The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
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Receiver Bradley Of FirstNation-
al Sends 1t In.
Will Not Be Made Public
Here.
SENT TO WASHINGTON.
Comptroller of Currency Will
Give 1t Out.
Sam Radges Optimistic About
Bank Affairs.
MT TO WASHINGTON.

The statement of the assets and liza
bilities Of the First National bank upon
which Receiver Bradley has been en-
gagged ever since his appointment upon
the 5th of July, and upon which the
clerical force of the bank has been
working all this time has been prepar-
ed and will be sent to the comptroller
of the currency at Washington this ev-
ening.
The contents of the statement will not
be made known until the comptroller
authorizes it's publication-at least that
is the plan. Whatever is contained in
the statement will come from Wash
ington as Receiver Bradley has strict
instructions to remain quiet concerning
the details. The statement in way is
merely preliminary statement. 1t is
not expected that the report which will
be issued from Washington will detail
more than simply the amount of the as
sets and the liabilities without stating
specifically what those items are made
up Of The report will be given out as
the discretion of the comptroller may
dictate and it is impossible to state ex-
actly when that will be, though it is
expected the forepart of next week. This
report when made will give gauge of
the chances of the depositors upon a
return of the money.
utive committee said: Things look de-
cidedly more optimistic to me with ref
erence to the First National than they
did a few weeks ago. / believe now
that the depoSitors viii be able to get
something out of the bank in the way
of dividends. We are receiving quite
large number of replies to the calls to
the depositors which we sent out ask
ing them to give US the authority to act
for them But we would like to hear
from still more. The committee is sim
ply waiting for developments now.
That's all we can do.5
Mines Are Paying.
Mr. Cyrus Leland, one of the re-
ceivers for the Devlin properties, said
this noon:
1.-THE mines are doing well and are
more than paying for themselves.
They are profitable mines, every one
of them, with the exception of the one
mine in Usage county, which we had
to close because it was not paying for
itself. We will probably reopen it by
the first of September. There will be
demand then for that kind OF coal.
The action was taken on the recon-
mendation of the superintendent. The
mines are not only helping pay for the
wages of the miners but they are
leaving a neat little sum in addition TO
apply on the money that we have
loaned We sent out $4,000 last
night to pay the miners in the Pitts
two weeks We had to borrow a lit
tie money, not much. No, the Santa
Fe did not loan US the money. In a
few more weeks we will have the
mines in such a shape that they viii
have most of the money loaned paid
off. We are receiving responses from
the circular letters which we sent out
asking for statements or Mr.. Devlin's
assets and liabilities. 1 don't know
how soon we will be able to make a
report of the assets and liabilities of
the properties under our control"
DIR. w. S. Lindsay, Mr.. Devlin's ply
sician, said: ''Mr. Devlin is improving
right along. His improvement is
meeting my expectations. He has been
able to get outdoors and sit out upon
the front porch.
Major VIM. Sims. director in the
First National, arrived in town this
afternoon from his farm southwest of
the city. mo, I will have no connec-
ton with any attempted reorganization
of the bank. I have heard a number
of rumors of reorganization but I
know nothing that is new. I am not
feeling well at all. I am feeling very
bad
w. H. Rossington, vice president of
the defunct bank. is in Excelsior
Springs and will return this evening
or Sunday. He has been resting up at
the resort for the past ten days.