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New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
THE VICTIM OF SQUATTERS.
WOMAN ASKS RECORDER GoFF TO ENFORCE
HER ALLEGED RIGHTS.

A WOMAN ASKS RECORDER GOFF TO ENFORCE
HER ALLEGED RIGHTS.
A motion was made before Recorder Goff in Part
I. General Sessions. yesterday that brought out a
peculiar story. The motion made by H. A.
Frost, who is the attorney for a woman said to be
suffering from the tardy Of Justice This
woman he said, nearly destitute because the
law did not give her the protection she is entitled
TO. she Is Mrs Babetta Bran, and Is we'll
on in years. On April a. 1875 according to the
story Mrs. Bran and her husband, Jacob Bran.
acquired the property at No. 1929 First-ave.. now
ha.f The ownership of the property was duly
registered at the County Clerks ofice. She and
her husband collected 800 month rent from the
place. 1t Is worth 500 month rental. She
and her husband collected rent up TO 1851 Shortly
he died in 1891.
alleged, a squatter Herman A. Koenig. took pos
session Of her property. She invoked the aid Of
the law and after several years succeeded In driv-
ing the squatter out. When he removed however,
he left Anna Goldsmith there and she still remains
in full control. Mrs. Bran has tried year after
succeeded. In September, 1885, Mrs Bran went to
the house. and. taking al the furniture. placed 1t
In rear room and put a paddock on the door
Bran out of the house and off the property and
threatened personal violence to Mrs. Bran If she
returned. Since then Mrs. Bran. having no other
10 be rightfuy entitled to an income of 500
month
The Recorder said no would look at the papers
when at leisure. Mr.. Frost stated that Anna
Goldsmith now rents a part OF the premises to a
Chinaman. who conducts 2 laundry there and pre-
sumably pays rent TO the Goldsmith woman.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
CHARLES RAINES MARRIED.
THE SENATOR'S SON DENIES THAT IT WAS
SECRET WEDDING.

Charles Raines son of Senator John halnes
- ,,,o ,ha Office os the Fidelity and Deposit
-, - ,,orvland at No. IS Wall-st.. where ne
:. ar,~lcyed as a clerk on Monday last and, ac-
os,-v 20 statements made in the ofr1ce askeo lor
,.a.a.,on mill Yesterday stating that ne was
-, - 90, married AS this is TIE company oi
80 ryo,rv r Plat son of T. c. Platt' Is lhe
-. ac,ive manager and Frank H. PIstt aho'"e'
son q legal adviser. there was a uesi' ~ -
-. 80 Young man and so the privilege was
granted. s o, the
Yesterday Young Mr. Raines appeared a' VI.
oe,oo a. ,sual and was asked II he mao co''iii''
The act, He replied in the affirmative anu %
congratulated The report got aoio" - .,at
pa,res had made a clandestine marriage anu ''"'
attempts were being made TO conceal 'iie - -,
Mr. Raines late in the day maze '"e ,,, ~
.,o,o,,ort. There has been no secret aOou' my
,nor-,azo T nrs, met the woman who Is no" 'ii .
pic ,uo Years ago In Brooklyn She was -a's
c,,do,,, whose father IS believe, the manager Va
q, ,-o. uorks in Chicago. She was Visiting ir'e"1'
:, p,ooL,,, We have been engaged for TWO ia
She "a mo on here 10 visit her Broohiyn haina in
We determined to get Married HaIhanv We decided
~ he ,rarred here knew no minister IN broon N,
lyn but aid know the Rev MI JrcD JonlSD nd so we
the Jersey city Heights 'pur, r,.a.. ceremony per-
fo-rned on Monday II done at =. NJ M, ,nd
we took tho day boat 10 AIoahy rIo,ei lie ex-
nS eu S hi , ,sa,isfsrtion We returned 20 Brooklyn
yesferday did no, expect such fuss TO De ma naue ~
about this matter. but undef Ihe .ii
NJ tssines said that when he came 10 TINS Gty
eight wears ago he boarded In Jersey Ci,y ann n .r,i
made the scquaintance OF the ,nen lae clerk in the
Fidelity and Casualty Company He mas ns. Pecn pesi
living az No. % Jenerson-ave;, Brooxyna r,nd PM
man was friend of his, he SAID namcu T"ui
sfoeckcl
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
A CHURCH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE TOWER OF THE
PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL.

PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL.
In the course Of the severe storm Wednesday night
the Pilgrim Congregational Church. at One hundred
and-twenty- -hrst-st. and Madison-ave. was struck
twice by lightning The damage is estimated at
$500 II Is confined to the exterior OF the church en-
tirely. The thunder accompanying the lightning
bolts woke everybody in the neighborhood and sew.
eral persons made Ill. The tower Is 40 feet
high. The lower part TO the height OF ninety feet
Is square and pierced by eight windows four small
ones. and below them four long, narrow ones, thirty
feet In length. The upper part of the consists
OF octagonal spire topped by gilt ball The frst
bolt which struck II hit the gilt ball. glanced down
the south side OF the spire ripping the slate of
two OF the surfaces for distance Of twenty feet
and burst in ball Of fame in the middle OF One
hundred and twenty -frst-st.
The fragments OF the slate feil upon the roofs
OF houses opposite. awaking the occupants and
breaking windows in every direction The second
Dol, struck the small window on the north side OF
the tower, split the heavy BRICK cornlce; sending
pieces weighing twenty pounds crashing to the pave
melt 1t crumbed ornamental terra Gotta cor
nee below II into atoms and pushed its course down
the centre of the long window. breaking nearly every
pane. A metal water pipe carried the bolt TO the
ground.
Besides the damage to the tower. nearly a hun
dred panes OF glass in the two large Gothic win
and-twenty-first-s were broken. 1t is thought, by
the fragments Of slate and brick.
j. VI. Ryder, the sexton. who lives with his father
in-law. Isaac Morley, at No g. East One-hundred-
the bolts struck but found that no damage had been
done the interior.
In the house OF John Marks. Of No 1O Eas, One
away the shock was felt plainly Mr. Marks V was
In the bedroom at the time ana was nearly knocked
off his feet. In the home Of l.. B. Purdy, ct No
126 East Onehundred and twenty second-st, there
" n. Sss % g ssSS ge%sp OecGgd
IN their night .resses. thinking that the house had
hem been & Mr. purdy 5 and man lofgsr pacsd
were made Ill.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
BIDS FOR STREET PAVING.

General c. H. T Coils. Commissioner OF Pubic
Works. opened bids yesterday for the paving with
asnha,t and granite OF sixteen uptown streets the
sum totals being cs5 square yards OF asphalt and
ss75 square yards OF granite block General Coils
said yesterday the bids showed that asphalt had
gradually cheapened until 1t now Appropriated the
lowest price It had ever sold for.
The bids were follow. the figures being respec-
lively for asphalt and granite: Barber Company
s2sl and $3.50 California Asphalt Company. s2SS and
r1ny S365 and $3.50; Warren Scharf & Co. s2ss and
fs3O The contract will be awarded next week
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
GARBAGE MUST BE SEPARATED.

Deputy Commissioner Gibson of the Street Clean.
Ing Department had his district superintendent b.
fore him yesterday. giving them instructions rgard-
ing the collection and separation OF the garbage
under the contract for final disposition. House,
holders will henceforth have 70 provide separate
receptaces for ashes and sweeplngs. for garbage
and kitchen wastes and for papers and such sruffs
The new mode OF separation goes into effect on Au-
gust l. Special po.ce will be detailed to thar
householders do the separation properly and they
will work under the orders OF the district super1n-
tendents. Printed a,is with fu,l Instructions ts
housekeepers will be issued this week.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
NO SUCH ESTATE.
NEVERTHELESS WATTS IS ON HIS WAY FROM
TEXAS TO CLAIM 1T.

NEV EKT HEfESS VATT5 FR0M
TEXAS TO CLAIM 1T.
The from Texas yesterday that Thom-
as B. Watts, jr.. his way to New-York to
claim estate valued at $ls00o,0oo. left him by
his uncle Thomas B. Watts. sr.. who had died here
three years ago. No Thomas b. Watts. according
to the City Directory. has lived here in the last
six years This. however is not likely to interfere
with the invention Of yarns of this kind. which
every now and then crop up. with undistributed
estate behind them, varying from 5000 900 TO $50.
Coz 600 in cash. Inquiry at the Tax Department
yesterday brought the reply that the records had
mention Of any Watts estate awaiting claimant
Controller Fitch and his predecessors for many
years back have informed anxious inquirers from
all parts of the country. including Texas, that
there are no undistributed estates left In New
York Stories representing their existence and the
eager desire Of executors administrators. lawyers.
bankers and safe deposit companies to hand over
to modest heirs the fortunes that have been accu
muating for them from investments Of their dead
relations are ctions, which usually the product
OF imagination.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
FIRE IN MORRISANIA.

Considerable damage was done to the three-story
frame house at No 500 East OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tv-second-st yesterday afternoon BY fire OF un-
known origin The ground floor Is total wreck
"a the front OF the building is burned up. the
nodwork nu Of an adjoining building being charred
The ground floor was occupied on one side by John
CAM a barber. and on the other nan py iahcy
Goods store run by Thomas +. Walsh.
THE loss Is about 5000.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
prPPJy r. SUMNER ARRESTED.

r,ctec.ive sergeants Cur and Mcknight, OF tho
Dstrct-Atorneys Office. yesterday arrested Perrin
H. Sumner. who was indicted .ast week on charge
=. susrdl,np Charles H. Goodwin. OF Haverhll.
Mss on, OF .21o Sumner has been In hiding. but
-h detectives yesterday learned he was In an office
at No 237 Broadway. and arrested him there He
uas arr, rned before Recorder Goff In Part Gen
erai Sessions and admitted TO 1900 ball He Is
cbarred with inducing Goodwin 10 buy worthless
lands IN NcV-Jersey.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
TWO MEN HURT By A DERRICK.

Thomas p Kennedy has number OF Italian
,aborers employed. IN making a sewer at one-hun-
ed-and eighty-third-st and Bathsate-ave' ana
,,,,cb excavation is going on there Yesterday
o,,srnoon the work Of placing derrick In position
vas started but II had proceeded far when the
derr,ck fell and seriously injured two OF the Italians
Tbe iniIrcd men were taken to Fordham Hospital!
ono of them Alfonso Chione. thrty-nine years olc
Of Bathgate and Third aves.. sustained severe
o. "ra y, the skull and the other. Michael Cap
nnrsno OF Fourteenth-st. and Eighth ave, VIII,
tamshridge had his left leg broken and also suffered
In nfnd
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
ADMIRAL CLITZ WELL ENOUGH TO BE OUT

Rear-Admiral Clitz took walk along The Boule-
,,ord with his physician. Or. Bullock yesterday.
"a ,ras congratulated by several friends the
,,nnrovem.nt In his condition His restoration to
hns,I,h il now regarded certain, but he has much
vet 10 recover in strength.
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
OUNCES N THE PLANS FOR SHhhhi o.
TIE NEW BUILDING MAY BE TEN STORIES HIGH
INSTEAD OF SEVEN.

7, ,s probable that the plans for Louis sherry
,.7r headouarters at the southwest corner OF il'
ava and Forty-fourth-st. will be modiheo SO Una !.
~. huiding will be ten stories high insteau VI
seven In that case there Will be seven noois II"
s..e, W ,o,r for anartment purposes. 1t is under
'' ,o " Rrokaw the owner Of the prop
SOU 500 rcfe-s the ten stories, while MI ohelIy
noSygbt that seven would be enough 1or ms tih
Vii probably result in change OF the Original
plan a.. s,,a have heen torn down
"a u. ,be work OF excavating has begun onerry H
~,csert place bears the sign: TO lease ioi d iois
Of wears
New-York tribune., 1896-07-24

r,rnopEANs AND TRAVELLERS Will md
- no, os,cs Of The Tribune Is Fleet Street. z C.
convenient place to leave their advertisements and sub
,cr,pt.ons for The Tribune
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

Washington, Nov. 2s-Colonel Robert =. Hughes
Inspect or General. having returned to duy In
spcctor-Gcneral Of the North Atlantic District
Licutena Mt Colonel Henry c. Hasbrouck. 4h Artil-
lcry IS relic yed from duty Acting Inspector Gen
era
First Lieutenant Montgomery ID. Parker. 9th Cav
airy on being relieved recruiting officer at Gin
clnnati. will proceed to Albany. ~ Y. and assume
charge of the recruiting station In that city, relev
ing Major Allan II. Jackson. paymaster. Major
Jackson on being relieved. will return TO this city
and report to the Paymaster-Gene
Second Lieutenant Cornelius c. Smith. I'd Cavalry.
will report to the Governor Of Arizona at Phoenix.
Arz.. for duty with the National Guard Of that
Territory.
Surgeon l.. b. Baldwin has been detached from
the Newark and ordered to the Puritan. Lieu
tenant T. c. Fenton has been ordered to the Wash
ington Navy Yard Assistant Naval Constructor
j. f. Mcdonald has been detached from duty at
Newport News and ordered to the New
Passed Assistant Surgeon L. H. Stone has been de-
tached from the Castine and ordered to the Naval
Hospital. New-York
Lieutenant G. II. Slocum has been detached from
the Monadnock and ordered to duty with the Coast
Survey. Assistant Engineer J. X. Morris has been
detached from the New-York Navy Yard and or
dered TO the Maine. Paymaster l. G. Hobbs has
been ordered to the Brooklyn.
Ensign L. r. De Ste!gner has been detached from the
Michigan apd ordered to tho Monadnock as watch
has been detached from The Marbehead and
ceives three months leave. Chief Engineer c.
Cowie has been detached from the Ncw-York Yard
and ordered TO the Puriten.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
GERuiN TNFLTENCE ~ SAMOA.

Washington Nov. 2s.-The Department OF State
continues to receive evidences of the widening Of
German influence Samoa. \ mail dlspatch re-
ceived from Consul-(;encral Churchill to-day says
that the German Imperial Postoice at Apa has
received instructions from s Government 10 enlarge
the postal service which is maintained In Samoa in
connection with its consulate. Beginning on October
% last the pos,cfce was instructed TO receive sub
scrp,ions from all newspapers published In coun-
tries OF the Postal Union at prices according TO the
Official tariff. beginning January |. 1t VIII accept.
forward and pay postal money orders from countries
In the Postal Union. This Improvement In the SER
Is made pending the establishment OF sucn n
postal system may be permitted under the muncS
ipallty Ap.a by the terms OF the Berlin German
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
THE TREISTRERS REPORT.
MR. MORGAN REVIEWS THE WORK OF
HIS OFFICE FOR THE YEAR
TIE RECEIPTS nND EXPENDITURES. THE Def
CIEN.Y AND THE PUBLIC DEBT
MDVFNFNTS OF COLD

TIE RECEIPTS 4ND EXPENDITURES. THE DEFI-
ciENcY ANp THE PUBLIC DEBT
MOVEMENTS OF GOLD.
Washington. Nov. 2s-The annual rcpor, of
Daniel y. Morgan. Treasurer OF the United States.
made public this afternoon shows the total
ccipis from all sources I'm the fiscal year ended
June 80 1896 10 have been s32G.5'6.3@. as against
$3l33eo.O7j for the fiscal year 1885, increase Of
$l3.5's.l95 The receipts from customs aggregated
Goo2l.75 gain OF S.SfS.l3i from internal rove
nue. $li67G2. sCi. a gain OF @3il.is2 from sale Of
public lands. N.O055g3. a loss OF S1.s23; from mis-
oellancous sources. S9lSG.Oo gain Of s2.i7 c22.
The total expenditures for the year s352 1915
against $50 1876 ,8 for lS9j decrease OF stol5 ST.
The deficiency for the year is s2j 20}.245 sl7.-
COl977 less than for the previous year The net
ceipts from the S2c23'5,i0 Of bonds sold In 1891.
1895 and 1896 s2si lCi. 2e5
Continuing. the report says: I'm ordinary times
and under ordinary circumstances thero Is a nat
ural flow of gold toward the Treasury. which often
is limited only by the capacity OF the Treasury to
carry the specie The product OF our mines finds
its way to the mint where 1T is paid for by checks
ana these arc presented at the counters OF the
Sub-Ireasuries or through the Clearing House In
New-York as currency obligations. The result Is
an Increase OF the gold reserve and IA dlmnuton
OF the available balance of notes and silver GER
uilcatcs. Gold imported in the form Of bullion
foreign coin takes usually the same course.
Besides these two sources OF ordinary gain 10
the gold reserve there Is another. In the direct
chanGc or paper currency for the coin, where the
paper Is preferred for It's greater convenience.
fortunate indeed has 1t been for the Treasury
that even during the most critical periods through
which the country has recently passed. these cur
rents Of inflow have not been altogether checked
ana thai where their volume has been materially
diminished the loss has been partly made good by
the assistance OF financial institutions. In the ff-
teen months ending with September last the with
drawals Of gold from the Treasury In redemption
Of United States notes and Treasury notes amount
ed TO the immerse sum OF slg2 2O5 while the
net gains Of gold from all sources attained a total
Of $685. 1850"
The outstanding public debt on June 80 1896 ag-
gregated M.76Jsio323 compared with sl67s 1888
the date in 1896 According to n revised
estimate OF the Department. the composition and
distribution OF the monetary Stock for the fiscal
year 1895 are as follows:
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
POLITICAL NOTES.

A two-column editorial on the Governor-elect APP
pears in "The Glens Falls Times" the organ OF
State Treasurer Colvin. who proposes to give n
dinner In honor Of Mr.. Platt as soon as that gen.
tleman Is elected United States Senator. The con-
cusions arrived at that Mr.. Black will stick
to the State machine through thick and thin and
put none but organization in office. Assistant
Attorney General Kissebsrg. Mr. Colvin thinks.
may be Mr. Blacks legal adviser; Sheriff Collins
OF Troy, superintendent OF Prisons. and Louis r.
Payn head Of the Insurance Department. the az
fairs of which under him. Mr.. Colvin bele:cs,
would bo economically and capabIy managed"
To the proposition involving such appointments as
these the State Treasurer will say Amen
Speaker Reed Is taken to task by THE Buffalo
Express for what It terms his "nl-concealed
jealousy of the President-elect" and bluntly asks
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
BETTER LIGHTS FOR THE CAPITOL.
THE NEW ELECTRIC PLANT A CON

THE NEW ELECTRIC PLANT A COMPLETE SUCCESS
Washington. Nov 2S--The electric light plant
at the Capitol put in motion to-day and proved
to have been successfully installed. Work has been
pushed for weeks on the plant which Is the big
gest and most complete the Capitol has ever owned
The engine Is OF the compound condensing type, d.
rec,ly connected by a spring coupling with It's dy-
namo. which rests the same bed. This bed is
nineteen feet six inches long and six feet wide a
solid mass OF iron weighing 10000 pounds and an
chored with great bolts a cement foundation seven
feet deep and weighing nincty-c!gh; tons. The en-
gine iise;f Weighs nineteen tons the dynamo twelve
tons. and the spring coupling vince. 5000 pounds 50
completely Is the monster under control OF It's gov
ernor that there was variation OF only two revou-
t!ons minute between the engine a; full speed with
its fun load and full speed with no load at all.
From the eneine-room go twenty different currents.
which Will supply al. the lights OF the Capitol and
grounds. These 1iS lights and 1000 sixteen
c!ndle-power lamps. with room and capacity for an
additional thousand lamps II required.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS TO MEET.
STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR IMMEDIATE ORGANIZA
TIoN-PREPARING FOR THE CON
TEST NEXT YEAR.

National Democrats who have been invited to the
meeting called by Francis NJ. Scott chairman OF
the State Committees subcommittee. to be held at
the Hoffman House next Thursday evening. expect
to AXE steps toward getting their organization into
shape at Mr.. Scott said yesterday that he
had not intended converting the meeting until after
January !. bu; he found the antl-Tammany Demo-
Gratis anxious TO organize without delay so as to
prepare for the contest Of 1897 that he thought Il
unwisc to defer action.
The strength shown by Tammany Hall at the last
election seems to have acted "A warning that
there Is time to be lost II the people mean to
preyent the spoils-hunters OF the Wigwam from
again taking possession cf the city's money chest.
Committees will probably be appointed TO confer
with the National Democrats OF Brooklyn and
Queens and Richmond counties. with a view to Il
union I'm the Legislature shall pass the Greater
NewYork bill at the coming session.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
PROSPERITY ~ CENTRAL AMERICA.
PROGRESS OF TIE THREE REPUBLICS IN THF
ARTS OF PEACE

PROGRESS OF TIE THREE flBlI'S IN THE
ARTS OF PEACE.
Washington. Nov 2s-Scnor Rodriguez. OF Nicara-
qua. who arrived In NcwYork last week the l!plo
matte representative OF the three Central American
republics OF Nicaragua. Honduras and San Salvador
has reached Washington. and Will present his cre-
d,ntlals TO the State Department without delay
Sonor Rodriguez reports highly satisfactory con-
dt.on Of affairs In the three countries. Each IS
exeriing its strongest efforts TO secure svs
;cmatic and stable government Now that this result
has been practically reached. Sehor Rodriguez be-
cves that their efforts In future Will be devoted
the arts OF peace and 10 the upbu!ld.ng OF their
credit and standing among the nations Of TIE world.
Commercially they all prosper.ng and the
amount of exports well as Of imports Is increasing
annually. The principal article OF export II present
IL coffee. which. according 10 Senior Rodriguez holds
high rank among cpicurcs Little of II comes 10
the United states. a : European countries have
enough demand FOR IL 10 take the whole crop. WHAT
lile does rcacn this country is palmed Of as Java
for the people would not know II under the name OF
the country In which IT Is grown.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
HANDICAP MATCH
TEAMS or TWO.
A USEFUL BOOK.

As evidence that this is the age OF impro'ea...:
THE New-York City Building Trades -. I'm.
,o ,sas-.q7 which has inst been issued. Is an I'M
nrovement over last years volume. 1t Is s's >,
book of over 700 pages. containing the address
men connected with the building trades !" Nov.
Greater New York. the construction laws .. ,srg.
York and Brooklyn complete ward Maps sgse map f Il
map of the Greater New YORK ana nh,ch tI was an
nexed to the city in june 1895 The book a,S os
tains many fine reproductions OF Il Pho'chty Ppho cty.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
NEW TTH REGIMENT SH4RPSHOOTERS.

The following members OF the 7th Regimen
qualified sharpshooters at the armory rahs.'
on November 81: +. III. Clark. 60; Private I" ~
Coy g. Captain IA. Melville &c; Sergeant l. -.
Comfort, &c: Sergeant H. c. Robinson. Co. corpora
c. Drake. IS; Captain G. W. Rand. IS; Private Z"
H. Fitch, 65 Lieutenant II. c. Du Val. 6S' Pri'a.' @
c. W. Wood. C5: Private W. II. Eanley, w.
Corporal w. & Burrell. 65: Private r. Wessei, ~
Private A. Stevens and Lieutenant G. NJ Gar
nochan qualified experts. In the match-s"o''
ing the following records were made:
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
INTERNAL REVENUE FOR OCTOBER.

Washington. Nov. 2sThe collections OF internal
revenue for the month of October were sl3275,2o5
decrease from those of October 1885, OF M150Os The
credited to the several are: Spirits
s. 95: tobacco s2G33 lG7; fcrmented liquors s. 59
599: oleomargarine. ss1.s74 filed cheese, ss3. mis-
cellaneous s3GSD5. The only increase s22OS7 from
fermented liquors For the four months ended
October 81 there decrease of si2iGO0 the tota
rcccipts rom those Of the kame period In 1895.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29

The grand aggregate is s2,3is33S.57l. compared
with s. 399 10i. .GSS for the fiscal year 1885, While
these figures show apparent loss OF more
than sJG.Uv0Oc0. the Department officers say that
as a matter OF fact the loss does not exist.
Many millions of gold went abroad prior &c the
closing OF the last fiscal year. thus showing an uii-
favorable balance. but II Is said that since the in
flow OF gold has REQUIRED and the importations have
grown this norey. with considerable addition
thereto has come back TO the United States.
The net proceeds OF the National bank notes
redeemed during the year were $l07 s91 626 81 the
largest amount for any like period In ten years and
with the exception OF three years, the largest since
1879 The cost for the redemption Of National bank
notes has been assessed against the banks at the
rate OF 81 1sl8 per 1900.
The appendix contains a large amount Of new
matter OF interest TO bankers and students OF
finance In tabular form.