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1 i = tlTPITCtr 0) lgw WHEELING, W. YA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1691. VOLUME XXX1X--NUMBER 1547 ESTABLISHED AUbUbl M, loo/. ?l. .... _ ?.... Flood of '91. A FRESHET WITH FEW SUPERIORS, It Kill go down in Historjr a8 a Memorable oue. l'lio Worst is Past and the Damuse all Done. lVo]ile bear the Annoyance quite Cheerfully A!D WILL REPAIR THE RAYA6ES As suon a# the Walls ol their Homes arc dry. Where the Waters Reached and what ltesulted. THOUSANDS OF SIGHTSEERS OUT. A Fcrlect Day Alleviates the Ueneral Misery. Mrwt Car* .Stopped and L'ointmiulcutiou Except l>jr Telegraph cat olT nitb the Outside World?l'lelnreiiiue Xlghtg of the Day?Thousands ofl'eople Forsake their Home*?The Flool at other Tolnl#. The river at the hour of going to press this morning had not reached 46 foot mark. It ??? close, liut the tiee won almost done. The Hood ol ISi)l surprised everybody. Even theso who predicted 4} feet were utonisbed when it vent above 13. Ii was a remarkable flood in more ways than one, an>t it wilt always remain a mystery whero the water came from. All:'o'clock hot night the river wof -? II - i (l? ii l,?.l ? I t lDCb I MIl.UCO. HV1II U l'$ Ull III 11UU risen, as nearly aa coalil be judged in the absence of a reliable gauge, two inches au hour. It was almost at a stand at midnight, aud this morning will be stationary if not falling. At !i a. m. yesterday the water was at the UU foot 10 inch mark. Up to about; 1a.m. it rose steadily at a rate of between tlvft and six inches an hour, from I to 8 the rise declinod and the water came up only about three inches an hour. At 0 a. in. the marks indicated 10 feet 10 inches, and at 12, noon, the water had reached 12 feet. Aa it was still rising, peoplo beg\n to be iuor? uneasy than ever, and itiis uneasiness was somewhat increased by a bulletin sent out by U. 1 8, Signal Otlicer Greeley about noon, saying that the river would reach 47 feet here by to day. The general impression caused by this was that G re?ley was "niboing" and did not know what he was talking about. W1IK3B THK WATER WAS. At its height the river covered almost j all the Island, leaving only spots and ; ridges here and there and a short stretch of otreet in each direction of! the tius* pension bridge. In North wheeling the water swept 1 around the bank through the Hospital 1 yard, and made quite a gap in Main street at Jonathan's run. The Pewiky track was under water for almost its en* j ire length in the city limits. The wharf boat aud other boats were 1 moored close by the Pewiky track, and the water reached in a varying line to the sidewalk at the corner of Twelfth 1 and Water streets, which was sub- 1 merged. The Italian fruit store, known 1 as the old boat store, had over iwo feet of water on tho first floor, and the \$ater reached oast on Twelfth street to the People's Hank building line. South of Twelfth street, on Water, Marsh's cigar factory, the Beliler Hotel and other establishments bad a foot and a half of water on tbo first floor. The Stamen's boarders were shut in by water at the front door, and clear to Four* teentti street the sidewalk was under water. On Fourteenth the limit was in front of the Intblligbkcbr building, bat the maiu body of water was half way nearer to Main street. Main from nearly as far north as the Statnm House alley to the hill south of the creek, Sirteenth and South streets, the 13. & 0. aud city bridges over the croek, and the Pennsylvania railroad yards and adjaceut property were all flooded. Sixteenth to a point above Market, Market north of the poatottice and south of the creek, were all under water. Nineteenth street and a part of Eighteenth and the low lauda of Edat Wheeling aud the Peninsula were one largo lake. os tub s0vt11 81db. Au ixtki.liuk.nt kb reporter made a tour of the South Side, from the creek to Fortieth street, following the meanderings of the water. Main street was flooded from the creek to Twentieth street, the Italian boarding-house being three feet in water. From Twentieth street to the alley between Twentyfirst and Tweuty-seeond there was dry land, ami from tiere on Main street wai covered with water from six inches to two feet deep. The water was in Mayor Scabright's storeroom, and uoless the Uood recedes considerably bt-fore morning, his honor, on his way to court, can ride in a (kit! as far as the postottlce. Leaving Main street and walking down Market, the reporter got as far as Twenty-third street, the water there I reaching up to tho Centre market curb. The rest of Market street coulil be tra* versed in skills and fUtboats only; several such craft wore plying up aud down the street. The floor of the Niagara engine house, on Twenty-fourth street, was under water, having been drst flooded at three o'clock in the inoruing. Tho engine was taken to the hook and ladder house, on l'wenty-tirststreot. The Riverside nail factory'b floor aud tho pud* dling and heatinit furnaces in the Belmont mill were tlooded. From this point, one must go up on Chaplinentreet to proceed down town. Chspliue street was dry as far as Twenty-seventh street. The river bss barked up through Caldwell's run, and extends on Chaplino street, from Twenty-seventh to Thirty-first streets, backing up towards the hill to witbiu one hundrud feet of TIfIt Tl'NNKL KNTKANCK. The only practicable way o( getting beyond the run is to cross over the bridge at the head of Tweuty-uiutb, on Mc Oolloch street. On the railroad tracks in the Baltimore <k Ohio yards, and al the foot o1 Thirty-tint street are sevoral trains ol freight ears, half submerged. Mostoi th*? (ata contain coke, bnc fev?*ral ar< lo.ided with hay, which, ol course. iai total loss. From Thirty tint to Thirty-third stree Chaplino is drv. From the weigh soales, on Tblrty-lbird, down Ohapllne as far as the eye can reach, Is * wiete ol water. Wood Bros.' planing intll is surrounded by water, though up to 5 o'clock the water had not yet reached the floor. Eofl streot Is not yet flooded, from Twenty-seventh to Thirty-seventh; from Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth, however, the street ia impassible, the water being from three to otx inches deep. 1 From Thlrty-?iitli to Thirty-ninth street the grade of Kofl is a little higher and was above water. Having gone as tar as Thirty-ninth Btreet,on Jacob, one is obliged to retrace one's steps to Thirty-eisbth street, from here ascend to McColloch street and then go south. Arriving at the hesd of Fortieth street the end of the dry land route is reached. At this point tho water extends east and west from the Ohio bills to the foot of Frwsier's hill on this tide. South, as far as the eye can reach, a wide waste cf water stretches; bouses are deeply submerged, and on the surface of the rnuddy waters scores of skiffs (Ad john-boats Hit to and fro. Were there any poetical ideas aseociated with this neighborhood tbe spectator could well imagine himself in Venice. Along the wboleroute many families were busy moving goods from tbe lower to tbe upper doom of their houses. Nobody seemed to be seriously alarmed, as the report of the tailing ol the river at the headwaters had by this time spread all over town. STUKUT DAB TRAFFIC 'STOPPED. At an early hour yesterday morning tbe horse cars to the Island and Bridgeport were shut oft* by the water getting across the track on /ane street between the car company's Island barn and the Back river. 8sveral feet of water poured over that part of the track with considerable force. The mnles were left in the barn until obout 8 a. m.f when the' water began to pour in and cover the floor. The cars were rnn over to the city several hours before and placed in a continuous row on Main street south of Tenth. When the barn was flooded the company's mules were also brought out I and led over to town. There was a nar' row escape from a collision betwoen a lire engine and some of the mules* at tbe west end of the Suspension bridge, and to prevent an accident the animate arere massed on the sidewalk, which caused some excitement among pedestrians. Tbe electrical cars were also run up in the night to that part of Chaplinu 1 street, south of Twenty-first and twenty ? of tbe big cars stood there all day There was not u street car trip made < yesterday, but part of the day several ' omnibuses werekept going for the au- 1 commodatiou of the public. Tbe South Knd barn of the Street 1 Car Company had about eight feet of ' water, wbile in the Island birn there < was not over three feet. TUB BAILBOAD3 DKMOltALJ/.KD. All of the railroads were still badly I situated, but with tbe exception of tbe i Ohio River Road and the P., W. & K. < division of the Panhandle, on both of < which all atteinots to run traius wore < abandoned, all managed to get trains in and but in some sort of shnp^. All the ' overdue New Yorfc and Pattern mall * arrived shortly after noon. On nearly ( every iocal road it was necessary to ( transfer. * The trestle on tbe Pewiky'a Benwood < extension, about a huudred yards below J Caldwell's ran;* was badly disfigured, ' having a hump swollen in it, like the c hump of a camel. 1 The Cleveland A Pittsburgh road was { able to run trains only as far north as 1 Brilliant. B. & 0. trains arrived and departed at ( a temporary station at Ford's dossing, 8 and the pojti/lice lorce carried all mall j outgoing to that point and received ar- ' riving mail there. The liemplield track ' was nleo blockaded from tliu Central ' glass work) to the point at Sixteenth and Market atriots where the tiauk was I submerged. An engine lay moat ol the ' day in tho water on Sixteenth street, and ' with gaps only at the important streets, 1 freight care made a continuous string Irora Market street up Sixteenth, across I the Uempfield yard, out Seventeenth and around the curve to Sixtoenth at ' McCnlloch. Incoming and outgoing mails were re- j ceived and delivered by postal employes ' to the trains on the Horopfleld at the < Central glass works. 1 NTEAM1IOATM I'lRKI) ON. ( There was little river navigation yes- , terday. The Bellalre packet R E Phil- 1 lipa made three or lour round trips at long lntervala, and as this was the only means of travel between Wheeling and I Bellaire, she was crowded at every trip. , On her op trip at 2 p. m, She bad about | 150 passengers. , The Ben flnr came np aUiut on time, , and the towboat Hawk also paased up. i The Ben Hur tied up hero. Residents , along the lowlands whose bouses were i Hooded took aggressive measures to , make ateamboating unpopular. The waves from steamen,' wheels often overturn submerged houaee, or sweep , them from their foundations. As the , Ben Hnr came past the lower end, known as the First ward of Moundsvllle, keeping pretty close to the West Virginia shore, the waves dashed against several houses that wore in the midst of the water and in grave danger. The residents in these houses tired a number of shotaat the boat, and made several holes ia the wood work of the pilot house, bnt dlil not bit anybody. When the Hawk carne by the same locality the same demonacVation was made. Considerate steamboatraen often run at a greatly reduced speed in order to prevent damai;e to the houses iu the edge of tbe tbod. MOVING IN TUB MOUT. All of Tuesday night people were engaged iu moving out of residences and business meu were transferring their goods to places of safety. Wagons rumbled over the streets ltden with al| most everything, from a piano to barrelsof salt. Almost a constant stream of meo, women and children, of all ages, sizes and races, carrying all sort* of bflFgage and belongings camo pouring ovor the suspension bridge, whii? dry streets ou the South side presented a very similar spectacle. As day opened tlm noise of preparation for removal kept up its din over tbe sub mewed ilinlrict* Furniture and c?rpet? wire hurriedly carried into second stories, and bv daylight mi'tierou* skiff Unea were driving u thriving btuittesa ferrying peopln out of their HioJedj uuiince i? i??? Tboao who w*re compelled, or felt compelled, to move were quartered on their relative or friends in leea exposed! portion* of the city. Some went to the! country. A few uianauH] to reaih| bnvHim in other towns, but it was ex i tretmly diftlcult to get out oT Wheeling| except by walking over the hills or leaving ou the one biat that ran. Many penplo "camped out" in frienda' bonsvs, while hotel*, 'boarding hooves and lodging houses were crowded lull at an early hourin the night. The wis* resident of low ground who owned a j)bn?boat, a canoe ore akin i waa the on vied of all hie neighbors. DWKLLINU IS TUB MllWT OF TU? WATMU?. Probably half the people whose houses t were flood*! did not move out. They f took to the tecoud floor, cooking, rating f and living there. M*le tueinbc rn would * curaeonr, wading through the water in i the first Htory and reaching dry giouud in aakifT. t This style of living hesits disadvaut ] ages at best, but to * nervous person a ni.htio a house under those circumstances la a night of torture. A Dumber of families whose houses were already invaded remained in them over Tuesday night. Yesterday mornlog moat of these only waited long enough to aee a aklff within hailing distance to set. Those who had a less thrilling experience Tuesday night were perhaps willing to try it again last night, but when a heavy outbuilding, the trunk of a tree or soino other heavy floating object cime crashing againit the walla like a I blow from a battering ram they would doubtless repent and wlah they were aafoly out of it. There was a report current yesterday that a number of families in the Kighth ward who were confined to their homes I by the unexpectedly rapid rise of the water Tuesday night, were without food or Inel, anil actually sufferlug, bat acanvsas made by reporters under some difficulties tailed to find any such cases. One man sold he was suffering for a chew of aorap, and another said he had been "snake kit" and would like to hare some antidote. One or two families neglected to carry any coal up into the second story when they moved up, and were put to some inconvenience by lack of fuel to cook with, bnt the woather was so pleasant that there was little need of coal except to cook witli. Feople wlio have gone through one or two such Ibodsasthis one or the one ol 1881 would not find any temptation to live in Venice it each could be the doge. Dry streets?at least dirt streets, even if muddy, are good enough far Wheeling Hood sufferers. TilK UBV STBHttS TIIBOKUKU. Many aniokle went into tbo coffers of the bridge company yesterday fiom the pockets of sightseers who desired to inspect the situation of a flairs on the Island. In the morning when the fire alarm rang there was au especially big rush of people across to the Island. Through the forenoon there was a good deal of pleasant promenading on the Garden Spot, down and no Front street, out Virania and Zine, out Ohio and down South Fenn,but as the day wore on and the waters came up, the available territory was very limited, until lost evjning . the river reached within a hundred yards of the Suspension bridge approach oc /we, Virginia and South Front itreets. ' On this side the dry and passable i itreets were thronged all day, and all . ilong the wharftheie was one stream ol iuen aud women passing and repaying troiu early morn till dewy evo. Tourists , n skiffs also made trips over those parts , >1 town which were navigable by row- , ooals. BlllllOrS INTKIIPKRKKCB. { Early in the morning the Island hose 1 aouso was Hooded and had to be aban- j ioned, the horses being taken to a stable , in dry ground and the reel stored in a < ilied. At aetill earlier hour the Niagara I nitine was washed out in the same way. i The Island school was of course en- i Irely abandoned. The Fourth ward ichool has six teachers, including Prin- ( sipal Hammond, wbo live on the Island. Jt these Mr. Hammoud and one lady i * ere able to reach their schools, but the ither four were not, and their rooms t we not in session. The Eighth ward j lad no school, both buildings being :!osed, and in one or two other wards a 00m or two bad to be dismissed on ac- l iount of the teachers being imprisoned jy the waters. 1 Not a great deal of serious damage . >r financial loss was done by the flood * 10 far as can now be told, except in Mar- 1 in's Ferry, as elsewhere reported. The < linden Consolidated Oil Company lost * 100 barrels of water white re lined oil I rotn its tanks on the creek bank. ( There was a big and bad cava in in he sidewalk in front of St. John's Garnan church, on Market street, last night, it ia a dangerous place, and efforts were nude ia vatu to sound its depth. ' On Vermont street, Island, the car- 1 jenter shop and outhouses of William f [luhoff were carried off, and a heavy < frame stable belongiog to J. F. Porter I abb toppled over on Mr. Imboll's frame < esidence, endangering it greatly. It i ooked last night as if it could not be ' laved. Fink's stable, in the open ground j ;o the South, was also carried away, < lu every flooded part of town numer- i )us outhouses, fences and the like were f iwept away, and the loss from this cause trill be heavy in the aggregate. in tuk vicinity. Out the creek the bacawater was over 1 :be pike at Leatherwood to a depth of < several feet, and all around the Penin- < mla the Elm Grove road waa submerged jo that about 2 o'clock the K<m Grove i railway had to abandon all etforta to rnn 1 irains. There were a number of bad ] .ln.i* nf tku nlft* ami i KllMO uu mo iwnuB enav v. >uw w.jj ? ill BorlB of vehicles got through with 1 difficulty if at >11. 1 At Moundville 125 to 130 houses were lloodort, and there will be a good deal ol damage discovered when the watera recede. Tue river was over the Ohio River railroad clear through town, and over the B. A 0. at the elation. Ac Bellalre people on the lowlands had their houses completely Hooded, and during tbo entire night theexoresa wagons were running with loads of moving. There was little sleep lor most ot those likely to be reached by the water. The Enterprise Window Glan Works, the Bellalre works, and the vKtna and Rodeler Bros.' factories were til more or less innndated, but a force of men were kept at work a good portion oi the night clearing all perishable materials out of the cellars or lower floors, no that most of them were prepared. The Crystal and Union window works trero closed on account of the water flooding around them, and in the metal yards. The gu works were shutout before day,could not ran the machinery, but they krpt the light going until morning. There was none last evening, however, AT UAKTl.Va mttf. The Town Sutl^rlnc in Common with otliera in the Valley* Oao thirJ of Mirfcia'd Farry la "in it," Knk thAra is no denotation or eufferiui? rtfl in February, 1H.SI. About 160 families have moved to higher ground or taken to tho aocoad stories of their houses. Not a aioglo manufacturing establiahuientcan run. Railroad irallicia suspended, Boiluewie partially prostrated, and the people are pretty Wi'll excited. Rssldanm o( the bottom did very little sleeping Tuesday aud last niguta- People talked abjut nothing peaterdav except the fl rod. The people III Martin's b'eiry who live eaat ot the C, A P railroad were taught a leason by the '84 tlx>d that they will never forget, and were prepared tor the present one. I'hey began moving on Tuesday evening, and this waa kept np the entire night and neatly all day yesterday. Many moved to the eecond atory on Tneaday evening and thoae whose houses are of.one' atory, and are surrounded or eabmerged, will not auataio much loae. Very few people were caught napping tbia time. The high water abut oil the First street approach to the Union bridge, and a temporary stairway was rinsed npat the west end of the bridge, which can be reached from the Cleveland A PitUbutjtb track. The ferry boat did not run yeaterday, and several hundred pereon* cro.-eed the Union bridge or walked out on it to get a viuw of the big liver. Tin' view here la unexcelled, and givea [CuHtimud oh Fourth TttK BIIIPPHiU DILI, llflMtad la (tin itoHM uud Jciilah ParMcuUod? aud Fm Coloaga Htmpll ttltMl with It. Wasumotox, D. C, Fob. 18.?Ia the general debute, Mr. Blouni, of Georgia, took a position against the shipping bill on the ground that all oflorts to build up the merchant marine by means of an bald; would prove faille so long ae the present high rates of duty were maintained. Mr. Kerr, of Iowa, favored the shipping bill u tending to baild up the merchant marine. Mr. Grain, of Texas, made an argument la support of I the resolution reported by him to amend the constitntlon eo as to provide that the termaof Representatives shall begin on the first of January and the President shall lis inaugurated on the 30ill of April. llr. Cnmmings, of New York, addressed himself to an advocacy of bis resolution protesting against the persecution of the Jews in Rnssia. He bad the kindliest feeling toward thegovernment of Russia, which had always shown itself friendly toward the United States, but he thought it was the duty of this country to inform Russia of the outraged position of mankind. Mr. O'Ferrall submitted an amendment against the shipping bill. In the course of his remarks he touched upon the silver question, and in response to a question by Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, as to the position of Mr. Cleveland upon thai subject, he declared that Li rover Cleveland was deeper down in the heart of the Democracy of the country than any other living man. It might be that Mr. Cleveland's views on Sltrni* rllfl tint suit Hia t)Min<V*rfl(!V. ThflV were the views of an individual member of the Democratic party. Ho (Mr.O'Ferrail) assumed that whatever Mr. Cleveland's position might be to day on silver coinage, when the National Convention spoke in 18U2 he would endorse the principles of their platform, whatever they might be. Ife did not believe that Mr. Cleveland wonld surrender his convictions, but there were questions of Democratic principle paramout to tho question of the tree coinage of silver. Without disposing of the bill, the comniittee arose and the House adjourned. iNTiiiiXATiwuii cornflour. riio Dili Pamm the H.n?u? In Adiu.1pe Colloquy. Wahhincjton, Feb. 18?Daring the iebate ou Mr. Frye'a amendment to the ( jopyrigbt bill an atnuaiog colloquy took ( place between Mr. Wolcott and Mr. ( rlurnb, the former intimating that view* , ffhicb Mr. I'iumb had expressed on art ind artistic and literary proporty might , suit the ideaa of the State of Kansas, but ffere not generally accepted elaewnere. . VIr. Plumb retorted that such a remark . lid not become the Senator from Colo* 'ado, and that when the time came for ;hem to liaog out their soiled liuen on .he national clothes line he (Mr. Plumb) 1 :ould say a* many mean tuings abaut Colorado as Air. Wolcott could say about Kansas, oven if tho majority of the popllation of Colorado had come from Kan- t las. , "But thoy have not," said Mr. Woliott; "I like to know that they do not." 1 "1 like it, too," retorted Mr. Plumb, t ind tbe gallery indulged in a laugh. ? Finally the vote was taken on the pas * Age of the bill and tbe bill was pawed? j reas yd, nays 14. f Welt Vlralola Pennlooa. j Ipeeinl Dbpatch to the IutrUiaaiccr. Washington, D. 0., Feb. 18.?West j Virginia pensions granted to-day: Orig 1 nal?John M. Collins, Darid R. Hau- c lah, John L. Bverly, Albert H. Wood- J vnrtli. fiAnnrii Rrmtur A. J. DlVHrfl. ' lacob Thomas. Thomas Nice, Cyiun K. ' 1). Moss, David Lancaster, William Ohi- " I ester. Increase?Elian A. Thomas. | Cfto't t'liMwit (Water the t'nxmiuiut. ' Washington, Feb. 18.?If the pro- [ jrauime agreed upon to-day by the j tlouse Coinage Committee to govern its | iction upon the Senate bill is carried J >ut, it will make it iuipoeaible to pus ' ;hat bill a second time if the President ' lecllnee either to approve or disapprove X. The period ot time between 1 o'clock ' Friday and noon March 4 is just one ' :iour lass than the perierf of ten days, delusive ot Sunday, that the President is permitted to retaiu a bill without re- 1 turning it to Congress. Writ Virginia'* tiploaitld Hhuwtng, I Washington, D. C, Feb. 18?The 1 Dencns 0flics has in press a bulletin the enrollment in the public schools ol several States. New Hampshire and , Vermont have declined; Ohio gains 14 i per cent in population and 6 89 in school i enrollment; Pennsylvania gains '22 77 I per cont in population and 1 5!) in school enrollment; West Virginia shows9 48 i o! a gain in population and 65 50 per i oent gain in school enrollment. i i Viewing 3!iertunn'a Itetnnlua. , Niiv York Feb. 18.?Hundreds of peo- i pie visited the Sherman house and hsd < formed themselves ioto line by half past II o'clock. A few minutes afterward the lirat uiau in the line walked to the coffin. He was not allowed to gaze on the dead but ten Beconds, for there was a long line lisbind him on the eame mis i sion. This was kept up during the day and every one was allowed to take his place in line. Rev. Thomss E. Sherman arrived at his father's late home at 'I o'clock this morning. This afternoon a large pillow of lilliee of the valley, roses and violets was re ceiveu irom rrestueni Harrison. ine violets were wrought in the lortn of a Bab re upon the pillow. 81icrman FantnU AinuiBomeut?. St. Louis, Feb. IS ?The display at the [uneral ot General W. T. Sherman, on Saturday next, will l>e one of the most magnificent pageanla everaeea in this country. The contingent of troopa from neighboring Stales la much larder than waa expected, and the number of these who will participate in rendering the last honors to the departed goldier ia being constantly increased. A letter has been received from the Adjutant General of the Ohio militia slating that the first, fourth and sixth companies of the 7ili infantry of the Ohio National Gnarda come here and participate in the inneral. Department Commander Busienr, of the (i. A. K, has received notices from numerous posts in Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri announcing their intention of participating. Uomroandriea of the Loyal Legion from Kansaaand Illinois will be present I ami niiin f !nmmnnitarv will iaill the itinera! party at Cincinnati. Left for I he F?in?ral. Washirgtoji, Feb. 18.?The President and all the inemb*ra o( hia C'hloet and Action Secretary Nattletou. u the representative ol the Treasury Department left here tl.ii afternoon at 3::k) o'clock in a special train of the Pennsylvania roail lor New York to attend the funeral of tieneni] Shertstn. The Senatorial committee left at 10 p. m. in a special car attached to the regular train. MrtOBiKallUM Accident. Memphis, Tenn., Yeb. 18 ?'Tboaonfb bound limited passenger train on the Illinois Central jumped the track near Medina, TY??u., nlioul tiv* o'clock tLia morning, TLc cars took tire and were I consumed, except the rear sleeper, which wu saved by the timely arrival of . a freight train, the engine of which pulled it away from the baroiog train. The biggage muter* an unknown man and the newsboy were seriously Injured. The accident waa caused by a broken rail. A a it U.'wKhCK. Tlirx* Trains Oat Into a Bad Mix at (fupst'j Ferry. Special Dlntdek to Ott lnldUotwr. ' I Maeti.xsbubii, W. Vi., Feb. 18 ?A j freight wreck occurred on the Baltimore & Ohio at Harper's Ferry at 1 o'clock to-day. A freight was walling for * passenger train.to go by. A freight going cast became unmanagebla coming down the grade to the Ferry and crashed Into till) one standing there. A number of loo cars and tue eugiua pidid oolu jjictly demolished. Aaotber freight following doae apon the second crashed into tbe wreck and produced more havoc ?ad conlaeion. The engine and a number of can were demolished. The trainmen jumped. No lives were lotl. sm H BOAT txrixKiox. A Hoport That the Oneida Had Mown Up, Killing a Man. Sptdnl Uttixtfch lo the Intctlwoica. Parkkbsiiubu, W.Va., Feb. 18.?Word is just received here that the steamer Oaetda, a packet plying the Little Kanawha, Captain Charles Wei la, blew up near Newark, Wirt county, and that one man was killed. His name could not be learned. William KUbbone and William King were badly scalded. A Pretty BfarUiitburg Wedding Special Dispatch lo the InUUuitnoer. Martxsbbcbg, W. Va., Feb. 18?A pretty wedding took place in this city to day, Mr. F. Vernon Aler, a prominent young attorney of this place, and Mias Mildred, daughter of Mr. Samuel Thompson, being the contracting parties. They were married at the residence of tnn bride's parents by Rev. F. 1 P. Robertson, iu the presence of r few i invited friends. , Teatara on Trial* ' tycctal Dispatch to the LitiUtocitccr, * Washington, Pa., Feb. 18?The trial i af George Teatere, charged with tbe i murder of Mrs. Elizibeth Sanders, com- j uenced this morning. Testers pleaded aot guilty to the charge of murder. The , aiorniog and afternoon sessions of court were taken up in making up a jury. reatei-8 is defended by Golon*l Arnett, j >f Wheeling, and John M. Braden, ol ' .hie bar. I ? * ? l SlldUr.lJVKI) PKa(!E I In Dim Bull CircW??Allen Ihurtuuu'o ' Out)er Act loot?The Association Mctil- J inf. , New York, Feb. 18.?Less than two i nonths ago the warring base ball lacionB were shaking handa over the setlement of their difficulties. The Na- f ioonl League had conquered the Flay- t rs' League, A. G. Spalding and A. W. t Phurman were toasting to the health ol i President Prince, of the defunct Piay- t trs's League and all j lined in the love < east over the rrjuvinated aseocia- < ion and the signing oi the now i igreement, whicli wai heralded as t he salvation of the game. Allen W. Fhurman was designated as the Ameri I ian Association representative and it t vas thought he would guard the Aseocia 1 ion's interests carefully, but bis rccent i iction inviting to give Stovey, Bierbauer ? tnd Mack to the National League has ncensed tho Association to a point I vherc it has renounced the National t igreement, denounced Mr. Tburmana* t t tool of Spauluing, and was to-day en- i ;ageti at the St. James Hotel in this city c n reorganizing entirely. One of the t irstacls of the Association at its meet- ? ng to day was the authorization of the ollowing notice to Secretary Young, of be National Board: You are hereby notified that the Imerican Association, at a meeting belrt 6 it Murray Hotel Tuesday, February 17. 1891, unanimously adopted tb? follow- , ng resolutions, which were offered by ftenry B. Von DerGorst, of the Balti nore Base Bail Club: Raolved, That the American Auso-ia , ion withdraw from the National agreenent, to take effect this date. , William Barnie, President. George Minsen, b'ec'.v pro tern. . Then there was hot talk about Presi- j lent Thurraan, who only a week ago was lauded as the savior of the national < iport. He was denounced as having aeen faithless to Association interests. < The diecussion ended in the appointment of Messrs. Zach Phelps, Ohris Von < ier Ahe, Edwin Sutherland, F. 8. Elliott , and A) Johnson as a committee to examine into Thurmao's books, papers and j sash accounts. After the appointment of President Kramer, of Cincinnati, the convention adjourned. T?vo Mao Lynched. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 18. ? Two , prisoners, a white man and a negro, were taken from the county j til in Gainesville. Alachua County, by 300 men late la?t night and banned. ( They had been arrested ten hours before for complicity in nnmeroos aesaulst committed in the neighborhood during the past two weeks. ( Quite a flacking Match. Buiirnui. 4 la.. Feb. IS,?D. Hood tnd Ford Johnson hud a terrible cutting duel to-night. Good cut Johnson's left eye out with hatclmt a?d cut into the banes of his face several times. Johnson cut Good's throat with a knife. Both will die. They were drank and alone. Clearing the atofer Mine. ScoTruALi, Pa., Feb. 18.?The woik of Hooding the Aioyer mine is programing and the fire will be extinguished by night. Large pumps will be employed to clear the mine of the water. There are no tidings of the men entombed. May be buggtfetl v*. Fostuku, 0., Feb. 18?Kx-Governor Foster, who is mentioned as the buccmsor of Secretary Windoni, was yeaterdsy called to New York by a telegram from President Harrison. Foster left for the east last night. Rurnad bjr it IIoikIds K*plo?lon. Akron, 0, Feb. 18.?A bentlne explosion in the works of the Knterprise Manufacturing company so seriously I burned Miss Nettie Crush that ahe will | die. The building burned; lose $15,000 Tliurmnn Not !>?od. Columuch, O., Feb. 18.?'The rumor that Judge Allen Ct. 1 bur man is dead ia without foundation. The family stated at 7:20 p m. that Mr. Thurman was in hia usual health. V*dhImI llecaute of lloart Trouble. Toi'ika, Feb. 18 ? Mr. I'owderley loft for tjcranton, P.., jreetordny afternoon, having canceled hia Wntern engigemeniR. Thrre Men Hortr<t In Snow. Dsnven, Col , Feb. 18 ?Billy Kobler, Tom Kendall and William Kerns were killed in a snow slide last night. The Banquet TO THIS WORLD'S FAIR COKIISSIOl At Charleston a Success Ueyond all Expectation. ??????? ^ Hany Distinguished Guests Seated at the Tables. "A Feast ol Reason and a Flow ol Soul" the Order of the Hour. THE RESOURCES OF WEST YIRGIlIi The Topie ol Every Speech in Response to Toasts, All ol Which Are Appropriate to the Occasion. THE PIOGRMIB IS FOLLOWED (ulcrmUiij,' mill Instructive Addresses. The Wealth of West Virginia as Told by Students of Her Resources a Kovelation to those Prtsmt?Details of a Memorable (lathering. tpfcUil Uhpatth to lite InteUttimccr. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 18?The World's Fair banquet, to-night, was success even beyond expectations in many respects. President Palmer, ol the World's Fair Commission, was un?ble to come, but many other- distinguished gentlemen irom abroad were here as well as nearly all the members ol the legislature and other distinguished West Virginians, State officials, representatives ol the press and ninety (ueels. The entire dsy was occupied by the caterer and a corps of assistants io nailing preparations A room in the juilding was utilised as a kitchen. Two arge ranges were put np and every ireparation made lur what proved to be ;he greatest event of the kind ever mown in this city. Seven long tablet vera spread iu the Armory, six of them larallel with each other, and one ex ending almost across the rear of the oom. Another table stretched along be hall fronting the entrance. tub arrangements, j a band wsb stationed on a platform in ? inn anrnnr ind Iho mnoin 1 i Ira ivara. hing else, waa first clam. The air was rerfumed with the odors of the thou?mds of cat (towers with which the ' ables were orn.imenVe.1. Our elegant J Itsign was a floral lyre luarioir the i rorila "World's Fair, 1803," while a 1 ragiant batton hole bonqnet was laid } it every plate. t Very conanicuoua wis a copy of Jed J lotcbViss' Centennial (ieologlcal, Min- t ng and lUilway Map of the Virginias, I vhich was quite a valuable aid in indi ' rating the matcblees rcsonrcea oi the * states. ii Preparations had been made for about * our hundred aud nearly as many were here. Every detail of the affair had >een carefully looked after and nothing 1 vaa left undone that the mind of man > ould suggest. It wss found necessary ' o make some changes as to the toasts u ind responses. TtlE LIST OK TOASTS. ? Their order was as follows: !, "The Mineral Resources of West Vir- } [inia," Major Jed Hotchklss. ? "the Timber Forests," Hon. John W. } Harris. i "Manufacturing Interests and Eater- , )rlses," Hon. J. B. Sommerviile. ' "Agriculture and Grazing," Hon. A. ! IV. Woodford. I "The Oil aud Gas Fields," Prof. I. 0 > IVhite. "Hallroad Policy and Progress," J. K i Jowan, of the Baltimore & Ohio, and M. > K. Iogalls, of tho Chesapeake & Ohio. ''Development During the Past Dssade," Governor A. B. Fleming, "&tate Progress ud tbe Press, Mr. 1 3barles Bnrdett Hart "l'tae Columbian Fair," Hon. George V". Msssey, Hon. .latnee A. McKenzie, mil Hon. V. D. Groner. "The Ctiiogo Directory," Hon. Thoe. Bryan. " L'ne Dnty ol tbe Hour," Hon. 3. VI. ! 31. Clair. No mistake waa made in any ol the < (elections, as all tbe responses were J iblo, interesting and instructive. Eich i gentleman seemed thoroughly conversant with bis subject, anil each impressed upon tbe company the intereet which be evidently Ml in it himself. Socially tne entertainment was all that could be desired, anJ practically it will probably prove of greater henebt to the State than anything that baa occurred ( within herlnrders daring the past decade. It may be safe to say since bar organi/.atlou West Virginians, who have been proud ol their State, went away from te-night's banquet feeling prouder ol her than ever, and others who were not aware ol the untold wealth of ber forests and mountains were astonished to learn how rich she Is in resources, and how prominent she must shortly become in the commercial world. THE GOOD RESULT. Nothing could hsve been devised that could have, in so great a degree, tended to accomplish the objects ol tbis entertainment; advertise the State both !ar and near and impn ss upon the mlods of her neoole the importance of her having at Chicago in 18H3?o exhibit of whlcfi be may be proud end which her rapidly growing wealth and development justifies. Colonel St. Clair and all who have been active in formulating the plana which led to to-night'a succws have rxodrrt-d a service to the State the value of which it ie impossible to estimate. A reception waa held in the Senate chamber front 8 o'clock to <>, which waa generally attended by the visitors, members of the Legislature and othsrs. The gathering waa representative In ever; reapect, every section of the State b-inji represented. Shortly after 9 o'clock Ool. J. W. St. Clair snnounced the order in which the procession wonld form to the banquet hall.and a few minutee later all were seated and discussing the viands. Surprise waa expressed by the visitors at the general turn ont and the interest and entbuaiaam displayed. TDK TOASTS. At 11:15 Toaat Master 0. S. tang arose and announced that toaats and responses were in order. He Slid that Columbus discovered America abont 400 years ago, but West Virginia has not bran thoronahly discovered yet. Maj. Jed Hotchkias.of Virgloin, spoke forthreequnrters of an hour on the mineral resources of West Virgin's. He apoke clearly, deliberately and forcibly and entertained the audience with his eloquent talk or West Virginia's minerals. He said: "The countries that rule tbe world in those tliat have Iron and coal; not gold or silver, and we have them. "The country Along the Blue Kidge from one end to tbe other la the best the sun of Heaven ever shone npou. This State will soon be tho free land of man.ofacturee." His figures were astonishing to one unacquainted with the State. For Instance, there are 10,000 iqnare miles ol coal, averaging ten feet in thickness. Hon. John W.D?vis,of Lewis county, spoke of "The Timber Forests." He said the State is commonly called a coal Slate, but statistics show tbst timber msrketed during the put year in its crude form exceeded by about half a million dollars the entire output ol ber collieries. While oak is the most important of hard woods because it ia more plentiful than the others. Tbe oak is taller, lsrger, straightvr, and stronger than that growing in other States. The great obstacles to our timber developments have bsen a lack of railroads, but this ia being overcome. He re lerrort to railroad development, anu called attention to the fact that there ia not a palp mill ia oar Htate, though we have the very finest timber ia inexhaustible quantities, (or making pulp. MAMVPICTUMSO 1KTKBHST8. Hou. J. B. Somuiemlle, of Wheeling, spoke on manufacturing interests and enterprises. His talk was contined prfncinally to the Industries of Wheeling aim bis ilk'uros opened the eyes of souie of those who have thought Ohio in insignificant county. Us paid due attention to every manufacturing establishment and industry in the city and vicinity and furnished figures enough to show tbat he knew whereof he spoke, and to convince strangers that as a manufacturing city Wheeling is hard to beat. He referred to the stability of Wheeling's business and showed that while other cities were undergoing financial embarrassments, Wheeling's factories are always ready to pay, and Iter banks never failed. Prof. 1. C. White next spoke on oil and gas fields as follows: raoi-. whits'" M'KKlii. Til* tluslra to icnrch out new anil hlildeu tiling* Ik universal. It welt allk* the anliou jmer hi mi hik?.,u|<vi uiovuvuiiik kiuuuumble, (lie philosopher to thought. Led by lhl? nohautmeut, mcu explore the dfplhsof the delve into oummai's, aid seek to penetrate .he earth I Milt to unveil tu hidden mynturlev rtils all prevttllloK Impulse Is the mainspring of iu man progress. It led Colonel Drako to drill be historic well in the valley of Oil Creek be ow Tlnwllle, which cave to civilisation a row Hum maul uud to the buslues* wjrld a ntw in luitry. iuo ercditof originating the lndu tries dobending upon oil aud uaiural gas la ususlly warded f> J'ennsylvanla. This la not really rue. Went Virginia and not 1'euufiylvauia is he true birth place of l?oih. Right hero iu this ieautHul valley ol the Kanawha wa*natural go* lm ut llzjd tor manufacturing pur|>ows. ?0 rear* before such usel't I'ennoylTanlH. while ram the other Kanawha, at Horning Spring*, ill was ?hlpi>ed in barrels and a regular trade u It built up muuy yearn before I'ennsyivauiaV I rat well wiis drilled. Iu fact, it wait here iu hu county of Kauaw&a (which generally leads he procession In business m well a* polities) trilling tools and the method of c**lug well* rcre both invented, without which Uie oil aud as Irdustry would have been impossible. All lonor to the memory ol Col. Drake lor first eoufiringatidexeeutltiK the plan of drilllug into be earth to obtain oii. WRHT VIKUINIA INVENTORS. Hut in this conucctlou let u? not forget the iame* of the Rufhier Brothers, whoso busy rains Invented easing, nor 'llll!y , Morris, who onstructed the Unit pair of "Jars," for without 10th of these discoveries deep drilling wonld lave been Impowlble. The question <h fro vuenlly aakod why It Is. that If West Viwiu'a ealiy contains ko much oil, it was not dlscovred and develop! along with that of her orHtate. The answer is at baud. The first iells to find oil in our 8tato wore ou the Utile kniiRwuH,wutjru n (rtrn n-u tu mo niun luiuox be oil winds mush nearer the surfsco than else rhere lo llie 8tato. and hetice It happened that ithough walls were drilled lu nearly every ounty west from tbo Allegbeulei, none of them, mid recent yean, penetrated the earth far uougb n reacb tbe oil bearing rock. history ov Tin: on. and qaj? dkveioi'mkht. About eight years ago your speaker took up be serious study of oil Had gas problems lu 'enniylvanla. The following j ear I became tan inced ilia', tbo great oil belt of that.State would xtoud into aud across our own. Acting on thin onviotion, I had a map prepared almost exactly Ike the one yon see hero now. This 1 submit c?l to a l'itistmrgb Arm. and tbo theory of a outhcrn extension of the I'ennsylvaula Hold ao tetnxl so plausible to them tbat tiiey were Inlured to undertake tbe oil development of West 'lrginlaon a large scale under my directions )verfour huudred thousand acres of West VIr linlu lauds were leaded iiy my little brother, rho now docs busluesa lor the United Hute* 'he Pittsburgh syndicate drilled, two wells lo his imineme area and erected about eight lerrlcks. The first was drilled for gas. with i-blch lo supply Whoellng. Some ins was found. ?tit not as much as tbe company expected. Tbe - cand well was for oil, and located near toard Tree Tunnel, at the sonthweat c irner of entisyl vanU. 1 his found only a small quantlyof the golden fluid. Tho syndicate was disouraged; its President (declared there was leitheroil nor gas lo West Virginia, and bankiiptcy would he the result of further efforts to lad them. tii* "shut down." The "shutdown" movement came an, and all he property, which would have mado Rockafelen or It* owners, was permitted to lapse and ,he leases to become void. Within sight of the Hoard Tree venture a valuable oil well was oinpieted by the titandtrd Oil Compiny during he past year. One of my locations made In ,8%. before Mr. SluklU had drilled his first well it Mt. Morris, wai one ou tho Koust farm, near Falrvlew, in Marlon county. Hbie a derrick ha1 Deen erected, and I pleul with the Pittsburgh men to make this test before dually abandoning West Virginia. Thry were deaf to my appeal, utd to-day this old derrick stands lu tho midst )! a dozen oil wells, gushing from one to Ave bundled barrels each, and tending twotliousaud ijarrc.H of the flncit oil lu the wjrM thtobblug through the pipe lluo on Its way to tbe sea. The Mt. Morris, Doll's Kuu, Kairvlew and MaunlnRton oil and gas tieMs. whose southern jnd no one lua yet found, aud which, lu uiy pinion, will prove th? ioogest, largest aud rfniiMt nil oil eta uelt tin world nai ever Known, was Tartly covered by \be leaacs which the pjtsburgn syndic*to held. A KKD LCTTRtl EPOCH Until the year 1889 the oil matuates ol the rountrypaid noseriouaattojtlon to Weat Virginia. This date, however, in a "red letter" cue In our oil history, (or It marks the opcaing oi Dolls Run and Manniugtou and tho rise of the rise of the Bureka Hold to prominence. Thus* three developments brought the (Standard Oil I'ompaoy i*> realise that here lu \Vc*t Yirglnii wa? to bo the great oil Held* of the future, and that much beratei monopoly bat como into our Btato t) take possesion of it-4 oil business. How many liundrcd acres It hut leased or pur* i'haM>d 1 do uot know, but tlie territory ft cw irolslaavaU one, and the million nud a half dollar* it has ozi>ended in building h pipe linn from Jtorgautowu to the mm attest tnat it is with ux to atay. Just what 1U lnflueuw will be upou our young Commauwealtb remains to be ascertalned. It ia here at the capital nskiug icftUIn tlon necessary lor carrying on this vart buvnewi of producing aud marketing tho mil 101a of barrels of oil which lie hidden in our rocky i strata. OlkLtfitM.tTION. If what It aika bo fair, it is onlyrght that It should be forgiven. Moat of unbare only aeon the dcrk aide of this monitor corporation. I ta Immense reaourcea have bcon used in thia country tocrusli out rival* whom it oould uot purchase. but at tho atme time only the power of a<tch aggregated wealth oould jneot and van* qulsh the noblea. R'lthaebilda of Europe in ibe contest with the cheap oils of Kuropn. To meet thl? competition, and hold ax well as extend tho fore gn markou I or American oik thli uiuch abated carp 'ration has often ?'?ld oil formonihafar Mow ita coat, and had this uot MQB llOUf, I11C ptiw ?? uur UII numu uuk uu more than fifty ?JQtn* barrel Unity. TIi it 1* ono of the bench* (hat awrerated wealth confers of which we bear very little. V*OM VKKKSYt.VaKU TO KgNTl'CKY. It ii my Arm belief that thu great oil belt wbich ha* come down to our Hute through a dlstauueof 1M mlo will ?x'und clear arrow* tbe name from Maucoct to Ixuau. < uly today I received a telegram tbat a largo fluw of na bad atopi>ed tbe drill at a well in Olltn?r, while Major tlotchkl** t*ll* me that a well being drilled by hIn company iu Lincoln ha* bad to top for tbe same rauw. Tbe km well* at Warfield, on tbe His Satdy.aud liioce at Burning 'wring*. above th'a city, complete the chain of evidence that the oil belt will extend entirely aeroM our ansa from tbe ran Handlo to Kentucky. for wherever tbe Kan occur* tho heavier fluid la not far away. ? How mucii of luxury and comfort thin underKund wealth will bring to the bomi* of our te no man can estimate. But our fuiuro In tblarcapect could not be brighter With the greatest coal flMdilu tho world. giving uu an ample tupply of nolld fuel for ail time to ootno: with tbl? great itreatn of liquid gold, courtlnji through our rockH. only waiting to lie tapped; with tho )ante*t flelda of natural gat the world haanvereveraeeu to bring comfort add ea?o t?i onrhomes, wrereif the commonwealth whOM.' future 1* brighter than ?ur?? I.FT Till: WORM) KNOW. All (hat wr ueol to do U to let the world know woat wc have. This we mutt dc|*end upon oui , ( ftepresentativw now in sewion in tbi? city V , accomplish. Boil new moo p?r very Utile al 1 tootiou to atiiements that do not bear aomi l kind of ofllcial sanction, hence It is t) be hnpet [ that in providing fee a proper display *>i \N es VirKinln * resources at tbe approaching World'i Fair you will adopt a broad and liberal policy and lu whatever you nay do. bo aura to mak< provision lor tin providing ol an accurate mai ofthedtate. The miserable caricature* we not* bare that arc called mapaof Hcit Mrginia although Infinitely belt*r than none, are a dls grace to the ntate, to that If srou do nothing el* at loaat provide for a splendid map upon whlct our wondorous reaourcea in timber, in coal, it ore, in oil and gas can be exhibited. Governor Fleming, in responding to "Development Durlog the Last Decade," reviewed the rraonrcea of the State and pointed to the growth of development. ilia addreea waa listened to with great attention, and it muat have made 8 good itnpwiaion. The applause which greeted him when he aroee waa nothing ahort of an ovation. A HAPPY SPKKCH. ton. Thomas Bryan, on the Chicago Directory, amused and entertained the audience to the extreme, lie began talking at 1:25. lie aaid: "1 came a thousand miles to attend thin dinner, and 1 would travel ten thousand milee to attead another il I thought 1 could find another State in onr great Union that could show such great and diversified wealth as West Virginia." He pointed out the advantage* to accrue to our Stale from an exhibit of her resources at the World's Fair and asked that the appropriation lis not too amalL lion. George V. Massey, ol Delaware, apokeon the Columbian Fair, tie aaid: ''This is not to be Chicago's lair, not Illinois'(air, but | World's Fair, under the auspices ol tue United States. It is backed by the popular will ol the people of our country, which has never yet been vanquished." X. V. Uroner, of Norfolk, Vs., on the same subject briefly, hut pointedly, and gave way to Gen. McKenxie, ol Kentucky, wbo aaid be was b lone Kentuckiau hero with nothing to commend him but bis moral character, which may have been damaged by contact with sc. Clair and Kenna. J. K. Cowan, representing the B. A 0. R. R, responded lo railroad policies and progress and ably set lorth the advantages of railroads and what ahould be the policy of the State toward railroads; advocating freedom ?ud equality for railroads, and M. K logalle, President of the C. & O., followed on the same subject. to 1ik inv&jtwvl'tl). Mr. Howard Give* Himaeir L'p, mid the InvesUgntlou Will Ciiiniui*n?-u at (lnc?. OjKclnl Dupalch tolhc InleUiocHcer. CiiAituarroN, W. \'a., Ftb. IS?The sensation caused by tbe chaige of attempted bribery m-tlo yesterday by Delegate Dyer against George A. How ard has not subsided. Tola morning Mr. Howard appeared and placed him self in charge of the Sergeaot-at-Arnw, and is Btiil in bis custody. Tue action taken by the House tlii<s onruini appeared routine proceedings. Mr. How ird claims to be eo'irely innocent of the charge, and says he hroposes to fteht it out before tbe Legislature and in court if necessary. That resolution ofT? red in the Hoase was prepared at tbe request of his friends, and if it had not been introduced he himself would have insisted upon something similar to it. He courts a full and complete investigation. Further tban this he declines to say at present. Senator Pried and .Senator Fiourney have been engaged as his counsel. The committee appointed by the Speaker met and organized by electing Mr. Welch, chairman, and Alfred Hheinstrom, stenographer. It was decided to meet at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning and summonses were issued for Delegates Thompson, Thomas, Dyer, Carle and Garden. Otheis will ha summoned later. It waa decided that no one ehall be admitted to tbe meeting except members, lawyers, witnesses and interested parties. It is intended to sift the matter to tbe bottom and Mr. Howard and his friends seem in no wise averse to it. MRKLS HAS '1'IIK SEAT. Mr. Offdin Declared Nut Klected bjr a Strict #*arij Vote. facial DUiialch to the. InUUlaoicrr. Charlehton, \V. Va , Feb. 18.?To-day marks the last act in the Morris-Ogdin farce, and William M?rrls now occupies the position to which Mr. Orfdin was elected. When the matter cime up, at 10:K0 to day, as a special order, an eflort was made to postpone action on it in or .lor to yive rvfUnror .'i Jrns, 01 uuuiV) an opportunity lo bo heard, bat it was downed Lir a strict partv vote. Mr. Liwther offered a reaolutioo declaring Ofcdia entitled to the mat, which he advocated lo quite a forcible speech in which he reviewed the testimony as to all the votes rejected. Senator Watts replied for the majority, A recess was then taken and this afternoon Senators Wiley, Worley, (iilkeson and St. Clair occupied the time. A. vote was reached at 4:15 and the resolution of the itajority was adopted by ID to (I Mr. Moirii was conducted to the dmk of the clerk and took the oath of office. la the Heuute. Sinclnl DUpnteh to the lukllUwiccr. 1)iiari,i?tok, W. V a , Feb. 18.?In the State Senate bill No. 35, to prevent frauds in insurance, preventing any insurance company from making any contract of insurance other than that which is plainly specified in lite policy issued, was passed. House bill No. 3, to improve and rupiir the Cumberland road in Ohio counttv M-nii nlaeed on its second reading. pending consideration of which the contented election cue tutaken npu special order at 10:30. At 1 o'clock a vote wis taken and reBaited at follows: The ayes were Mrests McUrcery, Arbuckle, Cnnningham, Dorsay, Gall, Gllkeson, Hardman, Knott, Marium, Parks, IVltchard, Sheppard, fit Clair, Watts, Wiley, Yeater?10 The noee were Messrs. Campbell, Davis, Garrison, Lowther, Whitaker, Worlsy?li Alnent?Morris, Morrison and Stewart Present and not voting?Ozdin and Morris, of Tyler. The contestant came forward and waa qualified as Senator. llouao cf l>?)rgate?. gpici nl Dispatch to the lutaOucnar. Ciiarlkhton, W. Va , Kelt Ks ?In the Hons# this uiorning the CommiUe on Penitentiary reported that as there ii ? five year contract tor convict labor In the penitentiary It is not expedient to change the law so as to rnjulre convicts It) ?UIk UU 1WMU0. Bills Mil resolutions were offered as follow): By Mr. Hanen, of M trail >11, House bill So. 282. authorizing and directing tbe Board oll'ablic Works of the State to purchase tbe ground la Moundsville known as the ''Indian Mound." Uy Mr. Garden, of Ohio, House bill No. UU, to provide against lojury 01 damage resulting from the operation ol stationary enginesand boilers by Incompetent (tenons. ily Mr. I'ergnaon, of Itoanoke, a rcso lntlon as follows: "Wubrbas, From tbe statement inadi on the floor of this House by K. B. Dyer a member thereof, it appears that oni i George A. Howard did, on tbe 17th da] > of February, 1891, attempt to inlinena 1' tint action of the said Oyer in the mattei nl tin* selection btr the Legislature o West Virginia of school Irooks.tolie user iu the public schools of the State, by at ? tempting to force upon the said Dyer i the acceptance of money; therefore be il "Rnotntt, Thit? committee of five be J appointed by the Speaker of this House . to investigate aald charge and any other > attempt at bribery touching the selec' tion of school books, with powers to , send for peraona and papers, and make ' report thereon at the earliest day pracli; cal. i "Atohrd, fori Iter, that all proceedings on the warrant issued by the Speaker of i the Honae on the 17th day of Febrnary, 1891, be suspended, except tbst the said Howard be kept in custody by the Sergeant-at'Arms until after the report of the committee of investigation so appointed be made to the House." Adopted. The Kpcakar appointed the following spcclal investigation committee: Welch, of Ulneral; Finley, of Tucker;8impson, of Ohio; Miller, of Jackson, and Lyncb, of Harrison. Bill 150, amendlag the charter of Wheeling, giving to Council authority to change the location of any atreet or alley, to transfer any interest the city may have on anv existing street or alley or part thereof, in consideration of the opening of a new street or alley, or extension of one already existing, or for other valuable consideration, was pasaed to third reading. The Sergeat-at-Arms returned the warrant lamed far the arrest of Mr. Howard with the following endorsement: "Executed the within warrant by arresting the within George A. Howard, and liaviog him now in custody subject to the order of the Home of Delegates." The House ordered the Setgeaufat-Arms to retain Mr. Howard ill custody til] otherwise ordered by the House. Adjourned. uuiicr to tumi 'msiiurs funs. IMujitlaractlou III Wilmtoftou Cliutch FarUlilonirs Cuucarnlac Mucej. Wu.misutok, feb. 18.?The congregation of St Paul's Koman Catholic Church of this city, to the number of | about 800, met and objected to part of the plans of Bishop Curtis, ol the Wilmington diocese, for the disposal of the ?.'8.000 which waa recently aecured by absnar and by the contest between lathers D. J. Flynn, of St. Mary's church, and W. J. Birmingham, of St, Paul's church, for a European trip oflered by Bishop Hnrtla. The Bishop has arranged to give a A large part of the earn to tit. Patrick's church and also to donHte poitions (or helping to build a parocfcial residence /or Father Deruyter, of 8t. Joseph's colored Catholic church of this city, aud for the relief of distress in Ireland. To the two latter donations the 'St. Paul's parishioners object, and a committee appointed at todav's meeting will todd wait upon the liishop with u view to having him change his plane. Father Bermingbam, it is claimed, in no way participated in this afternoon's meeting, which has caused a stir iu Catholic church circles. A VlKY BTUaMJK iXiMAtelON. Gnu Kxplualon in the Flj Wheel l'tt ?t the Standard Mill. Two men were seriously injured hy an explosion of gas, attributed to tiredamp, in the fly wheel pit at the Standard Mill yesterday morning. Samuel Nozem, an employe, went down into the fly wheel pit to see how much waler there was in it, when the explosion occurred, causing the water, dirt, etc., to fly in every direction, And burning Nutem fbiut the head, face, eyes, body and hands. Mia clothing was also badly burned. Anuther employe who waa standing over the pit and loolciiig down woe thrown twenty feet in the air and alighted on his back. Ha >u also burned, but bia injuries were not so bid aa Nuaetn'a, The report of the explosion waa heard all over the mill and crcatcd some excitement. It occurred about 2 a. m. Mr. N'n/.'.m resides on Jefferson street, in Martin's Kerry, and Dr. W. U. Shuttleworth, the attending phyaician, Rays bis injuries, while serious, are not dangerous. Fire Alarm YetUrtlay MaraluR Shortly after eight o'clock yesterday morning a tire alarm wad rung iu (rotu a box on Virginia street, Ialuud. A chimney was Dieting up brightly ou a house owned by ?qnire Caldwell anil occupied by Mr. Kincaid. The fire was put oat without damage. The department responded in good shape and on lime, but had hard work to keep from running over people. An unuMial croud gathertd, and the excitement of the Hood increased that of the lire. There were several other still alarms in the morning, all caused by floes burniog out from throwing paper and rubbish into the tires. Tho Island hose reel had to be moved out about S a. in., the water being over the floor. Spring Water la Deiutuid. The muddy and unpalatable cundition ot the river water now makes the springs in wbicb Wheeling fortunately abounds very popular. J ust before meal time a loog procession of wen, women and children is seen going to and loavingthe tine spring st the bead of Fourteenth street, with big snd little palls, pitchers and cans. The same is true of the spring at the head of Eotr street ami the ono near the workhouse. Thcsu springs ut such Limes are great buoos to the public, anil they should he taken care of. Kmiirru rintanm to Visit PHrli. Paris.Feb. 18.?Kmprees Frederick is expected to arrive here in a low hours. Crowds of people have gathered, and it is feared that there will bfl demonstrations r<f hostility. The Kmpresa accompanied by Count Secondorfand Countess I'erponcher arrived here at 11:4o p. m. She was met at tbo sta'ion by Count Munstvr and proceeded to the German embasssy. i:m|Mror William rii>aa?<t. IStnuN, Feb. 18? President Carnot's action in conferring the decoration of the Legion of Honor npon Professor Helrobolti, of Berlin, has much ple???d the people of tbla city. Emperor William Is gratified at the dtciaion of the French artists to send works to the Art Exhibition to be held in Berlin. Tlial'* Wliat 1t*a for. Iaindo.i, Keb. IK ? Jmnra Wilson A Sons, of Bradford, have failed for M00,000, attribnlable 10 the new llnllej StaUa tariff law killing trade in packing cauea for wooleni aent to America. lilg VhalUnooin Aiilcnmunt, Chattanooga, Tzms., Feb. IS ?The jKina Coal Company made an aaaitnneit yiaterJay afiemoon. Liabilities, 1 $!K)0,000; aaaeta, $300,000. An old Wniid-br. ! Everybody kuo?a wbat Marvin's drummers' lunch ia. Kverybody liken it. Vour grocer keen* It. Aak bim for it and don't lake anything eiae. Drum men' loncb ia one of the moat delight( fui table cakee made. titIi , UIKII. HIS?--On Tur>1?r, Ftbrutr? 17, iwi. ?t it , o'clock |i. m? Uinini Urn, in h!< 31nl , t<*'r Knoem) notice horuaitcr. t OUIM&K-Oa Vttatn.wUr. Kcunmrr IH. itoi.nt ! 12:45*. m.. Ktutufii, wife ??i AliwriGut* mar, ?kM Myenrw. -' I'an oral uotico hcrctttcr.