Western cyclone., 1886-09-16

to-day, informing employees that the rule
prohibiting the circulation of subscription
papers in the department would be suspended
in the case OF the Charleston relief fund.
and heads of bureaus would be designated
to received subscriptions.
Special performances will be given in all
the Washington theatres and places of
amusement for the benefit of the sufferers.
In Philadelphia subscriptions amounting
to nearly $4,000 are announcing, headed by
George W. Childs and A. j. Drexel for 81 900
each.
GOVERNMENT AID.
WASHINGTON, September 3-Colonel r.
W. Balchilder, department QuartermAster,
has been ordered to Charleston to issue and
distribute tents to the homeless, and to ren-
der such aid as it may be within the power
of the Departmental extend.
DISPATCH FROM THE QUEEN.
The following dispatch was received by
cable to day from Queen Victoria, from
Balmoral, addressed to the president OF the
United States: Il desire to express my pro-
found sympathy with the sufferers by the
late earthquakes, and await with anxiety
further intelligence, which hope may show
the effects to have been less disastrous than
reported"
PARTICULARS IN CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, September Sat Grass
Valley, CAL, a sharp earthquake shock was
felt at II o'clock last night
MERGED, CAL, September ga slight
earthquake was experienced here last night.
RENO, NEv., September Sat $50 this
morning slight earthquake, passing from
south to north, was felt here. Twenty sec
onds later second shook, almost imper
ceptible, occurred.
MORE HORROR IN STORE.
NEW YORK. September A special from
Charleston to the Times says in addition to
the material losses, there are sentimental
losses, which are beyond all estimate.
Charleston set great store on the house In
which Mackey was born and all of its asao-
Citations. An Episcopalian lady whose hus-
band is certainly ruined by the catastrophe,
said: 81 could stand it all if st. MichRol'e
had been spared. Ny grandparents were
both baptized and married there, and within
its walls l, too, was married" This feeling
for old st. Michael's is quite general. Even
among those not Episcopalians the building
was part of family traditions, and OF the
state, and as such was claimed by everybody
Great dread is apprehended of the equi.
nox. In three weeks the equator will bal
ance the sun and we will be in the midst Of
the great storm era. The equinoctial gales
have always been disastrous in Charleston.
In fact, last years disaster was 40 great "a
to attract national attention. 1t ia estimAt-
ed that every house in the city has had its
oundation shaken by the earthquake. Walls
have been rent, chimneys and steeples are
off their square, and there is nothing
plumb about the city. If an equinoctial gale
of the usual severity strikes the city before
considerable repair Is made, nearly every
house in the city will be blown down. Tho
gale comes sometimes as late as the first
week in October, but last year il came In
the last week of August. 1t will thus be seen
that the city is in imminent danger at any
moment. This would cause such a crashing
of timber, brick and mortar as was never
heard of. The temperature has changed 90
as to warn the people that the storm Is at
hand. The effect of a weeks storm and
pelting rains upon houseless women and
children would be appalling. Six ladies are
reported as dying in tents from fright. Ef-
forts made early in the day to clear away
the debris has been abandoned, and the poe.
pie are settling back into the melancholy of
yesterday.
W. L. MCGEE, OF the United States Rsolo0i-
cal survey, went to Summerville on Friday
to investigate the immediate or remote
causes of the recent earthquake. He stop
ped at Ten Mile Hill station, around which
the earthquake was particularly active, and
paid special attention to the matter which
was thrown up from the craters, which q 70
tending from Disher's about four miles
from Ten Mile Hill, north and south and
likewise east and west, for an indefinite dis
lance along the seacoast.
Prof. MCGEE collected specimens OF the
soil and mud which had been thrown Up,
and samples of the waters which flowed
from the assures. taking particular note Of
the cavities on the farm of Charles Lee, the
largest of which is about sixteen feet square
and sixteen feet deep. At Summervillo
Prof. MCGEE continued his investigations
and talked freely with the gentlemen there.
One of these gives the NelUs and Courier q
sketch of Prof. McGee's statements. Prof.
MCGEE said that the ornamental work and
gingerbread" work in Charleston was in
many instances out of proportion to the
size of the buildings, and these parts would
be apt to fall and carry away portions Of
the general structure. He gaid that when
he left Washington he thought that he would
have very little difficulty in determining the
approximate course of the earthquake, but
confessed to have been much puzzled by his
observations. Contrary to expectations he
found that the assures were not uniform In
their direction. Some extended from north
to south, others from east to west and on
this account he would hesitate to give any
scientific declaration. lie did, however,
give the opinion that the shocks were the re-
suit Of local land slides. BY the term "local"
he does not mean that the shocks can be
traced TO any particular place, at Summer
vile, Charleston, or elsewhere, and remarks
that there was no connection between the
shocks and the supposed volcanic action
His impression ia that the area covered by
the land slide theoT. has been from forty TO
one hundred miles under the bed Of the sea-
He was confident, moreover, that the worst
was passed. This statement, however, Vas
made prior to the shock at II O'Clock last
night. He left Snmmerville this evening
for the yhOzphate district. where he will con
tinue his observations. Prof. McGes's re-
marks have had an excellent effect. Up 70
yesterday about 200 persons, or one-thifd
Of the whole population, had left Summer
vile, and II IL expected that Prof. McGes's
statement vii stop any further exodus.