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Show Al Till. UAI'trAI, krersturr Carlisle rnlka olioul the I limnrliil Nlliiiiilon. Wawiimjtoi, 1), (J., April 20 Becietaty Carllalo today madu tho Col-lowing Col-lowing stntunout rigardlog tlio ttnan-clul ttnan-clul situation! "On tho cierclio of dlicretlonary power conferred upon the secretrry of tho trtaaury hj the art of July lst.lbOD, I have been paying gold for coin treua. ary notei laiuid fir the purchaiu of I Ivor bullion, aud will coutlnuo to do so as long as I liavu grill legally avail, ablo for the purpose. Under this pr cits tlio govcrmneuthss Iruo. and now la, paying gold for silver Imllloo, and storing tho silver lu vsulti where It Is n uaeltsa for nny putOio uf circulation I or redemption aa lion, lead or other . commodity. ...,-., " The government In the nut place Issues coin treasury holes In 1 aylng for silver 1 ulllon, and Ihoa tho coin lrea-, ury notes aro rresented at the tub. trtaaury and gold paid out for them; ' to the etrect la precisely the same as If , cold were t aid out dlrcc ly fir allver In the tint luitinct. About JSOO.OlW fl the cold which waa withdrawn from thu MiL-treaury last Tueadoy waa for shipment abrond and was r.ld out on these coin treasury nolw. o orders havo Iw-n mado tii atop tho payment of gold upon theiu notes, nor has nny ono been authorized lo say such an order will bo ItsuuJ. The purpose of tho go eminent to re serve our oieJIt unlmpalrud nml maintain main-tain the 1 arliy of the two raolala by all lawful means will not bo nbandonid under any circumstance. Iu vlow of tho existing legislation tho only question ques-tion for mnildoratlon la aa tu tho measure that ought to be adopted lo lii-ure. thu ac(.ouillshmont uf thoio puri cais and upon this question there 1 of course room forwhiu dillcrences of opinion. ... "rho total steel, of gold coin and gold bullion now In thu countr), Including In-cluding what Is lull by tho treasury as Hellas what Is held by tho hanka an I Individuals, amounts to about IT 10,000,000. Wnenl came Into the trtaaury department on thu 7th day of March, the amount of fro gold ou hand had been reduced to 937,000, but by nirangemeiita Willi weslirn I onks It Mas lncroued until ou the lit uf April It amounted to nearly 13,000,-uuu. 13,000,-uuu. Pheu heavy shipments began to bo mado, an 1 two dajs ago Wo had only about $10,000, but now It amounts to $i83,000, alter deducting what has betn withdrawn from lha tub-treasury today for shipment. Arrangements are now In trogrcssby which morn gill la to bo procured from thu Wost, audi hopua sulllclcnt quantity will te secured to kivp lha gold rescrvu Intact, In-tact, rticra It gold tuougli In tho country lo meat all the requirements of the situation, nnd If all who aru really lntensted lu maintaining a sound and staple currency would unlit tho secretary of tho trcssury to thu extent ot their ablllllit, tho existing exist-ing dllUcultlos woull soon to removed." re-moved." In addition to this statement Secretary Secre-tary Cnrlble said (SOO.UOJ lu gold was taken out of the tul-treaaury In New lork today for export. Thu clus money I aid Into thu tub treasury fur cold withdrawal Included $100,000 In liold cirllllcates which to that Htuount did not reduce the gold rt serve becauao they thenuelria aru praollially guld, so the actual cold reduction Is only $100,000 having a balance as ststed above. This Is the first tonildtrablo amount of gold certlfloitia paid lotu thoaub-treaaury fir gold export for many years and inoouraeatlietreaaury officials to hope that thu banks toeing the situation, will continue to prtsout gold certificates In payment ut leaat for gold withdrawal for export. tiil. ixmi itiMi or tii. ij.au. A private ht r from a United Btstes ofllcUl In Hawaii states that Mr. Mount did havo a consultation with Btevena on the subject, and that Htevcns coincided with tho cornmls-turner cornmls-turner lu the action. The Japaneae, and In fact all tho people of the Islands, are peaceably Inclined In-clined and do not antlclatu trouble, and tho only agltatora tbi ru at present aru thu newspaper correspondents. C1IAHUO AUAINST OmCKIiS. Assistant Attorney Oineral Colby today forwarded to 1'rofesaor Mark Harrington, chief of the weather lu. reau, formulated ohargee annluat him and other cfllcert of thu bureau for alleged malfrasance In otllcc. Tho chargea Inolllju mlarrpreaeutatloii of facts, ahleldlng unworthy employes, tho evasion or violation of the civil tcrvlcu law, Inellloiiuoy, maladmln-1-tratlon and Improper diversion of publlofunda. Tho tecrotary of agriculture agri-culture reime-tel tho nalgnallon of MaorB. B. llockwood, asilstact chief at thu weather bureau, and the reilg-nation reilg-nation v. ai tendered and acce) ted. IheMcaragiia Inual NtwYomr, April 20. Thero was anexclllng time at a meeting ot the stockholders ot tho Nicaragua (Jannl company today, caused by Uearge (J, Knlgbt, an ex-employe of thu com-pauy com-pauy who claims to ropreaent a vast amount of l.ngllsh capital and who earnestly dialrea to removu Warner Mlllsraaprealdentof the company and havu tho project entirely reorganized. Knight declared thu money of iho canal company was wasted In useless salaries and getting up canal conventions conven-tions In various parts of tho countr), which merely furnished Juukellug expeditions for tho ofUoors. At lrnrr lllr. Nasmvii.i l, Tonn , April 20 A reporter re-porter for the .lrntrtctm has juit returned re-turned from Tracy City. At J 80 this afternoon alt was quiet. In the, fight laat night onu mluar waa killed nud ftvu wounded, two of whom may die. Ono guard was dangerouily wounded aud Deputy Warden Bhovir slightly. Thu light began at 11 o'clock and after a ropulso desultory fighting waa keit up nil night. At present all li quiet. Thu mill tary compauloi aro still awaiting orders, 'Norllieru I'nellic. New Yomr, April i.0 At a meeting of thu board of directors of thu Northern North-ern l'aclllo llallroad company today they decided on thu plan for funding thu Uoatlnj datit preionUil by thu Unanoucorumltlcoandlt was practically practic-ally adopted. The directors t Inn for disposing of tho floating del t Is understood under-stood to bo to isiuu about$U,U0O,O0l In collutiral trust ujtos running for II vu years aud In srlug sis per cent Interest. The proposed tolluteral consltle of soiurltlis secured by the roa Is huld In thu treasury of the Northern 1'aolllo company, Moll Jiialtce Bali HA, Kau , A pill 20. Dan Adams, a negro, fatally slabbed Hay Hhout, a ticket agent, this morning. Adams was Immediately liken before tt court and sunteucud to seven cutis' Inq rlsoumeiit. A mob organliuj aud the irisoocr was taken to thu nearest tree,wherr,wlth a rutdy roj u aud without with-out being Liven a ihanca to soy auy-thing, auy-thing, hub strung up. |
