The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-24
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with the so-called Ku Klu.x *.saniA""ou, w
the ground that he was no: conn Du Gd
which, according to the decision ~ ,t tS non anv
Court OF North Carolina. may be w Hen 9or Sc NIL
deeds OF MS fellow members. The acsc rn + G II
January "a 1902 was read to him, W 'e ~ noH 70
enacted mat such plea shall not PC =. e SSSa "a
Congressional committe e but '' he SAL per
sisted in MS refusal to answer TIE cues r.
rely the constitution OF the United Stat e. rae 10,
than an act Of Congress- He was then iLroymett
is next meeting, when is expected Congress win
take cognZancc OF the case and order his ares i1r
Committee held meetings to-day The sub-coL Y
mlttee FOR the Carolinas, Georgia aud Florida
committee for tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi
VIII meet at HUNTSVILLE Ala, october 5.
Meeting of Steamboat Inspectors.
Secretary Boutwell, day ordered the supervising
inspectors OF steamboats, to assemble In this city on
the ath OF October, to indicate certain equipments
under the new law, which they failed to 10 at their
session in June last More explicit ana rigid rules
for the guidance and government Of inspectors Of
hus and boilers VIII be engrafted into the series
recently framed. number OF important questions
that have since the terrible steamboat caiam-
lilies will be submitted for their consideration and
action.
The Sanitary Condition Of the City.
The contractors having the dredging OF the canal
In charge prosecuting the work without regard
TO sanitary laws or measures. The consequence Is
that malaria spread all along the line of the canal,
where large number OF poor people live, and in
families there six and seven persons seri-
ousy i'll with miasmatc disease. Board Of Health
IL holding sessions two three times week, bur
DO not consider II OF enough importance to pro-
hibit the contractors from carrying on the work.
Caring for the SoiIed Doves.
The Daily Chronicle says, with reference to the
meeting last night under the auspices OF the
Women's Club -A''-' -'''A''
The han was full. On the main moor were ladies
apd gentlemen representing the most enlightened
Society In the CITY, Portions or the galleries, and
especially the space back OF the seats and near the
main door, were crowded with habittes OF the
houses for the ultimate suppression OF which the
meeting was called. There was TO De seen the slick.
respectable clerk and business man peering
@ roua the waS whom 81 the Oo ve
In disgraceful disturbance OF the proceedings
OF the meeting. All classes Of society, all profes-
ception. were represented. The exception was the
metropolitan police. The editor says the speech OF
some might say TOO plain, but it was at once
philosophical and pungent. Mrs. Spencer was
ssa e W one
Will help the cause.
The National Republican heads its account thus:-
''Spencerian women's Circus"-"Another perform
ance last night"-"Large audience plenty OF fun,
but very little money" &C., and says
The gathering was made up OF about one hundred
women and about eight hundred men, the greater
portion OF whom had dropped IN either because
there vas nowhere else to go or because OF an idle
curiosity Some, 1t Is true, were there because OF
earnest sympathy with the movement, but they were
numerically SO weak that they could have easily
been seated in one Of the ante-rooms OF the hall.
This might have been done with profit TO the club,
as thereby the members would have spared them
the uttcrances OF indecency aud the contempt
the evening. In the name or the virtue and decency
e sna IN ssse ws ana a a an
city shall no longer be dlsgraced by these I'M
wOmeny women.
Pensioners of the War Of 1912.
The total number Of claims for pensions under
the act granting pensions for services In the of
1872 filed in the Pension Bureau TO date, is 32,475.
The total number Of certificates Of pensions ISSUED
to survivors up to date is 4s7s and 5a3 certificates
have been issued to widows during the week end
ing September %. Certificates have been issued as
follows-To lnvalds. 26l; widows, 1853; survivors
and widows OF the war OF 1872, 533; total, 947.
Japanese Officials In Search Of Light.
JungerO Hosokama, one OF the Ministers Of the In-
terror OF Japan and Samro Tokok, OF his SUITE
at the Internal Revenue Bureau this morning, max
ing inquiries OF Commissioner Douglass and Deputy
Commissioner Williams about the internal revenue
service In this country.
Collection OF the Intcrnnl Revenue.
Commissioner Douglass notified the internal reve-
nue. collectors that on and after october Is prox.
they Will proceed collect all In their hands,
the collection OF which is now suspended by order
OF the internal Revenue Once. provided the said
order OF suspension not renewed prior TO that
date.
New Quarters for the Department Of Justice.
The Department OF Justice leased to-day for a
term OF years ali OF the rooms except those the
ground floor, In the new building erected by the
Freedmans Saving Bank on Pennsylvania avenue,
directly opposite the Treasury Department and will
take possession on the 18th OF October vacatng
the quarters now occupied by the Solicitor General
on street and the apartments of the Attorney
General In the southeast corner Of the Treasury
building. The new quarters Will enable the Attor-
ney General 10 have about him all OF the oDcers
proper of the Department. The law library will
also be removed to the new building.
Trensary Balances.
The following the balances IN the Treasury at
the close OF business todayCon, $s5, 544 o34; cur.
rency, IS, 3O9 Gill; coin certificates, SIS, 1888
Currency Statement.
The receipts OF fractional currency for the week
ending to-day amount to S2565OO. shipments
fractional currency, s4e2, 200; notes, $l,23e,5Oo
The Treasurer holds in trust security for
national bank circulation, $a65, 3ss,soo; and for
public deposits, Sl5, 5l9,4 400.
Mutlated notes burned during the week. s4S7 $50;
bank currency issued for bulls destroyed during the
week. s6s2 2oO. Total amount issued therefor.
500, T24, s4s.
Bank circulation outstanding This date,
s323, e56,375.
Internal revenue receipts to-day, s2l7,956. Total
for ascai year TO date, s33, ga, 036.
Duty ON Ginger Wine.
The Treasury Department to-day decided that the
article commonly known as ginger wine, imported
from Canada, is not in any sense VINE, having only
a trace of alcohol, and That 1t Is only subject to
duty OF twenty per cent ad vaorem. IL has hereto
fore been taxed sixty cents per gallon.
New Mail Routes Established.
The Postmaster General to-day ordered an extern
SION OF the mail service the Detroit Lansing and
Lake superior Railroad from Lansing TO Detroit,
eighty five miles, aiording now regular daily ser
miles, including all way stations. mail service IS