Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-03

PORTLAND, OeN, June 2.-The flood
continues to come aud there is no ihdi-
cation OF an Improvement in the situa-
tion. At o'clock this evening the
water stood 3O}S feet above high water
mark and the meagre reports received
from Columbia show the river and all
its tributaries are still rising.
Telegraphic wires are prostrsted
all along the Columbia which makes 1t
impossible to get at she true state OF
affairs. The loss will foot up millions
when reports from the flooded districts
are received. Hundreds Of people liV-
ing on the lowlands have been driven
from their homes and scores OF houses
can be seen floating down to the ocean.
UNDER WATER NINETY-FIvE MILES.
TACOMA, WAsHN., June 2.-Ninety-
Eve miles Of Northern Pacific track be-
tween Horse Plains, this State, and
| Hope, Idaho, are under water. Def
mite food news was received late last
night on the arrival of three detained
Northern Pacific overlands. Col. +. ID.
Huestis, the railroad builder, was pas
senger. He says the water was still
rising when the train left Hope Hun
dreds OF farms along Clark's Ford are
under from four to six feet OF water.
Settlers rushed to the highlands, but
hundreds OF cattle aud horses were
drowned. Several bridges have been
washed out. Overland traffic on the
Great Northern is suspended on account
OF a washout west OF Great Fails, Mont
The Canadian Pacific yesterday began
transferring passengers by steamer on
the Frazier river from Ruby to Mission,
a distance Of thtrty-fve miles. Between
those two points there are washouts.
THE FRAZER STILL RISING.
.VANCoUv RE, B. c., June 2.-rhe Fra
zer river is sill rising. When dark
ness came last night the flood during
the day had gained another inch at
Westminster, three inches at Mission
and four inches at Langley. AT Chilli
waci the food gained six inches, inun-
dating a large area Of land. The work
of rescue sill continues, though nearly
all OF the imperilled settlers and as
many Of their cattle and horses IS re-
mained alive have now been carried to
places of safety. Funds are being
raised and provisions collected for the
homeless settlers. The hot weather
continues and a great depth Of snow
remains in the mountains. There Is
every indication that the river will rise
much higher. AT Yale the food Is
rushing through the canon at the rate
of ten miles an hour. There is little
| prospect of the railroads resuming
traffic for several days. TeleRraphic
communications is also shut of most
Of the time.
BY A CLOUD BURST.
DURANGO, MEN, June "A cloud
burst occurred in the Sierra Madre
Mountains, about seventy miles south
of here, and a camp Of charcoal burners
was washed away by the flood which
came raging down the mountain gulf.
Ten charcoal burners were in the camp
| and all were drowned.
SEVEN FEET OF SNOW ON THE PEAK.
MANIToU, Col, June 2.-The storm
which ended last night was the heav-
lest ever recorded by the government
signal service bureau at the summit OF
Pixies peak. There are seven feet Of
snow on the top of the mountain and it
is a beautiful sight.
SENDING OUT SOME TRAINS.
DENVER. COL, June 2.-The noun
tain railroads have resumed sending
out through trains regularly, but some
of the branch lines are still impossible.
The Denver and Rio Grande trains for
the west will not make use OF the Veta
Pass route until damages are repaired
ia the Arkansas Valley.
AN UNPRECEDENTED RISE.
PORTLAND, ORE, June 2.-The Will
annette river has now reached the un-
precedented ght of thirty feet above
low water mark. The reports from the
upper Columbia region are discOuraging
and no one ventures to predict how
high the water will rise. The weather
in the Cascade mountains continues ex-'
ceptionaily warm and the immense snow
fields are melting fast, indicating a con-
tinuous rise for several days.
IMMENSE DAMAGE AT BOULDER
BOULDER, Colo, June GA large
force of men is blowing up the debris
with dynamite in the hope OF changing
Boulder creek, which has made a new
channel through the heart OF the town,
back to the old channel. Mayor Cowre
estimes the loss in the county at S350,00
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