Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-28

Caucus of Republican Senate

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After some flibustering the Senate ad.
journed, and the Republicans met in caucus.
Caucus OF Republican Senator's.
WASHINGTON, April 27th-This morning
at the Republican caucus Hale led il adyo-
eating an executive session, Hawley, Sher-
man and others supporting him. The Sena-
tors were generally non, conmital. Logan
was willing, provided the Republicans would
not surrender any point of the pending fight.
This seems TO be the prevailing idea. The
caucus reached no conclusion, and after
o'clock adjourned. 1t is evident that there
will be an early executive session, pos
sibly tomorrow, but the Republicans viii re-
fuse to surrender their present fight.
WASHINGTON, April 27th.-The Republi-
can caucus this evening appointed a commit
tee, with Dawes as Chairman, to consider
the question of executive sessions and report
back to the caucus. ConkliDg spoke of his
having been held responsible for the contlnu-
ance of the deadlock, and said he had no OBJ
lection to an executive session that he is
well prepared to make his fight against Rob-
ertson, and intimated his confidence of sue
cess. Senator Miller to-day notified Dawes
that unless the Republicans move for an
executive session he viii vote with the Demo
Gratis for one that he feels bound to break
embarrassing, is as to how Malone will feel
called upon to vote in executive session. III
he votes with Conkling against Robertson,
he will lose the friendship of the Administers
ton, and if he votes against Conkling tbs
latter will be likely to antagorize the nomi'
nation made in behalf of Malone.
The Trouble at ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 27th.-The papers which
were in favor of the street-car strikers are
now disposed to favor the car companies, who
have conceded most of the demands of the
strikers, while the latter have suddenly
begun to inspire riots and mobs, and to insist
on controlling the business of the companies.
A Gatlipe gun, with ammunition and every
thing necessary for work, was brought to the
city in very quiet way this morning from
the United States Arsenal, twelve miles
down the river, and is now in the armory of
the National Guard, under control of Colonel
Chapman, commanding the First Regiment,
and is ready for an emergency. NO cars are
running, and no efforts to run them will be
made to-day. The police Authorities have
not yet succeeded in obtaining all the specials
they want. The Police Commissioners are
now in session. The strikers adopted a reso-
luton last night, deprecating riotous pro-
ceedings, ard stating that they will aid the
police in preserving order. They intend to
establish lines in opposition to the car com
panies.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
ST. LOUIS, April 27th,-The police and car
companies have elaborated a plan TO insure
the safe running of the cars tomorrow. 1t
contemplates plenty of policemen, duly IT,
structed to use the club freely in breaking up
crowds, and, if necessary, to use the bayonet,
powder and ball. The strikers to-day at a
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serting their cause.
THIRD DISPATCH.i
ST. LOUIS, April Midnight The
open-air meeting OF the strikers was very
peaceable. They are heartily sick OF the
movement, and but for the influence of the
Trades Union would return to work,
Flood Notes.
ST. PAUL (AIinn April 27th-The river
rose steadily ali night, and stood at II feet
inches throughout the forenoon. The rise
has been made slowly, and it is supposed
that the crisis is nearly reached. At noon
nearly the whole of the West st. Paul fats
were covered with water, no ground being
visible except the elevated roadway. All
that can be seen is the top OF the submerged
willows and house whose foundations are
water. The islands in the middle Of the river
under the wagon bridge are wholly covered
with water. IS are the lower floors of most
houses on the fiat, and the inhabitants have
either moved cut OF taken refuge on the upper
floors The only Communication from house
to house is bv boats There is little current
on the fats, aud the damage will be confined
to tie wetting of household goods and perhaps
some undermining. Only one small house is
known to have fallen so far.
ST. PAUL, April 27th-Midnight- The
river has risen an inch during the night. The
danger is growing.
ST. LOUIS, April 27th.-Officers of the
steamer Bald Eagle, from Alton, report that
the old lsyee above Madison, Ills, about
twenty miles north Of here has been washed
away, and that the water was breaking over
the new levee and inundating the farms on
the bottoms in that vicinity; also that
Venice, about FIVE miles north Of East st.
Louis, on the Illinois shore, is surrounded by
water. The water has risen there about four
inches since last night, and is now very close
tothe danger line. A few inches more rise
viii entirely submerge a large part OF the
wharf Some of the railroad track in East
st. Louis is covered with water in places, but
no particular damage is yet reported on
either side of the river.
OMAHA, April 27th.-The total fall of the
river during the past rs hours is one foot. 1t
fell eighteen inches at Sioux City yesterday.
The situation here as to the railroads is I'M
changed, transfers sill being made by boats
and wagons. East Nebraska City, or East
port is entirely drowned cut, and the in
habitauts are now all in Nebraska City
proper Hamburg, Ia, eight miles from the
river bank, is reported to be flooded with one
foot OF water. 1t is estimated that from e, 1000
to 10. coo head of stock have been drowned
on the submerged farms aud districts in Iowa
and Nebraska, aud in Missouri from Ne
braska City southwark.
ST. PAUL, April 27th-The river has been
slowly rising all the afternoon, and fears in
crease that the worst is not yet come 1t is
row three feet above last June's rise, and
there is new report of rise in the Mime
sofa river and at other points up the river.
Equally discouragiug news comes that the
waters are pouring into the seconG-story win
dows on Main street, Minneapolis. Business
is at complete standstill. No dry land is
TO be seen between the channel and the bluff,
except single embankment over which the
bridge runs. The water is hourly committing
new ravages.
ST. JOSEPH MO-, April 27th.-The river
at this point is twenty-five feet six inches
above low-water mark, and rising slowly
Many families have been rescued from their
inundated homes in the bottom lands during
the day, generally in a destitute condition.
1t is reported that Charles Mann and two
women were drowned near Craig today, in
attempting to escape the food in small
boat.
KANSAS CITY, April 27th.-The damage to
property to-day by high water has been great,
and as both the Missouri and Kansas rivers
are still rising, there is much alarm among
owners Of property on what is called the bot
toms, where the packiag-houses, ice house,
stock-yards and many wholesale houses are
located A hundred families have been
driven from their houses already. and a
thousand people to- night are in great danger
Of a similar fate, their houses being four feet
below the level of the river, with q frail en-
bankment alone to protect them.
ArcHIsoN. April 27th.-Contrary to ex.
pectations the river has continued to rise
steadily during the past "a hours, and is now
% feet inches above low-water mark. Old
residents say it is at least 20 inches above the
level of the great food of 1874. The river
covers all the bottom land in Missouri oppo-
site this city.
Encouraging Business Ou'look.
New YORK, April 27th.-The Public saws ::
The exchanges for the third full week of
April are decidedly encouraging. They go
far to disprQve the theory, SO much favored
by some financial writers, that the business
Of the country is in 3 state of collapse. Put.
ting the New York returns outside, for there