Bank of Belle Plaine (Belle Plaine, KS)

Episode Information

Episode UID
7379248591155
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
737924859 hash
Start Date
March 1, 1896*
Location
Belle Plaine, Kansas (37.394, -97.281)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
cb478bf1077bb0df

Response Measures

None

Description

Sources state the bank 'failed' and a receiver was sought; bank charter/type not specified.

Events (3)

1. March 1, 1896* Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank failure: debts $19,500 versus capital $15,000 and only $900 in cash when commissioner arrived.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Belle Plaine has closed its doors.
Source
newspapers
2. March 4, 1896 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
An application will be made before District Judge J. A. Burnette for a receiver. C.Z. Persons was the cashier ... Mr. Breidenthal found $900 in cash in the bank when he arrived.
Source
newspapers
3. February 10, 1898 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
C. H. Martin, receiver of the defunct Bank of Belle Plaine, was in the city Monday.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The Topeka State Journal, March 4, 1896

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There Was $900 in the Bank. State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal returned this moaning from Beile Plaine where there was a bank failure Thursday. An application will be made before District Judge J. A. Burnette for a receiver. C.Z. Persons was the cashier and the debts of the bank were. $19,500. It was capitalized at $15,000. Mr. Breidenthal found $900 in cash in the bank when he arrived. This was unusual.


Article from The Advocate, March 4, 1896

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Hoxie is to have 8 State irrigation plant. The Bank of Belle Plaine has closed its doors. Bill Hackney is for Foraker for President. Rev. Beer preaches to a congregation at Nickerson. The Syracuse broom factory is doing a good business. Editor Kurtz, of Newton, has been convicted of libel. The Atchison Daily Patriot has suspended publication. The Marion Times (Pop.) is for Judge Caldwell for President. There are twenty-six old soldiers in the Kansas Penitentiary. The St. John Capital is printing the early history of Stafford county. The Iola Register (Rep) calls Challinor a "packing house roustabout." Republican county conventions are not adopting any resolutions this year. Atchison is to have a six-round contest between two local pugilists soon. Pittsburg cigarette dealers pay $300 into the city treasury annually as a license. Jim Simpson, Morrill's Railroad Commissioner, was not in it in Mc, Pherson county. McKinley was the favorite in most all of the Republican county conventions held Saturday. The Lincoln Beacon (Pop.) thinks there is little doubt of Congressman Baker's renomination. Burton don't want the delegates to the national conventions instructed for McKinley or anyone else. The Republican Congressional convention in the Sixth district will be held at Hill City May 12. B. F. Hildebrandt, formerly of the Hiawatha Journal, now has a position on the St. Joseph Herald. The question of whether the herd law shall be enforced is being agitated in many western counties. Abilene people are busily organizing for the purpose of properly caring for the State convention in August. The Lesvenworth Times says Cy Leland is the most "infamous trader and trickster in politics in the State." In the First district Bailey carried Nemaha and Broderick Atchison at the Republican primaries held Friday. Blue promised the people when he was running that he would introduce a free coinage bill. He has not done it. Lieutenant Governor James A. Troutman has announced that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. The Republican Congressional convention in the Third district will be held St. Patrick's day, and Kirkpatrick will be renominated. A colored criminal named Burton who was recently pardoned out of the U.


Article from People's Voice, February 10, 1898

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disgrace him in the profession. There is a question whether either Higby or Graham could be proceeded against for tampering with witnesses, as Hurley, being a resident of Oklahoma, was not subprenaed, but came here to testify at the request of Palmer. Sam Mo re was down from Conway Springs Monday. Miss Amy Stiger spent Sunday at her home at Rome. Pete Kramer spent Sunday with his family at Caldwell. Sam McKowan spent Sunday with friends in Caldwell. G. W. Harrison of Belle Plaine, was in the city Monday. Clark Knox was down from Belle Monday on business. Catholic church building for sale.7 Rock Island Lumber Co. Miss Marie Schmidle was over from Oxford Sunday visiting friends. M. L. Ryland and Chas. Crookham were up from South Haven Monday, Mrs. T. A. Mayhew left Monday for a ten days' visit with friends in Harper. Mrs. C. L. Crookham of South Haven, was shopping in the city Monday. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken or gripe. 25 cents. tf Bird Pile is nursing a sore hand, the result of attempting to drive a nail through it. When bilious or costive, eat a Cas caret, candy cathartic, cure guarantf teed, 10c, 25c. C. H. Martin, receiver of the defunct Bank of Belle Plaine, was in the city Monday. W. D. Frautz came up from Medford, O.T., Saturday to remain awhile with his family. The farmers of Caldwell and Bluff townships have organized an AntiHorse Thief association. County Attorney Sam Amidon of Sedgwick county, was in the city Monยฎ day on business in district court. The climax of the cold wave was reached at Springfield, Mass., where the temperature went 17 degrees below zero. Judge J. E. Halsell came up from Fort Worth, Tex., Monday on business in district court. He will be here several days. Rev. R. L. George, pastor of the M. E. church at Mayfled, occupied the pulpit of the M. E. church in this city Sunday night. Miss Bertha Bolen, teacher of the Illinois district school, was in the city is Monday shopping. Her school closed on account of scarlet fever. Your hair can be saved. Beggs' Hair Renewer will do it as it acts directly on the scalp and hair follicals, The effect is wonderful and permatf nent.-Sold by H. F. Smith. Mr.and Mrs. Lyman Naugle and Mrs. Elmer Layne left Monday for Kansas City to autend the state editorial association meet and go to Port Arthur on the P. & G. excursion. Mrs. Mose Hayes of Higgins, Tex, is in the city visiting Mrs. D. W. Van Horn. She arrived Saturday night She is on her return home from Mexico. where she has been since last summer. Rev. S. H. Jones, Tacoma, Wash says: [ have suffered for years with constipation and indigestion. One bottle of Beggs' Little Giant Pills relieved me entirely." Sold by H. F. Smith. tf Rev. J. N. Young, father of R. S. Young, living in the Fourth ward, died at Howard Kas., January 25. Rev. Young's death was followed by that of his wife just one week lateron the first of February. Rev. S.T. McClure, field representative of The Interior, published at Chicago, filled Rev. Cunningham's pulpit in the Presbyterian church