Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-11-14
News Of the " orId.
happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
Monthly Statements Government Re-
ceipts and Expenditures, Public Debt
and Circulati0t of Currency The

Ariz., was destroyed by fire last week,
causing a loss of $20.0
Rolla J. Gurin, an so-year-old huck-
kter of Kansas CITY. was ss.ot and killed
iy boy named William amphere,
aged l6. The motive was robbery.
The private banking firm of Wood
bury & Moulton of Portland, Me-, has
assigned. with liabilities in the neighbor-
hood of 500, 900.
Admiral Dewey is soon to marry Mrs.
Mildred Hazen OF Washington.
The Cotton Manufactures association
Of Massachusetts, at a meeting held at
Fall river recently the recommendation
of the committee which conferred with
the union representatives in relation to
the request for an advance in wages
voted against granting the request at
! this time
r. G. Alexander, editor of the New
York Mail and Express, is dead of
Bright's disease.
/ Three men were killed at Chicago one
day last week by the collapse of the
walls of new six-story building in
course of construction.
+ Exchange of money order business be-
4 tween the United States and Mexico
will take effect January !. 1900, when
money orders may be drawn In Mexico
on all points in the two countries, pay
able at all money order Office in Mexico.
The transcontinental railroads, to-
gether with their connecting transpacific
steamer connections at San Diego, San
Francisco, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle
and Vancouver, has just issued new
tariff, advancing freight rates % per
cent Cotton alone, which is shipped
in large quantities from Texas to Japan,
is exempted from this increase. An adj
vance of rates by the way of the Suez
canal is given as q reason for the in
crease by way of the Pacific ports,
Bids for the construction of the six
cruisers authorized by the last congress
We're opened at Washington last week.
Bids were received from two western
shipbuilders, one at San Francisco and
the other at Seattle. Each will probably
be given vessel to build.
A special dispatch from Washington
asserts that the American state depart
ment recently asked France, Germany
and Russia to give written assurances
regarding the preservation of the "open
door" in China, being dissatisfied with
the mere oral assurance and rejecting "a
proposal that the United States should
seize port and establish a sphere d in-
flucnce in China.
A dispatch from Washington says:
The United States, Great Britain and
Germany decided here to dissolve the
tripartite agreement by which these
powers control the Samoan islands. The
United States has by this decision been
guaranteed the possession of Tutuila
island and Pago,Pago. The disposition
of the remaining islands by Great Brit
ain and Germany is still pending.
The monthly statement of the public
debt Just ISSUED shows that at the close
of business October 81, 1899. the debt,
less cash in the treasury, amounted to
81, LAG, ,629, ,5Sl, a decrease during the
month of 81, 768, ,199. This decrease is
+
amount of cash on hand, and the in
creased redemption of national bank
notes. The debt is recapitulated as fol-
lows: Interest bearing debt, 81 ,0i6, O49,
O20; debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, $l,2l0, ,03o: debt bear
ing no interest, $3SS, OIL; total, ST.
1876, ,02l, ,l2l,
The comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenditures
issued recently shows that during Oc-
tober, 1899, the total receipts were $47
5i3, ,5Ss, against 39,63o,05l for October,
lS9s The expenditures for the last
month aggregated $i4. Ill., .026, against
$53, ,9S2,276 for October last year, leav-
ing surplus for the month of So, ,359,
562. During the four months of the pre-
sent fiscal year the receipts amounted to
$l90, 900, l64, and the expenditures SlS3,-
SOL, 1872, which leaves a surplus for the
present fiscal year of S1,049,ol2. The
receipts from customs during the last
month amounted to SlS, ,s07, 800, against
$l5, BOO, 234 for the corresponding month
last year. Internal revenue last month
produced S26, 455, ,533, against S22, 1856, ,5li
for October last year The expenditures
last month charged to the war depart
ment amounted to $l2.471 ,395. against
r., ,S95, ,029 for October last year; navy
80, l20,64S, against $5,3l4, ,56i for Oc-
tober, 1898.
The monthly circulation statement of
the controller of the currency shows that
ut the close of business October 81, ls99,
the total circulation of national bank
notes was $242, ,9S4 ,694, an inereass for
the year of $3, 539, ,4l2 and a decrease for
the month of 1905, ,434. The circulation
based on United States bonds amounted
to $297 ,a20, 774 IA decrease for the month
of $606,8 The circulat on secured by
lawful money amounted to S35 ,063, 9!o,
which is an increase for the year of 81,
563. .095. The amount of United States
registered bonds on deposit to secure
circulating notes was $s32, 400, l6o and IL
secure public deposits, SO, 36l,aio,
Owing to the present low price OF
sugar and the poor prospects, many
Cuban planters have decided nol t'
grind their present crop, bat to use II IL
replanting and in increasing their acre
age.