The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-15
FROM THE NAT0|N'S CAPITAL
hatters of More Than Passing In
terest Made Public.
The Final Settlement of the Claim of
This Government Against Spain.
Cramp, the Shipbuilder, and
Secretary Herb,rt. The
Gold Reserve.
By southern Assoeiased praaa.

between Spain aud the Uuited States,
draft for the amount Of the indem.
nifty demanded by this Government
for the coniscst,on of the Cuban
estates OF Antonio Maxima Mora,
Aaturalized American citizen. was de-
aivered by Senoa DuPuy De Lone,
xbe Spanish Minister, to Mr.. Adee, the
Acting Secretary of State. All that
now remains for the final settlement OF
the claim will be tho arrangements of
she assignments made by Mr.. Mora to
creditors and the delivery to him of
The residue.
There WAS no ceremony about this
eulminating act on the part Of Spain.
Senor DE LONE appeared ut the State
department about noon aud was inI-
medlately shown into the office OF Mr..
Adee. He banded TO the latter draft
elgned by himself on the London
1lnancial Agency of Spain for 295.-
al2.l6s I'D, The Quivsiept OF 81, ,449,
OO0 or 900, 900 Spanish pesos, and
DIR Adee delivered III return formal
secr,pt for the amount sigUed by him.
cell us Acting Secretary. This constr.
Iuied the whole Transaction, aud Seuor
Oe l.utne aud Mr.. Adee uttered some
polite rommouplares, shook hands and
neputted US though they they had been
ottsudiug to a ,ulnur matter, Instead OF
ngkipS history.
Mr. Charles Cramp. the Philadel.
Bhin sbirhui'der. had q talk with Sec
Eetuiy Herbert to-day about the re-
quest made hy The Secretary OF ;he
Navy That the new Duttleship Indiana
should he uocked III the new naval dry
clock at Port loyal. y. c., and not at
u Iu1
mo authority IN tue matter, as the In
diana hus not yet been turned over to
Abe government. Mr.. Champ recently
snformed tie department that lie
would dock iae ~: Sc! nt Halifax, Civ
lug as his rvus, Il lhat there was no ad.
e9uute Arrangements III tGis country,
TO this MIR. Her bent took exc, ptioD, aud
:ntormed Mr.. Cramp that the Fort
Royal dock wac ready.
In their conversation TO day Mr..
Cramp indicated to Mr. Herbert that
Ae would stick to hIs oririDul intention
of taking the Indiana To lialI;nx. He
aaid that Ms the Port Royal dock had
not been tested yet Ivy Any vessel. he
did not like to make the Gist attempt
cnu would prefer that t:ir government
ouould be the fret to try 1t ION the
dog, us the slang phrase goes.
The Life Saving Service is informed
Chat ibe schooner Centennial, coal lndeu,
FhiIadel hia to Newberr, y. c.,
Dawson's Polut, Wacheprague. Va.
lhe vessel is probably total loss.
! lie crew of five men were suved bv
the life saving crew.
dispatch received at the Navy De
partment TO day, stating that the
cruiser Olympia had arrived at Hon
Olulu on the I'd and tiuding cholera
there had left for Lanhana. where she
will remain for about twenty days to
repair her condenser tubes.
The bennington is IN quarantine
outside the harbor OF Honolulu. 1wo
eases OF cholera, the report says, have
occurred on her, one OF which w. II.
Goebel, an apprentice, proved fatal
Private letters received In San Frau.
cisco and mentioned in United Press
dispatches, indicate more cases than
Ehese two on board the Bennington.
Secretary Carlisle has rejected oil
the proposals for assuyipg aud samp.
ling ores on the northern and southern
borders of the United States for the
purpose Oh nscerthiplug the quantity OF
lead contained therein. Proposals were
eubmitted only for Paso Del Norie,
Tex, though asked for for the entire
border section. Secretary Carlisle.
tn rejecting them. takes the
position that 1t is impossible to carry
out tue intent Of Congress where bids
siiling only part Of the work are sub
1nlttcd, aud he is of opinion that the
work eau he done more efficiently aud
cheaper 10y tile government. He will
shereIoIe report the matter to the next
Congress and ask for an appropriation
.uticirnt to establish proper ore re
duc,pg works at the principal ore i'm.
porting poInts along the Mexican and
{ auAdIan borders.
I. lent. Gen. Sohoiield speaks in en.
th s.-stic terms OF tho reception ten.
d req lim on his recent farewell tour of
:ns, ocllor aud especially as to the
courtesy showp HIM In the Southern
States. lie specifies the courtesle,
e.uwu hIm IN Memphis. Teun., the
ep, eiui invitation rendered him at New
Orleans aud his reception by the Con
So ate Veteran Union and the Grund
Amy OF the hepublic ut Houston,
AK. He was much plea. ed With the
a1lendnuesa Of the oRe.time enemies,
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