Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-22
TAPPING THE WIRES.

The session Of the Senate yesterday was
occupied with the usual debate. Mr.. Coke
made a vigorous reply to Mr.. Frye, as did
also Mr.. Call. Mr.. Jonas stated that he had
received q telegram from Louisiana giving
the true inwardness Of Heath's alleged
troubles. He also stated that he had been
informed by q Massachusetts, gentleman that
Heath's character for veracity was not good.
Mr.. Hampton made 8 brief speech on South
Carolina elections, and the Senate ad-
iourned.
The night express train westward on the
Rock Island division of the Chicago, MI
waukee and st. Paul Railroad was thrown
into the Meredosis river in Iowa yesterday
morning by the giving way Of q trestle.
Tgo cars foated of down the river and
their tops alone are visible. The engineer,
fireman and six passengers are reported
drowned. The river is a torrent where the
accident occurred and the search for the
bodies was being actively prosecuted.
A dispatch from Mflen, Ca, states that
J. A. Conner, a clerk in q store there, was
shot through the heart yesterday afternoon
By r. w. Hext in a quarrel over q paper of
garden seed. Hext fed. A reward has
been offered for his capture.
Lord Beaconsield win be buried on Tues
daY next, in accordance with his request,
with his wife at H~ughenden.
The Sheriff Of Crittenden county, Arksn-
sas, was killed yesterday while attempting
to arrest a negro burglar. A deputy was
wounded. The negro escaped.
A telegram from Lieutenant Governor
McEnery, of Louisiana, to Senator Jonas
states that Heath's premises, in Caldwell
parish, were burned to obtain an insurance
Of $4,000. The appraisers valuation wa
$1,40O. The matter was investigated by
the grand jury at the last term Of court, and
it is expected that a bill will be found at
the July term.
General Joseph Lane, OF Oregon, of Brock
inridge and Lane fame, is dead.
Mr.. Glennan, editor of the Norfolk Fir-
gilman, was attacked by a lawyer, named
swank, in that city yesterday. Swank is a
Readjuster, and attacked the Virginidn in
the Richmond Why. Glennan published
him as q 'liar." Both parties were bound
over.
A suit pending in New York against the
management Of the Airline Railroad was
remanded by Judge Blatchford to the State
Court.
A formidable strike of the employees at
the Chicago freight depots is reported.
The drivers and conductors on the st. Louis
street railroads have also struck.
The Land League Convention met in
Dublin yesterday. There was a large
attendance. The land bill was discussed
and criticised unfavorably by Mr.. Parnell,
who presided, aud others. The Irish in
America were thanked for their support,
and tia arrest Of Michael Davitt was de-
nounced. The convention will meet again
to-day.
The floods in the Northwest are causing
great loss and Inconvenience. The railroads
are hard set to maintain connections, and
are compelled to use each others tracks IN
discriminatory. Reports from Omaha state
that the situation is much the same as a
week and half ago. Great quantities Of
lumber are beginning to float of. Reports
from other points show the floods to be
widespread.
The greater portion Of the business sec
ton Of the town of Natchitoches, La, was
destroyed by fire Thursday night. Great
decentralization prevails.
The powers have informed Greece that
they will not guarantee the surrender Of the
ceded territory if she interposes delays.
They are endeavOring to cause the Porte to
act promptly. The feeling at Athens is
quieting down.
In connection with the retirement of Mr..
Brady from the Post Office Department 1t
is stated that other important changes In
the personnel Of the Office vacated by him
are probable. 1t is charged that the pay for
the transportation of mails on less than one
hundred out of nine thousand star routes
has been raised from $4,000 o at the time of
letting to S2,SOO,OOO. Irregularities, it is
charged, were connived at for the purpose
of rewarding favorites. These ~irregulsrf-
ties are chiefly confined to trsns-Mississippi
routes.
The Sanitary Council Of the Mississippi
Valley, in session at Evansville, Ind, dis
cussed the best method Of preventing and
combating the spread Of yellow fever and
other infectious diseases during the coming
season. A series of resolutions, embody-
ing the sense Of the Council, were reported.
The New York stock market yesterday
opened strong, and after considerable
fuctuation, closed at a downward reaction.
Sales were 1895, 1O2 shares.