Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-22
WashIngton News Notes.

WASHINGTON. February 2l.-Secretary
Smith left Washington tonight for At
lanta, Ga. He will return To the city
early next week.
The President to-day asked for the
resignation of Emerson Etheridge Su-
pervisor OF Customs at Memphis, Tenn.
The Postnaster-General this evening
settled the long controversy over the
awarding Of the contract for printing the
postage stamps for the next four years
by rejecting all the bids and ordering
that the work be done by the Bureau OF
Printing and Engraving.
The announcement was made to-day,
with Senator Milss sanction that he
had withdrawn from the Senate Commit
tee on Finance. Whether or not II came
about as a result of the debate in the
Senate or through personal solicitation
with the Senator cannot be said, but at
all events, Mr. Mills late this afternoon,
rcconsdcred his action, and Will remain
with the committee until the bill Is
passed.
The President has decided to take re-
creation for few days. but he has not
yet determined where he will go except
that his time viii be spent on the water.
He will probably 70 Friday afternoon
after the Cabinet meeting. or on Satur-
day morning The duck.ng season IS
nearing an end, and IL Is understood that
Mr.. Cleveland wants TO get a bit of his
faVOrite sport. Reports from North caro-
lima that the President will go 10 that
State cannot be confirmed.
Secretary Gresham to-day received a
cable message from Minister Thompson.
dated Rio. stating briefly that the .insur-
gent War-ships Aquiiaban and Republica
had passed out of the harbOr this morn
ing under fire Of the government forts.
The conjecture is that they went after
tho cruiser Nictheroy which n few days
ago turned up I'm Rio harDOr and then
sailed southwark.
Secretary Herbert has received official
Information that no yellOw-feyer now eN-
lists on board the United States vessels al
Rio or MontevldeO.
4 dispatch received to-day from Admi-
raj Beuham says that all on board tho
ships at RIO are well. IL is understood
that the Detroit, which has just rejoined
Admiral Benhams squadron after a tour
OF observation In the southern provinces
Of Brazil. reports that the stories OF in
surgent success in that quarter are almost
wholly fictitious.
Secretary Herbert to-day appointed a
court Of inquiry TO investigate the ground
ing Of the United States steamship kear-
sarge on Roncador reef February 81.
Neither the Senate Finance Sub-COm-
mittec nor the full committee held any
meeting to-day. and there Is. therefore
no change in the tariff bill situation.
Mr. Wadsworth OF New York, intro
duccd in the House to-day 4 Joint resoiu.
tion providing for the appointment OF a
commission Of three. TWO naval officers
and one engineer. To select site for a
naval station on the Pacific coast al
some point south iof the thirty-hfth
parallel.
The buzz Of feminine voices and the
presence of forty or more well-dressed
ladies gave to the House Judiciary Com
mlttee-roOm this morning the appear
ance OF fashionable tea. with the usua
scarcity Of men. The occasion was q
hearing given by the committee to q
delegation Of woman suffragists. headed
10y Miss Susan B. Anthony. Some Of tht
more prominent OF those present wer,
Rev Anna Shaw, OF Pennsylvania; Mrs
Virginia Young. South Carolina: Mrs
Marion DubOse. Georgia; Jane Brooks
Greenlcaf. New York: Sarah ). Bissell
Ohio: Mrs. Alice Waugh, Indiana; Lyl,
Meredith Stanbury, Colorado; Ida c. Hut
ton. Illinois.