Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-22

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Notes rediscouuted 5000
Average reserve, &. "a per cent.
| Ex-Cashier Crawford Arrested.
The complicated affairs of the Amer
lean national bank of Springfield took
a decidedly sensa tional turn the other
| day.
This was caused by the arrest of A. B. Craw-
ford. ex-cashier of the bank. at the instance or
w. D. Lattimer bank examiner. The charges
| In the complaint are embezzlement and MAX
ing q false statement of the condition of the
| bank July IL, 1853. The amount of his shortage.
| it is stated, will reach $4,000, though S165OO
had been discovered beyond question when the
| warrant for Mr.. Crawford's apprehension was
| sworn out preliminary hearing was held
before United States Commissioner Sitsby.
who held him in 5000 bonds until the 9th
| inst. Col. John O'Day, his brother-in-law. go
| ing his surety.
| THE American national bank. capital $780,
| OW. was organized about four years ago
through the instrumentality of A. B. Crawford.
The stockholders are for the most part non
| residents of Springfield. and when the bank
was oficered Mr.. Crawford was made cashier.
| On the Goth of last May the American national
bought and consolidated with the First nation
al bank, the oldest financial institution of
Springfield. Among the items acquired was
| $4,000 in cash, which the present examination
tne wa ns y IN me and
does not appear among the assets transferred
The Recorder of Voters.
Jefferson City special.
In division No OF the state supreme court
the case of the State of Missouri ex rel Attor-
ney-General VS.. c. S Owsley, Recorder of
Voters of Kansas City, was argued and sub
mitted. In this case the object of those who
instituted the proceedings is to Gust the
recorder from Office, the chief ground on which
it is based being that the act creating the office
is unconstitutional. Judge r. H. Field argued
the case against Owsley and Judge j. Med
Trlmble for him. If the court should Eacate
same way against the recorder of voters of ST.
Louis The writ was denied some m onths age
by the court. and it is here again on an amend
ed petition. Judge Field claims among other
things, that he state has no right to impose
upon a municipality the expense of officer
like the recorder of voters to supervise
municipal elections. The case was taken
under Amusement by the court.
Missouri Geological Survey.
An important meeting of the board
OF managers of the state geological
survey was held at jefferson City.
The members of the board present were Gov.
Stone, Prof. E. n. Shepard of Springfield;
Prof. w. H. Seaman. of the State School of
Mines at Rola: DIR. j. H. Britts. of Clinton.
and W. o. L. Jewett, of Skelbina. The board
determined to continue the field work of the
survey after June /, although the money at the
command of the board is at rather low ebb,
only about Sc, 200 of the original appropriation
of $4,000 remaining unexpended. Out of this
sum it was decided to publish the biologists
report on paleontology. lead and zinc, coal and
iron. These reports are to be printed, but not
bound The field work of the survey under this
arrangement will necessarily be somewhat
linn tied during the summer.
For Inspector of Steamboats,.
Washington special.
Capt. H. w. Brolaski. of St Louis. has ar.
rived to push his candidacy for supervising In
spector of steamboats, in the St. Louis dis
trict. He has the backing of ex-Congressman
John j. ONeill and a number of leading demo-
Gratis of St. Louis. Congressman Cobb has in
dorsed Capt. Mckinney. Congressman Hatch
has candidate. So has Champ Clark. Alto
gether there seventeen applicants for the
appointment. Capt. Brolaski enjoys the dis
tinction OF being the steamboat man who car
ried Andrew johnson to St Louis. That was
the first time president Of the United States
had visited the city. The whole feet. which
was more imposing in those days than it is
now went up to Alton. and Capt. Brolaski's
boat, flagship. brought back the president.
Kansas City National Banks.
The return of the condition of nine
national banks of Kansas City, Mo-,
shows:
Reserve on February g. 5000 per cent;
loans and discounts. 4O26,Ooo: lawful money
reserve 81 2ss GOD: surplus fund, s46l,OO0 and
Individual deposits ss0sa.0)O
Deaths.
VIM Crouch aged 75 died at Louisiana.
DIR. William Claiborne Hardin died at
louisiana. aged 70.
Judge Jesse NJ. Basket. of Rails county
aged 7s died in Louisiana of pneumonia.
A Sad Mistake.
Mrs. Charles Kelly, of Kaseyville,
Macon county, by mistake gave her
7-day-old child an overdose of lauda-
mum, from the effects of which it died.
Married a Millionaire.
It may be of interest to the ladies tc
know that Mrs. c. L. Freeborn, of st.
Louis. was married to John Dwight, a
New York millionaire, the other day.
A Little Girls Narrow Escape.
Maggie Stanly, agea 5, was run over
by st. Louis electric car, but escaped
unhurt Tank 90, mithter." she said
to the man who picked her up.
>Cremated Herself.
Mrs. w. S. Wells, wife of the cashier
of the State bank of Savannah. who
was demented, commi tied suicide by
burning few days ago.
The Pennington Conference.
The conference of the Pennington
district of the Nj. E. church, south, will
meet at Cape Girardeau, March 90, and
continue over Sunday.
An Apparent Discrepancy.
It is stated that an apparent dis.
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