Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03

Cleveland Denies It.
ALBANY, January cd-In answer to al
inquiry, Governor Cleveland said that thu
statement that he was President of a Free
Trade Club was not true. The Governor
further stated that he had never been con
nected III any way with any such organiZa
ton.
SECOND DISPATCHl
TOLEDO (0.), January 2d.-In relation Il
the circulated report as to an assertion
made by him in reference to the eonnec
ton of Cleveland with Free Trade Club
Frank Hurd says that had q private con
yersatiOn IN private room with a lew
friends in Cincinnati, in which the policy
of the new Administration as to tariff re
form was discussed In that conversation
HurG said he thought Cleveland would bt
found in sympathy with the views of the ma
Jority OF the Democratic party on that point
As circumstance, he stated that he haC
peen informed by prominent citizen o
Buffalo that the organization of a Free
Trade Club III that city took place in the
office of the law firm of which Governor
Cleveland was member. Mr.. Hurd never
intended to be understood as saying thai
Cleveland was ever connected with free
trade organizations as he had no intorma.
ton upon the subject from that gentleman
nor from any one, except as herein stated
The conversation was supposed 10 be pure
ly private among party of gentlemen.
a Millionaire Embraces Socialism.
New YORK, January 2d.-A special from
Plttsburg says 4 sensation will be caused
by the publication tomorrow of an inter
view with Andrew Carnegie, of the Edgar
Thompson Steel Works and many other
industrial establishments, in which he pro
claims himself to be a Socialist and an adj
vocate of socialistic principles Carnegie
IS the millionaire author of several works
and has been referred to by William Black
the novelist, as the Z" Star-SpangIed Yam
Ree.'
With Him to the Last.
New YoRK, January 2d-At S,apleton
L. l., to-day, Thomas Mclaughlin. the
young coachman who at the age of 20 re-
Gently married his employer, Mrs. Abra-
ham Britain. wealthy widow, aged 40
died from lung ailment, which caused him
to leave Mrs. Brittan's employ and return
home, where she called frequently to in
quire about his health. Her calls resulted
in an attachment and wedding. Mrs. Brit
tan attended him constantly until his
death
Disorderly Ohio Mob.
COLUMBUS, January 2d.-A Dispatch
special says: A mob fired the Bristol tun-
nel on the Shawnee division of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, early this morn
ing, and nearly three hundred feet have
caved in, necessitating the transfer of pas
sengers. The guard were run out by the
mob, and 1t IS thought dynamite was used.
Hazen's Charges.
WASHINGTON, January 2d.-Lieutenant-
General Sherman has replied to General
Hazen, informing him that no official no.
tice can be taken of the informal charges
he preferred against General McKeever. If
General Hazen wishes to pursue the matter
further 1t will be necessary for him 10 pre-
fer formal charges and specifications.
Mormon Elder in Massachusetts.
BosToE, January 2d-Elder William II.
Kelly, OF Lomoni, Iowa, one of the Twelve
Apostles and of high council in the Joseph
ite Recognized Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter Day Saints, arrived here to-day on
business connected with his church.
The Movement for the Relief of General
GRAFT.
New Yo8E, January The movement
for raising $l00,0 900 TO relieve the personal
effects of General Grant from mortgage
liability has taken practical shape. Cyrus
w Field received to-day from d. B. Wes-
son, of Springfield Mass, a check Tor 81 ,00G
as his contribution towards the fund.
Eealth of General Grant.
WASHINGTON, January 2d.-A prominent
Government official says that when in New
York few days ago he learned that five
physicians had been called in consultation
to examine the state of General Grants
health, and arrived at the conclusion thai
the General was completely broken down
physically, and required absolute rest.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
BosToN, January 2d.-The gross earnings
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Ft
Railroad for eleven months were S15,056,
S00-an increase over the same period O.
the previous year OF 30 per cent. The
operating expenses were s. ,Si5. .4U0-an in.
crease OF 1876 per cent.
strike of Iveavers.
NORTH ADAMS tMass.l January 2d.-OnC
hundred wcavers in Johnson'S ginghan
mill struck this morning, because of a re
dUctiOn of 10 per cent. in wages. They
have been ordered from their tenements
1t is probable that ali hands viii strike to
morrow.
NcAN -AtNA--t as ana NA-aGA p
BosToN, January 2d-A gold medal vii
be presented to George William Curtis by
the citizens of Boston, as &n acknowledg
ment of bis eulogy OF Wendell Phillips
delivered in April last.
Continued Reduction in Wages.
PITTsBURG, January 2d.-Notice of re
duction of from 10 to 25 cent in the WAGE
OF the steel workers at Coshocton, o.. ha.
been given. Half of the workers vii
strike.
Telegraph Rates.
CHIcAGo January 2d-The Baltimor,
and Ohio make the telegraph rates from
Chicago to New York fifteen cents. TIL,
same raJe has been made by the Mutua
Union. The Postal makes rate of twent,
cents, and the Western Union makes no re
duction.
Destruction by Fire.
North ADAMS (Mass.) January 2d.-Th,
Ellen wooden mill was burned this morn
ing. The engine and boiler-rooms and tn,
picker house We're saved. Loss, $I00, eco
insured.
SUPERIOR COURT.