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t Mi Jh Ipgem ffatoftato {-J" , «,s»< 1 place itself in open hostility to the oigu* iced power of the liquor-selling interest. IIDIAXA ̂ Jtepnblicans aet-ft Iadian- the following ticket k the or, VAN M.TRK, THE TIE BAST. 1 tef* passenger etoMM* Daftfel Drew was totally destroyed by fire at King- " • Eton Point, N, Y. The loss is $150,000..... , v Lawrence Donavan, a pressman, employed ; in a New York office, leaped from Brook- Ivn bridge, sustaining no injuries. His shoes were weighted with lead, and he was well protected by padding. He won $500 by his adventure. X FIRE-DAMP explosion at the Fairhaven Colliery, near Scran ton, Pa., resulted in the loss of a number of lives... .Near Sum- ' ; mer Hill, Pa., Watson Ashe, H. George, and JoReph Horner were killed br a train. , ; They stepped from one track to escape an approaching train, and failed to see an­ other engine. Which mowed them dow*. NEAKLT the entire business portion of South Royalton, Vt., and nine dwellings were burned, the losses being $160,000. .. Nichols & Farosworth, dealers in shoe manufacturers' goods at Boston* have failed for a large amount, owing to $hd out-' ride operations of Farnsworth. 11 ' ' t ' 5 T 1 I E W E S T . . ' ebmnWCtNG Sept. 6, Chicago wfll have a gala week, and it is expected thai 250,000 visitors will be in the city dnrine that time. The State Fair will be in full blast, the Exposition will be open, and those who love base-ball can witness games between the three leading clubs in the Lengne. Chi­ cago meeting New York on Monday, Tues­ day, and Wednesday, and Detroit on Thurs­ day, Friday, and Saturday. Excursion rates will be made on aH the roads leading J|fikr into Chicago. THE Indian Office has issued A letter of instruction to agents upon the various reservations where under the existing laws and treaties allotments of land in severally may be made, urging that the allotting and patenting of lands to Indians should be pressed with the utmost vigor...: General Thorna6 Court land Manning, of Louisiana, has been appointed Minister to Mexico to succeed Henry R. Jackson, resigned. FBOST hardly waited for the departure of summer before it made its appearance in Minnesota, Dakota, Illinois, Indiana and other States. Some damage was done to garden crops and grain. ABOCT one hundred persons a day visit the condemned anarchists in jail in Chi­ cago. Half the visitors are ladies. They are not sympathizers with the cause of anarchy, but regard the prisoners as a part of the city's sights. The physicians at the jCounty Hospital are endeavoring to get betWf ii $3,000 and $4,000 extra pay for their services in attending the policemen wounded during the riots. They say their salaries are only for attendance upon pftuporBi jriiEsoim CIPTATH' GEORGE "W. LAMAR, appointed Postmaster of Savannah, Ga., was refused the office by Postmaster Wilson. The lat- _ter said Lamar might have it when he could take it. POSTAL. INSPECTOR W. W. SIMPSON of Atlanta, Ga., ejeoted A. N. Wilson from the postoffice at Savannah and placed G. "W. Lamar in possession. Wilson fiad posi­ tively refused to turn over the office unless force should be used, and went out saving: "I am still postmaster of Savannah; Presi­ dent Cleveland had no right to suspend me under tbe Constitution." Wilson was sua- tcaunmp^ f-4' •-- WASlHXCSTOX. " TW. Trustees of the proposed Catholic University at Washington intend soon, to have the building commenced. The sum of $300,000 was contributed by Miss Cald­ well, of New York, and nearly an equal unount has been raised by Bishops Spauld- ing, Keane, and Ireland.. . .The acting Secretary of the Treasury gives notice that on or before September 15, he will r^jletm any uncalled 3 per cent, bond#, t6 the amount of $10,000,000, at par and accrued interest. i THE following is the statement of the public debt issued on the 1st of the month: ZNTEUEST-BEARRKO DEBT. Bonds at 4'.v per cent Bonds at 4 percent Bonds at 3 per cent " Refunding certificates at 4 per cent Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent. IL'O.OOO.OOO 7.S7.7C >,">00 134,42^,150 14.000JW0 M,623,51;} Principal Interest Total DEBT ON Principal.. Interest... Total.. 11,201,01.V12 ........ l<V*)1,t>45 fl,211,810,757 HAS CUBED SINCE MATCBITT. •••••". R778.1K5 194,922 i9,i:t.i,ooo 74,f,<18,347 e.»,(Bi,7jO 6,953,702 53J,C07,200 >4,938.148 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. and legal-tender note#. $346,738 301 Certificates of deposit Gold certificates Silver certificates °.°| Fractional currency (less' $8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed) Principal " . , TOT At DEfeT.""'*' fctereft 11,737,395,537 interest , # #> lO,y%,5C8 Lew eash itetos available forVedu^7^'^*"106 tioii of thedobt, 101 flvr held loir iedesi|»tioa oi ' u. ftsotta , loo.odo.ooo . ®°tal I*"* «9!,GT,qC4 Total debt less available cash itemsSl 45 j Tim 141 Net cash in the Treasury . .... rais^jci Debt less casta in Treasury Sept, 1, • **1886 "&eaSuryf Aug. 1,380,087,279 debt durinG the month. SI 910 mi CASH IN THK TBEAHtBy AVAILABLE FOB BKBUt Zj-ti . .. , 110511 °r 1TBLIC DEBT. $TU, U. o. notes held for certificate® ' nt Caai***,t.a.ctually outstanding "rest ̂ dnatUfe.d.deb! a«l m- Fractional currency 177,096,3*7 FC«,<M,7TO . 11.196.000 5,769.701 ,3,0fc3 T^d^t1&b!e.fo,r..rcABCtl0D <* (193,687,964 He>VT re^®niptiono; XT H. notes, Jan* 14> 1875, and July 12, ' for reduction of thi WKWW,<> g^tional silver eota.*,',,.^.' «7,950,» Minor coin ......V.?. SB/v „ Total.. '.I..... : " Certificates held as M'A' net cash balance on hand....!.."" ,n Treasury as ibomby *heTreaanrer'e Reneral account.. 28,279,fli:i V «,TJ.l4 2 "'•.ot.gu 1474,270,051 qiMiaMMMM or rotMio initrtMiiOD, 8. U. L« Follette. The platform favors "the maintenance of the principle of protection," the *4rednctiop of the legal n«mber of woddng boon idwrtrt pMb- ticable," th« eafbrcemeat of the oiril-ser­ vice law, the creation of * bureau of labor statistic*, and upon the liquor question de-. clares in favor of "such laws as will perrfkit the people in their Ntml ffteaRtfcs to invoke such measures of restric­ tion as they may deeni wise, and to compel the traffic to compensate for the burdens it imposes on society and re­ lieve the oppression Of local taxation." CoBgnetsional nemtaations: Fint Michi- gan&fetnct, Oalvin A, Frisbie^ Prohibition­ ist; Third Michigan, Patrick Hankerd, Pemoerftt-Greenbacker; Seventh Missis­ sippi, Charles E. Hooker, J>emocrat; Third West Virginia, C. P. Snyder, Democrat; Second North Carolina, F. M. Simmons, Democrat; Fifth Kansas, Joseph G. Lowe, Democrat; Fourth Virginia, W. E. Gaines, Bepublioan; Sixth Wisoonsin, Charles B. Clark, JSepublicnn; Seventeenth Illinois^ IJobort McWilliams. Republican; Twen­ tieth Illinois, William Harteell, Dem< ocrat; Eighth Michigan, Timothy E. Tarsney, Democrat-Greenbacker; Nor­ folk i Va.) district, Charles E. Bowdeu, Republican; Fourth Iowa, William E. Ful­ ler, Republican; Fourteenth Ohio, Charles P. Wiccham, Republican; First Michigan, Henry A. Robinson, Labor; Third Virginia, George T'. Wise, Democrat; Second Ala­ bama, H. A. Herbert, Democrat; Fourth New Jersey, W. H. Morrow, Prohibition; Fourth Alabama, A. C. Davidson, Dem IN the Missouri Republican Convention, at Sedalia, J. G. Cravens was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court, M. F. Butler for State Superintendent, and 8. W. Craw­ ford for Railway Commissioner. The plat­ form affirms that whenever any large num­ ber of voters petition the legislature for the submission of an amendment providing a change in the organic law of the State it is the duty of that body to grant the petition; denounces the national administration for "its utter fail­ ure to originate any measures of relief whereby .the expenses of the Government can be reduced, or the relations of labor to capital more equitably adjusted, or by any other beneficent measure in the in­ terest of the people;" favors liberal pensions to Union soldiers, and de­ nounces the President's pension vetoes and * the removal of ex-soldiers from ,offioe for partisan reasons** HIDVSTBm. NOTES. ̂ i*HZ completion of the Kansas eg La Memphis Road has made the latter place the distributing point for the South in the line of coarse grain and provisions, and given the trade of Chicago a serious blow. Br the lockout at New York of the cldth- ing cutters 10,000 persons are thrown out of employment. The figi>t .was brought about by the demand made by the cutlers that the employers should not give work to non-union men. THE citizens of Wheeling, West Virginia, assembled by thousands the other evening to witness the lighting of natural' gas, from a pipe runing into Pennsxlvania^JLm irked change in the manufacturing line is cer­ tain to occur... .Two hundred persons are thrown out of employment by a strike of the puddlers.employed at the East End and Lights it Kapps rolling mills at Lebanon, Pa. They were refused an advance of fifty cents per ton. . THERB is a revival of shipbuilding inter­ ests in Eastern yards, no less than 1,800 men being employed in the Philadelphia .Yftrrta An ordrx" tK** tu^ui vusj for the next ten months.... At a meeting of the New York coal manufacturers it was decided to advance the prices of coal. POLITICAL, 1 THE California Democratic State Con­ vention nominated Jackson Temple, 3. f. 8ulhvan, and Byron Waters for the three vacancies on the Supreme Bench. The Clevel^ds administr;t- !w. Ji !i?.m s tll,; free coinage of silver &•' favws «!i°rati0U °f tbe Wo1 tariff 1W7, favors the passage of the wine bills 00 OD^ti^e Co^gre®B: approves of labor co-operatiA e societies; demands the abrogation of the Burlicgame Chinese £laty'C .JW0W1 ^^tioa provid­ing for the deportation iof nil Chinese now in the United States A considerable number of Illinois Repul',. licans who oppose the prohibition political movement, but who are hostile to the SSSf !j_*lTfereD\e 111 Chica«° aQd mmognn resolutions asking the party to Rass'a intended to establish a pro* tectorate in Corea, the Chinese Minister oauged naiKiac^^iTrflr to be anchored 4MnaV*|ii'of A n*e^^^^^^^mrderlsreported fitom m Lim^*%, ^elind, a %idow nnxied Hayes was evidtoAky order of a Mrs. Ryan». That evening an attempt was made to blow up the residence of the landlady'^ son with^ an iron bomb and fuse, bat the light was*5 extinguished.... Repot ts oome from China that the imprudeuce of Ifaglfoh |md Ameri­ can missionaries led to IQ <|B»ttuctioti of seteral villages*occupied by Christians and the murder of fifty persons. PHINOE Afi wrote to the Czar stating that he is devoted to Russia,' and was willing to surrender his crown when­ ever the Muscovite Emperor demanded it. The Csar replied that he did not approve of Alexander's return to Bulgaria. It is fear­ ed ift'AMl that unless Bt«flnark interferes war will follow.... A vigorous Home-Rule campaign during the Parliamentary recess will be carried on by the Radicals and Parnellites.... United Ireland says the erk of tbe extermination of landlords has be­ gun, and that "the Irish landlord is the modem impenitent thief. J 1 G I T Y I N R U I N S , Th«Qk pater Part of Moyed by an ^ ^ qnaka. \ Prom Fifty to Sixty HtMn ' tival ' ' Lovt in the Terrible tSStat- trophe. - 33 *rl I*" thu a TMrd sf the BeiN Itatisa. Prtlk! Baildings and lhrelllngg L^id ia Shapeless Heaps--Loss, • $10,000,000. fiEKEILIL. AmmtAii WABD, of the British navy, is of opinion that the American life-saving service shows by far the most complete record of work. The Spanish Government has adopted the American gun used for throwing lines over Wrecked vessels.... Shocks of earthquake are reported in Greece, Italy, Egypt, and the United States. The Greeian villages of Pyrgo and Philiatra were utterly destroyed, with the loss of three hundred lives, and every honse in the town of Zante was damaged. IN connection with the seizure by a United States revenue cutter of two Cana­ dian vessels in Behring Strait for violating, the seal-fishing laws, it is stated that tbe jurisdiction of this country over those waters will be questioned The fifth an­ nual convention of the National Encamp­ ment of the Sons of Veterans was held at Buffalo, N. Y. Twenty States are repre­ sented. Colonel Fred Gcaut telegraphed sickness prevented his being with the members. A CIBCCLAB addressed to the custoips officers of the Dominion states that Ameri­ can vessels must not be permitted to bo from one Canadian port to another for cargoes. Only British vessels, or those be­ longing to powers in treaty with Great Britain, may compete in the coasting trade. The cruiser Howlett seized the Ameri­ can schooner Highland Light for fishing within the three-mile limit off the point of Prince Edward Islands. FORtlCiA. PLIINCB ALKASDEB arrived at Sistova on the 30th ult. His entry into the town and his progress through it were one cou- tinuous triumph. The people lifted tye Prince from his carriage and carried hipi on their shoulders to the Greek church, where a to deum was sung. The Prince afterward left for Tirnova, where he was received with great enthusiasm by the ]x>pulace. He at once issued a mani- ! !esto. in which he approves the measures adopt <1 by the Staoibouloff regency, con­ firms the existing ministry and the ap­ pointment of Mutkouroff as commander- in-chief of the army, thanks the army far its fidelity and resolute attitude in favor of independence, implore's God^ blessing, and urges all to units in promoting the welfare of Bulgaria. King Milan of Servia telegraphed to Prince Alexander congratulating him upon his re­ turn to Bulgaria, and expressing the full­ est sympathy with him. It is said that XL Nelidoff, Russian Ambassador at Constan­ tinople, in an interview with the Grand Vizier, hinted at a Russian occupation of Bulgaria. Berlin papers insist that Ger­ many and Austria cannot tolerate such an occupation. It is believed that a great war is imminent Forty-nine persons have been arrested for resisting the police in the evictions from the estate of Lord Clanricarde, in Ireland The Bulgarian Cabinet, as remodeled, is said to be strongly anti-Russian... .The yield of wheat m Austria and Hungary is about (>,000,000 hectolitres below the usual average General Bulier will use ilying patrols in Kerry, Ireland, to suppress the moonlighters. He will also have the use of a gunboat on the Shannon... General Buller states that he will repress moon­ lighters in County Kerry, Ireland, by means of flying patrols who shall be able te communicate speedily with a regularly organized system of supports. IT was stated in the British House of Commons that during the Belfast riots one head constable had been killed, five of­ ficers and six members of the constabulary had been seiiously wounded, and that alto­ gether 32*2 policemen had been more or less injured te various encounters Wtti the, rioters Upon . rumors that '. ' ADDITIONAL. NEWS* ,: f "1 It is known that thiit/-seven persons lost their lives by the earthquake at Charleston, and as many more are reported seriously injured. The Acting Secretary of War has ordered tents sent by a revenue oqtter to the distressed city. A subscrip­ tion list in Baltimore was headed with $500 by the A meriean. The New York Petro­ leum Exchange contributed an equal amouut in a few minutes. The We-tern Union Telegraph Company offers to for­ ward contributions of money free of charge. The earthquake at Sniumerville, S. (?., caused fiSsures in the -earth, from whu-h a fluid of salphui-ons smell exudes. Not a half dozen houses in the place are habit­ able, and the terror-stricken people are leavm.' for Other loiuts. At a joitif m»eD- ing of the Charleston Exchange and Mer­ chants' . Exchange, the following Was unanimously adopted: . . To all Exchanges and Commercial Bodies: . Oat -warehouseK, • oottoh-yrosse v WharVes, railroads, rice-mills, anil everything else aeceti- sary for handling buitiuees, though aaniagod, arc in working order. We fear no further dis­ turbance. Thu destruction of property will cause great distress and BUtfc-ring, but Will n interfere with tho dispatch if buMiiess. A joint meeting also adopted resolutions to apply to the President and Congress !for a national loa* to aid the citizens of Charleston 1 in rebuilding the citi\ The Council at a meeting . adopted the Jollow- mg: Itetolved, f hat !n reSpo'ti^e to the numerous offers of aaftistaac* and sympathy from our M-J- ter cities an.l from citizens of this ami other States, the Mayor is authorised tj statu that great distress exist* among our citizsna in qon- seqnfence of the earthquake aud that wo grate­ fully accei>t tho aid thug tendert-d (is. • Th4 several Catholic* churches have been seriously injured. The Catholic schools hate all Sustained su *h damages as will not permit of studies being resumed. The injury to the county jail is well taigh Irrep­ arable. Thirty-six prisoners esc;«ip^d, three of whom have returned. "Tho most urgent heed now." says a Charleston dis­ patch, "is for the early reftair of the injured buildings, so as to make them babitabile. High winds and heavy rain would bring many shattered buildings to the ground and injure the hundreds of residences which have defective roofs. The situation is still deplorable. Rudely improvised tents, con­ structed prinicpally of bcd<cl<>thL'tg, are to be seen everywhere. Few persons have us yet slept indoors, and the houses arj'deselrt- cd as if plague-stricken. Thousands have slept with nothing but the oauopy of heaven over them. After the parks and squares were filled last night the inhabitants sus­ pended overcoats, bed-quilts, etc., from, f e n c e s , o v e r t h o s i d e w a l k s , w » * p ' - r - J ±v-- --a*-'- trujuj eti repose under open umbrellas, the handles of which were stuck in the ground. The more aristocratic people camped in their own yards." The Queen of England sent a dispatch to Pres­ ident Cleveland expressing sympathy with the sufferers by the earthquake. AT 11 o'clock pn the evening bf Friday, the 3d ii»st., another terrific earthquake shock swept under the city of Charleston, coming with a heavy, booming sound from the southeast. The wildest) panic ensued among the people, everybody rushing pell- mell into the streets. Tho colored people were well nigh beside them­ selves with alarm and terror. Buildings rocked and swayed, and several partially wrecked houses tottered and fell. Only one fatality occurred, woman being killed by a falling wall. The shocks were felt all along the South­ ern. Atlantic coast from Florida to Mary­ land. Earthquake shocks' were also felt on the Pacific coast.- ! ' PRINCE ALEXAKDEH waA warmly wel­ comed upon his return to the capital of Bulgaria, from which ho was recently ex­ pelled. A Sofia dispatch says: "He modo a triumphal entry into the city, escorted by the municipal authorities of Sofia. Ad­ dresses of welcome were presented to Alex­ ander in the great square in front of the pal­ ace. All then proceeded to the cathedral, where a grand te deuin mass was celebrated. Artillery salatcs were fired at the garrison, and the troops were reviewed. The cere­ monies concluded with a reception to the foreign diplomatic representatives. Prince Alexander ordered the release of all politi­ cal prisoners. The Ministr.-has been re­ constructed, M. Stambuloff remaining n| Premier. There is great rejoicing through­ out Bulgaria." THE MAEKETg. \ 0 i NEW YOBK. BKKTKS f5.25 @ 5.73 BOOS ...... ,4.50, «* 6,23 WHEAT--No. 1 WhiW.......93 (<H .93U No. 2B«d....... ...ii,!. ,«7 @ .8§ CoaU--No. 2. .51 @ .51U O i T S r - W h i t e , . . . 3 5 & , 4 1 i P o n K - M e a i . . 1 0 . 7 5 @ I W BEKVKS--Choice to Prime BTWS 5.00 @ 5.50 Good Shipping 4.00 & 4.751 Common..; 8.00 0 3.73 BOOS--Shipping Grades 4.30 to» 5J|S: Ftom--Extra Spring....'.......,' 4.K c5'5 00 WHEAT--No. it lied.(V.. I* ,7S SI .7814 COBN--No. 2 .41 & .42 OATB--No. 2 J. . i . . . . 8 6 « • . f e . 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Citiu--Bnt Fair | •Nw.;;fl55Rtei;3.3r.!* SB'548 • • • - , & .76U .42 (A .20 & M (SlOJiO 4.«0 @5.25 earthquake shock at ft, on the evening of Tuesday, the 31st ult., waa followed at brief intervals by several others of less force. Tbe first shock came from the south­ east, and struck the city at 9:55 p. m., Tuesday. During UM twentv-four hours following, there were ten distinct shocks, but they were only the subsiding of tbe earth-waves. The disaster was wrought by the first. Its foroe may be in­ ferred from the faet that the whole area of country between the Atlantie eoast and the Mississippi River, as far to the north as Mil­ waukee, felt its power to a greater or lesser de­ gree. Charleston, however, was the special vietim of this elemental destruction. The city is substantially in ruins. Two-thirds of Its houses are uninhabitable. What stores are iett are closed, as their owners dare not go to them. Churches and other public buildings are in ruins. Uailroads and telegraph lines are torn up and destroyed. Between fifty and sixty lives are believed to have been lost, and many people were maimed by falling build­ ings and by jumping from the windowB of bouses. Firea broke out and added to the hor­ rors of the sceue. The loss of property is roughly estimated at *10,000,003.' Two-thirls of the houses of the doomed city are rendered un­ inhabitable, being wrecked either totally or par­ tially. The approach of the quake, says a Charleston dispatch, was heralded by the usual rumbling sound, resembling distant thunder. Then, as it gradually approached, the earth quivered and heaved, and in a few secon le it had passed, the sound dying out in the dis­ tance. The city is a complete wreck. St Mi­ chael's Church and St. Philip's Church, two of the most historic churches in the city, are in ruins, as alBo the Hibernian Hall, the police stations, and nmny other public buildings. Three or four fires started in as many sections with the first shock of the earthquake, and the city was soon illumined with flame, thus lead­ ing all to believe what was left by the earth­ quake would be devoured by fire. Hardly a house in the city escaped injury, and many are so Bhaken and cracked that a blow would bring them to tho cround. The shook was Bevere at Smnmerville and Mount Pleasant and on Sullivan's Island, but 110 loss of life is reported there. Fissures in the earth are noticed from which a fine sand, appavently from a great depth, exudes. A sulphurous smell' is very noticeable. The city is wrapped in gloom and business is entirely suspended. People generally remain in the streets, in tents and under improvised shelters, and will camp out to-night, fearing an­ other shock. Not even during Genera! Quincv A. Gilmore's bombardment of the city has there ever been- such a deplorable state of affairs here. The city is literally in ruins, and the people are liv­ ing in open squares and puhlic parks. There is a great rush to the railroad dopots to get away, but owing1 tp the earthquakes no trains have been able to be dispatched from the city., fv>" It is impossible to depict the ittfli and desola­ tion that prevails here. Not a single place of • business in the city is open save a drug-storA, which is busy preparing prescriptions for the; wounded. It is iinposnible also to give any cor­ rect estimate of the killed and wounded, as bodies are constantly being disinterred from the debris of the wrecked houses. Many of the dead are lying unburied, these being of the poorer classed of colored people, who await burial by the county. There are not a half dozen tents in the city, and the women and ohildren aro experiencing great privations in consequence. Summerville, twenty-two miles from Charles­ ton, was nearly destroyed by the earthquake. Many persons were killed and hundreds ren­ dered homeless. The whole business portion of the town was badly wrecked. AM(iHT OF TERROR. 8 flMphlo Description bf tlie Awful SoHie^ That Occurred In Charleston. ? [From the Charleston News and Courier.] ; Necessarily the description that can be give!) of the disaster which has befallen our city con-" sists in tho narration of the experiences and ob­ servations of individuals, and, tho subject be­ ing the same and the experiences of all being nearly alike, the story told by one careful ob­ server may well stand for a hundred others, with slight variations. Probably the l>eftt idea that can be had of the character of the disturbance, therefore, may be obtained from a narration of the events and scenes of Wednesday night as they wera presented to a single person. While engaged in his usual duties in the second-story room of the News ami Courier office at the time of the first shock the writer's attention was vatusly attracted by a sound which seemed to come from the office below, and which was supposed for a moment to bo caused by the rapid rolling of a heavy body, as an iron safe or a heavily ladon truck, over the floor. Accompanying the sound there was a perceptible tremor of the building, not more marked, however, than would be caused by the passage of a street car or a dray along tbe street. For perhaps two or three seconds the occurrence ex­ cited no surprise or comment. Then, by • wift degrees, the sound deepened in volume; the tremor became more decided ; the . ear caught the rattle of window-sashes, gas-fixtures,, and other loose objects. The men in the office, with perhaps a simultaneous flash of recollection of the disturbance of the Friday before, glanced hurriedly at each other, and sprang to their feet, with startled questions and answers. What is that? Earthquake? And then all was bewilderment and confusion. Then the long roll deepened and Kpiea 1 into an awful roar that seemed to pervade at once the troubled earth and the still air above and arbund. The tremor was now a rude, rapid quiver that agitated the whole building as though it wore beini! shaken by the hand of 101 immeasurable power, with intent to tear its joints aaunder'and scatter its stones and bricks abroad. There was no intermission in the vibration of the mighty subterranean engine. From the fir:it t > the last it was a continuous jar, only adding force to ev­ ery moment, and as It appro iclied and 1 eached the climax of its manifestation, it ieemed for a few terrible seconds that no work of human hands could possibly survive the shocks. Tho floors were heaving under foot, the surrounding walls and partitions visibly swayed to and fro, the crash of falling miasBes of stone and briek and mortar was heard overhead, and without the terrible roar filled the ears. It is not given to many men to look in the face of the destroyer and yet live; but it Is little to say that the group of strong men who shared the experience above faintly described will carry with them tho recollection of that supreme movement to their dying day. None expected to escape. A sudden rush was simultaneously made to endeavor to attain the open air and flee to a place of safety; but before tho door was reached all reeled together to the tottering wall and stopped, feeling that hopo was vain. That it was on'y a question of death within the building or without, to be buried by tbe sinking roof or crushed by tbe toppling walls As we dashed down the stairway and out into the street, already on evt rv side arose the" shrieks, the cries of pain and fear, the prayers , and wafHiigs of terrified Wi men and children, commingled with the hoarse shouts of excitad men. Out in the streets the air was fUiM to the height of the houses with 11 whitish cabiid of dry, stifling dust from the lime, mnrtar, )Mid shuttered masonry, Whieb, falling upon the fHvement and stone roadway, had been re­ duced to powder. Through this cloud, d^nse as fog, the gaslights flickered dimly, shedding but little light, so that you stumble at every step over the piles of blick or Income entangled in the lines of te'r graph w ires that depended in every direction from their broken supports. On every side were hurrying forms of bareheaded men and women, partially dressed, some almost nude, and many of whom were crazed with fear or excitement. The first shock occurred at 9:53, as was indi­ cated by the public clocks. The second shock, which was but a faint and crisp echo of the first, was felt eight minutes later. As it passed away tho writer started homeward, to find the scenes enacted on Broad street around the Newt and Courier office repeated at every step of tho way. St. Michael's steeple towered hiuh ana white above the gloom, seemingly uninjured. The station-house, a massive brick building across the street, had apparently lost its roof, which had fallen around it. A little farther on the roof of the portico of the Hibernian Hall, a handsome building in the Grecian style, had crashed to the ground, carrying down part of the massive granite pillars with it. All the way up Meeting street, which, in respect of its general direation and importance may be called "the Broadway of Charleston," the roadWay was piled with debris' from tho tops of the walls. In passing the Charleston Hotel, which, to carry out the com- Sarison above indicated, occupies the position of tew art's up-town store in New York, the third shock was felt about ten minutes after the second, and. of course, caused the greatest alarm in that neighl>orhood, as elsewhere. At Marion Square a great crowd had collected, as even the edges of the wide spaces embraced in it could not be reached l»y tho nearest buildings in the event of their fall. From this crowd, composed of men, women, and children of both races, arose incessant calls and cries and lartantations; wbito over the motley, half- dressed throng waa died tbe lurid light of the conflagration which had broken out joat beyond the square immediately after tbe ~ * * and had now wholly envel< ings in flames. In three other quarters «m« flfellar ' del th< tenjng hem destrue streets, or 00W gi in the open places give them a thoucht ruddy flumes or the pillars of cloud rising high into the still night air. Each was too in­ tent on listening with strained senses for the dreaded recurrence of that horrible growl oj groan of the power under the seas and under tbe land to give a thought to the new terror, though it bad threatened his own heme and many hornet in the doomed city. The cmwds poured in from every direction to the square just described, as though it had been indeed a charmed circle, and life dereuded ou passing within its grassy iKiunds. Street-cars, carriages, and other ve­ hicles were ranged in lines on the streets sur- rounding the square, while the horaes t tjod as though snifllng the ground in anxious inquiry. The colored people ev< rywhere were loud and increi sing in their declamation* of alarm, in the singing of hymns, and in fervent api>eals for God's mercy, in which appeals, God knows, many a proud heart who hiard them arising in the nigh*, and in the nou) of His wondrous might, devoutly and huipbl} and sincerely joined. Danger brings all of u to the level of the lowliest. There werd n» distinctions of place or power, pride or cast*, in the assemblages that wt ro gathered togethei in Charleston on Tuesday night. It was a furi­ ous specta -1 > to look back v.pon. It Is a food: one to remember for white and block- alike. There were instances of unselfish devotion, of kind and loving regard between master and servant, mistress and maid, in the presence bf a common ill andot threatened rain that showed, as nothing else could show, how strong Is the tie that binds our white people and our black people together; and this lesson of the dread visitor we may hope, too, will never be forgotten. Ar­ riving at his home, the writer found the same scenes of distraction and wreck which marked nearly every home in tho city. All the houses in the neighborhood had Buffered seriously, and streets, yards, and gardens were filled with the fallen chimneya ana fragments of walls, whila the walla that were left standing were rent asunder in many cases from top to bottom, and were badly shattered in every instance. Women and children, roused from sleep or, in­ terrupted in their evening pursuits by the sound of the ruin being effected above snd around them, rushed out into the streets arid huddled together awaiting the end, whatever it might be. Invalids were brought out on tayit- trespes and deposited on the roadway. ,No thought was given to the treasures left behind in the effort to save the poculiar treasure of life itself, suddenly become so precious in the eyes of ail, the invalid woman and tho robust man alike. Until long after midnight the streets were filled with fugitives in search of their homes. Through the Ions; hours that followed few were the eyes, even of child­ hood, that were closed in sleep. Charleston was full of those who watched for the morning, and never, in any city, in any laud, did the first gray shades that mark the approach of dawn appear so beautiful and so welcome to eyes as tbey ap­ peared to the thousands of people who hailed them this morning from the midst of the count­ less wrecked homes in our thrice-scourged tout •till patient, still brave, still hopeful, still beau­ tiful city by the sea. PLOSION. $£ Jfersona Fatally' ^fsngfed lad and Other* Seri­ ously Injured. Th» Explosion Produces a Panic ^ Thrmigtiotrt ttrt ExttrtTW*"""* .:.,y , , ; flu C*ty*-Ja ! 7^ •5**1'* >*» auttriad. Trni II M-- through ttaa not, re. The old eoupla and sustained arms. Tha younger id unhurt. tioo from the Jung his neighbor a window read- jred the glass, the themselves In tbe heavy timbers of rook, fell upon ity Hospital. ABBOW KBCAPK. --ey's capacious residence, about aix hundred feet aouthwest of the sceneoftha explosion, waa a eomplete wreck. The hearv pieces of rock crashed through the roof, carrv- hig the whole upper story with them to tha a°9* be101*- ®fce rear wail waa Mown out entirely. There wer* .about fight nersons in e upper Glatt Biwkti fcjr the Sfcock Six >0flrtu thfc Seene itf#$>T/. (.J aglet*. AM Jfcxnes Dnhr.s ock was beating his way i 1 a • •.' • .AT OVATA PONRRT? j. Consternation Produced by tho* ijpieatal! Throughout the CoTintry. At Augusta, Ga.,the earthquake shooks were quite severe, and produced great alarm. Thie p'astering on many houses was broken, people rushed into the streets, women fainted and men were completely unnerved. Most of the citizens passed the night in t'he open air. Shocks were felt all over Georgin, but 110 serious dam ace was caused. Throughout North Carolina theAjhoofcs were quite «: vere. At Ashevillo they proSuoed the utmost consternation. The disturbance Was accompanied by a rumbling souiid resembling distant thunder, buildings quaked, walls vibrat-. ed, and terror-stricken men, women, and eijil: dren in night clothes rushed from houses into the open air. The earth shcok and bells tolkd itt their towers, while the people, in coneter- natlon, prayed, faiuted Or stood dazod bf the alarming phenomena. The negroes began a re-c ligious meeting in one of tho churches, which was kept up all night. ,At Charlotte, Waynes- ville and Weavervillo, N.- C., several houses were wrecked and a number of chim­ neys toppled over. At Columbia, 8. C., -no less than sixtoen distinct shocks were felt The first shook was fearful, and houses were shaken as though made of paste­ board. It seemed as if everything must toppje. The rumbling in the earth was loud and horri­ fying in the extreme. Clocks stopped, bells were rung, and damage done to some buildings, principally by toppling chimncys. TWO rooms in the Governor's mansion were wrecked. There were numbers of cases of nervous pros­ tration, and doctors were in demand to com- poatfhe frightened people. A large political QMttttbg was hatag held in the Court House, »Ut |t adjourned in a panic. The walls of the Court House were cracked, and one partition badly BO. The colored people assembled in the streets, praying. At Murphysboro, IU., the shock was unite severe. Brick walls shook, glassware clinked, and hanging lamps were sent swidgtog-'like pendulums. Doors vibrated as if shaken by unseen hands. The fire bell on the OOUrt house kept up a rapid fire alarm for more Wan a n*n- ute. At Decatur, 111., the shock was feM tiuite sensibly. It rattled and shook articles {n dwellings and swayed business buildings HJight- ly north and south. Occupants of noma ran out into the street. No damage, but some fright. At Greenville, 111 , there were lively shocks, at intervals of nbout half a minute, and buildings wore rocked under their action, but no' damage was done, At Jacksonville, 111., buildings vibrated from east to west, tables and other articles tipped, . and people were greatly frightened. At Vlcksburg, Miss., the City Council was In ses­ sion, and the City Hall, a very frail building, constructed on high brick pillars, under which is the city market, was made to rock so that the board adjourned suddenly and unceremonious­ ly. The shock was also felt in other places throughout the city. At Hannibal, Mo., the walls of tbe brick buildings trembled, and in some cases swayed. One or two meetings adjourned hastity, and the printers in the Journal office dropped their stickB and prepared to run, but the shock was over before they got started. Three distinct shocks were felt at Cairo, 111., lasting about ten seoonds. People tan from their houses in a fright. Clocks throughout the city stopped or were disarranged. Everything pendent swung to and fro, while tho vibrations of buildings were frightful. Tho shock waB generally felt throughout Richmond, Va., and the excitement was intense. At Pittsburgh the hotel guests rushed into the streets panic- stricken. At Media, Pa., dishes were thrown from shelves, clocks stopped, and occupants of the houses rus}>ed out, screaming with terror. At Louisville, Ky., the shock was qui e severe, and lasted half a minute. At Detroit, Mich , the shock was so great as to frighten tho occupants of buildings, who stampeded for the street. At Cincinnati; printers in the Sun offloo thought the building was falling, and abandoned their cases. There wns a pnnic in the ltepublican office, at St. Louis, the printers rushing pell-mell from, the buUdiug. The 'shock resembled the motion of a series" of water waves. The guests occupying thp upper flodrs of the "Southern and Lindell Hotels rushed down-stairs bfidly frightened, fearing > that some catastrophe was about to occur. At Memphis, Tenn., the shock was severe, and the motion was portli to south, lasting fully ten saoonds. It had a rapid Oscillating movement. Groat consternation was felt. At Washington, D. C., two shocks occurred, the second of longer duration and more severe than the first, and few seconds latter. It was felt in all parts of the city, creating considerable con­ sternation. At Indianapolis, Ind„ the shock was of a tremulous,' quivaring character. Many guests of the Denisou House rushed from their rooms in alarm, nnd similar scwies weiie wit­ nessed in a number of otHtr buildings..Tt At Cleveland, Ohio, the shock caused feaon- Sfeaiatioti, and almost a panic oecursedjiliiiwo theaters. At Tar re Mmito, hid., tw^* diMtitict snoclis wero, felt, Wiiulows \\e-ne< ra$t|ed and 'titi Several cases plastering dis­ lodged from ceilings. A large audience was present 14* the Opera nous0 attending a minstrel show. The bujldtag shook m.tU pe< 'pie became panic-strickon, being under the impression that the structure was about to fall. Those in tho galleries felt the shock most severely, and they rose and made a rush for the exits. Tbe crowds in other parts of the house followed, wointn screamed, an 1 there was struggling and rush­ ing for the doors. Almodt tho entire audience fought its way to the st'eet. At New York the shock was plainly felt. In the upper stories of ' the tall Western Union building the waves were plainly discernible, and persons walking about experlenoed tha MMaation a; of falling. At Co­ lumbus, Ohio, $be shock was quite severe. At the Central Asylum for the Insane, tbe largest building for insane in the world, furniture was turned around, and the patient* became so alarmed that the attendants had trouble in getting them to return to their wards. At tha lustituta for the Blind the shock was so strong that rocking-chairs ou the floor were made to start in motion, nnd the chandeliers were swayed to and fro. The teach­ ers at the Blind Institute refused to return to their rooms after running to the main audience- room below. At this point it was accompanied 5r a low, heuvy, rumbling sound. At Oolum-a, 8.0., there were ten dfctinct shocks. FORETOLD. A Usw,Tork*r Prophesied aa ' •' [i?ew York telegram.] Those who have lived in countries subject to earthquakes state that the atmospheric condi­ tions here have been such that in those coun­ tries the inhabitants would have known that an earthquake was impending. Mr. Thomas K, Taltavall, of the Associated Press. has M>ent a number of years in Spain and Portugal. Dur- inc the last few days he hag frequently re­ marked to your correspondent that "an earth* quake was coming." He gave as his reaton for thinking thus the peculiar appearance of the sky and the long-continued drought. Ho stated that in fipaia th«*e dry spells and misty, «a£n mornings always preceded e%rth .djlsr through tha rain on Areher noad Sunday morn ing a lighthing bolt shot'out 6t the black north- fm sky, having seemingly eelected:hi&l Ipf the target of tta wr^h. ~The blftuijag aensLtion was instantly followed by a withering ifltasb, and before he could breathe the prayer which rose insensibly to his ling he fell to the ground stunned. At the BrfgMWb Park drug-store, a mile away, the tall clock careened to «hl Btor, and smashed into fragments among the>debris from the shelvee. Its battered hands marked the time, 9:20. Two hundred yawls weet oi where Duhnstock lay a community ' ol houtes was in ruins of splinters ^id flames, entombing dead ahd dying, while ten miles distant, in the heart of Chtdagtf^Wfifch glass windows were strewn oyer the SldS#alks in pulverized pieces. Mystified men, wolhsnV and shUdren ran hither and thither, wdtfderikig if this was a new Pompeii without a Vesuvius, and wildly sseeulatius e» the oauses and re* •nits of the earthquake shock that bait swep* *lpntf the lake shore. Not until two housa later was it learned that the dynamite magazine c* pounds of black powder were discharged by the electric lu-ie. HoutfeS, trees, and fences went down before the mighty blast like trass before *ype»rl3 for mili«^Wnd were stricken vnlOTi (Hide With v-ounds or speech loss entirely. xnere wera. the house at the tlme^t story. All of them es" from terror. The dead and injured are . Kanisworth, M yenisteia^ T4fally Injured--John Kann, 3"> Tears old; farmer, of Auburn Station. [John Gngl.40 Tears old; driver for the Xjafling.Band Powder 'Com­ pany. Mrs, John GugM« years old ; Wife ofthe former. MM, £lisa Deviqe, 63 years ofc|. wid-, ow. P<ter Ham, 28 years old, gardener; he a wife and one child. James Shannon, 18 years old ; parents reside on Joseph street and Pcar­ son avenue. Seriously Hurt--Two Kelly brothers, ll.aqd 16 years old respectively; parents residing on Western avenue, near Thirty- sixth street/ -- Madden, a small boy, whose parents reside on Street; ann.crushod by flying stone, andfampii- tated. John Lorden, Jr., 17 years Old,1 of 1&5 Qaualport avenueleg badly ojuBh«d. ' Lessbr Casualties--John Jung, 52 rears- old, /gardener ; resides south of. Arche#itma. MW. Jung, 46 years old; wife of the former. Miss Kennedy, 18 years old j p<u-eht»*mid& oh Jbhn- eon street, a quarter at a mile from, th# sceue. ' At Brighton fork Archer aVenSI tatceatlio character of tho regulation; country awjd,! toler­ ably well gratieo, but muddy jn rain; weather,' aut^provkied With * de4p: dltehcte on olther ̂ Tde Tejhich adjoins the Town of Qceifa or rather Mood, Justice Teahiey's residence, once aihandeophe frime structure.. Te ittthferfelde of the road,. within several hundred .Testnsy • hcothestead, extendi?* *' 1 • for>mU«"». A few small market gi t il little patches of cultivated sou wise the country around wears" ~ aspects Besides the'few' hn scattered on the pralrie. isii structures attracted the eye <' They do BO In a greater de with the exception of one they are > wrecks. Built solidly of brick, about So by 3& feet to di­ mension*, ajsd ol two-atpried height, they w«uld look like so many small jails were it not for tbe fact that there are no windows to admit light. A hoge«4nu»Kf iMfn door is the only moans of. ifgraM ahfl Wgteis; ;Xhey all lave a sort 6f sinister appearance; one that makes the ob­ server look<ftpriM| as 'heTMaes by and wonder what they eantaiiif • - * What there is stored of b. ^-der, -- -- 1 i ^ i b l . Other- ae, s Sf . ... -y.i i : (* t , i r, atrnnox ar tqe LiDHtHfNo Jlaay tpass4rs.b%, perha^n, hdve again imagined the havoc thai must follow snould one ft these magazine* flf flestruction befeh forth its contents. It happened yesterday. A tkunderBtarui had been rasing at int^rvats during the early moaning hours. It subsided 'Bolnewhat toward 8 o'clock, but an hour lattejr the elements broke loose with renewed futy. The rain fell in torrents, and vivid flashes qf l^ht»ij*p«left the dark akios, foUqwad^fa-oara About that time John Kann, a young fanner from Auburn Station, stopped at McLarney Brothers' grocery and saloon to avoid " drenhcingralu. Ha had two stout hortqs' to his heavy farm wagon and was 00 home. "When the heaviest gust of ram Boemingly subsiding into a regulation all-day drizzle, the farmer wrapped himsoff up in a horse blanket and started his team off on a jog down the road. He had to keep a sharp eye on his bays, because the lightning collie in flashes which succeeded each other rapidly, as if all the electricity of the sultry and oppressive atmosphere had been concentrated upon th6 Bpot where the immense stores of explosives were scattered along the road near by. In the short intervals between the lightning ' verhi es •a'sloWfd by a th had 1>4et Aeft asu: ""1 lotcf., It wa»ta»(U%tl kl<fl of et on Archer z|wl jPfeAaf Were SgB the air, trees rent tothb roots, fences.blownjd°^ n for miles, hou sea urn-oof ed andjWtfced tosplintera, afad 5* mud showered aToiuui for htindieds >ol: The terrific force of tlie explosion made the thunder of 4u>aven appear in^ignj^anfe ». maynrnyder mMa«ioe of Ijiaiiw «flruck by lightning and 1,500 pounds of dynamite and 3,000 pounds of powder went up, creating a havoc as if old Vulcan had Mil it the earth from within his subterranean abode. The ground seemed to rock and sway under the terrific force of the concussion, and tne country for blocks around was wrapped in cloud* cif«tlliing smokev »r. KftAn was hiftjki through the air for a ^BfftttCe 6f 8ter a htmdrea T«st, his mangled body being found half an hour later. The base of the unfortunate man's skull was :blown off, and the brains were oozing out upon the mnddy field. Pieces of wood and iron had penetrated his back and oauBed horrible gashes all over his body, from which tho blood was flowing, gathering in pools. All of the clo'hes of the man, except those covering the lower extremities, wero as if cut off from his back, only a tew shreds hanging loosely around the .laoera'ed form.. He waa Buffering untold agonies at the County Hospital; last night. His death is almost a certainty. Of the wagon, only a few scattered pieces gave witness that the vehicle had been painted a bright re.l. Both horsos were stripped of the harness, not a vestjgc jef leather remaining on tlbcm. Tle pni (9 the. Bide, pf the exploded magazine wits killed instantly,* the carcass be­ ing hurled into the ditoh on the south side of the road ; the other horse escaped unharmed, scampercd off into the field, and was later on caught Slid StftMed." ;• «• : " JoHJt- Ql'OI# AWJD, WIFE MoilTAtLf'W^WrDKD. About two hundred feet west of where a big hole marked the spot of the exploded magazine stood a small one-sfc)ry frame cotfa, lived John Gugl. the tqivar L with his young wife, adktfH-rie E young girl of 14 year®, Ui a\dista the Gugls, was Etn^MflV the: just stepped out of (Mlailloor toward the barn when the eras, ers of stonl»hd debris came miracle. Blight .«ateh.. in tt^efarWr W^^, Terence.O'l^nneU'ahouae, about a hundred - Kearney resident waa g ^rocks, bat none of the Miss Kennedy, l»|ears of age. residing with rfl.PSKBjg Johnson street, a quarter of a nane otstfeaf froth the scene of the disaster. Wjk» Cjtt. about the face and arms by fu A 'jwhwaj' anft sifnilar firjurie£ though of a lighter nature, were sustained b* ^r. Ma«Wen, residing on ThtttX eighth street and Pearson aveuueT FKEARS OF THK EXPLOSION. was torn U, pieces ana set oti fire, while only hoase occupied by Justic« Tearney had one side cleared off as neatly aa though carpenters had worked at it a week , „Ttfnie.v f barn, a little way back wf the hotkwr,Ha« tort and cut by a shower ®f stones, which came through the board aiding as.though it hdUi been card-board. Anothe* hane,nMcae beside the wounded animal, did not receive a sccatoh. a Hollander, lived in a little one-story-aiid-attic oottage, nearly opposite from Tearqey's, on the othor side of Archer Mir a window, looking out At the rain, when he suddenly heard a •wash' atid a whole pane of glnsS was driven «to his feet.' His wife was knocked down, and his two liopH and a daughter tossed to the other side of the rm Almost a quarter of a minute after the affrighted family heard a terrible crash over their heads, follow­ ed by another still louder, which shook the little cottage from top to bottom. Jung and his family threw themselves to the floor and gave themselves up for lost. As no more shocks came, the grown-up eon.arose and helped his father to a chair, Tten ho climbed up a ladder leading to the attic and found two holes in the roof big enoughtto let a man's bodv through. There Were also two immense stones iti the attic They had been a part ol the foundation of the powder magaeine five minutes before, and had been shot outef the big elay mortar with such foroe that they cut through tho roof aa clean as a cannon-ball could have done. ^ -. MARY MIBACUIiOUS ESCAPES. • _There were many miraculous escapes thrilling incidents. John Kejley without a marie or scratch the worse for his adventure, he traveled fifty feet, through the air. Ha was walking down Archer road about of a mile from the Laflin-Hand :fl when he heard . a terrible roar, sidewalk raised up with him, and then he felt himself sailing through the air Stones and rocks whistled by hito, and the next thing be knew Was half an hour after when he oame toihis senses in a pile of hay. He had teentolown into a haystack fuliy 100 feet from where he stood. Ho crawled out, and not find- JLngjmy-hones broken, although, he fait a little Btiff and sore, went over to the hole where the magazine had stood. When he saw the effects , wxplofeioit he was lost in amazement® "Be jabers, it's a wonder I wasn't hlown.ove* tne moon, he ejaculated. - --< KLOWS OLT OF AN EJfGlSE CAB Frank Mitttfhaw; a firetnan oi1 the Chicago ft Grand Trunk Bailroa-l, was in-the cab of hit engine 30J yards away wh^n the thunderstorm aPpr9afhed. He saw an arrow oi. blue flame strike the tin roof of the powder house. In­ stantly tWe Iklue flame Spread over the metal covering, and a moment later he was blown from the cab across an •. adjoining rail­ road track. The crash of tho thunder swollod into a deep-toned,, dull report, the ground vibrated as from hn earthquake, «nd the concusuiou from the air deafened him. When be i bad gathered up his scattered senses and looked toward the powder house he saw stones, timhe«T and flying missiles in-the air. and the earth thrown up iu a cloud of dust. The crash of glnaa in the round-house and re­ pair shops near by followed the first report, i A stone weighing 15» pounds passed through the roof of the round-house, the top and side of a box car, and into the ground. Another st ine n ariy as large was buried through the- repair •hop hay a^dle a^vay. ; 3 • - MTAUTETFR A* A^IS^ILCJFA! : The shock was very, severe at the bridewell, and a panic among the prisoner was narrowly averted. Tho Windows on the south aide of the baildlng were badly demolished, and glass and pieces of the Bashes wera hurled fifteen or twenty feet into the rooms and broken on the flPBPHJltf jvaile. The dcor casipgs on the lower 4tofri$ie splintered into kindlim? woOd'afcd "roicks "Broken. Thd plasttrfcg ceiling of tho main hall was all loosen­ ed, and a large crack extends from ou end of the hall to tbe other; a, distance of 200 fe«t. An iron door In the attiq, v.-hioh weigh­ ed '2«W pounds, was broken from its hinges and hurled half wav across the room. A larga joist four inchea thick was broken squarely in two. In the laundry and kitchen much damage waa Bh<?P andmanv of th? out- BOU668 were oaaly shaken up. The damages to' the building and grounds aro fully iM/lOO. Col, Felton Was lying on the sofa in front of a window when the shock occurred. The windo# Was broken by the concussion and the Celouel Waa ooa»lete%vi>utied beneath a pile of broken tfiaskaadJtlndKiig wood., He escaped injury1, but was badly stunned by the shock. . Mra. Armour, the matron, was prostrated, and for a time was considered iu a critical coudition. She revived later in the day, and last night wag considered out of danger. The prisoners were greatly fright, ued. The ignorant among them imagined tnat the end of the had come, while the .more intelligent ones thought they were ttDout to' swallowed I'vlan earthquake. Tliey w ere soyu qiueted, with leaTv'1""" °' tlie boost guilty wj-otoh- 111 ^*®b*^'rconti®1Ve *9 lhake for days SIMULTAXKOUS SHOCKS THROUGHOUT THE CXTr. The southwest portion of tho city seems to have received the brunt of the shbek, although damage is reported as far north'" ns Evanstoh. The windows on the west side of McCormick'a reaper factory were nearly all broken, Tha same fs trae of those on tlie sduth side of' W. W. Kimball's piano factory and the building occij.' pitd by the Chicago Malleable Iron Works, both of which are situated in that neighborhood. T#teMM Iti thf ri\ er MeCormick's factory was greatly agitated by the. disturbance, &nl lashed over the banks for many feet On either sides. A water pipe burst in front of the Mal­ leable Iron Works and flooded tho street before ' of the !fweSftM it cou street the J en, were crowded >* W<4e damaged. Af !&r$$r of Blue Isianj *, a regular panic 00 . ai»i|H.'beoi lc| / mostly 11 the oasement at th* fire at the moment of . ,-- ^ - --..ntjy. them. Hvau a ruslt door. The weak were knocked down and ruthlessly tramp'.ed upon, while manvof' tho stronger oue.sJump«<} througjh the windows and escaped.' Ah alarm was "b:rncrl in and the fire department responded to the call. No one w a a j Y S i i d S H ' . ' W PEOPT.K SCARED OCT OF THEIR WITS. Tlie business portion of the city did not es­ cape. The slfock nut But tlie £a9 in tlie Grsi)|l minus shoes and stockings, whilo others, clad in Bcant raimeut, hatfdledlu the hills and cor­ ridors. IJo; ^efiWtlinjutx St^s^ddne to the building. * Two* wiflaoWs in tlie east comer of tbe Board of Trade wpre demolished. Three windawatf tluLBQKth aid east side of the Gov- ernx^fiQswldUi& imwso broken, and a large plate-glass in Sirietfel s itiriiHuro at the corner of Stata and Jackson streets was destroyed. (toi*Bweet#iae wwiSeral)Ic damage waa d^wSRdweltoHS*#. In many places on Ashland avenue and Washington boulevard chandeliers were knooked down and dishes were smashed in the closets. In one house on Morgan street not a chandelier was left hanging. V«U> BAM* MMR.TN FRPM THTE TABLE. ther antus^ig: itiai<hnt. bcaurrtd at the „ ABB BAI I.H FfcPM THK TABLE. amo. Show- nion House. A number of voung men were irn tipon her enjoying a game of billiards. One young fellow staid oraalfed , out 4iS life Th.» had succeeded fn plating the bAHs to s lit him vSy vrti » HfengiriTiy6|^^»yond' reco-- tin'1 was leaning over the table preparing to ^ition. Oufel and hiiTila were In the shoot when the shock came and every ball was fov&y room which ^cAttage contained I }Vir^ ^rPni tJie table, much t> the ehagiin of %eMdos the 'kltcheit. • stones from j player nndjthe amtisemen^t of '^^^^rs-on. the foundation <f the destroyed maga-' lino came cwshiua through' tfce air and hiiueled with the debris of tns cottiig^wTiich had been completely leveled to the ground. Under the j>iles of worn', pieces of furniture, and shreds of bedding lay the prostrate forms of Gugl and liiswif;. Both were unconscious when found, and never rallied sufficiently to fell the tale of their sore distrstw. The Mai's face and hands were one miss <Sf bleeding >3id Quivering flesh, and a heavy beam hm'a M111 pinned to tbe ground. Mrs Gugl had apparently not been completely dressed She had three or four deep gashes in the breast and several fract­ ures of theftkul-l. Beth were taken to jthe tieuse of Gugl's parents, 133 Cornelia street, near Ash­ land avenue, and at a late hour last night they were reported dying. A horse stabled in the' barn in the rear of Gugl's cottage was lMtaiitly killed. HB8. DEVISE'S MISFORTUNE. Bight across the road and a few feet to the west of the exploded magazine stood a little frame shanty occupied hy Mrs. Eliza Jpgvine, an aged Irish widow. She was alone Tit the place, save for the company of a dog, seven; 1 chickens, and a.kitten. Tlie little nut suc- <mmbed beneath tee «ower it' crashin««Mie and brick as th6xigh"lt bad been a eard*nouse toppled over by a child. The old lady was found mangled' and torn underneath a pile of boards and Household goods. She was taken to the County Hospital, and there She lay last night, dying. Both her arms Wrte broken, one of her lower limbs was fractured, and the body was one mass of contusions and bruises. AN OI,D COUPLK BUBIED IK THE BB1SB, About a thousand feet southwest oi the scene •f the explosion two Danish families live Jn a small cottage. Thar are John Jung and Us1 A "block of stone of about one, hundred and fifty pounds went through the wall of the Grand Trunk Koundhouso, about a mile north, end another dropped through the roof, smash­ ing in the cab of an engine. : FATAL COS'Vrr.SIONS. A negro woman living at the corner of Leavitt an^rWftiien streets was s < liadly frightened that she went into convulsions and is not ex­ pected to recover. . A driver on the Blue Island • avenub lino was standing in the front dOor of tho car barns. When tlw shock came he was thrown backward ontotfae iow and stunned.-When he<3taue tohe was suffering from convulsions, He wa4 Tepoit- etfiwtter^st nigbtL • • • Joseph Fester of 119 Brown street, was walk­ ing along Blue Island avenue, near Twelfth street. He was in front of Apollo Hall when tbe explosion occurred, five miles to the south­ west of where he stood. The concussion shiv­ ered a pane of plate-glass iu a window in the second story of the building. A falling piece cut a gash over his left temple. Four stitches united his severed Kealp, and ho went home to wonder how it happened. m "The shock was so great," said Warden Mc- Gartgle of the County Hospital, "that the win­ dows on both sides of the main building wero broken. The whole immense structure shook from cellar to garret tn such a manner that the dishes on the tables rattled." Mrs. James T. Kelly, residing on Thirty-ninth street, between Halsted and Walluce streets, lite miles from the scene of the disaster, was thrown violently to the floor by the shock. The saloon of "Fred Upermnn, on Halnted and Thiity-third streets, was Wreaked; Upermaa was klown inta tfte street, Mt escaped seriooa in}*!^.' . • •' - .' • - • • • ' -'• '?$• is...,