Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-01
FEDERAL TREASURY DEFICIT.
Cleveland Movements-Bribery investiga'
tiop--CarIisIe Denies Edwards's Charges.

Cleveland Movements-Bribery investiga-
ti0n--CarIisIe Denies Edwards's Charges.
WASHINGTON, May 31.-The official
Treasury statement to be issued June LIST
will show that the expenditures Of the
government for the eleven months OF
the current fiscal year. have exceeded the
receipts by s72,O0o.OO0, the aggregate stand
ing In round figures: Receipts. SOS, 5000
expenditures, S340,Oo0,O00. These hguTes
indicate a total deficit Of about SS,OO,VO.
Mrs. Cleveland expects TO leave WASH
ington next Thursday morning at O'CLOCK
for Gray Gables, accompanied by the TWO
children, Ruth and Esther, and three
maids Private Secretary Thurber VIII
escort the party, which will travel bg
special car. The steward OF the White
House will 10 in advance on MONDAY
and have the summer residence reauy lot
the family on their arrival THURSDAY
afternoon. Public business VIII compel
the President to remain In Washington
until Congress adjourns. IL IT should be
apparent that the tariff bill and the ap-
propriation measures will not imperauVeiy
require his presence here to act upon
them within the constitutional days sur
rounding the 4th of July, 1t Is the Presi-
dents intention 20 spend that week with
his family He will then return TO wash
ington TO await the final adjournment
of Congress, which he Is confident VIII
occur not later than August lst, ana
as soon as that event happens ne VIII
take up his residence at Gray Games,
not to return TO the White House uhtll
late I'm September, unless some eneT-
gency requiring his presence should arise.
The President has been urged by many
congressman to make Few speeches.
during the fall campaign, but has thus
far made no promises stating that he
wanted TO spend with his family all the
time he could spare from his ofhoial du-
ties.
The sugar bribery investigating COM
mittee to-day continued Its inquiry, ana
completed the examination OF all the
members Of the Finance Committee. those
to-day being Messrs Mcpherson, NeS,
and Mills. Each denied categoricaily the
statements made in the letter OF Edwards
TO the effect that the Secretary OF the
Treasury had appeared before the COM
mittee and said that the Sugar Trust had
made large contributions to the Cam
paign Committee and must be taken care
OF in the arrangement OF the duty on
sugar, and also that he had prepared
schedule giving high rates TO this article
and demanded that IL be adopted Later
in the afternoon Mr.. Carlisle himself APP
peared and made a similar statement.
Mr.. Carlisle told the committee he had
drawn proposed schedule for the COM
mttee while he was at one OF the meet
ings of the Democratic members, but that
IL was not adopted In doing this he said
he acted In an advisory capacity, and
gave the committee facts and data such
as they asked for, and which, as the
Secretary OF the Treasury. they would
naturally expect to receive from him.
This afternoon the Vice-President sent
10 the District Attorney his certified re-
port of the committee in regard TO the
refusal Of the witnesses CShriver and
Edwards) 10 testify.