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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

asserted in my hearing the other day
that in New York City alone there
we're more than 1900 m~illlonarieS as
against 10, 700 street beggars.
A very conservative estimate OF the
wealth Of the Astors puts it at $780,
600, 600 aud this makes the family the
richest in the United States. What is
more, the wealth OF the Astors is in
such shape that it cannot but increase,
for the reason that il is gilt edged New
York City real estate some OF which has
within the past ten years increased iC
vslne several hundred per cent, and is
still approaching. The policy OF the
Astors has always been to buy real
estate on the lines along which New
York City is now extending and hold
e for a rise, rarely selling, how
ever, but building and renting instead.
The result is that the Aston proper
ties are in valuable lands, ia brick,
iron, stone and mortar instead Of in
auctuating stocks and bonds the fixed
value Of which is always uncertain.
As a family the Vanderbilts stand
next to the AStors in the matter OF
wealth and their riches must be con-
sidered in the aggregate and in common
since their individual fortunes are pool
ed so 70 speak. You will often see
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the present hea I
OF the house, quoted as being worth
500, OCO, 900. OF course he is not worth
any such amount. Cornelius has most
Of the Vanderbilt millions but those
who know say that he is personally not
worth above $50, 600, 600 If as much.
10 must be remembered that the late
William II. Vanderbilt had alarge fam
lily TO divide his millions among and so
the shares in the end were not so large
as some people thought them. Besides
there is a disposition on the part Of the
|calculators who love big figures to give
the Vanderbilts credit for owning out
right their great railroad system, when
as q matter Of fact thousands Of stock
holders share in the ownership.
Another family that owns great
wealth is the RhinelGnder family whose
early members settled in New York
more than a century ago. The founder
Of this family owned in his days a farm
that ran along the Hudson River in
what is now the heart of New York.
It extended from the Hudson to near
Fifth Avenue and the ground on which
the original Rhinelanders fOrmely grew
turnips is now worth hundreds Of dol
lars a square yard in certain localities.
The Rhinelanders, like the AstorS, have
as a rule sought to increase their land
ed property and have sold inferior land
in order to buy better. In other words
as New York has grown they have sold
property downtown in the great city
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

wealth OF U richest men vas clearly
proved. Those rich men whose wealth
lay in bonds and socks, securities and
speculative enterprises generally found
Il to diminish at a wonderful rate, i'm
m~easurablY faster than it had been ao-
~cumulated. Bonds and stocks fell in
value so rapidly that some very rich
men whose money was all invested in
these things found themselves poorer
By millions in a few weeks so far as the
face holdings were concerned. Those
who got frightened and unloaded their
holdings found themselves poorer In
fact as we'll as on paper. Those who
were willing and able 60 hold on found
themselves az the end OF the panic 10
about the same position as they were
before Il bsgan-mOst of them we're not
either richer or poorer, on paper.
1t is this liability to fuctuate that
wealth is subject 70 that makes il next
10 impossible 70 estimate what very
wealthy men really are worth Ia .
money sense. The scale Of riches is at
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

straight for a lamp post, and, although
his fingers were numb with cold, the
servant has It open IN a jify, and In an
other second had pulled down the hook
which be found inside. Before be bad
removed his hand from the bon the
number OF the station bad been re-
ceiyed at headquarters and the night op-
orator had sent the alarm TO the cOmps-
niles In the immediate vicinity OF the
fire. A few seconds later half a
dozen truck engine companies, warned
by the electric current, had started
from their quarters and were on their
way through the fierce, peltIng storm.
The men were buttoning their coats
and pulling their fire helmets well down
over their heads as they were borne on
truck and engine through the sIlen,
streets. There was no time for cere-
monty or roll call in the housesin which
the electricity had come with IT'S dread
warning.
TIL DEPARTMENT II ACTION.
And as the 6remen bore down In
swift fight from the four points Of the
compass upon the doomed structure,
servants went hurrying through the
corridors and knocking on every door
and arousing the sleeping guests with
shrlIi cries Of ssE1ref' Men. women aud
children were Emerging from their
rooms, some calm and cool, Others
stricken with an awful terror, some IN
their night clothes. others partly
dressed. and all hurrying as fat q
hey could to the staircase Dr. elevator
And the electricity flashing along tai
wire from the headquarters up tow
entered The silent truck house ruled ?.
Chief Trask, and with y stroke OF ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

mats 'as worth anywhere from SlO,-
600, 600 although Of course that is not
the extent of my wealth"
These were two very good authOri-
ties and n of them, Mr. Rockefeller, is
still 10 evidence and is said TO be one Of
the wealthiest men 10 the world. So
you VIII see scarcely any reliaace can
Do put in the ordinary report as to the
wealth OF men prominent in finance
and affairs. These estimates are almost
always based on guess work and so are
far wide OF the truth. In these days
OF sensational writing those who indulge
IN it are prone to forget that 81, 900, 600
8 a big sum of money, not 70 mention
the fact that 500, OOO, 900 is a much
greater one.
During the money panic OF a few
months ago the uncertainty OF the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

best q sliding one and sometimes It
slidos very rapidly. The result OF this
Is that there Is but q bare handful Of
very rich men whose w~ealth,does not at
times fall of.
or these the foremost are the Astors
whose wealth IS In a more solid and
satisfactory shape than is that OF any
other family In this country since 1t
constantly increases. The Vanderbilts
follow the Astors. After these come
the Rhinelanders also of New York,
the Goellets, Russell Sage, the GOulds.
John w. MackaY and a score, perhaps,
more all more or less wealthy.
But nearly all Of these men arc con-
sldered so be richer by many millions
than they really are while score OF
modest ~millionaries are overlooked en-
tirely. A ve,y conservative calculator
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
NEW ENGLAND.
Very Great Damage in Shipping
Is Reported.

very OreaC b0InaSe lii ohippiuk
Is Reported.
Boston, Mass, Oct. 1.-THE South
ern hurricane spent its force in New
England between midnight and noon
today, doing large amount of damage
to shipping aid wires. Nearly all
Western telephone and telegraph wires
were laid low in the suburbs of Bos-
ton, and for several hours but one wire
was working to New York, while
communication with points north and
east was cut off. The fishermen of
Gloucester report heavy losses, The
gale at Block Island, Portland and eX-
posed points alongs the coast blew sixty
miles an hour. The government tele-
graph lines between Vineyard and
Nantucket and Woods Holl are down,
and no steamers ventured across
the sound today. At South Boston two
score of yachts and pleasure crafts were
driven ashore and several of the boats
broken. The steamer Baron AndroSson
from philadelphia. the Herman from
Antwerp and the bark Saranaca from
Manila were the only vessels to make
Boston harbor today.
Meager details are reaching here of
the extent of the ravages of the storm
to the southwark. Many wrecks are
reported, but particulars of but one
have been received. This is the bark
entine Ravenswood from Boston, which
went ashore at Chicamicaomico, n. S.,
yesterday morning. The crew was
rescued with great difficulty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
LIST OF WRECKS.
The Gale Carries Away Many
R0atS ON tho lakes

The Gale Carries Away Many
Boats on the Lakes.
Gu cAGo, Oct. 1.-THE entire chain
of lakes was swept today and tonight
by northwest gale whose severity has
notbeen eXcelled during the season of
navigation for the past ten years.
The list of wrecks, in proportion
to the number of vessels which were
in the history of the latter-day marine.
That there has been large loss of life
now seems certain, but it may be sew
eral days before it is known just how
many sailors periShed. Following Is the
list of wrecks thus far reported:
lacht Enterprise, ashore, Lions bay;
steamer G. F. Curtis, ashore, Cheboy-
gan, Mich; schooner Isabel Reid,
ashore, Cheboygan bay; schooner Nell
son Holland, ashore, Cheboygan; barge
Sweepstakes, ashore, Cheboygan; barge
Knight Templar, ashore, Cheboygan;
lake tug Acme, foundered, Lake HUI
Port Austin, Ont; schooner Falconer.
ashore, Lake Ontario; unknown schoon-
er. ashore. near Manlstee; schooner
John T. Mott, sunk. Fairpoint, O.;
schooner Amboy, ashore, Buffalo;
schooner Mont Blanc, waterlogged,
Buffalo; steamer Schuylkill, stranded,
Bar Point; steamer Mariana, stranded,
Elliott Point: schooner IrOnton. ashore,
Bay Mills. Lake Superior. The gale
in the immediate vicinity of Chicago
was not so severe as farthe
down the lakes, where the gale is
said to have blown from thirty to seven
ty miles an hour. The only loss of life
definitely reported as yet is that on
the yacht Enterprise. 1t is almost GER
tain that her crew, which consisted
of l.. McAllister, owner of the boat,
aud w. Mclean, his assistant, were
drowned. Fears are felt for the safety
of the steamer Kershaw, and the
barge Sage, which formed the re-
mainder of the row of which the Iron-
ton was a part. They left Whitefish
Point for Marquette Friday and have
not been heard from. The Ironton and
Kershaw were owned by w. S. Mack. of
Cleveland, and valued at 5000 and
$4,000 respectively.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
Want to Hang Him,

SAVANNAH, Ga. Oct. IA special
to the Morning News, from Sylvania,
Ga, says: A second attempt was made
to get Tom Hendricks out of jail here
last night. The attack. however,
proved as unsuccessful as the
first and even more so. The mob did
not get into the Jail last night.as Sheriff
Brooker, fearing second assault,
had placed guard within.
When the crowd found that their
entrance would be disputed they fired
into the Jail through the door, and
wounded the guard in the leg. No
further demonstration was made, and
the mob dispersed. 1t is the opinion
here that this second attack was made
by negroes for the purpose of liberating
KendrickS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
Passenger Collision.

CLEVELAND, o., Oct. IA Nickel
Plate passenger train bound west this
morning collided with eight coal cars
which had been blown off the siding at
Athol Springs, short distance this
side of Buffalo. 1t was storming at the
of Conneaut, o., could not see the
cars until he was upon them.
He jumped and called to his fireman,
Perry Lane, also of Conneaut, to do the
same. Lane was caught in the engine
cab and crushed to death. Henry was
badly hurt and may not recover. Alex
ander Shaw, express messenger, had
both shoulders fractured. The train
was loaded with worlds fair passengers,
all of whom escaped unhurt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
The CYCLONES PATH
West India's Zephyr Does
Much Damage
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
Property Destroyed in Balti-
more and Washington.
EASTERN WIRES ALL DOWN.
Shipping Interests cf New
England Suffer.
EASTERN WIRES ALL DOWN.
FL0RiDA'S COAST LAID LOW

BALTIMORE. Oct. 1.-THE damage
done by last nights storm was greater
than has been in many years. Especial
ly was this the case along the water
front, where the tide rose to the level
of the wharves, overfOwed into stores,
the cellars of commission merchants
and the places occupied by the oyster
packers. and completely destroyed
stocks to the amount of S1,000,000. AS
the dredging season opened on Monday,
the oyster boats bad been preparing for
the season, and many of them were bad
~ damaged.
The destruction Of property all trough
the city was large. During the height
of the storm two of the electric light
wires belonging to the Brush Electric
Light works, which have the monopoly
of lighting the city, became crossed, and
the works, catching fire. were COM
pietely destroyed. This left the prin-
cipal thorOughfares in complete dark
ness. To add to the excitement which
this unlooked-fOr accident caused, the
wires set fire to the Jail, and a panic
among the prisoners, who were locked
III their cells. Immediately enSued.
AS quickly as possible the cells we're
thrown open, but not before many of
the inmates had been nearly suffocated
by the sitting smoke. Many of them
in their fright plunged headlong from
the upper corridors to the stone floors
beneath, breaking arms and legs and
lntiicting other injuries. I hirty of them
were SO badly injured that it was nee
esSary to remove them to hospitals, and
one, Charles Dunn, Q colored man, died
from fractured skull.
Tonight Baltimore seems to have gone
back more than quarter of a century
in its history, for everywhere in stores
and private dwellings lamps are in use.
Reports are coming in slowly, showing
immense damage to crops and numbers
of cattle killed in suburban towns.
Until this afternoon telegraphic COM
munIcation was entirely cut off, except
with Washington.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
INDEX OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

SECOND PAGE-Field, Mailer Il Co., j..
L. Hudson, Hoods Sarsaparilla, A. ID.
Simon, Pruden Stove Co., FurlOng
Grocery Co.
THIRD PAGE-The Palace Furniture &
Carpet Co., Lowering Shoe Co., j..
Stronge & Co.
FOURTH PAGE-A. E. Whitney, Smith
& FarwelI. Howard & Farwell.
FIFTH PAGE = The Boston Clothing
House. The Royal Furniture Co.,
Cuticura.
SIXTH PAG E-Nicoll the Tailor, Schliek
& Co., Copeland Medical Institute,
Adam Decker.
SEVENTH PAGE Browning. King &
Co., Geo. II. LainS House-F furnishing
Co., Seven Corners Furniture Co.
EIGHTH PAGE-W. ]. Dyer 81 Bro, The
PEOPLES Furniture Co., Elmer Ii.
Dearth, Metropolitan Opera House,
Grand Opera House.
NINTH HPAGE-Schuneman & Evans.
TENTH PAGE-AInouncem of Min
neapolis merchants.
ELEVENTH PAGE-Finch. Van Slyck &
Co., Nine. Yale, T. M. Roberts, of
Minneapolis.
TWELFTH PAGE-Mannheim Bros,
F. A. Pinska, T. NJ. Roberts, of Min
neapolIS.
THIRTEENTH PAGE-Hanan Shoe Co.
FOURTEENTH PAGE DR.. Charles E.
Magraw.
FIFTEENTH PAGE-Wants, Legals and
Time Cards.
SIXTEENTH PAGE-Wants.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
JACKSON is PARALYzED.
DETAILS OF THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
TWELVE DEAD BODIES FOUND
Many of the Twenty-Five Injured
Will Have Affections Through
Life-Additional List of Suf-
ferers - Several Miraculous
Escapes-Surgeon General Nc
Lean Attends the Injured.

Escapes-surgeon General Nc
Lean Attends the Injured.
JACKSON. Mich, Oct. 14.-This city
is still paralyzed by the awful horrer of
yesterdays terrible Michigan Central
railroad collision. Nothing else is talked
of and business is neglected. Prepara-
tions are being made for the removal to
their homes of the dead and such of the
injured as are in condition to be moved.
The undertakers are all busy,
preparing the twelve dead bodies
and removing such traces of the
terrible manner of their death
as will yield to the devices of art. All
but two of those injured in yesterdays
accident on the Michigan Central at this
point will recover. Some will have dis
figured faces, and others will have
atf1ictions through life that will bear
against their physical yigor. Tine two
most seriously injured are Miss Blanche
Beardslee, of East Canton, Pa, and
Miss Johanna Healey. of Morris
Run, Pa. Miss Beardslee has
a fracture of the skull. internal
injuries. and is frightfully cut and
bruised about the body. There is only
the faintest hope of her recovery. She
spoke this morning for the first time
since the accident. She is conscious and
unconscious by turns. She does not
know the fate of her mother, who was
picked up dead on the platform of the
same car on which Miss Beardslee was
fnIfn6 ininrQd Micc Johanna u
a bad fracture of both legs. Some of the
local physicians thought the amputation
of one leg would be necessary to save her
life. but Surgeon &c neral Mclean, of
the Michigan Central, who has been
looking after the injured, said this morn
ing, after a consultation with the sew
eral physicians, that it was thought am
putation might be avoided, and Miss
Healey would recover. Mrs. James
Sloan. of North aBrookfeld, N. Y, is an
addition to the list of injured reported
yesterday. She is hurt in the hip and
abdomen. She was the only person
injured in the train that was pulled by
Engineer Whalen. She was in the sec
ond car behind the engine, and was
caught some way and crushed in the
timbers. Her husband escaped through
the window of the car and lifted her
through the same aperture. They are
at the Hibbard house. Mrs. Sloan will
recover. t's.,-
There is some doubt about the iden-
tity of the man reported as George Hoff-
man, of Louisville, KY. in the list of
yesterdays dead. There was nothing
on his person to indicate who he was,
and the hurried statements of three fell
low passengers of the deceased VIII 0
have left the city is all that is kno wn
about him. They said they believed he
was George Hoffman. The list of dead
remains unchanged. Twelve were
killed,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
ESOufh Carnlina

GEORGETOWN, S. c., Oct. l4.-The
entire water 'front.' of Georgetown was
flooded and much damage was done to
merchandise stored in warehouses. At
Magnolia Beach almost every house
was washed away, and thirteen
white and six colored people
were drowned. A number escaped
a watery grave by taking refuge in
trees. The white people drowned at
Magnolia Beach are: DIR. Arthur B.
Flagg and wife, and son DR.. Arthur B..
Flagg Jr., his wife and five children.
Miss Bette La Bruce. Miss Alice
La Bruce and the two Misses
Weston, daughters of the late Benton
Weston. The tide rose three feet in
some of the houses on Pawley sound, a
weIl-known resort. The residences of
DR.. II. NJ. Tucker, B. p. Frazer and l..
G. La Chicotte were washed entirely
away, the inmates only saving the
clothes they had on. No lives wers lost
on this island.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
AT THE CAPITAL.
Washington Swept by the South
ern Hurricane.

Washington Swept by the South
ern Hurricane.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA storm of
The hurricane variety passed over this
city last night, doing great damage.
Ielegraphic communication to points
outside OF Washington was rendered
impossible for long time on account of
The violent wind and rain. and few
small buildings were blown down. 1t
ralned steadily all day yesterday and to-
wards night the wind began to blow hard.
1t increased in velocity and the rain in
creased in volume until it was next to
impossible for pedestrians to face it.
Lights were torn down, signs were
blown down, and in some instances
houses unroofed. About 2 o'clock the
rain ceased, but the wind continued to
blow with increasing force, and it was
hot and sultry. Telegraph wires
were wrecked in every directi on,
until it seemed as if the coun-
try at large would have to do
without information regarding the
d. ngs of the eXtraoI dinary session of
r4ngress. After persistent effort, the
Western Union got a wire by way of
Memphis. over which the Associated
Press was enabled to send report. Al
daylight this morning the storm abated,
and before o'clock the sky was clear.
The Western Union has a large force OF
linemen at work and expect to restore
communication rapidly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
Storm Subsidinp.

New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE great storm
of yesterday and last night has SUBJ
sided in this vicinity this evening, but
is raging furiously in the west and
north parts of the state. In this vicin-
ity and along the coust south of here a
great deal of minor damage was done
and some small vessels wrecked, but, SO
far as heard from, no lives were lost.
Advices from Buffalo tonight state that
the wind is blowing there at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. Considerable dam
age has been done and several yachts
are ashore. As far as learned, no lives
have been lost.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
In Michigan,

MANIsTEE, Mich, Oct. 14.-The
storm which has been raging since yes
terday is the most severe that has
visited Manistee for many years. A
large number of trees are uprooted and
violence of the storm, thing which
has never been done before.
Several steam and sail vessels left
here yesterday afternoon, and much
anxiety Is felt concerning them. No
word has reached here that they have
sought shelter from the fury of the
storm. The discontinuance of the
weather signal station at this point is
condemned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-15
FLORIDA COAST.
Wind Reached a Velocity of Sixty
Miles an Hour


JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 14.-Tid-
lngS of damage by the storm along the
coast of Florida are just beginning to
come in. All along the Indian and
Hillsboro rivers the wind reached a
velocity of sixty miles an hour. Towns
along the banks we're flooded, wharves
swept away and houses unroofed, and
from 10 to Is per cent of oranges
blown from the trees. Between New
Smyrna and the ocean is stretch of
two miles of marsh through which
Hillsboro river winds its tortuous
length. Between this marsh valley and
the ocean is a barrier of sand hills. The
ocean swept over the hills, marshes, and
the waters invaded the towns.
Three small houses were washed
away, and Frank Sam's sportsmen's
hotel was unroofed. The wind
blew the water in Indian river south
ward, backing it up at the south end,
leuving almost dry ground at the north
end. Steamboats, went along with
high water. No tidings from the south
end of the river have been received. IL
is thought that the waters there were
unusually high. So far no loss of life
has been reported. Wires are all down.
This report was secured by belated pas
sengerS coming into Jacksonville.