Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
President Cleveland Can Easily Get
Around the Ransom Difficulty.
THE YOURSELVES CARRIAGE
pr. chancellor Reports on the sue
cess of This Vehicle In Fr""'
~ Iuttau C,bcl Practically Wen
Again-Othcr Personals

cal. II OilNltifi dNt' tN' .f.r
comment resulted here from -,
this morning 10 the eject th"' '''o -,
Attorncv-Gencral had decideD Oh "
..,so1 nv one Of the auditors % -"
-. chat General RANSOM OF Noi'"
-, ,.as not legally appointed MINIS
49, vexico. and. therefore had no r'S"'
81 hts pay for the Office he now
This question was talked OF
-. occr the 4th OF March, but II
Irorncd Now it seems that the
Treasury officials are Determined 10 Hoi'
up the pay. -
,r,e bollcf IS. however. that even II
tecbuicality Of the law has TO be observed,
President Cleveland can easily get arouhu
&, bv Immediately reappointing General
Ransom. Any pay coming 10 hun can
ho secured through bill for ms feiiei
introduced in Congress next winter.
pr. G. W. Chancellor. of Baltimore "
,stlve OF virginia and the Consul OF 'n'
r-rf,el States at Havre has sent ano'heI
very interesting report 20 the b,pdi ~ ~
~ state This time IL IS on lhe nol~
le.s carriage in France. lie tens o.
.<osrinents that have been made IN that
i.,,rn have been used 10 propel the N'hi-
,les. but the latter has been found most
rrac,ical. \ carriage operated by peru,
i,rro has made "A trip over roads. up MI
aud down. at the rate of fifteen niles per
hour. ON return trip the carriage diu
go, stop a single time. II kept flsht
along Electricity did not work so We'll
nor ala steam. The cost IS small ana ,lv
consul thinks there will be wonderlu'
things accomplished IN thls me "i'''''
IN. next six months.
t-o1oO.ire &c an extract from the report:
"The winning conveyances were pro
,..u.d bv gasoline and the rate OF speed
,rss about fifteen miles an hour, which
A. regarded as an extremely creditable
,.rformance. the long lines of hills be-
ing taken into account. These hills ap-
I'oar 10 have proved too much for the
carriages propelled by electricity, or
which only one got through. the others
having abandoned the contest. one OF
tho steam carriages was brought 10
s.andstil al Versailles early I'm the race
owing 20 an accident. and the others lost
time hv frequent stoppages of five and
ten minutes made for the purpose OF tax
,rr in coal and water The cleo
tri.al conveyanccs had also 20 stop from
time 20 time. To renew their dynamic
charges. but the petroleum machines car
riel enough force for a twenty-fOur hours
run. and on the return journey the run
was made without a single stop. In COM
pairing the merits Of the different pro-
polling agents. the palm must so far.
be awarded 10 petroleum, which is clean
and can be easily carried. The ordinary
feeder used for short distances contains
less than four quarts Of OIL which viii
last over a journey OF twenty miles. or
two and one half hours. For long dis
tanccs. receptacle capable Of holding
enough petroleum for q run OF at least
twenty or twenty-four hours is pro
vided."
NORTH STATE POLITICS
4 North Carolinan holding government
position. but who is j honest man ana
seldom talks for publication, has Just re-
turned from quite an extensive trip
through his state. lie is pretty we'll post
"a. lie SAYS that he talked with "a nam
her of the leading Democrats. and That
he found them discussing seriously the
question Of party nominees for next year
for President and NiCe-Presi1ant. "a a
rule they seemed TO think that a western
man should head the ticket In 1895. Some
look upon Morrison as the best man to
nominate. and others regard Stevenson as
quite available. still others who are ram
pant for the free coinage of silver shout
FOR Bland Of Missouri Though this gem
tlenan says he was careful 20 sound the
sentiment wherever he went and he be
ueves from what he heard that NJ matter
what the platform may say IN reference
70 the money question-whether II declares
for the god standard or for free coinage
of silver at - to J. even II the United
States of America have 10 20 II alone-ths
North Carolina Democrats viii almost TO
man remain true 10 their party II
there is a straddle they will stand il and
vote the ticket. on account of the negro
question. they cannot afford 10 divide ana
permit the Republicans and Popuhsts 20
longer dominate affairs in the state Ihey
had enough Of that last year. and are
heartily sick Of the result.
The government official quoted also said
uat he talked with many North Carolina
I.nlcrats who fear that possible the
pats may again have 70 90 20 New YORK
f.- tr- candidate and in that event they
ara ,ided in sentiment between Hi ana
W u.y. the majority prcferring the SEN
a'.- t, the eX-Secretary. for the reason
ti.t SIR. whitney Is generally thought TO
D.. GU, much identified with gigantic cor
I.-.tons TO suit the masses. many Of the
li rng-men having prejudice agains,
O. -plrati0n man.
CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC.
U.t little has been heard OF late from
TIE Nrguians and North Cardinals IN
tte consular and diplomatic service by
th- State Department. outside OF mo
cable messages sent from Shanghai by
Consul-General J,rnigan. He has been
quite active in forwarding advices re-
gardng thc Chinese outrages on the
American anu British missionaries IN the
Celestial Empire
40 additional leaves Of absence have
fNaT asked Ifrrfrrr month Minister
Ransom. before the ruling was made
against him. 10 was stated a few days
ago. had had his leave extended, and the
leave Of Minister Smythe. Of Virginia
is almost out The latter has been in
Iazewell county for several weeks. Con-
sll Iroskaucr recently came back from
Puerto Cabello. on leave, and has spent
mos " the time in Richmond.
bf Julian Cabell. surgeon in the army
has been at Sweet Springs. IN Nir-
FuIa. since leaving Old Point, where
Do Went 20 spend a month. just after
d. haI recovered sufficiently from his acci-
cent he IS expected here in a few
days. and VIII then 40 on to New York
% procure an artificial Lex. IL viii be
satisfaction % his friends In Richmond
and other portions of Virginia 10 know
t1at DE has practically recovered, and
t injury will not impair his usefulness
in ihc army. nor Will he be compelled 10
frtfr from active service. as many fear
81 when they first heard Of the
accident which cost him a foot and a
considerable portion Of the lower leg
Or Cabcll is very popular among his army
associates and people generally who
know him
". II. Clare was to-day appointed post
master at Clare. Augusta county. Va,
vice ". r. Alexander. resigned.
II. $. Archer Mrs. Archer. Miss n. w.
Archer. and Miss V. II. Archer. or Rich
uond, are at the Metropolitan.