Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-17
The Grand Army and the Grant Monu-
ment.


Army Of the Republic, has returned from |
the encampments AT Gettysburg and Spring |
field, Ill. To Republican reporter General |
Burdette to-day said that at each of these |
places he spoke to the veterans regarding |
the erection of monument TO General |
Grant, and they were unanimously in |
favor of its location in Washington. " 1t |
would have done you good, said he, " TO |
see the enthusiasm that was awakened at |
the chance given the boys 10 honor their |
dead commander. The Grand Army pro- |
poses to subscribe 10 cents from every |
member, and there are 100000 of them |
throughout this country. They mean to |
erect the monument to General Grant in |
Washington, and | don't think the |
day is far distant when General Grant |
will be placed for final rest in |
Washington" In reply to General Z. B. !
Hayes letter, suggesting that the authori- !
ties of the G. a. K. encourage their COM
rades to contribute to the building Of a
monument on the grave of General Grant,
General Burdette says: have been
unable to bring my mind into accord with
yours on that point. | hold to the opinion
that the Grand Army will desire first of
all to erect its own distinctive monument
TO our comrade. Not at great cost, but
for that purpose raising only such sum
as, composed in equal contribution of
each individual comrade. shall be
within ready and glad gift of the poorest.
The national monument to be erected to
General Grant should be of such proper
tons as to be beyond reach of private
benevOlences, and Of right and propriety
ought to be ordered by the Congress of the
United States ana paid for out of the
national treasury, and that consequently
the Grand Army should not be called upon
for the effort you Indicate"
Maxwell, the Murderer, Arrives at st.
Louis.
ST. LOUIS, August 16th.-Walter A. Len
nox Maxwell, alias T. c. Daughter. alias
Hugh NJ. Brooks, the supposed murder of
c. Arthur Preller at the Southern Hotel
in this city on the 9th of last April, arrived
here about o'clock this morning. from
San Francisco, III charge of detective Tracy
and officer Badger. of the St Louis police
force. A crowd of from two to three thou
sand men, women and children were at the
depot when the train arrived and there
was great scramble among them TO get q
view OF the prisoner but good order was
preserved. Maxwell and his custodans were
met by Chief of Police Harrigan with
q detachment of police. and were
placed in patrol wagon and driven to the
-Four Courts, where, after a short stop in
the detectives room in the police head
quarters, he was put i'll the =" hold over"
and is being held under an alias warrant,
which was sworn out last Friday by the
proper authority. Accounts by reporters
who rode in from Halstead, Ks. on the
train with Maxwell, and had free access to
him and TO the officers in charge of him,
are to the effect that he absolutely refused
10 talk about his case, and positively as
serted that he has at no time or place made
any statements in regard to it. or in
nCl-rtGNrlarlool +lo4 L, /
anything to do with Prellers murder, or
knew anything about it. He SAYS all the
stories to the contrary are wholly untrue.
Detective Tracy also SAYS that Maxwell has
made no statement Maxwell wrote out
while on the train, for a reporter of the
Republican, an account of his trip from st.
Louis to Auckland, his arrest there and re-
turn trip, but II IS commonplace story of
minor events, and contains no information
Of interest. Detective Tracy thinks that
further Developments will show Maxwell
to be weak man mentally but that he has
got one idea wedged into his mind that his
safety depends on his silence, and that he
will startle nobody with q romantic defense.
Tracy thinks he killed Preler for money.
and that the few admissions he has made
point in that direction; that his VOYAGE
from ST. Louis to Auckland was a money
spending debauch, and not a wel-planned
NoSttpN fAoill JuSitNG1 anu IfldL IL WAS me
luck chat takes care of drunkards and fools
that stood him in stead, not any good
management of his own.
The American Turf
NEW YORK, August 1Gth.-The Times has
the following of the race for the Criterion
stakes at Monmouth Park yesterday. in
which Haggin's flly Preciose ran: The
horses were exactly one hour at their post.
The spectators frequently manifested i'm
patience and displeasure by stamping. Pre-
closa had two lengths the best of Housa-
tonic, with Inspector B. third, Salisbury
fourth. As they rushed along the back
stretch. Housatonic, running very fast,
overlook Pure Rye. On reaching the half
mile pole he showed his head in front of
Pure Rye. Preciosa was third, length
and q bait behind them, followed by In
spector b.. They ran in this order round
the lower turn, but at the three-quarter
pole Housat0nic was a head in The van,
while Preciosa had secured second place.
half a length i'll front of Inspector B. Pure
Rye fell back on the home-stretch. Preciosa
took the lead and looked a winner. when
up came Pure Rye with rush, and won
by three lengths, Preciosa second, half
length before Housatonic.
Attempted Assassination of a Family.
SHAWNEE Ohio, August I6th.-Between
and O clock this morning an effort was
made to assassinate the family of Hugh
Kinney by throwing a hand grenade or
bomb into the sleeping chamber. The
windows were shattered, the walls were
wrecked and large holes torn in the floor.
Mr.. Kinney was found lying at the foot of
the bed. badly mangled and bleeding and
Mrs. Kinney had run into the yard and
given an alarm She was badly wounded.
Mr.. Kinney was looked upon in the COM
mlnlty OF miners as an informer of i'm
portant actions of miners, keeping opera
tors posted of their movements. and he had
been threatened. The Village Council held
meeting this afternoon. and offered a re-
ward for the apprehension of the perpetra-
tors. The feeling is very high in the COM
munlty and it is thought if the proper par
ties are found there will be some lynching |
done. Mr.. Kinney and his wifes injuries |
Will not prove fatal, unless the wounds are |
more serious than now supposed.
Accidental Drowning of Four Boys.
PITTsBURG, August 10th. A skiff in |
which were six boys, ranging in age from |
to IL years, capsized in the middle of the |
Monongahela river, below lock No. 1. this |
afternoon about O'Clock, drownine,
Charles and Mark Rich, Court Alters and |
Jacob Meizler. The other two. Charles
Meixner and George Skidlander, succeeded |
IN reaching the shore III safety. The acct |
dent happened in sight of hundreds of peo-
pie, but before succor could reach the I'M
fortunate lads they had sunk for the last |
time.
Brakeman Killed by Negro Tramp.
NASHVILLE, August 16th.-As the south |
bound freight train on the Louisville & |
Nashville Railroad was pulling out from |
Edgefield Junction, ten miles north of this |
city, two young negro roustabouts got into |
an empty box-car for the purpose of steal |
ing ride. They were ordered of by the |
brakeman, when an alteration ensued |
between the brakeman and the negroes. |
one of the latter throwing a stone. which |
hit one brakeman. The latter chased the |
negroes up the road and into a cornfield. |
The foremost of the pursuers followed into |
the cornfeld, and was shot and killed by |
one of the negroes, both of whom escaped. |
Shot and Killed.
New ORLEANS, August 16th.-A Vicks-
burg dispatch to the Times Delsocrat saws
News is received here of the killing. at Sun
nyside, on the Tailahadehie river. last sun
day, of J. a. McMath, manager of John
Tylers Belle Chase plantation, by DR..
Adair, manager OF D. W. Burdens Beverly