The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-20
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Items Of Interest from the National
Capital
Issue of Gold Certificates Rssumsd-Psa.
sIoa Dse,sioas-CrSp Cond,t,ous-Im.
ports. Exports and In.
migration.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE treasury
department has resumed the issue of
gold certificates which have been sus-
pended during the period when the
treasury gold reserve was below $780,
900, 600 Since June IS last, when the
gold reserve again became intact, the
treasury has issued about $500. 900 gold
certificates on gold presented mostly
at United States minta There are
now outstanding S4s, ,s7d. 900 In gold
certificates. with si7a.9so In the treas
ury, the remainder being in circula-
tion. Gold certificates are regarded ~
the most convenient form of gold
money. and most OF these certificates
are held by national banks as part of
their lawful reserve.
Silver certificates are in circulation
TO tho almost complete exclusion OF
silver dollars, as the general public
appears to prefer coin representatives
10 the coin itself. Only ST., ,OOO, ,OOO Of
silver dollars are In circulation, where
as more than eight times that amount
of silver certificates are In daily use.
the silver in bullion being stored in
the vaults Of the treasury.
Importn0t FenstOo IbecsetOne.
WASHINGTON, July II. = Assistant
Secretary Reynolds asfendcrcd three
decisions In pension appeal cases. In
the first he holds that while the COM
missioner Of pensions Is forbidden BY
law 70 suspend payment of a pension
pending proceedings 70 annul or re-
duce It, neve erthelsss In case such PEN
sion Is annullcd, all unpaid pension ap-
| parcntly accrued ut the date of annul-
ment becomes illegal and must not be
paid.
In the second case the secretary
holds that the law forbidding the COM
missioner TO reduce pensions without
thirty days notice does not apply TO
cases acted on before its passage.
In the third case IL IL held that ~
the act pcnsioning the children of .
soldier who are under 10 years OF age
expressly provides that the pensions
shall begin from the date of the fling
Of the application for the pension, .
claimant who was over l6 years old
when the act was passed has no claim
for pension at all.
| Ces1isssa ef Crops.
WASHINGTON. July 1.-The weather
bureau. In its report Of crop conditions
for the week eniei July Is, says
Drought has b,en broken In
Iowa and partially relieved
In Wisconsin and southern Mime
sofa, but continues In Ohio and with
great severity over the southern hall
of Michigan. Excessive rains have de-
layed threshing In Missouri. Kansas
northern Texas, Kentucky and Ten.
nessee, and caused grain In shock to
sprout.
Corn needs rain in Ohio. northern
Indiana, southern Michigan, Wiscou'
sin and South Dakota, and would bs
improved by rain In Nebraska, wher,
the blades are beginning 10 roll ID
the southern states ths finest crop oi
corn for ysars is promised Frost on
Tuesday morning caused slight dam
age In Wisconsin.
0usinsss Doas IN the Custoa Aouss.
| WAsHISeroy, July II. "A statement
of the imports, exports and immigra
ton of the United states during the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1895. show.
ss follows: Merchandise exported
es07. 500. s6l; last year, esoi, ,0O7. TOO; mer
chandise imported, e73i, goo. .Sio, O
which about ons-half was free Of duty
merchandise imported In 1894, e847,
77s, ,0l., OF which s37s, SIS, 0si was fro,
Of duty. The gold coin exported dur
Ing the last hscal year amounted 4
eo6, lsl. lsS, and the imports, SIS. 9sA, ,449
The exports last year, therefore, wer'
a30 0aA Ilo In axrass of thu imu0Pta II
the previous year the exports exceeded
the imports by q, 53s.9sa The export
of silver during the last year aggre
gated s4o, ese, ,6is, against So.sis.9ss IL
importA This IL q slight falling Of
from both exports and imports Of tn.
previous year. During the fiscal yea
1898 the number Of immigrants VIII
arrived In this country was 276, lse
against sii,6ls during the previou
year.