The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-09
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
from WASHINGTON.

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THE director of the mint in his an
nual report says the value of the coin
age executed at the United States
mints during the fiscal year was si3,
6s5,l1 The stock of metallic money
in the United States in July, 1898, was
estimated to have been: Gold, f97, ,697.-
GS5; silver, sGl5, sol, iS4. The amount
of money in active circulation, exclu-
sive of the amount held by the treas
ury, was stated as 1886. 7O1, 255.
FIRE Of incendiary origin destroyed
Jackson City, the Monte Carlo of the
district of Columbia.
IN his annual report of the war de-
partmcnt Secretary Lamont says the
total strength of the army on Septem-
Der 80, 1898, was 2,l44 officers and 25,-
10 enlisted men. The organized militia
in the states numbered 112.597 men.
The expenditures for the year were
S51, ,966, O74
THE president has appointed John R.
Proctor civil service commissioner in
place of u. D. johnson. removed.
THE secretary of the navy in his
annual report shows that the total
number of serviccable war vessels In
| the United States navy IS forty-one.
| fifteen of which are armored. In ad-
| dition there are siXty-four vessels on
the list, mostly wooden cruisers, tugs
and monitors that are set down as un-
serviceable for war purposes. The
United States ranks seventh in the list
| of naval powers.
EX-NllNIsrER STEVENS in answer to
Commissioner Blount's report on Ha-
waiian affairs alleges conspiracy to
discredit Harrison's administration.
THE government expenditures for the
first five months of the present fiscal
year exceeded the receipts by s3I, ,0OO,-
300.
THE statement of tie public debt
issued on the lst showed that the debt
increased s6,7l5, SOS during the month
| of November. The cash balance in the
treasury was sos, 1861 The total
debt, less the cash balance in the treas
ury, amounts to s9G1, 1,5GS,3lG.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the lst aggregated $780,,
S7O.sl2, against s957, ,I75, O35 the,previous
week. The decrease, compared with
the corresponding week in 1892, was
42S
lN the United States there were 21S
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 1st, against 3S7 the week
previous and 2SG in the corresponding
time in 1892.
IN his annual report the secretary of
the interior says the policy of remov-
ing from the pension rolls those who
are not legally thereon will be con-
tinued, and denies that the purpose has
ever existed of an extreme and un-
reasonable manner of susPending pen
sioners He says the work of the In
dian bureau shows that they are stead
lily advancing in civilization. He rec
ommends that Arizona, New Mexico
and Utah be admitted as states into
the union.
The government receipts from all
sources during November aggregated
S23, 919. 800, or nearly 100000 less
than during the same time in 1892. The
expenditures last November were S3l,-
SO2. O26, or sl,T5O,OO0 more than in
November, 1892.
A STATEMENT issued by Comptroller
Ecllels shows that the national bank
note circulation outstanding November
80 was s2Os, s50.7SS decrease during
the month of November of 1858, ,Sis.