The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

ShAhLhSION, o. W O0pO' - <AhO0hoA
night of dread and sadness has passed over
Charleston, and the dawn of more suspense
and fear has come After the shock of ll15
o'clock Sunday night, the usual discontinue
prevailed, and few eyes closed in actual
sleep. 1t is ascertained that the shock was
ton than others About the battery the
tremors were more distinctly felt than in the
interior of the city.
For two hou rs afterwards there were
slight recurring tremors, keeping the people
In state of painful trepedation.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the head
quarters of the relief committee at the city
building were crowded by the unfortunate
sufferers. One member of the committee is
kept busy writing passes on the railways to
transport the sufferers to other points. The
committee prefers to give this character of
assistance above all others 1t gets the un-
fortunates away. Orders for rations are
being issued. Money is g iven to no one
During the rush o ( the applicants for assist
ance, '7rge section of the Meeting street
front of the court house, opposite the city
ball. fell out. The report of the fall was
equal to an earthquake shock. Immediately
the assembled thousands in and out Of the
building began to sway and move like the
pillows of a storm-stricken ocean. The cooler
heads present mounted chairs, and admon-
ished the people to move quietly and not be-
come excited. The scene was appalling for
short time, but quiet was finally restored,
The men at work tearing down the frail por-
tions of the court house were ordered to stop
| work
Acting Mayor Huger says the relief COM
mittee is now assisting about one-third Of
Charleston's entire population. Mayor
Courtney is expected to arrive on the first
brain on the Coast line Tuesday morning,
and will hold a special meeting of the city
council, when decisive steps will be taken to
afford protection from fallen buildings and
clear the streets Of some of the debris which
now impedes the progress of pedestrians and
vehicles everywhere.
Dispatches continue to pour in offering
Md. About $3.50 has already reached here
| From indications at hand, it is believed that
the contributions will finally aggregate $780,
300, and that $500, 900 will have arrived by
Tuesday night Money sent by express or
registered letter to Mayor Courtney or the
relief committee comes in the most desirable
shape, although many contributions arrive
In the form of postoffice orders, drafts, ETC.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the scenes of
despair and fright at the city hall were again
renewed by falling buildings in the vicinity.
The great crowd near st. Phillips church,
where the tall spire is being pulled down, fled
precipitately, women and children walled
and moaned piteously, and the scene pre-
Sented in that quarter beggars description.
The steeple on st. Michaels church, the
landmark of the city which was supposed to
have been completely wrecked, appears to be
about the only tall structure which can
stand.
People who slept on board vessels in the
harbor here last night, say they felt the
Il o'clock shock very plainly. Vessels made
forward plunges, then there was a rumbling
noise, and the waves thumped the hulls vi
Ciously.
| The scientists came to the front with the
statement that there would be reviststions
Of shocks every day for some time, posi-
bly, weeks yet. They continue to attribute
them to the pressure or WEIGHT, and the lack
Of pressure or weight, Of the tides.
The News and Courier gives prominence to
an editorial on how to help without giving,
In which it says: "The generosity d the
people of the United States has never been
more fully or opportunely demonstrated
There is, however, loss which is not pro-
vided for in the donations that have been
made and there is way Of helping Charles
ton that has not been generally adopted
With the assistance of other fellow ountry-
men, Charleston will be able, no doubt to
provide food and shelter for those who have
been rendered homeless by the earthquake,
and will be able perhaps to assist In proper
way those whose houses need repairs, which
are beyond the means of the owners and oc-
cupants.
"But behind this there is the necessity of
continuous help-help that will go on from
day to day and from month to month ald
from year to year-only such help as tIis
will be of permanent advantage and will el-
able Charleston to make good the frightfll
losses which have been sustained By giving
business to Charleston when there is no loss
by so doing, by giving the preference 70
Charleston when the commercial conditions
are about equal the public can soon put the
city in position to pluck this flower safely
out of this nettle danger. With especial en-
phasis can we say this to the people of South
Carolina. They have shown and still show
their sympathy with us, and the warmth OF
their affection by the substantial help
already given to Charleston. But they can
help us still more and still better by trading
with us, by sending their cotton and naval
stores to this market and by buying lere in
return"
The headquarters Of the police force has
been removed from the stables on Broad
street to the high school gymnasium at the
corner of Meeting and George streets This
building is uninjured, and being large and
roomy Is admirably adapted to the purposes
of the force.
Owing to the disturbed condition of the
city and the necessity for increased vigilance,
it has been deemed expedient to increase the
police force, and Chief Frost has issuel a call
for recruits Seventy men have ben en-
rolled, and great many more are wanted.
Referring to the danger from fallin, build
ings William B. Geurard, civil engineer,
says: "A constant danger menaces u, even
to greater extent, in my judgmen, than
anticipated renewal of fatal shock. This
danger consists In the numberless frctured
walls In the city As they now stand totter-
ing they are menace to our lives, but If we
should have rain Of any considerable ex-
tent, even not followed by a higt wind,
either of which phenomenon is frequently
amongst us at this season Of the var, the
consequence would be that the water laden
brick and mortar would loose their present
Unstable tenacity and walls would cumble
and be precipitated into the stress, with
probably awful fatality to all in the vicinity.
At Columbia.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. THE shock at
9:2O. last night, another at 11:20 and mother
at 1918 this morning have been the inidents
here in the last twenty-four hours, Many
families refused to sleep in their houss last