Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-29

duty he came here to perform.
Laughter.
Malone then proceeded to give
an exhaustive review OF the politi-
cal and financial history of Vir-
ginia for the last decade.
At the conclusion Of Mahone's
speech the roll was called on sew.
eral dilatory motions, but there
was no action on the pending reso-
luton or any further debate and ut
Sis the Senate adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Floods sAhAainx-Kaiireal and
Teiexrspn RcpasIs Nearly Com-
: plesed.
OMAHA, March 2Sth.-The situa-
tion in the inundated district In
the Platte river valley is much bet
ter than any one had reason to ex.
pect. The telegraph repairers went
to work early yesterday morning
and succeeded in getting up the
fallen wires between Fremont and
Columbus this afternoon, by which
through communication along the
Union was resumed. Dispatches
received at the Union Pacific
headquarters give the condition Of
the track at the old washUut, three
miles west Of Fremont. The new
track, which was finished last
Thursday, was mostly washed
away, many of the timbers being
fioatad clear into Fremont.
Further west, for o stretch of near
ly six miles, the road is so badly
washed that it will have to he al.
most entirely rebuilt. At North
point there is q serious and exten.
sive washout. From the north
bank to Columbus the track is In
fair shape. The pile bridge just
east of the Loup bridge, was par.
TALLY swept away and on both
sides of Loup river there are exten.
slvs washouts. A gang Of nearly
one hundred bridge repairers are
working hard at the Loup river pile
bridge and large gangs Of track re.
pairers are working from each end
Of the flooded portion of the road,
the water having subsidized yester.
day 80 that they can push right
along. BY the end of this week at
the farth est, trains will be running
over the eastern division as usual.
To-day they were started west by
way Of the Kansas City road to st.
Joe and from there over the st. Joe
and Western to Grand Island.
On the Union Pacific main line
beyond the flooded section, the
Burlington and Missouri road, over
which the Onion Pacific had been
running trains, is in bad shape,
owing to the high water having
rendered two or three bridges un.
safe and several Union Pacific
trains are now delayed on the road,
but expect to get in tomorrow.
Ths Burlington and Missouri road
ran no trains to-day between Oma-
ha and Lincoln on account of high
water on the track and the insecu-
rity of the Platte river bridge. The
Union Pacific bridge over the Mis-
souri, river was CO coasiderably shaken
by the breaking of the ice gorge
yesterday afternoon. 1t was thor
oughly tested this morning and
found to be all right, after which
trains were allowed to pass over as
usual. As yet no reliable reports
have been received As to the loss OF
human lives eithsr In Loup Of
Platte valleys. A great many cat.
tie, hogs, etc., must have perished,
40 they were seen floating down
with the flood. Some farm houses
were destroyed here and there, but
the occupants all escaped. Some,
however, had close calls. The
Missouri river is reported to have
risen twenty-five feet at Yanktou
yesterday.
| Across the RsO 0rande.
SAN ANTONIO, March 28th.-
Five parties OF railroad engineers
have crossed the Rio Grande be.
tween Lerado and Eagle Pass.
''Old Abs" Dead.
MADISON, March 2Sth.-Old Abe
the famous war eagle of Wiscon'
sin, died ut the Capitol last even.
ing.