Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-25

DOMESTIC NEWS.
General Grants VIII.
PHILADELPHIA, August 24th.-The Press
Washington special says: General Frede-
rick t. Dent, brother-in-law of General
Grant, was spoken to to-day with regard to
the statement Of George ". Childs, that
Grant made will during his residence at
Long Branch last summer. General
Grant did make Will" said Dent, "but at
that time he had something to leave his
wife and children. When he died he had
absolutely nothing to bequeath. What was
the use, then, of will made when he had
property. | know, however, that he left
explicit instructions to Mrs. Grapt, which
will be as sacred to her as any will that
could be drawn" General Dent also said:
1t was the wish of Fred Grant that his
father be buried at Arlington l am salts
fed the entire family would have liked
him to lie there, but who was there that
could guarantee that Mrs. Grant could rest
beside him? Congress alone has jurisdic-
ton over the ground at Arlington"
Visitors to Grants Tomb.
New YORK, August 24th.-The rain
| caught very few persons mapping at River
side Park yesterday morning. In the after
, noon, however, about $4,000 visited Grants
tomb. On week days the majority of the
visitors are strangers. Sundays they are
generally residents of the city. 1t is esti-
mated that 100000 people have visited the
tomb since the day of the funeral
Challenged to a Duel.
BAR HARBoR Me-, August 24th.-A
sensational story has just leaked out here
the substance of which is as follows While
| a prominent politician of New York CITY
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visiting the flagship Tennessee with party
of ladies, certain Lieutenant on board
who was still wearing mourning Grape on
his arm, INDUCED in slanderous remarks
against General Grants character and
| career. The politician became very angry
On his return to shore he sent the Sian.
derer q challenge to fight a duel. The lat
ter declined, on the grounds that dueling
| is in violation of the navy regulations. The
! irate gentleman then notified the officer
that he would shoot him on sight unles:
he accepted. The Lieutenant finally &C
cepted, but while preliminaries were being
arranged, the Admiral heard rumors of the
affair, and declined to permit the Lieuten.
ant to go ashore, thus frustrating the due
! for the present at least.
Against the Breaking Up of the Old
| Parties.
| New YORK, August 24th.-The san in
| its leader in reply to communication
| from 4. J. Hamilton, dated Beaverton, Or.
asking the San editor to head a movement
| for the dissolution of both the Republican
| and Democratic parties, and the election OF
the next President as peoples candidate
| on peoples platform, replies - The Vita
differences between the Democrats and Re
| pubicans forbid the breaking up of the Ole
| parties. As to whether Cleveland is Dem.
| ocrat or Republican, we must wait and
seen
Rumors About Beecher.
New YORK, August 24th.-Rumors have
| recently been afioat that Beecher is to be
| retired from Plymouth Church The ru.
| mors are denied almost officially. The
| World says one reason is that of Beecher's
attitude during the recent campaign
Another fact is that the divine is rapidly
| nearing the age of four score, and there
| fore will soon be unable to fulfill many OF
| the duties demanded by such an exacting
| congregation. Still others, it is said, are
determined TO dispense with Beechers SER
vices because runors are ahoat that he is a
| bankrupt.
Burchard's Notoriety.
NEW YORK, August 9th. = Rev. DR.
Burchard wanders around Saratoga like
the ghost Of an old gentleman, although
he looks very calm and serene, as if he had
| the clearest of consciences, vet he cannot
| be very comfortable He is one of the
most notorious men now living. Where
| ever he goes he is followed by the wink
and the smoker of some one, who regards
Bulchards existence as a huge Joke
There he goes y That's the man -
That is Cleveiand's best friendr' are the
! constant exclamations uttered in his hear
ing. He looks very patient under this fire
National Baseball League.
SARATOGA, August 24th-A meeting OF
| the joint Conference Committee of the Ma
| tional Baseball League and American AS
ISOLATION was held here to-day The
League was represented by A. H. Soden, of
Boston o. q. Spalding. of Chicago, and J.
b. Day, of New York, and the Association
by c.. Vanderahe, of st. Louis; C. A. Byrne.
of Brooklyn, and Lewis Simmons. of Phil
adeiphia. After a thorough discussion
plans were adopted governing the future
course of the two bodies. 1t was resolved
not to advance money to players on future
contracts, and it was further determined to
have the clubs of the two Associations
pledge themselves not tonegotiate nor con-
tract with any player under contract with
any League or Association club prior to the
10th OF October next. 1t was also agreed
that after the close of the championship
season the clubs of the Association would
interchange games. Other minor matters
were discussed and passed upon by the
committee, to be reported to the Associa-
tions for approval. The conference was
entirely harmonious
Investigating the Supervising Architect.
New York, August 24th.-A Washing
ton special to the Sun says /: The Treasury
Commission, which has been investigating
the Office of the Supervising Architect. has
ordered the suspension Of all payments in
the case of the new Postoffice building in
Kansas City. A bad state of things has
been developed there. At the last session
OF Congress $4,000 was appropriated for
the completion of the approaches TO the
building, for a clock, and for sewer connec-
tons. On the strength of this appropri-
alton citizens subscribed $4,000 for fine
clock, the bell of which was to enable res
idents OF the city and vicinity within a
radius of six miles to keep the time and
set their watches by. But months passed
by and there was no sign of the clock This
led to inquiry, and inquiry led to disagree
able revelations. It appears that the Super
vising Architect, Bell, has spent the whole
$4,000, and that only 81 400 of that sum
has gone for any of the objects embraced
in the appropriation. This sum was paid
for an iron fence. The sum of SIS 600 has
been spent for heavy marble wainscoting
within the Postoffice, for which there is
found no warrant in the appropriations.
The result is that accounts are suspended
and Mr.. Bell finds himself charged with
an illegal and improper expenditure of
public funds.
Suicide of a Bank Officer.
NEW YORK, August 24th.-Ex- Treasurer
Adams, of the birmingham Savings Bank,
whose accounts were last week made the sub
ject of special investigation by Bank Com
missioner Gatchell, and whose resignation
was requested, committed suicide in the
bank, this afternoon, by cutting his throat.
When found, revolver lay beside him.
which, it is supposed, he intended to use,
provided the razor did not accomplish the
work. This afternoon the ey-Treasurer,
who all through the trouble which the
| bank had been experiencing for the past
four days appeared TO be very cool and col
| lected, came to South birmingham from
his birmingham Center home, and went &c
the residence of one of the lawyers in
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