The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-07-12
a Great Deal of Stuff and We Expect
Principally Rot, Unless 1t Is About
CIeycIand's Illness.

tcrnatiOnal railroad suTYeF, authorized
by congress in accordance with the plan
adopted by the Panama conference in
1890 Though reports Of a more or less
atcd in the estimate laid before congress
there has been a hot fight over the apprO
priatiOn for continuing the work, which
have only slipped through in conference
between the two houses. 1t is now
stated, however, in an unofficial way
that the survey has been practically com
pletcd. All the surveying pIrtics have
returned to Washington, having finished
their field work completely. They arc
now engaged at the headquarters Of the
commission in this city working up the
data they have secured for the publica-
tion Of their final reports and the maps
of the line. This work will occupy sew
eral months.
The line surveyed runs to the southern
boundary Of Mexico, to the northern
boundary of Bolivia and is 900 miles in
length. 1t connects the railroad system
Of North America with that of South
America. 1t is said that route has been
found for this entire distance with no
grade greater than 4 per cent, but no
particulars are given. 1t is further said
that the engineer who was in charge Of
the survey through Columbia reports
that for many miles the lines run through
mining region so rich that the material
dug out for the cuts of the road would
contain enough gold and silver to pay
for the construction of the road over
that section. This possibly accounts for
the reticence maintained as to the prog
ress of the work.
1t is understood here that the reports |
OF Clcveland's illness are exaggerated |
az" PlONCCh cutlIcly from the ldCl lnaI |
these are dull times for newspapers Mr.. |
Cleveland is a man Of remarkable physi- |
cal strength, and like all men thus blessed, |
he has not paid that attention to his |
health that be would have done had he
been less strong. For five months he has
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the next morning. He has relieved him
self only by standing up when he could
no longer sit down and sitting when he
could no longer stand up. When he was
FIRST elected he stood this fatigue in a
way that made him desperate as far as
his ability to do it again was concerned,
bat he is eight years older than he was
when he first assumed the duties Of Dresi-
dent, and those years are long time to
man of his age. l. was understood
here when he left that be needed rest
and plenty Of it. He was particularly
hard in regard 10 his health. fits difficult
to convince a man who once could brain
a bullock with his fist that he cannot
always brain a bullock with his fist.
Those who are close to him say this is
touch of rheumatism, bat what the man -,
needs is rest alone. The rheumatism
hardly cuts figure in the case
The departments are dead Atno point
is there any business being done other
than that of routine character
The whole talk in political circles now
is the silver question. The silver miners ,
are preparing to make the fight of their
lives for the white metal. They recog-
nle the fact that if they don't prevent n
the legislation now contemplated by the
majority, the products Of their
mines Will come down to the same level
as the products of the farmers and that t,
It's value will depend on the demand for
II, Just as the value Of potatoes is recu.
lated 1t is said that the silver men in
tend TO employ The best lobby obtsinab,e =
and cNpect.to spend millions to back I'D O
their HSht 10 keep their metal where it is. 81
This, however, is like al reports con g
corning either attempted legislation or to y
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