Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-02-09
AC0NTINUANCEOF FLOODS
IN THE EAST.
TWO STATES FIGHTING
OVER FRANK JAMES.
GENERAL NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
A social Sensation.

CR1CAGO, req. Ia young AduS
giving the name of Belle Harris, ap
Piled at the Womans' Home in this city
and was admitted. She said she lef,
her stepmother in Wisconsin. with
whom che could not live, and was look
ing for means of earning livelihood.
Soon afterward she said man named
G.. j. Jnes of San Francisco offered
her her expenses to California and a
salary to 60 into his family as COVER.
ness. Ia few days they went away.
1t turns ont her real name is Nesta A.
Stiles, and a member of good family
OF Fon du Lac, Wis, and that her APP
pearance here was mere girlish freak.
After staying in California a year she
return< home. Recently number of
her friends in Fon du Lac received
notes containing her picture, accom-.
panied by statement supposed to have
been made by Jones, who. it is said, is
a dealer in Texas land, with an Office in
the Chronicle building These state
ments are to the Elect that when Jones
and Miss S lies reach L s.. Luis, On
their way to San Francisco, they
assumed relations only permissible DC
tween husband and wife, and continued
them the rest of the journey and for
syme time afterwards, jones promising
to marry her after be got divorced
from his wife.
The Times has the following special
in regard to the matter from Milwaukee
from one of the publishers of the Fon
du Lac Journal, who was in the city to-
day: Your correspondent learns that
great sympathy exists in that city for
Miss Nesta l.. Stiles, whose persecu.
ton, by one {. J. Jones of San Fran
cisco, has become a matter of much no.
toriety. Miss Stiles is described as a
looking brunette of medium hight.
Jones was in Fon du Lac few weeks
ago. He went to the lady's house and
wanted to marry her, and was kicked
out by Miss Stiles. Jones, when she
was living at his house, proposed to
her, and said he would marry her as
soon as he could get lid of his wife.
She became frightened at some of his
proposals, and got up at midnight and
started for her home. Her money was
barely sufficient to purchase railway
ticket, and consequently she suffered
from hunger on the road. Why Mics
Stiles hired out as governess does not
appear Her father is druggist III
good circumstances, and she always
moved in the best society in Fon du
Lac. l, is doubtful whether Jones will
be arrested. as he lives 80 far away, but
Stiles proposes at least he shall be well
advertised.
The Devastating Floods.
WAvERLl, Ohio. Feb. The Soio-
t, river is OVERT wing bottom-l DIS,
rising two and one.half inches an hour.
The town of Jasper was flooded by the
breaking OF the levee. The damages
are enormous.
MARIETrA, Oaio, Feb. The whole
lower part of the city is overlooked.
The river is rising three inches an hour.
Hundreds of people have been driven
out of their houses. A meeting will be
held tonight to organize relief meas.
ures.
PORTSMOUTH,, Feb The Ohio
river is ~ feet high and still rising four
inches an hour. The water is already
in the houses in the upper part of the
city.
PITrsBUaG, Pa, Feb. From pres.
ent Indications this section will be Wis.
tied before morning with the greatest
food for so years. All day yesterday
and last night rain fell in torrents at all
points along the Monongahela Valley.
the record showing a total rainfall of
one and a half inches.
STRUBESvILLE, Ohio, Feb. THE
water works are submerged ard manu-
featuring establishments closed. The
river is thirty two feet and still rising.
MILLERsBURG, Ohio, Feb. Rail
road communication was broken off
Saturday and not established until to-
day. The damage to railroad and
other property ia the country is $780,
900.
PoMERoN, Onio. Fvb. 7-Busiuess
has beeu suspended by the water il,
the Ohio river coming into the main
bushes part ii the towr. Many resi-
derces &c flooded. The water is ri:-
ing five inches an hour.
CHICAGO, Feb. THE city authori-
ties fear great damage by the flooding
of easements in the city in case Of 4
sudden thaw of the entire Winter snow
accumulated in tine streets and piled
mp above the sidewalks, aud ii gorge
forms in the river there will b. no out.
let to the vast volume of water froia
the water shed to the west.
CINcISNArI, Feb. lowing to the
high water in the Ohio, the sudden rise
in the Licking river sent an unusually
strong current along the Covington
shore OF the Ohio. and caused great
damage to coal fleets moored there
The river was 40 feet at midnight and
still rising.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. There is still
great distress from the flood at towns
above here on the Maumee. The water
as fallen about three feet at Defiance.
At Napoleon the bank Of the canal Is
reported giving away. flooding the en-
tire country. At the town of Florida,
forty miles above here, the water has
risen thirty three iee-. Every family
in the town has been driven from til, ir
homes.