Show AT THE calim capim Ch PITAL silver purchasing day but none purchased COINAGE REPORT FOR THE WEEK P pensioners a ris loners cut OS off by the wholesale naval men may purchase a discharge DIsc harve postmasters removed I 1 washington V july 10 A cablegram cahl epram was wits received at the navy department today announcing the arrival of the cruiser philadelphia adelph adelphia la at rio janeiro sue wilt remain 1 at klo long enough to coal and then will ill proceed cc to valparaiso these instruction instructions I 1 a L eaid aid will be to proceed to toSo somoa moa un A ill the state of ofaf affairs faira in peru end arid chile re qui ire re her presence there she baa has been ellab hacen cen daya days in KOWS from new loric york to 4 ito Post appointments since anly jal let the total number of fourth clasa class post postmaster ill asters a appointed led up to today was 6 0 10 of ft which ago are to fill va c caused by ly resignations nations and death the cornaire CoI for the week the issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and the treasury office during the week ending july 8 1893 was for the tile corresponding period of 1 4 39 az the shipment of fractional liver silver coined from the first fint to the eighth instant aggregated 2 9 the gold reserve fund has ga gained ined since saturday and baa has r reached a total of the currency on hand band aggregates making the balance the comptroller ati stroller pt roller of the currency has haC ordered 0 bank currency to be printed on accod account 1 I of bonds deposited to the amount silver day the treasury tre department today nr arrayed rayed itself firmly against the silver ver b brokers r akers if 1 I 1 a the customary day for making a proportional purchase 0 of f ether diver on july account and isa ounces were offered prices asked averaging from 72 to 75 cents they are regarded too high by acting director pros pres toil on who wh made a proposition by of lerine 71 cents per ounce that is half is lucent cent less than the department paid last week apparently silver men are relue tant to come to a terms for up to the lose close of office hours no acceptances were received pensioners Peni loners it in the nock the pension bureau notified a great many pensioners throughout the entire country wl io are d raw pensions under the act or june 27 1800 iDEO known as the tile dependent pension act that payment of their pensions will it bo 0 suspended for sixty days daring which h if time me they will be required to show allow cause why w by they should continue to draw pensions this action i is pursuant to a recent ruling it of secretary smith to the effect th that pensioners under the act ot of june 27 i iba drifting rn pensions for total disability I 1 must be shown to tole be physically incapable I 1 it i a estimated at tha the I 1 1 pension office although the tile work haa ha a but I 1 4 recently begun that something over 1000 suspensions have already been made naval men hay may purchase it discharge enlisted men in the nay navy will now have I 1 the privilege leiT of purchasing a di discharge iso b i r e awre tari herbert ferbert J today issued an all 0 order aga li establishing ng rules and regulations for the purchase of it discharges as authorized by the last appropriation bill ho no man will be allonen allowe T to purchase his discharge aad e while ill debt to the government or he has served three months the price of the discharge during the fourth month afen ofen of enlistment list ment will be 25 per cent of the yearly pay of the applicant during daring the fifth month SO per cent and arid so on increasing 5 percent P per ermofili ermo month nili until the e fourteenth month w ell the maximum price is reached during the tile month tho the price will be 05 5 per cent of the maximum price in the tile sixteenth month 90 per cent cent and arid so on decreasing 5 per cent per antil the thirty fourth month when t hen he lie may apply for bis ills discharge with out a payment io no man wan will be allowed to purchase his discharge a second time I 1 and an those procuring a di byruch by such purchase e forfeit all the benefits adne to continuous service or an all honorable discharge e 6 the discharge by purchase is not an fn inherent right but a privilege which may only be granted by the t 0 navy department |