Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1888 — THE WESTERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE WESTERN STATES.

The Insurance Commission of Missouri has brought suit against the Ancient Order of United Workmen, which has refused to comply with the law, on the ground that it is not an insurance company. Ex-Senator Tabor, of Denver, owner of the Vulture Mine, near Phoenix, Arizona, has received information that two of his messengers from the mine were murdered near Nigger Wells and robbed of <7,000 in bullion. He offers a reward of SI,OOO for the arrest of the murderers and SI,OOO for the recovery of the bullion. A Chicago special says: “ There has not been such a flurry for several years as is now agitating trades people and bankers over the wholesale shoving of counterfeit $5 silver certificates during the last three days. The banks have been literally flooded with these certificates.” The Commercial National Bank of Dubuque, lowa, has suspended payment In the tally-sheet forgery case at Columbus the jury disagreed, after having been out four days, and was discharged. The ballot had stood at ten to two for conviction.