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Zo- in ,fiunted to *l6l 716..VN.94 and Its expen
.... There whs collected
f. „ .tows -■jOo ?5V"i 7:j and from Internal
. fiei.ui7.tci3. Our dutiable imports
[. vmted to *4-’l.Kd.7Jl. an increase of
! ~ r over the preceding year, and im
, free of duty amounted toftU 5u -
' reuse from the preceding year of
. , , u;. Internal revenue receipts exceeded
. . • the preceding year by #7 147.445.32
- ;il tax collected on distilled soirus
t. 4 70.260.55 cOn manufactured tobacco
.. min and on fermented liquors s3'.’,sis,-
. exported merchandise during the year
• tin tto i-!17,6ffi,1i)1. a decrease of *lte,-
| ,m from the preceding year,
fi , amount of gold exported was larger
..previous year in the history of the
■-.■■cut. amounting to $108,*180.644, and
' dmg the amount exported during the
: year by $53,485,517.
‘‘"-j j,. . un i' paid front the treasury for sugar
. -x -.mis $9,375,130 88, an increase over the
1,,," ling year of $2.0.3.053 Oil
1 It i-1 stimated upon the basis of present
.... . laws that the receipts of the govern
[,. • the year ending June .30 1894. will be
!65.:> and Its expenditures $158.121..
. resulting in a deficiency of S2B OOO.nnn.
the first day of November. 184)3. the
a; ,, e-ti of money of nil kinds in circulation.
included in the treasury holding, was
.'j: - x 11.882. an increase for the year of #ll2
or Ksttmating our population.at 87.428.-
Mie time mentioned the per capita cir
; was 813.48. On the same date there
, - the treasury gold buliio t amounting
■■y, 273 and silver bullion which was
: ..ased at a cost of $128,261,553.
PURCHASES OF SILVER.
The purchases of silver under the law of
t l.,!•■ 11 1890. during the last fiscal year aggre-
G a ;ed 54.uu8.182 59-100 tine ounces, which cost
ip x M 53. "’lie total amount of silver pur
; from the time that thela.v Iteiame
ot ratne until the repeal of Its purchasing
. t ... i! the Ist dav of November. 1893. was
ifii tiM.S9O 46-tOj fine ounces, which cost $155.-
..iiiU'i-i between the Ist dav of March.
I*;' and the Ist day of November, 1893. the
, . 'client purchased, under all laws 5U3,-
ne ounces of s Ivor, at aeost of $516.-
e. v :9t The silver dollars that have been
ruined under the aet of .July 14. 1890. number
36 ii-T :>o. Ihe seigniorage arising from such
was $8,977.098 3# leaving on hand in
tn ■ mints 140.899.7C0 fine ounces of silver,
which cost #136 753.218.
Our total coinage of all metals during the
lat seal year consisted of 97.280,875 pieces,
ixi.ied at $43,685,178,80, of which there was
giii.ii.w. 140 in gold coin. $5,343,715 in silver dol
lars #7 217.223.00 in subsidary silver coin, and
jl .086.102.90 in minor coins.
During the calendar year, 1892. the produc
.: of the precious metals in the United
states were estimate! to be 1,598.375 fine
ounces of gold of the commercial an 1 coinage
value of $33,000,000. and 58,00d.0n0 fine ounces
of sliver of the bullion or market value of
gf1750 900and of the coinage value of $74,989,
90>).
it is estimated that on July 1. 1893. the
metallic stock of money in the United states,
.'onsistlng of coin and bullion, amounted ;o
1 .213 559.169. of which $597.697,(8 > was gold ana
*615,861,484 whs sliver.
One hundred and nineteen national banks
were organized during the year ending Oct.
;i 1-9). with a capital of $11,230 009. Forty
- \ v ent into voluntary liquidation and 158
fled. Sixty five of the sj>peiffi-.*d
.;..k> were insolvent. 86 resumed business
ami seven remain in the hands of bank ex
aminers with prospects ot speedy resump
tion.
< f the new banks organized, 41 were located
in the eastern states. 41 west of the Missis
-ippi river and 31 In the central and southern
The total number of national banks inex
istence on the 31st of October, 1803. was 3.796,
having an aggregate capital of $695,558 120.
> ase In the circulation of th sse
:iauK.N during the year was $36,886,972.
SILVER PURCHASE REPEAL.
The recent repeal of the provision of the
l.tw requiring the purchase of silver bullion
y the government as a feature of our mone
■ iry M-heme has made an entire change in
the complexion of our currency affairs. Ido not
■ ii-u.it that-the ultimate result of this action
siil be most salutory and far-reaching.
In the nature of things, however, it. is impos
- nieto Know at this time, precisely what
"•nditions will be brought about by the
hange or what, if any, supplementary legis
.ati-*n may, in the light of such conditions,
appear to be essential or expedient. Of course,
after the recent financialperturbation,time is
I. ► Nsary for the ’re euabltshnient of busi
i - - confidence. When, however, through
this restored confidence the money which has
frightened into hoarding places is re
turned to trade and enterprise, a surveyor
the situation will probably dis
close a safe bath leading to a
permanently so. rid currency, abundantly
sufficient to meet every requirement of our
Increasing population and business. In the
pursuit of this object wo should resolutely
turn away from alluring and' temporary ex
pedients. determined to bo content with noth
ing les> than a lasting and comprehensive
tinanciu.l plan. In these circumstances J am
convinced that a reasonable delay in dealing
with this subject, instead of being injurious,
will increase the probability of wise action.
The monetary conference, which assembled
t Brussels upon our invitation, was ad
o ;m* -i to the 30th day of November, in the
present year. The considerations first sta
i the fa t that a definite proposition
j fr - u the United States seemed to be expected
upon the reassembling of the conferen je. led
| in* to • 'xpress a willingness to have the ineet
| <ng -till further postponed. It seems to me
’hat it would be wise to give general author
! ■’> to the President to invite other nations to
> 'h a conference, at any time when there
>li >uld be a fair prospect of accomplishing an
nternational agreement on the subject of
coina.e
I desire also to earnestly suggest the wis
com of amending the existing statutes in re
card to the issuance uf government bonds,
i ho authority now vested in the Secretary of
bio Treasury to issue bonds is not as clear as
h should be. and the bonus authorized are
disadvantageous to the government, both as
to the time of their maturity and rate of in
terest.
The superintendent of immigration,
'-’lrough the Secretary of the Treasury, re
> ■ ; t> mat during the last fiscal year there ar
> ; at our ports 44u.?*)3 immigrants. Of
*he>o 1,061 were not permitted to land under
me limitation of the law. and 571 were re-
I ’ timed to the countries from whence they
< itne by reason of their having become pub-
I charges. The total arrivals were 111.030
| less than for the previous year.
THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE.
The secretary, in his report, gives an ac
count of the operation of the marine hospital
° n ice. and of the grand work done under its
"M-mision in preventing the entrance and
prta iof contagious diseases. Theadmoni
•f the last two years touching our pub
health and the demonstrated danger ot the
and iction of contagious diseases from for-
I ‘ n ports, has invested the subject of a
'at onal quarantine with increased interest.
! A " -re general and harmonious system th in
exists, acting promptly and directly
* w-rv where, and constantly operating, by
ur \ . ntive means, to sniel i our country from
’a*' invasion of disease, and. at the same time.
!‘ avi ng due regard to the rights and duties of
agencies, would. 1 believe, add greatly
10 thf - safety of our people.
THE ARMY.
Thr Secretary of War reports that the
Atrfu.kJth of the army on Sept, ro last was
* ' 1 nlisted men and 2.1 H officers.
, 1 total expenditures of the department
he vear ending Ji n : 30, 1893. amounted to
* 974.89. Of this* sum $1,992,581.95 was
j-r Hilaries °n l contingent expenses. $23,372,-
' for the support of the military esta >-
* ' bient. $3,077.033 18 for miscellaneous ob
and $20,518,631.41 for public works.
( s •utter sum includes $10,296,876.46 for river
•harbor improvements, and $3 206.141.20
II but ideations-and other works of defense,
he total enrollment of tlie militia of the
* f -veral states was. on Oct. 31 of the current
veiir 112 597 officers and enlisted nr*n. The
'■fficers of the army detailed for the inspec
and instru tion of this reserve of our
ytary force report that increased interest
• 'barked progre s are apparent in the
° ' plme and efficiency of the organization.
, it her Indian outbreaks nor domestic vio
h.as called the army into service during
• v'-ar. and the only active military duty
*yquired of it has been in the department
Texas. where violations of the
*7, ’r a 1 it y laws of the United States and
• si o were promptly and efficiently dealt
'V 1 ,- v ih‘ 11 oops, eliciting the warm ap
p-ova: of the civil and military authorities
v* loth countries.
■ lit-operation of wise laws and the influ
-1 <•'' of civilization constantly tending to re
•• the country from the dangers of Indian
"' •Hies, together with the increasing
; l ! ‘by of the states, through tne efficiency of
“national guard organization to protect
J, ‘ ,r citizens from domestic violence.lead to
‘ suggestion that the time is fast approach
fii‘e vv h#*n there should be reorganization of
t , r ar f m -V on the linos of the present necessi*
( v ° r ttie l:ounlr > * • his change contemplates
• te*r an increase In numt'er r.or addtnl ex
: M but a redfstributlon of the force and an
-icouragement of measures tending to greater
efficiency among the men and improvement of
the service.
Tho adoption of battalion formations for in
fantry regiments, the strengthening of th-'
artillery force, the abandonment of the
smaller and unnecessary posts, and the mass
ing of the troops at important and accessible
stations, all promise to promote the useful
ness of the army. In the judgment of army
officers with but few exceptions, the*operu
tion of the law for hiding the re-enlistment
of men after ten years service has not proved
its wisdom, and while the arguments that led
to its adoption were not without merit, the
experience of the year constrains me to join
in the revommendation for its repeal,
alt is gratifying to note that we have begun
to attain completed results in the compre
hensive scheme of seacoast defense, and for
tification entered upon eight years ago. A
large sum has been already expended, but
the cost of maintenance will be inconsidera
ble as compared with the expense of con
struction and ordnance. At the end of the
current calender year the war department
will have 9 twelve inch guns. 24 ten inch and
34 eight inch guns ready to be mounted on
gun lifts and carnages, and 75 twelve inch
mortars.
In addition to the product of
the army gun factory now com
pleted at Watervliet. the government
has contracted with private parties for the
purchase of one hundred guns of these cili
bre. the first of which should be delivered
to the department for test before July 1. 1894.
The manufacture oi heavy ordnance keeps
pace with current need?*; but to render these
guns available for the purposes they are
designed to meet, emplacements must be pre
pared for them. Progress has been made in
this direction, and it is desirar I‘that congress
by adequate appropriations staoutd provide
for the uninterrupted prosecution of this
necessary work.
Aft *r much preliminary work and ex
haustive examination, in accordance
with the requirements of the law, the board
appointed to sehv t a magazine rifle of modern
ty e with which to replace the, obsolete
Springfield rifle of th“ infantry services,
completed its labors during the last year and
the work of manufacture, is now in progress
at the nat onal armory at Springfield. It is
confidentially expected that by the end of the
current year our infantry w ill be supplied
with a weapon equal to that of the most pro
gressive atmies of tlv world.
The work on the projected Chiekamauga and
Chattanooga national military park has
been prosecuted with zeal and judgment,
and its opening will he celebrated during the
coming year. Over nine square miles of the
Chiekamauga battlefield have been acquired,
twenty-five miles of rondwav have been con
structed and permanent tablets have been
placed at many historical points, while the in
vitation to the states to mark the positions of
their troops participating in the battle has
been very generally accepted.
The work of locating and preserving the
lines of battle at the Gettysburg battlefield is
making satisfactory progress on the plans di
rected by the last congress.
The reports of the military academy at
West Point, and the several schools for
special instruction of officers show a marked
advame in the education of the army and a
commendable ambition amon: its officers to
excel in the military profession, and to fit
themselves for the highest service of th)
country.
Under the supervision of Adjt. Gen, Robert
Williams, late retired, the bureau of military
information has become well-established and
is performing a service that will put in pos
session of the government in time of war
most valuable information and at all times
serve a purpose of great utility In keeping the
army advised of the world's progress in all
matters pertaining to the art of war.
DEPARTMENT of justic e.
The report of the Attorney General contains
the usual summary of the affairs and proceed
ings of the department of justice for the past
year, together with certain recommendations
as to needed legislation on various subjects.
I cannot too heartily indorse the. proposition
that the fee System as applicable to the com
pensation of United States attorneys, mar
shals, clerks of federal courts and United
States commissioners should be abolished
with aa little delay as possible. It is clearly
in the interest of the community that the
business of the courts, both civiland criminal,
shall be as small and as inexpensively trans
acted the ends of justice will allow.
The system is therefore thoroughly vicious
which makes the compensation of court <ffl
cials depend upon the volume of such busi
ness. and thus creates a conflict between a
proper execution of the law and private gain,
which cannot fail to be dangerous to the
rights and freedom of the citizens, and an
irresistible temptation to the unjustifiable
expenditure of public funds. If in addition
to this reform another was inaugurated
whic h would give to United States comml<-
sionern the final disposition of p *tty offences
within the grade of misdemeanors,‘especially
those Jcomiug under the internal
revenue law's, a great advance would
be made toward a more decent
administration to the criminal law.
In my first messige to congress, dated Dec.
8. 1885, I strongly recommended these changes
and referred somewhat at length to the evi s
of the present system. Since that time the
criminal business of the federal courts and
the expense attending it has enormously in
creased. The n imber of criminal prosecu
tions pending in the circuit and district
courts of the United States, on the first day
of July. 1885. w as 3.898, of which 1.884 were for
violations of the internal revenue laws, while
the number of prosecutions pending on the
first day of July. 1893. was 9,500. of whiih 4.200
were for violations of the internal revenue
laws.
The expense of the United States courts,
exclusive of judges’ salaries for the year end
ing July 1 1885, was $2,874,733.11, an 1 for the
year ending July 1. 1893. $4.528 676 87. It is
therefore apparent that the reasons given in
1885 for a change in the maimer of enforcing
the federal criminal law have gained cogency
and strength by the lapse of lime.
1 also heartily join the Attorney General in
recommending legislation, fixing degrees of
the crime of murder within federal jurisdic
tion. as has been done in many of the states;
authorizing writs of error on tehaif of the
government in cases where final judgment is
n n iered against the suffleien y of an indict
ment, or against the government upon any
other question arising before actual trial:
limiting the right of review in cases of
felony punishable only by fine and imprison
ment to the circuit court of appeals, and
making speedy provision for the construction
of such prisons and reformatories as may be
necessary for the confinement of United
81 ites convicts.
POSTOKFICE DEP A RTM ENT.
The report of the Postmaster General con
tain? a detailedstatement of the operations of
the postoffke department during the last uscal
year and much interesting information touch
ing this important branch of the public service.
The business of the mails indicates with ab
solute certainty the condition of the business
of the country, and depression in financial
affairs inevitably andjjuickly reduces the pos
tal revenues, j herefore a larger discrepancy
than usual between the pojtofflce receipts
and expenditures is the expected and un
avoidable result of the distressing stringency
which has prevailed throughout the country
during much of the time covered by the Post
master i Jeneral’s report.
At a date when better times were antici
pated it was estimated by his predecessor
that the deficiency on June 30, 1893 would be
but a little over.fl.soo.uoo. It amounted, how
ever. to more than $5.u00.U00. At the same
time, and under the influence of like antici
pations estimates were made for the current
fiscal year, ending June 30. 1894, which rx
hinited a surplus of revenue over expendit
ures of $872,245 71. but now in view of the
actual receipts and expenditures during that
part of the current fiscal year already ex-
Dired, the present Postmaster General esti
mates that at its close, instead of a surplus,
there will be a deficiency of nearly SB.iX 0 (XX).
The postoffice rceipts for the last fiscal
year amounted to $ '5.896.933.16, and its expen
ditures to *81.074.104.99. This postoffice de
ficiency would disappear or be immensely de
creased if less matter was carried free
through the mails, an item of which is up
ward of 300 tons of seeds and grain from the
agricultural department.
the total number of pos’.offlces in the
United states on June 1, V 9.. was 68.403, an
increase of 1,284 over the preceding year. Of
these 3.360 were presidential, an increase in
that class of 2 4 over the preceding year.
Forty-two free delivery offices were added
during th® year t<* those already existing,
making a total of 610 cities and towns pro
vided with free delivery on June 30, 1893.
Ninety-three other cities and towns are now
entitled to this service under the law. but it
has not been accorded them on account of in
sufficient funds to meet the expense of its es
taollshment. lam decidedly of the opinion
that th- provisions of the present law permit
as gt n *ral introduction of this feature of the
mail service, as is necessary or justifiable,
and t hat it ought not to be extended to smaller
communities than are now designated.
The expense of free delivery for the fiscal
year, ending June 30. 181*4, will be more than
$ 1t,000.00J, and under the legislation now ex
isting there must be a constant increase iu
this item of expenditure.
There were b 401 additions to the domestic
money order offices during the last fiscal year,
being the largest increase in any year since
the inauguration of the system. The total
number of these otters at the close of the year
w;fs ih.434. i here were 13.309.735m0ney orders
issued from these offices, dicing an increase
over the preceding year of 1.240.293 and the
value of thesa orders amounted to $127,276.-
1„3 65, au increase of $7,509,632 58. There were
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER r>, ISO3.
also issued during the year postal notes
amounting to $12,903,076 73.
During the year 195 international money
order offices were added to those already pro
videej. making a total of 2.407 in operation on
4une 30. IBS3 The n imber of international
money orders isssed during the year was
l. an increase over the preceding year
of 72,525. and their value wa** $16.341.837 86. an
increase ot $1.221.506 31. The number of orders
pa IT‘was :tuo.9i7. an increase over the preced
ing year of 1J.V13. and thmr value was $5,283,-
375 70. an increase of $94,014 83.
From the foregoing statements It appears
that the total issue of money orders and
postal notes for the year amounted to S!SJ,-
821 348*24.
The number of letters and packages mailed
during the year for special delivery was 3.375.-
693, an increase over the previous year of
nearly 22 per cent. The special delivery
stamps used upon these letters and pa. k n.es
amounted to *387.569.30. and the messeugers’
fees paid for their delivery amounted to $256.
592 71. leaving a profit to the government of
fS > 976 53
The railway mail serv ice not onlv adds to
the Promptness of mail delivery at all offices,
but it is the especial instrumentality which
puts the smaller and wav places in the ser
vice on an equality In that regard
with the larger and terminal offices.
This branch of the postal service has there
fore received much attention from the I’ost
ia aster General and though it is gratifying
to know that it is in a condition of high effic
iency and great usefulness, I am led to agree
with the Postmaster General that there is
room for its further improvement. Then 1 are
now connected .with the postofficc establish
ment 28,324 employes who are in the classified
service. The head of this great department
gives conclusive evidence of the value of civil
service reform when, after an experience
that renders his judgment on the subject ab
solutely reliable, he expresses the opinion
that without the benefit of this system it
would be impossible to conduct the vast busi
ness intrusted to him.
i dedre to commend, as especially worthy
of prompt attention, the suggestions of the
Postmaster General relating to a more sensi
ble and business like organization, and a bet
ter distribution ’ot responsibility in his de
partment.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
contains a history of the operations of his
department during the past year, and exhibits
a most gratifying condition of the personnel
of our navy, lie presents a satisfactory ac
count of the progress which has been made in
the construction of vessels, and makes a num
ber of recommendations, to which attention
is especially invited.
During' the past six months the demands
for cruising vessels have been many and
urgent. There have been revolutions culling
for vessels to protect American interests in
Nicaragua. Guatemala. Costa Rica Honduras.
Argentine and Brazil, while the condition of
affairs in Honolulu has requited the constant
presence of one or more ships. With all these
calls upon our navy it becomes necessary, in
order tomake up a sufficient ft*'et. to patrol
the Behring sea under the modus vivendi
agreed unon with Great Britain, to detail to
thatservice one vessel from the fish commis
sion. and three from the revenue marine.
Progress in the construction of new vessels
has not been as rapid as was auti.dpated.
There have been delays in the completion of
mrarmored vessels, but for the most part they
have been such as are constantly occurring
even in countries having the largest experi
ence in naval ship building. The most seri
ous delays, however, have been in the work
upon the armored ships. The trouble has
been the failure of the contractors to deliver
armor as agreed. The difficulties seem to
have been all overcome, and armor is being
delivered with satisfactory promptness.
Asa result of the experience acquired by
ship buildefs and designers and material men,
it is believe.! that the dates when vessels will
be completed can now be estimated with
reasonable accuracy.
Great guns, rapid-lire guns, torpedoes and
powder are being promptly supplied.
the new ships.
The following vessels of the new navy have
been completed, and are now ready tor ser
vice: The double turreted coast defense mon
itor M.antonomoU, the double turreted coast
defense monitor Monterey, the armored
cruiser New York, the protected cnisers Bal
timore. Chicago, Philadelphia. Newark. San-
Francisoo. Charleston. Atlanta and Boston;
the cruiser Detroit: the gunboats Yorktowu.
Concord. Bennington. Maehias. Cystine and
Petrel: the dispatch vessel Dolphin: the prac
tice vessel Bancroft ami the dynamite gun
boat Vesuvius. Of these the Bancroft. Much
ias. Detroit and Castine have been placed in
commission during the current calendar year.
The following vessels are in process of con
struct ion: The’second class battle ships
Maine and Texas, the cruisers Montgomery
and Marblehead, and the count defense
Monitors. Terror. Pluitaa. Ampkitrite and
JVlonadnock. all of which will be completed
within one year: the harbor defense rant
Katalidin and the protected cruisers Colum
bia, Minneapolis. Olympia, Cincinnati and
Raleigh, all of which will be completed prior
to July 1, 1895: the first class battle ships
lowa. Indiana. Massachusetts and Oregon,
which will bq completed Feb. 1. 1896: and the
armed cruiser Brooklyn, which will be com
pleted by Aug. 1. of that year. It is also ex
pected that the three gun boats authorized
by the last congress will be completed in less
than two years.
Since 1886. Congress has at each session au
thorized the building of one or more vessels,
and the. Secretary of the Njvv presents an
earnest plea for the continuance of this plan.
Ho recommends the authorization of at least
one battleship and -six torpedo boats. While
lam distinctly in favor of consistently pur
suing the policy we have inaugurated of
building up a thorough and efficient navy. I
cannot refrain from the sug/esUo i that the
congress should carefully take into account
the number of unfinished vessels on our
hands and the depleted condition of our
treasury in considering the propriety of an
nmuopriation at this time to begin now work*
The method of employing mechanical lai*or
at the navy yards through hoards of labor,
and making efficiency the sole test by which
laborers are employed and continued, is pro
ducing the best results, and the secretary is
earnestly devoting himself to its develop
ment. Attention is invited to ibe statements
of his report in regard to the working of the
system.
THE PENSION ROJ.LS.
The Secretary of the Interior has supervis
ion of so many important suble ts that his
report is of • special value and mt< rest.
On the 30th day of June. 1893. there were on
thf> pension rolls 966 012 names, an increase ot
89.944 over the number on the rolls June 3>.
1802. Of these there were 17 widows uod
daughters of revolutionary soldiers. 86 sur
vivors of the war of 1812; 5.425
widows of soldiers of that war;
24,518 survivors and widows of the
Mexican war: 3.88*2 survivors and widows of
Indian wars: .281 army nurses and 475.645 sur
vivors and widows and children of deceased
soldiers and sailors of the war of the rebellion
The latter number represents those pensioned
oa account of disabilities or death resulting
from army .or navy sendee. The number of
persons remaining on the rolls June M). I*o3,
who were pensioned under the a?t of J une 27.
1890. which allows pensions on amount of
death and disability not chargeable to annv
service, was 45UJ55. Ihe number added to the
r ills during the year was 123.634 and the num
ber dropped wa533,690.
'Plie first payments on pensions allowed
during the year amounted to $3j.756.549.98.
Thu includes arrewr-. or the accumulation
between the time from which th*3 allowance
of pension dat >s and the time of actually
granting the certificates. Although tie law
of !K9> permits pensions for disabilities not
related to military service, yet as a requisite
lo its benefit* a disability must exist inca
pacitating applicants, ‘from the performance
•it manual labor to such a degree up to render
them unable to earn a support.” The execu
tion of this law in its early stages does not
seem to have been in accord with its true in
tention. but towards the dose of the last ad
m. an authoritative construction
was given to tlie •statute, and since that
time this construction his been followed,
'this has had the effect of limiting
the operation of ths4|w to its intended pur
pos<\ v The disco veryTiaving been made that
mafiyfiames had been put upon the pension
roll by nuaas of wholesale and gigantic
frauds, the commissioner suspended pay
ments upon a number of pensions which
seemed to be fraudulent or unauthorized,
pending a complete examination, giving
notice to the pensioners, in order that they
might have an opportunity to establish, if
possible, the justice of their claims—not with
stand'n' their apparent invalidity. This. I
understand, is the pra tlce which has fora
long time prevailed in the pension bureau,
but after entering upon these recent investi
gations the commissioner modified this rule
so as now to allow until after a complete
examination. Interference with the piyment
of a pension apparently not altogether void,
hut which merely had been fixed at a rate
higher than that authorized by law. lam un
able to understand why fra ids in the pension
rolls should not ho exposed and corrected
with thoroughness and vigor. Kvery name
fraudulently put upon these rolls is a wicked
imposition upon the kindly sentiment in
which pensions have their origin. Kvery
fraudulent pensioner has become a bad citi
zen; every false oath in support ,of a pension
has made perjury more common and false
and undeserving pensioners rob the people
not only of their money, but of tbe patriotic
sentiment which the survivors of a war.
fought for tbe preservation of the union,
ought to inspire. Thousands of neighbor-
hoods have their well known fraudulent pen
sioner*-. and recent developments by the
bureau establish appalling conspiraoies to ac
complish pension frauds. By no means the
least wrong done is to brave aid do
Nerving pensioners, wh * certainly ought
not to be condemned£to uuch 'association.
Those who attempt in the line of duty to ra
tify these wrongs should not be accused of
enmity or indifference to the claims of h>ne*t
veterans. The sum expended on ac*ount of
pensions for the year ending June 3). 1893.
was $156,740.467.1t. The commissioner esti
mates that $165,000,000 will be required to pay
pensions during the year ending June 30. 1894.
THE INDIANS.
The conditions of the Indians and their ul
timate fate are subjects which are related to
a sacred duty of the government, and, which
strongly appeal to the sense of jus
tice and the sympathy of our people.
Our Indians number about 248.0,*). Most of
them are located in 161 reservations, contain
ing 86.116.531 acres of land. About 110,two of
these Indians have,to a large degree, adopted
civilized customs. Lands in severally have
been alio ted many of them. Such allotment
have iH'cn made to 110,000 individuals duiflug
the last fiscal year, embracing 1.uu.000 acres
The number of Indian government schools
oocn during the year was 195. an increase of
12 over the preceding year Of this Dual 170
are on reservations, of which 73 were lnumi
ing schools and 97 were da\ school-
Twenty board house} schools and five day
schools supported by the government were
not located on the reservations. The total
numoer of Indian children e trolled during the
year, as attendants of all schools was 21,138.
an increase of 1.231 over the enrollment for
the previous year. I am sun* that secular
education and moral and religious teaching
must be important factors in any effort to
save the Indian and lead him to civilization.
I believe, too that the relinquishment of
tribal relations and the holding of land in sev
eralty may. in favorable conditions, aid this
consummation It seems to tne. however,
that allotments of land in severalty ought to
be made with great care and- circumspection.
If hastily done, before the Indian knows its
meaning, while yet he lias little or no idea
of tilling a farm aud no conception of their
fate, there is great danger that a reservation
life in tribal relations may be exchanged for
the pauperism of civilization instead
of its independence and elevation.
The solution of the Indian problem depends
very largely upon good administration. The
personal fitness of agents and their adapta
bility to the peculiar duty of caring lor their
wards is of the utmost importance.
The law providing that except in especial
cases army officers shall be detailed as Indian
agents, it, Is hoped, will prove u successful
experiment.
'there is danger of great abuses creeping
into the prosecution of claims for Indian
depredations and I recommend that every
possible safeguard bo provided against the
enforcement of unjust and fictitious claim< of
this description.
The appropriations on account or the Indian
bureau for the year ending June 30. isoi,
amount to $7 951,962 99. a decrease ns com
pared with the year preceding it of $387,131.95.
THR PUBLIC DOMAIN.
The vast area of land which but a. short
time ago constituted the public domain is
rapidly falling into private hands. K is cer
tain that in the transfer the beneficient inten
tion of the government to supply from its
domain homes to the industrious amt worthy
home seeker is often tTu rated, t hough the
speculator who stands with extortionate pur
pose between the land office and those who
with their families are invited by the govern
ment to settle on the public muds is a despic
able i haructer who ought, not to he tolerated,
yet it is difficult to thwart his schemes. The
recent opening to settlement of Uv* lands on
the Chrokee outlet, embracing an area of
6500.uh0 acres, notwithstanding tne utmost,
care in framing the. regulati >n* governing the
selection of locations, and not vithstanding
the presence of United States troops, fur
nished an exhibition, though perhaps in u.
modified degree, of tbe mad scramble, the
violence, and the fraudulent occupation which
have accompanied previous openings of the
public lund. 1 concur with the secretary in
the belief that these outrageous incidents
cmnot be entirely prevented without a
change iu the laws on the subject, and r hope
his recommendations in that direction will
be favorably considered.
I espeially commend to the attention oft he
congress the statements contained in the sec
retary's reports concerning forestry. 'Hie
time has come when efficient measures should
tie taken for the preservation of our forests
trom indiscriminate and remedy less destruc
tion.
DEPARTMENT CiT AdRICULTITKV.
The report of the Secretary 'f Agriculture
will be found exceedingly interesting, es
pecially to that large part of our c itizens in
timately concerned in agricultural occupa
tions. On. March 7. 1*93. there were upon its
jay r0115‘27.(139 employe*-. This number Ims
been reduced to t.>iso persons. In
view of u depleted treasury and
the imperative demand ’of the
people for economy In the administration of
their government the secretary has entered
upon the tusk of rationally reducing expendi
tures by the elimination from the pay rolls
of all persjns not n ieded lor an efficient con
duct of the affairs of the department. During
the first quarter of the present, year the ex
peases of the department aggregated $345 -
876 76. as against $402,012 42 for the corres
ponding period of the fiscal year ending June
30,1H9.i. The secretary makes apparent his
intention to continue this rate of reduction
by stibmi tttng estimates for the next fiscal
year less by $994,280 than those for the pres
ent year.
Among the heads of divisions in this de
partment the changes have been exoeedinglv
few. Three vacancies occurring from death
and resignations have been filled by the pro
motion of assistants in the same divisions.
These promotion of experienced aud faithful
assistants have not only been in the interest
of efficient work, but ha ve suggested to those
in the department who look for retention and
promotion that merit and devotion to duty
are the ir best reliance. The amount aptr.-
printed for the bureau of animal indtutry for
the current fiscal year is $850,()D. ihe esti
mate for the ensuing year is $703,000.
ihe regulations of 1892 couc’rnlng Texas
fever have been enforced during the last year
and the large stock yards of the country have
been kept free from infection. Occasional
local out breaks have been largely such as
could have been effectually guarded against,
oy the owners of the affected cattle while
contagious plmir pneumonia in cattle has
been eradicated.
Animal tuberculosis, a disease widespread
rind more dangerous to human life than pieuro
pneumonia, is still me valent. Investigations
have been made during the past vear as
to the means of its communication and
the method of its correct diagnosis.
Much progress has been made in this 'direc
tion by the studies of the division of animal
pathology, but work ought to he extended, in
co operation with the local authorities, until
the danger to human life arising from this
cause is reduced to a minimum.
The number of animals arriving from
Canada daring the year and inspected bv
bureau officers was 402 092. and the nun.her
from trans-Atlantic countries was 1,297. No
contagious diseases were found among the
imported animals.
The total number of inspect ions of cattle for
export during the. pa.-t fiscal year was 611JV42.
The exports show a falling off of about 25 ptv
cent, from the preceding year, the decrease
occurring entirely in th* last half of the year
This suggests that th** falling off may hav*
been largely due to an Increase In th/: price of
American export cattle.
During the year ending June 30. 189 ’.. ex
ports of Inspei t *d pork aggregated 10 677,410
pounds, as against ~8.152.874 pounds for the
preceding year. The falling off In this ex
port was not confined, however, to inspected
pork, the total quantity exported for 1892 be
ing 66Y 190.616 pounds, while in 1893 it was only
527.30*.695 pounds.
1 .'oin the secretary in recommending that
hereafter each applicant for the position of
insp?ctor or assistant inspector in the bureau
of animal industry t>e required, as a condition
precedent 10 his appointment, to exhibit to
the United States civil service commission
his diploma from an established, regular and
reputable veterinary college, and that this >•
supplemented by such an examination in vet
erinary science as the commission may pre
sort i c.
The exports of agricultural products from
the United States for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1892, attained the enormous figure ot
$800,000,000 in round numbers, )>•
ing 78.7 per cent, of our total exports.
In the last fiscal year this aggregate was
greatly reduced, but nevertheless reached
$615,000,000, being 75.1 pet* cent, of all the
American commodities exported. A review
of our agricultural exports with special ref
erence to their destination, will show that
in almost every line the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland absorbs by far the
largest pioportion.
Of cattle, the total exports aggregated in
value for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1893,
$26 000.000, of which Great Britain took con
siderably over $25,000.0,0.
Of beef products of all kinds, our total ei
ports were $2 4,000,000. of which Great Britain
took $24,000,000.
Of pork products the total exports were
$84,000,001, of which Great Britain took $53
000 0 .
In breadsttulT*. cotton, and minor products,
like proportions ent to the same destination
are shown.
THE STATISTICAL REPORTS.
Thejwork of the statistical division of the
department of agriculture deals with all that
relates to the economies of fanning. The
main purpose of its monthly report la to keep
the furmers informed as fully as possible of
ail matters having any influence upon the
world s markets, in which their products find
sale its publications relate especial
ly to the commercial side of farming.
It is therefore of profound importance and
vital coudera to the farmers of the* United
States, who represent nearly one-half uf our
population, hnd also of direct Interest to the
whole country, that the work of this division
be efficiently performed and that the infor
mation it has gathered be promptly diffused.
It is a mutter of congratulation to know that
the secretary will not spare any effort to
muke this part of his work thoroughly useful.
In the year 1839 the congress appropriated
*I.OOO to be taken from the patent office funds,
for the purpose of collecting
aiul distributing rare and improved
Mirictics of seeds and for prosecuting
agricultural investigations and proenriug
agricultural statistics. From this small be
ginning the seed division of the department
of agriculture has grown to its present un
yielding and unjustifiably extravagent pro
portions. During the last fiscal year the
cost of seeds purchased was $66.5t5.*61. The
remainder of an appropriation of SI3S,UK) was
expended in putting them, up and distributing
them. It surely never Could have entered
the minds of those who first sanetlotted up
propriations of public money for the purchase
of new ami improved varieties of seeds for
gratuitious distribution that from this would
grow large appropriati ns for the purchase
and distribution by members of congress of
ordinary seeds bulbs and cuttings w hich arc
common in all the states and territories and
everywhere easily obtainable at low prices.
In each state and territory an agricultural
experiment station has been established.
These s tut ions by their character and name
are the proper agencies to experiment w ith
and test new varieties of seeds, and yet this
Indiscriminate and wasteful distribution by
legislation and legislators continues, answer
ing no purpose, unless it, bo to remind con
stituent-- that their representatives
are willing to remember them
with gratuities at the public cost.
Under the sanction of existing legislation,
there was scut out from the agricultural de
partment during the last fiscal year, enough
of cabbage seed to plant 19.200 acres of land,
n sufficient quantity of beans to plant 4.000
acres; beet weed enough to plant 2..V0 acres;
sweet corn enough to plant 7.80 J acres; suffi
dent cucumber seed to cover 2.0.5 acres with
vines, and enough mustimelon and water
melon seed to plant 2.075 acres. The total
quantity of flower and vegetable seed thus
distributed was contained in mure than 9.003,-
000 packages, and they were sufficient*
if planted, to cjver 89.596 acres of land.
In view of these fad a that enormous expen
diture without legitimate returns of benefit
ought to be abolished. Anticipating u con
summation so manifestly in the interest of
good administration: more than SIOO,OOO has
been stricken from the estimate made to
cover this object for the year ending June 30
1805. and the secretary recommends that the
remaining $35,000of the estimate be confirmed
Strictly to the purchase of j
new improved varieties of
seeds, and these lie distributed through the i
experiment stations. Thus the seed will lie J
tested, and after the test has been eoniplote.l I
by the experiment station the propagation of
useful varieties and the rejection of the value
less may safely be left to the common sense
of t he people.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
.The continued intelligent execution of the
civ!) ajrvlce law und the increasing approval
by the people of its operation art* most grati
fying. The recent extension of its limitations
and regulations to the employes at free deltv
ery poslofiloes. w hich has Iveen honestly and
promptly accomplished ny the commission,
with the hearty cooperation of the Post
master General, is an immensely important
advance iu the usefulness of the system. I
am, if portable, more than ever convinced of
the iuculculablc benefits cm'erred by the
civil service law ; not only in its effect upon
the public service, but also, wlial is even
more important, in its effect in elevat
ing the torn* of political life generally.
The course of civil servict reform in this
country instructively und interestingly Ulus-,
trates how strong a hold a movement gains
upon our pc >ple which hu* underlying It a
sentiment of justice ami right, and which at !
the same time promises i, tter a/ltninist ratio j
of their government. The luw embodying
this reform found its way to our stututo book
more from fear of the popular sentiment > r
Isting in its favor than from any juve for the
reform itself on the part of tin* legislators. 1
aud it has lived and grown and flourished in |
suite of the covert, a-* well as up -n hostility of
the spoilsman, and notwithstanding the
querelous iuipructicuhilit.v of many self con
stituted guurdlatis. Beneath all the vagaries
aud sublimated theories which aro attracted \
to it there underlies this reform a sturdy c >m- j
moii sense principle, not only suited to this f
mundane sphere, but w hose application our *
people are more aud more recognizing to be
absolutely essential to the most successful
operation of their government, if not to Its
perpetuity.
It seems to me to he entirely inconsistent
with the character of this reform, as well as
with its pest enforcement, to oblige
the commission to rely for clerical assistance
upon clerks detailed from other depart meats.
There ought not to be such a condition in any
department that clerks hired to do work there 1
cun not be spared to habitually work nt
another place; and it doe* not accord with a
sensible view of civil service reform that per
sons should be employed on the theory that
their labor is necessary in one department,
when in point of face their services are de
voted to entirely different work in another de
partment. I earnestly urge that the clerks
necessary to carry 0:1 tlv; work of the com
mission hr regularly put upon its roster, and
that the system of obliging the commission
er* to rely upon the services of clerkH lie
longing to other departments he discontinued.
This ought not to increase the expense to the
government, while it would certainly be more
consistent and add greatly to the efficiency
of the commission.
A I*I,EA FOR ECONOMY.
Economy In public expenditure is a duty
thut cannot innocently be neglected hy those
intrusted with the control of money drawn
from the people for public uses. It must he
confessed thai oar apparently endless resour
ces, the familiarity of our people with ifn
mens** accumulations of wealth, the growing
sentiment among them that the expenditure
of public money should in some manner he
to their immediate and personal advantage,
ibe indirect and almost stealthy manner in
which a large part of our taxes are exacted,
and a degenerated sense of official accounta
bility have led t * growing extravagance in
governmental appropriations.
At this time when a depleted public treasury
confronts uu. when many of our people aro
engaged Iri a hard struggle forihenecessarieß
of life, and when enforced economy is press
ing un the great mass of our countrymen f
desire to urge, with all the earnestness at my
command, that congressional legislation tie
so limited by strict- economy sto exhibit an
appreciation of the condition of the treasury
and a sympathy with the strained circmn
s’aneesof our fellow citizens. The duty of
puoiie e conomy is also of immense impor
tance in its intimate and necessary relation
to the task now m hand of providing revenue
to meet government expenditures and yet re
during the people's burden of taxation.
TARIFF REFORM.
After a hard struggle turifT reform is di
rectly before us. Nothing so important
claims our attention, and nothing ho clearly
presents itself h both an opportunity aud a
duty, sin opportunity to deserve the gratitude
of our fellow citizens, and u duty imposed
upon tu* hy our oft*repeats and professions ami
by the emphatic mandate of the people.
After full disc’RHion our countrymen have
spoken in favor of this reform, and they have
confided the work of its accomplishment to
the* hands of those who are solemnly pledged
to it. if there is anything iu the theory of a
representation In public places of the people
and their desires, if public officers are really
the servants of the people, and if {KillHeal
promises and professions have any binding
force, our failure to give the relief so long
awaited will lie sheer recreancy. Nothing
should intervene to distract our attention or
disturtf our efforts until this reform is accom
plished by wise and careful legislation. While
w.c sbou \t\ staunchly adhere to the principal
that only the necessity of revenue justifies
the imppsitiou of tariff duties and otner fed
oral taxation, and that they should be limited
by strict economy, we cannot close our eyes
to the fact that conditions have grown up
among us which, in justice and fairness, call
for discriminating care in the distribution of
such duties an 1 taxation as the emergencies
of our government actually demand.
Manifestly, if we are to aid the people dl
reufly through tariff reform, one of its most
obvious features should be a reduction Jn the
}>resent tariff charges upon the necessaries <f
ife. The benefits of such a reduction would
be palpable and substantial, seen and felt by
thousands who would be better fed and better
clothed and better sheltered. These girts
should be the willing benefactions of a gov
ernment whose highest function is the pro
motion of the welfare of the people.
Not I*hs closely related to our people's
prosperity and well-being is the removal of
restrictions upon the importation of the raw
material* necessary to our manufactures.
The world should I e open to our national
ingenuity amt enterprise. This cannot t*e
while federal legislation, through the imposi
tion of a high tariff, forbids to American
manufacturers as cheap materials as those
used by their competitors. It is quite obvious
that the enhancement of the price of our
manufactured products resulting from this
policy not only confines the market for the*/*
products within our own border* but also in
creases their cost to our citizen**. The inter
ests of labor are certainly though indirectly
involved in this feature of our
tariff system. The sharp coinjiatition
and active lniggle among our manu
facture- to supply the limited demand
for their good* soon fill the narrow market to
which they are confined. Then follows a sus
pension of work in mills and factories, a dis
charge of employes and distress in the
homes of our workingmen. Even if the often
durcspectlve assertion could to made good
that a lower rute of wages would result from
free raw materials and low tariff duties, the
intelligence of our workingmen leads them
quickly to dis *over that their steady employ
ment. permttt< and by free raw materials, is the
most important factor in their relations to
tariff legislation.
A measure has been prepared by the appro
priate congressional commission embodying
tariff reform on the lines herein suggested,
w hich will be promptly submitted for legisla
tive action. It is the result of much patriotic
and unselfish work, and l believe it deals
with its subject concisely and as thoroughly
as existing conditions pormit. I am satisfied
that the reduced tariff duties provided for in
the proposed legislation added tthe existing
internal revenue taxation will in the future,
though perhaps not immediately, produce
sufficient revenue to mc“t the needs of the
government.
The committee, after full consideration, and
to provide against a temporary deficiency
which may exist before the business of the
country adjusts itself to the new tariff sched
ules. have wisely embraced in their plan a few
additional internal revenue taxes, including a
small tax 011 incomes derived from certain
corporate investments These new assess
ment* are not only absolutely just and easily
borne but they have the further merit of
being such as can be remitted without un
favorable business dibturbaiHM* whenever the
necessity of their imposition no longer ex
ists.
Tn my great desire for the success of this
measure I cannot- restrain the suggestion
that its success can .:ly be attained bv
means of unselfish counsel on the part of the
friends of tariff reform, and as a result of
their willingness to subordinate personal de
sires and ambitions to the general good. The
local Interests affected by the proposed re
form are so numerous and so varied that if
all are Insisted upon, the legislation embody
ing the reform must inevitably fall.
In conclusion, tny intense feeling of re
sponsibility impels me to invoke for the man
ifold interests of a generous ami confiding
people the most scrupulous cure to pledge my
w illing support to every legislative effort for
advancement of the greatness aud prosperity
of our beloved country.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. U . Dec.
1, 1893.
Money
Has
Wings
wlikh should be dipped by
judicious economy. Why
pay fancy prices for table
butter ? There is a satisfac
tory substitute on sale,
SILVER
CHURN
BUTTERINE
meets the requirements of
the most fastidious, at a
moderate price. Use it on
the table; use it for fancy
cooking.
Wholesale hy Armour Packing (o. t
.SflfUIXMrtA, Gil .
ARMOUR RACKING CO.,
Kansas City, U. S. A.
LEGAL SALES.
CITY SHERIFF'S SALE.
sheriff's Offk f. citycoirtswannah, <
Savannah Ga.. Dee. I. 1803. 1
I T nder and by \irtue of un execution Issu
x ing out of the <Tty Court of Savannuh.
in favor of the Southern Home Holding und
Loan Association against Rebecca A.. John
F. unit Randolph Burke. ] have levid upon
the following property, to wit . All the
southeast portion of lot No. 9, middle Ogle
thorpe ward, city of Savannah, Chatham
county, Georgia., us is shown by the present
map of the city of Savannuh. the same being
on the northwest corner of Ann and Orange
streets, having a measurement of 56'. feet on
Ann. und 31G feet <*n < > r ango streets, anore or
less) together with all imurovetuent.s thereon
whatsoever, and I will offer same for sale on
the FIRST TUESDAY in JANUARY, 1804
<same being the 2d day of the month) during
the legul hours of sal**, in front of the Court
House door in Chatham county, to satisfy
said execution. Terms cash. purchaser
paying for titles. Property pointed out by
plaintiff’s attorney. Owner notified in writ
ing. WILLIAM F BLOIS.
Sheriff. C. C. W.
CHATHAM SHERIFF’S SALE
J r XI)KH, and by virtu * of a mortgage li tu
t issued out of Chatham superior court in
favor of E. H. Smith vs. John H. Davis, f
have levied upon the following described
property of the defendant, to wit:
All that lot of land in the city of Savannah,
Chatham county. <Georgia, known as lot iiuui
ber fourteen (No. 14) of the Forsyth Invest
ment Company's subdivision of the northern
portion of Garden lot number twenty-four
1 N<>. C4> west ; said lot No. 14 having a front
ol ,2< i< fe*t by a depth of i*2 l /4 feet, and front
ing on Russe ll street, as shown by a map re
corded in Book Six R’s. jnige 235. Chatham
county records of deeds.
And 1 will offer the said above described
property of the defendant. John H. Davis, for
sale at public outcry before the court house
door of ('hatham county, in the city of Savan
nah. 0.1 the FIRST TUESDAY IN JAN
t ARY, 1891. during the legal hours of sale, to
satisfy -'aid mortgage fi fa. Terms cash, pur
chaser* paving for titles.
JOHN T HONAN.
Sheriff <•< ', Ga
\ 1 mixTstkatok s saEk:
ITNDER an order from the Court of Ordi
nary of Chatham county, Georgia, I will
sell.on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JANI'ARY
1894. between the leg il hours of sale, before
the court house door In said county, the fol
lowing property, belonging to the estate of
Ulysses L. Houston, deceased, to-wit: All that
certain lot or parcel of land situate in said
county and state, in the citvof Savannah, and
designated on the man of said city as the
southern two-thirds of lot number thirty-two,
North < pletliorpe Ward, together with the
alley on tin* west of said lot two and one half
foet wide hy forty-six feet deep: said two
thirds of said lot number thirty two contain
ing a front on Bryan street of the whole lpt.
and a depth of forty-six fe *t. more or less, on
Lumber street. Said sale being for the pay
ment of debts and distribution: and said prop
erty will be sold to the highest bidder for
cash. JAMES M. SIMMS,
Administrator estate of Ulysses L. Hous
ton. deceased.
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
Shkiufk’s Offk k, (Tty Court Savannah. >
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 4,180 ft. f
I TNDER and by virtue of on execution is
suing out of the City Court of Sh vannah
in favor of the Southern Home Building and
Loan Association against James E. Fairchild.
I have levied upon the following described
property, to wit: All that lot or tract of land
In the county of (.’hatham. and s*ate of Geor
gia, known as the "Jacob F. Gould brick
yard " containing 21 acres, more or less, and
bounded on th*- northwest by the Ogeechee
canal, southwest by land formerly owned by
Surah E. Ulmer, southeast by land known as
the “log cabin trai t.' and being the same
premises conveyed byJ. C. Ulmer, A. H.
Gould and others to Sarah J. Parry,
recorded in Chatham County Records, book
4 U's. pages 403-4 and also by The administra
tor of said Sarah J. Parry to Solomon Shef
tall. and recorded in Chatham County Her
or<K book 7 B\s, pages 27 and 28, together
with all improvement* thereon whatsoever,
and I will offer same for sale on tbe FIRS r
TUESDAY IN JANUARY. 1*94 (tame being
the 2d day of the month), during the legal
hours of sale, in front of the Court House
door in ('hatham county, to satisfy said execu
tion. Terms cosh, purchaser paying for title*.
Property pointed out by plaintiff a attorney.
Owner notified In writing.
WILLIAM F. BLOIS,
Sheriff C. C. S.
LEGAL SALES.
CITY SHERIFF'S SALE.
Shfrtff’s OfFiuK. rrvr Court Savannah, *
savannah. Ga.. Dec. 4 t 1903 f
ITNDER and by virtue of an execution fssu-
J ing out of the city court of >a%annihin
favor of the GEORGIA STATE BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION against JAMES
l*. DKACY. I have levied upon th
j following described property, to wit; All that
lot of land in Chatham county, state of Geor
gia. and known on the map of the city of Sa
-1 vannah as lot number nine 9 North Ogle
thorpe ward, being the northern half of the
middle one-third of what was originally lot
S numier twenty-five <25 North Oglethorpe
ward, and fronting forty i4O) feet on Indian
j street lane, and haviug a depth of fifty (50>
i feet; also, all those lots of land in said county
and staf\ known as lots numbers one. <l>.
three <3. five 5, seven <7. nine <9), eleven
'll*, thirteen <l3>. fifteen <ls*. seventeen <t7,
nineteen ii9> ami twenty-one <2l). according
to a plan of subdivision of portions of Farm
lots numbers six <. and ten GO) Third ty thing,
Anson ward, south of Savannah, drawn bv E-
J. f l homas Aug. *\. 1880; each of said lots having
a front of forty • 40) fc*t on Georgia street by
a depth of one hundred <IOO. feet to a laae.
Also those four <4* lots of land in said county
and state about two and one half miles south
west or Savannah described as follows: Lot
number fifteen 15*. in bo ;k K South w ard,
having a front of forty <im feet on Walton
street with a depth of one hundred G 00 feefc
to a lane. Lots numbers eleven <ll > and fif
teen (15), in block I' Norfh ward, each hav
ing u front of forty <4O) feet on Walton street,
with a depth of one hundred < too> feet to a
lane: and lot number fourteen <l4*. in block
l North ward, having a front of forty <46*
feet on Oglethorpe street, with a depth* f one
hundred < 100) feet to a lane, ail according to %
plan of subdivision of lots eight <B. andnine(tt,
Moore tything Percival ward drawn by in J.
Thomas, county engineer. July 10th. 1836. and
1 will proceed to sell the same to satisfy said
execution according to law. on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN JANUARY. IMd. th<* same be
ing th<* 2d day of said month, during the legal
hours of sale before the court house of
Chatham couutv Term* cash, purchaser pa\
ing for title*. Property pointed out bv plaia*'
tiff s attorney. WILLIAM F. RLOIfc.
Sheriff C. C. S.
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
Sheriff hokfk k. City Court swavnah t
Suvannmth. Ga., Dec. 4. 1803. f
NDKR and by virtue of un execution Imu*
- J mg out of the city court of Savannah in
favor of H. S. Ferrtll, ordinary of Chatham
county, for use of Louisa Porter Home for
tin* Friendless, substituted guardian ot
Mary Kelly, a minor, against K N. Stunt,
principal, and Andrew Hanley, security, t.
have levied upon, as the projarty of said,
K. N. Stunt, th#' following described prop
erty to wit:
All that tract of land situated in the county
of (.'hathum. state of Georgia, ut or near the
town of Warsaw (commonly called Thunder
bolt* about 4'a miles from the city of Savan
nah, described in a certain plat made by
William Hughes, surveyor, dated the ifitift.
duy ot June. 1859, as lot No 5, being the north**
east portion uf lot No. 10 Placentia tract.
Said lot, No. 5, containing 14 310 acres, mor**
or less, fully described in a deed from Mrs,
Bridget Goette to said 11. N. Stunt, dated
July 10. 1886. and recorded iu county records,
book 6. Cm.. pages 07-98, and 1 will proceed to
offer same for sale, to satisfy said execution
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY,
1894 'same being the 2nd day of the. month):
during the leg 11 hours of sale, in front of the'
court house uoor In < hatham county. Term**)
oush. Purchaser paying for titleM. Property*
pointed out bv plainfid s attorneys. Owned
notified in writing.
WILLIAM F. BLOTS -/
Sheriff C. C. S.
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
Sheriff's Offk k. < Tty < ’ouirr Savannah i ,
Savannah. Ga., Dee. 4. 1893. f;
F T NDER and by virtue of an execution is*
* suing out of the City Court of Savannah
iu favor of T. Zlpper.-r against I). Stewart. L
havo levied upon the following described
property, to wit: All that certain tract or
parcel of land, lying and being in the
county of Chatham, near the Ogeechoe road,
about two miles from tlie city of Savannah,
containing by a recent surxey made by John
11. Tebeau. county surveyor, eight and thirty
U!1-hundredths <8 311 loot acres bounded aa
follows: Nort hbv lands of John M. Cooper;
en*d by lands of Meyer: south bv lands of Ed
ward Carter and w*st by lands of HitherMham,
being the land conveyed to Daniel Stewart
by the executor of Selina Stewart by deed
dated February 19, 1883. Recorded in county
recur is Chut hum county, in 1 ojk 5 Zs, pagw
299. and I will proceed to offer name for sale
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY,
180 iMim** being the 2d day of the montht
during the legal hours of sale. In front of the
courthouse door of Cbathum county to satisfy
said execution. Terms cash. Property
pointed out by plaintiff s attorney. Owner
11 oil fled of levy. WILLIAM F. BLOIS.
Sheriff C. C. S
CITY SHERIFF’S SALE.
Shicbiff’.mOffk k, city court Savannah,
Susannah, Ga.. Dec. 4. 1893. f
ITNDER and by virtue of un execution, isau
ing out of the city court of Savannah, iu
favor of th* Excelsior Loan and Trust Com
puny against James A. Williams. I have
levied upon the following described property,!
to wit: AU that lot of land In the city of Sa
vannah. ( hutham county, Georgia, known
and designated as lot No. 128. in Browns
ville. having a front of 50 feet on Bulloch
btroet, with a rectangular depth of 100 feet
eastward us will appear in <’hatham county
records, nook 5. Js.. pages 190 193. Said prop
erty having ueen conveyed to said James A.
Williams by deed dated Feb. 17. 1886 from
Charles E. St tilts, recorded in book 5. Xa..
pages 57 and 58 Chatham county records, ami
1 will proceed to offer same for sale on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY, I§o4.
(mame being the 2d day of the month) during
the legal hour* of sale, in front of the court
house door, in < 'hatham county, to satisfy said
execution. Terms cash, purchaser paying
for title. Property describe ! in execution.
Owner notified in writing
WILLIAM F. BLOIS,
Sheriff C. C. S.
CITY SHERIFF'S SALE.
Sheriffs’ Office. City Court Savannah, t
Savannah. Ga Dec. 4. 1893. f
I T NDER aud by virtue of an execution issu-
I ing out of the city court of Savannah in
favor of the Southern Home Building and
Loan Association against Maggie Rowe, r
have levied upon the following described
property, to wit: AU that certain lot of land
in the town of Pooler. Chatham county. Geor
gia, known as lot, No. 1, being a part of the
sub-division of what was originally known us
farm lot No. 0. sal 1 lot No. 1 having a north
ern frontage of 105 feet on Simmons street byi
a depth southward of *.*oo fret on Sheftali'
street, being situated on the southwest corner*)
* f Simmons and Sheftall streets, together!
with all and singular the improvements there
on and I will offer same for sale on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN JANUARY. 1894 <>ame being
the 2d day of the month) during the legal]
hours of sale, in front of the court house door*
in Chatham County, to satisfy said execution.,
Terms cash, purchaser paying for titlesj
Property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney*'
Defendant notified iu writing.
WILLIAM F. BLOIS,
Sheriff C. C. S.
SHERIFF S SALE.
Sheriff's Offiuk, City Court. Savannah *
Savannah. Ga.. Dec. 14. 1893. f
I and by virtue of an execution is*
" suing, out of the city court of Savan
nah in favor of Mary Ann Bolden again nt
Caroline Harold. I have levied upon tne fol
lowing described property to wit:
Ail that lot or tract of land situated in tho
city of Savannah. Chatham county. Georgia,
and known as lot number twenty-seven (27) of
<’. J. Hall s subdivision of farm lot No. six <6
of the Millen tract, as appears on the present
map of the city of Savannah, and I wul pro
ceed to offer same for sale on tbe FIRST
TUESDAY IN JANUARY, 1894. (same being
the 2d day of the month) during the legal
hours of sale, in front of the court house
door in Chatham county, to satisfy said
ext cation.
’berms cash, purchaser paying foF
title*. Property pointed out bv
plaintiff's attorney. Owner notified tn
writing. WILLIAM F. BLOIS,
Sheriff. C. C. S.
CHATHAM SHERIFF’S SALE.
ITNDER and by virtue of two fi fa’s issued
from the justice court. Eighth Georgia
Militia district, November term, 1893, by G.
E. Be vans. J. P., C. Cos., Ga.. in favor of
August L. Pratt v. James Frasier, the fol
lowing described property was levied upon hy
M A. Solomons, constable of Chatham
county. Georgia. Nov. 11, 1893. and tbe fi fa n
with said levy endorsed thereon was turned
over to me for advertisement and sale of said
property, lots of land numbers forty-one *4l*
and forty-four <44). section B, each containing
lour acres and being a portion of the Happy
Discovery tract of land in said county and
state, lying between the Central and South
Bound railroads, as the property of the said
detendant, Janies Frasier.
And I will offer the said above described
property for sale at public outcry before th
court house door of Chatham county, in the
city of Savannah, on the FIRST TUESDAY
IN JANUARY, 1804. during the legal hours of
sale, to satisfy said ft fa s. leans cash. Pur*
chaisers paying for titles.
JOHN T. RONAN,
Sheriff C. Cos., O*
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