Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-27

speak to any person except the guards.
/ This individual told the prisoner that there
! were two others like him aboard the YES
| sci. Ireland was warned that if he made
any difficulty it would be all the worse for
him before the Court-martial.
General Grant as a Witness.
New YORK, March 26th-In the trial OF
eX-President Fish, of the Marine Bank,
General Grant was examined to-day at his
residence, by consent of counsel of both
parties. 1t was about $50 when the coun-
| sci arrived al the house. The General had
| lust returned from drive through the
! Park. He took reclining position in an
arm chair, and put his feet upon another
chair as the lawyers began their question
| ing II was agreed between counsel that
| the testimony of witnesses be taken subject
to objections to be stated at the reading
thereof in Court tomorrow The admins
tering OF the oath was waived, the deposi-
ton to be taken with the same effect, by
consent of counsel. The Generals memory
as to details were defective but whenever
counsel seemed particularly anxious to get
an answer, witness tried to connect events
and dates with something else that occurred
at about the same time, and thus got q
| the answer desired. His evidence was
given in a perfectly calm manner, without
|
one He told all he knew about the firm
of Grant & Ward, and even to the circum-
stances of his entering the firm. Once OF
| twice the witness was asked if he were
tired, but each time answered that he
wasn't When the examination was con-
Guided, a short chat took place between the
General and the lawyers, in course OF
which General Smith remarked that he
thought the patient was looking quite
well. We'll, said General Grant i'll reply
somewhat slowly and seriously, Il know
am a very sick man." The particulars Of
the testimony will be first made known
| when the evidence is read III Court to-mor-
row.
An Insane millionaire and His Children.
| New YORK, March 26th.-Charles W.
| Durant Il millionaire railroad man, who
lived at % Fifth avenue, WAS adjudged to
be Of unsUund mind by 4 Sherii4s jury
about two weeks ago, upon q petition OF
his daughter, Mrs Henry c. Bowers. Mrs
! Bowers alterWard had the care of her
father ut the Fifth avenue residence until
| Tuesday last On that day Howard VI.
Durant, Mrs. Bowers brother, called to
| take his father "out to lunch, promising
| his sister that his father would be at GER
tain place at Il certain hour. Mrs Bowers
sent for her father nj the appointed hour,
! but the latter was not to he found. The
daughter alterward learned that her brother
! had taken the old gentleman to his How
ard ; rcsidenceun East Fifty seventh street,
and was keeping him there. y motion to
confirm the inquisition OF the Sheriff ;
| jury, and for the appointment of COM
mittee to take charge Of Mr.. Durant's per-
son and estate, came no in the Supreme
| Court to-day. Mrs. Bowers counsel also
g
Durant TO his daughters care, pending the
| appointment Of committee. In her pc
! tition, Mrs. Bowers claims that Frederick
| Durant, another brother, who has managed
! the estate of her father for long time, is
! indebted To the estate to the amount of
| Sl75,000 and that Howard owes 100000.
/ including $4,000 he obtained from the old
gentleman last summer.
The Oklahoma Situation.
ARKANSAS CITY (Kansas), March 26th.-
! The oklahoma boomers have received u
| telegram from their repTesen ;atiYes at
| Washington. to the effect that a Com
mission would be appointed at once to in
vestigate the legal status of the Oklahoma
| lands. General Hatch, who returned to-
day from Caldwell states that he has in
| formation that the men who will compose
the Commission are Senators ingalls,,
| Dawes and Morgan. lie SAYS he has no
doubt the Presidents proclamation will be
enforced, as far as the boomers are con-
concerned, but doubts much if the cattle
men are driven out of Oklahoma, though
| they will not be permitted to establish
ranches there. He says the Government
| lands have always been open to grazing.
| Ii is not grass that the Government is look
| ing out for but the occupancy of the lands
flor settlement without the consent OF
| Congress.
An Instance of Entertaining an Angel
Unawares.'
CHARLOTTE IN. CT March 26th.-Near
! Wadesboro, Tuesday evening, tramp
called at the house OF two ladies, and asked
Tor lodging. They finally agreed TO lock
him in closet About midnight the ladies
were awakened by a negro, who had come
| into the room. He threatened to kill them
if they made an cutlery, and demanded
money which one of the ladies said she
would get. She then went to the closet and
unlocked the door, when the tramp sprang
out, pistol in hand. The negro started to
run, bat the tramp fired, killing him in
Stantly. Shortly after it was discovered
that the supposed negro was a white man
and neighbar. who had blackened his face
and invaded the house.
Celebration by the Fort Sumter Club.
New YORK, March 2G!h.-The twentieth
anniversary Of the raising Of the American
flag over Fort Sumter sill be celebrated by
the Sumter Club at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music April 18th Il is proposed the
coming celebration shall eclipse all pre-
rious efforts. General Sheridan sent a
characteristic letter, in response to an invi-
tation, assuring the club of his profound
satisfaction " on learning that such men of
national fame whose names head YOUR
sheet still cherish the memory and cele-
brate an event of equal If not more mpor-
lance than the Declaration of lndepend-
enCe, because Sumter is a monument of the
fact that the United States could and did
maintain their integrity, whereas the other
Was only string of words.
strike Among Docl, Laborers.
NEW York, March 26th.--A Philadelphia
special says: The ocean steamships Of the
American lines now in port here are likely
to remain in the docks some time in CON
sequence Of q general strike against the re-
ducti0n Of wages Of more than 800 iaborcrs
employed 10 load and unload their ships
The British Crown, which was to have
sailed to-day in ali probability will not be
able to 90 to sea this week The men have
been paid = 80 4 day, and - 30 when
WORKING at hlSht, with 81 for SUNDAYS
They We're offered 81 80 for each dav or
night employed, withsut extra compcnsa-
ton for Sundays or holidays, but 81 was
demanded, which was refused. when all
quit work.
Deaths from Pneumonia.
New YoRE, March 2Gth.-Specials show
that pneumonia has been unusually fatal
and IS still prevalent in most Eastern cities.
in New York the deaths since the LIST of
January to March 10Th were .l52. In
Boston Pneumonia caused more deaths in
proportion to the population than in any
other city in the country. During the past
two years 1t has been almost rs fatal as
consumption. There were 2t1 deaths from
this cause in January and February, and
for tho week ending March 18th there were
IS deaths out ot 1913 from oil causes. The
best physicians have been giving the
disease more attention than usual. but the
number OF recoyeries compared with the
number of deaths is generally conceded 10
be very small after the disease makes pro-
greSs. Pneumonia is still very prevalent
in Washington, sESty-iour deaths occurring
last month.
Synagogue Dedicated.
New York, March 96th.-The Synagogue
of Congregation kishnai Jsshurun, on
Madison avenue. between Sixtv-fourth and
Sixty-tifth streets, was dedicated Yesterday.
The audience filled every seat and took up
much Of thtsSfandiuv roam The bitiIdiuo