Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-03
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| A More Hopeful Outlook Reported From
Eau Claire-The Raging Floods ON De
ne--Threatened Bridges Standing With
Reasonable Hope of Safety--Businesf
and Political Matters.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.J
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Oct 2, a. m.-The 81
tuation at day-break to the weary watchers
has assumed more hopeful outlook. At the
railroad bridge last night, reported in danger
and which for time was very seriously
threatened, things are reported all right. The
regular passenger trains were crossed last
night without difficulty, and this morning the
/ freight trains massed on the further side are
all brought in. The damage to the bridge is
| only trifing, the piers are al
right and the superstrncture ap
pears upon inspection to have been
moved only an inch by the collision with q
| temporary structure above, which was swept
away. The upper Eau Claire wagon bridge,
which all predicted would be carried off, the
| morning light saw still standing with the
river on the decline. At about 2 a. III. the
pier sank at the lower end sufficiently to let
| that corner of the bridge touch the water,
rocking it considerably and wrenching out
seme of the lateral braces, but practically it
is still intact. At this hour the water has
fallen in the Eau Claire about one foot
and should the pier continue stationary
the damage can be repaired for from 5000 to
81, 900. If, however, The pier settles much
further, as it evidently must if the force of the
eddying flood which now sweeps entirely
around it is not rapidly abated, the structure
is certainly doomed.
Above the bridge near the Touring mill the
water seems to have exhausted it's force and
has left vast chasm in the bank which, how
ever, can be easily filled at but little expense
should the company desire when the flood sub
sides. There is now no possibility that the
logs will go as the booms are reported all
sound and right.
AID DR. Galloway remained at the bridge
all night, having matters practically in
charge, and to his cool and decisive action
such precautionary measures as were taken
are due. The close call the city has just ex-
year, will be profited by when the flood
sabates, without doubt, in more eecure foun-
dation being prepared upon which to rest her
bridge piers. The shifting, edying sand of the
river bed is a treacherous substance to pin
ones faith to when it comes to building a
bridge, and unless rock can be reached piling
should be resorted to for q basis. One
of the disagreeable features of the
flood was the disappointment of the
people who We're expecting to hear the beau
tiful and talented singer, Miss Abbie CarriBg-
ton. Arriving at p. m. the bridge was found
SO unsafe that the trunks of the party could
not be crossed, and although the people were
safely housed at the Eau Claire house, their
baggage remained at the depot. They gave a
sacred concert on last evening, second, as
Music hall is engaged the entire week by the
Eau Claire favorite, Edwin Clifford, who
with Miss Olive West, and other excellant
support are sure to give grand entertainment
on whatever they undertake.
The city of Eau Claire in general is In an ex
cellant condition. Mum 5ers of new comodious
and elegant brick stores all occupied as soon
as completed attest its prosperity. The Gal
loway house has been refitted and no finer
dining room or better kept table can be found
outside of st. Paul in this upper county.
The mills are, of course, all shut down Oh ac-
count of high water, but there is an abund-
ance of logs above for all and large part
must be held over.
Your reporter met George w. Robertson,
late of Perkins, Lyons s. Co., st. Paul, on the
street and was surprised to learn that George
had left the sanity city to establish himself in
the wholesale. liquor business here. George
Is a prince of fellow and thorough busi-
ness man and success is inevitable.
Political matters are quiet here on the sur
face, but there is very strong undercurrent
which bodies no good to the monopoly party.
Capital and labor ought not to be antagonized,
and woe to the party who claims the votes but
ignores the right of the laboring man. They
will have to shut down entirely this year and
run the men all into the woods, unless the
signs are all at fault, if the high toned rural
party don't want to encounter crushing de-
feat. The "Ruskites' don't seem to succeed
in whooping up much of boom as yet for
their men, and it is plain to be seen that the
machine candidate is not favorite here.
The excellent choice of the Democracy leaves
no choice among honest men, and the chance
to teach the corrupt mob who control Wis
consin politics lesson that will be salutary,
will not be thrown away by the better element
of the Republican party here.
On Saturday last L. A. Styles, the young
man who left here August Is, was brought
into court and pleaded guilty to the charge of
embezzlement of trust funds from the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad coIa-
pany at this place. Styles is a young man of
good family, is 23 years of age and unmarried.
He had been employed by the company and it's
predecessors over seven years, and
was cashier here. He was highly re-
crookedness and was completely in the conf
dence of his employers. He was found to be
short 81, 600, and escaped to Houston, Texas,
where he was captured on Monday last. He
will be brought into court Monday to receive
hislsentence, which it is 10 be hoped for his own
desert and the influence upon the public, may
be all that the law allows. No false senti-
ment ought to be allowed to soften the pun
ishment for such bare betrayal of trust, and
the distance between the faithful servant and