The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
The DOCKET
For the Next Term of the United States
Supreme Court Contains to Date 446
Cases, an Addition of 63 Since Adjourn


Supreme Court Contains to Date 446
Cases, an Addition of 63 Since Adjourn
ment.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.-The docket
for the next term of the United States
supreme court, which will begin on the
18th of October. is being prepared. 1t
contains to date 446 cases. showing an
add ton of IS cases since the adjourn.
uent of the court in May. Of these
cases l2S are from the state courts. l19
from the new federal courts of appeal.
80 from the United States circuit court.
do from the territorial courts. 80 from
the courts of the District of Columbia,
% from the court of claims, 26 from
the private land court and II from
the United States district courts.
There were sos cases on the docket
when the court con vened d October 1896
This year the number will be fully zoe
less. The constant falling off indicates
that the court will soon be quite mp to
date with it's business. The diminu-
ton of cases coming to this tribunal
has been caused princi pal!y by the Gre
alton of the United States courts of APP
peals, causing falling off of from 900
to 800 cases per year in the cases
brought TO this court from the United
States circuit courts
The attorney general is considering
the advisability of appealing to the
circnt court of appeals from the de
cree of the United States circuit court
recently entered at Omaha for the sale
of the Union Pacific nnder foreclosure
proceedings The government. it is
understood, desires some notifications
of the decree entered by the circuit
court in order to still further protect
the governments interests. and it is
only by appeal that such modi 6cations
can be secured. Several members OF
the reorganization board of the Union
Pacific were here last week to consult
the attorney general npon this subject.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2.-Thc monthly
statement Of the public debt, issued at
the treasury department Wednesday,
| shows the debt, less cash in the treas
ury, to be 81 ,0OS, 1876, l2l, which is an in
crease for the month of SI4, SSS, AS.
| This increase is accounted for by a cor
responding decrease in the amount of
cash on hand. The debt is recapi tulated
| as follows:
Interest bearing debt. SS47 1865, $40:
| debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, 81, 1856, $50; debt bearing no
interest, $37S, 1874, 5O7; total. 81, 226, $780,
| 327. This amount, however, does not
include S593, 961, 1853 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, which are
offset by an equal amount of cash in
| the treasury.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows: Gold, $1S1 1884, 1856: silver,
$5l9, 36s, 1856; paper, $139, APT .O64, Bonds,
disbursing officers balances, etc. SIS
1861. Totals, 1858, las, 367 against
which there are demand liabilities out
/ standing amounting to 500. 5S4. 100,
which leaves a cash balance IN the
treasury of $21S, 1851, 200.
Adm. Walker, president of the Mica
ragua canal commission, had a confer
ence with Secretary Sherman Wcdnes-
day regarding some of the details of
the work of the commission, which is
now making a thorough examination
of the great mass of papers and docu-
ments relating to the canal 1t is eX-
pected that Capt. Carter, the engineer
officer who is a member of the board,
will return about the 18th of this
month, and a meeting will be held in
New York Immediately on his return.
The commission does not expect to get
through its work in Washington so
that it can sail for Nicaragua before
| November l.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The safe OF
the district tax collectors office was
| robbed Tuesday night of all its con
tents, amounting to about $4,000. re-
ccivcd during the day for taxes. The
loss was discovered when Cashier
Chamberlain opened the safe as usual
Wednesday morning. The safe had
not been tempered with and the police
believe that Varick Hawkins, the Ne
gro messenger of the tax collector,
learned the combination and robbed
the safe after office hours
GRAIN EXPORTS