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THE STORM.
Loss Of Life and Property Caused by
the Beccut storm in Pittsburgh
Allegheny Flooded Several Per-
sons drowned.

The Recent Storm in Pittsburgh a
Allegheny fIoOded-Seyeral Per-
sons drowned.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch We col
lrct the following report of the doings of
the Storm King in that city and neigh
nrrhood. As will be seen. the results are
90. serious nature:
All the hoodgatcs of heaven were
uprnrd last night, and vast volume of
water was discharged upon the city.
The water came down Seventh avenue
with fearful velocity. 1t seemed as
,Gourh the huodgateS of some tremen-
dnu, aqueduCt had been let loose. Plank
and cohhlc-stoneS came down the hill to
h. piled up in heaps at the corner of
Grant street. but aS the flood Increased
the water at that point had attained the
height of from four to six feet, and the
stones and lumber were once more cast
,Iritt. Cellars on this street We're flooded,
anI the amount Of butter and vegetables
spoiled will count up something, however,
not marvellous.
The Tunnel and Union Depot.
The tunnel of the Panhandle rail
way WAS flooded with some four feet of
y.,t,.r and of course became impossible
for trains. and traffic for th' time being.
ou that road was suspended. The yards
of the same corporation were also thor
uIrhlv inundated, and the track of I'll"
r,,J covered rIror t. the intersection
with the. wards nf,flr Union Drpo,.
T., n,,., pJ,c,s
,,. nan D.-.r;,., r;,l .,,J Oh
o,.,.,..,,, and T,,rr,.,.,nr,.,:Ir - the. v,.trr
,'....,,..I , n..rr.r, Jrnr,r. Cr,lnr, were
...,,,n..r.,,.J and in 4, L. Iou,,, ,l,. water
-.-,..i freely, ri,iu,r in SOME INSTANCES To-
ir.,i.pth .i'g ur 10 feet. Bridges were
Iaup, away. and hargrr loaded "Ith coal
v-r. .r"-rnrd from their m""rn"> and
carried down The river All along IN"
.w.t ;nr F"n-i'H"iI' railroad, from the
h"a-" )" Tire valley "i ne h'r'''rs'
.s'--''- "i Garth ""r" washed down on
'"' h"'H. iN 'h' son" l''S'F''' "i'' .!''''
'."- M"''" >''''' -''", ",'''''- va :.
""n' '' business HOUSES "i'" '''' ''''''''''
panty.
Ihr torn I">t evening M"> h' !'H>
N..rnl 100 A'rGn"nE IMAM III li'' '''E'
ami wmI" thrrain TELL IN hIlnHihS L rr"ntN
'H. u"N"n> were Iurd with III" IlGh'-
n'-. tn" greatest damag" done was on
Sprung Garden avenue. IN the seventh
"Hr1 Whcr" valuable property ~ We'll
"- ..'" WAS destroyed.
Fearful Scene on Butcher Run.
Th, water rose with fearful rapiditv.
AMI brt,r,. the occupants of the mumrr-
.-,.wruinr> could escape tn dry land
r..vvorr cnt oft. and remained in great
.-..,I of the result ofthr inundati"u. In
,Iu-, %. the buildings the water filled the
,ry.r stories. and several We're carried
.~,u their foundations and il" wreck
eI wpon the bank "c The Ruu
a.I ir, -n,nc cases we'll up i'm tnr street
trr t,.r...~I street fIy, hnu,rS with their
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-28
IL Seemed as If the Heavens were
Opened

and the water came down as if discharged
from immense pipes. The volume was
so large that the narrow valley soon
filled with the raging torrent. and the
frame dwellings, stables and slaughter
houses gave way like pipe stems, and the
debris from the wrecks were swept down
along the line of the Plank road the
weight being augmented every moment.
In the district lying west Of Chestnut
street and north Of line parallel with
North avenue, the water rose to the
heighth of fully 20 feet. In some place
the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-28
impossible TO give anything ike accurate
statements as TO facts and figures.
All Reports m IN Lo~.es


All Reports N 60 Losses
are therefore TO great extent simply es-
Inmates. The Commercial places the loss
of life in the Butchers Run and Ale
gheny City districts at l47, while the
Dispatch only makes il l25. The most
carefully prepared figures, however, give
the total loss of life at 2l9. With regard
TO toproperty, il is simply impossible TO give
an idea which can be considered reliable.
Relief for the sufferer.
At the meeting Of the citizens of Al
lcgheny tonight, number of the lead
ing citizens pledged themselves TO raise
$4,000 for the Immediate relief of the
sufferers, and measures have been taken
TO have all dead bodies in the ruins rr-
moved ss soon as possible. \ meeting
has been called by the Mayor Of Pitts
burgh for tomorrow. Ii will likely BE-
several days before the accurate figures
can be known concerning the entire
result of the sad devastation.
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at'heeliug Reeistsr.

GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at lO9I
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Occupants Of Dwellings: were Gnab'e
to Escape

in time to save their lives and in many
instances the force of the water rent
structures into splintcrs. After taking
away large number of fences and out
houses. the food struck the dwelling &C
cupied BY Henry Waltern, his wife and
two children; all were drowned.
The next house was
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Receiyed for Redemption.

The amount of national bank notes re-
ceived Mt the Treasury Department L"
day for redemption was S639,'9o' making
$500. .S92 received since the organization
of the bureau.
Secretary Bristow and Treasurer SPIN
ncr have arranged that all appointments
to office in Treasurer SpinnerS bureau
shall be made only after examination
and that any party to whom the IreA.,
ur + obicc,s Shall not be appointed. II
ha, also becn agreed that all persons
nominated by Gen. Spinner for appoint,
mcnt in his department shall b" allowed
To- appear for examination.
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her all that he had told US. Miss Anthony
listened attentively to the end, and then
said: 81 have heard the same story from
Mrs. Illton." We compared notes and
found that by both man wife the same
story had indeed been told.
What were the particulars of Mrs. Til
tons confession?
l will tell YOU how it was
made. When Mr.. Tilton return
ed home that evening some angry
words, growing out of the separation in
the afternoon, passed between him and
his wife. Both became intensely excited
in the heat of passion, and in the pres
ence of Miss Anthony they each con-
fessed to the other of having broken
their marriage VOW. In the midst of
these startling disclosures Miss Anthony
withdrew to her room. Shortly after she
heard Mis-. TIlton come dashing up the
stairs and Mr.. Tilton following close
after. She flung open her
bed room door and Elizabeth
rushed in. The door was then closed and
bolted. He pounded on the outside and
demanded admttance, but Mrs. Anthony
refused to turn the key. Sointense was his
passion at that moment that she feared
he might kill his wife if he gained access
to the room Several times he returned
to the door and angrIly demanded that 1t
be opened. mo woman shall stand be
tween me and my wife; he said. But
Susan, who is ~ courageous aS she Is
noble, answered him with the words:
If YOU enter this room it Will
be over my bead body and
50 the infuriated man ceased his
demands and withdrew. Mrs. Tilton
remained with Susan throughout the
night, in the excitement of the hour, and
amid sobs and tears she told all t. Miss
Anthony The whole story of her own
flithleSsneSS of Mr.. Becchcrs
course, of her deception, and of her an
guiSh, fell upon the ears of Susan B.
Anthony, and were spoken by the lips
of Mrs. Tilton.
"By Mrs. Tilton's cross examinations,
observed a reporter; "it appears that
Mrs. TiltOn was far from friendly to
Miss Anthony, how could she have made
this confession to her? On the contrary,
Mrs. Titon thought great deal of Miss
Anthony, of Mrs. Bullard and all those
ladies. | was very intimate with her
b fore Mrs. Woodhull's thundrrbolt. At
the time of our first knowledge of the
affair Mr.. Wilkeson also heard of it.
4 Matter of Money.
He besought the ladies not to make 1t
public, Us to him it was a matter of
money. He mas a stockholder in Ply
mouth Church, in the Christian Enim
and in the Life of Christ. Now the
destruction of Mr. Bccchcr would be the
destruction of all these. A. Mr.. Wilkc-
son expressed it, it would knock the Life
of Christ" higher than kite hence his
concern in keeping the matter secret.
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Negotiations for the New Loan.

The negotiations for the new five per
cent. loan will probably be concluded
very soon. The Secretary Of the Treas
ury quite confident they will result IN IN
di:posing of the entire balance of five
per cent. bonds.
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have already been found. and from p
~ 30 persons are missing. The iron
bridge crossing Saw Mill Run at Main
street, and five Others above, We're swept
away.
At Mclaughlin :, about II miles west
on the Panhandle Railroad, II person
are reported to have been drowned; also
hundred. of catlle. horses. sheep. &c.
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NEW YORK.
Rcarrestcd.

NEW YORK; July 27.-Louis NJ. Vanct-
ten, pardoned from the State prison a
short time ago by Governor Dix, for cX-
posing frauds in the prison, has been
again arrested on the charge of passing
"A $4,000 United States bond on the
bank of San Francisco. This bond was
identified a. one those stolen from the
room occupied by CASTILLO del Lazago'
at st. Georges hotel about three years
ago. Chief of Police Lee, of San Fran
cisco is now in this city with the nece>sn-
rv papers totakc Vanctten back with him,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-28
Unusual Scene.

When the gong sounded for Tn" ON"
o'clock call. the Broker, formed in pro-
cr>>ion. and marched out of the Exchange
into the street. and Nicc-C hartman
Mitchell proceeded with tn" cntir" call.
with "uly telegraph operators and pages
of the board n witnesses. such a seen"
never before occurred in the history of
Stock Exchange. After tn, call
closed the Broker, marched
into the board room and CAV
three cheers. Since the Erie decline of
per cant the greatest chang" Of tn" day
was in the gold room. Speculation Wa,
weaker and exchange heavy, "n "cc"unt
"f the growing impression that tn" Syn
dicatc bid for $5j. .OoO.OO0 of tn" new loan
would vet be- arranged Leading parties
Interested have not vet received any de-
finite answer from London. but a. the
only question at issue l. the length of
time on call for the balance If the loan.
it i believed that the whole matter will
hc fixed
Teresa Fcslor, wife Of a saloon keeper
AT SOC East 10Th street wa- killed y">t"r-
dav by John O'T"olc with whom >he had
II quarrel.
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Extensive Glue Works

were the next to succumb to the action OF
the water. and were totally destroyed.
A short distance below these works WA,
a small buildinr nccupicd hv
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-28
Dull Business.

The BUSINESS on stock Exchange to-
day was mprcccdcntly duh. TIA" greatest
fluctuation of tn" day was ! per cent.
this only in finest stocks, Nll other shares
having been stationary.
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The Death Role.

Mr.. and Mr.. Meter; Conrsd Center
and wife; Mr. Mary Congdon; John
Winkler; Jacob Hicknopfer; Mr.. Henry
Leopold and four children; Archibald
Arnold; bly, Of female, and bodie-
Of seven chlldrcn-thrre boy' and four
girl,-not vet identified; Mr.. Jno.
Schafer and three daughters; Henry
Maltern. wife and two children; August
Bolster son Of Alderman Bol-ter; a
Young man named Humbord was d.
.troved while attempting 20 rescue q
family on Ohio street; Emma Rykntt.
aged five years; son Of Jno. Shearin.
aged four YEAR; little girl apparently
about five wears old, not identified; Mr.
and Mrs. Hufnogle; body ola boy named
Huber.
Spring Garden avenue lie.
70 the s"uth Of Butcher run.
and Is separated By high hill In thi.
alley the same scenes were enacted on d
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It's Almost Impossible

for anv one not familiar with the geog-
raphy Of this locality to form an idea Of
thi, disaster or how it could possibly
have occurred. The main part Of the
city of Pittsburgh, a il rises gradually
from the point formed by the junction Of
the two rivers, has many gullies in Ger
tain localities. which render II food Of
this description liable TO do great damage,
and the part known a. the hill region l.
frequently liable to suffer frOm local in
undationS.
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Another Arrest.

Robert J. Wilson was arrested to-day
on charge of attempting to pas :,
forged 81 900 United States bond on the
Sub-TrcaSury.
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That of John WinkIer.

who found the flood cndangcring his
barn and stock. He and his brother
started out to the horses. Mrs. Winklcr
remained in the house, and in les than
five minutes the water filled all the lower
rooms. Mrs. Winklcr called for assist
ancc. but before it could reach her the
building gave way and she was cngulfed.
Further southwark was Il dwelling occu-
nirI hv
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The Beccher Investigating Commit
tee Resumed It's Session

this evening, n usual, with closed doors
at the residence of Augustus Storrs,
Brooklyn. Shortly after the committee
assembled General Tracey entered the
house. being followed after brief inter
val by three gentlemen whose names
could not be ascrrtaincd, but who were
examined by the committee. A member
of the committee after the adjournment
said that the evidence given by these wit
ncsSc> was unimportant. He also said
that the session of the committee would
be prolonged. as many witnesses who's"
testimony is required. are absent from
the city. The proceedings will neceSsar-
ilv be delayed until their return. Mr..
, Bcechcr's detailed statement Is not yet
ready to be laid before the committee,
but will, it is believed, be submitted in 1t
day or two.
ROCHESTER, y. Y, July "a re-
porter called at Mrs, Anthony ;
residence this evening, and learned that
she was absent from the city on IT lcctur
ing tour. The iatimation was given by
her relatives that she probably would
not testify in the Bccch"r-Tilton scandal
unless compelled To do 80 by legal pro-
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Damage i'm Pittsburgh Compare
ffxaI~

The damage here. however. i this
time light, compares with other locslitie:
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Mr. John Shearing.

As soon as the water, commenced rising
Mr.. Shcaring moved his family, consist
ing of his wife and two boys, aged four
wears. to the hillside, in what u" sup
posed to be- place of safety. The hill
drcn were sleeping ,oundly, but ohe # the
little fellows was aroused by the storm
and rolled over an cmbankmcpt in the
angry flood below. His bodw was re-
covered thi. mOrninp. The
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Mr.. August RykOn

and family, embracing his wife and two
children. ..-Thc family were unaware o.
the destru ruction which Wa, sweeping down
on them. The building was carried from
its foundation, with the occupants in it.
Mrs.. Rvkotf, bruised and bleeding WAS
rescued from the torrent several squares
distant, but both children were drowned.
At the corner of East street and
Madison Avenue the waters seemed to
dcyiytr
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Declaration Ratified

. The ratified declaration respecting
trademarks has been concluded with
PuSSiu
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BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associated Press Peport. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th SITS.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July q.
The New Loan.

Secretary Bristow announced this
morning that negotiations were still
pending concerning the acceptance OF
bids of new five per cent bonds.
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strictly suburban. The north bank OF
the Allegheny river, upon whose hill
sides and in whose valleys the upper por-
ton of the city is situated, has, according
to all accounts, been the scene of the
greatest disaster. The work of destruc-
tion commenced at point about
two miles north of the CEN
tral portion of Allegheny City,
Butchers Run valley at its mouth is pro
badly between four and five hundred
feet wide, and at the point where the
work ofdestruction commenced It Is not
more than one hundred and fifty feet
wide. Between North Avenue and this
northerly point numerous ravines empty
into the valley. Along this route the
houses were built directly over the natural
water course, culverts being made and
used in part Us foundations for dwelling
houses. The line of destruction follow
ed the water course To the river, and in
volved an immense number of houses
that were mot on the line of the culvert.
When the rain commenced falling but
little apprehension was entertained, but
those living rear the head of the valley
state that suddenly
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Houses were Literally Turned IP'
side Down

On OHara -trr.., the dwelling yf AZ
dernan Bolster wa- r"Iurnd T." Il orig
inal element. and onr of hi children
droxncd. The rr,t Of thr family c-capcd.
On tn" -amc street "a family named Fu"he.
consisting Of Jarob Furhr. hi- VIII" and
one child. wor" all l",. al" 80 brother Of
Mr.. Fuchc. In another h"u-" aIm0-t
adjoining lived jacob Meter hi. wIf"
and two children. Al the family except
on. child wcr" let. The hrdi"- "f thu"
three werc found thi- morning. on
Chestnut .trcct at the intersection "f
Spring Garden avenue the water ATTAINED
n depth Of fully twenty lat. bn' the
building. with-t"od IL force better. aud
i'm onlv one instance Wa any -"rI"u.
damage done \ large fran" building
occupied Il, beer hall. Wa moved from
IL foundation and fnatcd directly acr"--
tn" street. completely "b-trUctIng III"
wav. It j. c-tIuated that in thi, district
yEcrp about
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The President has issued his procIa-
nation ratifying the extraditlon treaty
with Peru; also the treaty of friendship
commerce and navigation with the same
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-11
UNEMPLOYED RADICALS.

We understand there is a scheme on foot to
have the next Legislature force the city tt
employ and pay all such Radicals as have
been discharged from situations on account OF
politics. .....
1t Is estimated that there are or will be,
twelve thousand of such. and their leaders
say it is matter of Indifference whether they
get paid voluntarily by the citizens as en-
ployes, or involuntarily by the citizens,
through the public taxes. Paid these Radical
voters must be, and shall be- as thev cannot
be spared out of town, and they will not be
driven out by unemployment.
In the meantime a purse is making up by
office-holders and sympathizers. on which the
unemployed Radicals can drain for their tenn
porary subsistence until their managing men
can arrange the machinery for the legalized
robbery OF the city treasury, for the subsi-
dising OF the horde Of ignoramuses whom
they style voters
Git zens will see, therefore, that they are in
the position of a conquered people, compelled
to pay not only their own but the enemy's ex-
penses 1t is a modern rendering of that
scripture which bids us feed, clothe aud shell
er ones bitterest foes, who in this instance
ire the rank and file Of the usurping Radical
Kellogg concern.
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THE SUNDAY BULLETIN.

Tho Sunday BULLETIN will be a double
2teet as usual, and will lack in nothing that
gy'ss TO make mp an interesting newspaper
Aua literary journal. 1t will contain articles
IN leading topics. the latest local intelligence,
hs freshest news by telegraph and mail from
MI points. Reviews of the latest publications.
znl nothing that should not be found in
tryt-ciass family paper. The issue will be
ha largest since the foundation Of the BULIE-
T1s, shich is an evidence of an increase of
popularity of which advertisers will do well to
take notice. All advertisements for the
sunday issue should be sent in early
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ENGLISH CAPITAL FLOWING INTO THE SourH.
Since several of the Southern States have
exempted capital invested in the development
of their internal resources from taxation, North
ern and foreign ca"ital has begun to find ,ro-
ttanle investment there. Many companies
have been formed to develop the rice fields of
South Carolina, the forests of Florida and
Georgia, and to manuf .cture the raw cotton
adjacent to the planta ions. The English CO.
operative associations, We learn from our ex-
changes, are looking southwark for fields Of
profitable investment, and one com, any Of
Engli h cooperative rice planters, with cau-
ital of $2,OoO,OOO, will soon begin opera ions
near Charleston. The Augusta Gnstitmionalist,
commenting upon these facts, very pertinently
remarks ''Some anxiety was recently ex-
pressed to get an itinerant newspaper excur-
sion party to come here and be made much Of
The parties who were so eager to capture and
entertain these festive quill-drivers had a great
deal better bestir themselves to attract sober
and well-to-do Englishmen who have money
to spend"
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CARD.
TEXAS REAL

TEXAS REAL ESTATE DRAWING.
The Hon. Jas. T. D. Wilson, Mayor Of Houston,
and the City Council, indOrse the enterprise, a.
follows:
Houston, Texas, April %, 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the Real Estate
Distribution, which J. E. Forster proposes to
make the Goth July, next in this city, as calcu-
lated to promote improvements, and placing
within the reach Of many who otherwise would
be unable, chance to secure home for them
and their families, and having, from our
long acquaintance with HIM, every conf
dence in his integrity, We feel justified in saying
that We believe he will carry out his distribution
honestly and fairly, according to his advertised
plan.
Jas. T. D. Wilson, B. F. McDonough,
Fred. Stanley, r. B. Baer,
F. T. Heitmann, John d. Usener
John Maher, Robert Burns,
N. P. Turner, NJ Harrington.
Capital Prize, $4,000 gold. Ten Residences in
Houston; Population e, 900 and the railroad cen.
tire Of the State, and nearly $50 tracts of land in
different portions of the State. Value Of prizes:
STAG, 900. $4,000 tickets at 81 each. Address,
J. E. FORSTER, Manager.
y. W HOUSE. Treasurer.
Programmes, with detailed prize lists, furnish
I'd "gratis" by addressing
G. de LANZAC CHAUNAC,
P. o. Box 1880,
je22 I'm New Orleans, La.
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HE Sex OF TIE COMET. is no occa-
sion to enter into an argument to prove that
the comet belongs to the feminine gender
The dead set she made on the sun, who is an
old bachelor is evidence, not exactly Of her sex,
but Of one of its characteristics She carries
a tail, and 40 does every lady's dress. She is
coy and bold by turns, inconstant cratic
and perverse. As Virgil says "Earium ct
na.sabae genus. She knows not her own
mind an instant and when you think she
is madly in love with old Sol, straightway
she flies OF to Mars, gets tired of him and
picks up acquaintance with Mercury. Finally
she is found in Airtation with old Jupiter,
and that's the WY her sex was determined
Then observe her love Of admin&ion- ex-
oeas've vsnity-shcwing herself OF before
every staf IN IL univeesn