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St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
CIRCULATING MEDIUM.

To the Editor of the Globe
VIII you please give me, through the
columns OF your paper, answers to the
following questions in round numbers,
as near as you can approximate:
FIrst-What amount of gold and sill
yer had been coined by the United
States prior TO, and what amount of
each respectively was supposed to be i'll
circulation up to. 1873?
Second-What amount of gold and
silver had been coined by the United
States prior to July l. 1898, aud what
amount of each respectively was sup
posed to be III circulation at that date?
Ihlrd-What amount of English cap
ltal was invested in government, rail
road, municipal and other stocks,
mortgages and bonds in the United
States up to 1878?
Fourth-What amounts of such bonds.
stocks and mortgages were held by
English investors July 1, 1898?
Fifth-What is the present gross cir
culating medium of the United States,
and how divided? Respectfully.
First-A little over S,045, ,S3s standard
dollars; $40, ,0OO,0 900 in subsidiary silver;
sSOo,oo0,OOO goli. None of this was in
circulation in the United States at that
date except on the Pacific coast. whose
gold and silver are estimated at S25, ,OOO,-
600. The only currency in use was the
greenDacks, 1855. 557, ,9O7; fractional cur
rency, S4S.544, 1872; national bank notes,
S3344, ,5S2, ,S12; total, S74S, ,947, ,167.
Second-Under the ALLISON and other
acts, exclusive of the SHERMAN act,
there were coined since 1873 419,249,S35
standard silver dollars; S114, ,399, 900 in
treas NrY notes had been issued Nav 81
IN payment of silver bought under the
SHERMAN act. The gold coinage ap-
proximates $1,000, 100000 There were
In circulation at that date: gold, S4O3,-
693, 700; silver dollars, S57, OPS, 743: sub
sidiary silver. sG5. 400, ,26s.
Third and Fourth-There are no exact
data. 1t has been estimated at S2,OJ,-
100000.
Fifth-The circulation of the country
OIL July l is estimated by the treasury
atSl, 592, 726.411. III the following for ms:
Gold, S403, 693.7 roo; standard silver dol
laIs, 81, ,O29, 743; subsidiary silver, $685.
400, ,26S; gold certificates. s92, 970,01 9; sIl-
yer certificates, 1926. 49S, II 5; treasury
notes QS90), S14a.661,69 greenbacks,
S520,675.6S3; currency certificates (1S72) ),
Sll, ,935, 900; national bank notes. Sl74,-
81, ,139. The per capita circulation is
$23. sc.
CHARLES j. Foss, of Honeyford. n.
D., will find some of his questions
answered in the above. The circuIa-
ton of the national banks is protected
by the bond security, and no reserve Is
held against it except small percent
age i'll Washington for redemption of
mutilated bills. The ordinary reser We
OF banks against deposits is % per cent.
which, in times like the present, is in
creased for safety, and in flush times is
increased for want of investment.-Ed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Oklahoma Failure.

OKLAHOMA CITY, o. T., July 49,
The Bank of Oklahoma City, which
closed its doors today, is only temporar
lily embarrassed and will open tomorrow,
giving certificates of deposit in lieu
of cash, which the leading merchants
of the city will accept as cash. The
stockholders are all men of large per-
sonal responsibility, and depositors will
be paid in full almost Immediately.
Their liabilities are $4,000; assets,
$4,000. The bank will resume
fully within two or three weeks.
The First National has. withstood
steady withdrawal for thirty days, cul-
mlnatlng in free run this afternoon.
Ali checks were paid as fast as three
tellerS could count the money, and Pres.
ident Richardson announced to the
crowd that they would keep open until
midnight, adding that the crowd might
hang him if any depositor lost dollar.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20

common human impulse to seek appro-
baticn even at persenal risks. This has
nerved many man to face danger vino
would otherwise have avoided it. 1t
was this that made CUSTER send his
command to their death, and, during the
war, caused the sacrifice OF manv lives
heedlessly on many occasions. 1t is not
probable that the fire marshal knew the
danger he sent his men into; did not
know how far the fire had eaten into the
shell beneath; but it is probable that he
was willing to take some risks for the
sake of the plaudits of the crowd.
1t the statements relating to his dis
regard of warnings can be substanti-
ated. his brutal treatment of the inform
ants. his refusal to look for danger
when his attention was directed to it,
then clearly he is responsible for the
needless sacrifice of human life there.
and he should have all the punishment
the law awards to such crime.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
WORLDS FAIR VISITORS.

The St. Paul DAILY and SUNDAY GLOBE
can be found on sale at the following places
in Chicago:
SHERMAN HOUSE.
GRAND PACIFIC.
PALMER ROUSE.
POSTOFFICE NEWS STAND.
AUDITORIUM HOTEL.
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL.
MCOY'S HOTEL.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
RATES GO DOWN,
A Cut of Fifty Cents Today's
Meeting


CHICAGO, July 19.-The rates be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago and
Kansas City and St. Louis will. begin
ming tom rrow morning, be cut so
cents each, the Kansas City-Chicago
rate going to SS.15 and the Kan
sas CitySt. Louis rate to $3.50.
These rates are for one way only.
The cause of the general reduc-
tlon Is i'll the action of the Alton
road which Informed the Western Pas
senger association that the through
rates were being used by the brokers to
the decentralization of the general busi-
ness. The Rock Island was getting
much the best of the business between
Kansas City and Chicago, and the Mis-
souri, Pacific the best of it be-
tween Kansas City and ST.
Louis. The Alton declared that
In its opinion the scalpers were
fattening at the expense of tue public,
and the only thing to do was to put
down the rates. Efforts were made to
induce it to change its position, but they
were TruitlesS, and then the other lines
did about the only thing left for them -
they climbed into the band wagon and
agreed TO make the same rates-and the
new tariff will go into effect tomorrow
morning OH all lines.
Tomorrow the Ohio River and South
ern lines will meet to discuss worlds
fair rates and while the Southern lines
are not anxious for a reduction, the
OHIO river roads are uneasy and all of
them are fig urIng for low fares.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20

bration of college fraternity day at
the exposition tomorrow. Several thou
sand college society men and woman
are expected at the grounds. The
ladies of the women's societies will
hold reception to the visiting Greeks
i'll the New York state building from
to o'clockin the afternoon. This will be
followed by college song concert led
by the Cincinnati band at the lake front
pavilion.
The programme ofspecial exercises for
the Swedish national festival at the
pavilion, which will be held tomorrow,
provides for parade of the society COM
posing the American Union of Swedish
Singers. The members of the choral So
cieties will wear white caps and appro-
pirate regalia. A concert by the combined
Swedish singing societies will be given
at Festival hall at 4 O'Clock. A special
programme of music has been arranged
by the bandmasterS for concert at the
Swedish pavilion at 7:30 in the evening,
and the occasion will be concluded by
magnificent display of fireworks from
the station upon the lake shore.
The special celebration of the state Of
Colombia and the dedication of the pa-
vilion of Colombia will take place to-
morrow at O'Clock. President Silva
will make special address. and the
Wales mandolin orchestra will give
special programme of music.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
GLASS ORkERS
Adopted the Bounty Plan for
Eigntine Non-Unionism,

Adopted the Bounty Plan for
rightine Non-Unionism.
MARION, Ind, July 19.-The national
convention of the American Flint Glass
Workers union this morning adopted
the bounty plan for fighting non-union-
ism. Its exact term ill be out
lined later on by the national
executive officers. The bounty
plan was recommended by the
national officers as less expensive than
a strike, and the money which has here
tOfore gone to support strikes will not
be used in making up the difference to
men employed i'll non-uni on factories
between unien and non-union wages.
The bounty plan Is practiced success
fully by the window glass workers
and it is said to have ex-
terminated nOn-unionism. The pre-
scrption ware committee reported this
morning, recommending no change III
the wage scale. The press ware scale
was continued unchanged, notwith-
standing a committee recommended an
advance, the convention becoming con-
vinced that the manufacturers would
not aSree to it. The manufacturers
also demand 10 per cent reduction Ill
prescription ware.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1t is pretty generally conceded among
educators thae the children who have
attended the country district school are
better informed i'll spelling, reading,
writing, arithmetic, geography, gram
mar an the history of the United
States than those who have attended the
city school. 1t would be singular if
this were not true. The whole time of
the country scholar is devoted to these
seven studies, while the city scholar is
required to divide his attention between
twice or three times as many. The long
and short of it is that the city school
seeks 10 cram the scholars with SO
much information that nothing is
learned well. "Beware of the man with
one book" a remark of great scholar
or the past, means that the man who
has studied one book thoroughly is
wiser thar the one who has studied a
large number of books. ABRAHAM
LINCOLN studied SHAKESPEARE and
the Bible by the light of fireplace, and
never saw the inside OF another book
until he was nearly grown. He mas
tered both books so well that he could
call to his tongues end at will almost
any portion of each. Had he divided
the time between a large library of
books, he would have had a smattering
OF many things, but no distinct knowl-
cage of anything.
The Importance of thoroughness is
completely overlooked in the city
school. and the scholar is required to
cover SO many studies that he can get
only hint here and there of the multi
tude of thought before him. Only the
brightest scholar is able to bring order
out of the confusion of hints: the ordi-
nary one is sure to be lost IN the mass
and leave school knowing nothing that
is of any practical account to him.
The public school was never intended
to be more than common school; that
is, for the teaching of the common
branches of education, we'll as for
the teaching of the common people.
The seven branches in the curricu ulu IN
ofthe country district school are really
all that are practical in the ordinary
affairs of life. The majority of the most
distinguished men this country has pro-
duced never studied more than these
until they went out into practical life.
The majority of the greatest geniuses
the world has produced never studied
so many branches until after they were
grown. Many of the greatest scholars
of the world had only the commonest
education until they were past thirty
years old.
1t is great mistake to require schol-
ars under fifteen years old to divide
their time between a multitude of stud
les. Unless the student of early years
gets clear insight of a study he can
have no interest in it farther than to
commit to memory enough to pass his
Iecitations and examinations satisfac-
torily to the teacher, and when that is
done he will never give the subject an
other thought. Interest is the agency
which enables scholar to get practical
benefit from a study, and when this is
absent he may as we'll quit the study,
for his time devoted to it is wasted.
The most efficient teachers are those
who inspire the interest of the scholar
and give him no more studies than he
takes an interest in. The day will
come when the fads Of the city schools
will be wiped out of existence, and the
sooner the better.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
PARALLEL CASE

There were thousands of Democrats
up North who, thirty-five years ago,
supported the institution of Slavnry be-
cause, as an abstract proposition, they
believed 1T was state matter, which
each state must regulate for itself and
with which citizens of other states had
no concern; certainly no right to inter-
fere- When, however, the South, scent
ing danger i'll the growth of the anti
slavery sentiment in the North, decided
to secedb and fight for a separate ex-
iStence so as to secure their peculiar
Institution" from interference, these
thousands of Democrats said that that
was going too far. and. when it came to
blows. Joined in the preservation of the
Union and the abolition of slavery.
The silver situation is a parallel case.
Thousands of men have been persuaded
that silver has been mistreated; that it
ought to be as good as it ever was and
as good as gold, and they sympathize
with the efforts of the miners to restore
it to its former position. But when the
miners talk about seeding from the I'm
ion to preserve the value OF their silver;
when the governor of state talks
about ''blood running to the horses bri-
dles;;" when they burn the president in
etfigy because he is opposed to making
the whole people pay them more than
their bullion is worth; when they make
it plain that ali they want is to get
more, 10y legal compulsion, than their
product is worth, while all the rest of the
producers are glad to get what theirs is
worth, it will open the eyes of these
sympathizers, and, like the Democrats
of generation ago, they will say that
this thing has gone too far, and you can
count US out.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
sCHLEsINGEH INDICATE.
Conference of Creditors to Ar.
range Matters.

NEGAUNEE, Mich, July 10. Judge
Burke, of the Cleveland ore commission
firm of Corrigan, Ives & Co., now
IN, the hands of receiver, claims
that Ferdinand Schlesinger owes
the firm s27O,OO0, which Schleslnger
says is S70.060 above the real figures.
Burke also says that the Buffalo Min
ing company owes them $4,000, 900.
which is palpable mis-statement. In
yentorles of the mine and other prop
erty of the company were completed to-
day and place the value at $3.50, 600. the
attachments being less than So, ,OO.O
Representatives of Corrigan, Ives d Co.
and other creditors will confer with
Sehlesinger at Milwaukee tomorrow.
All his mines i'll the upper peninsula
are embarrassed for cash. even the
checks OF the various companies hay-
ing gone to protest. The result of to-
morrow's conference will probably set
tie the future of the Sehlesinger syn
dicate. Their mining interests i'll this
dlstrtct are probably worth Sl0000 900
and in an ordinary season the present
embarrassment would be only tenn
porary trouble.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

Jacob Lifts players in "Pink Domi-
noes" continue to give merry perform
ances to highly amused audiences at
the Grand. For next week the stock
company will make the transition from
light comedy to sensation Augustin
Daly's Under the Gaslight" being the
play chosen for the coming week. This
Is play of metropolitan life and charac-
ters, and it has a number of sensational
episodes and deliberately illustrated
scenic sensations, among these the dock
scene and the railroad effect. The cast
Will include Forrest Robinson, Mabel
Bert, George Fawcett, Miss Maddern,
Miss Gerard and a number OF other
fayoriteS. and ''Under the Gasiight''
will be staged in the same thorough and
effective mannert that has been a marked
characteristic of all the plays presented
by the stock company.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Clevelaud's HeaItb

BUzzARD's BAY, Mass, July 19.-E.
c. Benedict's steam yacht Oneida, hav-
ing on board President Cleaveland, DR..
Bryant and the owner dropped anchor
off Monument Neck late this after
noon, A few moments later the
little launch was lowered,and the party
was soon landed at the wharf at Grav
Gables. Speaking of his health, he
president SAID it was excellent, and that
his rheumatic trouble had entirely dis
appeared.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Tobacco Destrored

HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 19.-The cy-
clonic storm, accompanied with hail,
which passed over this city last evening,
made terrible havoc with the tobacco
crop in the town of East Hart
ford. the LARGEST tobaccO-growing
district i'll the Connecticut valley. The
forward tobacco crop of 200 acres is en-.
tlrely ruined Total loss will exceed
100000, and may be much greater. 1t
is serious blow to the tobacco farm
ers. There has not been like storm
Ill this vicinity in twenty-five years.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Disastrous Fire.

SUsANvILLE, Cal, July ia dis
astrous fire occurred here last night. re-
sulti3g in the destruction of sixty
buildings. and causing a loss of
about S25G,0GO. The fire started in the
outbuildlng of the Steward house. and
soon consumed the hotel. The flames
then crossed the Street to a livery
stable. which was also burned. a
high wind was blowing at the time.
and the fire was SOON beyond CON
troll. Five entire blocks burned. but
the tre finally stopped at Masonic hall,
on the north side OF Main street. With
the exception of one restaurant, not
business house IN the town was left.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Chicago Opera Comnanv

CHICAGO. July 19.-Negotiations are
in progress for the formation of a new
musical organization to be known as
the Chicago Opera company. 1t is
to be backed by half dozen rich
Chicagoans, if the scheme is carried
out, and the company will include no
one except Chicago artists. Among the
singers proposed are Lillian Russell,
Jessie Bartlett Davis, Eugene Cowles,
W. ii. Clark, John E. McWade, George
Fl. Broderick, Marie EngeI, Ada Somers
and many others, all Chicagoans. The
idea Is that such an organization would
advertise the artistic side of Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
TODAY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. July 19.-For Minnesota:
Fair; southerlv winds; warmer i'll central and
southern portion. For Iowa: Fair; warmer;
southerly winds. For North and South Da-
Sota: Fair; southerly, shifting to westerly
winds: warmer in southeast portions; cooler
: in northwest portion of North Dakota For
Montana: Fair: westerly winds; cooler. For
Wisconsin: Fair; slightly warmer; winds
shifting to southeast.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULT-
IRE, WEATHER BUREAU. WAsHISGToT. July
10 :tS D. m Local Time. p. M. z. tn Merid-
Ian nTime.--Observations taken at the sam
moment of time ut all stations
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
a Great General Ill.

CITY OF MENIco, July 10. - Gen.
Mariana Escobobo. the greatest living
general of Mexico. is seriously ill with
pleurisy, and the physicians attending
him entertain very little hope of his re-
covery. Gen. Escobobo is the con-
queror of MaXimillian. and is said 10 be
the only man in Mexico who could have
the presidency but for the asking. sIe
recently visited the worlds fair at Chi
paUO
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Gibbons, LuhiIee

BALTIMORE, July 19.-Sunday, Octo,
Der u, has been chosen the date for the
celebration of Cardinal Gibbons silver
jubilee, and Mgr. McCogan, vicar gen.
eral of the archdiocese OF Balti-
m ore, has arranged the programme
for the occasion which, at the cardinals
request, will be simple in its nature,
alth ough most solemn and impressive,
besides being attended by the noted
dignitaries of the Catholic church iu
America
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Car Rreaks AWAY

JoNEsBoRo, H., July ia peculiar
accident resulted here today from car
being loaded with wheat getting away
and running at a terrible speed down
the grade west of town, coIIid-
ing with a South-bound freight two
miles from here. Brakeman J. W. Mar
shall WAS crushed between two cars
and instantly killed. The engineer had
his foot crushed, and the fireman was
injured. The engins was badly wrecked.
and several cars derailed, while the
wheat car was utterly demolished and
wheat soWtd over several acres.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Tour of lnspection

New LONDON. Conn.,, July 19.-Sec
retary of the Navy Herbert, on the dis
patch boat Dolphin. arrived here toda,
on tour of inspection. and paid an
extended visit to the Thames naval sta.
tion. He expressed himself as highly
pleased with the yards capabilities as !;
headqga ters for the naval cruisers. Tht
Dolphin left for Newport this afternoon
with the secretary on board.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20

Canada mntton'' is conspicuously
advertised in Eastern cities and brings
fancy Price. .''NorthwesUern mutton''
could be made to occupy the same de-
sirable place in the markets. The best
pork, the best mutton, the best butter
and cheese, as we'll as the best wheat in
the world, can be produced in the NORTH
western portion of the United States
st. Cloud Times.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Baggagemen Meet.

CHICAGO, July 19.-The American
General Baggagemasters; association i
holding its semi-annual meeting at thu
fremont house. H.. A. Winter, of tho
Illinois Central railroad, is presiding
A brief session was held this Afternoon
in the discussion OF methods of adjust
ing claims. Representative are pres
ent from all the leading railroads.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Outing OF Railway Hen.

TOR ONTO, Ont, July 19.-About $50
American railway men arrived here
this afternoon on their annual outing.
They were met bp local railway men.
and were escorted to the Queens hotel
fUr. lunch, after which they were taken
for, drive by the reception committee
Of the city council. Chauncy III. Depew
was with the party. They left tonight
fol, Niagara Falls.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20

not the slightest effect upon him; he
will keep on prophesying,ju just the same.
The worlds fair didn't come to all end as
PLUNKETT predicted, but PLUNKETT is
not discouraged. Lieut.. ToTTEN's
prophecies will come out the same way.
and he will be ready TO continue prophe-
Syiuu
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Jewellers, Conyention.

CHICAGO, July 19.-The first national
convention of jewellers and watchmakers
opened in the Masonic temple TO-DAY.
Delegates were present from Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mississippi. Mis-
souri, and Alabama. The convention
was addressed by Newton Dexter, of
the Business Mems Association of New
York state
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
CRIMINAL FooLHARDINEss

There is a probability in the state
ment of Mr.. SKINNER that Fire Marshal
MURPHY sent his fireinen onto the tower
of the cold storage building at the fair
in spirit of brayado, to make show
before the great assembly on the
grounds. The probability OF it rests,
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20

IT IS reported that Utah is raising
$1,000, 600 to secure its admission as a
state. The trouble is that venal con-
gressmen are to get the money instead
of Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam better fix a
price fOrthe admission of tie territories
and put all end to the corruption prac-
tice
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Columbian PIow

New YORK, July 19.-The Columbian
liberty bell committee have sent for.
ward from Troy, n. Y. all of the
swords. guns, chains and filings that
they have received that could be fused
into the Columbian liberty bell, OF
ayailed of i'll the clapper, to
MessrS- Deere 81 Co., plow
volunteered to make the Columbian
peace plow without cost to the commit.
tee. The Columbian liberty bell com.
mittee now desires historical wood of
great historical interest for the wood
part of the plow. Persons having con-
troll of such wood are requested to send
their contributions to the manufacturers
at Moline, Ill. Small contributions of
great historical interest will be inlaid in
the wood of the plow.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Greenhut and KeeIev-

CHICAGO, July 19.-President Green
hut, of the whisky trust, registered at
the Grand Pacific hotel Yesterday morn
ing and was assigned to Room II. He
left later in the dav. Shortly after his
departure Leslie E. Kelley arrived and
was assigned to the same room. 1t was
only after both had LETT the hotel that
the coincidence was noted.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
Proof Positive.
Puck.

Mr.. Beenthere Yale-Well. 1 guess
John has settled down to study for his
examination at last.
Mrs. Yale-Why do you think so?
Mr.. Beenthere Yale-Re doesn't write
home for money TO buy books as often
as lie did earlier in the season.