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ToiHiCo50Htwor ths United Statbs The constitutional duty which requires the president from time to Uffle to give to the con gress Information of the atate of the Union, and recommeud to their eonsideratloa such measures as hs shall Judge necessary and ex pedient, is fittingly entered upon by commend ing to the congress a careful examination of the detailed statement, and well-supported recommendations contained in the reports of the heads of departments who are chiefly charged with the executive work of the government- In an effort to abridge this communica tion as much as is consistent with its purpose. I shall supplement a brier reference to the con tents of these departmental reports by the mention of such executive business and inci dents as are not embraced therein, and by such recommendations as appear to be at this par ticular time appropriate. . State Department, While our foreign relations have not at all times during the past year been entirely free from perplexity, no embarrassing situation re mains that will not yield to the spirit of fair ness and love of Justice, which, joined with consistent firmness, characterize a truly Amer ican foreign policy. The president devotes considerable space to a review of our-rclatlons with our neighbors In Central and South America, the West Indies ant Europe, reverting incidentally to the Con (to state and the praiseworthy efforts at civilization in that quarter, and also notes the concern of the United States far the mainte nance of the territorial integrity of the repub lic of Liberia. Of more than passing interest is his refe;ence to the Samoan islands, of which he says: hex too. , Our relations with Mexico continue to be of that close and friendly nature which should alwsys characterize the intercourse of two neighboring republics. The work of relocating the monuments mark ing the boundary between the two countries from Paso Del Norte to the Pacific Is nearly completed. Tho commission recently organ ized under the conventions of IRSt and 18S9, it is expected, will speedily settle disputes grow ing out of the shifting currents of the Rio Urande river east of El Paso. SAMOA. Led by a desire to composo differences and contribute to the restoration of order In Samoa, which for some years previous had been the scene of conflicting foreign pretensions and native strife, the United States, departing from its policy, consecrated by a century of ob servance, entered four years ago into the treaty of Berlin, thereby becoming Jointly bound with England and Germany to establish and main tain Malietoa Laupepaas king of Samoa. Early in the life of this triple protectorate tho native riissensions it was designed to quell revived. Klvals defied the authority of the new king, re fusing to pay taxes and demanding the election of a ruler by native suffrage. Mataafa. an aspirant to the throne, and a large number ot his native adherents, were in open rebellion in one of the islands. Quite lately, at the request of the other powers, and in fulfillment of its treaty obligations, this government agreed to unite in a joint military movement of such dimensions as would probably secure the surrender of the Insurgents without bloodshed. The warship Philadelphia was accordingly put under orders for Samoa, but before she arrived, the threatened conflict was precipitated by King Malictoa's nt tack upon tne Insurgent camp. Mataafa was defeated and a number of his men killed. The Mritinh and (German naval vessels present sub sequently received the surrender of Mataafa and his adherents. The defeated chief and ten of his principal supporters were deported to a German island of the Marshall group, where they are held as prisoners under the joint re sponsibility and cost of the three powers. THE HAWAII ISLANDS. it is hardly necessary for me to state that the question arising from our relations with Hawaii have caused serious embarrassment. Just prior to the installation of tho present ad ministration the existing government of Ha waii had been suddenly overthrown, and a treaty of annexation had been negotiated be tween the provisional government of the is lands and the United States and submitted to the senate for ratification. This treaty I with drew for examination, and dispatched Hon. James A. Blount, of Georgia, to Monelulu as a special commissioner to make an impartial in vestigation of the circumstances attending the change of government, and of all the condi tions bearing upon the sabjectof the treaty. After a thorough and exhaustive examination. Mr. Blount submitted to me his report, show ing beyond all question that the constitutional povernmentof Hawaii had been subverted with the actual aid of our representative to that government and throuKh the intimidation caused by the presence of an armed naval force of the United States which was landed for that purpose at the instance of our minister. Upon the facts developed it seemed to me the only honorable course for our government to pursue was to undo the wrong that had been done by those represent ing us, and to restore as far as practicable the Mt.tus existing at the time of our forcible in tervention. With a view of accomplishing this reuult within the constitutional limits of ex ecutive power, and recognizing all our obliga tions and responsibilities growing out of any change of conditions brought about by our unjustifiable interference, our present minister at Honolulu has re ceived appropriate instructions to that end. Thus far no information of the accom plishment of any definite results has been re ceived from him. Additional advices are soon expected, and when receired. they will promptly be sent to congress, together with all other information at hand, accompanied by a special executive message fully detailing all the facts necessary to a complete understand ing of the case, and presenting a history of all the material events leading up to the present situation. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. By a concurrent resolution, passed by the senate February 14. l?tM. and by the house of representatives on the 3d of April following, the president was requested to invite, from time to time, as fit occasions may arise, nego tiations with any government with which the United States has or may have -diplomatic re lations, to the end that any differences or dis putes arising between the two governments which can not be adjusted by diplomatic ag.ncy may be referred to arbitration and be peaceably adjusted by such means. April 18, 189J. the international American conference of Washington, by resolution, expressed the wish that all controversies between the republics of America and the nations of Europe might be settled by arbitration, and recommended that the government of each nation represented in that conference should communicate this wish to all friendly powers. A favorable response has been received from Great Britain in the shape of a resolution adopted by parliament. July IS last, cordially sympathizing with the purpose in view, and expressing the hope that her majesty's gov ernment will lend ready co-operation to the government of the United States upon the basis of the concurrent . resolution above quoted. DIPLOMATIC ATFAIRS. Since the passage of the act of March 3. 1593. authorizing .the president to raise the grade of our envoys to correspond with the rank in which foreign countries accredit their agents here. Great Britain. France. Italy and Germany have conferred on their representatives at this capital the title of ambassador, and we have responded by accrediting the agents of the United States in those countries with the same title. A like elevation of mission is announced by Russia, and when made will be similarly met. This step fittingly comport-, with the position the United Sutes hold in the family of nations. - The Public Treasury. The secretary cf the treasury reports that the receipts of the government-from all sources during the fiscal year ended June 30. 1894, amounted to S461.716.MI-M and its expenditures to S4?-9.S7t.r4.20. There was collected from customs f-Ma l'if 0IG.7J and from internal re venue a'-l. 027,6s. M. Our dutiable imports amounted to S421 .856.711, an Increase of 162.453. 9J7 over the preceeding year, and Importations free of duty amounting to 1444.544.21 1. a decrease from the preceding year ef I13.44S.447; "internal revenue receipt exceeded those of the preced ing year by I7.l47.445.3i INTERNAL RIVT5CE- The total tax collected on distilled spirits f9t.7&.2tXX3. on manufactured tobacco. ."l.f8,7ll.74. and on fermented liquors. SSC.M. iunr.. We exported merchandise during the year amounting to t347.6Aft.lM. a decrease ot t is?.6j from the preceding year. GOLD EXPORTS. The amount ef gold exported was larger than any previous year in the history ot the govern ment, amounting to IIOsJ.ksO.bII, and exceeding in amuiiot exported during tto preceding rear ty 4,413,617. ih atroAB Bororrr. The sum paid from the treasury for sugar bounty was a,375.l.)s, an Increase over the preceding year of 2.033,063.09. AN ESTIMATED D E EICTENCT. It Is estimated upon the basis of present revenue laws that the receipt of the govern' ment for tim yea ending June SO. 1894. will be 4t,l2l.303.38 and Its expenditures 4.W,12l. 365.38, resulting in a deficiency of 128,000,000. THE CIRCrLATINO MEDIUM. On the 1st day of November. 193. the amount of money of all kinds in circulation, or not in cluded in treasury holdings, was $1,718,544,682, an increase for the year of fl 12.404.947. Es timating our population t 67,4'id.ouo at the time mentioned, the per capita circulation was I-J5.49. On the same date there Was in the treasury geld bullion amounting to 196.637.273. and silver bullion which was purchased at a coot Of 1126.261. 553. THE PURCHASES OP SILVER. The purchases of silver under the law of July 14. 189). during the last fiscal year aggregated 54,008,162.59 fine ounces, which cast t4 V-31.S74.53. The total amount of silver purchased from the time that the law bocame operative until the repeal of the purchasing clause on the first day of November, 193. was 168,674.50X44 floe ounces, which cost tl55.83J.940.H4. Between the first day of March. 1873, and the first day Of Novem ber. 1863. the government purchased, under all laws. 503.0u3.717 tine ounces of silver at a cost of $516,622,948. The silver dollars that have been coined under the act of July 14, 189J, num ber 36.087.235. The seigniorage arising from such coinage was $6,978,099.59, leaving on hand in the mints 140.6M9,7ti0 fine ounces of silver, which cost $120,758,218. THE COINAGE. Our total coinage of all metals during the last fiscal year consisted of 997,28C,875 pieces, valued at $43,685,178.80, of which there was $30. 0:w. 140 in gold coin, $5,343,715 in sliver dollars, $7,217,220.90 in subsidiary silver coin, and $1, 16,103.90 in minor coins. PRODUCTION OP PRECIOUS METALS. During the calendar year 1892 the production of precious metals in the United Stales was estimated to be 1.596,375 fine ounces of gold of the commercial and coinage value of $30, 00 J.OM, and 58,OiiO,U00 fine ounces of silver of the bul lion or market value of $50,750,000, and of the coinage value of $74,989,900. THE STOCK OP METALLIC MONET. It is estimated that on the first day of July, 1893, the metallic stock of money in the United States, consisting of coin and bullion, amount ed to $1,218,559,169, of which $597,697,685 was gold and $615,861,484 was stiver. NATIONAL BANKS. One hundred and nineteen national banks were organized during the year ending October 31, 1893. with a capital of $11,230,000, 46 went into voluntary liquidation and 158 suspended. Sixty-five of the suspended banks were insol vent, eighty-six resumed business, and seven remain In the hands of bank examiners, with prospects of speedy resumption. Of the new banks organized forty-four were located In the eastern stares, forty-one west of the Mississippi river and thirty -four in the central and southern states. The total number of national banks in existence on the 31st day of October. 1H93. was 3,790. having an aggregate capital of $au5,558 123. The net increase in the circulation ot these banks during the year was $36,886,972. SILVER PURCHASE REPEAL. The recent repeal of the provision of law re quiring the purchas3 of silver bullion by the government as a feature of our monetary scheme has made an entire change in the com plexion of our currency affairs. I do not doubt that the ultimate result of this action will be most salutary and far reaching. In the nature of things, however, it is im possible to kuow at this time precisely what conditions will be brought a bo it by the change, or what, if any, supplementary legislation may. in the light of such conditions, appear to be essential or expedient. Of course, alter the recent financial perturbation, 'time Is neces sary for the re-establishment of business confi dence. When, however, through this restored confidence, the money which has been fright ened into hoarding places is returned to trade and enterprise, n survey of the situation will probably disclose a safe path leading to a permanently sound cur rency abundantly sufficient to meet every re quirement of our increasing population and business. In the pursuit of this object we should resolutely turn away from alluring and temporary expedients, determined to be con tent with nothing less than a lasting and com prehensive financial plan. In these circum stances. I am convinced that a reasonable de lay in dealing with this subject, instead of be ing injurious will increase the probability of wise action. ' ISSUING BONDS. The authority now vested in the secretary of the treasury to Issue bonds is not as clear as it should be, and the bonds authorized are disad vantageous to the government, both as to the time of their maturity and rate of interest. IMMIGRATION. The superintendent of immigration through the secretary of the treasury reports that dur ing the last fiscal year there arrived at our ports 440.793 immigrants. Of these 1.063 were not permitted to land, and under the limita tions of the law. 577 were returned to the countries from which they came,by reason of their having become public charges. The to tal arrivals were 144,034 less than for the pre vious year. NATIONAL QUARANTINE. The secretary, in his report, gives an account of the operation of the marine-hospital service, and of the good work done under its super vision in preventing the entrance and spread of contagious diseases. The admonitions of the last two years touching our public health and the demonstrated danger of the introduc tion of contagious diseases from foreign ports has Invested the subject of national quarantine with increased interest. , The War Department. The secretary of war reports that the strength of the army on the 30th day of Sep tember last was 25.778 enlisted men and 2.144 officers, the total expenditures of the depart ment for the year ending June 3 1893. amount ing to $51,966,074.89. Of this "Sum $992,581 96 was for salaries and contingent exrnses, $23,377, 828.35 for the support of the niillfary establish ments. $6,077,033.18 for miscellaneous objects and $."0,518,631.41 for public works. The latter sum includss tl5,296,8."6.4fl for river and harbor improvements and $3,266,141.20 for fortifica tions ud other works of defense. , PROPOSED CHANGES. The adoption ot battalion formations for in fantry regiments, the strengthening of the artillery force, the abandonment of smaller and unnecessary posts, and the massing of the troops at important and accessible stations all promise to promote the usefulness of the army. In the judgment of army officers, with but few exceptions, the operation of the law forbidding the re-enlistment of men after ten years of service has not proved its wisdom, and while the arguments that led to its adop tion were not without merit, the experience of the year constrains me to join in the recom mendation fer its repeal. THE MILITIA. The total enrollment of the militia of the several states was on the 31st of October of the current year 112.597 officers and enlisted men. The officers of the army detailed for the inspection and instruction of this reserve of our military force, report that increased inter est and marked progress are apparent in the discipline and efficiency of the organization. . A QUIET TEAR. Neither Indian outbreaks nor domestic vio lence have called the army into service during the year, and the only active military duty re quired of it has been in the department of Texas, where violations of the neutrality laws of the United and Mexico were promptly and efficiently dealt with by the troops, eliciting the warm approval of the civil and military authorities of both countries. SEA COAST DEFENSE. It is gratifying to note that we have begun to attain completed results in the comprehensive scheme of seA-coast defense and fortification, entered upon eight years ago. A large sum has been already expended, but the cost of maintenance will be inconsiderable as com pared with the expense ot construction and or dinance. At the end of the current calendar year the war department will have nine 12-inch guns, twenty 10 inch and thirty-four 8-lnch guns ready to be mounted on gun-lifts and car riages, and seventy-five 12-inch mortars. In ad dition to the product of the army gun factory now completed at Watervllet, the government has contracted with private parties for tne purchase of 100 guns of these calibers, the first of wnich should be delivered to the departmen t for test before July 1. 1891. The manufacture of heavy ordnance keeps pace with current needs, but to render these guns available for the purpose they are designed to meet, em placements must be prepared for them. Prog ress has been made in this direction, and It is desirable that congress by adequate appro priations should provide for the uninterrupted prosecution of this necessary work. MODERN SMALL ARMS. After much preliminary work and examina tion. In accordance with the requirements of the law, the board appointed to select a maga zine rifie of modern type with which to replace the obsolete Springfield rifle of the Infantry service completed its labors during the last year, and the work of manufacture is now la f rogress at the national armory at Springfield, t is confidently expected that by the end of the current year our Infantry will be supplied with a weapon equal to that of the most pro gressive army of the world. TBI MILTT ART ACADEUT. The report of the military academy at West Point and the special schools for special in struction of officers ow marked advance in the education of lh armv ani a commeai-jb! ambition among its officers to ';xcel iu the mil itary profession and to fit theuutlres tor tUs UgUe.l service to tbe cou&trj. BUREAU Ot iilLfTABT JN FORMATION. Under the supervision of Adjutant-Gineral Robert Williams, lately retired, th3 bureau of military Information has become well estab lished, and is performing a service that will put in possession of .the government In time of war most valuable information, and at all times serve a purpose of great utility In keeping the army advised of the world's progres in all mat ters pertaining to the art of war. Department of Justice. . The report or the attorney-general contains the usual summary of the affairs and proceed ings of the department of justice for the past year, together with certain recommendations as to needed legislation on various subjects. I can not tod heartily indorse the proposition that the fee systeni as applicable to the com pensation of United. States attorneys, mar shals.clerks Of federal courts.and United States commissioners should be abolished with as little delay as possible. I also heartily join the attorney general in recommending legislation fixing degress ot murder within federal jurisdiction, as nas been done in many of the states, authorizing writs ot error on behalf of the government in cases where final judgment is rendered against the sufficiency of an indictment or against the gov ernment upon any other question arising be fore actual trial: limiting the right of review in case of felony punishable only by fine and imprisonment to the circuit court of appeals, and making speedy provisions for the construc tion of such prisons and reformatories as may be necessary for the confinement of United States convicts - Post Office Department. The report of the postmaster-general con tains a detailed statement of the operations of the post office department during the last fiscal year, and much interesting information touch ing this important branch of the public serv ice. The business of the mails indicate with ab solute certainty the condition of the business of the country, and depression in financial af fairs inevitably and quickly reduces the postal revenues. Therefore.a larger discrepancy than usual between the post office receipts and ex penditures is the expected and unavoidable re sult of the distressing stringency which has prevailed throughout the country during much of the time covered by the postmaster-general's report. HEAVY DEFICIENCIES. At a date when better times were anticipated it was estimated by his predecessor that the deficiency on the 30th day of June, 1893. would be but little over l,500,00a It amounted, how ever, to more than $5,000,000. At the same time, under the influence of like anticipations, estimates were made for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1894. which exhibited a surplus of revenue over expenditures of $872,254.71, but now, in view of the actual receipts and ex penditures during that part of the current fiscal year already expired, the present postmaster-general estimates that at its close, in stead of a surplus, there will be a deficiency of nearly $8,000,000. FREE DELIVERY OFFICE ADDITIONS. Forty-two free delivery offices were added during the vear to those already existing, making a total of 610 cities and towns provided with free delivery on June 30, 1893. Ninety three other cities and towns are now entitled to this service under the law, but it has not been accorded them on account of insufficient funds to meet the expense of its establishment. I am decidedly of the opinion that the provi sions of the present law permit as general an introduction of this feature of mail aarvice as is necessary or justifiable, and that it ought not to be extended to smaller communities than are now designated. EXPENSE OF FREE DELIVERY. The expense of free delivery for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, will be more than $11,000,000. and underthe administration now existing there must be a constant increase in this item of expenditures. There were 6,401 additious to the domestic money order offices during the last fiscal year, being the largest in crease in any year since the Inauguration of the system. The total number ot these offices at the close of the year was 18.431. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. The railway mail service not only adds to the promptness of mail delivery at all offices, but it is the especial Instrumentality which puts the smuller and way places In the service on an equality In tba regard with the larger and terminal offices. This branch of the postal service has therefore received much attention from the postmaster-general, and though it is gratifying to know that it is in a condition of high efficiency and great usefulness, I am led to agree with the postmaster-general that there is room for its further improvement. THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE. There are now connected to the post office establishment 28.324 employes who are in the clasalfied service. The head of this great de partment gives conclusive evidence of the value of civil service reform when after an ex perience that renders his judgment on the sub ject absolutely reliable he expresses the opin ion that without the benefit of this system it would be impossible to conduct tho vast busi ness intrusted to him. I desire to commend as especially worthy of prompt attention the suggestions of the postmaster general relating to a more sensible and business-like organiza tion and a better distribution of responsibility in his department. Navy Department. The report of tho secretary of the navy con tains a history of the operations of his depart ment during the past year, and exhibits a most gratifying condition of the personnel of our navy. He presents a satisfactory account of the press which has been made in the con struction of vessels, and makes a number of recommendations to which attention is espe cially invited. DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION. Progress in the construction of new vessels has not been as rapid as was anticipated. There have been delays in the completion of unarmored vessels, but for the most part they have been such as are constantly occurring even in countries having the largest experience in naval ship building. , The most serious de lays, however, have been in the work upon armored ships. The trouble has been the failure of contractors to deliver armor as agreed. The difficulties seem now, however, to have been all overcome, and armor is being delivered with satisfactory promptness. RESULTS OF EXPERIENCE. As a result of the experience acquired by ship builders and designers and material men It is believed that the dates when vessels will be completed can now be estimated with reasonable accuracy. Great guns, rapid-fire guns, torpedoes and powder are being prompt ly supplied. THE NEW NAVY. The following vessels of the new navy have been completed and are now ready for service: The double-turreted coast-defense monitor Mi antonomoh; the double-turreted coast-defense monitor Monterey; the armored cruiser New York : t he protected cruisers Baltimore.Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark. San Francisco. Charles ton, Atlanta and Boston; the cruiser Detroit; the gunboats Yorktown. Concord, Bennington. Machias. Castine and Petrel: the dispatch ves sel Dolphin, the practice vessel Bancroft, and the dynamite gunboat Vesuvius. Of these the Bancroft. Machias. Detroit ard Castine have been placed in commission during the current calendar year. IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION. The following vessels are in process of con struction: The second class battleships Maine and Texas; the cruisers Montgomery and Mar blehead, and the coast-defense moni tors Terror, Puritan, Amphitrite and Monadnock, all ot which will be completed within one year; the harbor-defense ram Katahdln and the protected cruisers Co lumbia. Minneapolis, Olympla, Cincinnati and Raleigh, all of which will be completed prior to July 1. 1895; the first-class battle-ships Iowa, Indiana. Massachusetts and Orepon. which will te completed February 1, 1P6. and the armored cruiser Brooklyn, which will be completed by August 1 of that year. It is also expected that the three gunboats authorized by the last con gress will be completed in less than two years. A PLEA TOR MORE SHIPS. Since 1886 confess has at each session au thorized the building oi one or more vessels, and the secretary of the navy presents nn earnest plea for the continuance of this plan. He recommends the authorization of at least one battle-ship and six torpedo boats. While I am distinctly in favor of consistently pursu ing the policy we have of building up a thor ough and efficient navy. I can not refrain from the surgestlon that congress should carefully take into account the number of unfinished vessels on our bands and the depleted condi tion of our treasury in considering the propriety of an appropriation at this time to begin new work. LABOR AT NAVY YARDS. The method ofeirploying mechanical labor at navy-yards through boards of labor and making efficiency the sole test by which labor ers are employed and continued, is producing the best results, snd the sesretary is earnestly devoting himself to its development. Atten tion is invited to the statements of his report in regard to the working of the system. Interior Department. The secretary of the interior has the super vision of so many important subjects that his report is of especial value and interest. THE PENSION ROLL. On the 30th day of June, 189J. there were on the psnsion rolls 966.012 names, an increase ol bt.ih4 over the number on the rolls, June: 0. lfcK Of these there were seventeen widows anJ daughter, or the revolutionary soldier: sur vivors of the war of IS12. 5.425 wiJ-. of sol !irs of that war: II.5IN aurvivo.-M and wt-low Of tiie J' jxi"iu Wir; 3.8J survivors a:i 1 tv RUNS THE GAUNTLET Admiral Mello Forces m Fassa'ge Past the Forts Guarding; Bio Janeiro Harbor, and the Aquldaban l Now on the High Seas, Probably In Quest or the Nlctheroy and the America. London; Dec. 3. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. from Rio Janeiro states that the insurgent ad mire, Mello, has finally succeeded in forcing a passage past the forts guard ing the entrance of the bay" of . Rio Janeiro and that his flag ship, the Aquidaban, is now on the high seas. The passage was not effected until some desperate fighting had been done. The entrance is guarded by Fort Sao Joao and a water battery on the strip of land extending northeast from the sugar loaf. Fort Lage, Fort Santa Cruz and Fort Pico. Advices from another source state that when the Aquidaban was seen ap proaching the forts a heavy fire was directed against her. She replied briskly and the fight was kept up un til she ran past the forts and was out of range. It was seen that some of the shots from the forts took effect, and it is believed the Aquidaban sus tained considerable damage. The government forces, particularly the troops mannuig the water battery, buffered severely from the effects of the rapid-fire guns on board the war ship. Considerable damage is said to have been done to the forts by the big guns of the Aquidaban, which appear to have been well served. The govern ment forces generally suffered severe- After the Aquidaban was out of range she stood away for the south. It is conjectured at Rio de Janeiro that she will effect repairs as rapidly as possible at sea and then cruise in the vicinity of Cape Struro to intercept the Nictheroy and America, the improvised war ships now on their way from New York to reinforce President Peixoto. In the house of commons last even ing a member said he had heard a re port that President Peixoto had been assassinated and asked if the govern ment had any such information. Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary sec retary of the foreign office, replied that the government had received no word concerning any attempt on Peixoto's life. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. 'A Large Balance on the Wrong; . Aide of the Sheet. Washington, Dec. 2. The public debt statement issued yesterday after noon shows a net increase in the pub lic debt, less cash in the treasury, dur ing November of $6,716,138. 47. The interest-bearing debt increase is $180,000, the noninterest-bearing debt decreased $378,356.50 and the cash , in the treasury decreased $7,094,074.97. The balances of the several classes of debt at the close of business on No vember 80 were: Interest-bearing debts ..$585,039,220 00 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity....'. 1,93,380 26 Debt bearing no interest 374,5T3,715 87 Total t961,5f8,316 13 The certificates and treasury notes, offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, outstanding at the end of the month, were $599,229,302.00, an in crease of $11,619,441.00.. The total tash in the treasury was $734,820,435.85, The gold reserve was $82,959,048. Net cash balance $12,240,567.78. During the month there was it de crease in gold coin and bars of $2,152, 043.26, the total at the close being $161,122,128. Of silver there was n increase of $52,122.67. Of the surplus there was in national bank deposits $71,220,992, against $20,421,870.87 at the end of the previous month. ON WAITING ORDERS. Admiral Stanton Reports Ills Arrival to the Navy Department. Washington, Dec. 2. Admiral Stan ton, late in command of the United States squadron in the Brazilian waters, has made known his return to the navy department. Considering the rather peculiar status of the admiral, who was relieved from his command because of his recognition of Mello, the rebellious Brazilian naval com mander, it might be supposed that he would avail himself of the opportunity afforded by his communication to say something in the nature of an explana tion. But as a matter of fact the ad miral's letters, of which there are two, are models of brevity, so short indeed as to convey, perhaps, a sense of wounded dignity. In his first letter the admiral reports his arrival at New York in conformity with the require ments of the naval regulation; in the second he simply states his address in New London. Technically the officer is on waiting orders, and probably he will remain at his home in New London until he re ceives further orders from the secre tary of the navy. A Not a llonse Standing in Kuchan, Persia, Recently Visited by Earthquakes. London, Dec. 2. A special dispatch to the Times from Neshed says that the town of Kuchan, in northern Per si a brief story of the destruction of which by earthquake has been told in these dispatches, is a heap of ruins. Not a house is standing in the place. The recovery of the bodies of those who perished in the disaster is proceeding. The odor from the putrefying remains is horrible. The dispatch adds that the shocks were preceded by loud reports in the hills west of the town. The shocks continue in the place where the town stood and the vicinity. Assessed Valuation of Kentucky .Ball roads Little Increased Mileag-e. Fbankfobt, Ky., Dec. 2. The rail road commissioners yesterday submit ted an abstract of their report to the governor, from which Commissioner Woodson furnishes the statement that the total assessment of all the rail roads in the state has been fixed at $57,319,555, which is an increase of a little more than $5,000,000 over that of last year, and more than $23,000,000 over the valuation placed upon these railroads by the companies themselves. The increased mileage was only 59.067 miles. for Infante Cas torlA is so well adapted to children that X recommend it as sujfrior to any prescription know to me." n. A. Archer, II. D., . Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N, T. "The use of 'Castorla Is so universal and Ha merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." Carlos Marttk, D. 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