Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with the request of cattle-men at Dodgro, Kan., has sent an Inspector to tear down the wire fences In Indian Territory closing: the established trails between Texas and Kansas. Judge O. S. Zane, of Springfield, 111., has been nominated as Chief Justice of Utah. The Senate has confirmed Henry 8. Neal, of Ohio, as Solicitor of the Treasury; Watson C. Squire as Governor of Washington Territory, and Gilbert A. Pierce as Governor of Dakota. An explosion in the Wellington colHery at Nanaimo, British Columbia, killed twenty-four miners and injured a number of John Jarrett, well known in connecttoa with the Amalgamated Association, has twm named by the President as head of the lafeer harem recently formed by Congress. Attorney General Brewster was ex-

amined before the Springer Committee. H< thought all the star-route prosecuting attorneys performed their duties, and said tbs President had materially assisted him in pushing the cases. He attempted to explain away some differences between Merrick and Bliss. Following is the last regular monthly statement of the public debt: interest-heart rut debt— Foot and one-half per cents 8 250,000.000 Four per cents 737,651, .0) Three per cents 224.612,150 Refunding certificates. 990,c0a Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt $1,226,533,850 Matured debt $ 19,656,205 Debt oaring no interest — Legal-tender notes 546,739.456 Certificates of deposit 12,385,000 Gold and silver certificates 218,204,351 Fractional currency 6,380.061 Total without Interest t 584,308,868 Total debt (principal).... sl,>-30.528,923 Total interest 11,507,240 Total cash in 1 reasurv 391.9a6.928 Debt, less cash in i reasurv 1,450,050,233 Decrease during Juue 9,217,256 Decrease of debt since June 30, 18*1 101,040.971 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid $ 1,505,718 Debt on which Interest has ceased... 19,656,205 Interest thereon 317,214 Gold and silver certificates 218,204,351 U ni ted Slates notes held for redemption 12,385,000 Cash balance available 139.887,430 Total $ 391,985,928 Available assets— Cash in Treasury $ 59i;98\928 Bonds issued to Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable by United Biases— Principal outstanding... $ 64,623,512 Interest accrued, not yet paid. 1,338,705 Interest paid by United States 61,160,798 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service. $ 18,148,923 By cash payments, 6 per cent, net earnings.. 655,193 Balanoe of interest paid by United States 42.356,676 President Arthur has appointed Judge Alphonso Taft, of Ohio, United States Minister to Russia; John M. Francis, of New York, Minister to Austria; Louis Richmond, of Rhode Island, Minister to Portugal; Samuel H. M. Byers Consul-General at Romo, Ramon C. Williams Consul-General at Havana, and John A. Kasson, of lowa, United States Minister to Germany.