The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-18
NOT NEGOTIATING A GOLD LOAN.
Treasury Officials Deny That
Agents Are Working For 1t.
A Circular Which Will Probably Decrease
the Amount of Money Sent For Re-
Misunderstanding on In the Custom
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Democrats In
Conference Considering the Recent
Landslide.

WARRINGTON, Nov. 17.-The London
stock exchange rumor that the United
States had sent over an agent to nego-
tiate gold loan is regarded as simply
an echo of the inaccurate statement re-
gently published in New York that Sub
treasurer Jordan had gone abroad for
that purpose. Treasury officials assert
positively that no agent has been sent
abroad by the United States to enter
upon any negotiations for gold loan.
No such arrangement, even If contem-
plated, could be carried to completion
before the meeting Of Congress in regular
session on December 4.
This circular was issued at the Trea-
sury Department to day:
TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 1893.
On and afser November 81, 1893, the
charges for the transportation of ma
tioual bank notes to the Treasury of the
United States for redemption under the
act approved June 90, 1874, us statutes,
1881 must be paid by the party making
the arrangements If the charges are
not prepaid the amount thereof will be
deducted from the proceeds The re-
mittances at Government contract rates.
Approved
j. G CARLrsLE, Secretary of Trea.
sury.
1t is believed the circular will de-
crease the amount of money sent on for
redemption, and relieve the Government
ofadvancing money to the banks. The
net treasury balance continues to de-
decline and at the close OF business to-
day stood at SOC, 666.sl0 OF which $685.
1874 1871 is in gold and Sl0 s67, 062 in cur
rency.
So far this fiscal year the custom
revenues have fallen off sal 900 600 as
compared with the corresponding period
of last year. For the same period
Internal revenue receipts have de-
creased only SS,o00,OO0. Commissioners
Miller, in speaking of the matter to-
day, said he expected internal rev
enue receipts to increase from now
on, and the total at the end of the fiscal
year of 1894 would nearly equal the
receipts for the year 1S93 even though
they were now $S, 100000 behind This
expression OF opinion, he said, was
based upon the correspondence and in
| terviews he had with large Wholesale
dealers in tobacco and liquor. The
dizziness affected their business very
materially, but it was now improving,
IS the daily receipts showed.
Chairman Harrity, ex- Postmaster Cen
ersl Don Dickinson, ex-Assistant Sec
rotary of State Josiah Quincy, ex-Con-
gresham B. Il. Cable, of Illinois; Hon.
John Hopkins, of Illinois, and other
prominent Democrats have had two or
three informal conferences in this city,
at which suggestion that headquarters
OF the Democratic national committee
be opened here was discussed and con-
sidered.
The proposition is that the Democratic
national committee shall give some at
tention to the election OF 1894 with
view OF having systematic campaign
made. The matter is to be further con
sidered and is likely to take definite
shape soon. All the gentlemen named
left for their homes this afternoon, but
the statement as to their purpose to
make concerted effort to check the
further progress of tho recent landslide
was obtained authoritivelY. They were
all at the White House to-day