The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-02
WANTS RECEIVER REMOVED.
Stockholders Of Southern Loan As.
ISOLATION Euter Protest.
A TRUSTED BANK CLERKS SHORTAGE
II Amounts to Forty-threc Thousand
DolIars--Discovcrcd During Hts
Abscncc--sturted q Hun.

Little Rock Ark. February 1.--Judgc r.
C. Dooiey represent holders OF invest
ment stock In the Southern Building and
Loan association to tho amount of about
$4,000 in Little Rock, today flied In the
FEDERAL court a bill for the removal of
James A. Bowman as receiver The COM
pla nj alleges that the Officers of the as
scc.ation mismanagcd its AFFAIRS. aud q
fow weeks ago conceived the pan or
ulacng the association IN the hncldA OF
receiver for selfish ard wrols purposes.
whprcby the president was appointed as
such receiver. They further ahosc that
this scheme was planned to occur Just be.
fore the annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers for the purpose or preventing an en-
onruauion Of the nnlArclal condHion OF nc
assoc alton Mt the mect5a" The pciution-
ers aver that Bowman was appointed re
cover ITO carry forward as far as posi-
Bile the designs OF the Tennessee officers
and their associates I'm rc,auinn TO the
property in this State az well as Tonnes
see, and TO grasp aud absorb AZ the pron,,
ertv 81 the assoo.aidon for IN q special
mana esnent and control In utter Il SIRE.
nsrd OF the wishes OF the stockholders I"
Other reasons oir sct forth why Bowman
should bc removed as receiver
ihr a.. ornevs of tho Southern Building
and Loan association al l>noxv lie have
retained counsel hero TO resist the move
nlrnt anr 10 utp" the retention oi bow,
nidn as rscovcr FOR Arkn-sas.
llnoxv lie. Tenn. February lin the
United Suites circuit court today the mp.
plicgtlcn to CONFIRM the appointment OF
=. Il. Luttrell and James q. Roe as ror-
manont receivers Of the southern Bnih-
trg aud Loan ass ,Clatnn came M for
hearing. Mr.. iienhuia of Ruesen Wine.
low & Grumbe.R of New York counsel Tor
the Eastern stockholders, and George w.
l;asley OF Chattanooga appeared ia oipo'
r.t on to the notion they claimed that
the stockholders had not bcen given far
opportunity to determine whether "A re-
ownership was N"'rseary ana thlt IN any
event Iuttrell who has hcen president
and responS BILE for the maEaFcmcnt OF
the association. should not be permanent
receiver
After . conference cf counsel ana the
sto khulders present IL was decided to ash
| for a stockholders meet mg ~ knoNV lie
| IN thirty days. Pcrding snid nfcting
| JudFu Clark POSTPONED action IN the mat
| tiuiaied that " there wls any Imposition
TO l.ut,rclFs appointment Il would not ht
made pcrnanoa'. II the stockholders now
take Wise action voluntary liquidation
b oui OF court may be effected; othcrwist
l permanent receivers, not vet named VII
| he appointed the second Monday IN March
| iinnk ticrk short.
Cncinmlti Febrarry IA special to IN,
| T!mos-star from rarkcrsburg. w, Va
oys; A dofalcatiou OF $4,000 was dscov
ored In the Second National hank OF Ind
city II was found IN the accounts of lie.
| McnnrneH, IN pid ~ ~ lrus',i 80 e. u
! .lservel tint ne hon, tis tooi<s lorsad M
ana hrlNv during his absence, tho al
| roetors rot his books ana made an exam
| ration, with the above result Mrcar
| lfti'S hondsmot aud relatives VIII mik'
| the amount good Some hint of HIS trouhl
| started a run on he hrnk The officers
| knowing thor ability 80 ncet demands
| kept the bank open from O'Clock unit
| midnight In order that dcnor tors m lh
| ~ N 4 Mtl "A
been Specializing In grain and stocks.
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| Junction was granted yesterday morning u
Iudro Wcst restraining Trustcc q
meadows from furiher operating the Col
| from selling The enrcts of A II Meadow,
including the mills. on the "a Of Februar,
as advertised by Trustee s. II. Meadows
the irjunction being accompanied with Il
Application to set aside tho trusteeShlp an
appoint receiver TO manage the mill !
| behalf OF the A. II. Meadows creditors TIL
! Injunction is set 10 be heard In charcer
on the 18th of February p. J. willis .
hro' anu o,iler oi'uiV"IN "io 'PP'io"p's ~
'"o "ppo'"''"s VI Ie'''''''
Receivers Appointed.
Dallas. T'exas. February i,--Applcat'io
| was made IN the Fourteenth district cour
TODAY for the Amendment OF n receive