The Portland daily press., 1888-11-20
AFTER THE FOURTH OF NEXT MARCH
Mr.. Cleveland VIII Get Ready to CO
A-FIshing,
And Most Of His Advisers will Co TO
making Money.
Tke News Of the Day at the National
Capital.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-President Cleye
land does not expect to become president Of
a railroad company or counsel for CORPORA
tion when he fetires from the Executive
Mansion on the 4th day Of next March. He
has not decided to go to Europe. nor will he
live in retirement at Oak View or sell that
fine suburban property, as various reports
have stated. First Of all. Mr.. Cleveland will
take good long vacation when he retires
from office. He win spend some time in
New York city, and perhaps make Western
trip later iii the spring as far as the Pacific
coast. When summer opens 1t is likely to
find him at his brothers parsonage, up on
the edge of the North Woods, ready TO
strike Into the wilderness for good long
fishing expedition; and then-well, Mr.
Saeyeana S "a ntmseIa does & not \. know 10y Just what
ate in making up his mind about settling
down in life as he Is In determining his acts
in puolic life. The chances are that another
autumn will see citizen Grover Cleveland
on one OF the sixteen hundred thousand souls
that make up the population of the great
metropolis. But the rest and fishing and
travel are to come first, and about the latter
especially there will be many consultations,
In which Mrs. Grover Cleveland's views will
have great weight before programme is de-
cided upon. Oak View will not be sold unless
somebody should offer very big price for IT,
1t will not long be the home of the Cleye-
lands, but they will hold 1t as an investment
The lands all around it are rapidly increas-
Ing In value, and 1t will some day be worth a
great deal of money. An electric railroad
will run out to it from the city by another
summer.
Col. Daniel Lamont win also become cit.
lzen OF the mighty metropolis. The nature
OF the Coloneis future business he does not
wish to have stated at present, but it Is set
tied that he is to go to New York on big
salary. He Is not going into the newspaper
business, and he will try real hard to keep
out OF politics for few years at least. He
mas long held public Office at pecuniary
sacrifice, and he now proposes to make mon
ey.
Secretary Bayard is going into complete
retirement on his estate at Wilmington. The
door Of the Senate chamber is closed to him,
ne has long been out Of law practice, and there
is little prospect of his reentering public life
Secretary Whitney and his wife will spend
several years abroad.
Secretary Fairchlld will return to his old
home at Cazenovia and probably to his AL
bany law practice.
Secretary. Endicott will go straight back to
the home Of his ancestors in Salem, Mass,
as soon as he turns over his portfolio to his
successor. He will never seek public Office
again, and the chances are big that the office
win noI seek tne man. Judge Endicott has
good law business.
Attorney General Garland will settle down
20 the practice Of his profession in Washing
ton.
Postmaster General Dickinson has not de-
termine1 what his course will be after March
Attn: In fact he has not had time to give the
matter any serious thought. There can be
little doubt that the result of the election has
been more in the nature of personal defeat
70 MIN than to any other member of the
Cabinet, and the shock and absolute sur
prise Of Michigan's large majority was also
very great.
Secretary of the Interior. William +. Villas,
has no plans for the future that he cares to
talk about, except that he will probably re-
turn to Madison. Wis, where he left a
$4,000 law practice to become Postmaster
General. Besides this handsome business
Mr. Villas is extensively interested in var
ious enterprises.
The Postal Service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The annual report
of First Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson shows that during the fiscal year
fourth-class postmasters were appointed as
follows:
On designations and commissions expired. g, ,52l
On removals ......................... 1,244
On deaths OF postmasters.. 500
On establishment of new post Offices. ,S64
Whole number of appointments. ... .12,2ss
During the year 1,645 post offices were dis
continued. The report shows that there
were S21 more post offices established and 145
more discontinued during the year than dur
ing the previous year. The increase in the
whole number OF post offices is shown to
1887. -
AS illustrating the comparative growth Of
the several geographical sections of the
country. the increase or decrease for the
year In the whole number of post offices In
operation in each are given. The report
shows that in the New England States the
vious year.
In the Middle States the net increase was
1S3, as against 202 during the previous year.
In the Southern States, including the Indian
Territory, the net increase was 14O6, as
against 7S5 for last year. In the three states
and three territories of the Pacific slope, the
net increase was 100, as against 115 for last
year.
In the ten states and six territories O ( the
West and Northwest the net increase was
4l2, as against 1856 during the preceding year.
There was an increase in the number Of post
offices in operation in all the states except
Maine and New Hampshire, and in all the
territories except Idaho and Utah The total
decrease for the four was %.
Recoiled on Their Own Heads.
WASHINGTON, Nov 19.-The failure of the
Durham Bank, and of Blackwell, the great
tobacco manufacturer of Durham, N. c., has
thrown many of the business men of that
town and the surrounding region into bank
ruptcy and seriously crippled many more.
Another sad feature of the disaster is tn
throwing out of employment of many work.
ing people at the opening of winter.
It seems that the crash was directly trace
able to the outbreak of mob violence on the
day after the election, one result of which
was the unlawful expulsion from Durham of
Mr.. Jordan and his family because he was
an active Republican and had the temerity to
be candidate for local office. A promiil-
ent North Carolina man said today:
Blackwell, the great tobacco man, has
been the financial backbone of Durham, and
the business prosperity Of the town depend
ed very largely on his prosperity and success
Some time ago he and the men directly as
sociated with him became somewhat en-
barrassed pecuniarily, and an effort was
talists to tide over the difficulty 1t was sue.
cessful.
"The sum of $4,000 was obtained as call
loan, and an additional sum of $4,000 was to
be furnished as soon as needed. This was
all that the Durham men required to keep
them on their feet. When the news of the
political outbreak reached the Northern
creditors they were alarmed, for capital is
always and proyerbially timid, and they not
only refused to supply the promised S35, 900
but demanded the Immediate repayment of
of the $4,000 already advanced.
THAT caused the crash. The Northern
creditors may have been too easily alarmed,
but after all it was natural for them not to
desire to risk investments in community
where property appeared to be insecure and
life itself in danger on account OF political
opinions. am sorry, but 1 fear that the
political disturbance at Durham will do
much material harm to the State and hinder
its business prosperity"
None Of the apologists for the outrage up
family has deigned to explain why, if he was
an incendiary, or inclined others to become
incendiaries. he was not arrested and prose-