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Show OVER BILLION IN DEBT. Uncle Sam's Obligation! Being Slowly Reduced. Washington, June 3. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business May 31, 1899, the debt, less cash in the treasury, treas-ury, amounted to $1,168,891,407, a de" crease, as compared with last month, of $3,695,857, This decrease in the debt is accounted for by au increase in the cash on hand. The debt is recapitulated recapitu-lated as 'follows: Interest-bearing debt, $1,046,048,730; debt on which interest in-terest has ceased since maturity, $1,-258, $1,-258, S50; debt bearing no interest, $389,-259,245. $389,-259,245. Total, $1,346,350,500. This amount, however, does not include $555,517,613 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury treas-ury held for their redemption. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold, 8261,201,427; silver, $508,110,172; paper, $46,450,783. Bonda deposited in Nation bank depositories, disbursing officers' balanoes, etc., 8S2,-149,681. 8S2,-149,681. Total, $S98,067,063, against which there are demand liabilitiesout-standing liabilitiesout-standing amounting to S631, 482,165, leaving a net cash balance in the treasury treas-ury of 8267,584,094. |