, 1881-04-01

A ulSpatch OF the l0tn from Kansas
City SAYS: The Kansas river is rising rap
idly and has cut away six acres of valu-
able property on the Kansas City side
about three quarters of mile above the
stock exchange. One end of the glue
factory has fallen into the stream. Peo-
pie living In that vicinity are moving out
of their houses.
A dodger embellished with q death
head, cross bones and coffin WAS freely
circulated on the streets of st. Louis calling
a meeting of the Friends of Progress and
the Children ofthe Goddess of Liberty, to
assemble at the courthouse to endorse the
action of the nihilist society in the assass-
ination of Emperor Alexander of Russia.
Polish exiies specially invited to be pre-
sent.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Union Pacific railroad elected the
following board of directors: Sidney
Dillon of New York, Elisha Atkins of
Boston, Fred'k Ames of Boston, Ezra
Baker of Boston, S. IL. II. Clark of
Omaha, T. Gordon Dexter of Boston.
David Dows of New York, GreenYille W.
Dodge of Council Bluffs, I. T. Eckert, Jay
Gould, Solon Humphreys and Russell Sage
of New York, VIM. l.. Scott of Erie, Pa,
John Sharp of Salt Lake City, and Angus
tus Schell of New York. The directors
President, Sidney Dillon; vice president.
Elisha Atkins; secretary and treasurer.
Henry Mcfarland. a dividend of Il per
cent was declared payable. The first an
nual report shows the total earnings ofthe
year to be So, 400, 134; total expense, Sl0,-
545, l19; surplus earnings, Sll ,9l0,0l5. To
this must be added an income from in
vestments on connecting roads, dividends
on stocks and interest on bonds, amount
ing 10 81 ,0l0,l52, and premiums on bonds
sold, profits on Investments, securities
sold, etc., 1884 ,249, making the total sur
plus earnings Sl3, ,204,4l
The greatest fire known in Kansas City
for many years occurred on the 10th on
Union street, between Mulberry and Santa
Fe streets, by which was destroyed part
of a magnificent new block of buildings,
occupied by Woodward, Faxon & Co.,
wholesale druggists; Kelly, Wells d Co.,
wholesale hardware; Ogleby Il Co., whole
sale grocers. The flame, when first seen,
burst from a rear window of Faxon & Co.'S
store. By the time the fremen arrived,
at 4 o'clock, the roof and windows glared
terrifically with the leaping flames. a
series of explosions, numbering not less
than 70, took place, caused by cans of
gunpowder in the establishment ofOgleby
q Co., and barrels of coal oil In the drug
house of Woodward, Faxon & Co. These
explosions were loud enough 10 be beard
throughout the city, and by fan lilies two
miles from the scene of the fire. The
water pressure, which should have been
80 pounds to the square inch, was scarcely
sufficient to carry a stream to the second
story windows. Woodward, Faxon 4 Co.,
loss, SS5, 900; insured. $4,000; Ogleby &
Co., loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000;
Kelly, Wells & Co., loss, $4,000; fully
insured. The building was owned by
Leach. Olmstead & Hall, and valued at
$50 600, on which there was an ins urauce
of $2S,0 600.
senate Standing Committees.
The democratic caucus has agreed upon
the following as the standing committees
of the U. S. senate:
Privileges and Notwithstanding
Hill of Georgia, Vance. Pngh. Hoar, Logan
Sherman, Platt of New York.
Foreign Relations-Johnston, Morgan,
Pendleton, Salisbury, Jackson. Conkling,
Hale, Miller. Mitchell.
Finance-Bayard, Voorhees,, Beck,
Mcpherson, Grover, Morrill,, Ferry, Jones
of Nevada, Allison.
Appropriations-Davis fWest Virginia,
Beck, Cockrell, Harris, Allison, Sherman,
Hawley, Conger. Ransom.
Commerce Coke, Farley,
Vest, Brown, Conkling, Mcmillan, Jones
OF Nevada, HARRISON
Manufactures Williams, Grover, Nc
Pherson, Rolling, Dawes.
Lriculture-Slatsr Johnston, Davis of
West Virginia, Brown of Georgia, Blair,
Van Wyck, Sawyer, Mitchell.
Military A Afairs-Grover. Cockreu,
Maxey, Hampton, Malone. Burnside,
Plumb, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Logan.
Naval Atfairs-MePherson Jones of
Florida, Vance, Farley, German, Anthony,
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Ferry, Platt of
New York.
Judiciary-Davis of Illinois, Garland,
Bayard, Lamar, Hill of Georgia, Pendle-
Postoffices-Maxey, Salisbury, Farley,
Groome, Pughr Ferry, Sawyer, Van
Wyck.
Public Lands-Jones of Florida. Nc
Pherson, Walker, Fair, Camden, Plumb,
Hill of Colorado, Van Wvck, Miller.
Private Land Claims-Edmunds, Alli-
son, Hale, Jones, Call.
Indian Affairs = Coke, PendIeton,
Walker, Slater, Williams, Allison, Ingalls,,
Saunders, Logan.
Pensions-GroOme, Slater, Jackson,
Camden, George, Blair, Kellogg, Platt of
Connecticut, Hawley.
Claims-COckrell, Pugh, Jackson,
George, Fair, Mcmillan, Teller, Hoar, and
a vacancy to be filled by one of the in
coming senators.
District of olumbia-Harris, Butler,
Vance, German, Camden, ingalls,, Rollins,
Mcmillan, Conger.
Patents-Call, Coke, Williams, German,
Hoar, Platt Of Connecticut, Ingalls,.
Territories-Butler, Garland, Vest, Sla-
ter, Saunders, kellogg, Logan, two vacan-
cies.
Railroads-Lamar, Grover, Williams,
Jones, Malone, Fair, Dawes, Teller, Saun-
ders, Sherman, Harrison.
Mines and Mining-Farley, Hampton,
Vest, Fair, Comeron of Pennsylvania.
Plumb, Hill of Colorado.
Education and Labor-Brown, Maxev,
Lamar. George, Malone, Burnside, Nor
rill, Blair, Hawley.
Civil Servica-Walker, Butler. Beck,
GrOome, Teller, Rollins, Conger.
Transportation Routes TO the Seaboard
Beck, Johnston, Voorhees,, Hampton,
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Blair, Piatt of
New York.
OF select committees, Teller goes on the
electoral count committee, Hill on the
census, Miller on the epidemic diseases,
and Pugh on enrolled bills.
bad cess to itr' exclaimed Mike
OFlaherty, upon learning that Garfield
was elected. Sure, an how, we'll be
ruined by Chinese cheap labor" When
asked where he worked, Mike replied,