Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-08
How are the schools there ?n

pear 60 tnlnR tDey can grow up IN Ignorance
and be taught all that is necessary by their
priests but the railroads are improving the
country in every way"
The Pacific Coast Delegation In Congress.
WASHINGTON, December 7th.-The Pacific
Slope Representatives held meeting this
morning in the room of the Senate Committee
on the Revision of laws to discuss matters af.
fecting the interests of the coast people.
There were present Senators Miller Slater
and Dolph, the entire California delegation
in the House of Representatives, George, OF
Oregon, and Cassidy, of Nevada. Senator
Miller WAS chosen Chairman of the meeting,
and Representative Sumner Secretary. An
informal interchange of views respecting the
needs of the Pacific Coas', as regards appro.
priatiops for rivers and harbors, public build.
Ings and legislation on the Chinese question,
followed. 1t was apparent that the members
nseded to formulate their opirions more con-
cisely before any definite plan of operations
could be agreed upon, and the meeting sd-
journed, subject to the call of the Chairman.
Another conference will be held in a few
days.
Senate Committees.
WASHINGTON, December 7th.-The Repub-
lican Senatorial Committee, appointed to
arrange the committees of the Senate, will
give the Craftsmanship Of the Foreign Rels.
tions to Miller, of California, and the Post
Senator Bowen is spoken of for the Chair.
msnship of the Mines and Mining. No
change has been made in the Craftsmanship
of the Finance Committee.
Tariff Lesislation.
WASHINGTON, December 7th.-Representa-
tive Hurd of Onie is anxiously awaiting the
fnr of III
to begin crusade against the tariff. Hurd
will undoubtedly be one of the members of
the Ways and Means Committee, and he says
bold and aggressive warfare will be wsged
by the majority against high protective
duties. 1t is said, remarked the correspond
ent, " That the majority in the House will
pursue q conservative policy. and that the
existing tariff system will not materially be
disturbed" "Wait until the Ways and
Means Committee is announced" an
swered Hurd, "and then you can
Judge what sort of a tariff legislation
is likely to engage the attention of Con
gress for four or five months of the session. L
do not think any general tariff bill will be
brought forward, but we will ask for free
salt, fcee lumber, free sugar, free bsrbed wire,
free copper, etc and, if our bill is defeated,
the country will know where the RESPONSE.
bility belongs"
"Do you propose to include all of them in
one bill, or to present separate bills covering
a single subject?"
my preference is for single bills but
do not know how the matter will be arranged.
l shall introduce bill for free wool at the
earliest opportunity. do not think that
any of my Democratic colleagues from Ohio
will vote for such measure, but intend to
push it. 1 repudiste that section of our
State platform that condemned the action OF
last Congress for reducing the duty on
wool. l was elected by majority Of
1,400, my constituents understanding that
l favored free wool. Years ago L fs'
yored free wool. We had q
greenbsck craze, four years ago, that worked
more harm to the party than anything that
has happened of late years, and L now tind
men who were clsmoring for soft money rais
gan men were elected on a free lumber anC
salt issue, and think it will be wise to joir
these two items in single bill. There are
many protectionists who will vote to make
those articles free. Segen-tenths Of the peo
pie of Louisiana want free sugar. The in
dustry in the South has been warning fot
years past, and / do not believe it ls right Il
longer continue a tariff on those articles tt
the great injury Of the people Of the whole
Country"
Question.
BALTIMORE. December 7th The Sun thi
morning publishes the following authorized
statement of Csrlisle's views on the tariff
question Carlisle knows the present law il
not q reform of the old law therefore he IA
vors It's revision. believing that at least tn,
reduction of 20 per cent. recommended by
the Tariff Commissioners should be made
and that the increased rates of duty, BY
which the promised objects of the bill of las
season were perverted should be reformed
He says it is the duty of this Congress tt
fulfill the broken promises of the last, suC
there is no clsmor against the needed actor
except from those who succeeded in respinl
undue advantage from the last revision.
The Calamity In the Straits OF sunda.
| BOSTON, December 7th.-The bark William
H Besse and the ship Anabuac arrived thi
morning, the former from Manila aud tn
latter from Calcutta. The former had voy
age of 195 and the latter 139 days. Captain
! Baker, of the former, says his bark was di
rectly i'll the vicinity Of Anjiers at the tim
| of the terrible disaster which killed thousand
and changed the face of the land in an,
around Sunda Straits. He left Batavia Au
gust 10Th, and the following morning at day
| light those on deck noticed heavy banl
rising from the west and obscuriug the sun
| At this time the barometer dropped to %. 4C
and again suddenly rose to 80. 20. All hand
were called and sail taken off as fast as posi-
| BILE. A heavy shower Of sand and ashes CON
menced falling, completely covering th
decks, masts and spars to depth Of sewers
inches. By noon it had grown darke
| irrht fha in
commenced to blow a hurricane bGr
strange to say, the sea RENAME
perfectly smooth. Heavy rumblings, like di:
tant thunder, were continually heard, and q
intervals the sky was lighted up by lIghtain
flashes, and streng smell of SULPHUR p srme
ated the atmosphere and made it diff cult t
breathe. All hands were affected By thi
awful scene, and many of the sailors though
tie world was coming to an end. Throughou
the gale the tide set strongly to the west
J ward, and the bark drove through the wate
! at the rate of fourteen knots per hour. At
P. N. the sky commenced to grow Httl
| lighter, but tbs ashes continued to fall lik
snow. The following day the bark entered tn
Straits of Sunda, and the extent of the dam
age done was plainly to be seen. Who'll
islands had ernk, and those that RENAME
| had changed in form. The Northwestern
part OF Krakstia Island bad disappeared
and Verelasin and Long Island-here
tofore covered with tress-were CON
pletely bare. They saw very larg
number of dead bodies, and the water fo
miles was covered with trees and dead bodies
| The sea for GEO miles was field of Laws
They experienced hurricane from the north
northeast, with a tremendous sea, whicl
lasted three days. During this time th
decks and cabin were flooded with water, an
portion of the bulwarks and everything
moveable on deck was washed away. Tn
most fearful thing Of all was the sea O
( corpses. For nearly three days we cam
across body after body of persons who hst
lost their lives in the earthquake. 0ne mai
alone counted sixty in plain sight. Thousand
must have persisted.
Violent sterm OF Snow and WIRd.
DENVER (CoLl, December 7th.-A snow
and wind storm visited this section Wednes
day night, which, in its disastrous effects, i
without parallel in the history of Colorado
The snow attached itself to the telephone
wires until they were two inches in diameter
AZ o'cIoct this morning tho wind hiau al