River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-10
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE statement of the public debt is
sned on the LIST showed the total debt to
be 81. $50. 96i. 695: cash in the treasury,
s14s. $50. 10: debt less cash in the treas
urv. s79s 604. 945. Decrease during No
VEN Der. =. $40. I39.
+ RoF. r. MENDENHALI. chief of the
United States geodetic and coast sur
vey. in his report concerning the In
diana-Ohio boundary line. shows that it
is one mile east of its proper place,
thus giving Ohio nearly 100 square
miles Of Indiana territory.
THE Window two-dollar certificates
were issued. No / was allotted TO Mrs.
Window.
THE first assistant postmaster gener-
al in his annual report shows that at
the close of tfe last fiscal year there
were 2.9s4 presidential post offices in
the United States. The gross receipts
amounted to $50. 3O5 OF, being an in
crease of 81, ST.. $50 over the previous
year. The aggregate expenditure for
compensation to pOstmasters amounted
10 sl4. 526.9S9
AN order by the postmaster general
directs that all promotions of clerks
III TIC MY bDNA 0AA4AES INV AAAtAEE the
civil service law and rules he made only
after a competitive examination.
TREASURER NEBEKER in his annual
report to Secretary Foster on the opera
tions and condition of the treasury
says the net ordinary revenues of the
government for the past fiscal year
were S3g3. 6I2. 447.3G. or $40, 46s. SIS. 81
less than those of the year before
The net ordinary expenditures. ex-
elusive of the amounts paid in premium
on bonds purchased. were S355. 372.-
SSH The postal revenues amounted
to So. 7s2. pos. IS and the expenditures
TO ST. .5s1.65. The reduction eff
fected during the year in the principal
Of the bonded debt was SIG. $40. 27s
The amount of money in circulation
was sl.6.6.O 7s. lO2. The disbursements
during the year were 1871. 126. 376. -,
leaving balance of sT26. 223. S32 90.
COMPTROLLER Lacy in his annual re-
port shows that during the year ended
October 81 last 1913 new banks were or
gained, with an aggregate capital OF
80. 700. coo. The number of banks in
operation was 2.694. having in capital
stock sGs4. 75S. Sos. The affairs of 102
insolvent banks were finally closed.
IL his annual report Commodore Fol-
ger. chief Of the bureau of ordnance
estimates the expense of the bureau
Tor the next fiscal year at S4.7sl. POI, OF
which total the sum of s., ls6, 80 is to
ne applied toward armament Of new
vessels authorized to be built.
PosTMAsTFK GENERAL WANANAKER
IN his annual report shows that. in
spite Of the fact that over 81. 900. OO0
worth OF lottery revenue has been
lost during the last year. the postal de
felt Of s., 000. 900 is surely disappear
ing Mr. WaDamaker favors postal
telegraph. telephones and a postal
savings system. and thinks penny post
age will be demanded in the near
future. and shows how newspapers
may lie transported free from July /.
Isa.
The business failures in the United
stat = during the seven DAYS ended on
the 4th numbered $50. against 20
the preceding week an 5 . for the cor
responding week last year
Is his annual report to the secretary
II the navy Paymaster General Stew
art saws that the growth of the navy
has called for expenditures of IS. 500, :
300 at shore stations during the fiscal
vear.
HAvING been chosen United States
senator from Vermont Secretary Proc
tor severed his connection with the war
department.