The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-08
BANK LOSES HALF
Fire MeIts Metal, Burns Paper
Money in Safe.
Jamestown Institution Allowed
$4,000 by Government.
LINN nlAIInE MAnE nnnn
HOW CLAUDE MADE GOOD
ssBench Warmer Held Giants
When Adams Failed.
Many Plants Have Been I'm
ported, Kansan Says.

Washington, Feb. Son last Christ
mas day a fire occurred in jamestown,
Kan, and destroyed the Farmers State
bank. The fire was so intense that the
safes within the vaults provided no
protection for either the currency or
coin deposited in them.
The safes were shipped to Omaha
where experts opened them. The pa
per money was found to be reduced
to a condition of almost ashes, while
the coin, both silver and gold, was
melted into Jumps.
Currency to the amount Of about S.
800 was burned. most of it beyond rec
oguition so far as the value of the de-
nominations were concerned.
The officials of the bank decided to
send the burnt money to Washington
for redemption
After three weeks work treasury ex-
perts found evidences of the existence
of at least 81, 500 to be contained in the
burnt pile. and accordingly Uncle sam
Will redeem this amount
The ruling Of the government is that
If two-fifths Of a bank note can be
found after it's destruction by fire, one
half of it's amount in value viii De al
lowed. In case three-dfths of the note
IS found to exist, then the full amount
Of its face value is allowed the owner
through redemption
Because of the specially bad condi-
ton of this destroyed paper money, it
is thought here that the jamestown
hank offfciaIs are fortunate to obtain
so large a redemption Of their loss
which is about half.
Date Palms Shipped Here.
Since the department of agriculture
began securing the world for grasses,
plants and other products, which might
prove of value in this country, more
than $4,000 shipments OF seeds and seeo
plants have been received here, &C
cording to Dr.. David Fairchild of Man
haitian, Kan, who is in charge OF TIE
work.
Among the most recent shipments
are some date palms from Egypt, which
will be experimental with at some OF
the government stations to see whether
this tree can be adopted to some part
OF the United States.
Hendrix Has Signed Up.
Pitcher Claude Hendrix. known IN
the baseball world as "the Kansas
banker has signed with the PlttsburS
(Pa.) team for the coming season
Hendrix, who made such a grand snow
ing after he received his first trial IN
midsummer last year, writes a cheerful
letter to his eastern friends His rather
is a banker at StilweH, Johnson coun-
ty. Kan, and the younger Hena Tx
looks after much of his business IN the
winter Hendrix is the first sp1tpall
ever enrolled by PittSburg, that great
exponent of the damp fling, Marty
O'Toole following him. It was wise
baseball fan who first brought Hendrix
into the limehght. The fan was rail-
road cond uctor, travelling out OF Chey
enne, Wyo, where Hendrix pitched Tor
a serni-professionaI team in 1870 ON
the tip from this conductor, who is a
former Pittsburger, professional scouts
took I'D the trail and Hendrix was rec
commended
For the first three months of last
season Hendrix was an uncomplalning
bench warmer. Then Clark used MN
in a game against the Giants BABE
Adams had been hammered to all parts
of Forbes field in three innings
Hendrix took it up in the fourth me
Giants hit four balls into the outfleld
sn six innings. One was hit, two
were putouts, and another was an error
He repeated the trick on the Ph1l1es
later
Kansan Tells OF Missionary Work.
r. c. Enright of Olathe, Kan, who
has been a missionary in North Africa
for ten or more years past, has re-
Gently written to some of his friends III
this city. He says that the habltatlon
of that country where he is located
has lust begun to show an interest IN
Christianity and that few of them
had been converted. Their religion is
Mohammedanism.
Earl c. Pugh, of Kansas, was this
Eweek. APPOINTED to a $1,000 cleFkship in
she Office of the postmaster general.
THOMAS L Kerns, also from the land
Of the big sunhower, received an ap-
pofntnent in the Office of the chief post
office Inspector. His salary will be S9oO