Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-08
SHAKEN CHARLESTON.
TIE QUIET MONDAY NIGHT GIVES CON
PIDENCE ONCE MORE.
Correspondents Depar-A Psrtrbsd Newspaper Man
A Slight Shock Yesterday Morning Freaks Of
the E2rthqaake-ArtsSian Wsll-Water
Tasting SllphunlS- Shocks.

CHARLESTON, >. u, september e
There is a general expression of gratiica-
tiOn this morning over the absence of re-
currenee of earthquake shocks during the
night. The scientific gentlemen who did
not depart on the midnight trains are eX-
planning the absence of quakes to mean
that "the season of internal shocks" has
begun and that they will now come with
less frequency, effect and regularity than
heretofore. Most of those who slept in
doors last night retired after the pressure
of the tide at midnight became full and it
was believed the critical moment of the
night had passed. The season of appre-
hension has not entirely passed, however,
although less attention will be given here
after to the earthquakes at Charleston than
during the past five or six days.
DEPARTURE OF THE CORRESPONDENTS.
The northbound coast line express which
left here at II o'clock last night carried
away nearly all OF the correspondents for
New York and other metropolitan news
papers. General Batchelder, of the Army
Engineer Corps, and some of the scientists
who came to investigate the damages, de-
parted at the same time. Some OF the men
mind and refused To be cOmfOrted. One of
who left were yetin q perturbed condition OF
them, a correspondent for 4 widely circu-
lated journal in the North, was SO dis
turbed that he spent the two hours and a
half which he had TO pass Immediately be-
fore taking the omnibus for the depot in
churchyard cemetery in Meeting
street He seemed to think that that place,
with it's hallOwed surroundings, not only
afforded protection from falling buildings,
but lent soothing influence upon his
moral nature. lie called ut the hotel,
where he registered an hour before the
time for the train, and upon being told
that the omnibus would not leave until
fifteen minutes later, returned in hot haste
to his unpretentiOuS resort and remained
among the tOmbS and with the sOmbTeneSi
till the schedule time for departure.
The telegraph offices have increased
their capacity, and are furnishing first
class service now. Manager Harris, OF the
Southern Telegraph Company, after mOv-
ing out and in his regular quarters, has
finally located his force in frame struc-
ture near the corner Of State and Chalmers
streets.
A SLIGHT SHOCK THIS MORNING.
NOoN-A very slight shock, lasting five
seconds was felt here at Hap \. NJ.
RRMOvING THE DEBRIS.
This morning Mayor Courtenay arrived
from New York. lie was met at the de-
pot bv u number of friends, and learned
from them something of the condition Of
the city, the people and affairs generally.
He said the destruction was greater than
he could have believed without having
first been in Charleston. The people, he
said, were brave, brainy and generous,
and without doubt had pluck TO rise
again. The Mayor was driven to his
home to see the desOlatiOn and get some
sleep. He will visit the City Hall late
this afternoon, confer with the city officers
and others and call an extra meeting OF
the Council tonight or tomorrow.
So great was the jam Of people for as
sistance about the City Hall this morning
that the Relief Committee deemed it ad-
yisable to remove their headquarters to a
more capaciOus and stable building, and
they are now in the Haynes street rooms OF
the Charleston Hotel. At 7O'clOck this
morning there were twenty-One mule carts
standing in front of the committee rooms
awaiting orders, The members of the COM
mittee say the number! !of people who are
receiving assistance is diminishing, owing
to the general acceptance Of transportation
to other points. If the people who can
work and who could find it TO do would
begin to push themselves, theru would be
less need of help from the outside world a
fortnight since, except i'll the way OF re-
pairing the buildings destroyed.
Telegrams continue to pour in offering
aid and asking about work for mechanics.
There Is more discriminating shown to-
day than there was yesterday To clean up,
repair buildings and continue business.
A hum of industry is heard everywhere.
The streets are filling with people, and
carts have Just begun to remove the debris,
which is heaped up in such quantities rs
TO blockade alley ways and impede prog
ress in other thorOughtares.
The appeal of the cOlOred ministers to
the people of the United States for the
means of relief for the people in distress
was wholly unnecessary. The relief coul-
mittee treat the funds at their command us
subscribed for the benefit Of the whole
community, and it is given out without
distinction of race, color or condition.
Another Shock.
CHARLESTON, S. c., September =
A very slight earthquake shokc, lasting
five seconds, was felt here at ll:i2 O'Clock