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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 21.)
COLUMBUS, UEOKOLA: SATUUDAV MOKNIXU, SKlTlvMBEI
1880.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
inff bulletin hna been received by the i children have all been camping out. St.
western ^ Union toMgrnp.i company: Francis Xavla Inllrmnry, on Calhoun
cnarleston. S. G., Septembers.—No one street, was very badly damaged, and there
lympatby with the puoulc
“ s also I
Another Shock of Earthquake Felt in
Several Cities.
| at the Mills houBe was i.cured. All guests , were'several proviclentlaF e
tlreat Excitement Aiming tin: l’eo|ile of Clinrlnxtnn
and Savannah—Lravlnv Their Houses to Sleep
bailor the Stan—nice Negroes Cull In ir outlie
fioril—More of tlie Particulars from Charleston.
Contributions far Ihe Sufferers.
Charleston, September 3.—A sharp
shock of earthquake was felt just before 11
o’clock. Two buildings fell. A white
woman, name unknown, was killed by a
falling wall this evening.
THE FRIGHTENED NEGROES.
It would be simply impossible to exag
gerate or depict In sufficiently descrip
tive language the effect of the visitation
to-night on the colored people of Charles
ton. A great deal has been written about
these people and their action under
■ feeling
strong feeling of sorrow or despair, but
there was never, until within the past
few days, an opportunity of noticing
a public exhibition of the superstition and
fear to the degree that has existed among
... - thi '
all classes of the colored people since
tremendous shock of Tuesday night, (
.. , — nu.u.al provtdentiap escapes
safe, but it is diffi*. | Episcopal residence, on Broad street,
cult to lind them, they being camped is" rendered uninhabitable. The
somewhere in the streets. The people I clergymen who Were in the building
tins morning have apparently thrown oil' during the shock had a miraculous escape
n! a u and gone to work, clearing up and have since been guests of the Brothers
resolutions
of Charleston were passed. It wus
determined to notify the authorities of
Charleston that the people of Baltimore
are ready to furnish aid to the needy of
that, stricken cil v.
the debris and removing the dangerous
walls. The city shows a scene of great,
activity.”
AWFUL TIMES YET.
Charleston, September 3.—The si’-
uation of affairs here this morning is still
deplorable. Rudely improvised tents con
of the Sacred Heart and havecamped with
a large portion of their congregation on
the cathedral grounds. The Catholic
Benevolent Asylum also suffered, but
strutted principally of bed clothing are to
sverywnere. "
llrnthiirl) l.nve hv'iiqiliflcil.
Philadelphia, Pa.. September 3.—At a
Judge Manning’s Departure to Mexico
Delayed.
life
instance did
meeting of leading citizens In the common
council chamber to-day a committee of
ilflcen was appointed to take measures for
collecting funds for the relief of the suiter-
loss ’ of ers by earthquake at Charleston. 8ub-
_ Cil
result. The churches and schools, as scrlptions amounting to nParly $4000 were
■ since the
_ „ . Only
h few minutes after the warning voice of
the earthquake had passed away the effect
on the mind and imagination of every col
ored man, woman aiid child in the city was
complete. They fled from their houses,
they knew not where, and as they ran
hither and thither through blinding clouds
of pulverized mortar which v.as shaken
from the houses and arose again from the : and Courier annonne
stri-ets, they filled the air with dismal
groans of despair and lamentations of
terrifying distress. As usual with them in
their prayers, the name of Jesus was most
frequently used, mid as if supplicating God
face to face, they shrieked out in the very
helplessness of despair such sentences as
“Do, Master Jesus, have mercy on me!”
“Oh, sweet Jesus, save me! save me! Let
me live through this night, dear God
be seen everywhere. Few, very few, per
sons have as yet slept indoors, and the
houses are deserted as if overtaken by a
plague. Stricken thousands have slept
with nothing but the canopy of heaven
upon them. After the parks and public
squares were filled last night,
the inhabitants suspended their
overcoats and bedquilts from fences
over sidewalks, and thus passed the night.
Many enjoyed repose under umbrellas, the
handles of which were stuck in the ground. , „
More aristocratic people camped in their ImT
own yards. The colored people say they
will not return to their homes till at least
another night has passed, and they may
be seen taking their coffee and eating their
dry bread beside the places where they
slept. On tiie whole, however, it may be
said that confidence is returning, and
should there not be a revisitation
of the earthquake. Charleston will be in
her usual bustle of has;ness within the next
twenty-fc ur hi ... : 111 i igh inconven
iences and delay vili be experienced for
months to come. This morning’.- News
in a d'
well as the Episcopal residence, need im- ] announced, headed by Goo. W. Childs and
mediate repairs to render them habitable A. J. Droxol for f1000 each. The firm of
and to allow of the conduct of religious
services and educational exercises. This
misfortune is more keen for the
reason that on account of
the general loss throughout the communi
ty it will be almost impossible at this time
Jo obtain funds here for the reparation so
imperatively required. Any further infor-
Drexel & Go. was selected to act as bank
ers for the committee, and a telegram was
sent to the mayor of Charleston to draw
on that firm for $300!).
ilnil llcullli tin 1 I aisr of the Del*) lb Hi t's
Hplnutiil 0|i|iorliinll) lor PeniniTrttlrYViirk — Sell-
utor Yiiurlit-i'H Not a I'uuiliilute I'lillptl Staton
Treasury Hoi k.
motion on this subject will be given b.v
L. Di ~ ' "
the Rev. P. I.. Duffy, vicar-general of
Charleston. Father Duffy himself was
slightly injured at the time of the shock,
able to attend to his duties.
Roper’s hospital is wrecked, and will
pi
of tlie training school lor ntimes is
ously damaged. The hospital patients
Tafl Tells the Truth.
New York, September 3.—At 2:45 p. m.
this telegram was received at the New
York cotton exchange:
To Charles D. Miller, President of the
New York Cotton Exchange : Your tele
gram received. Accept thanks for your
offer. The condition of tilings in this city
iner s hospital is wrecked, and will , beyond description, and we can’t toll
nbnlily be condemned, anil the bill ding , what our needs are. Do what you can for
were removed to the agricultural hall. The
injury to the county jail is well nigh ]
[Signed] A. W. TAFT,
President Cotton Exchange,
Charleston, S. C.
irreparable. Thirty-six prisoners escaped, j
f whom have returned.
from It
mole
iideit
lines tie
head line that “Chariest' n is rt
business despite earthquake and its rav
ages.” That the warehouses give
ample accommodation, wharves are
in excellent condition, compresses are
fullv up to their work, amt merchants and
factors, undaunted by misfortune, have
girded up their loins anew for the battle
of commercial life. Continuing, it says:
Charleston, we say, is as well able
A spe vial
says that
. crack in
•lies wide
1. off the
Washington, September 3.—The state
department Is as yet unable to say just
when the new minister to Mexico. Judge
Manning, of New Orleans, will start for his
*1.200,717 21, and of silver fl.729,312 17,
while the balance of United States coin in
the treasury belonging to the government
lias decreased $13,040,604 78.
The stock of subsidiary silver has been
reduced $637,262 83. The total reduction
of the treasurer’s not holding of silver is
$2,3711,376, and is. therefore, considerably
more than half of the loss.
This is of considerable interest, showing
that the treasury 1ms paid out almost twice
as much silver uh gold during the past
month.
The following is u comparative state
ment of the receipts and expenditures of
the United States tor August:
muililll^, III \/i it it tin, D 111 iT.mi nil uin
post. As stated in a special to the Repub-
tlie earth 200 feet long and
at the top. On St. Heleiui
Beaufort von ;, several large openings vver
made and piles of mud and sand wer
forced up.
at till fur Cliiirli»Hton.
Washington, September 3.—Col. R. N.
_ . . ever
“My Saviour, hold me up'once more, j to transact any business that cun he ob-
Thou blessed Christ and Master,” ' tained, and is as ready as ever to give to
and other tearful supplications, which in- customers from every part of the country
the commercial facilities they require*,
and the attention and the
upp
tensified the horror of the situation, and
went far toward demoralizing the white
people, who were also rushing blindly and
blended hither and thither in the fitful
glare of the flickering lights almost
eclipsed b.v a shower of descending and as
cending dust. As usual the face of
the white man and white
woman in time of danger was a
eight of sudden joy in the gloom to many
poor, wandering colored boys or girls, who
endeavored to stop their white friends as
t hey ran in confusion to supplicate that
they would remain with them until judg
ment wus done. In many instances trem
bling girls sank down on their
knees and seized with frantic
energy the folds of some white
ladies' dress, and a failure to express their
terror in words, with scarcely moving lips,
betokened that they wanted only the
moral support of a friend in the hour of
distress and agony. But white faces were
bleached awl pole and there could he no
atop or stay in the mud rush away from
tottering house tops and toppling para
pets. The trembling supplicants were
nastily thrust aside by those whom events
have proved were powerless to save them
selves. There was death in the air, nay,
more—it was below and around, and was
expected. None knew whence, only the
feeling was ever present that everybody
stood race to face with the menace of in
stant death.
Batehelder, depot quartermaster, lias been
ordered to Charleston to issue and dis
tribute tents to the homeless und to ren
der such aid ns may he within the power
of the department to extend.
The surgeon-general of the murine hos-
Srtenee Seeks the Ciuise.
Washington, September 3.—Professor
l'owel! received by cable to-dav a request
from Secretary Topley, of the British asso-
j elation for the advancement of science, to
xvire the chief facts of the earthquake.
' The following was sent in reply:
Toplcv, British Association,Birmingham,
England: The earthquake was the most
] severe oil record in the United Slides,
and it affected the greatest •urea. I
- Us origin was along the line of the
j post Quaternary dislocation on the .
i eastern Dunks of Appalachians, especially |
I where it crosses central North Carolina
; Slight premonitory shocks were felt in !
South Carolina for several days, moder-
! utely severe shocks occurring near Cluirles-
lcan liuit night, it ia exported ho will he
in the City of Mexico to relieve Mr. Jack-
son wlthiii two or three weeks. Assistant
Secretary of State Porter says that Judge
Manning will go quite as soon as possible,
hut as Mr. Manning has been In ban health
for several weeks past and is still feeling
too ill to make a long trip, the exact time
of his departure is necessarily uncertain.
Mr. Jackson, who lias been anxious to he
relieved, has been assured, however, that
his successor will lie in Mexico shortly,
and in view of this assurance has
consented to remain at his post until Man
ning arrives. Mr. Jackson wished so
much to return to this country
that for a time tlje state department
seriously contemplated appointing some
charge d’affaires to net ill bis absence and
until the new minister could reach Mexico.
Meantime, however, Judge Manning was
communicated with, came to this city and
arrangements were made which rendered
it unnecessary to appoint any one to act
ad Interim. Consul-General Porch is so
well thought of by Secretary Bayard and
Assistant Secretary Porter that, it is ex
tremely probable he would have been
selected if it hud become necessary to ap
point a charge d’affaires. This will be
gratifying to his Missouri friends as nn in
dication of bis excellent standing at the
state department. •
Customs
Interim 1 revenue...
. . . f20,771,570 50
..... fl,697,939 83
Miscellaneous
.... 1,725,820 90
Expenditures.
Ordinary
....$19,534,586 11
Pensions
7,775,033 37
Interest
1,599,247 55
Total
$28,908,807 03
Aug., iss r >
A BRAVE BOY.
A list Inn I Youth uf Twelve Years IUh Ills I h
Cut Annj to l ure His Komiilo Yoiisiu's HenA.
ATI, ANT A, GO,,
September ®L—Matt i
ton August 27 and 28. The principal shock.
Charleston, 1
causing the great destruction in
originated in central North Carolina, Au
BENEDICT’S BROTHER.
Another Well DellueA Shock l.sst Mold.
Raleigh, N. C., September 3.—At 11:02
to-night a well defined shook of earthquake
was felt here. It was preceded by a light
rumbling noise. The oscillation of build
ings was marked on the upper floors.
good faith they have a rigli
expect. Let it not be imagined for u
moment that Charleston is sitting in her
ashes bewailing the loss of millions. A
full consciousness of loss is here. It is
understood fully that far more than earn
ings of twelve months were swept away
in less than a minute; but for ail this
and because of this. Charleston is
only more determined to maintain
tlu- commercial position she has won,
and is fortunately "so situated as to be able
ns well as ready to dea- successfully with
every department of trade and every
branch of business. An appeal is made to
the city council for monetary assistance in
the form of an appropriation, but the
News aud Courier admonishes those who
extend aid to confine themselves in so
doing to people in circum
stances or conditions rendering
them unable now to help themselves. Very
pitnl service has authorized the officers of | gust 31, 0:60 p. in., seventy-fifth meridian
that bureau at Charleston to secure tents time. Thence the shock spread with great 1
to replace temporarily the hospital build- « rupidity in all directions with ve-l
ings rendered uninhabitable b.v tin: earth- loeity " varying from twenty-five to]
quake. j sixty-five miles ]: ‘ -
• Quei-ll Victoria I'I tics !’«.
i-rath-
Washington, September 3.—The fol
low ing dispatch was received by cable to
day from Queen Victoria:
“To the President of the United StatcB:
I desire to express my profound sympathy
with the sufferers by the late earthquakes
and await with anxiety fuller intelligence,
which I hope may show the effects to have
ifei
area of 900,000 square miles, one- |
quarter of the United States, embracing j
twenty-fightstati-s, from the gulf of Mexico [
to the great lakes and southern New Eng- !
land. :i nd from the Atlantic seaboard to the
centra! Mississippi valley. In the Cnro-
linas it was aci-omjjanied by landslides,
been less disastrous than reported.
“T
[Signed]
he Queen.”
Klir) Purket in Open.
Washington,D. C.,September3. -Comp
troller Trenholm lias received about $200
in subscriptions for the relief of the Charles
ton sufferers. Chief Clerk Youmuus, of
M1U1.U UlldUPJ 1JUW IU UUt U wit'! IISCI > tro. > , . , i . i j
little has been accomplished up to this tr ,T u t ?' d k ?l>“ rt . me "‘,’ £2ESfc
writing., to relieve the city of its appear- , ^ d
As the eve takes in I circular letter to-day Informing the em-
the length of the street it is met by heaps I ployes that the rule prohibiting the circu-
- - • - - uudhl. I Iating of subscription papers in the depart-
ance of desolation.
of debris of every possible description— I luting of subscription papers in the depart-
bricks, stone, plastering, laths, shingles, I w £,c* d i b ? [n the case
lumber and household ami office furniture ! ° f *ke Charleston relief fund, and the
and all kinds of building material in n , heads of,
lyjoao Whole fronts or sides of huildinss I ^ receive subscriptions. Coinptiollu
mass, wnoletronw or smes oi nuumngs > Tranbolm fear8 tUttt the terrible pP -'“
tog™ in^sorae ta&n<K&ct. Ttwt j *>WSummerville,near* cEarie S :
’ i m ..s- ai a ton. has been overlooked in the contem-
atrirv hrir»k hnildimron wtrppf hptwppn ton, has been overlooked in the csontem-
! Potion of a greater area of suffering i.. the
ing appearance of this description, the neiffhboiing city. He has received two
r It nor i« impd for merehnndir.e n.nd telegrams from that town. 1 he first WUS
crevasses and grout destruction of property. |
Half of Charleston is in ruins. More than
forty lives art lost. No sea wave yet re
ported. A second moderately severe shock
wan felt ut Charleston at 8:26 a. in. Septem
ber 1. Minorshoeks followed at increasing
Intervals. The principal shock was
felt over a vast urea within 16 minutes,
and was recorded at some of the principal
points on degree of intensity 5, as follows:
Raleigh 4, at 9:60 p. in.; Charleston 6, at
, Flu., 2, at 10:06
lalelgh 4, at 9:60 p. m
9:54 p. m.; Cedar Keys
. m.j Knoxville 3, at 9:55 p. m.; Memphis
4, at ii:55 p. in.: St. Louis 2, at 10 p. m., Mil
waukee 3. at 10:06 p. m.; Pittsburg 3, at 10
u. m.; Albany 2, at 10 p. m.j Spi iiigffeld,
Mass.', 1, at .10 p. m.; New York 2, at 9:53
lower floor is used for merchandize and - ^ r t a h ® , , re i ie f commiUee , composed and greatest intensit
the upper floor as a residence. The whole iroinuut .ioi_ai renei Loiuiini.LLe, lumi poblu »
front fell out leaving the interior exposed I of John Gadsden, chairman, and Messis. , Y ,, ,-
view. The pictures and mirrors are on i trarv', Hutchinson, Boyle aud i err.v, and j > i -
_ eads r'
p. m. [Signed] Powell,
Professor Powell has already received
about 100 reports from observers in various
directions respecting the earthquake, and
several hundred more are expected. Their
substance is to be recorded upon maps,
which, when completed, are expected to
show, with close approach to absolute ac
curacy, tlie points of origin, culmination
and greatest intensity and direction of the
emeiits, as well us the
A stileiiillil fl|i|M>ilunit) fill’ lining lie
Work.
Washington, September 3.—Mr. Gil
bert H. Benedict, brother of the new pub
lic printer, and recently appointed chief
clerk of the printing office, arrived to-day.
He will take hold at once, and by the time
his brother takes charge, two weeks hence,
ought to know a great deal about the ab
surdity of the stutements Mr. Rounds and
his friends are making respecting the poll
ties of the present employes ill the print
ing office. Rounds tries to make out that
a majority are democrats iow and the em
ployes themBelves will try to hour him out
Robertson, aged nine yearB; is the niece of
ik. When six months old she
M. D. Eubank
fell In the fire, and has suffered since from
n sore upon her head. A short time since
Dr. Henry Wile began to treat the child
with a view to curing the sore upon her
rk
head. The doctor has been at work upon
the cose, nnd Tuesday decided to give the
girl a new scalp. By appointment, Mat-
tie Robertson, accompanied ”
led by her cousin,
Richard Eubank, ’ the twelve-year-
old son of Mr. Eubank, went to
Dr. Wile’s office. The doctor explained
that lie would prepare the sore place ou
the little girl’s head for the reeptlon of a
new skin, and that he would have to take
for tills purpose the needed flesh and cuti
cle from one of their arms. When every
thing was in readiness for the operation,
Dr. Wile asked the children from whose
arm the flesh should he taken. Both of
them looked at the shining blade of the
surgeon’s knife, and then the boy with
manly gallantry hared his arm and held it
out to tne doctor. With the love
in that misrepresentation, hut the solid
fact is, fully seven-tenths are republicans,
and Mr. Benedict -.viP d i considerably Ions
than his duty if he due., not proceed vigor
ously to adjust, tlie inequalitv. It is be
• • ■ - - .i ..t . ,.™i ...i,..
e of the
specialist in his work, Dr. Wile
proceeded to take twenty-five
small pieces from the fore-arm of
] young Eubank and placed them upon
the head of his cousin. The hoy and girl
j stood the operations bravely, and it was
performed to the doctor’s satisfaction. The
hoy’s father was not so well satisfied, how
ever, and when the children reached home
and told what had been done, which was
the first intimation of the affair, Mr. Eu
bank was enraged. His indignation knew
no bounds, ami repairing to an officer of
the law he swore out a warrant, charging
Dr. Wile with assault and battery upon his
~ lie
lieved he is the kind o' a democrat who
can lie depended on to look ufter demo
crats, and if the president gives him a free
swing there will he a great cleaning out.
The opportunity is a fine one, as there is
altogether about 2400 employes in the
printing office, and $3,000,00') has been ap
propriated to cover its exuendlture for th-
current fiscal year. Mr. Rounds had $2.-
425,000 last year, hut Mr. Benedict will
, son, and had him arrested. Dr. Wile gave
j a $200 bond for his appearance, ana the
1 hearing of the ease will excite no little in
terest.
TEXAS DROUTH SUFFERERS.
Mftu Hi-i’lltlK M flftlla* 111 Arrange Plant of
H’-Mi-l’ I’l-uiniit Art Ion Taken ami the Work to
hr 1‘ihlifil.
only he keeping up the record by doing i
fifth ’
one-fifth more work with one-fifth less
money. Not a single one of 2400 appoint
ments at the command of the public
printer is hampered by the restrictions of
civil service reform, and many of the
places pay well. In the office of the put
It ' ‘ ” ......
ViiKiiHtn t’lk-litiiiwl.
Augusta, Ga., September 3.—At 10:40
p. in., another shock was distinctly felt | eame. 'Evidently
here. The streets are filled again with | eou’’aoe to
people. “ — *
YVlIm: 11 irton Feel* It.
Wilmington, . N. 0., Sc-j
ember 3.—
Another distinct, but not severe, earth
quake shock was felt here at 11 p. iu. Mu< h
alarm was created and many people rushed
from their houses into the street-;.
.Ift. to
.Kilt-4.
Jacksonville, September 3.—At 10:02
to-night a distinct shock of earthquake
was felt here-, lasting five seconds. It
paused great excitement.
Kichraoml Ratio r ksclteU.
Richmond, Va., September 3.—At 11:03
to-night a shock of earthquake was felt
' here. In some places in the upper part of
the eitv it was as severe as that of last
Tuesday night, the people in some oases
leaving their beds and rushing into the
streets. The oscillation is said to haw
to view. The pictur
1 the walls, aud the chairs remain as they
i were left by the family; beds are un- |
; touched, gas turned on,and the view of the
• store room is ns it was when the first ,
the owner has not
warrant his re- i
The most alarming nature of'
the- present condition of affairs
rests in the shaken up condition of the
buildings. Nine lengths of brick struc
tures are craeke ' through and through
and threaten to tumble chimneys which
huv-.- not actual’.:.' fuller, are badly careened
and would fall i! tor. -bed. A reporter
who has made atour of that portion oi thi
cil> most disastrously damaged states that
the structures damaged are mostly fifty
. ears and more of age; not a single substan
tial building was seen which had suffered
materially from the shock. Until some time -
shall have elapsed ana confidence shall
have been fully restored the most of tlie
shattered buildings will not be re-entered,
a.-, a shock at this time would be more, dis- '.
astrous than all of those which have i
already been experienced, and buildings j
could easily be shaken to atoms. An ex- i
aminatioo of material from tlie wrecked]
structures show them to have all :
been trail. The Charleston and one or two |
the other leading hotels hi
the affected area.
reads as foHows:
Remember, Summerville’s distre s is
Prompt relief of tents and
ie printer there are five clerkships—four
■ $1— ’ • *-—
at $1800 and one at $1200. The disbursing
averiil
very great,
money is needed.’
The second dispatch was sent by F. B.
Fishburne. nnd says: “Send three hundred
tents direct to this place. The shocks still
continue, and tnuny famillesarehomeless.'’
The president of the board of di-.L icl
commissioners has issued nn address to tin-
public, expressingu desire lhata’1 sli-ili la-
done which can be’done to nmiiife-st tin-
sympathy of this community for the s.it
ferers from the late terrible disaster in
Charleston, and offering to receive and
properly distribute contributions
performances will lie given
principal theatres and places <
ment in the city for the bene
Charlesiv -o sufferers.
CANADIAN METHODISTS.
•.I.
Toronto
oral confert
Canada assi
i-j-diction o
in the dorn
ember 3.-The gi
Methodist ehurcli
e to-day. It has j
Methodist church
.vfouudhtnd and L
ns in Jap:
clerk gets $0.40 a day, and lias severs
clerks under him. The foreman of the
printing and the foreman of the bindery
get $2100 per annum, lli sc two foreman-
ships being considered the “fattest places”
In the office. The assistant lbrcmnnsliips
are quite numerous, and pay from $6 to $0
■i day, There are scores of copy-holder! .
messengers and laborers, etc., each posi
tion paying from 25 to 50 cents an hour.
The watchmen get $2.59 a day.
Dallas, Texas, September 3.—A mass
meeting of citizens of Dallas, East Dallas
and Dallas county was hold here to-day,
pursuant to the call of Mayors Brown and
Crutcher, and County Judge Bower, to de
vise means to aid west Texas drouth suffer-
Thc following olan wus adopted:
lall he
VOORHEES AND THE VICE.
Dal!
the :
first
jlici!
all
orm: i
is the 1
!( llliio
>f tile
dist
has
rl confe-r-
fa!! th-..- Metho-
follov
Wasiiingt
Voorl
from Indiani
to-duy of ilu-
nai
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a,.
'■port
pel'll.)
then
.Yi-iv York’s Ciinti-ihulli:
New York, September 3.
amount subscribed by the Nr-
ton exchange brokers to-day to
lit of the Charleston sufferers is
- Do
union nr ■
one-fifth
the be
$3375
A Li tter Friuli tlie Vlnir-Ciei.-ial.
Nf.YV York, September 3.- The Brook
lyn Examiner Inis received the following
dispatch from Vicar-General P. I), lhifi'y
been perceptible from the southeast to the
northwest. No noise accompanied the . „ — ----- „ .,
shook 1 begun to receive guests, although but a for bishop North rope:
: small portion of their houses are in a | Charleston, S. September 3. T
condition to be occupied, Inquries eon- ; the Editor of the Brooklyn Fixuniini '-
tin ut to pour in for friends of Charleston '•<-*>--**- ' ’
from different parts of the country con
cerning tne loss of life. Search for tin-
dead is progressing, but it is believed that
all bodies have been found. This morning , .
employes of the Southern Telegraph com- : erecting a temporary altar in the; cut ho
.. — - . . . panv returned to the company’s main drai grounds. Our loss and suffering are
will sleep in the streets to night. I on Broad street, cleared up their i great. [Signed] P. L. Drn-’v, V. G.
8uvftiiiiidi SU-i-|ilny tii Hu* SIrH-1
Savannah, Ga., September 3.—At 10:3ji
o'clock to night another shock was tell
here. Jt was more severe than any save
the first one Tuesday night, and the peo
ple were again thoroughly terrified. All
structures were deserted and everybody
The Catholic churches, orpin
firmary schools and pastoral res
have been seriously damaged. Mir
were the escapes of the priests, sist
orphans, who are now camping
(XK)
iaS6. The Methodists of tin
ber over a million, or about
the population. The strength
is in Ontario, where they constitute abo
one-third of the population. Tin; Metro
politan church, in which the conference
meets, erected through the efforts of t he
late W. Morley Punsnon, is claimed to be
the handsomest Methodist ciiurch in tin;
world. The Rev. Dr. (Jarman, one of tlie
general superinteinhnts. pivsidod. Tin;
conference is composed of an < 'j,»al num
ber of ministers and la3'im n, tin; former
in the proportion of one in ten of the or
dained ministry. Dr. Curmun read a com
prehensive and vigorous address to the
conference, in which he said: “Whatever
we may think of home rule, we believe in
the unity of the empire and the
sovereignty of tlie queen and parli
tlie :
tion «
•• riif
to t.iis fit
tank dciii.i
in tmioin;
. .•limQ tiia
there
count
its e!)
tin
Slight in At In ut ii.
Atlanta, Sejjteinber 1.—A slight earth
quake shock was felt here at 10 o’clock to
night.
delayed wont and resumed service.
A JOINT MEETING OF THE TWO EXCHANGES
Cully Comes In at taaf.
Germantown, Cal., September 3.—Two
heavy shocks of earthquake following
each other in rapid succession were felt
here at midnight to-night.
At a joint meeting of the Charleston Ex
change and Merchants’ Exchange to-day
the following was unanimously adopted:
“To all exchanges and commercial bodies:
Our banks, warehouses, cotton presses,
wharves, railroads, mills and everything
else necessary for handling business,though
damaged, are in working order.
We fear no further disturbances.
This destruction of property
will cause great distress and sufferings, but
. ...r I vi .i.t'u on,..ti.,- -Tin. will not interfere with the dispatcli of
Further Ik-tnlln of Tin-win) >i»li* s IFiwistei 1 , bu8 i !less . A. W. TAFT,
People Promptly (living AM to the Sufferers. j President Charleston Exchange.
Charleston, September 3.—There is no j B. Bellman,
special change in the situation this morn- President Merchants’ Exchange.”
ing, but as there were only two ! These joint meetings also adopted resolu-
very light ones at .that during the rnght, tions J ’ ’ ” * ” — ~
The Examiner has sent an appeal to thi
clergy and laity of the New York ar.<
Brooklyn churches to aid in swelling tlu
fund for the relief of the suffering emigre
gallon* of (,'harleston. Many of them wil
respond on .Sunday.
THE SITUATION AT CHARLESTON.
JA( Ki
citizens
day for the be
ferers. makin
nt.u.
. iiiiiulhoiin- i'nnfrdliutiou.
v. Fla., September 3 Thu
:.ee raised another .fl0T<0 l<>-
nefit of the Charleston suf-
$2000 in two days. T/ie
Jacksonville and Atlantic; railroad will give
its total gross receipts next Thursday to
the fund, and this is expected to be an
other thousand dollars.
Half IiiuiiVk Hi it Heart.
Baltimore, September 3.—Counter sub
scriptions started by the American, in aid
ment. So he believed in the
unity of the Methodist church, and j
the supremacy ol tlie general conference.” I
He paid agener i > -• tribute to the memory I
oftnels: D . itiee. senior general super- i
intendciit, wli > di ; 1884, and was suc
ceeded .id : : - My l.y the Uev. Dr. Will
iams. « .•«nil , erc;.cr, M he said, “had no
(luestions uf doctrine to discuss, no new :
theology to propound; it had no vigorous |
creed to .»ofte;i down or languid orthodoxy
to stiffen up.” He referred to the inter- ]
ference of the supreme court of New j
Brunswick with tlie annual conference by i
granting an injunction to restrain the con- ,
ference from an ecclesiastical trial of a
minister for alleged immorality. “The •
case touches,” he said, “the right of a ;
church to exercise discipline over its mem
bers and must he tested.”
•si A
.11 non,ch:,e. In a eoi
id kindred suljjects, he >aicT
my sunundeiiiig the Unitcul
States seimtorship. a position that lilts tin
full measure of my ambition, for the vice-
presidency! It is an office worthy of any
American citizen, nut in which 1 could be
of no service to a friend, whether he
applied for the position of watch
man or minister abroad. No intelli
gent friend would ask me to take
tlie office und 1 would not have it. Mr.
Hendricks never wanted the vice-presi
dency, but his friends ut Chicago permitted
the nomination to be forced upon him, for
the reason that lie was, at the time, out of
public life. The history of my political
career is peculiar. 1 have never had a con
flict in my own party. Every nomination
I have had from the first has been by ac
clamation. A fight with democrats is
something for which no office could recom
pense me. I was defeated for congress
once -never but once. Last morning when
my wife came to call me she said mildly:
‘we are invited to a wedding to-day, hut
I suppose you would rather not
god Looking around the room
my eyes fell unon the tweed suit, arrayed
in which I had made the campaign.
‘Wife,’ I replied.‘will you please take these
and
vm s.uu» v~ -pply to the president and to con
.uvi w «. a. . 11n J“ cfress for a national loan to aid the citizens of the sufferers by the Charleston disaster,
terday. Sympathetic articles in tne news- , cliar j 9ton j n rebuilding the city. , have reached $1500,which amount has been
papers and the offers of aid irom aiuQrenL i nnl . nflil to.da V adonted the fol- forwarded to the mayor of that city,
quarters are a great encouragement to'the The .^“tYnreswnw to numbers of the fund is growing rapidly. The f
stricken people of Charleston. The most l^ing. 1 hat m response w numnersoi fe se Jling tickets For an afternoon
urgent neecf now is for the early repair offers of “wfctonce andIsympathv nrom our evenin( , r 7 tr f ormance , to be g iven v
ofthe injured buildings so as to make them sister citiesandfr j authorized to Wednesday at Ford’s opera house, for the jail, of which Smith was one, died WeS
habitable. A high wind and heavy rain other «tetes, the: may or isauthorlzea to . benefit ofihe sufferers, and several thou- nesday night. Sentinels had been station- ,
woffid bring many shattered buildings, to | state.that great.^nd dollars will be realized. Mayor ed[for two davs in different parte of the I
the ground and injure hundreds^^j | the^ar^qu^e^, , Hodg?8 has appointed a committee of city to give the alarm as soon as Adair
clothes away? dlivo them to the rag man,
liury them, burn them, anything, only let
me never see them again. Bring me a
dress suit. Yes, we will go to the wed
ding.’ / siiuii never forget tlie look of us-
tonished delight which my wife gave me.
With hut one exception, I never expe
rienced larger enjoyment ut a wedding."
Mr. Voornees paid iiis respects to Con
gressman Bynum, of Indianapolis, in an
uninistakuliie way, and said he hml acted
in bad faitli on several occasions.
First, a depot for contributions shall
crtahlishcd at railroad stution and neigh
borhood in the county, to he under the
charge of three persons at each place;
second, there shall be a general storage
house for the reception of contributions
in the city of Dallas to be in charge of tlie
members of the general committee,
residents of the city and sub
urbs; third, there shill! he appointed
by tlie president of tills meeting
a committee lo consist of live citizens of
Including the storage keepers and
lal solicitors provid’d for in Uic
olulion. Each set of members of
mmittee shall ho authorized to
m’.I receive supplies in such matter
may deem (test, giving receipts
, mid keeping an accurate ac-
reof. The committee, through
in, shall adopt the most prompt
and efficient means to ascertain where re.
Ii’ i“ most needed, regardless of locality,
mid from time to time forward supplies so
as to afford relief to us many places as the
contrihiilions will justify, b.v the Texas
and Pacific, the Gull, Colorado and Santa
Fe. the Houston and Texas Central and
t e Fort Worth and Denver railroads, all
of which have proffered to transport such
supplies, togethet with seed wheat, free of
charge.
All contributions shall be reported week
ly by the receiver at each station to the
chairman of the committee, who with its
secretary shall keep a full account of all
such receipts and tlie manner of their dis
tribution. It shall be the duty of the com
mittee, however, to forward all contribu
tions for particular persons or places as
desired by the contributors. Incidental
expenses unavoidable in the discharge of
their duties may be paid from cosh contri
butions.
Jules Schneider, T. L. Marsalis, J. S.
Armstrong, F. 1». Holland, J. Ranch, F.
M. Cockrell and E. M. Powell were ap
pointed a committee to devise and carry
out the most feasible plan of supplying the
sufferers with seed wheat for sowing the
next crop, and local receivers at each sta
tion in the country are requested to aid
and co-operate with them.
Thu chairman appointed seventy citizens
from the two cities and the county at large
to collect relief in shape to send to the suf
ferers.
John Henry Brown, J. M. Hurt and F.
P. Holland were appointed a committee to
publish und circulate an address to the
people, setting forth the condition of large
numbers of destitute fellow-cittizens in the
west, and soliciting their aid in affording
id
them relief, said address to lie published
and circulated with the proceedings of the
id thut Dallas couu-
It is estimated
Texas Taltisi the ('.kit
Greenville, Texas, Septembers. -Dep
uty Sheriff Adair, who wus frightfully
carved by John Smith Saturday last, while
that officer was in pursuit of six prisoners '
TREASURY TRANSACTIONS.
meeting,
ty will furnish in cash, provisions, medi-
■ cines, clothing and seeds fully $50,090.
who had escaped from the Hunt county
ch Sin’ '
i ground and injure
dences which have
rooft. It would be
Tli<> I’ulilir lleli 1 stu!'-mi nt Shuns a U'TI'CAM 1 hi
tin 1 Treasury.
Washington, September 3.—The public
debt statement and the stutement of assets
and liabilities of the treasury, issued to-day,
show a decrease of $3,678,74 704 in tlie net
cash balance of tlie treasury. The net
. i . , Ce.-ovd r’atholfc churches prominent citizens to raise a reiief fund in 1 should die. And hooii after Adair’s death
Of great , dered Se \_eral_ Gatnouc _jmurcnes £ Me it ig nee ded, or the citizens of Charles- an armed mob was on its way to the jail.
A. . A 11 T.. _ f J I Ma iiAuiaf n n/io II’OII t.RV.no.1 LiIV. tFI. in/,It
balance reported July 31 was $80,206,325 98,
' ’ ’ ’ ila ’ ' " ' ’
service if ^corps ofgovernmente^ghm^ers | ^dr^^chap" 10 ^ nTTe usel ton c^ii for lid
couldbesent here at once to e nnii mine f or services Sunday. A temporary altar I ,
w°hhffi ofthem can be safelv occupied or ] wfli^he erected on ^ cathedral grounds, j Ai , gubta Ga ,,Semtember 3.-Charieston df ’ nf - Everything passing off in an orderly
allowed to stand. The local arttons have will be*mSe as soon as tho condi- appeals for immediate aid for the earth- wanner,
their hands more than full. President Kepairs win ue Thg CafhoU< , quake gufferere . Co i. M . J. O’Brien, gen-
Cleveland has authorized *5® s « cr ®^ :r ^ )Ut ^hwls have all been injured; the academy eral superintendent of the Southern Ex-
to send here a h “"“ re “, needed of our Lady of Mercy on Meeting street, , press Compa
: than that number are the Central school on George street, and puny- will. fi
No resistance xvas offered. "Smith "was
taken some distance from the city and
hanged. The lynching was without inci-
and the balance reported for yesterday is
$76,527,561 24. 'flic ’ ’ ’
'Tlie aggregate balance,
which includes the subsidiary silver in the
ise of $4,3
war
more
It is reported that there was a
ysss^-jrsLsa
»iiss.’isfisssrI'-S M. m.-«i-i* -i
New
perintendent of the Southern Ex- Tiro Ni-imii-« llamifl.
Company, telegraphs that his corn- Memphis, September 3.—James Simp-
will forward contributions for the son and Patterson Bell, negroes, were
relief of the earthquake sufferers, free of banged to-day at Marion, Crittenden eoun-
charge. ty. Arkansas. They both declared their
-—— innocence, although they confessed. The
Baltimore Meant Baninwi. ; drop was sprung at 1:20 p. in. and in two
Baltimore, September 3.—A meeting minutes noth were pronounced dead, their
isters and j woe held at the mayor’s office to Oay when nteks Laving been broken.
treasury, shows a decrease of $4,327,027 57.
That is, the treasury held July 31 ; $109,134,-
242 61, whilst at the close of business yes
terday it held only $104,807,215 Oi over and
above all outstanding liabilities. These
changes are due to an increase of some
thing over a million of dollars in the liabili
ties of the treasury on account of the
national hank redemption fund, and very
considerable increased liabilities in the
post office department account, and for the
treasuri r’stransfer checks and outstanding
drafts.
The net holding of gold hai failtn oil
UuslaeiM Failure!!.
New York, September 3.—Business fail
ures occuring throughout the country dur
ing the last week, as reported to R. G.
Dun & Co., number for the United States,
166; Canada, 24. Total 190; against 201 last
week and 116 the week previous. The
Western and Pacific states furnish nearly
oue-half the casualties reported in this
country.
( oiiKreHHiuaii Martin’s Successor.
Birmingham, Ala., September 3.—The
democratic convention of the sixth Ala
bama congressional district at Fayette
Court House, to-day nominated John H.
Bankhead on the 154th ballot to succeed
John M. Martin.
Sulriilr In AiiKUfttu.
. leuteml
of N. W. Murphy & Co., shoe dealers, sui
by
cided to-day £>y shooting himself through
tbt Lead in a fit of temporary insanity.
~ 1 4 11$| i —,Mi
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