Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-06-13
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THE INTERNATIONAL SILVER CONFERENCE.
Washington advices under date OF
June 18th, state that Secretary Evarts
has received cable dispatches announc-
ing that France and Italy have accepted
the invitation of the United States to
be present at the International None
tary Conference. Secretary Evarts says
that this settles beyond doubt the ques-
ton of holding the Conference. The
acceptance of France, Russia, Greece,
and Italy will possibly cause all the
Great Powers of Europe to participate
Austro-Hungary is expected to accept,
and, while the cabinet in England is di-
vided, Secretary Eyarts says tonight he
would not be surprised if Great Britain
should finally accept. The place for
holding the congress has not been de-
cided, but it is thought Paris will be Sc
lected.
TOBACCO.
G. G. Spalding, of the lalge tobacco
firm of Spalding & Merrick, called at
the White House on Saturday with
Gov. Thomas L. Young, of Ohio, and
met with a cordial reception. Spald-
ing discussed the tobacco question
to some extent, but the indications
are that the representations of the
tobacco men will have little effect in
Washington, as the bill for the reduc-
ton of the tax seems doomed. Spald-
ing's firm stands on the treasury books
as paying nearly 100000 tax annually
to the government. Other taxpayers
are here urging reduction.
THAT 100000
Advices from Washington of the 9th
says the bill providing for the payment
of the award made by the fisheries COM
mission at Halifax, under treaty of
Washington, which passed the senate
provides that s., 800, 900 in gold coin be
appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated and
placed under the direction of the presi-
dent with which to pay to the govern
ment Of Her Brittanic Majesty the
amount of the award by the fisheries
commission lately assembled at Halifax,
in pursuance of the treaty of Washing
ton, if after correspondence with the
British government on the subject of
the conformity of the award to the re-
quirements of the treaty, and to the
terms of the question thereby submit
ted to the commission, the president
shall deem it his duty to make payment
without further communication with
congress.
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
circulation -. ..............SS4 SS4 9s5, $50
Bonds to secure public deposit.... I3 S5S, coo
week ending to-day y- ........ 732, 900
U. s. bonds held for circulation with
drawn week ending to-day........ 643, coo
National bank circulation-oustand-
ing currency notes ......... 322, 561, 1856
Gold notes. /, 432, 100
Interna! Teyenue...... ............ 299, 795
Customs. ...-............... ........ 500, 309
Receipts-national bank notes for
week ending to-day, compared
with losses for same period last year
1877. .............. 7498, 600
1873. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s. 583, 600
Receipts to-day. ....-.......... 1,O69, 600
NOMINATED.
The president has nominated John c..
Fremont, of New York, governor of
Arizona; John 2. Hoyt, Michigan,
governor ofIdaho.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
A Washington dispatch under date of
the Sth inst. says that the sundry civil
bill reported to the house to-day con-
talns the following among other ap-
preparations: For general expenses of
District of Columbia, to be disbursed
by commissioners, $3.50, 900; for contin-
uation of public building at Chicago,
100000; Cincinnati, 100000; Evans
vile, $4,000; Grand Rapids, $4,000;
Little Rock, $4,000; Nashville, 49,
600; New Orleans, $4,000; for con-
struction of lighthouse at Thirty Mile
Point, Lake Ontario, $4,000; on STAN
nard's Rock, Lake Michigan, So, 1000;
for erection of pier headlights on
northern and northwestern lakes. S15,-
600. The general item for salaries and
supplies, ETC., for lighthouses establish
ment aggregate about s1SO,O0O The
other large items of the bill are as fol
lows: For revenue cutter service,
sS75, 1000; for signal service, s325,0O0;
for bureau, of engraving and printing,
$2G0, ,000 for maintenance of lights and
buoys on Mississippi, Ohio and Mis-
souri, rivers, S140 900; for propagation
of fish, $4,000; for Hayden survey of
territories, $4,000; for Powell survey,