Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-04-03
ALL FOOLED AGAIN
ESTIMATE OF TREASURY OFFIC
IALS NOT REALIZED.
Adverse Decision will Leave a Lean Pabli
Purse--Extra Session Would be Anon;
the Probabilities, in Order to Raise Mon.
ey for Mere Running Expenses.


ey for Mere Running Expenses.
Washington March 30-Contrary t.
the expectations of the officials, tn
treasury receipts for the month O.
March will again fall below the ex-
penditures The amount, however, Is
only about $234,000. The excess of ex
penditureS over receipts. for the nint
months of the present fiscal year ar,
$36.5OO,0OO. and this amount will al
most certainly be increased by 100000
or mole during April, which will leave
a. deficit of about 1000, 900 on May i
During May and June, however, great
things are expected from the incom'
tax, but the most conservative esti
mates now place the deficit for the fis-
cal year at 25,000,000. The outlook fol
heavy receipts from the two great
sources of income, customs and inter
nal revenue. are not encouraging, par
ticularly fIom the latter. During the
month Of August, 1894, the internal rev.
enue receipts in anticipation OF the in
creased rate of duty ran up to $27 ,562,-
900 but not since that time have they
reached much more than a third oil
that amount. In September they
scarcely exceeded $1,000, 900, and since
they have been slowly increasing until
the present month, when they amount
ed to over s9.SOO.OOO. This, however, is
tar below the expectations of the offic-
5als.
TWELVE MONTHS RECEIPTS.
The receipts from customs during the
past twelve months show an uneven,
hINf m k1n,A - st
ing July, 1894 they reached the low
figure of SS,427, 900, but during August
they increased to nearly $12, 900, ,000 anG
during September to about SIS, 564 1890.
The three succeeding months showed d
Falling off from $4,000, 600 to over SIS, co.
600. In 1895, however, they recovered
10 over $l7,OO0,0O0, and then again there
was decline of $13,O00.000 and then
increased during the present month
to nearly $.5,000000. Only twice, low
ever, since May, 1894, have the receipts
from all sources equalled the eXpendi-
lures. In June, 1894, there was a slight
excess, and during August the excess
| reached $4,000, 900. The receipts dur
ing the month were abnormal, owing as
| stated, to the increased tax on taxed
spirits.
All things considered much depends
| upon the decision Of the supreme court
on the question of the validity of the
income tax. Should the law be upheld,
as seems altogether probable, the treas
ary officials look for fair sailing from
this time on, but should the law be de-
clared unconstitutional an extra ses-
sion of congress called to provide for
revenues sufficient to meet the nee1s
of the government is regarded by the
ol6cials as at least probable.
ARMY CHANGES.
Lieutenat Colonel William J. Volk-
mar, assistant adjutant general, will
be relieved from duty as assistant to
the inspector general, department OF
the east, April g. and report by letter
TO the adjutant general of the army
and await orders at Governors Is
land, New York.
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Schwan
assistant adjutant general will be re-
lleNed from duty at acting inspector
general, department of Dakota, on
April 80. and report by letter to the
adjutant general of the army.
Major John NJ. Hamilton, First cav
airy, will report by letter to the COM
manding general, department of Colo
rado, for assignment to a station on
acting inspector general, department
Of the Platte, and proceed to join the
station to which assigned.
Lieutenant Colonel Evan Miles,
Twentieth Infantry, will report by let
ter to the commanding general, depart
\ to station and will be relieved from
duty as acting inspector general, de-
partment Of California, on April 30,
but he will continue on duty in San
Francisco, Cal, and act as inspector
| general Of the Pacific district until
Colonel Burton shall report at this sta
| ton, and proceed to join the station to
which assigned.
Major Camille c. c. Carr. Eighth
cavalry, will report by letter to the
commanding general, department of
J Dakota, for assignment to a station
and on April 80 will be relieved from
duty as inspector general of the depart
| ment and join his station.
NAVAL AFFAIRS.
The president has approved the pro-
ceedingS and sentence of the court mar
tial in the case of Ensign l.. Dodd,
United States navy, who was tried in
| washington on charges of Scandalous
| conduct tending to the destruction of
good morals. and sentenced to dismis-
sal. The officer got into trouble as
the result of failure to pay his debts
Secretary Smith, upon the request of
Director Walcott of the geological sur
vey, has asked Secretary Herbert and
Fish Commissioner Mcdonald for the
use of such vessels as may be aVaila bic
in Alaska waters to assist in the trans
portation of the men who are to go to
Alaska to make an examination Of the
Z
Becker and DR.. William II. Dale will
make the Investigations. The points
| to he covered are Kadish island, lingo
island, the southwest portion of Alaska
peninsula, Cooks inlet and the Sitka
region. 1t is stated by Director VOL
colt that there will be no time to ex-
anime the Yukon river country this
season. 1t is expected that the fish
commission steamer Albatross will be
available for carrying the investigation
| from one point to another.
The United States steamer Mont
gomery, now at Mobile, has been order
ed to coal up and join Admiral Meade's
| squadron. 1t is probable that she will
| fall in with the squadron at Colon, or
Port Limon, Cost Rica. With this ad-
| dition Admiral Meade's force will COM
| prise seven vessels "a larger squadron
of modern warships than has been seen
on the north Atlantic station for years
past
REMOVING SOONERS.
The land office will take occasion to
remove all "sooners" from the ceded
| lands of the Yankton Indian reserva-
ton, using the military if it be neces-
| sary, tefore the lands become open to
| entry. A new Question will no doubt
! arise if the state endeavors to make
selections for the purpose of fulfilling it's
grant. It's selections cannot be taken
| II the lands, at he time the selections
| are made, are occupied by settlers. 1t
Is even doubtful question if the state
can select these lands. If it is allowd
to do so by the department, it will be
| compelled to pay $4.75 per acre for the
| lands, the price which the government
paid the Indians. Very little trouble
is anticipated by the department in
| opening the Yankton lands, as 1t is be-
| lfeved there will be enough to satisfy
all the settlers who wish to pay that
much for wild land.
Secretary Smith has approved the ac-
ton OF the commissioner Of the general
land Office in reinstating Deputy Min
| eral Surveyor Robert Gortinsl6i in Utah
| 9Ql 40 p9puadsps sBM 9H -6LolILL93
surveyor general on charges of inac-
curacies in his work. 1t is held that
the surveyor general has no authority
to suspend a deputy and can only
| recommend such suspension to the
commissioner for his action.
BULLION CLERKS FIRED.
Sixty-four clerks, mostly women, on
what is knawn az the bullion roll were