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Show biilliMiii. GENERAL. A HL'GE U1XG STEAL. nisNourl Allowed to bp Rbbed of Nearly All Her l-uutls. Si Louis, 12. The Keening Post publistuu a sUleimnl purporting to be entirely reliable, but the authority is not given, which suya the July interest in-terest on the s:att boiidi is not paid by Ihe state. The eUienitrut further says i hat in addition 'o this deficit in the interest money, the state treasurer treas-urer has, during bis whole term of office, carried umong his assets a worthless check on tbe Maslin bank ot Kansas cily fur $29G,000, which was accepted by the legislative ex amining committee as cush, making the deficit in the etate treasury over $500,000 in addition to the amount lost 'by the tailure of the National bank of ti e state ot Missouri, the sum admitted by the state treasurer to be deposited in Washington bank. Thee amounts are alleged lu have been stolan by the ring which he c.mtrol!--d tho state treasury, and 1 that the only reFOurc: iho stab: h:f n tue treasurer's bond, wuich it nractictiy worthless, and aoout i,400,0ti0 m bonds of the Kansas cily waterworks, a private corporation. |