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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-25
pANIc on THE BEDFORD.

Last night the Intelligencer learned
Of another Moundsvillc attempt to COM
pei a steamboat to turn back down the
river before passing the low-lylng To-
cality. Mr.. George NJ. Dressed, of this
city, a travelling man. was passenger
on the Charleston, Wheeling and Pitts
burgh packet II. X. Bedford, and on her
arrival from below at Bellaire last night
he came up to Wheeling. walking up on
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh, railroad
tracks across the river. He states that
when the Bedford was opposite the low
er part of Moundsville she was hailed
and ordered to turn back down the
river. Captain Green paid no attention
to the demand and the result was fu-
silade OF shots, some OF which struck the
boat. On board the Bedford the shoot
ing created q panic, members of the
crew and passengers seeking places OF
safety behind the smoke stacks and
elsewhere. Some of The colored roust-
abouts sought safety in the hold. Be-
fore the Bedford had passed Mounds
Vile she had been fired ut twenty times
or more, but happily nobody on board
was struc! by the flying bullets. The
Bedford proceeded up the river to Bell
airc where she laid up. being unable to
pass under the Baltimore & Ohio bridge.
The Fallie and Tornado were also COM
PEELED to lay up for the same reason.
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Cllos,INGTIIE CIlEEIs
Had It's pinfiiuities--c onsec 10 |, "A most
Cut on from South side.

Cut on from South side.
Had the river risen 70 forty.elght
feet. or probably less, the South Side
would have been cut on completely.
Wednesday evening passage across tho
stone bridge. on Main street. was cut
OF, and the rivers rise yesterday uu-
cured q similar condition OF affairs ut
the Market street bridge. As It was.
pedestrians on Market street had their
troubles, and! were forced TO make de-
tour from Seventeenth street to get to
the post office, or had to walk on o
marrow stretch OF dry pavement to AZ
ley Il, thence through q cross alley 20
Sixteenth street. This was on the
east side of Market. Us tho west side
could not be used from the bridge to
above Joseph Weisgerber's saloon.
Planks were thrown along the Mar
ket street pavement when necessary.
but the street from tho Fifteenthlto the
bridge was a yeritable canal. The chief
sufferers were d. c. Kurner; and James
McAdams, painters: Frank J. Healy,
saloon: Klarl's idrng store and Dono-
hue's jewelry store, Around on South
street the ceilings were mirrorcd In tho
waters on the floor.
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Charged Against Horny KoehIlne-I

Charged Against Henry KoehIine-Ex.
citing In cIdeIt at ..Pewiky Depot.
"A pistol shot that rang out near the
"Pew!ky" depot about $50 o'clock last
night. occasioned considerable excite
ment. The shot was fired at John Man
ion. young man employed at the Bal
timore 6 Ohio freight yards, and he says
it was fired at him by Henry Koehn-
line. OF Bridgeport, who took possession
of Manion's boat. The ball crashed
through the windows of Salide's restau-
rant on Water street, narrowly missing
the proprietor.
According to the story Manion told at
police headquarters, and at Squire Rog-
ers' Office, where he swore out the war
rant, he had borrowed skiff, and was
accompanied by colored man, named
Robinson. IN front OF The News office.
Manion acceded to the request OF
koehnline and another man to ferry
them to the st. Charles. But when his
guests failed TO get out at the st.
Charles. and showed a disposition to
create trouble, Manion was forced to
row UP to the Pan-Handle depot, much
against his will. When near this point
the men demanded that he row them
across the river.
Manlon refused strenuously, and as
the boat grazed the station platform.
the colored man jumped out. Manion
followed, and Koehnllnes companion
attempted to steal Afanion's oars, but
the latter dropped one, and with the
other struck the fellow on the head.
When he started for the police a bull
let whizzed over his head. He found
officer Walker. but In the meantime the
two men and the boat had gone down
the river and when last seen were below
the creek. The police were notified but
had made no arrests at late hour.
Manion believes 1t was Koehnlinc who
shot at him. but rather than risk d war
rant to that effect he had one issued for
carrying concealed weapons. He re-
Hets the loss Of the skiff, which was one
he had borrowed.
The name OF the man who was with
Koehnline was learned afterward to be
Sells. He, too, lives in Bridgeport, and
works for n Wheeling firm. a warrant
will be sworn out for him this morning.
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the South Side from the pythlan Castle,
60 Eoff street down 20 Thirtleth, al ter
which Eoff had rest until Thirty-flfth
bobbed up, or rather bobbed down.
Thence TO Thlrty.nlnth Il was another
case OF follow suit with your neigh
bora, 10 Eoff street laid down and re-
ceiyed q heavy wet blanket. Jacob
sttect couldn't stand forty feet Just be-
causelirs somewhat high up at Thirty
seventh, and thence 10 Denwood akiffa
had an elegant place to show their
speed. In Ihe Eighth ward the Baitl-
more E& Ohio tracks were covered on
Wood street. thus giving the river full
access to the hills. and forming q
stretch OF water to the Ohio side OF
about three fourths OF a mile In width
All day long the submerged districts
were scenes Of uctivlty. Everything
available In the shape OF a skin, John
boat or raft was kept busy. and deliv-
cry wagons Laundering through the
water. added to the general hustle. The
schools were thrown oben for those
needing shelter. but only one man
awaited himself OF the Sixth ward
school Wednesday night. There were
several amusing sights, occasloned by
tumbles into tn water. from skiifs. The
people who got the .dUcIins were most
w those who were already wet on the
Inside or course. the saloons In that
vicinity were under water, but the bib,
ulous individuals received their liquid
supplies on, dry land. A big Newfound-
land dog swan behind his master.
who was being towed home, and when
the amber stored beneath his bosom
caused HIM 10 arise from his seat for
ha ,N,, - -. H., ,t,b a..
dog was the first 20 aid In rescuiny him
firm a watcry couch, !: not from a wa
terry grave.
slSiffs made money out OF the flood,
they charged reasonable prices for the
most part, and In some instances
.'toted', unfortunates free OF charge.
The money they were making induced
others TO Follow their example, and
-udely-constructed boats kept going
into. the service ull day. These boats
will likely furnish klndlinE wood for
several South Side homes now that the
worst Is over. Ell
In addition TO the general scene Of
miscellaneous confusion OF furniture
and goods on the streets, there was a
countless number. OF oil barrels at DIFF
ferent places on the South Side. These
belonged to the Freedom Oil Company,
whose tank was flooded. Then on near
~ every dry street were long lines OF
vehicles, the streets taking the place of
flooded stables. The crowds on the
streets added TO the excitement, and
there was a flood OF talk as well Tho
mills. factories and every industrial
plant were closed. on account OF high
water or shortage Of gas. School was
impossible, as. in fact. was any trans
action but that associated with the
flood. The damage can hardly be es-,
tlmated from a money standpoint. 1t
will take lots Of time for South Side
rsidents to set things right, and time
| IS moneS s5G ~
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AT THE PUBLIC LANDING.
Thousands Attracted to That Part OF the
Civ During the Day, x

lhousauos AttEhcteutol uat faEt u uu
City During the Day.
Thousands OF people we're attracted
to the public landing yesterday by the
high water. In addition to the Btu
Hur and the wharfboat. the Argand Is
now at the wharf, having arrived early
yesterday morning. As detailed else.
where, this boat had a lively expert
ence on the up trip from Parkers5urs.
The river reached such a high stage
during the day that the wharfooat
which was previously moored outside
the outer Pewikey retaining wall, Tai
brought in closer to the bank, and 10
stage run out onto the inner retaining
wall, making access to the wharfboat
comparatively easy. Captain Crockad
was besieged by telephone calls dutias
the day, especially In the morning.
wllei the top-notch of the rise could
only be guessed. After 5 o'clock, wee1
1t could be seen through the fooes'
districts that the river had becoms
stationary, there was 4 let-up IN w y
demand for Captain Crockard's opinion !
and Il Is needless to say that he has ap- Z
preciated the deliverance, although as
has shown more patience and has osa
more accommodating than the average
man would have exhibited In his p'ace; !
The scene on Water street as v!esea
from the upper deck of the Ben hui
formed,a lesson In the stupendous p1s..
sibilitles OF nature that, mot could g.
easily learned elsewhere. Across N,
vast stretch OF water the Island loon'eo
up without an inch of ground visioie' {
and nearly all the houses 10 sight en-
tered by the water, giving the appear
ance OF a floating city, or another ven.
Ice. Turning his eyes down the rive,
the onlooker sees the Pan-Hahots
freight depot office building in.
thest out of any buildings on u.
river rofnt. and so isolated from u.
other water, entered structures ina. u
has become an island of wood. las
buildings between Twelfth and fout'
,teenth. on Water street, are next setG,
and with one exception all have wale,
In the first story. including the HOVER
and Stamm hotels. The Windsor. apose
Twelfth, being, on higher; ground. va.
not entered by the river. There va.
several feet OF water on the bassas'
room floor of the Pan-Handle passs"'
ger station, q go. = .
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TIE b. & o. MAIN LINE
VIII Re,nms Running of PnssenE,
Trains This Morntur,

VIII Re,nme Running of Passenger
Trains This Morning.
Passenger Agent Burke. OF the Baltl-
moro 6 Ohio railroad. who Is mot .at
home" now on account OF the flood. has
opened temporary Baltimore & Ohio
headquarters for passenger traffic in the
store room Of T. a Little, 1920 Market
street. just above the postoffice, and to-
day all Baltimore & Ohio trains will de-
part from the corner OF Sixteenth and
Market streets. FL.
Alr. l.urkc stated that all trains on
the Wheeling and Pittsburgh division
Of his road would arrive and depart on
time to-day, and in addition he an
nounces that traffic will reopen on the
Baltimore & Ohio main line east and
west of Wheeling this morning, the first
train scheduled being the Columbus and
Cincinnati express departing at 1915 a,
m. The first cast bound train, for
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York. will depart at lO:5J a. m,
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THE ARGANp FIRED On.

Tho Argand's people were glad to
reach Wheeling carly yesterday morn
Ing without the killing or wounding OF
some OF the crew. When The boat left
Parkersburg early Wednesday morning
II was not known that the river would
become moro than bank full between
Sistcrsvillc and Wheeling, else the bont
would have remained In port at Par
kersburg. AS the packet progressed up
the river It was seen that n flood OF Ito
mean proportions was,belng encounter
ed, and inter leaving Sistersvillc 1t was
found impossible to make any landings.
Soon after pulling out from the oil town
cries were heard from tho West Vlr-
glnln shore, but In the darkness II was
impossible to know what was tho
trouble, but when minute later q. shot
rang out and a bullet whlstled danger
ously near the pilots head, the bont's
crew knew that they were in for trouble
II they continued on to Wheeling. Rath.
or than turn back this course was taken,
and at frequent intervals during tho run
10 this city the Argnnd was fired on by.
people on either bank Of The river. Al.
together tifty to one hundred shots were
fired at the boat m. s5i'l X
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heavy. this being the only channel OF
ingress and egress In, Wheeling.

heavy. this being the only channel OF
insress and egress In, Wheeling.
The practically Complete suspension
OF. traffic, both freight and passenger,
is likely to continue until tonight,
when 1t Is hoped the river. will have
subsidized several feet. After the Balti-
more & Ohios Wheeling division, the
next road that will be able to operate
is the Pewikey. which was the last to
entirely suspend traffic. The lowest
stretch of track on this road Is beolw
Wellsburg, and it will take fall OF
about three feet to enable the resump-
ton. of traffic between Wheeling and
Steubenville and Pittsburgh. From
the rate OF the waters decline at Pitts
burgh 1t seems reasonable to expect
at least that decline this afternoon. *
:. Formerly flood of the dimensions
OF, the present one would have caused
tremendous damage on the line of the
Ohio river road between this city and
Parkersburg, but the filing In OF tres
ties year or, two ago has resulted in q
substantial roadbed that will probably
not be extensively undermined bE the
water. 1t will take fall of about three
fet to enable this road to resume trnf-
fic. The; lowest stretch OF track in this
neighborhood on the Ohio River line
Is above Moundsville, at the Narrows.
&The Baltimore G Ohio main line east
and west Of Benwood will probably re-
sumo traffic this evening. at least east
OF the river. Westward several bridges
were washed out, and 1t may be an
other day or two before through traf-
fic Is possible. In the meantime the
Pittsburgh and Western line Is being
used for the New York and Chicago
business Of the Baltimore & Ohio sys-
TEN. 3
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh road will
be operated again within forty.eight
hours, and this applies. too, to all OF
the local lines II there are no more rain
complications. which are not considered
probable at present.
AS chronicIed in the IntellIgencer
yesterday morning. there was serious
wash-out on the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling road. north OF Uhrichsville,
on Wednesday. An effort was made to
learn the exact extent OF trackage
swept away. but It could not be
learned. SO much OF the line being out
OF sight under water. ~
Wholesalers on South street were
helped substantially In getting their eff
fcets out of the way of the flood by the
Kindness Of Freight Agent Graham, who
placed freight cars at the disposal OF
several firms who would have suffered
considerably by the incoming water
without being enabled to use the cars,
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ONLY ONE RAILROAD
Entering yvheeiinE wa, Abio to Operate
-. ANY Trains .Thursdny.


Any Trains Thursday.
OF the several railroads entering
Wheeling, only one, the Baltimore &
Ohio system, was able to operate any
trains yesterday, and these were on the
Wheeling division, between this city
and Pittsburgh. Tho main line east
and west OF Benwood Junction was sus-
pended entirely, just like the Wheeling
& Lake Erie; Cleveland, Loraln &
Wheeling: Panhandle; Cleveland &
Pittsburgh, Ohio River, Wheeling
Bridge & Terminal. Bellaire, Zanes-
Vile s. Cincinnati. and the Ohio Valley.
the little road that runs from Bellaire
to Powhatan. 4.
Several trains were handled on the
Wheeling division Of the Baltimore &
Ohio road. Three trains went
through to Pittsburgh, two in the
morning and the other at 5:04 D. m.
They, started from the post Office cor.
ner, and tickets were sold on the
train. Two trains arrived from Pitts
burg,h one at u:45, a. m. and other at
4:30 p. m. The traffic handled was
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DROVE THEM TO DRINK.
The High Water orercams Many Weak.
--..l Kneed lnLivtduNls.

Kneed Individuals.
II may be tradition or It may be an
old family recipe. that teaches that In
time of floods a preventative OF wet
feet. colds. ETC.. Is the liquid sometimes
known as corn Juice" John Barley
corn" "old red eye" and similar ap-
pellations. This theory probably &C.
counts for the number OF men who
were under the weather, and the Jag
they carried yesterday. The saloons
probably haven't done so much business
since the Fourth Of July, and where the
bar room floors threatened wet feet, the
customers secured rubber boots, and II
preferrlns to drink outside took with
them q goodly store Of liquid Etimu-
lants.
OF course. where there was so much
hIarity there was bound to be a fall,
and several occurred on the Market
street canal, which extended from
Trimble &; Lutz's plumbing shop to the
Market street bridge. One man, who
the water drove to drink, had made FREE
quent trips during the day from the
post Office steps, across the canal, 10 q
saloon on the opposite side. He had
rubber boots and didn't mind it. His
companions cautioned him the last
time, but he would not heed. So he
started across. I;ishlng through the
tide with reck/ss abandon. A wagon
and skiff oh/tructed hiszlg-zag course
and he turneh aside from one but los:
his balance. Then It was all on. He
was carried out, soaked through, wet
inside and out, to the rear OF saloon,
further up street, and laid away to dry.
Later his friends got him dry suit of
clothes. after which he went home to
sleep and dream OF Noah and his little
ark. q.
Similar incidents were common, and
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( SOUTH SIDE SCENES.
Water, Water Everywhere, bnt Fort-
,5ss4t3s unuteIy no Great Suffering.

Water, Water Everywhere, bnt Fort
1902 ils..i5s.5} unuteIy no Great Suffering.
From the creek bridge to Benwood
the South Side Joined hands with the
river, so to speak. On Wednesday
only the lowlnnds, usually affected,
were submerged. but beginning We'd
nesday night and continuing until yes
;terday afternoon about 3 o'clock. the
water spread over the ground at an
alarming rate, and the South Side was
4 VIRTUALLY cut In two ut ThirtV-ninth
street. 3g#
The attendant scenes attracted cur
Z ious throngs, and business was at
{ standstill. Owners OF john boats and
skifrs reaped a harvest. towing goods
and people from house to house. There
! were many South S!ders who stayed up
town over night Wednesday, and q few
didn't get. home last night. The hotels
( and boarding houses uptown, and
friends on elevated ground sheltered
q peo pie from the Island as we'll, but the
4 majority came from the South Side.
S.Swhere the Hood was not expected to
Z reach such a stage. Island people have
Y learned these things by experience.
The Eighth and Sixth wards suffered
Z heavily from the flood. only Main, Mar-
! ket and Water streets coming in for It
Z in THE Fifth ward, and down in the
Y lower districts in the Eighth ward the
z water reached the the second stories,
< ant 1t was not an unusual spectacle
10 see BOOSTERS and cats seeking shelter
(. on the house tops. From Thirty-cighth
jstreet down, especially on Jacob and
below, tho water covered the rest OF the
ward, and continuing down through
z Upper Benwood. Happily. no seriouE
cases OF suffering were reported.
Beginning at the creek the water,
which was within n few feet of tapping
\ the stone bridge. got up on Twentieth
TO- above Main. thence spread!ng over
4 part OF the bridge and down Main! al
{ most to Sherry's saloon. The Wheeling
Bakery Company's plant was. surround
(; ed on all sides with several feet deep OF
water. From! Sherry's along Main to
sAWiiheIm's liquor storoe there was o. dry
8 street, but an unbroken canal clear
4 down to the. streets end, at the Baltl-
/! moro &. Ohio property, below Twenty
u seventh, which was flooded, and the
ground all around II, going up Cald-
wells run to the, Terminal yards, and q
hundred feet back OF the Wood street
bridge. Il X, & y
a pedestrian wanting to reach the
& South Side was therefore cut Off from
Main street, not only on the South Side,
1 but really from above Twelfth street.
and when he tried Market street he had
again to give It up las q bad Job The
simpromptu river on Main spread up to
Z afarketfat Twenty-third, visiting the
isafarkct house and then some. From the
\ Market house, Market street Joined In
* t!1ellprocess!on, and Its lower end resi-
dents had also to do their housckcep-
Ing on the second floor. .
r he water was In close touch with
ChaplIne at Twenty-fourtll.g and finally
aft the mark below Twenty-slxth,li sol-S
3,ating tho Pythian Castle, y which was
4 Gipcnfa dose all over the first floor OF
Its store rooms. The river. Tjdened on
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SITUATION AT PITTSBURGH.
Tho Flood crlppics Every Road fh'''A -
81 "a, t+4g1t the Sp,okv civ. .' SO

Tho Flood crlpplcs Every Road E f'"'''''
the, Smoky city.
G The exposition building is suonets =,
and the damage will be at least ''v"'
( On the South Side the warehouse ias.
tories and mills along the entire f',...
front were under, several feet OF wn.e,
and operations completely suspenoeu, ( /!
The lower tracks OF the Plttsbursh y
Lake Erie railroad, In the Syieini's ~ y.
the Smithfleld street bridge, were sor,5
cred with water and passengers Wa ~
carried over the Pan- Handle railtoa W., :.
:Nlmlek station. whore they we're u lpt A
;fcrrcd to Its own ROAD. 81, .,rp
There is q total suspension, 0o q, MS
ut all the mills along tho Aiies'''AI"'
river. 49,, D. 5 45
At most orSthc mills the shut down W.
was caused by tho water coininS "
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the number OF Drunken indIviduals was
commented on. More than one OF these
citizens who took internal courage
had bathing experiences ON the South
Side. and n crowd on South Chapllne
enjoyed the abuse nn angry
wifc piled on the head OF her stagger-
Ing spouse, who fell In the water three
times while trying to reach his doni-
Gle. Most OF the ,strong.drinls patrons
furnished amusement for on-iookers.
and helped people who were forced to
take temporary apartments forget their
misfortune. y.t' 4 4 4 ;,ilt'
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for Pittsburgh with tows OF empty coal
barges. Bullets struck the pilot houses
OF both steamboats, and panic among
the crews followed. The steamboatmen
are Indignant over what they term an
outrage, and from Pittsburgh it Is
learned that an investigation will be de-
manded. A Federal investigation might
accomplish something, but one In Mar
shall county would assuredly exonerate
the persons who fired on the boats, for
the local feeling is very bitter toward
steamboatmen who do not tie up their
craft when the river IS over its banks.
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neys. Paleness. pulling under the eyes,
pains In tho back. colored or brick-dust
urine, cbilliness and feverishness are
pretty certain to indicate that YOU are
on the road 10 Bright's disease. And
you may not realize It. y
Why? t.a5t4
< Because kidney diseases are the most
mysterious OF all known troubles, and
they arc the hardest OF all things to de-
tect. d ~ 81 RI ~ ~ Vi.
II you were asked to pu. your hand
directly over the kidneys. would YOU
know Just where to place It?
Few. people would. 51
The fact Is that the kidneys have few
symptoms OF their own, but possess
nearly all the symptoms known 10 sur
ferlng humanity. "All roads lead to
Rome" and It is equally true that the
cause of nearly every physical trouble
can be traced TO one source, namely, the
kidneys. As q great physician once
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GAS NOT TURNED OFF.
. Several Days supply IN the T.nh' At y

tho city Gus Works.
a report was in circulation last even.
Ing that the city gas would be shut on
from all consumers on account OF 'hs
high water, but 1t was a mistake. aaa
when the gas plant was called up on sn'
telephone at midnight, 1t was s'a'es
that there was a several days supply ~
the tanks.
8 At q number Of houses the ilurinN..Ii.
gas was shut or yesterday and t.au.
the impression general that the Wo.n
had shut down.. AS a matter OF fae- ~
the gas people. where the gas Is ehut ~. :.
the meters are under water causing A'
shutting on OF the pressure. *