The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-18
WORSE THAN Yellow JACK.
The Hated Yellow Envelope Containing
Clerks Discharges.

Under tho Dockery Law-The AK, so
Far, Has Fallen Most Heavily Upon
Women-eroups OF Them in Tears
Frequent Sight Nowadays-other
News From Washington.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE controller
of the currency has declared third divi-
dend of 10 per cent. in favor of the cred
itors of the State National Bank OF Knox
ville Tenn, making in all 55 per cent.
Employees of the treasury department
are thoroughly worked up over the dis
charges now being made to carry INTO
effect the reorganization provided by the
| Dockery commission. So far the axe"
has fallen most heavily upon the
women employed, and many high
priced female clerks have been dis
charged. The scenes to-day and Sat
urday when the dreaded yellow
envelope containing the discharge was
handed to the victims, were in many
cases pathetic. 1t was not unusual to
have half dozen groups of crying clerks
in ore bureau. Many of the female clerks
discharged have been long in the service,
and one case is mentioned ofa woman who
was among the first ever appointed to
government Office by United States Treas
urer Spinner, over thirty-fye years ago.
Twelve clerks were discharged to-day.
The gold reserve increased to-day nearly
100000, standing at the close of business
in the treasury at S51 430,35
MOVEMENT OF WAR SHIPS.
The first matter that occupied the at
tentiOn of Secretary Herbert to-day,
when he returned to the navy depart
ment, after five weeks absence, was that
of reinforcing the Asiatic squadron and,
after a brief cons sultation with Secretary
| Gresham, he issued preliminary orders
to the commanders of the Machias and
Detroit to prepare to proceed to China as
soon as possible.
The Machas is ordered to be put into
commission at the New York navy yard
tomorrow. She will be ready for sea in
about three weeks, and will sail as soon
as she is joined by the Detroit, which is
now being repaired at Norfolk. The Ma
chias will carry the Columbian relics
which were exhibited at Chicago last year,
leaving those belonging TO Spain at Cadiz,
and returning the vatican collection to
Rome. The relics will be sent over to
| New York in charge Oft state department
! official and marine guard, and they will
| be delivered at their destinations with
! considerable ceremony. The Detroit and
| MachiaS are expected TO reach China
| early in December.
Secretary Gresham this afternoon re-
| ceiVed cablegram from Consular Agent
Alfred Cooper at La Llbertad, announc.
! ing the death of Consul General Alexan-
| der l.. Pollock, at Salvador, from yellow
| fever Mr.. Pollock was native of Aus
tria, but was citizen of Utah when he
was sent TO Salvador, Sept 28, last year.
| TAfpOpTA Mt MI ITApy fuANawa
The sweeping general orders providing
! for the concentration of the United States
army at the great railway ceuters was is
sued from headquarters this afternoon.
! Ii is in substance as follows
Ten of the twenty-five infantry regi-
ments are concentrated at single posts.
| The abandoned posts are Fort Wood. on
! Bedloes Island New York harbor;
! Fort Ontario, near Oswego, N Y;
| Newport Barracks, Kentucky; Mount
! Vernon Barracks, Alabama; Fort Macki-
nae, Michigan; Camp Pilot, Butte, Wyo-
ming Fort Bowie and Fort Sancarlos
! Arizona; Fort Marcy and Fort Supply,
| Indian Territory
The regiments to come east in whole or
in part are the Third and Sixth cavalry,
! the Thirteenth and SevenJeeth infantry,
while the whole Twentieth Infantry
! takes station at Fort Leavenworth.
The department Of the east will be in
creased by nineteen companies, while the
! Platte loses seven, Colorado four and
| Dakota eight The east will now have
| ll9 companies at thirty-one posts, but
| there will still remain west Of the Missis-
sippi forty-nine posts garrisoned by 245
companies. Davis Island, Pa, will be oc-
| cupied by the First artillery after Oct. l.
Fort Ethan Allen, VI, will have four
troops OF the third cavalry.
LETTERS OF INQUIRY
A great many letters have beed received
at the treasury department recently max
ing inquiries concerning the coinage OF
silver dollars. and the redemption and
! cancellation of treasury notes, and in
| order to avoid the labor of repeating the
| information in answer TO each letter
| Secretary Carlisle to-day dictated mem
orandum on the subject for publication
The memorandum quotes the first, sec
ond and third sections of the Sherman
act, under which the silver now held by
the treasury was purchased, and says
1T will be seen from the foregoing, that
while the law provides that re
| deemed treasury notes may be reissued,
il also in the same section, imposes an eX-
press limitation upon the power to reissue,
by declaring that, mo greater or less
amount of such notes shall be outstanding
at any time than the cost Of the silver
bullion and the standard silver dollars
coined thereirOm, then held IN the treas
urv purchased by such notes
When such notes are redeemed in gold
there is no obstacle in the way Of their
reissue, because such redemption does not
affect the stock of silver held IN the treas
ury under the act Of July "A. 1890; but
when they are redeemed with silver coined
from the bullion purchased under that
act, they must be retired and cancelled,
for otherwise. there would be, after the
redemption and reissue, a greater
amount of notes outstanding than the
cost Of the silver originally purchased
and then held in the treasury; and this
is expressly prohibited by the statutes.
The purpose Of congress was TO prevent
the duplication Of the currency, which
would be the case If the notes and the
silver purchased with the notes could be
outstanding at the same time.
Treasury notes received In the ordinary
course Of business or redeemed in gold or
exchanged for silver dollars not coined
| from the bullion purchased under the act
| Of July Il, 1890, are not retired and can
celled. All such notes are reissucd
! Prior TO July ], 1891, standard silver dol
lars 20 the amount Of S3G,3lS ,264 were
coined from the bullion purchased under
that act The so-called gain or segniOr-
age arising from this coinage was
! 80 S81 SOB which was paid into the treas