Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-09
GENERALLEE'SPLANS
A VISIT TO WEST POINT TO SEE
hrs son.
EARLY DEPARTURE FOR HABANA
No Summons TO Appear before
senate Committee - Improvement
of Norfolk Harbor-work for Nor
folk xavy-Yard.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. December S.
Specially --Hon. George Il. Bowden. OF
Norfolk, who Is the Republican nationa
committeeman for Virginia, to-day called
on Chairman Hooker and other members
Of the RSver and Harbor Committee and
urged an increased appropriation for the
Improvement OF the Norfolk harbor lie
pleaded specially for the widening and
deepening Of the channel TO the navy
yard. Mr.. Hooker and his colleagues
gave Mr.. Bowden a patient hearing, and
promised. as soon as the engineers re-
ports were in. TO do all that was possible
for Norfolk.
Mr. Bowden then visited the Navy De-
partment, where he had a lengthy inter
view with Acting Secretary McAdoo. and
asked for moro work for the Norfolk
navy-yard. and the unemployment of the
force recently discharged. Mr.. McAdoo
who is very friendly TO Norfolk. promised
20 send any vessels needing repairs there
as soon as 1t was practical TO do so. MIR.
Bowden was accompanied by Colonel
James ID. Brady on his visit to the Navy
Department and after leaving there the
gentlemen called on Chairman Mark Han
ma. at the Arlington. with whom they dis
cussed Virginias participation In the in
augural ceremonies and other matters.
Among the patents issued to-day are
the following: Joseph I. Dunlap Wades-
boro', N. G., ventilator for railway
cars. Frederic T. Tice, Roanoke. Va, di-
lating irrigator.
Thomas j. Lghtfoot, Of Virginia. a
messenger nj the Office OF the Civil-Ser-
vice Commission has been transferred 10
the White House. The office comes under
the civil-service rules, and the place is
permanent.
a marriage license has been issued to
Adam Tredwell. OF Norfolk. Va, and
Elizabeth 2. Roy. of this city.
General Fitzhugh Lee changed his mind
again. and will now leave for New York
tomorrow morning. He will visit his son.
who IL a cadet at West Point and will
remain Just long enough In New York TO
take the first available steamer 10 Ha-
bana. This may delay him there several
days.
There is no truth in the published report
that Senator Sherman had summoned
General Lee TO appear before the Foreign
Relations Committee OF the Senate TO tes-
fifty as 70 the actual condition OF the
Cuban instruction. All that General Lee
had to say about cuba Is contained in his
reports 10 the State Department, which
are accessible 10 the Senate. II desired.
oLNEY INDEBTED TO LEE
The portion Of Secretary Olney's repor,
devoted 10 cuba has attracted marked at
tention everywhere. and especially in d.
plomatic and literary circles. 1t is com
plete and comprehensive In the detailed
manner IN which II treats Of the military
and political situation on the island. a
careful perusal Of the paper discloses the
fact that tts author must have had not
only military education. but military eX-
perience Of no ordinary degree. This has
suggested the belief that Mr.. Olney has
used General Fitzhugh Lees reports on
the Cuban situation in the preparation OF
his report. which experts here say to-
night IL nothing more than a paraphrase
of the former.
In the estimates submitted by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury, the sum of 1870. NU
is asked for the Norfolk hayward
MIR. G. ID. Ianghorne. Of Richmond. ar
rived here tonight. and stopped at the
Metropolitan.