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THE OEEGON SCOUT. JONIiS A: CIIANCIJY, FubllNlicrs UNION, OREGON. A PltEXOMEXAK rim.iK. One of the Most Peculiar which Iowa Has IU-cr Known, Chicago special: A dispatch was received at tho city lmll this nttornoon from tlio mayor ot Hollo 1'liilnp, la., which discloses n terriblo slate ot affairs in that location. From tho accounts given it nppoMi-s that nn artesian well four inches in diameter, burst when a depth of 180 feet had been reached in boring, and instantly a volinno of water was forced in the air to a dislatico of several hundred foot. This gradually In. creased in sizo nnd volunio until a stream of water fully sixteen inches in diameter was formed anil tho upward force of this stream is equal to tho power of powder or dynamite. Tho water In largo volumes is spouting high in tho air and tho supply seems Inexhaustible. Two glgiintic rivers have been formed by this phcnomcnnl water-burst, which aro running through tho town at tho rato of twelve, miles an hour, nnd aro carrying overything before them. Houses and lives aro threatened by this peculiar freak of nature, and tho citizens of tho town aro appalled at their impend ing danger, which at present they aro powerless to overcome. Finding it impos sible to divert this damaging Hood, an at tempt was nindo to insert slxtocn-inch boiler iron tubes in tho well, but thpso wero instantly blown out and forred high In tho air. Finding this plan useless the terrified people then attempted to 1111 up tho hugo apeituro through which this terriblo geyser was spouting its deluge. Fifteen carlonds of stono wero emptied into tho well, but theso wero instantly blown out and forced upward as though propelled by tlio forco of a burst ing magazine of giant i.owdcr. Hags of Blind wero hurled into tlio air by tho tre mendous forco of the spouting water. Tlio Northwestern railroad was called upon for iiHslstauco and instantly sent a large gang of men to tho rescue. Tlio bridge gang of the county was also called upon, but up to tills hour no abatement in tlio flow of water wis perceptible, and tho rushing rivers formed by it woro washing tlio channel it bad mndo doopor and wider, wliilo tlio bar rior formed by this immoiiso volunio of wa ter was spreading over tho low lauds in tlio vicinity. All other wells in that vicinity have dried up. and tho monster laud water Hpout is apparently drawing its supply from tlicso wells. Tho mayor of Hollo l'lnlno In bis hist ex tremity tolographed to Chicago for tho best engineers that could beseemed to como im mediately to the spot and use their skill and energy in attempting td stop this peril ous condition of affairs. City Engineer Artiugstall, to whom tho matter was refer red, at ouco Htartod out to liud an oii'.dneor who would supply tho demand, and suc ceeded in inducing Engineer Morgan to un dorlnko tho mission, Artiugstall and Mor gan are, howovor, both of opinion that but little can bo done, If anything, to stop tho flow of water, but that it may bo possible to direct tho rivers into less dnngorous directions and confine tliom to their pros mt cliaunols, Morgan will go lo Hello l'lnlno to-nlghl, and if mine assistance is necessary Mr. Artingstull will send all that is needed. This is regarded us one of the moHt phenomenal freaks of nature which lias yet boon made known. Till: COUXTItY'S COrt.V G7fl The Drought Mart Severely Felt in Some Stale Than Others. Tho Chicago Farmers' Hovlow prints tho following crop Biimmary in tills weok'o edi tion: It says dotalied reports from tho corn belt luilicato an improvement in tho outlook for tho crop in Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota. In all of thoso suites there is iv present promise- of u full averago crop. This is In accordance with tho lonor of tho reports for tlio last three weeks, but in boiiio instances, in tho throo states named tho outlook is declared to bo unusually promising. In Hamilton county, Nobraska, tlio outlook is favorablo for a full yield, while Uulfalo, Harlan and Welder coun ties indicate a fair yield. In Doi.vtfus, Clage, Otoo and Richardson counties, Nebraska, tho outlook is far less than tho usual yield. None of tho Wisconsin counties, report ing this woolc, givo promise of uu averago yield. In Oiaukeo county the averago falls to !!) per cent, in Vernon and K-Mioshn counties tlio averago is K.'i per cent, while Dunn, Lafayette and Rank counties givo promise of jess than half tho usual .Yield. In illlnois a genoral Impiovonion ol 5 to 10 per colitis rated, but thogeneral average for the state remains low. In Du 1'nge, Greene, l'cnry, Madison, Stephenson and Whiteside counties Hum vertigo ranges from 40 to 50 per cent. In lloud, Cass, Cole, Crawford, Christina, Fulton. Kankakee, Lake. Macoupin, l'uhiskl, Shelby, Stark and Walinsh counties tho averago ranges from (10 to 1)0 per cent. In Washington county tlio yiold will bo less than 110 per cent of the average. Thogeneral averago Is low for all Iowa counties, running from 40 to t)l) percent. In Ringgold and Wayno counties tlio aver ago is 40 percent. In Fayette, Jasper, Tamn, Crawford, Mitchell and Winneshiek counties tlio average is 50 to 70 percent. In Ceilar, Iivvls and Han counties tho av erage Is NO to 00 per cent. Tho averago In Missouri ranges from 30 to 05 per cent. Tho average docs not promise one halt of an average yield. hi Dakota tho yield of wheat Is averag ing from 12 to 18 bushels and tho grain is grading. In Minnesota tho yield of wheat ranges from eight to twenty-four Inn-hols, ruling very irregular. In many counties in Iowa, ludtaii't, llll jiols and Wisconsin tho ground Is reported too dry to permit of fall plowing, and tho iiffocts of the drouglitaro also stlllsorioiiHly feit, owing to tho drying up of tho piiHtiirt). Unless relief by rain comes shortly, stock will go into winter quurtors in poor condi tion, liogcliolorn, is reported In St. Francis county, Missouri; Ringgold county, Iowa, nnd in Christina, Greene, Puluskt and Shel by counties, 11 IiioIh. As a rule, however, lioga Are reported as unusually healthy. THIS HADDOCK MUHDEII Sioux lity special : Tlio end ot tho delib erations of the now famous Haddock cor oner's Jury woro not reached to-day and nobody lougsr pretends to predict when they will. Various rumors aro alloitt as to tho whereabouts ot 11. L. Leavitt, and when lie Is to bo brought buck to tho city, but upon this point the police preserve a stoical silence. Tho calling before the coro ner's Jury of n number ot men who iwo eon nectcd with the liquor hiuduosi, cuuhihI in mh new talk on tho streets us to the point at which tho Invest Ration is draw. Inj(. It is generally believed, however, that tlio Jury U carefully Investigating the na ture of the meeting hold by waloouists uu the day of the murder, and also tho con spiracy at the court house. Learning t hose facts they will then have u key which will unlock the whole mystery. As soon us the police liuvo nil the men implicated where they can easily arrest them tlio jury will uunnunco It verdict. COOK COVXTY S1IAKEX VP. All ICjrptmton Thai ttl a Distance of Twelve Mile Ilroke Slrony Plate Class. CniCAOO, Aug. 20. -A tremendous explo sion occurcd nt Brlghlo.-i,a suburb of Chicago at half pmt nino o'clock yesterday morn. tig. A roivdcr magazine containing; thirty tons of jKiwdcr win struck by lightning' an 1 the slioel; was distinctly felt In all parts of the city. One or two people were killed by falling win dow glass In tho city nnd It Is reported that fully n dozen people were killed near tho fee no of the explosion. Tin la rue plate gins In tho board of trade building: six miles dis tant were broken. A severe shock like that of an earthquake was felt In every portion of the city. The causo was the explosion ;of the Lnflln fe Hand l'owdcr company's magazine, on Archer road, near the McCurmlck reaper works. It Is sup posed that a bolt of lightning struck the tiiiignz-ii' and the concussion set off the dyna mite and gunpowder stored there. The shock caused In two uinglzlnjs of the Oriental Pow der company and those belonging to the War ren Powder company, tho Hazard, Dupntit and For.iitc drnamlto stow houses. The VEtua, which stood about throj-fourtlis of a int o distant, was unharmed. Tho Lnllin & Iluud company's was tho only one which ex ploded. The house of John Goht, a driver for the Oriental Powder Co., was flattened out upon the ground, a mass of kindling. Gol 1 nnd his wife wero fatally Injured, and Carrlo Era wurtli, their servant girl, was Instantly k lied. Tho residence of Mrs. Dcvlne was denied s'jod In tho samo way. Mrs. D..V.110 had her b-g broken and body bruised, hut suffered no other Injuries. SIio was dragged out from under a heap of splinters and sent to a hos l.ital. A farmer, whose name could not he learned, was driving past toward the city when tho ex plosion occurro.. His skull was fractured nnd his hack badly lacerated by blocks of tone. lie cannot live. The horso ho was driving; was Instantly killed and tlio wagon smashed to hits. Tho whole side of Justice Michael Tourney's house near tho Orlintul lnagnzlnu was ripped oil and the roof caved In, but not ono of thu household was Injured. Little Tom Tearney, nino years old. was lifted bodily from the back stoop on the outhouse, about 10 feet from the duelling. Tneouthousocollapsedhut became out unhurt. Several poo. la received slight wounds from falling stones and a number of hams wero riddled. The scene of the disaster was crowded with people this afternoon. Where tho Lull In pow der works had stood was a (loop hole In tho clay In which not a vestige of tho building re mained. Over tho pralno for half a mile wcr s scattered hits of stono and slivers from the roof Umbers. A hi ck of stono said to weigh nearly 153 pound went through tho wall of the Gland Trunk round house about a mile north, and another dropped through the roof, smashing in the cab of nn engine. The Chi cago fc Alton round house, nearly a mile northeast, was riddled with small frag ments, and every window was smashed to pieces. John Shannon, aged 15, and Willio and Dan Kelley, lads of about tho samo age, found a can of black powder on thu prairie about three-quarters of u mlb from the exploslou. It was still hot nnd they had a curiosity to know Its contents. Thoy pried It open and tho powder exploded, scorching them severely about tho face and hands. They may loss their sight on account of their burns. Throughout thu south -ru and western parts of tho city many tliommids of dollars of dam ago was done by the explosion. Tho plate glass windows all along Slato and llidstcad streets, and on Clark, Madison and sjveral other streets, fully six miles distant, wero de mollsliel. Two plate glass windows In thu hoard of trade building and one In tho John son building o ijioslto, wero destroyed. The co igregatlons at St. PutrleVs church, corner of Di-splalnos ar.d Adams streets, nnd nt the Jesuit church on Woit Twelfth street, wero stain-ioded. At tlo Jesuit church, a boy named ritz;crald was thrown from u window by tho con Mission. Tho farm.T who was Injured and whoso nanio could not bo h-nined, dlid to-night at the county hospital. It Is also reported that Mrs. Devhio will not recover. OO I'llliSMEST I'ltlXTEIt APPOIXTED. Mr, ISi'iieillct, of Albany, n Clone Friend oj Clevelaml, the Lucky Inillvlilual, Mlddletown (N. Y.) dispatch: Tho Ellon, vlllo Piess announces that its former edi tor, Deputy Statu Comptroller Thomas E. Ileuedlct, lias been tendered by tho pros! .lent and accepted tho position ot public printer at Washington and will assume tho lllties al ouco. Tlio Now York World's Washington spo :lnt says: It skeins how that a public prin ter has actually been selected and already tins his commission in his pockot. Con trary to almost every expectation Gonoral lingers, of lliitfnlo, has been thrown aside mid Thoiuan llouedict, ot Albany, who be came a close friend of Cleveland when tho latter went to Albany os governor, has been chosim. Persons conversant with tho iltuiitioti and having knowledge of the com bination, sny that tho second day after the president arrived at the Adiroudacks he mndo out the commission of Mr. Reno .bet. Appointment is to take elfcct Sep tember inth. Washington special: Although It is not doliuitely known hero that thu president has actually appointed Thomas 10, Reno diet, of Now- oil;, to bo public printer, there is reason to believe that that gentle man has been offered the position ami that he will receive his commission and assume tho duties of tho ollice by the 15th ol Sep tember, it has been looked upon ascer tain up to the ptVHtmt time that the presi dent would appoint (Jen. Win. F. Koger, ot Ilutfalo, to tills plare. Hogers is an old printer, has an excellent knowledge of the practical workings ot (lie husiiiONS, ami fur thermore, in spite of tlio denials made by tliutiiomhi of the president, there is every rensuii to belle vu that Hogers withdrew from tho congressional race and lull the Hold clear to Dan Lockwood two years ago with the distinct uiidi'slauding that ho was to bo provided for. In the last six months he lias been huie two or three times. He lias had several consultations with the presi dent, ami tho last tune that be went away lio left the impression that he was to have theplaeti. Hut the Huftalo man has very little chnnro willi the present administra tion, and it is iloiibtleustruo that tlio pres ident has decided to appoint homo one else to this portion, In spile ot the pledges which Dan Lockwood and otliordeinocratlo leadero ot Huttulo might have had two years ago. Tho omployurtot the government printing ollice are very much worked up over the alleged appointment ot Benedict, not only btfoiuiko they know bo will make n groat many chaugvs, but also tor the reason that he Is said to bo u non-union man and to have been engaged in conducting u "rat" olllro. At the firemen's tournament in Fremont thu 1'uclflc. ot Grand Island won the cham pion Ult. ' Till: CITY A COMPLETE UIIECK. Chnrtrnlan, Summercltte, ami Other Places 1 In South Carolina Parttallii Dcftroiied bu HartlTqttaUc, Charleston dispatch: Tho principal bust hwr portion of the city was destroyed last night by the earthquake, and hundreds ol persons rendered homeless. Men are fran tic; women aro beseeching mercy from tho Almighty, and children nro in tears. Many persons were seriously, if not fatally, in jured. Hroad street presented a spectacle of utmost horror. Men with hatchets fought desperatoly to rosctio imprisoned unfortunates. Meeting street, from Hroad to Hazel, is a wreck and lined with unfor tunates. To add to the horrors of the scene, many flics broke out and were inef fectually fought by tho flro department. Tho night was hideous with the groans of the dying, screams ot tho wounded nnd prayers ot the uninjured. It is impossible to estimate tho loss ot life or property at present. Up to 1 a. in. to-day there had been ten distinct shocks. At 8:!25 preciso'y, this morning, another wave swept over tho city, coming ns tho other did, from the southeast mid going in a northwest direction. Hy that time tho people, who hud been out in tho public parks and open places all night, ventured into the houses to get clothing and some thing lo cat. Tlio approach of tho qunko was heralded by the usual rumbling sound, resembling distant thunder. Then it grad ually approached, tho carl It quivered and heaved, nnd in three seconds passed, tho Mound dying out in tho distance. Tills is tlio only wnvo felt since U:.'10 this morning. It wns not destructive, all destruction hav ing bi-eu done at !):." last night. The ,-ity is a complete wreck. Tho two most historic churches in tlio city St. Michael's and St. Philip's nro in ruins, as are also Hibernian hull, tho police station, nnd many other public buildings. Fully two-thirds of tin" residences in tlio city aro uninhabitable, wrecl.eil cither totally or partially. Jt is impossible, nt. this time to givo a correct estimate of tlio casualties, it is expected that bet ween oO and 100 persons have been killed and several hun dred wounded. About twenty houses wero destroyed by lire. Scarcely 100 houses in thu city nro occupied at this time. Tlio people nro all encamped in tho open places. All stores are closed and a scarcity ol pro visions is feared, not from want of provis ions, but because no one can bo got to reach tho stores to sell them. The curthquii lo; caused far more loss of lite than tho cyclones of tins year hoforo. The city is wieeked, the streets incumbered with musses o l.riek and tangli'd telegraph nnd telephone wires, and up to an early hour it was utmost impossible to puss from one part ot tho city to smother. Tho first shock was by far tho most severe. Most people witli families passed the nuM- in the streets, which even this morning aro crowded with people afraid to enter their homes. More Hum sixty persons wero killed nnd wounded, mostly colored. Among the killed are M. I!. Lynch, Dr. Hammond and Ai sley liohiiiHou. There is no way ot leav ing thu city. Tlio city is wrapped In gloom and business iitirulv suspended. People generally re main in tlie streets in tents and under any roofed shelter, and will camp out to-night, fearing another shock. The gas works woro injured and prohifbly tlio city will bo with out light to-night. St. .Michael's church steeple will come down, likewise tlio steeplo of St. Pliilli p's. The steeple of thu Unitar ian church has fallen, The porticos of the Hibernian hall nnd thu station house aro broken. Theiois much Injury to mansions on the East and South Buttery. Thu por tico of the Itavoual mansion is down. Hardly a Iioiihu in bo city escaped injury nnd many are so shaken and cracked that a hard Idow would bring them to the ground. Tlio shock was severe at Sunnier vdlo mid Mt. Plcnsaiit and Snlliwm's island, but no loss of life is reported there. Fissmo-4 in the earth nro noticed from which n flue sand, apparently from a groat depth ovudoH. A sulphurous smell is very noticeable. Three or four fires started in as many sections witli the lirst shock mid tlio city wan soon illuminated with tho Haines, thus lending all lo believe that what wns left by tho quake would be de voured by lire. However, the (lo depart ment wns no well divided and handled that tho fires wero under control by daylight. Prom lUli to loO residences and stoics were consumed. The loss by lire and earth quake cannot be accurately estimated, but can bo placed safely at S.,000.000. As far as could bonseertained during tho night llfteen or twenty were killed nnd a much greater number wero wounded, in all sorts of ways. tho loss ol human litu will no 'urge and it will take days to got at the nc urate number. Shocks equally as severe wero felt nt a distance of live miles and have done ines timable damage to tlio railroads and tele graph property. Charleston is now en tirely isolated from the outside world. Tho alarni and nppreliensiou among citizens contirntcs iinubated this evening. Tho im pression has spread among tho people, from some iiukiiowu cause, that the shock of last night is likely to bo repeated and this is the causo of the iirevniling anxiety. Tho streets present a sad picture of desola tion and ruin. The parks and open places in u the camping ground of thousands ol poorly chid and discouraged people. There is a general desire among the more well-to-do classes to get away from the cily. and lis soon ns communication is established theie will bo an exodus. This will bo tlio case Independently of the present feeling ot panic, hor even after this passes away there will be ninny families who will re move temporarily, while the restoration ol the city is being carried on. There nro also many visitors who see no charms in tlio place now mid will hasten to their homes in the north and south. A well-known titiisen thus describes his experience dining tho shock last night: ''Wo all made a rush for the street, but when we iuv buildings swaying anil walls toppling into the street in every direction a feeling ot despair seemed to souo upon CM'iybodv. 1 for one realised t lie useless lies ot attempting to escape and I saw others stop nnd stand still as it giving themselves up to u hatvver Into had in store for them. The sickening sensation caused by the movement of the earth was hardly more appalling than tho terrible noise which accompanied theshock. This wns not very loud, but was like a low mid threatening growl under th earth. The pieroing cries ot tho (lightened women and children and the frensHMl shouts ot the mencallingtoouo another and attempting to organis some means ot rescue, tormixla singular contrast to this subterranean thunder. People stood despairing for n moment. nnd then a tiiniiill mills rush wns made for open spaces. I ran aa fast as anybody, yet I 1 recall vividly the horror Dicturtsl on tho i faces ot tlmso near me. Tho thing has made an indelible impression on my mind, and even now I look tor that ominous roar; the wiwplug of tlio women and thshotirso cries ot tlio men, as they run hither and thithur niiiong tlie wrecks of wallsaud tele graph wired, can never be adequately de-brrilH-d." The hirgwt orowil ol fugitives was col lectod iu Marlon Hunitro. in tlie router ol tho city. Three shucks followed one another at nhort hitervnWaud hardly hail tlie panic caused by one partially nlmtxl when an other ttvmor ot the earth rem wed tho alarm. So frightened were the waiting crowd they Imrdly pur wived that tuich nhock was soiuowhut llihter than its pre decessor. . It was only late iu the. nntmlng that thu prayerful ami' despairing throng, llmling the earth onco more solid for many hours, gathered courngo enough to again seek tiio ncighboi hood ot their shattered homes. At a quarter pnst 5 o'clock this evening, when thousands of tho iiconlo of Charles ton were out in the open squares and vacant places of the city, lingering and re signed lo another night of anxiety, fear nnil terror, tho premonitory symptoms ol another carllinualco were heard and felt in a slight vibratory wavo nnd shock that ' passed nlong over tho city. Xo additional damage or wreckage of buildings followed but men, women nnd children out in tho open spnecs for a while wero greatly ngita ted. Fortunately tho weather bus been pleasant nnd tho privations and hardships attending tlio outdoor exposure are not severe. Tho situation is becoming desiier ate, with tho wholo city camped out In a terrible state of fear. It is now twenty four hours since tho first quake visited this unfortunate city. Tho negroes linve taken possession ot all tho parks and vacant lots nnil are Holding excited prayer meetings It may bo staled now that all the dam ago to property and all the loss of life wns caused by the first shock nt 0:50 p. m. last it lull t . Uwlng to tho repeated shocks and the lack of systematic effort to unearth casualties it is impossible to givo details Many of Ibo dead, it Is believed, aro yet mined in the debris, and no regular reliel parlies hnvo been organized to recover their bodies. Unfortunately tho mayor of the city is now in l-.urope. Jlis place is in differently filled. Tlio chief of police, too, it seems, is unable to moot the emergency Suinmervillo, twenty-two miles from Charleston, was nearly destroyed by the earthquake. Tho passenger train from Co lumbia to Charleston was thrown from the I rack near buiumervillc and the engineer and fireman were killed. .1. II. Avorill, master of transportation lor tho South Carolina railroad company telegraphed troni buiumervillc that many persons wero killed mid hundreds were homeless. Tho whole business portion of tho city is ondl.v wrecked. .Savannah special: The earthquake shocks here, commcncim: at'JiilO last night, lasted several minutes. Several slight shocks weio felt Inter in the night. When (pinking first began men, women and child i en rushed into tho streets, where many ro inained till dnylight. Tho negroes wero terror stricken. Hrynnt street church (colored) was badly cracked and tho phis tcr t-tlling upon thocongregntion assembled within, caused n terrible scene of contusion Many negroes thought that the day of judgment had come. Nearly every build ing in tlio city was moro or less damaiied, nnd nine-tenths of tho pcoplo aro sleeping out ol doors to-night. WHY 1111! SAT.OOX MUX MKT. Sioux City special: Tlio Haddock coro ner's jury resumed its work this afternoon, tlio witnesses examined being Biiloouists. Tho investigation is now witli roferoneo to u meeting ot leading saloon keepers, which was held at John Holdenreid's siloon on tho afternoon of August 3, tho dny that tho nssuult was planned against Messrs Wood and Walker, and tho night of tho iinudocic murder. Hint such meeting was held and that thoqucstiou of saloon litigu lion was discussed, mid that counsel for the saloonists wero present and wore paid quite a largo sum in cash from thu gonoral fund raised by assesstnont is not denied, but in tlio minds of a great many of our best citizens there is a connection between this meeting and tho tragedy of tho same night. Later on tho sauiu day another meeting was held and a second assessment levied. Tho exact nuliiro of thoso confer ences, the decisions arrived at, etc., aro what the jury want to learn. It is believed that tho fund raised was placed in tlio hands of II. L. Leavitt, and from it tlio fines of Iving nnd Wiiltering were lo bo paid. 'llio latest developments ol the inquest nro to tho effect that a prominent saloon ist has given valuable information upon which a number of arrests are sure to fol low. There is beginning to bo considerable public talk against District Attorney Marsh, who, it is claimed, if not trying to prevent tlio arrest of tho guilty parties in tho aw Tul crime, is doing littlo or nothing to hasten their upprehciisiou and arrest. The reason given is political. SUPPLIES I'Olt SAYAtlES. Washington special: Acting cominis sioner or Indian niiairs, lien, i psuaw, re turned to duy from Now York City, where he has been superintending tlio shipping ol Indian supplies to tlio west. He says that tho work is in a forward state, and that there is a probability that all tho supplies will reach tho westorn agencies before tlio cold weather sots in. Mr. Upshaw, reply ing to Homo ndverso criticisms because ol of his absenco from tlio Indian ollice while Commissioner Atkins was away, said Hint he was necessarily absent for a few days to attend to tho shipment ol tho Indian sup idles. During Ids absenco tho bureau was under the supervis'on of Secretary Lamar nnd Assistant Secretary .Miildrow, ami no Hiibordiuato was desie:natod to act as com inissioner. In fact, un ler tho law no such designation could have beon mndo. TIED VP TO 1HE. CniCAOO, Ii.i-, Aug. '27. Charley Vcllck, aged 10 years, living at 15 Zlon place, disobeyed his father last evening and was dragged back to the house, Tho boys of tho neighborhood, not hearing any sounds of chastisement, peep ed In at tho back yard to sec what had become of him and saw him hanging to a post In tho woodshed apparently dead. A ropo had been passed around his' neck and chest and his urms had been extended and tied to other points of tho wall. Ho was black iu the face and uncons-elous. Kate Dvorak, a domestic employed in the adjoining house, seizing a hatchet cut the child down, picked him up and carried hhn in to her mistress, where means wero takcu to restore life. When these were partially successful ho went Into violent convulsions nnd It was an hour before ho could stand up, Vellek was arrested. When iirrnlgued this morning he appeared indlfb rent and express ed no desire to excuse himself or explain matters. Justice White decided to hold imn in f 1.000 bonds until to-morrow to obtain the testimony of tho physician who attended tlio child before tlxlng tho penalty or sending tho casu to the grand jury. Cost Ot tho White JIonso. Most people liellcve that ths f5O,O0O a jeat which tho president gets as his salary Is the rum total. This is a mistake. Thu estimate of the amount which emigres Is to appropriate this year lies before us, open at tho page re lating to the president. Wo see that $3d,001 Is asked for hhn, in addition to his salary uf of S50.O0O, to pay tho salaries of his subordi nates and clerks. His privatu secretary Is paid W,350, Ids assistant private secretary $2. 50. !!'?'VU0, 'uogrnphor tl.SOO, tlve messenger each tl,'AM, steward fl.bin), two door-!, colors who each got $1,300, four other clerks at good sal aries, one leiegrsnii operator, two ushers got ting fl.acx) and $1,400, a night usher getfiug tl.lXX), a watchman who gets StXW, ond a man M take care of tires who receives iStll n jear. u addition to this there Is set down fS.OOO for incidental exenses, such as stationery, carp eU, and the care of the president's "stables. And further on, under another heading there is a demand for nearly ?40,000 more. Of this 12,500 Is for repairs and furnishing tho White Homo, $2,500, lor fuel, $3,000lsfor the greeu house, Hud $15,000 Is for gas, matches and the stables. The White House, all told, costs the country, iu connection with tho prosldout, consideiablv over $125,000 a year. Aa J-Va-c It ro UWif A smsll cyclone psssoe, over San Antonio, Tens, Tuesdsy crenliip;, wrecking eevcrxl buildings. POWDEllLY MUST HE PUT OUT. So Says Xcw York ICntyits Who are Distal Mnt Willi Ills Action. Pittsburg special: The Loader lias dls covered there was a voritablo attempt nade sojio limo since by a foction in tlie Knights ot Labor to assnsslnnto Grand Muster Workman Powderly. Tho faction referred lo is known ns the Home club, nnd hns its headquarters In Now York City. Lender reporter wns sent to New York City during tlio pnst week to work it up, witli tho result of conllrnilng tho story. It wns on Wednesdny, August 11, that delegates of a labor committee met in New York to inquiro into tho workings of the Homo club. Ever since tlie date msntloned tho investigation has been going on, but tho evidence, even the names of tho investign tors, ate kept from tho knights. In a little room witnesses nro admitted ono at a time so Hint the evidence ot each is unknown to the others. Tho investigation shows Hint in 1883 sonic radical members of tho Homo club hired n couple of New York thugs, who, actim' under instructions, went to tho Fill ton street ferry one night and waited for Pawderlv. That night ho was expected in Brooklyn to attend a special meeting, but something occurred winch kepi mm back Details of tlie plot are being kept very quiet, ns a New York member said, with tlie intention of publishing tho wholo mat ter at the Kie hmoiul meeting. John Shields, id No. 1159 Fulton street, Brooklyn, on Thursday, biikI : "ou can easily see why everything is being kept so miiet, ns tlie r.,eu who have facts nre mighty careful about making tho charge of assassination iu the order, but nt IhoKich nioiul meeting tho world will "jow that tho two men in New York vrcro hired to kill Powderly. Powderly himself was beforo tho investigation last week. His sliitomcnt created a sensation. Tho committee will seal its report and no ono is to know its contents unlit it is read at Richmond." Another member, high in the councils of the order, said: "I cannot say what Pow doily's testimony is, but I understand it was nu astonisher to some of tlio commit tee. Every effort is being mndo to keep tho mutter out of tlio newspapers, so as to strike the Richmond convention with infor mation that will result in totally crushing out tlie Home club. ' Continuing ho said: ''The Homo club is n power, which will bo overthrown, but 1 fear the organization will Biilit. District 45) now has 00,000 members in good standing. They claim greater strength, but wo know they bavu sixty delegates elected for tho Richmond meeting. Then will como the greatest inter nal war over soon apiong tho labor unions. Districts of Troy and Albany hnvo in strueted their delegates to vote ngninst General Secretary Turner for any oflicc, nnd if lie is found to bo implicated in tlio Homo club they will vote for his expulsion From nil over tlio country como reports of delegates being instructed to down tho Home club and demand tlio expulsion ot every member. II district I'.i is downed at Richmond tlio leaders will bolt tho conven t inn and walk out with 00,000 members to form, what will bo claimed, a straight-out Knights ot Labor organization under tho old rule witli the oath-bound secrecy. If district 45), under thu Homo club leader ship, should win, the other districts will leave tho Knights of Labor and form a now- combination with tho trades unions. Hence it looks now as if a split was inevit able. Tho committee now sitting can only report to tho convention. Jiut wo liavo no hope that tho report will improve matters, Tho Homo club is sending members all over the country to get tho feeling of delegates and enable district 40 to control the Rich mond proceedings." MlSCl!!IAAEOUS POLITICAL XOTES, Congressman Culberson wns renominated in tlio Fourth Texas district. Clifton It. Hrcckenridgo wns nominnted for congress by acclamation by tho demo crats of tlio Second Arkansas district. Sam Burnnrd shot and instantly killed Newton Harris near London, Ky. Tlio two quarreled about a dog. Both nro farmers. Tho democrats of tho First Maryland congressional district mot at Ocean City and renominated Hon. Clinrles 1L Gibson for congress by a rising vote. I. C. Levering, of Knox county, O., wns nominated for congress on tlio second bal lot by tho democrats of tho Ninth district, in convention at Dolawnro. Tho following congressional nominations wero mndo: Samuel Grilliu, democrat, in tlio Eighth Virginia district; J. W. Culber- sons, democrat, in tho Fourth Texas dis trict. Albany special: Deputy Comptroller Thomns E. Benedict this evening received his commission ns public printer at Wash ington. Many congratulations wero ox tended to him. Ex-G'ov. St. John, of KnnsnB, opened the prohibition campaign in Muiuo at Calais, speaking for nearly two hours '-o a largo audience. Tho promoters of tho meeting liavo hitherto voted and acted with tho re publican party. Col. Charles S. Stowart, of tho engineer corps, who wus noxc in rank to Gen. .New ton, has asked to bo placed upon the ro tired list of tho army on account ot ill health, ho having sorved forty years. Col. Charles E. Hurt, who is next in rank, wUl bo retired in iobrunry, so that Col. J nines Duiiue is practically at the head ot tho engineer corps, so far ns the question ol promotion is concerned. His chances for succeeding Gen, Newton ns chief of engi neers), nro inrrensed by the fact that bo is n life-long democrat. IIo served during tho war, but so strong wero Ids democratic ideas thatSecrotary Stanton i-econiiiiended his dismissal for disloyalty. At the samo timo the coininimder ot tho army ot tho 'otomnc recommended bo be promoted , brigudlur-geiierul for gallant service. 'resident Lincoln, it is said, sent for him, and holding one recoinmundiitioii in ono band and the other in the other hand, said: Captain Dunne, one paper recommonds your promotion and tlie other yotirdismis sal. 1 guess they balance each othorpretty well, so you go back to your work and take it up where you lelt off." .1 ItAPlii EISE. Washington special: An iinusiml occur rence iu departments here is the extraor dinary nnd rapid rise of a young colored man who entered the secretary's ollice in the interior department ns n messenger sumo years ago, and yesterday ronched a third-class clerkship at 51.200 iwr nunum. The young fellow, whose name is Win. II. Gaines, was formerly a waiter and porter In tho omnlov of James WormUv. The hitter took a great interest iu Gaines and through his iiitlueiire with nubile men sue- reeded In getting him a ine-ngrulp in the interior department. The young man was senlous and studious and applied him self to Itwrninc the us ot a typo writer so thoroughly that lie was made copyist at SHOO a Tiar. From this position he hns , just been promoted to a $1,'J00 clerkship. JKlinOlllZEl) 11Y KA11T11QUAKE. Tlie Shock Is l'clt With lUffcrcnt Dcyrcci of Intensity at All Points JCasl of tht Mississippi. Washington special: Slight carthquako shocks lasting several minutes were felt hero to-night a few minutcsnfter 10 o'clock. At Albaugh's theatre the trembling and shak ing of the building created quite a panic in tlio audience for a few moments. Tlio ope rating room of tiio Baltimore & Ohio Tele graph company and iu the upper story or tho Telephone exchange buildings the jars nnd trembling of tlio buildings frightened the occupants so Hint somoof them rushed from tho building into tho street. In Georgetowii.Aloxniidrin, KendnU.Grecn and tho suburbs reports of tolcphonic injuries were received, and reports came pouring in about the carthquako from scores of peo plo who had been frightened by it. In a number ot instances houses and business buildings iu tho city wore slightly sbu ken, windows nt I tied and many pcoplo wero badly scared. Simultaneously witli theso experiences in Washington came reports by telegraph from Alexandria, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville. Norfolk nnd Peters burg, in Virginia, Charlotte, N. C, and Columbia and Atlanta, Ga., of earthquake shocks at thoso points. CINCINNATI WHI.I. SIIAKUN. Cincinnati dispatch: A violent shock of earthquake wns felt here to-night at 5): 15 o'clock. Tho vibrations wero from east to west mid lasted fully thirty seconds. For some- time after the occurrence every thor oughfare in thu city wns thronged with ex cited men and women, relating their experi ence. In two of tho largest newspaper olllces tho printers became panic stricken and rushed into the street without stop ping to lay down their composing sticks. One of them was so badly frightened that ho jumped through a window to tlio roof of nu adjoining building nnd was seriously hurt. A meeting of tlio Knights of Labor at Druid's hall was abruptly terminated by tlie trembling of the building, and every body present mndo a. dash for open air, down a narrow passage way. The ollicers and reporters in the polico headquarters made a stampede from tho shaky building into tho street, as tho build iiiglmsbeen expected to collapse for soveral years. At all the hotels was moro or less fright and confusion, hut no casualties. Tlio Hiuno may bo said of the theatres, though a panic was narrowly averted at Houek's. All the clocks iu tho Western Union ollicestoppcd at S:f 1, slandnrd time. A 1AN1C AT Ttmiti: IIAUTi:, INI). Indianapolis dispatch: At Torre Hnuto two distinct shocks wero felt. The shocks were about ten seconds apart and (.acb was of about twenty seconds' duration. Windows wero rattled and in several cases the plastering was dislodged from ceilings. A largo audience was present at tlio opera, house attending a minstrel show. Tho building shook until the pcoplo becnino panic-stricken, being under the impression that thu structure was about to fall. Thoso iu the galleries felt tho shock most severely and thuy roso and nindo a rush for tho exits. Tlie crowds in other parts of the hoiiso followed, and thero was a. struggling and rushing for the doors. Al most the entire audience rought their wny to the street. Soveral policemen who wero present stood in tlio door ways and at tempted to keep the Iriglitened pcoplo back. One man wns pushed over the gallery, but saved himself by catching tho railing. No ono was seriously hurt. Reports from va rious parts of tlio city statu that sleepers wero awakened by the swaying of beds and rattling of windows. AT INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis dispatch: A slight shock of earthquake was felt at 8:55 o'clock to night, but so slight that only n few people nnd those in elevated buildings felt it. No daiungu was done. Tho shock did not ap pear to causo tlio swaying motion noticed iu tlie earthquake of two years since, but was of a tremulous, quivering motion. A large piece of tho cornice of tho Douison hotel was dislodged Irom tho abash street front, and iu its descent caniu near striking a passer-by. .Many guests oi tno nouso rushed irom their i-ooiiih in alarm nnd sim ilar scenes wero witnosHed in a number ot other building. The liro watchman on duty in the court house tower, at nn eleva tion of moro than uu leei, loumt nw dom icile swnying in such uu nlnrining innnner that ho concluded to seek safety at a point nearer the earth. No damage has yet ucen reported, o.xtept tho falling of the pieces ot the Denisoii house cornice. The Journal's specialsindicato that thu shock was general throughout tho state. AT MKMHIIIS. Memphis disnatch: A violent shock of earthquake was experienced hero at 8:50 to-nitfht. Its motion wns Irom norm to south and it lasted lolly ton seconds. It had a rapid, oscillating movement. Gteat consternation was felt. Many who woro within their olllces and residences (led into the street. Numbers who had retired, feel ing tho honsatiou, rushed out of their dwell ings, not waiting to dress themselves. Guests at tho Peabody hotel hurried down stairs, thinking thu building was falling. Jt was tho sauiu nil over tlio city nnd ninny women went into hysterics. It was tlio se verest shock ever experienced in this sec tion ol the country. two shocks at zani:svii.u:. Zamsvilio dispatch: Tlio two distinct shocks of carthquako were fe t horo at about 0:210 to-night. Chandeliers swung back and forward and d shes rattled scar ing tiio people into almost a panic. A meeting of tiio Patriotic Sons of America was unceremoniously adjourned, wliilo peo ple iu the hotels run into the halls terror- stricken. A telephone iues--ngo from Lan caster this evening says that thu shock threw down a chimney, but ns yet no dam- ago has been reported in this vicinity. ST. JACOB KNOCKS ST. PATRICK. An Hnyllsh Decision In Facor of an Ameri can Tratle-Marh: London dispatch: In tho Chnncory Di vision ot tlie High Court of Justice, Lon don, Vice-Chancellor Bacon has given his loiiaiou iu favor ot tho Clinrles A. Vogolor Company of Baltimore, Md., in tho notion brought by that houso against H. Churchill ifc Company of Brisbane, Queensland. The case, which has been in progress here sinco September, 1 SS I, grow out of an attempt of Chun lull ,t Company towgKter a trado iiinik containing tlio words St. Patrick's il in connection with a medicinal prepara tion. This was promptly opposed by tho Vi-geli r Company, who, while admitting that the term and device which weresought to be reaisUMiMl by the Austral! n firm wore in no lespeet identical to the well-known St. Jaeulw Oil trade-marks, contended, however, that sufficient similarity existed lietweoii the term St. Patrick's, applied by Churchill A Company, And St. Jacobs, as used by the Vogolor ConqMiiiy, to cnuso confusion In the mi nils ot t'io public and lend to purchasers being deceived. In sup port ot this position they buhniitted an overwhelming amount of evidence from itiglihh, American nnd Australian source with tho result stated. Under the dectalon of the court Churchill ,fc Company cannot reg ater their mark and inut py costs of the case. This is the second traiie-miirK suit won by the Vogelur Company in I'-ni-laud within three months. Tue races at Blair were unusually fine. The purses were jood nud attendance lib- ruL