Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 01, 1886, Image 1
flJB Jb & i fci nlff 0 SIXTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1886. NUMBER 06. GRAND FREE-FOR-ALL SHAKE , Bhocis of Earlliquako Felt at Many Differ 'I ' ! ent Places. 'ft FRIGHTENED FOLKS FLEEING. Sensational TroniOM In Tail HitllilliiRS -l'i intern' Ncr\CH Completely IMccl The Ciln1)o Houki Ijlkc a Sturiii-Clinscd Sliip. At Chicago. Cuio.Voo , August 31. Erratic notions on the part of the baiometor In the signal office heic tills evening caused the sergeant In charge to pause in a middle of an observa tion. His hands , he noticed , Humbled violently mid tor a moment lie thought him- sell ill. The locking of a largo chair in the middle of the room and the rattling of bottle : on the shelf quickly brought him to the real isation tnat a qnako or the earth was in pro- Kiess. The lirst wave began at exactly 0:01 : and lasted six or seven seconds. Its motions weio from west to cast and tlieio were about three or lourvibi.itlont , to a second. Tin barometer went up MOO of an Inch in MOII minutes. Soon alter the shock II marked 80.17 and continued to lise iiuildly. Tin effects ot tlie shock weu not geneiallj noticed in Chicago except In the uppi'i stories ot tall buildings. Persons who Imp pened to beeonveising by telephone ut tin time , suddenly lound themselves ' 'put oil , ' and lei a time the tioiible was heaped un sparingly upon the central ofllce. A panto wascicated In the public library reading loom. The lloor apai iment does noi lest upon Joists in the ordinary lashion. bill Is snspomfed t.-om the loot ot the comt lumsi andtormsn soil ot gallery or half stoiy , Only about halt a hundred uuoplo went hi the loom at the time , Imt the flwaylnji ot the lloor caused them to rush tonor- Btiicken to t\\o uanow stairways , wldcl weie choked In an Instant with btnmglln ; ; masses ot liiim.inlty. Tlio ciusli was onlj iiiomentarj and Ihuciowilscanipeicd qnlekh through tliu bioad hallways and Into tlu Rtreet. So tar asjcnowti all escaped witlioui bcrious Injuiy. At St. Louis. ST. Loi'is. August 31. A very rtistlnc' ' earthquake shock was experienced hero thi ; evening l ( J o'clock. It lasted for about ( quarter of B minute. The shock was not a all violent ami tesembled a seiles of watei waves , ( iiiests occupying , upper lloors of hotels tols in-shed down badly frightened. At Mn faoniehall. w heiu a company ol Knights Tuin plnr weiu diilling , pictures swung nutwan tiom the walls. is'o casualties have jet beef icpoitcd. At Cincinnati. CINCINNATI , Allgtlbt 111. At 9:10 : P. 111. city time , a slight .shock of caithquako was felt here. Printeisui tlieSun office btaileii to run down slairs , thinking the building : falling. Tho.slioclt wasquito peiceptiblo a the telepliono exchange and other buildings , but It was not noticed much by persons 01 the sheets. Itepoiteis In the police he.ul quaiters m.uli : a stampede from the shakj building into thestieet , as the building has been expected to collapse lor several years At all the hotels there was more or Ics- flight and contusion , but no casualties The bamo , may bo said of the thca tres , though a panic was nairowtj aveiled at HeucK's. All the clock : in the Western Union office stopped at 8.r : ) * tamlud : time. Piobably the woist scare o the nlurlit was In the composing loom'of tin Commercial Ga/ctte ollice. Them tlio sway ing teirlllcd the piinters and : i dnimi or s ( jumped out of the windows to tlie loof of th < adjoining building. a..distanco of six teet None werubeiiously Injmed. At Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS , August 31. At 8r.Q : , stan dard time , a shock of caitliqnako was dib tlnqtly felt In this city. Opinions differ as t ( the dilution of the shock , but tlio majoiitj of poisons put it at about thirty seconds. Tin hhocl : did not appear to cause the swaylnj motion noticed in the earthquake of twi 3 ears ago , but was ot a tiomnloiis , qniverini chaiactcr. A large piece of coinlce of tin Denlsoii liotel was dislodged from the Wabasl stieet front and Its descent came nearstilk ing a passer-by. Many gne.st : of the house lushed Irom thet rooms in alaim and similar scenes weie wit noised In a number of oilier buildings. A lire watchman on duty in the comt liousi tower , at an elevation ot 111010 than 200 teet iound his domicile swaying in such ai nlainilin ; manner that Im concluded to seel safely at a point near the eaith. JSo daniagi lias jet been repoited except the tailing o pieces of the Denlson house coinlco. Tin .lonuial's specials Indicate that the bhocl was u'oneial throughout the stato. At Teiro Haute two distinct sliocKS von felt. Tlio shocks weio about ten second npait and each was of about twenty second ! dilution. Windows wciuiatllcdand in sev eral eases plastoiing was dislodged trom tin ceilings. A laigo audience was present a tlio opera house , attending a mlnstiel show The building shook until the people bccim < panic Ktilckcn , being under lliu impicsslot that the structuio was about to fall. Thooi In the galleiles felt the shod the most seveii'Iy , and they rosi and made a rush tor the exits Thoeio\\dsin the other paitsof the housi followed , and theioas .stingi-ling am lushing tor the doois. Almost the ontln audience fought their way to the stioet Kuvui.il policemen , who weio pie.sont , stoot in the < lom ways ami attempted to keep tin frightened people back. Ono man w.i pushed over the gallery , but saved himself b ; calolilnu' tlie lalllmr , Ts'o one wasseiiousl ; limt. Reports tiom various qtmitcrs of tin eltyMato that slecpcm WPIO awakened bi the swailng of beds and the rattlluj o" windows. _ Al Clovolnutl. Ci.r.vni.A.vi ) , August : tl , An cnrthquaki shock , lasting about one minute , occnnei here at U3 : ! ! p. m. Bulldlngb swayed per foplibly. No damage Is yet lepoitcd. J'eo plo left the tlip.ities and inn Into the fat I cot ! : ami cre.it exeltoment prevails. At Detroit. DKTIIOIT. August 31.At ' . ) o'clock a shod of earthquake caused considerable excite inenl In this cllv. It was of short duration but distinctly felt In dlfleicnt parts of town liitheFu-o Piess ofllco the edltoilal fore- - Hindu a stampede tor the. street , while In Hi cnmposlng loom the weekly man all Moppet \voil : , but those on piece \\oik kept light ou At Milwaukee. MIMVAITKIIK , August 81. Laigo building wcie shaken to tholr foundations about ' o'clock to-night by an eaithquako slioek tha lasted neatly a minute. I'eoplo lied In at flight to the stieet. Windows WPIO biokui in nimicioiK buildings and pletuieb fell lion the .vallh. No inrtieular damugo was done ' 1 ho shock was felt only In linger bulldimrs and only in the eential part ot the city. 1 wasthomo'jt ' mveu > In the fouithaul , h the lashlonnblu ifsideucu dL-tiict. At Diiuiiquc. IHnjuquK , la. , August 9 -An 1 earth quaki shock was felt heie nt S:53. : It shook tal buildings severely and a part of the oudl nice In Ihe opera house i.\n out and for ; moment llieio was a scene of contusion I'lluteis In the ton stoiy of the Herald olllp lan I ami the building and Kue.sU ran lion the upper looms In ( no hotels. At nut-Huston. UUiti.iNQTOX , la. , August SI. A sllgli shock of c.ulhquako was felt hero at 0 o'cloo ] this evening. Some of the o"cupants of hL'l Imllulugs beat a hasty ictteut to the streets Ko damngu done , . HI.OOMINGTO.V , 111 , , August 81. Xot fa from U p. m twosepsrnto carthquako shock wcru Ulstlnctly felt ull over this city , UcsLs lutiilture and cliaudeliers bwajcd. Th latter oscillated north and south' Chandeliers depending four feet fiom the ceiling vibrated three to four Inches. Buildings shook so that the motion was plainly felt. Some people heard the rumbling much as If nn empty barrel weio being tolled upon the lloor. At MenUvlltc. MiAnviu.R : , Pa. , August 31. At 10 p. m. , a shook of eaithquako was felt here , fol lowed Immediately by a slighter shock , the whole lasting about twenty seconds. The streets weio nt OIIPC filled with people. Guests rushrd from tlio hotels in their night clothes. Women and chlldien were crying anil screaming , and everyone more or less alarmed. As far as c.ui ba learned no damage - ago has been done. Atow York. Xiw : YOIIK , August 31. At 9 : . ' ) ) this evenIng - Ing n very decided c.uthquaKo undulations were fi'lt here , and according to Itelograms , at the Baltimoie , Washington & Richmond. In upper slories ot iho tall Western Union building In this city tlio waves were plainly discernible , and persons walking about ex perienced a sensation as ot falling. At Washington. WAMIINOIO.V. August 31. At 9"i o'clock lo-nlghl desks In the associated press olll-o In the Corcoian building began to vibrate in a pccullai , but unmlstakcahly fashion thai suggested an earthquake. A lew minutes later thu janitor icportud that tlie UDpur stories of tlie building weiu locking back and torth , and tlio night manager of the Weslein Union Telegraph otllce , made a similar announcement ou lliu additional Information that the clock on the western wall ol Iho loom had slopped. Tel ephone messages trom a gentleman con nected witli tlio Associated pii'ss ollice , who lives ou . Massachu setts a\ontie , and from oilier poinls in the city icportcd that ornaments on man tel pieces weio rattling. Teltviaph opora- tois in Atlanta a few minutes betoro this , had notified Washington operators that a "shako'1 was coming , and to look out lor It , hut no attention was paid to tlie wanting , as It was icsraided as a joke Major Powell , of the geological survey says that there is a line of weakness In the citM of thu eaith beginning somewhere boutli of Haleigli , N. C. , and extending In a line along the lido water past Hichmond , Washington , Bailimoiu and Troy , N. i" ; that this line ol weakness is matked by displacement , in some places this displacement is a feature In tlio locks , and in the neiuhboihood of this displicc- mentis lound the ; principal wateilalls which constitute the wateis of tlie Atlantic slope. "It will bo inteiestlng , " he adds , "to discover the legations of the nolnts ot origin ot thic earthquake to tills Hue ot displacement of weakness. " . Professor Simon NTewcomb of the Xautical Almanac , fniiiis-hes the following liguie-t 10- gaidlng the oaithquake : Tlio first shock oc- cuired at'.tjffl , 20 , second shock ati:5t ) : , 30 , and lasted unlll U:5 : ! > . Two shocks occuned. The second was of longer duialion and mote bi-veio than the lirst , and a lew secondslater It was fell in all pails of the city , and eieated consideiable consternation , boveial meetings in nrogiess in vaiious paitsof the city wcrobioken nn bv frightened mcmbois tlilnkins the build ings were tailing and lushing trom tliu halH into the stieets. At Albaugti's opeia house a lurje audience became Iright- cned by the locking of Ihe building and a stampede ensued. The occupants of the gallcilos , mainly gentlemen , jumped to their feet ns soon as the shaking t > cganandiiishcd pell mull down tlie blair * , falling over onu another in their efiorls lo escape Horn the building. They stopped for nothing until they i cached the street. The audience in tlie lower pat t of the house was composed pi In- clpally of ladies.but they wro less frightened than the galleries and very few lelt their seats. The performers went on with their piece and quiet was soon lestorcd. No one was injnied. People in tho-Hlreet did not feel the shock. The HrM knowledco they had of the occunonco was obtained fiom the sight ol the f lightened In- mate.s of the houses rubbing irom them into thu slieels. Tlie Western Union operator at Bowie , Md. , about twenly miles trom Washington , lelegiaphs llial Iho eailhquako cracked the walls of his .station and stopped the clock. Keports From Charleston. Niw YOIIK , August 31. The point from which the railroad leadlnsr Into Charleston IE repoited submerged is Havcnels , eighteen miles distant tiom the city. It Is probable that a pait of the track under watei lias ocen covered by a heavy rise in thorl\er. Telegrams from cities In South Carolina anil Gorgla say that the utmost consternation prevails on account of tliu non-iccelpt of of news from Chaileston , and many fear that a tcr- ilble calamity has happened theic. Since tlio earthquake shock theic has been no telegiaphlc communication with Chailes ton , S. C. , trom any point in Iho country. Tclcgiaph anthoiitles have been unable to got piess dispatches or other communication tiom there. This elicunistanco occasions gieatconccin. Tliat section of tlie country bcems to have bech the center ol the dlstuib- anco. Savannah , Ga. , icpoils that the shock was Iho soveiest ever felt In thai locality. Ills known Ihat a bridge in the vicinity of Charleston was shaken from Its foundation' and the wiies all lost , but thai is nol so ser ious as Ihe fuel that various other points , tlnough which there should bo communica tion wltn the city , aio unable to geUnuyjlilng from that place. Seutember 1 , 2:15 : a. m. Up to 3 a , m. theio had been no communication from Chailes- ton. The brldso that has fallen cariled the telegiaph wires into tlie city. A ropoit has boon received from a point twonUMivo miles tiom the city tliat thuiailioak Uacks leading fiom theic to Chuilcbtou have been sub- uieiged. _ , At Kichmoml. KiriiMO.vi ) , Ya. , August 31. At 5:10 : to night nbo\eini shock of eaithquako was fell in this city , creating llio groalest oxeitemcnt known heio in ten yeais. The .shock lusted about Ihipo minutes , and men , women and childion who had ictired jumped fiom their beds and inslied out ol doors. Kx-Stalo Senator Atkinson bald tliat glasses and other mtlc'es ' on his mantel wuiu dashed to tlio floor. Pur.sons In bai looms .said thuy thought they weio drunk , as tholi leet became unsteady. Decantere and glasses Clashed and eonstei nation prevailed for n while. Broad and Main stieets me yet lined with excited iieonlo. Thoguaids at tlm Virginia piison , In their fright , opened Iho cells of the pris- onuis and il is now said Ihe ptisoners aie prisoners aio frightened and unruly. The militia of the city lias been called out , and there is the wildest state of excitement thiouglioul the place. _ At Savannah , SAVANNAH , Ga. , August 31. People In every part of thoclty were thoioushly twit- tied , niuliushed tiom their houses into tlu streets and sought the open squaics and other places whoio they would be out of danger of fallina buildings , Isegioos weio paitlculaily denionstiuuvt and lan about the stieeH wiinglne tholi Imniii and giving vent to oxclaniatlons ol tenor. Smeuil chlmnoys fell and nianj buildings sulfeiedotlicr damage of a slmllai iiattuo , Clocks weio stopped and lamps and ornaments shaken from the tabloe and mantels. No buildings weio demolished so far as yet known up to 4 o'clock. No lives weio lost or injuiy to poison lepoited. Dis patches fiom tlio sniioniullug towns report i-xpuiloncc similar to that ot this city. Suveial publlo meetings weio biokcn up , aiul the audiences rushed wildly tilghloncd intc tlie streets. The streets were ciowded witli fear sti ickon luhablt-\nts , who would not gc indoots until after the second bhoek , whlcli was scarcely peicoptible , occurtcd , liftecn minutes lati > r. Fmnituro was moved , and w ludows and lamps weio biotcn in vailoua hotel ; , but no soilous daniago Is reported , The tepoit that the Bomboii liouso had ovci- tiuncd h without foundation. At Macoii , MACONGa. . , August 31 , There were twc shocks here , lasting In all about tlueu min utes. They stampeded the town , people running out of thu houses and gathering in frightened knoU In thoopon air. At Augusta. At'oustA , Ga. , August St. Asovcro shocls was felt liaio at U o'clock to-night followed at IntcnuH by four distinct jars. Peopli rushed Into the streets and HIP. principal thoroughfares are now filled with frightened people. The town Is wild with cxcllemcnt. The shocks continue and Signal Onicer Wil liams reports ten distinct shocks nt'Jtfl.'Ji.w , 10:01,10:07.10:21 : : , I0:2r. : 10:29 : , 10:31 : , 10:45 : , BONcnty-llftli meridian lime , AUGUSTA , Oa. , August 31. All the bridges here are safe. The shock continued to be feltns late a.s 10a : a. in. The town isteirlbly exclled. Thousands of people are on iho Rtiects , and no one Is sleeping In Augusta to-night At Atlanta. ATLANTA , Ga. , August ni. The city was thrown Into a state of the wildest oveitc- incut. Tlie shocks wcie accompinlcd by a rumbling noise and followed one and other In quick succession. At tlie Hist shock the people , but few of whom had retired , were filghtrueil did not kaow to what to attribute their stiange sensation , but in almost every In stance thought il was caused bv something i mining about theii houses , lieioie they had time to consider a second and much f-oveier shock was felt , windows being rattled , and brlc-a-biae ami oinairicnta falling liom the positions. From every part of tlieelty ppoplo inshed wildlv fiom tiiclr houses Into tlm stieets. Several lodges and public uipi'tlngs weio In session , and Ihose present lushed ppllmell Into the street. The scene at the negio churches was one of iho utmost con fusion , the necroos tailing upon theit knees and praying , declaring that judgment day was at bund. It Is repoited that several ladies fainted and sick peisons were liui- iledly taken from their chaiis. The chim neys of M'\eral hulldlnirs smashed thiougli houses , In so\cinl Instances with cotibideia- blc damage. A Trnlu "XVrcckciI. Aroi's"rA , On. , August 31. Al Longley on the South Caiollna road , fifteen miles fiom hcic and one hundred and twcnly-live miles fiom Charleston , the earthquake do- stioyed the mill dam and the water washed awaylheioadbed. A train dashed Into the flood and the engineer and m email were drowned. The engine is now lortr leet under water. _ At Memphis. Mr.Mi'ins , TPIIII. , August 31. A violent bhock ot c.utluiuake was experienced heio at STi : to-nl < ht. Its motion was from noith tohouth , and lasted tully ten seconds. It had a rapid oscillating movement. Great consternation was felt , and many who weio within their offices and residences , fled into tlie stieet. Numbeis who had retlicd , feel ing Ihe sensation , rushed out of their dwell ings , not waiting to dress tliemselves. The guests at the Peabody hotel liunied down stalls , thinking Ihe building was falling. It was the same allover Ihe citv , anil many women went Into hystoiics. It was Iho se- vt'iest shock ever experienced In Ihls section of thu country. _ At Nashville. NASHVJI.T.E , Tcnn. , August 31. 1 wo dis tinct shocksol earthquake weio tell here to- niiiht , the longer pne at S:51 : > , and the short- ui at 8:5T'/j. : It was very peicoptible lo all in tall buildings , but not lelt by a majority ot people. At Loutsvii.i.i : , A ugust 31. .V decided earth quake Mioek was lelt here at about' ) : ! ! ? u. m. , lasting nearly half a minute. Vibratioiib seemed to ho north anil south. Xo damage as } ot icpoited. _ At Lc.xlilKton. Lixi.\o'iox : , Ky. , August 31. A sliirht shock ol eat Ihquake was lelt in tills city a 9:15 p. m. \ibiationslasted litteen sec onds. _ At ltal iKh. ItAi.ninit , N. C. , August 31. Shocks were felthoie at 0.VJ and continued neirly six minutes. Buildings rocked , walls cracked , floois broke loose Iroin Ih ir supporls , cliim- neysfcll , lamps weio overtuined , and the motion of the earth was very decided. The sttects were rapidly filled" with people. Scieams of frightened persons could bo heaid. Tlio negroes were in great tear , anil such decided shocks weie never befoie felt hem. Hepoils are now lhal shocks vero felt all over the state. At Wilmington they weie veiv .severe and came near wiecklng several buildings. It is safe lo say that no such ex- citemenl was over known Lcic as thiseaitli quake has caused. _ At Charlotte. CiiARi.oi'TK , N. C. , August 31. A severe shock was felt here. Several chimneys were demolished and the giealest excitement pre vailed. Ciowdsgatheiei ) in Iho streets and lor half an hour there was much contusion and fear on tlio pait of the peonle. Three shocks wote felt , the fust being tlie most se- lions. At Columbia. Cor.UMiiiA. S. 0. , August 31. A terrific shock of eailhqiiako swept over this city from Ihe southwest at UJ3 ; to-night , bhaklng build ings fearfully , and since then theio have been ten distinct shocks , but none having the foicu ot tlio liist. Tlie lirst shock lasted fully thicu minutes , and It looked as if uildlngs would bo shaken down In different parts ot tlie city. But so fur no casualties are reported. Tlie streets aio filled with people gelling away fiom tholr bhaklng houses and cliildien scieamed In tenor. The compositors in the Heglsler ollico had to lea\o their cases seveial times , as tlio building seemed to lie in Imminent danger and In the dlrecl line of iho shocks. A laro political meeting was held in the comt house , but It adjonined in a panic. The walls of tlio comt house were clacked and one paitltion badly so. The colored people assembled In the streets iiray- Inir , At this hour (10:50 ( : p. m. ) people aio congregated on tqo streets and in gaidens fcaiing a recuirenco ot the caithquake. At Chni-leston , CiiAui.isTON' : , W. Va. , August 31. At 0:55 : to-night an earthquake shock was felt hcie. It was very soveio , lasting lor tlireo minutes. Many people who had retired tor tlio night weio bo frightened that they IOSQ and fled fiom their houses. Theio were a num ber of chimneys toppled over , but at tills hour no 1 miner damage and no deaths are re poited. Gieat excitement piovalls. Kill UXG FUOSTS. The SlKiml Officer Predicts Them In Several States , CinrAoo , August 31. "Theio will evi dently bo quite a general host during the night , " said the signal officer heio at 10:30 : tills evening In answer to an Inquiry. "It will probably bo light in lown , " ho continued , elanolng over his dispatches , "and very likely the same in Illinois. There will bo a deposit In Michigan also , and should the fall of lemppiatnro bo somewhat accelerated , it will bu a very heavy one llieie. The chances aio that many parts of Wisconsin will see what Is known as n killing fiost. Clear weather is piovatllng tluoughout this entire disli let. and with falling tcmporatine , light wct t and noitliwest winds , and low dow points 10- porled fiom nearly every station , theio Is not much doubt that the icsiilt will bo fiost- lia Moijfns , la. , August HI. Special to the State Heglsler Indicate a prctly general though not heavy fiost in noitliern Iowa last night with the piobabjlltles of a iccui- luncu to-night. Coin is genei.illy maimed and beyond damage. No fiost in this locality. ST. PAUL , August 81. Th < Pioneer Press specials from different paits of Minnesota and Dakota show xhat tlune was qulto a cell- oral fiost last night and the night befoie , Garden truck and late corn was damaged to BOIUO extent , but not very exclusively , tiraln is out of danger. Two Deaths From nil Old Feud , KEOKUK , la. , August 31. This morning Frank Lake * > hot and killed his wife and then himself at the residence of his son In La Urance. Mo , These people had been mar ried about thlity yeais. Tlio affair was the result of an old family feud. Ilubuquo Moving for a Court House. DuuuijUK , la. , August 31. Dubuque county votes October next on a proposition to erect a com t .house costing 9100,000 or S'-iOO.ooo. THE GREAT IOWA GEYSER , The Town of Belle Plaino in Dangof Prom tbo Natural Freak , TWO RAPID RIVERS FORMED. Alii Telegraphed l < 'or to Chicago nnil Scut to Divert More RC Other NCMS From lown. The Well Kpouts Torrents. CinrAr.o , August 31. [ .Special Tuloeinm to the Hr.i : . ] A dispatch was receded at tlio city hall this afternoon from the mayor of BeilePhilne , la. , vvhleh discloses a terrible state of nVfalis In that location. Fioin the accounts clvun It appears that an artesian well four Inches In diameter , burst when a depth of IbO foot had been reached In boring , nml Instantly a volume ot water was forced In the air ton distance ot seveial hundred feet. This Kiadually Increased In sl/o and volume until a stream of water fully sixteen Indies In diameter was formed and the up ward force of this stream is equal to the power of powder or dynamite. The water In large volumes is spouting high In the air and the supply seems Inexhaustible. Two glgan- llcih eis have been lormed by this phenom enal water burst , which are running through the town at tlio rate of twelve miles an hour , and are caiiyingcrythlng ! before them. House and Ihes are threatened by this pe culiar freak of iiatinc , and the citizens ol Iho lown aio appalled at their Im pending danger , which at picsent they me powerless to overcome. Finding it impossible to divert tills damaging Hood , an attempt was made to Insert sixteen inch boiler iron lubes in Iho well , but these weio Instantly blown out and forced high In the air. Finding tins phn useless the leiillled people then attempted to fill up the huge apeituie through which tins lenlble geyser was spouting its deluge. Fifteen cailoadsot stone weie emptied Into the well , but those weie Instanllv blown out and forced upwaid as though propelled by the force of a burst ing magazine of giant powder. Bags of sand weie hurled into the air by the tremendous deus force of the spouting water. The Noitli western railroad was called upon for assistance and instantly sent a largo gang of men to lliuiescue. The bridge gana of the county \vas also called upon , but up to this hour no abatement In the flow of water was perceptible , and tlie inshlnc rivers formed by it were washing the channel It had made deep er and wider , while tlie barrier formed by this immense volume ofwater was spicading over the low lands in the vicinity. AH other wells in that vicinity hate dried up , and the monster land waterspout Is apparently draw- inn its supply fiom tlresc wells. The nuyorot Belle Plalne In his last ex- tiemity tclegr.lphed to Chicago for the best engineers that could be secured to como im mediately to tlie snot and use their skill and energy in attempting to stop this peiilous condition of alfairs. City Engineer Ai tine- stall , to whom tht ) matter was relened. at once started out to find an engineer who would supply the demind , and succeeded in Inducing Lngineer Moigan to undeitake tliu mission. Aitingstall and Moigan ate , how ever , both ol opinion that but little can bo done , it nnytlnnc , to stop the flow of water , but that it niiv be po.jiblo to direct tho. riv ers Into less daiiieroi : directioii5tiulconnno them totlieii presenTchaunels. Morgan will go to Bi'lloPliilnoto'.iight ' , and If more as sistance M HKeflssartf jlr. Aitingstall will send all that is needtd. 'J his" is icgarded as one ol the most phenomenal fieaks of na- line which has yet bean made known. jiouu AIIOUT run Avin.i ; . CKDAHHAi'int. la. , Amrust 31. Monday , August 2) ) , Wm. wt'irandhons began Iming an iutcshm welUit the Intoisection of Beech and Washington .streets , Belle Plain , on the flat about four blocks south ot the Hurley house. The contract called for a well with three Inch easing and a How giurantecd. They bored a two inch hole and themized that the How ot water tluou h it would wash it out so Unit they could .sink a tl.reo inch casing. Tluuttlay they struck water at a doptli of Ib5 teet. Al this time they had about sixty feel of tlnee inch casing "down and tlm w.Uer lose with stiong loioo twelve feel above Hie sin la-e : in a solid tlitco inch stream , plainly .showing tlie strongest flow jet btiuck. Filday morning the How was under contiol. but durhu the forenoon in an attempt to force the tlnee-ineh tube into tlie two-Inch hole 11 .broke loose , wore away a sufllcient space outside the tubing to allow the watei to boll out aiound the tubing at the slntaee. At sundown Fi iday a stream of water a fool In diameter wrts pom ing out At 8 : liO o'clock thp city authorities weie ap pealed to , to take contiol ami give relief trom Impendlng'danger. Already many lots and houses were more or less flooded. At 9 p. m. a gang of men were set at work , the mayor and council personally superintending until nearly inornliiif. All expedients were tried , bill the water could not bo controlled , and Saturday inoi nins : Eugene Palmer pro pose a liftecn Inch tubing could be driven down to blue clay , believed to be about lilty feet , and bv thus coiitinlngtho flow to a com mon enter the oiitslijti flow could bo stopped and then the one in the tubing controlled , The plan ( ailed. II Is iihpossiblu lo estimate thodamau'es. Tlie south pait of the town Is Hooded anil the cellars are filled with water. Tlio How continues unabated , making two ilveis tlnough Hie lower pait of Iho city. In helplessness tlio mayor to-day appealed to hydiaulic enslnceihig science of Chicago for leliof. Valuable Trotter Killed. Convno.v , la , , August HI. [ Special Tele gram to the BEE.J This morning a valuable speed horse , Sunnier , owned by W. Little , of Jit. Vernon , 3Io , , and driven by B. Mor- rey , was run Into by a caieless driver at tlio Wayne county fair heio and Instantly killed. The horse had won sevoial races this sum mer , and was well known In southern Iowa and noithcrn Missouri. Death From Ijookjaw. WATnm.oo , la. , August 31. [ Special Tel- cgram to the BEE. ] Tlio nine-year-old son of Mr. Thoreman , of | hl ? place , has just died of lockjaw , occasioned by cutting his foot a few days on a chicken bone. Bettor TliniiiBello I'lnino. Niw : TOK , la. , August 31. [ Special Tcle- giam to thu BuK-J Much excitement has been occasioned here > y the discovery of oil in a well thirty-Hyp feet deep , dug for water , Thu oil commenced llowinc iii largo Quanti ties , with nn abundant supply pion < lbcd. in iho FOK. ST. Jonxs , N. F. , August -Special [ Tel egram to the BIK : , ] Another Iragedy of the Banks is icpoitod , twelve victims this time probably losing their lives. TJm lishlng schooner Meteor , just arrived ut Bay Hulls fiom thu Grand Bunks , bilngs the sad news that while tishlng on the 38th lust , n sudden gale of wind sprang up. An impenetrable for bhut down on the scone and nix dories with twelve men on bond were unable to reach the schooner. Theio is a bare chance that some of them may have been picked up , but the gale bln\v wltli such fury that It is thought the boats cquhl not live long in the fearful sea that wi ; ? running a slioit time after the storm bmsi , Now York J > ry Goods. Nr.w YOJIK , August viThe oxpoits of domestic cottons fpr the past week were 0,703 packages , making for the expired portion of the year a total of lC3ltU , packages , compared with 160,810 for the samu time last year. Ill- 418 In ifcj and jl'Cii ( : In l&SJ. At jobbing hands ; there was a very good duimtnd , while ot agents aiders for new and duplicate selec tions In connection with deliveries on old engagements liavo rctnrneU a largo total of sales. A KM inCTAljKS. _ The Richmond Convent ton to Mnrk n t'erlod of ( Jrcat Succcsse1' . CntOAfio , August 31. [ Special Toleeram to the BIK.J : A. A. Carlton , of Massachus etts , gland lecturer ot the Knights of Labor , left the city last evening for St. Louiswhore be will umleitako to settle some dlfllculty slmllai to those he has been HxltiR hero. Be fore going lie saldto a ropoitcr : "I think the Hichmond convention will bo the most Impoitant held by the order. Ono f Ihe icasons for It Is the fact that the picss thionghout the countiy Is endeavoring to make it appear thatlhoro is division and quarreling In the order. I beltuve , too , tint there Is a more conservative feclins among the leaders every where than thorn has been before , and I think we shall fed the benefit of It al lllclimond. If wo do , 1 think we shall go away from Hlchmon-l feeling that wo are In fact Just beginning lo walk , with promise of a glorious manhood befoie us. The prospects are thai more will be accom plished In the way of legislation in the var ious states than has e\er upon accomplished befoie. " . "Do j ou look for the same Increase In mem bership this year as lastl" ' " 1 see uo leason why theio should not bo t.'iusainu iclaliui Inciease as last year. It Is now estimated that there me one million niembuis in the or.'nnlxallon. Such an im- uienso oigani/ation requires a laige number ot teacheis , for I believe the Knlslits ot Labor , or something of the soil , fuinlsli the only safeguaids ol our institutions. They aie thocoiiservatoisof thu covcinmont. On one side me the extremists ! ! element which have more hno lor foreign institutions than our own , and sue moui moharchical in tlieli Ideas than otherwise ; and on tliu other tlieic are anarchists nml tumps , it these two weie to settle it theio would be no hope for the republic. 11 must bo settled by the people. It can't bo settled by the exttemo class or any section. " SWAMPED IN THE JPOOhS. A fSronUlyn Ilutchcr Iioy Squanders a Fortune and UlsnppenrH. Nr.w YOIIK , August 31. [ Special Tele gram to the Br.n. [ When William Symons , a prosperous ami popular Biooklyn butcher , disappeared nearly a month ago his fi lends supposed ho had become temporarily insane and had wandered otf. Finally , being un able to cain any clew to his wheieabouts.thoy began to look over Ids accounts and dlscov- cicd some rather good reasons why he might have skipped out , even though In a state of complete sanity. Not only U all his own money gone , but SO ,000 which had been put into his hands by a dying lelative , to be kept lor the benelitof the relative's heirs , are also missing. He had never been asked togivo any seeinlty or to take out reeular adminlstiallon papers foi the money. It was some time longer bet'oro tlie manner in which ho had gotten lid ot all this money , dining the few months thai it had been in his pos session , could be discou-ied , but within a few days a young lad , a nephew , was < ound who had been accustomed to go with him fiu- ouently to tlio lacu Irack and tiom this clew it woikcd out that ho had been ndespi'iuto better , plunging with lecklessness woithy ot the meal Walton himself , though with none ot his luck. Ho seems to have become im bued this spiing with a mad infatuation for the tint and spent upon It e\eiy cent he could lay lil-i hands upon. Besides the Irnsl funds mentioned , 52.500 given him by a fe male cousin to invest for hei and S'M.OOOof his own money is known to have irene into the capacious maws ot bookmakers since laslbpiiiiir. Nothing liast.beun hoard of him since his disappearance and II is believed ho ia cgmiiiit dtaincj .p THE HPOttTIXO WOULD. Beach arid Teomer to Ho\v thu Final Kaeo To-tiny. LONDO.V , August 31. The lasl of Iho pre liminary races in the international sculling sweepstakes were rowed to-day. Tlieie weie two heats , the first between William Beach , of Austialla , and George Bnbcarof England , and the other between John Teenier , ot fhe United States , and Neil Malteibon , of Aus tralla. Beacli and Teenier weio Hie winneih. Beach declaies ho is wonderfully well and confident of beating Teenier In the final i.ice to-morrow. The belling on the iciult ot tlie final heat between Beach and Teenier is seven to four on Beach. Tlie race will take place at 3.uO p. in. The Ro.80 Ball U coord. AT BAI/IIJIOHK. Baltimoie . 1 10000700-0 Brooklyn . 1 00001000 B Pitchers McGlnnlsaml Hendoison. Base hits Baltimoie 10 , Brooklyn 0. Knors Baltimore. " ) , Brooklyn T.Umimc Biadldy. AT PlIII.AUlII.I'HIA Athletics . 0 030010000-4 Mctiopolitaiis.3 5 Tun Innings. llaso hits Athletics 7 , Metro politans 19. Enois Athletics , Metiopoli- tans 0. Umplio Valentine. AT ST. Louis SI. Louis . 1 040002 1 New Xroilc . 0 200005 5 Pitchers Healy and Keefe. Base hits St. Louis I'J , New Yoik 7. Kuois St. Louis 1 , Now Yoik . ' ! . Umpiio I'leiee. Tlio game was called at tlio end of thu seventh inning so the New Yoiks could catch a train for Detiolt. St Louis . 1 332001 1 10 Cincinnati . 1 0 0 0 'J 0 1 0 4 The game was called at thu end of tlio eighth inning to cimblu both clubs to , catch t-ast bound tialns. Piteheis Heaidon , Richmond mend and Font/ . Base hits Uiowns 14 , Cin cinnati 5. Knoib Biowns 4 , Cincinnati 3. Umplie-Kolly. AT KANSAS CITV Kansas City . 0 0003210 2 8 Washington . 0 01000000-1 Pltclieis Wli'dman and Madigan. Base hts | Kansas City I'J Washington 5. Knors Kansas City 0 , Washington 0. Umpire Fulnier. AT Pirrsnuito Plttsbuiir . 2 20020100 1 Jjonlsvllla . 0 01013000 S PUcheis Moirlsand Ileckor. Base lilts | Pittslmr.'O , Louisville 10. Krioi.s-PHtsbuig B , Louisville * . Umplie-Walsh. At Shecjishoad Buy. Siinni'siiEAi ) HAY , X , Y. , August 31 The weather was cloudy , the track good , and the attendance tair. Pmso , thrcu-auarters mile : LVail Jennings won , Llttlo Minch second , Mute llilrd. Timo-l:17. : Handicap , sweepstakes , mile and eighth ! Boium/a won , Klgin second , Krnest third , Timo-201. ; Two-year-olds , tluee-uuarters mile : Maggli Mitchell won , Kingdom second , Louise third , Twin City handicap , mile and quarter : LouUett won , Maunieo bocond , Feiona third Time 15:121 : $ , Sweepstake ? , for threo-ypar-olds. mlle Endurer won , Pontlac second , Mamie Hum tblid , Tlmo 1:44 : % Seven-eighths mlle on turf : Witch won , Valet second , F.uor Third. Time 1 : ! , ' / , The AVahUHh Object H , CHICAGO , August 81. The bub-committee of the Southwestern Passenger association met this morning and agreed upon a gross money pool plan to eontiol tlio business o : the association lines. In the afternoon the committee of managers mot and consldeici the leport , but failed to make any piogtc-ss toward a settlement , as the Wabash objectei to a system by which tlio allolmenU of bust ne s to thu roads are lo bo made. Thu meet ing will probably continue several days. Investment in Mexico. CJTV or Muxico , August 31. A poweiful company of Knglish capitalists , with head quarters In London , has got possession of at old concession fora lallio.ul fiom Toxaikatu to this city , and will build a load which , 1 Is calculated , will involve an expenditure o at least 835,000,000. This is the most im portunt Investment of Kngllsh capital evei made in Mexico A VERY LIVELY BEAR DANCE , Kussia Displays Her Totnpor Over the Fail ure of tlio Uattonborg Bounco. PROSPECTS OF A GREAT WAR. nruln niul ( lie MOM to Lrntl Opposite Sets In tlio lilooily Colllllou OyatlonH totlin Hctui-ii- Is Wnilintnlncnt ? KOXDOV , August fil. | New Voik llpiald Cable-Special to th < s llii-Tlio : ; ) stock matket lingers and sensational pioviiu'i.il poiiespondenls yesterday and to-dav luno been eiiculatlng news th it the gicate t war of model n times Is Imminent , because It Is the intention of Germany to allow Atistila and Hungary with Tin key to inter- \ene in the Uiilgnilan tioubles mid fight Itussln. A gteat war may bo Imminent , as foteshadowed a month ago In an Intel \ low heio with an eminent states man , but the intention Imputed rUnne to ( Jeriuany nml Austria Is contradicted In e\ciy dispatch. Thh moinlng , for Instance , the latest information trom Helgrado leaves no doubt as to Kim ; William's desho to effect a piompl and complete i ( 'conciliation be tween Sen la and Hnlgaria. This Is to bo done Immediately , so that' within a few weeks all tiace of hostility be tween tlio two eonntiies will disappear. Milan's conduct will bo apmoved of In Vi enna , \\heie trampilllly In the Ualkin pen insula Is earnestly deslied. Tuesday's .seml-oflipial l-'temdenblatt writes In that sense. It trusts that the failmo of the revolution In Scrvla will bo a lesson to the people In the cast , and teach them to respect law and older. It believes the nnest system of consplmtois and police involutions has received a severe blow. Tlio whole aitlclo Is favorable to Prince Alexander and conveys tlio impies- slou that although ( ! einiany may have no special interests In Ilulgarla , It Is of Immedi ate concern to Austi la nmt Hungary that peace and order should be maintained south of the Danube. As for ( Jermany , It Is well known In offi cial circles that Count llozlicd yesteiday had along Interview with hoia Jddesleigh , re sulting In a dispatch to Burl In assming in character for peace. Ucsldes , all the morn ing dispatches show dial the rapid kaleido scopic changes in Bulgaria me leaving no loophole for Turkish or Hushlan interfeionce theio. _ Tliu Hulpirian litnz.c. Nr.w Yor.ic , August : il. [ Special Telegram to the JJii : . ] The Times' London coi respon dent cables : "To-night I learn ( lie details of what the wet Id is likely to leain within a few days. The conclusion of my infoiniant from It all Is that the greatest war of the cen tury is close at hand. The fact comes in part fioma gentleman who dined at Jungenheim with Baltenbeig's father Saturday and In part froma diplomat , temporaiilyhoiefor the pin pose ot consultation. First of nil , the secietof the Fiaiuenbad Intel view , hi thai DeGiers urged Bismarck earnestly to prevent Alexander's return to Bulgaria. Bismarck * 1dcclIr7ecytirrbriifiiltlilnftSir. > A great amount of telegraphing between Beilin , Vienna , London , Homo and Constantinople ensued. Whether DeGiers Kot an answer before his uncxpt'cjedly hasty depait- ure is not known , but the lesult was that Alexander was not icstrained trom going to Bulgaiia. It is belle\ed to bo ceitain that tlio uiessuio of Gei many , Aus tria and I ngland lias cairlcd Tuikey over once moie , and that the porte will authorize Alexander as a tributaiy prince to enter Macedonia , .subdue it. and Incoipoiate it as a pait of his dominion held under tlio potto , with a view of forming eventually the king dom of Bulgaria. Against this plan , it is said with practical certainty , that llussia will attempt to occupy Bulgaila , when she will boieMstod by Austria , Tuikey , lioumaiiia , BuUarlaanu Servla. This will enable ( Jei- many to hold aloof , keep Franco in awe , and satisfy the kaiser whoso sciuples have long delayed n collision between tlio Teuton and Muscovite. In the -liort , heated , diplomatic \\oilc eominif , England Ib believed to bo ready to assume the lead , and it Is far moio piooablo than It was Saturday that event ually she will take a hand in the light. It is a delicate tlilnir to picdict sneh u vast colli sion. 1 would not diealn of doing ft on my own Responsibility , but it Is a serious tact that the most ti listed men In the English foreign sei vice belie\o to-night that war is inevitable. TWo war coi respondents ot tlio London papers stait for Bulgaria to-monow. Alexander's Return. Buciunnsr , August 81. Tlueo leaders of the conspiracy against A lexamU-r , includ ing tlio ticasuier of the lovolutlonary fund , have taken iPtuge In this city. The go\cin- incnt decided to expel them and notified the refugees that they must leave. Tlio eonspli- atois thcieupon appealed to the Husslan legation lor piotcction and telegrams weie passing between the legation and St. 1'cteis- bmg dining the whole ot last night. Alex- anilei willariivoat 1'hllliiiopolls to-moirow. Tui.sovA , August ill , Ale.xandei's Journey - noy heio liom SHtova was a fcuiies ol ovations. The peolo ) ) headed by pilests lloc-ked to dillctcnt iiolntB on tlio louto of tlie pioccssion and gicetcd the piincu with shouts ot wolconie. A huge crowd lelt Tunovuto meet the mince fi\e miles distant and escoited him into town amid meat enthusiasm. An mldicss ol welcome was presented on behalf ol the populace , ami in leply Alexander congratu lated Til nova upon lm\ing commenced a counter i evolution In his la\or It is now said that the prince will pioceed to I'hilll- popolis to-Uay. Br.iu.iN' , August ill. A i-oiiespondent of thoTaL'hlattat Kian/enbadhad an Intenluw witli DeCleis , In which the Hussiaii toieign minister stated ho would leturn to St. I'etcr- binSeptemliei 3d , Ho would go by way of Brilln and have anothci eonlcienco In that city with Bihimuck. Nothing limil had been decided in legaid to llnluaiia In his icrnnt intcivlew witli thu Cei ! man chancellor , r.- ' it was not known then that Alexander would ii-turn to Sofia. DcGieis bald he did not know what the c/at's piesent intentions weie , but ho was MIIU Hnsila would not oc cupy Bnlgaila whllo that countiy was tian- nutl. Itnssla'H position would hoeiy cilt- Icalbhould Alexamlei iiibi-t iiion ] the oxoeii- lion of the men who leil the conspiiacy against him. DeGlei.s spoke in condemna tion ot Alexander's couihP , and alluding to Kngl.tnd'a action In the piomlsos , said bho nseil evt-ij thing that came within her leach as tin instiunumt tigainst ICusala. A IIL'SSIAX Dl.n.AJtA'UO.V. Loxno.v , August 31. Dispatches horn St. Petei shin g Mute tue Novoo Viemya declaio that I'iinco Alexander must IH : piuvcalcil from letuinlng to Sollu. iinil sajt , that all Hnsslaiib would cntliiislastlcally suniioit any bteps Kussln might take to pie\0iit him. KltANCK AND NOT JIUI.OAIJIA. Bcm.iN' , August ill. Tlio Xoilh German Garetto lelteiatcs tliatGeimnny lias noliuci- est whatever in Bulguiia , It .says ills not woith whllo to keep a single ( iriman holiller under aims on account of Bulgaria. The necessity lor German aimameiits is duo to France. "K\oiy Fieuch newspaper , " the ( la- zeUo tays , "i > io\es tlutt Franco h making uipld piupaiatlons to tight , and thutllnani-lal baerlllces mo bulng made to itilso tliu ( > )11- ) ck-ncy of horaimy. Gcimany mu&t always keep her ojcsllxed upon France.1' PAIUS , August 31. A dibpateh tiom Berlin says : I'd nee DolgorouU will not go to Bul garia. 'I ho Husslan armv , prior to thocour > i d'etat , will not re-enter 1'rlnco Aloxnmlrr'fc ! service. Thp dispatch also snys that rrinrot Alexamlcr is not at all sanguine of restorlnp order and would abdicate , onlj that he Is en- couiagcd by England to pcisovero , ; lUjOOOY ItKliKAHT. A Kcncnnl ortho Kiotlmr mill Mnt-doi * Hxpeotcit To-Day. Br.t.r.vsr , August 81.-Xcw | Voik Ilernttt Cable-Spt-cial to the Ucc.J C'onsldcinble nnvlety is felt in this cltj regarding the re sumption of police duty nt Snaiik Hill to * moirow , owlnc to the wietched teellng of pilde. The polleo authoiltlps llnnllv refused to accept the terms offered by the trailing cltl/uns at Shank Hill ns the price oC theli aid in biippie ing ilNoulor. While U isceitnln that the nullioilties will follow closely the suggestions oll'eied b > these they ne\cithiless ) leliise foimally to baigalu with any one until the police icgain possession of the Oraugedlstiicts. Hence the V1(11I.ANK ( COMMIT IKK IS 1I1S11A.VI1EJ ) . and Hie Oiatme leadeis refuse tonlil In any way towaid the suppression of dlsoider. A3 one bald to mn to-day : "lt thu police icf use our aid , and rclinc to glvj us n lecal positou , and insist on sending aimed Catholics Into Piotestnntilliitrlct-Msltli an unneeessaiy dis play of ( oicc , let them go n'u'nil. ' They assume the icspoiiblblllty for all that occuis. Wo me not to go out.sido our houses to help to stop disorder. If wo did we should probably be shot , or attested lor being members ot a riotous mob. Wo aie going to allow the polleo to take en- tlio chaiKo ot the dlsti let niul it Is qulto a laifte contiact , loo. You had better conio around In time to see the tun. " AMo.sa 1111 : I'ourn theio seems to bo a btiong feeling that If blood-letting is the only way to stop the IOMT , It is just as well to let the necessiuy blood promptly. \\hllcano\ei\\helmiiiK force of tioops niaUos seilous rioting Impos sible , it will be suipitslng It no one lb killed to-moiiow. As If to inciense the iiiltathm as much as possible ) just before replacing the police the authoii- ties to-day made seM-ial fuither searches 1'or anus in tliu heart ot the Oianeo district. A crowd swarmed like hoini-ls mound the po lice , whllo soveial houses were upset from attic to cellar dining the bi-atcli. Chaiira Stew ait , of Conway street , whoso brother John works with Clallin \ Co.of Now Vork , showed mo with great pride a full outfit of ammunition which the police itid not tin I while searching his home. Work for Homo Unit1. LONDO.V , August 31. At a meeting to-day of forty advanced Gladstonlan members of parliament , Mr. Allred lllingworth presid ing , it was unanimously icsolvcil to iavor a forward and airgiess'.vo policy. It was also decided to notify Sir William Vcrnon Hat comt and.lohn Morlev that the meetini : de- siied tliattlie home into strmriilo commeiuetl at the lecent elections should be btieuuonsly maintained. AN JMl'OItTANT KVKXT. Xlic I plscojinl Con vent Ion and the Changes ItVII1 Diuciiss. CIIH-AOO , August 31. tSpecial Tulccr.ini to the Hin ] The national triennial Eplbco- il pal convention which meets in Chicago the ! * liist Wednesday in October will bo a veiy im portant onu in the history of the church. SVhllo there will bo lontino work , such as ad mitting no\v dioceses and the tatlflcation of > the bishops-elect before the convention , thu , > | chief oiidimpottanl work will bo thuievlslon of the chinch prayer book. This woik w.ta 11 besun six years ago and advanced some at the Philadelphia convention three years ngo. But the opinion pievails that the work will bo all undone In Chicago this year. Tlio changes which aie desired to bo brought about in tbe ritual aie for inoro freedom of of service. The seivice is thought to be too long and too inflexible. The eaiitleloswhidi have been diopped fiom the earlier book , It is nowdesiicd to inseit , The delegates will be divided on botli pioposltions , and the re sult otlio convention will beeagoilv watched , both In this countiy and England. The linnso ot bishops will be piesided over oy the senior bishop , Dr. Allied Lee , of Dulawaie. Many distinguished lights in the chinch are ex pected to be picsent. Senatoi Edmunds , of Veimont , is a legular attendant itl UIPSO national meetings. * The Sons of Votci-ans. BurKAJ.o , Augtibl 31. The fifth annual convention of tlio National Encampment of Sons of Veterans , G. A. It , opened heio to-day. There is a good attendance of dele gates , twenty states beinglepresenlcd. Gcn- eial Walter S. Payne , of tfostorla. Ohio , is commamlei-in-chlof. Colonel Fred D. Grant was expected to attend , but ho tclegiophcd ho was ill , and could not come. California Democrats. SAN FiiAxcibco , August si. The demo- ciallc state convention met this aftei noon at 2 o'clock. Col. M. White of Los Angeles was elected tempoiaiy. chahman. The conven tion rcnomlnatos a full state ticket and allor the appointment of committees , the conven tion adjourned till 10 a. m. to-mouow. Jlllco'H Ilausisc Seized. WI.V.MIT.O , Manitoba , August 31. Tlio baggage of Sir Charles Dllko and Lout Kingston , who lecontly passed tlnough Win- nines on their way to the Pacific coast , wnt hci/cd by the Northwest mounted police on < mt iing Iho teiritories.for contaliiiniilliiuoi' . DilKo is traveling under Ihe namu ot Tctlow. I-'Iru an < l CHICAGO , August St. The Jouinal's Bnn- net , la. , bjcciaUays tliein was coiibideiablo fiost hisinighl In thu lowlands , but lhal no damage ol any roiihcqiicncu occuuod. A 4 special tiom Ouincy , ill. , sayw tliu Knglo roller - ' ler flouring mill binned lids moniinur. Loss , j 'JTouu ; tnllyinsuied. Wo.itlinr far Noli..x Hku an 1 loxvu. For Xcbinska and Iowa : Local lalns ; wai inor , That Tired Feeling Tlie wfirm wrather hai a debilitating effect , especially upon those who are within doois mostof the lime. 'Iho pccullari I common , complaint known as "tb.it tliul feeling , " Is the icsult. 1 Mi frollng ran 1m rutlroly o ricoino by taking Hood's SarcaparlIJa , v.lilch . gives new life and itrciigth to all tlio functions of the boily , "I ecnld not flcopj hid no ajiprtltc , 1 tuok Hood's S.irsipaillU aiul soun bcg-m to sleep soundlyj could get up without tliat tired ana languid frclhis ; nml my jiiicillo | Jnipioud. " 1 ! . A. HAM oiu > , Kent , Ohio. Ktrcnytlicn the fti/tiioni Hood a Hamparllla Is fliarartcrlzcd l > y three icnillniltlt-i ! : 1st , tlm combination n ( reiiicill.il iisrutsj SJ , tlio i > iopoittoni 3d , ( Us process of wcuthiK thu iittlvo meUiclnal uualitles. Theictulthainedh.-Imiirimi ual strength , tflectins cuirs Mlhcito unknown. Bend for book containing rutilltlona ) cvlilonce. "Hoort1 ? Sjrp-ii'arllli tmics up my purlilus my Moou. Miarii nsiay nniH-t seems to muKo mn nu'r. ' " J , ] ' , Itcjjlstei uf Deeds , buytcl ! , Mavs. , "Kriod'D BiiKdp.iiIHa t'OJts ull others , and ! j ( irtIiltsHcitlitiiii'.Ut. ! . " I. ruunmuTO- , J30ilauK.btieitKcw ; i'oil City. Hood's Sarsaparilla bolJ by all drtl dsU. $1 ; sli for 6. W'lrtt ociy by0. f. HOOD & Co. , I unctl , Mass. IOO Poses Ono Dollar *