The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-04

the asserted right Of expulsion, 1t will
not consent that Armenians may be
imprisoned or otherwise punished Tor
no other reason than having acquired
without imperial consent American
citizenship.
Three Of the assailants Of Miss Mel
ton, an American teacher in Mozul,
have been convicted by the Ottoman
courts, and am advised that an appeal
against the acquittal Of the remaining
Eve has been taken by the Turkish
prosecuting officer.
WOULD CUT LOOSE FROM SAMOA.
In my last annual message 1 referred
briefly TO the unsatisfactory state OF
affairs in Samoa under the operation Of
the Berlin treaty as signally illustrating
the impolicy OF entangling alliances
With foreign powers and on May y,
1894, In response 10 q resolution Of the
senate. sent q special message and
documents to that body on the same
subject, which emphasized my pre-.
viousIy expressed opinious. Later
occurrences, the correspondence in re-
gard to which will be laid before Con-
gress, further demonstrated that the
government which was desired by the
three powers and forced upon the
Samoans against their hostility can be
maintained only by the continued
presence OF foreign military force and
at no small sacrifice Of life and treasure.
The present government has utterly
failed to correct; indeed, it has agra.
waited the very evils it was intended to
prevent. Il has not stimulated our
commerce with tho island. Our par.
ticipation in its establishment against
the wishes Of the natives was in plain
defiance OF the conservative teaching
and warnings of tho wise and patriotic
men who laid the foundation OF our
FREQ institutions, and invite an express
sion OF the judgment OF Congress on
the propriety Of the steps being taken
by this government looking to the
withdrawal OF it's engagements with the
other powers on some reasonable terms
not preiudicial to any OF our existing
rights.
RECEIPTS AND ExP3N INJURIES.
The secretary OF the treasury reports
that the receipts of our government
from all sources of revenue during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1894,
amounted to sS72, 1902, 49S 20, and its ex-
psnditures to $i4o,6O5.75S 81, leaving a
deficit OF 500, 800. 260 So. There was q
decrease OF Sl5, 952,674 sc in the ordi-
nary expenses OF the government, as
compared with the fiscal year 1893.
There was collected from customs
Sl3l, 8lS, $50 G2 aud from internal reye-
nue. Si47, 1853. 449 TO- The balance OF the
income for the year, amounting to S95,..
3l5,5l7 81. was derived from the sales OF
lands and other sources.
Tho yalne OF our total dutiable i'm
ports amounted to S275, ,OS0. being
Sl46,657, 1925 less than the preceding
year, and the importations free OF duty
amounted to $379,795, 1886, being $780,
74S,G75 less than during the preceding
year. The receipts from customs were
S73,536, 4S6 II less, and from internal
revenue SIS, So, 500 81 less than in 1898.
The total tax collected from distilled
spirits was So, 257. $50 %; on manufac-
tured tobacco SOS, 6l5, 1893 62, and on fer.
mented liquors S3l ,4l4.7SS Oh. Our ex-
ports Of merchandise, domestic and for.
eign, amounted during the year to 5 H.
400,472. 200 being an increase over the
preceding year OF S44. 495,3 1913.
The total amount OF gold exported
during the fiscal year was SIC. S9S061 as
against SlOS,Us0,44 during the fiscal
year 1893.
The amount imported was So, 9,1l9
as against $2i, 1881 daring the preVi-
GUS year. The imports Of silver were
S1S,2S6, 552 and tho exports wero S5O,-
45l,265. The total bounty paid upon
the production of sugar in the United
States for the fiscal year was ST., 100.
2OS SO. being an increase OF S2,725,O7S
over the payment made during the
preceding year. The amount OF bounty
paid from July l, 1894, to August rs,
1894, the time when further payments
ceased BY operation OF law, was $685.
1856 "a. The total expenses incurred in
the payment OF the bounty upon sugar
during the fiscal year was $3.50, lao So.
1t ia estimated upon the basis OF the
present revenue laws the receipts OF the
government during the current fiscal
wear ending June 80, 1893, will be
S424, ,74S A, aud its expenditures
s444, 427,74S A, resulting in deficit OF
$4,000, 900 on tho first day OF Novem-
Der, 1894.
MONEY IN THE COUNTRY.
The total stock OF money, OF all kinds.
in the country was s2,24O.7SS,sSS, as
against s2,2oi, 65l, 900 on the first day
Of November, 1898, and the money Of
all kinds in circulation, and not in.
Guided in the treasury holdings, was
Sl,672, O93, 4222, or $24 q per capita upon
an estimated population OF $685., 900.
At the same date there was held in the
treasury gold bullion amounting to $4f.-
6l5,177 SIS, and silver bullion which
was purchased at a cost OF Sl27,779.90S.
The purchase OF silver bullion under
tho act OF July IA, 1890. ceased on the
first day OF November, 1895, and up to
that time there had been purchased
during the fiscal year II, 9l7, 65S IS fine
ounces. at cost OF sS,Tl5.52l 30, an
average cost OF S0.7317 per fine ounce.
The total amount OF silver purchased
from the time that the law took effect
until the repenl OF its purchasing clause,
on the date last named, was l8s,674,-
6s2.53 fine ounces. which cost Sl55, 49,
002 %. the average price per fine ounce
being S0.924i.
THE SILVER AND GOLD.
The total amount OF standard silver
dollars coined 1.-THE minis OF the United
States since the passage OF the act OF
February IS. 1878, is S42l, T6,4oS, of
which S37S, lGG,703 were coined under