The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-30
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
The Eligibility of Mr.. Ransom no
Longer in Doubt.
HE Again Took the Oath Of Office and
VIII Leave for Mexico Within a
Week. A Virginia Commits
sion Merchant Suicides.
Other News Notes.
BY Southern Associa,eI press.

Matt w. RnuBom arrived in Washing.
ton last night. Bright aud early tbIs
morning he appeared al the State De.
partment where he took tho oath of
office before a notary pubic to enable
him to assume the duties of the Mexi-
can mission. Rnnsom's SUSPENDED
salary will be resumed from the date of
oath.
Minister Matt Ransom will remain in
Washington u day or two and then 90
TO North Carolina. whence he will take
his departure for Mexico week or ten
days later.
A rumor was current about the Do.
Partment to day that MIR. Rapsom's
pbysieinns had advised HIM not TO re.
turn to Mexico, but tho minister him.
sell said this wns not true. The story
probably had its origin III the fact thnt
Dr. Lay, superintendent of the Ameri.
can hospital in Mexico, who attended
the late Minister Gray in his last m.
ness and who was also called ID bv MIR.
Ransom, ndvieed the Stats Department
that MIR. Hanson could not stand the
climate OF TINT place. DR.. Bibb.
surgeon general OF tho Mexican Cen
trnl. who also attended the minister.
differed from DIR. Bray, and he told
Mr. Ransom TINT il he would return
to the United States aud recover his
wanted health he could then go to
Mexico with ne much assurance of
maintaining his health as anyone.
1t was learned TO day that whom the
question of MIR. Ransom's right tn
hold the Office OF Minister to Mexico
wac raised in tho Treasury Depart.
ment, he at once forwarded his resig.
nation to the President, III order that
the Inter might not be embarrassed.
Ii is understood that both the Presi
dent and MIR. Ransom believed the nm
pointment was not completed until the
hitter accepted the position and uual
fed, which was not done until after
his torn as Senator had expired. The
fact that Mr.. Ransom resigned the
Office dlGposes OF all speculation re-
gardlng the manner of payment of his
salary from July to August 2S. the
date of his reuppoinlmcnt. 1t will not
be paid ut all.
Acting Secretary Adee, of tho De
partment OF the state, had long tnlk
to-day with Yang lu, the Chineae MIN
ister, about the present relations Of tho
United States with China growing out
of the ku Cheng massacre. The NlIu.
lister cnme to the Department by ap
pointment at III O'clock accompanied
by his two interpreters, MIR. Chung
and AIR. SZe, oil attired In the sllkeu
robes of their station. They were
usbered into the diplomatic room
where Acting Secretary Adee and Assis
tant Secretary Rockhill Joined them.
hr. RocshiIl, who speaks Chinese,
assisted III Interpreting.
lne pUnfprenrp "a lnnr nj ,,o.
devoted principally 10 m exchange of
Information cablod the State Depart
ment and the Minister from Pekine.
Ii was shown conclusively bv these
messages that the Inquiry at Ku Cheug
was proceeding without intern upton,
and that the Sung Ii Yamen, or Chi.
nese Board of Foreign Affairs, wss
giving every assistance to facilitate the
shorts OF the American and British
COMMISSIONERS to get Mt the facts.
There was nothing III any of the cable
grams received to show how many
arrests have been made at Ku Cheup
or the number OF convictions, If any.
Senor Salvador DE Mendouca, Bra.
lillian Minister TO tho United States,
telegraphs the United Press from
keene Valley, n. Y. where he il
spending the summer, that he has re.
celved advlces from his Government
confirming the news previously given
In these dispatches of the pacification
OF the State of kIo Grande DO Sui,
where revolt has been in progress
since the ending OF the Mello and DE
Game Brazilian insurraction.
WAsHINGToS, August %. Secretary
Lamont to day detached the following
officers from duty aud ordered them to
their proper compsnIey September 1st:
Lient. Waiter Ii. Gordon, 18th infan.
try, Louisiana State University, Baton
Ronge. La; First Lieut.. William G.
Elliot, 18th infantry. University of
Alabama.
Acting Internal Revenue Commits.
slouer Wilson to day issued instruc-
tions TO Collectors OF Internal Revenue,
extending the time from September
lst to October lst III which claims for
sugar bounty may be filed. The orig
mai date set was found to be too limited
IN which to accomplish the work.
The Treasury Department is in
formed that the Belmont Morgan syn
dicate to-day deposited 81, 500, 600 III
gold III New York in exchange for
grsenbacks. This raises the Treasury
gold reserve to Slol, 700. 900.
John II. Yakey. Of Virginia, com.