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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
POINTS Up town
Marking the limits OFT the Flood at Various
Stages.

The flood succeeded ia spreading
itself over a good portion of Wheeling
during the day and night, and il is prob
ably no exaggeratiOn 10 say that one
quarter Of the area Of the town below
Twelfth street was covered. OF the entire
area Of the Island. probably not an acre
was above the tide ~ ten o'clock
| lastnight. Below Twelfth street the
water reachedup Main street in
the cutters as far asthe Vance
Shoe Company, mp Fourteenth
street 70 the IRtelligeacer office,
over the whole extent OF South street,
mp Sixteenth street 70 the postoiiice
building. aud thence down Market
street TO the bridge, out Eighteenth
street 10 EOf. and south on EOh 10 the
creek. A large extent of Nineteenth
street was also flooded On the South
Side Main street was adOat from near
Twenty-frst street 20 the Belmont mill,
Market street from Twenty-third street
south 20 Caldwell's run, Chapline street
from Twenty-Seyenth street TO the run,
and a good part Of Eoff street and con-
tiguouS territory was also under water.
AW tAN uAA VAIN q AAA - fANf'- N'Nt+
OF the territory was under water.
The water ran along the Hat brick
paved streets with great rapidity when
once 10 got upon them, and place over
which people were walking dry-shOd
one hour would be long way from any
thing but gum boot territory the next
The Island streets succumbed 10 the
wash OF the waves with particular rap
idity, and whereas at noon one could
walk from the bridge ont Virginia
street % Penn street and down that
street almost as far As Fink, and up aS
far aS Zane. the whole thOroughfare
was a foot under water at its highest
point at dark and the tide deepened
materially thereafter.
a REGISTER reporter made tour
over z portion of the Island AZ o'clock
last night, and found few houses which
had not been invaded by the water
south Of Zane street and west Of Broad
way. On Broadway but ODe or TWO cot
tages had escaped a wetting on the low
er floors, and several We're noticed
which had four 20 five feet OF water in
them. Others were only entered by the
water after dark, after their own erS
had hoped % escape, IL having been a
popular delusion that the river would
certainly come % StandStill along
about IO o'clock IN che evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
WINDOWS SUCCESSOR
Will ian All Probability BE Foster-Why
Cannon Was Thrown over.
.Sf1S<-51I TSl<oroku IL Dsofsfs~

Special Telegram 10 ire Rs0isfsr.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., February Is
Before the President left the city TO-
day to attend General Sherman's funeral
he assured some congressman who
called upon him that he had finally set
tied on man for Secretary
OF Of the Treasury. Whether
this man was from the east or west
he did not indicate. Ii is accepted as
the fact, however, that he j. from the
West, and Ohio IS thought t0 be the
State. The Ohio men assert with much
confidence, that ex-GOy. Foster i the
man, and they believe his name will be
sent TO the Senate IN the next few
days. The friends of Mr.. Cannon,
OF Illinois, are saying that that
gentleman would have received the ap-
pointment in preference To Foster II 1t
had not been for his record a. the
watchdog Of the Treasury.
Mr.. Cannon has long posed as a be-
lever in rigid economy in Government
expenditures and has made many fights
in committee aud on the floor of the
House against extravagant schemes. In
his role as an economizer he has fire.
quently placed himself in antagonism
with the millionaire members Of
his own party in the Senate,
whose policy seems to be To
fling away the public treasury
with prodigal hand. Mr.. Cannon natur-
ally got himself in disfavor with these
plutOcrats In consequence, and it is now
said when the President suggested his
name to the Senators AS a possible sue
cessor to Mr.. Window. they made light
Of Cannon ability aud declared him an
unfit man for the place. la fact some
OF the Republican Senators intlmated
doubts OF his confirmation by the
Senate. In this way the President was
Influenced TO drop the consideration Of
CaunOu'S name.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
TINS. Cnmnnny suspends.

New YORK, February ls.-Ihe Amer
ican Loan and Trust Company closed It's
doors at half-paSt T. to-day, the lmme-
date cause being Il demand for large
amoupt o, money made by a savings
hank of this city which the trust com
nany could not meet. \ number OF de-
po>itors are gathered about the build
ING waiting for a statement OF the con
dition of the company. Bank Examiner
Preston states that he gave no order To
close the doors aud the general feeling
seems To be that the company Will pay
depoSitors in full and have good bal
ance left.
Three savings banks, one in Syracuse,
one in Rochester and another outside
bank. the names of which are not
known, demanded payment on deposl's
amounting to $3.50, 900. The institution
could not pay any, and at the request
of the sayings banks the superintendent
took possession. Later he sent ior the
Bank Examiner, who is now in charge
Mr.. Preston refuses to make any state
ment. IL is said he desires TO give 'hc
institution time to reorsanize.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
RICHMOND TERMINAL
TIA. freed the Penn-ylsapis Railroad
Gould Has Control of o.

NFw York. February l,.-Thc HDr
,fId says: 1T looks as II the Richmond
Terminal Company has treed the Penn
sylyania Railroad Company. The latter
for many years has given the Terminal
very poor freight connections. j. ha-
established through passenger trains
from New York 20 the South with fNr
Atlantic coast line 0i railroads. d, HrI
4, freight lines. but steadily omitted iH
offer any such service tO The Richmond
and Danyille. the Northeastern lnh uf
the terminal chain. The little wizard
aud John lnman put their head. ".
gether few weeks ago aud told ih'
Pennsylvania people that iI they dii
not care 10 trade with the Terminal
they Guessed the Baltimore and ONO
would. This opened the eyes OF ih"
Pennsylyania folks and they saw litilna
across the landscape the awful phantom
OF the Baltimore and Ohio and Ierm'
nal system welded into one.
0Vice President Frank Thompson, oI
the Pennsylvania. at once bad q confer
ence with the little wizard and John
II. Inman. at which he learned what
the Terminal wanted. The wizard
does not generally hesitate ~ reach out
for whatever is IN sight, and on this oc-
casion he was not a biz modest in dein-
ing his wishes. The Terminal, these
gentlemen declared, must have o.
through service from Jersey CIty 10 the
Richmond and Danyil'e tracks 10 wash
lngton. 50 a. 70 run It's own Pullman
yestihuled trains right through from
here to Atlanta and New Orleans. Wee
President Thompson Of the Penn-y .-
vania railroad had an important conie'-
ence with President lnman of ID" lri-
minal yesterday, the upshoi oi it vas
complete reconciliation OF the diner
ences Of the two great railroads.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
THE SPEECHES
At the Worlds Fair Banquet-West Vir-
ginia's Wealth.

At the Worlds Fair Banquet-West Nir'
ginia's Wealth.
Al t1l:l5 o'clock Toast Master o. 3
Long arose and announced that toast'
and responses were now in order. Ht
said Columbus discovered America
about 400 years ago, but West Virgins
has not been thoroughly discovered yet
Major Jed Hotchkiss, OF Virginia
smoke for three-fourths OF an hour or
the mineral resources Of West Virginia
He spoke clearly, deliberately and for
cibly. and entertained the entire
audience with his eloquent de-
scription of West Virginia's min
erals. He said: ''The countrie:
that rule the world ara those that have
iron and coal, not gold and silver and
we have them. The country along the
Blue Ridge. from Que end to the other
is the best one the sun Of heaven ever
shone upon. This State will soon be
the free land of manufactures.
His figures were astonishing to one
u,,couainted with our State. For In
stance, we have 10000 square miles ol
coal. averaging ten feet in thickness
Hon. John W. Harris, OF LewlsOurg'
w Va. speaking of the timber forests,
s.id tho State is commonly called coaI
State hut statistics show that timber
marketed during the past year IN
crnde state. exceeded by about hali
million dollars the entire output oil ne'
collieries White oak is the most lm-
nortant of our hard wood, because more more
plentiful than others. Our oak Is 'ailef'
larger. straighter, and stronger tu"'
that of other States.
The speech of Prof. /. c. White OF
tho West Virginia University, on tht
oil and gas fields was as follows;
The desire TO search out new anu niu
don things is universal. II weds AIM
the astronomer to his telescope the
chemist to his crucible, the philosopher
~ tbouubt. Led by this enehantmeh'
mon EXPLORE the depth OF the sea- delV'
no ~ maintains. and seek to penetrate
the earth itself TO unyeil the hiuGei
,nvsterjes. This all-prevailing Impulse
is the handspring of human progress
:, Iad Col Drake to drill the historic
Well in the valley OF Oh Greek, oelo "
Titnsyille. which gave TO clvillzalion
naw illuminant, and to the Dusihes'
ao I'D a new industry. The credit o
Alternating the industries Depending up
On y, o;i and natural gas is usually awarded
70 Pennsylvania. This is not reaIl;
go west Virginia. and not Pennsyi
vanis Is the true birthplace OF ooth
pight % here in this beautiful valley o
,Se Tanawha was natural gas first ntll
;-od for manufacturing purposes thirt
wears before such use In PennsyiVah''
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
Situation at Psrkersburg.


SD>cidl IttesFdW 70 me Efgtti's
PARkEE>BvEG, W. Va, February D..
The Ohio river is still rising with 30.
feet In the channel All the stores la
the lower part Of the cify are moving
goods of the first floors aud out oi cr.
lars. Many houses have been abandon
ed to the waters Riverside. suburb.
is cut OIL from communication and r'
ports at least hfty families forced from
their homes. Train. on the ONO River
railroad have been abandoned. onl} our
train coming to-day, and that from
Huntington. Much Of Eureka lnd
Belmont are badly damaged. quite %
number Of OH dcrrick,, ,hlutic, anl
rigs being gone. 90 the Little and
Big Hooking much damage is reported
but details cannot be- gotten on account
Of the overflow to all approaches.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
THE SHERLOCK DISASTER.
Only Two Lives Lost-Serious Charges
Against Officers.

Against Onicers.
CINCINNATI, O., February 1s.-Mr.
McCleane, of Pittsburgh, whose wife was
killed by the accident to the steamer
Sherlock last night, had the melancholy
satisfaction of hearing that the body
of his little granddaughter, Margery L..
Brown, had been recovered at River
side, where the upper works OF the boat
were beached last night. Beyond these
two there is yet no positive assurance
OF loss of life, although Il number OF
persons on and about the wreck tell OF
seeing them apparently sinking. An
accusation is made by one OF the cabin
BOYS that the mate and engineer were
both drunk, and that the crew were
short. He will be held as witness.
IL is true that the colOred deck hands
demanded a dollar day instead of S25
month Just before the boat started,
and, on being refused, they went
ashore, Il circumstance that no doubt
saved the lives of passengers.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCleane, with their
granddaughter, 4 daughter OF Stewart
Brown, of Brown n Co., left Pittsburg
on Saturday Tor tour OF Vne oouIh,
Florida being their objective point.
The object Of the trip was TO improve
the health Of Mr.. McCleane, which had
become impaired by close attention to
his vast business interests,
Mrs. McCleane was 80 years old, and
a daughter of the late Governor Dewey,
OF Maryland. Mrs. McCleane held a
prominent position in PittSburg social
and church circles, and was greatly in
terested in many charitable projects.
Mr.. Willie Lepper,a clerk of the Sher-
lock, who was supposed to have been
drowned, made his appearance to-day.
He says he had fearful struggle in the
river, aud had no strength to go beyond
the waters edge of the Kentucky shore,
where he lay until he was found by cltl-
zenS, who took him TO house in Gov
ingtOn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
THE LOWER WARDS.

The South Side Vast Sea oil water
Every home on the high portions oil
the South Side was taxed to It's utmost
capacitv, last night, to accommodate
the persons who were compelled to be
the involuntary guests OF their lriends'
on account Of the flood. Household ell
fects were stored in the top stories ana
garrets. and in the public buildings, and
wagons and skiffs were pressed into ser
vice all day, in removing articles 10
places of safety. Most of the residents
of that portion of the city had learned
the lesson of the disastrous flood OF ST.
and early took the precaution to be on
the safe side.
During Tuesday night the river over
flowed its banks at many points, and
when the greatest height was reached
last night, about one-hau oil the
portion of the city lying south oil the
creek, was submerged.
The Main street bridge was covered
with water yesterday morning, ana tne
Citizens Railway Company cut the
overhead cables Of of the motor line, on
each side of the bridge, so that In case
il was carried away, the cables would
not 20 with it,
Yesterday morning the water reach
ed the establishment Of Mr., hayha' on
the south bank of the creek, III Which
was a great deal Of sheet and galvan-
i4ed iron. and tools and machinery. Mr..
Bayha'S loss will be cQnSlderaoie'
During the afternoon and last hlght'
the creek bank in the rear oil Mr.. BAY
has slipped, carrying with 1t the
carriage shed of Mr.. Barnard
Racb. the wagon manufacturer
,,,bicb Aoatad across the creek
and lodged in the Market street bridge
together With a great many oqthqqSeS
/ from the north bank of the creek.
The water covered Main street, be-
Low Twentieth, and the cellars ana
ground floors OF all the buildings IN that
neighborhood. The Italian colony oil
about sixty souls, who are quartered on
the west side Of Main street, appeared
| IN regard the situation with an air OF
ltnconcern. or even cOmplacency. Ihey
amused themselves in padding about III
/ the water and constructing plank walks.
/ Iate in the afternoon the water reached
! the first floer OF the new lamp factory,
on Water street. Everything had been
removed except the heavy machinery
and the damage will be slight. AT the
Warwick pottery, the water filled the
cellar, but all the ware had been taken
upstairs. The water last night COW
cred Main street almost Is far north a
Twenty-frst. At Twenty-third II
reached Market street, and EXTENDED
over portion Of the noor oil the ne" ',
market building. AT Iwenty-lour,n !. !.
reached slmost 20 Chapline, and at
Twenty-seyenth. ii teTtended past Chap
line street.
The water reached the second story
OF many of the houses In the vicinity o
the Belmont mill, and the families wer'
Ieompelled TO seek refuge elsewhere
The floors Of the Belmont and Riverside
nail factories were covered with water
CONTINUED on Fourth PAGE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
THE LAST LOOK.
MANY Persons View the Remains OF the
Late General sherman.


NEW YORK, February 1s.-llundreds
OF people in New York who read in the
papers this morning that they would be
permitted TO look on the face of GEN
Sherman before ii is finally covered,
visited the Sherman house and had
formed themselves into line by half
past nine o'clock. A few minutes after
ward the two big policemen who stand
on the pavement in front Of the door,
told the people that they could go in,
and the first man in the line walked up
the steps, passed the soldier who stool
at the door and walked over TO the
coffin. which occupied the same place II
did Yesterday. He was not allowed to gaze
on the features OF the dead general for
more than ten seconds, for there was a
long line Of people behind him all bent
ON the same mission. Then the line
passed through the north door, ascended
a few more steps, turned down the steps
that led to the Office in the basement,
and passed out This was kept mp dur
ing the day. Everyone who wanted to
see the remains was allowed To take
his place in line.
All Of the commercial exchanges Ia
this city will close at noon tomorrow.
The city, State and United States
courts will hold no sessions. The exec
utive offices Of all the Vanderbilt rail
roads will also close at noon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
FATEPUL FIRE.
Five Persons suifocated and One Person
Fatally Burned.

Fatally Burned.
NEW York, February ls.-A woman
and four children were suffocated and
man was probably fatally burned in a
fire that occurred at DelmonicO place
in Brooklyn this morning. The build
ing in which the fire occurred is a
three story frame structure. The base.
ment and the ground floor were used as
bakery and Two families lived on the
floors above. Jacob Enrich was az
work in the basement over pot OF
boiling fat at half past four o'clock
this morning when the fat boiled over
and running TO the floor set fire TO the
surrounding wood work. In few
minutes the building was on fire and
dense smoke was pouring through the
halls. Enrich was badly burned and
the doctors say he cannot recover.
An alarm was sent out aud the fire
men responded and were quickly at
work. They mana yed To subdue the
flames after the bakery aud second floor
had been gutted. The liremen as soon
as possible made search OF the build
ing and on the top floor found Mrs. John
Henry and her four children dead. The
woman and her children were asleep
when the fire broke out and were over
come by the smoke before they could
escape. The bodies Of Mrs. Henry aud
two children were found in the hallway
at the top of the stairs. The bodies OF
the other children were lying just inside
the door OF one of the sleeping apart
ments. The members OF the family on
the second floor were aroused in time
and managed 10 escape.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
THE TEATERs TRIAL.
The Young Man Pleads Not Guilty-Coi'
Arnett Defending Him.

Special Telegram 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, PA, February Is
The case Of George +. Teaters, the
Young Wheeling man charged with the
murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, at
Toledo toll gate, near this city, last oc-
tober. was called in Court this morning.
1t was ten o'clock before Teaters was
brought into Court by Deputy Sheriff
Kennedy. He was dressed in neatly
fitting Prince Albert suit of clothes,
fresh and fair countenance, and light
hair, giving him an appearance almost
boyish. Since his confinement Teaters
has grown i light mustache and Is de-
cidedly spruce looking, and appears to
be in the best of health. During his ar
raignment in Court, Teaters maintained
Il dignfied and composed demeanor,
and to the Clerks query firmly an-
swered, Not guilty"
The work OF making up the jury was
then commenced. Both morning and
afternoon sessions of Court were taken
up before the jury panel was complete,
when Court adjourned until tomorrow
morning at 9o'clock.
Teaters' mother and sister sat beside
him in Court and occasionally addressed
remarks to the defendant. He is de-
Tended by Colonel Arnett, of Wheeling,
and John VI. Braden. Esq. OF this city.
District Attorney Parker is ably assist
ed in the prosecution by w. h. Clark.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
BURST HER BOILERS.
A Parkersburg Steamer Disabled-Two
Men Seriously Injured.

Special Telegram 10 ne HegiseT.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, February is.
The steamers Hilton and Oneida left for
Burning Springs about 3 o'clock, the
Hilton about ten minutes behind the
Oneida. While the Oneida was passing
Hughes river she burst her boiler aud
blew up. Capt. VIM. King, the engineer,
is reported fatally hurt and Capt. WIN.
Rathbone, commander. seriously scald-
ed. The Hilton being close behind
ran up and lowed the Oneida ashore and
took off her crew, all of whom with the
exception of the above named are re-
ported to have escaped. Aside from
the above, received. by telephone moth
ing in detail can be learned before the
arrival Of the Hilton, which will not be
until late. There is no doubt the boats
were racing at the time OF the accident,
as they have been trying to run each
other out for some time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
HOW Is THIS FOR HIGH =:
The Wood County Grand Jury Finds 400
Indictments and StiIl Grinding.
T.T...c.. "a IN D.oisf.r


PARKERsBURG, February ls.-The
grand jury of the Circuit Court brought
in $50 more indictments this afternoon,
making over 400 in all, and the jury is
still grinding. Crap shooters, dice
shooters, dice throwers, gamblers, sa-
loon-keepers and houses of ill-fame got
IL bad to-day. If the number Of indict-
ments hold good three-fourths OF the
saloons will have TO quit business. Scv-
eral carloads OF exodusting gamblers
and sports are in Marietta and Zanes-
vile. They keep the wires hot making
inquiries. Something like 200 rules are
in the hands of officers for runaways,
who will be received on their return
with heavy fines and Imprisonment. The
town is all torn. up aud everybody wants
to know when the grand jury is going
To let nd.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19

Everybody ou the streets TO See thc 1919
River

River.
tu.tc4'y the whole town was ON
p. Street, Yesterday to ~cc the big
M
tr-.L ni cuy iu che morning
',.,e.e.> began -o.Weud their way 20
-'-> tar rt-r. Jnl a.i the points from
7-Iua t..a ut tUe stream could Oc had
'-fs crowded during Che remainder OF
al Water street was filled frum
-.rte-- 'n Sixteenth. untiI the water
Grove .., .rup.eof from Twelfth street
. lH- There were few square
....,.. try pavement about the front
..e >'amm House up OBJ >IX o'clock ~
seeming eul every inch of this
WAS tlel mtn dark. From the
.0.ur. utle Hote. Windsor north 90
Pow sF depot che pavement was
OFF water during the whole Of
tay and evening, and there
Nr.r uls ked ln about
sttg -s comfort w0aid allow.
F'-.a communication with the streets
'ls t-- uf ayrelson 0f the deepening
NO 'lf Slier around Mclaughlin cor
'ti pedestrians appropriated the
WINDSOR HIsY Cor o. rhoroughfare, and
1.- oa otle asrruw strip of street un-
long after 60 Wa- TOO dark TO see.
.f large .rowts gathered az the iu'
'~.oH 10 Main and Fourteenth
,F.>. ntl driven Qut by the wsteI
-.' - ,ae afternoon. Others took d
go ,ac Po,,ofioe corner; the Mar
-ie't bridge VAS lined. and al al
'O,, streets ou the south Side a.
-' D-.-welIs run and below, ther,
Aao,s o. people who eNcitediy dis
'1e situation aud the probabl,
ise Crowds were particularly
40 N4rse, aud Tweuty-thir,
.>' and 40 Caapline aud Twenty
sands viewed the river from th.
s-'.'u and uuion railroad bridge
,ur day. and the intersection o
'.-'- aud North Front streets. ON IN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
lOnngntOM

YOUNGSTOWN, o., February Is. a
steady rise in the river during the past
twenty-four hours has caused the lower
portion Of the city 10 be submerged and
many industrial establishment ara"
threatened with inundation. North and
south of here railroad tracks are being
undermined. aud ifthe river continue
rising until morning great damage will
be caused. The city was shut ont from
railroad connection to-day on all lines
until this afternoon. when passenger
got through by being transferred.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-19
Arrested by His Father.

PEORIA, ILL. February ls.-NOung
John Spellman. the son OF distiller Ed
ward Spellman, was marched to the Jail
this morning by his father, where he
nov Is awaiting the pleasure of the
government officers from whom he es-
capped Several days he has been pay
ing short visits to his fathers home in
this city. but always in the absence OF
Mr.. Spellman. This morning, however,
when he laid his eye on him he grabbed
him and marched him from his resi-
dence, about three blocks distant from
the county jail, and delivered him into
the hands OF Sheriff Harry.