Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-16

OF the late cX- Governor b. GratZ Brown |
took place this morning from his residence |
at Kirk wood. Immediate friends and rela- !
tives, TO the number Of about 200, were in |
attendance. There was no public demon !
stratiOn, the family of deceased preferring |
a simple funeral. The remains were in
tered at 0akhill Cemetery, where deceased |
had expressed desire TO be buried.
Government Control of Telegraphs
New YORK, December 15th.-The llal2 |
and Express contains & strong Endorsement
by Cyrus W. Field of Senator Edmunds'
bill regarding Government control of the
telegraph. He says: In my opinion the
time has come when the Government
should purchase the telegraph lines of the
country. A law should be passed by Con-
gress making all purchases, so that every
company should be bound by the same
principle. Each telegraph company should
select an arbitrator and the Government
choose another. ifthese two disagree, they
ought to choose a third, who should be a
man thoroughly experienced, and regarded
as an expert in the business. These arbiJra-
tors should have power to examine reports
and accounts, SO as to arrive at the actual
net profits"
Another Monopoly.
New YORK, December 15tb.-The latest
form of moneyed combination is the Pro-
prietdry Apartmenth house League, COM
posed of rich landlords OF the principal flat
houses, such as the Cordoya, the Madrid,
the Barcelona, and other tall and swell edi-
fees The opposition developed last winter
to tall structures of this kind is to be met
here and at Albany by the organization of
capital professedly to secure such legisa-
ton as may be necessary, and to oppose
such as may be detrimental; also to facili-
OF kha solo a,lH l.sasn nf tr,oo - ~ nd
the borrowing of money thereon, and to
have the stock and apartments in such
companies listed and dealt in at the Real
Estate Exchange. In this incipient pool
lies hidden, probably, the germ of another
New York monopoly.
The New York Type-Setting Contest
McCann the Winner.
NEW YORK, December 15th.-The type
setting contest between Joseph McCann, of
the Herald, and W. Barnes, of the World,
for the championship of the city and State,
took place here to-day, in the presence of a
large number Of printers. The purse con-
tended for was 81 900. The trial lasted four
hours, beginning at II o'clock. The type
was minion, set without paragraphs
Barnes finished his first 1,000 ems in 20
minutes and 30 seconds, and McCann cont
pleted his first 600 two minutes later. AT
3 o'clock, when time was called, McCann
had set S0624 ems. and Barnes 1851. Then
each man was obliged to correct his own
proofs. When the corrections had been
made and the number of lines deducted
which each had lost through mistakes, it
was found that McCann had 1862 ems to
his credit, and Barnes 6,376 McCann was
declared the winner.
Democratic Mayor Reelected in Boston.
BosroN, December 15th-The balloting
to-day for Mayor of this city resulted in
the reelection of Hugh 0'Brien Demo
craft over ]. NJ. Clark Republican, by
majority of S,597, in total vote of "a 757.
/ O'Brien's majority is the largest ever given
to Mayoraity candidate i'll Boston.
The Virginia Senatorship.
RICHMOND (Va), December 1jth.-Both
branches of the General Assembly met in
separate session to-day. and nominated
| The joint session takes place tomorrow
| Destruction by FIRE.
! WILMINGTON (DeI), December 18TH
! The Arlington cotton mills were bErned
here to-day.
Pleuro-P Pneumonia in Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER. December 18th. - Pieuro-
pneumonia has developed among a large
herd of cattle near West Willow, in this
I COliIllN anu StNSiSll dliIlidlS nave difSduN
died. DR.. Bridge, the State Veterinarian,
visited the herd yesterday, and ordered four
/ killed ana the rest quarantined.
i Contagious Ophthalmia Among Children.
/ New YORK, December 15th-A. M.-Con-
/ tagrous ophthalmia among children in pub
j lie institutions has increased to such an
/ extent that the Academy of Medicine has
! taken the matter up, and the Committee
/ on Ophthalmia has arranged to thoroughly
investigate the disease. About twenty-five
/ prominent physicians have been selected
j to visit the institutions.
Guarding VanderbiIt's Tomb.
New York, December 16th-A. NJ
/ Phillip Mccarthy and Charles Smith were
arrested this morning for theft. In their
/ rooms were found papers and memoranda
| referring to the scheme to rob the Wander
bilt Tomb at Newdorp. The iron gates Of
the old Moravian cemetery at Newdorp,
Staten Island, are closed every night at 6
o'clock, and four of PinkertOn's detectives,
armed with heavy navy revolvers, take the
place of three similarly armed men, who,
during the afternoon, have been on guard
at the tomb of William H Vanderbilt.
! Others are concealed in the bushes around
| the tomb, while the road on either side of
the gate is well watched. During the day
the guard is less numerous than at
night, but no precautions are relaxed. To-
| day two sentry boxes were put in position
near the tomb. Some of The precautions
taken TO prevent a violation of the tomb
are such that an account Of them cannot
! be published. A niche in the vault IN which
| the coffin of the dead millionaire is placed
| is connected with an electrical alarm, and
even if tunnel could be driven
to the tomb, any attempt to re-
/ move the body, or any tampering
with the wires of the alarm, would be
made known Immediately at the head
quarters of the detectives. A registering
alarm-clock has been placed near the gate
Of the vault, and at short intervals the
guard is required to register his presence at
the tomb. No attempt to remove the body
is expected, in view of the precautions
taken to prevent it, but the watch over the
tomb will be maintained in the same man,
ner until the mausOleum is finished, when
it will be almost impossible for any number
of grave robbers to carry away the body.
/ Well-Known Political Character Dead.
NEW YORK, December 15th-A. M.-Pat
rick, or Paddy" Burns. a well-known
character in political circles in this city
and walking encyclopedia Of political in
formation, died yesterday morning at Belle
vue Hospital, after short illness.
Boycottins in New York.
NEW YORK, December 16th-A M.-Tht
boycotting by the Central Labor Union, o
John Sherman, Secretary Endicott Warne
Miller and other statesmen, for stopping al
the tifth-avenue Hotel, has attracted some
attention. Recently the proprietors of thu
Fifth avenue became involved in a quarre
with the Painters Labor Union, and tht
latter Association Immediately decided t.
boycott the hotel, and every one whC
stopped there. For obvious reasons, The
boycott only extends to public men, anC
men of business prominence. John Sher
man was one OF the first to 90 to the hote
after the declaration OF war, and the morn
ing after his arrival he found among hi
letters circular, telling him that the hote
was in a state of seige, and that he mus
leave it at once if he wished 10 save hi
social and political future. The circular
went on to say that the Central Labo
Union was a powerful organization anC
could ruin any man, socially, commercial,
or politically, if they so desired Sherman
. simply turned the circular over TO one o
, the clerks of the hotel, saying that he ha,
no use for it. He continued t,
stay at the hotel nOtyithstaud