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Receiver for an Insolvent Bank Wanted. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 9.-Simeon Bloom, a depositor in the Omaha savings bank, which failed five years. ago, yesterday asked the district court to appoint a receiver for the bank. Bloom alleges that the officers of the bank gave bond for the payment of depositors in full, but that they have failed to do so, and, in consideration of $100, have transferred $300,000 worth of real estate to a local firm. He asks that the court compel the officers of the bank to make a showing of the actual value of this property and to make an accounting of the defunct bank's assets. Chinaman Found with His Head Severed. Cléveland, O., Oct. 9.-Sing Ki, a Chinaman restaurant keeper, was found dead in his room last night with his head almost severed from his body. He was last seen alive Monday night. when he was quarreling with a waitress in his restaurant. She proved an alibi, however, and was released after a brief imprisonment. Chow Ki, a brother of the dead man, says his brother was a member of the highbinders' society.
