THE
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.
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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,