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applied for and allowed which the guar
antee fund bears to the total circulation
outstanding.
Section 9 provides that whenever
bank notes are issued to any association
under this act it shall be the duty of the
secretary of the treasury to cancel legal
tender United States notes to the amount
of 50 per cent of the bank notes so
= issued.
Section 10.-Any association may re-
tire its circulation or any part of it at
any time upon depositing with the treas
urer an amount equal to the sum de-
sired to be withdrawn.
Section u repeats section 9 of the
act of July II, 1882, and also the ,por-
ton of the act of June 20, 1874, which
provides that the amount of bonds on
deposit for circulation shall not be re-
duced below $4,000 and provides that
any association heretofore organized de-
string to withdraw its circulating notes
in whole or in part may do so under the
provisions of act ., June 20, 1874, mod
flied as above indicated
Sections 4, ), s and II relate to GER
tain minor routine matters.
PENSION FRAUDS.
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE pension
bureau has received a report from Spe-
cial Examiner Stone at Fort Smith. Ark,
announcing the recent sentence of Tom
Bear to six years in the penitentiary
and the sentence of 7. j. Thornton to six
months in Jail and 5000 fine. This dis
poses of the ring leaders in Il big scheme
to defraud the government. They were
Connected with fully 800 claims, said to
be fraudulent and n commission of I'VE
special examiners, under the supervision
of Examiner Stockslager is still ut work
on the conspiracy. There are only two
other regular commissioners now at work
on the supposed fraudulent pension cases.
Five examiners under the supervision of
Examiner Waite have been investigating
the Van Leuven cases and are collecting
evidence for the use of the United States
district attorney in his prosecutions. Sew
eral of those involved in the scheme have
been indicted and more indictments are
expected soon. w. Ayers and five other
examiners are working on the w. Bowen
Moore cases, probably the biggest frauds
that have been discovered by the bu-
reau for many years. The indicted pen
sion attorney had an agency in Rochester
and three examiners are there continuing
their Investigations. A full commission
investigated the transactions of Attorney
Hansee of Hoboken, n. j., who ran a
branch Office in Ellenville, n. V, and
was implicated in several hundred fraud
ulent cases, but it has now been dissolved
Examiners Fuller and Clements are, how
ever, at work preparing the evidence in
some of the cases. Including these COM
misioners, 26G examiners are at work
in the field investigating frauds and at
tending to the work of the bureau. Many
of this force are making investigations
in the South and especially in the neigh
borhood of New Orleans, where a large
mr. 1l,nt, Of m al
in pension frauds.
ARMENIAN DATA.
Washington, Dec lin compliance
with the HOar resolution the president
sent to the senate u letter from Secretary
Gresham relative to the Armenian out
RACES. In it the secretary says the de-
partment has received no information in
regard to alleged cruelties committed up
on the Armenians inTurkey other than the
statements that have been made by the
Turkish government and two Geographic
reports from the legation of the United
States at ConstantinOple. Those state
ments and reports contain nothing as to
any crueltes committed upon persons
who are described in the resolutions as
citizens who have declared their inten-
tiOns to become naturalized. The de-
partment is not informed that Turkish
to become citizens of the United States
and have acquired q domicile in this
country, have upon returning to their ma
tive land been subject to cruelties.
Concerning the declinatiOn of the Unit
ed States to send representative with
the Turkish commission of investigat-
ion he says The protection of the
Christian subjects of Turkey is guar
anteed by certain stipulations in the
treaty of Berlin in 1870, which form part
of what is known as the European con
cert. The government of the United
States is not II party to the treaty
Continuing, he ays:Subsequently, how
ever, the British government, one of the
principal ones of the treaty eX-
pressed desire that a capable and up
right citizen of the United States might
participate with the commission in an in
yestigation now to be made. Mr.. Jewctt,
consul of the United States at Sivas,
was assigned to the duty. Appended to
the latter was the copy of q telegram TO
Minister Terrell at Constantinople an
bouncing the appointment of Jewett,
but stipulating that he shall not join
with the commissioners in any report as
to the result of the investigation.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE judiciary
committee this morning authorized Chair
man Culberson to request the committee
on rules to bring in special order set
ting aside day as soon after the holl-
days as possible.
BANKING BILL INTRODUCED.
Washington. Dec. 11.-Mr. Springer
Dem, Ill.) today introduced in the house
Secretary Carlisles banking bill. 1t was
ordered to be printed and referred to the
committee on banking and currency.
BLACKS NOMINATION CON
FlRMED.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE nomination
of John G.. Black of Illinois to be United
States district attorney for the Northern
district of Illinois has been confirmed by
the senate.
CASH BALANCE.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE cash bal
ance in the treasury today was S11J, 400
S37; net gold, $106, S2S, 42S. The loss OF
gold reported today was 100000, which
was offset by the purchase at the San
Francisco sub-treasury, leaving the net
loss in gold for the day $193,641.
TEXAS POSTMASTERS.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate has
confirmed the following nominations of
postmasters for Texas: Leila Padgett
at Groesbeck; AliX May at Yoakum; VIM
DufIield of Michigan to be superintendent
of the coast and geodetis survey.
AFTER TARSNEY'S SEAT.
Washington, Dec. 11.-R. II. Nanhorn
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