The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-04

- OH lEr WY from
iieve the Cincinnati. of the duty nf \
watching FOR. Cuban fillbusters. The, j
boston arrived at San Francisco and 4;
me Ihetis sailed from Sen Diego for &
Ninnueicne bay Yesterday. The a Iliance
arilVeu at Barbados january 1st iti7-'s'S54
ihe Treasury gold reserve stands tn.Ef
NY NJ IL noon, with all reported with.eg
nrawais out. AT s6l .G2G. 900 The with ii,
nrawal at New York to-day was 81 oo6 .i
coo for export Si'o0o'
Some days ago. certain news,., nar.. 4
hhnouhceu that the Danish Govcrnn,e nf
~ ,',rn IA mts,r"ms of avoiding the expenre
VI maintaining the Government OF ftaiS
l,oSSeSsions IN the Caribbean sea hail I.
ueclded 10 dispose Of the thre,, isior1ai Y
peioheihE to II In those waters The j
HrpIre, ,,r i was hrouGht to the attention.
Lodge by Il resolution which Giractal#
ne Conmittcc on Foreign Rcla .innst
20 INQUIRE and report to the Senate.
MIn,n,her In,,, NE Islands Of st. Croix, ST.
n,eS. can be now purchased from the.$
IahaSh Government. as provided hviS
INC treaty signed at Conenharnn In
nnIs ndeoer +. 'S",, @ and yhethcr. if these ISL
2,ntes IL IS probable that they Will be 4
soId by the Danish Government 70 N
some other power. 81
-Four OF the five members of tho var
$50 lllM uolssluiuo0 EIpptnnu ,,1,raS1a
Scnpie In the diplomatic. room of tbs n
othtc department at II O'clock fo-,e
,,llorrow morning for the purpose nf, \
nnr,rs n,m.r ,ms IN informal talk over the work
before Them. Those who Will he nraaS IL.
ent are Justice Brewer Professor C:i;tl
mum: who arrived in Washington fro,nSE
ifaltimore Tonight and delivered n Iert
iure -. mere; Chief Justice Alvey, who Isl
IN HagerStown, but who will rfarl, n
Washington In time for the meefine IS
ana MIR. Coudert, who is expected from!
New York. MIR. White will he unnblel
10 be present, and ii is likely that inY
,,lS absence organization Will be post-h
l'pneu; ohtil quarters are secured the i
commission will probably hold It's ses-ls
siohs 1T the residence of Justice Brewer.
When the Cabinet assembled for ttais
regular meeting at II O'Clock this morn L
inE none of the newly appointed mem, 4
| berS OF the Venezuelan boundary comyf
mission had called on the President.l N
1ustlce ,,:,, nrewer has already paid HIS
oihey and notified them Of his accept-i
ance or comrnissonship. Neither he &
| nor ms four colleagues have yet receiy-Ii
| ed their commissions from the Presi.,,5
| uehl, out they VIII get them probablyI
| Tomorrow s-'''F}
| The question of quarters for the Vene- i
"ueian commission has not yet been de-}
termlncd. That II will not meet in the'E
|
| that no rooms are to be had there. and
now the attention of Secretary Olney,t
has been turned to the building occu-i
pied hy the Bureau Of the American!,
Republics situated at thecorner OF Penn ~
sylvana avenue and jackson Place (,
The members of the commission willis.
| be asked for opinions on this matter and
definite selection will be deferred untillS
| their views can be ascertained AS thei
commission Is not an International. buzz
| a national body subject to no official
lsuperrisions from any other ma tion, and
created solely for the purpose of ascer, r.
| tanning facts desired by the Unitedi9 e
States Government. the President ands8i
Secretary of state could probably con- "
suit with the members. but this Will be- i
avoided even il the occasions for iStf
should arrive in order that their con-, Z.
clusionS may be arrived at free from IL
outside pressure. OF course the comm{sel lA
sion will be obliged to call on the Seek
retary of state for Information on thei5
subject OF the various boundars>S claim TEi
ed by Great Britain, but this aS.;ll be Il
merely IL necessary formal proceedinst5
and any information that the commis-S8
sion may desire from the Governments 81
OF Great Britain, Holland, Spain or Ver.sgS
eZuela must also be requested through
the State Department. not only as az:
matter OF diplomatic courtesy, but be-sS
cause the commission has no recognized 81
standing with foreign powers.
The Republican members Of the House &
Committee on Rules had a. long session q
In Speaker Reeds room to-day The
time was devoted to n considerable OF n
the rules of the Fifty-first Congress, e
under which the House is working, and :tS
to such changes as are now necessary S
These changes. it Is said will not be Is
material When the work shall hayeE
been finished the amended rules will be-
submitted to the Democratic members &
Of the committee, and then reported to s.
the House. ;S
The State Department confirms the
information cabled 10 the United States II
from Constantinople thatithe Porte has n
granted permission to Americans todis- n
tribute relief at l1arpoot. a dispatoh to n
this effect has been received at the &
Department from Minister Terrell. NO.
official advces have come to hand CON-
cern!ng the departure OF the Consul Il
from Sivas on the relief work
Mr.. Boatner Oem) of Louisiana to-55
dQy offered in the House 4resol,ttionS
Hokng to the displacement of GompaiS II
troller Bowler, of the Treasury, for re3
fusng, TO prosecute the laws or Con- ss .
gresS in the matter OF payments 4oy