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Show W lie mm Evidence in Action Ag'&inst City Finished in the District Court. SpwiHl tr The Tribune. C)( I KS, I fM?. 1H, Kvbl'TK purporting to show that the liUS revenues of OkUh city did not cxcfifl the in-tiinl expenditures expendi-tures of the tjamo year marked the elu.-e ( of tho niandatnua ease this afternoon of tho Commercial National hank at,'ainst Car Allison, eiiy ireasuier, to foreo tlie payment of ?::j,di)M worth of last year's warrants. The hearing on the petiilon for a wriL of man-hue was Ij.-fore .l .d.e .). A. Howell in trie di.-triet court and at tho clowe of the arguments the Jud:;e toolt thf niatler under advisement. ft con-' Piden-d Moliahl... tliat a verdiet will le : reiiil-'ied w It 1 1 ll i tin) present week. i Al ter the cent inuance of y sU-i d.iy, to piv, city officials an o iport u m t v to oh- , tain iiddilional information, evidence was presented by A. J.aisott, city a ml i tor. i snowing that tln-re li.ts bci u an over- , draft, fiom year to year almost continn-J ouslv nre. IYm. Only once in the e- 1 nod, for the years 1 ;ind laOC, the ; ciiy government imnpli-ln the '.-ear's business Willi a balance of rash on hand and no outstanding warrants. Sinco 1 00i). and este-'ial!y under the commission form of government, according accord-ing to the audiioi-'s report, there has lieen a ' const ti ally increasing ov-.'rd i at'l from year to year until at the close of 1!M 5 tho amount totaled $ 1 -2 .il.'cVlT. The (wiil worth of warrants on which the hank Is now resort in tr to leat proceerlinps to collect arc Included in this amount. The commission form of government wont into effect in Oydcn on January 1, 1911. |