The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-13
THE WORLDS WOES.
CHRONICLES OF CONTEMPORARY
CRIME AND CALAMITY.
RJan Wants 10 Fight Dwyer-Ano,h,r
EpIdemIe or Railroad RaiaIIties-An
InfAnt TO bo HanEed-Prospse.
tive Trouble Amont ohio
Miners-other Matters.
MRs. eRAN1,S pIAMoNps.
A white House Robbery-A sfran,
BtoFy-A IaDRne,e Irinee,. present

a white House Robbery-A Strange
story-A Japanese Princes Present.
WAsHISoToS, September l2,-General
Grant Is expected here about October lst.
He has been offered the presidency Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. Jay
Gould, who is the managing power Of that
corporation, made Grant the offer on his
own hook, being confident Of his
ability to deliver the goods should Gran.
accept. The company holds its annual
meeting in the early part Of October.
There is no telling, however, what Grant
will do. He wants job OF some kind,
but so many have been offered him he
does not know which to accept. Since he
became luke-warm on the Interoceanic
Canal scheme, almost nothing has been
heard Of 1t, except the Treasury Depart
ment statistics, recently sent out, showing
that the canal can not pay, under any cir
cumstances.
General Grants particular business
here, this time, is to look up the facts in
regard 10 o robbery. The particulars OF
this robbery are made public for the tirst
time in this letter. II appears that soon
after the Khedive oi Egypt sent General
Sherman's daughters their presents oi dia-
monds, one OF the high potenta,es OF Ja>
pan struck on the idea Of sending some
diamonds TO Mrs. Grant. They were &C
cordingly sent to Washington; bnt, strange
as 1t may appear they never reached Mrs.
Grant-although 1t is known they reached
this city.
The diamonds came, aud were re.
ceived by some one about the White
House: who being hard pressed sold them
for is ,000) five thousand dollars. Gen.
eral Grant never knew OF the present
being sent TO his vile until quite recently.
Nothing was said TO him about Ii when he
was in Japan, though the Japanese Prince
who made the present thought that under
the circumstances General Grant should
certainly have acknowledged the receipt
OF the same. Some months ago this jap
anese Prince wrote 10 the Japanese Minis
ter here, asking him to ascertain whether
or not Mrs. Grant ever received his pres
ent. The inquiry was made Of General
Beale, who WAS known TO be an intimate
friend OF General and Mrs Grant. From
them he learned that no such present had
ever been received. @ 5s
They were then informed, for the first
time, that the diamonds had been sent.
Grant kicked up terrible row about 1t,
and sent numerous kilograms to the gem
tlemeu who were employed about the
White House at the time when the diR-
monds were supposed to have arrived
there. None Of them knew anything about
it-or at least claimed TO be ignorant.
Grant then telegraphed friend here to
investigate the matter and let him know
the result. This friend found that the dia-
-monds arrived here, and that they. had
been turned over to gentleman at the
White House, 10 be given 70 Mrs. Grant.
How theTest OF the story came out don't
know; but 1t is to the effect that the gen.
tleman soon thereafter sold the diamonds
for FIVE thousand dollars. They are sill
held by the party who purchased them,
and he, It is understood, is perfectly will
ing TO surrender them upon receiving his
advance and fifteen hundred dollars addi-
tional for his care Of the same, and secrecy.