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Beggarjub—
ATLANTA)
130.000 population.
31.000 hornet.
15.000 telephones.
geven innln linos of railroad*,
ip miles of street railway.
P2.000.000 of banking capital.
I
Phe Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA:
J.ROO.fWi population,
f100.000.000 cotton crop In 1*08.
6.500 mile* of stenm -atlrond.
<00 miles electric street railway.
130 Cotton factories, 1.600.000 spindles.
Factories consumed 600,000 bales 1906.
VOL. 1 NO. 99.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY,
AUGUST 2i ,
f —
1906.
Morning Edition.
PPTP J? • r ° AtUntt TWO CENT*.
rXilK^Sb, on Train* FI VR CENTS.
CHILEAN TOWNS VANISH
FROM FACE OF EARTH
Countless Lives and
Much Property
Destroyed.
SCENES IN VALPARAISO, CHILE
ONE CITY .ON COAST
DISAPPEARS INTO SEA .
Survivors in Many Towns
Are Suffering From Cold
and Need of
Food.
By Private Loosed Wire.
(iulveston, Texas, Aijg. 20.—
Two towns—Los Andes, with a
population of 8,000, and Melippil-
In. 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 shocks which rent the earth
that very few of the inhabitants
escaped.
Mi Delia, a small coast town,
dropped into the sea and entirely
disappeared.
Other towns, in addition to Val
paraiso and Santiago, known to
nave suffered are Vina I)e! Mar,
three miles from Valparaiso,
with a population of 10,000;
•Juiriluie,’ 225 miles south with a
population of 2,500;'Salto Lama-
ihe, 15 miles northwest, popula
tion (5,500; Quillota, 25 miles
northwest, population 10,000.
The towns of San Felipe, Illa-
pel, Vallenar, I'etoren, Ilierrovie-
jo and Llallia, were also de--
stroyed.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Panama, Aug. 20.—Kor the flrat time
today dispatches of some length'came
through from Valparaiso, Chile. Theae
reports Indicate that the disaster to
the city by earthquake and conflagra
tion has been far greater than was sup
posed. The extent of the catastrophe
stows hourly.
Cable reports today place the num
ber of dead In Valparaiso alone at
from 2,000 to 5,000. The dead In other
cities and towns of Chile will probably
reach 2,000.
View of Valparaiso Cay, showing where the earthquake was felt most.
This picture shows tho Naval Acadomy on ths bluff which overlooks the
Chilean metropolis.
MAX DOBBS, OF ATLANTA,
TALKS OF STRICKEN CITY
a wnsted ruin of demolished and firc-
■wept steel and stone.
Kutlmates today place the property
}ona in Valparaiso at #250,000,000 to
$300,000,000. Santiago suffered $10,-
(Hio.ooo, while the losses In other cities
and towns Is estimated at $16,000,000
more.
FIRE FOLLOWING ’QUAKE
BURN8 ITSELF OUT.
IU I’rlrnte I .cosed Wire,
Valparaiso de Chile, Aug. 20.—The
flies which have raged since the earth
quake shock, practically wiping out the
business section of this city, have about
burned themselves out, the tremors arc
becoming less frequent and less severe,
anti the people are beginning to take
*t"ck of the effects of the frightful
disaster which has not only destroyed
the greater part of Valparaiso, but has
devastated this whole section of Chile
from the Andes to the sea.
All the neighboring towns and vll
Ingres- are In ruins and the railroads
Imvf been destroyed
That the death list here will run
away up Into the hundreds Is certain.
The fun extent of the loss of life will
never be known. It Is certain that
s' nre.H of bodies were utterly destroyed
In the tires which followed the shocks.
2,000 Are Thought Dead.
Valparaiso always has a big lloatlng
pnpulatlor of sailors, beach-combers
and waifs of all descriptions, and most
°f them lived In the district where the
parthfjunke and Are did their work of
destruction most completely. . Conser-
\ative estimates place the loss of life
al 2.UIM) at this place.
If the stories from Los Andes, Vino
Mar, Nogales, Talcwana, Concep-
f b»n, petorca, San FlUne and a score
or ether towns along the coast and In
tho interior are true, the death list will
bejnnre than doubled.
damage to property here
p!a»e.| by some estimates as high
will
$..1,1)00,000. Half that amount
nearer the mark In all probability.
* be authorities have declared martial
m ' and order Is gradually being
brought out of the chaos Into which
the city was thrown by. the disaster,
j no situation of the living la generally
2*»l>*rate. At least 10C,000 people are
nameless and penniless.
Cold Causes Suffering ,
Th* seismic disturbance was accom-
panie.i by, and has been followed by,
rain storms and cold. Thu- Is winter
* n tin* section and there Is Intense
MfTering i n the temporary colonies on
, , "HI*, especially among the women
an ;l children.
»,hi‘ f 0o «i supply Is becoming scarce,
,'.' u the authorities have begun the
'y-’nbutlon of rations. The fact that
rvtr. j„ a considerable supply of wheat,
th Ur » i,n,J rye available In the ships In
harbor and In'some of the store
^ • !8fMi which fortunately, escaped de
ration will prevent actual fam-
nr until supplies can be brought In.
Troopa Mutt Bury Dead.
‘ tranters have been dispatched to the
r- »rth and south to bring In provisions
troops. The work of burying the
*•' < i and clearing away the debris will
to be done by the troops, as the
Continued on Pag* Two.
1 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
tion*. of I the wrecked city of the west
ern coast. Mr. Dobb.^ Is ifiAnmtt
the Dobbs Lumber Company, of
city.
“Prettiest city- in the world,” said Mr.
Dobbs, “unless It Is Santiago, 75 miles
Inland, and on a plateau encircled by
tho 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
Ayres has a million.”,
Mr. Dobbs spent the years between
1894 and 1903 In Valparaiso, where he
was with the big importing Arm of
W. It. Grace & Co., of New York. He
speaks Spanish like u Castilian, and
to hear him refer to the names of
streets und places down Valparaiso
way Is to Imagine yourself listening to
a Spanish cursing match. All thoso
Spanish names sound 'either like love-
making or swearing.
Jt 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. 1 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 me 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
’quake. A lot of people stayed out on
a narrow peninsular for three weeks,
ufraid to come back.
"J 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 ’Dobs and Brick.
"The city Is built of adobe and an
other cheap material In the lower class
districts, While the homes of the bet
ter classes me of brick, plastered over
to make them look pretty, like the
houses In Paris. Some of the buildings
are os high as five storiea, none over
that. They are built to stand ordinary
earthquakes.
"From what I can learn through tho
papers the shock and damage seems to
have extended along the road toward
Santiago and partially destroyed Vina
•lalllal. Those are swell
suburbs several miles out.
“Valparaiso occupies a narrow atrip
between the great buy 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
Into the streets. I have seen It neck
deep on the street near the bay
have seen thirteen ships wrecked In one
day by dragging their anchors under
tho force of the wind and dashing
themselves against the sea wall.
THE GEORGIAN has promised and has
furnished unbiased reports of the campaign
for the governorship. 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 candidates corporation, a railroad, nor the
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.
ROOSEVELT ‘STANDS PA T
ON THE TARIFF QUESTION
tesuesLener ill Which JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
T
ASSAULTED;
ONE Iff OIE
Negro Brutally Beats
Miss Ethel Law
rence.
MAY DIE FROM
HER INJURIES
Miss Ethel Lawrence and
Her Niece Were Pick- t ,
ing Wild Flowers. ji
At 2:30 o'clock it wai reported at
ths Wssloy Memorial hospital, whero
Miss £thel Lawrence was taken at 12
o’eloek, that she would live, but that
she would lose the eight of one eye,,
At the time Mies Lawrence was stilt)
in the operating room, where the watl
taken immediately on her arrival, and!
put under the influence of a a narcotic*,
It will not be known positively whettv.
or or not the will recover until about'
3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Up to the time of going to press
the county officers and city detective#
were scouring tho woods. Besides the
officers were determined looking men
from all over Fulton and the adjoin
ing counties. Farmers on horse-back
and in buggies and some on foot
swarmed to the scene of the crime and
formed themselves into parties, going
off in all directions. In all there are
more than 300 men, well armed, search-*
ing ths woods for a radius of eight
miles around the place.
POSIES, NOT STONES,
THROWN AT TRAIN
c Private I«<*axr<l Wire.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 20.—Secretary of
State Hoot, when told that alarming ru
mors had been circulated In Rio about
an attack on his train Saturday, said
some projectiles had been thrown, but
these were flowers tossed at the train
Wy women of incomparable beauty.
The secretary said he would not land
in Chile, but would send his condol
ences from the cruiser Charleston. Mr.
Root and his party were present yester
day morning at a sendee In the Meth
odist church In memory of the Chilean
victims.
THOUSANDS PAY VISIT
TO MILITIA IN CAMP
By Private IswmnI Wire.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Aug.
20.—An Immense crowd estimated at
from 20,000 to 25,000 came from In
dianapolis and surrounding towns to
day to visit the soldiers In their camps
of Instruction.
The usual religious services were
conducted In camp yesterday.
The visit of Vlpe President Fairbanks
to the fort is expected to take pla«
this afternoon late.
He Tries to Protect G.
O. P. From Defeat.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 20.—President
Roosevelt sounds the key note and
defines the Issues of the coming con
gressional campaign In a letter to Con
gressman James E. Walson, of Rush-
ville, 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 hesi
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 citizens who have the
RISING OF WESTERN ANDES
CAUSE OF CHILEAN ’QUAKE
By Private Leased Wire.
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 20.—Yankee as
tronomers at the observatory of the
Cerro of San Cristobal, say the earth
quake was due to a rising of the
western Andes. Today there waa new
tremblings, but less 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 Grez, one of the refu
gees from Valparaiso, relates that the
first shock in Valparaiso was very
prolonged and threw the entire city
into indescribable panic.
First Light Up 8ctns.
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 was soon lighted
up by the fires which broke out in this
quarter. The light from the flames,
Senor Grez continues, came as a wel
come relief to the darkness.
The people were In an extreme state
of terror, many believing that the end
of the world had come.
Cslebrats Mass in Open.
Madame Mont, wife of Admiral Pe
dro Mont, who was reported killed. Is
alive, but her injuries were serious.
One of the Valparaiso refugees de
clares that Santiago has suffered noth-
ASSAULTED BY NEGRO
Hpeclal to The Georgia u.
Saluda, S. C.. August 20.—Yesterday
afternoon a n*gro youth, 18 years old,
living In the Sandy Creek section of
Batesburg county, attempted to Assault
a little white girl, seven years of age,
the daughter of a farmer named West.
The child was badly Injured and will
probably die.
The negro escaped to the swamps,
persued by a hundred armed men. A
message sent from the governor’s of
fice to the sheriff urges him to protect
the man If caught.
ing In comparison with the ether 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 & tele
gram saying that the town of Arisen
had been destroyed- Previous reports
stating that buildings at Talso lmd fall
en have been confirmed. The city hail
find the prison are in rulps.
welfare of America at heart should ap-
S reclate the Immense amount that has
een accomplished by the present con
gress, organised as It Is, and the urgent
need of keeping this organization In
power.
Hs Praists Cannon
"With Mr. Cannon as speaker, the
house has accomplished a literally phe
nomenal amount of work. It has shown
a courage, good sense, and patriotism
that It would be a real and serious
misfortune 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 succeHufully en
gaged in the steady working out of
a great and comprehensive scheme for
the betterment of our social, industrial
and civic conditions.
"Such a change would substantiate
a substitute and ourposeless confu
sion. a violent and hurtful oscillation
between the positions of the extreme
radical and We extreme reactionary,
for the Dl-cent order they progress
along the lines of a carefully t
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 1» 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
pose It were, and are, numerous and
bitter. Had congress been either tint-
Id or corrupt and had not the leader*
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
TO SPEAK WITH BRYAN
IN CHICAGO SEPT. 4TH
Will Also Serve on Commit
tee to Welcome Distin
guished Democratic
Leader on His Return to
This Country.
n beg'
_ halted.
Opposition to Troaty.
"Tho opposition to the adoption of
the treaty with which our right to
build the Panama canal was secured,
a part at least of the opposition even
now being made to the ratification of
the Santo 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 or OB»
pretext or another, the actual work on
the canal—all prove how essential It Is
that If the American people desire the
and efficient fashion, they should up
hold the hands of those who In the
present congress have so effectively
championed the work.
Ae to Labor Lewi.
"Congress has also taken Important
Continues on Paso Throo-
Hon. John Temple Graves, editor of
The Georgian, has been appointed a
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 tho 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
yet slgnlfled his acceptance, It la alto
gether probable that he will do so with
in a day or two.
Colonel Graves Is also In receipt of
an Invitation to attend and respond to a
toast nt the banquet to be given In
honor of Bryan by the Jefferson Club
at Chicago, on the evening of Septem
ber I. 5lr. 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.
The letters tendering these marked
distinctions follow:
Headquarters Bryan Reception, under
auspices Commercial Travelers' Anti-
Trust League.
New York, August 18, 1808.
Hon. John T. Graven, Atlanta, Oa.:
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 be
tendered to (he Hon. William Jennings
Bryan upon his return to this country
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O O
O HOLD UP A TRAIN. O
O BUT ARE CHEATED. O
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O Special Cable—Copyright.
O Bucharest, Aug. 20.—The con-
O doctor of the Roumanian expreee
O was shot to death by robbera who
O attempted to hold up the train
0 near Galatx to get 2200,000 In fold, 0
O which was Irj the express car. 0
0 The resistance of the trainmen 0
O drove off the robbers and saved 0
O the treasure. One of the bandits 0
O was captured. 0
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An unknown negro attacked Miss
Ethel Lawrence, age 20, and her niece,
Mabel Lawrence, age 14; In the woods
near Copenhifl, four miles from At
lanta, at 40:20 o’clock Monday morning.
The younger girl was badly cut and
bruised, but made her escape from the
negro. When she returned with assist
ance her aunt waa lying unconscious
and dangerously hurt. Both arms were
broken and she had suffered other In
juries She was sent to the Wesley
Memorial hospital.
sheriff and his deputies were noticed at
once. Parties of mounted men went to
the scene and began a search for the
negro, who disappeared after hla at-
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 B. MACK
Chairman Executive Committee.
The Jefferson Club, Chicago, Aug. 17,
1908.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta,
Ga.:
Dear Sir—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 will be given at the Aud
itorium Hotel In this city, and from all
Indications at the present time. It will
be one of the most notable political
gatherings of the last few years.
We were deprived of thq pleasure ol
and have but slight clews to aid them
In their search.
Bloodhounds were sent for and were
soon put on the trail. The dog* were
leading the way on the trail when the
last report was received from the
scene.
Miss Ethel Lawrence Is the slater
of W. C. Lawrence, 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 Ferns.
Monday morning the two young wo-
Continued on Page Three.
your presence on Jefferson's birthday
anniversary, and we want you to try,
If possible, and be with us on this occa
slon, as a guest of the club, and to re
spnnd to a toast. The subject of the
toast we would leave to your selection.
Hoping that you can arrange ao as
to be with us on this occasion, I beg to
remain, yours most sincerely,
WILLIAM BLACK,
Secretary.
RIGID INVESTIGA TION
OF YELLOWJACKISON
Mississippi Will Not
Establish State
Quarantine.
Hperlsl to The Gcorxlnil.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 20.—There Is
health officials of a spread
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
conducting the Investigation.
STATE QUARANTINE
WILL NOT BE E8TABLI8HED
Hpeclat to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 20.—Dr. J. K.
Hunter, secretary of the Mississippi
board of health, states that he sees no
necessity of a state quarantine against
IF SULLIVAN STAYS
Peoria, 111., August 20.—William J.
Bryan, according to his friend Judge
Owen P. Thompson, of Jacksonville,
III., desire* no Instructed delegates from
Illinois In the next preeldentlal con
vention unless the national committee
man from Illinois, Roger Q. Sullivan,
Is repudiated by tomorrow's convention.
Judge Thompson made the announce
ment Immediately upon his arrival In
the city that he had received such a
mesage from Mr. Bryan. 1
of yellow fever reported at New Iberia.
"We don't want any quarantine If we
can help It,” says Secretary Hunter,
and I am hoping that no furthee cases I prominent cltl?
DISMEMBERED LEG
FROM MANGLED BODY
CARRIED TO ATLANTA
aperial to The Georgian.
Canton, Ga„ Aug. 20.—It Is believed
certain that Stephen Cox, whose body
was mangled by a Louisville and Nash
ville train early Sunday morning, was
a victim of foul play, as It was found
upon examination that two holes re
sembling bullet holes were In the
skull. The body was horribly unangleil,
being almost tom to pieces. One leg
was torn from the body and carried
fastened In the trucks of a Pullman
car Into Atlanta. The limb there torn
to shredn was'taken from the train and
brought back to Canton.
Mason Fatally Hurt.
John Mason, who was with Cox at
the time, waa probably fatally Injured.
He Is pelleted to have been under the
Influence of whisky at- the time. He
can now tell nothing much about It.
He says he was riding in a buggy and
the horse ran away with him at the
time.
Car inspector* working on a i
brought In Sunday over the A,
N. railway found the limb of a
man on one of the trucks.
leept
COURT CHARGES JURY
ON BUCKET 8HOP8
Louisiana on account of a single cose origin."
however, to trace the Infection tu I’s I mind the anti-buck
H|H*|-Isl to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 10—The grand
Jury after handing In their regular re
port for the present term of the crim
inal court Saturday afternoon handed
In a sensational presentment against
alleged "bucket shop" operators, nam
ing Sage A Co. of New York City and
Boyce Bell, a well known young man
of this city, as the respondents.
The grand Jury today. It la under-
tood, closely examined a number ef
it the operations
shop, having In
iod lew et North
I Carolina
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