Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-20
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Grants Continued Improvement
Production of Gold and Sill
yer-Affairs Abroad.
DOMESTIC.

IsrEcIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNloN.l
DOMESTIC.
General Grants Apparent Victory Over
Disease.
New YORK, April 9th-Everything
passed quietly at the Grant mansion last
night Cyrus w. Field drove up to the
house at 9:45 this morning, and had short
conversation with the General, whom he
said he found feeling and looking much
better than on his previous visit. He said
the doctors would not allow the General
out just at present, the air being SO chilly.
AT 11;30 the General appeared at front
window, and seemed to enjoy the bright
sunshine which streamed in upon him.
People passing on the other side of the
ing their hats, which the General recognized
time Jesse Grant went out for stroll with
his little daughter Nellie She saw the up
turned faces on the other side of the street,
looked up to the window where
the General Stood and quickly
placing both chubby hands to her
lips, threw kiss to him. There grand
pa cried the child, as she did so, and in
response Grant nodded to the child and
smiled.
At > o'clock the entire staff of physicians
met in consultation, after which this bulle-
tin was issued
2P. NAT a consultation held at this hour,
Drs. Barker, Sands, Shrady and Douglas pres
ent, General Grant was found to be in an i'm
proved condition, both general and local, as
compared with the last statement The physi
clans in attendance are and have been in entire
hn al q
case. J. II. DOUGLAS, NJ. D.,
GEO. +. SHRADY, NJ. ID.
Unless an unforeseen change for the
worse occurs there will not he another gen
cral consultation in a week. DR.. Shrady
will not call again until Wednesday. DR..
Douglas will be in charge, and will remain
nights if General Grant desires The other
doctors are TO be in readiness to respond to
call from DR.. Douglas, should change
take place The General this afternoon,
for the first time in many days, slept an
hour upon Il bed. General George B. Nc
Clellan, Sidney Dillon and Alex. 5. Webb
called in the afternoon.
New YORK, April 22th.-Senator Stan
ford, accompanied by Rev Dr. j. 2. New
man, entered the Grant residence about s
o'clock tonight, ana they remained for two
hours. When they emerged from the house
DIR. Newman said: Grant is wonderfully
cheerful. He thought that Mrs. Stanford
came with US, and he walked down stairs
to the iparlor to welcome her. He found
out his mistake, and was escorted back to
the library again by way of the elevator
Douglass came again about 9 o'clock, and
said there would be no bulletins during the
night. Gen. Grant will be without any
medical attendant tonight.
Nothing to Gain by Remaining Longer
in Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 19th.-Hearst has
given up the fight and gone home He and
McCoppin left here to-day. The recent in
terview these gentlemen have had with the
President has convinced them that they
will gain nothing by remaining in Wash
ngton. Henley has arrived at the same
conclusion, and is packing his effects pre-
paratory to returning to California.
Gold and Silver.
WASHINGTON, April 19th.-Burchard, Di-
rector of the Mint, III his special annual re-
port on the production of gold and silver in
the United States for the calendar year
1884, which has been ordered printed esti-
mates the production Of the country to have
been Cold $50, 100000 silver. computed
at the silver dollar coming rate SIS, 500 600;
total $40 100000. This shows an increase
over the yield Of the previous year of about
100000 i'll gold and 81, 400 900 in silver
Pleuro-Pneumonia in Missouri
ST. LOUIS, April 19th-Dispatches from
Fulton, Mo, state that the people of Gala
way county are greatly discouraged at the
failure so far TO stamp out pleuro-pneumO-
MA among the cattle in that county. Lead
ing Stockmen OF St. Louie will make a per-
sonal appeal to the Governor for an extra
session of the Legislature. 1t is said that
the cattle interest in the State has already
suffered a depreciation in value Of over
half million dollars.
Iron and Steel Workers.
PIrTsBURG, April 19th.-The National
Scale Convention of the Amaigamated As
ISOLATION OF Iron and Steel Workers ad-
iourned at 6 o'clock this morning. after n
continuous secret session Of tH entv hours.
Nothing definite is known regarding the
action taken, as the delegates refused to
talk. 1t is generally believed, however.
that last years scale of 81 80 per ton for
puddlers was reatfirmed.
Conservation of Bishop.
BALTIMORE, April 18th -Monsignor 4. J.
Glorieux was to-day consecrated in the
cathedral in this city as Bishop Partilus
Intideiium and Apostolic Vicar of Idaho.
The rite was conducted with all the cere-
mony and pomp possible. Archbishop
Gibbons was the consecrator, Very Rev. 4.
Magnien was the attending priest, Revs. b.
J. McMinus and A. Boyer were masters of
ceremonies, Rev. T. S. Lee was reader of
the bulls and Rev. G. W. Dcvine deacon of
the mass. The assistant consecrating
Bishops were Gross of Savannah and Macs
of Covington, Ky. Bishops BRANDED, of
Montana, and Keane, of Richmond, Va,
were also present.
Sudden and Destructive Flood in the Rio
Grande.
LAREDO (Tex.), April 19th.-A wave
eight feet high came rushing down the Rio
Grandc this morning with terrific force, and
carried away a line of bents Of the Mexican
National Railway bridge. In a few hours
the river rose twelve feet and then rapidly
run down. The rise resulted from great
waterspout. which fell some miles above
the city. The large quantity of drift indi-
Gates great destruction of ranch property
above.
Death of Dan Mace, the Famous Driver.
New York, April l9th.-Dan Mace, the
famous driver of trotting horses, died to-day
at his residence, No 81 West Forty seventh
street. from Bright's disease.
-Four Persons Burned to Death.
READING Pa April 19th.-About 4
ocloc, this morning a fire occurred in a
frame building several miles from the city,
in which four persons, Harry Vented, aged
II. Charles Vented, aged 49, sons of the
proprietor, and Charles and Fred HetZilger,
brothers, aged Is and %, were burned to
death. The cause of the fire is a mystery.
Explosion of Dynamite Works.
New YORK, April 20th-A, M.-An ex-
plosion occurred yesterday afternoon at the
dynamite works of the American Forcite
Powder Company. These works are among
the largest of their kind in the United
States, and are on the banks of Lake Sop
atcong, in New Jersey. Dispatches say it
was found that a large acid tank,
containing about 5000 pounds of
materials had exploded. The tank
stood between the acid houses of the
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