The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-15
I CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP or WASHINGTON ~
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS
Doings Of the Chiefs aud Heads OF che
Various Departments.

VARIOUS Department.
l Tho comptroller Of the currency has
declared "a irstdiyidoud Of 10 per cent
IA favor of creditors of the First Ma
uonal bank, OF Ocala, Fla.
= The president has made the follow
ing appointments: Solicitor of the
department of state, Walter NJ Fai.
son, Of North Carolina; chief of the
bureau OF accounts state department,
FRANK A. Branagan, Of OHIO.
The jury Of awards Of tho Atlanta
exposition held their final meeting at
Washington Wednesday in the Smith.
lsonian institute. Severalo Of themom-
bers were absent and the session was
very brief All the business before
the committee has been finished and il
Is believed no more meetings will be
necessary.
United States Minister Terrell cabl-
ed the state department Saturday that
he had formally warned the sultan
that Turkey will be held responsible
Tor the safety and security of all Ameri-
can missionaries in the Ottoman en-
pre-. Minister Terrell's sudden, anx-
ious efforts in behalf of American mis-
sionaries in Turkey are not without a
Y good and sufficient cause. That their
+ lives have been in jeopardy has been
. known to the well informed for months.
Cleveland Gives Personal Orders As
to the Navy.
A significant fact bearing on Mr..
Oleveland's attitude towards Mr..
Olney's" vigorous foreign policy" was
disclosed Saturday. 1t is already
known that work on the naval vessels
under construction and on the ordi-
nance has been fastened. The fact is
now disclosed that this fastening Of
I work was by the direct personal order
of the president himself. 1t is an I'M
usual thing for the president to inter
fere in matters Of this sort, they being
left entirely to the secretary. The
anxiety displayed by him in this in.
stance to have the Maine and the
other vessels completed and fitted for
actual service as soon as possible and
bis going to the extent of personally
directing that the work be pressed, is,
therefore, quite significant.
Interest is added by the fact that by
order of the secretary of the navy the
seasons work OF the naval war college
wRs directed to the study of a plan of
defense of the New England coast from
Nantucket northward against a naval
force such as Great Britain could send
against us; and to a study of naval
movements by which the North At
lantic squadron could best oppose a
large naval force in the gulf of Mexico
and the Caribbean sea this winter. A
study of the methods of defense of
Gardeners bay and the New York har-
Dor was begun with the squadron in
the spring, but was not completed.
The work on the New England coast
Was completed and the answer as to
the best mode of defense was worked
out and will be kept secret. The
problems worked out at the college are
disclosed in the report of the bureau.
The significant fact is, however, that
the work was by special order aud that
the president gave the order Fastening
work on the vessels being constructed.
a, To Restore The Buildings.
5Secretary Herbert presided at an
enthusiastic meeting of several hun
bred alumni and friends of the Univer-
sity of Virginia at Washington Satur-
day night, which was called to take
action regarding the confagration
some days ago which destroyed the
most important edifces of that famous
institution. In calling the meet
Aag to order the secretary de.
cared that the university was
the browning work of Thomas JEFF.
ferson's career. President Thornton,
of the university, wildly described the
incident of the fire and the heroic eff.
forts of the students to save the valu.
able collections, especially the price.
less historical documents contained il
the library, and announced that ma
= ture plans of the faculty would be laic
before the board of visitors for the
Immediate restoration of the centra
building and the construction of foul
distinct buildings for the department.
of law, physics and engineering anG
the academical branches.
Postmaster General Wilson asserted
that Jefferson, Madison and Monro,
established the university as an essen
elgal feature Of the United States, know
il that the nation could only survive
with such educational institutions
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