Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-04

bscauss Southern California had
threatened to secede and that the
State ought not to build an institu-
ton for another State. A meeting
at Los Angeles the other day broke
L up with cheers for the State of
South California.
Wendell's bill to tax vessels
where they are owned, instead OF
the place Of registration, failed to
receive q constitutional majority.
Grove Johnson's resolution,
| which was defeated yesterday, call.
ing for the printed testimony of the
debris inquiry, WAS reconsidered.
The resolution was then amended
to allow certain testimony TO be
printed and skirmish ensued.
The amended resolution was lost
ayes IL, noes 25. The original res
olution was then lost ayes 10,
noes 81.
| Emotional Insanity.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-The trial
OF Wheeler was begun to-day. the
prosecution introducing witnesses
to prove the crime. The theory Of
the defense will be emotional in.
sanity. They claim that Wheeler,
believing .Peckham, Miss Till.
sons fiance, to be q gambler and q
thoroughly bad man, and believ-
ing her to be pure and chaste, for it
he claimed that he did not regard
his relations with her as lowering
her, he deliberately strangled her
to keep her from the contamiDa-
ton With Peckham. The defense
claim that Wheeler did not believe
he was doing wrong aud that his
mind had been 80 wrought upon
BY the smplation Of what he
considered her ruin, that his mind
became unhinged and he was a
monomaniac on that subject.
The Kalisch and wheeler Cases.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3d.-In
| the Kalloch murder case the work
Of obtaining Jurors is still dragging
along, emily three having been Sc
cured thus far.
Ajury having been obtained in
the case OF Wheeler, the stranger
of his sister.in.law, Miss Tillson.
the taking Of testimony COM
menced to-day. The evidence as
yet tallies with the previously
published reports.
| -Tssin pitched.
MARYsvILLE, Feb. 3d.-It has
commenced raining again. The
river is still rising and now only
lacks 10 inches of being as high as
last Sunday. Feather river is not
so high as the Yuba, but is rising
more rapidly. Reports are just at
hand from above, giving us no en-
couragement of the abatement of
the storm. 1t is still raining and
the streams are higher than at any
previous flood. The levees are
fully managed and there are no
signs of weakening. 1t is thought
the test will come tonight.
The train from ReddiDg is report
ed ditched between Nelson's and
Biggs's stations. The water Is over
the track at GrIdley.
PLACERvILLE, February 3.-The
river at Coloma Is rising rapidly.
1t has been raining hard for the
last two hours. The river will be
as high or higher by night than it
was the first of the week, when 1t
swept away the Coloma bridge.
COURTLAND, February at has
been raining here off and on since
BAN. 1t has settled into q hard
and steady rain now and looks as
though it meant it. The river is
rising rapidly and it is impossible
to prevent Its going over the levees
on this side. 1t will go over in q
few hours. tits up to the top of the
levee here. The damage to or
chards will BIS great. Several hum
dred head OF cattle on Merritt Is
land are standing in water now
and will be drowned if not taken
of. The farmers are sending for
steamers to take their stock and
grain off,
| SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY Sit
has been raining in this city all
the afternoon and evening, at in.
tervsls coming down heavily.
Ths Sacramento River SIN RlsisE
REDDING, Feb. Sd.-The Sacra-
mentO river reached its greatest
height this morning, being higher
than it was In the year 1861. All
property on the low lands has been
greatly damaged. Reports from
the mountains say 1t is general
rain. The river is rising slowly.
MARYsvILLE, Feb. 3d.-The
river rose two feet since last report
and is still rising rapidly. Higher
water than last Sunday is antici.
pated by night. Reports from the
north say there is no abatement of
the storm and that the streams are
all full. 1t rained here all day.
At this hour no rain is falling, but
1t Is still cloudy and the winds in.
dictate that the storm Is not over.
Weather warm. There is more APP
prehension for the city's safety
now than on Sunday. Business
houses, banks, etc., are closed.
Lsvees Broken.
CouRTLAND, Feb. 3.-The Grand
Island levees broke last night. The
loss will necessarily be very heavy.
Break In Grsnd Island Lsvee.
OoUhILANDi Ohi., req. or0.-I0e
Grand Island levee broke on
Steamboat Slough, near Walkers
Landing, near where 1t broke in
1878. There IL no chance of stop
ping the breaks. The damage to
orchards and vegetables on the
island will be immense. There
are vast number of breaks above
and below Sacramento City. On
the west side OF the river the flood
has filled the tule land to such an
extent that when the leves on
Merritt Island, opposite this place,
broke, the water being higher in
the gale than in the river, caused
the river to rise rapidly here and
there Is great danger Of the over
flowing of the levee on this side.