Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-04-09
Finances Of March.

Finances Of March.
The statement Of the public debt issued
ut Washington. u. g.. shows that the debt
at the. close of business March 81. less
cash In the treasury, wns S1.WS. 1881.
decrease for the month Of 1,3SI $40.
The debt Is rccapitulntcd M follows: In.
tcrcst. airing debt. SS41 .3taj,CSO: debt
on which interest hns ceased since mntur'
ity. ~ .3"I. $40: debt hearing no interest,
$:}SG.OIl,0ta). making u total Of Sl..3o.-
US.410. This. however. does not include
$5SJ.?o?.Gss In certificates and TREASURY
notes outstanding. which IRE offset by an
equal amount of cash In the treasury.
The cash In the treasury In classified ms
follows: Gold, SIT. t)O3.334: silver. $51?..
32634: paper. DI.SlS.324; bonds. dis
butting officers balances. etc.. x:I:.ta4.,
?I9s Making a total OF xSIS. IOS. 4CS.
against which there are demand liabilities
outstanding amounting 20 $G?l .t3l .0?o.
leaving n net cash balance Of <?:O. lO6.'
DAB. Tho comparative statement Of the
government receipts and expenditures
during March shows that the total re-
ccipts were $:s?.D5S.I $50. n loss OF about
x..OOO.OOO as compared with March. lsOI.
The expenditures durin. March nggreRat.
cd $31 .SS!.II4. an increase Of nearly 3d.
1000 over March. 1907. This Increase
IL largely duo to expenditures under the
recent appropriation for the national de-
Tense. The customs receipts during the
month were over x1.OOOIOO less than
March year ago. which were then abnor'
mally heavy on account Of the pending
tariff net. The receipts from internal
revenue increased about sl,OOO.OOO.
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Ride Tandem ON the Waves.
A water bicycle. driven by two men,
seated tandem fashion, may now daily bc
seen ON San Francisco buy. 1t was bni,,
on original lines by Il. u. Winquist. n fore.
man IN the Union iron works. and Il. Ol.
son. who propose 10 take II mp the Yukon.
Their strange craft IL constructed Of
aluminium and steel. and II II said u speed
OF eighteen knots an hour can b. made.
Severe tests have proven the claims OF
inventors and owners. They crossed the
bay on the sQually dry the bark Almy
was wrecked and are preparing for a trip
ocean.
i Newspaper Name bloody Death.
A terrible street duel took plate ut Wa.
co. Texas. ". q. Brnnn. editor OF the
lconociast. aud Capt. NJ. 4. Davis met
| OH South 4th street. In front OF the Cot.
ton Belt ticket office. and after exchnng'
Ing a few words both began cmptyinR
their reviewers. When the battle was
over Brann ~as found 10 he shot In the
left lung. the LETT log ana the right lOot;
Davis was shot through the right lung
ami ,hromyh both arms. The surgeons
say both men are likely TO die The ditii-
Guilty between the two men grew ont of
the REMUNERATION fond ~ last yeor
kiOndike Travel u small.
dOusly. During the last few weeks arriv'
| ais at Tacoma, WASH. from Eastern
States have been fewer than at any time
since December, while almost every day
has seen another steamship added to the
Alaskan neet. The steamship Australia
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