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r it tlUUK AILY ;. f - VOL. XLI NO. 35. ROCK ISLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1892. I Single Copies BOaata I Per Week 18H Casta CI THE S3 i Is the Largest in this section and prices are far below all competitors. We put ON SALE for one week our stock at way down prices. Overcoats worth 12 to 15 for 10. Our Children's' stock of Overcoats is slightly broken and all coats where there is only one or two of a kind, we will discount from $1 to $3 from regu lar price the same cut is good in Children's suits. Underselling everybody on everything. All goods sold as advertised. SAX & RICE, Proprietors, Reck Island, 111, Try us when you want a fine dress suit, we make fine goods a specialty. CLEMANN &SAIIMANN,. GREAT B AJEtGAINS IN BEDROOM SITS 1525 and 1527 Second Avenue. NORTHFIELD POCKET KNIVE3 and SCISSORS took the highest premium lor quality. If you want a good knife try one. o nee not tol wh.t a nice present an elegant Carvint set like those 1 have to show will be. Also those Gold Medal Carpet Sweepers. Every woman that keeps house wants one. Wrought Iroi finish Fire Sets and Irons. Acorn Stoves and Ranges are the ieadeis made in Illiaois for our soft coal and every on guaranteed. These are all good things to buy at Christmas o) any other time. Come in an 1 see how much I have to show yoi toat is useful and novel in housekeeping goods. JOHN T. NOFTSKER, Cor. Third Ave. arid Twentieth Street, Rock Island. LONDON'S Overcoats worth Overcoats worth Overcoats worth THE LONDON, 124, 123 and;i28 Sixteenth Street. f 3 -T"H $3 to $4 for $2. 5 to 7 for 4. 8 to 10 for 6. TRI-OITY : Shirt Factory: Our Shirts . Ara onr specialty. We make them oarrtlve. Patronize home tndnstry. Our Suits . Are made to yoar order, and they are tailor-made t pricss ran.-ing from f lfi up. Our Pants . Are down in prices and we tuvite competition. Call and make Tour sslection from over 200 differ ent Bamples at prices from 83 and up. Our Prices . Cannot be dnplicatod, onr workmanship cannot be excelled, onr goods we warrant, and last, but not least, yoar patronage is solicited. Call and see ns at the Tri-City Shirt Factory, 1809 Second avenue, over Loosleys crockery store. FRANK ATTWATER, Proprietor. PARKERS Laundry, Washes everything from a fine silk handkerchief to a circus tent; Lace curtains a specialty. No. 1724 THIRD AVE. A. M. &;K J. PARKER, Teleohone No. 1214 John Volk: & Co., GSNXBAL- CONTRACTORS AND HOUSE: BUILDERS.I Manufacturers of Sash Doors Blinds. Siding.tFlooring, Wainscoating, ad J1 klndi of wood work for bullderi. WchtMntb 8k, bat. Third and Foam area. HOOK fBuAlTD. TREASURY ANNUAL Mcbsker's Report cn the Na tion's Financial Condition. BATCH OF TACTS AND CONCLUSIONS. i The President Adopts a New Method of Writ ins His Me-k..,e, lint Sticks to His j Tariff Views Tlmt Am i-t liineso Law lmpostdble of Enforcement lilaine Re- j covering I(oIin;in Not an Kxtra-Session j M.n Nor a lti-'iiever ia a Deficit The ' Attorney Oeiiernl's Daughter to Wed. AVashixgh x, Nov. 2S. T'ne treasurer j of the United lat.-s, K. 11. Xeleker, Las : submitted his annual report for t lie year j ended June 31 , ls!.-J. The net oidinary j ivvenuesof tLe government for the fiscal j year were $t:4,JC7,7$4, a decrease of $37,- 074,(j'i, as compared with the year before, j The net ordint'.ry expenditures were $345, 0:23,030, a decease of 10,349,3H. The sur- j plus revenues were thus cut down from ?37,239,7C2 to $!,fd 4,453. Including the pub- lie debt, the total receipts for the year were ! $736,401,296, and the expenditures iS4,019,- 260. Two Classes of Reeeipts. Considered with respect to the effect upon the treasury the receipts are divided into vo general classes, of which the first, com. prising the ordinary revenues, the receipts from loans, and the deposits for the retire ment of national bank notes, increase for the time the ish available for the uses of the government; while the second, arising from the isshe of gold, silver, and currency j certificates, United States notes and treas-1 ury notes, tend to swell the assets of the treasury, but do not afijf ct the available ' balance. For the first of these classes the ! figures show an excess of $SS,000,000 of ex- j penditures over revenues in 1 SIM, and one' of upwards of $27,000,000 in 1S02. In the ; second class there was an excess of nearly j $09,000,000 of receipts in the former year and one of $S0.0 ti.Oou in the latter. As com-1 pared with 1K1 there was a saving of U- I wards of 14,0iK),(HH)nf interest, out of which ! a surplus was realized, notwithstanding ' me cutting Uown ol tlie revenues by legis lation. True Condition of the Treasury. Analyzing the true condition of thetreas- Tiry and setting aside the trust funds the . ... .... ..V ""UJ LUW Measurer s,'..ows that there was a working balance of Ciish and deposits in banks amounting to ?207,110,4o2 at the beginning of the year, and to $165,713,1M at the end. Of the foimer amount $119,000,000, and of the latter 1114,500,000 was gold. The suc cess which has attended the efforts of the department to maintain a strong gold ra serve is considered satisfactory in view of the heavy disbursements. The amount of the public debt is given as $1,545,996,591 on June SO, 1891, and $1,588,464,141 on June 30, JS93. The loans resting on the credit of the United States were cut down from Sl.flfu, 806,500 to 219,840, while those secured by full deposits in the treasurv incrcaj-cd from J."i40,r.t0,(i31 to JC20,24o,;p4." Condition of the Hetit Improved. There was a gratifying improvement in the condition of the debt, produced by the reduction of the interest bearing loans, the conversion of matured lxnds into others payable at the option of the secretary of the treasury, ami the extinction of a consider able part of the loans payable on demand. Thetotal net reduction ol $i7,587,720,in these itcnis was rffected by the application of the surplus revenue of the year, amounting to nearly$10,oo0,(n0, together with upwards of $27,000,000 t ken from the ca-h in the treasury. According to the revised es"i niates the tr'.il stock of money of nil kinds in the countrv on June 30, was .2.3T4,3:n, 04'.', an increase of $i."i0.on0,ooo in the year. By eliminating that par! of the paper cur rency which is purely represent at. -e. consisting of certilieates of deposit and treasury notes, the effective stock is found to have been Sl.T.Vi.ii.Vt.: T), an incaas- of i;u,ooo,ooo, Cause of Increased Currency. Discussing the change in the amount and composition of the money stock, the treasurer finds that the increase which marked the fiscal year was the result of the production of nearly ? 1 7.000,000 of gold in excess of the industrial consumption, a fresh issue of J.VKHUKiO of national hank notes, together with the changes in the stock of silver. Of the aggregate stock of money at the end of the tiscal year, $771. 2o2,313 was in the treasury nnd mints, leav ing f 1,003,081,736 in the hands of the peopl.-. The holdings of the treasury increased tA ), OJ)n,ooO, and the amount in circulation tiof -000,000 during the year. EBB AND FLOW OF GOLD RESERVE. It Happens Regularly Fvery Year and a Cause Is Suggested. Figures are given to show that each year during the last ten there has occurred, in the month of January, a more or less con siderable diminution of the gold reserve of the treasury, averaging nearly f 10,000.000, which bas been succeeded in February by a tendency toward recovery. It is shown that the drain has occurred yearly in the face of a gain of gold both to the treasury and to the country. In the last ten mont hs of 1P92 the treasury gained 122,000,000 of the metal and the country f2C,000,000. It thus appears that the depletion of the reserve is the const-queue of the increase of the circulation of gold certificates, and this, it is shown, grows out of the difficulties which the treasury encounters in the return of the notes and bilver certificates of small denomi nations which were sent out in the autumn tor moving the crops. Jut How It Happens. The movement seta in strongly after the Erstof Janupey, through the subtreasur ies, whence the notes, being more or lets worn and of denominations unsuited to City use, are sent to Washington for re demption. The shipment, redemption and destruction of the old notes and the issue of new take time. Before the treasury can make the conversion the subtreasuries are drained, and the treasury has nothing but gold cert ificates to send them. In this way the gold reserve suffers until a working balance of other material can be got to gether. The Greenback Circulation. The issues of United States currency amounted to $:J76,7J6,583, exceeding those of any previotw year. The nearest approach to this total was $310,000,000 in the year be fore,, and the next nearest t&l.pOO.OOQ la IM. or me wnoie amount js.ixw.wirj took tht place of like kinds and amounts desvroyea, while f7S,tKi0,(MO consisted of fresh issue. Hnliiian Ntt Aliirmed Abont a Deficit. Wa.-HINi.TOK, Nov -.s. Kcpresrutative Holnian n : u-ned to the city yesterday. In answer to i'ae query whether lie was in fa vor of an i session of congress ho said: -I can't si-e ai.y nect--diy lor one, so far as thetari'.f is concerned. The only reason ihat can lie advanced for an extra session is the coi::it ion o." t he piil.Mc finances. I am not pH'j ioi-; to s.-iyth.-.t t here will he a d. f'cit t nr. ? iiu: " -ury, i !! r. vi ni,. s i"--i.-i; ir i: H'oi: vi l ! kit:1 i !. 1 :.l 1 1.: pext 1 'tel. ;. .-i-.-s.i'ii of i . t ii th" t ivK . I:,' tli. -'.ylit tlie t; i iidii.i ; i -, es ; ..-d-u- !!.: ,K-ns s h:s mcsse. S. -s.-l. A New Mellmd Ailopii d No IC.iek Track on I'ruteet ion. Y..- lUNCTON, Nov. 2.s. President Harri son has followed a new method of work in pri'j ariiiK his annual message this year says a gentleman who saw l.im at work on St- T1,is 'saKe is of particular interest, because it will be the last annual message which he will send to congress. It has been the custom of the president in past years to write his message on a pad of memorandum i paper, sitting at his desk in his office at the White House or in his room, writing when the fancy seized him or when some idea was suggested to his mind, "but this year," he says, '-I am doing something I have never done Ix-fore. I am dictating my message to a stenographer this year. I find that the physicial effort of writing on this pad of paper, is exhausting." Affliction Han Aged His Fare. The president looked weary as he spoke. There is not an unhealthy look in his face, but there lies in it today the expression of deep sorrow. It is seamed with wrinkles. The visitor noticed, too, that on the pad where the president had leen writing the lines were not straight and the letters were straggling and ill-formed. Ordinarily the president's handwriting is ns chvr, precise and tn at as that of a woman. The great strain of the long days of Mrs. Harrison's last illness has told upon him. Before they came he was a man of tireless enerp. Work never seemed to exhaust Lini. Par ticularly was this true of mental labor. Koesn't Adopt Principles for Fun. '"The newspapers of the tnited States are .'.....Cl,ta.l.t. M1M I' -I 111 lltll Jllll . say on the tariff question," said the visitor. King a great ititere-t in what von mnv ji ioon.s as i uougn it were AJerumeyisni that had defeated the Republican party and they are nn:;iotts to knov whether you will modify your views on the matter in this message." The president had thrown, himself into a chair prepared to take up his work again. He leaned back, nnd looking the visitor squarely in the face, said: '"The newspapers of the United States ought to know me well enough to believe that when I advocate a system I am not going to rhange my views merely because of a de feat in election. CAPITAL CITY SOCIETY GOSSiP. Debutantes Very Numerous this Year Florence Miller's Fngasement. Washington. Nov. The social season just opening prmiis:s to l-e one of unusual interest in that the number of debutantes will lie so large as to afford a widely ex tended range of delightful entertainments. They are of families situated most favor able for adding to the gayety and brilliance of the winter's functions, and several events are looked forward to with great an ticipations ii pleasure. On the list are daughters of Vice President Morton; 'Sena tor Hrice, of Ohio; Admiral Belknap, of the navy; Colonel I.ieber. judge advocate general of the navy. Others on the list, which will ti- largely increased before New Years, are Miss Ali.-e Ut.nl, Miss Hoskins, Miss McLanaiian and Miss Alena Wilcox. in....;: II A Senator Br ice live in the oM Corcoraf house on II strict, fronting on Ijifayct'e park. He has .spent ivymu in retitti.. and decorating i;. Th'-house was oritrin- .11 owned '.y Daniel Webster, wiio tran- l.rrcditto . u . I ortoran, the banker. During the hitter's absence while the war of the rcliellion was in progress it was occu pied by M. -Montholon. the French minis ter. Capital society will Ik- increased this winter by the presence of Lieutenant Rob ert II and Mrs. Peary, the arctic ex plorers. The Attorney General's Daughter. A matrimonial engagement that created much interest when announced Saturday was that of Miss Florence Miller, elder daughter of the attorney general, to Mr. Clifford Arrick, who has recently been act ing private secretary to his prospective father-in-law. Miss Miller's is the thud engagement in cabinet families of the pres ent administration, the other two being the daughters of ex-Secretary Blaine, one of whom is now Mrs. Damrosch. A daughter of Secretary of State Foster was married a year or two ago, but before her father entered the cabinet. CAN'T ENFORCE THE LAW. Chinese Restriction a Matter That Will "ot Restrict. Washington, Nov. 2a -It seems to be the unanimous opinion of those entrusted with its execution that the latest Chinese re striction act has fallen a dead letter. The law was passed on the 5th of May last, and required that within one year from its pas sage all Chinese laborers within the United States should take out registration papers before the collector of internal revenue of their respective districts and furnish photo graphs of themselves for purposes of identi fication. The officials have done their whole duty under the law, and up to Saturday iust five Chinamen in the whole country had complied. "For Ways That Are Dark," Etc. The census gives 107,000 Chinese in the United States. But it was very difficult to get a correct census as Ah Sin is about the most evasive individual in existence. Those whohould know say there is not leas than 250,000 here. The only penalty for not complying with the law is deportation back to China. Taking the census figures as correct this v-ould cost nearly tU, 000 000 while $50,000 is the appropriation for 'the purpose. It is expected that congress will next try to deal with the matter by a gen eral law on restriction of immigration. TEs typhoid ftver epiiemic is on the in- Cupped I.imnH Out of Her Head. CHARLKSTOX, S. C, Nov. 28. B. W. "hite,a nepro doctor of the 'Voodoo" vari ety, has been held by a coroner's jury to answer for the death or Clara Webhj & mulatto girl. The iLrirl was taken ill k fortnight kfjo and for a time wastreated by ' a regular physician. She did not recovery and the "voodoo" man was summoned. He b voouoo man was summoneu. llo ed her friends that she was affected ? anls. To pet rid of that heVupped' V v:.. : id and prinluced numerous reptiles convinced her trie with lizar her bead to the horror ami amazement of ber rela tives. The girl died. Stevenson at CliicHgo. Chicago, Nov. 2S. Vico President-elect Adiai Stevenson arrived at the Palmer house early Saturday morning. Mr. Steven son was here, as he said, on business of a strictly privaie nature, yet oiliccseekers be sieged his do-trail day. General John C. lilack secured an audience early in the day, butt lie nature of t he conference was not revealed, "i 1-aw not seen Mr. Cleveland since the election," said Mr. S.evenson, "and I know absolutely nothing of bis probable course." The Kx-Seeretary lie! ting lletter. Washington, Nov. 2,. For the present Mr, Blaine has turned the corner of his recent dangerous illness, and is now on the road to recovery unless he should have a sudden relapse. Mr. lilaine is a confirmed invalid, and is so regarded by bis pby- Wants I77,:3!,97I for Pensions. Washington'. Nov. 28. The secretary of the interior has transmitted to the secre tary of the treasury the estimates required to pay pensions for the next fiscal year. The sum of $ltSo,83i,3r0 will lie required for the bureau, and the deficiency for the year ended June 31, is HO,yO;Co2L llelginn Glass IMower to lie Iteleased Washington, Nov. 'JS. Acting Secretary Spauldini; Saturday afternoon directed Commissioner WeUh, at New York, to re lease the fourteen Belgian glass blowers detained by him pending an investigation. This investigation developed the fact that Uiey were nut coulract laliorers. New rriiue Minister for Canaila. Ottawa, Out., Nov. S. Ixrd Stanley, governor general, has called upon Sir John Thompson, minister of justice, to form a new ministry. Sir John accepted the task and will announce the choice of his col leagues early this week. Sir John Abbott cabled bis resignation as premier to the governor general three days ago. Dr. Scott likely to Get Well. Washington, Nov. ES. Dr. Gardiner says that Dr. Scott is much better and he has hopes of getting him on his feet again in a few days. . J ."Populists Oppose Kivinion. TOEXKA, Kas., Nov. 128. Chairman Breidenthal, of; the Populist committee, says his party will oppose division of the state as a unit. Crafts Leads fcr Speaker. CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Democratic political sentiment as figured out in t his city is in favor of Crafts for speaker of the stale as sembly. Jfew York Official Figures. New York, Nov. 2k The official figures in the state election give Cleveland 053,900; Harrison, 608,230; Cleveland's plurality. 45,670. The Weather We May Kxpect. Washington, Nov. is. The following are the went tier indications tor tw euty-iour tiours from 8 p. in. yesterday: For ladiana and Illinois (Jcnrally fair weather; northerly winds. Kor Michigan Fair weather, preceded by miow in eastern iKirtion; variable winds. For Vis ontju Knir weather; south erly winds. For Iowa-Fair weather: Blighilr Warmer; southerly winds. 1 b. l.oBI .tlarketM. eilAIP, ETC. Wheat- V1 02c. Corn 4;y44e. Kye TItftslr. , (':- 2-C31c. Brin -Mc per rwt, slii; r tiff fl.CO per et I!:iy T-mo-h) . S-.tD: nplund. J-3310; rlonsk -6S.S; baled. $11 OoRlS.!). PROUCl E. Fritter Pair to choice, 18c: creamery xiis rn-L, ijc; ca sea lac. f ou.try 'hick.ns. liiliH; turkeys mikf, lsKc: petfe, 10c. PKU1T AND VEGETABLES. Apyles S.5!V??2 75 perbfcl. Potatoes fct-tfj fiOc 'nions 8&.b5c. Turnips Km 5f)o. COAL. Hsrd 7 SOQT 75. bolt 1 10&2 30. LIVESTOCK. rattle Butchers pay for corn fed steer H4V4c; cows and beifets, K&3c; calvee Hoj:i-4c. 6heep Je. LCVBEB. Common boards tie. Joist Scantling and timber, ISto 16 feet. S13. Every auditions) foot inlenetb 40 cents. X A X Shinnies 3 75. Latb fi SO. Pencil l-2to ldfeet $18 oe hn- nl-.roneh J 18. cm nnTrlrJin POWDER; PUREST ARD BEST. POUNDS, 20. HALVES,! 0t.QUARTERS,5$4 A win f 1 1 v 1 i if i i i ; '. t . i If i - ;. t i ft! lit V- 3 r