Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-18
IOWA BANKERS PROSPEROUS
Statements Of Saving Institutions shSw q
Healthy Condition.
CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH
wOmen's Medical Society 20 Hold Its
Annual Meeting in sioux City
in ApriI-Burns Murder
Trial IL On.
(From a stan Correspondent

(From a Stan Correspondent)
DEs MONIES, March 17.-(special.)-
Iowa banks are prosperous. The state audi
tor today made. public the total OF the diff
ferent accounts reported by the 327 savings
banks of tie state under the February call
h-of reports, the FIRST call made by the pres
ent state auditor. There had been a call
early In December by the former state
auditor Between the two calls about nine
weeks, there was added eighteen new saw
ings banks. with a capital Of t152, 900. max
ing the total capital stock $40, 1918, 600. The
deposits in these banks increased in the
period by l.945, $780, making the total
$s5, $685. s6s.s5. There is due banks and 9TH
ers a total OF $446, ,510.50, a slight decrease;
a surplus OF $4,000, ,30S.74, a gain of $751;
509.1S, and undivided profits of 81, 1862, ,16S.4e,
| decrease. The total Of assets reported as
| Ss9, ,694, ,45655, a gain Of S1,737.9s2.14 in the
period. The bills receivable amounted to
| $50, ,267, ,51S64, a decrease, but on all other
items there we're increases shown, the pres
ent totals being: Gold coin, S777 ,36512;
silver coin, s273,414S7; legal tenders, 81 1885,
021.5O; credits subject to sight drafts, S13,-
3S7S7706; real and personal property,
$2,142, 141.S4 overdrafts, $3.50, ,11752. The
| reports show that the banks have been
doing a thriving business, but have proper
tionately a larger amount OF money on hand
! than before and deposits have been freer
| than leans.
Conference of suPerintendents.
The quarterly conference OF the superin-
tendents Of state institutions was COM
| menced this afternoon in the office of the
| State Board of Control Nearly all the
heads Of departments were present. The
| papers taken up this afternoon were nearly
all technical rather than popular In nature
and related to problems Of interest almost
alone to the heads of the institutions.
Warden Hunter OF the Anamosa peniten-
tiary interested the superintendents by
showing a few samples of fine drills which
are being made in the shops at the Ana
mosa penitentiary by a blacksmith con-
Wet. They are Very fine steel twist drills,
perfectly formed by hand forging and we'll
polished. He will place few samples on
! exhibition with the boarG All the hno
tools used in the extensive quarries at Ana
mosa are made in the prison.
Christian Church Congress.
The Christian church congress held here
today Is attended by about 200 persons,
largely from Iowa, but number from Illi-
nois, Kansas Nebraska and elsewhere. The
leading students in the church of Disciples
Of Christ are in attendance from this sec
tion of the country. This forenoon was
taken UP with technical or doctrinal dis
cussion OF the incarnation, and this after
noon with the Pauline doctrine OF the Holy
| Spirit This evening there was a popular
address by Judge @. ]. schoneld Of the ap-
pellate court OF Illinois. The convention
is being held in the University Christian
church with evening meetings in the Cen
| tral church.
| Trial of Burns for Murder.
The trial of slim" Burns for the murder
of Jesse Corcoran was commenced in dis
trict court today. Burns and John and Car
rie BaTiesa were accused OF numbering
Corcoran for his money and leaving mis-
body in the alley near their boarding house.
1t is claimed that he was dosed with NOR
phine. The first testimony was that of Dr.
G. H. Hoffman, who examined the stomach
Of Corooran. He stated there was a trace
OF morphine in the stomach he examined
| On cross examination he admitted, how
! ever, that the heart of Corcoran was alb
normal in condition and that It was so
| diseased that any unusual excitement might
have caused his death. hence that 1t is
probable that his death was due to this
rather than to the exposure.
wonan's Medical Society.
| The program has Just been issued for the
annual state meeting Of the only state asso-
citation OF medical women in the United
States. The meeting is to be held in Sioux
City, beginning April IA. The State Society
OF Iowa Medical Women was organized in
| Des Moines in 1898 at a meeting OF the
| State Medical association by the women
| who were In attendance, and annual meet
ings have been held ever since the time OF
the State Medical society meetings. The
| present officers are: President, Jessie "
Smith, Winterset; vice presidents, Sophie
Hinze Scott Des Moines, and Mary A.
Coveny, Clinton; recording secretary. Mary
| Breen, Lemars; treasurer, Agnes Eichel-
berger, Sioux City, secretary, Jennie Nc
Cowan Davenport. The society also has
district organization committee Of one from
each congressional district. as follows, in
the order OF districts: Christian Ciegg
Columbus Junction; M. A. Coveny, Clinton;
Lily Kinnear. Dubuque; Alice Burton. Ma
son City; Mary L. Men, Cedar Rapids;
Clara Gray, Talleyrand; Georgia Stewart,
Des Moines; Alice Burnet, Clarinda: Mary
l., Tinley, Council Bluffs; Nellie Binford.
Boone; Lena Beach. Cherokee. The pro-
gram for the April meeting includes an ad-
dress of welcome by Julia Hailam, Sioux
City, and response by Mary Hinze Scott,
Des Moines, and a series OF professional
! papers, including discussion Of the pre-
vention OF insanity manual training In
public schools and the duty Of physicians
to disseminate information.
Powell for Representative.
Dr. F. NJ Powell, superintendent OF the
| State Institution for Feeble Minded at
Glenwood, is attending the quarterly con-