Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-23
HIM. DI l[ltdhAfn,
From ALI Quarters.
FLOODS IN THE WEST.
Several Valleys in Arizona
De|uged With Rain.
LIVES LOST IN A SHIPWREck.
Present Session Of Congress
Nearing its End.
THE LATE Mr.. WINDOWS SUCCESSOR
Recovering the Bodies of
the Mine Disaster.
THE LATE Mr.. WINDOWS SUCCESSOR
TURNED TO TORRENTS

STREAMS TURNED TO TORRENTS
Great Flood in tho Salt River Val.
ley of Arizona The Town OF
Phoenix Partly Submerged-Rail.
road Bridge Carried Away-Many
Adobe Houses Destroyed.
TEMPLE, Ariz., Feb. 21.-Salt River val.
ley has just been visited by the greatest
flood on record. The storm is general. It
swept over Arizona with deluge of rain,
raising mountain streaps to torrents and
the rivers far above flood levels. Last
Thursday morning Salt river had risen
seventeen feet above the ordinary level at
point twenty weight miles above Phoenix.
At temple on the south side of the river
a railroad bridge was swept entirely away,
A little south of Phoenix the river left the
farms, cutting out the railroad track. Many
farm buildings built of adobe crumbled
away. Frame structures fioated off The
northern edge of this flood, which is a
mile wide and three feet deep, entered the
city of Phoenix, flooding out many
poor families. The territorial in
sane asylum had a narrow escape,
the water being banked off. The
electrical works were flooded and the town
left in darkless About one hundred adobe
houses fell in as soon as the water soaked
through and large amount of personal
property was thus destroyed. Measures
for relief of the needy have been taken
The river began to fall Friday afternoon
and has nearly reached the normal height.
The loss is not less than $125, 200, of
which one-third falls to the railroad COM
spany. About five miles of track were
washed out and bridge destroyed. Five
Puma Indians near Lehi, twenty miles east
of Phoenix, are the only persons known to
have been drowned, though it is believed
a white man and family living on an island
north of Phoenix also persisted.
Catholics Warned Against Parnell.
CORK, Feb. pa pastoral letter from
the bishop of Cloyne was read in all the
Catholic churches in county Cork to-day.
In this the bishop warns the Catholics of
his diocese that the threats uttered by Mr..
Parnell since the rupture of the Boulogne
conference point to design to induce the
people to ignore the precepts of religion
and defy the authority of the church.
COMING WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Only Eight More Working Days of the
Fffty-Ffrst Consress-What is Plan
ned in Both Houses for the Week.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Only eight full
working days remain of the Fifty-frst con-
gress and, the proceedings in both branches
will probably be marked by the haste that
is usual in the closing days of short ses-
sion.
The senate will probably devote its time
during the week mainly to the appropria-
ton bills, beginning with the sundry civil
bill tomorrow and following with the leg
islative and Indian appropriation bills.
These measures and similarly urgent con-
ference reports ON other appropriation
bills are likely to leave but little time fol
anything else provided for in the order Of
business arranged by the republican eau,
Gus. The Nicaragua canal bill is the un.
finished business in this category, but may
have to give its place to some other meas
ure. The miscellaneous measures follow
ing it are the pure food bill and the Con
ger lard, the army reorganization bill, the
Interstate commerce bill, the bill to trans
fer the revenue marine service to the navy
department and the Pacific railroad fund
ing bill:
The house majority desire to have &
number of important matters, including
the shipping bill, passed upon before fna
adjournment, but the representatives il
charge of the appropriation bills insist Oh
right of way and the democrats, with 6
few exceptions, intend to exert all their
power to prevent the enactment of thu
shipping bill into law. The postofice ap
preparation bill is not yet out of the com
mittee. of the whole and the consideration
of the agriculture and deficiency bills ha
not begun. Conference reports on othe
appropriation bills will also consume &
part of the time during the week. In ad
dition to these measures there are tn
copyright, the appellate court and the In
dian depreciation bills, which have passet
| both houses, but need to be advanced
through the conference stage of Legislation
before they can go upon the statute book
The report of the Raum investigation ant
the recommendation of impeachment il
the case of Judge Boarman, of Louisiana
| are matters of the highest privilege OF
| which action of the house is desired. Tn
| silver bill is not included in the schedule
| of business arranged by the majority