Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-13
sands have been secretly removed and hidden.
There is considerable excitement, resulting in
q number of fights.

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next few hours may bring calsmities of the
worst nature. Many people are in their
HOUSES unable to get away, cad will be lost IL
the houses fall.
GAL! IPoLIs (0.l, February 18th The
river ID falling slowly. -Four relief boats
have been sent to Pomeroy, where there sre
10000 people camping on the hillssps Many
are suffering from hunger.
| JEFFEEsoNvIELE lind }, February 18TH
Nine thousand people have been compelled TO
move to second stories.
PITrsBUsG, February 12sh.-The rivers are
swelling again st the rate of two inches an
hour. Dispatches from above report con-
tinued rains and the water rising The stu.
alton of the sufferers in Allegheny is worse,
| il possible, than any day since the flood
abated Additional cases of destitutiou are
reported, and $500 people were supplied d
with food yesterday, an increase over any
previous day.
FoaT SMITH (Ark,h February 12sh. -
Hesyy rains have swollen all the streams.
The Arkansas river Aas risea IL fset-rising
| 9 inches an hour-snd Is now three feet above
the danger line. There is every prospect of
higher water than since 1874.
TIE SITUATION AT GIN CISNATI.
CINCINNATI, February 12th.-The situation
to-day has been more gloomy than ever. The
river rose almost constantly fcom half sn
inch to an inch an hour and was growing
from two TO three feet above the highest
Stage of last year. This is q fact of great
significance, and loses no weight by the I'M
certainty as to when the rise will end. 1t il
significant because of the vastly increased
territory flooded. and because of the greatly
increased danger to buildings by the Increased
leverage tae swaying water has on them, as
well as the injury to the foundations. One
twc-story brick business house, occupied by
Charles A. Marsh & Co, on Sixth street,
near Freeman, fell with great crash, owing
to the weakened fouodstions. The building
was weighted with q quantity Of hemp, which
aided in causing its destruction. This is only
the beginning. There is much apprehension
on this account IN CoYingtOn and Newport,
where the nature of the soil makes
| the danger greater. As the water creeps
upon the houses it has been found necessary
to remove families to other places. The re.
lief committee in charge of this work had to
act arbitrarily in some Cases, and compel
people to leave their houses. In two or three
cases houses are now off their foundations or
washed away, aud undoubtedly there would
| have been loss of life if the people had been
! lef5 to act in their own behalf, so tenaciously
| do they cling to their little all of property
! News from the more exposed places, like
| New Richmond, Ohio, and Lawrenceburg,
Indiana, is awaited with dread. Reports re.
! ceived tonight from Newport on this point
are reassuring.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP.
The Masons of this city have found it
necessary to take decisive action, and Issue
! the following appe9l:
| To the Masons Of the United States The Masons
of Cincinnati represent that calamity greater than
ever known is now upon he OAio valley. For hun
dreds Of miles, not only Nasons in great numbers,
hut do
homeless. cold and hungry. Every source of char.
ity must be called to relieve their distress. Any
| Masonic body which desires to contribute to this
noble purpose send remittauces to the Masonic
| Flood Committee, Masonic Temple, Cincinnati.
All the Masonic bodies in the city meet to-
morrow to perfect arrangements for system
| attic relief.
The river at 10 P. NJ. had reached 6S feet
| 104 inches, and is raising half an inch an
hour. It is raining hard.
THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO SPEAKS
COLUMBUS, February 12sh-The following
proclamation was issued this evening
To the People OF Ohio The distress existing along
| our southern borders cannot well be exaggerated
Many thou ards of our feow-citizen are without
food and shelter. The press has brought yiydly to
attention the full details of the terror and suffer
ing which the present flood has entailed upon our
] people. 1t is the duty of the citizens of Ohio to
| furnish relief and that Immediately, and | urge
| upon every communitv IN the State to organize at
once for the purpose of providing for the relief of
| their unfortunate fellow citizens who live the
banks OF the Ohio Everything is needed and at
every point along the State boundary, eXceptat Gin
ennatl, which is taking ere Of her own sufferers.
Money clothing shelter and food must be provided,
and that speedily, loss of life will be the result.
! An energetic committee, with p W. Huntington
| Chairman, has been organized in Columbus. This
| committee will undertake the task Of distribution.
| No time should be lost. Organization should be
effected, and what may be given for the purpose for
| warded Immediately. appeal, therefore, to all the
good people of Ohio to take steps without delay to
assist the relief committees in their effort to stay
the tide Of distress which is overwhelming the bor
! ders of the State.
GEORGE HoADLY, Governor.
Attest JAMES W. NEwHAS,
| Secretary of State.
The Weather at Chicago.
CHICAGO, February -Midnight-It
has been raining here sll day. freezing as it
| fell, coating the sidewalks with ice to depth
Of sn inch or more. The telegraph wires are
heavily costed with slees and badly demor-
allied in every direction. Many of the
| lighter wires have gone down under the
weight Of ice. Reports to the Associated
Press indicate a serious meteorological dis
turbance throughout the territory between
Omaha and Pittsbu-G, Winnipeg and Mem
phis, and general mixed up condition Of
things.
The 0bscsuies OF Jerome u. Collins.
NEw York, February II h "A committee
TO arrange for the civic funeral for Jerome B.
/ Collins, the dead Arctic explorer, whose
body is expected here February 10 h. met
last evrning. They decided to convey the
| bodg of Go lies after the ceremonies at the
Navy Yard to the Sixty-ninth Regiment
| srmOty uE6er an escort OF the regiment.
From the srmory it will be taken TO the
| Cathedral, whsre a requiem hi h mass will
be celebrated. The body will then be b9Ine
L - / a
body Of Collins mother, who died here while
her son was in the Arctic zone, to Ireland,
for burial.
Destruction by Fire.
WAUsAU Wis, February 12th.-The city
Jail was burned this morning, cremsting Mike
| McDermott, of Fond Gu Lac, and Ed. Carey.
Both were burned beyond recognition. The
Ere was discovered in the cell occupied by
McDermott, and from all the circumstances
it is evident that be set it. The building was
| os wood, with iron doors, but dry as tiuder.
ST. LOUIS, February 12;h.-The steamer
w. P. Halliday, of the New Orleans Anchor
| Line, burned to the waters edge st o'clock
this morning. Private watchman Matt.
Brown, the only person on board, was busnsd
badly and taken to ths City Hospital. LosF,
500, 900.
Queen Pomare OF Tahiti.
New YORK, February 12th.-Qusen Po-
| IuHTS was IllS Eut5H VI 4hLTS. A. L JebEdtS
yesterday morning, and passed very pleas
ant hour and half at her residence. The
Queen will go on board the steamer St. Lsu-
rleus this afternoon. sud will sail fer France
early tomorrow. She says she has found
this country very big and very wonderful.
Virginia RedistrIcted.
RICHMOND, February 12th.-Ths Senate
and House to-day, by strict party vote,
passed the bill redistricting the State for
Representatives in Congress. The bill was
Immediately enrolled, signed by the presiding
officers and sent to the Governor. The re-
districting shows eight districts Democratic
and two Coalition.
st. PauI Sensation.
New York, February 12th.-A Tribune
ST. Paul special saya A sensation has been
developed here by the departure of S. F. B.
Morse, artist and grandson of the inventor
OF the telegraph. Mr.. Morse spent the night
of January 29th away from home and the
next day left the city. He left word with a
friend that he had left st. Paul never to re-
turn, and never intended to see his wife
again.