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QUAKE WRECKS
VALPARAISO
South American City Reported to
Be Partly Destroyed.
FIRE ADDS TO THE HORROR
Blocks of Buildings Crash to Earth and
Hundreds of Lives Lost Under the
Ruins—Particulars Meagre.
The city of Valparaiso, Chile, is re¬
ported badly damaged by earthquake.
One report is that the situation may
prove to be as serious as that in San
Francisco. Practically every building
in the city is damaged, and Area
raged in different parts of the city.
Many persons are reported killed and
injured. The earthquake has inter¬
rupted cable facilities to lower South
American points, and communication
is restricted to the route via Lis¬
bon.
One report, which reached New
York Friday said that portions of Val¬
paraiso were burning all night Thurs¬
day night, and that the bodies of hun¬
dreds of its residents were buried in
■the ruins of the buildings.
All the attempts made at Buenos
Ayres to obtain telegraphic commun¬
ication from Chile regarding the earth
quake were fruitless up till late Fri¬
day afternoon on account of wire com¬
munication being interrupted.
The tide gauges at Honolulu show
■a disturbance apparently of distant
origin. Beginning at 5:30 o’clock Fri¬
day morning three waves per hour
have been indicated, showing an os¬
cillation from the normal tides be¬
tween three and four inches.
Correspondents at Buenos Ayres ca¬
ble that it is feared the town of Los
Andes, in the province of Aconcagua,
has been destroyed. At the same time
it is pointed out that Buenos Ayres
has no direct communication with the
disturbed district.
Except for a few private messages
Teceived in New York early Friday
morning reporting the earthquake, no
direct news from Chile has as yet
been received. The early reports said
the earthquake had resulted In great
loss of life and widespread damage
to property.
All cables reaching New York from
Chile have evidently been much de¬
layed, according to statements of ca¬
ble officials, who are nnable to get
any information bearing on the sit¬
uation other than the fact that an
•earthquake had occurred; that the dm.
ttirbanee had so disarranged the tele¬
graphic apparatus that communication
had been interfered with.
News Received in London.
Some London firms trading with
Valparaiso have received telegrams
from agents there. One to James and
Alexander Brown says:
“Severe earthquakes. Commerce
paralyzed. Town afire. Staff safe.”
A Hamburg firm received a dis¬
patch statiug that numerous districts
in Chile had been partially destroy¬
ed; that Valparaiso had been prac¬
tically demolished; that many ships
had been lost, and that over a hun¬
dred persons had been killed and
many hundreds injured.
Valparaiso is a fortified seaport of
Chile and the most important com¬
mercial town on the western coast
of South America. It has a popula¬
tion of 150,000. It is the capital of
a province of the same name and
is situated on a large bay in the Pa¬
cific ocean. 73 miles west northwest
of Santiago, with which it. is con¬
nected by rail.
RAILROAD OFFICIALS BOUND OVER.
Claim is Made That Ihey Discriminated
Against Union Men.
At Birmingham, Ala., Friday, after
a hearing lasting three days, M.
B. Drennen, .1. W. Leach, Earle O.
Evans and J. R. Ivloore, officials of
the i/ouisville and Nashviiie railroad, 1
were bound over to the federal grand
jury in bonds of $200 each on the
charge of having discriminated against
.members of the Order of Railway Tel¬
egraphers.
JEROME IS WILLING TO RUN
Far Governor ol New York Provided No
Conditions are Attached.
District Attorney William Trivers
Jerome issued the following statement
at New York Sunday:
‘‘111 the present shameful condition
of our political life in this state, i
am willing to run for the office of
governor of tnis* state, if the -lemo
cialic convention nominate me wlth
out and understanding, expressed or
implied, other than that, if elected, i -
shall obey it, my in letter oath of and office spirit.” as 1 ur. j
derstand
j DISASTER WIDESPREAD.
j Thousands of Liv.:s Crushed 0a: and
$ 250 , 000,000 in Property De¬
stroyed at Valparaiso.
There continues contusion of state¬
ments as r.o the magnitude of the dis
| aster to Valparaiso caused by the
earthquake shocks which hegau on
Thursday, August 16, and continued at
frequent intervals throughout iliac
and the next two days.
Latest dispatches from Valparaiso to
the Associated Press state that a
moderate estimate of the fatalities is
2,000, and that the property loss may
be as high as $250,iXK>,000, which lat¬
ter is as great as the loss sustained
by San Francisco In consequence of
the earthquake and fire which de¬
vastated that city last April.
Dispatches to the state deportment
at Washington place the fatalities at
about 500. These conflicting state¬
ments cannot at this time be adjusted.
It is evident that even yet confusion
and panic prevail at Valparaiso, and
until order is restored it will be im
possible to ascertain with accuracy the
loss of life and property.
The dwellings in the city have prac¬
tically been abandoned and the peo¬
ple are existing as best they can in
the plazas adjacent to it, without shel¬
ter from storm or sun, and with fa¬
mine confronting them. Food Is
scarct and high, water for drinking
purposes is iacking and disease is fear¬
ed. The government is doing all it
can do to bring relief. The crippling
of the railroads leading into Valpa¬
raiso constitutes a serious factor iu
the situation, as for an indefinite pe
riod relief supplies can only be ob¬
tained through other means of trans¬
portation, the seaboard affording ttie
best of these.
At Santiago many of the best pub
• lie and private building were '.'recked.
The loss of life there was augmented
by the panic which seized the people,
many of whom threw themselves from
balconies of their homes. The de¬
structive force of the earthquake was
experienced over a large extent of the
country, many towns sustaining se¬
rious damage.
KILLED THE WRONG MAN.
Florida Citizen, Alter Home-Wrecker,
Makes Unfortunate Mistake.
R. E. Wlshart, of Ocala, Fla., was
killed at San Antonio, Pasco county,
Sunday morning by a turpentine man
named Burton.
Wlshart operated a tie camp at Eti
ren, and with his two daughters went
to San Antoflio to have dental work
done for one. While the young lady
was in the dentist’s chair and Wisliart
was waiting in the office, Burton, who
had a grievance against the dentist,
whose name is Nichols, came to the
door and asked if Nichols was in.
Wishart replied that he was, and Bur¬
ton, thinking it was Nichols who
spoke, fired a load from a shotgun into
Wisliart’s heart, killing him instantly.
As Burton fired he called out:
“Nichols, you have ruined my wife.”
ROOFS TRAIN SIONID BY STRIKfRS.
Secretary’s Trip to South America Enliv¬
ened bv Unexpected fpisode.
A special from Buenos Ayres says:
While Mr. Root and a party were r’e
turning from the Chascomus ranch
strikers stoned the train, breaking
three windows in Mr. Root’s car and
wounding the minister of agriculture
in the neck.
Several others of the party were
slightly injured. An investigation is
being made.
ACIOR MORRISON GOLS HENCE.
Last Curtain lor Theatrical Man Who Gained
Eame as “Mephisto^’
Lewis Morrison, an actor, whose
work as Mephisto, in “Faust,” gained
liim fame, died suddenly, of shock,
on Saturday afternoon, in St. John’s
hospital. Yonkers, N. Y„ after undergo
ing an operation for a disease of
the stomach. He was 61 years old.
Tlie trade of the United States with
its contiguous territories in the fiscal
year just ended amounted to $119,-
304,511, according to a bulletin Issued
by the department of commerce and
labor
NEGROES OROFRfO 10 MIGRATE.
All Colored People to Be Driven Out ol Town
ol Silex, Missouri.
Following a series of whippings,
which has precipitated a race war,
the negroes of Silex, Mo., six miles
from Whiteside, are selling their prop¬
erty and fleeing.
The trouble is the outgrowth of a
whipping, which negroes gave James
-
Edelman’s nine-year-old son last week.
i*ast Saturday it party of whites, in
retaliation, seized a negro and whip¬
ped him. I. a ter the boy’s mother was j
whipped ia a warehouse.
RECORD
OF ASSEMBLY
Georgia Legislature Adjourns Alter
Strenuous Session.
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Measures Passed are of Paramount
Importance and of Far-Reaching
Effect—A Summary.
At 12:45 o’clock Thursday morning
the Georgia house and senate, by
concurrent resolution, adjourned sine
die.
Both houses worked overtime ou
the last day—three sessions being
held on both sides of the capitol.
The closing hours were characterized
by tlie usual scenes, the clock being
turned back, members indulging iu
all sorts of pastimes not exactly par¬
liamentary in their nature, ami every¬
body being anxious to rush busi¬
ness in order to get syvay. The pre¬
siding officers of both bodies were
giving loving cups and pleasant
speeches of presentation were tap¬
ped in the closing hours the house
passed the Candler bill, requiring ail
corporations to register with the cor¬
poration commissioner, who shall be
tlie secretary of state. Ills salary be¬
ing increased by $1,200, and concurred
with the senate amendments to the
Perry bill creating agricultural
schools in each congressional district.
At the afternoon session the Phil
Cook county hill ’ was killed, and at
the night session the bill assigning
new counties to senatorial districts
was passed. An agreement with tlie
senate was reached qf'er the pure food
bill, which now only needs tlie gov¬
ernor's signature to become a law.
The senate at the morning session
passed the pure food bill and the
Perry bill; at the afternoon session
passed the appropriaflo: of $13,000
for the Gordon etatrfc and a like
amount for the shaft to James Ogle¬
thorpe, and at the night session killed
the anti-cigarette hi', the measure
! being talked to dea.
During the two ye in which the
members of the ine rs assembly had
served toge " U ..JMbd by
Wednesday ntghi v * session, many
warm friendships .ad grown up
among the nieinbe and amid all tlie
jollity of the las! 11 s of the session
there was an und- rrent of sadness,
many realizing tha foTN^lie they would say
goodbye perhaps last time.
The first measure of general import¬
ance to pass both branches of the leg¬
islature and to secure the approval
of the governor wa lie Connor bill,
appropriating $100,00- tor the erection
of an agricultural college building on
the campus of the i rate university.
One-half of this appropriation be¬
comes available in 1907, the oilier half
j in 1908.
After years of unsuccessful endeav
I or, a child labor law has been enact¬
ed. Much of the credit for the pass¬
age of this bill is due to Hon. Mad¬
ison Hell, who aggressively set out
at the beginning of the present, ses¬
sion and overcome ail odds.
The most important measure passed
at this session is undoubtedly tlie
bill to establish the court of ap¬
peals.
Should the people ratify the pro¬
posed amendment to the constitution
at tiie October election, the county of
1 Ben Hill will come Is to existence. It
Is to lie formed of portions of Irwin
and Wilcox counties, with Fitzgerald
as the countj seat.
From and after January 1, 1907,
bucket shops and all so-called ex
changes where marginal transactions
In futures are made are prohibited
from doing business in this state.
There are about forty or more of
such houses winch will come under
the ban of the Boykin bill in this
state
After a hard fight, the joint resolu¬
tion of Mr Russell of Muscogee was
passed, appropriating $*0,000 for a
state exhibit at the Jamestown ex¬
position.
Another important measure passer?
was the Wright, pure election bill
SANIO DOMINGO IN A FERMENT.
Rebellion is Expected to Break Forth on
Island at Any Moment.
San Domingo is again in a ferment.
According to dispatches received by
the stale department, more revolu
tionary troubles are expected there
at any time.
Commander Southerland, who is in
command of the American fleet, which
is guarding the island against flli
blistering expeditions, has been warn ,
ed to look out for parties from Porto I
Rico or other neighboring islands.
BURIED BY A CAVE-IN.
Fifty Railroad Workmen Caught Under
Debris of Tunnel Through Clinch
Mountain.
Fifty men are entombed in the
Clinch mountain tunnel at Clinch
port, Virginia, as a result of a cave
in, which occurred Friday morning, it
is not known whether the men are
dead or alive, but the work of rescue
was begun and rushed as fast as pos¬
sible. The cave-in occurred unexpect¬
edly, and it is not known who is re¬
sponsible.
Tlie men entombed are chiefly na¬
tives of that mountainous section of
southwest Virginia, and much excite¬
ment and anxiety prevailed. Men, wo¬
men and children were soon at the
mouth of the funnel waiting news of
tho?e dear to them inside.
The tunned is being driven through
Clinch mountain amj is to he one
mile in length. It lias already been
extended about 700 feet and the men
are a considerable distance iw tlie
hole. The contract for the tunnel was
lot to contractors some months ago
by tlie South and Western at $2,200,
000, and is to he one of the longest
and most expensive tunnels iu the
south.
tOKtIUN LABOR IN BARRED.
Mexicans Working on lexas Railroad Will
Be Sen! Buck Home.
An Important question respecting
the Importation of labor from Mexico
Into the United States for work on
railroad construction In Texas, has
been determined by the department
of justice at the Instance of the de¬
partment of commerce and labor.
The question was whether men em¬
ployed as laborers on railroad con¬
struction were ‘‘skilled” or “unskilled"
In the meaning of tlie law. The de¬
partment of justice has decided that
the men .ire ‘‘unskilled’ laborers and
that, therefore, cannot, under the law,
be admitted into the country under
con t raet.
Immediately on receipt of the opin¬
ion, Acting Secretary Murray of com- i
rnerce and labpr, dismissed Jhe ap¬
pends of the aliens and ordered them j
to be deported.
A SURPRISE EOR WALL SI REI T.
Coup Pulled Oil bv Harriman'* follower*
on Stock Exchange.
A New York special says: Hurri
man’s followers cleaned up $25,OW,- !
000 Friday on the simultaneous rise
of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
stock.
It was one of the most memorable
(lays in the history of Wall street.
Several hundred million dollars
changed hands. It Is reported that ys
a result of the surprise which de¬
scended upon the street three import¬
ant. firms have gone under.
The scramble followed an announce¬
ment of dividends far in excess of
what, the traders had any reason to
expect. The result was that a large
number who had sold the stock short
suffered sharp losses
MREEI CAR MIN GO ON SIIIIKI.
Newly Organized Union at Macon, Go., In
augnrate light on Company.
The newly formed street car en,
ployees’ union at Macon, Oa., declar¬
ed a strike effective Friday night, and
following this action the central labor
union nujt, and In defense of lho
street car men decided to class the
street, railway system as unfair. The
general public and all friends of union
labor are asked to walk until the
street car officials have agreed to rec¬
ognize the car men's union and treat
Its members fairly.
MESSAGE HI At HI S ROOSEVELT.
t
Complaint ol fexari* Ancnt Negro Troop*to
Be InvcHliqaled.
Tho message from the committee
of citizens in Brownsville, Texas, re
questing that the negro troops who
committed A:i outrage there, be re¬
placed by white soldiers, was received
by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
Friday. The president at once refer¬
red the dispatch to the war depart¬
ment with request that an Immediate
report on Die matter he made to
him.
PIONAGI CASES PROVE OEltlfRIOUS.
fmployers o( labor and Railroad Men
Ihink lliey Wilt Hurt South.
Railroad officials and employers of
labor throughout the south are watch¬
ing with great interest the outcome
of the recent peonage case made by
some of the men brought down from
New York to work on the new line of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad.
In the opinion of railroad officials
and employers of labot, this question
is a most serious one, and, according
to their statements, threatens the tre¬
mendous amount of development
which Is now going on in the south.
NEGRO TROOPS
MENACE irEACE
Texans Persistent in Demani That
They Be Removed From State*
WARNING BY CULBERSON
Senator Advises War Depirtment That
Unless Immediate Action is Taken
Blood Will Be Shed.
Following a further appeal from the
officials and citizens of Brownsville,
Texas, United States Senator Charles
A. Culberson lias again appealed to
tlie war department lor prompt invea
{ tigatioo and immediate action in the
situation in the southwest Texas city.
Ha sent a telegram Sunday to General
i Ainsworth of tlie war department,
urging telegraphic, communication
- with the commanding officer at tho
post, and a removal of the troops
from Fort Brown, deeming tills the
only moans ol’ bringing peace. His
telegram to the war department is
as follows:
“Dnllas, Texas, August. 19.—General
F. C. Ainsworth, War Department,
Washington, D. C.—Since the receipt
of your telegram yesterday, officials
and citizeus of Brownvlilo have wired
me again to the effect that there In
danger of further Hoi and bloodshed
at Brownvlilo unless the negro troops
are immediately removed. I respect¬
fully suggest that the department
oouid, within a day, get a telegraphic
report from the commanding officer
at Fort Brown as to conditions there,
upon which action could be based.
Please wire me what the people
there may expect.
*‘C. A. CULBERSON.”
The senator entertains tho fear
that the department and the president
do not fully appreciate the gravity of
the situation. He hopes to have ad¬
vices indicating that tho department
will relieve tho situation without de¬
lay.
A San Antonio special says: General
W. E. McCaskey, commanding the de¬
partment of Texas, has made a recoin
mendatlon to the wa? department at
Washington that, the negro troops at
Brownsville, Texas, and elsewhere
along tlie Rio Grande In Texas, be im¬
mediately withdrawn.
The recommendation further sug¬
gests that the forts now garrisoned
with negro troops of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry lie left without garrisoning in
the interim before their relief can
he sent.
DfAIH METED OUT 10 MillINTERS.
Seventeen Executed and Most ol Others
Given Various Sentences.
Seventeen of the sailors of tho
cruiser Pamyat Azova, wlto mutinied
August 2, and one agitator arrested
in connection with the mutiny, who
wore condemned to death Ivy a court
martial, were executed at Reval, Rus¬
sia, Saturday.
Twelve other sailors wore sentenc¬
ed to hard labor for periods varying
from six to ten years, thirteen were
drafted to tho disciplinary battalions,
fifteen were condemned to various
disciplinary penalties and fifty-four
were acquitted- Three civilians Impli¬
cated In the mutiny were handed over
to tlie civil authorities for trial.
MINI IIS' SlRlKt IN AlABAMA ENDS.
Digger* Were Out Iwo Year*, Cosling the
Union Over a Million Dollar*.
A special from Wylarn, Ala., in the
heart of the Pratt mines district, says
that provisions were distributed Fri¬
day as usual to the striking coal min¬
ers, but they were informed that it
would tie the last, distribution and
that tho strike at the, mines of tho
four big furnace companies, which
has been on for two years, would be
called off Monday, as the result of the
special convention union of miners
held in Birmingham. The strike has
cost the miners’ union over a million
dollars.
BRYAN-SUUIVAN ionikovirsy.
Illinoi* Democratic Committeeman Will
Not Resign Job
‘Democratic National Committeeman
Sullivan gave out at Chicago Wednes¬
day a statement which he had pro
pared and mailed broadcast through¬
out. Illinois in reply to William Jen
nings Bryan's demand that, he resign
from the national committee and tils
subsequent assertion that his opposi¬
tion to Mr Sullivan was prompted
solely by his belief that “Roger Sul¬
livan and John P. Hopkins had delib¬
erately robbed the democrats of Illi¬
nois of their polil. ,1 rights."