River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-11-19
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.


DURING the ten months ended oeto-
I Der 81, the total value of the shipments
of breadstuffs from the United States
was s169. ass, 463. against s1I9. O37, 1856
for the ten months of the prior year.
The director of the minis in his re-
port to the secretary of the treasury
shows that during tine last fiscal year
the coinage at United States minis ag-
gregated Il9. 547. So pieces. the largest
in the history of the country. The
mines of the United States yielded
during the year gold of a commercial
value Of $50 SIS. 200 and silver of the
value of ST.. BPS. 600.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER an
nounced in the United States supreme
court that it had been agreed to sub
nit the controversy between the
Cnited States and England as to the
Behring sea seal fisheries to arbitration.
STATISTICAL returns of the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington for
November make the corn crop one of
the largest in volume ever known. the
average yield being twenty-six bushels
per acre
THE Grand Army of the Republic
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in Washington September 20 1897.
DURING October 3. 94j pensions were
granted. the first payments on which
aggregated Si,3js605.
THE total value of the exports of
domestic breadstuffs during October
was s24. sos 334.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
I S1.Sl5. 81. 232. against 81. l55, $50, $50 the
previous week. The decrease as COM
1 Pared with the corresponding week of
[ 1890 was I3l.
THE president has issued a proclama-
ton appointing Thursday, November
/ .. a day of thanksgiving ami PRAYER.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven DAYS ended on
I the 18TH numbered 29l, against 226
+ the preceding week and 266 Tor the cor
/ responding week last year.
/ IL his annual report James A. Du-
mont, supervising inspector general of
steam vessels in the treasury depart
ment. SAYS that during the past fiscal
/ year there were thirty-three accidents,
I in which 336 lives were lost. 1t was
9 fSLlru1AEl LldL bAN-Uuu-boI patSSEnEE
( were carried during the year. making
one life lost to each 1,755. 457 passen-
/ gers carried.
/ DURING October the total value of the
/ exports Of domestic mineral oils from
I the United States was $3.50. lOl.
DURING the last fiscal year the ag-
. gregate amount of taxes collected from
tobacco was So, 796. 27O. a decrease of
Z SLIGO. go as compared with the pre-
ceding fiscal year.
john W. Mason, commissioner of in
ternal revenue, shows in his annual re-
port that the total receipts for the
last fiscal year from all sources were
SIG, O35, 4l6. an increase of s., 40, 719
over the receipts fo- the previous fiscal
year.
THE Gillian minister at Washington.
Signor MOntt. was formally presented
! to President Harrison.
THE government has paid out nearly
$4,000. 600 in sugar bounties during the
the first season under the new tariff
law. The amount of sugar produced
in the United States is about one
eighth of the amount consumed.
THE total production of oleomarga-
rine in the United States during the
year ended June 50 was "A, S92, 400
pounds.