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DEFUNCT CENTRAL BANK PAID 50 PER CENT DIVIDEND POPULATION OF Depositors of Wrecked Institution Are Treated to a Pleasant ENTIRE WORLD Surprise. United States Ranks After China Special to The News Great Britain, and RussiaJACKSON, Miss., October 5.-ReFrance Now Fifth. ceiver E. E. Hindman, of the defunct Central Bank of Mississippi, yesterday paid the first dividend of fifty per Special to the News. cent. to the creditors of that instituCHICAGO, October 5.-An unkind tion, this being much more money statistician has almost eclipsed Ohicago by comparing its 2,250,000 popthan any of the creditors ever expectulation with the total population of ed to receive, the installment the world, 1,452,000,000. In this comamounting in total to about $41,000. parison even the 1910 census populaThe distribution does not include tion of the United States, 90,000,000 the stockholders of the bank, who will or more, becomes almost insignificant although its population increase durprobably never recover anything at ing the second half of the last century all. It does, however, include the dewas 228 per cent, and for the first positors and other creditors, who will half of that century 240 per cent, a probably receive a total of 75 or 80 more marvelous record than any othper cent. on the final settlement of er country can show from immigration the accounts. The items of the world population, Other Claims Pending. which diminished Chicago to a mere There are one or two contested fly speck on a battered tin globe, inclaims yet to be settled by the chancluded the following: cery court, and in the event these al433,000,000 Chinese Empire lowed the total payment to the other 410,000,000 British Empire creditors will be slightly reduced 152,000,000 Russian Empire thereby. United States (includMr. Hindman has been importunea ing Philippine Islands for some time by the creditors, and 95,000,000 and Porto Rico) even by some of the stockholders, to France 90,000,000 make a payment on account, but has 72,000,000 German Empire in just got the affairs of the institution 49,000,000 Japan in such shape as to justify a distribu45,000,000 Austria-Hungary tion on the basis mentioned, which Netherlands 43,000,000 e necessarily excluded the stockholders, 35,000,000 Ottoman Empire whose claim come last. 33,000,000 Italy Stockholder in Bad Fix. si-, The curious fact about these figure. of The only possible chance for the is that the population of western Eu ne stockholders to get a cent will be in rope has not diminished, notwith ut the settlemen of his accounts by W. standing the enormous immigration J. Rice, the defaulting cashier, who to North and South America, Aus on with his daughter and the former prestralia and South Africa from Europe rs, ident of the institution, N. T. Anders, an countries. Never since historian are under indictment here for em began to keep tab on population ha bezzlement. That a settlement might there been such an increase as dur be made as a condition of a light sening the last half of the nineteent tence or. a plea of guilty is not imposcentury and the beginning of this one sible, although it seems rather improbable. Stockholders' Claims, WRIGHT MAK The claims of the stockholders amount to very little at most, there SU CCESSFUL FLIGHT et having been less than $5,000 of stock etactually paid into the institution, alor though in the sworn statements made the by Rice to the state auditor he repreBy Associated Press W. sented it to be more than $100,000. NEW YORK, October 5.-Wi W. Former President N. E. Anders was Wright started his aeroplane fligl Mr. forced after the failure to pay in his shortly before 10 o'clock yesterda lay stock subscription of $10,000, which ces morning. he claimed to have prevoiusly paid. ive After circling about the battery for but which Chancellor Lyell, after a paintient hearing of the evidence, decided a short time, he sent his machin to he hadn't. straight up the Hudson river, flyir There has been some disapointment about one hundred feet above the su here among the creditors of the bank face of the water. over the refusal of Governor Willson, At 10:25 Wright passed Fulton, an of- Kentucky, to honor the requisition stretching, turned and started back o for the return here of Miss Carrie ubhis way to Governors Island. H tenRice, who was indicted at the same landed safely at Governors Island om10:29. time her father was( she having been han a confidential clerk in the bank, alThe aeroplane passing like a b tety bird across the waters of New Yo though general satisfaction was exlay, pressed at the fact that the requisi harbor, was a sight well worth se Citition for Rice himself was honored. ing. As a rule the creditors are more than digto glad to have a small portion of the asreet sets expended in a prosecution of the CHANGES IN defaulting cashier. CAD
