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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIST. VOL. XXIII. ' ' ' ' jml HT. HELENS, OltKUOX, l'RIDAV, AUOUHT 24, 1906. . NO. 37. HEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers, HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Hoium of th La Important but Nut Isss Interesting Event ' of the Pact Wk. Aa Insurrection la Cub 1c spreading In an elariulrg (ailiion. Haa Frenclrco lita raised 110,000 (or i.li.l work In stricken Chilean cltlee Ksversl mora members of tha dls- Mlvml Russian ituutua have been at It la report! (hat Jolio D. Roc ka li. II. r will rstahllsh a homa lor agad rliorut girls, trench rl isrvlr mn have cap lured a supply ol bowl iutsndad lor urn mi President Falllaraa. Han Francisco bank clearing have puaed Pittsburg and aba now aland mli In Ilia Unit) Hlatss. Tha lata ol Illinois will aa tbai lrlnr rtlsaasd Irani Uia peniten tiary ara provided vith work. Tha I'arlno Mail ataantar Manchuria nl on laal oft Rabbit la land, In lb Hawaiian group. Tba vassal will I kfty prove a toul wrack. No live r lost. Word baa betn received at Ban Fran r nco llial tba government transport ser ut remain at Iba bay city flan lor h election ol new dock and sup. atatinn at Fort Mason bev been iirovnl and work will itari within Ira weeks. Kallroads bav voluntarily reduced trraiu ruin in Minnesota. Tli governor ol Waraaw baa baan srloualy Injured by a bomb. Activity ol tba police Iruatratad plan lo assassinate King illoneo. It i nlil tba oltan ol Turkey ba UWIiltd lo rxnis LeUhman a an embassador. Many Immigrant who woo Id ba re I ihxI admittance at port ol entry are being smuggled In tbroogh Msilco. IUxkbimlsrs In tha governmsnt printing iiOlo threaten to (trlk on . -count ol tba action ol a foretntn to ard the men. A Han Fiancisro woman relngaa leal greatly Intnlted bsraos h waa glvsn a pair ol No. H stockings when (ha art No. 3 boe. The Chilean d leader will ba a hard blow to Kngllih Insurance companle, aa they carry mora Booth American rinks than any oilier. I'nion printer at their recant Inter national convention decided to elect a now building at their Colorado Bprlnga hums to ba une.1 by tha wives ol aged inmate. I'olli-e In all parta ol tha Russian ampirs ara llcodlng Ilia tulolitar ol jib Interior with realgnaltoni tinea lb re vival ol terrorism dlrcctted aapavially SKaiiiat the officer. A msssacre ol Jawa 1 aipactad In Waraaw, Ruaala. A care-in at Cllncnport, Va, an lomled BO miner. Roosevelt ll tald to bare declared , lor Canon lor president. labor leader hare declared war on Caniion' candidacy lor re-election to congress. Portland pollca ara looking lor Pan) Ftensland, prealdent ol tha wracked Chicago bank. The prealdent haa appointed Jamas H. Harlan, ol Chicago, a member ol tba lulerslats Commerce commission. During tba final year Just ended our ripurt to Potto Kloo, Hawaii and Alnak Increased about 30 par cant. Russian terror lat eontlnna tha slaughter of police. The government ba begun wholaaal arreala and eilla. A tidal war 1 reported from the Hawaiian laland. Tha general height five (eat and bat little damage wa dune. ' Tli Valparaiso earthquake will com plete the bankruptcy ol many Insurance (oinpAiilei which lost heavily In Han Franclaoo. Tli First National bank of Chel, MK ba bean cloeed by the bank amltier bacaaaa too much money wa loaned to It prealdent. The murdor ol policeman in Poland continue, Japsnoaa good have supplsntsd all oilier in Corea. l:i United Blate Senator Turner, ol Washington, I mentioned a Bryan' funning mate. " Franc baa resolvsd lo make no con cessions to the Catholic and tray con fiscate churche. A member of tba lata Ruaelan parlla miint ha been arretted a a leader ol agrarian dieorder. R. I). Brawn, of Zinvlll, Oi l i, baa been elected commauder-ln-obief ol the National U, A. R. niegn Mendose, ex-Colombian minis r to tba United tttatea, declar that 1'residsnt Rsysa ll a traitor. A tecond grand jury ha been called at Chlago to inquire into recant rebate If'lvna tb Standard Oil company. HEAT SHRIVELS THE GRAIN Report of Damage lo Crop In th Central Watt. Wou City, Iowa, Aug. 21. Hot wluds th paat two daya, following a week of mini isl torpidity, the mail mum temperature being daily from 90 lo 100, ha created lear among grain men that widespread damage to tha lat grain and cam ba been don. Today ba been a number, although Ibara ara Indication tonight ol a lst-up. From Western Honth Dakota. Wast. ern Nsbrsaks and the northern initial part of South Dakota ami Houthern inneeola report today ara that late grain hid been rlned o rapidly that 111 Unlet are badly ihriveird. The greateat harm It eiptcted In cornfields, which have nut in ten years, scordlng lo reportt a wstk sgn, promised such abundant yield. Corn i in tender taaael, with kernel In the moat sensl- tire (lege of It life. Where moiilur ha been suttlclent th damage will be light, but In the rati territory weetaud northwest from here It ha been dry tor two or lb roe week aid when the hot wlndacama tba vtalion ba been largely robbed ol it power ol react ance. Hood authority place tb de preciation in the corn crop aa tharetult ol the lett werk ol dent heal at from ft to 10 per cnl on the average, with mncb greater loa over variou eien- alve region. PROPERTV LOSS IN MILLIONS. Doath Roll al Valparalto May Reach Two Thouiand. Valparalto, Chile, Aug. 21 At 7:62 o'ctck laat Thurvilay evening Valpa- releo iprier.ceii an earth)tiakeof great severity, and during that night 82 ihu k war felt. Moat o! the buildingt ol the city ara either burned or damag ed. Tb loee will lw mormons, prob ably reaching 2IS0.0tl0,000. Two thousand peienra kills! Is considered to be a lair estlmsts ol the cisualtiss. Vena del Mar, three miles Irom Val paraiso and having a population ol ovsr iO.OUO, Quirihu, 2.'& miles lo ths southward, with a population of 2ft, 000; Hants I.lms4is, 15 milts to tb oorlhweel, with a population of 6, BOO; Qiillota, 25 miles to lb northweet, with a population of 10.000, and vil lage all around were destroyed. Most ol the damage was dus to lire, which started immediately alter the first llmk. Th wl.ol population is sleeping in the hills, Ih parks or ths streets. Food s veiy scan-. Milk cists two Millean dollara, and it Is a I moat impossible to obtain meat, even al high prics. Ths railways ara all destroyed. Rain, which began lo fall immediate ly alter the flrsl shock, stopped an hour afterward. Th nlghti are very cold and windy; Ihe people tlveping in the open ara suffering g'eatly. The captain ol a tteamaiilp wmrn arrived from Kan Franc icj says the sit uation here is worse then that follow ing tha disaster at Han Frsiu iicj. VERY FEW PEOPLE KILLED. Santiago Escapst Wilh Immense De struction of Property. Washington, Aug. 21. Cable advices ware received at tli Chilean legation today, dated at Santiago, Chile. August 18, slating tlial ins eannquate in me. city wa very tevere, imi mat mere were lew caaualtie. I'p to the tlms ol filing ths dispatch, which the charge d'affaires bslieves was Hatnrduy even ing, no news bad been-rrrsUed in Han tlago from Vslpsralso on ace rant of the interruption lo the raiiroau anu me telegraph line. A dispatch lo the mate ueper.iueui from the onsul at Liuique reorl tlisl Valparaiso Is in ruins Irom an earth quake and is on fire. It is stated Dial at tha time ol tiling lbs dispatch there waa no communication wtin canuno n,l no further details were obtainable. The dale of this dispatch is in doubt. Mr. Buchanan, the hesiiotine Amor- can delraatlon lo the Pan-A met lean congress at Rio, cabled tba Htate de partment today staling tuatnoiuiuri... I Inn I.., I Ixutn received nt Rio Janeiro regarding th earthquake, and asked lor news. BecroUry Adeatabled the Infor- lion contained In the dispenses irom Minister Hicks at Hantlago. Storma In Pennsylvsnls. Pill. hit TO Pa.. Aos. 21. Reports received here Irom points in Allegheny and neighboring comities indicate thai great damage has been done by a storm that passed over Western Penn.ylvsnla lat Ihl aftrnoon and tonight. Tele graph and telephone communication wa Interrupted at many points, and It has bean Impossible to obtain lull ac count. Railroads ufferd Irom wash out and many delay resulted. Part ol Sutervllle I ald to be under water, which at nm place la 15 feet deep. No live ara reported lo have been lost. May Tla Up All tba Building;. Bin Frsnolsco, Aug. 21. -A general tla-up ol building operations in th city on all th larger buildings i" threat, ened a a consequence ol the re usal el tha contractors to grant tha demands made by th hoisting engineers. et terday tha hoisting engineers, who now receive IJ a day, served Individual de mands for an Increase of 11 a day on all contracts, to take effect tomorrow. Tb contractor decided not to grani tha Increase asked for. Many Town Reported Destroyed. Lima, Pern, Aug. 31.- Aooording to news received here, the towns of Vina del Mar, Petorca, Hlerro Vieji, L ai Hal. Binta Rosa de I.os Andes, Nogales, Mslon and Zoupallar, Chile, hav been dettroyed by th earthquake. j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MILKING MACHINE TEST8. Demonstration of Their Value To Be Qlven at State Fair. Hslem Milking machines in opera tion will be one of th principal fea ture of tb dairy department at the Btat fair, which opens here September 10. Faimerssnd dairymen have al ways been interested In the subject ol milking machines and their Interest ss heroin particularly strong in tb laat few yean whan dairying in Dili state ha been hampered by tba difficulty in securing milkers. Men d) not like to milk sud will not tak work ol that kind 11 thsy csn get anything else at the ssme wsges. But milking macbin- er has not generally been found to be euccessful snd da rrmen have been compelled to depend upon such labor aa they could get. There are lorn manufacturers of milking machines who think tha have contrived apparatua that will attract tha lacteal fluid Irom ths pslienl or im patient cow, whether she be a bard milker or an eaiy one. Machine so simple Diet a boy can run them, are al leged to ba ready for tba farmer wbo doesn't like to milk and cannot, birc somebody slae to do it for him. Ma chines adjustable for tall cows or short one, kickers and nonkickers, Jerseys, llolstelns or scrubs, await tha doubting owner of tba daiiy herd. It's all a queetlon of proof and Ibe state board of agriculture propose lo glv tba manu facturer of milking machine tha op portunity to prove by actual dem n at rat ion. Thar will be plenty of cow at th fair and tha owner ol rracblne will I called upon twice a day to do tha milk ing. If lbs machines work to tha sat isfaction of ths farmers, ther will be soms business in milking machines. It they don't work, ths cows and their owners will give tha machine manufac ture.! the laugh. But whether th machines work or don't work, the state board of agricul ture will give the farmer a chance to them tried, and beyond doubt there will be rancher around the itock pen twlc a day to sea Ih demonstration, snd ths fuu, if any of tba cows object to the uusorustomed treatment. New Hospital al Chemawa. Chemawa Plans and specifications hve teen received at tha Indian school here for a new brick 115,000 hospital, for which bids will be received and ths contract awarded Bepiember 13. The building I to ba aupplled with the lat est Improved method ol heating and ventilation, and will be equipped wilh tha beat unitary appliance. It will be ateam heated and electric lighted. The main building will ba two stories, HOx33, and will have two wings, 31x24. In connection with tha new hospital the school management will continue and extend tha open air sanitarium which it baa been running since spring with excsllmt results. . Orsgon Flax Good. fUlem ftearae Verbeke. son of one of the weallhieet linen manufaturers of Ghent, Belgium, and a membir ol the Arm of Morel A Verbeke, is Innaiem to maks a scientific Investigation into ths ihllltlea lor ilia develonment ol the Max and linen Industries ol Oregon, lie ssid: "I bava been able to arrive at only one conclusion a a result ol ths limited investigations whicb l nave mails durina mv atav here, and that is that Oregon certainly producea a very lii oh urmile at flu. enual to an! that I have ever seen, and, In my judgment, it is capable ol being manoiaciureu in to the choicest cf linen labile." Burned Treea Have Value. aii..iiv l"nrlence(l lumbermen lata tbst activity on tba part of mill men will save mncb ol me u inner in ii.. l.,rni .ll.irl. t ii n the North Ban- tiam river. The Are aa It rushes through thjrreen timber burns moss parts ol the trees which are loaded with -lint. nl In.... tha wond hut little charred. All the limb and foliage are devouied, and tha pitcny oars la mim ed through, but the part that I valua- 1,1. (i. Inmh.F I. I nl limit but little. Thl charred timber may be utilised for milling purposes al anytime wiuun four years altsr the fire as a rule. , Nevada Capitalist Buying. T...l.w nr. W. If. II. Patterson, a Reno, Nev., capitalist, and Mr. Norn- ardy, a lonopan mineowner, " here reently and went to the Coyote Hills strike. Both gentlemen are ex tenaive mineownera in me iuuuiu ..ininii diairlct. Tbev have also inves tigated the Pine creek mines, 15 miles from Ukevlew, and it 1 stated on good authority that Dr. Patterson paid 110, 000 lor a tenth Interest In a group of claims there. Clackamas Farmer Ara Pleased. n....nn Dltv Ontt tried Moehnke. a firmer at Bhubel, reports a yield o! 74 i....i..i. mi . fmm a five-acra field of oats. An exceptionally good yield of wheat and oats, both in quality and quantity, is reported by Clsckamas county farmers as far si tha harvest hss . ...... mn v. ... V. -1 . f progressed. A yteia oi u uu.uon ui oata per aor 1 also reported from the farm of George Laselle near New Kra. Cuts Heavy Crop of Oata. ' La Grande-James Halley harvelted to acres ol oat laat week, which will average 80 busbela. The straw wa o heavy and thick that tha binder could cut only half a wath at a time, and It took two days lo cui .a grmu. u should not b considered bad tor a 'half-crop" year. ..I. , .. . . . . . VALLEY VALUES ARE RISING. Land Purchased Last Year Increase About 28 Per Cent. Falem That tba big profits In Ore gon real estate ara not made in Fort land alone, or in city property alone. Is Indicated by an Investment made less than a year ago by A. M, I-a Follette, a Mlssicn bottom fsrmei. La Follette bought a 1)0 acre farm last fall at $62.50 an acre, paying all that hi neighbor thought tb place worth. Ha bought It more for the investment than for use, for be already baa all the farm land be needs. A few days ago ba waa offered 80 an acre for the same farm, or an increase of $17.60 an acre. The total investment waa $5,625, and the amount offered a year later was $7,200, or an increase of $1,675, or about 28 per cent. Mr. La Follette thinks It will advance still further and yield him a much larger profit, so be refused the offer. He thinks tb build ing ol electric roads through tba valley will raise farm land value in the next few years. State Will Profit. Balem That the ssle of tba Oregon Central wagoi. road lands to Minnesota and North Dakota Investors mean much lo th settlement of Southeastern Oregon is the belief of W. F. Dunlar, of tba state printing office, who was formerly a newspaper man in North Dakota. He bases his opinion on bis knowledge of the work these men have done In North Dakota in tba way ol colonising large tracts ol land purchas ed in that state. Physician to Indiana. Chemawa Dr. F. . Blater, of Ba lem, haa been appointed physician (or the Omal s and Winnebago Indian ol Nebratka, snd will leave for his post soon. Dr. Blater was the physician at the Chemawa Indian school tor nearly a year. He became Interested in the Indian work and requested a perma nent appointment from tba commis sioner ol Indian affair. Dr. Blater gav excellent satisfaction at th Indian school here in treating the diseases in cident to Indian. Wheal Record at Westen. Weston Weston claim tha largeat crop threshed in Oregon, and perhaps in the Northwest, in proportion to the acreage seeded. J. M. Bannister had exactly 6,642 sscka from 208 acres, one mile west of town, an sversge of 63 bushels an sere, at 140 pound to tb sack. Ths wheat 1 Dale Glory, whicb ha been grown to a considerable extent around Helix but has just been Intro duced in the Weston country. Coquille Mills Are Busy. Coquille The sawmill in tbl vl clnily are running overtime, which i practically the first time they have run even full time since the Ban Francisco earthquake. Many of them would run night snd day i' bands could be ob tained. All kinds ol laborers are scarce, especially carpenters. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 67068c; bluestem, 70071c; valley, 71c; red, 64060c. Oats No. 1 white, $2222.60; gray, $20(i?l. Barley Feed, $20 per ton ; brewing, $22 60; rolled, $2J24. Rye $1.30 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Vslley timothy, So 1, $110 12.50 per ton; Kastern Oregon timothy, $16; clover, $77.60 cheat, $6.60; grain bay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch khay, I7flt7.fi0. Fruits Apples, common, 600 75c per box; fancy, $1.2502; apricots, 1 .25Q 1 .35 ; grapes, $1 1 .75 per crate ; peaches, $11.10; pears, $1.76, plums, fancy, 500 75c per box; common 60O 75c: blackberries. 506c per pound; crab apples, 76c per box. Moloni Cantaloupes. $1.75(32 per crate; watermelons, llKc per pound. Vegetables Beans, 607c; cabbage, 1'. ra2c ner nonnd: celerv. 85ca$l per dnznn: corn. Ioffl20c per doxen: cu cumbers, 40060c per box; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, nead, zoo per dosen; onlonB, 1012o per dosen; peas, 406c; bell peppers, ixoidc; radishes, 10O16c; p doxen; rhubarb, 202 "lie per pound ; splnsch, 203c per pound; tomatoes, 60090c per box; naralAv. 2fR! Brinish. $101.25 ner crate; turnips, 00cO$l par sack; fear rota, $101-25 per sack; beets, $1,253 1,60 per sack. Onions-New, 1MOIK" Par pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanka, 70075c; sweet potatoes, 4 (4, Sic per pound. Putter Fancy oreamory, 22025c per pound. Fgus Oregon ranch, 21v'1)'22o per dosen. Poultry Average old hem, 13c per pound; mixed chickens, 12X13c; springs, lSOUc, old roosters, 90 10c; dressed chickens, 14015c; tur keys, live, 16022c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 20022)o; geese, live, 8O10c; ducks, 11013c. Hons 1006 contract. 18 O 20c: 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal. Wool -Kastern Oregon average best, 15019c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 2022o, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 28030c per pound. Vaal Dieaaad. 6UO80 per pound. Beet Dressed bulls, So per pound; cows, 4tDc; country steers, owoo. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 788o per pound; ordinary, 66o; lamb, fancy, 8Ko. Pork Dressed, 708)io par pound. CASHIER BACKED BOOKIES. Herlng Represented Himself Wealthy Man Seeking "Suckers." Chicago, Aug. 17. Absolut proof that Henry Herlng, cashier of tba wrecked Milwaukee Avenne State bank, wa financial backer of a bookmaklog ayndicate which laid odd on horse races, wss brought to light late today, whdn Inspector Bhippy found check made payable to Harry M. Smith, wbo for year ran tbe Buffet at 68 South Btala street, and whose place waa closed thi spring, because of running band book, that handbook being none other than that run by the syndicate beaded by Hering, but whose name never ap peared as connected with it nntll to day. Other men In tbn syndicate war Cbarle Francis, Tbomaa Rowa, Walter Frantxan, Harry Thorpe and Henry Troy. All these men were interviewed by the inspector and all admitted tbat they were connected with tbe book, but denied that tbny knew Hering waa con nected with any bank, and said tbat be repreeented tbat be waa a wealthy man, and tbat he wanted to increase hi wealth by aepareting "a few lock er from their loo change." BUYS ST. PAUL SYSTEM. Harriman Securea Railroad Coveted by James J, Hill. New York, Aug. 17. It can be au thoritatively stated tbnt control of tbe Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul rail road hss passed into tbe band of E. H. Harriman, via tha Southern Pacific Railroad company, which ia controlled by tbe Union Pacifio Railroad com pany, th main Harriman concern. A rumor to tbe effect that Harriman sought to own the Bt. Paul property haa been beard on various occasions of late, but not nntll today could it be learned from a competent authority tbat there was good foundation for tbe report. A a railroad deal thi purchase of tbe St. Paul by Harriman 1 more re markable than the coup by wbicb be lecored th Illinoi Central control nearly a year ago. Harriman bad for year been an important factor in tbe Illinoi Central management, but until now be has never been mentioned in connection with Bt. Paul. The present deal is also interesting from the fact tbat in 1900 James J. Hill, Harriman' arch enemy in tbe railroad arena, made atrenuou effort to purchase tbe Bt. Paul, but wa re fused control by the same Standard Oil interests which with willingness turned the property over to Harriman. PEOPLE GROW CALLOUS. Eye Witness Describee Warsaw After Outbreak of Terrorists. London, Aug. 17. The Tribune' Warsaw correspondent telegraphs de scription of the acenee witnessed by him after the disturbance Wedneeday. "Tbe hospital surgeons, fatigued by their labors," he says, "were unable to attend to cases, and wound regarded as fatal were left to take tbeir comae. "The scenes in the morgue were horrible. In one I counted 32 civilian bodies, all dirty and dressed a they fell. . "The people have grown callou with too much death. I beird young girl laugh heartily at the light of a woman whose brain-pan bad been torn off by bomb. "In one hospital I saw a youth who, when bayoneted yesterday, feigned death. The soldiers trod ovsr him and their heavy boot crushed bi finger to pnlp, but he successfully stood the ordeal. He was carried to the morgue, when it waa discovered he waa alive. He is now progressing favorably. "Last night resulted in an orgie of blood in the Jewish quarter. Tbe num ber of persons clubbed or bayoneted ex ceeds three hundred. "The . morgue are crowded with dead. The bod iea ' were arrayed in row, th clothe dirty with the flltn of the streets where they fell. No effort was msde to do more than pile the corpses in morgues, end very little has been done toward indentifying them. Relatives and friend of those wbo lost their live are fearful of brutal treatment at tbe hand of the authorities if they visit tbe morgues." Oldest Fxed Date In History. Chicago, Aug. 17. Professor James II. Breadsted has announced in an article in the Biblical World that the "oldest fixed date in history" is 4241 B. 0. In that year the calendar was established, the year beginning on what would now be July 19. Conse quently the calendar now in nsa was 6,147 years oid last month. Tbe pro fessor arrived at these conclusion dur ing hi long exploration trip in the Nile valley, when he compared the as tronomical data in the old and middle kingdoms of Egypt. Rebel Headquarter Broken Up. Bt. Petersburg, Aug. 15. The au thorities attach great importance to the capture of revolutionists at Moscow and vicinity. They believe they have brok en np the headquarters of the military fighting organisation and arrested the leaders. In addition to seising tbeir clandestine printing establishment and a large supply of bombs and explosives, including Bhlmose powder, the author ities secured elaborate plan to be used In th event of an uprising. Seized at Prison Door. New York, Aug. 17. Charles C. Browne, th convicted Fedeial silk ex amlner, wbo waa ordered released from the state prison at Bing Bing Tuesday on a writ of habeas corpus, Isaued by Judge Hough, of the United Stales Circuit court, was rearrested as hs stepped Irom the prison today and ar ralgnsd before Judge Hough. BIG CITY IN RUINS! Earthquake at Valparaiso, Chile, Is Followed by Fire. HUNDREDS CRUSHED TO DEATH Great Port and Surrounding Country 8tricken Throngs of Homeless Crazed by Calamity. New York, Aug. 18. Tbe Herald to day print tbe following: Valparaiso, Chill, Friday. Without tbe (lightest tremor of warning an earthquake visited thi city at 8 o'clock laat nlgbt, bringing death to hundred of person and leaving many hundreds more imprisonsd in tbe ruins, many of whom were burned to death before aid could reach them. Fire started im mediately after tbe first shock and every branch of tbe city' service waa paralysed. Panic and consternation in describable followed, and thoss who escaped death and injury became fren- sied with fear and could render little assistance to the victims. Tbe business section of the city is al most entirely destroyed, and firea are still raging. We are suffering her a repetition of the horrors of Ban Fran cisco. As night come on, the city is every where aglow with unobstructed fires, and cloods of choking smoke and vapor settle into tbe streets and house, where throng of homeless ones ar wander ing about, erased by the awful calamity. It ia almost impossible to ascertain bow wide an area of country the visita tion baa laid waste. Nothing baa been beard from Santiago, tha capital city of Chile, and it is feared that the fate of that city is as bad or worse than tbat of Valparaiso. Telegraphic communication is cut on in all directions, and every one here is too much depressed by the calamity at home to seek information of other places. No trains have arrived or left here since tbe first shock came, as all of the railroad tunnela are filled and miles of track on tbe surface are twist ed and rendened useless. It is only known from general accounts that derth and destruction are on all side. There were two distinct and terrific shocks, the second one following almost instantly after the first and completing tbe work of destruction. Tbe day had been unusually calm and pleasant. Many landslides have occurred around tba city and acore of live have been loat. At present it is impossible to state the number of dead in the entire city, but it is believed that there are several hundred, many of whom are still in the rains. It has .laid waste the beat part of the city, and has doubt lee pot Chile back many year in th scale of civilisation. NO UNION PACIFIC DIVIDEND. Haa Surplus of Over $25,000,000, Southern Pacific SI9.000.000. New York, Aug. 18. At the conclu sion of a meeting of the executive com mittee of tbe . Union Pacific railroad here today itatementn waa given that no announcement would be made re garding a dividend. The committee's estimate of tbe income of the road for the year ending June 30 showed gross receipt from transportation $67,281,- 542, increase $7,956,593 over 1905; expenses and taxes, $36,963,773, In crease $5,101,069; surplus available tor dividend, $2,201,844, increase $6, 410,337. Tbe balance after payment of dividends on the preferred stock was $25,219,812. Tbe sum for expenses include $2,206,619 tor betterments, equipment and repairs. Tbe estimated income ol the South- era Pacific company shows: Gross re ceipts from tranrportation, $105,619,- 110, increase $7,478,531; expenses and taxes, $70,586,649. increase $4,993, 029; surplus, $21,560,712, increase $9,128,740. After payment of a divi dend of 7 per cent on the preferred stock, tbe balance was $18,790,833. Tbe sum of $2,117,286 was credited for betterments and equipment. Santa Fe Buys Tie Farm. San Diego, Cel., Aug. 18. By a deal closed today tbe Santa Fe railroad be comes the owner of the fsmous Ban Diegnlto ranch, just north oi the city, comprising 8,659 acres of land. Tbe price paid waa $100,000. The ranch is to be used to raise eucalyptus tree for ties tor the future nse the road. It is proposed to plant about 600 acre veeb year, and aa the trees are quick growers It is figured that in 20 years the road will be able to harvest six to eight ties to a tree and keep up the harvest there after continually. Frauda by Coffee Importer. New York, Aug. 18 Collector of Customs Btranahan conducted an exam ination today in relation to the com plaint by Scott Truxton, government agent of the Porto Rican Commercial agency, that a firm here had made fraudulent declarations of a clearance of coffee. Tba declarations were made by a boy wbo, in manifesting several hut dred bags which contained coffee aa "choice red beans," omitted the word "coffee." Sulta'a Thank Offering. Constantinople, Ang. 18. Tbe sultan has ordered the release of all the pris oners in tbe empire who have complet ed two-tmras oi tneir sentences, as a mark ol gratification for the recovery ot hli health. MOB IS SUPREME. Russian Terrorists Wreak Vengeance on Hated Police. St. Petersburg, Aug. 15. Advices received from Libau state tbat tha riot ous demonstrations that began there Saturday night still continue and tbat tbe Hooligan element absolutely hold way in tbe city, tbe police being pow erless to check it. Law abiding citisens are unable to traverse the streets and a reign of robbery and rapine is in pro gress that will not be checked nntll troop ar cent to aid the police. Bo far all appeals to tbe government at Bt. Petersburg bav fallen appar ently upon deaf ear and thia fact baa emboldened tbe disturbing element to add murder to it other crimes. Fiv storekeepers have been murdered dur ing tbe past 12 hours and hundreds of shop have been looted. The rioten raided tbe alcohol depot, and after filling themselves np on the fiery fluid, paraded the streets, shouting threat against the Jews and factory owners and storekeepers. Three ponce officers have been mur dered since Tuesday morning, tbe Ter rorists apparently having seized upon the confusion as offering magnificent opportunity to eliminate the hated members of the police who have been active in working against them. There is one regiment of infantry in ' the local barracks at Libau, bat it is mutinous and tbe officers some days ago took from the man all their am munition, as it was feared tbat they in tended to mutiny. FIRST INSURANCE TRIAL. Test Case Upon Earthquake Clause Set for Trial. San Francisco, Aug. 16. The firat of the insurance case involving tb earth quake clause waa aet for trial today by Superior Judge Hebbard. Tbe case ia tbat of the Rosenthal Shoe company against the Williamsburg City Fire In surance company. Tbe attorney for tbe insurance people asked tbat the case be not set for trial until opportu nity could be given the judge mutual ly to arrange with the insurance com panies for a teat caw. He said tbat the insurance companies wonld demand a jury trial in each case, and unless proper arrangements were made for test case tbe courts would be occupied for years in bearing insurance litiga tion. The attorney for the plaintiff declar ed that there were points ot fact in this connection tbat could not be settled by a test case. The court then aaked tbe insurance attorney if be waived a jury trial, and waa answered, "No." Tb judge then asked, "Do yon demand a jury trial?" but could not get a direct answer. The attorney for the shoe company then announced tbat to save time ba would formally demand a jury trial. Tbe case waa set for August 27. HAD PREPARED FOR FLIGHT. Stensiand Took Houae Furnishings and a Woman With Him. Chicago, Aug. 15. Testimony indi cating that extensive preparation for flight were made by Panl Stenaland, president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, and that a woman entered into these preparations, were secured by Assistant State's Attorney Olsen to day, through tbe cross examination of Miss Allen McCracken, housekeeper for Stensiand. It was learned tbat Stena land took with him in trunks and boxes sheets and other bedding, towels, win dow curtains, carpets, rugs and a silver dinner set. Some of this is aaid to have been traced to Bars boo, Wisconsin. The large trunk that is being traced ia said to be three feet high and bound with iron. The box traced to Wiscon sin weighed 375 pounds when it was placed on an express wagon at the Stensiand home on the day of tbe flight. Telegrams have been sent all over tbe world to trainmen to look for the big trunk. Another warrant charging Cashier Hering with forging a note for $10,000 in the name of Marina S. Kirby waa is sued today. Car Service Stopped. New York, Aug. 15. Following th arrest tonight of three division inspec tors of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company on charge of aaeault, th company shot off entirely all ol Its surface lines leading to Coney island, taking the position that thl waa the only way to atop tbe rioting which has been in progress since Sunday morning at tbe points where a tecond fare waa demanded by the company's smploysa. The elevated and express trains to th seashore were augmented. Th in spectors were released on bail. Come From the Antlpodea. 8an Francisco, Aug. 17. The cry for labor sent out from Ban Francisco haa been heard around the world. Forty skilled mechanics arrived yester day from Australia, where they were paid $3 a day. They will receive at least twice tbat pay beta. Every day sees rapid progress In the work oi re habilitation. . Already $400,000 ba been subscribed to construct the Young Men's Christian 'association building, and $100,000 more is assured. Freight Tunnels Under Chicago. Chicago, Ang. 15. The freight bore of the Illinoi Tunnel company will carry merchandise of sll kinds in car load lota for tbe first time today. Tbli movement will mark the practical com pletion of the Illinois Tunnel company' system of underground freight railroad, construction ot which wa begun five yeara ago, and which haa coat its own ers about $30,000,003,