The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-10-22

1HE annual report OF ehe third asa
sistant postmaster-generalf for the pest
fiscal year shows that the total expeu-
ditures- for the year were $40, see, 2o0,
and receipts, SS2, 4OS. 20s, leaving a def
cheney of Ss,Ie7. .0Ss. or a reduction of
81, 679. .s56 less than the preceding year.
AT two o'clock on the morning of the
18th the directors of the Bank of Com
meroe, one of the leading financial in
stitutions of Buffalo, n. Y. announced
that owing to the heavy Withdrawals
the bank was compelled to suspend
business and place their affairs in the
hands of the banking department for
examination.
THE bronze tablet which has been
erected at Judges Cave, West Rock,
Conn.,, where the regicides, Whalley
and COTE, were sheltered while they
were fugitives from the wrath of King
Charles IL of England, was formally
presented to the city of New Haven,
on the 14th, by the Society of Colonial
Wars
ADvIcEs from Juneau, Wis. on the
14th. stated that the liabilities of w.
T. Bumbusch, the banker and financial
agent who disappeared on the 10th,
and for whom a warrant had been is
sued, would amount to 100000.
CAPT. EMIL POHLsoN, Tony Maddy,
Fritz Vogt and George Dushayne. of
the Blue Island (Chicago) volunteer
fire department, are charged with
starting the disastrous fire of May II,
which destroyed the business section
of the town. The object of the men
was to induce the villages to employ a
paid department
AT the Manhattan state hospital on
Wards island, n. Y, on the 14th,
Theodore Meyers, the chief baker Of
the institution, was murdered by AL.
bert Durant. an inmate. The dead
man was struck on the right side Of
the head with big AK.
On the night of the f4th Delaware,
Susquehana s. Schuylkill engine
crashed into a crowded trolley car at
Hazleton tPa.) Junction, killing three
men outright, probably fatally injur-
ing two others and Swounding a score
more.
BANK EXAMINER COOK was, on the
18th. placed in charge of the failed
Rockford Ull.) bank. The bank has a
capital of $4,000 surplus and undi-
vided profits, $4,000, and individual
deposits, $500, 6oo. The loans and dis
counts were stated at S379.G00. The
cause of the failure is said to be due
to inability to realize on assets.
THE marriage of David Wells, Sec
ond secretary of the United States en-
bassy in London, to Miss Marietta Ord,
daughter of prominent London
physician, was celebrated at st.
Georges, Hanover square, on the 18th.
REV. j. NJ. CRAWFORD, a Presbyte-
rian clergyman of indianapolis, Ind,
aged GO, who was visiting friends in
Los Angeles, Cal, dropped dead from
heart disease, on the 14th. while max
ing a purchase in clothing store.
J. d. KENNEDY, banker, and one of
the wealthiest citizens of Manchester
Ia, committed suicide, on the 14th, by
hanging. Business reverses are said,
to have led to the suicide.
PEARSON & WErzEL's big wholesale
queensware Establishment. at Indian
opolis, Ind, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. The loss will be over S75,-
600; insured.
IT is reported that railway train
on the Saar Eiffel line, Berlin, convey
ing a large number of recruits, was
thrown from the tracks, on the 18th,
and so persons killed and many more
injured.
THE total registration in Detroit,
Mich, this year foots up 81, 36s. which
is gain over four years ago of $500