The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-31
U,S.BATTLEsHlp Texas
Report Of the Board Of Inspection indicates
that She Is Not a Superior Vessel. NJ n
SHIPS BVTTOAl CONSIDERABLY sHAKY.s
Secretary Herbert Will ProbnbIyS
Issue Statement To.RayACoaa
gross Wili Rot Adjourn-A Rafeh
of Naval Norninattons-Ncw Poss.s
masters Confirmed. 5s'

Washington, Dec. 3O-Atsthe close of7;
business to-day the treasury gold res
serve stood at $63 1876, 151. The with Il
drawals or gold at New York to-day for33ss
domestic purposes" was $685., ,OO0 H5lSlSS
ID. fI .2t5' tfif sis6j$f
The. Senate IN Executive session tiliE
afternoon refused to pass the Joint reso.
tuition introduced by Mr. Cockrell pro- SSS
morrow until January, 9Th. "A fterS thess!
confirmation, of 4 large number OF noffi-ss
nations against which no objectionsS
mad been made, the matter came up on j;
the suggestion of Senator Fill and SEMI
ator Berry. bcth OF whom said thaHG3
they thought the Congress, in View off,
the message of the President ought not &
to take recess for any length of timets
MI: Eill made a speech in which hesag
went over much of the ground Of, ,hts}i
speech the other day. He called supoitH
his associates TO stay here and endeaVorF
TO pass some legislation that would 4
give the treasury relief. Mr.. Hill wasfs
reminded that nothing the President
had asked could be got through the
Senate and 1t was nonsense to ask tllesiE
SENATE to stay and make an effCrt tot
do that which everybody knew wac il
impossible. In View. however, OF & tfesF
objections that had been raised. a Mrs.
Cockrell Withdrew his resolution, an6g
the Senate adjourned until to-morro@sE
7 The report of the Naval Board OF
Inspection on the result of It's trip 3inI5
the battlcship Texas last week was lre--i
ceived ut the Navy Department to-dayH
and 1t Is said that II indicates that tfs8
Texas has not proved herself to he az
superior vessel. Secretary Herbert deyS
clined to-day to say anything about hsS5
contents of the report, but Tomorrow, hessS
Will probably give out a statement ona
the subject 1t Is known, however, tfi at1
the report recommends many changesyl
In firing the turret guns the hydrauiict
gear for moving the trrrets worked 800
badly that in one instance it took tyS,l;
hours to discharge the gum. The Ebot.I
tom OF the ship was also considerablyi
shalty. II was said at the depnrtmenEsf
to-day that 1t was not unlikely that they
Texas would be placed out of conmSsS
sion and extensive repairs made. sS
The Senate to-day confirmed the noIni-Es
nations of Robert s. Chiffon, Jr. of thsf
District of Columbia, TO be Chief of theb
Consular Bureau of the Department sof5
Florida-A. Hewitt Hill, Eustis. Te1aEA,
John +. Anderson, LocIShart NJ sS;
John Karel. United States 2 Consult
General at st. Petersburg. has made ali
report to the State Department whicfbsSs
has some interest about the utterlYl
unsupported rumors about Russia hayak
ing recently rendered gold to thsts
United States. After giving the Values
of Russian gold currency under a. re:--s
cent adjustment of the Imperial BanIcG'
Mr. Karet concludes his communicaSs
ton with this paragraph: !. "a K fSsS 5ss
II understand that the object of itheS
Minister of Finance of the Russian Ern:.k
pire Is to accumulate into the, Imper;alfs
vaults as much gold as, possible, with a.ES
view to establishing In future the Rusy5s
sian finances on gold basis 4 s$SSifi Ss
The President to-day nominated Com
mandcr Nicol Ludlow to be n CaptainSsS
Lieutenant Commanders Chapman GS
Todd, ], n. Hemphill and A. B. aHss
Lille, to be Commanders, a,
Ileutenants G.. Bocklinger, PerrXg
Garst, ]. K. Cogswell and Fredericksi
Singer, to be Lieutenant Commandefsss ia
The following Lieutenants, juniors
grade. to be Lieutenants: H.. S. .sgSsl
Chase, L. M. Garrett C. c. Marsh, .sBts
Bliss Z. W. Jungen. c. H. Harlow W.
y. Gill. It. w. E. Ryan. G. S. Ripleya
and w. J. Sears. sssssS
Thefollowing Ensigns to he Lieuten-S
ants junior grade: C@S. Williams, sYV.es
b. Hoggatt, A. M. Beccher. +. X Hili..s
Roger Wellcs. Jr.. j.. D. McEa nald, s VIZ
o.. Hulme, H. r.. Farmentes,, H.fF3
Jones, Jr, W.. r. Shoemaker, I. NJ
Seymour, c. M. Fahs and C. p. Plum.
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