Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-07
GENERAL NEWS.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Washington Notes, from Our Own COrre-
spOndenI.

WASHINGTON NOIeS. IrOns our own GOrFe-
spOndent.
WAUHINGToN, February 6th-The coming
legislative week in Congress bids fair to be
prolific of matters of interest.
Wednesday will be devoted to counting the
electoral votes and declaring the result of the
last Presidential election in joint convention,
which, according to the present outlook. will
be done tremendously and promptly.
Prior to this the House will take action on
the Apportionment bill, and the Senate will
commence its consideration of the House
Funding bill. The debate upon this measure
with the important amendments reported
from the Finance Committee, will probably
run through the week, excepting Wednesday,
and is likely to prove unusually interesting.
The final result is considered very uncertain,
but the general impression seems TO be that
the bill viii obtain final passage this session
in compromised form, fixing the rate of in
terest on bonds at three per cent, and re-
auiring national banks to make them the sole
basis of circulation, but at the same time re-
lieving the banks of at least one-half of the
present tax on circulation.
Ii is also expected that during the present
week the Senate at one or more executive
sessions will take action on the Chinese
treaties.
The House tomorrow will probably be
called upon to pass the River and Harbor
Appropriation bill under suspension of the
rules, a motion for which purpose is to be Of
fered by Chairman Reagan, of the Commerce
Committee at the first opportunity, and later
in the week the Legislative Appropriation
bill will be brought forward by the Commit
tee on Appropriations.
More severe Weather.
OMAHA, February 6th-The heaviest snow
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prevailing all day, the snow having fallen to
a depth Of six or eight inches on bed of
packed sleet two or three inches deep, which
feel yesterday. The snow is very heavy with
water, but further west it is dryer and
lighter, and is drifting some. 1t is snow
ing from Omaha to Cheyenne and further
west, and the wind is blowing strong. Tele-
graphic communication is almost entirely cut
off, the only eastern outlet being by way of
Cheyenne, Denver and st. Louis. Cattle
men entertain great fears about their cattle,
which have already suffered great deal. Al
the trains came in and departed nearly on
time to-day.
Northumberland Passengers.
OMAHA, February 5th-The following
through passengers were on to-day's train
leaving at 1915 P. NJ, to arrive In
Sacramento February 9th J. Page, Ottawa,
Canada A. A. Cox and wife, General
Hewston, Mrs. Joseph Maynard San Fran
cisco Edmund V Hollingsworth. Brooklyn :;
j. p. Evans, wife and two children, Fort
Wayne; Charles NJ Dolby, Illion, n Y;
Henry NJ. Carter, Watertown, n. Y; w.
W. Walworth. st. Paul, MINI; Leander j.
Cummings, Milwaukee.
Fifty-four through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento February 18th.
OMAHA, February 9th. - The following
through passengers were on tO-day's train,
leaving at 2 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacramento
February 10TH Miss c. Brown, ST. John,
New Brunswick H. Green and wife, New
York Z. ?. Vandermeuller and family, De-
troit; E. 0. Ormerrod, London William T.
Yeager, Sidney, Australia John T. Len
ming, Buffalo; Jacob Rothlander, Milwau-
kee; Herman w. Spoor, Cincinnati.
AbOrtive Attempt to swindle an Ensur.
ance Company.
CHICAGO, February 6th.-The Times
Evansville special says: James H. Coleman.
a bright young lawyer, has been held in the
sum of 50, coo fer conspiring with Charles H.
Lucas TO insure the latter's life for $50, 600
and pretend that the latter was drowned
from a transfer boat. Coleman married
Lucas to one of his former servant girls, and
dbOh IiSi lL4GO JIG HloSs llC ASS
were carried out two weeks ago, but the in
surance companies sent detective, who
turned up the conspirators. Lucas and his
wife have made a clean breast Ct it, creating
a great sensation.
Serious Railroad accident.
GALVESTON (Tex.( February 6sh-The
north bound express was wrecked nine miles
north of Hampstead, on the Texas Central
Railroad, yesterday evening. The engine
fell through Cedar Creek bridge, throwing
the express, two baggage and two passenger
coaches down hfteen-foot embankment,
bottom upwards. The sleeper kept the
track. The Strakosch and Hess English
opera troupe were among the passengers.
Eighteen persons were injured. The most
serious are Conductor Lettig, side and hip.
Rose Marion, chorus singer, was thrown
through a window and was badly cut One
of the coruet players has broken arm,
Levy, of New York, has broken nose. The
Injured were taken TO Houston.
Arrested on a Charge of Arson.
OMAHA. February 6th.-J. j. Herrick and
VIM. Krelle were arrested to-day on q charge
of arson in burning G.. 3. DeGrOat & Co S
hat store some weeks ago. DeGroat Bros,
who have gone to Florida, are supposed to be
implicated in the affair and complaint has
also been made against them. Krelle was a
partner with them, and Herrick was an init
mate friend They got So, 500 in insurance,
most of which, however, was attached by
Eastern creditors.
Violent Gale at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, February 6th.-The easter
" gale which set in yesterday continued dur
ing the night and this morning. The wind
varied frequently. obtaining velocity oftifty
two miles per hour. The Juhd-street fire
tower fell, crushing the roofs Of the adjoining
buildings. An east to southeast gale con-
tinued twenty-four hours, carrying the waters
Of the Gulf over the lowlands along the New
Orleans and Mobile Railroad. The track BIT.
tween BIichon and Lookout station was sub
merged and several miles washed out. No
trains have run over the road since two
o'clock this morning. A freight train is re-
ported wrecked between Michon and Chef
Menteur. The wires are nearly all down.
FOREIGN NEWS.
why Dayitt was Arrested.
LONDON. February 6th.-It is rumored