Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-15

IL now within few inches OF being hve Tee
higher than the greatest flood last year. |
reaches more than half square above ThirC
street. The Look.street Panhandle depot il
entirely surrounded by water, and there is
depth of several feet on the floor. Tn,
Grand Central depot has from six to eigh
fest of water on the floor. At Mier stree
the water reaches into Fourth street. and
further west it crosses Fifth street, and s.
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton depo
reaches half way up Sixth. At Freeman
street it crosses Sixth street In the ives
ef.d the encroschment extends eastwsrdly AZ
far IS Freeman street. Lincoln Park is
lake, except a little corner.
WELCOME NEws-THE WATER FALLING.
CINCINNATI, February 14.h-At Z P. NJ
the river had receded three-fourths of al
inch, and the good news Of an actual begin
niog spread quickly, giving 3 profound feel
ing of relief wherever it relched. The firs
notice of the check came during the after
noon, and the posting of it on Change caused
an out5urst of applause from the people wal. Z.
ing for river bulletins. With this decidedly
cold weather ard wind the fall has every
facility for being constant and rapid. The
slight swells at Pittsburg since the first de
cline there are not sufficient to bring the
river TO the tremendous proportions it shows
tonight, after a decided fall, such as poW
seems probable. Still, with the most rapid
decline that can lie expected, it will be days
before the houses are relieved, and the pro-
cess Of the fall is frsught with much danger
to houses.
AFFAIRS ALONG THE RIVER.
CAIRO tII.l, February 14th.-The steamer
Fowler reports water on the first floor of tbs
buildings on Front street at Paducsh. and all
the landings on the Kentucky side under
water but there is no suffering, as the peo.
pie have gone TO the hills. Joppa. small
town on the Illinois side, is inundated, the
water Covering the tops of the houses. The
town is completely deserted. At Metropolis
the water is over the first floors in the build.
ings on Front street, and all business has
been removed TO the back streets. At Mound
City everything is secure so far, and business
is carried on as usual. Mound City, like
Cairo, is protected by system of levees, and
the river will have to rise about three feet
more to cause much inconvenience there. l;
is reported that the towns of Golconds.
Smithlani, Eliz abethtown, New Liberty and
Shawneetown are under water.
REPORT FROM LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, February 14th.-Ths river
continues rising. The weather is very cold,
the VIVID blowing and the waves tumbiing
down inundated houses. The southeastern
part of the city ia flooded. Men have been
employed building a cement wall around the
tanks and purifiers of the gas works all day,
and there is not much fear of the works shut.
ting down. About 5000 people are out Of
their homes here, but the local relief commit
tees have things well in hand, and ihare il
not much suffering. Inch by inch the water
has cone up at Jeffersenville, till nearly ev.
cry street has disappeared. If the water con-
tinues to rise at the present rate. by noon
Friday there will not be dly spot in the
town. The sights are most APP ,lling and
distressing. Houses are caved ia, and hun.
dreds Of people are huddled together in the
same building. Many remsin in the second
stories, shiverirg, euffering from dampness
aud cold, and iu many cases hunger. The
PeuitentiaIy is still out of water, but little
more rise and the coEvicts will become fl 1od
suffsrers, with nowhere to go. Utica, 1no.,
is slmost out of sight. 1ht inhabitants fled
to the hills for safety. Clarksvi!le IS entirely
depopulated.
FRAUD ON THE RELIEF COMMITTEE.
WHEELING, FEBRUARY 14th. - Two men
were arrested here t1-day for system attic fraud
on the Relief Committee Ope bad procured
thirty and the other thirty. seven complete
teen pairs of shoes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DALLAS TEX J, February 14eb.-Trinity
river has overdowed its banks. The only dry
spot iu the bottom is the pike leading west
from the city to the hills. Elm Fork, be-
tween Dallas and Denton, has inundated the
country for miles around. Five miles Of the
trestling on the Missouri Pacif3 railroad is
"a opl oil hnE
abandoned. No mails have been received
from st. Louis and the east since Sunday.
IRoNToN (O), February 14.h. -Telegraphic
communication was re.established TO day.
Three fuurths Of the town is under water, in.
Guiding the entire business portion. The
water is seven feet higher than in 1888
Though it has fallen considerably, it is still
above any known high-water mark.
MAYsvILLE (Ky.), February 14.h.-The
river rose five inches last night, and came to
three inches. OGe thousand five hundred
people are homeless.
CATLETTsBURG (Ky.), February 14th.-The
river is receding slowly. Il has fallen four
feet, and the people are returning to their
second stories.
LAwRENCEBURG dad J, February 14h.-A
fearful wind. storm last night added further
desoIation to this place By upturning more
houses. The losses on property can be safely
placed at not less than S400, GOO. Nine
inches more water w uld have flooded the
floor of the highest located house in the city.
LOUISVILLE, February 14th.-The river at
6 tonight wes II iuchea above last year. The
wind of Wednesday night played havoc with
the tenement houses in The submerged dis
tricts, hundreds cf dwellings being ruined,
and many of them have gone down the river.
MADISON (Ind J, February 14th.-The river
is still rising. Seven houses were washed
away to-day, and many more from Milton,
Ky, and others lost their foundations. It il
estimated that there sre 5000 people here
homeless and destitute.
GALL1PoLIs (O), February 14sh.-The re.
lief steamers Nors Bells sud Jim Moutgom.
They report tie village OF Alfalfa almost
entirely swept away. A. Millersoort twenty
or thirty bous; have gone. At ProctJrsvilla
the wster is in the second stories, Credo,
w. Vn., lost $500 900 worth of lumber. Sup
plies are greatly needed everywhere. The
relief committee are using four small steamers
to distribute supplies, which are coming in
literally.
The New Chinese Bill.
WASHINGTON, February 14th.-The House
Foreign Affairs Committee will meet to.uaor-
row, to hear arguments On the new Chiness
bill. All the members of the Pacific coast
delegation in the lover house have been iu-
vited to be present. Henley will make the
principal argument on behalf of the BILL
The DanviIIe RIot Investigation.
WASHINGTON, February 14th.-Iuvestiga.
ton of the DAnyille election riot was begun
this morning. Congressman Bell and John
s. Wise were present. Walter Switbers. a
colored policeman at Danville, testified that
on November 81 white man and colored
man got to fighting, and when separated the
whites ranged in line along the curb and q
crowd of whites and colored men were in the
street. The whites had pistols in their hands
and said the colored men could get enough Of
it if they wanted it, and that if they didn't
leave some of them would get hurt. The ne
groes objected to leaving, saying the whites
were trying to override them The firing
then began, at first the shots beiag fred in
the air. The colored people began to run,
and the whites fred 81 them whenever they
could see them.
W. r. Taylor (white) testified that an or.
dinary row occurred November 81 between q
white man and negro, which led to the riot.
When the fight began there were but three
white men and some fifteen negroes on
the street in sight. At the climax there
were between 200 and 800 negroes and about
10 white men. In witness opinion, had the
white men showed fear they would all have
been murdered then. Witness said two OIL
three pistols were fred among the negroes
Witness emptied FIVE chambers of bis pistol
ct the negroes. He would most sssuredly &C