ha Ninety-five per cent. of vacant pub- %ic lands are in the arid regions, Mexico taxes all Protestant minis. ters, not natives, at 81 a month, Na- tives have to pay only fifty cents. Australia is a country without or- phans or an orphanage. Every waif is taken to a receiving house, where it is kept until a country home is found for it, That one effect of the panic has been to broaden the market for American goods is shown, maintains the Chicago Herald, by the exports for eleven months, which have exceeded imports by $231,613,359. Prior to 1520 the foreign immigra- tion to this country was small; it set in mainly during and after the Irish famine in 1847, and since then the im- migration has been on a scale never before seen in history, The swamp regions of this country and the alluvial districts of the Mis- sissippi have 2,605,000 population, mostly colored; in the semi-desert regions there are 1,469, 000; in the Rocky Mountains, 1,535,- 000. desert and Why do not some farmers who find no money in their style of crops try raising sunflower seed? asks the Courier-Journal. The North Caro- lina Station found in present experimenting with sunflowers as a farm crop that they paid well. Though a new thing in this country it is not altogether new, for Russia has raised this erop At the North Carolina Sta- tion, the average yield bushels. the plants. for years. was sixty-five There is really no waste to Oil is expressed from the for fuel. The stalks and seedenps are fed to sheep. seeds, and hulls or shells used One of the documents submitted by Erastus Wiman's counsel in the Cana- dian’s trial for forgery was a state- ment showing the enormous profits of Ac- cording to this statement the Dun con- cern earned $345,730 in 1885, and the profits steadily increased until, in 1892, they reached $525,000, making the total for eight years of$3,813,500, “This enormous sum being the net profit of only one concern in the busi- ness, ’ remarks the Atlanta Constitu- tion, “‘we are only left to conjecture how much money the business men of America spend to learn the standing of their ferentially the mercantile agency business. financial brothers, and in- be the original transactions upon which how enormous must the agency business is merely a para- site.’ ’ A carefal article in the Tribune shows the enormous strides made by the orange industry in a lit- tle over twenty years, New York It was only in 1873 that Florida oranges were first sent to the New York market, but in ten years the industry had increased #0 rapidly that it had serionsly cut into the Mediterranean 1886 1,798,000 oranges were imported, while ix this number had boxes. trade. In boxes 1891 fallen to 682,000 The Californias orange crop the 500.000 boxes is now an important factor in trade, as no less than 2, were shipped from this State to the It will be coming East last year, not long, with new orange groves into bearing every year, before California will come up to the 6,000,000 boxes now prodaced by Florida. The removal of the Capital of Louisiana from Baton Rouge to Nev Orleans has been again proposed iu the State Legislature in the form of a resolution, to submit the question to | the popular vote. It is doubtful, how- ever, adds the New York Post, whether the people would record themselves in | favor of a change, for in 1870-—at a time when the State Capitol was al most fallen in rains and the depart. ments were without quarters--the question in the same form was before them, and they decided that Rouge should still be the Capital. A local paper says: ‘The arguments are in favor of New Orleans as the Capital, bat we do not imagine that the people of Louisiana are willing, despite these arguments, to go to the expense of a change now. When they want it—and we believe that the feel. ing in favor of it will grow stronger every year—they will demand it in such manner as to leave no doubi of their wishes. We see no evidence of such a sentiment to-day.” In con. nection with this subject it is inter. esting to note that no less than four. teen States have their Capitals located in their principal towns, twelve in large cities, although not their largest, and sixteen in towns of less than 15,- 000 people, and the first class cf States have decidedly the best goveruments, | fire. | lames and at | boundaries { burned. | nal of Sicilian | Baton WHITE CITY IN ASHES, SIX WORLD'S FAIR BUILD- INGS DESTROYED BY FIRE. InefMmdiaries Fire the Great Struc- tures in Three Places —The Term- inal Station and the Manulactures, Kleectrie, Mining, Machlpery and Agricultural Bulldings Burned. All the main buildings of the World's Fair at Chicago, except the Horticultural Build. ing, the Woman's Bullding, the Art Palace, the Machinery Hall and the United States Government Building, were almost entirely burned a few nights ago. Thay were the property of the Columbian Exposition Sal- vation Company, and had been purchased from the Exposition Company for about $90,000, The fire was discovered by several ia the southwestern corner of the first of the terminal station. When boys floor first seen it was but an {noiplent blaze, and the boys | | endeavored to stamp it out for saveral minutes, They were unsucesssful, however, as the flerce gale which was then blowing | from the southwest fanned the fire, and bs. fogs an alarm could be turned in the fire | had reached the second story of tha building, Owing to the distance which separated most of the engine companies from lny In getting a stream of water upon the blazing structure, The flrst alarm was im- modiately followed by a three-elsven eall and this by aspecial call for ten engines. By the time the first detachment of engines | was fully at work the terminal station was s mass of flames and the fire had leaped across to the Administration Building. Io twenty minutes the dome of this beau- | tiful structure fell with a terrible roar and sparks and blazing brands were carried by the wind north and northeast of the Mines, Electricity and Agricultural Bulldings, The Electricity Bullling was the first to take In a few minutes it was enveloped in 7.10 o'clock the glass roof collapsad and the iron frame work of the structure fell in. At 7.15 o'cock the east end of the Mines and Mining Building fall in and the flames became so flerce that the engine companies stationed between Electricity and Mines and Mining Balldings had to fly for their lives, Engine Company No, 8 we lied to abandon tasir engine an and to cut the horses from the traces n f the animal 1cceeded wits suffocated, he fire was taneously to tha Transportation, th fa and the L tural By hard work, bh ceeded in saving rtati Transp ware potures had fallen in. firemen first reached the spot mpany was detalled to pre rom communicating with Ma- For some time the effort was with the four Imm Terminal Jullding, Electricity and the Mines asd Mining Balldings and the Administration Bullding on fire at the same time, the heat became tense that Machinery Hall was aban- donned also. The direction of the wind, however, being away from the bullding, en- abled the firemen to save part of it, What is left of the gilded statute of the Rapublie, near the eastern end of the Court of Hon r, the central point of iaterest for thousands of visitors to the Exposition, now looks out upon a wasts of ruins and ashes, The six large structures which formed the of the Court nae the The balldings destroyed were the Terml- Station, Aoministration, Manufactures, Electricity, and Mining Balldings, Ma ehinery Hall, and the Agricultural Build. ing The Art Gallery tened the Field ( Lf 4 ywvernment B which has been reel smblan Museum, » fiding were saved, t wr buildings soath of Machinery Agricultural Ballding started almost sin 80 sejocted as t rtnnity for the spread of the with t} Hall usiy at afford the best NEWSY GLEANINGS. Ix Greece the ho Fear. 180 tax 00 a Sr. Pavy's Carazonas, Lon for $475.000, ion, is insured Tae French Army is three times as large as it was in 1870 Varvanre deposits of tin ered in Montana, Ar the last census Nevada had only 4931 girls of school age. have been discov Mormons have secured establish a © land and 2] ego at L No Fram grapes are to be from Australia in A ACCORDING ti have died from t urch in Boston akery, has been into a pla into a pi a day [ts product is 1 8 produ ia] pros i BANT slected from among a assassinate Presi. } WAR & number of conspirators to dent Carnot, Sixox the United States eruaiser Chicago has been in English waters, sixty of her orew have deserted, by lot Tue cost of maintaining the United States deputy marshals in Chicago during the strike was $5000 daily, Broevernes were used daring the strike at Springfield, Ii, to carry Government stamps, in place of trains Irerxom has 6,400,000 acres in corn, an In- creases of three por cent., and its condition is exceptionally good Tur Russian Government has servad no. tice upon the Government at Tokio that she will not permit Japan to occupy Korea, WILLIAM ALDIFER, cavalryman, on & wager | jumped twice from a bridge at Washington into the Potomac River, a distance of sixty | foot, Rear estate at Bridgeport, Conn, belong- ing to the estate of the late P., T, Barnum and valued at $857.000 has just heen dis tributed Lovisviree Is now certain to get the Na- ticnal Encampment of the G, A. R,, for 1895, | Atlanta, the only other contestant, haviag | withdrawn, A ranry of New York capitalists is said to be behind the Oklahoma Central Raliroad Company, a new concern which is capitalized at $4,000,000, to build a railroad inthe newly opened Territory, A sraTEMExT prepared at the Internal Revenue Bureau shows that, in the fiscal yoar just ended, bounties were paid on sugar as follows : Cane, $11,216,504 ; beet, $758,733 ; sorghum, $16,926; maple, #116122; total, $12,108,085, K. B. Qvavym, a Norwegian farmer, near Butler, South Dakota, become so worried over crop prospects that he out the throats of his two children, aged six and eight threw them in a weil, cut his own throat and Jumped in after them, A rw days ago Patrick Dwyer, of Kees. ville, N. Y., threw a cat intothe river. Betore hé did so, however, he was slightly seratehed by the animal, Shortly afterward Dwyer was attacked with lookjaw. After the most horrible agony, death relievea him. Bran hunting is a profitable industry in J hine County, Washington, The hides are shipped to A ome they bring #15 to each, { valuable timber land the | | scons of the fire there was considerable de- of Honor were | The fire was of incendiary origin. | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Tue price of ment went up in New York City in consequence of the Western raflrond strikes, Tre tenth annual convention of the National Editorial Association began work at Asbury Park, N, J, At Byrncuse, N.Y., Henry Vogler killed William Btratz, of whom he was jealous, and then committed suicide, By the capsizing of the sloop Gazelle, off Long Beach, N. Y,, three New ork business men wore drowned, Five others ound, were res- Tne Tammany celebration of Independence Day in New York Oity was characterized by speeches from several prominent men and by an impromptu reception to Richard Croker. Senator Platt, Congressmen Russell and Walker, Harriet Prescott Spofford and St Clair MeKelway took part in Editor Bowen's Independence Day exercises at Woodstock, Conn. A NatioxaL convention In the interest of { good ronds was opened at Astbury Park, N.J Fonesr fires burned over thirty miles olf near Doughty Mill, N. J. Twinry-roun buildings were burned in Edwards, Lawrence County, N. Y., and twenty-two families were made homeless South and West, Two miles south of New Lewisville, n freight train went through a high Ark, trestle, | the engine, cabooses and twenty-eight cars falling. Engineer Ferguson and Head Brake. man Richardson were killed outright, Fireman O'Neill was fatally scalded, Tuner young men were drowned in Lake Calumet, near Chleago, Ill, They bathing, Their names aged slghteen ; James Bteine, aged twenty, and Marion Terlan. aged twenty, Tur jury at Chicago having held Prender-. gast, the assassin of Mayor Carter H, Hurri- son, to be sane, it was decided he must be hanged July 18, unless other plans his lawyers had should sucoecd. Twexty men were hurt in an attack made by a crowd of strikers of Ironwood, Mich arrying the Stars and Stripes, against a gang of non-u nt McKaight i sda nd thirteen in Hint a, was bitten 1g when his i His Washington, Pazsioest Creveraxp and his Cabinet de elded to take this vigorons measure to pre serve the peace and prevent rioting, and the Federal foroes West were placed af the disposal of United States judges to aid in suforeing the orders of the courts, Shriver, the newspaper who refused to answer in quiries asked by the Sugar Investigation Committee, were indicted, Tux Sserelary of War intormed the Senate that $114,000 is necessary forthe prevention of obstructive aad injurious deposits within the harbor of New York and adjacent waters and asked for two new steam tugs, which at £00 000 the Epwanps and correspondents : rAsTER-invuRaL Pisses: wed $110,000 additi es at New York was al al al faai for al postal laclll Foreign. Tur Korean Royal army was routed on May Sim 400 men Lelng kills China and Japan sent large forces to Kor 14th feaths from the plague in China more than Barweex June 7th and 701 there A wxirrew of Brazilian citizens greetings to America on the occasion great American anniversary Taz severest earthquake sinocs 1850 at Tokio and Yokohama in Japan has caused much loss of life and property. Tux Fourth was celebrated by Americans in London, Rome and elsewhere in Europe by receptions on the part of the official repre- sentatives of the United States and by bane quets, ux British Government addressed China and Japan in the interests of peace, and will try to bring about a friendly settlement eof the Korea dispute, Lena is spreadicg in St. Petersbure. thare were several deaths at various en Russia places in Europe, M. BURDEAU ELECTED. Chosen as President of the French Chamber of Deputies, M. AUGUSTE RURDEACL, M. Burdean was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies at Paris, to succeed M. | Casimir-Perriar, recently elected President of the Republi, lows: Burdean, tered, 83, Auguste Laurent Burdeau Lyons September 10, 1851. He toek part in the war of 1870.71, and was wouanded and taken prisoner to Germany, In 1881 M. Bur. deau became Chief of the Cabinet of M. Paul Bert, Minister of Public Instruction, He was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor for his conduct during the Franco Prussian war. The votes cast wars as fol- 250 ; Brisson, 157; seat. was born at C. A. Kixa & Co, of Toledo, Ohlo, have received grain reports from the six prinel- pal winter wheat Btates, which generally produce about two-thirds of the winter wheat erop and nearly half of the total wheat crop of the United States, From these it appears that the yield will be above the average, save in parts of Kansas, TILLIAN WALSN, Cie ast but o who defended Baltimore against Invasion in 1814, is dead. He years old at the tite, aud was theservice to mold bullets, and | | routs wore already crewded and by 6 o'slock had been | are Michasl SBtelne, | | and every other point ol { pled, fabulous sums of paid for the use of houses, wind | conies from which to view the | old, rich and poor, wi to | from all parts of Paris and ! The first | the Legion | his charaoteristio {| Bonius, chief of the land b CARNOT LAID AT REST OBSEQUIES OVER FRANOE'S MURDERED PRESIDENT, A Sad, Imposing Pageant-President Casimir-Perier Walks In the Pro- cesslon—Beautiful Floral Tributes ~Services at Washington-Ger- many’s Graceful Tribute. The body of the late President Badi-Car- not, murderad Chief Magistrate of France, struck down by the hand ef Banto Cesarlo, the Anarchist, at Lyons, was de- posited in the Pantheon at Parls, just one week aftep the cruel deed was done, by the side of the remains of his grandfather, Lazare Carnot, the “Organizer of Vietory." The funeral was made the oscnglon for one of the most remarkable civie and military dis- plays in the history of France, and was in it- self a vivid object lesson, showing the re. spect Francs had for her President and the abhorrence with which his assassination 1s regarded, Buch was the anxiety of the masses to be present along the line of route followed by the procession that crowds of people began to gather along the Champs Elysees, the Rue de Rivoll and about the streets on the Ile de la Cite, upon which Notre Dame stands, from early the preceding evening. And at the positions which they had selected the peoples camped all night, iv 8 o'clock a. m. the streets along the the the Place de la Concorde was black with people, The house tops, win flows and bale conles of every house along the line of march [ vantage wers ooo money ha iows and bal- funeral pro sople, young and the funeral 1 every ae ving been cession, All classes from the whole route of the A manner which The weather eal soon HE hen the pro- gris! the nrissts who and MasMahor The casket was of France and erepe, There wer oar Tan cars { Pp i full of wreaths fo sontained the wreaths sent by mem bers of the Benate, © asters with a mauve backgrou second ear were the wreaths of the Chan of Depaties consisting of superb roses « and illacse hese cars were {oll those containing the 3 provincial sath orities and the eign repre sentatives, The procession ise! was like that which escorted Marshal MacMahon and Thiers to the grave except for the Sowers, That was the feature which excited the wonder and admiration of all beholders, Tha eves of man never before looked upon such glories of pa tare's handiwork, Not the gar’ and falds of France, bu ro Eng nposed of eontribt us of the ons and na Shih ented DeRuls » & band muffled drams, with the wreaths contributed by the yalties, all of which were oarried upon s by oadets | the St, Cyr Military Be | and precedad by the wreaths seat by President Casimir-Perier The next in order were the veying the clergy which were immediately in front of the hearse, The hearse was flanked br a guard of honor, composed of eadets from the Ecole Polytechnique, and was drawn by six splendidly caparisoned horses, he coffin was hidden beneath the folds of silk tri-color flags, grouped front and back. M. Carmnot's servants, in livery, came next, with the dead President's family, his three sons walking in the first line, and his br Adolphe Carnot, and his cousins and son-in- law behind, Mme, Carnot was not present, being completely prostrated by the excite. ment of the week Bahind the dent Casimir-Perior, headed, with the cord n of Honor a and then soaches son vt bs ap eT, 1 household walkad Prosi . talm and bare { Grand Master of ross his breast, The ud wears immensely ploas ad by Casimir ‘arier's deflance of precedent in appearin in the faneral prossssion. II his position in the line had not been close to the hearse the | multitude would nndoubtadly have chesrod It was a mark, too, of pourage, for he had ree ceived no less than four threats of death hy the new President, | the knife, bullet or bomb if he followed the | body of his predeccssor to the tomb, The President was surrovnded by General military holsehold, all the other officers of the military household, Behind them came the Presi. dents of the two Chambers, M. Challomel- Lacour, President of the Senate, and M, de Maby, Acting President of the Chamber of Deputies, The Ambassadors and the staffs of the different embassies, all in full unis form, followed, The plain black evening dress of Unde tad Biates Ambassador Eastis was In strike ing contrast to the brilliant costumes of the other foreign diplomats with whom he walked in procession, Senators and Deputies were in evening dress and wore tri-colored sashes, the judges were in flowing robes, according to their grade, ermined or of plain black water silk, oto,, and the faculties of the schools of law and letters wore yellow or purple, and the academicians green embroidered coats and trousers and carried swords. A detashment of veterans from the Hotel des Invalides, carrying a trestle y, which was an immense wreath, were loudly ap- plauded as they passed, the Cabinet Ministers, headel by Premier Dupuy, The Cardinals and nearly ail the Senators and Deputies had the next place in the procession, preceding the pore sonal friends of the family and the leading military and naval officers of the republie, The remainder of the funeral cortege was composed of deputations from the various a monts of the Govenments, the Legion of Honor, the different institutes, the clergy and others, Marshal Oanrobert, the last of the Mare ng Alsace r all along the line of march. The lon reached the Cathedral of Notre 6 at noon, where a most im sive scents wha withessed, As the oasket taken from the | sour delivered { Benate, { tion on behalf of the body, in which | vermally felt, Behind them were | | pew Government money order, by which by the whola chapter, and cMelated at the removal of the casket, which was earriel slowly into the sacred edifice, Baint-Saens layed the Besthovad funeral march, Notre pore was a mass of black and sliver Inter mixed with ermine, The banner of Joan of Are was velled with erepe, The clergy, headel by the Paris, preceded the bler up the aisle monumental eatafalque in the middle of the transept, President Casimir-Perler took his seat in the private inclosare around the pulpit, johind him were seated the niembers of the late President's and military household, The brother and his son-in-law, was oocupled b members of the Diplomatic Corps and the official delegations, ] The cholrs of Notre Dame and the Cone sorvatoire de Musique executed the liturgl- cal chants and two numbers of Gounod's “Morse ot Vita," M. Felix Faure, the famous paritons, being the soloist, Before pro- nouncing the absolution the Archbishp of Paris deliverad an allocation, The religious ceremony in the eathedral wus concluded at 2 p. m., when the proces sion reformed and proceeded river to the Pantheon, The funeral sar and its escort arrived at the Pantheon at 2.50 p. m., amid the boom- Ing of a salute of 101 guns fired by a park of nriillery. Atthe Pantheon the casket was removed amid a trumpet salute and the dull roll Af mufMed drums. Within the Pantheon a huge black canopy | fell from the ceiling to the floor, and under this the body of the dead President placed, The doaphag wag tho same as at the funeral of Vietor Hugo, M. Challemel-La. an oration on behall of the M. do Mahy, First Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, pronounced an he ox. prossed the deep sorrow, coupled with the feeling of intense indignation which is uni Premier Dupuy, on behall of the Government, spoke with great feeling and impressiveness. General Andre feel ingly responded in the name of the Carno family and their friends, After the spocches the coffin was taken to the porch, where it was placed het woen of smoking incense, Paris garrison marched Carnot fi Prosid representatives tha Ori p q anaq nast. the and 1elegati he services, at hich ke Alexis represents the Czar, Other Grand Dukes and Ministers wore also present The services is Constantin fives of the Buta: via, 20d the Khe in Madrid the Dake of Medina represented the Queen Regent at the mass said for tl | repose of the soul of the dead President, n Vienna Prince Lichtenstein represented the Emperor at the requiem services, Baron Noposa was present as the representative of the Empress At Westminster Eagland the sliusions to the fate At B eredited to the Vat prod in the French ( Jule MARS WaNe opie i for ths dead President 8! Franos, King Humbert delegated the shief of his hoas vid to represent him, and Premier Crispi, the Foreign Secretary, Baron Blane, ard Migisters Farinl and Blancheri ware press sprosentatives of the Gov. pruraont. entire French ooloay was present. Abbey and sise ors m f the Preside prea ade sy ne the ps an an i al gat} pref, wheres a re America’s Tribute. In the Church of St. Matthews, the leading Catholia ehursh of Washington, requiem mass for President Carnot was oelebiated, The mass for the repose of the soul of Presi. dent Jarnot began at noon. Just prior to thas hour, President Cleveland eatered the church and was shown to a seat in the first sow on the right hand side of the main aisle, Vith him were Secretary Gresham, Attorney. General Olney, Secrstary Herbert, and Pri- wate Secretary Thurber, In the first pow on the opposite side of the aisle were M. Jules Patenotre, the Fronch Ambassador, in fall dipl ymatie u his bride, who was Miss Elver jelphia, The P family of the decease t and the fiolal dignity of France. Mme. Patenotre was dressed ina gown of b mourning ereps and wore a widow s toque Jaron Fava, the Italian Ambassador, per. haps out of friendly feeling, arising fromthe unhappy circumstances sonnected with the assassination, was accorded by Bir Julian Paunocefote, the courteous British Ambassa dor, the front rank in the diplomatic corps, who were all present. Most of the members of the Supreme Court and the resident army officers were also pr itenotres reg i Presiden VK Emperor William's Graceful Aot. Oount Muenster, German Ambassador, in- formed Premier Dupuy and Foreign Becre. tary Hanotaux that, in observanos of M, Car | Emperor William had pare doned the French ofMoers Degouy and Dag | net, who were arrested as spies off Kiel last | not's faneral, your, and ware condemned alter their trial at Lolpsio to confinement in a fortress, M, | Dupuy told M, Castmir-Perier of the Emper- otr's act, and the President sald to tell Count Muenster that the Emperor had, by his con sideration, touched the heart of two great nations, During the funeral the news spread | NEW MONEY ORDER. Rates for Sending Money by Mall Have Been Reduced, Rinee July 1 there has been on sale at the postoffices throughout the United States the large and small sums oan be transmitted by Jetters with safety, and at rates much less than at present. Orders for $2.50 or less can be had for 3 cents, and orders for larger amounts up to #100 at rates gradaated up to $0 onnts, The schedule for fees for the new money order has boon reducsd to the basis now charged by the various express companies for transmitting money, and will bs as fol lows : For #2.50 or less, § conts ;: $2,080 10 "® S oconts: #5 to £10, 8 cents, $10 to #20, 1 oents ; $20 fo $30. 12 cents, $30 to $40.15 cents ; 840 to , 18 cetits #50 to , 20 sents , $00 to #70, 25 cents; #75 to $100, 30 conte, The new mols} oi , by a system Pmt poctestor. te apt 10. tows 8 nr, Pte! of the long mooted fractional currency eivil | first row of chairs was occupied by M, Carnot's sons, his | The second row | Promler Dupuy and other | Ministers, Inthe other rows of seats sat the | | just | just | Increase in across the ! | months, was | | Inge $141,177,885, | this country on a visit, { braved GOVERNMENT FIVANCES | PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT Archbishop of | to a | FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. The Last Monthly Announcement | From the United States Treasury Department Makes the Deficit 860,000,000-The Gold Reserve Less—Decreased Expenditures. The monthly public debt statement and statement of receipts and expenditures lspued from the United States Treasury De partment presents a very unfavorable show. Ing of Government fiscal operations in the well as for the fiscal year closed, In June there was a net the debt of R250,000, the gold reserve decreased nearly $14,000,- 000, and receipts from all sources come mrad with June, 1808, fell off more than 4,000,000, The public debt is shown to have increased $60,000,000 in the last twelve There was in June a trifling in. grease in the mterest-bHoaring debt (50), a decrease of §269,900 in the Treasury surplus, snd a decrease of $18 704 in the non-intere pst-bearing debt, making sitogether a net in. grease in the debt in the month o! $251,156 The total debt, less $117 583 486 surplus in the Treasury, is $800,818 851, against $838, pO0,476 on July 1, 1898, or an Increase dur- ing the year just closed of more than 860,. | 900,000, Of the entire debt, $685,041, 5880 is Interest-Dearing debt, mainly four per cent, ponds, and this amount is 50,000,000 more ihan the bonded indebted ness a year ago, or before the $50. 000 000 loan of last Fel rusry was issued, Treasury gold assets aggregate $131.20, . 438, against which there are gold certificates outstanding amounting te #605344 409, leony. ing a gold reserve of $64.8730U, or about £1,000 000 less than at the tims of the bond issue last February, nearly $31,000 000 less thon on July 1, 1888, and $45,000,000 less than on July 1, 1882, when the Treasury old reserves Was than ®§14.000.- 000 above the §100.900000 greenback Trea 4 reserve mark, Home ‘ pa al » 11 month, as nore iry fMieinis an ticipate a large tions at « turn the wold exy that the Yea just closed aggregated against $385 819 650 in the precedin out $89 000. sf this resulted customs re J closed only #132, p preceding ts for the vear r fuily $4, Ex parative Seventy-one m the jargs fallin which for the year st year. Internal revenue re just closed were §147,000, 000, 000,000 less than in the preceding year, peaditures for the year just wed aggre gated $566 5% 9, or $18 864 585 than be expen ng year. Be duced peasion ps r the year just closed account for more than COM PRIS. tive net reductio itures, the pen sion charges ast year De fully 818,000,000 preceding year, expenditures inst yoak were $54.357,600, or $6,000,000 more than the preceding year. Other slight com. parative decreases in civil and miscellaneous expenditures and { dians make the net redu last year, compared wit preceding you as before stated, at sms nthe nreced Lae pr i 4 this i than in the Wir Department I ——— PROMINENT PEOPLE. “Mark Twain’ shrewd bargains IT has been Dole President without an election Enxesy Losorzirow, a son who Hves in Manchester, Mass erary bent, but is a good painter Axons A, Exxasors f Hills Michigan, won first prize inter iegiate oratorioal of the Er iy guarded hereafte fstrate and detectives w him fntest Tre person to be a ‘Cexenar™ rs Commander<n-Chief of the Salvation Ars phatien papers Mur. Canxor coclined a pension because she thought Frence Aid enough when it paid her dead husbaud the homage of a national funeral, Mus. Sarvs known in the So Confederacy i save, and save it em the at be never reads the news Crarmax ( uth as ““the m died, a few day» npox-Law, the ago, ot her of | Memphis Reransexrarive Sisrey, of Pennsylvania, divides his salary among charitable institu. tions in his district, and only retains enough to pay his actual ving expenses, Coxanmssxax N, M. Conte, of the Twen« ty-second New York District, is six feet four inohes tall, but he Is shorter than Congress. man Albert Beaton Berry, of Kentueky. Bin Doxary Srewanr, who has arrived in is one of the five British field marshals, and the first ofoer of that rank to set foot on American soil, Tyosian N Reed never wears a silk hat, Be bought Lone nearly six years ago and public sentiment beneath §t for nearly a fortnight but he coulda't stand the pressure longer than that, Bxxarons Sueamax and Hoar and Senator Evarts are all related. The intter two are double cousins, both on thelr fathers’ and on their mothers’ side, and when Mr, Evarts was a youth Senstor Hoar's father was his guardian, Rurepeexrarive Baroer, of Texas, has an absent-minded way of tearing up papers while in conversation. A fow days shee fore he knew it, he had torn into litle bite an elaborate speech which he had sat up all the night belore to write, Hennznr Gravsroxs, who has come to the fore in the politioal world simee his father's resignation, Is intensely fond of the violin, He devotes an hour every morning to prantice, whether he is in town or soun- hf die Sots recreation it lawn tennds, © is not a brilliant hough be i not & Lesitiant player Teng are about 6000 Hriokl York City, of which eighty or bd of work. When employed they sarn $24 a Bn eeprom e, * un Out of 3000 st and eno-half are employed, ”, Accouwys with World's Fair concession. aires have been flnally adjusted at Resets Tom ul oro show + grand oa
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