Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE WORST OF IT OVRR No More Dangerous Quakes
 At Charleston. AN EXODUS FROM THE CITY. Those Who Remain Regain
 ing Confidence. THE ELECTION IN VERMONT. A Series of Gales During
 August.
THE ELECTION. IN VERMONT.
A Series of Gales During
 August.
NINETY-EIGHT DEAD.

NINETY-EIGHT DEAD. In the Wreck at CharIeston-The Peo- | pie Regafnins Their Confidence and ihe Worst Believed to be Over-Many Persons Blocking From the Doomed City.
 | CHARLESTON, September 6.-Copsiderable 1 confidence has come to the people to-day They feel very much better now than twen- ty-four hours ago. The scientists who have
 been exploring say the damaging earthquakes
 are over, although there will be 1umblings and tremors at inter vals during the next two or three weeks. Tie citi7eps have argued among themselves that it is unreasonable to suppose that violent shocks VII continue. Thus they have forced upon themselves determination to be es cool possible, and to look the thing in the face. The theory as to the earthquakes first advanced by those
 making study of them, namely, that they
 are the result of settling in the earth's
 crust, has been generally accepted as true, and this hes helped to quiet ne1 7oUs and console
 timid hearts and minds. Vel.y few even of
 the most devout people outside the supersti-
 tious believe there is any divine wrath or
 work in the works. Thus have they come to
 philosoph'ze. There were some more slight
 shocks to-day, but they were unnotieed. In
 fact, the public here hes concluded that
 shocks gre to be felt as natural sequence of
 what was experienced on last Tuesday night.
 The threatened rain did not come in
 anything like a damaging quan-
 tity. It sprinkled for 8 short time
 and the sun shone in scorcbing rays. The
 streets were so hot that they almost burned one's feet and only those who had business in the open air exposed themselves to old Sol. In many instances the campers and refugees have made their she lter as secure es possible and intend living in them till the houses are repaired. Old carpets, bed cloth ing, canvas, rubber coats and every conceiv- able material to exclude the end rain and dew are employed. Nearly all of the iron, tin and composition roofing on build | ings in some portions of the city wes de- l stroyed by the earthquake. The color1d | folks have appropriated this materisl and are l living beneath canopies and tents made | of it. A few coverings are | seen made from fl dit cans. It is stated at l the City Hall tonight that since the sun rose | this moln ming over three thousand people | have been given transportation out of the | city. The railroads in the South nd in DOT tions of the North have either sent posses or 1 notified the relief committee that it's orders will be honored for .fee transportation. The l members of the committee say the best solu- tion of the question of assisting destituto sufferers is found in sending them out of the city.
 A United Press repo1 ter told by member of the relief committee this after noon that there are ten thousand negroes in the city who claim they are too much fright ened to work. The committee is gfowing impatient at this exhibition of weakness and l is suspicious of much feigning by incidents. City Hall and the adjacent streets have been filled with destitute sufferers to-day and may finger there to night WhenMayor CourSney ar rives more deiuitr arrangements WI be made | for the distribution of aid. Now the ex- changes, the city officers and other bodies are receiving and distributing provisions. It
 is the pull pose to appoint an executive com mittee through whose hands assistance sha1 pass or who shall known of all assistance, of whatever character, that is granted.
 Hundreds of property oW lers are going ahead tearing down their shattered st1 lct- ures. Ali the laborels available fad ready employment for tf's work and thousands more could find lucrative employment if they world come. Tn some cases as much as S2. 25 day for common laborers is paid. l Rt. Rev. w. B. Howe, bishop of South Car olina, has issued e1 appee' for help to repair the Episcopal churches. Che of the most positive indications of retu1l of confidence and wearing off of the fe 1T of a repetition of the strong quakes is the large number of drunken men on the st-eets .to-Tight. The police are ts'zing them n rapidly.
 The four assemblies of the Knights of La bor to night fixed scale O. prices which pro vides for all increase of 50c day and no more. This was called for by the inclination of many members to charge exorbitsnt prices for labor owing to the great demand for it on account of the cal 5hquake.
 The opinion of Prof. Newcomb that a tidal wave was within the probabilities is secuted by Professors McGee and Menden- hall who say that there is no reason to ex- pect tidel wave under any circumstances at Charlest on, ss such wave would dissipate itself in the shadows outside the harbor without even reaching the shore.
 Everybody looks forward with satisfaction to the retula of Mayor Courtney and the feeling is that he is the man for the emer- gency. The mortality for the week shows total of ninety eight deaths, of which twenty-five were white and sixty-eight col ored. Thi-ty-eight deaths had been caused by the quakes up to the 4th inst, of which eleven were white and twenty-seven black. | There have been several deaths since then, caused by the exposure and wounds received in the shocks.