The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-01-13
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GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS
Receipts ard Expenditures.
WASHINGTON, Januai.5s 2f--The receipts of
the government from all sources DARING the
month ended Dec. 81 We're go s225, 2s5, AID OK
pend.ures $40, 400, sa2, leaving = net gain of
50, SOB Out Of the net gain, however,
umst he paid about s,3,j00,01o for interest
upon the public debt, which will leave the
actual surplus for Decembcf 81, ,424 ,G03. The
public debt WAS also reduced during the
month TO the amount of $l3,250,@o. For the
entire calendar year Of 1887 the debt was
diminished hy aita, ,olG000, the largest reduc-
ton being iaade in June and November. when
The payments on that account aggregated
Sl6,S52, 900 and Sl6, ,s33,0o0 respectively.
NEBRASKA tNu IOWA pESsloas.
WASnISGvoN, Jan 2-1'hc following pen
slons have been granted Ncbraslans Me&is
can wnr-Char}cs c. Rcdnorc, Lincoln.
Orisinal-David w. HOPKINS, Dewitt In
crcasc-ThoInas Kirk, Reynolds; Charles
Jenkins, Baraaa John Rcgan, Hansen.
itIsitES i'i ipSdllS. ISplSt, lHllltT pt
Matthew p Tcnuant, Mt Ayr. original--
Leonard Denccn, Adel Alexandria s. Cisney,
Extra Incrcase-i,co. w. Crcath, Agency.
Elias Hoffman, Ninton: Francis NJ Smith.
Leon; Peter IL. Long, Ottumwa; James
Stecle, 0rtonville; Ahner Allison, Walkcryillc.
There were Ii, ,003 applications for increases.
of pensions fled This month. the greatest
Id ~,
MONEY FoH KEoKuK.
Sery.tnrv srchild sent TO the house com
.nlttee his reeonncn, ation that $4,000 be eH-
pcndea !. completing the go,"rhnen' hulid-
ing 1T kcoEJf:.
orr WOOL TRsDt: &tS,i RtssA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 THE United States
consni 1t Taessr; Russia, has made Il special
report TO the depaftfilti,t If sta'c in regard TO
the wool trade between southcfii i."ssia and
tie United States The conclusions oi TIC
re,.,yt which is contained in Il pamphlet OF
falty-tyc 1.4?ssc+, are briefly stated rs follows:
That the wool trade ba'-..n south Russia
and the United States has been caii't.' on for
i twenty years. greatly To the dctrment of TIE
revenue OF the United States. All of the wool
ship,,rd from south Russia Ia the United
] STATES Is .itc propcr!y of -four American I'M
/ porters. 'finse Importers in combination
/ with shippers, have tttssEssa ifeHent the
recognition Of the market price fer so-cailed
( ,lonskoi washed t.onls al Roston on Don. All
/ of these woods are, and rt"r have been,
secured wcpis. These woods have in iIiapy In
an cs ents.s., .i,s United States ut the low
4 dnty limil, % cents, etiie-, again n; the high
duty Is cents when all should have pad anty
AS secured woods. The frard ient designation
OF t'.-st. ynas has benct.tt2l American i'm
porters and bees corresponding loss to hon
est wool merchants and to the ttii,"1 States
government. That this loss will reach ite'
tween 5000 GOO and so, ,0100 00A is very prob
able The report further snys that The
charges in lie inse,re. ss wool shipped tro:H
Odessa and Rostotf are iafse ard i3tra-
,iuccd for the purpose Of ctefrautl!ng the Ieye-
nue-that is. tie emissions charged are never
paid as commissions; tIiat ;i.c lcaitinete and
proper charges have been excessive; inst the
gross weight in an invoice has caused great
loss of revenue, aid been successfully Prae-
ticcd for many wears; that the insciests "f the
United States requires The permanent closing
of the RostoG consular agency, and that a
saIaricd consul should be sent to kosioI-on-
Don
bills TO RE OFFERED FOR OPENING THE siorN
rs.FnvATIoN TO SrTILEMEST-1nE PROS
rEcTs.
WAsnycToy, Jan. 4,-7.iofiu II, King says
that he believes that a bill Will be reported NJ
an early day from the senate comnittce on
Indian affairs that will suit both houses and
effect the opening of thc Sioux reservation
, The other members ni the Indian atrairs CON
mittrc are going to take Il hand In The con
strliption of a bill this year, and some df tlic
features of both the Jones and til Old Dave
bills will be adopted. In the house Peel, 0.
, Arkansas, who will probably be chairman O
the Indian affairs committee. has prepared
: bill which he VIII Introduce at the eaIles
, possible moment 1t pmtakes of the feature
of the bills above mentioned, hit adhercs /;
provides for the opening Of i2,100 squar
miles between the White and CheycnncriYcrs
allowing the lower Brule Indians to select an
!, other agency. It adopts The school provision
of The Jones senate bill, which Dawes old bii
. did not contain. II is rot unlikely that l.
:, both houses the bills finally adopted VIII b
reconstructed hy the committees, and no sir
gle measure 10 be introduced win be accepte
bodily King, Kleiner and Petiigrcw haT
=, settled down here for the winter to work fo
the best measure that can he secured. The
are To have al interview with CommisSonc
, Ait}1in pretty soon, and hope 10 get from hii
Recommendation that the reservation i
:, opened without waiting for the c@asent of tll
Indians.
> ABOUT THE TERRITORIES.
u Delegate Joseph, Of New Mexico, who ha
been rneniherof the committee on tcrsitorie
and will again serve on that committee, toda
q expressed the opinion that this congress woul
pass IA enabling act to- four terrtores-
} DAKOTA Montana, New Mexico and Washing
ton. Hcsays that the general feeling IN cor
sTess is tia. these tarritories should be a
. mitt-A 10 statehood, bu. shat Utah ID ret !
fiji to become state 20 loag az the oiormo
hierarchy holds the territory. He added til;
j none of these territories would be admitted
time to vote Cor president, but would be pc
lie mitted to come In shortly a!terthe PRESIDENT.
election. He has made the situation a spcci
y study, and has sounded members of bo,
at parties upon It, and his Judgment is that of
IT man who is not likely 10 take too rosy vie
J, of things. Mr.. Joseph cxprasscs the opiuic
d That q rev territory, Oklahoma. viii be fori
Is I'd, and that No Nuns Land viii be alicl
it, He thinks the latter could not Dc annex,
N 70 any other territory OF state With prophet;