Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
THE PHILADELPHIA Ordered to Proceed at Once to
 Hawaiian Waters, CONGRESSMAN TURNER I'LL The House Banking Committee Holds a Caucus on the
 Carlisle Bill.
CONGRESSMAN TURNER ILL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Secretaries Gresham and Herbert called on the presi- dent at the White House at 10 o'clock this morning and discussed the Hawaiian situa- tion. Secretary Gresham took with him n dispatch from MT. Willis, our minister at Honolulu, which briefly epitonzed the facts described in the Southern Associated Press dispatches last night. No additional news was conveyed excepting that MT. Willis says: "President Dole expressed to me his qualification that no national ship has; been in port during this disturbance. Arms are reported to have been brought from Vancouver by the Noma.'
 Nothing was made public about what transpired at the conference, but at 2:25 o'clock Secretary Gresham, after another conference with the president, returned 10 the state department aud made the follow ing announcements: "As a proper precau- tion, though our dispatch from Minister Willis would indicate that the trouble IS over, the president has ordered the Phia- delphia, now at San Francisco, to go at once to Houolulu.' Orders to Admiral Beardsley to comply with these instructions were telegraphed from the navy department at 2:40 p. m.
 CONGRESSMAN TURNER ILL.
 About o'clock this afternoon Congress- man Turner was taken suddenly ill with indigestion and was assisted from the house, He received medical attention in the ways and means committee room and was later taken home in d cab, feeling much better.
 STAMP -HIEF SENTENCED.
 William B.. .filith, an employe of the bureau of engraving and printing, con victed 0: being the principal ih the larceny of 70 ,0O0 2-cent stamps from the govern ment, was sen fenced today by Judge Mo- Comas to three years and six months im- prison ment in the Albany, N. Y., peni- tentiary. Beach, Smiths accomplice, has been convicted of receiving the stolen stamps.
 HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE CAUCUS.
 conference of all the democratic mem- bers of the banking and currency commit tee Of the house, with the exception Of MT. Johnson of Ohio, was b cid this afternoon An hour and half was consumed in a dis cussion of the situation.
 tacit agreement was reached that the Carlisle bill shall be amended so as to pro- vide that the 30 per cent deposit circulation shall be in lawful money and not be re. stricted to legal tenders, as is provided in the Carlisle bill. There was some discus- sion a bout bond issues and the coinage ol the segniorage in the treasury but nc agreement was reached upon them. WRITE HOUSE CARD RECEPTION. Mrs. Cleveland held card reception tnis afternoon, which was attended by more than 1000 ladies, who had been invited. Mrs. Cleveland was assisted by Miss Helen Benedict of New York, Miss Catherine Willard and a number of other young la dies. The White House parIors were dec- orGted, as usual at pubic fun ctions, with . profusion of plants and flowers Mrs. Cleveland will hold public reception next Saturday afternoon.
 TREASURY GOLD.
 The treasury gold reTerve declined slightly again today, Sl50, ,0j0 being taken out, and stood at the close of business a S7O, ,677 300 5o. Outside of withdrawals fol export the treasury gains gold daily ir small quantities from mint sources and from the exchange of United States notes and the syndicates in the west.
 NRw MINISTER TO ECUADOR.
 The president today nominated James D, TiIlman of Tennessee as minister to Ecua- dor. Mir. Tillman lives in Fayetteville Tenn. He is about 50 years of age, a law yer, and has been active in state politics for years. He entered the Confederate army at the breaking out of the war, ant is said 10 have been the youngest colone in the service. His father was strong union man, and all the male members O the family, with the exception of himself are said to be repu olicans.