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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-24
No. 65 WATER STREET.

n HEREAS, II Is DEEMLD EX lDIENT
" and or the bot interests of tn. ci,y OF
Norfolk and the public IN encr /, that Mar
M lane Should be So. drd and nave with
rnbb b ocss aud single pavement from n ain
street 10 Plum sire /; Thereto E. lett
REQ WE'D ~ the Common and select Couu-
C Is Of the city OF Norfolk mi rity Of all In.
me n"crs elected to ctcL Council oncur. ing.
Firs. That It is exp die that Martins
81 ded and pave !" rubhie blocks and,inclr
pave cut according 10 the plan OF The City En-
X Ger.
&c md. hat the W TX Of grading and paw
ing 81 lane be undcr he supervision of the
Boa.d OF Street, Seser and Drain Commits
>iurets.
Th'd. That onA-half o. OF the cost Of the
said " TX ! e a se,el aga nst the owners OF
!, 4 Ia g butt NJ II said stree or lane ON
Ma street To Plume STREET. r. co ding to the
r. mn FOO tina is to .ay. hat th. OWNS of
r. al -sta'r abutting on thu east sid of the all
J. he from NJ 10 81 ett l. Plume street shall be
'srss'd wi -quaricr OF the costs of the
work according to the running loot aud thr
o ms of rcsl - ate I g ", ST de OF aid
'nns from Main street 10 Plume street shall be
s.es>ed with 'ne-luaI or OF tho C. st OF the
10 &c, oriing TO the mig foo and The
naindr'. on,-ha.t of t expense shall lie
paid oil oil ia IA lie re snry.
Fourth. That rUllc notice OF these rcso'u-
I Ia ne iven by uuuli-h.nG the same in two
o. moro Newspapers pub ishcd in tho city OF
Norio for period OF Nv 'uty d VS..
AL ped by the Common c unull January
3D. 49, 10 ayes.
Signed JOHN l.. ROPER,
ir-aid NJ Com non Council
Adopted by the Select Co neil, January sth,
1893 ayes
ign.d) JAS. l. WINSTON.
jai5-2Jt rrcsidcnt select Council.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-24
IN OLD NANSEMONO.
Notes and Gleanings From Suffolk
and SURROUNDINGS.

o''b ~'t' cummings
j. +. White, of Orbit. was i,
Suffolk yesterday on business.
Judge Rgwlcs is expected to re
turn to day IRON Washington. d. {
The General Circle of Kin
Daughters will have benefit emit,
sainmcnt III tue old Town Hall
February 9th.
Some of the mercantile estabjsl
mems now close at I O'CLOCK IN O.,
der to give statesmen au Opportupu
to attend the revival.
Miss Mary Winglield, who he.
been visiting her sister, Mrs. DR.
d. Kiddick, Saratoga street, return
ed last nfternoou to her home
Portsmouth.
a series OF revival meetings "
begin III the First Methodist Chur,
on February 10Th. The pastor. Rev
II. {. Cheatham, will by Rev. j, y
Lee, an evangelist.
Miss Lizzie Baker is vjsitir
frlenus III Portsmouth.
Welcome Lodge No. 80. Kpigh..
OF Pythlas, Will have an importan,
meeting this evening.
WI Mr.. q. W. Whitley, of Isle o.
W lght county, who had ire los.
during The Christmas holidays, cam
az 'o"n YESTERDAY to report it f.
the first time to the agents.
Inc appearance OF Main sire.
was much improved yesterday II.
sue use OF the scraper, mucn OF Tia.
art winch had collected on the =,
eed"miZed stone being removed
Dr. hafreIl, of Baltimore. accor
panied 10y lis wife, is stopping "
Mr.. Il. Il. Smith. Kilby street fn,
Few days, with view TO locating
onfioIk for the practice of his 1r
fessiun. Pi'
AFTER THE OoAL THIEVES,
police force have recently kan,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-24
GAgJ TGOW

All persons are canton ii against pur-
Chasing iepnone instruments reJuIr-
ing battery Tor th..r operation or us ng
instruments OF this disruption except
TELEIllUNr COMPANY. % BOSTON Mas
his company owns Letters Patent No.
a63. jbD. granted TO Emile eriiner. No.
Nemper l,th. 1894. Tor combine, telo
Riapn aud telephone, ami controls Let.
ters- u toni NO. 4i4,z3i granted to rhOs.
A. EDISON NAV Cd. l@"2 for = sneak ing
Telegraph. which patents cov.rs funds,
mental iuventions anu embrace all tnrn,a
OF microphono trausm tiers and OF chr.
bon telephones.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-24
HEAVY GOLD Withdrawals
Supply of Gold Coin viii Soon
be Depleted.
PLAN TO FURNISH BARS.
a Small Premium is Asked, But as
the Coin on Hand is SO
Meagre, Exporters VIII
Wait for DeYeopr
ments.
Ey Southern As.oe.atei Press.

NEW York, January 2}.-There
has been $4,000, 900 gold withdrawn
from the cub treasury for export on
Saturday and the total amount TO
be shipped on that day will not be
less than $1,000, $50. The SUD
treasury officials have beeu con
ferrlng with old exporters to day
relstive to the delivery OF gold bars
in redemption OF legal terders IN
stead Of gold coin.
The Government assumes the
position that the gold shippers
should pay q slight premium for
gold bars about equal TO the cost of
mining the gold into colp. Tue
Government Is willing to supply the
gold bars If reasonable premium
can be arranged with the gold ex
porters. The exporters, however,
show little disposition TO pay my.
thing for the gold bars.
They claim they will have to pay
o slight charge to the Bank of Eug
land for the assnying of the gold
bars, winch would couuierbaluuce
the beuoiit derived from securing
the bars here. 1t is true that some
been purchased from smelturs re
centiy but these bars were sold in
the open market.
Large quantities, however, would
have To be sold to the Bank of Eng
land, as the demand for bar gold in
tho open market abroad Is not very
great. The Treasury nlso has only
nbout S23, 900. 900 gold coin nvorla
bic for redemption OF legal tenders,
rs about sos. .0N0 must he held
against gold certificates outstanding.
The exporters consequently believe
that gold bars must be furnished by
the treasury periOrce II the gold
exports continue as heavy as at pre-
sent.
The exchange market Indicates
that the gold movement will in
crease rather than diminish, ami
the shippers consequently are re
inctant to pay any premium for
gold bars, as tho time is near nj
hand when the Treasury Will have
no choice In the matter. The mIn;s
can turn out only about Sl.6UO,U 900
gold coin each week. With gold
exports averaging S5,000,UOO to
So, 900, 600 u week, 1t is obvious that
the gold coin will be depleted in
few weeks.
The Treasury will, however, lose
more gold thau the amount export
ed as the shippers have to sort the
BOld com Withdrawn from the Irens
ury and deposit all goid which has
been rendered light by abrasion III
the hanks.
Another issue of bonds is oonsid
cred lnevltabie, but 1t can be stated
on high authority that tue hoauug
OF D per cent. bonds is extremely
doubtful.
THIRD BOND ISSUE.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-Gold
TO the smonnt of 81, 700, 600. of
which 81, 60J.UU0 WAS for export ami
SlOO, 600 for exchange OF United
States notes, was Withdrawn from
the New York sub.treasury to dav
ms reduces the gold reserve $66,
79S. O0G.
A Cabinet official said this after
noon IN reference 10 rumored third
Issue OF bonds, that another pro
posaIs inviting bids for bonds would
certainly be issned III the abseuc.
Of action by Congress.
Az what point the gold reserve
would DO allowed to decline before
the third bona issue would be made
an
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-24
NOIICEs

Notice il hereby 81 Oh that we have
thu dav, December 10Th 1894 purchased
the entire stock Of
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-24
GROCERIES, LIQUORS AND ALL
OTHER STOCK,

as we'll as tn fixtures, &c. contained in
store former occupied by IS IT. O..
syn S. corner i;ace and Chestnut streets.
Norfolk comfy. Va, AMI hav amp tinted
'" II. sykes our agent TO buy and sell
for cash only.
de2S-3jt J. +. ALLEN i co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15
INCoNVENIENCING THE PUBLIC.

Mr.. Carmody Talks Further of His EN-.
pcrience With the Commissioners.
F. S. Carmody, the contractor still main
tans that he has a grievance against the
District government due to the secretive
policy now in vogue at the municipal build
ipgs a result of the Commissioners
bered that an alley was about to be opened
in square 6S4, which Mr. Carmody alleged
would injure property which he owned in
the immediate vicinity, and he protested
to the Commissioners that he should at
least be heard on the subject before the
work was ordered. Mr.. Carmody alleged
that he had not been notified of the con-
demnation proceedings for the purpose of
opening the alley. Marshal Wilson SUBJ
sequently stated that every property holder
of record was served with ten days no.
tice of the proceedings certified list
from the assessor of taxes, and also from a
list furnished by an attorney who had ex-
amined the title, in neither of which lists
did Mr.. Carmodys name appear as a prop
erty owner in said square. Mr.. Carmody
today told a Star reporter that he was a
property holder of record, and he exhibited
a certificate furnished him by the recorder
of deeds showing that his deed to property
in square 6Sl was recorded May LII. 1Sg1
Mr.. Carmody reiterated his belief that he
had suffered and others suffer through the
secretive methods of the Commissioners
When he called at the District buildings to
inquire about the matter. he said, the lips
of all the subordinate officers We're sealed
and they declined to allow him to see the
official papers in the case on the ground
that the Commissioners order prohibit ed
their doing so. The Commissioners We're
away from their office at lunch at the time,
and Mr.. Carmody says he was obliged to
wait an hour and a half for them to re-
turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15
WHAT CADET BAssE11T SAW.
He Was at Port Arthur Just After the
Fight There.

Fight There.
ST. LOUIS, April 15.-Eugene Bassett,
naval cadet on the United States vessel
Young Bassett is direct from the scene
of the China-Japanese war and is on his
way to Annapolis. Mr. Bassett was at
Port Arthur on the day after the fight
there, In which it is alleged that the JAP
anese destroyed their reputation as a civ
ilized people by the wholesale massacre of
defenseless persons.
while there were between 1850 and
1900 persons unnecessarily killed at Port
Arthur" said Mr.. Bassett, there was un-
doubtedly some justification for 1t. The
japanese were in an ugly mood at the time
of the battle. Two days previous the Chi
neSe had captured a number of Japanese
in skirmsh. Instead of holding them
prisoners of war, they killed them and
then mutilated their bodies in a fearful
manner. This is what melted the Japanese
in the Port Arthur fight and caused the
massacre afterward.'
Mr.. Bassett looks upon the Japanese as a
thoroughly civilized people and says that
their actions during the war, taken as a
whole, proves them to be so.
From the beginning of the war, he says,
the Chinese have been brutal. In numer-
Gus battles, instead of caring for the
wounded civilized people would, they
have slain them without mercy. The Jap
anese troops, he says, are modern soldiers,
fight with modern equipments and thor
oughly understand modern methods. On
the other hand, a. large proportion of the
Chinese troops care nothing whatever for
modern methods of warfare, he said, but
prefer to fight as their forefathers have
fought for centuries past Mr.. Bassett
looks upon the Chinese as a semi -ba rbar-
Gus race of people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15

convention Of June 5, but it seems more
probable that a delegation will be chosen
clothed with power to speak in resonant
tones for the business men of Chicago.
Chicago and northern Illinois will not be
the only sections of the state which will
be for sound money. Ex-Representative
Cable of Rock Island, who was absent from
convention was decided upon, Is outspoken
in his opposition to the silver program,
and will probably secure the choice of a
number of sound money delegates.
What MOrrfsOn's Friends Say.
Another element which will come to the
support of the sound money men in urging
conservative action, If not in declaring
against silver, includes many of the friends
of Col! VIM. R. Morrison.
They regard the proposed convention as
a trick to help Altgeld and Stevenson and
to injure the chances of their favorite who
is not a believer in the free coinage of sill
yer without an international agreement
The probability is that the personal friends
of Col. Morrison will appear in the con-
Ventior to urge moderate policy upon the
currency, and some of those who are per-
sonally in favor of free silver will oppose
the disruption of the party upon that sin
gle issue. If this element shows consider
able strength, and the business men of Chi
cago are represented by the delegation
from that city, the convention may prove
a sound money gathering instead of max
ing the declaration for free silver which
some of the extremists DESIRE The sound
ter go by default or to have the infamy of
a declaration for the 50-cent dollar fasten-
ed upon the democratic party of Illinois If
II Is IN their power to prevent it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15
MAY BE SENATOR.
Conditions That Might Make Theodore
Roosevelt Succeed HILL

Conditions That Might Make Theodore
Roosevelt Succeed Hill.
Theodore Roosevelt for Senator from
New York. How does that sound? The
term OF Senator Hill will expire March g.
1897. The legislature elected next year in
New York will choose his successor. If
that legislature is democratic there seems
little doubt but Hill will be his own sue
cessor. If it is republican there will be
grand free-for-all fight in New York for
the place.. If the legislature is solidly for
Platt, the great politician may return to
the body from which he and Roscoe Conk-
ling made their dramatic exit several years
ago. But the legislature might not be
what has so often been termed Platt
legislature. 1t may have other candidates.
Why not Roosevelt? 1t may not be that
Mr.. Roosevelt has any such thing in mind.
1t is possible that he has no aspirations
in that direction.
Mr. Roosevelt has been member of the
civil service commission SO long he has
probably sacrificed his party principles
This is not so. There is not partisan in
the United States Senate, unless perhaps
it is Senator Hoar, who Is any more pro-
nounced than Theodore Roosevelt. He is
a republican on the tariff, the main issue
between the parties. He is an eastern
republican on the subject of the currency,
and an intensely American republican on
the subject of foreign relations. Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts is an earnest civil
service reformer, but no one could accuse
him of sacrificing any of his party princi-
pies in his belief on that question. Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Lodge ard Mr.. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Reed are very near agreed on
most matters of public policy, and it has
never yet been said that Mr.. Reed has
wavered in his republican faith. AS civil
service commissioner Mr.. Roosevelt has
fearlessly enforced the law, be it republic
can or democratic politician that has been
hurt by such enforcement. The holding of
federal offices under the civil service for
the transaction of such business as does
not concern the policy of an admfnistra-
ton. Mr. Roosevelt holds is no part of
politics, but a business proposition solely.
Up to that point he is non-partisan. Of
fees he holds, should not be the reward of
political activity. nor should offices be ad-
mnistered for the benefit Of politicians
; Beyond that point and in the realm of
actual party differences, Mr.. Roosevelt is
an active and uncompromising republican
AS Senator, it is claimed, he would be as
vigorous in asserting the doctrines and
policies of the republican party as any
Senator upon that side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15

Interstate Commerce Commission Re-
duces Freight Rates on Berries.
The interstate commerce commission has
decided, in the case of the Farmers Truck
Association of Charleston against the
Pennsylvania road and others on the line
to New York from Charleston, that where,
on shipments of strawberries and vege-
tables from Charleston for New York, de-
livery is made at Jersey City, in computing
the total cost of transportation to New York
the expense Of carriage over from Jersey
City is to be added to the rate charged to
that point.
In case of change of delivery of such
shipments from New York to Jersey City,
and the maintenance after the change Of
the same rates to the latter as have been
In force to the former city for series of
years preceding the change, the carriers
are charging for a less service the COM
pensation which they had presumably
deemed adequate for greater, and the
rates as applied to Jersey City are excess
sive.
Where a carrier pays mileage for "a car
which it employs n the service of shippers
1t is the carrier and not the party from
whom the car Is rented and there is no
privity of contract between the car owner
and the shipper.
Carriers must provide ice and the facili-
ties for transportation of perishable goods.
The commission, applying these general
principles. held, under the evidence in this
case, that on shipments of Strawberries
from Charleston to Jersey City the charge
OF cents per quart for refrigeration en-
route Is excessive; that the charge there
fore she uld not exceed 1la cents, and that
the total charge per quart for the service
OF transportation on such shipments and
necess ary service "in connection there
WITH" including refrigeration, should not
be in excess of 6 cents per quart; that Ii
cents per package should be deducted from
vegetables Sl1DDed n
barrels or barrel crates from Charleston to
Jersey City in cases where the delivery of
such vegetables has been changed from
New York to Jersey City without a change
in rates, and that the rate on cabbages
shipped in standard barrels or barrel crates
from Charleston to Jersey City or New
York should not exceed three -fourths of
the rate on potatoes so shipped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15
PATENT OFFICE RULES.
New Ones That Went Into Effect To-
day as to Applications md Appeals.

New Ones That Went Into Effect To-
day as to Applications md Appeals.
Patent office rules 65, 134 and 6S, which
were issued on February IA last, In conse-
quence of the decision of the courts In the
Berliner telephone patent cases, went into
effect today. although they will not affect
the practice of the Office for six months
yet. Heretofore an applicant for a patent.
whose claim was rejected could hold 1t In
abeyance for two years before altering his
specifications or appealing for new hear
ing, in the meanwhile shutting out other
patents.
BY making slight changes at the end OF
the two years and repeating the process at
the end of two more years, applications
could be kept pending for years, thus pro-
longing the life of inventions much beyond
the contemplation of the law. In the Ber-
liner cases the patent was in the office
for about fifteen years and was then grant,
ed to run for seventeen years. The courts
declared this ac ton illegal.
The new rules require applications and
appeals to be made within six months
and direct the rejection of any claims that
have been pending for five years. unless the
applicant can show cause why the case
was not more rapidly prosecuted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15
FIRED A TENEMENT.
An Attempt at Incendiarism That
Was Nearly Successful.

An Attempt at lncendtarism That
Was Nearly Successful.
NEW YORK, April 15.-An attempt, very
near successful, was made to burn an old
four-story brick tenement house, 1872 West
10Th street, this morning. The stairways
landings and Railways of the place We're
literally soaked with kerosene and a torch
applied In at least three places. In the
house were five families, all colored. That
they all escaped without injury is miracu-
lous.
A citizen passing through the street at
$50 am. noticed smoke coming from one
of the windows on the fourth floor of the
house. He raised an outcry and ran to the
door of the house. The door stood partly
open. Entering the hallway he pounded
and shouted until every one in the house
was aroused Then he left the house AID
sent in an alarm from the nearest box
All the fire WAS in the front hallway
near the door, just al the foot of the stair
way. The smell of kerosene was almost
overpowering. space on the floor two
to appear snatched a carpet from the floor
and in minute had smothered out The
names. The fremen found the kerosene in
the halls and on the stairs
1t must have been poured on, they said
there was so much of it. This is the third
time there has been a suspicious fire in this
same house. Before there were no traces
OF an incendiary, but there We're strong
suspicious. The first fire occurred a few
were in the cellar. The next fire was four
days later, at 3 O'Clock in the morning, on
the second floor. The second fire was put
out by the tenants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-15
THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
A Large Number of Cadets Appointed
Since Congress Adjourned.

n
Since Congress Adjourned.
Since the adjournment of Congress the
following named persons have been ap-
pointed cadets at the Naval Academy:
Arthur S. West of Rome, Ga, John T.
Beckner of Winchester, KY, T. A. Asser-
son of Brooklyn. N. Y, A. c. Savidge OF
Sunbury Pa, F. L. Farmer OF Oshkosh.
Wis, Fred. ]. Horne of New York city.
Frank P. Helm of Covington, KY. H. r.
Sites (alt) of Bloomsbury, Pa, Ralph e.
Pope of Red Cloud, Neb., NJ. G. Perkins
jalt) of Oroville, Cal, John T. Farley,
of jackson, Cal. G. S. Ferguson Of Waynes-
Vile, n. c., A. NJ. Parker (alt.)' OF Flat
Rock, N c., Thos H Daley of Ridgway,
ILL.,, Jas z. Mathews of OlIey. ILL.,, Chas
w. Forman Of Nashville, III, Peter j. Coyle
of Peru, Ind, f. l.. Field of Evansville.
Ind, Chas. w. Bierne of Lewisburg, West
Va, VIM. l.. Burke (alt.) of Henton. West
Va, Robt. S. Brown of Ravenswood, West
Va, Edw. b. Fenner of Rochester, N. Y.
Willard Hooker (alt) of Rochester, N. z.
p. f. Ehrhard talt) of st. Charles. Mo-.
Dick ID. White Of Danville, Mo-, c. .. Addi-
son of Chicago. ILL.,, Owen S. Bird of Paris.
ILL.,, VIM. G. Hass of Cheyenne, Wyo., Thos.
J. Morris of Wellsville Ohio, Oscar Schmidt
of Indianapolis, Ind, Henry Jordan (alt)
of Beaumont Tex, Warner Wendom OF
orange Tex, W.Nernon of Oregon City, Ore,
John j. Walker (altD of Bryan, O.. A. N.
Jordan (altD of Brooklyn. N. Y, III. L.
Brinser of Harrisburg, Pa, Chas. T. Hick-
erneIl (alt) of Schaefferstown, Pa, Irwin
b. Roberts of Oakes, n. Y, r. T. Wood
(altD of Cold Spring, N. Y, Harry Good
sell of Highland Falls, N. Y, F. P. Cash
man of Vicksburg. Miss. Jas. Lowry OF
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Lee Webb (alt) Of Rip
pey, Iowa, Chas. H. Fischer Of Sharon. Pa.
c. w. Smith of Creston, Iowa, L. E. Wright
of Memphis, Tenn, j. G. Pillow of Helena,
Ark, Geo j. Kuhn, jr., of New Brunswick.
N j., f. /. Hanscom (alt.) of Belfast, Me-.
Fred H. Yates of Waterville Me. II. NJ
Brooke (alt) of Garnet, Kan, J. H Fletch-
er of Fort Scott, Kan, II. c. Cooke Of
Petersburg, Va, VIM. n. Jeffers (alt) OF
Philadelphia, Pa, VIM. H. conger Jr.. Of
Philadelphia, Pa, Victor A. Kimberly Of
West Newton. Mass, F. c. Whittome of
Columbia, Tenn. Henry L. Wyman Of
Evanston, H., Ed. o. Cresap OF Lakeland.
Fla, Jas. E. stogsdll of Clinton, Ind, N.
II. Nelson (alt) of Covington, Ind, Alex. c.
Birnie of Ludlow, Mass, Edw. c. Kalbfus
of Harrisburg, Pa, H. F. Woodmansee Of
Eauinunk, Pa. Clarence Ashheld (altD OF
Tunkhannock, Pa, w. r. Sayles. jr.. Of
Pawtucket, r. l., VIM. D. Frawley (alt) Of
Bay State, Mass, C. L. Couder of Nc
Gaheysville, Va, NJ n. Clepper (alt) of Co.
lumbia, Pa, Victor Binder Of Philadelphia
Pa.