The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-16
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A White Squadron Cruiser Ordered to
the Far East.

Arranging for the Meeting Of the
Southern Board of Trade Governors.
Congressman Amos Cummings to
Report on the Armor Plate Fraud
InvestiRations-Eh Effect of the Great
Rush for Whisky on the Internal
Revenue Service-The Gold Reserve
Increasing.
Washington, Aug 15.-Final orders
were telegraphed to-day by the Secretary
of the Navy to Capt George n. Coffin,
commanding the Charleston, directing
him to leave San Francisco tomorrow
and proceed to Yokohama, where he will
report to Commodore Carpenter, COM
manding the Asiatic station, for further
orders. Commodore Carpenter left San
Francisco by the mail steamer of Aug. Z,
and will probably await the arrival of the
Charleston at Yokohama and use her as
his flagship. The Charleston will stop
three days for coal at Honolulu, and is
expected TO reach Yokohama between
Sept 0 and Sept. 10.
The Charleston is almost the exact
counterpart of the Japanese Naniwa Kan,
having been built from the same design.
Her guns, however, are less powerful
than those OF the Japanese ship.
TRADE MEETING.
At special meeting Of the directors OF
the Washington Board of Trade to-day
on the subject of the coming convention,
at Washington Thursday and Friday,
Aug. 30 and 81 OF southern boards OF
trade, governors, mayors, and merchants
ana manufacturers, TO consider the ad-
visibility Of permanent exhibit of re-
sources of the south, IL was decided to
hold the convention at Wizards hall.
The parlors of Wizards hotel will be the
headquarters of the convention. A large
attendance is expected, particularly from
southern boards Of trade.
Beginning to-day, Mr. Collom Stubbs
become passenger agent of the Peunsyl-
vania railroad for the southern district,
with headquarters in Washington. He
succeeds Mr. Robert A. Parke, resigned.
DEFECTIVE ARMoR PLATE.
The House committee on naval affairs
to-day authorized MIR. Cummings, its
chairman, to submit preliminary report
on The armor plate investigation. The
report, IL is understood, will briefly re-
view the testimony taken, and will recon-
mend an appropriation to enable several
of the alleged defective plates TO be- re-
moved from the vessels on which they
have been placed, and TO test them ballis-
tically.
THE NEW TARIFF.
The new tariff bill will so into effect at
midnight on the day 1t receives the ap-
proval of the President or becomes law by
the operation of the ten days limitation,
and not from Aug. /, as provided in the
measure. An examination of the author
tiles made at the treasury department
shows that law cannot take effect upon
a date prior TO its enactment And the
federal supreme court has sustained this
view under the ex post facto provision of
the constitution. This is the view of the
treasury department, and the announce
ment is made because of the food Of tele-
grams received there indicating some con-
fusion upon the point.
THE RUSH FOR WHISKY.
The great rush to take whisky out Of
the bonded warehouses continues, but it
has not embarrassed the internal revenue
service in the least, as extra gaugers were
arranged for in anticipation Of the de-
mand for the withdrawal. The increased
internal revenue receipts from with
drawals are beginning TO appear in the
daily treasury statements. To-day the
receipts iron internal revenue sources
we're 1856, 1872, an increase of S30O, 900 over
yesterday. For the next ten days the
receipts are expected TO average 81 500, 900
a day.
A gratifying increase Of S1l5,00O in gold
was maze by the treasury department
to-day, bringing the gold reserve up to
S52, 49, 600, a gain during the past few
days of nearly S800,000. Exchange is
several points below the shipping point,
and, now that business is not subject TO
such wide fluctuations IL is not considered
likely that gold exports will be resumed
The prediction is freely made that Europe
will be sending gold to this country
within the next twenty days.