The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-12-12

rhnssholdsEs. and circulating notes amounting
70 "a. .e1e
national banks on October 81, Isss amounted 70
sz54, shz 0g1. including uHredeemed hut fully 81
cured notes Of banks tnsolvent and In process
circulation during the year ending on thah day
was 81 90. ~. On October g. 11s1. when the
condition Of national banks was last reported.
the total resources Of the 3e7s active institutions
was a. 81. s3ysS which included 81, -, 49,
ess 81 In loans and discounts and seq 1906 IA g
i'm money Of all kinds on hand.
OF their liabilities. tI.sSo. 81. ess05 due to
individual depositoFs and teoe.sts.0is consisted
Of outstanding circulating notes.
There Organized during the year pre-
eed1ng the dats last mentioned - national
banks. located In Is states, Of which - were or
ganized IN the eastern states with capital Of
capital o. co. ana % n he seasSsrn sta.es
with q capital Of 81, 10000 During the year.
| however. % banks voluntarily abandoned their
found necessary 70 appoint rece1yers. There
fore. compared with the preceding year.
there was a decrease Of % IN the number Of
active banks The number Of existing banks
organized under state laws 10 G70e.
lnmlgRafiOn.
The number OF immigrants arrived In the
United States during th, fiscal year vas 3D.,
| tg7. Of which 80, Sss were permitted 70 land
| and 17Ss weFs debarred IN various grounds pre-
| seFfbed by law and returned 20 the countries
l ship companies by which they were brought
1 The increase In immigration over the preceding
II
i with some exceptions. the immigranas Of the
past year were Of q hardy labor1ng class able
| 10 earn . support for themselves. and II IL es-
1 timated that the money brought with them
amounted TO At least S. 90. 600. though Il was
probably much in excess OF that sum, since only
those having less than 80 are required TO dis
close the exact amount and Il Il known that
| many brought considerable sums Of money 20
buy land and build homes Including all the
age. nss per cent were iliIterate as against
2e-ST per cent Of those Of that age arriving dur
ing the preceding fiscal year.
The number Of immigrants over II years old.
| the countries from which they came and ths
| percentage Of nlitsrstes among them were a
follows: Italy. II.tn with stss per cent: Ire
| land. q. 80 with per cent: Russia s. I3 with
ala per cent; Austria. Hungary and provinces
81 .05s. with 8.s1 per cent: Germany. E.SS4. with
z& per cent: Sweden. ssh. with LB per cent
| while from Portugal there came 1851. of whom
| T76s per cent were iliterate. There arrive
| from Japan during the year only ule innfni
| grants and IL is the opinion Of the immigra
1 ton authorities that the apprehension hereto
fore existing 70 some extent Of large imini
grafton from Japan % the United States
| without any substantial foundation
Life saving Service.
From the Iife-saxing service It il reporte'
| that the number OF disasters TO documente'
| vessels within the limits Of its operations dur
hoard sS0s persons, Of whom s5ss were saved an
| 10 lost. The value OF such vessels iE estimate
at g. az. 10 and Of their cArgoes asa $50 max
72t.tes. OF this amount 81. 7e7 was save
and 81. q. 70 was lost. sixty-seyen Of IN
, | vessels totally wrecked.
There were besides 5ss casualties 20 snna
| Uhdocomented crafts on board OF which thef
! | were 5ss persons. Of whom So were saved an
. | seven losi. The value OF the property Involve
| in these latter casualties IL estimated al flls
| Us. OF which flIA SIS saved ana $3.50 wa
! | oft The life saving crews during the year ali
| rescued numerous other vessels and warns
| mary from danger by signals both by day an
| night The number of disasters during the yea
| exceeded that OF any previous year In the nj
: | tory Of the service. but the saving OF both IL
| and property WAS greater than ever before
| proportion 10 the value OF the property II
= | vulped and 10 the number Of persons tnpe
| uled-
Other Treasury Matters
= | The operations OF the marine hospital -
: | VICE the revenue cutter service. the Eteainbos
: | inspection service. the lighthouse service,
| bareau q navigation and other branches
7, | public work attached TO the treasury depaF
= | uaeui together with various recommendation
- | concerning their support and Improvement q
| fully stated IN the report OF the secretary,
| which the attention Of congress 10 especial
| invited. The report OF the secretary OF "
g exhibits satisfactory conditions In the sevef
branches OF the public service intrusted
Y | IT, charge