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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
FIFTY THE LIMIT.
Not Believed That the LOSS of Life
VIII Go Beyond Tint Figure.


ROANOKE, Va, June 26.-The news
from the fiood-swept' district in West
Virginia shows no reason for increased
estimates of either fatalities or property
losses. Fifty Is the outside limit OF
lives lost. -Four more bodies have been
/, identified at North Fork. they are:
AL Beverly and wife, colored, from
Washington county, Va.
Dug Gaines and wife, colored, from
Pulaski county, Va.
The reports from all over the section
are to the effect that while many poor
people have lost all, yet there is no dan
ger of suffering for want of food
1t is believed and from the evidences
of destruction on every hand, the BELIEF
is well founded. that the coal field will
not be entirely restored for many
months.
No bodies We're found during last
night or this morning 1t is impossible
to give full list of those who persisted
from the fact that many OF the bodies
were buried without Identification.
The efforts of the large force of men
at work now are directed toward re-
establishment of communication. The
property losses have not been exagger-
ated, but it is not thought that outside
aid will be needed, as the coal compan-
les are taking care of those of their en-
ployes who were despoiled by the food.
Two car loads of provisions and other
supplies for the needy in the coal fieL,s
from the New York Journal passed
through Roanoke this afternoon The
cars were attached to the mail train.
Wheeling, ". Va, has also sent a car
load of provisions around by way of
Kenova
The repairing and construction force
reached Vivian from the east to-day.
The track between Davy anu Vivian
is SUN IN a very bad condition.
one hundred and twenty-five carload,
of coal were loaded yesterday and more
to-day.
The Vivian yard is not in as bad con-
dition as was first thought. At Kew
stone $4,000 feet of the 15-foot EN-
! pankment was washed away. The road
now uses the coal track on the othe.
side.
Up to this time the list of dead re-
covered amounts to eighteen-seyen at
keystone, four at Algoma, three at
Eckpan. two at Shawnee and two at
Landgraff. These do not include a
number who were buried without being
Identified. Many of the wrecked and
damaged cars have been picked up and
are being sent to the shops here Tel
egrams extending aid continue to come
Ill. but none are being accepted.
1t is now stated that the railroad line
will not be opened until the first OF
next week, but it is barely possible that
it viii be in such shape that light sur
ply trains can pass over before that
time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
WHEELING v. VA, THURSDAY JUNE p 1901

ger, Mrs. White, wife OF q merchant
and two colored men.
Along the Tug river to-day searching
parties could be seen
Pulling Bodies from the Drifts.
Many were bruised and mangled, and
decomposition having set in, made the
stencil almost unbearable.
At Panther large county bridge was
swept away, and number of cabins
occupied by lumbermen and two large
commissaries were swept away. One
of the latter f1oated down the river like
a steamboat, and was not wrecked until
turning a bend half mile below. The
Jaeger Southern railroad, in course OF
construction, lost ten miles of track
and eighteen miles of roadbed. Forty
box cars were carried away from sid
ings hereabouts. The current was so
swift that all the soil is washed from
many small bottoms to. bedrock. Even
the graves of the dead were robbed by
the raging torrents.
Near here last evening in pile OF
drift was discovered a coffin. 1t is sup
eJosed this came fromthe graveyard below
Elckman, which, it is said, was about
half carried away by the tide, leaving
exposed many skeletons. Just below
Nelch bridge was swept away with
six people on the structure. How many
OF these perished is not known
-Four miles east the report comes that
the body of man mas been found in
the forks OF a tree, now standing some
distance from the water
Mayor Point was on high hill back
OF, town when the 1irst water spout
came He took shelter under a rock
cliff and saw the huge waves sweeping
down the valley OF the Tug. He Gays
that there were two OF these waves,
and that each appeared to
A Mountain of Water.
he compared the noise TO that of Mag
ara Falls Between here and Matewan
the banks Of the Tug are lined with
lumber gorges. In some instances the
huge piles are forty feet high.
Near Grey, lodged against sycamore
trees, are two immense boilers which
have been carried from some point yet
unknown.
Wires are all down from mere east
and west, save one railroad wire, which
is kept busy handling construction and
relief trains.
Another storm passed over this sec
ton again last night, and for several
hours the rain came Gown in torrents.
The rivers are rising again to-day. 1t
will be several days before the full de-
tails OF the food IN the region twenty
miles east of here can be known.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27

journey he saw five dead bodies at
Eckman, seven at Keystone and fifteen
scattered promiscuously along the
shores. He pressed on through with
out stopping, and these were on his
direct line of travel. This number
may be largely increased. 1t is be-
lieved that the loss of life along the
little streams emptying into the Key
stone has been great These streams
have not yet been explored.
1t is stated here tonight that eight
large steel bridges were washed away
on the Elkhorn river alone. 1t is not
thought that trains will be running east
OF Welch for three or four weeks. 1t
will take that time to build temporary
trestles.
Five construction trains left here last
highland will pick up every man on
the way possible to assist in railway
repairs. Mr.. Hatfield says that tenn
po1ry telegraph wire has been strung
on stakes for few miles above WEIGH,
and in many cases necks of beer bot
ties were used as insulators.
twenty barrels of whisky were caught
in the tug river at WEIGH. A report
has reached here that most of the col
ored miners are laying off there on a
protracted spree and street fights are
numerous. 1t is difficult for the au-
thorities to handle the situation. Much
theft is reported in the devastated dis
trict. Clothing is being torn from dead
bodies. Most of the bodies being found
along Tug river have been washed from
the Elkhorn river.
The loss of property by the food on
the Elkhorn and the Tug river is now
roughly estimated at from five to eight
million dollars.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
POLICE OF ROCHESTER
IN bSATLE WITH 4 MOB.
STRIKERS MADE A DESPERATE
EFFORT TO DRIVE AWAY
NON-INI0N MEN.
CLASSIFIED AT A POWER HoUsr.
OFFICERS FIRED INTO THE AIR.
But MANY WE'RE HURT ny
BRICKS AND CLIns.

ROCHESTER. n. Y. June 2s.-
Striking laborers to the number of IL
600 had brisk encounter with the po-
lice to-day, in which eleven policemen
and twenty rioters were injured. The
strikers had set out, as several times
before. to drive off laborers who were
az work on street improvements. At
Mill and Commercial streets they en-
conntered fifty laborers employed by
the Rochester Gas and Electric Com
pany in digging a trench, and ad.
yaI1ed on them and drove them from
the trench. The workers sought ref.
uge in the power house OF the COM
pany and the police undertook TO dis
perse the mob.
The police reserves were drawn uu
in platoon OF fifty across tho street
ard upon orders advanced with drawn
clubs upon the mob. immediately the
air was filled with bricks, stones and
wood, and shoveis and picks in the
hands OF the strikers We're used freely
In the melee a shot rang out, and
Sergeant Stein. commanding the pla-
toon, ordered the policemen TO fire
over the heads of the strikers. This
had the desired effect. The strikers
scattered. and the police chased them
through te streets to the City Hall
park, where they were held awaiting
action by the mayor. Police reinforce
ments were hurried TO the scene OF the
riot, but their services were not re-
quired.
The injuries sustained by several OF
the policemen are of serious nature.
The hurts OF the rioters were mostly
scalp wounds inflicted by the officers
clubs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
STORIES DIFFER WIDELY.
Impossible to Give Estimate of
the Damage and Loss of Life.

Impossible to Give IN Estimate of
the Damage and Loss of Life.
JAEGER, W. Va, June 26.-An Asso-
ciated Press correspondent reached this
point to-day, which is in the central
part of the northern section CT the scene
of Saturdays flood. Here is where Dry
Fork enters into the Tug river and
along the rug river from Williamson,
distance of sixty miles
4Aeyond here for distance of thirty
miles the railroad track is almost COM
pletely washed away, all telegram wires
are down and nothing definite is known
regarding the loss of life and property
through that region. A number of peo-
pie have come through from that re-
glon, but their stories differ so widely
that it is difficult to place an estimate
on the number of dead. 1t is safe to
say. however, that one hundred will not
be far amiss. The inhabitants are desc
late. in fact hundreds are starving.
There is no way of securing provisions
on the Dry Fork or Tug river save on
mule back. i'his afternoon in one drove
were twenty pack mules loaded with
provisions which made the start across
the mountains from here to Bradshaw.
village fifteen miles away, where it
is expected many families have had no
food since Saturday.
The stories of witnesses of the
awful flood are appalling rhe waters
came down Dry Fork as a mighty wave.
fully twenty feet high. At the inter-
section OF Tug river it met with an
other huge volume and the noise of
frGQC hnlcpc hri l1l&r
kinds chasing together could be heard
for miles. Here Tug river rose
Thirty Feet in Two Hours.
Bridges which span the river were
swept away. as we'll as twenty or more
two-story buildings. R. S. Louis. a
I civil engineer living here, saws that
! when the mighty wave of water swept
down Dry Fork huge pine trees in its
path were snapped off like kindling
wood. He climed a tree on mountain
side for safety and was compelled to sit
| in the branches four hours until the
water subsidized.
On little island in the distance was
| located the saloon of Pink Storms and
waiter Ransom Both these men went
to the roof of the building. but it was
swept away and torn to pieces. Storms
was drowned but Ransom was saved
J. ". kliness, lumberman residing
near Cincinnati, was at Jaeger when the
Hood tide came. lie ran to the noun
tain side and saved himself. He saw
four men run to the Dry Fork bridge
and when it was swept away and wen,
TO pieces all were drowned. He did no,
know any of them. No report has We,
been received here from the extreme
upper waters of Dry Fork. a settlement,
thlckly inhabited by small farmers 7,
is feared the loss of life has been grea,
! here.
AT Bradshaw, Albert McCoy,s store.
house was washed away, as was also !
large commissary belonging to tn,
William Ritter Lumber Company. anf
nine dwelling houses. Among fbos.
drowned on Dry Fork was Tom q
Beavers, lumherHan, who came her,
from Ohio to operate q mill. His Is,
tire plant was swept away. Other,
| known to be drowned are Nh. Fran1
Samuels and two children, Ceorfe crI1'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
PROTEST AGAINST WI.

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-At a
meeting OF the Chinese-American So
ciety, held here, resolutions were unan-
imously adopted protesting against the
selection OF WI Ting Fang, Chinese
Minister, as orator Of the day at the
Fourth OF July celebration in this city.
The resolutions allege that Mr.. WI
"covertly aided the Boxers in their mas
sacre of the Christians in China" and
has been misleading the public by his
statements in regard to his position
toward them
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
4 Low Estimate,

WASHINGTON, June pa Wash
ington gentleman who returned to the
city to-day after personal inspection
OF conditions in the flooded district OF
west Virginia, expresses the opinion
that the total fatalities will not exceed
twenty, although several hundred
houses were washed away. The region
devastated, he said. was wholly q min
ing one. the houses destroyed were
mostly miners shanties. and the min
Ing proprtetors are abundantly able
and willing 70 see that their ernploye1
90 noe eu1Ier tor the neceasaries 81
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
ABLE TO DRIVE OUT.

WASHINGTON, June 2s.-Mrs. Nc
Kinley's condition is so much improved
that she was able to take a drive with
the President this forenoon. Mrs. Nc
Kinley was taken down stairs in her
rolling chair. The President accompa-
MED her to the side entrance. where
they entered the carriage. The drive
lasted about forty minutes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
A PL0W TRUST.

TRENTON, N. j.. June 26.-The
American Plow Company, capital $780,
600, was incorporated here to-day. The
principal object of the company viii be
TO absorb most of the plow companies
OF the United States. II Is understood
the capital of the company will be
largely increased.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
PATENTS GRANTED.
Special to the Register.

Special 70 The Register.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. June 2s-West
Virginia obtained four patents this week.
Peter y. auckland. 81 Hinton obtained
one for feed water regulator, consisting
Of a float ball connected to a valve and
provided with guide stems WHEREBY the
rise of the water will autOuatscaltv CIT
of the supply Another was granted 10
Major A. stump and Asa H. stump az
Normantown- for an apparatus for clean
Ing the huIIs Of vessels. consisting az a
scrar5ng device and means for susperdIug
Il from the deck and manipulating IL 8
that II may BE- moved To all parts 81 The
hull and operated without docking the
xeeeeL Samuel G. 0atilard. Of New Cum
ketc& e1tbtnea. and Elftah +. Wsses ~
9f Ieo&1n6 o4e41Ne4 one ~ n tsndfen1
s|1|. sE'sz:ss C: 1917 8: 80 -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
OIL OPERATIONS.

Special to the Register.
PITTSBURG, Pa. June 26.-In the
Wilson run district, on the Ohio side,
in Monroe county. the Carter Oil Com
pany has completed its No. on the
A. Thomas farm and has buster in
the big injun sand The same company
has completed No. II on the w. S.
English farm and has 10-bavel
pumper in the same formation. On
Wolf creek. Washington county. Lam
bert & Currin have completed No. 5 on
the n. J. Merris farm and have a s.
barrel pumper4
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
NORMAL PRINCIPALS
And Assistants Selected by the
Bonrd Of Regents Yesterday.

oPts4di 10 the Register
cLARKSBt-RG. W. va, June 2s.-The
board OF regents of the State Normal
Schools was In session here to-day The
various appointments were made
The following principals and first assist
ants Of the different schools were appoint
ed: Chenille Normal. principal john c.
shaw; Fsirmont. principal, II. s. Fleming.
principal. W l.. MCGOWAN. assistant Miss
Cailie Curtis: Shepherdsfown principal.
U 3. Fleming. assistant. j D. Muldoon .
Concord. principal. Arthur 8. Thorn as
sistaTt. J. r. Holroyd; Huntington, prfnei-
pa. l. J. corbiy. assistant. Mrs. Nina
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
ED. H. KEATLEY
Appointed Clerk of the New L. (.
Circuit Court-JudGc Con Got the
Place for Him.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w Va, June Alt has
lust leaked out that Ed. H. Keatiey OF
this city, formerly assistant attorney gem
eraI under Rucker, has received the APP
pointment of clerk Of the United States
Circuit Court, through Judge Nathan Golf
It was heralded all over the State that
kefauyer would be the appointee. but
keatley carried off the prize with the IN
fluence of the two Senator's against HIN
Governor Atkinson and Elliott North
colt to-day, before Judge Jackson, quail
fed as attorney and assistant attorney, re-
speetiyely, for the southern district
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27

CUMBERLAND. Md. June Pa
series of cloudbursts last midnight
devastated the New Creek valley south
of Keyser, w. Va. The river rose over
ten feet in half an hour Many farm
buildings were destroyed and the val
ley is strewn with carcasses OF live
stock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
A LINE PENCE MURDER,
Special 70 the Register.

Special 20 The Kegfster.
RIPLEY. vs.. Va. June 90 John Mff-1
and Ben Anderson. farmers living neat
Angerona. this county QuarYeiet ahpuk
their line fence and Miller shot and kilIe1
Anderson The latter achieved 4 local
reputation few years ago b. haybofinx
John Morgan after the murders for which
he was afterwards hanged Anderson WAS
az one lime arrested ON suspicion 81 being
implicated IN the crime but was Released
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27

Special 70 the Register.
WESTON. W Va June Ain roors
end collision al Howard'e Siding. fuo nfle0
east Of CoWen. this mofniuw, Eu11u&4f y
c. Jordan I'D foot m416ed. E<s c1lI1t
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
GREAT WILLIAMS CONVICTED.


Special 10 the Register.
PARK ERsgURG. W. Va. June ~
Great Williams a notorious negro char
acter. wb0 has been defyinx the officers
for years. has been convicted OF felony ana
will probably take the trip this time HIS
offeYlse this time was stealing brass from
the Ohio River Railroad Company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
speelal % the Reglster.

Special TO the Register.
PARKERsBTRg W Va. June -
Luke Mcconnell and Mamie Rexroad vert
held By Squire Carter last night 10 answer
indictment charged wIth stealing f1W
from Walter BodImer. q Piftsburx man.
who lost his roll and afterwards had =
search warrant issued fof IL and recovered
the money. There were several persons u
che house. but they all testified that n
any one had taken the money IL was
these two.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
A TERRIFIC RAIN.
Nearly Two rnch~s Ina Twenfy-Efgbt
Minutes mt Parkersburg-1duch
Du
special 70 the Register.

Special 10 the Register.
PARK ERSBfrRC. " Va. June So
The hardest ralnstorm ever known here
occurred this evening. One and 0ne-heif
inches Of rain fell IN twsnty-Aight min
utes. The streets ard many cellars were
flooded, and street car service waE inter-
rapted No report of damage has come
from the country vet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27
ANOTHER CLOUD BURST
SWEEPS POCAHONTAS.
Message From Railroad Operator Says the Water Three Feet
Deep and Washing Property Away.
ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBER DEAD
Increased Searcer For News Penetrate Further Into the De-
vastated RegionMos Of the Dead Are Women and Children

June GA road
lively mi
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-27

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-07
Collie poa Rescues Child.

Chicago. Aug. THE intelligence of
farmers collie dog and it's affection
for child was the means of saving the
life of Leonie Male. 3512 years aid.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs George Male
of Chicago, who are now at their sum
mer camp at Cages Lake, near Wau-
kegan.
The child wandered away from camp
last Friday afternoon. and for nearly
twenty four hours the half frantic par
ents and sympathetic neighbors looked
in vain for it, until the dog found the
lie one under a pile of brush some
distance from camp. where she had
cried herself to sleep.
The dog was owned by Henry Beak,
on whose land, eight miles west OF
Waukegan, the Male family have es-
tablished their summer camp, close to
Cages lake. Leonie, who had been
playing with the dog most of the fore
noon. was missed from the camp at
2 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
The ground around the camp was
carefully hunted over without result.
All thru the night men tramped thru
the woods and fields on the Beak farm.
calling the little girls name and
searching thru the grass and bushes.
AT 10 o'clock in the morning Mr..
Beak was walking along the edge of the.
woods with the dog bounding at his
side. Suddenly the dog left him and
ran into the clump of trees. Mr.. Beak
went to find the reason. The dog was
running around a clump of brush and.
hidden underneath, with clothing torn
and her cheeks still wet with tears, lay
the lost child, asleep.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-07
AMERICAN CEMENT WINS.
Likely to Capture the Markets Of the
World


London, Aug American cement is
likely to capture the markets of the
world Five of the most prominent man
ufacturers in England who recently
visited the United States, have returned
strong in the belief that only the prompt
introduction of the American machin-
cry process can enable Great Britain to
retain its present hold of the cement
business. William Harper, manager of
the Commercial Intelligence Bureau.
said to a correspondent:
THE Americans short time ago
adopted secret process of manufacture
ing cement by means of rotary roasting
mills. which will drive England, France
and Germany practically out Of the
field. BY the aid of simpler and cheaper
machinery the yankees are able to make
their article in eight hours. while Eng
land, with its ancient, cumbersome
equipment, requires thre or four weeks.
The cost of the American product is less
than half that of the English.
Lancashire and Kent experts went to
America, where they carefully exam
ined the new process. They are now
planning the erection in England of
mills fitted after the yankee pattern.
The British cement industry is of con-
siderable magnitude and represents
large capital and renumerative returns
The cement mills which America is
building everywhere will speedily pro-
duce sufficient for the home trade. Then
the manufacturers will turn their at
tention to the export business, and will
land their article here at prices dcfyinS
competition. The BIitishers are appar-
entity aware of the fact and do not in
tend to relinGuish their immense home
and foreign trade without a struggle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-07
Astounded the Editor,

Editor S. A. Brown. of Bennettsville
S. c.. was once immensely surprised
Thru long suffering from dyspep-
sia," he writes. my wife was greatly
run down. She had no strength or
vigor and suffered great distress from
her stomach, but she tried Electric
Bitters, which helped her at once, and
after using four bottles, she is entirely
we'll, can eat anything. It's a grand
tonic, and its gentle laxative qualities
are splendid for torpid liver For In
digestion, Loss of Appetite. Stomach
and Liver troubles it's a positive guar
anteed cure Only soc at Geo. P. Pow
ers' drug store.