Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-27
EAsssDE gers seu;M ana Fast.


FRESNO, Cal, April 26.--Tne fol-
lowing is the list of passengers for
the South and East on the train
which passed this place at 5 P. NJ:
VIM M Gwin, Sau- Francisco, Miss
Gwin, do; Mrs Coleman, do; Mas A
Thurber, Providence; Miss A f
Bartlett, Mrs e N Bartlett, Mr. Me-
Leran, Chas Frankenthal, Miss L
Brenham, san Francisco; Miss ia o.
cobs, Tucson, Mr. p Susskind, Los
Angeles; Mr. A Goldsmith Santa
Fe; Mr. + d Judd, San Francisco; =;
e 5 Belden, Oakland; j G Agners,
Tennessee; E A Sawyer, San Eel.
ipe; Miss Van Nicer, Los Angeles.
Eepnb.ican Oaucus.
SACRAMENTO, April 26th.-The
republican cancus appointed Hit
tell, Wendell, Baker, Sears, Pardee
and Johnson to draw an alterna.
tive Congressional Apportionment
bill. The caucus agreed to max e
the Asse mbly resolution to adjourn
sine die the special order for next
Friday. There was some hot words
in the caucus about the interposi-
tion of "slickens" and members
expressed their opinions with Wig
orous freedom.
HIGH water at Portland.
PORTLAND, Oregon, April 29.-
The Columbia and Willamette
rivers are both very high and ris-
ing rapidly. The lower wharves of
tins city are already inundated, -.
BrI,ish Oo,umDla News.
VICTORIA, B. c., April 26.h.-
The COlonists correspondent at
Tako, Alaska, writes disparaging-
ly from the new mines. He says:
The excitement about the Tako
mines is gradually subsiding and
none of the old miners have much
confidence in it. About seventy or
eighty men are reported to be OF,
the spot, but as the ice has not vet
thawed out of the ground, very lit
tie has been done.
The Commander-in-Chief of the
Pacific Station, Rear Ster-
ling, will shortly meet Can't. Ar
thur, naval attache to the WASH
ington British Embassy, at San
Francisco, to confer with that of.
ticer as to the.strengthening. of Van
Couver Island in view of possible
hostilities with foreign nations,
who could utilize she harbor of
San Francisco as base of opera
tions.
Farther Of tue Csucns-apport,ou
mcnt-A Geu'ra, etnssh-up Prob
able.
SACRAMENTO, April 26.-In the
Senatorial caucus it'll
was also agreed to make the sine
die resolution adopted by the AS
sembly yesterday q special order
for Friday next, when, if the AS
sembly has not passed an appor-
tionment bill, the opinion prevails
that the Republicans will try to
table it, although enough anti
slickens Senators may break away
to prevent such action. During
the day new com bination in ap-
has been developed.
It is understood that several DEM
)crats hsve offered to compromise
with the Republicans and in case
certain changes are made In the
Johnson bill they are willing to
vote for it. They are unwilling,
lowever, to trust each other, and a
contract in writing is demanded.
)ne of these proposals comes from
he "slickens" Democrats, who
want representation for the mining
ounties; another proposal comes
rom the anti.slickens Democrats,
vho want representation taken
rom the "slickeDsr district. An
fort has been made to get some
enators to agree to the "slickensu
but it has fallen
and the anti-slickens pro.
osal Is yet informal. II
The Assembly Apportlonment
Committee met this afternoon ana
bowed its decentralization by re.
orting all the bills before 1t with.
ut recommendation. This places !
II the schemes before the House.
he Republicans on every hand adj T,
1T that they are beaten and de. {