Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-29
NATIONAL CAPITAL GOSSIP Keeper WardeII Says the Cam-
 pania Was Ashore. HAzEs, SEVERELY PUNISHED The < ,nian Resolution Will Be Handed to g the President Toay. N 0RMAN SOUNDING THE SENATOR'S ju
 -Ss Scheme Is to Retire the Greenbacks and Open the Mints to the Free Coinage
 of Silver-The Gold Reserve
 Is at a Standstill.
1AZT s, SEVERELY PUNISHED
,nian Resolution Will Be Handed to
 the President Toay.
ORMAN SOUNDING THE SENATOR'S

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Keeper Wardell of the Long Branch, N. J., life saving sta tion made his official report today to Su- perintendent Kimball which seems to es- tablish the fact that the Campania grounded as well as the St. Paul, but that the Campania did not go so hard aground and that she backed off all right while the life savers were preparing to fire d line to her.
 The navy department today approved the sentences imposed by court-martial at the Washington navy yard upon four white seamen gunners for haZing several negroes who had enlisted for gunnery instruction and were in class at the naval ordnance foundry here with the white men. The accused will be con fined two months on board the Vermont at the New York navy yard and then dis missed from the service.
 The president today appointed two postmasters in Georgla. They are J. II. Hertz at Macon and Martha Brown at Fort Valley, reappointed
 Capt. J. Atkins of Southport, N. C.; Capt. J. E. Brien of Pensacola, Fla, and Capt c. H. Swan of Charleston, s. C., members of the Pilots association, today addressed the house committee on merchant ma i'ine and fisheries in opposi- ton to the bill to abolish compulsory coastwise pilotage.
 The house committee on war claims to- day ordered d favorable report on an omnibus bill providing. for the payment of war claims. The measure appropri- ates $592, 900 and provides for the pay ment of claims passed on by the court of claims under the Bowman act.
 A special train from Philadelphia left Washington over the Southern railway as second section of the Washington and Southwestern Vestibuled, limited, en route to Atlanta to bring back the Lib- erty bell, which was on exhibition at the Cotton States and International expo sition, to Philadelphia. The party was composed of the mayor and part of the city, council and part of the reserve police force or Philadelphia to act aa guard to the old bell. Returning from Att lanta the special train bearing the bell will reach Washington Saturday morn ing; February 1, at 7:30 o'clock.
 The treasury gold reserve at the close of business today stood at $50. 1855, ,463. Tho withdrawals for the day amounted to $86, 600.
 MT Farrar of New Orleans appeared today before the house committee on commerce In support of a bill to extend the limits of the port Of New Orleans to embrace Port Chalmette and West Wego. MT Farrar urged in effect that the bill would advance the interests of New Or leans and also that of commerce. Rep resentative Meyer of Louisiana stated, when MT. Earrar had concluded, that strong opposition existed in New Orleans toward the measure and he urged that action should be postponed until both sides could be heard. Agreeaby to this request. further consideration of the bill was deferred until next Tuesday
 Tn accordance with the usual routine the state department this afternoon re- ceived the concurrent resolution of the senate and house relating to the Arme- nan persecution and requesting the president to inform the signatory powers to the Berlin treaty of 1878 of the opin- ion of congress that that treaty should be enforced. Under ordinary circum- stances such resolutions are sinp' placed on the department files, but fDas-4 present instance the resolution was de- livered to Secretary Olney, who had no time to look at it before the department closed today. He will therefore not have an opportunity to show 1t to the president until tomorrow, when decision may be reached as to whether it is advisable to comply with it's terms. Unlike a joint resolution or bill, concurrent resolutions arc merely suggestions and 1t is not com pulsory on the executive to pay any at tenton to them.
 It is presumed that the Turkish minis ter has already informed his government
 
 come of that information may be awaited before any further steps are taken.
 Secretary Carlisle and Senator German were in close conference for an hour or so yesterday at the treasury on financial matters. During the past week the two have been in almost daily communica- ton. Rumors are afoat that Senator German recommends the plan which Secretary Carlisle is understood once to have favored, of authorizing the coinage of all silver bullion and declaring and coinng the seigniorage, and that in the form In which the matter is being consid- cred by the administration 1t is coupled with a proposition, advocated by Presi- dent Cleveland of retiring the green acks and allowing national banks to iS- sue notes up to the par value or the bonds held by them. Some coloring of proDa- bility is given to these rumors by the fact that MT German, chairman of the dem- ocratic steering committee of the senate, has been sounding senators within the last few days on the probability or such a scheme passing the senate.
 The tariff bill was not taken up In the finance committee of the senate this morning. The time of the session was spent in the discussion of the several measures pending, but no definite action was taken After adjournment the mem- bers engaged in an informal discussion or the proposed compromise of the bond bill.
 The house committee on military ar fairs today reported favorably the plii of MT. Catchings providing for the es- tablishment of a national military park at Vicksburg. Miss. Fifty thousand oQi- lars is appropriated for beginning the work.
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