The National tribune., 1894-07-26
THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON.
Minor Matters of Interest in the Capital
City.

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Minor Matters of Interest in the Capital
City.
SUNDAY, July 15.-The relative importance
of the Commonweal armies in this neighbor-
hood has now entirely changed. The Coxey
camp at the Highlands, near the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, is dwindling away, while
the Industrials" of Frye's army, near the
Aqueduct bridge, are constantly augmenting
their forces The camp there now numbers
over GOO men, and expects further increase,
while the Coxeyite camp of Commonweslers,
of which Jesse Coxey is in command, is
being depleted by constant assertions. Why
the ComDonwealers are ye: here is not APP
parent, except that it is good place to live
without working.
MONDAY. July 16-Lieut. Wiley, in COM
mand of the Revenue cutter McLane, cruis-
ing below Wilmington, \. C., reports to the
Treasury Department the seizure of SIX
Spanish vessels for violation of State and
National laws in not reporting arrival and
departure from United States Customhouses
and suhjecting themselves to inspection at
quarantine.-An estimate of the cost of the
strike is seen in a communication from the
Secretary of the Treasury to the Senate,
transmitting az estimate OF appropriation of
$3.50 600 made by the Attorney General for
expenses incurred by United States Marshals
for the protection OF property in the hands
of receivers of the United States Courts.
The Attorney General says this is the second
appropriation asked for this purpose, making
$3.50 600 in all, and was made necessary by
the Pullman strike.
TUESDAY, July 1.-THE operations of tho
Census Office for the fiscal year ending June
30 are reviewed III detail in the annual re-
port of Superintendent Carroll d. Wright.
Tho total disbursements on account of the
11th census TO and including June 30, 1894,
amounted to So &c., 677. This was expended
under different appropriations as follows:
Expenses, 1Ith census, SS,475. lag. Farms,
homes and mortgage statistics 81, 2S7 ,073;
and printing, engraving aud binding $685.
z55. The total force receiving compensation
at the end of the year was 672- 1t is expected
that this number will be reduced during this
month, so that the census work can be COM
pleted ready for the printer under the present
appropriation.
WEDNESDAY, July Is.-A favorable report has
been made on bin to dispense with the fur
pishing of proof of loyalty as prerequisite
for bounty land. Under various acts bounty
land was granted to soldiers of Mexican and
other wars. but it is necessary in order to get
this land to furnish proof of loyalty. The
House at this session passed bill dispensing
with this proof OF loyalty. The bill has now
been favOrably reported to the Senate and
will undoubtedly pass that body. This
ex-ConfeGcra;e soldiers-Secretary Carlisle
has approved the now design for the 81 silver
certificate. The design represents history
instructing youth. History is represented by
a female figure in reclining position, with
her right arm around 3 youth and the left ex-
tended forward pointing toward the city of
Washington in the background The open
pages of book on the other end of the note
contains lhe Constitution of the United
States. Tie border consists of wreaths all
around the note, in each OF which is a name
prominent in American history as a States
man. author. inventor. soldier. or sailor.
THURSDAY. July l9.-Orders for the coming
of standard silver dollars we're sent TO the
several minis. Since the repeal of the Sher-
man silver purchase Law. last November, sill
yer coinage has been virtually suspended,
only aheut 500 silver dollars having been
struck off bearing the date of 1894 This
coinage OF silver for the remainder of this
year vii not exceed So, 600 900. probably. Il
will rot affect the amount of money In circu-
latiou. as for every dollar OF silver coined
81 silver certificate will be retired. The
coinage. however. will increase the silver
seigniOrage now in the Treasury, but still
uncoiBed- This now amounts to about
e55. 0o0, 0o0.-The House Committee Oh
Military Affairs ordered reported the joint
resolution Of Mr. COMBS, of New York, to
provide for the presentation of medals of
honor 10 the militia and volunteer troops of
the several States who volunteered their
services for the defense Of Maryland and
Pennsylvania in 1863, prior to and after the
battle OF Gettysburg. About 10000 medals
will be required, and $1,000 is appropriated
for them.
FRIDAY, July Ex-senator Hill received
letter from Worthington g. Ford, Chief of
the Bureau OF Statistics, in which he states
that the possibilities of the revenue that can
be raised from the income tax ranges all the
way from $4,000 900 to $39 600 000 He
thinks that the latter figure is the highest
which can possibly be hoped for, and that 70.
the FIRST few years the collections would fall
below S15000.000 He also expresses the
opinion that the revenue which will be COL
lected on private incomes will not be more
than sufficient to pay for collection
SATURDAY. July 2i.-Only a meager crop of
apples for this season is predicted by the July
report Of the Statisticisn of the Department
OF Agriculture. This shows that the average
condition Of apples for the whole country Is
z76 per cent. In few locxlities-New Eng
land, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, |
Kansas. the Mountain and Pacific States-the |
conditions still point TO a crop ranging from
fair to good. The peach crop lie 10 even worse
condition. for the average for the whole coun-
try is but 24.3 per cent. In the States east
OF the Rockies, where any chance for q crop |
remained the conditions have been sustained |
This fact, considering the intervention of
the June crop, is somewhat reassuring, even
though, at the most, this can mean but half
crop in New jersey, and little more than
that in Michigan.