Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
SHIPMENT OF GOLD ABROAD Treasury Officials Have No Ap-
 prehenSions. WILL NOT BE CONTINUOUS MIkin's Brother Makes a Statement as to
 That Sensational Incident INTERSTATE COMMISSION EXTENDS TIME Hoke Smith Explains the Peek Letter-At One Time He Was for Free
 Coinage, But Now Ho
 Opposes It.
INTERSTATE COMMISSION EXTENDS TlMI

Washington. July 15.-The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends as follows:
 Third dividend, 10 per cent. First Na- tonal bank, Middlesborough, Ky; fourth dividend, 5 per cent. First Nation al bank of Wilmington, N. C.
 Secretary Carlisle said this morning he had no opinion to express on the fnan- cial situation or as to the resumption Of gold shipments abroad. The general feel ing among the treasury officials is that the small shipment of Saturday of $25o,- 900, of which $125,O00 was taken from the New York sub-treasury is not the be- ginning of continuous and larger shlp- ments and that the l5elmOnt-M Morg syndicate will continue to supply sterlli $ exchange until October 1, next. Since Saturday the treasury gold reserve shows a loss of $232, 900, standing at the close or business today at s107.027,413.
 Mint Director Preston reports the total coinage at United States hints during the past fiscal year at b9,6l1 ll2 pieces or a value of $53, 715, 549, as follows: Gold, $43, ,933, ,475 silver. S9,069, ,4S0; minor coins, $7l2,594. Of the silver coined S3,956,Oll were in standard silver dollars.
 Judge William A. Millikin, law clerk of the postofce department, today made the following statement regarding the ac- ton of his brother, MT. B. h. Mllhklh' who has been indicted for alleged house. breaking and assault upon daughter of x-Solictor-Gencral G. T. Philips
 Mr. B. H. Millikln left town upon the advice of his brother Saturday, July b, with the understanding that no criminal prosecution nor proceedings would be in- stituted against him. Since he has inI ictr he is both surprised and indignant and will return to Washington and meet the accusation A full statement Of the case will be given to the press later.
 The interstate commerce commission as an outcome of the hearing held Defore it last Friday, has decided to extend the time for the placing of grab-irons on all freight cars until December l next. Changes of all drawbars to the stand. ard height as required by the law or 1893 are likewise extended to February 15, 1886. - '''' 2. 5. the following: My attention has just been called to the publication of letter written by me in September. lS90 10 w. l.. Peek. and published at that time in the Atlanta Journal The Journal was then openly opposing the sub treas ury scheme, and my personal opposition to 1t was well understood. The letter clearly excluded the idea of committing me to all of the seven propositions which it presented, although it was known that did favor the free coinage of silver. l was giving most of my attention to profes- sional work at that time and supposed. though without investigation, that free coinage of silver would carry the value of the silver bullion coined into dollar to par and also keep silver and gold dollars upon a parity, with equal pur- chasing power Since then l have given the subject more study, and being thor oughly satisfied that the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to 1 would result in silver monometallism I have for several years openly opposed it."