The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-09
Settling Their Trade balances by
Sending American stocks Here and
Selling at the Recent Advance.
MORE FORTY-CENT DOLLARS
MINT TO BE PUT TO WORK STAMP
ING DEPRECATED SILVER.
People of Oklahoma ReveIing I'm Pros
perity-Remains of Captain Lemon
Barred Out of Arlington.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Those who
have been anticipating large importations
of gold this month may be disappointed.
The foreigners, instead of paying for our
wheat and food stuffs in gold, evince dis
position to settle their business by heavy
sales of American securities Foreign
holders are just now taking advantage of
the advance in the poorer class OF nom
dividend paying stocks and they are send
ing them back to America bv the ream.
Preparations were made abroad looking to
the early shipment to the United States of
about ten million dollars worth of English
sovereigns. that amount to be sent direct
from Australia. These preparations have
not been entirely abandoned and the gold
may be yet sent into this country from
the source indicated. but the arrival may
be delayed considerably beyond the origi-
nal schedule arrangement.
The available supply of silver dollars in
the treasury has been reduced to about
eight million dollars and the director of
the mint will within the next few days.
issue an order for the coming of an addi-
tional lot of these dollars from bullion
purchased under the act of 1890. The treas
ury holds silver bullion which cost the gov
eminent $1O4 100000. 1t is worth intrinscally
less than 900 at current quotations as
metal =
Hon Dennis Flynn, formerly delegate in
Congress from Oklahoma, was in the city
for brief visit to-day. Mr.. Flynn said:
oklahoma was never in such prosperous
condition as it is to-day We have thirty
five bushels of wheat to the acre, and the
corn crop is so far advanced that no CHI
10 oloop off lie
bringing % cents a bushel and the farmers
are happy. Cotton is a better crop than
it ever was before, and while the price is
low the indications are decidedly favorable
for an advance in this staple. Farmers go
to the towns, buy new wagons, go home.
load them up with wheat come back and
sell the wheat for enough TO pay for the
wagon and have money left besides. They
have forgotten the silver question. In fact,
the only reference 1 heard made to that is
sue was made by myself in a recent
speech, wherein / said that l agreed with
Mr.. Bryan that silver and wheat were get
ting together 1t takes nearly a bushel of
one to buy bushel of the other to-day"
1t is said that the War Department Off
Gals who have charge of historic Airing
ton have decided to deny the executors of
the Will OF the ldIe Captain NeOTSe
Lemon, the millionaire pension agent, the
privilege of burying his remains there and
erecting a mausoleum over them. The G.
A. r. is indebted to Captain Lemon more
than any other man for the existing liber-
al pension laws. He died about year ago
and left an estate of about 81, 900, about
$500, 900 of which went TO the family of the
late Gen. John A. Logan. His remains are
to be kept out of Arlington for the ex-
planned reason that he did not perform
services sufficiently distinguished to entitle
his remains to that distinction.
The claims of the letter carriers of South
Bend and Lafayette Ind, for work per-
formed by them overtime were approved
by the Treasury Department to-day and
checks will be forwarded at once. South
Bend carriers will receive $7,42S and Lafay-
cite carriers $2,32S. The names of the re-
cipients were printed in the Journal re-
Gently. -
Paul Jones, of Mt. Meridian, Ind, was to-
day appointed clerk in the railway mail
service, and Miss Elizabeth j. Doherty, of
Indiana, was appointed kindergarten
teacher in the Indian school at Rosebud
agency. South DakOta