The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-03
AM About the Currency.

ing Is portion Of the report of the
comptroller of the currency, the remain
der of which consists of a review of the
operations of the national banking sys-
tenn, since resumption, and an estimate
OF the amount OF currency and coin in
the country, and the amount in the na-
tiOnal, state and savings banks, and in
the hands of the people on the date of
resumption.
The statement of the coin payments
from November LIST, 1879, TO November
LIST, 1880, is not yet eompleted, but will
be ready for publication in the course of
a few days.
The amount of national banks and
legal tender notes outstanding Novem-
Der 1st, 1880, is $69S, III, 467; the aggre
gate amount of both kinds in 1879 was
1851 ,S15. $50; and in 1873, $500, 333, 1877.
In accordance with the provision that
after specie payment was resumed, the
national banks shall not be furnished
with notes of "a less denomination than
five dollars, no notes OF the denomiiia-
tons of one dollar and two dollars have
been ISSUED since January LIST, 1879; the
amount of ones then outstanding was
81, T93,S1 and of twos, $2,924 $50; total,
S7,71S,747 Since that date ones have
been reduced $2501 ,355, and twos 81
TIT $40 making the reduction of small
bank notes $4,219,025. The amount of
legal tender notes of the denomination
of one dollar out standing at that date
was SEQ, psf 100, and of twos $40, OBS, 525;
total, SAC, 292 ,634. The increase since
that date to November 1, 1880, has been
$3,49f,5S4. Thus it will be seen that
while.the small notes of The national
banks have been reduced more
than 100000 since the date of resump-
ton, the legal tender notes of the same
denominations have been increased So,
491 ,584. The total amount of these de-
nominations of both kinds outstanding
November /, 1880, is $47, 2S3. $40. Total
increase during the year, So, 365, $50. De
crease during the previous year, 3,649,-
451. OF the entire amour. of the ma
tional bank and legal tender notes now
outstanding nearly Z per cent. consists
of one and two dollar notes, more than
81 per cent. in ones, twos and fives, and
more than So per cent. is in notes of
less denomination than $50. Eighty
per cent. is in notes of less denomina-
ton than $50, and Of the entire Issue
about 20 per cent. is in denominations
of $50 and upwards. II will be impos-
sible to keep in circulation any larger
amount. of small gold coins or SILVER
dollars llnless the coinage. Of the latter
Is restricted And the snlalief notes with
drawn.
The total amount of T. S. bonds held
as securities for circulation of notes on
Nov ember /, 1880, was S359, 749,9 $50; on
October 1, 1865, the total amount held
for this purpose was $27G, 230,552, of
which $1a9, 1897 $50 was in per cents
and $40, $50, 600 in 5 per cents. On DC
tober l, 1870, the banks held $246, S91,-
800 o per cents and $e5, 942, $50 , per
cents. Since that time there has been
TO November l., 1879, a decrease of
$lS5,2l1 500 in per cent. bonds
and an increase of SOL, 1920
in ) per cents. The banks now hold
$50, 9SS, $50 AZ per cents. which have been
deposited since September !, 1876, and
$119, 075, 100 4 per cents deposited since
July /, 1871, During tiIe year 3d. 43.-
600, per cents. have been Withdrawn,
chiefly for the purpose of realizing large
premiums on these bonds, and $22. 375,-
$50 8 per cents. deposited, which will
mature in few months. The banks
still hold $1,000 of per cent. SO bonds,
and $526,900 3 per cent. 1910 bonds up
on which the interest has ceased.
Down an Embankment Ninety Feet.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Nov. GA fright.
| full accident occurred this morning, at a
| few minutes past O'Clock, on the Pitts
| burg division of the b. s. o. railroad
about thirty miles west of Cumberland
The night express from Pittsburg left
that city at $40 this morning. The
train proceeded on its way, making good
time till arriving at Sand Patch tunnel
when it was twenty-iour minutes late
When three miles this side of Sand
Patch, and while rounding the precipit
Gus curve known as Baughman's bend
I..1I,
sisting of engine, tender, baggage car
express and four passenger cars, includ
ing a smoking and sleeping car, wa!
thrown down the embankment, a dis
lance of eighty or ninety feet. Wher
the obstruction was encountered tn,
smoking Car leaped from the track anC
went entirely over the engine
ton Of the two. The terribl,
descent was accomplished in a momen
amid the most heartrending shrieks o
the unfortunate passengers. The smok
ing car in its descent made, six reyolu
lions before becoming stationary. |
was occupied by William Breace,
prominent lawyer of this city, who es
capped with few bruises; Geo. E. Pitts
of Pittsburg; small newsboy iron
Braddoek, Pa, whose name is unknown
1
sons.
The following are the killed and in
jured: Jacob Routh, fireman, wa
caught under the engine and died afte
: suffering Undesirable torture for tire
hours from scalding.- The passenger
made every exertion to rescue him from
his terrible position, but were unable I
: do so until too late to save the poor fe
; lows life. His cries are describeds heal
rending. Peter B. Riney. engineer, wa
badly, and it is feared, fatally scalded b
: the escaping steam, and now lies at tn
Queen City hotef in this city in a critics
condition. An infant was found lyin
| In the snow unhurt. The accident, it
l thought, was caused by a broken rail.
z sf The 0nkIe Joseph Horror.
SPEZZIA, Nov 2J.-The steamer Onkl
: Joseph sank almost Immediately aftG
! the collision. Two hundred persons al
; known to have been drowned and fift
: | saved. The fate of the other fifty is
1 present uncertain. Heartrending scene
: Followed tho. collision, as the Onkle j,
n seph was wanting in means to save Il
: lives OF the large number on board. EN
y witnesses of the collision say they ca
not satisfactorily explain the manner an
! cause of the occurrence. The passe
7 ger list of the Onkle Joseph shows
. total 2G4 persons on board, and the sal
4 ors numbered thirty-three. Her carr
= consisted of eighty tons or merchandise
> At the roll call of survivors thirty-fi'
q passengers and thirty-three sailors al
swered to their names. The captain al
persisted.
!, A dispatch saws: Great uneasiness
7 felt in English and American circl
"a here, as it is feared many EnglishmI
7 and Americans were passengers on boa
i, the steamer Onkle Joseph.
: A dispatch from Rome says most
:, the passengers on the Onkle Joseph we
poor emigrants from Catibrera- L
Ortigia struck the Onkle Joseph ami
a, ships while going at full speed, almC
:, cutting her in two, and the Onkle Jose
- sank in less than three minutes.
he Steamer Stranded.
ne CAPE HATTERAs. Nov. 26.-The schot
er L. ]. d. Fisk, of Bath, Maine, G.
We Snowdcn, master, from New York
en- Port Royal, stranded on the outw5
Diamond shoai at s 80 p. IN. on Move
Der %. The crew, consisting of sey
men, dashed themselves in the rigging
D. m. on the Esd. Captain Snowd
and seaman G. r. Lewis washed oy
board and drowned. At $3.50 the m
fell and the vessel broke into pieces.
G. Snowden and w. NJ. Snowden cot
on piece Of plank, leaving three 9th
upon the bow OF the wreck. At sun
n. w. NJ Sncwden died from cold {
washed of the plank, and st 80 a.
n on the 25th, G. G. Snowden, the o
zee survivor, landed on the beach one n
"o north of this station and walked to
lot lighthouse keeper. Snowden had b
III on the sea about ten hours and drli
ck $50 miles.
as Claims Of the cOlOred People.
- New York, Nov. 24-The colo
he neople of this state are about to issue
nd address, which will nc sent to the pr
he dent elect, Garfield, asking that he
Id. cognize the colored race in q more s
I'd stantlal way when he assumes his pl