The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

IL his annual report to the secretary
of the interior Census Superintendent
Porter strongly urges that the census
Office be made a permanent bureau OF
the interior department The cost oi
taking the eleventh census amounted
| to SS, 203, COB.
For the first four months of the pres
ent fiscal year the total collections OF
internal revenue were $50. 25S, ,020, an
increase of 81, ,532, 152 over the CORE.
spending period of the last fiscal year.
THE returns from the recent elections
in the various states indicated that the
next United States senate would be O
tie politically.
JOHN W. SCorT. father of the late
Mrs. BENJAMIN Harrison, died at the
white house. aged 93 years.
COMMISSIONER RAUM, of the pension
Office, in his annual report shows that
on June 81, 1892, there were SIS, ,06s
pensioners, an incre Sc of l99. 90S in the
last fiscal year. of the number twenty
are widows and two are daughters OF
revolutionary veterans. The survivors
of the war of 1872 number only 1S5,
against 2S+ year before. The total
amount expended for pensions during
the fiscal year was $3.50, 035, 0i3. For
the present fiscal year Sl44, $50, 900 is
appropriated.
IN his report of the operations of the
division of special agents of the treas
ury department during the last fiscal
year, Agent Tingle saws that snug.
Cling of dutiable merchandise across
the Canadian and Mexican frontiers
has largely increased during the past
year.
THE postmaster generals assistants
show in their annual reports that dur
ing the past year the inland mail serv-
ice cost Sil.55:S5.312 and the foreign
mail service $500. 145. The net increase c
of post offices over the year was 2,19o,
and the total number in the United
States is 61, ll9. There were $500, ISS
domestic maiiablc letters received at
the dead letter Office and 55T, 6i3 domcs-
tic unmailab'c letters.
GOVERNMENT receipts last month ag-
grcra,rd SIS, 80. OJ1. against s27. 900, 900
in November, 1891, and in the five
months of the current fiscal year
amounted to slG3.6i1.95o. The cxpendi-
lures in the past five months were
Sl6l.001, 900.
TIE statement of the public debt is
sued on the l>t showed that the inter
est and non-intcrcst bearing debt de-
creased S391, 1,I5a during the month of
November. The cash in the treasury
was Sl6.O35.lI1. The national debt,
less the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to SS5I.9l3, SSl.
SUrEEISTEy ypEST KIMBALI- of the
life-saving service, shows in his annual
report that there were 242 lives saved
last year, Isl on the Atlantic and forty
eight on the lakes, and twenty were
drowned. The total wrecks numbered
sixty, the loss being s5,6.3,5lO.
THE total internal revenue collec-
tions Of the United States during TIE
last fiscal year were Sl5s. S57.5i4. 81.
FUNERAL services over the remains
of DIR. Scott the presidents fathcr-in-
law, took place in Washington, after
which the remains were taken to
Washington. Pa, for burial.
THE leading clearing houses in the
United States reported exchanges of
Sl.3s2, 96G, :S6, durirg the seven days
ended on the I'd, against s., los 600, ,oIs,
the previous seven days. As compared
with the corresponding week of 1891
the increase was 33.
TIE business failures in the United
StatcS durinr the seven dayS ended on
the I'd numbered 269, against 2O9 thu
preceding week and $50 for the cor
responding time last wear.