Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-06
EASTERN NEWS.
REPRESENTATIVE HammOnd'S Bill to
Amend the Constitution.
ANXIETY CONCERNING THE CONDITION
OF THE OHIO RIVER.
Opening of the Winter Car
nival at Montreal.
MUNITIONS OF WAR FORFEITED
TO THE UNITED STATES.
Bermuda Advices Complain
of Incendiarism.
RESIGNATION or SECOND ASSISTANT
POSTMASTER ELMER.
MUNITIONS OF WAR FORFEITED
TO THE UNITED STATES.
Bermuda Advices Complain
of Incendiarism.
RESIGNATION OF SECOND ASSISTANT
POSTMASTER ELMER.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Congressional Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Representative
Hammond's bill was introduced to-day to
amend the Constitution as to officers and
the duties of President s1d Vice President
of the United States. 1t provides for the
election of President and three Vice Presi-
dents, each to be chosen for the same
number of years. The First Vice Presi-
dent shall be President of the Senate, and
the Second or Third Vice President shall
occupy that position in case Of removal
from Office of the President of the United
States. In case of the removal of the
President the Office to be held by the
First Vice, Second Vice, or Third, in the
same order, and when only the Vice Presi-
dent of the United States shall exercise
the office of President, the Senate shall
elect a President pro tem., and Congress
may by law provide for q successor to the
Third Vice President when removed from
the Presidential chair.
A bill to repeal sections of the revised
statutes, restricting the terms of certain
offices to four years, was introduced by
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other step toward Civil Service Reform.
1t wal prepared by the New York Civil
Service Reform Association, and provides
that the offices, at present limited to the
term of four years, shall be held at the will
of the appointing power, or during good
behavior and competency. The offices
affected by the bill are those of the United
States District Attorney, Chief Justices
and Associate Justices of the Territories,
Postmasters, Registrars, Land Offices,
Receivers of Public Moneys. Surveyor
Generals of Territories, and Collectors OF
Customs.
A Flood Anticipated.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 5.-There is much
anxiety tonight concerning the condition
Of the Ohio river. The flood last Feb.
ruary, with all its ~terrors. tends to make
the people more a%pprehensive when the
rains come with a full river. That is the
condition to-day. The Ohio river is full
from Pittsburg to Cairo. 1t is rising to-
night from Cincinnati downwards. 1t ia
falling slowly above Cincinnati, but is
| rising at the headwaters. With the earth
saturated, and with the ice and now moi
all gone from the mountains, this rain
cannot fail to cause another flood here,
The river stood at 40 feet II inches till
noon, it then fell a half inch, and then be-
gan to rise. It had risen nine inches
from 3 till 8 o'clock. A heavy rain fell
nearly all the afternoon, and is growing
heavier at night. Already the cellars
along the rivers are flooded, and some
manufacturing establishments are com
nol1aI IN otor Tho hraoL oocrrroI IN
Mclean Avenue, and is 100 feet in length,
1t was caused by the pressure of back.
water against the e~mbankment Of the
street. This is the same place where the
break happened last year, engulfng q
number Of persons and injuring the rail.
road depot. No lives were lost this time,
and no property injured. There is only a
slight inconvenience to southern roads.
Reports show the rain is beginning in the
west and moving eastward. The pros.
poets are good for a heavy rain all night
all along the river from here to Pittsburg,
Unless followed by cold weather it must
inevitably be a flood Of dangerous proper
tions.
A Gala Day at Montreal.
MONTREAL, Feb. 5.-The Winter carnival
opened to-day under the brightest auspices.
An immense number of visitors, chiefly
from the United States, have arrived since
Saturday, and the hotels are all nearly
filed. For hours before the arrival
Of the Governor-G Genera thousands
had collected on the streets through which
his Excellency and suite had to proceed to
the Windsor Hotel. The Marquis and
M~archioness Lansdowne had an enthusiasts
tic reception. AS they stepped from the
Car q band played a national anthem, and
as the vice regal party proceeded to the hotel
the cheers of the people were loud and
hearty. Snow-shoers welcomed the dis
tinguished visitors from the Arc de
Triumphe. Near the hotel 500 voices gave
the national anthem, Empire and Can
ada" In the hotel the Mayor presented
the address of the municipality. There
was . torchlight procession in the evening
by two French Canadian snow-shoe clubs.
The Ice Palace was also illuminated.
Their excellencies went to tho grand mill
tary ball in Queens Hall. The total num-
Der OF visitors by railway since Saturday is
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