Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-24

| Treasury notes issued under the provisions
of the act of July IA, 1880. the amount OF sill
| yer dollars coined and the amount of silver
| bullion in the Treasury purchased under
| the provisions of that act, and also whether
the silver dollars coined were available for
the expenses o. the Government, Secretary
Foster says that there were purchased and
received at the mints under the act of July
IA, 1890, from the date when it took effect,
August 13, 1890, to and including February
%, 1892 81, 500 1853 fine ounces Of silver bullion
|, at cost of $s5, 467, ,S92. in payment of which
there were issued within that period Treas
ury notes! authorized by. the act to the
$231, $50, which represents the amount of the
purchases of bullion made at the m1nts of
San Francisco. New Orleans and Carson City
reached the department after the close Of
that month. There were coined,
says the letter, under the act
OF s2s, ,ss5 not yet adjusted; and there were
held in the Treasury at the close of business
on the 2sth ultimo. s., os9, SOB fine ounces of
dollars coined under the provisions Of that
act $24, l,627 are held in the Treasury for
the redemption of the Treasury notes, 81, $780,.
600 have been covered into the Treasury on
account of seigniOrage and so have become
available for the ordinary expenses of the
Government; and the remainder, S557, are
uciu III Iu0 Treasury uncovered awaiting
adjustment of the seigniorage account.
When this last mentioned amount or so
much of it as may be ascertained to be the
net seisniorage is covered into the Treasury
the amount so covered will also be available,
says tue letter, for ordinary expenses of the
Government. Respecting redemptions or
exchanges of silver dollars. Secretary Foster
says that the department has not redeemed
silver dollars or silver certificates in,gold or
gold certificates; nor has it exchanged silver
dollars or certificates for gold or gold certiff-
Gates. Concluding, Secretary Foster says
that silver dollars and silver certificates are
received for public dues and aroused freely in
the discharge of all Government obligations.
The Senate Committee on the Quadro-
Centennial this morning gave a hearing to
several persons representing that element
of the population OF the country which seeks
to secure Congressional action compelling
the closing of the Worlds Fair on Sunday.
The committee had under consideration the
Colquitt bill providing that no exposition or
exhibition for which Congress appropriates
money shall be open on Sunday. DR.. II. H.
George, of Pittsburg, representing the
American Sabbath Union, said that to yield
to the demand of that element which de-
manded the opening of the Chicago Exposi-
tiun on Sunday would be to DESTROY the
sanctity of the day from q Christian stand
point. He asserted that the laws of Penn.
sylvania and Illinois prohibited such amuse-
meats on Sunday, and that it was owing to
that the Centennial Exposition remained
closed on the first day of the week. While
the Illinois statute, ii enforced, would pre-
the speaker believed that the clamor
on the part of persons interested in
public conveyances, street car lines,
Iaiiroads hacks, etc. & .wonid induce in the Board
day by keeping the Fair open. The represen-
tatives of the church unions had sent delega-
tions. he said, to lay the matter before the
Board of Managers, but SO tar they had ap-
pealed in vain. Doubtless, if decision
could be obtained from the board it would
be favorable to Sunday closing, but the diff
S. Coffin, ex-R Railroad Commissioned at Fl.
Dodge, Ia, representing the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, numbering $4,000 per-
sons. mostly brakemen, pleaded for the OBJ
road employees might have an opportunity
for rest. He asserted that many railroad
disasters, attributed to carelessness of en-
ployes, really resulted from the tact that the
employees were overworked. This class OF
people wanted the moral support that would
be afforded by favorable Congressional ac-
them in attaining their object, namely the
establishment Of regulations by railroad cor.
porations that would afford the trainmen
more rest than they now enjoy. Incident
plated by the association he represented to
request Congress to pass q law prohibiting
the running or interstate mall trains on
Sunday.
The committee, consisting of Mr.. George
Evans, theNdisbursing officer of the Depart
ment of the Interior, and Mr.. A. C. Tonner,
the chief Of the appointment division, desig-
mated some weeks ago by Secretary Noble to
make an examination of the work of the
Census Bureau with view to ascertaining
among other things what share of the work
has already been done and what amount of
money will be required to complete the
work, has made its report. The committee
find that to complete the entire work as out
lined and entered upon by the superintend-
ent of the census, under instructions from
Congress, including the farms, houses and |
mortgage inquiry, will necessitate an ex-
penditure OF s., 900, 900. This amount includes |
the sum of SIS, 900 recently appropriated by |
Congress. The committee recommends that |
certain divisions of the burenu be abolished, |
the appointment and finance |
the work of which to be trans- |
ferred to che department proper. The com-
mittee also recommends that as far as prac- |
ticable the clerical force of the Census Office |
be concentrated upon the inquiry rs to man
ufactures, this being, in the opinion of the |
co Mmittee, o matter Of prime Importance.
This report was transmitted to the SUPER |
intendent by Secretary. Noble. with q re-