, 1870-12-03

State Department Statistics.
Reforms in the Consular Branch
Of the Service.
Brigham Young and the Na
tional Tax Collector.

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tional Tax Collector.
Special pexp.seht to 7he Chtc.So Ttihonu4
STATE DEPARTMENT s1ATlsItca.
WAsHISCroS. Dec. e.-The Secretary cf S.1E | !
,eers 10 be the only Cabinet oticer under the |
government who ii relieved from The annual zn1-
ety nf writing report, snd then having 1t stolen
befo1e he even reads the ploof-sheets himself.
For this R1eat relief he Il taankful;' and. II \
token thereof, furnishes. Er2tuttcnsly, some H.
ssEesting Statistics relating to hts department.
The rAJ rcl Of our ratio1al representatives
abofd for the last nscal year foosa ur As follows:
salartes, $50, ,742; contingent expenses, s546s!;
leas " exchange, sll,s0'. Total, $780,
qs1- There hare been several reforms
ln the consular branch Of se1E1ce, and It u now
more than sels-srstaintng. Durtng the last fiscal
gear the total amount Of feea collected and ac-
counted for By 1s2 CousnlRtea WAS 1854 SO. The |
years. salaries paid amounted to tss o59: the loss
bJ exchange Was - 93i; leaving IN excess Of tees
over kalAE1fs and Losses In exchange Of 81, 'ok-
F1tor 10 the war the most profitable Consulate wAs
that Of Paris. tue fees tec.tved there during the
nscal year amounting to s., ,1eo while the salaries
were but S7,ala. The years fees at Liverpool |
we're $s7 s57. and rhe salaries $sl,:lA |
Al Manchester the fees were 81, ,sa5, aud the
ea1aues s3,ssa. At London, fees $lsc.0sa:
salaries, ss,75a Navana-Fees, Sts.so5: eal1stes,
t71tst ShvfleiI-Feet, *l6,sa3: salaries, $s.'6s.
There Con4uletcs exhibit the most favorable
showing. At the bottom Of the 1lst stands Mos
cew. where the fees were ~. and the .a.artes,
&, ,2ss DnndIsi-Fees. $50: halarte., se,oes Al
T1ipolt and Tunis the1e WIS not dollhf in fees
collected, ~hl:c the salaries at each place were
ta,ceo- Thta department has TO engage and pay
interpreters and guards for cousulates in Turkey.
China, Japan, and SIAN. besides keeping up p,is-
ous tht r. for American criminals At an annual
expense Of s, ,0e0 and Consular courts which cost
$4,000 more.
BUIlERs ALABAMA sF1Ecu.
1tsppears that the Assis ant Secretary Of State
f:ankcu copies Of Dnt!et'a speech at Boston on
the Alabama claima 10 members OF The various
foreign legations here. The fact leaked out IN 4
conversation with an attache Of one Of the lcga-
tlons, who innocetrly desired to know what It all
ncant The general impression atnopT diplomats
is that the anatnikt' alton either Inspired or en-
| doszes the views expressed therein.
1Hk CkSsrs OF BALTIMORE,
! ordered ty the City Courci to be taken hy the
| pol.re force. was completed yesterday, and L.
fo1mal returns show total population OF ss5s7B,
an Increase Of l5s16 oEer the Eeturos mnle by tnr
ebuU citation. and decrease Of 1907 IN the re-
| su.ns made by the CITY Census Commissioner Of
1868. who then made the population ss2,1ss. Bai-
timcrc Is still dissatisfied, and wauts another
| count
| RRidUAN AND THE TAX COLLECTOR.
Last December the Assessor Of Internal Reye-
nue. for the Territory OF Utah assessed Bingham
Young ns Trustee fur the Chufch Of tie Latter Day
Saints an Income Of 7,saa, to which he added =
penalty Of $1s,779.a0. Young appealed from the
sesnent, asking to have 1t aoated a erroneous,
ind making txo rol.s against It, IN giving the
MORMON view Of the case: First. that the trust
| fund WIS a voluntary offering, and consequently
net taxsb'e ~ lccoue. The next point was thai
II 1t WAS taxable, they had been relieved
BY the act OF July II, ls:oa g,viog
exemption every nve pe.sopa living IN religious
crmrnnnttirs teld ng property tn COMMON. Tnt
polnt Of voluntary c1ef1rE WAS decided agaius
Bltrtam Younz Al trustee, by Acting Commits
st per Ut uetsss, because Of the fact that punish
1Ecn:G, such - ekcommunicatton ard otherwise
. sre ncted cut to those who refuse II pa,
ii Lngs, which deprive tald offerings Of ali voiuu
, | tary character. On the second point, In whic1
1tey claim to come within the law exempt
| iuK Common property. It was shown hy the gov
| ernmeut that the property was not held Ia coz,
] mou, as required bJ The terms Of the law, wh!c
= sayA the property from which the tncou
a1tst T. and The income, shall be held Jointly a1
In coEmon. The matter has been pending 1
tic Internal Revenue Bureau for very nearly sn
! | year and to-day was dec,ded by Acting Comni!
s.ensC Douglass In favor Of the government a I
the tax, but relieving Young from tho pcnait,
Instructions Will be sent 10 Collector Hollister
J, collect 1Ie tax
4 cHEcK2AfE
ID Secretary HoutWeA has checlmatcd parties vi
desired to 1Eeke 1e1n!ttauccs OF cash from Eaa
70 eFn elites to the South and West free OF cost
themselves BY using tic Treasury Department
The plan WAS to get together to-
and defaced currency and foETa
s. 1t to Washington with Instructions to sel
T. value thereof In new hills to pace TO which ii
desired to remit funds. THIS rot only wrong
the department ~ making II pay express ch21G
hut the exrreHs companies who carry the mon
re 1T lne dc. as1mett Al nall the us0Al rat
H. HeEceftfth the value OF INITIATED and sal
1T currency viii tn15 be It sted back to the sentf
Of EDUCATIONAL
.es Several PERSONS In taTof Of a national system
he educstion have lately had interviews with
Pttsi'An', Tor the purpose OF urging h!tn to rtco
hr mend appropriations IN his forthcoming meass
W to secure tie plan. The pres1den: did not tn
u In. sao hc rnuh tatr II m
nm oon.,.ars,to, W. =, ~ ~ ,,a Ms,., ~ =
N. conseoon 80 -. ~ ms saa ,s,, ~aa
wi for printing. lie KEEP, 1t nnter lock and rey &C
/, secure the inst reading rhereo, to conrr,
lns sra that IT embraced about all The topics wn
were OF special Interest TO the country nj the p'
+ ent time
uoRsE kat1BoAp PROJECT.
| Y-racr +hs Ivnnatr. ~ fhs er,,It of en.nrn,
c. LnoeI 1as tsnps.o. .. .ns sp'n. y. su'erpt
en- Hnsca ea1pl.ses ~ esea .ne.asee% 'ae ela1ens
IS. 1,e,,.,e. rrnaT;no renns1ly.n min .vennr v,h W.
Cleaning cut The san,! erecting new ma,
not nooss, aua cs'annsahs sal!soaA connectl
In al' directions. 1t is now proposed
At. unite B1adenthurS With the ctty By me
OF horse railroad. The subscriptions Of stock
thts ,at,er nro4ect arr nour.nv in ran,d1v
wncn ,nc nr,ner a,nnnnf IA .nhscrthe,, ~ -
rcscd to t,eRtn work. and contractors under,
70 comntets it in ! few months. me can