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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24
DAMAGE TO ~. a. o.
In ohlo-A Detoared Train Run, Inte .
Nyashont. Kan

In ohlo-.A Detoured Train Runs Inte q
Nyashout. i9lS
Special Dispatch to tho Intelllcencer.
BALTIMORE. Nd, March .. :.
Heavy rains caused washouts on the
Lake Erie division OF the baltimore s
Ohio. between Newark and Chicago
Junction. That portion Of tho Balti-
more g. Ohio line, II the rain ceases,
Will be open for traffic within twenty
four TO twenty-six hours! The situation
on the Central C Ohio division. and be-
tween GAINESVILLE and Newark. ID some
what worse. The bridge at Newark Is
down, and one or two other small
bridges hnre gone out, and It may be
forty-elght hours or more before the re-
pairs can be made, Z Train No. 105 was
detoured bytway OF the an.Handie
from Newark, ran into O. washout OF
Frazcrsburg, on the Pam Handle, and
the train was almost entirely SUBJ
merged. The conductor wired General
Superintendent Graham that the pas
scngers and crew were safe.
All lines in the vicinity OF Newark
are having the same trouble as we are.
Through travel between Chicago and
the east 10 not effected by these wash
outs, as there Is no high water between
Chicago, Chicago Junction. Pittsburgh
and the east by way OF Akron. "a
y is Z, +slsg $50 X q T. II. MADDY.
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REPORTS FROM HEADwATERsi
LAST Night We're not Rsassuring-The
Ii lIonongaliela Rising Agaiu. fi5ss47l

d
MonongalieIa Rlslng AKaiu. fi5ssl5l
PITTSBURGH, March c4--At 2 a. N.
Thursday the gauge recorded % feet
9 inches and still rising. ;ss5;s ss;s. s;s
PTTTSBURGH-River at 10 p. m. os.s
feet and still rising at the, DAM.
fiHVARREN-River feet inchcs.i
Cloudy and cooler.
BROWNSvILLE-River IS feet 5 in
ches and falling. i. + 4. :5l
GREENSBORo-Ri II feet 6 inches
and still rising. Steady rain last night
and to-day. Still raining hard. Ex-,
pecting high wnter. .
A1ORGANToWN-River 13 feet z strl-,
ches and rising. Raining.
STEUBENVILLE-Th Ohio river has,
reached n higher stage here Tonight
than at any. time since 1884. 7! The marks
show 40 feet and five more feet expect
ed. Fully thirty families have abandon
ed their homes. The Cleveland & Pitts;
burgh railroad has abandoned Its depot
here, and traffic was entirely suspended
this morning, as there are three land-
slides above and the track IS sunderitwu;
feet of water for miles. The Wheeling
& Lake Erie tracks are submerged and
all traffic was suspended last night.
Several bad washouts have occurred on
tthe PewilSy railroad. The Connoteon5
river Is Overlooking the Pnn Handle ,asS
3Jewett Parts of Sclo and Bowerstoni.
.nre under water. Along the Ohio paris
OF Empire, Toronto, New Cumberland,
Alingo and Wcllsburg are Inundated. 1.
S. OIL CITY, p. m.-River 10 feet n q
inches and stationary. Weather cloudy
and cold. There has been no change
since IN. m. and It will probably sub
side from this point. The average rain
fall here for the past four days has beeilE
one inch per day and Oil creek. the
smaller streams and hillside Arlvulets!
will contribute literally to the Allegheny
for some days 10 come. z. - -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24
A Remarisnbl Flood.

s CINCINNATI. March 23.-A peculiar
and remarkable flood Is filling the banks
Of the Ohio river. It Is peculiar In the
circumstance that from Wheeling to
Cairo no tributary Of the left bank OF
the. river makes the slightest contribu-
ton to this great freshet. Had the in
pour Of waters from streams on the left
bank been equal to that OF those on the
right the flood would have equalled that
of 1884, perhaps surpassed Il. News
from central points In Indiana and from
Springfield. Troy, Urbana and GAINESVILLE.
Ohio. Indicate a fall from 81 to Ak
inches at these places with one-half this
precipitation within the last thIrty-six
hours. Nearly all railroads In central
and southern Ohio are either crippled or
totally disabled fol. the present. This is
because iof washouts, dangerous and de-
stroyed bridges and the like. All over
Ohio and Indiana railroad traffic is de-
2mollshed.
Tonight nt Cincinnati, with the mer-,
curry at 45. q drlzzling rain Is falling and
the clouds arc threatening. The stage
OF the river at 9 o'clock Tonight was Al
feet inches, n rise OF inches In the last
three hours. It will be over so feet by
daylight and with a further rain will
probably reach IS feet. :. III
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Great Dl.tre,. at Zane,vliie.

!. ZANESvILLE. O., March 23.-Since
midnight Musklnsum and Licking
rivers have risen Is feet and nll the
Eighth ward and parts Of four other
wards are submerged. -Four thousand
people have been driven from their
homes and very few Of them have saved
any OF their household effects The cur
rent Of Licking river has turned down
Lee street. a half mile. and Is washing
out everything In its path. There have
been score Of narrow escapes and more
than fifty persons are missing. Every
railroad entering the city Is tied up and
all Of them have experienced Incidents.
"a bridge over Wakatomika creek gave
way while Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train No. 105 was crossing and the whole
train was submerged. The Passengers
crawled to the tops OF the cars and were
rescued in sleitts. Two Of the trainmen
were badly injured. - gt.'
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1NpIANA7FLooD SWEPT.
The Damage In the state WIN Amount I,
Il st- 4 5Ssy yl q SI. .O0O. 900. Z. J. y, t

The Damage In the state WIN Amount to
sI,ooo,ooo.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March %.
The reports coming In To-day from ull
over the state concerning damage done
by the floods viii send the aggregate
loss up In the hundreds OF thousands.
Perhaps the figures may reach 81, 900, 600.
All the streams are overlowing their
banks, houses and railroad tracks have
been washed away, growing crops have
been seriously damaged; IN fact, general
havoc has been created by the elements.
Wrecks have been reported from differ
ent parts OF the state and railroad traffic
in Indiana east of this city Is dempral-
lied. Not a passenger train reached
this city from the east or left to-day
over the Big Four and other lines east
here Jared no better. At Shelbyville last
night the river levec broke and the resi-
dencet portion of the city was flooded,
causing considerable loss. Richmond is
in darkness owing 10 the flood. Mar
tlnsvllle and Columbus are Isolated from
the rest of the state for the time being
and from many, other points come tales
Of great woe. 80 }sii i IS ~
All the bottom land outlying Indiana
polls is covered with water and White
river is slowly rising but no great ap-
prehenslon Is felt. The damage in this
city will not be great. The river Is still
four feet lower than high water reached
In 1888. 2 zsEify.iSs X:
COLUMBUS, o., March ga train
consisting Of q passenger coach, ca
boose and locomotive, with a wrecking
crew OF twenty four men, was wrecked
near here this evening. The river broke
over Its banks, and the scene OF the
wreck is surrounded by water for a
mile. and can only be reached by, boats.
Nearly every man OF the twenty-four
was more or less injured. and they are
being brought to the hospital here as
rapidly as possible. and everything
done to alleviate their sufferings. Six
or eight are badly injured, and may.
die. Frank Lizensby, OF SellersburS,
win probably die tonight. Engineer
Connell, OF Longstreet, and two brake
men are missing and may be dead.
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COLUMBUS. O.. March 29.-rhe
Cleveland division OF the Big Four rail-
way, and the south line OF the colum-
bus, sandusky & Hooking were the only
two OF fifteen rd.--.:- here that could
move trains out Of the city to-day. The
fine condition OF the Big -Four line north,
enabled Il to handle It's own business and
trains OF the Pan Handle and Columbus.
Hooking Valley and Toledo railways.
The water trouble with most OF these
roads was and Is in or near this city.
It seems to be settled that the system
of lsrees which protected rhe west side
OF the city against ordinary floods ere
gone. They are submerged and are
known 10 be badly broken in many
places. These breaks permitted water
10 flow where is had not gone, perhaps
In forty years. People In these parts
were slow in moving out or upstairs.
There arc 1900 or 1000 OF them on the
upper floors OF dwellings situated in an
artificial lake. Men who worked all Of
Tuesday night TO save bridges and levees
sent out messengers to warn house,.
holders, but many of them, considering
themselves safe. remained n home.
c West Broad street, part Of the old na-i
tional road. being high and compacty
built, Is the only west side avenue open
to travel its full length. 1t divides the,
upper, and lower artificial lakes except
as connected under bridges. The water
is now falling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24

KEY WEST, Fla, March 2s-The
medical board which sat on the flag
ship New York yesterday was to con-
slider the retirementiof Rear Admiral
Sicard for physical disability. It's rec
ommendat ton will be forwarded to the
naval department. tits impossible to
learn the decision at which the board
has arrived. but It Is believed that It
recommended his retirement.
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Provl.lons for 4, 900 sIen.

KEY WEST, Fla, March, "a The
Mallory liner. Leona, from New York.
was due to-day with three months
provisions for 1000 men. These proyis-
ions will be stored here. and will con-
siderably strengthen Key West as a
naval rendezvous in case OF war. This
action Is in line with the activity re-
Gently exhibited to hurry forward the
fortiflcations. dredge the harbor and
otherwise put this island in condition to
Withstand q possible attack, and to
make 1t "a suitable base OF supplies.
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BOSTON, March 23.-The activity at
the charlestown navy yard continues,
Orders have been issued for the en-.
plovment OF forty-seven men In the en-
gincering department, who Will be put
to work on the gunboat MechIas in
making necessary repairs. Orders have
been received for the immediate con-
struction OF twenty-four small boats.
This will uecessltate the employment or
n large force > sis'}t ~ 81 ei,iity y5s5
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WASHINGTON. March 23.-The bu-
reau OF ordnance to-day awarded con
tracts for supplying about 1900 cast
iron projectilies for sea coast fortiflca-
tions. AS rapidly as completed they
will be shipped to the various places at
which they are needed. Two Virginia
companies were given the contracts,
the Petersburg Iron Works and the
Tredegar Company, OF Richmpod, 5,gi5
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Naval oni.trs to Leave Hnvana.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The navy
department has arranged for the prac-
teal withdrawal OF all Its naval officers
at Havana, and the abandonment Of
the wreck. OF the ill-fatcd battlesrlp
Maine. Captain Slgsbee. Lieutenant-
Commander Richard Wainwright, Sur
geon L. @. Heneberger. Paymaster2 go
Ray. Chaplain John p. chidwlck, Chief
Engineer Charles p. Howell and Naval
Cadets ia. Holden. and ", T. Clu-
vcrluis, who have been in Havana with
the wreck. Will return very! soon. \
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24
SENATE NAVAL COMMITTEE
VIII Claim Jurlsiiction Over Report on
Maine Disaster. 5'5,sF II "a 81

VIII Claim JurI,iIlctien Over Report on
s5.lt aIalne Disaster. Il -
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 20
The senate committee on, foreign rela-
tons did not transact any business at
It's meeting to-day, but Informally dis
cusscd the Cuban situation. In fact,
the interest in Cuba at the present time
is such as to overshadow everything else
and no other foreign subject received
attention. 1t can be stated that the con-
census OF opinion OF the committee.
based on Information which has been
received from the administration by va
rious jmembergaof the committee, was
that the President Is pursuing a wise
and conservative course, a course which
is rendered necessary In issues which
Involve peace or war. /!
A member OF the committee said that
the course OF the President was surely
convincing the governments and intel
ligent people OF the world that the
United States was Justified In Its policy.
and would have the moral support OF
Europe when the crisis came. gIe 80.
Err, THAT THE INEVITABLE TEND.
ENCY WAS TOWARD A RUPTURE
WITH SPAlN.1AND THAT THE POSI-
TION OF THE UNITED STATES WAS
;BECOMING STRONGER u AND
STRONGER EVERY DAY. The COM
mittee Is aware that the Maine disaster
will be treated as q separate and dis,
itinct incident for the present. There
was some discussion MS to what would
be done with the report OF the, board OF
inquiry ,whenlt reaches the senate Mon
day, and 1t 10 probable that motion
will be made to Immediately refer It
to the committee on foreign relations. Il
It Is known that the naval committee
will seek Jurisdiction or.thc report, and
will contcst the right Of the foreign re-.
lations committee to q matter involv-
Ing the destruction. OF O battleship upon
which a naval board hos made q report
The foreign reiat lions committee Is con-
{ fident, toweyer,S that the senate will
consider thai the Maine disaster In,
wolves foreign questions which make It
properly thcir!Eht OF that committee TO
CONSIDER tho; subject. AZ S53a !,
"A Mcnbers OF the naval committee will
claim thut tho senate having author
lied Il 10 3inVes.lga the Maine tdisas-
tor. this committee should have the re-
Eport of the naval board referred 10 Il
as a ma tier OF courtesy ns well MS right
(! All ctfort will be made, however, to
adjust thclwhole mattcriby the time tho
2reporttarrivesi SO thntlino debate will
5ofcnr nftor he committee hap cons!d-,
!cskti the rcpor & j. Is Z. y; n Ii
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ali telegraph wires ore down The best
Information, obtalnable now indicates
that the crew and passengers have oil
had a narrow escape. 1t iis stated that
so far as they are known alls the rail-
road men md all the passengers
aboard are accounted for save the .Bal-
,timore & Ohio fireman and the Pan.
Handle pilot, and IL 10 reported thai
these swan the stream and escaped on
the west bank n Il A .,
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peIaxare's Dl.a,trou, Experience.

DELAWARE. O., March 2s-The
flood which began last night, continued
to-day. torrents OF water pouring
through the business streets. -Four
eQ,iares OF business houses are under
water: and stock Is either damaged or
completely ruined. The rushing waters
removed buildings from their fourda-
tlons. while scores OF wagon and foot
bridges have been carried away. Il Is
stated here Tonight that the village OF
Waldo. north OF here, has BEEN washed
out OF existence, but the report cannot
be confirmed. as all communication
with Waldo Is cut of. y 49, s5'ii
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soUTHAAipToN-Arrlved: st. Louis,
New'York. !. & al ( Z IA,
/, . ,.BREMEN--Arrlvsd; II. il. Meier, New.
York. rs 6. s.
. BALTIMORE --s Arrived: aIunchen,,
Bremen. M Y, si5 N n ~
NEW YoRK---Arrived; F'nlda, Naples
aLoNDoN-Arrved; 1senslnston, Phll-
adclphIa, i,fY 4
MoyILLE-Arrived: Ethiopia, New
York for Glasgow. sfts,I'
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AREI..R!ILQ0.!D!!.I..lS'N[I!'.EI ". N
Ohio and Indiana Suffering From
High Water,
IcOLUNBuSls NOW yA5 INUNDATED.
And Two Thousand People Sur
rounded by Artificial Lake.
THEIRAILROADs KNOCKED OUT

In Almost Every Section Of the nuekeys
state--Ths Peculiar and Remarkable
Features OF the Isise In the Ohio River.
J Great pistreis at tzansaviiis-Four.r .rhou.
saad People Driven from Their Homes.
Great tDsstruction ughoat Indiana.
Losses may Reach 81, 900, ,ooo-Points in
West yirEinla Win safer.
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SsThe decreased rate is not actual, as
the marks on tho Pan Handle retaining
wall are not correct There was an ac-
tual rise of four inches.
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K ON THE "GARDEN sPoT,p
There Was a Geueral Move Into Uppor
44istt - Stories nud or tho I,i innd .

I. AS usual the good citizens OF thesi
Island come In for more than x their
share; ofthe Hood. 3andgby. dayllsht5thise
morning there win be very few families
that eau boast OF being above water. 3 g
The scenes on the Garden Spot, yes. j;
sterday were lively. and In fact, never
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24

Wheeling is the ,roes Of flood that equal the calamity
February reached here but the ind
cations are that will fall few feet below the 1884 mark
summation which will be devouy wished by the public
present has been remarkaben several especially
that followed each other rapid out
the Allegheny and Monongaha rivers coming toge1e
and then alternating with practically long continued
rise Yesterday morning onongahela reported falling,
and there were hopes that when the got bounds last
night Of hope would be visible but shown elsewhere
the onongahela has responded hard rains with another
which will keep up the stage Pittsburgh until
Z: this evening,
During day up the steadily and although
had declined midnight three inches the last
rise out Of the Monongahea keep up food
to it, making top between and fifty feet Of
course this estimate take consideration possibility
probability will be OF the povongy persistent
rain that has been feature Of persistent
is the factor that has extremely difficult for the
river observer reasonably
on the present food.
AT midnight Integnccr talked the Pittsburgh Post ryer
editor the long distance telephone and secured the latest
bugh approximation the food stated
expected the Ohio there this evening 1t should be-
explained however, that 80 feet in the Ohio IS
Allegheny the marks used the Associated Press bulletins yester
day that with feet inches at Pittsburgh at midnight
expected materiaze to-day The rate OF
bugh yesterday almost uniformly inches hour.
With the maximum height at Pittsburgh reached
evening it will be late Thursday early
when the rise ceases at Wheeling. gs3
Below the Inteigencer completely the flood
giving the story the day. shutting down of manufac
tories suspension OF traffic railroads and steamboats, the firing
steamboat by West Wheeling man the loss and moving
scenes Beae dongs in the district and other happen
ings that make up "the food story = 81
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SzaSESNILLE, O., March %. - Any
report concerning the swreekiat swakat.
stoomlka creek Is almost Impossible 10
jobtain before the roturnSot the special
sorrespondentS sent 70 the scene. Almost
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6 sForSyest Virginia md Western Penn.
jsylSnnla, fairSSand colder light north-
erlyiwlnds. II & q X + is S3. \
9fFor Ohio fair; Gcoldorin southern por.
;tlon; liBht mort lerlyj winds. i M n
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IisnrsnrSr anti Iseutnrltx VI }, s,,ir.' 81
NEWPORT NEWS March % %, Z.
10 .jst9at bal tlhsh!ps \ i earsarse AMI
,Sentucky tonight rest on tho ways
oi,tii,ued ON 'rl,ird ,Psgs. b q 4
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fSTI[L RISING STEADlL!'lf AT PlTTSBUR
AT the Rate Of Fournches an Hour and Added Rise Of
EST Five Feet at the Smoky City viii Reach
It's Maximum Tonight
THIs WILL GIVE WHEELING FoRTY;sEyEN oR fEEI,

Tho Iopnote Which VIII Not Be Reached sUal late
the Railroads Entering Wheeling Practically Suspend
othe floods First and South Side Residents Move
Upper Neighborng Towns Affected Whole
District and Larger Loss Sustained BY Wheeling District
Manufacturers Navigation Suspended On the RIVER
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ne revenue cutter service no.ss has
lazy Tor Instant and active service 12i,
..ae oll'cers ~ engineers, 300 scnlis;pl
,Sin ana 10 vefgels, OF which n ARE an
~ ~, htltTt!c lcoaAt. Two oshers arc 81
syMae r:,,Le of.e9issr,ictlpn$at Cleveland, and
r.. n.m rush YorltfcanS be completed md
sasaaS Tor sea an from a lhirtySt To- forty.
"se Gays, The Manning, S4hes Gresham
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-16
AN UNUSED TYPE.
GOlden-Gray Eyes Have Been Neg
lected by Modern NOvelists
and Poets.

I might pile Ossa upon Pelion in the
way of descriptions of gray eyes culled
from fiction. There is, however, one
type of gray eyes whose appearance in
story 1 have not yet noted, says
Nina R. Allen in Lippincott's.
We have had gray eyes which "re-
sembled nothing so much as moss
agates;" sea-gray eyes are not un-
common. Amelie Rives has bestowed
upon Ilva, in THE Witness of the
Sum-" great violet-gray eyes, ''like rain
washed amethysts;" while Mr.. Paul
Leicester Ford has recently introduced
us to pair of slate-colored eyes.
But, at the present writing, I have
yet to meet with the golden-gray eyes
in fiction. They are to be found, how
ever, in nature, the most luminous of
all eyes, think, the iris about the
edge soft old-gold or golden brown,
gradually melting toward the pupil
into a warm gray. This lovely color
I have seen in the eyes of dog and
of child-the eyes of the dog wist-
full, appealing, pathetic with unutter-
able things, the child's speaking of a
soul as yet undarkened by shades of
the prison house, and splendid with the
light that never was on sea or land.
To the novelist desiring something
new in eyes, would respectfully rec
ommend the golden-gray.
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WEATHER SIGNS IN THE SOUTH
When the FOrecastinE Was All Done
by the Darl1ies and the Poor
s'White Trash.o

''The prediction of Ezekiel Bouzy,
of Maine, the forecaster of winter
weather by the goose bone, stirred up
some weather recollections of the
time when Lived in the SOUTH" said
a former resident of Dixie state the
other day, says the New York Sun.
"We got our forecasts then from the
darkies or from what was called the
white trash When the cat in the cor
ner washed her face the housemaii
assured her mistress that it was goin'
to rain The severity of the winter
was foreshadowed by the industry of
the squirrel. If it stored up nuts
early, that meant an early freeze and
an early snow. If you have ever sat
in front of an open fireplace where
wood was burned you may remember
the different sounds made by different
varieties of wood while being con-
sumed. There was one variety which
made noise like the dripping of wa ter
from a roof. When darky heard that
he always said: It's gwine to snow
Lissen 20 de snow drappin' in de hot
ashes?
"Cornstalks that grew no tassels
meant something Ears of corn which
were irregular, or peculiar, were a sure
forecast of hard winter
"If the smoke from the old chimney
went straight up. good weather for
the next day was predicted from the
cabins"