of W. C. Rippey, accused of assaulting John W. Mackay in San Francisco with intent to kill, was dismissed, having failed to reach en agreement. JOHN TURLEY, who shot and killed L. F. Price, a conductor, on a train at Seymour, Ind., was taken from jail at Bedford by masked men and lynched. THE Standard Oil company's works at Whiting, Ind., were burned, the loss being $100,000. TEN men fell 3,000 feet to their death down the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mine at Calumet, Mich. KENDALL & SMITH, grain dealers at Lincoln, Neb., failed for $300,000. THE Kissamee (Fla.) City bank closed its doors with liabilities of $100,000. Tightness of money and slow collections caused the failure. A FIRE caused by a defective flue in the bakehouse of the Aldine hotel in Philadelphia resulted in a loss of 140,000. A CREVASSE gave way at Brook's mill in Arkansas, causing the destruction of crops in eight or nine parishes. BY request of Secretary Gresham the of as resignation of William E. American Curtis chief the bureau of the republics was sent to the president.

9. May 20, 1893 The Cape Girardeau Democrat Cape Girardeau, MO
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THE doors of the Capital national bank at Indianapolis were closed with liabilities of $1,000,000. THE Danube left Portland, Ore., for China with 406 Chinese on board who had been refused admission to the United States. Ox the Ohio River railroad a freight train went off the tracks at Walkers, W. Va., falling 35 feet. and three men were killed. CHARLES LUTTRELL and John Z. Carlisle were changed at Sherman, Tex., for the murder of W. T. Sherman at Denison on April 28. 1892. AT Grand Ridge, Ill., R. J. Horinek, conductor of a general store andiprivate bank. failed for $300,000, and scores of farmers are ruined by the disaster. THE members of the local world's fair directory passed a resolution that should be Sundays on and 21, the to be grounds the after fair May twenty-five open admission cents, to and the the big exhibit buildings to be closed. This action may be annulled by the national commission. AT Charleston, S. C., Joe Brannon, aged 19. was changed for the murder of Stephen Kearney on the 31st of August last. THE Columbia national bank collapse in Chicago caused the failure of banks at Russiaville, Greentown. Oxford, Morristown. Arcadia, Spiceland, Orleans, Hebron. Brookston, Dunkirk, Geneva, Boswell, Knox, West Lebanon and Greenwood in Indiana, the Richland, Edwardsburg. Lawton. Rockford and Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank of Oregon in Wisconsin, the bank of Casey in Illinois and the bank at Clearmount in Ohio. TWENTY-FIVE ringleaders of the mob that took from jail at Chattanooga, Tenn. Alfred Blount, a negroassaulter. and changed him. have been indicted for murder. EAST of Pinckney. Mich., several farms were swept by a cyclone and buildings were wrecked and several persons were hurt. but not seriously. though many horses and sheep were killed. OHIO prohibitionists will meet in state convention at Cleveland June 27 and 28. THE firm of Kendall & Smith. the largest millers in Nebraska. failed at Lincoln for $250,000. IN Milwaukee the big department store of Frank A. Lappen & Co. and the furniture store of the Lappen Furniture company failed for $500,000. W. II. THOMAS & Sox. the largest dealers in old Kentucky whisky in the world. suspended at Louisville with liabilities of $600,000. IN session at Louisville, Ky., the National Republican College league elected L. E. Hawkins, of Syracuse university, as president.