Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-05
WASHINGTON.
TIE REVENUE DEPARTMENT PROS
GGUTING 4 BOSTON DISTILLERY.
to Take His Distillery And Fine
Him $50, O,OOO-Assisted Irish Immigrants
at tPhiIadelphia-nTint Statistics as to Sill
YER Coinage.
IMMIGRATION AT PHILADELPHIA.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The commission
ers of immigration at Philadelphia report
to the secretary of the treasury that 16,-
606 immigrants arrived there from Nov. Z,
1882 to June 80, 1883. Ten persons were
returned to Europe for reasons not speci-
fed, and the commissioners say of this
feature of their work that SIT is attended
with good results, inasmuch as it exerts
deterring influence on those who ander
the laws should not come to this country.
During March, April and May, 294 Irish
immigrants, evicted tenants, assisted to
come to this county by the British govern
lnent, were landed at Philadelphia" Of
these the commissioners say, "They were
without exception, strong, able bodied peo-
PIE, and compare favorably with other,
ali ems. In fact, they were better provided
FOR than many other passengers
They belonged chiefly to agricultural COM
nppities and departed for the west to en-
gage in farming. 1t is presumed they will
become good citizens and the more so be-
cause they seemed honest and hard work
ing people,"
THE IoREANs.
Upon request of the Corean embassy
tia postofice department has sent to the
stste department for the use of the en-
ba5sy, a set of postage stamps and envel-
opss now in use, and number of decu-
ments illustrative Of the workings of the
pcstofice department.
SEVERE PENALTY.
The supervising inspector, Investigating
the cause Of the explosion on the tug
Robinson, at Albany, N. Y, has taken the
testimony of the engineer of the tug, who
w,s badly scalded. He admits he screwed
deWn the ''pop" valve of the boiler be-
cause it was out of order and blew too
easily. It is thought this testimony leaves
the owners liable, under the steamboat
laws, to fine of $500 and imprisonment
not exceeding ten years.
SILVER COINAGE.
The director of the mint, Bunhard, has
prepared a statement showing the amount
of silver accumulated at the mints for
coinage into silver dollars under the act
OF '7S, with the disposition made of the
the same and showing also the profits on
coinage of silver dollars from the begin
aln of the fiscal yeer in which he became
director of the mint up to the Both of
June 1888. From his statement it appears
the silver on hand July 1st, 1878 and pur-
chased since then was 123,447,48O ounces
Of which 119,2O6,224 ounces have been
used. i'll coinage Of silver dollars
and some subsidiary coin 3O4,375
ounces have been wasted by operative Of
fcers of the minis and sold in sweepings,
leaving balance On hand July 1, 'S3 of
3,936,89l ounces. This remainder has
been weighed and verified by officers of
the treasury departmeu6. The profits on
the coinage of this silver, inoludiAg re-
payments by Adams Express company,
amount to $17 7,342, 113snf which sum, $11,-
561, ,713 was deposited in the treasury of the
United States, $35S, 1893 has been paid for
shipping silver dollars, $51,925 for loss
on sweepings cold, $71,429 for wassage
and $4S for loss On re-coinage, leaving
balance in coin in the mints July so, 'S3,
Of $l,278,5 ,579, sill of which, since that ida
has been covered into the treasury.
DIVISION OF oLEEKsH1ps.
Tha civil service commissioners have
notified the various departments Of this
city that the commissioners will make an
aDportionmsnt Of the list of persons
eligible to appointment among the several
states and territories, rs provided by the
civil service law, in advance of the certii-
casion of names to the latter for their
SO when certifoation is made
10 him the head of the department
will not be troubled to determine whether
or not the quota of state or territory has l
been filed before making his appoint
ment.
BANK CIRCULATION SECURITIES.
Secretary Folger said tonight he had
not yet expressed any opinion as to what
steps congress should take in the mat
ter of providing bond to be used by
national banks in securing circulation in
place of ths three per cents being called
in. The published statements that he had
declared himself in favor of the issue of
two per cent. long bond and Of the pur-
chase of four per cents at a premium or
the substituting for them of lower rate
bond, he said, were made
without authority; adding, it would
be absurd for him to assert any such
preference in advance of his annual re-
ports. He also said many suggestions
had been made to him en- the subject pro-
viding securities for the national banks,
and of which ho had been consider hut |