The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-17
MANY SMALL BANKS
CONTROLLER'S STATEMENT OF OP-
GRAFTON OF FINANCIAL LAW.
OF the % National Banks
or Granted Charters 80 Have
$4,000 or Less Capital.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga statement
prepared by the controller of the currency
shows that applications have been Sap-
proved under the act of March IA, 1900. for
the organization of 496 new national banks
will a total capital of SO. sos, 900. OF this
number 373 will nave a capital of less than
$4,000 each and 12S OF $4,000 or more. The
number already organized and started in
business is 331, having made deposits Of
bonds amounting to S.. 1233. $50. The largest
number of applications to organize national
banks came from Iowa, forty-five having
been received. Texas comes next with
thirty-six. Pennsylvania has thirty-three,
Illinois thirty-one, Minnesota twenty-three,
Ohio Twenty-Five, Nebraska nineteen, Okla
homa nineteen, New York fourteen, In
diana thirteen, Kansas twelve, Indian Ter
ritory twelve, North Dakota eleven. The
remaining States ranged down from seven
to one. Hawaii having one and Porto Rico
one each with a capital of $500,000 No APP
plications a yet been received from the
following States and Territories: Massa-
chusetts. Rhode Island, Nevada, Utah,
Arizona and Alaska.
Joseph Gibson, of Logansport, was the
lowest bidder, to-day, for the construction
of the public building at Carrollton, Ky.
His bid was $15, 73l.
Rural free delivery has been ordered
established at Claypool, Kosciusko county.
Length of route. twenty-five and one-half
miles; area covered, t~hirty-three square
miles; population served, ISL; number of
houses on route, rs; carrier, Charles Col
bert.
XXX
Both George NJ. Allen and Jacob Tur-
ner are reported, tonight, as getting along
nicely. Turner, especially, is reported as
having greatly improved during the past
forty-eight hours.
Reports from Captain Seaton Schroeder.
vyho succeeded Captain Leary as naval
governor of Guam. have been received at
the Navy Department. Governor Schroeder
has issued an order opening all hospitals
in the islands to the civilian patients free,
and all who are suffering from disease are
invited and urged TO go TO the hospitals
for treatment. One of the governors Of
Guam province was found using public
road laborers on his own place. He claimed
that this was an old Spanish custom ard
hat he was unaware of any wrong-doing
He was removed and punished. The health
of the island Is said to be fairly good.
There are no typhoid cases and only one
of fever and a few of intestinal troubles.
XXX
To-day's statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund. exclusive of the
$50. 600. 900 gold reserve in the division of re-
demption. shows: Available cash balance,
slS2, ia. 056; gold. sS6, 7t5. 792.
XXX
The action taken by the United States
in designating ex-President Harrison and
ex-senator Gray as members of The Hague
court of arbitration Is attracting the at
tention of foreign governments, which are
making inquiries through their representa-
tives here as to the steps taken by this
country. the indications being that the
American initiative will result in general
action by the other powers interested. As
far as can be learned none OF the foreign
governments have yet named their MEM
bers of the tribunal. Ii Is understood.
however. that NJ. Macertens. the distin-
guished Russian publicist, is likely to sue
coed NJ. Strive as Russian minister 10 The
Hague and at the same time be designated
as one of the Russian members of the ar
bitration court.
The Postofice Department has given no.
tice that until spring no mail matter ex-
cept letters will be sent to the Canadian
Yukon country or to American postof1ces
north OF the Yukon river.