Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-12-08
From Washington.

THROUGHOUT the United States and Can
ada the business failures during the seven
days ended on the :S0th ult. numbered 22G,
against 2-2 the previous week. The distri-
button was as follows: New England States,
~: Middle, 10; We stern, 80; Southern, A.;
Pacific States and Territories, 2G; Canada
and the Provinces, 81
SECRETARY TELLER in his annual report
ON the :;Uth ult. said he believed that the
annual warfare between the Indians and
the whites could be ended by judicious
measures, and recommended permanent
reservations commensurate with the num-
Der Of tribes, the discontinuance of cash
;lnuIIi: les, and the establishment of manual
labor schools for the young. He urged that
white a.iventurcrs lie imprisoned for at
tcmpts t. invade Indian Territory.
TIE Federal Commissioner of Railroads
liz his report issued on the Goth ult. showed
that four subsidized Pacific companies
owed the Government Sln2,II6,5l2
THE puhlic-Iieht s. statement for November is
as follows: Total debt tincIuding interesO
$i.S1i, ,IJI, 30. Cash i'll Treasury, S:64, 1885,
Il:;. Debt, less amount i'll Treasury, 81 ,509,-
80, 81. Decrease during the month, ST.
I2I j.i. Decrease since June -, 1855,
III :3i6, 1iG.
W. W. kEIFER. of Ohio, was nominated
for Spenkc: ;,t Il Republican Congressional
caucls i'll Washington on the afternoon of
the Isl. In the evening the Democrats met
and l.oniiuatcl John q. Carlisle, of Ken
rucky, for Speaker, on the first ballot, the
vote being Carlisle, 1Ui: ,mual j. Ran
,la.I, of Pennsylvania, -: and Samuel S.
Cox, of New York, 81. NJ. Cariislc's NOM
ination was made unanimous. John b.
Clarke, of Missouri, was nominated for
Clerk: John i. Lcrdom, of Ohio, for Ser
rrant-at-ArmS: J. G.. Wintcr>mith, of Tex
aS, for Doorkcerer; Lycargu~ Dalton, of
Indiana, for PoStmIster, and X ~. John ).
Lindsay. OF Washin ton for Chaplain.
TtIEEE were 7,.GS, ,o6i silver dollars i'll
the Treasury at " a>hiI.-ton on the 1st, an
increase during the month of November of
I,1:s2-'o). Thu was ou.stan ling against
this fund nearly SSS Ob0,UOD in certificates,
an increase for iii" past month of nearly
$500 ,nO1, and since July of SI4,o0o,0OO.
The rnl,s coin and gold bullion fund WAS
S1IG, 81. 81 an increase since November 1
OF nearly >7,ooD,0)o.
The report issued on the 1st by General
Dumunt, Supervising Inspector of Steam
Vessels. shows that during the past
y-ar there th;rty-four accidents;
lives los, PSI; passengers carried, 4.5,
Cnu,Fnl OF which number one in 1,.JO, 900
perish Il.
IL the annual report of Walter Q.
L
tie lst, the revenues for his department
for the fiscal year are given at sd, JOB ,69o,
being 81. .0oI PSI in excess of cost. There
were, IL So; poSt-oflices, ana the number of
uoStuuSte:s appointed by the President
was :. .1a5. The Postmaster-G General recon-
meulS the passage of an act to exclude
from the mails any newspaper containing
Il lottery advertisement. Il
TIE annual report of Robert 7. Lincoln
Secretary of War. issued on the 1>t shows
an expenditure for the year of 80, 19l ,oo5.
His estimate for 1SSj $iiaS'i,.oj. The
number of dcsertions from the army for
the past wear was nearly 5000. One sol
tIicr was killed and nine wounde i'll actual
war are. Attention especially III
vitcd To the dcfcnsclesS condition of the
sea coast and lake frontiers, and the inn
Tortanrc of aiding il the formation of vol
untccr militia companies.
TUE Patent Office has recently refused
patents clock dials having twcnty-four
hours on the face, it being known that III
IIiI Il watch made on the face OF
which the hours from one to twenty-four
appeared on two concentric circles
The United States mints during Novem-
Der coined an aggregate of S5.S2i,9lD, OF
vhic! ! $50 900 were silver dollars.
DURING the week ended on the 1st the
exchanges at twcnty-seven leading clear
in--hnuses in the United States aggregated
500. 40, ,SS4, against 500, I2,,963 the pre-
vio;iS wcet, indicating a general decline
in business throughout the country.
RurINSoN LOCKE, of Toledo, o., the eldest
son Of Petroleum V. Nasty, has been ap
pointed ,.y President Arthur United States
Consul III Ncwcastle-on-Tyne, Eng.