The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-22

Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th SITS.
CHARLESTON.
The Emma Graham Afoat.
Great Excitement and Can
non Firing.
She Brings the State Officers,
but Leaves the Archives.
Sinking of the Clara Scott.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, May q.
Special to the Register.
The Emma Graham leaves at u NJ. to-
day with all the State officers except
Cole. the Librarian There is great
crowd of people on the wharf. Cannon
are being fired, and great excitement is
manifested
The Clara Scott sunk this morning
three miles below Charleston. No lives
lost. The Emma Graham took her pas
scngers. ].
Tue following private dispatch has
been placed at our disposal:
CHARLESTON, May 81, 1915.
TO NJ. Reilly:
We will leave at noon to-day. Shall
take the steamer Express Mt Parkorsburg
tomorrow morning. Have the Cover
nor and State officers on board. viii
telegraph from Parkersburg.
JOHN McLUgE.
Indian Killed.
LAKE CITY, May 21.. Grey Bird, q
most troublesome Indian prisoner, c"
route for Staugustinr, jumped from the
train this morning. between Live Oak
and Lake City. The train stopped and
he was found secreted III bushes. When
he was discovered he started to run but was
shot down by guard. He expired about
two hours after he was shot, just aS the
train was leaving.
The Fire at OsceOla.
TYRONE, PA, May 2l.-The confusion
is 50 great and the telegraph lines so busy
with railroad matters that ii l. imposSi-
bic to get much further particulars of the
fire AT Osccola. Hundreds of people are
hou.ces, and destitute of clothing and
The Burgess Of Huntingdon
wa, tele-raph"d this morning for food
and clothing for the sufferers. Relief Is
badly needed The tire Is raging in the
woods at Snow Shoe City.
OscEoLA, Pa, May 2l.-The insur-
ance of MaShannun Lumber Company,
whose property was destroyed Yesterday,
amounts to $lS5,0O0, in Eastern and
foreign companies.
The Fire StiII Raging.
TYRONE, Pa, May 2l.-The fire is still
raging furiously throughout the woods
in the neighborhood of Osceols. About
$50 houses were consumed in Osceola,
and 400 families rendered homeless.
Great praise is due 70 Mr.. d. ID. Wood,
a ,rain master of Tyrone, who, through
his heroic conduct and presence otmInd,
saved great many lives. lie
got lot Of box cars
and loaded them with men, women and
children, and put them past the burning
forest ut extremely fast speed, to Phillips
burg. Four such trips were made, and
about one thousand people taken to a
place of safety. /,
Houtzdale.a town of about 900 lnhabi-
tants. six miles from Osceola, Is reported
entirely destroyed The fire is spreading
rapidly throughout the woods, beyond
HoutZdalc. and ut the latest account
had reached Parsonville, small town six
miles from Houtzdale. The tics ON the
railroad rack from OSceOla to HautZ-
dale, are burned 50 badly that no coal
can be shipped for some time. Proyi-
sions have been sent from towns IN the
vicinity in response to call from the
Burgess of Osceola, and a meeting Will
be held to raise funds for the Sufferers.
The heaviest losses by the Osccola fire
are are us follows: Pennsylvania rail-
road. So 900; Livcright, Lingle Y Co.,
$4,000; ). Z. Hernis " Co, $1,000;
John X. White, $500 Isaac
Taylor, $4,000; Walker X Bros
$4,000; Doctor ID. K. Good, Sl6,-
900; G.. NJ. Brishn. $4,000; ). l.. &.
Lingle, $4,000; Joseph II. Upton, SILL
600; l.. a. Crist, 5000; John Elliott X
Co, $4,000; j. c. Henderson, $4,000;
Emmet Savers, $1,000; Prcsbyterln
Church, $1,000 and Il host of small
amounts. The insurance on the OSceola
Mills will reach probably $4,000 out
side of the Moshanmon Land and Lum-
Der Cos. mills. The Moshannon mill is
placed in Philadelphia and the insurance
will reach probably $4,000 Later re-
ports say that one weman named Stone
berger was buancd TO death.
PorTsvILLE, PA, May 2l.-The wind
having subsidized to-day. the fires on the
have not spread so rapidly, and
the destruction of property WAS not SO
great as yesterday.
\ fire in the vicinity Of Ellengowan
collierv. DESTROYED twelve miners houses.
Thi, morning the men are out working
acain,, the fire, and the balance of the
hou.e> have been saved.
Srort Horn Sales.
CHICAGO. Nav 2l.-The short horns
belonging to Avery " Murphy, of Port
Huron, were sold at Dexter Park to-day.
The notable sales were, Peri the second
OF Syndalc to ). W. Jacobs, lewa, for
81 600; Joan of Arc TO Albert Crane, of