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The Daily Times.
RICHMOND. VA., SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1887. _ONE CENT.
11 lilllllil.
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1205 East Main street.
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TI1E EARTHQUAKE ERA.
THE GLOBE IN ONE OF ITS CON?
VULSIVE PERIODS.
?oinvtlilng About tba Karthquakaa That
? av* I>?v*ataUd tb* Worl-1 In tbo
f??i- I liw Wonderful Vulcan.* of Mituni
J-ou lu til* -i .utlnluli lalautU
'1? faal thf vary ground thakan 14 at if '? ?
kiuualf had chang*! LU ??? ia attnhutas.
Set Um 1 ?'?'.mi, ahow that th* aartk d<?*
I'm* it, fixity, ami that to ofUu that ac*
Bight wall fSptOft tua ptOplSOl MOM regions
tu i' ok uuuu it aa an ordiuary avant ia iifa.
Disregareling tba mythical accounts af
CitiM swallowed u;<, continanfc* mik banaatk
tin wiur, ju tl.a lott Atlantis, and nations
intrOJTtd bl u day, wm Ind ui authantic bia
tor) numerous laataaoaa of earthquakes so
dvjiu. Uvethat tba uund is aj>. ai lad at tha
bait (acta lw th* graat earthquake, followad
tj tidal waves, whick desolated ta* I; .. aa
empin lu Um year .4 it waa mppoitd that
an:.' a milli ? pOOfUS frisked, i ha OOMM of
Gre? ?. I tl] Md AT; lia wara greatly
dutugfjd; 1. " ?ea. reunug, lafi Ute bottom
?.. ling bach ? ?-? a grant ? -
it ??> . Mid UM monsters fat 1:. a-..n
1 1 iWaUl in t. 4 alni tree aud tha
Well , 1 ia tiiw {aidan.' Th* grwat
Muli labria, in 1198, daairuved at
?Mat pie; thal &? Lisboa, ? inila
itu... ly ax man) ; at laaat l( 0,000 were
d l? i In South and Ceatral
Anwrica, and Um recant Isorron um Java,
1* iitiiw ara fiu-u in tha au nile
enamor; 1 gather it ? avtimatad that at
I 1 people Lnv'i ba q thu-> itv
?tn 1 since the beg lining
cr .. ...
Ahab,OOO ii. C., and in that
of I .... Hud \*?r? la**r, th oro war*
con*i earthquakes; th* mum ration
Wa 1 in iii I*. C., lo,'AA) j*, wrns
bi in Pa kalina alone; uni again in
II 1 D. tbeeast ?<>?? terribly shaken. Ba
l twi 1 ? ari 1006 ri. C. and lol: A. I)., a
period ol 3,440 yann, aver (j.uou earthquakes'
v?. noted in tu* yubuo annal* ol' varioui
oouutriea. and with Improved m*th<.Kh? of ob
?via aljon Um Ust now *x<vedji 6,000.
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CAN.NHS.
[fordoes any region eem entirely exempt,
th' ;. nearly ao. While earth
qua . r ?ly gentle nature have
occun I lu all countries, thara i-> <>nn i>eit
? tiiiK's lias 1x'.-n pe
eulin ' ? sir deatrnctiTe foroa
'li. mn direction a
lit I ' I S; un,
Braid 1 mila!
I, California ..- Sandwich
I ? ? ' ! .. .11. -! \ Ol
1
!
, l volcai
ol tho form
iori re lia In tha
? ? . myron arkable
- are recoi ded
ti in ih? Bible, I.. tatlock has
< fl ???th- iv
11 S3 A. D Hercn
au IP vera partial)] ed, and
Borne j ? buried.
I
st: u ? ... 115,
1 1 , '. .
< . quiet a lb]
; ma 1 earl iqu ik<
Eu
. in Centra]
i 11; ol
.
d and the id, Ma,
1
b and ?< il from 1 ba
. nf tii<- O and fell
formed, flt 1
In the earth, the beda ol tha rivera changed
? levels, and thc Mississippi ?ran up
stream" for u shut time, 1 ion still
ibowsionM inarki ol the convulsion. Tba
movements continued till March 13, 1818,
whim they suddenly ceased, and on tbat day
occurred tii? awful earthquake arbich de
ttroyi 1 Caracaa hi South America.
MONAl'>.
All the northern and aaakarn parki of the
have bean c anparativi ly fr?^
from ba 1 b Hew England was
badi] agitated In \~i'<~>, and I cent de?
struction of < 'barlestou, B. C., la fresh in the
public mind Thia waa non follows I by very
ii^'lit shocks, perceptible through tha central
vuM But the rtiuaikil/!'' fact 1- that ('ali
fornia, especiallj' that nie Hon near the 'Mast,
hits from Ila ' timn baan nu aavts
tranger still, the chief tom
ipp ara to center in Mbata
Diablo and aboul Sun Pram toco, a-, thal city
\ rv di-qiii.'tiu ; UaUMTa, uhii<
vjaklniid, just east of the baj, baa n'>t aabivar.
foi tome twenty y an past Us re baa bani
it noti ealdf iiifivuw1 in the huhiUt and de
Ktructive violence of th?-t' sIkm-Ls. In INil
Ifandoaa, Peru, waa UteraHy leveled in law
Mian one minute, and 15,000 paopfecrnahad
beneath the ruina In i^'?s thew were earth
ijuakts, tidal wavea and ri>in^' and sinkinf
oaatafrom Mexico aoutbward. lni.y>3tbe
hwbole earthauaka Ult wa> repeatedly and
[violetitly agitated. Southern Italy was re
?? kLa'.v'". with tho !u-.i "f p.OOOlijaa;
uut tn? fci>? ?*>. nu voe wan in juv?. .
world atood appalled at the rheta Mountains
wert sunk, BmorSB w*r* Opstwd in Hm earth,
the ?^n overwbeJined the I*"* lands, and at
laasl 25,000 psopla w.r? iaatroyod ia that
inland and tbs adJaoast nadeen. Thara ara
fort} tiw active \ ! -anoan in Juvu. and all
?Tfrr In ?;. nighest urtivity. inlet* from th*
ocean wi it- ('toked with lava and li it aaa**,
and th*- wau r l^a'ed to a high term-Tatur*.
A bria! ern of quiet inter vened; and non am
har. lbs ucstrucuveesurthouahea in Italy uud
Ihsmiblci oocsiii Bpaia,andoratemporarj
irtth them tbs great eruptionol Munna Ja*.
in tbs Randvncfa inland*, where tip aroand
arasehakeu ahnoat conatantly !<>; tbirtyvsia
hourv
i, um ajai Monaco, whioh aro ahowi
In the iiUsbors {ivon, ara weil known to
tour.-!-- ..'.il both w*r* enmewhfct affected bj
Hae rscont quake .u th* Italian Puuera
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Rta Knew Him.
Sk* eat bet idr B a at tiu- piny?
in all ber c1Uah tovetnuwa,
WkalS m tJie \*jZ i/tum thc wny
A dowager iu Burgeon* dre**
Kat, ?.Lin thc diUJiund* glittered bright,
I 'ii t. rial ! -J DI Cfc and fcli'ili!'1' '- :
"Ali. O PB th) BP ."?ai* BBf ov.n." ] riot,
"1 ii i.nd for them a place au .- fair.*1
"Serest] i art,'11 whispered, aced i u 'l
Wh*n l those gems i posrf*
Bbr fe ? I
"V, bj, ? ith j r uncle, lauj
fri buna
D* Sappy in tbi- DoptllS of Woe.
"Aw, De ^-'iij j 3. arhat'a ailii yon thia
aaawninM
Tte weceived bad news, Fitzpercy, ole
W."
"Tell ano about it."
"Yeetahda> i purcbaesd u doa a high ooh*
lark, d. in bri- know."
? w?
"Weil, to-dajrl !*aru that I ie Pwmce of
Wila baa begun to wear tn Itfa
dweadful." Pittsburg Chroni le.
liir F?tchrd.
Tbf a* rrt Uuw \s* oiO i i;<laio.
For mystery'* a bot :
G bert Ism opened anew v. in,
iiiuc- ere iiavi' Buddygore.
? I.uuduii Moonshine.
Ilovr thc Sunni. Mai (i'd.
Omaha lian Boyou bsloogtO tbs noted
Rovtsdfl Bod
New York Miss?Tea; I waa one of the
original anemia n
Let aw aee, it'.-- twenty jreara now sim'*
tiiat soi ict\- started"
? Dear na ' an tis, but you must not forget
that the original members were Infanta when
it began
"Infant I R ally, I have an Idea ii was au
independent tu era nt of tome sort."
"Oh!it wai You bbs, it- formation was
ti, result 'i s rebellion on the part of tbs
girl babies who didn't want to be weaned."
?Omaha H
A society Fobs,
i lng ap Dchaat to f ?'-tit,
A ?..- i tea got in debt;
- ich s bm..ii
edi iso ?
B ' bia .-tiniiniT snit yebt.
_ -Life.
A Mve.t Wlfa'a Caaraalag Gift.
Husband?It I kind of yon to remember
meoum] birthday, but i bad conclnd d to
?Ki:!' .?,i the acore of economy
< tn. these are aol \ e, my
dear, I bon bl tb va .-.; Beventj Sra ceuta a
ll,. I.iir I > pr Writer.
?
I the bril
H lease
: ull: I
le Oogen fly*?
And 1
Well, 11 t by
!i tii?> girl,
I
- B whirl,
ht r tenderty?
. abe -
Wei] Ih'II
Ami i be did 11
And if I abouldtell
j]\ :
'iv blo <\ iitbu?corafnl "Y< i?"'
Eben William li. Hills.
\ i ..? u t ?? r? gerri?.
Bonino Lent-The polfeeman.
a !. n: ? Poverty.
Si 1/ nt?The Mugwump.
Eto I. nt?The usurer *a money.
BUCCU ?Lent-Bugllafa scandals.
Condo - ly.-nt-"I told yon
Red i Lent ? The apring onion.
Troc(k)n?Lent?The baggage man.
Columbus Di patch.
That's Ail Bight.
A boy draak a bottle of bur,
And the] ?;. soon died:
But why he mel death l cant think,
For, of ooaree, he erse uii write Inside.
Kew Haw ii Keira
He Hail a Sweet Tooth.
A Boston lady, arhoaa Bister Urea b
1 borgia and v\Iim^> mansion there is overrun,
like every other big southern residence, witl
?ervants, receivea frequently from i><-i
aid atoriea of these always fumy people
Her stout colored >-ook, a cbanningly loqas
dona person, baa two small boj ? who Barre ai
errand bearers and personal aervanta to tin
lady of iii,- bouse. Ono o? these boys, whoa
Dame i Ivy, baa a dovoarhsg paaakei for mo
and nut mily lii.-orate* his counU-nnnri
with it on all possible occasions, but cmino
poasibly eal bia food without it.
(Jue day lated] Ivy was nerved with rn,nu
'>r?ud and bom | nt his lunch in tho kitchen
and aromptl] railed for BjaoaaasaB,
"Land Bsk< al" sahl ida mother. "Fo' to pu
?n <ie b. ? a-1 'n' honey f
"barun', mammy "
uLan'ob de livm'l Ef dat boy Ivy ha*
Jo aaafal Pabral aarved up on de table be'?
ask n^ht olf (o' de 'labate to put on bimi"?
Boston TiantK-npt
A Moarafal Jlafle.
Break, I r. ..... break,
(bj thy eaM gray atoaes, O 80%
Br --i-, broke, broke.
Lt the sp?c thal you aiag to ma
^Louiaville J
Ber fona ie Uk* sse sculptor'e dream of
Her ipeech Sa Uko tba comae ol a doe%
Rev features e ea aa saohorUe would pla
Hsrs/ia tlwasaaasal ease.sheaBoatea
BY TELEGRAPH.
IIAITFMMiS AT IIOMi: AM) AltKOAD
as mri o\ ii; un. wihfs.
lateiaaeal of ajoeenei The aroa! Oeessa
raehl tTana Kiiie.i on Um Ball Aa In?
sane Dead A Keatewtt) Tra-jeily Si I
< i?i<- <>r al aurel art rewwiga N?-*??.
Till. LAST ACT.
I iit?-rmt-iit af tSM Keinaiun of ll.-nrv Ward
tseaeeWr,
Ni.w Tore, March 12.?The remain* of
UM late Henry Ward Bed I cr were taken
from Plymouth church, Brooklyn, at 8:80
this morning and conveyed to Greenwood
cemetery, ami they were deposited in ii
largo receiving vault, whhre they will re?
main until thc family select a lot for final
interment.
All nigh! h>n?r (bechurch WM guarded
iiv Plymouth Company G, and at ? o'clock
this morning the colonel of the Thirteenth
; regimenl turned the remains over to thc
! Plymouth church committee who hud
charge of tin- burial.
A cordon of one hundred police, in
[charge of a captain and three sergeants,
} were drawn up in front ol' the main en
'trance of the church on Orange street.
1 There were very few people on thc street
at the time, ami everything passed off
I quietly. None of the family went to the
(church. At Bo'clock thc membera of the
committee and other gentlemen present
: took a last look at the face of the dead
divine, and the lid of thc casket wa
screwed down by Undertaker Hopper.
thc casket was lifted on the shoulden of
six un di* rinker-' assistants, carried out of
church end placed in thc hearne. Kev
B B. Halliday walked in front of thc
casked with uncovered bead. The Bowen
which were placed on top of the casket
were allowed to remain. The first cai
riage which preceded the hearse was occo
pied by Kev. B. iv Halliday, Undertaker
Hopper, and Mr. s. Y. white. Them
I were eleven other carri;. I
The Ureitt OCCSMI Yacht Kuie.
PORT Hamilton, N. V., J p.m., March
12.?The two rival yachts, thc Dauntless
and the Coronet, got off thia afternoon ic.
the presence of a most picturesque and
splendid audience. rThen the lasl signal
was given from the Luckenback at Lld
o'clock the wind was 24 miles an hour
ami increasing, and thc tide running
strong ehh.
Tin- Coronet, with topsails sit, gol
way first, crossing the imaginary line
between Owl'i Head and buoy 15, off the
Staten Uland shore, at 1:14. She wai
followed by the Dauntless live minutes
later. The wind wai almost free out of
I thc Narrows, and the two Yankee
[schooner- started under favorable ans
pices on their way to Cork harbor, where
the race i- to lie linislied oil' Roche's
Point. In the preliminary play for poa!
lion before tlie start
TRI DAI v I LKSS ii.i LED o\ ru STMPa
Hill lt u.l.Y
under thc influence of the north
westerly breeze, while thc Coron. I
ItOOd up like it house. Only lower-air
were carried. It was not a day foi
kites. After they bad started thc suda
cious Yankees stretched down thc Nar
rowi majestically, the Dauntless curling
the seething waves under lier ihspeh
bows, and the Coronel pushing rapid)]
| through the sparkling blue in a masterh
' and defiant way. < Hub pennants am! pi
vate signals wen carried at the mast
head-.
The crew of tin- Dauntless are a!
Swedes, while the Coronel bas a mixei
crew. Mach yacht carried a represents
tire of the Associated Press, and tin
American ensign wa- displayed at tin
mainpeaki of both vessels.
lilK CORONET -Kl.Ml.u TO BB i lil. I- \
VOR] i i
among the ipe< tators, ami the masterh
way in which she was bandied, and he
evident ability justifies the opinion thei
had formed.
?Ulled om Use Eallrsail
Chu ioo, March 12.- wiiile Georgi
Halseley, aged twenty-two, and hil
Lila, aged sixteen, were crossing the rai!
road track- at Greenlea! street last even
lng, on their way toa party, they wei
struck by a train w bicfa BJ as running at i
rapid rate. George WM instantly ailie*
and his body horribly mangled. Th
young lady was thrown from lin- traci
aud so terribly bruised that she lay un
COnSCioUl for -e\ei.il hours. Two train
were passing thc ClOSSing at the tiun
and it is supposed that in stepping out 0
the way of one train they passed in fron
of the other.
\ ii Insane S>?-?-?!.
Baltimore, March 12.?Miss Carri
Belt/., a beautiful young nurse tuen;
years of aire, employed by Mr. Benjaiuil
Berwanger, ol the firm of Likes, Bei
wenger A Co., -vhs -hot ami instanU;
killed at midnight lasl night by her em
- plover'.--on Henry. The tragedy occur
red in the nursery. Berwanger innot
diately left the house and gave him-el
up at the Central police station. He ha
been confined in au in-aue asylum at dit
leient times, ami the shooting is though
to have been the result of a sudden ipa]
of insanity.
A Kentucky Tr?i;e?ly.
Mokki.am), Ky., March lt.?Adai
Carpenter, one of the most wealthy an
influential farmers of this county, wa
foully murdered last night. Some on
hail been prowling around Carpenter'
home for several nights, and last ttlgi
about ll o'clock when a knock was hear
at the frontdoor, Carpenter took his gu
anti stole out the rear door. He wt
shot dead in his tracks with bu. ksho
Great excitement prevails throughout tl
county to-day. A large reward will t
offered for the murderer.
The President has removed from oflU
Jame* (libsou, inspector of bulls at Bu
lalo, N. Y.
WASHINGTON NOTKS.
funeral OaSSBp im<l Capitol Cnnunfol.
The inter State Commerce appoint?
ments are expected early this week.
Ex-Senator Malone's wife arni daugh?
ter have left Washington for New York,
and expect to start from there for Cali
fornia to-morrow.
The circulation of standard siiurdoi
lar- is slowly declining and now stands
al $57,214,510. The stiver certificate cir
| eolation is $123,290,852.
Mr. Connery, the Btw Secretary of I.e
Igatton to Mexico), will leave for ins post
about the last of lins month. Mr. COB
1 nary will collect the data for a history of
Mexico.
Supervising Architect Hell ?preparing
plans for the postofflce building at Brook?
lyn. N. Y., under the law increasing the
limit of coat of conatracUotJ from |0O*V
Con t,, $1^00,000,
Thc President -ave lo Mr. H. C. .1.
Pendleton,agenl of the Hendricks Monu?
ment Association, a handsome contribu?
tion and expressed his sympathy with the
movement.
Mr. Pringle, Of South Carolina, who
waa yesterday promoted from the poul
lion of Consul-General al Cant-mala to
, that of Conan! General al (tonstantinople,
is in thia city, but li expected to start
promptly for hil new post.
Ex-Commissioner Edmunds, Calderon
Carlisle, ana] Linden Kent have seen the
! President in reference to the district
judgeship. The President has intimated
j that he would prefer to receive written
communication* only on the subject.
Secretary Whitney has authorized a
statement that all efforta by this Gov
< rumen! la secure plans of naval ren?
al ta or designs for machinery or arma?
ment abroad hare been open and in
accordance with International law and
custom. There has never been any
eland* stine purchase, no scandal ar dis?
honorable methods; and everything done
das bren with thu knowledge of the Eu?
ropean governments.
General stewart Yan Vlie\ United
States Anny, returned to the city alone
Friday night from his trip to clorida,
having left Mrs. Van Vliel al Richmond
for a lew dav's visit to her sister, the wife
Of Hr. Moore, formerly United Mates
Army. The General says he left herein
good health bm comes back ^till better,
and that while in the land of swamps,
alligators, chaparral and snakes, be \isit
ed some of the places he Brat saw asa
young officer in active Indian service
. i \ yean i
GWaTBBAIi aORUGM HBWIL
Tho Csar'a Compllnaeat to lin balser.
Sr. PrtKJUURG, Mareil 12. The C/.ar
will send the Grand Duke Vladimir and
the Ora nd Duke Mit bat-1, together with a
large suite, to Berlin on the occasion of
Emperor rVilliam'a birthday ai a mark of
his i ordiality.
Blssaareh Dinoa Bia Bwswartors.
BriiUN, March 12. Biamarck gavan
('inner last nighl to the leader-id' the
varioua partiea which roted for the Bop
tennate bill.
'I'lic (..lilian Silnatioii.
Berlin, March 12. Mignel'a speech
the exclusive topic, because it ls con?
sidered the financial programme of Um
National Liberala. It has caused trna
Liberals the deep* I iii- atnfort, bacanae
it shows thal the National Literals now,
like the ( mi- plead the exemp?
tion ol the i lerman bigb nobility from tai
,\ 11i< li i- laid on othei i Itlzen ?
Russia !;as -ent no circular concerning
the Bulgar!un executione, nor about lear
the the three emperor'a alliance.
The bourse ia very firm and minuted,
with extensive covei lng!
p.ii i- ?.< ts ? shako.
Paris, March 12. \ sharp -hock of
ibqnake waa felt thronghoul the city
lerday. For a time 'here wanagan
rial panic and the hotels and tie bourse
ui ii i in,died ot theiro cupania in a very
1 few sn unii- The people WI re, however,
soon reassured, lt ia found thal many
wall-ot buildings in varioua parte of the
city were cracked bj the quake.
Mohtb Carlo, March 12 The recur
,. renee ol' t atthquakei at different point!
i in the Riviera baa Induced af raab tush
1 of frightened pleasure and health seeking
b tourists hillier from Nice, (annes, Men
< tune, and >*n lonni. All the hotels here
. are again crowded
BaleldS <>r SJ iiribr'.'
Stu uinmi.i.i:, O, March 12.?About
i ;? ut lock but night Mollie Pisher, living
on Kilmore street, wai Shot and instantly
kided, the ball penetrating her heart.
The revolver waa found by her side, lt
aol known whether it na- suicide or
y murder. TWO Itali ins named Joe Chick
! try ami Joe Moran, arith whoa she has
. several times quarreled, were arrested on
? suspicion.
(li a in lu-1 of < (iiniiicrrf.
An adjourned meeting Of the Hoard of
Directors Of the Chamber of Comment
was held last Dight
The ordinance allowing ita Richmond
and DanvilU railroad to extend their
track down Dock and Water stream to
the Clyde wharf, as recently panned by
the Council, wa- endorsed. New hy dawe
wereadjopted. a reeolution condemning
th" spasmodic manner in which appro
d j priations are made for the .lames river
* improvement was also passed.
rio- Piiohlaiaee' inion.
The Bricklayera' Union met last night
and diacuaaed the resoiuion pa.-sed some
time linea by the master-builders and
brickmakers. The bricklayers had
asked for $4 per day and niue hours aa a
day's labor.
The " bosses" resolved to pay $4 for
ti rat class workmen for ten hours work.
Less hours of work to bc paid for pro?
portionately. A committee waa appoint?
ed to confer with the bosses and effect an
amicable compromise if possible.
