The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-08
WASHINGTON.

Inc estimated expenditures OF the fOSt-
Office department for the fiscal year Will exc
coed the receipts by $3.O00,000.
During the month of July the coinage ex-
ecuted by the United States minis aggre-
gated 2,449 500 pieces, representing in value
S4.S21 900.
The secretary of the Interior has appoint
Robert +. Carpenter of Forv Dodge Iowa,
superintendent of the Yellowstone Park, TO
succeed p. ii. COnger, resigned.
The number of immigrants who arrived
for the year ending June 80 was 500. S:H. be
ing 81 400 less than the preceding fiscal year
and 26O, $50 less than the year ended June
30. 1882
The secretary of war has informed the IL
dian bureau that orders have been issued to
the commanding officer OF the Division of
the Missouri to eXpel all intruders from H.
dian Territory.
The work on the new United States crujs-
ers Is being rapidly completed. The Dol
phin Atlantic and Boston are about ready
TO be launched, and the frame work Of the
Chicago nearly completed. q.
Z The Congressional investigation Of the
Soldiers Home Is now in progress at Day
ton, Ohio. The committee consists of Gen
erals Rosecrans and Slocum and Represent
ativeS Murray, Steele and Cutchcon.
Captain ll0Xie, an engineer officer of the
army, who married Winnie Ream, the Wash
Ington artist, and has managed TO remain
on duty at the capital for ten Years, finds
himself compelled TO report at Montgomery,
Alabama, to superintend improvements In
the harbOr..
The treasury department has taken steps
to defeat the scheme of a distilling cOmpa-
ny at Des MOines, which is engaged in ship
ping spirits to Canada, under an export
bond, and attempting to bring them back
into the United States without unloading
them.
The total value of the exports of domestic
Il aansNHV ii .aNs
for the six months ending June :O,was S43,-
S37, 4l9 against $54, 357, GOA for the same pc
rlOd last year; beef and pork products for
the eight months ending June 80 were $751;
570,53S against S67,679S41 for the cores
ponding time in 1883; dairy products for the
two months ending June 30 were So, 66?, 966
against $4,000, 420 for the same time last
year.
The chief engineer of the army has re-
ceived all the annual reports of the engin-
GERS in charge OF the coast and harbor de-
Tense. They assert that the Atlantic coast
and the lake fronts are in an almost de-
fenseess condition. The majority of the
defenses are falling into decay, and the ar
mament in most cases is so lar behind the
times as to be utterly worthless. General
Newton, it is understood will, in his annual
report, urge immediate provision for the adj
eQuate protection of the harborS and fOrtif-
cations of modern design.
The public debt statement for July pre-
sents no specially significant features. Tho
reduction of the debt less cash in the treas
ury is little less than 100000 OF the
$6,000,00O Withdrawn from deposit to Secure
the circulation of National banks only S4,-
100000 has been replaced, which indicates a
withdrawal of nearly that extent OF this
class of currency. There has been q very
perceptible drain upon the gold held In the
treasury as q reserve against government
notes. 1t amounts to S14, 600 900 and more
for the month, and about S23, 000, 600 since
the 1st of June. Gold and silver certificates
together now amount to about 1886 600, 900,
and these doubtless fill the place of bank
notes that have been withdrawn.
Returns of imports and exports for the
year ending June 80 last, tabulated by the
bureau Of statistics, show that compared
with theprevious year, the value OF domes-
tic merchandise exported fell off over $685.
was particularly marked, the decline being
over SAC, 600, 600 or more than 0ne-half Of the
aggregate loss. The returns from every
port except Boston show falling off In the
export of wheat. At New York the value
of wheat expectation during the year was
$50, 600 600, against $s3, 000, 600 the preceding
year. At Philadelphia there was falling
off from SIS, 600, 900 in 1888 to $S,0O0, 900; at
Baltimore from S32, 600, 900 to S23, 000, 900; at
San Francisco from S31 ,000, 900 to S25, 000,-
600. At Boston there was an increase from
gold for the year was Sls,000,0O0 in excess
OF the amount imported. VS.
At the coroner's investigation into the
United States hotel accident at Washing
ton, testimony was given showing that Bel
ding, the proprietor of the hotel, had known
for long time that the building was un-
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