Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-12
NOTHING In IT AT ALL
Sensational Report Of Wirinss FOX The
Presidents Return.
BIDS FOR THE BArrLEsHIps
Representatives Of Competing Yards
Appear Before bureau of Con-
struction-One Of the ships should
he Named the "virginia."

| Especial Jan afternoon paper mas a SEN
| sational announcement to the effect that
| President Cleveland has been wired Dy
members of his Cabinet to return at once
to Washington. These dispatches. II goes
on to state. urge that special meeting
| of the Cabinet be called for Monday next
to consider Lord Salsbury's reply on the
Venezuelan question, and Secretary car
isles report, as the latter is not willing
to submit the latter document to Congress
until 1t has been approved by the Presi-
dent and Cabinet.
| There Is absolutely no foundation Tor
this statement. The President will. as he
originally intended, return here by the
latter part Of the week, and no sooner
| The Cabinet have had no meeting, nor
has there been any conference OF any or
its members on the subject OF the Presi-
dents absence No dispatches have peeh
sent TO him. for the reason that there
was no necessity to wire him, and even
if there were. his immediate whereabouts
are unknown. and attempted communica-
ton with him would be very uncertain.
! II desired. he could not be brought back
| any sooner than he intended when he
left to come. which will be In ample time
for all that the public interests demand.
THE NEW BATTLEsHIPs.
All the preliminaries are now over, and
the question as to who will get the con-
| tracts for the construction Of the two
| new tattleships remains for Secretary
Herbert to answer.
There was full session OF two nours
1 duration this morning OF what Is known
| as the Naval Bureau Board, consisting OF
| Chief-of- Construction Hichborn, Chiei-
| Engineer Melville. Chief or the bureau ol
| Ordnance Captain Sampson, Constructor
TavIor Engineer Perry, and Secretary-of-
the Navy Herbert. who presided. This
| meeting was held for the purpose OF
| giving a hearing to the representatives OF
| firms who have made bids on the TWO
new battleships, and there appeared pe-
fore the board the following gentlemen:
c. 3. Orcutt. president OF the newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry-Dock COM
pany; Charles Cramp ana EawarI Sa1s'o Sraap and
OF Cramps shp-yards, Philadeiphla, anu
Henry Scott. of the Union lron-Works'
San Francisco, Cal.
THE meeting was held in Secretary Her
bert's office, and while all the con'rac'o
named explained their plans and the
merits and abilities Of their various plants
for battleship-building, nothing is known
| as to what impression any Vi '"NA' '
/ on the board.
The contracts may be awarded any
| day during the present week. ana ~ Is
confidently expected they Will be Dy sat
| urday next.
The names for the new ships have not
| vet been considered, nor the time TOT
naming them This function VIII be gov
erned by future circumstance, so that II
| is not improbable that. II Newport News
| gets one or both of the vessels, one OF
them may be named the Virginia, IN
accordance with the eternal fitness OF
things.
| Governor p. w. Mckinney and his
| son had fine day to visit the numerous
places Of interest about the city, when
| the former had attended to his legal busi-
ness. The Governor, in speaking about
| the Walton law said 1t was popular
measure. and that it worked well; that
IL secured quiet elections, and stops
the practice of buying votes. He thinks
| that the constables can be chosen with
| a view to honest elections. and an
| amendment TO the law with that object
| will likely be passed. An honest con-
stable is all that is necessary to make
the Walton law unobjectionable in every
feature.
Mr.. J. c. Robinson, president of the
Standard Telephone Company. accompa
| MED by Captain A. Il. GuigQn. of your
city, counsel for the company, arrived
to-day. with the purpose OF perfecting
the plans for their telephone plant in
| Richmond.
Mr.. Andrew Elicit. Of Ashland Va,
brother Of Congressman Tazewell Elicit,
| arrived here to-day on visit.
Mr.. Walter T. Orange, of Richmond.
who is a member of the Junior Order OF
| United American Mechanics. Is here, at
tending a meeting held to-day at r. NJ.
at the National Hotel of the National
Legislative Committee of that order, and
of which Mr.. Orange Is member.
The first No. of Captain Page Nc
Carty's new paper, 1.-THE Home Ruler"
appeared to-day. 1t is a peoples paper
for the peoples rights and promises TO
do effective work IN the coming Dres'-
Dental campaign. The paper Is six
columns In width and OF eight pages,
handsomely illustrated. and nicely print
ed. 1t is published in Alexandria. and
will be issued weekly for the present
Ex-senator Eppa Hunton. of Warren
| ton is again occupying his old quarters
| at the Normandie.
POSTAL.
Jacob A. Long has been commissioned
postmaster at Tobaccoviiie' ~ -
| Thomas l.. Kent. Otway. Va; Henry f..
|
liams. Bane. Va.
A new Office has been opened at Dor
chester. Wise county. Va, with Patrick
III. Millett as postmaster
ARRIVALS.
The hotel arrivals to-day include the
following: w. w. Roundtree. Richmond; I;
+ NJ. Thackery, Virginia; G. w. Lee.
Virginia.: II. II. Leisonring. Danville
Howard House.
DIR. NJ. p. OCallahan. of Quantico. the
Owen House.
r.. T. Hampton. Virginia; Owen Rogers.
Virginia. and w. l.. Jonlend, Charlotte.
n. c.. National.
n Hart and wife and Frank Hart,
J Charlottesville. the oxford.
NJ Il. Franklin, Virginia; r. l.. Miller,
Hotel Enrich.
Mrs. T. II. Sharp. North Carolina. the
Raleigh.
MISS DANIELS WEDDING.
Senator John w. Daniel has left for
I.ynchburg to attend the marriage Of his
tauehter Miss Carrie Warwick. to MIR.
Frederick Harper. young lawyer, OF
wilmington. n. c., at Westerly. the
Senator's home on the 18th instant. Mr.
and Mrs. Harper will be at home. at No.
1 church street, Wilmington. after De-
cember 18th
II Is not expected that Senator Daniel
will return here until after the holidays.
DIR. j. l.. NJ. Curry returned tnis eve
ming from trip South. which included
brief stay in Richmond.
LAMB FOR PITTsBURG.
Co,onel Lamb. the Virginia national Re-
,,h,ican committeeman. favored and
Voted steadily for Pittsburg as the place