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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

sion Of : oyer the bridges. and
the exprEssmen reAped s harvest ~
In some localities 4he scene durtng
the later hours Of the afternoon and N
the early evening were~animatAd. At
five o'clock, fordnstance, there were mo-
less than twenty express wagons on
South Front street alone, from the
s"sStonetown'' district up to Ohio street,
and. there was general hustle, which
presented some picturesque pictures or
women in decidedly un-social attire
and usually placid business men in gum
boots and without coats, bearing tan
gibIe evidence OF honest toll. About
the groceries,, scattered thickly over
this residence quarter Of the city, there
were busy notes of preparation" and
boxes, barrels and kegs and crates
were hurriedly hoisted out OF cellars
and carted OF to places OF safety
against what was felt to be the coming
miniature deluge. The Island hose
house was a haven Of refuge for sever
al families, the second story Of the sub
~stantial brick structure being well filed
with household goods, and many other
buildings swere utilized in the same
way. 2
The low spots on the Island are:
The Old Fair Grounds, the district on
the west side of South Huron street,
the eastern extremities of the lots along
North Front street, fronting on the
main branch Of the river, what is
known as the orchard district" south
Of Ohio street and west OF South
Broadway, South Front street, below
Vermont street, including "Stonetown,"
and, of course, the State Fair Grounds
district, which the water enters at
81 feet.
One feature of the day and evening
on the Island was the laying In of sup
plies. Experienced food sufferers"
who had been through like conditions,
early in the day sent orders for food OF
all sorts, including fuel where gas was
not used, and many a city retail gro
Gerry house made extra trips carrying
in their wagons canned goods, bread,
flour, potatoes, butter and eggs, coffee
and tea, sugar and salt, and all the mis-
cellaneous things indispensable for a
state of seige. To-day the average
Island residence will be better stocked
than ever, and families as a rule will
be able to live for a week, If the worst
to the worst.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
THE WHOLESALE DISTRICT
WINS the Scene of Great Activity
During the Day and Far Into the
7 Nfght-Business Virtually Sus-
n6e

Was the Scene of Great Activity
During the Day and Far Into the
Night-Business Virtually sus-
pended.
There was a scene of unusual activity
in the wholesale district commencing in
the early morning and continuing until
late in the night. A 33-foot stage puts
the water in cellars on Main street be-
low Fourteenth, and two or three feet
more backs in into the cellars from
Fourteenth to Twelfth. With a certain
ty of forty feet the business men lost
no time in getting goods out OF dan
ger.
In the morning several firm, among
them one or two wholesale grocers, de-
cided to make no attempt to fill local
or foreign orders during the day. In
answer to telephone queries from local
customers they said they required their
full force of employees and teams to get
goods out of danger. In a majority Of
instances the excuse was regarded as
sufficient, and several retail merchants
called with their own teams for goods.
The hotels had their cellars cleared
early, and business houses on Water
street will suffer no loss if the water
is confined to- cellars. At the Pollack,
Marsh and Brandfass cigar factories the
leaf tobacco was stored in the cellar,
and it's removal to a place of safety was
attended with considerable trouble. The
q. c. Flaccus Company removed all
goods from the cellar to the first floor.
On Main street below Twelfth none of
the merchants will be caught mapping
when the water invades their cellars,
and their prompt action will reduce the
loss to a minimum.
Below Fourteenth, on Main and South
streets, the jobbers expected the water
to cover their first floors. The prepar-
atoms for the food were therefore nee
e~ssarily more difficult than farther up
the street. At Warehouse Bros. the
goods were stored in freight cars on the
B. & o. switch which runs parallel to
the old depot. Four box cars were fill
ed and transferred to the Hempield
yards. The Speidel Grocery Company
filled cars on the South street switch,
which were also removed to the Hemp
field yard. Other firms whose business
houses front on South street did like
wise. Goods which could not be pack
ed in box cars were removed by eleva-
tor to second floors. At most OF the
jobbing houses below Fourteenth street
the work Of getting merchandise out OF
danger continued until late In the night,
and in most cases was still in pro-
gress at the hour of going to press.
Nails, iron and heavy merchandise
were in many instances removed from
Main street to back streets above the
danger line. Alley B is crowded with
merchandise between Twelfth and -Four
teenth streets, and there are several
hundred kegs and barrels and boxes on
Twelfth street east Of Main. Some
back as Chapline street.
At the Baer Grocer Company cars
were also run in on the switch and fill
ed with merchandise. At Geo. S. Feen-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
DAMAGE IN THE EAST END.
The Water UndermInes a Stable and
House and Two Horses Have a
Narrow Escape From Drowning.

The Water U~ndermInes n Stable and
House and Two Horses Have a
Marrow Escape From Drowning.
Yesterday afternoon there was con
siderable excitement In the East End
caused By the high water. The first
severe damage reported was from East
Nineteenth street, where the bank for
a distance of thirty feet caved In. The
csve-in commenced in the rear OF the
residence Of Isaac Smith, and extended
down to the property OF Lewis Crum-
hacker. There was q road back OF the
Smith residence and between it and the
creek he had a large stable. In this
were two horses and about $500 worth
of feed. hay, etc. When the bank caved
away 1t extended across the road and
under the residence. the stable was pre-
cipitated into the water with the two
horses. The horses were both saved
by Michael Flaherty. Waterman at the
Whitaker mill. but the stable and con-
tents were completely destroyed.
The giving away OF the bank was
caused BY the current being thrown
against It by an ice breaker on the op-
Dosite side.
The water has washed the bank from
under one corner OF the Smith property,
but 1t Is not probable that the house
Will be precipitated into the creek
The residents Of the east end Of
Eighteenth ard Nineteenth streets mov-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
P~ittsburg L a. m.
ON THE ISLAND.

The Day and Evening on the Garden
spot Was Il Very Active, Not to
Say an Exciting One. Z
Those Island residents who have
been through various floods, great and
small, from 1884 down, were in their
element yesterday.
They were put to a whole lot of in
convenience and expense and physical
exertion, but the oid-timers rather en-
joyed it, and took the ~philosophic view
that what cannot be cured must be en-
dured. If the water was TO
climb up to forty-1ve feet or there
abouts, why, Nature must be allowed
to have her way and sway, and the only
thing to be done was to get the Lares
and Penates out of the aqueous fluid,
and trust generally to luck for mmun-
| ity from disaster, or loss.
The scene Of the Garden Spot of the
city wal a lively one, particularly dur
ing the afternoon and last night. The
report had spread abroad that forty
five feet was to be expected. Now,
that stage, Of water will wet a whole lot
Of folks over there, as it will discom-
mode a good and sufficient number in
the wholesale district Of the city, and
on the South Side, and there was hur-
rying to and fro. The main object ap-
parent to the impartial and unaffected
observer was the desire 10 saw pianos,
and there are nearly a thousand OF
these musical instruments on the Sew
enth ward. AS soon as the readers of
the morning Register, which furnished
the best account of the coming freshet
extant, had grasped the situation, they
began calling up their favorite music
houses, and the latter began to hire
teams and good husky men, both white
and black. One house had more than
a dozen wagons pressed into service by
two o'clock in the afternoon and an
other nearly as many, while several
firms and individuals paying attention
to moving matters and having piano
trucks, got their forces together, and a
raid was made upon the Island situ-
ate in the middle Of the Ohio. They
| got to work early and kept it up late,
and it is safe to say that 10000 worth
OF pianos and organs had been trans
ferred to high ground in the city by
dark last night, at which time one firm
reported they had fifty orders still on
their books, and another said slxty-hve.
In this regard the outlook was for a
busy Sabbath.
But the piano business was only one
incident OF the story. Residents gener-
ally early took a day off and went to
work. These possessed of two story
residences proceeded to hike their
lower floor goods up stairs, and those
rejoicing in small one story cottages
either laid claim 10 the generosity of
their more fortunate n%eishbors or sent
their most valuable and more perishable
goods to safe harbors of refuge in the
city. All during the afternoon and IN
til late last night there was a process
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
OUT THE PIKE.
There Was Scenes of Desoiation i'm
That Region Yesterday, But Little
ActuaI Loss.

There Was Scenes of D~esoiation i'm
That Region Yesterday, But Little
Actuaf Loss.
The situation out the pike yesterday,
so fully forecasted in the Register of
yesterday morning. were very unsatis-
factory from a residential point o;
view. In fact. the conditions were mis-
cradle for a large percentage OF the
population.
In the early morning hours the creek
was a raging torrent, and Elm Grove,
Altenheim, and sundry intermediate
points were water bound, and It was
with great difficulty that business men
could get to the city, 1t often being late
in the day when the municipal Pee
cinets were reached.
The water reached Its height at Elm
Grove in the early morning, and after
remaining stationary for a time. began
to slowly decline, but street car COM
munication with the city was not possl-
Bile until late in the afternoon, the fret
car being gotten through TO the city
about haff-psst three. At four o'clock
In the afternoon the water was practic-
ally on the roads. and the low grounds
were gradually being drained, but there
Was a plentiful suflciency OF mud
everywhere. Advices to the Register
BIZ telephone we're that no special dam
age had been done to property il the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
FURND TURF co.
.CASH..
or
CREDIT.

vicinity of Elm Grove, except from the
temporary nuisance Of tae water, the
influx Of mud and the occasional loss
of fences and out-buildings. There
was some loss to residents OF the
Grove, but II was not as bad az 1t has
been on some previous occasions. Sew
eral families had TO nov out. she
Elm Grove operated cars In the morn
ing from the Grove 70 Tfiadelpnia. but
there was no through service until late
in the afternoon.
During the major portion OF the day
the Elm Grove only operated cars from
the city as far as Tbompson's, theirs
being several feet OF water on the pike
at Kimmons, but shortly after three
O'Clock the pike vas comparatively
clear, and cars were sent through.
greatly to the satisfaction Of those who
wished to get TO their suburban homes.
A number OF residences about Leath-
erwood were invaded by the back wat
er from the creek. At Quarters the
water was reported In the first floor.
and also In Hazlett's. both being at
Leatherwood. A number Of other res
licences were invaded. and there wa
general inconvenience, primarialy
from the actual invasion Of the water.
and secondarially. from a fear in the
early morning that there would be a
more serious freshet. which led TO the
removal Of household goods. and a
tearing up OF residences generally.
Along the creek in the city the
stream ran out In a perfect torrent all
during the morning, and serious dam
age was done to the recent fills along
the banks. at a number OF places SER
ious inroads were made upon real es-
tate, bat they were OF no more import
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
INDUSTRIES CLOSED DOWN.
The Riverside and wheeling Steel
and Iron Companies Prepared for
the Flood.

the Flood.
The Riverside Company officials Is
sued a bulletin yesterday morning to
the various department to
close down the entire plant and proceed
Immediately to prepare the large and
expensive machinery.
A large number OF workmen were en-
gagged the entire day and worked all
last night until early this morning, and
may be compelled to leave considerable
work undone. The order also request
ed the managers to look after tae many
wheclbarrows and smaller incidentals
used about the big plant. The various
dinkey engines were working the en-
tire day removing pipe which was ready
for shipment to higher ground.
The contractors In charge OF the erec-
ton OF the new blast furnace north Of
the Riverside had a large number Of
men engaged yesterday afternoon re-
moving all the small property 10 higher
ground.
The Wheeling Steel & Iron Company
closed their various plants yesterday
morning and the department gers
receivcd orders similar to the one is
sued by the Riverside Company.
At the Wheeling steel works, In Low
er Benwood. the company was particu-
larry active in protecting their property,
as this plant IL situstea On lower ground
than any OF che companies properties,
and has always suffered severely by re-
cent foods.
Everything b prepared for the fnun-
dation 1t the Belmont mill, while the
Top mill Is not exposed to danger 1t the
present time.
At eight o'clock LAST night fhs wheel
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
NIGH WATER SIleI
MlL CONE TONIGHT
ACCORDING TO THE ADvICEs RE
CHIvBD FROM PITTsBuRG AT
AN EARLY HOUR THIS
MORNING.
VERY EARLY THIS MORNING
THE WATER WAS STILL COMING UP
RAPIDLY WITH A STAGE

OF Over Thirty-Sfx Feet at -Four
O'Clock Mt the Wharf.-The Water
Was Still Coming Up at Pittsburg
This Morning, and the Indications
Are FOrty-One OR Forty
Two Feet at Midnight Tonight.
The Rain Turned to Snow in
Northwestern Ohio and Western
Fennsylvania, Which Was q For-
tunate Circumstance-The Rain
Ceased Here About Midnight, With
n Total of i've Four Inches-The
Situation Yesterday in the Out
the-Pike District, on the Island,
and ON the South Side-The Ac-
tIvity In the Wholesale District
OF the .City-GeneraI Flood News,
and Advices From Many Widely
Separated Points.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

Tor some ~amelIoration Of threatened
conditions. Thoserwhc thus acted had
some trouble and Incidental small ex-
pense and consequent annoyance those
who refused to sniff the coming CT the
waters generally paid for their indiffer-
ence in terms many fold higher than
their more alert neighbors.
Information from Davis Island dam
at 8 O'Clock this morning gave the good
news that the stage of water wa5 %
feet S inches and rising very slowly.
TIE officials said thy did not look for
much over 26 feet. It was raining there
very lightly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

ing Hinge Company called their work
men to the factory and Immediately
proceeded to remove the costly nachln-
cry in the stamping DOM The men
were engaged all night and had the en-
tire work completed under direction OF
Supt. George Ford by seven O'Clock this
morning.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
Bulletin:

bulletin:
PITSBURG, Pa, April 21.-At 3 a.
M. the Allegheny river REGISTERS
2S.6 feet and rising at the rate of
two inches an hour; thu MOnpnga-
hela is rising three Inches an hour
and registers 2S.4 feet. The Ohio
shows 25.5 feet and rising four
Inches an hour. Because of the
crippled telegraph service, nothing
can be heard from ~up-rfver points.
No rain has fallen here since mid
might. AZ
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

ed out yesterday and at midnight others
were still departing.
The ". & L. z. track on the creek
bank is in danger. as the current has
undermined It to some extent. Al the
terminal depot yesterday the current
also carried away a portion Of the
bank.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
From Pittsburg at 6 D. m.

The Marks at 10 D. IN.
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
ON a RUSSIAN PULLMAN.
Men Occupy One End of the Train
and Women the Other.

ST. petersburg has seven railway sta
| tions, and not a track crosses tue city,
nor does a whistle toot coming into it, nor
| do clouds of smoke belch over the inhabi-
tants and make life miserable for them
Trains for Moscow go out at the Nicho-
las station, named in honor of the hand
some and generous Nicholas, the first
who commanded the road to be built be-
tween the two capitals. Winans, the
American, was the builder of the road. 1t
was entirely created by American hands,
American energy. and Russian money;
run by American engineers, and is an
enormous success.
The railroad engineers suggested to the
Emperor that the road should curve
gracefully in a serpentine between the
different towns But Nicholas said, draw
ing sharp. straight line with his ruler.
Make it so and let the towns come to
the railroad" which they have since done
| in great numbers. The fare. FIST class,
including sleeping accommodations, call
ed the wagon it," amonts to just sl3 for
the ride of thirteen hours, and the ar
rangements are not bad. Unless you pay
large subsidy OF are extremely lucky
you are sure to have a companion de voy
age in your stateroom, the men being at
| My hated fate proved to be an ancient
Russian dame of vast proportions with a
curly name who had little, cruel twink
ling eyes like a lioness. high cheek bones
and further carried out the Illusion by a
robe of fancy colored linen which proved
to be her night dress as well as her trav-
cling costume.
She soon addressed me in her own
tongue, which was her only tongue, and
| tried her in several others. after which
matters would have come to a deadlock
had she not placed her vast face near
mine and howled some more Russian
very distinctly at me. thinking doubtless
could not fail then to understand but
the lioness illujion only became the more
intense. Finally she produced a small
satchel full of cigarettes, invited me to
have smoke with her, and soon. with
my permission, was enveloped in mist
that she blew busily out from tiny cigar
cites hardly larger than a fat straw, and
was offering me fruits and daiHties that
were drawn from enormous packages of
hers with which the compartment was
filed.
When it came time to retire, as the
noble lady appeared to weigh few thou
sand pounds aid 1 thought it might Gp-
pear unseemly for her to mount aloft
into the upper berth, not to mention the
derailment that might ensue should she
plunge off in the wee small hours, was
polite and changed places. 1t was then I
saw the thrifty sight that explained why
all Russians carry SO much luggage in
travel One of my lioness' most enormous
rolls turned out to be a huge pillow,
pair of blue and white sheets, and wad-
ded quilt ..ne spread this neatly down on
the long seat, removed her bonnet and
her cap-and behold, underneath the one
was a black cap, and the other concealed
a fawn, loose blouse Then she was COM
plete and a sight to dream over. No
American living would carry such a roll
about for so cents, which is all it costs
to have fresher, cleaner bedding provided
than we find in our own Pullman cars
Chicago Chronicle
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
COW IN A FURNITURE SHOP.
Boston Bovine worked Havoc While
Ont Investigating.

A young woman was riding a bicycle
yesterday afternoon in Lafayette Square.
Cambridgeport, when she spied a cow
coming down the road. No young wom-
an, properly constructed, is utterly devoid
of nameiess feeling OF terror at such a
sight, and this young woman's wheel be-
gan to wobble. Nevertheless she kept
braVely on, for men had told her from
the time her hair hung in braids until
now. that no cow could possibly hurt her
"Ohi if Fred could Only see me now" she
thought, when Of a sudden the COW start
ed toward her with lowered horns and
elevated tail. The young woman lost no
time in thought She left her wheel and
took to the nearest doorway. The sport
i've cow passed over the nickel-plated
spOkes In triumph
She had drawn first blood There was
now fire in her eve couuetfishnesS in her
tail She looked about her. probably in
search Of 4 chinn-shop, and then lumber
ed over towards Beunke's periodical store
Mr.. Beunke was just entering with a bun
die of papers. He saw the COW, threw his
papers at the entrance, jumped over them
and slammed the door right In MolIie's
face. For a moment she stood there and
looked in with grieved eyes, then threw
the brush Of her tail with one Of those
bovine, snake-like curves over her haunch
and started for Fullers furniture store
Deacon Fuller was in Boston. but never
theless she entered with so much force
that she slid fifteen feet on her front
knees and landed behind a counter The
young man In charge had beaten a hasty
retreat When he came back with re-en-
forcenents the COW was lying behind the
counter, chewing her cud In peace 1t
took persuasion and much furniture-mov-
Ing TO bulge her. She thought she haf
found Just the place to spend the night
Finally, with four men pushing and pull
ing, she was put out into the street again
and headed for her home In Somerville.-
Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
A DIovRcE IN TEN MINUTES.
Number of Legal Separations in This
and other Countries.

The episode of martial infelicity which
resulted In the granting of a divorce by
| Judge Dunno recently in less than ten
minutes after the application was filed by
the wife naturally calls public attention
to recent statistical disclosures regarding
divorces in this country.
Perhaps the most interesting of these
statistics, because compiled under State
authority, are embodied in the report of
the State statistician of Indiana. This
report shows that during the year ending
on June 30. 1901, the total number of mar
riages in the State was 24.O07 and the to-
tai nuRber of divorces granted was 5000,
or about l3 per cent The divorces grant
ed to wives were 1867. to husbands $50.
while 3S3 were granted upon mutual de-
sire for separation. 1t Is significant that
of the total number of divorces granted TO
wives 1872 were for abandonment by hus-
bands and 9Ul for cruel treatment.
The International Law Association,
which recently met in Glasgow. and
which gave up one session to a discussion
of the divorce laws of civilized nations,
hope of reaching anything like uniformity
in these laws. In the case before Judge
Dunno, in Chicago. where divorce was
granted in less than ten minutes, II is
noted that the only charge preferred by
the complainant wife was cruelty The
husband had shut door in such way as
to injure her hanu. IL was very pl2tn,
however. that both parties were desirous
of a separation, and that the husband was
quite willing to pay alimony to be relieved
of his marital relations.
In this episode may be discerned the
reason why the people of the United
States must bear the national disgrace of
standing at the top of the list of nations
In number Of divorces granted. In no
other country in the world. with the pos
sible exception of France. are divorces
granted for such trivial causes The pet
ty quarrels and disagreements that fire.
quently result in charges or cruelty mere
ly TO secure legal separation would not be
seriously considered by the courts of
many European countries.
In single year the divorces granted in
this country were nearly twice as many
as those granted in all the other countries
of the world. The divorce statistics of
one year show that in the United States
% 472 divorces were granted; IN France
6.si5: in Germany, 6,l6l: in Russia, l,IS9;
in England. SOS.
1t Will be seen that the smallest number
of divorces in any given year is credited
to Great Britain and Ireland.-Chicago
Record Herald.