The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-08

thc United StntcR during the calendar
| ycar 1891 IN estimated Ia have Dccn
2,@5i,TGO fine ounces Of gold NJ the val.
no OF Si6.GlO,OOO and jj.727OOO inc
ounces Of silver. OF the commercial val.
no of S3G.itj,0O0 and the coinage value
OF !72. 0jl,000.
The estimated production or these
| metals throughout the world duTihS
the Same period wns 9.GSS,S2l ine0uhceS
of gold, amounting 10 $2OO,2S6,IoO ~
value. ana iG9. 1929 fine ounces OF SUI
yer, 0f tho commercial value OF 8llO,-
Gji 900 and Of the coinage value OF $.lS,-
| 73S, 100 according to our ratio
The coinage OF these metals In the
various countries OF the world during
| the same calendar ycnr amounted 10
$93., 70l i3S In gold and $l2l,JJJG?lo In
silver.
The total coinage at tho mInta OF tho
| United states during The lischl Srhf
ended June 20, 1896, amounted to VII
| lSS.iGS ~, Of which tjS.S7S,i3O was IN
gold coins and {lg.50g.97S"! In stand q.
ard silver dollars subsidiary coins ana
| minor coins The number OF national
banks organized from tho time the law
| authorizing their creation was phsScu.
up to October n, 1896, was 5,Ojl ana 81
| this number 3,G7g were ut the date last
|
authorized capital stock OF $G5OOliS95,
] held by $751; 0l share holders and ely
culntInG notes amounting 70 %"lI,il2,-
| GO.
The total outstanding circulating
| notes Of all national banks on the 3lst
day Of October. 1896. amounted 60 S2A'-
| 6J3, 500. including unrcdccmAble, nut
| fully secured notes, Of banks inshlvent
and In process Of liquidation, The In
| crease In national bank circulation dur
| Ing the year ending on that day was
| 81 .099 ,i29. on October 6, 1895, when inc
| condition of national banks was last
reported. tho total resources OF the
| 1863 active institutions was S.9ba.GS!,-
$40 50. which Included $l,S93.2GS.Sa9 u In
| loans and discounts and 1862, lGJ,I j3 NJ
In money az all kinds on hand. or their
| liabilities S209.9ii,Ol9 consisted OF out
standing circulating notes.
There were organized during the year
| preceding the date last mentioned,
twenty eight national banks, located In
| fifteen states, Of which twelve were
organized In the eastern states With a
| capital of Sl,iSO000. six In the western
states, with n capital OF $SI5,ODO. and
| ten In the southern states, with a capt.
| tai OF Sl.l9O0OO.
During the year. however. thirty
seven banks voluntarily abandoned
their franchises under the national
| law. and in the case Of twenty seven
| others II was found necessary to ap-
point receivers. Therefore, as compared
| with the year preceding, there was n
| decrease OF thIrty-siX in the number OF
active banks. Tho number OF existing
banks organized under state laws. IS
5.7OS
Immigration.
The number OF Immigrants arriving
in the United States during the fiscal
year was 3i3,9G7. OF whom 3i0,i6S were
permitted to land, and 2.7O9 were de-
barred. on various grounds prescribed
| by law, ard returned 90 the countries
| whence they came, at the expense Of
| the steamship companies by which
| they We're brought In. The Increase in
| immigration over the preceding year
amounted 10 A.73l. II Is reported that
| with some exceptions the immigrants
Of the past year were of a hardy labor
| Ing class. accustomed and able 10 earn
Il support for themselves, and II is cF-
tlmatGd that the money brought with
them amounted to at least 100000.
though it was probably much In excess
| OF that sum. since only those having
the exact amour; and II Is known that
many brought considerable sums of
money TO buy land and build homes.
Including all the immigrants arriving
| who were over fourteen years OF age.
2S63 per cent were illIteratc. as against
20.3I per cent Of those that age Hrrtv-
| Ing during the preceding fiscal year.
The number OF immigrants over four
| teens years OF age, the country from
| which they came. and the percentage
| OF !iltterates among them. were MS fol-
| lows: Italy h,5l5. with Ji.59 peg cent;
| Ireland 1886, with per cent: Russia
35.lSS, with il.N per cent: AuStrIa-Hun-
| gary and Provinces. ~. 05I with esp
per cent: Germany 2535i. with $50 per
cent: Sweden. lS.S2l. with Liz per cent,
while from Portugal. there came 2.O6...
OF whom 17.s9 per cent were lliteratcs.
| There arrived from Japan during the
| year only lilo immigrants. and It is
| the opinion Of tHn immigration author
| tiles that che apprehension heretofore
| existing 10 some extent Of a large I'M
| migration from Japan 10 the United
States Is without substantial founda-
| ton.
| Lire-SnvinE Service.
From the life saving service 1t IS re-
ported that the number OF disasters to
documentcd vessels within the limits OF
Its operations during the ycar was 49,.
| These vessels had on board 1905 persons,
OF whom 4,59h were saved and thirteen
| lost. The value Of such vessels cs;l-
| mated at SS,S0S.400 and Of their cargocs.
S3,SsS, 100. making the total value OF pro-
perty imperilcd $l2.I26.5@O OF this
| amount SLICE. 7N1 was saved and Sl431.-
SiNfV.snNsnFN n ~ lie
were totally wrecked. There were be-
sides .43 casualties 20 small undocu-
mcnted crafts on board Of which there
were 59+ persons. OF whom ISL were saved
and seven were lost,
The value Of the property involved In
these later casualties il estimated AT
Sll9.265. of which Si149Ia was saved and
$i,t50 wiS lost. The life saving crews.
during the year has rescued or assisted
numerous other vessels and warned
many from danger by signals. both by
day and night. The number Of disasters
during the year exceeded that Of any
previous year In the history Of the ser
vice, but the saving Of both life and pro-
ncrty. was greater than ever before in
proportion to the value " the property
involved and the number OF persons i'm
pcrllcd.
The Army.
The report OF the SECRETARY Of war, cX-
hihits satisfactory conditions In the sew
cral branches Of the public service in
trusted 10 his charge. The limit of our
military force us fixed by law. Is Cou-
Stantly and readily maintained. Tho
present discipline and morale OF our
army arr excellent and marked progress
ana efficiency are apparent ihrOuGhOu:
its entire organization.
Changes In methods of administration,
the abandonment Of unnecessary posts