Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-02-09


freeze are dssipated, and relief is expect
ed now on that account. The river at Ports
mouth is sixty feet and rising fast. 1t is fall
ing fast at headwaters, but a further rise must
come before it all runs out Marietta and
| Parkersborg are entirely cut off from q con-
! munication for two days, and Portsmouth is the
! only up river point heard from so far.
The relief committee in conjunction with
| Mayor Stephens decided to call ont the Malta
toni sht to serve as assist mt patrol on account
! of the drak -ess. The president of the Gas
company, says the supply Of gas will not be suF-
fcient t. last through tn-fliRhJ. Three hundred
men will be placed ua duty.
DRIVER INSANE
CINoINNArI. Feb. g, noon. The RIVER is ris-
ing more fap'dJy since 9 O'CLOCK. At noon ii
was sixty-tw0 fest TX iuc1es, oeirg a rise of
two inches in the last three hours. No add
tional losses are reported and no loss of life on
this side of the river. In Newport, Kv.. early
| this morning Nm huchert, bugler of the United
! States troops at Newport barra cks, fell
! from a skif while trying to reach
the second barracks bui. ding and was drowned
| He was twenty-five years old and belonged in
| Baltimore. Mrs. WaddIe, a widow living at
| Newport, became a raving maniac on account OF
| the food She was a po woman, with several
| children living in the flo ded district The
| neighbors took charge of her Children and of
her, but being unable to see her Children she i'm
| agined them drowned, and to-day she is hope
| less y insane.
| At a meeting of the executive commissioners
| of the relief committee appointed by the cham
| Der of commerce this morning, it was unanl-
| mously determined that all money received from
other places should be used for the relief of suf
ferers outside of this locality, it being the pur-
pose of the committee to expend for relief in
| Cincinnati only sucn funds as may be collected
| here. The river at Ironton at IL q. NJ. was Sc
Feet inches, and rising two inches an hour. At
Gallipols it is two inches higher than the highest
previous record, and rising two inches an hour.
The Washington 4 Baltimore road has wash
out and flooded track near Athens, stopping all
through traine, but they expect to have the track
open tonight.
Upm] The river is 81 feet inches, with
warmer drizzliug rain.
THE RELIEF WORK.
CINoINNATl, O., Feb. 8.--The river at p. m.
was 81 feet l0M inches; at it was 63 feet, hav-
ing risen half an inch; at 10 it had risen
| only quarter IF an inch. The relief work con-
tinues. Large subscriptions are made daily on
'chaDge A large vacant store room, on Fourth
and Race streets, is used as headquarters, but
the supplies distributed Systematically
through the various branch depots,
located near the submerged district. To-day a
thousand hams. 2,UU0 pounds of corned beef
cooked, and $3.50 or G, coo loaves of bread were
distributed, heside8 free meals given at the mar
ket house to all who apply. Two thousand
people are sleeping tonight in the school
houses. The relief boats, ten In number, under
control of associated charities, ply through the
| flooded districts and distribute food
and bedding where necessary to the
occupants of houses Colonel Lewis Wilson
chairman of the Knights of Honor, has sent The
| following dispatch to Thos. E. Richards, Zanes-
vile, grand director of Ohio: ''Our central re-
lief committee are engaged in the work of aid
| ing suffering humanity, without regard to creed
or color We make appeal for aid, but will
gratefully receive such assistance as may be
rendered by sister lodges The militia are on
duty tonight assisting the police. The gas is
still burning but ii is not expected to continue
till morning.
THE RIVERS HAVE SUBSIDED.
PITTSBUEG, Feb. 8.--The rivers are again
within their banks and steadily 1eceding, the
Monongahela marks showing 26 feet Ii inches
at noon, with about one foot more in the Ale
ghey. The streets of both cities are almost en-
tirelY clear of water, and the people in the sub
merged districts are busy cleaning their houses
| and the streets of the yellow, shiny mud and
debris LETT behind as unpleasant mementoes of
the greatest food in fifty years. With
the decreasing perls from the water come the
| lurking dangers from weakened foundati Ons,
which may overthrow the buildings, and from
| the streets and pavements cavIng in where they
have been undermined. There is grave of
| apprehension from this and every brecaution
should be taken to prevent the disaster. Several
small caveins have occurred in different portions
of the cities, but no accidents are vet reported
! The travel by street cars was resumed tbls
| morning between all sections. The Allegheny,
Pittsburg q Southside railroad is also getting IL
| to shape, and before many hours all the roads,
it is thought, will be running trains. Pitt
burg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago road commenced
sending out through the trains this morning.
/ The relief commissioners have been hard at
work distributing food and fuel to the needy.
| Liberal donations of money, food clothing and
fuel continue pouring ic from the citizens, and
no outside aid will be necessary. MAJ families
are still quartered at the public halls, and it
will be several days before the houses will be in
a tit condition for their homes
A DISMAL OUTLOOK.
| WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. 7.-Business is still
most totally suspended, and the entire populace
i is gathered on the streets watching the slowly
receding flood. The water has fallen about a
| foot, and the weather cooler. AS the waters
recede the full extent of the devastation becomes
more apparent. Houses are on their sides, and
| washed to some distance from their sites en-
tirely carried away. Barns and stables are col
lected in great masses wherever barrier inter
poses to hold them. One or two of
the city bridges are endangered, and
two over Caldwell's run are carried away. The
waters reach from hill to hill at the south md
and at many places near the city the river is a
| lake from one To three miles wide. No railroad
traffic within ten miles or the city. People are
camped on the hill tops, besides those accommo-
dated in churches, schools, markets and manv
private stores. The blast furnaces are chilled
III many cases by the water reaching the fires.
The Baltimore & Ohio engine shops
ara carried away. Main street bridge over
| Jonathan's run, north of Wheeling, ,cayed In this
afternoon, and boy sank with it, but was
saved. Two unknown men were upset at the
head of the island from skiff, ard clung to the
willows for two hours, crowd watching but
poweriess to save them. Wheeling is in danger
of famine, as nearly all the bakeries and many
of the groceries are beneath the water. milk
supply and all cut meats, except salt meats, it Is
almost impossible to procure, and the stock O1
provisions is rapidly becoming exhausted, witt
no prospect of replenishing The situation il
hourly growing gra e, and many appeals arc
received from the inundated parts of the sur
rounding country for provisions. Nothing IL
the report that the island bridge has gone an6
no lives are known to be lost.
NO FLOOD YET.
TOLEDO, Feb. 8.-Advices from up rive
points to-day, report the water about up to tht
flood mark of last year, but there is no genera