The morning call., 1891-10-02
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Monthly Statement Of the Coun-
try'S Finances.
Decrease Of twenty-five Millions in The
Interest Bearing Debt.
Instructions to the MINIS Concerning Bullion
Purchases Justice Field Declines to
Hear a Telegraph Suit.
special to THE MORNING CAtL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The public debt
statement issued to-day shows that the in
teIest-bearing debt decreased S25 504, 700,
and the debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity increased S7,5l5, $40 during
the month of September. The total cash
in tie Treasury is S741, ,66S 2O9 SO. The fol-
lowing is recapitulation: Interestbearing
debt S5S5, ,024, 720; decrease during the
month, S25, ,5O4, 700; debt on which interest
has ceased since maturity, S9,127 ,29O; in
crease, S7,515, $40; debt bearing no interest.
$3.50, 1S3, 1913; decrease, SS33,05S; aggregate
interest and non-interest- bearing debt,
1884, 335, ,JO3; decrease, S1S,S ,23S; aggre-
gate debt, including certificates and Treas
ury notes. S1.534. 1925
Cash in Treasury: Gold coin and bars,
s944, ,974. 100; silver dollars subsidiary, bars
and trade dollar bars, S4O9, 161, ,S26; paper
currency, $50, ,933, ,3j9; bonds, minor coin.
disbursing officers balances, deposits in
national banks, etc. S21, ,597, 1888; aggregate,
S741, ,GG8, 200. Demand liabilities, gold. silver
and currency certificates and Treasury
notes, S64. .251, 130; disbursing officers bal
ances, fund for the redemption of uncur-
rent bank notes, drafts. etc, S46,S73, 4s3;
gold reserve, 500. 10000; net cash balance,
s44, 9S7, g6S 81; aggregate. S741, 66S, 2O9 Cash
balance in Treasury. August 3lst.
S160, 0,274. 39i; cash balance, September 30th.
S144, 1851, $685. decrease during the month,
S15,2S6 426.
SUIT OVER A TELEGRAPH LINE.
In an ante-roOm of the Supreme Court
this morning at IL o'clock Judge Dillon and
Judge Faggart, attorneys for the Western
Union Telegraph Company; Charles H.
Twees aud Harvey 5. Brown representing
the Southern Pacific Railway Company, e.
S. PillSbury and William c. HaZeldine rep
reSenting the Atlantic and Pacific Com
pany, Attorney General Miller and Charles
H. Aldrich, of Chicago, special counsel en-
ploycd by the Government, met expecting
that Justice Field acting as Circuit Justice
for the California circuit. would hear the
arguments in the important suit in
stltuted by the Central and Southern
Pacific railroads and the Western
Union Telegraph Company against the
Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company,
to set aside the lease and sale of the
railroad and telegraph line between the
Needles and Moiave, AriZ., made by the
Central Pacific Company to the Southern
Pacific, and to annul the contract between
the Western Union and Southern Pacific con-
corning the operation of this telegraph line.
Attorney Pillsbury was the first to argue,
but he had not proceeded far when Justice
Field interrupted, and said he must decline
to sit in this case, giving as reason that
his brother, Cyrus w. Field, and another
brother had been stockholders in the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. Counsel
for the defendants, together with MIR.
Aldrich, acting for the Government, ex-
pressed belief that Justice Fields decision
could not be influenced in the least by this
fact, aud were quite willing for him TO sit
in Judgment. but Justice Field positively
declined. 1t is thought that the ease may
be heard by some other Supreme Court
Justice, but it has not been decided as yet.
M'MILLAN's STATEMENT DOUBTED.
The attention of Mr.. Ho of the Chinese
Legation was called to dispatch from San
Francisco relating to the statement of one
Mcmillan, which, it is said. throws light on
the murder of thrtY-fOur Chinese miners in
Oregon four years ago. He said the lega-
ton here mad not received any notice of the
statement. If Vice-Consu Bee OF San
Francisco had received such statement as
reported, he would make thorough investi-
CATION of the matter and report its results
to the Legation at Washington. If Ii throws
any light on the tragedies, the Minister will
bring it to the attention of the State De-
partment and ask for the punishment of the
perpetrators Of the outrages and enmpensa-
ton for the losses suffered. When the
tragedies occurred four years ago, said Mr..
Ho, the Minister called the attention of the
United States GOyernmentt0th them and asked
Tor the punishment Of the murderers, but
nothing was done, as the State officers to
whom the request was referred were unable
to discover them.
PoSTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
The following Postmasters were appoint
ed to-day: At Addington, Lassen County,
W. Linton, vice Z. E. Burch. resigned; Big
Dry Creek, Fresno County. G. c. Halstead.
vice W. NJ. ShOrtrdge, resigned; Little
River MpnIOpinn Cnnuhs VII
A. +. Mahlmann, removed; Manchester,
MendOcino County, NJ Sherwood, vice w.
Z. Umphray, removed; Martins Ferry,
Humboldt County, NJ. A. MeKinnOn, vice
c. Dowds. deceased; Philo, Mendoeno
County, c. NJ. Brown, vice G. Prather, re-
moved; Port Kenyon, Humboldt County,
c. III. Mathers, vice j. r. Deasaux. re-
moved; Woody, Kern County, L. X. Hooper,
vice E. E. Grnnell, resigned.
By direction of the Secretary of War. the
boards OF officers convened al places and by
order from this Office h-reinbefore specified
for examination of officers to determine
their fit ess for promotion are dissolved,
viz: Fort Grant, Ariz, convened June 8,
1891; Fort Apache, Ariz., convened August
4, 1891.
BUYING FOREIGN GOLD.
The Director of the Mint, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Treasury,
has issued instructions to SuperntendentS
of the Assay Office at New York that in
cases of deposits of foreign gold or bars,
such approximation of their value as in the
discretion Of the Superintendent may be re-
garded safe. not tn exceed 80 per cent Of
value, be paid, pending the melt and assay.
The purpose of this regulation is to en-
courage, as far as can be legally done by the
Government, the importation of foreign gold
into the United States by allowing importers
the spot cash value for foreign gold as soon
as received, instead OF requiring them to
wait while the deposits are being melted
and the exact gold determined.
REPORTS DENIED.
The Bureau of American Republics de-
nies the authenticity of the sensational re-
ports teegraphed from the City of Mexico
to the newspapers of San Francisco and st.
Louis concerning the political disturbances
in Guatemala and elsewhere in Central
America, and states that there is apparent
ly an organized attempt upon the part of
certain correspondents in Mexico to mis-
represent the political and commercial con-
dition of the Central American Republics.
NEW PENSIONS.
Pensions have been issued to Henry Tay-
lor, George A. John, William c. Piatt,
Daniel E. Hill, Timothy b. Taylor, Edward
L. Bissell. Henry Th0man. Abram Hopper.
Juliet G. B0wley, Elizabeth Hostrawser, p.
Huldah, E. Speakmau, Mary Kinsey, Susan
James, Charlotte S. Pierce and Joel Wood.
APPOINTED LAND COMMISSIONER.
Ex-Governor E. j. Ormsbee of Vermont
was to-day appointed Land Commissioner
in Samoa vice Henry G. Ide, resigned.