The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-10
WASHINGTON NEWS.


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The monthly statement Of the gov,
ernment receipts and expenditures ss
show deficit for July OF apou, 90,
SIS. 200. which is slightly In excess oi
the estimate Of ihe officials made one
month ago.
The annual preliminary report oi
the commissioner OF internal reSenu ren
for the fiscal year ended Jnne 4, ios"'
shows that the receipts from al soui
ces Of Internal revenue for the yeai
aggregated S273. isi .5s2, making an III
crease of $1O2,61I.I63 over the reee'pes ,o
for the fiscal year ending June ~
1898.
Mfr. ElIhu Root took the oath OF OF
fee as secretary OF war at io;f' a.
m. last Tuesday. The ceremony
occurred in the large once VI
the secretary of war. In the presenSe
OF Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock,
Assistant Secretary Meikletohn. inree
number of army officers In uniiorM
and other employees and officials me
oath was administered by Judge Cole
of the Supreme Court of the District OF
Colmhbia.
Secretary Long has taken notice 0. W
some rather personal exchanges VI
oninIon between the naval bureaus IN
the course of official business. BEFORE
he left the city on the list he addressed
an Identical note to each of the bu-
reaus. construction, engineering ana
equipment, directing attention TO GER
tain extracts from official letters that
were not proper and warning the bu-
renu chiefs that comments similar 10
those contained In the extracts were
entirely unnecessary and tended TO re
tard and prevent the transaction Oh
business by provoking retaliation.
Director of the Mint Roberts esti-
mates the gold output OF Australia Tor
the present year at S1OoOo,ooo III eA-
cess of that for 1898. He says Austral-
Ia will doubtless continue TO have trade
obligations TO settle with England.
Since the prospects point TO contlnu-
nnce of the balance of trade between
this country and Europe being in our
favor, 1t is my opinion that England
will go right along sending us consign-
ments of Australian gold direct. We
shall have all the gold we need. Our
position is that OF a creditor. but II
the other countries are willing To make
1t worth our while, we may make other
terms.
Major General Lnwton is to have
command of all the cavalry troops In
the Philippines when the active cam
paign opens in the fall. The plan Of
campaign decided upon by Major Gen
eral Otis contemplates a larger use of
cavalry than in the last campaign. He
already has in the Philippines the en-
tire Fourth cavalry He has been au-
"a. nf fl., nx-IS,
ional regiments in the Philippines ms
cavalry and eight companies of the
Third cavalry are under orders for Ma
Mia. II is probable that other regi-
ments viii be sent out. so as to give
General Lawton n strong cavalry force.
"Three new cases OF yellow fever in
the Soldiers Home at Hampton and
one DEATH" Is the official report re-
ceived by Surgeon General Wyman
from DR.. Wasdln. the yellow fever ex-
pert. on duty at the institution. Add
ed to DR.. Wnsdin's figures previously
sent to DIR. Wyman. this makes up TO
date forty cases in all which have oc-
Cured at the home. of which eight
have proved fatal. Surgeon White tel
egraphed DIR. Wyman that in his opin-
ion there was little doubt that there
had been some fever infection in the
neighboring village of Phoebus but
the surgeon general said tonight that
this dispatch had not been followed
by any evidence of positive character
from that place.
Secretary Gage has under consider
alton the question OF deciding on the
proposals for building the superstruct
ure and the interior tinishings of the
Cheyenne public buildings. He is IL
doubt whether to reject the bids, all OF
which are higher than the appropria
tion, or TO award the contract to tn,
lowest responsible bidder-G. W. At
kinson & Sons of Colorado Springs
and rely on Congress TO appropriat,
the extra money needed. The Treas
ury Department. 1t seems. miscalcu
lated on the foundation, which cos
$4,000 more than the appropriation
The last Congress was asked to max,
good the deficit, and failed TO do so
| Therefore the secretary hesitates t,
commit Congress beyond the appropri
alton.
or the remarkable growth in our ex
portations of manufactures during th
fiscal year just ended, that of the man
factures of iron and steel Is the mos
striking. The total increase in our ex
ports of manufactures during the year
as shown by the figures of the treasur,
Bureau of Statistics. is, In round mum
bers, $IS,OOO.0OO. and of this lncreas
S3.OOO,O0O is in manufactures of irol
and steel. The total exports of irol
and steel and manufactures thereof II
the fiscal year 1890 We're S93. 715 .951
against S10.406,SS5 in 1898. S5T. .4.7
SI2 in 1897. -S41. .16O.S17 in 1896. $40
OOO.9S9 in 1895. and 500. 300. .2G4 in 1891
The imports of manufactures of irol
and steel continue to fall. having bee
during the year but S12.O9S. 239. ngains
S25.33s, 1O3 In 1896 and S53,544.3I2 Il
1891.
The director of the mint has nearl
completed his estimate of the world
gold production for the year 1898. 'Tb
data at hand seem to warrant the cor
clusion that the production VIII amoun
to at least S294. 100000, and possibI
S2O5,OO0,000. Africa leads nil otbe
countries with SSO.30O,OO with An,
tralla second. with S67. 800, 900. and IN
United States third with SCI Aga OOl
Russia is credited with S25 900. OOt
Mexico with S10,00O.0OO, and Cannd,
including the Klondike. with $4,000
900. OF the. S14.00O,OOO credited I
Canada in 1898 about $4,000. 600 cam
out of the Klondike. and in the estim,
ton of the production of the Unite
States the last year $2.254 900 cam
from Alaska. In 1896. and for nearl
fifty years previous. the United Stnte
occupied the first place In the world
production of gold. In that year II,
output of the world was estimotod 1,