The Mena star., 1899-03-30
LACK OF PAPER MONEY.
The United States Treasurer Talks About the Deficiency in the
 Circulating Medium.
MISSOuRlARS SAID TO BE IN TROUBLE.
Reached Nicaragua on a Fiiibusteriog Expedition-- Expense of the Colonies Rural Free DeIivery-The Trusts May Be Prosecuted.

Re Prosecuted.
 Washington, March 26.-United States Treasurer Roberts said yester- day that the impression that the lack of paper money is due to enforced withdrawals of notes by the treasury is not true. He ontinued:
 The total circulation per capita in the coun- try including coin and paper, has increased froSi S2S.sS, March 1. 1898, to sc5 51 March l. 1899 There has been an increase within these years in every item Of circulation except gold certificates treasury notes and currency cer- tihcates The silver certificates in the hands of the people are more now than in 1896 by s63- s5i,s51. the United States notes more by s67- Si6.Slb and the national bank notes more by sSO 72l344 There does not seem to me to be a deficiency in the circulating medium The abundance of gold coin does not give relief be- cause of the prejudice of bankers and their customers against it's use AS remedy the national banks might add to the volume of their notes The treasury department strains every nerve to meet the demand for notes and especially those of small denominations At the request of the treasury, the bureau of en- graving and printing is printing and delivering to the treasury only notes of BIO and under.
 Missourians said to Be in Trouble.
 Washington, March 26 The depart ment of s&ate has received no official information that Missourians were in trouble in Nicaragua. Some weeks ago diplomatic representatives of Nicaragua and of other Central Amer ican governments reported to the sec retary that filibustering forces were being organized in this country. They represented that Missourians were being recruited to go to Central America. New Orleans was given as the probab ble port of departure. The secretary of state acted promptly upon the memoranda furnished by the Gen. fral Anne rican minister. It is the inn pression at the department of state that the interference, SO far as New Orleans is concerned, was successful The Missourians may have left the country by some other port If the Mssourians succeeded in euding the United States officials and reached Nicaragua bent on a filibustering pur- pose, this government will be slow to interfere in their behalf. Itis estopped by treaty provisions from intervention to save citizens who go on such expe- ditions. If the Missourians can show that their purposes were non political, and that they are men of good repute and worthy of aid, this government will protect them in their rights.
 Expense of the Colonies.
 Washington, March 26. What pro- portion of the expense of governing the insular possessions of the United States shall be charged to the local revenues is one of the most important questions with which the next con- gress will have to deal. Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury Vanderlip said yesterday that no attempt had yet been made by the administration to devise a solution of this problem, but he was convinced that the colonies would not be expensive. He said that they certainly would be called upon to pay all the expenses of their local civil governments when such govern ments were established, and it might be that they would be charged with all or part of the expense of such for tifications as might be established at their DOT Is. As long as the present military government is continued in our insular possessions their local rev. enues will be relieved of many ex- penditures that would necessarily fall upon them under a civil government. All the principal administrative places are now filled by army officers, at no expense whatever to the local reve- nues This has the advan tage of giv- ing more money for needed improve ments of various kinds, including the oa.,ftaffc., nf tha aiffac
 Rural Free DeIivery.
 Washington, March 26. = Congress doubled the appropriation for rural free delivery. With SS00.o to draw upon the coming year the post office department is proceeding to amplify the experimental service materially. Results of the introduction of rural free delivery show that it finds it's most encouraging field in the middle and western states In the south. pop ulation is more scattered, and there is higher percentage of illiteracy. These two conditions detract from the expected results of increased postal service. The demand for additional routes is very great, but the demand is proceeding with good deal of dis elimination. Bad roads constitute one Of the most serious draw backs to the extension of the service. The plan of the department is to lay out rou te from 20 to 25 miles long on a main road Boxes are located at the cross