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ATLANTA:
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;«.ono homes.
15,000 lelophone*.
feven main lines of railroads.
150 miles of street railway,
122.000,000 of banking capital.
The Atlanta Georgian.
OCOMOIA:
2.MO.OOO population.
I100.000.0M rotton crop tn 1KB.
6.500 miles of steam railroad.
400 miles electric street railway.
130 Cotton factories. 1,500.000 splndiaa.
Factories consumed 500,001 bales 1906.
VOL. A. NO. 99.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1906.
T>T>Tr*l?. In Atlanta TWO CENTS.
riUGrj. On Train* FIVE CENTS.
CHILEAN TOWNS VANISH
FROM FACE OF EARTH
Countless Lives and
Much Property
Destroyed.
ONE CITY ON COAST
DISAPPEARS INTO SEA
Survivors in Many Towns
Are Suffering From Cold
and Need of
Food.
fly rrlratq Leased Wire.
Galveston, Texas, Aug. 'JO.—
Two towns—Los Andes, with a
population of 8,000, and Mclippil
Is. with 3,000 people—were swal
lowed by the earth in the series
of terrible earthquakes that de
vastated Chile, the Mexican cable
reports today.
So sudden and terrible were the
first shoeka which rent the earth
that yery few of the inhabitants
escaped.
-Mineha, a small coast town,
dropped into the sea and entirely
disappeared.
Other towns, in addition to Val
paraiso and Santiago, known to
have suffered are Vina Del Mar,
three miles from Valparaiso,
with a population 'of 10,000;
Ouirihue, 225 miles south with a
population of 2,500; Salto Lama-
che, 15 miles northwest, popula
tion 6,500; Quillota, 25 miles
northwest, popidation 10,000.
The towns of San Felipe, Illa-
pel, Vallenar, Petorea, Hierrovie-
jo and Llallia, were also de
stroyed.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Panama. Aug. 20.—For the tlrst time
today dispatches of some length came
through from Valparaiso, Chile. These
reporte Indicate that the disaster to
the city by earthquake and conflagra
tlon has been far greater than was sup
posed. The extent of the catastrophe
grows hourly.
Cable reports today place the num
ber of dead In Valparaiso alone at
from 2.000 to 6,000. The dead In other
cities and towpe of Chile will probablx
reach 2,000.
The great Pacific aea port la literally
a wasted ruin of demolished and flre-
swept steel and stone.
Estimates today place the property
loss In Valparaiso at 2280,000,000 to
1.100.000,000. Santiago suffered 110,-
000,000, while the losses In other cities
and towns Is estimated at 218,000,000
more.
FIRE FOLLOWINOT'QIMKE
BURN8 ITSELF OUT.
nr Prirate Leased Wire.
Valparalio de Chile, Aug. 20.—The
Arcs which have raged since the earth
quake shock, practically wiping out the
business section of this city, have about
burned themselves out, the tremort are
becoming lees frequent and less eevere,
and the people are beginning to take
stock of the effects of the frightful
disaster which has not only destroyed
the greater part of Valparaiso, but has
devastated thle whole section of Chile
from the Andes to the sea.
All the neighboring towns and vil
lages are in ruins and the railroads
have been destroyed.
That the death list here will run
away up Into the hundreds is certain.
The full extent of the loss of life will
never be known. It Is certain that
scores of bodies were utterly destroyed
In the Arcs which followed the shocks.
2,000 Are Thought Dead.
Valparaiso always has a big floating
population of sailors, beach-combers
and waifs of all descriptions, and most
of them lived In the district where the
earthquake and fire did their work of
destruction mott completely. Conser
vative estimates place the loss of life
at 2,01)8 at this place.
If the stories from Los Andes, Vino
del Mar, Nogales, Talcwana, Concep
cion, Petorea, San Flllpe and a acore
of other towns along the coast and tn
the interior are true, the death list will
be more than doubled.
The damage to property here is
placed by some estimates as high as
IM,00*1000. Half that amount will be
bearer the mark In all probability.
, The authorities have declared martial
law, and order Is gradually being
brought out of the chaos into which
the city was thrown by the disaster.
The situation of the living Is generally
experate. At least 100,000 people are
homeless and penniless. '
Cold Csutss Suffering.
The seismic disturbance was accom
panied by, and haa been followed by,
tain storms and cold. This Is winter
to this section and there is Intense
’■offering In the temporary colonies on
'he hills, especially among the women
and children.
The food supply Is becoming scarce,
and [he authorities have begun the
distribution of rations. The fact that
JAere Is a considerable supply of wheat,
■tour and rye available In the ships in
;h" harbor and In some of the store
h’uses which fortunately escaped de
struction W |ii prevent actual fam
ine until supplies can.be brought In.
Troops Must'Bury Dead.
Steamers have be tn dispatched to the
north and south to bring In provisions
ind troops. The work of burying the
dead and clearing away the debris will
rave to be done by the troops, as the
SCENES IN VALPARAISO, CHILE
View of Valparaiso Bay* showing where the earthquake was felt most.
This picture shows the Naval Academy on the bluff which overlooks the
Chilean metropolis.
MAX DOBBS, OF ATLANTA,
TALKS OF STRICKEN CITY
I was nearly shaken out of a flve-
story house In Valparaiso myself once,”
said Max Dobbs Monday morning. He
had Just returned to Atlanta from a
business trip, and he had a bunch of
newspapers with pictures and descrip
tions of the wrecked city of the west
ern coast. Mr. Dobbs is manager of
the Dobbs Lumber Company, of this
city.
“Prettiest city In the world,” said Mr.
Dobbs, "unless it Is Santiago, 75 miles
Inlantl, and on a plateau encircled by
the Andes. Four, hundred thousand
people in Santiago and 175,000 In Val
paraiso. Didn't know there were cities
that big down there? Why, Buenos
Ay res* lias VwNlllillf *
Mr. Dobbs spent the years between
1894 aritt 1903 In Valparaiso, whero he
was with the big Importing firm of
W. R. Grace & Co., of New York. He
speaks Spanish like a Castilian, and
to hear nim refer to the names of
streets and places down Valparaiso
way Is to imagine yourself listening to
a Spanish cursing match. Ail those
Spanish nanles sound either like love-
making or swearing.
-It was in 1899 we had the big
’quake.” continued Mr, Dobbs. “It
started to shaking Friday afternoon
and shook until Tuesday morning. The
shocks came regularly every fifteen
minutes during the first night. After
that they were slower. I had the hard
est Job of my life trying to run across
the plaza and get my brother’s wife out
of her house. The ground heaved and
rolled in front of tne until it seemed
impossible to run.
"We slept in the plaza for three
nights. Occasionally we’d run into the
house between shocks, grab what we
wanted and run out before the next
lake. A lot of people stayed out on
narrow peninsular for three weeks,
afraid to come back.
“I believe some of the published re
ports are exaggerated, but I have no
means of knowing. I have not heard a
word from any of my friends in Val
paraiso.
Buildings of 'Dob# and Brick.
The efty Is built of adobe and an
other cheap material in the lower class
districts, while the homes .of the 'bet
ter classes are of brick, plastered over
to make them look pretty, like the
houses in Paris. Some of the buildings
are as high as live stories, none over
that. They are built to stand ordinary
earthquakes.
"From what I can learn through the
papers the shock and damage seems to
have extended along the road toward
Santiago and partially destroyed Vina
del Mar, Qullpue, Ltmache, Quillata and
Llalllal. Those are swell residence
suburbs several miles out.
"Valparaiso occupies a narrow strip
between the great bay and the foot
hills of the mountains. In one place it
is only three streets wide. The bay Is
magnificent. It has no bottom in some
places and ships of any draught can
ride at anchor. When a norther comes
It blows the Waters of the bay clear
4-info i ha^i ■mwW'Tt “
deep on the street near the bay. .
have seen thirteen ships wrecked In one
day by dragging their anchors under
the force of the wind and dashing
themselves against the sea wall.
"The waterworks system Is splendid,
bringing water down from the hills
beyond the dty, but I suppose the
earthquake destroyed it, as it did at
San Ftanclocv, The fire department of
Valparaiso Is as big as that of New
York, but It Is all volunteer. There are
the Spanish company, the Italian, the
German, all rivals and all volunteers.
They have modem apparatus, how
ever.
Not Many Americans.
"There are not many Americans
there, though Valparaiso is a cosmo
politan city. When I was there the
American consulate had only 185 Amer-
trana registered. In the clubs you may
hear a dozen languages spoken at once.
Spanish, German, English, Italian,
French—they will all be going at once.
Valparaiso is the center of the nitrate
of soda Industry', you know. All ni
trate of soda comes from Chile and
every pound of it is sold through the
commercial houses of Valparaiso.
There’s one little street there which
does more financial business in a d&y
than even Atlanta does in a week."
Mr. Dobb» aaid that he would try to
get into communication with his friends
in Valparaiso through'the New York
headquarters of his former firm. He Is
anxious to learn whether any of his old
acquaintances perished Under falling
timbers or in the flames which follow
ed. i
THE GEORGIAN has promised and has
furnished unbiased reports of the campaign
for the go vernorship. In the same way we will
give prompt and accurate reports of results of
the primary. We do not believe it is the busi
ness of a newspaper to be the organ of a politi
cal candidate, a corporation, a railroad, northe
organ of anything but the people- the
people have their own ideas as to who
should be our next governor. We have given
them all the information we could get about
all the candidates, but they must make their
own choice.
We would not criticize newspapers who
think differently, but THE GEORGIAN is
just a newspaper and we are trying to make
it as good as we can.
We want to remind you that we try to be
as level-headed as we can and that we can
be trusted to give the facts.
i
ROOSEVELT‘STANDSPAT’
ON THE TARIFF QUESTION
Issues Letter in Which JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
ASSAULTED;
ONE HI DIE
Negro Brutally Beats
Miss Ethel Law
rence.
MAY DIE FROM
HER INJURIES
RISING OF WESTERN ANDES
CAUSE OF CHILEAN ’QUAKE
Continued on Page Two.
By Private Leased Wire.
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 20.—Yankee as-
tronomera at the observatory ot the
Cerro of San Cristobal, say the earth
quake waa due to a rising of the
western Andes. Today there was new
tremblings, but leu violent. The di
rector of the observatory, Mr. Obrecht,
says no more tremblings are probable.
Oulllota Llmache was partly destroy
ed, and not a house remained In Casa
Blanca. Senor Orez, one of the refu
gees from Valparaiso, relates that the
first shock In Valparaiso was very
prolonged and threw the entire -city
nto Indescribable panic.
Fires Light Up Scons.
The first shock threw down a num
ber of buildings. The second shock
was more severe. Immediately after
the second shock the entire city was
Plunged Into terrifying darkness. This,
however, did not last long, for the
scene of destruction ««a soon lighted
up by the Area which broke out In this
quarter. The light from the flames,
Senor Gres continues, came as a wel
come relief to the darkness.
The people were In an extreme state
of terror, many believing that the end
pt the world had come.
Celebrate Matt In Open.
Madame Mont, wife ot Admiral Pe
dro Mont, who was reported killed. Is
alive, but her Injuries were serious.
One of the Valparalson refugees de
clares that Santiago has suffered noth
ing tn comparison with the other towns
he traversed on his way.
After the panic had subsided here,
mass was celebrated In the open air,
It being Impossible to use the churches.
A merchant had received a tele
gram saying that the town of Arfaca
had been destroyed. Previous reports
stating tltet buildings at Talso had fall
en have been confirmed. The'clty hall
and Ihe prison are In ru(p*-
MAY HAVE KEPT
A SUICIDE PACT
By I-rlrate Leased Win*.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 20.—The
bodies of Guy Warner and Ella Squires
were found at Reed's Lake Sunday.
They were floating In the watsr near
where their boat was found, and about
20 feet apart. . . .
The couple had been engaged to be
married for some time, but their pa
rents objected to the marriage. Jt la
MISTAKEN FOR DEER,
MAN IS SHOT DEAD
By Private Leased Wire.
Marquette, Mich., Aug. 20.—Joseph
Shecdle, a homesteader, Sunday, at La-
throp, shot and killed Gus Harlow, mis
taking him for a deer. He admits the
killing but says It was accidental.
not known whether they carried out a
suicide pact of met death accidentally. I
He Tries to Protect G.
O. P. From Defeat.
^R^ar^^TT^ident
Roosevelt sounds the key npte and
defines the Issues of the coming con
gresstonal campaign In a letter to Con'
greasman James EL Walson, of Rush-
vllle, Ind., which Is made public today.
The letter In part Is as follows:
"If there were only partisan Issues
Involved In this contest I should best
tate to say anything publicly In refer
ence thereto. But I do not feel that
such Is the case. On the contrary, I
feel that all good cltlsens who have (he
welfare of America at heart should ap
preciate {he Immense amount that has
_*en accomplished by the present con
gress, organised as It Is, and the urgent
need of keeping this organisation In
power.
He Praises Cannon.
With Mr. Cannon as speaker, the
house has accomplished a literally phe
nomenat amount of work. It has shown
& courage, good sense, and patriotism
that It would bs a real and serious
mlsrortune for the country to fall to
recognise. To change the leadership
and organisation of the house at this
time means to bring confusion upon
those who have been successfully en-
iged In the steady working out of
great and comprehensive scheme for
the betterment of our soclaL Industrial
and civic conditions.
■Such a change would substantiate
substitute and nurposeless confu
sion. a violent and hurtful oscillation
between the positions of the extreme
radical and the extreme reactionary,
for the present order they progress
along the lines of o carefully thought-
out policy.
Applauds Canal Work.
In affairs outside of our own coun
try our greatest work has been the
beginning to dig the Panama canal.
The fact that the work there Is now be
ing done In the most thorough and
satisfactory way Is due to the action of
the present congress and the heartiest
acknowledgments are due to the far-
seeing patriotism of those who thus
made It possible.
The Interests banded together to op-
ose It were, and are, numerous and
oitter. Had congress been either tim
id or corrupt and had not the leaders
of congress shown the most far-sighted
resolution In the matter, the work of
building the canal would never have
been begun, or If begun, would now
be halted.
Opposition to Treaty.
"The opposition to the adoption of
the treaty with which our right to
build the Panama canal waa secured,
a par* at least of the opposition even
now being made to the ratification of
the Banto Domingo treaty, which Is
one more step In the effort to make
peaeful and secure the waters through
which the route of the canal leads;
the constant effort to delay on on*
pretext or another, the actual work on
the canal—all prove how essential It la
that If the American people desire the
Panama canal to be built In speedy
and efficient fashion, they should up
hold the hands of these who in the
present congress have so effectively
championed the work.
As to Labor Laws.
■Congress has also taken Important
„ Mlill AIw.Sguvc gh Cauualir
Contlnuoo on Page Throe.
TO SPEAK WITH BRYAN
IN CHICAGO SEPT. 4TH
tee to Welcome Distin
guished Democratic
Leader on His Return to
This Country.
Hon. John Temple Graves, editor of
The Georgian, has bean appointed
member of the executive committee
having In charge the reception to be
tendered to Hon. William Jennings
Bryan In New York August 20, upon
his return to this country from a tour
around the world. Colonel Graves has
received an official request from Chair
man Norman E. Mack, of ths commit
tee, to serve, and though he has not
ypt signified his acceptance, It Is alto
ither probable that he will do so with'
a day or two.
Colonel Graves la also In receipt of
an Invitation to attend and respond to a
toast at ths banquet to be given In
honor of Bryan by the Jefferson Club
at Chicago, on the evening of Septem
ber 4. Mr. Bryan will vlst Chicago on
that date under the auspices of the
Jefferson Club en route to his home In
Lincoln, Nebr. Colonel Graves will
probably accept this Invitation and re
spond to a toast.
Ths letters tendering these marked
distinctions follow:
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Headquarters Bryan Reception, under
auspices Commercial Traveler#' Anti-
Trust League.
New York, August IS, 120*.
Hon. John T. Graves, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir:—I have the honor to noti
fy you that you have been selected a
member of the executive committee
having In charge the reception to he
tendered to the Hon. William Jennings
Bryan upon his return to this country
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was shot to death by robbers who O
O attempted to hold up the train O
O near Galats to get 2200,000 In gold, O
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from a tour around the world, on Au
gust 20, at Madison Square Garden,
New York city, and trust you will be
able to serve. Yours very truly.
NORMAN E. MACK,
Chairman Executive Committee.
The Jefferson Club, Chicago, Aug. 17,
1600.
Hon. John* Temple • Graves, Atlanta,
Ga.:
Dear 8lr—On Tuesday evening, Sep'
tember 4, the Jefferson Club of this city
has arranged to give a banquet In hon
or of William Jennings Bryan, on the
occasion of his visit In Chicago while
en route to his home In Lincoln, Nebr.
The dinner wlU he given at the Aud
itorium Hotel In this city, and from all
Indications at the present time, It will
be one ot the most notable political
gatherings of the last few years.
We were deprived of the pleasure ot
your presence on Jefferson. birthday
anniversary, and we want you to try,
' isslble, and be with us on this occa-
i, as a guest of (he club, and to re
spond to a Joaat. The subject of the
toast ws would leave tn your selection.
Hoping that you can arrange so as
to hs with us on this occasion, 1 beg to
remain, yours most sincerely,
WILLIAM SLACK,
Secretary.
RIGID INVESTIGA TION
OF YELLOW JACK IS ON
Mississippi Will Not
Establish t State
Quarantine.
gpeelsl to The Georgian.
New Orleans, t-a., Aug. 20.—There Is
absolutely no fear among the Louisiana
health officials of a spread of yellow
fever. A rigid Investigation Is being
made to trace the origin of the Infec
tion and all possible means are being
exerted to prevent a spread.
Dr. Iron, president of the state board
of health, Is on the scene personally
up' Conducting the Investigation.
8TATE QUARANTINE
WILL NOT BE ESTABLISHED
8peels! to The Georgtsn.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 20.—Dr. J. F.
Hunter, secretary of the Mississippi
board of health, states that he
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Louisiana on account of a single case
of yellow fever reported at New Iberia.
‘‘We don't want any quarantine If vs
in help It," says Secretary Hunter.
Miss Ethel Lawrence an3 i
Her Niece Were Pick- 4
ing Wild Flowers. . J
At 2:30 o'clock It waa reported at
tha Wesley Memorial hospital* where
Mitt Ethel Lawrence was taken at 12
o’olook* that she would live, but that
ahe would loee the sight of one eye.
At tha time Mite Lawrence was stil%
in the operating room* where ahe wa*,
taken immediately on her arrival* and
put under the influence of a narcotic.
It will not be known positively whetb-#
er or not she will recover until aboatf
3:30 o’olook Monday afternoon.
Up to the time of going to pros*!
the county officers and city detectiva*
ware scouring the woods. Besides tha
officers were determined looking man
from all over Fulton and the adjoin-*
ing counties. Farmers on horse-book
and in buggies and some on foot
swarmed to the scene of the crime and^
formed themselves into parties* going^
off in all directions, fnvall there ar»
more than 300 men, well armed* search
ing the woods for a radius of eight
miles around the place.
An unknown negro attacked Mlsa
Ethel Lawrence, age 30, and her niece,
Mabel Lawrence, age 14, In the woods
near Copenhlll, four miles from At
lanta* at 10:30 o'clock Mond&Y morning.
The younger girl was badly cut and
bruised, but made her escape from tha
negro. When she returned with assist-
ance her aunt was lying unconscious
and dangerously hurt. Both arms were
broken nnd «he had suffered other In
juries Nho wiiir sent to the Wesley
Memorial hospital.
Tho county and city police nnd the
sheriff nnd his deputies* were notified at
once. Parties ofsmounted men went to
rfi** ycc-tio arid began a .“earth for the
negro, who tllroippeate«l after his at
tack on the two young women. They
found nobody who had seen the negro,
and have but slight clews to aid 1 them
In their search.
Bloodhounds were sent for and were
soon put on the trail. The dogs were
leading the way on the trail when the
last report was received from tbe
scene.
Miss Ethel Lawrence la the sister
of W. C. I*awrence, manager of the
West View Floral Company, on Peach
tree street. Mabel Lawrence is his
daughter. The family lives on the
Johnson road, about four miles from
the business district
, Went to Pick Feme.
Monday morning the two young wo*
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