Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Mysterious Loss of an 81 800 Fund--Con-
tracing Trade Dollar Coinage---New
Postal Bill, Etc.

Mysterious Loss of an 81 800 Fund--Con-
tracing Trade Dollar Coinage---New
Postal Bill, Etc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--When Mr.. New was
United States Treasurer he imposed a fine on all
banks and business firms sending packages of
money in inconvenient form for counting to
compensate the Office for the extra trouble and
time involved in counting. During his adj
ministration these fines aggregated 1900 and
the amount was turned over to his successor
Mr.. Wyman. and came into the charge of the
chief of the redemption division. In July,
1876, the attention of the Secretary of the
Treasury was called to this money and he wrote
to the treasurer suggesting proper manner of
covering it into the treasury. The treasurer
thereupon sent to the secretary list of banks
and business firms from which the sum had
been collected, but decision followed as to
| the disposition to be made of the money. Now
the 81 800 are missing and patient search in
stituted by Secretary Sherman cannot discover
the fund which was last seen in an envelope in
the safe of the then chief of the redemption
division.
NEW POSTAL BILL.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 2.-Representative Phil
lips bill to provide for funding the savings of
the people in a popular loan, and to make it
interconvertible provides for receiving savings
at postal savings banks from twenty-five cents
upward and when ten dollars have accumula-
ted on any account a postal money order is to
be issued which may be placed in a 3. Is bond
interest payable quarterly, which bond is at
option recoverable into legal tenders. The
| bonds to be issued on the postal orders in de
nominations of $40 $780, $50 and 300 by the
Treasurer of the United States and Assistant
| Treasurer, or government depository. The
proceeds are to be invested in paying six pei
| ID c,1hi fn nd
! to be held for reconversions.
/ REDUCING TRADE DOLLAR COINAGE.
The Secretary of the Treasury will not ope1
the mint of Philadelphia for coinage of trade
dollars, and will place such restrictions on tn,
western minis as will prevent their coinage TO
4 shipment east. Coinage of sufficient amour
/ to meet the actual demand for export will b,
authorized for the present or until Congress
shall have acted upon the coinage of a sill
4 yer dollar for circulation.
NATIONAL MONEY BAGS.
The treasury now holds $685. liz, O5O in U. S
bonds to secure national bank circulation, an
1913, 493, 600 to secure public deposits.
U. s. bonds deposited for circulation for tn
week ending to-day, 1917. 400. Amount with
} drawn, $780, 400. National bank circulatio
outstanding currency, notes 1920 CSC, 500. Col
notes, $143,42 Internal revenue, 1926, O6s
Customs, 1926, 725.
The receipts of national bank notes for re
demption for the week ending to-da
compared with the corresponding wee
last year: 1877, 50, 429, 900; 1873, SO, 761, 90
MISCELLANEOUS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Forty thousand bid
have been received for carrying the mails fc
, the next four years in nearly all that porto
of the United States lying west of the Missi
t sippi river and extending to the Pacific Ocea1
f The awards will be made by March Sd.
The chief ordnance has notified Gov. Colquit
of Georgia to make requisition for arms to
I, issued out Of quota due the State in July.
j PARIS, Feb. "A telegram from Cavio al
! nounces that the General Vizier Of Turkey hs
telegrayhed to the Khedive that the protocol
:. armtstice is ready for signature. The Sulta
, telegraphed the Gar accepting peace cond
tions and asking the Gar to stopth advancin
r of Russian troops The Gar replied he W;
t about to give orders to that effect,
9 PARIS, Feb. "A Constantinople dispatc
9 says the military delegates have fixed the lir
! Of demarcation. The Russians will provision
: = ally occupy Erzeroum, and Silistrea.
Wehmer Ali Pasha has been appointed con
Q mander of Pera.