Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-27

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Chinese Laundries in the East
New YORK, January 26th.-Your CORE
spondent saw John Keogh, John Kaya-
naugh and Stephen Casey, all prominent
labor men here, and asked them regarding
the strength of the boycotting movement
against the Chinese laundries. They ad-
United that boycotting has been going on
quietly Tor some time past but an organ
lied movement by all the labor and trade
societies only recently commenced. They
sad the ooycotting will not only be carried
on IN this state, but all over the country
that the laundry nuisance had grown every
Where within the past year, and had driven
hundreds of white girls into the streets;
that the boycott will not be let I'D until the
Chlnese are driven out of the laundry bust
ness.
The Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, January 26th.-The Demo
cratic Senators met in caucus at 10 O'Clock
THIS morning, and were III session for
several hours. The Republican Senate met
at 10 o'clock, with the Lieutenant-Cioy-
ernor in the chair. All the Republican mem
bers were present and none of the Demo-
Gratis. The journal of the day previous
was read and declared approved They
were In session about two hours and adj
Journed until tomorrow morning. There
was no excitement and only few specta-
tors were present.
SECOND DIsPATCHl
COLUMBUS, January 26th.-The Repub-
lican Senate has adjourned till tomorrow
'at 10 A. NJ. The Democratic caucus accom-
pllshed nothing, except to resolve on a
solid front, and that they will 90 into the
Senate chamber at P. NJ tomorrow
Fiorida's Great Loss.
NEW YORK, January 26th.-A private
letter from Bradentown, Florida, saws
The recent freeze-up was the greatest
calamity that ever befell this or any other
Southern State. 1t is universally con-
coded that no such cold snap has been
known here since 1880. The children here
had never seen snow before. 1t showed
all day and night and covered the roofs
and leaves. | had three guava trees. eleven
inches in diameter, the largest in Florida
They are rs dead as Julius Caesar | saved
my oranges from freezing by burning light
wood stumpS and palmetto roots, which |
had left from the clearing. But the trees
will shed most of their leaves, and Young
seedlings and budded stock is destroyed
also pineappleS, cocoanuts and all trop
ical fruits. Even fish were SO frozen in
the shoals that cart-loads were gathered.
PHILADELPHIA, January 26th.-The Led
GER quoting the Southern estimates of
losses by the cold snap in Florida, saws
Two million dollars in fruits and vege-
tables is the best the Tines Union can figure
out, more than half this being oranges
frozen on the trees The losses being
widely distributed, will not be ruinously
felt. Now and then it looks as though
there was going to be as much over-pro-
duction in the fruits of this country as in
some other things, but oranges this year
will be no more than enough to go around.
Gloomy Outlook for the Hudson River
Peach Crop.
New YORK, January 26th.-The peach
buds along the Hudson river have been so
much hurt by the last cold wave that it is
thought the crop is doomed. 4. J. Cav
wood, a veteran horticulturist of Marlboro.
says he has examined 1000 buds in the last
few days and found few alive. Out of the
first LOCO he found only five live buds
Numerous other fruit-growers report sim
liar unfavorable outlook. One grower SAYS
% per cent. Of the buds are still safe.
Destructive Fire in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, January 26th-The five
story brick building Nos. us 10 10 Arch
street, was discovered on fire at / 80 o clock
this morning. The flames quickly COM
municated 10 No. 721 Arch street. The
Of the haudsumest on Arch street The
upper floors We're occupied by three firms
Of photographers. Each of these firms will
suffer total loss. The first floor was occu-
pied by Monroe Bros. & Co.. wholesale
shoes. The building, No. 721 Arch street.
was occupied by May q Bro, straw and
millinery goods. The firemen finding their
efforts to save the Morris building unavail-
ing. directed their streams 10 the ST. Cloud
Hotel. which adloins Immediately on the
east. The guests in the hotel had all re-
tired for the night, and were startled by the
frantic shouts of "Firem which came from
the fourth floor. The cry of warning
created a panic in the hostelry The guests
rushed from their rooms, partially dressed.
into the corridors and down the stairs to
the Office. The female guests were escorted
safely to quarters IN the neighborhood
while the gentlemen, some with gripsacks
and others Juggling their trunks, looked
after their own interests. There were many
exciting incidents and scenes attendant
upon the retreat from the hotel but no ac-
cidents are reported. At1:l5the front wall
of the Morris building fell with crash into
the street. This was soon atterward followed
by the fall of side wall upon the ware
house occupied by May & Bro. The roof
was crushed and the building shattered
by the burning debris. A number of build
ings on the south side of Arch street were
damaged by fire, and their contents suffered
from water. The double building. Nos
723 ana 725 Arch street, Just west of the
Norris building, was entirely burned
Shortly after O'Clock il was evident that
the st. Cloud Hotel was doomed, as great
volumes of heavy smoke came pouring
through the fifth floor front windows. Dur
ing the early stages of the fire, and before
1t had reached the hotel, the police ran
through the latter building to awaken the
guests who had not been previously
alarmed. Some of them were too sleepy
TO be aroused, and the officers were obliged
to break in a few doors to get the people
out By o'clock the cornice and a Dor
ton of the top story of the hotel fell into
Arch street, sending up myriads of cinders
At 3:45 O'Clock the fire was under control
The st. Cloud Hotel was a fiye-storv struct
ure, with frontage Of eighty feet. 1t had
accommodations for $50 guests, and last
night was filled to two thirds of its capaci-
ty. The proprietors say they value their
furniture and effects at $50, 500. fully COW
cred by insurance. The London TEMPER
ance Hotel adjoins the St. Cloud on the
east side, and it also caught fire. The
guests, who were mainly permanent board
ers, were directed to leave it, and all of
them succeeded in saving their personal
property. The loss is now estimated at
from $500, 600 to $750,00O
Missionary Seeking New Field.
New YORK, January 26th.-Your CORE
spondent learns that Peter Dwyer, former
rough character here, but who became
converted, and for the past two years has
conducted a down town mission, in which
many charitable persons are interested left
suddenly Saturday night for California. ac-
companied by two female members of his
congregation. He is reported as leaving a
wife and crippled daughter here, almost
penniless1 Dwyer had ample means, and
took with him piano and other household
goods. His fight was not discovered until
late Saturday night. 1t is said that friends
of his wife will pay her passage to the Pa
citic coast, and put stop to the missionary
labors he intends carrying on there.
Eastern States Alarmed.
Boston, January 18th. Carroll d.
Wright, the well-known statistician, read
an interesting paper before the Norfolk
Club on Saturday evening on - The Future
of the Industries of Massachusetts. He
declared that the South and West were so
rapidly developing their industries that the