The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-10

tuah' Spanish Minister OF Foreign Az
.uitS, S cables from Madrid this afternoon
" minister DE Lone that Gen Marti-
,,tm H Sh'hpos has not resigned. nor sig
i,lled amy desire or intention of resign
ms ana tha, statements to the CON
'rarN are false.
secretary Carlisle expressed the opin-
i ~ .o-uuy mat the new bond issue Will
d" u success lie did not intimate
whence the gold would come but lie
Spnkr with Il fun knowledge OF the
.iuiilner oI inquiries made for blank |
l9rhis Tor bids and the Informal offers |
in ,,a 10Y hndc The malls to-day
'p'E h' III quite n number Of injuries |
tor blank forms on which To ,nuke bids
uhu III some cases persons tiesirous OF |
sunScrihihg stated the amount they |
WI; Wanted ana the price they would offer. |
re ihese ilEures, of cotrsc. are withheld
from publication. The bids are rcr,trd |
Ell as Informal ana when possible those
making them will be communicated,
Win and blank forms will bc sent them
>" lliat lheF may comply with all tho
Iciuirethehts and make their hid In
=, ~ i.,., u,.,r shape. circular letter of In
SlrnctlonS to prospective bidders wus Is
sued to-day. II saws.
ne subscribers should state mainly
the amount of bonds desired. the price
"nich ne proposes to pay ana the place
Where the bonds should be delivered
any other more convenient place.
He should ut the same time state
"hetner ne desires to deposit the
amount OF his subscription ut the Trca-
sury Departmcnt In Washington or at
one OF the sub-rrcasuries Dppusits nj
San Francisco must he with nychangc
on New York. The bonds Will be Issued
III Tie following denomination, viz:
coupon bonds, $50 500. $500 ana 81 900;
registered bonds, $50. 800. $500, $1,000,
$4,000 and $1,000
The gold reserve at the close of bust
ness to-day stood Mt S57Tl532G. The
Withdrawals to-day at New York were
S206, 900.
very careful canvass of the Senate
ON the free coinage substitute to the
House bond bill has been made. ana II
is claimed that MS IA result
OF that canvass that the major
ity In the Senate in favor of free coin
age at this time will be exceedingly
small Some of the so-calIcd sound
money men so SO far as TO say that
IL may possibly be defeated A confer
ence WAS held yesterday by Mr.. Cor
man and Mr. Gray. representlng the
anti-silver men on the Democratic side
or the chamber and Nlr Aldrlch, on
the Republican side. These three men
went over the situation in n thorough
manner and came to the conclusion that
there was good reason to regard the
passage of Il free coinage biil at this
time as Il matter about which there
Is some doubt. They decline To men
tion any names, but 1t is given out that
thcfe are twenty-siY or twenty seven
Republicans who will vote against the
substitute, and four Democratic making
Il total of forty or forty-one--within
three or four OF n majority against the
bill. The figures given are claimed to
comprise n list of voters about which
. ,
sufficient doubtful votes may yet be
won over to defeat the bill.
y caucus of Republican members OF
the Senate was called to meet this after
noon. but owing to the late session oi
the Senate the caucus was not held. II
VIII be held AT the call of the Chair
man. possibly tomorrow
The Senate in cXccutive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations:
Emery +. Best. of Georgia to he Assis-
tant Commissioner Of the Land Onicc:
Joseph II. Outhwatc. Of Ohio. member
OF the Roard of Ordance and Fortiflca-
tions. Consul, j. S. Tucker. of Texas,
at Martinique: Owen McGarr, of Ten
neSsec. at CicnfucEoes.
Samuel l.. Rogers, Collector OF Inter
nal Revenue. Fifth district OF North
Carolina
Collector of Customc-Dorsey Cla-
gett. at Georgetown, ID. c.; S. r. Rig
gin. Eastern District of Maryland.
Surveyor of Customs-J. II. Collins, at
Nashville. Tenn.
Receiver OF Public Moncys-J S. Dix
on. Natchitochcs. La.
Postma astcr-L Lou. s. Flour
noy. Ruston.
In accordance with the joint resou-
tion of Congress Secretary Herbert to-
day upon his return from New York. ac-
cepted the ram katahdin in behalf of
the Government. The fnrnlaltles were
concluded with General Hyde, Presi-
dent Of the Bath Iron Works. OF Bath
Me. the contractors for the little vh'sel.
The Katahdn will he turned over To the
Government al once by the Iron Works
and the finishing touches to her put on
at the Rrooklyn Navy Yard. It IS ex-
pected that the Katahdin will he placed
In commission In about eight days
Information has rea ached the Navy De-
uartment that the British Government
is displaying great activity In storing
coal at its well fortified cOaling and
supply station Of St. Lucia. near the
Venezuelan coast. Tho disturbed rala-
tons between Great Britain and Ger
MANY are given as the reasons for the
activity.
Charged With Assault.
BERTHA Fuller. colored Sy-1a-e ont n