Appalachian Bank (Big Stone Gap, VA)

Episode Information

Episode UID
8776480391145
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
877648039 hash
Start Date
May 4, 1895
Location
Big Stone Gap, Virginia (36.882, -82.747)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
fe6721aca07939aa

Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary brief notices state the bank closed its doors but give no detail on receivership or reopening.

Events (1)
1. May 4, 1895 Suspension
Cause Details
Article simply reports the bank closed its doors without stating a cause or government action.
Newspaper Excerpt
THE Appalachian bank at Big Stone Gap, Va., closed its doors.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. May 4, 1895 The Diamond Drill Crystal Falls, MI
Article from The Diamond Drill, May 4, 1895

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Article Text

LATER. THE public debt statement issued on the 1st showed that the debt increased $19,109,857 during the month of April. The cash balance in the treasury was $180,817,916. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $917,839,903. GEN. JOHN NEWTON, president of the Panama Railroad company, died in New York, aged 72 years. WORK was suspended by the 30,000 Ohio miners in the Massillon district and would not be resumed until a scale for one year was made and signed. THE Appalachian bank at Big Stone Gap, Va., closed its doors. REPORTS to the bureau of the mint show coinage during the month of April as follows: Gold, $4,639,300; silver, $595,000; minor coins, $129,772. Toral, $5,364,072. TWENTY business buildings were burned at Lorimer, Ia. CAPT. HARRY B. McMaster, assistant cashier of the National bank of Eau Claire, Wis., was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of $25,000 from the bank, and Charles M. Greene, city treasurer, was arrested on a charge of stealing $30,000 from the city. THE trial of Oscar Wilde in London, charged with serious misdemeanors, resulted in a disagreement of the jury. Two MEN fatally shot and one seriously injured was the result of a frustrated attempt to rob a Burlington train near St. Joseph, Mo. HEAVY rains fell at various points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Texas. The dampness was just what was needed to start crops growing. THE St. Louis and Chicago express on the Alton road was held up by robbers half a mile north of Carlinville, III., and Frank Holmes, the engineer, was shot dead. All three robbers were caught. THE government school building on the Santee Indian reservation in Nebraska was burned for the second time within two years. FIRE destroyed Wilkins, Ketcham & Rothschild's furniture and upholstery factory and warerooms in Chieago, the loss being $100,000. THE 3-year-old twins of Mr. and Mrs. George Lowskowski were burned to death near South Bend, Ind. A CYCLONE struck near the little town of Patterson, Kan., and as a result ten persons were dead, twenty-five injured, twenty houses razed and many barns and buildings destroyed and cattle, horses and hogs killed.

2. May 9, 1895 River Falls Journal River Falls, WI
Article from River Falls Journal, May 9, 1895

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Article Text

WEST AND SOUTH. THE 15 year-old son of Edward Steepleton, of English, Ind., who has been a mute and almost deaf all his life, began to talk like his brothersand sisters. STAMFORD KIMLEY'S house near Atchison, Kan., was burned during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Kimley and their two children, aged 3 years and 15 months, respectively, were cremated. FOR killing his wife John Coleman, a negro who lived near Jacksonville, Fla., was lynched by a mob. IN Milwaukee five large flour milling plants were merged into a combination or trust with the object of reducing expenses. ALL work wassuspended by the 30,000 Ohio miners in the Massillon district and would not be resumed until a scale for one year wasmade and signed. AQUILLA J. CHENEY, a wealthy planter who lived near Atlanta, left in his will $200,000 to Mercer university of Georgia for the education of poor young boys. ON the Santee Indian reservation in Nebraska the government school building was burned for the second time within two years. JAMES YOUNG, of Brazil, Ind., shot and killed his wife at Hoosierville because she had left him and then drove to Brazil, went to the courthouse where he was janitor and shot himself to death. THROUGHOUT the northwestern states crops were reported to be in good condition. THE doors of the Appalachian bank at Big Stone Gap, Va., were closed. BURGLARS held up the St. Louis and Chicago express on the Alton road half a mile north of Carlinville, III., and Frank Holmes, the engineer, was shot dead. All three robbers were caught. HARRY B. McMaster, assistant casher of the National bank of Eau Claire, Wis., was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of $25,000 from the bank, and Charles M. Greene, city treasurer, was arrested on a charge of stealing $30,000 from the city. FIRE wiped out twenty business buildings at Lorimer, Ia. FLAMES destroyed Wilkins, Ketcham & Rothschild's furniture and upholstery factory and warerooms in Chicago, the loss being $100,000. THE result of a frustrated attempt to rob a Burlington train near St. Joseph, Mo., was two men fatally shot and one seriously injured. A TERRIFIC cyclone struck near the little town of Patterson, Kan., and as a result ten persons weredead, twentyfive injured, twenty houses razed and many barns and buildings destroyed and cattle, horses and hogs killed. AT various points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Texas heavy rains fell. The dampness was just what was needed to start crops growing. FLAMES wiped out sixty buildings at La Porte, Mich NEAR South Bend, Ind., the 3-yearold twins of Mr. and Mrs. George Lowskowski were burned to death. LATER particulars of the cyclone at Newton, Kan., indicated that the death list would probably reach fifteen or twenty. There were about as many badly injured. "BITTER CREEK" and "Slaughter Kid." two notorious outlaws who participated in the recent train robbery near Dover, Kan, were killed by officers. GRANT POORE, a notorious outlaw. while on trial in Judge Maye's court at Tazewell, Tenn., for larceny, shot and killed Benjamin Carroll, a witness against him. THE death of Capt. John Brown occurred at his home on the island of Put-in-Bay, 0., aged 74 years. He was the son of John Brown, the hero of Harper's Ferry. THROUGH fear of becoming blind W. G. Megquier, aged 57 years, assistant cashier of the First national bank in Omaha, committed suicide. JEREMIAH S. B. ALLEYNE, one of the oldest doctors in St. Louis, was found dead of apoplexy in a bed at his home.