The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-15
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


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Missouri Bankers.
The Missouri Bankers association
held their annual meeting at Excelsior
Springs
A number OF papers we're fead and DISGUISED,
and ~ might be eIrectsd. finances generally
were considered resolution. requesting the
legislature TO place thc expr ,ss companies isst:
ing money orders under the banking laws OF
the state, had some very arlent advocates;
but one banker suggested that the express
companies could easily rctallate by rats-
ing charges for carryin; packages OF money
between banks and bankers, and, as Q
result. the resolution was lost. Logan C. Mur.
ray, Of The Tradesmcn's national hank. New
York, delivered a lengthy address h was dc
cidedly a speech in favor OF q single-money
standard. and that . gold one Mr.. Murray
talked OF the various phases Of the banking
business keeping prominently before his audi.
ence the necessity OF a good reserve deposit -
the basis for credit both for bankers and tho
national government. and took particular pains
TO leave no uncertainty as to what the reserve
deposit should consist Of; 50 far as the national
government was concerned IL should be only
gold A resolution in favor OF repeating the
Sherman law was passed. and appiauding PreAE
fdeut Cleveland for calling an extra session OF
congress for the especial purpose OF repeating
The following sre nc nsmes Of the newly
elected officers: J. D. Wilcoxson. president.
Carrollton: J. c. Russell. first vtcepresident,
81 Louis; J. p. Huston. second yicepresident,
Marshall; Miss Kate NJ Coz. third vice prest.
treasurer. Lancaster; W. T. Bighee. assistant
secretary and treasurer. Springfield W. J.
Anderson. Kansas City and B. Jones, ST. Louis,
were appointed as the executive committee.
New Postmaster.
The following new postmasters OF
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri:
koeltztown, Usage county. II. H. vonden-
BOSCH vice Jos. Lueckenhon. removed.
Nashville. Barton county, W. H. Crouch, vice
Pit.sburg. Hickory county. p. J. Dennis. vice
n L Mcdonald removed
Highlandville. Christian county. J. W. White,
viceT W. Handy. removed.
Lawrenceburg. Lawrence county, ]. Z. Adam.
son. vice q. W. Merrick. removed
Lohman. Cole county. J. II. Kautsch. vice o
w. Lohman. removed.
Loose Creek Usage county Ferd Ebert, vice
Theo. Helmen. removed
Orla. Lscledc county, W. L. Dugan, vice s. p
Smith. resigned.
Ridgeway, Harrison county. II. N. Burgin,
vice Joseph Yeates resigned.
Alamode. Reynolds county, E ID. Wadlow,
vice w. F. Spear resigned.
Lurd; Dent county. Robert H. welch, vice
W. T. McGee. resigned.
Sargent. Texas county, Minnie Palmer, vice
J. X Palmer, resigned
Lincoln. Bolton county. S. 7. Dysart, vice J.
II. Bruins removed.
Panacea. Barry county, A. J. Necley. vice
Andrew Harris, removed.
NEW POST OFFICES
Baum. Taney county. John F. Bolcs, postmas
ter.
Bracken Webster county, Emma Sans, post
master.
The Forty-Eight Hour Limit.
The state board of railroad and ware
house commissioners has made the fol.
lowing order:
Forty-eight hours must he allowed after the
time OF placing cars OF commodities other than
grain In bulk upon team tracks or private
tracks at any railroad station in this state. for
the loading or unloading Of such cars, and untG
the expiration of the said specified time nc
charge for demurrage must be made.
The above ruling Is in accordance with thu
rules OF the Car Service association II St
Louis and Kansas City. as understood and ap
proved hy the commissioner. and q prompt
compliance with the same on the part OF all
railroad companies In this state Is expected
By order OF the railroad and warehouse com
missioners. JAS. HARDING, Secretary
St. Louis Schools.
The ways sdmeans committee Of the
st. Louis school board has approved ne,
report of the auditor upon the annual
receipts and expenditures
The total estimated receipts for 1893 1894 are
ti So. .si7.45 and the total estimated eIpendt
lures s1.5Is39. The main revenue will be de-
rived from taxes. II heing estimated that 81 07s.
0oD will Re raised in this way. The state school
fund will furnish si40OO9. Main expenditures:
Teachers. sS3O.OOo; janitors. $500; repairs
ssOOo): text looks. s35 ono; fuel $4,000 The
building fun will have se39 80 to its credit Of
which $50 900 will be used in purchasing heat.
ing apparatus. and sl7iOoi in erecting nsw
buildings.
Missouri Supreme Courts Reports
Attorncy-General r. F. Walker has
approved the 10th volume of the Mis-
souri, Supreme Court Reports
He has filed the same with the secretary Of
state. This volume contain opinions by the
judges rs follows: Black. IS; Sherwood. Il:
Brace. 13: Barclay. 13; Thomas, IL: CAN'T. 9;
McFarlane. :. Total. 81. The opinions in this
volume include decisions rendered by the court
up to June. 1892 The succeeding volume. No.
III, will include all between June and Novem-
ber. 1892 The court is now only about one year
behind and with the work being done by the
new Division No. It will soon be up with all
current cases