Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-12

1nonstration at Rock Hills is having the
effect to open the eyes of the remaining
boomers and they are leaving in most
cases without the interpositlon OF the mill
tary.
The Soldiers Home Investigation.
! DAYTON (0.), August 11th.-The Soldiers
Home Investigating Committee has taken
all the testimony for the prosecution, and
to-day began the defense The Sergeants
of the barracks testified that the men were
not treated harshly, and were not punished
unjustly; they did not complain of per-
sonal punishment, and none were sent to
| the dump urjustly. Men often came in
| drunk, and were sent quietly to bed; but if
| they remained over past the limits they
| were put on the dump for thirty days.
Some officials were harsher than was
necessary, but very few. The dump work
consisted in picking up debris on the
campus. Liberty of home grounds is
given them, but they are not allowed a pass
| when once used for several months.
The quarantine quarters, where the in
corrigibles, insane and epileptics slept,
were the same as the other barracks,
and under the care of a kind-hearted Ser
geant. There was a chance for minor Off
Gals to vent their personal spite and often
used Governor Patrick was gruff but kind
| hearted. The soldiers want sympathy and
| feared a strict discipline. The punishment
| for the infraction of rules was sure, but
| seldom fell on innocent heads. The burden
of complaint came from few men. Each
barrack had probably fifty grumblers.
These infected the well-behaved with
an uneasy feeling. The weak-minded were
misguided, and some complaining came
from them. The stories of cruelty and
| brutality are denied, and men relating such
stories are generally unreliable, and i'm
agined wrongs. General Cutcheon called
| attention to the stories of terror spread by
the press throughout the country, and said
the testimony had not substantiated
them. General Slocum said: This garden
spot of America is painted rs a peniten-
| tiary. Many papers call it an Anderson
vile, influencing soldiers, who would like
TO come, to remain away. One mile square
| land, finer than any park in America
/ Central Park not eNcepted-waS pictured As
a prison pen. frightening men away who
desired TO come, all because of sensational
stories in the press, unsupported by relia-
| BILE testimony. If such be the action of the
press, God spare me from its clutches. Let
| the soldiers know throughout the land that
1 a
duty has been performed, and food, shelter.
clothing, square mile of park, beautified
/ by nature and art, and buildings wherein
| pleasure and amusements can be found, are
at their command"
Convention of Passenger Agents.
| DENVER, August 11th.-The Information
| al Association Of Travelling Passenger
| Agents, of the United States and Canada,
meet in annual Convention in this city to-
morrow About 100 members have already
arrived, and others are coming on every
train. J. d. Welch, President, and W B.
| Tinney, Secretary, arrived this afternoon,
Elaborate preparations are making for the
| entertainment of the visitors, which in
clude banquet and ball at the American
| Hotel Tuesday evening. Thursday morn
| ing, the 18th, they start on an excursion to
| the principal points of interest in the State,
returning August Goth.
| Accidental Shooting and Suicide.
| INDIANAPOLIS, August 11th.-A Greene
| county special reports that Saturday night
| George Rankin, aged 10. was showing his
| brother James, aged -, how TO handle Il
| self-cOcking revolver, when the weapon
was discharged, the ball striking James be
low the right eye, inflictng fatal wound.
| George, thinking he had killed his brother,
! turned the revolver on himself and sent 4
bali through his breast, from the effects OF
which he died at noon to-day. The death
Of his brother is hourly expected
Desperate Duel.
| GALVESTON, August ltth-A Nc,rs Ter
rell (reXas) special Gays: Bill Dougherty
and Iack Gray, two young ranchers resid-
ing 1T Sand Prairie. in the southwestern
part OF this county, were principals in q
| desperate duel, fought yesterday evening,
IN which both men were wounded, Gray
| fatally. The trouble grew out of leud of
| long standing, and az the only adjustment
| they agreed 70 adjourn to an isolated
place and use revolyers until one
or both fell. At the appointed time
both were on hand and without parley
| commenced the action, both using single
action 45-caliber pistols. After the first
| fire the men changed positions and began
at will, Dougherty receiving one Of Gray s
| three shots in his arm, while Gray at
| Doughcrty's fifth shot, fell with bullet in
| the lower part of his back. This ended the
battle, and both men were cared for by
| friends, who from distance had watched
the bloody encounter.
Disappearance OF "A Wealthy Miner.
! New YORK, August 11th.-William a.
| Dewar, a wealthy miner of Helena, Mon
| tana came to this city last January. and
! from the I'd to the 18th stayed ut the Astor
| House. On the evening of the 18th he left
the hotel, saying he was going TO the the
alter. lie did not return, and since then
| his friends have searched for him in vain
| He left considerable baggage and an I'M
paid bill. He generally carried a large
amount of money Dewar was said to be
| part owner of the Taylor & Thompson
| placer mining claim, the richest in Last
Chance Gulch, Montana.
Nominated for Congress.
| FosToEiA (Ohio), August llth-The Re
| publicans of the Seventh District Conven-
! ton nominated Ex-Governor Foster for
| Congress by reclamation. He was Chair
man Of the Convention, and declined. They
then nominated by reclamation Daniel
| Balist, of Crcstlinc.
Had Public Reception.
Urea *. ", August 11th.-General
Logan had public reception upon arriv-
ing in Herkimer to-day
| shot His Wife.
| RICHMOND (Va.l, August I1th.- John
| Butler, farmer of Hanover county. shot
| his wife fatally yesterday. He had been
| beating a child and his wife interfered. and
cd, but he escaped from the officer, and.
returning home, shot his wife.
| Cleveland's Population.
| New YORK, August 11th.-The popula-
| ton of Cleveland, O., according to the new
Directory, is 22SO00.
| Mortuary.
| New YORK, August 11th.-Thc wife of
Edison, the inventor, died yesterday.
| FOREIGN NEWS.
| Confession of n PeTjurer.
| LONDON, August 10th.-The informer,
| Casey, the chief witness for the Crown in