The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-02
NORFOLK vIRGINIAN: FRIDAY APRIL ;, 1897

Academy at West Point Nre announced
as follows: j. Henry Standard. Flor
encc, $. c.; w. y. Mcneil, Way Cross
Ga; Z. II. Hnrrell. nlternute Vuldosta,
Ca; q. w. DuSall, Cheraw, $. c.: Bax-
Ter :. Moore. alternate, Chester, s. G.
waiter Q. boswell. Penficld, Ga: VIM
Clarke, alternate, Madison, Ga; Fran
cis ID. Dunbar, New Orleans. La; Clur-
encc H. Knight. Gainesville, Fla.
| WILL BE HANGED TODAY.
The President declines to Interfere in
| the case CT the four members Of the
Button political faction under. sen
lcncc of death at Santa Fe, New McNi-
CO, and the men will be hanged to-mor-
row.
NAVAL. NOTES
| The battleship Oregon, LEFT San Fran
cisco to-day for Puget Sound, where she
! VIII be docicd for the first time since
she was built.
Mail ndviccs from Honolulu announce
tho arrival there OH March Is OF the
Alarion, relieving the Alert. which left
aan francisco on March go. Yesterday
the hagShir Philadelphia reached San
| pleSo on her return from Central Am
crlcl; the kntahdin left Hampton Roads
10 go out Of commission at i,eai:,lc
Island, and the flagship San Francisco
arrived at Mcrsinc, Syria, The ESSEX
| i'~A ~ III, B. SGncXlCIl, ana
| tnc lioston nt Hong Kong to-day
! Under orders from Admiral Hunrc lin
Alainc and Texas ut Port Royal, ana the
AmDhiiritc ana Terror at Charleston
iclt lnr Hampton Roads this morning
IL peinE the intention after the rcndeX-
| NouS there to 80 TO New York and par
| ticlpltc III the Grant monument celcbra
! ton. -
| ihe Marblchead is ordered to leave
fenshcoia for Key West OH April J.,
where she will be joined by the Mont
lsullcry. daily expected ut Tampa
Col, William 2. Shaflcr, First Infant
~ has been selected for appointment
rs BrtSadier General by the President.
| nut MS nomination Will not be sent 10
lhc Senate until Bl'gadcr General
wheaton is confirmed as Major General
70 MI the vacancy caused by General
| Rugcrs' retirement tomorrow Gen
"heaton's appointment Is already pro
pared. Col. Shafter. who now gets his
| promotion. has been at the head OF the
. ilst OF coone!S for Il long time, but was
passed over three or four times In the
selections made by Mr.. Cleveland.
| NATIONAL DEBT STATEN ENT.
Ihe debt statement Issued this after
noon shows a net decrease in the public
debt less cash In the Treasury durlnc
March. Of $S. .63S 253 ~.2'1-s'
he interest -bearing debt Increased
So1O,09I and cash in the Treasury In.
creased s9.20S,350.
The balances of the several classes Of
dept ut the close OF business March 81
were:
lnterest-bcaring debt, sS47, ,26l, $50: debt
on "hlch interest has ascd since ma
lurity. Nan5.IGO: debt bearing no Inter
est $377 77.2SI.O36. Total. 81 ,22G, or SOC.
me certificates and Treasury notes
set by an equal amount Of cash In
the treasury outstanding at the end of
the month were: SCOT 7O2 A73. an incrca 81
ol S'2I900. The total cash In the Trca-
sury was $S75. $50. .759. The gold reserve
was siO0. 100000 Net cash balance, Sl22.-
043.GO6 In the month there was an In
crease In gold coin aud bars OF $3O36 79+
me Total at the close being S1Sa 2i2, SOB
Ot silver there was an increase OF 81 1855
| 34o. Or the surplus there was in ma tional
Dank repositories, $l6,G23.3JG, against
Si6,4h6.0l0 a t the end OF the previous
| month.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES.
Senator Allison, chairman or the Re
publican Senatorial caucus. to-day op-
i pointed the following Committee on
Committees: Senators AIcAIillan, of
Michigan chairman: ard Davis, of Min
nesota; Gallinger. OF New Hampshire;
Lodge, of massachusetts,: Sewell, Of New
Jersey; Gear. OF Iowa; Carter. Of Mon
tana; Pritchard, of North Carolina, and
Spooncr, OF Wisconsin,
APPLICATNTS FOR PLACES.
Applications We're filed at the Trea-
snry Department to-day by T. Bride
Wcll,of Atlanta, for the post OF Surveyor
OF Customs at Atlanta. GA, and by I
/ w. Falls, of New Orleans, for that office
at New Orleans, La.