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-
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