Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-28
BONE AND ABROAD.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO rHE aEooap-usros.I
DOMESTIC N,GtyS.


| DOMESTIC N3itES.
Floral Tributes for Grants Tomb.
NEW YORK, May 27th.-Judsipg from
the rapldlty with which floral tributes are
belng sent to adorn the tomb of General
orant on DECORATION Day, the entire edifice
Will pe buried beneath a mound of flowers
with horai offerings filling every mock and
corner IN the tomb itself Two handsome
date palms arrived Tuesday from Bermu-
da; San Francisco sent wreath of Califor-
ma laurel; Leadville, Col, forwarded
wreath OF Rocky Mountain evergreens :;
from Connecticut, Norwich sent a wreath
and pillow; handsome offering was also
received from Havana, Cuba Wilmington,
Dei., sent TWO tributes from Jacksonville
rla there were loads of oleanders and
poinegranate tree seven feet high L. S.
ufant fost, No. 67, of Bay City, Mich. sent
an immense floral tribute, six by eight feet,
OF RED and white immortelles, surmounted
oy white dove per he'd on scroll bearing
the word Peace" Below in semicrcle
| Is the name " Grant" with four stars. the
mark OF his rank A letter from Nashville
Tenn, states that George w. BRYANT will
come with floral sword and floral pen
crossed Assistant Adjutant- General S. L.
blchtoru, OF the Grand Army of Virginia
has sent handsome floral urn, and letter
has Just been received from Senior NJ. Ro-
nero, the Mexican Minister at Washing
! ton stating that handsome bush which
the Mexican Government sent for decorat-
| ing the tomb, has arrived, and that he him
self intends to join the procession on Deco
ration Day. which now promises to be one
OF the most imposing ever witnessed here.
| The Preller Murder Case.
| ST LOUIS, May 27th.-In the PrelIer
murder case to-day Maxwell declared that
the statement of detective Mccullough was
| an infamous lie. He also stated that his
attorney had received the letter signed
Strattoh, Offering to prove that dead
body was taken into the hotel on the dav
of Preller's death. This was declined and
was believed to be trap of the prosecu-
lion. Witness then Withdrew with the
understanding that he should be allowed
to testify again should it be found that anv
important points had been omitted.
The prosecution then took the witness
and proceeded with his cross-eXamination.
| In reply to question the prisoner stated
that he introduced himself as ". II. Len
nox Maxwell to Preller on board the
Cephalonia soon after leaving Liverpool.
| but that that was not his name | assumed
The name almost Immediately after leaving
Hyde. never told anyone why left, not
even my father and mother, for l wanted
to come TO America, and | knew thew
l
ing physiology, anatomy, chemistry and
medicine when | was about y years of
age, and | attended lectures and one of
| the hospitals in London and became pro-
| hcient in these branches of the science.
also studied privately.
| [SECOND DISPATCH.l
ST. LOUIS, May 27th.-Further features
of Maxwells testimony to-day were his adj
mission that his statement in a letter to
| Preller, saying that he held certain medical
degrees, was lie; his contradiction of a
former statement that he wrote the mar
glnai notes In the wade mecum about the
| pes method of administering chloroforn
! before he came to this country; his admis-
sion, when shown the forged diploma of
The Royal College of Surgeons, London.
that he wrote 1t, saying it was simply to
keep himself up in the practice of penman-
| snip, and his plea of intoxicatiOn as a
means of accounting for other peculiar
statements and contradictions
| The Post Dispatch this evening states that
| upon an examination of Prellers remains.
| which were exhnmed for that purpose,
| three doctors will testify that the presence
of no such disease existed as that which
| Maxwell claims to have treated
Kni ;hts of Labor Convention,
CLEVELAND MAY 27th.-In the General
| Assembly of the Knights of Labor, at the
| session this morning. the Committee on
Laws presented partial report embodying
number of propositions, only one of
which was taken up. The first proposition
was, in effect, that the Executive Board
should be increased from five to eleven.
The Committee on Legislation was then
appointed. At . o'clock recess was taken
until tomorrow morning. at which time
the Committee on State of the Order is ex-
rec;ed to report.
PowDERLYS PLAN.
CINCINYATI, May 27th.-To-night it is
said that Powderly's plan for the future
government of the Order is the establish
ment of State Assemblies. There will then
be four Assemblies. The Local Assem-
blies will be subordinate to the Districts.
the Districts to the State and the State to
the National. The plan is reported to be
very popular among those of the delegates
who have heard of it. 1t will do away
with many unnecessary strikes 1t pro-
vides, among other things, that no Assem-
bly, but the State and National shall have !
mower to order either a strike or boycott !
Ii Local Assembly wants TO order a
strike. il must first get the consent of the |
District and then tha State Assemblies.
Wine Legislation.
WASHINGTON, May 27th.-The Wavs and !
a substitute for the sweet wine bill referred |
to the committee early in the session. and /
supported by the California delegation |
Mr.. Wetmore who has been very active in |
matters pertaining TO the interests of the |
vitcultursts, says that the delegation will !
not oppose the bill when it is presented in |
the House, but reserve the right to amend !
it. 1t is SO late in the session that they do |
not want TO oppose it actively now. The !
bill, which was reported by Harris of |
Georgia, from the Ways and Means Com !
mittee, to-day, covers part of the demand of /
the yine-growers To the extent Of the /
fortitication of wines when intended for !
expectation, with grape brandy, free of |
tax. Mr.. Wetmore states that the friends !
of the sweet wine bill III its entirety were !
requested to make no contest in committee |
over the report of the subcommittee but to !
reserve the right of amendment on the |
floor, which was done by Mckinley of /
Ohio. 1t is probable that no attempt to
amend will be made in the House, but that
this work will be left for action in the SEN
ate. Meanwhile Senator Stanford will in
troduce wine bills for advance consideration
in the Senate Committee ON Finance
Caucus of Republican Senators.
WAsHINGToN, May 27th.-The Republi-
can Senators held an order of business eau
Gus this morning, but accomplished little
besides deciding TO take up at once the bill
to forfeit the Northern Pacific land grant
from Wallula to Portland, ana to refer the
House arbitration bill to special com
mittee, of which General Logan is Chair
man. The latter action was taken in spite
of the protests of several members of the
Committee on Education and Labor. The
Caucus Committee was taken to tasly for