SIXTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING , ' SEJPTEMfeEB 2 , 1886 , NUMBEll 07. - - RAZED BY THE EARTHQUAKE , The Oity of Charleston Leveled by the Con vulsions of the Earth , COMMUNICATION CUT OFF. Hlxtj IVfooiiH Killed \Vonndril lly the Catnxtrophe I'lio AililH to the Ilortot 'J lie Disuii biuic'e.s Tlio levnntictcil Clly , Ctt vnt-i-srov , S. C. , be ] > t. 1. An earth quake , such ns ncvei before has been known In Ihe history of this city , visited Clnrlcstoii last night shorllj aftei 10 p. m. , causing far more loss of lltothin the e > clones of tlio > ear before. 'I he citv is wiecked , the stieets encumbered - cumbered with masses of bilck and tangled telegiaph and telepliono wires , and up lo an eaily hour It vvas nlmost Impossible to pass fiom ono pait of the citv to another. Tlio Hist shock was bs far the mo-it severe. Most people with lamlliis passed the night in the Directs , which oven this moiningaic crowded vvllh people atiaid to enter their homes. Jlore than ii\tv poisons were killed and wounded , mostlj colored. Among the killed areM. H. Lvnch. Dr. Hammond and Alnsley Kobison. Pi res broke out in diliVicnt paits of the citv , but without danger of spiending. Theie Is no wiij of leaving the cilv. The princlpil business poitlon ol tlio citv vvis do- Hro > cd last night bv the eaitluiunke and hundieds of pcisons rondeicd homeless. Men ate frantic ; women aio beseeching mercy from the Almighty and children nro In tears. The mini station house , city hall , Hibernian hall nnd many other well known buildings , Including St. Michael's chinch , weio liroparably damaged. .Many people were seriously , If not fatally Injined. H-oad stieet piesented n spectacle of the utmost honoi. Men with hatchets foiuht v intently to roscua Impi isoned iinfoitunates. Meeling stieet , from IJiotd to lliuel , Is a wreck nnd lined with unfortun ates. To add to tlio honors of the sceim , many llrcsbioko out nnd were inclTecluilly fought bj tlio tire department. The night vvas hideous with tlie gioans of tliodjIng , screams of the wounded and pravers of the uninjured. It is impossible to intimate the losses of llfo or property at present. Up to 1 a.m. todaythcio had been ten distinct shocks. At 8:23 : precisely , this morning , another wave swept ovei the citv , coming as the other did , from the southeast and going In a north west direction. Bj that time tlio people who hid been out in the public piiks an 1 open places all night ventured into the houses to get clothing and something to eat. The nppioach of the quake wns heialded by tlieusuil lumblliiL'-sound , resembling dis tant thuiitl'ji. Then Itgiaduallynpproiched , the earth quivered and heaved , and In tlneo seconds pissed , the sound dying oul in the distance. This is the onlv wave felt since 20 : ! ! this moinlng. It was not destructive , nil destruction hav In , : been done nt t:55 ) : last night. The citv Is a complete wicck. The two most historic churches In tlie city St. Michael's nnd St. Phillp's-aie in uiins , ns aie also Hibernian hill , tlio police station , and many oilier public build ings. Fully two-tlihds of the residences in the city aio uninhabitable , wrecked either totally 01 partially. It Is impossible at this time to given coircct estimate of the casual ties. It Is expected that between titty and ono hundred persons have been killed nnd several hundred wounded. About twenty houses weio destioycd by tire. Scarcely ono hundred houses in the city aio occupied nt this time. The people - plo arc all encamped in the open places. All ( stores aio closed and n scarcity of piov Islons Is feared , not from want of piovisions , but because no ono can be got to teach the stoics to sell them. Two slight shocks of caithriiiiko have been felt since the lirst , at 8:33 : this morning and ono about 1:85 : p. m. , neither doing any further destruction. The city Is literally in ruins , and the inhabitants nro living in open B quaics and public parks. There Is a greal rush to thuiailroad depots to getaway , but owing to the eartlio.il nkcs , no trains have bee n able to bo dispatched fiom the citv. Telegiaphlc communication is also cut off , save one wiio of the Southern Telegiaph com pany , which Is crowded with nnxlous privnte messages It is Impossible to depict the rnln nnd desolation that prevail heio. Not a single place of business Is open save dnu stoies , which mo busy preparing preset lo tions for the wounded. It Is impossible also to give any conect estimate of the killed nnd wounded , as bodies nro constantly being dlbinteried fiom the debris of the wrecked houses. Ono undeitakci states lie furnished eight coftlns nn to noon to d.y. Many of the dead aio Ij Ing unbiirlcd , those being of the pooi classes of coloied people , vvhonwnlt burial bv thu count v. There ate not halt a do/on touts In the city , nnd women and childien HID experiencing great piivations in consequence. As night appioacliosmost ot the heads of families are tr.v Ing lo construct tents out of bed sheets , spare awnings and othei mateiial. The him isabont to set upon nnothei night of honoi foi poor Chaileston. Heaven enl > knows what It may mine foith. Without any othei violent shock of caithqtiaku It Is calculated tlmt at least tin eo-toiutiis of thu city will hnvo to bo rebuilt entitely , If Iho houses aio to be inhabited. The city Is w tapped In gloom and business Is entlicl ) suspended. The people gencinlly remain in Urn streets in tents and undei Im- pmvlscd slioUii , mid will c imp out to-nMit , learliignnotliei hlioi-k. Tlio gas works aio llijmeil. and probably thu city will bo with out light to night. St. Michael's chuic-h Bteeiilo will come dovv n , iikuw ! . > thn steeple of St. Phillip's. Tlio steeple ot the Unltui- Inn church has Inllen. Thn poitlcoes of the llibcinian hall and thu station housu aie de molished. Theru Is much Injiiiy to mansions on thu east nnd south battery. The poi tlco ot the Haventil mansion is down. Hardly a liousolii the city escaped Injuiy , and many iiro so sliakon and cracked that a haul blow would bring them to the ground. I lie shock was soveio at bummorvlllcnnd Mount Pleasant and Sullivan's island , but no loss of lltu is loportod there. Khsiues In the eaith aio noticed , from which a line band , apparently from u gioat depth , exudes. A sulphurous Miioli Is very notlicable. 'llueooilom Jhes started in as many sec- tloiib with the hrst shock and the city vvas soon Humiliated with the llames , thus lead ing all to believe what vvas lett by the quake would bo uevomed b > liio. Howovei , the liio depaitmi'iit was so well divided and handled that the llres vveiu under contiol by dujllght. rrom rr > tol.M ) residences and stoieswere consumed. 'Iho loss by lira and eailhquiko cannot boaccuiately estimated , but can bo jihiced satelj at b'i.iSoo.OOO. As far as could bo ascertained dining the night lilttcn or twenty were killed nnd a much grentei mini- bei wounded In nil sorts of wa > s. The loss of human lltu will bolnign audit will tnko chi ) s to got nt thu nccuiato number , bliocks i-uuallv us bevmowero fcltnta distance of ino miles nnd have done Inestimable damage to thu lallnuds and telegraph piopi-rty. Clmileston is now t-iitiiely isolated iiom the outside w oi Id. Thn compositors of the News and Courier ilecllno lo vvoik to-night , expecting ftcsh Miocks of the eaithqunko. and the i > aier tannotlsiuo to-mouow. Thu following in ti de was pictured foi publication : Necessarily the description that can bo given of the disaster , which 1ms betallen our city , i-oiibisls lu a iiairatlon of expeiiences niid observations of Individuals , the subject lie tu thu samp and the experiences of nil being nearly alike. The story told by one careful observer may well stand for n bundled others , with slight variations. While en- L-agcd In his usual duties In the second story louiii of Ihe News nnd Courier otlicc , at the [ line of the first shock , Ilio vviilcr's attention was vaguclj attraeted by i\ sound , which seemed to come from the office below , and \\hlch was supposed for a moment to be eaused bv thompltl rolling of n heivy boilv. ns nn Iron Fife or heavlb lailcn tnu k. our the llooi. Aecoinpanv in , ; tin * sound was n perceptible tioinor of thn building for pei haps two or three spronds. The occurrence I'xclU'd no surmise or rnmmvnt. Then by swllt ih'gtccs or. pc-iImp1 * , nil at onee the sound deepened In volume , the tremor be came more decided , the eai caught the r.ittlo of \ \ liiilnashrs , tras fixtures and other loose object1 ? . Men In the office glnnn d liur- rledlj at rich other and spinng lo their feet with slat tied questions and answer"Vimt ) \ IstlmtV r.nthqiiake ? " ami then all was h"wlldPiiiipnlnndQfliifuslon. Then the Ion ? loll deciiened and spread Into an awful ro-u. Hint scemud to iiei\idi'at once the tumbled earth and still air atone and aiound. 'I ho tiemor was now n Hide , lapid quiver , that agitated tin : whole hilly , stiong-w ailed build- Ituras though It vveio belnir shaken by a hand of Immeasurahlo power. There wns no Inter mission in the motion of thuinlghtv subtoi- r.uiean engine , rrom lust to lust It was a continuous j.ir , mil } giuiltig foicc at even moment , and as It appion-hed and reached the ( .Hums of Us m intfcstatlnn it seemed , lorafew teiiiblo seconds tliatnu vvoik ot hnm.in hinds could possiblv suivlve the shocks. Tlie Hocus woio moving nuclei foot ; the surioundliigs walls and pattitlonsero vlsiblj swajed to and tie , theeiasli ot tailing masses of sione und brick and morl.ir was henid ovei head , and without , the toirlblo roar filled the ears , and sccmul to 1111 Urn mind and limit with da/ing perception , bewlhleilng though's and toi n few panting breaths , or while ion held join breath in dieadluluntlclpmon of inuncdhiteamlcruel death. vou telt that lite wa tilic.idv pist and wailed foi the end as the victim with his head on theblock awalls the fall ot thenxe. A sudden lush was made to endeavoi to at tain the open all and luid n place of siloty , but before the door was reiched all reeled to gether to the tottoilng wall and Mopped , Icelln. ; that hope was \aiii and that It was onlj n question ot death within the building or wltliont to be burled undei tlio sinking root , orcuishcd by the toppling walls. The upioir slowly died away in the seem ing distance. The eaith was still , and oh , blessed leiief , that stillness 1 Hut how rudely silence was bioken , as wu dashed down the stairways und out into the slieetl Alreadv , on o\ery slue nrose shtleKs and cries of iiain nnd lenr , pr.iyeis and waillngs of terrified women and chtldien , commingled with the hoarse shouts ot excited men. Out in the street the air was lilted to the height of the hollies with a whitish cloud of diy , stilling dust from limo and mortar and shittoicd masonry , which , falling upon the pivement and stone roadway , hid been reduced to powder. Thiongh this cloud , as dense as lot' , the gas lights Ilickeicd dlmlv , shedding but little light , so that jou stumbled at every step ov er piles of biick , or became entangled In lines ot telo.'iaph wne , that depended In every diicellon Iiom tli"li broken supports. On every side weio liunying fonns of men and women bareheaded , partlallv drofsed , some almost nude and miny ot whom weie crn/cd with teai and excitement. Heica woman is suppmted half fainting in the arms of her husband , whovalulj tiles to soothe her , while ho cauies her into an open space at the street coiner , where piesont safety seems assuied. Tneie : i woman lies on the pavement with uptmneii lace ami out- stietched limbs , and the ciowd passes hei by , tor a time not p uising to see w hethor she be alhe or dcaif. A sudden light tlaics through a window overlooking the street. It becomes momentaily brighter and the civ of tuo resounds from the multitude. A rush Is made totvnid the spot. A man is seen doubled up and helpless against a wall. Hut at tills moment somewheie , out at sea , ovei- liL'.ul. or deep lu the proiuul , is he ird again the low , ominous ioil which isahcadytoo well known to bomistakon. It glows loudei and nearer like the glow lot a wild beast sottly appioachlng his prev. Jt Is forgotten a aiu in thotien/ied mMi tor open space , where alone theie Is hope of secmilj , taint though It be. Tall buildings on cither h xnd blot out tlieokiosnnd thebtais and seem to ovcihnng every loot ot ground be tween them. Their shattered cornices and copings and tops oC tlioh fiovvning walls seem tilled from both sides to the center of the street. It seems that a touch would send the shattcied masses lett standing down upon the people below , who look at them and sliiink together as the tremor of the earthquake passes undei them and mjsteiious rcverbeiations swell and roll along like bomo lulcrnaldium beat biimmonin , ; them to die , and It passes away and again Is experienced ttie blessed feeling of dellveiance trom Impending calamity , which It may well be believed evokes a mute , but earnest , offeiin. : of mingled piayer and thanksgiving from o\ciy heart In the throng. A-'aln far along the street and up from the allejwa > s that lead Into It fiom either sldo Is heard that chorus of walling and lamenta tion , which , though it had not ceased , was scarcely noticed a moment before. It is a dieadful sound , a sound of helpless , noiroi- .strlcken humanltv , old nnd voting , stiong and teeblc alike , wheie all are so feeble , cill- ing foi belli iiom their lellovv-cieatiiie.s , and raising their anguished voices In petition to heaven for mercy , where no human aid could av all. It Is not a scene to be described by any moital tongue or pen. It Is not a bceno to bo forirotten when oncolthad been witnessed , and when a witness has bhared all the dangeis and feels its agonj. The flint shock OCLIIIicd at seven minutes ot ten , as was indicated tills evening by the public clocks , the hands of which had all stopped at that fatetul houi , ns though to nuufc the end ot time for bo manv , who had heard the pieceedliu hour pealed lorth by St. Michael's chime * , without a thought but of a loiu and happy life. The second shock , which was but a faint and eihp echo of the Hist , was felt cUlit minuses later. As it passed the wrltei started homewaid to lind the scenes enacted on Ifto.ul stieet mound the News-Cornier olllco repeated at ovei } step ofthowav. bt.Mlulnu'Ts bteeplo towcidd hi'li , and while above the gloom seemed 1111- 1 n j n led. The station hoiiiu , a musslve brick building acioss the Htieer , had apjiaiontly lost its loot , which had fallen mound It. A little ttutlici on the roof of the portico tico ot lllbeinian hall , a haniisomu building In ( iieclan style , had been ciushcd to the gioinul , canylng down a pait of the massive granite pillars with it. All the wav of .Meet- hustieut , which In respect ot its gencial direction ami Importance , may bo called the "Hioadwav of Charleston , " the midway was piled up with debris Iiom the toiis ot the walls oi the Chaileston hotel , which to cairy out tlmcompailson above- Indicated , occupies the position of Stcvv.xtt's up-tovvn stoio In Now VoiU , Thothlid shock was felt about ten min utes attei the second , and , of course , caused the gieatest alaini in that neighborhood ns olsowheto. At Marlon square , corresponding exactly with Union sijuare , New Vork , a gieat crowd had collected , as even the edges ot the wide spaces embraced in it could not bo reached by the neatest buildings In event ot their fall. From this ciowd , composed ot men , women and chlldien of both i ices , rose Incessant calls and eiles and lamentations , whilci ovei the mostly half-dressed throng was shed the lurid light of thn contlagratton , which had broken out and just enveloped boveral imlldlngh in Humus. In tlneo other natters ot the town laigollres weioob-orvod miller toll headway and the awful bUniii- cam e ol oai thquake may bo full } appreciated , perhaps , when it said , with these ticmcmlous lires bla/lng all at onto aiound them , and ihieatoning their property with total do- btuictioii , the people , whom you met on the streets ? , or saw galhpied together in groups lu open places , evidently did not glvo them thoiuht. No one watched tne iiiady llamcs of pillared clouds lislng high Into the still night air. All were too Intent on listening with strained senses for the dieado.l occui- runcoof that hoiilblo growl , 01 groan ot power , under the seas and undei the land , to give thousht ton new tenor , though It had threatened his own homo and many homes In the doomed city , Ciovvds poured in fioni every direction to the SQiiaie , just described , as though It had been indeed n clmimcd circle ami life depended on passing within its crassy bounds. Street cars , canlages and other vehicles were ranged In lines on tlm sheetsbiiriouiuling thesnuaie.whlfe. hordes stood as though snllllng trio giomid InaiK- ions Inquiry. The colored peopleeverjvvlieie weieloud andunceasliiKln tholrdeclarations of alaim , In singing hymns nnd in fervent appeals for CJod'b mercy , In whlcli appeals dod knows how many a proud heart , who heard them aiHIngln the night and in the hour of 11 Is wondrous might , devoutly and humbly and slncciely joins. Danger brliics a'lof ' us to thu lev el of the lowliest. There were no distinctions of place or power , nrldo or caste lu the assemblages that githcictl together In Clmleston on Tue dav night. It was a curious spectacle to look bick upon. It Is n good one to remem ber lor vvhlto and bbck alike. There wcie Instances of nnspliish devotion , of kind nnd loving icgird between master and seivant , mistress and maid , In the picseuccof a com moil ill aim llucitenod ruin , that showed as nothing el e could show , how stiong Is the tie that binds our white peole and our black people together , and this ies on of the diead \lsitorwomajhopc , too , will nevci bo tor- gotten. AnIved at his home the writer found the amo scenes of distraction and wieck , which marked neiily cvey home In thn citv. All the houses In the nelghboihood had suffered seriously nnd the stietitw , jauls and girdciis were tilled with fallen chimiicvsand tragmentsof walls , vvlille the walls tnal weio It-It standing weio rent asunder , in miny eases from top to bottom tom and weic baillt shatteieil In every In stance. Women and childien , loined from sleep , or Intel united in theit evening pur suits b > the sounds of the. inln being etlected above and niouiid them , lushed out Into the stnets and huddled to-fllier awaiting the end , vvhitever It might b'1. ' Invalids were biought out on msttreisos mil deposited on the loidwav. No thought was given to tieasmeslettbciiind in tlieelloitto sive that prcullai treasure , lite Itself , which suddenly fiecimo so pieclous in the ejcs ot all invalid women and tobust men alike. Vntll long after midnight the streets were Tilled with tugitlvcs in sight ol their liomc' . Thtough the long houis tnat tol- lowed few were the eves , oven of childien , that clo ed In sleep Charleston was full ot those who watched for thn moinlng , nnd nevet in any citv , in any land , did tlio first giav shades lli.it nuik tlio approach of duvn appeal so beautiful and welcome to eves as thev appeaiol to thousands of people , who balled them this morning from the midst ot countless wiecked homes in our tlulco scour 'ed , but still patient , still biave , still hopeful , still beautiful city by the sea. \Vonien and childien are tunning about In the open all tciiibly agitated. There aie tliieo or foui steamcis In port , Including buoy tendeis , and manv inhabitants aio pro vided witli berths on those. Fortunately the weather has been good and haidstitpsaie not as sevcie as they mlirht hive been. The sit uation , howcvei , is becoming horilblc. Cut olt fiom communlcUion with the rest of the world , nllllcted and liaiiutcd with the pros pect of Immediate death that Is about the condition of this community. No trains have dcip.itted or aulved hero In twent.vfoui horns. It is said that all the railroads leid- ing into the city aie crippled. Thn statement is also made that all railway tracks aio twisted Into tlio shape ot smlces. 'I he hist shock was by lat the most severe. Its effect can be jud-'cd bv the experiences of Captain Dawson , ot the News andCouiiei , who lives In a massive brick residence on thill stieet , near KntliuUo street. Ciptaln Dawson was in ills room on the second story when the lirst shock occuned. The house seemed liter ally to tinn on an axis. The tirst shock was followed bv a se-ond and third , less severe than the hist The alt was hlled with the dies and shucks of women and childien. It was voiso than the woist battle of the war. When the lirst agony was ovei It was iotind that tlio celling of every room in the house was ciacKed.i ; huso tank In the attic was pouring its flood ot watot into bed looms , in the parlors , statues hid been vv lunched Irom theli bases and thiown to the lioor. In the hall a massive lamp had aetinlly been turned aiound. In fiontof the house was a largo porch wijh heavj pillars and solid marble steps. All this was swept away as tliouu'h it nad been shaved off with n i.i7or. Among the casualties aie the tollowing : Mis. Williams who jumped li Jiu the second storv ot liei lesidenco at the cornel ot Weiitwortn and Meeting sticcts , and injutcd lici spine badly ; .Mrs. I' . Galliot , ( eoloreJ ) , vvas stiuck bv a brick , oppositethe Pavilion hotelandhei lic.tdbadly Injuiid. Her daughter was also badly hurt in the same way. Mrs. Iloueri Maitln , vv ifo of a shoe im-ichant on Market street near King , was bidly hurt. Mr. M. J. Lvnch was tnglittiillvhurt mitont ot his son's store on Meeting street. A stone ot gieat weight lell upon him and bioke ono of ids legs , It not both , llewas taken to a place of safety in what was thought to be a dv Ing condition. Waller Dully vvas with him. Dr. Chase Infoimud a reporter that ho had been called away to * attend to two persons who hid been liijmed at tlio house of Mrs. Las- trus , at-n.Uazel stieet. No further paiticu- laisof their injuries could be had. A col- oicd woman In an unconscious condition was found in trout of the maikct on Meeting stieet , while n policeman said ho had seen two dead bodies in King stieet , south ot Broid street. Dr. Huist infoimcd a icportet that there vveiu in the city paik , at the coiuei of Wentvvorth and Meeting streets , no less than twelve wounded pel sons , who had al- reuly received professional attention. Among them was a voting girl whoso leg was broken. A colored man named Chalks Hivers , living at No. 3 King stieet , was stiuck by a falling wall near tnc comei of King stieet and the Mattery , and his left leg vvas bioken below the knee. His wlfe.Sarah Itivers vvas also Indly wounded at the same time. Moses Uiovvn ( colored ) vvas badly wounded on King street by falling bricks. One ot the sons ot Mrs. J. N. Kobe-son , liv ing on Coining stieet , neai Cannon , Is reported to be badly huit by the tailing of a phuzn. A veiy sad case was that ot K. Alexander , a young chemist , w ho was crushed to death at his boaidlng house on Meeting stieet. Hn had just bougnt a small steam pleasure > acht and took his lirst and last trip In it last evening. Mr. Hammond mend , brother of Isaac Hammond , is thought to bo fatally wounded , both hips and lo s beIng - Ing broken , and also his left aim. Ho said to Mr. Paul that ho did not know whethci ho jumped fiom a tlneo stoiy win dow on Uroad street or was thiown down. He crawled trom the sidewalk to the middle of thn road , and on being re moved uttered the most heart lending sluleks. A coloicd woman in Heausoin stieet vvas killed. Isabella Howaid , of Hav- enett's court , was seriously lujuied. It is rc- norted that n tactoiy girl living at a boird- Ing house on the coinci of America undLiko stieets vvas killed. A coloied woman , living In tnujaid ot Captain Km.ill's house on Hull street , vvas also killed In Pitt btieet. The house ol Mis. AnnoTorke. on Session sticot , fell in and wounded her , It Is thought fatally. A young gill , named Jesscn , was also iiiimud at tlio same place. On being taken homo she commenced blcedini ; inter nally. It is thought that show ill die. Miss Mamie Palmer , lesldence John street , re ceived diingeious Internal Injuiles by a full- Ine chimney. Alnscly Itoblnson was killed by a falling pia//u. Julia bmalls ( a coloied Infant ) vvas Killed. Louisa Jacobs , ( colored ) , of Chalmers street , vvas killed. J. C. K. Kichaidson , living at No 12 Friend street , wits seriously iujiued In thu head by his house falling In upon him. His condition Is very ciltlcnl. His colored ser vant was likewise seilously hurt , Feveral of his limbs being broken. Mi. Kdmund Lively , of Ulchmond , Ya , who boaids at ! K ) > I'lttti stieet in that city , was walking in fiont ot the city hospital , when a side of a house fell on him and badly Injured his back and head. He crawled tiom under the debits and saw some men at a store on the corner of Wa vek and Queen streets , whom ho supposed to have been killed ns ho left them Iving on the Mdoualk , Ho staggered on us tarns the Citv hall paik and then tell completely o > cicomo. Owing to the demoralised condition of uciv thing heio It Is impossible to glvo coi- rect tacts f minor than these. ; The number of casualties has not vet been nscertained. Piobably fiom thirty to forty woio killed and over ono hundred iujiued. The loss to piopeity will probably be eight or ten million dollars. Thico-fouiths of thu buildings In the city will huvo to bo re built. Theio was very little shipping In port and none ot It was injmed. The dls- tinbances have not at all affected the , water in the harbor , although it Is evident that the shockscumo from a southeasterly dliectlon , and theioforo from tlio sea. Tliero are no signs of a tidal wave as jet. LA.IIII : , 11:50 p. m. Another shock has just occurred at UV : > rather more soveio than any i > lucu last night , knocking dovv u so\ oral houses. From Other South Carolina Points , NKVV VonK , Sept. 1. TUo following dis patch was iocci\od by the Western Union Telegraph company from Lnngley , B. 0 ; "The shock bmst mill dams here and some thousand feet of railroad track were do- stro > ednud no trains i mining. The West ern Union started hand cars fiom Summer- ville to lestoro communication. Qreat damage - ago ia repoitvd to Suimnmllle. 'iho jail- ; ji = = -f. road Is badly broken"n both sifle's of the Uinnehville J * * v-jCte H vv KNI 1 , S. C. , gcpt. 1 The lailroad Is under wnter In sou& places between IfcW and Chiilpston , t\vcjly-llvo miles north tit hero , nnd the cirlli caSred In 111 s vcraMjlnoos. i CottMiuv , S. C. , September .MM I'MS ' last night this Pit } vvns vlsiled byajcrriblc earthqmko 'Lhc lirst two shoc.cs vvw foal- fill. liulldlngsswr.vSl from sldo to smo nnd tlieeaitn rose iinQi-ll like vvnvijs of the ocean People rhA-d madly from their houses Into the stf s. Some sprang fioYn windows nnd woiu Jp lured. 1'he experience- ol those in uuildiifefflt the llnicoT Ifielifst shock was that of b'au'g locked nslf In nshlti at sea. Man } of thimnst substantial butl ( ( < Ings weie shaken ta""thclr foundations nnd walls cracked and spuing. , . Xibp minutes nttei the lirst shock'a srcoiia. rJpt , mid ten mlniileslilerathlrd. OtherdtibaT until 1 ' 05 a. m. , when the eighth1 felt , nnd this one lusted for n ' ' half. At 4 o'clock tills mom cime , ami nt l > ' " > 0 alul 10:30 : n. mj was again undo to tiemblp. "V sleep was had by nny of the Inhabl Columbia last night * The neirY(3es' ( the end of the worltliad come" prajei meetings uuho street c .Summeivllle , t nt-tvvo-i AwN Chaileston , was itkiilv dcJUoXldj e.iithqiinke list nltrlfc ' 1 hd "p.i3 Iiom ihisplneo to lEIinrlesti - from the tiack neatstiuiiiuifti . _ . _ . . . and the engineer nnd llfcrthailfcrjp kit The pnsscngpis < mthp vvilBkfllTffr.ihi those of this motlilWrt tialn , J' telegrnh ) companyQlncninn , Chailoslon. Still Another -vMfiltfil Niw : YOIIK , Sept 1. Adesf ) | " at Bill ) p m. another oaithqtnk felt at Charleston. S. C. , Augusta , * Columbia , S C. At Augusta the _ were notlcahle foi about two m In ut < ? Ham P. CIde tCo. Imvotccelvcd Ingdcspitch fiom Charleston : " earthiimiko heio last night Our steamorsj Delawaie and Viigluia and theii vvluuvesj escaped any injury. * ? „ The Hlioclc In Georgia. S VVAVVAH , On , Sept. 1. Three distinct shocks have been felt hero since midnight. , ' 1'hu last occurred tit : > a. m. All the shocks weio short nnd not violent. The people me still greally excited and sitting out In the streets and squares or crow ding avenues. Among the telegraph am1 newspaper offices there is an linpios- slon that Charleston suffered seriously. It is supposed the cables under Ashley river bridge were broken. At Tybeo island , mouth of Savannah river , the lenses in the light house were dcstiood , I'eoplo on the Island telephoned to the city they nio In a stiteof terroi. There vvas no communica tion vv 1th the main land till dnv light and all inhabitants assembled on tlie high lands. Their chief cause of fuar Is tiom n tidal wave , the island having been swept In Au gust. 1 ! > 81. The catthqiiako Is tlie topic of the houi. Kffoits to reach Charleston from all points : tailed. At TV bee the shock was mpio seveiely felt than in the city. The poorjlo > nn the island lushed fiom tnelr houses to the beach. Tlio oscilla tion lasted several minutes. Tholuuern lenses In the lighthouse weie bio'ceii ' and tlie machinciy of tlio lamp disarranged. Thekeepei huri.od tip the tovvei as soon as posslblo and anangeu n temlwiarv light. The people on the beach ran hltliei and tliithei , notknowiii ! ; wlieio to go and t eat ing cveiv moment a tidal wave would sweep over them. Tlie v > atet was agitated nnd the waves lose high on the beich. Houses on tlio beach , svv1jed nnd shook as it tl'oy would full to pieces. A telephone me sigo fiom Tvbee at 4 o'clock this moinlng stitcd the people were still gatheied on the beach. AuntsrOi. . , Sept 1. Two distinct shocks ot oarthciuatef were felt thlSMiibinlng at 7VJ : nnd 0:20 : , eitwtiiqo. The oxcFtoinenT has somevvhatsuhmdcd. A numbei ol house ? have been rondrtfldto the ( he waideus as In danger. 1'romft all paits of tlio city nnd Burrounding nelghboihood come icpoits ot small dhma.je by shocks , such ns falling ot culmncs , nailing of wails , binasiiing of crockeiy , etc. In the railway accident at Lingloy pond , ten miles from AiKtistii , tlie tiroman vvas killed. Another South Carolina lina lailroad Ualn Is In the ditch at Hoise cieek , font miles fiom the city , and the tiiema i killed. The latter Is a stock train and is now completely under water. . ) . H. Averill , mastei of transportation of the South Carolina lailroad compiny , tele graphed fiom bummervlllo that many per sons weie killed nnd hundreds nio homeless. The whole business portion ot the city is badly wrecked. On tlio Atlantic Coast. Nnvv YOHICS a. nl. , September L Tele graph officials in tlila city lepirt tlie earth quake shocks continued on the South Atlan tic seaboard during the night and great ex citement is reported. Ncgios were para- l } ol with fear and all classed of people excited , staying in opan squires during the enllro night. The WesUnn Union agent at Richmond , Va. , telegiaplis the initiator of thoNevvYoik ofilea saying : "Om man at Charleston , S. C. , ale demoiallzid. All his force deserted but one man , Ho siys there is big loss of life and property. Am trying to get n bulletin of everything tinglblo , nud will send It to you. " The Western Union manager at Wilming ton , N. C. , sends the following : "Tho fain dispatcher of the Atlantic Coast line has just been In. He .sajg the section master sta tioned twelve miles from Charleston reports the suock wiecked n bridge near there and sa } s a darky fi 0111 four miles norlttot Clmiles- ton lepoited the water tank down and the giound upheaved , misplacing the tracks. A special engine has been started to bilng any leports available. J.VCKSONVIU.K , Bin. , Sept. L The eaith- quake shock last nljht wns quite seveie here nnd vvas felt an far south as liai tow. It commenced nt 0 : 7,1 sun time , and lasted about Ihlity seconds Iho Country In General. Ci.Nci.v.VAii , Sept. 1. There was n d dilTeronco In the soveiltyot the shock in dif ferent buildings nnd ( intercut pirts of the city. Many people did not observe It at all. The govern men t building , the laigest and stiongcst In the city , locked violently witli tlueodUtlnct vlbiatioiiH. A laigo clock stop ped and mirrors vv ere broken , In the largo MIVen story flats Iho vibrations weie seveio. The most decided shock wns felt In the 1101 th em part ot the city and in Ctimmlnsville , where tlio lights were out out nnd bottles in ding stoies biokon. ' J'lobably twenty oi thirty meetings of lodges and societies weio broken up. ( Throughout the Htate dispatches Indicate thobhoekvvus general pnd occtined almost nt the same Instant. At Hamilton Jho board- eis in the hoteU ran from tholr looms In flight nnd the walls tiriauld to sway one nnd a half incites. At Denison n meeting bioko up In n panic. CoMiocton toll two shocks. The same stoiy ( ( OUKM from nearly # very town in Ohio , but up nctimldamage was done. The shocks werofeltAt Calllettsburg and AMiland , Ky. . and at lljintinglon , W. Va. , where It was most HOVOK- . SciiKMicTAiiy , JJ. Y , , Sept. L Kaith- quake shocks were fejt hero at 0:3J : and U:86 : o clock last ovcolng , nnd many persons w ere made sick for fiom two to three houis , The Great Khoolr , AVAsatxaxox , Beptvmber l.tfSpeclal Telegram to the 1JBE.J Major Powell , di rector of the United States geological survey , " was Intel viewed by a icpoitcr to"-day and made the following statement : "Tho * earthquake was well observed by W , J , McOeo , ot the geological biirvey , In- the third ( and upper ) story of the brick 1'ouso on Corcoran stioot , After the culmination of the first shook the phenomena were timed. A tough substitute for nseis- moscopo was Improvised out of a tumbler of water , pbiced on the stand In the centre of the room , nnd the high headboard of a bed stcnd served as a iiulo seismometer. The following Is thn record : Time , seventy-fifth meridian , Utfl'f p. m , ; duration lirst shock ( estimate ) , 60 deq' ; time of teiuiluatlou of % same. 2fti tlmo of termiintlon of light liemois , ity { several slight tremors followed- ' bulvvro nof'tlmedi ; time ot recommence , ment of cnniimioits tremors , 10 OS ; time of culmination of second shock , 10.0t'j ' , dura- tlpn of second shock nbout M see ; time of ti'rmliiatl\i ( ) ot second crles of tremors , 10:13. Dliectlon of vibration ns Indicated bytheliuprovis"d selsmoscope. the pmcepti- ble dircvllon vvas from north M ) cleg ca t to east , tlmtj-pvtery llltlo noith to cast ; but there vv is jjjTaitulptPiniliiito component In an * nndulaUnaf verj pcrpeptiblo In tlio jfjtho liquid nnd of nrllclcs of Mphly upvMtnK The ini- ejrcuT Irjratlon nppcued to bo n foi \ J'onp-lialf ot the lateral Impulse. Tills wns measuicd on the idho ird of thu bodstctd dur- jckand found to ba 115 or Amplitude of vibration. Dur- - - „ --v _ . , 1 shock tlie hcidboitd , eight nnd oiijna'lf feet high , swung tluough nn aidot frsli JfMJialf to three-fouilhs of an .Inch. H " * j " njitcd tint " the amplitude * os- shock vvas twice were recorded the follow- In the t nlted States and piov luces , 8 ; New 1'n- fl ; Mississippi Val- iolil.Mt. Dm ing the twelvc ii f i.i to 18\T tliere have ( been thtftittod States and Can- ada JiiM-c wfelisfrlbuted as follows : Atlantic WT < 5llsslsslppi Valley , GO ; f "ViomJthls list It appears that In , ica eanlfouakes occur on an average 01 tw elvTu | Uli } s and oueo a month on tlio tic slopeJwIany of these ftlstuibanccs Ivvcvei' , sosAlght as to bo mijoilty of people , nnd it the list Is moio coin- populated nud fioquently than in either the scl- ijipl Valley 01 the sparsely the signal service , who has fof many rs ifndo eaithqiiikes a slud } and has'fclQfetoclok ot n number of uevoro ones In JaiJiin.ajfys'thit of last night , while not cspcclaltySwere , waejievertholoss the worst lie ever ( yp'erloncerThiithls coun- tjy. Ho cxpi esses surpifso at tfuVsteldo ox- tt of the phenomena , ' 6nd tlilnk yiknly tlmtvvhcn , thorepoitsnio nll In.lt vVIll bo found tlmt the mea nffected Is Inrgctrthan that of any prevlousCoAithqunkes of vvlitch there is n recoid. Upon n glebe of ton inches in diameter , ho siys , ono can tisuilly cover the area of an earthquake , even a severe ono , witli the end of his little hngei , but this one seems to luvo nflectcct half a continent and wo don't know how much more. A Shook In Sinvrnn. SMVIIVA , Sept. 1. Sevcial well defined shocks ot earthquake weie felt hero between 10 and 12 o'clock last night. No damage w as done. I'OIjVGASHSTS CommissionerKofiisc to Let Them Land nt Cnstlo Garden. NKW YOIIK , Sept 1. [ Special Teleginm to the Hru.l "Three bundled Mormons ar rived on the Wyoming , " vvas the mess.ue from Cnstlo Gnrdenthnt woke up Emigration Commissioners Starr nndlStophemon } es- terday moinlng. These niitl-Moimon citi zens mndo up thoh minds to make tilings hot for thoiioS Moimons , and they hastened to Castle Garden. When tlio Wvoming's prssengers were landed all tlio ates were closed , and no onn was peimilled to go outer or to cntei the rotunda. At the mgistiatlon desks the commissioners asked each man or woman individually where lie or she was going. I'ivo modest looking Luglisli girls weie np.nlv thiown into hsterics when told the kind of lite they would lead In Utah. Ovei ono bundled of the emlgiauts weio detained , nnd will bo sent back ns piupers unless a bond tor SMO is given in each case as security that thev will not become depen dent upon tno city or county. Commissioner Stair said : "Wo have been ciiticlsed in regaui to admitting poliamists here. We have detci mined to take n step that no other commissioner over dieimed of 1 moan not recognl/ingchinch Immigration by tlio wholesale only , but individual Immi gration. I guess we won't have many Moi mons landed at Castle Gaidcn agiin in n hurry. Wo hnvo tno law on our side this time. " THAT UONDUKKUfj AVKLU Efforts Itclni ; BIwlo to Stop Its Plow. The Damage IjxnKtterntcd. CIDAII : H VIMDS , la. , Sept L A special from Hello Plalno says the aitcslan well there is sMH vomiting lorth floods of watci. The engineer from Chicago , ( Jeoigo Morgan , is hern but expresses no definite opinion jet , except that the slops so far taken were the best that could have been taken. This aitei- noon he will make an estimate of the volume of water nnd capacity , nnd nsceitain as near as possible Us souicc. Ills belief is that It will in tlmo exhaust itself. A cone twenty feet in ienglh and ( apcrins from twelve to thiitv inches is being undo of heavy boiler iion. This Mill bo ( listened to n live inch tube loaded vvito sand and will bo sunk in the hope that it will gradually Bottle in the hole and plug it up. This will not bo done bei ore tomonovv. b'loilcs nbout the Im mense How doing gieat dimai'o arucxi''geia- tions. The How Is bolng led of by two chan nels , which nio snlllclent to prevent nn ovei- ilow. A Test Cnso. Dns MOIMS : , In. , Sept. L [ Special Telegram - gram to the Uir. : ] Papcis weio filed to-da > with the clerk of the United States dlstilct couit , asking fora writ of habeas corpus foi the release of Itovcnuo Collcctoi Thompson , w ho was arrcsled a few dn > 8 ago on Iho ch.uge of contempt of couil , in lelusing to product ) In couit ceitnln books and papeis pertaining to ills ofllco. The question raised by hlsaiiest has been pending in the state dlstilet comt , but the defense takes this now move to-day to bilng It Into the fcdcial couits. He vvas originally summoned as u witness in a liquor case to prove a violation of tlio mohlbltoiy law , and lefuscd to make public tlio accounts of his oflica wiien ordered to do so. This is n test cnso nnd the Hist ot the kind , the collector holding tlmt a lederal ofllcer cannot be compelled to pioduco his books and papers nt the demand of anv state court , _ Two Ex-OovH. For COIIKI-CSS , Dr.sMoi.VKS , In. , Sept. 1 [ Special Tele giam to HioHii.JTheio : : Is verygenciul sat isfaction hero to-night over the nomination ot ox-Oov ernor ( iear tor Congiess In the first district this afteinoon. This is ono of the close districts , tlio present incumbent , Mr , Hall , democrat , having a mnjoilty of less than 100 , which , it Is believed will bo wiped out. The republicans now have two cx-gov- cinorH running for congress Ceai in the fiict dlbtrict nud Klrkvvood In the second. An Kill tori a I AVoricling. DBS MotN-ES , la. , Sept. l.-8pectal | Telegram - gram to the UEK. | This afternoon theio was a wedding In newspaperdom that vvas the theme of very favoiablo comment. Mr. 0. S. Meiarland , editor of the Marshalltown Times-Republican , vvas mauled to Miss Minnie Klobeck , daughter of Colonel Jas. Kiobeck , editor of thobtaats Aiueiger of this city. Only n lew Intimate flends | and rep resentatives of the pi ess of this city were present. COMMENTS ON THE QUAKE. The London Papers Deolnro No Suoli Earthquake - quake \Vas Ever Known. SOME SUPERSTITIOUS VIEWS. Xlio CnlnBtropltc OCLMIIM In n "Yonr of l-'rllijs : Tlip Hot CnM I'olloo Hack on HhuMU Hill Other Iillce Anicrlua In LONDON , Spot. 1 , I a. m. fN'ew York Ileiald Cahlo-Speclal lo tin Hi i. . ] The Daily News commenting on the eattli- quake of w hlch It lias a Ions detailed account bj the Commeicial eible sa.vs : "Tlie United Slates enjov theli luedomlnaiice In bhness , even In this catastrophe. N'o such eaithiiuake has been known In tint lime , in Its extent at least , If not , happily In Its tutal effects. The loss of propertj al Chaileston alone Is estim ated at S'Joooow , but this Is haidly woith taking Into account as acheck on the cntei- prlso ol an Ameilca city. " iiiviomcu. ON i : unmjrAKKs. All other topics than the eaithiunko | nave been passed In the last twenty hours. The Post becomes hlstorleil on eailluuiakes , and , alluding to vesteidaj 'seal Unmakes , rcunrks : "Thopiesldent of the Hrltlsli association , when he wrote his Interesting address , had ev idently no notion that before ho could read it to his audience at Itnnilngham that the Noilh American continent would bo shaken by a tiemcndousontbieak ot volcanic foice Weie the superstitions of the daik ages still He , there Is no douut tint this year would bo set down as an aniius ninabllis and that some fancied connection would bo seen bo tvveen thcciiilous fieaks of natme which- have mniked the > e.u and thedlstmbances of social oulcr In vniious parts ot the globe , " bovn : sri-i us i n lot's VIKVVS. The SI , James ( .iaaitlo i elapses Into super- btitious views , reuniklng : "Kightcon bun dled and eighty-six began on a Fiidaj.vvlll rend on a Filday , ami contains llftv-tluce Frldnjs. Font months In the jeir have live Frldajs , live changes of the moon occur on aTiiday , and both the longest and shortest dajs In the twelve months arc on 1'ildajs. This might , Indeed , bo tcimcd a Friday jear. " . . * ' covii'Aiirn WITH OTIIFI ! iAiiTiijtTA.Kis. The Tek-giaph exhibits a map of the terri ble Lisbon eaitluiu ike , Intended to poitray the fact that the countiy shaken on Tuesdav night was a pirt ol the aiea of the American continent ovei which that gicat historic shock was felt. While thu laiger clTects ol tlio movement weie experienced In Ktiiopc , the waves ot the loices weie piopigated across the Atlantic and lelt along the whole eastern seaboard of ( he states and Canada , from South Carolina to Labrador. It is not , poilnps , to bo argued that thcie Is any permanent connection between the two aicis nmlci tl-ebed of the Atlintic , but at thcparticulai moment when Lisbon vvasde- stioved , the entile aichot the globe , as out lined In otu map , vvas subjected lo a nenien- clous subtciranonn strain which it w as unable to resist. It icfers t-jSu William Dawson's addiess bi-foie the I3iltlsh association , In which lie asked "whether the great foices which formed the Atlantic ha I linallj ceased to opeiate , " and then replied , "It is posslblo that alter a long peiiod of quies cence has elapsed theie may be a new settlc- mout of the ocean bed , accompanied by fold ings of the cruut , especially on the western side of the Atlantic , and possibly with 10- ncvved volcanic activity on itscastein mai- gin. gin.Tho The Times has a vciy Incomplete cable dis patch about the caithquakc and makes no comments. ITS ixn.rn.vri , ox sr.cuitniKs. The btandaul takes a fiscal view in con cluding a long leader and , apparently ad dressing a volcrmito capel couit , obscives : "How the Anipi lean earthquakes will inllu- ence spcuiltieb time will show. The most substantial cities of antiquity were icaiedon a soli tiven by volcanic violence , but possibly when shocks disrupt canals and level stieets , Investors and insurance companies may feel a little more timid. " SHANK llllifj CAPTUIIED. The Police Ilesunio Control after n Sturdy Context. I5ii.r\si : , SepU2la. m-lNew York Herald Cable Special to the Hir : ] At 0 o'clock last evening the police lesiimod duty at bliank Hill , from which they weio dilvcn a month ago , and at Ts'iOa cio-vd of boj.s and joungmcn diovo the police oil the uupcr part of Shank Hill , tiling several shots. Until 9 o'clock the police and troops made continual chniges up Shank Hill and cross sheets , captuting seventeen prlsoncis , but thov weio not compelled to hie , although the riot act was read soon after us a piocaution to enable the tioops to net promptly. At l > o'clock mi : i-oi.ir-i : IIF..VIMI : ) coxinor , . Thoj cleaicd the stieets nnd cloned out heavy lelntoiccmentH and now the town is so tranquil that the troops have been wilh- diawn. The whole nvcnini : was most satis factory. No lives were lost , excepting a po lice had the head of his bieeches ctitbj a bullet passing trom hip bone to hip bono w Ithout touching the f-Kln. TUB I'KOIKBIAJsT CI.KHOyvtKV vveioout all the evening at work disposing thociowdsot loughs. To thelrnld , and lethe the fact that the police wc-ro not allowed to cany aims , thu lack of bloodshed Is laigely attilhuted. boon aftei 7 , as 1 walked up the Shank Hill road , I found manv indica tions of heilous noting. The stieet lamps were put out on all bides on the stieets. Kven the bhnnk Hill lamp lighters weio not able to keep them HI. Shutters wcroclosc'd ' up In thu shops and juivate windows ns bands ol bojs passed up and down jelling nnd rtmsi.vi AT Tin ; I-OMCK. Soon nftei the patrols weio diawn it was seen that a crowd had collected at the corner ' of Cinveii Htieet. 1 stood within twenty feet of this ciowd watching , with some cinlosllv , their method ol shooting the police. They had onlj two old pistols , nppaiently of the blunderbuss typo. The ciowd weio all bo)8 undei touileen veils old , nnd the pistol ow ner knelt In the middle ot the street , aimed and Hied nt the police Ilneo blocks away , with the great.-st deliberation and coolness. Why he hit no onu was ceitalnly amysteiy. Alter standing lira fifteen min utes the police got up neivo nnough to charge , but as they had not taken precautions to block the sides of the stieets , the 11018 IIASII.V OU11IAN llir.M. The police ceitalnly charged fearlessly. I saw ono man clubbed within arm's length of me , hence 1 know that this part of thu police vvoik was also well done , TWO INCIDENTS wonrii iiKpniiTi.va. The chinch bells began linglng in the catholic dish let during the disturbance. "Bloody papists,1' jelled the oiangemcn. "Police are killing us. " l r. McKee , n cleigjnmu , said , "Well done , " when the police captuicd a rioter. Immediately several persons the roughest abuse of li. McKcc , and t Iircatpncd ( o lell his coiiErpcnllon and have him discharged "ns n liai unworthy to bo a inlnl ter , " etc. The night's work Is logarded ns the most satisfactory. The police now conlrol the whole cllj , and with , \ little tact thov will easily pievenl futuio ilollng. IT AVAS NO Toeinpr Ovoreoni ( lj the and is Defeated. LONDON , Sept. 1 [ New York Herald Cnble-Speclnl lo tlu Hi K. ] The Amer ican earlhqmke Ins been lo tlie fionl , but the Amerlctn sculler to the leai. The foimor event Is iid ( o hive exeicKeil a gioat ellect over the laltei , who Just btno stalling handed me a speeli ! mnvsii.ipi'r sintlng that his I'lttstmnr , with oilier cities , had boon In jured. Ills American ftlends hpie use ( hit excuse foi his p ilpabto Hunk. Ought 1 to de scribe , the nee ? I'iiero vvas no rice to do- scribe. The drtj was mn * ( delightful , and Ihoetowds ot a uulveiilty i.tcn older , and the dlspln > of a thousand I lunches , boats , whenles , and even canoes tliat might be de scribed , but no lace. Heidi showed gicat power nnd dash. Teenier was n slow starter. Tim Inttei woie tiiinks of the luckj blue , the tormei the unlucl.j jellovv and lil.u k shorts and c ip \ II the luck signs however , were tevetsi-d. Not only did llcach vv in ba bundled vnrds , but lie turm-d nnd rowed hick to meet Teemei , nnd placing Ids shell nlou 'side , he exlended his hand In nmltv , mthei than condolence. The Aus- trallans aie glad to havuono vletorj to com- pensito what the } call "theli beastl > Ill-luck" nt cricket. Inteiest now centers for Amcilcnnson tliolTith , when ( laudaurof St. Louis , rows Heach ovei the simo comse. 1 I heard many Uvei men MIV that It Is consld- eied trom his trials that ( latidnur Is fai supei- lor to Teen. ei In fonn , The Chinese Kl o IT | nrlf-H und Sluj Them. Sit \xnii vi , Pept. 1.dvices fiom Chlnp Fee , the chief city of the piovlncc of f bcchuen , slate that the natives ol the eastcm pait of that piovinco nnd those of northein Cochin China have ilsen ngalnst the Chrlsllans and aio massacielngthem and deotiojliiL' their piopetty. This active per secution Is atttlb tied to the limntidcuc. ! of English and American misslonailes. In Cochin China alone lifty Ctnlstlaus h.ivn been killed , their houses binned and their farms destioved. In Sedition , n general massacie , tllteen of Cnrlstlatis Is icpoilcd In piogress and they aie killed wheiovir found. It is said that whole villages occu pied by Chi istians have been de-shoved nnd all lands occuiiied bj piolessois ot that faiili have been destiojed. Tlie apostaltc vicars residence in Sechuen was burned to the giound. ol a piece oi lurnltuic , not a book , 1101 paper was saved. The foiclgn consuls baiely escaped Iiom Scchuen with their lives. No efforts have beun made up to late ic-poits to iiiiell the dlsoidei and so fai as Is now known it continti's uiisuppies- . Scxton'H IleiiKuid lor lininodintc Ao- tlon lij the GoTcrnineiit. Loxnox , Sept. 1. In thoeommons to-night Mi. Sextvn moved his amendment in an art- du-ss in icply to the queen's speech , as fol lows : "Wo humbly loprejent to join maj- 'bsty that the choumstarices nccoi\tUnbhi''fov \ the recent riots in Belfast dictate the neces sity foi special measures to maintain order there , the most indent of these meiisuies ( icing the re-ostablishment ot jour majcstj's authoiity in the dlstilct whcrefiom the police have been expelled , by an increase of local constabulaiv to niich strength as will ouabl - it to deal with any piobibl contingency.1 In offciing the amendment Mi , Sexton deemed he had acted conscientiously. He chained that the riots In "Uelfa t had been conceived uud pioscculed In the inleresls ot the pioscnt government. ICIieeisl. Ho de- minded the goveinnienl to restoiu ordui In lieltast now and not await the loaiilts of picdlctcd inquiiy by a commission. ANARCHIST PAI1SONS. What He HUH to Say About the Giont Trial. CIIICAOO , Sept. 1. The Journal this afteinoon prints a long Inteivlevv with the condemned anarchist , Parsons. The day after the Haj market meeting , Parsons e lid , he left the city lorKlgin and tiom there went to Waukesha. Conceinln the verdict ho * said it was a trial by the newspapers. When nskcd how the newspaper criticisms could have atlected the juroid , ho Slid : "Our con viction did not depend entirely upon thcjm.v. but on the judge , witnesses nnd counsel , in d oven the bnillfls who summoned the jino ! * , ' and the veiy spcctatois. who with excited countenances ciovvded tlio couit loom and tlio nathwaj ol the Juiy through thu sticd. No judge on eaith. Iio'vovei upright , could bo unaffected by the howl ot the newspaper * . No witness on eaith could keen It from in- Hpiiin- and coloilng his evidence. " Continuing. Pnisons said tlie venllct was a ( bnamlte verdict , and that dynamite was used by striking diy goods cleiks In New York city , and stiiking mliipis In Hocking Valley and Heveilv , JI . , used It , as also did Ihocai stiikeis at bt. Louis. I'.usons wound up by decl.ulng lioe\pcted a ic-vcisal of thu veidlct by the siipieme couit. Yellow < ) nck A p pours. Nr.w OIII.RANS , Sept. L ( iieate.xcltement w as cioated today all along the lake shoio , when it bccamo Known tint Dn1. Hunt , Soloninn and Scoles lind declaud the cnscs of fever nt IJlloxl to le jellovv fever. At Hlloxl , a panic piuvalled and hundieds of poisons came tn "this city bj tialn to night. Thov say the > do not Icai vellovv level , but nut not willing to sulftu thelnconvenleiicool quiuantlne. A fJluc-NoHcd Kel/er , HAMI'AK , N. S. , Sept. 1. The cinlM'i , Howlatt , t > el/ed the Anu-ilcaii schoonei , Highland Light , foi fishing within thu tluec- nillo limit oil ( lie east point of Piinco Kd- vvaid's Ibland. This is thu ihst actual sij/.iiro made (01 ( Two Noted IteMirH Duwlroj oil. TIM : HAM i : , Sept. t. The gieat bath nt Schovlngen on the North sea In S xith Hol low has been destroyed by the. The Casino vvas also destroved. Thu total loss will not fall shot t ot fel.00,000. Imn mnlU'H J.osu. SU.NTOOK , N. 11. , Sept. 1A bilck build ing hero , owned by Jninin i' . Langmaid , of .Minnesota , binned to-day. Loss SIM.OOO ; Insured _ _ 'Jlio Joht Hliiloniciit. WASIII.NOION , bojit. L The following is a statement ol thepubllu debt ioi Septem ber 1 : Interest bentlni : debt , tnt.il , . , 1.911,810,767 73 Debt on which Interest has ceased since matin lly , to tal . , , . . . . . . 4tr , < 8UH S3 Debt beailng no Inteiest . G doVJOO MJ Totnldebt . SI,718W,100 ! ; 47 Total debt , less nv nllablo cash Hems . l,15t.7Ml-n ( 77 Net cash In treasuiy . 70M7,501 } \ Decrease * of debt dining month . . . 1,1110,009 W Cash In ttcasmj avnllahlo tor reduction ol public debt . . . IM.GSy.GiU 70 'I otal cash In tieasmy , as bhovvn by treasiiier's gen- eial account . . . . . . 471.870,08174 llanluu IklhtuiiCL-H Courtney , HOCKAVVAV HIACII : , Sept. U. The thrc mile race between llnnlun and Couitntty took place nt Jamaica ba > today , icsultliif .In adecisivu victory for the tormer. who Ui tanccd his opponent by seven