Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-11
DANGER OF STARVATION.

atS III n USstitute cp2 1itlOl, "A cOmmlttsl
from Austin, Tunica couuty. Mississippi, i
authorized to proceed to Jackson to consul
with Governor Lowry on the condition O
affairs existing IN that county. They havt
issued an appeal which, after setting forth
the great damage done to property and stock
says: We hnd that families have aban
doned their houses to inhabis every available
spot of ground to be found; that greai
many are without any shelter, and that un
| less food Is carried to them Immediately lives
will be lost, with all the torture of starvation
The river is still rising. We must have
relief at once. While we are deeply grateful
fer the Sl5, coo appropriated by the State 20,
general relief in this valley, yet ws say that
| said appropriation is barely sufficient fer the
wants of our neighborhooG alone. We now
say to the Legislature of this State, and to
the Congress OF the United States and to the
people at large. that we need help in the way
of provisions and clothing, and unless we are
speedily relieved our sufferings can only
terminate in death from starvation and cold.
We advise that depots for relief be established
at Beunett's Landing, at Commerce, at Aus.
tin and Trotter's Landing. in this county, for
the reception Of auv and all goods and sup
plies for the poor of this county, and that all
necessary means be taken to circulate this
appeal for relief"
STILL RISING.
VICKsBURG, March 10th.-The river marks
forty-fve feet, and is the highest water since
1874. SteePs Bayou is riaing one inch an
hour
SHOCKING STORY.
HELENA (Ark.), March 10th. - Among
those brought to Trenton Tuesday, fleeing
from the overflow, were two women who had
been confined, one upon raft, the other in n
gin.house, after being driven from their
homes by the food, and without the slightest
comforts known 20 the civilized world, the
wind cutting mercilessly around them. The
mothers were hardly half clad, and there were
no garments at all for the little ones-no fire,
no food, the swift current OF the overflow
rushing, and anxious eyes looking for rescue
SUFFERING IN ILLINOIS.
SPRINGFIELD Ill J, March 10sb.-The Gov
ernor has received p telegram from Cairo,
stating that about 200 families, Including
about l, 900 colored people living in the over
flowed districts Of Alexander county, have
lost their property, ard are without present
means of livelihood. The citizens have thus
far kept them from actual suffering. but the
continued floods make it necessary to ask for
aid. The Governor directed the Commission
ers appointed to distribute the rations sent to
Pulaski county TO also care for the Alexander
county sufferers, and will ask Secretary Lin
coin for additional supplies.
DIsHEARTENISG OUTLOOK.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1Oth.-The New
Orleans, Chicago and st. Louis Railroad is
again submerged and impossible in the
neighborhood of Water Valley Miss. The
overflow has assumed alarming proportions,
inundating all that section of country. An
arrival from Red River reports 250 families
below Alexandria living on RATS and in a
is still giving way rapidly. Il is all
green earth, and crunbles as fast as the
water rushes against it. The gap is 900
feet wide, and the water, as it gees
through, is about ten feet deep, but is rapidly
digging deeper, and spreading far and wide
over the country. l. viii overflow part of
this psrish, and all west of Baton Rouge, St.
Marie, Iberia and Terre Boune-the richest
sugar districts of Louisiana. The False river
and Grosette country will soon be inundated.
The loss of property and the suffering of tie
people will be terrible. The State Engineer
says that it is useless to attempt TO stop the
crevssse, but the people of Bayou Sara are
making brave fight against the food. AL
the stores are closed. and every man is a:
work upon the levees which protect the place
while the draining machine is working against
fearful pressure.
RAILROADS DAMAGBD.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.) March 10Th
Heavy rains in northern Alabama have
caused the Tennessee river to overflow and
weaken the railroad embankments. Three
washouts are reported on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad near Tuscumbia, and
orders have been received to stop the sale Of
tickets to points west of that city for thirty
six hours The necessary repairs TO the roads
can be made In eight or ten hours after the
water subsidies.
Affairs at Omaha,
OMAHA, March 10th.-Tomorrow morning
two companies of regulars. about 100 men,
and a howitzer and Gstling gun, from Fort
Omaha, are to BIS stationed at the B. and NJ
freight depot grounds, to protect the B. aud
NJ. graders from the violence of the mob and
the so-called Labor Union. The B. and M
will put on strong force of their own work
men, and they will be protected by the mill.
tary until all danger is past. The regulars
are TO be called out under request of Gov.
ernor Nance ma3e to President Arthur.
Three hundred men employed at the Omaha
Smelling Works stopped work to-day, saying
they were afraid to continue under the pres
ent state Of affairs, as there was danger of
strike for 81 Is per day. They did not ask
for raise of wages. as they are satisfied,
most of them, to get 81 65 per day and only
about thirty receive as low as 81 so per day.
SECOND DLSPATCH.I
OMAHA. March 16th.-The strikers, Labor
Unionists, and the mob held big and enthu-
siastic meeting tonight. and determined to
enforce, if possible. their established price of
81 rs per day for common laborers. More
serious trouble is expected. Nine companies
of militia viii arrive in Omaha early to NOR.
row morning. Companies G and L, of the
Fifth United States Cavalry, and Company
F. Of the Ninth Infantry, left Fort Lincoln
this evening by special train for Omaha, and
will arrive here at 4 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. One hundred ard fifty cavalry, under
command of Captain Emil Adams, and two
companies of infantry from Fort Omaha, will
arrive also in the morning, with Gstling gun,
howitzer, etc. The Burlington and Missouri
Railroad Company will at once put their men
to work under this military protection, and
in this way crisis may be precipitated, par.
tioularly if the mob parades or attempts
demonstrations of violence The ringleaders
are to be arrested, probably on charges of
conspiracy. Hot times are expected to-nor-
row. The authorities are determined to put
down mob rule and settle the question for
ever, and by blood if necessary.
The Arctic Search.
WASHINGTON, March 10TH = Secretary
Hunt received the following cable message
to-day from James Gordon Bennett at Paris
Ny correspondent intends TO leave Irkutsk at
once for the Lena's mouth, and telegraphs thst it
will be OF the greatest advantage in following up
the search OF the missi crew If Neros, one Of
Lieutenant Danenhower's crew, could be ordered to
accompany him. He says Hsrber will get there too
late to reach the Lena delta on sieds. Will you
kindly send necessary permission
SECOND DISPATCH.1
WASHINGTON, March 10th.-Secretary
Hunt has telegraphed Lieutenant Danen-
hover at Irkutsk to allow Neros, survivor
of the Jeannette, to accompany the Herald
expedition to the mouth Of the river Lena.
Refused Naturalization.
NEW YeRK, March 10th.-United States
Commissioner Shields to-day gave decision
refusing TO give naturalization papers to Hop
Sing, Chinaman, who applied for them yes
terdaY. Hop Sing said he owned part of a
silver mine in Nevada, and had been in this
country for several years. The Commits.
sioner based his refusal upon the decision of