Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1895-09-10
Uncle Sans Account.

Uncle Sans Account.
The corrected official statement of
government receipts and expenditures
for the past fiscal year has been made
public at the treasury department.. It
places the total receipts ut $319, $780,
O75.1; derived from these sources /;
Customs, 1852, 159, GIT; internal reve-
nue., $143, 421, 673; sales of public land,
81, 103, BAT; miscellaneous, $16, FOG, :
438.
Expenditures are stated at 1856, =
1875, 298, of which $141, 395, 228 were
for pensions. Among the expenditures
is an item of 81, 1896, which was
placed to the credit of the sinking
fund. During the past three years
about So, 000,0 900 has been placed to
the credit of this fund. Prior to 1898
the least amount for any one year for
a number of years back placed to the
credit of this fund exceeded $37, 900, :
900. The exact deficit for 1895 is
stated at $43, 941, $50. 81. This is the
amount which will go on record.
Government Receipts.
The comparative statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the Unit
ed States for the month of August
shows receipts as follows: Customs,
$15, 639, DAT, increase for the month,
81, 563, 063; international revenue,
$12, 172, 104, decrease for the month,
1925, 391; miscellaneous, 81, 141, 544,
decrease, 1852, 844.
The total receipts for the month OF
August, therefore, were 1913, $50, 696,
against $40, All, sos for August, 1894.
when the whisky Withdrawals we're inn
mense on account of the new tariff law.
The loss in receipts in August as
compared with July was $117,O01.
The expenditures during August
amounted to $50, $50, 184, against
$4S, 548, 963 for July. The excess OF
expenditures over receipts during At1-
gust was s., 635, 648, and for the two
months of the present fiscal year $13,
113, 1854.
Gold Reserve Dropping Lower.
At the close of business Wednesday
the treasury gold reserve stood al
! 500, lis, 172. This figure was reached
just before the end of the days bust
ness by the syndicate depositing 49,.
500, 200 gold. Prior to O'CLOCK Assist
antTreasurer Jordan reported 81, 700,
900 in gold withdrawn at New
York for export to Europe
When that report was received
the gold reserve had fallen be-
low the 500, OOGx 600 mark, standing
at $97, 615, 172. On the treasurer'E
books it stood above the reserve limit,
but the Withdrawals on Monday had
not been taken up. Tuesday the gold
reserve was all day below the limit to
the amount of 81, 200, 900. This fac
was not known at the treasury, how.
ever, as it was generally understood,
though not officially reported, thai
the 81, 600, OO9 in gold deposited by
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
had been on the syndicate account.
Did Not Die of Cholera.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the ma
rine hospital service, has instituted {
rigid investigation into the facts in re-
gard to the arrival of the steamer Bel
gic at San Francisco. This is tht
steamer that is supposed to have
brought cholera infected Chinese anC
Japanese to Honolulu and then to have
proceeded to San Francisco, where hel
steerage passengers passed the quaran
tine officials and were landed. Press
reports stated that the Belgic landed
at San Francisco with three dead Chi
nese in the steersge, all of whom ha6
died from cholera August 31st.
Surgeon General Wyman wired DIR
Godfrey, in charge of the marine hos
pital at San Francisco, giving him al
abstract of the press dispatches and
directing him to Investigate them. A
reply was received from Mr.. Godfrey
stating that these Chinese did not die
from cholera. No evidence has beer
adduced tending to show that there
was cholera on the Belgic at any timt
either before or after leaving China
but the marine hospital service, taking
the worst view and acting upon the
superstition that cholera did exist. il
looking into the whole matter thor
oughly, and within few days all the
steersge passengers will be located.
Testing Armor Plate.
The naval ordinance board conduct
ed most important and successful
test at Indian Head proving ground
Wednesday. Primarially it was a ties
of steel armor plate, but reallyone o
great importance, as it was trial o
the strength of the frames of modern
xarships, which, it has been claimed
wonld not Withstand the shock caus
cd by heavy prof cities against thu
armor covering them some author
tiles even going SO far as to as
sert that the armor, If not shat
tered or penetrated by the shot
wonld be driven through the vessel b
the crushing Of the framea This wa
the first frame test ever made of dis
tinctly modern warships. though tn
English government some years ag
did FIRE ut an antiquated armored ves
sci for the purpose of observing tho 81
fects of the shot. Wednesday s expeI
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