Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-27

grant of lands was made to the State OF
Oregon. TO aid in the construction of the
road, were duly performed, and praying
that Their title be not disturbed.
Republican Congressional Campaign
COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, April 26th.-Repr esenta-
i've McComas, OF Maryland, Secretary of
the joint Republican caucus, who was
authorized to receive the names of the Con-
gressional Campaign Committee, when
selected by the respective State delegations.
reports the following committee, which
VIII speedily meet and organize: Califor-
ma, Z. n. FELTON,; Colorado, George G.
Symes Connecticut, Joseph Il. Hawlev !;
llllnois, j. q. Cannon Indiana, George W i.
steele; Iowa, James f. Wilson Kansas,
Thomas Ryan; Kentucky, W. H.
Wadsworth Maine, c. A. BouteEle !;
Maryland, Louis E. McComas; Mas
sachusetts, W. W. Rice; Michigan,
Ihos; W. Palmer; Minnesota, John B.
Gilfillen; Missouri, VIM. Warner Ne
braska, Geo w. Dorsey; Nevada. Wm.
Woodburn New Hampshire, H. W. Blair;
New Jersey, Wm. J. Sewel New York. II :
NJ. Burleigh North Carolina, Jas. E.
q Hara; Ohio, Albert C. THOMPSON; Ore
gon, }. n. Dolph; Pennsylvania, II. II.
Bingham Rhode Island, Nelson w.
A!drich South Carolina, Robert Smalls :.
Tennessee, l.. G. Hank; Vermont, John
W Stewart; Virginia, VIM. Malone;
West Virginia. Nathan Goff, Jr.; Wiscon-
sin, Lucien b. Caswell; Arizona, A. c..
Bean; DAKOTA, .. s. Clifford; Wyoming,
JAS. VI. Carr
The New Senator from Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, April 26th-In the Senate.
to-day, Harris presented the credentials of
Whltthorne, appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Jackson.
Tie Labor QUESTION.
SHAMoKIN (Pa,l, April 26th.-The Min
ers' and Laborers' Amalgalnated Associa-
lon paraded and held a meeting to-day.
Thirty-tive hundred We're in line. 1t is
generally believed that the men will ask for
eight hours work with eight hours nav
The new order of things will begin Nav
1st. Arbitration is also looked upon with
favor.
THE SUGAR REFINING STRIKE.
New YoRK, April 26th.-The strike of
sugar-house employees at Williamsburg
and Green Point still continues, and the
situation is unchanged. A large force of
police is kept at the refineries, TO prevent
any breach of the peace or destruction of
property. Some of the strikers have al
ready gone 70 other kinds of work.
Higher Water than Ever Before known.
NEW ORLEANS, April 26th.-A special
from Greenyille, Miss says the levee on
the Mississippi side is reported broken
about five miles south of Frair's Point
This morning the gap was fifty feet wide
ana 1lye feet deep, and the water was pour
ing through with a tremendous force.
a special from Helena, Ark, says The
riv Oroa anI Aol
o'clock yesterday to 1 O'Clock to-day, max
ing the water one inch higher than ever
before known. At 6 P. NJ. the water was
four inches above the high-water mark
of 1882, and rising one-nalf an
inch an hour. sSeven miles south of
Helena the water only lacked one inch of
running over the levee at noon to-day
The river from that point down three miles
has been above the high-water mark of
1882 since Saturday. The levees are getting
soaked, and large crevasses are expected to
open any moment. The prospects are ex-
ceedingly gloomy for Arkansas and Louisi-
ana, and ty no means bright for Missis-
sippi. The prediction is made that the
water will continue to rise until the 3oth
instant
Miner SmOthered to Death.
ST. ELMO (Col.), April 26th-While men
nCiO hl NOIh III lIlt IUltlel TO-
day. the tunnel-house was DESTROYED by
fire, cutting off the air supply. Severson
Geyser was smothered to death while at
tempting to reach the air shaft His five
companions were rescued on the 3OO-foot
level In an unconscious condition, and
| their recovery is doubtful. The deceased
was from Dorchester, Neb., and leaves a
wife and child.
Bloody Tragedy in Tennessee.
CHATTANOOGA fTenn.) April 26th. A
special to the Times from Manchester. Coffee
county, Tennessee, gives the details of a
bloody tragedy enacted there shortly after
| midnight, i'll which United States Deputy
Marshal Webb Purdon, of Manchester, and
moonshiner named Clark were killed.
and three other moonshiners fatally
wounded. About ten days ago Purdon ac-
companied Deputy Marshal Hughes ON a
raid among the illicit Gistilleries of
Grundy county, Tenn, and captured and de-
stroyed several stills. Between II and l this
A. NJ. fifteen moonshiners rode into Man
chester, determined to have Purdon's life
Seven broke into his house and the bal
ance surrounded it. Purdon met them as
they entered with a revolver, and a terrible
battle ensued. Two moonshners fell to
the floor mortally wounded and the gang
retreated, but they had succeeded in fa-
tally wounding Purdon. DISABLED as he
was, he seized a double-barrelled shotgun
and fired into the retreating gang, and two
more fell mortally wounded Purdon then
fell dead beside the body of one of his vic
tins. The gang carried off their wounded
companions. A large posse is now in pur-
suit of them.
Black Eye for Prohibition in Virginia
RICHMOND, April 26th-Prohibition met
with an overwhelming defeat here to-day,
the election resulting in majority of 5,6Sl
in favor of the licensing of liquors The
vote i'll Manchester was anti-prohibition
by q majority of 626. The vote in both
this city and Manchester was nearly as
large as il. ;he Presidential election. Under
the law, it cannot be renewed for two years.
The colored vote was almost unanimously
anti-prohibition.
The Worlds Record Lowered.
Sr. LOUIS, April 26th.-At Clarksville,
Mo-. to-day, George Il. Weber, of Smith
vile, n. j., won the fifty-mile bicycle road
race in three hours and seven minutes,
torty-two and one-quarter seconds lower
ing the worlds record by nearly half an
hour. The second and third men-K. e.
c. Kleige, of Smithville, and Percy Stoue,
OF st. Louis-also beat the record.
New York Stock Market.
New York. April 26th.-Central Pacific,
1045; Burlington, 1873! Rio Grande, 16i !;
Northern Pacific 20l; Northwestern,
10Y; New York Central, 1929 Oregon
Navigation, S7!; Transcontinental, 294 (;
Rock Island, 254; st. Louis and San Frarcis-
co, IS; st. Paul and Omaha, 4ss Texas
Pacific, 104 Union Pacific, 513; Wells,
Fargo & Co.'S Express, 125; Western
Union, GAL.
Not All in Mexico
Ell PAso (Tex.l, April 26th.-The Collec-
tor of Customs at FL Paso, has received a
dispatch from the Deputy Collector at Tue
son, Arizona, stating that mounted Gus
toms inspector had been run out of the
San Jose mountains by hostile Apaches.
This looks as if ali of General Crooks sur
rendered hostiles were not in old Mexico.
FOREIGN.