The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-12-01
KANSAS STATE NEN-;.
Kansas Bank.

KANSAS STATE NE"-h
Kansa, Bank.
The state bank commissioner has
reports from 4lS of the AL state
and private banks of Kansas at the
close of business October 3. from which
he makes the following statement:
Deposits, Janaury 8. SCI, 139, 9i3. -; Oc-
tober 3, ga, 996, s12. 80; decrease, IS, 143.-
1OO.14; legal reserve January 3, s.. 491,
2O5.23, being 35 40 of deposits: October
8, Sc, 1s1, 613.26, being Al 2-1O of deposits:
due from other banks January 8,
s4,41s, 49, SO: October 3, s3,037, 1s1. %,
decrease, sl,Ss1, 257. "a: borrowed money
January 3, s1,719. 5000; October 3,
1888, O47.61. decrease $3.50. 49l.41: loans
and discounts January 3, S22, 900, rs. 95:
October 3, <17, 732, s66. o., decrease,
s., 1877. $50. IS; overdrafts, January 3.
$3.50, 027. 50: October 3, s4O9. 1875, de-
crease, $3.50, $50. "a: total decreased in.
debtedness, 5000. 17E03. Including
national banks. the commissioner esti
mates the aggregate decrease of bank
ing indie btedness at s13, 900, 600. He also
says that the state and private banks
can pay every dollar they owe out of
money due them and still have over
s2, DOC, 900 due them in addition to the
legal reserve.
Irrigation Convention.
The irrigation convention that met
at Wichita on the 23d was largely at.
tended. Chief Powell, of the United
States geological survey, delivered an
address on the conditions, SO far as
known. and as to what must be done in
the way of Typographical and geo
graphical surveys before any valuable
opinions could be advanced as to the
of western Kansas A permanent or.
ganization was effected as follows;
President, D. NJ. Frost, of Garden City:
vice presidents, G. w. Clement, o:
Wichita, and Martin Mohler, of To
peka: secretary, J. F. Greenlee, OF
Hutchinson; consulting engineer, II. V.
Hinckley, of Topeka: executive com.
mittee, J. E. Frost. H. ID. Lee, J. S.
Emery, A. w. Oliver. G. G. Gilbert, j.
Q. Shoup. W. w. Cook, L. H. Fisher, E.
R. Moses, w. c. Edwards and w. A
Smith.
Full Returns.
Chairman Breidenthal, of the peo
pies party, has completed the tabula
ton OF the returns from the recent
county elections. His totals are as
follows: Republican vote 125.929: PEG
Piles party vote, 1914: democratic
vote (estimated), 24,5O0. Total vote,
24S, 243 The democrats had no ticket
in the field in twenty six counties. The
republican committee has also com
pleted its table of the returns from the
1O5 counties as follows: Republican
vote. 1926. COS: populist vote. 81, 1875: dem.
ocratic vote, 27.747; total, $50. 435. The
figures of the two committees are
practically the same, the only differ.
encs being that the populists claim
about 1000 of the votes which the re
publican table gives to the democrats
The Pension Agency.
Pension Agent Click has made the
following appointments in his Office al
Topeka: James p. Howe, of Macor
City. Mo-, chief clerk. Other clerks
Henry G. Doncyson, of Fort Scott: Ly.
man n. Vedder. of WashingtOn; q. A.
Taylor, of Seneca; J. ID. Huntsberger,
of Meriden: E. A. Mikesell, of Atwood:
c. ID. Nichols, of Columbus: l.. H. Nor.
gan, of Grainfeld: II. H. Tracy, OF
Pueblo, Col; Barney Law. of West.
phalia: o. E. Martin, of Eureka:
j. H. McCleary, of Atchison: John
lavender, of Topeka: John Branner,
of Topeka: W. T. Pateman of Abilene:
d A. Mcdonald. of Lansing and Pat.
rick Hickey, of Emporia.
A Serious Charge.
1t is now stated that NJ. +. Campbell
the Larned harness dealer who claimed
to have been shot through the hand
and robbed by two men unknown, in
his store the other morning. committed
the act and shot off his own hand in
order to secure $4,000 on an accident
policy. 1t is stated that he was consid.
erably worried over financial embar.
rassment. which had made him very
respondent and probabl affected his
mind.
&. c. Bur0es Dead.
c. c. Burnes, formerly mayor of Atchi.
son and democratic candidate for con.
gress in 1850. died recently in Chicago
of Bright's disease. at the age of IS
years He leaves a wife and daughter
He was son of the late congressman
and brother of the present Congress
man Burns. of the St Joseph, Mo, dis
trict
Postmaster Thomas Bounced.
Postmaster Thomas of Topeka, who
was appointed by President Cleveland
last spring. has been summarily
bounced" ana Andrew j. Arnold ap
pointed in his place. The charges
against Thomas were that he had VIC
lated the .civil-service law.
Sugar Beets.
Secretary Mohler, of the state board
of agriculture, is credited with the be.
lief that the coming industry for Kan.
sas farmers is to be found in raising
sugar bects- Experiments have already