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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. lly Private Leased Wire. Loudon,? An*. 22.—A recurrence of large flro* at Valparaiso. Chile, Is nnffeotinced In a private message received by Hath & Co. today. No intimation Is given In the message of the extent of the tires or how much ad* dltioiml damnco has la*en wrought by the Humes lu the city. Which suffered so heavllr In the ear tint unite and subsequent coii* ll.n grnt Ions of last Thursday. The dispatch adds that the earthquake shocks continue. HON. CLARK HOWELL. Candidate for Governor. HON. HOKE SMITH. Candidate for Governor. for Hephaibah is 1,434 in the dlstrlctT Augusta, Oa., Aug. 22.—Jim Smith has carried‘McDuffie by 100 to 160. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 22.—Four pre- rJncts are heard from now which give Hoke Smith 293, Estlll 102, Russell 4. Howell 6. TELFAIR COUNTY. McRae, Aug. 22.—Telfair Continued from Pago Ono. PAULDING COUNTY. Dallas, Ga., Aug. 22.—As far a* heard from, Paulding county Is close between Hoke Smith and Russell. PERRY COUNTY. Blackshear, Ga., Aug. 22.—Returns from country precincts indicate that Hoke Smith will carry Perry county two to one. county goes for Hoke Smith by 600 majority. TROUP COUNTY. LaGrange, Ga., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith's majority in Troup will be from 400 to 500. ’Quake Shocks Con tinue in Destroyed Chilean City. DEAD IN VALPARAISO NOW NUMBRR 1,000 Special Cable—Copyright. Valparaiso, Aug. 2.—The city is calm today and the people are optimistic. Carefull estimates place the property loss at less than $100,000,000 and while the death list will be awful, the first reports, it is now believed, were or less exaggerated, and the best lm> presslon now is that the number of dead will be near 1,000 in Valparaiso and perhaps as many more at other points In the provinces which were af fected by the shock. The authorities are putting all the able-bodied men to work clearing away the wreckage and some progress Is be ing made. Martial law still Is rigidly enforced and short shrift Is given to the crooks found guilty of looting. There are still 60,000 people depend ent upon the distribution of food and while there are rations for them for several days yet, the authorities will be glad when new supplies begin to come In. President-elect Montt and retiring President Fresco have been powerful influences In getting the situation In hand. News which comes in from the surrounding country Indicates that the heaviest damage was done in the pro vinces of Valparaiso and Aconcagua. Business houses are beginning to open up again and plans are'being dis cussed for the rebuilding of the city. SHEPHERD TO WIN IN FIRST DISTRICT JUDGE R. □. RUSSELL. C.ndidat. for Governor. Ity In six precinct, will be about 100. WARREN COUNTY. Warrenton. Ga.. Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith haa carlretl Warren county by a majority of 126 with the returns up to 0 o’clock. PUTNAM COUNTY. Eatonton, Ga., Aug. 22, 7 p. m.—A small vote was cast In Putnam county. Hoke Smith Is 6 to 1 ahead. The town Is not all counted, the county precincts but three are heard from. Advices from Savannah In dicate Selection for Term. JASPER COUNTY. Montlcello, Ga., Aug. 22.—Indications at 0 o’clock are that Hoke Smith will carry Jasper county. Returns from seven precincts show Hoke Smith 121, Howell 108 and Russell 80. Long POLLING HEAVY VOTE BIBB COUNTY. Macon, Ga., Aug. 22, 6:60 .p. nv— Returns from Rutland district, a coun try precinct In Bibb county was the first to be heard from and shows the vote as follows: Hoke Smith 162, Rus sell 5, Howell 2. Estlll 2. Jim Smith 0. From present Indications Hoke Smith will carry the county. Fixed for Branncn, Shep herd Goes on Quiet Quest for Plum, BALDWIN COUNTY. Milledgevtlle, Aug. 22.—Baldwin county gives Hoke Smith 200 majority. Vote Is light. RICHMOND COUNTY. Augusta, Aug. 22, 6:10.—Smith 30, Estlll 5, Howell 0, Russell 2. The vdle 8UMTER COUNTY. Amerleus, Ga., Aug. 22.—Sumter Is thought safe for Hoke Smith. He car ries city of Amerleus. Dudley Hughes carries Sumter for congress over Lewis. DOUGHERTY COUNTY. Albany, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Returns from Pretoria precinct give Howell 14, Hoke Smith 26. The Smith people claim the county by 60. Howell people by 100. LOWNDES COUNTY. Valdosta, Aug. 22.—It Is estimated that Clark Howell will get 100 plurality In Lowndes county. PUTNAM COUNTY. Eatonton, Ga., Aug. 22.—Putnam county wilt go for Hoke femlth. He Is leading 6 to 1. All precincts In but 3. HENRY COUNTY. ! McDonough, Aug. 22.—Henry county will go for Hoke Smith by 260. THOMAS COUNTY. Thomasvllle, Ga., Aug. 22.—Pour out of ten precincts heard from result as follows: Hoke Smith 286, Estlll 36 Howell 19, Russell 3, Jim Smith 0. DOUGHERTY COUNTY. Albany, Ga..' Aug. 22.—Clark Howell will carry Dougherty county. His vote Is estimated at 376 against 300 for Hoke Smith and 100 for Estlll. HENRY COUNTY. .McDonough, Ga., Aug. 23.—Henry county goes overwhelmingly for Hoke Smith. William B. Merritt, William A. Wright. Reagan wins for Judge over Wright, of Rutts, for Judge of Flint circuit. WILKES COUNTY. Washington. Ga., Aug. 31, 6 p.m.— I 6 o’clock 'this afternoon unofficial but reliable returns from six precincts In the county give the following totals: Hoke Smith 117. Jim Smith 116. TALIAFERRO COUNTY. ‘ Crawfordvllle. Ga.. Aug. 23.—Hoke Smith curries Taliaferro county by at least 76 majority. LAURENS COUNTY. Dublin, Aug.' 22.—Hoke Smith will carry Laurens county by 300 majority. RICHMOND COUNTY. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 32.—Of 126 dis tricts of Richmond county for comp troller general: Wright 64, Sanford ». For congress, tenth district, Hardwick 63. are that Hoke Smith has carried Burke county by good majority. Two pre' rlncts heard from give him nearly : to 1. THE CITY TOWN IS CAPTURED BY CUBAN REBELS; Continued from Page One. IS MEN KILLED lly Private Dutel Wire. Havana, Aug. 22.—Guerra, the leader of the Insurgents In Plnnr del Rio, cap tured San Lula, an Important town a short distance west of the city of Plnar del Rio, today. It is reported that the casualties wera 16 killed and > wounded. Reports say the town was raptured by a desperate machette charge. The rurals were made prisoners. THOMAS COUNTY, Thomasvllle, Aug. 22.—Thomas coun ty Is expected HO go 3 to 1 for Hoke Smith. Thomasvllle district has gone for him. GILMER COUNTY. Ellljay, Oa., Aug. 23.—Two rival committees In Gilmer county each held primary’ today. Crawford's boxes were practically all for Hoke Smith. Tabor’s boxes nearly all for Howell. The vole Is close. PULA8KI COUNTY. Hawklnsvllle, Ga., Aug. 23.—Indica tions at 6 o'clock aro that Hoke Smith will carry Pulaski county. His major- Reliable advices come from Savan nah Wednesday that Colonel Walter W. Shepherd, a resident of Liberty county, but whose law office Is In Sa vannah, Is running a phenomenal race fur congress from the First district for the long term to succeed the late Rufus E. Lester. Some time ago Savannah had tacitly iWided to be "hands off" In the race, .ind It was generally understood that J. A. Brannen, a prominent attorney of Statesboro, would be given the long term. Colonel Shepherd did not any any thing, but quietly disappeared from his accustomed haunts, and began a still hunt. He worked quietly but ef fectively. It seems, through the ten counties of the First district. According to the advices coming to Atlanta Wednesday, the Liberty county man Is polling a remarkable vote, with splendid chances of receiving the nom ination for the long term. Colonel Shepherd was one term In the state senate from that district, and he also served for some years as Colonel Les ter's private secretary. He Is about 35 > ears of age, and said to be an aggres sive, capable young men. ' ’olonel William Clifton, "the liberty- loving citizen front McIntosh," seems pretty sure of receiving the nomina tion for the unexpired term, ending on March 4, 1907. SHERIFF AFTER CONVICT WHOSE TERM EXPIRES. Spednl to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 22.—Sheriff Chandler has applied for requisition papers for Lee Moore, wanted here "h a charge of assaulting John Aston with a knife two years ago. Moore made his escape to Georgia at the time, where he committed a crime shortly afterwards and was sent to the penitentiary In that state. His sen tence expired today and Sheriff Chan dler went to Atlaftta last night for his prisoner. COL. J. H. FSTILL, OF SAVANNAH. Ca iM date for Governor. CLINCH COUNTY. Savannah, Oa., Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith carried Clinch by over 200. Four districts give him 166 over Estlll. No other candidates voted for. Richmond county very light vote. Indications that Jimlth will have large plurality. COFFEE COUNTY. Douglas, Aug. 22.v-Hoke Bmlth'car- rles Coffee by good majority. COBB COUNTY. Marietta, Aug. 22.—Twelve out of eighteen districts In Cobb county show Hoke Smith 903, Howell 183, Russell 54, Estlll 37, Jim Smith 0. TATTNALL COUNTY. Clayton. On., Aug. 23.—Hoke Smith sweeps Tattnall' county like a hurri cane. TERRELL COUNTY. Dawson, Ga„ Aug. 22.—Hoke Smith carries Terrell by over 200 majority. SCREVEN COUNTY. Svlvanlo, Aug. 22.—Indications are that Hoke Smith carries Screven county by 600 to KatHl'a 276. Balance scattering. Rural districts show him over 200 ahead nnd town Is admitted lo give big'majority for Hoke Smith. Jenkins county also carried for Smith by two-thirds. Indications show Bran nen for congress long term, and Over- street for short term. WORTH COUNTY. • Sylvester, Aug. 2!.—Worth county la for Hcke Smith by big majority. All of the Fulton rounty precincts and the fourth, seventh and eighth wards of Atlanta show: Hoke Smith 1,927 Clark Howell 1,194 Russell 116 Jim Smith Estlll Hoke 8mlth will carry the county by 3,000 majority Ii the general belief at » o’clock. DOt-’DDDDDDDDDOODDDDDDDDDDDD o o IT’S TOO EARLY TO SAY SAYS COLONEL E8TILL. Special lo The Georgian. Snvannah, Ga., Aug. 22.—Col onel J. H. Estlll, candidate for governor, says It Is too early yet to form any estimate of the re sult, but still expresse himself confident of election. oooooooooooooooooooooooooa and Rlshop; Mangum Is leading. FOURTH WARD. Registration, 1,179. City vote at 2:30 o’clock, 856. State and county vota at 2:30 o’clock, 685. Voting opened up brlakly at the fourth ward polla Wednesday morning, and within the first hour and a half 200 ballots were cast. The city and county voting places were about yards apart, and the Intervening space was filled with heelers of the various candidates. One energetic partisan had the name of hla favorite on the widest part of a broom In boxcar let tera, and waved It at each approach ing voter. The first man to cast his vote In the ward for state and county officers was H. Lewis, and for city officials was Hugh D. Carlsr. No trouble of any kind had been re ported at the polling places up until 2:30 o'clock. Goodwin was conceded to have hud the udvantage earlier In the day, but at tills hour the Joyner men claim that their candidate Is running neck and neck with Goodwin and will earn - the ward. Both Dr. B. E. Pearce and M. ,M. Turner claim to be In the lead for councilman. Hoke Rmlth 1s easily far In the lead for the governorship and will probably get three votes to Howell's 1. PICKENS COUNTY. Jasper, Aug. 22.—Nine dlat’l'ts In Pickens county heard from. Howell 9 votes ahead. Three districts to hear from and Smith will get small ma jority. FOR8YTH COUNTY. Cummings, Aug. 22.—Forsyth coun ty goes for Hoke Smith by 241 ma jority. with three districts not reported. His majority will be about 200 In the county. BURKE COUNTY. . Waynesboro, Aug. 22.—Indications FIFTH WARD. Registration, 1,387. City votoa at 2:30 o’clock, 688. 8tato and county votes at 2:30 qfclock 687. Hoke Smith has carried the Fifth ward. W. R. Joyner nnd Thomas H. Good win are neck and neck. The treasurer and councllmanlc races are still uncertain. Through the Fifth the doye of peace has been hovering alt day. There has ward. In the city, the voters go quid ' up, dost their ballot and go away been no fighting and only cne “cussing" match within earshot of the noils. This feature and the belief that there will he a record-breaking vote cast are being talked of widely. It has been estimated thal between 1,090 and 1,250 of the posslbl” 1 : s 7 voters registered.will visit tha polls The gubernatorial race was settl :d in the minus of most of those who kept close to the polls about noon, nnd since that time the chief topic of conversa tion hns been the muyorallty race. Jlqch monev has been II.ished >n both slues. Bets that Joyner w slid carry the city were refused, and :ho Joyner men refused money that Good will would carry three or more wards. It Is believed that Smith will poll three votes to Howell’s one. SIXTH WARD. Registration, 1,848. City vote up to 2:30 o’clock, 985. State and county voto up to 2:30 o'clock, 974. Heavy voting marked the forenoon, hut from noon oft there was n let up In the stream of voters. Smith supporters claim the word 1 to 1, but Howell men say their man will win out. At this hour Indications ars that Hoke Smith Is leading. Joyner Is apparently leading over Goodw in, though the last named Is get ting a good vote. Maron Sharp Is poll, lng a good vote for county treasurer. SEVENTH WARD. Registration, 579. City voto up to 2:30 o'clock, 327. 8tato and county vota up to 2:30 o’clock, 343. West End will go for Clark Howell three lo one. It will go for Culberson three to one. It will go for Joyner four to one. Thf day has passed quietly eno with ho disturbance nnd no noise. Aft er n dull two hours between 9 nnd 11. voting smoked up a little nbout noon. Then about 2 o’clock It dropped dow n to nothing. , EIGHTH WARD. Registration, 401. City voto up to 2:30 o'clock, 298. 8tgte and county voto up to 2:30 o’clock, 310. The Eighth la taking It serenely. With the smallest registration of business. Very few worktrs or hang ers-on were about. Atithls hour It looks like a practical split diet ween Howell and Smith. Joy ner If lending for mayor, and the vote fur rounty treasurer Is so divided that no one can tell who Is lending. Indications are that almost the en tire (registered vote will be polled. | IN THE COUNTY. In Jhe county districts the vote was practically ,all In at 2:15 o'clock, the polls! closing at 3. Total registration In the rounty Is 2,645. The total vote, however, will not reach 2.900. From the general report of returns, Clark Howell and Hoke Smith will get 1,800, of the votes between them and Smith will get more thatr a thousand. For rounty treasurer, Culberson la expected to have a large majority of the vote In the county precincts, with Macon Sharp second. ECK SURVI lly Prlvntc r#niu>i| Wire. • Victoria. British Coluuihln. Atl|. 22.—A life boat mxl a iMJtitoMHi from tb<» vncfcAl Hteumor Valencia hare Iwii found lo two rare* near Cn aainanah l*i»lnr. Then* are numerous akclctnn*. *howln« that victim* of the Valencia dUastet reached *hore*and perished while hundred* searched for them. Culberson is carrying ev ery precinct in the county by large majorities. “THE GEORGIAN” IN THE PHILIPPINES So many people going to far distant points have The 811ang Cavite Province. Philippines, July I, 1606. To the Commercial Bank of C'edartown, Ga.: Pay to The Atlanta Georgian, or order, I4.5U, for one year's suh- T. B. HUNT. Georgian sent to them. It’s like a member of their family.