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enue, but rarely a gathering that ex-
ceeded in numbers that of Wednesday
evening, October 20th. The attraction
was the wedding of Mr. Baker Waters,
of Montgomery county, Md., and Miss
Lillian W. Berry, the attractive daugh-
ter of Jasper M. Berry, Esq. The nup-
tials had been fixed for half-past eight
o'clock, and promptly at that hour the
Rev. W. H. D. Harper, the officiating
clergyman, performed the ceremony.
The groom and his best man, Mr. Sam'l
Corkran, met the bridal cortege at the
church. The cortege was headed by the
ushers, Messrs. Clagett Pyles, of Barnes-
ville, Montgomery county; Wm. Berry,
Frank P. Grafflin, and H. H. Boswell,
of Charles County. The bridesmaids
came next in order and were Miss
Nannie E. Waters, of Montgomery coun-
ty; Miss Ruff, of Washington; Miss
Jennie Chipman, of Baltimore, and
Miss Fannie Ridgely, of Lutherville.
Next came the best girl, Miss Carrie
Stonestreet, of Rockville, Md., and then
the bride, leaning on the arm of her
father, who gave her away. She was
dressed in a magnificent white corded
silk, en traine, with beaded front, and
wore a corsage bouquet of Marechal
Neil roses. The bridesmaids wore most
becoming evening dresses, walking
length.

The ceremony over, the bridal party
repaired to the residence of the bride's
parents, corner Mosher street and Mad-
ison avenue, where a reception was
held and the bride and groom heartily
congratulated by many callers. At 11:30
o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Waters embarked
on a train for a trip North.

The ADVOCATE also extends hearty
congratulations.

SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
Charleston and Other Cities Again
Rudely Shaken.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 22.—Two severe
shocks of earthquake were felt in Charles-
ton today. The first shock occurred at 5.26
this morning. It was so severe that almost
every person in town was awakened. The
shock was preceded by the usual rumble
with which this community has become so
familiar of late. This was about the severest
shock that has been felt here since the first
week in September. Houses were shaken,
windows rattled and persons experienced
a feeling of nausea. At the same time, there
was an extraordinary meteoric shower, which
was witnessed by dozens of persons. No
serious damage appears to have been done by
the shake, though in a few instances newly
erected walls were cracked. The shock
caused no interruption either of business or
of the work of repairing damages. Tele-
graph advices indicate that the quake was
extended all over the State.

At 2.45 this afternoon came another quake,
which was more violent than the first,
although its duration was not as great. The
table at which THE SUN'S correspondent sat
at dinner fairly danced, while the walls of
the house seemed to quiver violently. There
was a general rush for the street. To add to
the panic the fire-bells sounded an alarm and
the entire population was soon in the street.
The fire proved to be trivial.

A very uneasy feeling prevails tonight. The
last severe shock occurred October 9. There
were tremors on the 12th, 15th, 17th and 29th,
the last being quite sharp. The two shocks
today are conceded to have been the most
severe since September 3. There were sev-
eral thousand laborers at work on scaffolding
when the afternoon shock occurred and there
was, of course, a rush for terra firma, many
of the men sliding down the posts and others
jumping to the earth below, and yet not a
single serious accident is reported.
The general impression is that very serious
changes are going on in the crust of the earth
between this point and Summerville. At the
South Carolina place there has been no cessation
of the shocks, which have occurred to the
number of from three to six daily. The
South Carolina Railway officials, too, report
that the rails on their track between the ten-
mile hill and Summerville seem to be sep-
arating; that is, the space between two rails
where they are joined together has been in-
creasing, so much so that a repairman will
have to be sent out tomorrow.
7:05 P. M.—Another shock has just occurred,
slighter than the two preceding ones, but did
long enough to cause considerable uneasi-
ness. Few people in Charleston will sleep
tonight.
[By Associated Press.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 22.—Earthquake
shocks today appear to have been as severe
in Charleston as in the adjoining States of
Georgia and North Carolina. Special dis-
patches have been received from all parts of
the East and neighboring States indicating that
the seismic disturbances covered a larger
area of country than any previous shocks.
In Charleston the custom-house here was
badly shaken, the western wing of the build-
ing being cracked and the walls supporting
the roof on the west giving away slightly.
The shock at 2.45 this afternoon is said to
have lasted thirty seconds. If this time was
correctly taken, the shock this morning was
twice as long. The waves moved from north
to south.

Shocks at Columbia.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]
COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 22.—This morning
at 5.25 a severe earthquake shock was felt
here. Many buildings were violently shaken.
While the shock continued a wagon had time
to go three hundred yards. The shock was
probably more severe than any since August
31. Much anxiety prevailed until Charleston
and Summerville were heard from. At 2.45 P.
M. another very severe shock was felt here,
causing people to rush from the buildings
into the streets.

Four Shocks at Greenville.
GREENVILLE, S. C., Oct. 22.—Four shocks
of earthquake were felt here today—one
very slight at 2.30 A. M., one severe at 5.25
A. M., another even more severe at 3.51 P. M.,
and the last almost imperceptible at 4.30 P. M.

Distinctly Felt in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—A slight earthquake
shock was felt here at 3.50 o'clock this after-
noon. The tremor lasted but an instant, but
was sufficiently strong to "pi" type on the
imposing stones in the fourth story of the
Star office. The shock was so distinct on the
fourth floor of the Star War and Navy
building that some of the clerks became
alarmed and ran out into the corridor. On
the lower floor of the building, however, no
one seems to have noticed any unusual dis-
turbance.
The shock was felt at the signal office
building at 2.45 o'clock, and slight tremors
were indicated by the seismoscope for a
period of fifteen minutes. A painter at work
on the cross on the new steeple of Ascension
Church, at a height of 120 feet, says the
steeple was swayed by the shock.

In Virginia.
RICHMOND, VA., Oct. 22.—At 2.50 P. M. a
shock of earthquake was felt here, the oscil-
lations being from east to west. The shock
was mainly felt in the upper part of houses.
No damage has been reported.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., Oct. 22.—A very per-
ceptible shock of earthquake was felt here at
[2:50 this afternoon by a number of persons.?]