The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-05-11
H%ONORSTOHER NAME
President Cleveland Party at the
Mary Washington Monument.
SOUTHERN POSTNASTERS APPOINTED.
The Work ia Both Branches of Congress.
Department News and Gossip-Wash-
ington City in ~Brief-Items
OF Political Significance.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-MaJor Black
Of Georgia, has introduced a resolution
in the house authorizing the committee
on printing to inquire into the numbe.
of employees in the service, and how
many coul be dispensed with.
The state department Is officially in
formed that the Nicaraguan govern
ment has restored the exequatur O.
Braida, American consul at G%reytown
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleve
land, accompanied by little Ruth anc
Esther. drove out to Barnum's circu:
this morning. They were received by
Messrs. Bailey and Starr, who showed
them around. Later in the morning
came out, and they too, joined the
group. The children were deeply in.
terested in the menagerie.
The text of the cable message in re.
gard to the earthquake in Nenezula,
received at the state department from
Mr.. Dartleman, the charge D'Atfaires
of the United States legation at Cara
cas-, was as follows: Earthquake on
the 2Sth Of April destroyed cities OF
EgidO and Merida and several villages.
Loss Of life said to be heavy. Assis-
lance would be appreciated.
Senators Gordon, Walsh and Jarvis,
Representative Black, of Georgia, and
Dr.. Walter c. Murphy, Of Washington,
D. c., called upon Secretary Morton
and Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
DR.. Dabney, yesterday, and invited
them to attend the congress of south
ern governors which will assemble in
Augusta, Ga, in a few days.
A substitute for the CoXey resolution
was offered in the senate by Mr.. Teller,
republican Colorado, and accepted by
Mr.. Allen and went over till today. 1t
omits the preamble and provides for a
select committee to investigate all the
facts and circumstances connected with
the arrest and imprisonment of Coxey,
Browne and Jones.
The president, on his trip to Fred
ericksburg today to attend the Mary
Washington monument ceremonies,
was accompanied by Secretary and
Mrs. Gresham, Secretary and Mrs.
Carlisle, Secretary and Mrs. Lamont,
Postmaster General Bissell, Secretary
and Miss Morton and private secretary
and Mrs. Thurber.
The district commissioner spent sew
eral hours yesterday considering the
report of the health department which
pronounced the Coxey camp a menace
to the health Of the city, and recon-
mended in the strongest language hat
it be vacated. He was ordered to move
in forty-eight hours.
Coxey repudiates the statement hat
he will leave the city as soon as he can
be heard by either a house or senate
committee. II am here to get redress
for the grievances of the people, and will
stay until my mission is accomplished"
he said.
There was not a sufficient number of
free coinage advocates present at the
house coinage committee meeting yes
W 11OuCc MI. D1dLlu W disk IOr
a vote on his free coinage bill, SO it
over.
The treasury department was adj
7ised yesterday afternoon hat s 1.9OO,-
100 in gold had been engaged at the
New York sub-treasury for export to
today.
Congressman John J. O'Neill, of Mis-
souri,, was arrested last night, charged
With assaultirg DR.. James H. Stone, of
his city.
The president has nominated to be
)ostmasters: William B. Care, Besse-
ner, Ala ". A. Frost, Shelbyville, |
Tenn.
Senator Lodges amendment was laid
n the table yesterday and the tariff
ill then went over till today.
An official statement of Chinese reg
under the extended Geary law
'lace the figures at 105, 800.
The house yesterday was engaged in
he consideration of the naval appro-
,riatiOD bill |