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THE OtnON HERALD
Kntered m second class matter at th ) post
«Moe at Dayton, Oregon.
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STORM FOLLOWED THE SHOCK.
Earthquake, Fire, Wind and Lightning
Terrified Valparaiso.
CHINESE FOB CANAL
HEAT SHRIVELS THE GRAIN.
Reports of Damage to Crops ifi the
Central West.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 21. — Hot
. Valparaiso, Aug, 22.—The loss of life
by the earthquake of Thursday, August
winds the past two days, following;»
week of unusaal torpidity, the maxi
16, probably will not be short of 3,000,
while the property destroyed is esti
mum temperature being daily frpm
mated at $100,000,000, And probably is
90 to 100, has created fear among
far in excess of that sum.
grain
men that widespread damage to
Order is being maintained with the
utmost severity by the military, police
the late grain and corn has been done.
and armed citizens’ patrols, who are
Today has been a scorcher, although
empowered to shoot looters on the spot.
there are indications tonight of a
The authorities are showing the utmost
let-up.
energy in the protection of property.
Reserves Option of Calling fqr More
From Western South Dakota, West
With the first terrible ¿hock of the
Not Less Interesting Events
at
Will
—
Strict
Terms
for
ern
Nebraska and the northern central
earthquake buildings collapsed, their
of the Past Week.
part of South Dakota and Southern
Minnesota reports today are that late
The inmates in many cases were unable
grains
bad been ripened so rapidly that
to escaped The shock was followed al
Cuban officials believe the insurrec most immediately by a fierce storm, the
the berries are baaly shriveled. The
Washington, Aug. 21. — Specifica
tion has reached its limit.
wind prostrating the walls that had tions for bids to furnish Chinese labor greatest harm is expected in cornfields,
The government has withdrawn negro been weakened by the earthquake, and for the construction of the Panama which have not in ten years, according
these broke trolley wires, which flash canal were issued today by the Isth- to reports a week ago, promised such
troops from Texas garrisons.
abundant yields. Corn is in tender
ed incessantly. The second shock was mi.n Can.1 commi..ion. Th.
kernel in the meet eeneb
Harriman is gaining control of the
even heavier than the first.
bidding », to 2,600 cooliee,elthongh it u„ 1Uge of
wbe„
Northwestern as well as St. Paul road.
Five minutes afterward fires started >e made clear that the commiaeioo mV ; hM been .officiant the damage moisture
.IH be
The National Red Cross will receive in every direction, and immediately call to such additional numbers ol |ight, but in the vast territory weetand
funds for the, relief of stricken Chilean the whole town,, which had been mo Cnineee laborer, as it may need should norlbweBt from bere jt h„
d
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mentarily in darkness, was illuminated the experiment be succMslul but U»4w„thn,,M|„„d when ,h/hot
cities.
by gigantic flames. The firemen made number shall not exceed 2,000 per
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The steamer Manchuria, which went
.
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< । winds came the vegetation has been
a desperate fight, though there w«s but
month. All proposals must be /receiv- ,
■ robbed of its uower of rp.Ut
on a reef in the Hawaiian islands, is
little water, as most of the mains had ed not later than 10 A. M. September
g y robbed or
power of resist-.
riapidly going to pieces.
ance. Good authority places the de
been broken by the early tremor.
20, at which time they will be opened
preciation in the corn crop as the result
The towoh of Llaillai is reported to
The usual conditions Regulating com
of the last week of fierce heat at from 5
have entirely disappeared as a result of FOREIGN CAPITAL TO REBUILD.
petitive bidding for government sup-
to 10 per cent on the average, with
the Chilean earthquake;----------
plies are prescribed by the specifica
much greater loss over various exten
Pat Crowe has given up his old life Its Interests AVe Large and Chilean tions.
sive regions.
and engaged in newspaper work; so he
. Credit Is Good.
Individuals, co-partnerships or cor
has told the Omaha police.
f
,, New York, Aug. 22.—Quan Tonkin, porations competent to fulfill the terms
Dowie has been trying to settle diffi- Ta Chilean civil engineer, who is now in of the proposal will be permitted to PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS.
bid, but the proposals must be accom
cities with Voliva, but the latter has New York, said last night:
panied
by a certified check or by a bond Death Roll at Valparaiso May Reach
“In Valparaiso local and foreign in
declined the prophet’s terms.
for
|50,000.
The bond of the success-,
terests are so great that it is absolutely
Two Thousand.
Mine gas in the coal mines near Ma- certain the city will be rebuilt.
ful
bidder
wil
l
be advanced to 1100,-
The
hanoy City, Pa., killed two miners, financial burden of iebabilitation will 000, which will be forfeited if be should
Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 21 —At 7:52
probably fatally injured five others and not be thrown on Chile alone, but also fail to enter into a contract. Proposals o’clock last Thursday evening Valpa
about a dozen were overcome.
on the numerous foreign interests, are to be expressed in terms of hourly raiso experienced an earthquake of great
severity, and during that night 82
The railroads companies convicted at which include most of the nations of wages, payable in gold currency,.of the
shocks were felt. Most of the buildings
United
States
or
its
equivalent,
for
the
the
world.
Of
the
foreign
interests
I
St. Louis of giving rebates to the pack
of the city are either burned or damag
ers have taken an appeal to the United believe the English will be the heaviest labor of not less than 2,500 Chinese for
losers, especially the many English fire a period of not lees than two years, ed. The loss will be enormous, prob
States Circuit court of Appeals*.
ably reaching - 1250,000,000. - Twp
insurance companies that suffered such which may be extended.
An insurrection in Cuba ic spreading great losses in the destruction of San
Chinese laborers will be required to thousand persons killed is considered
in an alarming fashion.
Overtime to be a fair estimate of the casualties.
Francieco.
However, it must be kept work ten hours each day.
Vena del Mar, three miles from Val
will
be
paid
in
excess
of
ten
hours
and
San Francisco has raised $10,000 for in mind that Chile enjoys very high
paraiso
and having a population of
for
all
the
work
upon
Bundays
or
holi
relief work in stricken Chilean cities. financial credit, especially in the Lon
ove<10,000,
Quirihu, 225 miles to the
days
at
the
rate
of
time
and
a
half.
don market, where her bonds are quot
Several more members of the dis
ed at 99*^ per cent. The external debt The holidays recognized are January 1, southward, with a population of 25,
solved Russian douma have been ar
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November 3,
Santa Limacbe, 15 miles to the
of Chile is about 1105,000,000, which February 22, July 4,
rested.
has always been scrupulously served, Thanksgiving day, December 25 and northwest, with a population of 6,500;
It is reported that John D. Rocke- and it takes only 21 percent of the the first and last days of the Chinese 'O^Hota, 25 miles to the northwest, t
with a population of 10^000, and vil-
feller will establish a home for aged Chilean government revenue to serve New Year.
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lages all aroUndjwere destroyed. Most
w chorus girls.
this debt.
The Chilean state railway
"------ of the damage was! due to fire, which
alone represents nearly as much as the
7 French secret service men have cap
Will Stay in Race.
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started in mediately after the first
external debt, while the salt petre
tured a supply of bombs intended for
Washington,
Aug.
21.
—
Secretary
ehcck.
lands represent four or five times as
' use on President Fallieres.
Taft will decline appointment to the'
The whole population is sleeping in
mach more?'
United States Supreme court bench and the hills, the parks or the streets. Food
Ban Francisco bank clearings have
remain in the cabinet. He will notify *8 very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean
passed Pittsburg and sh^now stands
May Tie Up All the Building.
the president to this effect early in dollars, and it is almost impossible to
sixth in the United States.
San Francisco, Aug. 21.—A general
September, as court assembles for the obtain meat, even at high prices,
The state of Illinois will see that tie-up of building operations in this
autumn
term in October. This deter-
destroyed,
The railways are all destroyed.
prisoners released from the peniten city on all the larger buildings is threat
mination upon Mr. Taft’s part means - Rain, which began to fall immediate-
tiary are provided with work.
____ ened as a consequence of the refusal of
the contractors to grant the demands
The Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria
the Philippines next winter. It alro afterward. The nights are very cold
made by the hoisting engineers.
Yes
w^nt on a reef off Rabbit is land, in
means that he will continue to be pres- and windy; the people sleeping in the
the Hawaiian group. The vessel will terday the hoisting engineers, who now idential timber until the nomination is °Pen are suffering greatly,
receive $5 a day, served individual de
likely prove a total wreck. No lives
made by the Republican National con-
stean
The captain of a steamship
which
mands
for an increase of $1 a day on all
were lost. V
vention.
arrived
from
San
Francieco
says
the
sit
contracts, to take effect tomorrow.
uation here is worse than that follow-
Word has been received at Ban Fran- The contractors decided not to grant
ing the disaster at San Francisco.
ciscu that the government transport ser the increase asked for.
American Gold Mine Deal,
vice will remain at the bay city Plans
St. Petersburg, Aug. 21.—The news
for the erection of new docks and sup
Storms in Pennsylvania.
Storage Dam is in Danger.
papers here report that« Americans are
ply stations at Fort Mason have been
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 21. — Reports
Phoenix, Aug. 22.—As the results of negotiating for the purchase of the
apprbved and work will start within a
heavy rain« in the Salton watersheds, Nerchinsk gold mines, which have been received here from points in Alle^IBjny
few weeks«
the work of the contractors on the gov the cause of a great scandal in which and neighboring connties indicate that
Railroads have voluntarily reduced ernment storage dam at Roosevelt per several grand dukes were involved. great damage has been done by a storm
grain rates in Minnesota.
formed during the past three or fcur The mines are supposed to contain that passed over Western Pennsylvania
months has been greatly damaged, and quartz worth 12.000,000,000 and the late this afternoon and tonight. Tele
The governor of Warsaw has been
unless the water falls rapidly, every, court camarilla is reported to be anx graph and telephone communication
seriously injured by a bomb.
thing in the way of construction, to ious to dispose of them, but the Amer was interrupted at many points, and it
has been impossible to obtain full ac
gether with much of the machinery,
Activity of the police frustrated a will be washed away. Tonight thè icans have been chary of purchasing a counts. Railroads suffered from wash
concession which might be repudiated
plan to assassinate King Alfonso.
whole volume of the river was pouring by parliament at any time that it so outs and many delays resulted. Part
of Buterville is said to be nnder water,
through a channel 50 feet wide.
desired.____
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It is said the sultan of Turkey has
which at some places is 15 feet deep.
decided to recognise Leishman as an
No
lives are reported to have been lost.
Police Will Keep Order. *
ambassador. ~
Poor Old Robinson Crusoe.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—Payment by Re-
New 1 ork, Aug. 21.—A report reach
ceiver Fetzner of a dividend of 20 per ed thiii city today that the South
Functions for Root All Off. , <
Many immigrants who would be re cent to depositors of the defunct Mil-
Santiago
de Chile, Aug. 20.—One. ;
fused admittance at a port of entry waukee Avenue State bank, ordered by American earthquake destroyed the is third of the city of Valparaiso was de
- are being smuggled in through Mexico. the court last week, will begin tomor land of Juan Fernandez, off the Chil
stroyed and 500 lives were lost by the
ean coast. It belonged to Chile, and
row morning. There were 22,000 de- on it were a penal settlement and a fort. earthquake. Quillota, Vino del Mar
Bookbinders
ip the
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government positors in the institution when, it
This is the island made famous by and Limacbe are completely destroyed.
printing office threaten to strike on
“ failed, and in anticipation of p rush on
Daniel de Foe, as the scene of the The functions arranged for the enter
account ot the action of a foreman to the place tomorrow an extra detail of thrilling
adventures
tainment of Secretary of State Root will__
ward the men.
of Robinson be abandoned on account of the uni
nnllCA
haa haan
®
police has
been asked for to keep order,. ~
Crusoe.
versal mourning in Chile.
DAYTON.
OREGON
Commission Asks for Blds to
Supply Coolle Labor.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
WANTS 2,500 IN FIRST BATCH
In a Condensed form lor Onr
Busy Beaders.
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