THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES Si ClIANCEY, Publisher? t
UNION,
OREGON.
GM.V IX Till! NOllTIIiriCST.
Minneapolis special: Tlio receipts ol
wheat are now very heavy from first hands
in Dakota, but, considering llio big yield,
light in .Minnesota. The number of curs on
eidc track in Minneapolis increased from
350 Friday to fi57 to-day. Itccelpts licro
linvo grown from about 125 curs a day a
week ago to 3JS car to-day. Slill Ditlutli
is abend with 500 cars to-day, and an av
crngo of some 300 cars a day till of hint
week. The reason of tho largo receipts In
Diilnth nre partially because tho Dtiluth re
ceipts nro in larger proportion from Da
kota than tho Minneapolis receipts, whilo
Minneapolis cola tho larger proportion of
tho Minnesota crop. In addition prices
have been relatively higher in Diilnth. Tho
Ritnation was similar a year ngo, Dultith
leading off early with a heavy movement,
with Minneapolis coming on tho home
Htretch. Curgill Brothers, who opcralo a
line of -15 houses on tho Manitoba, road say
Hint five houses out of 45 on their lino is
full nnd closed. At ono station (55,000
bushels hnvo been received already, while
tho total receipts nt the samo station last
year was only 1125,000 bushels. Over half
n. million bushels hnvo been marketed at
tho company's olovators already on this
crop. A. It. Kohhins of tho Northwestern
IClavalor company reports their elevators
lull and working from hand to mouth to
inako room for arriving grain. Tho Mani
toba company is reported short of cars
and iiiuiblo to handle the wheal furnished,
nnd grain men aroanticlpntiiiga continued
ncarcily of handling facilities. It is said
that Minnesota wheat is held and that
nearly all reruipls tip to the present time
liavu been Dakota. A prominent cummin
nioii man yesterday bought about fifty cars
lor outside parties, understood to bo Mil
waukee millers, and it is claimed that tho
dissatisfaction with tho transit arrange
ment, has mndo a twcnty-llvo icnt rato
from .James river points to M lwaukeo and
Chicago, against twenly-thrco for Minne
apolis puomixext pursier AX HEAD.
Sioux City special: Tho sad Intelligence
reached hero to-day of the death of Dr. U.
A. Guyton, jr., at Lebanon, 0. Tho do
ceased has long been a leading physician of
this city, nnd Iuih a wido reputation
throughout tho northwest for skill nnd
Hiircess in his profession. For a year past
ho bus been an invalid, and a short time
ago ho went cast, hoping to benefit his
health thereby, but instead tho fatal dis
rase gained on him, with tho result already
indicutcd.
A STItAXOE KIIUPTIOX.
All Oakland, III., special nays: Vestor
tiny tho citizens of liowdriu township, north
of this city, wero started by a nolso liko an
explosion of a steam boiler. On examina
tion it wns found to hnvo been caused by
nn eruption on tho farm of Christina Luii
kenhuck. That gentleman staled to-day
that when thu noise occurred a cloud ol
Ntnokonud duiil wiih thrown sixty feut in
tho air, In which wore bits of mntorials,
Hlnnips, trees, roots and stones and a deep
liolo was left In tho onrtb- which has not
been explored.
TWO EMINENT FRENCHMEN,
Xnmnrttno, V.io Poet, mill Itorlloz,
tlio CompoBor.
A Turin correspondent of The Xew Orleans
Timts-Uemocrat writes: The year 1809 should
be marked with black atone by Frenchmen.
It saw the dentil ot two of thelrgrcatcouiitry
men, Lainnrtlnc, the wcet poet, so booh for
gotten, and Berlioz, the French llecthoven,
whose posthumous glorification has at last
atoned In some measure for the eiuel neglect
which killed hint. Tho war of 1S70 and llio
horrors of tho commune following so quickly
after drovo all thought of both out of men's
minds hero for a time. I.IUo tho death of
Dumas, their loss was swallowed up In the
tremendous calamities which robbed Fiance of
two provinces, drained her coflers ot live mill
iards, destroyed her proudest monu
ments, and claimed to havo crushed
licr out of the comity of nnlloni. Hut
with tho revival of prosperity Franco
found leisure to mourn her Illustrious child
ren. Heritor., who had never In lilt lifetime
been listened to In 1'arlB, was tardily proclaim
ed a ircntus, and, strange to say, became us
popular ns Auhcr l.amnrtlno had well nigh
exhausted popularity before he died, To quote
the melancholy phrase attributed to him, "lie
hud outlhed his Iminortnllty." The new gen
eration hud neither time nor tutti for senti
ment. "lAVsMMiunoli" hud usurped tho place
onco held by 'Jocelyn," and the t egret felt
for tho ccoiid Fiench poet of the century
cwio fur more from the head than the heart.
Btlll, It was felt that something mint bo itnue
to perpetuate the memory of the man who had
so long been tin Idol. Ills woiks had begun to
inolder on the thelf. All the more need, thcu,
to erect statue.
For diuVrent reasons It win resolved that
Der loz should havo his statue ulso. Tlio
worm eaten subscription lists opened In lMi'J
wcro dragged from their pigeon holes. Fiosh
nubserlptloiis weio Invited. Ami the other
day, lu tho presence of several thousand peo
ple, a monument not unworthy ot ono of tho
most muticulof singers was unveiled, nt Pussy
-close to the modest chalet lu which ths xct
laid him down to his lust sleep seventeen j cium
ugi weary, sick, and despairing. Very short
ly llerllos will have his turn, lie has his
pedestal reserved for him in the Place Mout
imirte, within u stone's throw of the hotel lu
Imbltctl by Kuille Zola mid close to what was
the studio of Edouard Manet.
Thero is something very suggestive In the
Juxtaposition of thesa unmet. How Fiance
lias clinnged since Berlioz wrote Ills ''ltonu'o
and Juliet," nud I.aimirtuie dimmed the ejes
of his louuntle couutr.vwouieu with hls"Hih
el" nnd the "Meditations." Another swing
of the eiidiiluiii, mav be, will bi In; a return
to romanticism. Other l.ainaitlues may arise,
tinging sweet songs half sensuous, half sad
to delight us. Hut truly that day looks as
though It were very distant still. Even Pierre
J.otl l too sentimental for this generation ot
Iiroo and pruriency. Balzac himself Is fast
oslng his hold on the stage, nud within the
week 1 have read several sneers they would
not long ngo Have been accounted blasphemy
at the uuthor of tho "Coinedto llumaluo,"
There Is no time to lose It Bul.xc Is to have a
statue.
A Thrifty Kamlly.
The lleechcr family U thrifty one. Mr.
Needier Is under alary to his congregation.
Menuwhlle he Is lecturing abroad under the
Pond management Meanwhile, ulso, he Is
Wfcliltig on Sunday and his sermons are lr
Iur published lu tho Brooklyn Majatine, aiid
lie recrlvcs a royalty for the publication.
Meanwhile, still further, Mrs. lleechcr Is writ
ing letters nbout the ttlp fur the same maga
zine anil she comes lu for her share of pin
money. "What do you do with all the moury you
inakej" Mr. Ilereher was once asked.
"Bless me I" he rcJlcd. "that's Just what I
have becu asking myself all tuy life." TA'
JUatthtl.
It has been officially announced that the
auspicious death lu New Orleaus last week
were caused by yellow fcrcr.
THE BITVATIOX JMPItOriXO.
27i .'Vof! of Charleston Jleenmtng More
Pacified and Eneouraacd.
Charleston dispatch: Tholastonrthqunke
shock wns experienced hco at 11;15 last
night, since which time there has been no
vibrations. Tho people are JuBt beginning
to pick up courngo to come out. Efforts
nre belnp made to clear paths through the
tho streets tor tho pnssago ot vehicles and
pedestrians, nnd the city once more bfgins to
sbow some signs of life. For two long days
and nights of horror, men, women and chil
dren havo been camping out in parks and
squares. Tho earthqunko swept over tlio
city liko a besom cf destruction It is im
possible to glvo any correct 'slimnlo of tlio
Iobs of life nnd propcrtv, For two days
ami nighth the people havo done nothing
but huddle in tho square. Fmnl' detached
relict parties aro going out. to dig out tho
dend from the debris, or succor tlio wound
ed. The first systematic effort to get nt the
facts is now being made. The list of dead
recognized and reported this morning fools
tip to sixteen, and tho bcaroli hat. only com
menced. The list of wounded will go into
tlio hundreds. About sovon-clghtbs ot the
houses or public buildings aro either dnm
aged or wrecked. The waves from 0:55
Tuesdny night havo been coming every live
or six hours. Thero hnvo been nonu now
for about twolve hours, and stroll hopes
nro entertained that the hoiror is about
over.
Specials to the News and Courier from
points in South Carollnn, ranging from the
extreme northwest to tho sea coast, icport
sovoral shocks of earthquake and more or
Icsh damage to property, but without losa
of life s . nir is known. In Orangeburg the
people became so alarmed that many
moved to Columbia.
As tho dotalls of the calnmity in this
city aro gathered its effects become moro
nnd more alarming. It is feared also that
miirH distress will prevail, ns by far tho
largn part ot thoso whoso property has
been wrecked or Heriousy damaged belong
to tho poorer classes. The people aro as
cheerful as possible under tho terrible cir
ciiinslancos. and aio trying to rostorb
older out of chaos. Tho aggregato loss is
expected to reach $3,000,000. Tho
wharves, warehouses and business facili
ties of tho city genera )y aro unaffected by
the catastrophe, and Charlestoii is an
ready as ovor for the transaction ot busi
ness. l'eopln aro gradually tutting account m
the details of injuries worked by tho earth
qunko and the 1 st of dmnngo to property
is stinting. A limited section south nfthe
city is a sample ot the whole. Standing at
the postolllco and looking west, an almost
impiissalilo roadway ot debris meets tho
oye. Tlio building of the chamber of com
merce is badly damageil, a portion ot the
south and west walls having been thrown
down by tho violouco of tho shock, anil tlio
buildings ot Walker, Evans ,t llngswoll have
also suifercd, while heavy granite slabi,
which formed tho parapet of tho News
and Courier buildings lio upon thf sidewalk
leaving the slato roof and a portion of the
attic floor exposed. Most ot tho buildings
on tho street aro moro or less damaged by
tho violouce ot tho earthquake This is
most perceptible at the historic internee
lion ol ilrond and Meeting streets. Thu
police station is almost a complete wreck.
The upper edgo ot tlio wall has been torn
down, and that of the north wall bar. fallon
on the roof of tho porch, carrying it away
and leaving only the largo fluted pillars
standing. The city hall apparently es
cajioil serious damage, but is badly cracked
on the east wall, and tho court houso build
ing Ih badly dainagcd, tho walls being
cracked In sovoral places nnd portions ol
the root and gables being thrown down.
The lire-proof building seoms to stand as a
rock. Tho guides of tho north and south
porches, however, mndo ot solid brown
stone, hnvo been thrown to tho pavement
below. This appears to bo the only dam
ngo done to tho building. The worst wreck
lu tho locality, however, is St. Michael's
church, which seems to bo doomed to de
struction. Tho earth hna struck hor balanco and is
now without a tremor. Thero is excito
meiit lu Charleston to day. Tho people
aio yet. in a daze. They know that thoy
aio alivo and are too thankful for their
esvapo to consider at nil their property
Ioshok. In Fast Hay, Ilrond and Meeting
streets, whero tho danriigo was greatest, tho
sides ot tho streets aro piled with dobris ol
tho wrecked houses, while the fronts aro
out ot tully twenty houses from the roof to
tho ground floor. The furniture nnd orna
ments remain just us thoy wert. before the
shock on Tuesday night. Halt tho brick
houses, which cotnpiisn over half the
houses in the city, have the topstory more
or less demolished, but those houses that
escaped that are porhnps worso off, tor it
Is noticeable that nearly all that escaped
having thu roof demolished aro cracked n
lit tie in their front nnd at the miiidlo win
dow of tlio middle story, which shows that
they are nil shaken to their very founda
tions and loosened in every joist and joint.
Certainly not a third o! thoso so shaken
can be lopuirod. They will havo to be
pulled down and reconstructed from the
verv eollins, Tho loss is variously esti
mated at from 910,000,000 upward but
no livhu iiiau can callmiito it within
$."1,000,000. The plan to help tlio city
that i.i talked about to-night in to get a
loan of $ 10.000.000 from the federal Irons
tiry by an net ot congress at a nominal in
terest on the houses reconstructed.
Owing to the unsafe condition ot all the
houses the people walk in the middle ol
the slieetH. All the houses are deserted at
liightt-lll, ven one-story frame houses. It
will bo fully a week before the people ie
cover thulr nerves and tho qulot of mental
balance. In the moaiitimoall business and
labor is suspended, and people spend their
time In knots lu tho middle of the streets.
There wero 101 burial pormlta issued to
day. Hut for all tho real destruction, the city
has not nn nlr ot gloom. The people are
tho pluckiest over seen; they surely cannot
yet bo awakened to tho (net that this mag
iitticent city is almost a total wreck. Kvery
paik and square in the cl'.y to-niiiht is flllod
with men, women ami children, sleeping
under toiitHiniprovised from counterpanes,
quilts, sheets nud canvas, stititehed upon
poles oreetod at short notice. Kveryons is
afraid to trust the houses lest another hor
ror hUouIiI return and envelop them in a
iiiiihs of dohriH and iilnster and timber.
The w holo city presents the nppenrnnco ol
a tented Held, upon which are resting hu
man beings anxious tokuow what the next
moment may bring forth. It in truly a cu
rious sight that cannot be portrayed in
words and yet so great is tho elasticity ol
hum u nature that all, young and old,
stwm perfectly contented, not real
izing their losses nnd confident that lu soon
way or anotlivr thoy will bo provided tor.
The first train from Savannah came into
the city tills atleruoon, three hours behind
the schedule time. All along the Hue from
ltavince station, twenty tho utiles distant,
evidence of tho terriblw disaster Is plainly
vlslblo. The earth is cracked in numerous
places nud there arellssur's, while not wide,
ot unknown and unfathomable depth. A
bluish-grey, sandy mud ot the cons steucy
ot paste nnd evidently forced up from
depths far below the Nurture is to be seen
nil all sides, while the color ot the stagnant
water in pools Indicatei that it oozed up
from veins that would havo never aeon tht
nurfiu'u except through some tremendous
convulsion of nature. The most alnsular
phenomena is presented on the railrond
between the city and Havinet. This atler
uoon, only halt nn hour ntter the freight
train had passed, the road bed wns Intense
ly moved, causing the steel rails on the
track to be twisted Into the shnpe of the
letter "S," dcluying the passengor train
fully an hour. No doubt this is caused by
another sudden tremorof the earth, adding
one more to tho numerous vibrations that
have excited general tsar and anxiety dur
ing the past four days.
PIZIISOXAT. AX1 OllIEIl XOTES.
Millet, tho artist, is to havo a statue at
Cherbourg, his birthplace.
A memorial tablet Is to bo placed on tho
liottHc in which Meyerbeer lived in Horlin.
flark Ihissell, the spinner ot sea yarns.
Iins finished a new novel, "Tho Golden
Hope."
Gerald MnHsey hns a now lecture, "The
Man Shakespcaro," and is speaking his
picio in Loudon.
President Grevy talks by telephone with
Paris. M. Pasteur is to bo his guest at
Montsous-Vaudrey.
W. W. Corcornn, who has been ill sinco
winter, hns suffered a turn still worso. Ho
in at the Greenbrier Springs.
Mine. Mn rio Hozo is nt Vichy nursing her
husband, who is suffering from an overdose
of tho waters of Uoyat-les-Hains.
Tlio Into William K. Hooper, manufac
turer, of Baltimore, left nil estate that
proves tobo worth 53,000,000.
A portrait of Mazeppa lui3 been discov
ered in a monastry at Kief, and an etching
ot il has been undertaken by tho academi
liuu, D. Mmitrief Kavkasky.
"Sandy" Trotter, tho Edinburgh teacher,
whoso pupils aro scattered over all tho
world, is just dead. His books on arith
metic made him a nnmo outside of Scotia.
Frederic Harrison writes to London
Priith: "Tho statement that I havo beon
out ot henlth and am about to start for
Australia is a uilly hoax: I havo been per
loclly well and have nover thought of leav
ing England. If you will givo me tho nnmo
of tho coucoctor of this impudent untruth
1 will prosecute him.
. M. dc Lesscps when ho won nt tho Pana
ma shareholders' meeting in Paris the
other day, was ready to faint from tho
iniu in his side caused by tho breaking of a
ib when ho was returning last spring lu a
trans-Atlantic steamer from Colon to St.
N'azairo; but lio nover flinched or showed
sign of suffering. His wifo peeped in anx
iously from behind a door nt the back of
tho platform. Sho is beginning to look
careworn, and tho anxiety of tho boy
Mathieu for his father mndo his faco a
tiling for a picture.
A IWSIXESH WOMAX.
How -1Jii Cook Pmetteatly Direct llio In
dian Ofllce.
Washington special: A tempest in a tea
pot has been got up over an innocent little
nowspnper paragraph in tho recent trip of
tho assistant Indian commissioner, Gen
eral Upshaw, to Now York, and tlio fact
that during his absonco Miss MinnioCook,
tlio coiniiiiKsionor's stenographer, was act
ing Indian commissioner. The Now York
World, which has a spito against Upshaw,
growing out of tho Paii-Klectric investiga
tion, contained a Biucaslie reflection upon
him for neglect and carelessness in leaving
such nn important bureau as tho Indian
ollico to tho chargo of a woman clerk.
Asido from tho ridiculousness of tho World
in persecuting Upshaw, and Upshaw him
sell in replying to such an absurd act, the
funny thing is that this Miss Cook
is tlio best informed poison about
tlio wholo Indian ollico. She has been
in ofllce thirteeeii yours; is a woman of ro
markublo balance of mind and particularly
notlceablo executive ability. She is a good
shorthand writer, a good correspondent
nnd has all thh details and the most min
uto information pertaining to Indian mat
ters at her instant command. 1 have been
told by Indian agents, Indian inspectors
ami by a great number of Indian mission
aries of ouo denomination and another
that but tor Miss Cook tho constant change
of commissioners, tlio inroads of the In
dian Uiug nud tho vuccihitiiig policy of the
government toward tho Indiana, nould
long ago havo demoralized tlio wholo office,
Tho tally sits quietly at her desk and lias
tor years practically been Indian commis
sioner, directing nnd ml vising upon all mat
ters of tho ollico with wonderful discretion
and success. Miss Csok's exainpleis an ex
cellent argument for woman's rights in tin
business wnr'il.
a .snout' iv ;. (' voux.
The. Chicago Farmers' Koview in tills
wcok's issue prints tho following crop sum
mary: Tlio frost which provailed throughout a
portion of tho corn bolt during ono night of
the lust week causes very little diunngo to
growing corn, lleports indicate that while
the drouth and continued hot weather seri
ously injured tlio general prospects of corn,
it also accelerated tho ripening ot grain,
and in sections ol Missouri, Kansas, Iowa
and Minnesota a portion ot the crop lias
siilllciently iniilurod to bo beyond a danger
from tho frosts. Koports indicate that, as
a whole, tlio corn eiop will bo out of the
wny ot frost within fifteen days, if not at
tacked prior to then, nud a largo propor
tion of thocropcaiiuot beseriously menaced
oven now.
The gone rat prospects for tho output of
corn show no marked improvement. The
tenor of the repot ts from nil the states ex
cept Ohio, Indiana, Michigan ami Minne
sota continue to predicate a short crop,
lu the four stales iie.med tho prospects
continue favorable for a bill average yield,
while the majority of tlio counties estimate
tho yield nt from 45 to 05 per rent. Ilo
norts from one-half ot tho counties would
indicate a general nvcrngo of 0- per cent.
Koports from one-half ot the counties
would indicate a general average of GU per
cent, Twenty-six Ohio counties estimate
an average of til percent. Kansas, Mis
souri and Wisconsin glvo promise ol about
olio-half the usual yield.
The reports indicate that tho pastures
are rapidly drying up, though in portions
ot Illinois and Iowa late rains havo served
to renew the grass somewhat. Early
planted potatoes aro generally good, but
tho late planted are poor and in many dis
tricts a flat failure. Hogs aro generally re
ported healthy with only scattering re
ports as ytt ol cholera.
A ItATTLi: WITH a UK ISCrtfl.
Tomdstonb, Antz., Sept a The wires have
been down from this place for twenty-four
hours and nothing further is knowu here of
the Iudlan situation in and about the Ssn
llernardluo ranch where General Miles met
Grrouluio than the seemingly reliable report
that the Mexicans domanded Geroulmo of the
Amcrlcsn troops, and that a fight rn&ued In
which five Mexicans wero killed and two
Amerlcau soldiers Injured.
Ucronlmo escaped during the melee.
coNriitMRU ruoM 8ah riuNcisoo.
San Fiusi tsco, Cau, SepU 3. A special
to the Morning C.i't from Tombstone confirm
the report that the Mexican troops demanded
from the Americans the release of Goroultnn,
and that wheu the latter refused a coufllct
cusued, during which Qcrouliuo escaped.
THE COSIHTIOS OP Tit A I)',
TUerrtmiit, Jobber. unit Comtuhttoii Men
Sitlhjleil With lite Ontlooli.
New Yonic, Sept. ft New York merchant?,
Jobbers nnd eomml.'slon merchants arc gener
ally satisfied with the condition of trade. Busi
ness Is picking up and shows, In most roses,
very decided Improvement. Buyers for the full
trade have been and continue numerous nud
In many kinds of business here men have to
be kept very late by the employers to pack up
and forward the goods ordered. Tho
long arrays of boxes and cases piled tip In
front of the business houses down town and
n waiting their turn to be carted off glv: a
strong ocular demonstration of the busy sea
eon. Inquiries among merchants corroborate
the testimony of the mute witnesses. A not'-d
feature Is the Increase of orders from the
south and southwest. They arc ordering fr in
there not only large quantities of goods, but
'arc also demanding finer grades.
Dry goods men say tho outlook for the fall
tiadc with them Is unusually bright. In tho
way of wholesale transactions the week Just
closed has been a large one. Merchants from
the south and west have nearly finished their
fall bin lug aud ouly n few were left In the city
yesterday, their places being taken by mer
chants from less remote sections. Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wlscon-m
nud Minnesota aro largely represented by tlio
merchant? now In the market. Almost With
out exception merchants nre buying freely on
account of the bitter outlook In business nud
fliracr prices of goods. The prices for general
dry goods arc sufficiently firm to Inspire confi
dence. The wholesale clothlnir houses report busi
ness better than for several years past. The
most notable Increase in the demand I fioia
the south. Meich.iuts estimate this Increase
at fully 'S j cr cent. Thu demand for cloth
ing In tho western states Is also reported
good.
A boot and shoe house says : "Taking It all
around more is doing this season than In any
previous time for five years."
The wholesale hide and leather tradercports
business brisk at all prices.
The glassware and crockery trade feel very
comfortable over the outlook for the fall anil
winter. There lias been no extraordinary de
mand for goods from any section, but the ten
dency nil over Is toward better buying and in
creased consumption.
In the Iron trade the one report is that busi
ness Is nourishing. Manufacturers arc bus-y
and there Is a brisk demand and good prices
prevail. There Is no indication of a big boom,
but a big boom Is not wanted. When trndo
Is good and tho Iron men can keep their mills
steuldy employed up to the. r limit then they
nro content. That is the ease now. The lend
inir companies report huge quantities for next
year and nt the office of one leading mill di
rector It was stated that nearly or quite all of
the steel rail manufacturers locomotive and
genital machinery bullder3 now have not
only enough orders hooked to keep them busy
nil this year, but enough as well to Insure
business well Into 1837. B.g orders have
been refused within the hist week for rails.
"Pig iron trade was never better than now,"
vrcre the words used by a magnate In that
line. The other related Industries are re
ported brisk nnd remunerative. The Iron,
bteel and metal trades generally arc working
now In perfect linrinony with no cutting of
rntes. There seems to be enough and moro
than enough lor all to do. Largo orders for
mils have' to ko to England to bo filled, tlio
railroads here demanding supplies faster than
the crowded American mills can turn out tho
product. Hardware will bo cheap and
abundant, and the volume of business prom
ises to be quite as good as last year. Prices
havo reached a level which tho dealers claim
to be ns low ns lu England, nud there Is no
prospect of n rise. This state of affairs has
put a check upon production, and manu
factures say they intend to go slow.
The wholesale grocers quote trade better
than at tills season In n long time.
The tobacco aud cigar business holds Its
own.
One of the most extensive dealers in watches
in Maiden I.nne said the watch nnd jewclrv
trade, which Is the first to be affected by bard
times and the last to come up, is lu better
condition than for many years.
Inquiry nmoug leading representatives of
business shows a very encouraging state of
Uilncs
CLOSE CAT.T. FOIl II IS LIFE.
Vrhiee Alexander's Train Singled Out to be
Thrown from the Track
London. Sept. 3. An nttempt was made to
wreck the tinln which was conveying Prince
Alexander to Sofia. When near Phillppopolls
tho engineer discovered an obstruction on the
track and brought the train to n standstill. It
was found that five sleepers hud been placed
across the track.
Prince Alexander when Informed of the nt
tempt upon his life showed no sign of fear,
maintaining his calm demeanor.
A conflict between the revolutionists and
the followers of Prince Alexander was fenrcd
at Sofia, hut the revolutionary regiments here
surrendered unconditionally to-dny to Prince
Alexander and appealed to him for clemcucy,
ami Bulgaria Is now tranquil.
Prince Alexander, when he reached
Bucharest, on his journey to Sotla, tele
giaplicd to tho sultan an assurance ot his
nouiRge nnd devotion.
AI.BXINUKK WKWOMnn TO SOFIA.
Prince Alexander nrnved hi Sofia this morn
ing and he made a triumphal entry Into the
city, e ported by the municipal authorities of
Soils, who bad gone two kilometers outside to
await his arrival. Addresses ot welcome were
presented hi the great square In front of the
palace. All then tnocecded to the cathedral,
where a grand tr ileum mass was celebarated.
Artillery salutes wcro llred at the garrison and
the troops utie reviewed. The ceremonies
weir concluded with a reception to the diplo
matic representatives.
Prlnre Alexander has ordered the release of
nil political prisoners. The ministry has bteu
recoiibtrueted, M. Stambiiloll remaining
premier. The rejoicing coutluucs unabated
throughout Bulgaria.
sunni no itcjoictxo in riuNcr.
Pauis, Seat. 3. The Jle -ub' ijue Francabe,
commenting on the published correspondence
between the czar and Prince Alexander, says:
"After the czar's reply tho house of Batten
berg may be considered to have ceased to
reign In Bulgaria. That reply nlsn humiliates
England, whose lamentations nobody regards.
Events lu Egypt proved England's Incurable
egotism. France iniiKt arrive at an entente er
dUxle wiih Kussia, both on the Mediterranean
aud the far east, against the British Invasion."
Telegrams rece.vcd here fiom Sotla stato
that the czar's reply to Prince Alexander's
letter has produced u profound Impression
thlcughont Bulga'la. The dispatches sav
thnt the czar's proclaimed hostility has para
lyzed the movement lu favor of Prince Alex
miller's return to the throne sud encouraged
the revolutionists. It Is further stated that
Prince Alexander's abdication Is believed to be
Imminent.
stii.i. sr;r.i;io tiic czin'.s vavoh.
Beforo leaving PliillpiMipolis Prince Alexan
der announced his Intention of dome; his ut
most to secure the sympathy and amity of tho
czar.
The 1nlomol of Voeow warns Alexander
not to delay les'cnjiig "the rrown to the czar.
London, Sept. 3. Count Yon llatzfeldt, the
German ambas-ailor, had an interview to-dav
with Lord ldileslelgh, secretary of foreign
ullulis.
Scccrt communications are passing between
tho tow ers. relative to the restoration of Prince
Irxtiuder,
.1 STItASOE El'lliEMlC.
Chnttanooga (Tonn.) Dispatch: Pan
rottsville in Cockrell county, is in a wild
state ot excitement over a strangeepidemic
which hu made its appearance thero. Ths
diswifce, wldeh in every case proves fatal,
resembles ilui. except that the victims are
Ktlachml with sevtM pains in the head si.
multniieoiisly with pains in the abdomen.
Physicians are unable to copowith the ilia
eas, and thoo stricken with it succumb
within a short time. Tweuty-seven deaths
have occuired, within three davs.
ItEOAlXIXO TUEIIl EQUILinillUM.
Citlseni of tlie Earthquake City of the South
Ilceomtng More Compo$ed.
Charleston special: Considerable confi
dence has come to the peoplo to-dny.
They teel very much better now thnn they
did twenty-four hours ngo. Tho scientists
who have boon exploring the city nnd tho
adjneent country say Hint tho damaging
s rthqunkes aro over, although thero will
bo rumbling nnd tremors nt intervals dur
ing the next two or threo weeks. Tho citi
zens have nrgucd in their minds and among
themselves that it is unreasonable to sup
pose that tlio violent shocks will continue.
Thus they have torced upon themselves a
determination to be ns cool as possiblo
and to look things in the face.
The theory ns to the cause of the earth
quakes first advanced by those making a
study ot them hero, viz: "That they aro
tho result of a settling process in the
earth." hns been generally accepted as true,
and this lias helped to quiet the nervous
and consolo tho timid hea-ts nnd minds.
Very few even of tlio most devout people,
outside of tho superstitious, believe that
there Is any dlvino wrath or work in the
quakes. Thus havo thoy come to be philos
ophers, to think before they run. when tho
shocks come. Thero wero some more slight
shocks to day, but they wero unnoticed.
In fact, the public hero has concluded that
the shocks aru to bo felt ns a natural con
sequence of that experience on last Tiles
da v night, and that "there ifl no use to get
excited about a mero matter of routine,"
us ono citizen very coolly put it. Tho
threatened rain did not materialize in any
thing like a damaging quantity to-day. it
sprinkled for a short time this morning
and the sun shone in scorching rnys.
This atternooii tho streets wero so hot
that they almost burned one's feet, nnd
only thoso who had business in tho open
air exposed themselves to old Sol's rays.
Tho "tented fields" mndo in tho parks
wore us well occupied ns at any time since
tho visitation by tho earthquakes. In
ninny instances tho campers nud refugees
havo mndo their shelter as secure as possi
blo and intend living in them till their
houses aro permanently repaired or re
built. Old carpets, bedding, canvas, rub
ber coals and every conceivable material
to exclude tho sun nnd rain by day and tho
dow bv night is employed, making the
cnuips indeed, variegated. Nearly art' of
tho iron and composition roofing on tho
buildings in soino portions ot the city was
destroyed by tho earthquake, and a largo
portion lorn off by falling pieces ol chim
neys, etc. The colored folks havo appro
priated this material aud aro living bo
neath canopies and touts made of it.
At tho city hall to-night it wns stated
that since sunset this morning over '5,000
peoplo have been given transportation out
ot the city. Tlio railroad companies in tho
south and in portions ot tho north, ha vo
either sent puss books in blank or notified
tlio relief coinmitteo that Its orders will bo
hciioied for treo transportation. Throng l
tho Danvillo syndicate passes aro issued
as far north as Baltimore, whilo
many go to Atlanta, Nashville,
etc. Tho members ot tho committee
say that the best solution of the question
of assisting tho destituto sufferers in found
in sending them out of tho city. Quito a
number of persons who can help themselves
or aro of too trilling merit apply for assist
ance. Hut assistance is not often refused
wlieu requested in tho form of railroad
courtesy. The sumo class of imposition is
encountered in tlio issuance of orders for
rations. Tho line is drawn, and discrimi
nation is mndo when it may bo advisablo
to get rid ot tlio impostor by sending him
or tier out ot tho city. When a strong,
nblo-bodied mnn applies tor aid for himself,
bo is asked why ho does not go to work, ns
thero is plenty for laborers, clearing awny
tlio dobris, at from $1.75 to S2 a day. The
present reply is: "I am afraid to go to
work; I am afraid of quakes."
A reporter was told by a member of tho
relief committee, this atternooii, that thero
aro 10,000 negroes in tho city who claim
that they aro too much frightonrd to work.
Tho eomuiitteo is growing impatient at thin
exhibition of weakness, and aro suspicious
of much feigning by indolence. Tho city
hall and the ndjaceiit streets havo been
filled with destitute sufferers to-day, and
iiiuny linger ibout tlio placo to-night.
HE KILLED. HIS WIFE.
A H'omnii Siof, llehifi Mistaken for ri ilin-.
ylar.
Word comes from Carlinvillc, III., of a
terrible tragedy which occurred thero on tho
5th nt tho residonco of J. H. Willoughby.
Two burglars entered tho room of Mr. and
Mrs. Willoughby nnd while searching tho
room they awakened Willoughby. Both
thieves immediately attacked hint and
struck him over tlio head with a revolvor.
llo soized tho revolvor and succeeded in
wrenching it away. Tlio room was pitch
dark, and in tiio struggle Mrs. Willoughby
was knocked down and beaten. Her
screams almost maddened her husband,
and ns soon as lie secitrod tho revolver he
turned it in tlio direi Hon he r.iiip"Heil tho
burglars werostanding. and fired live shots.
One of tho men dropped, but immediately
arose nud both jumped through a window
ami made their escape. Tho husband then
lighted a jimp and was horrified to dis
cover tho body ot his wifo lying on tho floor
w Ith a stream ot blood flow iug from her left
sido. Her wliilo night garments wore sat
urated with her life blood and the room
looked more like a s'aughter houso than
anything elso. A physician was called and
pronounced Mrs. Willoughby's wound fatal.
Sho was accidentally shut by her husband
whilo lio was firing nt burglars. The bullet
passed through her body, and death will re
sult. Ouo of tho burglars was shot us ho
left a bloody trail for some distnuca
Neither bus beon arrested.
PUXISlUXtl 2 HE SA VAOES.
T ie steamer Mardoa, which arrived at
San Francisco on the 4th from Sidney,
Auntral a, brought news of tho arrival
there ot tho Gorman war-ship Albatross
from among the llibridns islands, whero
sho hud been for tho purpose of punishing
the natives for the murder ol Gorman sub
jects at the island ot Lonour. A crowd ol
armed natives, who hnd gathered on tho
beach, wero fired into and a hundred or
moro killed. The village ot Tonibolonga,
on tho island of Pontacost, was thou bom
barded and many moro natives werokilled.
When a landing was effected at tlio latter
idaro portions of human bodies were found,
but most of tho bodies had apparently
been carried away. On both islands all
the nativo villages that wore found wero
burned. On Leneur a man named Klein
ami on Pentacost a man of tlio Gorman
schooner Apoln hnd been murdered by tho
natives. Before tho Albatross returned to
Sydney she is reported to have proceeded
to tho Caroline islands and hauled dowu
tho German flags flying there.
O EltOMMO VA t'l I V LA TES.
Nognlos (Ariz.) dispatch: Information
has reached here that Lieut. Clark arrived
at Culabasns last night with tho intelli
gence from Gen. Miles that whilo tlio lattor
was marching side by sido with Cnpt. Law
ton, Geronimo camo upsnying that the In
dians were out of provisions and ammuni
tion, were faint and hungry and would give
up their arms and surrender uncoudltion-
VICTIMS OF A XEir UOIlltOIt.
Charleston Again Shaken and It Citizen
Flcclny for Tlielr Hrei.
Charleston special of the .Ird: At one
minute to 11 o'clock to-nigh another ter
rific earthquake shock passed over the city.
Consternation again prevails. People
camping in the public squares nre singing
nnd prnying.
Not many eyes closed in restless sleep
during the darkness last night. Arrivals on
tlio late trains retired to the hotels with
trembling, or sat upon chairs upon tho
sidowalkB, ready to flee upon the slightest
noise. There has been a busy timo to-day,
the populace working to clear off the ruins
and to nscertain tho condition, and with
the work some confidence lias returned. A
very few people slept indoors last night.
To-night half of them will bo in tho houses.
Those who found their homes staunch,
enough to shelter them safely nre indoors.
It there was cause tor alnrm through fear
yesterday, thero was cause for distress
to-day. Investigation has revealed tho
fact that tho first reports ol
tho destruction wero not exaggerated.
The buildings ot Chnrleston. taken
as a mnss, are wrecked. Ouly a few ot tho
new and modern brick, nnd the most sub
stantial wooden ones, nre left for habita
tion. Great cracks mark the wnll. Scarcely a
sound piece of plnte-glass can L found it
the city. Many of them hnvo holes in tli
centre, ns if penetrated by a musket bull.
In some portions ot tho city, particularly
about tho battery, where tho most diunngo
wns sustained, scarcely a chimney can be
found. On tho handsome residence streets)
nearly all of tho brick houses aro covered
witli stucco and nro mnrked to resemble
stone. The wrenching process of tho enrth
quako peeled off the stucco and heaped it
upon tho sidewalks, spread it over tho
shade trees and carried it through tho air in,
every part of tho city. In some instanced
wholo roofs were dumped into tlio streets.
In parts of tho city all the railways at this
time aro blockaded by roofs. One of the
niostconvincing proofs of tho supernatural
power or the shock can bo seen at tlio mar
ble works. Firm granite monuments and
mnrble, too, some of them two feet thick
and not a dozen feet high, wero broken irv
twain and are in atoms on the ground.
The older brick buildiiiL's w re constructed
of a very inferior material. It seems that
the bricks were so rough and small as to
make tho stucco suruico highly desirable,
and instead of locking or hipping thorn ns
is done, especially in tlio north, they wero
aid in oven rows, furnishing no interlock
ing or bracing power. Quito a largo nil m
bor of tho business houses stand in canopy
shape to-night. The end walls have fallen,
leaving the roofs suspended over tho sido
walls. These of course will havo to bo con
demned by a commission of tho city coun
cil and ordered taken down.
For a while to day it was believed that a
request would have to be made to the gov
ernor to convene tho legislature in special
session for tho purpose of giving tho city
council sufficient authority to condemn
diuigeroiiB buildings, but later it was deter
mined that siillicientautliority wasalro dy
contained in the statutes. Pressure will bo
brought to bear on the officers to condemn
the buildings, to sparo as ninny as can bo
saved by ro nirs. Merchants inform tho
correspondent thnt but Tew of the buildings
condemned will bo replaced by now ones.
There will bo many repairs, however. It io
proposed to link the walls together with
bolts, and, us many of tho buildings have
but two stories, and very few with more
than three, the fractured walls can be mndo
to stand, provided this is tho last of tho
earthquake.
Distressing scenes havo beon witnessed all
along the railroads leading into Charleston
during the last twenty-four hours. Many
ot the best-to-do citizens wcro in tho north
at the timo of tho shocks, spending tho
heated term. Being unable to receive any
definite information in regard as to tho ex
tent of the loss of eithor life or property,
they started on their return. At every
stop of tlio train they rushed pell-mell into
the telegraph offices, called Tor or sent mes
sages, and gave the peoplo along the way
tingo of tho excitement. They could learn
nothing. Telegrams wcro blanketed up in
tho offices here and wero not delivered and
in many instances the messages woro not
sent. As tho returning citizens noarod
Charleston they learned less and less of th
true condition of affairs and their suspenso
became agonizing. They could not sleep
and paced the floors of tho coaches, wring
ing thoir hands and evincing painful alarm.
Even the outgoing passengers who wor&
hailed by those incoming could givo no ac
curato or useful information. Only tho
most courageous of tlio citizens returned to
tho city. Many stopped at suburban
plnres and unsatisfactory communication
by telephone or telegraph. Up to to-day
it was witli difficulty that tho railrond
could run trains into tlio city, owing to tho
fact that employes, and especially the col
ored ones, feared to enter tlio city.
THE I.ATUST SHOCK.
Washington special: At 11:03 o'clock a
heavy shock of earthquake was reported
simultaneously from Columbia, S. C. ,
Chnrleston, S. , Augusta, Ga., nnd Char
lotte, N. C. Chnrleston reports it tlioheav
iest oxperienco sinco Tuesday night. Occu
pants of buildings nro again pouring into
tho streets of Charleston, tho printers leav
ing nnwspnpor olllcea nnd tho Southern
Telegraph company's operators leaving
woik, fearing Hint tho building they aro in,
which is badly shattered, may fall on them.
Telet'i-nphic communication with Charles
ton is again cut off.
SOME lVASHIXOTOX GOSSIP.
Somo of the national banks have bsoi
very tardy in forwarding reports of their
:ondition, in response to tlio enlls mndo
by the comptroller ot tho currency, nnd ib
appears that for a long timo past tho pon
alty ot 5100 n day for such default hns
not been imposed. Some ot the habitual
Jelinqiieiits among the banks are again be
hind hand on tho call made for August U7,
and tho comptroller has decided to iinposo
the penalty in a sufliciont number of cases
to establish a precedent, nnd on future
alls the banks w ill bo notified of tho strict
snforcement of tho law and tho penalties in
raso of neglect.
Secretary Lamar has gono to New Eng
land for a vacation of boveral weeks.
While away ho will proparo tho address
which ho is to deliver at tho unveiling of
tho monument to John C. Calhoun, at
Charleston, S. C, next November.
Secretary Bnyard still sticks to his dgsk
t the stale department, and will probably
iot stnrt on his vacation lorsevoral weeks.
He will then go to Saratoga Springs. By
"lifting until into in the season, whon tho
.rowd ot fiisnionables have loft tho springs,
the secretary hopes to enjoy tho waters
there, which havo always been beneficial to
aim, just ns well as earlier in Hie season,
and obtain what ho especially needs rest
Mid recuperation.
Thomas C. Mann of Louisiana has been
appointed to be envoy ontriiordlnary nud
minister plenipotentiary ot tho Upited
States to Mexico. John Day ot South Car
olina to be consul to the United States at
Tuxpan. Charles II. Simonton of ClmrJee
ion, S. a, to boUnlted States district judge
lor the district ot South Carolina.