Fourth National Bank (Chicago, IL)

Episode Information

Episode UID
27600901
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
2760 national
Charter Number
276
Start Date
January 21, 1875
Location
Chicago, Illinois (41.850, -87.650)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
49ef376dc54546d9

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
51.0%
Date receivership started
1876-02-02
Date receivership terminated
1886-03-04
OCC cause of failure
Losses
Share of assets assessed as good
12.1%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
58.5%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
29.4%

Description

Used government-record receivership date for receivership event per instructions; contemporary press calls the 25 Sept 1875 closing a liquidation.

Events (5)

1. February 24, 1864 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. January 21, 1875 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The rumors said to be in circulation ... of trouble with the Fourth National Bank ... have very slight foundation in fact.
Source
newspapers
3. September 25, 1875 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank had been weakened since the panic of 1873, held slow/insolvent real-estate-backed paper and was unable to meet a heavy draft; business unprofitable and management chose to wind up.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Fourth National Bank of this city has suspended. The Fourth National Bank of Chicago has suspended payment. The Fourth National Bank ... has gone into liquidation.
Source
newspapers
4. February 2, 1876 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
5. February 2, 1876 Receivership
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (18)

Article from Nashville Union and American, January 22, 1875

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CHICAGO. Reported Bank Troubles Said to be Without Real Foundation. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-The runiors said to be in circulation in New York of trouble with the Fourth National Bank and two other national banks of this city, have very slight foundation in fact. It is true that a small draft of the Fourth National was thrown out in New York yesterday, but more than sufficient funds to meet not only that draft, but any others outstanding, were on the way to New York, and yesterday an additional sum, more than sufficient to cover any possible contingency, was sent to its New York correspondent. So far as reports of trouble with any other banks are concerned, the closest inquiry in the best informed quarters show them to be without foundation. Another Contradiction. Bankers and other business men of this city, have been in receipt to-day of namerous telegrams from New York, stating that reports and rumors were in circulati n, to the effect, that there was an impending financial crisis or panic here. These reports were doubtless set afloat for a purpose as there is not and has not bsen the slightest foundation for them. The suspension Tuesday, of the Cook County National Bank, did not create any excitement.


Article from The Daily Argus, September 25, 1875

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Financial Breakers--The Fourth National Bank lof Chicago Suspended. CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-It IS announced this P. M., after banking hours, that the Fourth National Bank of thiscity has gone into liquidation. Creditors will suffer no loss,


Article from Chicago Daily Tribune, September 26, 1875

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THE FOURTH NATIONAL. The closing of the Fourth National Bank in this city will not surprise those who are are courant in local finances. The bank has been in a weak condition ever since the panic of 1873. It was seriously crippled at that time, when Mr. R. E. GOODELL, a wealthy resident of Springfield, III., came here and took hold of it, with the hope and intention of restoring it to soundness and of building up its business. The times have not been favorable for such an undertaking many of its bills receivable were made for money loaned to land speculators, and are secured by " outside lots," which have shrunken in value, and are of slow sale. Banks doing this kind of business are apt to find themselves short of funds when they are needed. Last January the Fourth National's credit was damaged, and rumors of its instability came near forcing it to close at that time. This was avoided, but the temporary embarrassment proved another obstacle in the way of reviving the businessof the bank. Since then the policy of the bank has been to contract its business with a view to winding up and final retirement. The standing of the bank can be well understood from the fact that its circulating notes have been reduced to $15,000, which will not only be redeemed in full, but leave a surplus for the bank out of the bonds. The deposit account probably does not exceed $150,000. It is usual, of course, whenever a bank fails to announce that the depositors will be paid in full, and it is quite common this proves not to be true but there is certainly good reason to believe that, with an honest liquidation, the Fourth National will be an exception to the rule, and pay off every dollar it owes. Probably a large part of its assets will prove to be bad, but the individual fortunes of many of the stockholders ought to guarantee full payment. Mr. GOODELL has always enjoyed the reputation of honesty and fairness, and we have no P doubt that he will insist upon a full settleh ment of all claims against the bank. The W closing of the bank will have no perceptible h effect on general business. n -Since writing the above we have conversed with two of the officers of the defunct C institution, who inform us that the claims of fi depositors amount to about $157,000, against o. which are offsets enough to reduce the P amount to perhaps $120,000. The available 01 assets of the bank, which can be converted th into money in a short time, will pay off a) the depositors and leave about $220,000 of "slow paper," secured by insolvent real estate, to be divided among the stockholders. st There are only seventeen depositors whose claims exceed $1,000 each, while there are 100 depositors to whom less than $100 each si due. The report that the bank owes City be Treasurer O'HARA anything is untrue, he havta ng checked out all the city account some CI lime ago. Nor is it true that any se county money is in the concern. Sa The Town Collector, MIKE EVANS, kept nu ome of his collections there last winter, but ca e withdrew all the money long ago. It thus se ppears that no creditor of the bank has lost we r will lose anything, unless it be the stockan olders. The story that the bank owed the be hicago & Southern Railroad is not true. At car he time it closed its doors it had no connecha on or dealing with that road, as we are ashe ared by one of the officers of the bank.


Article from Chicago Daily Tribune, September 26, 1875

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S. The Movement of Currency to the Country --- Suspension of the Fourth National Bank. d The Produce Markets Generally Stronger--Provisions Firm. er All Round. Breadstuffs in Good Demand at Better Prioes-Large Shipments of Oats. FINANCIAL. The feature of the business of the week has been the demand from the country for loans-mainly in the shape of rediscounts. Too much of this has been attributed to the number of country merchants the country banks had to carry on account of the small sales of produce, and the consequent alowness of the fall trade. This is an element in the demand for rediscounts, but a more important one is that farmers instead of selling their corn at low rates have adopted the better policy of feeding it to hogs, in order to sell it at a profit 23 pork. To do this they must buy large amounts of stock, and borrow the monty necessary of the country banks. Careful inquiry among their country correspondents by the banks here shows that this is the cause of 2 large part of the country demand for loans. This is an encouraging state of affairs. Provisions are an article of Western export of increasing value and importasce. The local loan market remains otherwise in a condition of greater quiet than usual at this season. The commercial business of the city is in a good condition, and the offerings of commercial paper are of good quality, but they are not, as often remarked, sufficient in amount to keep the funds of the banks in employment. Manufacturing paper is in fair supply. Other classes of paper are in scant supply. Rates of discount are 8G10 per cent to regular customers ; good outside borrowers, with satiafactory collaterals, can get accommodation at 6@8 per cant. On the street, business is light, and good paper is scarce. Rates are 6@18 per cent. d New York exchange is weak at 50c discount between banks for $1,000. The orders from the country for currency were not ci large. $ The clearings were $3,813,595.94 on Saturday, and bi $23,001,854.97 for the week ; for the corresponding week of last year they were $19,779,902.03. THE FOURTH NATIONAL BANK. si The Fourth National Bank of this city was caught yesterday in the Clearing-House with an adverse balance of $25,000 It -


Article from The Cheyenne Daily Leader, September 27, 1875

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Condensed Telegrams. The work on the Chicago custom house has been resumed, by order of Seeretary Bristow. The successor of Secretary Delano, whose resignation has been accepted by the Presideut, will Le appointed on or before Oct. 1st. The fourth national bank of Chicago has suspended payment. Senator Sharon has been elected President of the Bank of California. The bank will re-open on Oct. second. Catholic processions were attacked by mobs in Toronto yesterday, volley after volley of stones being fired from both sides and pistol shots exchanged. The wounded number from-40 to 50. The city is quiet now.


Article from New-York Tribune, September 27, 1875

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1,046,541 Total shares sold The stock market to-day has been fairly active, although the sales only aggregated 125,500 shares. The advance in Pacific Mail from 34 to 3538, with sales of 39,800 shares, has been the chief feature. The opening price was at 34, from which it quickly advanced to 343, and then, after selling again at 343₈ it remained for some time steady at 3412@ 345, but after the publication of the bank statement (which, as first published, and was not corrected until just before the closing hour reported an increase in reserve of $248,000, instead of a decrease of $623,150), in common with the whole market it shot up to 35³₈, closing at 3514. Western Union was freely sold in the early trading at 757g@761s@7594, but later rallied to 7612, closing at 738g after sales of 14,500 shares. Lake Shore was dealt in to the extent of 41,500 shares at North-Western opened at 391g@3914, but suddenly gave way to 385g on only a small quantity of stock, and for a moment looked quite weak; but its friends rallying to its support, restored it again to 3914 at the close. St. Paul fluctuated only between 344@343 and 337g@341s. Erie was positively stupid, and with total sales of only 5,300 shares persistently refused to partake of the surrounding good feeling. Its fluctuations were from 1714. Ohio and Mississippi was neglected at 15¹₂@ 1514@155. Michigan Central made a further decline to 553, after selling at 56@564. NewYork Central seemed to. be weak in the face of a generally strong market, with sales at 103 to 1025; and Rock Island did not seem to exhibit that buoyancy which might reasonably be expected of it. The sales were' at 1077@ 107%@107&. The operators at the close had not heard of the suspension of the Fourth National Bank of Chicago, or of the failure of the Keystone Iron Works at Pittsburgh; but being purely "local affairs" the announcement would probably have had no effect, yet the continued dropping of this sort of thing 18 not encouraging to a bull speculation, even when other things seemr favorable. The opening, highest, lowest and closing prices of active stocks sold to-day will be found in the subjoined table:


Article from The New Orleans Bulletin, September 28, 1875

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SYNOPSIS OF SUNDAY NIGHT'S DISPATCHES. Secretary Delano called on President Grant on September 22d with a friend, and insisted on his resignation being accepted. In this letter of resignation of the position of Secretary of the Interior he gives as his reasons for desiring to be relieved: 1. His de-ire to retire from public life on account of private business and domestic afflction. 2. That one of his age requires rest.and recuperation. He is satisfied that a thorough and impartial examination into the present condition of the public service connected with each and all the means attached to the Interior Department will show to all candid and fair-minded men that it has never been in a more prosperous or better condition than it now is." President Grant in his reply, dated September 22, states he held Delano's letter of resignation without action, because of the continued persecution" which he believes was unjustly heaped upon Delano by the public press. But as the time is approaching when the active duties of the office will commence, he accepts the resignation to date from October 1st. J. W. Simonton, of the Associated Press, publishes a card upholding the accuracy of the California report in connection with the suspension of the Bank of California, and promises to produce ample evidence, in a few days, to vindicate the truth of the Associated Press dispatches on the subject. The epizootic continues to spread in New York. Sloss, Wheeler & Co., proprietors of Keystone Iron Works in Pittsburg, have failed. Liabilitie $310.000. The Fourth Na ional Bank of Chicago has gone into liquidation. Thos. A. Kercheral, Republican, has been elected Mayor of Nashville. NEW YORK SUCCORING THE TEXAS SUF FERERS. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-A performance will be given at the Fifth Avenue Theater, October 6, for the benefit of the sufferers by the Texas inundations. A committee has been formed, with Gov. Warmoth at the head, to make arrangements with the other theaters in -New York and Brooklyn for similar benefits. FOBEIGN NEWS. The Empress Eugenie of France has abdicated the regency, and the young Prince will hereafter be guided by counsels more in accord with the prevailing sentiment of the party. M. Rouher will be the Prince's guide. The Spanish Government will take its time to consider the Pope's circular. The Carlists seem to be in a bad fix. The Alfonsist army in Navarre is closing around their positions. Senor Aizpuro, a brother cf the ex-President, Correoso, has raised the flag of rebellion against the State government of Panama. Panama has been declared in friendly relation with the Federal Government. The Federal Government declared to the foreign DD resident ministers, at Bogota, that it could no I longer protect foreign interests in the Coast e States, and requested them to do so. The American brig Falcon was towed into Santiago de Cuba on the 17th, di-masted. n The Cuban steamer Uruguay is commanded by Capt. Semmes, an American. S The American bark Minnie Miller and brig p O Geo. E. Dale, and the British brig M. H. h Morris were driven ashore on the Barbadoes t by a recent hurricane. o


Article from The St. Cloud Journal, September 30, 1875

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LATE NEWS ITEMS. -New York will have but a slim apple crop this year. -Thirteen hundred troops left Spain Saturday for Cuba. -Dean Susizinsky, of Berlin, a Catholic dignitary, has married. -The Fourth National Bank of Chicago has suspended. Liabilities $150,000, -The Herndon House, at Mashall, Mich., was burned Friday. Four occupants lost their lives. -Two letters have been received from Stanley, the Herald explorer, dated in Central Africa. -Fire, at Henden, Conn., Monday destroyed Clark & Webbing's Tool Manufactory. Loss, $80,000. -Paxton, the absconding teller of the Mechanics' Bank, Montreal, is reported to have embezzled $100,000. -By a railroad accident near Woodburn, Iowa, Monday, one person waskilledand thirty were injured. -They are celebrating in England the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of railways in that country. -The liabilities of Sterling, Ahrens & Co., of Baltimore, foot up $5,822,000 ; assets about two and a half millions. -Goldsmith Maid trotted against her best time at Quincy, III., Friday, and made a bad failure of it. Her best time was 2:19. -The American ship Emily Southard was lost Monday on the English coast. The captain, his wife and 14 of the crew perished. -Many wheat field in the neighborhood of Newbern, N. C., remain unreaped on account of the innumerable rattlesnakes therein. -Private subscriptions to the amount of $16,000 were Saturday sent by telegraph from New York city for the sufferers in Texas. -Monday night, in New York, Ned O'Baldwin, commonly known as the Irish giant, was shot and it is thought mortally wounded by his partner, Micheal Finnell. -Thousands of drowned cattle are strewn over the prairies south of Indianola, and several light coasting steamers are lying in the same direction from sixteen to ten miles inland. -On Friday last on Middle Creek, Chase county, Kansas, O. R. Booth, 12 years of age, committed suicide by hanging. He was a bright, smart boy, unusually SO. The general belief is that he had long meditated and determined upon suicide. -Jacob Lander stepped in front of a train at Bennington, Vt., Wednesday, and was instantly killed. Poverty and ill health are supposed to be the cause of the act. He leaves a wife and four children. A daughter lay dead in the house when he committed suicide,


Article from The Kenosha Telegraph, September 30, 1875

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Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses the fractious Indians were removed, and a large party of mounted friendly Indians stationed near the Commissioners. The Fourth National Bank or Chicago has closed its doors and gone into liquidation. Depositors will lose nothing, as the assets of the bank largely exceed the liabilities. The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered work to be resumed OR the Chicago CustomHouse. The foundation of the structure will be strengthened and some portions of the walls taken down and rebuilt, in accordance with the recommendations of the last commission of architects. the telegraphic columns of the daily press of last Sunday was chronicled a shocking list of murders in the Far West. Tom Fortune, a watchman at Bismarck, was shot and killed by John McMahon, whom Fortune had arrested. Nine miles below Bismarck, in a whisky row, Jack Duffy shot and killed Nick Morgan, a hunter, and wounded in the leg a man named Snow. Dr. S. C. Cheney was basely murdered at Columbus, Kansas, by a desperado, who fired sixteen buckshot into his body. John Wright, herding cattle four miles north of Bismarck, was killed by Indians, and 100 head of stock run off. One dry goods firm in Chicago sold $700,000 worth of dry goods last week. The Chicago papers report that grain is beginning to arrive in that city at the oldfashioned rate, the daily receipts by rail amounting to over a thousand car-loads. The head of an unknown man was found hanging to a tree in the woods near Marshalltown, Iowa, the other day, and on the ground beneath lay the headless trunk. It is supposed to be a case of suicide. The South. Perfect peace is reported to reign in the lately-reported disorderly portion of Mississippi. The people of Richmond, Va., turned out en masse, the other day, to witness the reception of Foley's statute of Stonewall Jackson, presented to Virginia by a couple of Englishmen. Advices from Texas place the number of lives lost by the recent terrible flood at 400. The total loss of property will fall short of $4,000,000. A party of Mexicans, who were engaged in robbing the dead bodies washed out on the plain near Indianola-the scoundrels chopping the fingers, hands nd ears from the men and women to obtain their jewelry-were caught by the Americans, and five of their number killed. Christian's Point was also entirely swept away by the late storm. The United States revenue cutter lying at Valisco capsized, and was carried to sea, having as supposed, been abandoned by the crew. The defalcation of Rhem, late teller of the Planters' Bank of Louisvilie, is $85,000. There is now no doubt that the bank robber recently killed in Kentucky, and supposed to be one of the James boys, was Thompson McDaniels, a brother of the desperado of that name killed some months ago in Lawrence, Kansas, after he had broken jail. The Sheriff of Gentress county. Tenn., has arrested a man answering the description of Cole Younger, the bandit. Washington. A strong influence has been brought to bear upon Attorney-General Pierrepont to induce him to forego the prosecution of young Fisher, who is accused of stealing the papers of the police courts 80 as to protect his rascally friends. But to these appeals Mr. Pierrepont has made answer that the law must take its course that Fisher must be punished notwithstanding the respectability of his family connections. The commander of the military department of Texas telegraphed to the Secretary of War asking if government aid, as in the Alabama overflow, can be extended to the sufferers on the coast of Texas. The Secretary of War replied that the Texas district inundated does not lie within the scope of country included in the loan authorizing aid by the War Department, and can extend no assistance. It is announced that the law in regard to the proper branding of cigar boxes, which has been largely evaded, is henceforth to be rigorously enforeed. A new morning penny paper has been started in Washington. It is to be Democratic in politics. Judge Vail, of Iowa, has purchased a controlling interest in the Chronicle newspaper. The Government Directors of the Union Pacific railroad have filed their annual report for the year ending July 1, 1875. The gross ceipts/were $11,522,021, an increase over 1874 of $1,275,369. The increase of net earnings for the same time was $1,516,424; operating expenses, $4,788,630. General. The New York Liberai Republicans in their Convention at Albany decided not to place a ticket in the field, but contented themselves with the adoption of a platfor m and the recommendation that their followers throughout the State exercise each his own choice as to the candidates already in nomination by the Republicans and Democrats. The steamer Tigress, which picked up the survivors of the Polaris, is reported to be a total wreck OR Entry Island, near Halifax, N. S. The National Agricultural Congress held a three days' session at Cincinnati last week.


Article from Perrysburg Journal, October 1, 1875

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Congress ELKINS P.) majority for Delegate 1,500. from New Mexico is about to Ex-SEN delivered the cal hard-money 27th. speech at Cincinnati a politi. on nomination REV. H. C. TILTON has declined the for Governor of Wisconsin the on emperance ticket. well-known GEO. W. GAGE, a prominent citizen and Chicago, former hotel three years. died a few days ag proprietor aged sixty. of politically THE Wyoming Legislature is divided publicans as follows: Council, and 11 Democrats: House, Republicans and 18 Democrats. removed C.H.HAM, of the Inter-Ocean, has been from the office of United Appraiser R.C. of Merchandise at Chicago, successor. Feldkamp has been appointed that A RECENT there Washington dispatch the new remained only $28,000,000 states and that 5 per cent. bonds for of tion of no further call for the negotiation demanded the old bonds would be redemp by subscriptions to the made until new. was THE American ship Ellen recently lost off the Lancashire Southard capsizing of a Eight of the crew perished, and coast assistance life-boat which went t by the and four of the wrecked vessel the the of the boat's crew were drowned. pilot has THE Fourth National Bank of and suspended. no There was excitement Chicago run. The business was unprofitable, down. and so the institution simply will The statement is made that shut holders. lose anything unless it be the no stock. Commission It'is said the Red Cloud Investigation mously will, in their report, missioner acquit Secretary Delano and unani. condemn Smith of fraud, Comhad used Prof. Marsh for the and will Bureau, Indian to secure evidence against means the he A 22d LETTER was published in Boston which the from Vice-President Wilson, on and he says that a sense of in him duty to to the country would not obligation ernor State, even tendered of accept his the nomination though for permit Govconvention. by the unanimous voice it of were the not to THE New York L erals have mend nominate a State ticket, but decided voters that of the Liberal and Independent recom. dates the State support those and already in the field whose candi. have experience they most character to resolved in favor of a approve. speedy return They specie payments. resignation PRESIDENT of GRANT has accepted the effect OUL the teller Secretary Progistration's dated July 5, and the President's of Sept. 22. The belief that Mr. acceptance filled presses his President Delano letter has ex. every public trust confided to him with ability and integrity. ACCORDING to the ently-published annual report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, the receipts of the road during the gross 1, 1875, were over the previous year of crease ing July $11,522,021, year $1,275, an end. in369; increase in net earnings during 788,680. time, $1,576,424; operating expenses, same AT a greenback mass-meeting held Cooper Institute, New York, on the at ing of the 23d, resolutions were adopted evencondemning the policy of contraction, demanding Bank the retirement of the National circulation and the substitution therefor of legal-tenders, and favoring the payment of one-half of the customs dues in legal-tender notes. A BONAPARTIST council has been re the cently held at Arenberg, Switzerland, chateau of the ex-Empress Eugenie at who which it was resolved that the Empress was unpopular in France her resign pronounced the ultramontanism, because should regency, and that the Prince have Imperial, guided by M. Rouher, should supreme direction of affairs. THE report of the board appointed to 1 vestigate the Chicago Custom-House building the has been made public and effect that some of the material ist in the structure so far should be use and some other modifications made rejecte and that then the proceeded with. The ma work, safely of the be structure Secretar in Treasury indorses the report, work on the building is to be resumed an the spring in accordance with the su gestions made by the commission. AT the recent annual session in nati of the National Agricultural Cinci gress, W.C. Flagg, of Illinois, was elee Co ed one President for the ensuing Vice-President for each State year, G.E. Morrow, of Secretary and J. ritory. Nashville, chosen O. Griftith, Chicago, and Treasurer. Resolutions adopted the commending the completion four great water routes recommend by the United States Senate, central one, and esp of the tax on cially the reduction the recommendir tobacco more year in cents per pound. The Congress to is meet next Philadelphia. for simpered a 'CONDUCTAH,' - Story Bergh. outgoing Eastern train last evening, lady


Article from Perrysburg Journal, October 1, 1875

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THE Fourth National Bank of Chicago has suspended. There was no excitement and no run. The business was simply unprofitable, and so the institution shut down. The statement is made that no one will lose anything unless it be the stock. holders. BANTIARS


Article from The Ottawa Free Trader, October 2, 1875

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The suspension of the Fourth National Bank at Chicago is announced. The only interest felt in this region in the concern arises from the fact that R. E. Goodell, a former citizen of this place, was president of the Bank. It seems to have been badly crippled by the panic of 1873, and about a year ago Mr. Goodell was induced to take hold of it and try to put it on its feet. He worked faithfully-reduced its indebtedness from about $250,000 to $120,000, but then, being unable to meet heavy draft last Saturday, he concluded to close and wind the concern up. The present deposit account is about $120,000, which the available assets will pay off and leave the stockholders (the capital stock was $200,000) the avails of about $220,000 of "slow paper" to divide among themselves. The Times, after stating the facts of the case, adds: Mr. Goodell has always enjoyed the reputation of honesty and fairness, and we have no doubt that he will insist upon a full settlement of all claims against the bank. The closing of the bank will have no perceptible effect on general business.


Article from Chicago Daily Tribune, October 3, 1875

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THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. 700 feem 01 party Boxed onana our unionb . TO your 201 Sepies The Madison street care have begun running west of Western avenue to the Great Eastern Railroad track. The first number of the Saturdag Evening Herald out. It is a neatly printed eight-page BY su are containe and pus state The appearance. temperature yesterday, as observed by Manasse, optician, No. 88 Madison street a. (TRIBot :see1Sep EF ""III 'B 8 1" SEM (Sumpmg 2003 '99 """ d 8 : 79 """ dg :69 "" 21 : 29 "ur The stockholders of the Fourth National Bank Phich 28 Suprem . plen -ender SEAL IO 000'00%S eq: JO no 0097919 em the peproop STA 11 $ bank should go into liquidation. JO TOTAL If income 10 . 78001 poid age, attempted to commit suicide by hari-kari in Lincoln Park at about 12 o'clock Friday night. He now lies at his residence, No. 190 North sucreSasp you Meals ALOA B up condition. 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Some gossiping neighbors it have pesn DAUD puw "moil eq: 10 thing reflection against the O'Briens. Were all BB ролгцед-пем 88 pus respectable BE . BE people O'Brien and the daughters who were maroq a there ut Suppers em do and pots need of this item. They are afflicted with a certainly our and 'prim office R at OTM brother ou em JO Aug seop eq augs useq arom nesting does neighbors. The statements that he gossiping tables, took away wedding-cake, and beat upset mother on the night of the wedding, are not his correct. He was a little boisterous, but did none "aSury" theme TO Sheriff Agnew last evening received an order the Cierk of the Supreme Court at Spring07 tonor 07 Thomas one) 07 more der enter upon his two years' imprisonment. Bieneures = 78 Suppains 10 contribed SUM of cards in this city some sixteen months ago. BUM Thich . JOJ applicable °H not at peed seq eq earn which eours a June the Supreme Court passed upon his case, our Court Feason Inver em JO Surpay oq: of [ale] @ received you BEM Good entos our JOI 10 repro 10q last evening Attention has been repeatedly But euo ou anq case, em DI delay em 01 called appeared able to explain it. not even the prisoner himself. He will now go down, however, but he will go with a light heart, anticipating a pardon after having fully entered upon his service. The Hon. Bluford Wilson, Solicitor of the Suprom Address Airs eq7 u) редите Lineway 'SHM casinal 9 E office Hederal om posista puw conversing S few moments with Gen. Webster. looking into Phil Hovne's room, shaking hands Collector Jones, whispering & moment with Assistate 18 Support que Oleson, and then walking away with Supervisor Matthews to visit the Board of Trade. Itseemed from his conversation that he had no very disberee peddoss merely anq "TISTA on III UITE OD his Western tour to assure inimself that the


Article from The Bismarck Tribune, October 6, 1875

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cents. The space occupied by displayed lines will be measured as solid type of the size used in the body of the advertisement. NOTES AND NEWS. President Grant is visiting Colorado. Tecumseh Mich. enjoyed a snow storm two weeks ago. The total loss of life at Indianola foots up over four hundred. The Democrats have a majority of 57 in the California Legislature. The Fourth National Bank, of Chicago, has suspended; liabilities, $150,000. Judge Vail, of Iowa, has purchased a controiling interest in the Washington Chronicle. The Herndon House at Marshall Mich was burned on the 24th inst. Four lives were lost. A. J. Clark has again retired from the newspaper business. A.J. is retiring but persistent. Major Rodney Smith and bride were reported enjoying their boneymoon at Chicago last week. The Bozeman Times, one of the best of the Montana newspapers has sus-. pended publication. A Mr. Hastings, of Michigan, has been nominated to succeed Dr. Saville, Indian Agent at Red Cloud. The order assigning Lient. Gibson of the 7th cavalry to duty at Fort Leavenworth has been revoked. A snow storm visited central Iowa on the 19th ult.; on that morning the first frosts visited this locality. The Democrats of Massachusetts declared for hard money and have selected Gaston again for their bearer. A son of Admiral Porter having accepted a position on the staff of the Khedive has sailed for Egypt. J. Russell Jones is disposed of at last, having been tendered the appointment of collector of customs at Chicago. The marriage of the daughter of Postmaster General Jewell to Lieutenant Dodge, of the Bavy, is set down for the 6th prox. The wife of Major W. H. Dike of Faribault Minn. endeavored to suicide last week, but an over dose of laudanum saved her. Chicago with but one dissenting voice in the board of education, has discarded the Bible in the public schools. Wicked Chicago. The population of Minnesota is upwards of 600,000 as shown by the recent census; an increase of one hundred per cent. since 1865. The Preston Republican is about to be removed to Austin Minn, Hotchkiss did not get the tax list this year; and that is what is the matter. Ceo. W. Gage the defaulting Chicago treasurer is dead. He is generally mourned and believed to have been honest notwithstanding his heavy defalcation. The Vicksburg Herald suggests that the Grangers make up a subscription of $300,000 for the support of Jeff Davis. Jeff, it will be remembered, lost his crops. Gen. Dandy has been ordered to take station at Buffalo, New York; Col. Hughes releives Col. Foster as quartermaster at Sioux City ; Col. Foster goes to Charleston, S.C. Stears, one of the Helena murderers, plead not guilty on his second trial. The jury, however, after listening to the evidence adduced pronounced him guilty of murder in the first degree. Commissioner Smith says he would gladly be releived of the cares, responsibilities and perplexities of the Indian on the slightest department intimation and will that resign his resignation is desirable. James Sheli who raped the person of a Miss Laughlin and then murdered her, at Columbus, Ohio, was taken out of jail by the citizens and hung. The women now threaten to lynch Mrs. Shell who to of the outrage, poscontemplated appears have and known who sibly had a hand in it.


Article from Wood County Reporter, October 7, 1875

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.CCORDING to a Paris dispatch of th a Bonapartist council had been re held at Arenberg, Switzerland, a chateau of ex-Empress Eugenie it was resolved that the Empres resign the regency and that th Imperial, guided by M. Rouher have charge of affairs. 'HE President has accepted the resigna of Secretary Delano, to take effec 1. The letter of resignation is date 5, and the President's letter of a Sept. 22. REV. H. C. TILTON has declined th mination for Governor of Wisconsin o Temperance ticket. 'HE board appointed to investigate th Custom-House building mad their report on the 26th. It is t effect that some of the material used i structure SO far should be rejected an other modifications made in th and that then the structure ma be proceeded with. The Secretar Treasury has indorsed the repor has directed that work on the buile be resumed in the spring in accord with the suggestions made by th mission. HORRIBLE murder was perpetrate Belle Center, Ohio, on the 22d, th being a young girl named Alli ughlin. The perpetrator of the crim James W. Shell, who, according t testimony of his wife, enticed the gir into the woods and after a desperat killed her with a knife. On re Shell told his wife what he ha and threatened to kill her shoul reveal the story. She also testi that he had made previous threat her against the person and life o Laughlin. Great excitement pre in Bellefontaine when thecrime be known, and on the night of the 23 was taken from the jail by an ex erated crowd and hanged. He pre his innocence and charged his wit the murder of the girl. Mrs. Shel lodged in jail at Bellefontaine on th as an accomplice before the fact, sh confessed to a previous knowledg husband's intention to commit th and murder. the 27th the American ship Elle was lost off the Lancashir England. Eight of the crew per and the pilot and four of the boat' of a life-boat which went to th ithard's assistance were drowned. ACCORDING to a Santander dispatch o 27th prominent Carlists and the Car committees in foreign lands had en vored to persuade Don Carlos to aban the struggle for the Spanish thron give in his adhesion to King A HE report of the Government Direct of the Union Pacific Railroad, jus mitted in Washington, shows that th receipts of the road during the yea June 30, 1875, were $11,522,021 increase over the previous year ( 275,369; increase in net earnings dur same time, $1,576,424; operating ex $4,788,630. HE Fourth National Bank of Chicag pended on the 25th. 'HE clergy and business men of Chi have lately taken preliminary step ard inaugurating a great religious re this fall and coming winter. E are making to secure the personal at dance of Messrs. Moody and Sankey in any event a revival is determine One report is to the effect that th ngelists are to remain and prosecut religious labors in New York. EX-SENATOR CARL SCHURZ delivered d-money speech at Cincinnati on th


Article from The Jasper Weekly Courier, October 8, 1875

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evidence of a violent struggle having taken place. A few days ago some of the stock of John Lettier, who lived about 20 miles from Fort Laramie, was run off by the Indians. He started in pursuit of his stock, and the next day his body was picked up and brought into the Fort. His ears were cut off, his nose and chin shot off, and his body horribly mutilated. The Herndon House, at Marshall, Mich., was burned at an early hour on the morning of the 24th, and Claude Gavery, a jeweler, Anterne Grabez, a cigar-maker, Eliza Jenks, servant, and Martha Vorsden, cook, perished in the flames. A number of other persons were injured. The house with its entire contents was destroyed. About midnight on the 24th some 300 men went to the jail at Bellefontaine, Ohio, battered down the doors, and took out Schell, the alleged murderer of Miss Laughlin, and hanged him to a tree. Before the Coroner's jury, on the previous day, Mrs. Schell testified that her husband informed her of his plot to outrage and murder the girl, and threatened to kill her if she disclosed his intentions. The committee appointed to examine and report upon the condition of the partially constructed Chicago Custom-house, recommend that the foundations be strengthened and certain portions of the superstructure be rebuilt. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Supervising Architect to proceed at once with the work in accordance with the report. President Grant and family arrived in St. Louis on the 26th where they spent several days. The ship Western Empire, Capt. Bertis, from Pensacola, Sept. 11, for Grimsby, laden with timber, was wrecked about 150 miles south of Pensacola and seven men drowned. The Captain and 17 of the crew were landed at Pensacola in a destitute condition. Attorney-General Hockaday, of Missouri, has commenced proceedings to suppress the lotteries in the State. The Fourth National Bank of Chicago has suspended payment. It is said that depositors will lose nothing. At New Albany, Ind., on the morning of the 25th, Jacob Reutter, laborer, while suffering from the effects of hard drinking, killed his wife by crushing her skull with a hammer, then set fire to the house, and going into the back yard cut his own throat, severing the windpipe, with a pocket-knife. The couple were about fifty years of age. The wife of Judge A. B. Norton, of the Dallas (Texas) Intelligencer, who lost one of her arms by being run over by a train of cars during the late visit of the Texas editors to Chicago, died in that city on the 27th. Advices via New Orleans, up to September 28, indicate that the losses of life and property by the late storm on the Texas coast were larger than at first reported. The large lumbering firm of J. & G. Rob-son, of Winona, Minn., made assignments on the 28th. Liabilities are stated at $135,000; assets, $330,000. The unusual depression in the lumber trade is assigned as the cause of the failure.


Article from Chicago Daily Tribune, January 10, 1877

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Company commenced a suit yeaterday by attachment against Henry Walker, of Newport, Ky., claiming $17,097.50. Thomas C. Day began n suit in attachment against Nelson E. Swartwout to recover $2,500. The Bank of Montreal has aued William II. IIIII for $1,000. The same plaintiff began a suit for $2,000 against Henry Wallace. Olivia Maria Schthilt commenced a kult to recover 85,000 from Kaspar G. Sebmidt and Mermann 0. Glade. C. D. Sherman, as Receiver of the Fourth National Bank, brought suit against the Chicago & Southern Railroad Company, claiming $7,000. COUNTY COURT. In the estate of II. D. Lyman the widow relinquished the position of Administrator, and Lyman Staples was appointed, under bond for $10,000. CRIMINAL COURT. The jury In the case of Mary McDonald TCturned R verdict of not guiltv. John Coultenberger was tried for assault and found not guilty. Louis Bades was tried for larceny and acquitted. THE CALL. Juner BLODGETT-General business. Submitted cases to-morrow. JUNE GARY-144, 147, 140 to 160, Inclusive. No care on trial. JUDOK JAMESON-400,418, 421 to 424, 420, 420, 431, 433, 437, 438, 411, 445, 440, 450, 464 455, 450. No. 344. Itchkoff VP. Chicago & Northwestern Hallway Company. on trial. DOE Moone-13, 14, 15. No. 3, Gage vs. Parmelee, on trial. JUDGE ROGERA-051, 001, 080 to 700, Inclusive. No. 085, Rother VR. Stettaner. on trial. JUDOR BOOTH-Net case 3002. Girard vs. Ilicks, and calendar Nos. 090, 700, 701, 702, 703, 70H, 713, 714, 715,710,717,718 710, 720. No case on trial. JUDGE McALLITIR-Set CRSC 2317, Knott VR. Traders' Insurance Company, and passed cases term Nos. 2423, 2154, 2177, 2103. 2501, 2533. No. 2418, Felton vs. Reynolds, on trial Jenuk FARWELL-Set CARD 200, Ryan VS. Lavery. No case on trial. JUDGMENTS. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COUNT-Jenus Bron. GETT-Samuel Perrot: TH. Cornellus McGinnies: verdict, $2, 112.80, and motion for new trial. SUPERIOR COURT - CONFESSIONS - Jonathan Donrne YR. Samnel Hayes, $10,338.32 -Benjanum Budge vs. Charles Fordham, John Cookman, James Hill, and Julia Kay. $113.10. JUDUE GARY-A H. Burley, as Receiver of the Cook County National Bank. YH. James 0. Blunt, $344.04.-Scth Gage et al. ve. Kate Raber, $120.72 - Edward Gavin et al. vs. John 11, Lawlor, $131.01.-J. A. Boyer et al. vs. Thomas Reilly. $344.-Sanie VA. Same, $311.33.-Same vs. Same. $338.00.-Same VR. Name, $336.-First National Bank of Henry VA. William C. Clarke, $7,475.05.-Willlam Consiúlne vs. Margaret Doyle, $138.27 - T. W. Pninney VA. James and Lachlan McLachian, $388.72 Charles Baldwin et al. VM. Harry if. Howe, $02. W. CIRCUIT CoURT-CONFERRIONA-Michael Quinian VA. Michael McCabe, David Garvey, Thomas Hayden, and Denis Fitzgerald, $120. JUDGE Rogens-Sarah Penn TM. Lizzie Douglas: verdfct, $30.50.-Peter J. Peterson vs. Henry Whipple: verdict, $455,03 -Henry Lowry NO. James 11. B. Dalcy, $37.50. THE SUPREME COURT. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. SPRINGFIELD, III., Jan. 11.-111 the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of the Quiney, Alton & St. Louis Rallroad, appeal from Cook, the appeal was dismissed. Orders were entered in several other cases, but none of especial Importance.


Article from Chicago Daily Tribune, March 12, 1877

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THE COURTS. A and Little Probate T.air---Judgments New Sulta- Bankruptcy Matters. the case of Eisendrath Ammon vs. Francis In and the heirs of John P. McDermott, ImAguew decided Friday by Judge Moore, a rather Complain point of law was Involved. McDermott & portant years ago furnished McDerants Agnew some about $3,500 worth of brick. subsequently died, and eclaim being unmott complainants filed a claim for the amount paid, McDermott's estate, which was solvent, before against the County Clerk's office some mouths was in adjudication term. Nothing further an an until May, 1876. In November, 1974, at the adjudication done term, this claim was rejected, claimants not appearing, for want of prosecu- begun, Lost spring the present suit was tion. than two years after letters of administramore tion had been issued, against the representatives Ag McDermott and the surviving partner, of to establish the claim and enforce its pay- had new. The defendants claimed that there ment. no exhibition of theclaim against letters the of ad been two years from the date of pretended ministration, within and it was not shown or to McDerother estate belonging inventoried mott there discovered was any which had not been and accounted hold for. that the filing of the claim April in The Judge Clerk's office of the County Court thereof In as the to an exhibition 1974, did not amount and there having required by the statute. In was steps taken by the claimants been 110 further Court in respect to their claim. and the County been dismissed by the County Court it having prosecution, the present bill having for want of than two years from the date of been filed more administration,ns to the the Issuing of letters of was barred. and of McDermott the claim for estate should be dismissed B8 to his heirs want the bill of equity. It was further held and that that Arproved his plea of act-off, the new decree had should not be rendered against him for amount due, old 83,001.85. law It was sufficient to give bar the account Under to the the Administrator to save law, the which into the statute, but under the present two of force July, 1972, there are only estate, went of exhibiting claims against an the modes presenting them to the Court at first, by ilxed by the Administrator; and. second, terms not presented a an adjudication a secured claims be filed with the County Clerk and trator. term summous may issued thereon against the AdminisDIVORCES. Saturday Frederick Schmidt filed n bill with his wife. Margurette, charging her against adultry and cruelty, and asking for divorce. Do Ament filed her bill against her husband, Belle John Do Ament, making Alunilar charges and asking for a similar relici. ITEMS. Judge Drummond returned from Springfield Saturday afternoon. He will be here until be Thursday, when he leaves for Milwaukee to absent two or three weeks. The motion for new trial in the perjury until case of Alvin N. Laneuster was postponed owing to the Illness of Leonard Birett, Thursday, his counsel, who had exhausted himself In the Sullivan caso the day before. Judge Blodget will decld the electment case of Tlbblts VS. The City of Chicago, this morufue. The motion for Receiver in the case of FranJackson VS. Obadiah Jackson was postponed filed. cls a week, the defendant's answer not having been UNITED STATES COURTS Charles D. Sherman, Receiver of the Fourth the Bank, began suits in debt against National Daulel Bogle damages, following Benjamin parties: y Page. $1,000 William Red$1,500; dick. $1,000; M. II. Hall, 8: ,500; II. 11. Honore, $3,000: E Goodell, $7,000. The Union Mutual Life Insurance Company filed a bill against John C. and Elvira 8. Burroughs and others to foreclose a trust-deed for $40,000 on Lots to 18 inclusive, In Burrough's Subdivision of Lot 53, in Ellis East Addition, being the whole of Burrough's Subdivision. BANKRUPICY MATTERS. In the case of James Kincaid, the dealer lu men's furnishing goods, R. E. Jenkins, the As elignee, filed petition Saturday setting out that all the stock. fixtures, etc., of Kinkaid were In the hands of the Sheriff, and were to be sold on execution in favor of James Patto-day for 7,233.14. The Assignee thought he could ton sell the goods to better advantage than the Sherlf, and asked to be allowed to makes arrangement with the Sheriff and Patton to make the sale himself, and giving the latter a Men on the proceeds of any sale. Judge Blodgett author Ized the Assigned to make such arrangement If he could A general meeting will be held April 13 in the case of J. Vanderlip The sale of the assets of the Crystal Lake Pickling and Preserving Works by the Receiver in the State Court was approved. The objections to the discharge of Louis Levinwere and the case referred the Register for final report. Robert E. Jenkins was appointed Assiguee of Charles L. Page. Bradford Hancock was appointed Assignee of Gurdon 8. Hubbard, Jr. Stephen W. Ransom was elected Assignee of Cushing. Kirk it McLcan under bond for $20,000. E.E Todd was elected Assignee of McFarland & Price under bond for $3,000. In the same case the creditors voted to accept a composition of 10 per cent, payable in six months, secured by the bankrupts' notes and their assets, which are to remain In the At signee's hands until the notes are paid Assignees will be chosen at 10 o'clock to-day for the estates of John J. Hamblin and of August Mulsted. BUPERIOR COURT IN BRIEF, Gustav A. Pudewa began a suit for $2,500 against Henry Schulenberg Frank E. Spooner sued John B. Mallers for $1,000. CIRCUIT COURT. Caleb Ford begau a suit for $3,000 against Elisha Ford. THE CALL JUDGE BLODGETT General business. JUDGE 243. 244 246, :448,250,251, 250. 238 205, 207 270 inclusive. Nu case on trial JUDON JAMESON-2 to 30, 38 to 41, 10 to 53 In. #7 trial. on No. clusive. JUDGE MOONK- 18, 17, 18. No. 12, Nlegelsen vs. Olivet Haptiet Church, ou trial JUNGE ROUERS Betcase 0.775 Wells vs. Burns, and calendar Nos. 210, 211, 212, #13, 217, 219, Junus Boors-Sct case 4,710, Cunning vs. MIIIand calendar Nos 200 320, except 301. 304, and 314. No. 288, Dyrne va. Kean, outrial. JUDGE FARWELL case 483, Stevens vs. Balbach Smelting & Heaning Company. JenerMCALLISTEH- -Noannounccment made. JUDGMENTS. UNITED STATES CIRQUIT COURT JUDGE BLOD QETT-Wheeler Truesdell vs. E. Ashley Means, 11,252.60 SUPERIOR W. Nlerders & Co.ve. Edward Jacob,$443.78. JUDGE GANY-Mercantile Insurance Company va. Robert W. Dunton, $380. 8.-1433 Coates Vs. Chicago Cotton Manufacturing Company, Alfred Bartielt and James Shields, 0. Egan ve. Chica Cotton suafacturing Company. $1,814.51