Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-14
WASHINGTON.
WATERS INSIDE AND OUT. or THE
" HALLS OF CONGRESS.
p,,,,sss With the River and Harbor Bill
Excessively Slow A Spirited Breeze
Over the Canal Projects Postal
Appropriation Bin Consid-
cred in the Senate.
IA, VIRGIN" CAPITAL INUNDATED.
WASHINGTON.
immigration Statistics.


v,s1rxarox, February l2 -EmigrAnts
,,,Fs ni,ed states for January Is. PA.
n,,ip, the seventh months ended jan
nary 81 The number was; From Ger
ANY. - ,lO7; Canada, 74,SS9; England
ami Wales. 81, ,299; Ireland 29. .265; Scot
,rJ $50; China, 3,2l3; all other coun-
,rits, G5,5i5.
River and Haroor Bill.
The House, after three hours consid-
.,,,,on of the River and Hsrbor bill to-
J,y disposed Of only a page and half
,i ~ thirty-eight psgss. An important
amendment offered by Randall was
adopted, providing that all work con-
,srplatsd by the bill shall be by con-
,rtc. 10 the lowest responsible bidder.
Tine J;l i still in precarious position,
,rI il Is inst as likely to fail as to pass.
The active opposition Of Sunset Cox 10
tL. nm has made him many personal
enemies. Who will get even by defeating
~. R.app0rtionment bill. The latter
hin can not now lie passed.
There Was Very Lively Tilt
on the floor Of the House to-day ever
,Ea report by General King from the
.,.l.rt Committee on the Inter oceanic
shin Canal. %. two bills-One known as
tine Eads Bill, TO incorporate the Inter
oceanic Ship Railroad Company; and
the other giving charter 10 the Mari
time Canal Company Of Nicaragua. No
sp-cial attention WAS made TO the last
rypgrt; but Mr.. Page, OF California;, made
a urious resistance to the EIds Bill,
DENYING that the Chairman had any au-
,hority 10 report it, or that there was a
majority Of the Committee for this bill.
Venetian Spectacle
W,SuIVGroS, February l3.-lt Penn
syivania avenue tonight had upon II q
Lnp of variegated lights and few Condo
las. Venetian spectacle would leatily
De rrx,empOrized. Nearly One-half otthe
sp'rrdid thorOGghfare is submerged. At
pr,rrs the depth oil the water IS three
irrt. The water extends up 10 and
covers the sidewalks, making pedestrian
ism impossible in several places for en-
rirr blocks. Avenue cellars are inuR-
lated. At some OF the intersecting
cross streets boats are plying from side
% side
The cause Of this remarkable specta-
clr is the breaking up OF the ice IN the
Cpper Potomac river, and the rush OF
the waters upon the narrow harbor OF
Washington anl Georgetown. All OF
the sewers Of Washington drain into the
Potomac. The old Tber creek, which
was natural water course, has been
partially archei and utilized for sewer
drainage. The sudden rise in the river
hacked the water in the sewers and such
a. did not actually break overtowed.
The Botanical Gardens, the mOnu-
mental lots, portion OF the Agricultu-
raj Department grounds and the low
lands south ui the White House are
completely submerged, and boats are
pIvln. here and there over the waters.
TIE nnrrhern "ud Of Long Bridge washed
away about 10 ,'clUck tonight, relieving
the pressure ui the great accumulation
ot Ice above, which shO. through the
opening with fury and a loud roar. For
"a short tune the ,isnt was appalling.
A lime ant iced warehouse, situated
in the ceLtrr Ui a block Of buildings
bounded hy Tenth and Eleventh. and b
ami G. streets, in the Submerged quarter,
took fire from spontaneous combustion.
The surrounding buildings were tene-
mcnt houses, occupied by many tami-
lies. Women and children had to be
removed from the upper windows and
carried tO isrr1 frH,u in boats by tiremen
who worked maniully up to their necks
in water. II was Impossible to reach
the tire on account of the inundatiOn;
but boats were rowed to convenient
points. and iremen dragging hose alter
them stood m the bows of their crafts
ant played upon the smoldering hay
aud lime in the interior OF the structure.