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pared of Works and Cowan to test the
constitutionality of the act. The money
derived from the tax is to be devoted to
the making of path for the use of pc
destrians and wheelmen along country
roads.
Bill 13O was reported favorably upon.
1t relates to the changing of appeals
from the Superior Court to the Supreme
Court.
Bills 222 and 223, relating to the ap-
pointment of health officers and employees
was reported back to the Assembly as
unconstitutional. Bill 1888, relating to
usury, was allowed to be Withdrawn.
Bills 269 and 372, relating TO commitments
Industry, were laid over until the next
meeting, when a substitute which will
embrace both bills. will be introduced and
will be favorably reported upon by the
committee. 1t will be drawn up by AS
semblyman Caminetti.
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OLD WORKERS GETTING DISGRUNTLED.
Collector Of the Port Jackson Sheds the Light Of His
Experience on the Situation and Announces His
Intention to Break the Deadlock.

three las a sufficient number for caucus
proceedings, whereas the Assemblyman
maintains that sixty-one should be
called in.
Colonel Jackson passed the hours of
daylight in extending warm greetings
to the various Senatorial aspirants and
making appointments to meet each one
of them at later hour in the day. He
met Senator Bulla in the Senate cham
Der and made himself agreeable to
General Barnes at the Golden Eagle
Hotel. Mr. Grant observed the cor
diality with which the Collector greeted
the general and never shed a tear.
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tary courtesies the Senator might bestow
upon him.
Davis found authority for his position
Blood to ef be thicker than water deoares aGd S
tried to show, upon his sanguinary the
ory, that under the amendment the noun
tain mining pioneer from .Amador would
derive great deal of post mortem bene-
fit. He declared it would protect from
depletion the little gold the hills of ANA
dor had grudgingly yielded the man Of '49,
and how after he had joined his fathers
the non-nining brother of the East, who
may have made his pile in railroads or
canning army beef, could come in and
receive the small though golden store.
without lifting the State treasury hairs
breadth.
Senator Sims favored brothers and sis
ters, and then Bulla arose to call atten-
Wis had spoken feelingly or the big tax
to be deducted from the big estate while
referring at the same time to the little
estate, he failed to mention that the tax
on the little estate would amount to only
a very small amount. He called atten-
ton to the fact that the fees IN eacn
case were relatively the same for big and
little, and he ventured an assertion that
some Senators then voting to take off
the tax would oppose a proposition to
reduce the fees.
Davis declared this unfair criticism. and
BulIa made a point of order that Davis
had already consumed the amount or ora
tory the Senate allows, and besides ne
which mollified the Senator from Amador:
Braunhart arose to add to the swirl or
words which had his bit of legislation
for a center, but he only said his amend
ment was all right and 1T ought to be
voted for. 1t was, too, to some extent,
for there were IA votes for the clause. 1t
was beaten by 8, and therefore quasi
fraternal donation will be exacted from
prospective heirs who remain from the
State while local brothers and sisters are
nearing their end.
Another amendment, submitted by Sen
ator Wolfe, making the bill relate to es-
tates at present in probate as we'll as
those to be probated, met with more Ia
yor. The bill will come up for final pas
sage tomorrow.
There was fight over the clause re-
lating to nephews and nieces last session
in the Legislature. and by its adoption the
State lost over $3.50 900 in taxes on the
Stanford estate. The exemption of the
nieces and nephews was cut out by the
amendment and was extended to make
liable also brothers and sisters. This
means another big saving in several of
the big estates.
State Printing Receives Attention.
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 9.-The Ways and Means
Committee bill appropriating $4,000 for
the running expenses of the State Print
ing Office was brought up in the Assem-
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FROM BLOOD TO
GOOD BLACK INK
Senator MOrehOuse Changes From
Gore in General to a Speci-
fled, individual Fluid,

CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 9.-Senator Morehouse has
closed his arsenal spiked his guns and
emptied his cartridge belt. He no longer
thirsts for editorial blood, but he is still
stalking newspaper criticism
He wants the names of the writer's. He
demands that every article published
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SENATE BUSINESS TENDS
TOWARD NIGHT SESSIONS

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 9.-The need of night ses-
-sions in the Senate is becoming apparent
to the members of that body, and the first
step toward burning the legislative mid
night oil was taken by Senator Smith
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A Road to Yosemite.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 9.--Assemblyman McDon-
aid of Tuolumne offered bill this morning
appropriating $50 900 for the building of a
free wagon road from the town of Merced
Falls. in Merced County, to the Yosemite
Valley 1t was referred to the Commit
taa on Roads and Highways
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INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO.

fore the Ways and Means Committee
of the Assembly to urge an appropria-
ton in aid of the Lincoln monument
enterprise.
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as 1t is without tacking that on the rest
of the House agreed and declined to en-
tertain Mr. Richards proposition.
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NO LAND SLIDE YET.

CALL HEADQUARTERS,
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 9.-One
more joint Senatorial ballot was
taken to-day, and if the land
slide that has been predicted is
imminent there was no prelim-
mary wave to indicate it. On
the tally sheet Burns appeared
to have lost one vote. He polled
to-day only % to Grants 26. but
this change in his score is be-
cause of the absence of ex-
Speaker Howard Wright, who
left early in the day and forgot
to pair with any of Grants ad-
herents. Outside of this one mis-
take there was no change. The
vote was as follows:
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lodged in trees and on house tops have
been rescued, but the boats sent from
Galveston Will patrol the Hooded dis
tricts and make thorough search for
stragglers. The war department. has
authorized Gov. Saycrs to distribute
10, GOO rations among the hood suffer
ers.
Deputy Sheriff Swearings at Sealey,
telephoned at noon: There is no I'M
provem4nt in this section Of the food
district. If anything, the situation IS
osiug worse. No relief boats have
yet reached here from Houston or Gal
weston. Sealey and neighboring towns
have about exhausted their resources:
Another Negro family was drowned
near Sealey Thursday. Several other
lives have been lost since Wednesday
night, especially among the refugees on
the mound near old St. PHILIPPE. a
number of Negroes have fallen ez-
hausted from tree tops, after hanging
there three days and nights, and were
drowned. = rumor is current here
of great loss of life near Richmond,
Fort Bend county. As We are cut of
from all that section, definite informa-
ton is unobtainahle, but the situation
naturally must be as bad as here.
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Heath of Gov. Richardson.

Shortly before midnight Wednesday
night typical South Carolina gentle
man of the old school, man Of noble
blood and loftiest sentiment, man who
had served his beloved State with rare
devotion, man who had been honored
time and again by his fellow ci.izens, a
member Of family Of governors-J ohm
Peter Richardson, ex-governor of the
State of South Carolina, breathed his
last, death coming quietly and almost
without warning. Without uttering a
word, Governor Richardson passed
away peacefully and to all appearances
painlessly. He died at his suite Of
rooms at the Hotel Jerome where for
several years he and his devoted wife
have been spending most Of their time,
so as to receive medical attention.
Columbia State.
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TIE GALLANT SPANISH
Who Defended Baler Come in Our Lines
Under Filipino Escort.

The Spanish commissioners who went
to Tarlac for conference with Aguin-
aldo regarding the surrender Of the
Spanish prisoners in the hands of the
Filipinos returned to Manila Thursday
night. Chairman Del Rio, of the COM
mission, said the release Of all the pris-
oners had been practically arranged for,
but it would be necessary to consult
the Spanish government before the
agreement could be ratified. He de-
clined to give the terms of the arrange
ment, or to say whether these comtem-
plated ransom. He asserted, hoWev
er, that Aguinaldo had already issued a
decree for the release of the civilian
officials and the sick soldiers.
The commissioners, with the remnant
of the Spanish garrison of Baler, on the
east coast of Luzon, and number OF
civilian prisoners, were escorted by
Filipino soldiers from Tarlac, to the
American outposts at San Fernando,
and came to Manila by the night train.
The heroes Of the long defense of Ba-
ler, where the Spaniards resisted an In
surgent siege for more than year,
formed a picturesque band. Lieut..
Martin, the only surviving officer,
marched them through the streets:
The1e are only twenty-five and most Of
them are mere boys, in faded blue cot
ton uniforms and red shirts. They are
barefooted.
a crowd of Spanish men and women
embraced them, weeping and shouting
their praises. They tell remarkable
story. 1t apears that the captain sew
eral times proposed to surrender but
the soldiers refused. Finally some
months ago he tried to raise white
flag. Thereupon Lieut.. Martin killed
him with his own sword. Their food
supply gave out entirely week ago,
and they surrendered to the Filipinos
with all the honors of war. They were
allowed to keep their arms, and they
say they marched from Baler, with a
Filipino escort, and carrying guns,
through several insurgent camps, every
where being cheered and feted.
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Tillman and McLaurin.

In conversation at Anderson We'd
nesday Senator Tiilman said it is now
the duty of the people to send delegates
to convent, ,ns county, State or ma
tional-who are pure and simple repre-
sentatives Of those that sent them.
To explain, the senator said to the re-
porter that this was the best thing for
the people to do in order to keep out
''evangel of hope" delegates-as they,
in his opinion, did represent the people
on the expansion issue. On the way
to the train a remark was made as to
the McLaurin vote for the annexation
of the Philippines. The senior South
Carolina senator thereupon made COM
parison Of certain some one-not
named-to a woman who-at the mar
riage alter-suddenly decides not to
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was the last speaker. While those who
proceeded him had had good attention.
and all of them some applause, when
the senator began to speak the crowd
showed the keenest interest, aud time
and again he was cheered. The sena-
tor took for his subject The conditions
Of the country and the tendency there
Of" Among his first sentences was
this: II swear that weare no longe.
free
\ Voice-"Who put US that way?'
He answered: "Eools who vote to
put scoundrels in Office" he said that
the masses were mislead by news
papers controlled by capitalists, and SO
far as he could see the country was 60
ing to the devil as fast as it could. He
said that the great trouble at the north
was that the people vote their party
ticket regardless of the character OF
their man. A representative repre-
sented bosses instead Of the masses.
We voted for Cleveland holding our
noses and telling them that there was
something dead up the creek. Further,
they found something rotten in the
White House.
1t is claimed that God, duty and des-
tiny demand that We clean up the
Filipinos, who are fighting, as our fore.
fathers did, for liberty. Capitalists OF
the north were responsible for this in
famous, outrageous, damnable war,
The tyrant's plea has always been ne
cessity. The royalists tried that plea
with Washington.
He is out and out against the Philip
pine war, and Mark Hanna and his
crowd would buy up all the franchises
and reap the benefit of all the acquired
territory. He chara cterized the north
as mongrel set who had lost the seed
corn Of liberty-a set who had long for
cotton that there was a Declaration OF
Independence.
Citizen Josh Ashley, NJ. L. Donald
son and other prominent men were
present.
Atthe banquet after the speaking, ".
D. Evans, K. R. Cain, NJ. L. Donald
son, Senator B. R. Tillman, Col. j. H.
Hoyt and others spoke.
The crowd was large, strictly SOBER,
and, of course, quiet and orderly.
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Two Thousand Negroes Oh House
Tops Floating Away.

James Collision superintendent Of
machinery for the Santa te railroad,
arrived in Galveston on the last through
train the road has been able to run,
The Brazos river at Rosenberg IS run
ming wild, MIR. Collision says; At Sun
nyside, y miles from Brookshlre, the
Brazos river is ordinarily 200 yards
wide. About parallel with this and
two and a half miles away: IS Elm
creek, which is seldom over 80 feet
wide, and in midsummer often dry.
The two streams are separated by 10"
bottom lands and are now united, max
ing river between FIVE and six miles
wide and from 60 to 20 feet deep.
Along the currents 10 people were res
cued Thursday in skif sent from
Houston. The people were delnolish-
ing their sheds and out houses and max
ing boxes that they used for boats.
Cattle were found resting their heads
in the bougbs Of trees. making pltla-
hle struggle for existence. At one
point two houses were seen coming
down the stream. In one Of them
man and two women, and on the other
woman and ave children were cling
ing for life and calling for help. One
Of these was i1e two-story affair and
the other was smaller dwelling. They
passed on with the foaming current and
may have struck an obstruction and
hecn smashed to pieces or found their
way into the gulf. Twenty-Five row
boats, fully manned and provisioned,
left Galveston Thursday for the section
overfowed, to assist in saving lite and
property.
Every year the Brazos and Colorado
valleys suffer from foundations. Up
to the present flood the greatest de-
struction from the annual inuudations
was in 1885. This year the high water
mark Of 1885 has been surpassed In
Washington, Austin, Fort Bend, Wa
Ter and Brazos county IN southern
Texas. The Brazos is falling rapidly
in the central part of the State, the
scene of last weeks food. The food
reached the southern part Of the State
Sunday night and Monday. Tue plant
ers had received ample warning, but
many Negroes remained in the Brazos
valley. believing the water would not
each higher than in 1885. From J.
800 to 2, 900 colored people were caught
in the valley, in Austin, Waller and
Fort Bend counties and were forced to
take to the trees and house tops.
Gov. Sayers, at the suggestion OF
Congressman Hawley, appealed to the
war department to send government
life saving boats from Galveston. Per,
mission was granted, and a sspeci,ai
,rain left Thursday afternoon tor tue
aooded district carrying several govern
rnent and number of private boats. 1t
is believed that nearly all the people
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! FLOODS IN TEXAS.
The Suffering Area as Large as
South Carolina.
oVERAHUNDRED LIVES LOST
Property Loss Estimated Any
Ewhere Between Seven and
Nineteen Million Dollars.
Wilderness Of Water.
Wilderness Of Water.

4 dispatch from Houston, Tex, says
a correspondent has just returned from
avoyage through the food districts Of
that State. The half has not been told
of the havoc wrought. The disaster is
so appalling that description is not pos
sible. After this food will come sickness
undoubtedly, and what week ago was
the fairest part of Texas, IS DOW almost
God-forsaken wilderness. The waters
of the Brazos have for days covered its
valley depth of from 6 to 81 feet;
where a week ago there were on every
hand fields of cotton and corn and thou
sands of acres of watermelons and can.
teloupes, today there is Shiny mud al!
over the vegetation and the carcaSses Of
cows, mules. pigs, dogs and cats, may
hap human, for many are missing.
Our party left Bryan at sunrise v ed
nesday morning, going othe Novelsote
bottoms and to a point about three
miles from Millican. Here We encoun-
tered everywhere au overflow from the
Navassoto river, VI .lch spread out fully
two miles on either side OF the Houston
and Texas Central track. Everything
is under water, from two to II feet.
It looked on all sides like a great lake,
and the water was so high that for
vast area it completely submerged the
telegraph and telephone poles along the
line. In truth, portions Of the Aava-
soto bottoms are even now perfect sea,
extending four or FIVE miles wide at GER
tain points.
saw hundreds of houses there total
ly submerged and as many more were
swept from their foundation and de-
stroyed. The planters Of the lotions
are still moving their help and what
ever is left Of their stock, TO places
where they can be cared for. They are
all nobly helping each other and taking
refuge wherever they can, some OF them
seeking safety on house tops. All the
planters stated that the outside world
has no conception of the foods or losses
incurred by the destruction Of crop,
stock and buildings. Nearly every
planter has built boats and sent them
through the flooded districts to render
assistance to the people, and, if posi-
bic, save some of their drowning stock:
The food district has length OF
over 500 miles, breadth Of probably
so miles, and in all this vast space
damage incalulable has been done.
The loss of life will never be fully
known perhaps; the bottoms were thick
ly settled, mostly with negro tenant
farmers; among these has been the
greatest loss Of life. To show the dam
age done the following estimates have
been made by men who are IN a posi-
tion to know:
Lives lost from 100 to 800.
Loss to farmers, including crops as
well as live stock, from So, OOO,0O0 to
s15, 100000
Damage to railroads and country
bridges, 100000 to $4,000, 600.
These estimates are taken IN the
whole area. It is known that more
than so peopl; have met their death;
that many bodies have been recovered: :
it is not believed that ali Of them will
ever be recovered.
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TERRIBLE STOKES.
One Thousand Persons on a Mound
With Snakes.

A special to The Post-Dispatch from
Austin, Tex, says: Gov Sayers Fri
day received a message from Sealey
over the long distance telephone saying
that l, 900 persons who had taken refuge
on mound three miles below there are
slowly per:shipg for the want Of food.
To add to the horror, the unfortunates
are surrounded by poisonous reptiles
Huddled together with the human be-
iugs are several hundred of live stock.
a number of those On the mound have
received bites from the reptiles and are
in a dying condition
a dispatch from Duke, Tex, says:
The food situation is more grave Friday.
The river rose tso feet during the night
and is still rising. The life savers from
Galveston started out soon after day
light ard are doing splendid work. The
Galveston crews brought in IS refugees
Thursday night from the high embank-
ment 1T the Sapta Fe bridge ever the
Brazos where the people had taken re-
fuge. Refugees are fockiug in from
all sides of the river. Four deaths by
drowning are reported near Sealey in
the last "a hours.
4 dispatch from Richmond says:
Never in the history Of Richmond were
such scenes witnessed as are depicted
Friday. Business is practically sus-
pended. Many plantations are under
water. AL traius, save those on the
Southern Pacific west, have been aban-
doned Provisions are running low,
aud unless something is done quickly
there will be great suffering in Rich.
mond within few days. 1t is believed
there will be at the very least from
{. 900 to 5000 persons to feed from this
place within week Stories of drown.
ing and disasters are coming in constant
ly, but they cannot be verified, although
i is probable that many of them are
correct. The water has reached the
river bridge and is dashing between the
iron guy rods under it, and for the first
time the railroad company E>s
stopped all traffic over it. Eight
bodies h3ated down the river and
lodged on the beach and were buried:
Four of them were white, a woman and
three children, and four were Negroes.
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Officers in the Army.

Senator McLaurin, Of South Carroll
ma, was at the White House Wednes-
day in the interest of some applicants
for commissions in the new military Or
carnations. He was given to under
stand that the president would appor:
ton the officers among the several
States in the proportion of captain
and first lieutenant for each State If
respective Of politics. The higher Off
GERS, as has already been intimated, are
to be taken largely from the regular es-
tablishment. 1t is understood that a
strong effort will be made to reserve
the second lieutenant for the non-com.
missioned officers who have made good
records in active service, both with the
regulars and volunteers.
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IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY.
Eight Hundred People Without Food
or Shelter.

A special dispatch from Dallas, Tex !,
says: At l:45 p. n. today Deputy
Sb,@.tf Sw,aringen of Austin county,
ma the following statement ever the
lous distance telephone at aly: Re
lief las not reached the food victims in
this section. Thirteen dead bodies
have been recovered near the town OF
Brookshire. Is miles from here. Forty
FIVE persons above Sealy are reported
missing and given up for dead. Seven
were drowned today in boat seven
miles below Sealy.
About 400 persons are isolated on a
small piece of land in the Brazos bot
toms, th,ee miles from BEookshire.
Several hundred more are surrounded
at San PHILIPPE. three miles from Sealy.
Unless relief can soon reach these two
places the 500 lives will probably be
lost. Many will die as it is, from hun
ger, exposure and exhaustion.
The water today is running through
the town Of Brookshire, something
never known before. The 65 lives re-
ported lost were in radius of 20 miles
north and south Of Sealy. Heare CON-
pletely isolated at Sealy, but this town
is not in danger. We cannot estimate
the situation beyond the limits men.
toned. The whole face of the coun-
try here is sea. The channel Of the
Brazos river here has shifted about
three miles and the water is Is miles
wide.
Logs, houses, lumber and railroad
material, merchandise, live stock and
other floating objects make it worth the
life Of rescuers to go to the relief Of the
endangered people, most of whom are
negroes. The railroads are destroyed
for miles. An immense washout oc-
CURED on the Santa Fe south Of Al
Zealy this morning. This cuts off our
last strand of railroad communication.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and the
Southern Pacific are all completely
stopped. The weather is cloudy this
afternoon and more rain is feared"