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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 00000000000000000000000000 O O O HOLD UP A TRAIN. O O BUT ARE CHEATED. O 0 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 0 0 00000^00000000000000000000 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 end