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Show Xol Iurilvtcfl roiiisimia Fill Fi-ll u uves. New Orleans, La., 3. The Pica-! yune, referring to the statement made by a contemporary that the i grand jury bad indicted Wells and Anderson of the returning board, 6ays this was incorrect and unfortunate, unfortu-nate, owing to the number of people who were deluded by it; but it is a act that the question ws before the grand jury. Governor Nicholls is opposed op-posed to the movement, considering that it may be construed into a violation viola-tion of the terms by which the present pres-ent administration came into power. The Picayune to - morrow morning will again contradict the report of the indictment of the returning board members. The July interest on the state bonds was paid yesterday, and a promise ot the payment of future interest. It is probabie that tbe Nicholls government has already collected col-lected as large an amount of taxes as was collected the whole of last year. It is estimated the collectioni for the last quarter aggregate half a million. The report of the commissioners on tbe consolidated debt of New Orleans show a reduction of the bonded and floating debt dnring the six months of over $740,000. |