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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Disaster Befalls Val
paraiso, Chile.
HUNDREDS CRUSHED TO DEATH
Great Port and Surrounding
Country Stricken.
FIRE COMPLETES WRECK
Repeated Shocks Destroy Buildings
and Cut Off Communication.
Volcano in Andes Breaks
Out in Eruption.
FAMOUS EARTHQUAKES OF
HISTORY.
Tear. Place. Victims.
70 Pompeil-Herculaneum.. Thousands
11.1 Antloch diotroyed Thousands
V.7 Constantinople Thousands
742 Syria and Palestine 6d0
11.17 Catania. Sicily 15.000
1-I5U Aaplea -40,000
USI Ilbon .10.000
lrt::K Calabria Thousands
H7 Kchamakl 80.000
lti&3 Sicily (54 cities and towns.
300 villages) 100.000
1705 Jeddo, Japan 200. OuO
1731 Pckln 1 00.000
174 Mma and Callao 1H,00
17M Lisbon S0.OO0
17f.i Baalbec. Syria - . . 20,000
1797 Ciizco, Quito and other
cities In South America... 40.000
1K12 Caracas Thouwrnrte
Aleppo 20,000
1KM Amalfl. Italy 14,000
18T.7 KlBKdom of Naples 10.0OO
ls.'.n Quito 5.0K)
f3 Manila 1,000
IStiO Several towns In Peru and
Ecuador -. . . 25,000
1872 Inyo Valley, California... 30
1875 Town near Snnlander. on
border or Colombia 14,000
1R7S Cua. Venezuela 300
1SK0 Ulapel, Chile 2"0
1KN1 Solo and ai-veral villages.. 4,000
1VS3- Inland i( Is, hln. Italy.
KrHkHi'tn an, I othr Javan
volcii n," '....Thousands
1SS4 Si i eic - In Kngtand. 5
SM An,!i,i;Js iin-i otlier parts
of Si uln 1.17D
IfX I'rov in,- "f I'ranada. Spain . f.!)0
JSSH ChHrlf-pton. S. C 41
1SNT Hivln-u and Southern Eu
rope 2,000
1R01 Japan 4.000
1002 St. Pierre. Martinique,
eruption of Mont Pelee... 40.000
1002AnrtlJan. India 2,5"
lima Svria 50
Iflox TloKa, Colombia 100
1004 Abruzzl. Italy: Lima,
Peru; Wellington, N. Z
J0O5 North India 35.ono
I0O.T Calabria, Italy rno
10,15 Scutari. Albania 200
1000 Region about Vesuvius... l.ono
inofl Formtw 2.000
1006 Pan Francisco and other
California cltlea ......... l.fiOO
1 90S Valparaiso. Chile
Lasted three months.
...... ....... ...... ..4
NEW YORK, Aug. IS. The Herald to
day prints the following:
Valparaiso. Chile. Friday. (Via Galves
ton, Tex.) Without the slightest tremor
of warning, an earthquake visited this
city at 8 o'clock last night, bringing death
to hundreds of persons and leaving many
hundreds more imprisoned in the ruins,
many of whom were burned to death be
fore aid could reach them. Fire started
immediately after the first shock and
every branch of the city's service was
paralyzed. Panic and consternation in
describable followed, and those who es
caped death and injury became frenzied
with fear and could render little assist
ance to the victims.
Sky Aglow With Fire.
The business section of the city is al
most entirely destroyed,, and fires are still
raging. We are suffering here a repeti
tion of the horrors of San Francisco.
As night comes on, the city is every
where aglow with unobstructed fires, and
clouds of choking smoke and vapor settle
into the streets and houses. where
throngs of homeless ones are wandering
about, crazed by the awful calamity.
It Is almost impossible to ascertain how
wide an area of country the visitation
has laid waste. Nothing has been heard
from Santiago, the capital city of Chile,
and it is feared that the fate of that city
is as bad or worse than that of Valpa
raiso. Telegraphic communication is cut off In
nil directions, and every one here, is too
much depressed by the calamity at home
to seek information of other places. No
trains have arrived in the city or left It
since the first shock came, as all of the
railroad tunnels are filled and miles of
track on the surface are twisted and ren
dered useless. It is only known from
general accounts that death and destruc
tion are on all sides.
Two Terrific Shocks.
There were two distinct and terrific
shocks, the second one following almost
Instantly after the first and completing
the work of destruction. The day had
been unusually calm and pleasant.
At 8 o'clock the whole city seemed sud
denly to swing backward and forward,
and there came a sudden Jolt of such
mighty force that rows of buildings top
pled to the earth as if made of brittle
plaster.' Whole rows of buildings -went
down in a few seconds. As soon as the
second shock had subsided, it became
known that the business part of the town
was doomed. From the Bella Vista sec
tion little was heard, but before midnight
fires were seen burning there, and It was
learned that that section of the city also
was doomed. The city stands upon a
formation of granite and gneiss, which
seemed to accentuate the force of the
shock.
Before the stunned people were given
time to realize the magnitude of the
calamity, again the city was shaken with
EARTHQUAK
violence greater than before. The earth
in places lifted and pitched the buildings
forward. In other places there was a
terrible tremor that shook every structure
to the ground. This shock continued
longer than the first. When it had sub
sided, fires were blazing up, thousands of
terrified persons were praying, and panic
swept the city.
Hundreds of Lives Lost.
Many landslides have oox-urred around
the.city and scores of lives have been
lost. At present 'it Is impossible to state
the number of dead In -the entire city,
but it Is believed there are several hun
dred, many of whom are still in the ruins.
It has laid waste the best part of the
business portion of the city, and has
doubtless put Chile back many years in
the scale of civilization.
The captain of the German vessel Yran,
which arrived today at Coqulmbo. stated
that, when 20 miles at sea. he could see
the flames raging in Valparaiso.
Many Inhabitants are terrified with fear
of other shocks, and the work of rescuing
the bodies is proceeding very slowly.
The Bella Vista district referred to is on
the hills behind the city, and apparently
suffered the same fate that overtook Nob
Hill in San Francisco.
CITY l.X DARKNESS AND PANIC.
Hundreds Killed, Houses Destroyed
and Shocks Continue.
NEW YORK. Aug. 18. A cable dispatch
to a morning paper from Lima, Peru,
says:
About 8 o'clock on Thursday evening
there was a tremendous earthquake at
Valparaiso. As at San Francisco, the
shock was followed by the starting of
many fires. The flames extend from the
Plaza Orden toward the north, and have
not been extinguished.
Many houses have been destroyed, and
nearly all of those in the city are more
or less damaged,, either by the earthquake
or the fire.
Business Is at a complete standstill.
The banks are closed. The gas supply Is
unavailable and the electric lighting sys
tem Is completely knocked out. The great
est panic prevails among the Inhabitants.
Many families are fleeing from the city.
The weather is fair and the sea calm.
Communication with Santiago de Chile
is interrupted, and it is impossible to
learn what has happened there.
Many persons were killed and injured
in Valparaiso.
Tho shocks continue, but are milder.
(Concluded on Page 4.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75
acg. ; minimum. 4b.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Northwest
winds.
Earthquake in Chile.
City of Valparaiso wrecked and burning.
Hundreds killed, people in panic, i'age l.
Many other cities and towns ruined, and Uss
or lire unknown. Pape 1;
Volcano in Andes In eruption. Page 1.
Shocks recorded In all observatories. Page 1.
Shocks felt on Argentine side of Andes and
wires wrecked. Page 1.
Russia.
Massacre of Jews expected In Warsaw.
Page 5.
Terrorists continue slaughter of police
Page 5.
Government begins wholesale arrest and ex
ile of terrorists. Page 5.
Foreign.
Minister Fielding of Canada unseated for
corruption in election. Page 5.
National.
President appoints James S. Harlan Inter
state Commissioner. Page 5.
New addition to Minidoka Irrigation works.
Page 3.
Commissioner Clements discusses railroad
men's conference on rate law. Page 1.
Politics.
Labor leaders declare war on Cannon's can
didacy. I'age 1.
Roosevelt tald to have declared for Cannon
for President. Page 1.
Hearst speaks on independence In politics.
Page 1.
Difficulties which confront Bryan. Page 1.
Domestic
Grand Army protests against Wirs monu
ment and shelves canteen Issue. Page 5.
Hideous revelation about free lunch at sa
loons. Page 11.
Big dividends on Harriman lines cause wild
scenes in Waif street. Page 1.
Typographical Union claims victory for eight
hours and indorses labor political move.
Page 5.
Bank at Boston falls through loans to Its
president. Page 2.
South Carolina negroes approve lynching of
Davis. Page 1.
Fifty miners entombed in caved-in tunnel.
Page 2.
Proposed uniform mining law to suppress
fake schemes. Page 3.
Sport.
Portland wins 13-lnning game from Oakland,
t to 5- Page 7.
Prolamine prepared for Astoria regatta
Page 7.
Portland ball club to receive $3500 for
Essick and McLean. Page 7.
Candidates for Roosevelt cup race reduced to
six. Page 7.
Great arena to be built for Goldfleld "fight.
Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Ex-Senator Turner, of Spokane, does not
want Vice-Presidency on Bryan ticket.
Page 6.
Lane County mills still suffer from car short
age. Page 6.
Harriman files maps of location for Central
Oregon Railway. Page G.
Purchasers of Oregon wagon road lands ex
perts In colonization schemes. Page 0.
Dunn the fourth naval officer to be court
martialed over Vallejo Riren. Page 0.
Sham battle at American Lake a tame affair.
Page 0.
Land Commissioner E. W. Ross accused of
conspiracy at Seattle. Page 14.
Washington Railroad Commissioners going
East to probe cost of Hill lines. Page H.
Commercial and Karine.
Hops strong at 20 cents. Page 15.
Sharp advance in wheat at Chicago.
Page 15.
Harriman dividend announcement causes
sensation In Wall street. Page 13.
Lease of dredge Columbia signed by Port of
Portland and United States, Engineers.
Page 14.
Steam yacht El Primero sold to Tacoma
banker. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Valuation committee of Executive Board
fixes compensation to be paid city by
Portland General Electric Company for
franchise to lay steam-heating pipes In
streets. Page 10.
County Court to award feeding of prisoners
to lowest bidder. Page 0.
Portland business men return from Klam
ath excursion. Page 0.
Land-Fraud Defendant Zachary convicted.
Page 11.
Couple married In giant whirl at The Oaks.
Page 10.
Captain Bruin orders that patrolmen watch
saloons for violations of anti-box and anti
gambling laws. Page 10.
Judge Webster declares Mrs. Jarvls Insane,
neighbors maintain she was railroaded
Into Asylum. Page 10.
Elder Snyder, of Adventist faith, replies to
attack of Dr. Wilson. Page 11.
Effect on local railroad situation of pur
chase of St. Paul bv Harriman. P&ce 11.
LABOR LEADERS
SHOOT AT CANNON
Denounced as Enemy of Unions
and Will Have Bitter
Opposition.
CALL HIM CZAR OF HOUSE
Candidacy for Congress and Presi
dency Calls Forth Loud Protests
Because lie Killed Eight
Hour Bill In Committee.
CHICAGO. Aug. 17. (Special.)
Realizing that "Uncle Joe" Cannon is
actually a Presidential possibility, the
chiefs of organized labor today broke
out in frothy protests against him
and loudly proclaimed that the unions
would fight him at every turn. Voicing-
the sentiments of the unionists,
Edward N. Nickels, secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, said:
Arouse Unions Against Jlim.
"Mr. Cannon has explained his vlewB
most emphatically ' and, ' whether a
candidate for President or member of
Congress, his- position can no longer
be mistaken. As Speaker of the House
he is in absolute control of the situa
tion as to what shall or shall not be
made a law. We now know most pos
itively that no relief for the wage
worker of this country can be expected
from Congress as long as he wields
the gavel. Cannon has drawn the
line distinctly. His attitude and ex
pressions. I believe, ought to arouse all
of the laboring forces throughout the
breadth of this land, whether they
have affiliations with organized labor
or not."
Calls Him Absolute Czar.
J. D. Pierce, Illinois member of the
executive board of the American Fed
eration of Labor, said:
" 'Joe' Cannon, in his speech accepting
the nomination, clearly defined his posi
tion toward organized labor. He states
his belief in the rights of labor to or
ganize, but like those who compose the
Employers' Association, he claim the
right to JuOge as to their form of or
ganization. "The people of this country are led to
believe that they have a voice through
their representatives in Congress in the
making of laws, but such la not the case
with Cannon. He Is an absolute Czar
and, no matter how much the people may
want a law passed, if it does not suit
Cannon it cannot reach even a vote.
Forbids Vote on Eight Hours.
"Mr. Cannon knows that a large ma
jority of the members of the last Con
gress were convinced that the claims of
labor were just, especially that for an
eight-hour day. But, as that proposi
tion did not suit Cannon and his friends,
he did not permit it to come to a vote.
"I never knew of any one claiming to
control the "labor vote except Cannon.
There will be a day of reckoning, and,
when the laboring men thoroughly un
derstand this man Cannon, they will
give him what he deserves."
John J. Fltzpatrlck, president of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, said:
"Cannon is unmentionable when it
cornea to a consideration of the friends
of organized labor. We will be found
fighting him at every stage of the game."
CLAIM ROOSEVELT'S SUPPORT
Cannon Boomer Gives Interview In
teresting, if True.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Special.)
Uncle Joe Cannon's Presidential press
MAYBE FARMER HILL
J ....
bureau has started, to work In the East.
A story was put out here today that
"Uncle Joe" is to be the Roosevelt can
didate for the 1908 nomination, giTlng
what, purports to be a report of a con
versation by "an ear-witness" at the
Oyster Bay enference, which the
Speaker and other Congressional cam
paign leaders attended a few weeks
ago, as a basis for the statement.
It is related with circumstantial de
tail that, as President Roosevelt . es
corted the departing politicians to the
front porch at Sagamore Hill, he laid
his hand on the ihoulder of "Uncle Joe"
and said:
"You, Mr. Speaker. wHl be the next
President of the United States."
Of course, "Uncle Joe" was flustered,
but, when he came to. It is related that
he replied:
"Oh, pshaw! Mr. President, you are
wrong. You will have to take the nom
ination, If I can read. aright the signs
of the times."
Whereupon the President is said to
have become excited and exclaimed
somewhat Imperiously:
"Don't talk that way; don't talk that
way. I have spoken the last word on
that subject. There is no likelihood of
the conditions being as you predict. Be
sides I would not accept the nomina
tion In the impossible event of its be
ing tendered to me."
All of which is declared by the Can
non boomers to mean that President
Roosevelt has abandoned hope of see
ing Secretary Taft succeed him. is "ab
solutely irrevocable" In his own posi
tion and regards Uncle Joe as the log
ical leader two years hence.
ARGUES FOR I.VDEPESDEXCE
Hearst Urges Chautauqua Audience
to Disregard Party Lines.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 17. W. R.
Hearst today addressed a large audience
on "Independence in Politics," at the
Salem Chautauqua, near Petersburg. He
said in part:
"I maintain that blind party allegiance
tends to conflict with the aims and ob
jects of our Government and is respon
sible for most of the political evils under
which we suffer today. I maintain that
these evils will never be remedied until
the people vote carefully and discrimi
nate for good men and good measures,
irrespective of party prejudice or political
bias of any kind."
Speaking of trust dominations he said:
"There are trust Republicans and Lin
coln Republicans, trust Democrats and
Jefferson Democrats. No longer does the
word Democracy define any definite doc
trine or the word Republicans express
any particular principle. Let' the people
unite in their own interest. Let the peo
ple vote independently and for the public
good. Let them vote for honest men and
honest means, irrespective of party, and
they will soon find themselves once more
the great power that politicians will re
gard and even organized wealth will re
spect. "But the Independent voter with the
best Intention often meets with much dif
ficulty and deception. He sometimes finds
that the men he trusted have been cap
tured by the corporations. Unhappy ex
amples of such cases are Grover Cleve
land In his second term and . District At
torney Jerome. The people supported each
of these men, believing him to be their
friend, and the corporations added their
support, knowing him to be their chattel."
DOES XOT SEEK GOVERNORSHIP
McClellan Has Bad Impression of
Europe's Municipal Enterprises.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17. A cable dispatch
to the Herald from Berlin says:
Mayor McClellan, of New York, ac
corded a Herald correspondent an inter
view yesterday. "I am sorry," he eaidt
"that I shall not be home to take part in
what undoubtedly will be a magnificent
reception to Mr. Bryan, but my sailing
plans will not land me in New York
until a full week after the reception."
When asked about New York State poll
tics and whether he .wanted the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor, Mayor
McClellan said:
"No, I have got enough trouble of my
own with three and a half years of New
York still on my hands. Naturally, I
have been looking into municipal gov
ernment in Europe. I must say I fail
to find the boasted superiority in Ger
many of which we are accustomed to
hear so much In America, particularly
where the virtues of municipal opera
tion of street tramways are so regularly
held up as a lesson. The few examples
I have seen are wholly bad. Frankfort's
and Dresden's municipally owned lines
(Concluded on Page 2.)
WILL BREAK INTO FARMER
HARD NUTS FDR
TO
James K. Jones as Much Cor
poration Man as Roger
C. Sullivan.
WHAT WILL LEADER DO?
Standard Oil Lobbyist Will Be in
Front Rank at Reception Tag
gart Holds Job in Spile
of Many Attacks. .
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 17. The consistency of Wil
liam J. Bryan will be tested to the break
ing point when he lands In New York.
Not long since, assuming tho role of dic
tator, he undertook to read out of tne
party Democratic National Committee
man Sullivan, of Illinois, because Sullivan
was a corporation man and, as Bryan de
clared, not a true representative ol the
Illinois Democracy. J .
Hardly had the echoes of the Sullivan
Incident died away when James K. Jones,
the most loyal of all Bryan supporters in
the country, and the man who on two
occasions successfully led Bryan to de
feat, hiked down to Oyster Bay as the
paid attorney of the Standard OH Com
pany and pleaded with the President to
deal leniently with his client in the mat
ter of oil leases in Indian Territory. Jones,
the original and the everlasting Bryan
man; the one Democrat whose allegiance
to Bryan has never wavered, and the man
who is always, first to predict Bryan's
election, a corporation lawyer and the
representative of the nioet vicious of all
the trusts! When he was leading the two
Bryan campaigns. Jones was the most
rabid anti-trust man in the Nation, but
after Bryan's second defeat, he turned
lobbyist and attorney, fixed his eye upon
the almighty dollar and forgot political
principles. It was his greed for money
that brought about this change, and to
day Jones appears to have lost that ani
mosity toward corporate wealth that was
noted in 1896 and in 1900.
Will Bryan Turn Down Jones.
If Sullivan was disqualified from hold
ing any office in the Democratic organi
zation, what is to become of Jones? If
corporation men are to be shorn of all
power and driven out of the party, what
can prevent Jones from walking the plank?
When Bryan made war on Sullivan, he
probably did not know that his most
faithful follower and former manager was
making a living on a salary paid him by
the Standard Oil Company. If he had
known, he probably would have been more
lenient with Sullivan, or would at least
have deferred the excommunication until
after he had persuaded Jones to quit his
present lucrative Job. But Bryan has
spoken; he has set the standard and de
creed that no trust man is worthy of
taking part in the management of the
Democratic party. That Is certainly broad
enough to exclude Jones, but nobody ex
pects Bryan to go back on his old friend.
Yet if he permits Jones to re-enter the
Inner sanctum, as of did, he 'must con
fess that his war on Sullivan was based
on something else than principle.
Just now, Jones Is endeavoring to play
a star part In the Bryan reception that
is being planned in New York. As Bry
an's leader in the campaigns of 1896 and
1900, Jones claims the right to head the
receiving party, and the probabilities are
that he" will occupy a conspicuous place
on the pier when the ship comes to dock,
even if he Is not the first man to shake
the hand of the peerless leader. Bryan's
treatment of Jones will be watched wiui
deep interest. If he turns Jones into outer
darkness, as he would Sullivan, the peo
ple will believe he places his principles
above everything else; If, on the other
HARRIMAN'S PASTURE
GilEeOH.
E.H.HflTffllMAH.
BRYAN
hand, he is willing that Jones. Standard
OH attorney, shall be one of his close
advisers, it will be difficult to make the
people believe ' that Bryan Is absolutely
sincere.
Jerome for Governor.
"We understand that William Trav
ers Jerome Is considering the propriety
of offering himself as an independent
candidate for the Governorship of thl3
state. If Mr. Jerome runs, Mr. Jerome
will be elected." So says the l New
York Sun. Harking back only two or
three weeks, it Is found that the Sun
stated with equal positlveness that
"the next Governor of New York will
be a Democrat and the next Governor
of New York will be the next Presi
dent of the United States." Putting
the two together, the Sun must be
lieve that Jerome can be nominated
and elected President in 1908. if he
will only consent to run for Governor
this year. All of which is very nice
for the Great Reformer. But Jerome
only a few days ago announced that
he would not allow his name to go
before the voters on the gubernatorial
ticket, Democratic or Independent, and
unless he should be induced to change
his mind by what the Sun has said,
Jerome will not become President at
the close of Roosevelt's term.
Jerome would no doubt be a strong
candidate for Governor in New York
and would cut in very materially on
the Hearst vote, and would also make
inroads into the Republican camp, for
there is a large element In the Empire
State that regards Jerome as a great
reformer. Men of this class have sup
ported him at past elections more for
what he has done and promised to do
than because they were of his political
faith. In a sense, Jerome has always
been a sort of Independent and would
call for the Independent rather than
the Democratic vote. If nominated for
Governor. Jerome running independ
ently might defeat a weak Republi
can nominee, but Hearst, particularly
If he secures the Indorsement of the
Democratic convention, would give
Jerome a hard fight.
FLAMES SWEEP WHOLE BLOCK
ON BURXSIDE STREET.
Starting in Bakery, They Devour
All in Path Qulmby Hotel
Badly Damaged.
The entire block bounded by Burn
Bide, Couch, Fourth and Fifth street
was cleared of the frame buildings
which occupied it at about S:30 this
morning. -
The flames broke out in the Lewis
bakery, due it is supposed to the over
turning of a lamp, about 3:20 and in
a few minutes spread to all the ad
Joining buildings. These were all of
wood and burned like tinder, the larg
est being the Qulmby Hotel of four
stories. The others were only one
story high.
Before 3:30 great billows of flame
were sweeping over the block and the
occupants of the hotel and other build
ings made a rush for the street in all
sorts of attire.
A number of horses In a livery sta
ble were burned to death.
Three persons were taken from the U.
S. Bakery In their nlghtclothes, by a po
liceman, and none of them was injured.
All the guests of the Qulmby Hotel es
caped. The fire leaped across Burnside street
to the free reading-room in the People's
Institute and did some damage to the
roof.. It then Jumped hack to the Queen
Anne saloon, but was driven back by
the firemen before it got well started.
The entire Fire Department was called
out, and got the flames under control
about 3:45. before -the Qulmby Hotel was
entirely destroyed.
The loss is variously estimated between
$15,000 and $25,000.
TIDAL WAVE HITS HAWAII
Rises Five Feet In General, Twelve
Feet in. One- Bay.
HONOLULU, Aug. 17. 10 P. M. Wire
less reports from the Islands of Hawaii,
Maul and Hilo report a tidal wave, the
general height of which was five feet.
In the enclosed bay of Maalaea its
height was estimated to be 13 feet, where
it carried away a wharf and Its super
structure. The phenomenon was mani
fested by an unprecedentedly heavy surf.
The tidal wave Is attributed to tjhe
earthquake at Valparaiso. Thirty-five
years ago an earthquake in South Amer
ica produced similar effects here.
VICTORIA RECORDS SHOCKS
Quakes Last Four Hours, Two Being
Very Severe.
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 17. The Val
paraiso earthquake was recorded by
tho seismograph at Victoria. This af
ternoon E. Baynes Reed, the officer in
charge of the Victoria meteorological
station, obtained the record of the
shock, which, while it does not appear
as bad as that which devastated San
Francisco, was quite prolonged. There
is the question of distance to be taken
Into consideration in making compari
son, which In part would indicate the
difference In the severity of the shock
felt.
From the local record the most recent
earthquake occurred about 4:10 yes
terday afternoon and lasted from that
time until S o'clock, the heaviest shock
being felt at 4:45, when the swing of
the boom of the seismograph was about
ten kilometres. The next bad shock
was at 5:45 and this, like the other one,
was very prolonged.
Forces Oil Wells to Shut Down.
TULSA. I. f.. Aug. 17. Robert Gal-
breath, one of the largest operators In
the territory, was quoted yesterday as
saying that the 3 per cent reduction In
the price of oil made by the Standard Oil
Company will have the effect of stopping
operations in that field and shutting down
of all wells now In oceraUea. i
DRIVEN CRAZY BY
PACIFIC
DIVIDENDS
Harriman Surprises Operators
in Wall Street by Cut
, ting Juicy Melon.
EVERYBODY WILD TO BUY
First Dividend In Southern Pacific
History and Increase to Ten Per
Cent on Union Pacific Send
the Stocks Booming,
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Am!d" scenes
frantic trading on the Stock Exchange,
Union Pacific common stock rushed up.
ward 17H points a share and Southern
Pacific 6T4 points today after an an
nouncement of dividends far in excess of
what the traders had any reason to ex
pect. The result was that a large num
ber of traders who had sold the stock
short suffered sharp losses and, according
to an estimate reported by the Evening
Post, a pool In Union Pacific stock real
ized profits amounting to $17,000,000 and a
similar pool' In Southern Pacific $10,000,000.
High Dividends a Surprise.
Notwithstanding the meeting of the ex
ecutives of the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific roads in this city yesterday,
the Hulk of the brokers were totally un
prepared for the announcement of divi
dends, which was made public soon after
the opening of today's market. The divi
dends were: Union Pacific preferred, 2 per
cent semi-annual; common, 5 per cent
semi-annual; Southern Pacific common.
2H per cent semi-annual. Union Pacific
common heretofore paid 3 per cent and
today's dividend was the first ever de
clared on Southern Pacific common.
Mad Struggle to Buy.
Brokers were swept Into a mad struggle
to buy the two stocks within a minute
after the announcement was circulated,
and the excited scenes which ensued have
hardly been exceeded since the great
Btruggle to control Northern Pacific, five
years ago. The shorts In both Pacifies
were surprised and unprepared for the
upward rush which followed, and led the
scramble to cover. Within half an hour
after the announcement Union Pacific
had bounded up more than 8 points and
Southern Pacific nearly 7. Feverish ac
tivity prevailed in the two stocks
throughout the session, with various
halts in the upward movement when the
traders sold to realize profits.
Except for these halts, tho upward
movement in Union Pacific continued
throughout the day almost to the close
of the market, when there was a slight
recession on profit-taking. Southern Pa
cific's advance, however, was halted early
and held. Union Pacific's extreme ad
vance was from 1G2-', to 179, and South
ern Pacific's from 83 to 89. Union Pa
cific closed at ITS'.i and Southern Pacific
at 87.'
The total sales of Union Pacific were
647,100 shares, and those of Southern Pa
cific, 481,600.
Others Rise in Sympathy.
The speculative furore caused by the
Pacific dividend announcement that grew
as the day progressed spread to nearly all
quarters of the market. Pennsylvania
and New York Central showed close sym
pathy with the Union Pacific movement,
owing to the analogous commitments ot
those companies In their large holdings
of stocks of controlled companies. It
was clearly indicated that the Increase
In the Union Pacific dividend was taken
from the income derived from the con
trolled storks.
THEY APPROVE . LYNCHING-
NEGROES ADDRESS WHITES OX
SHOOTING OF DAVIS.
Will Help Trace Rascals to Their
Dens and Thus Earn Sym
pathy of Whites.
COLUMBIA, S. C, Aug. 17. The negro
citizens of Greenwood County today is
sued an address in regard to the lynch
ing of Bob Davis. It was In part as fol
lows: "We, the negroes of this county, wish
to say that we are with you, and In any
thing so serious as this you have our
assistance In what you think best. We
cannot afford, as a race, to uphold any
thing that tends to lower our Christian
or moral standing, and the quicker we
show that we are ready to help trace the
rascal to his den, the quicker will we
have the sympathy of the white man
when we are intruded upon.
"It is unreasonable to expect the white
men to respect and protect us when we
do not respect ourselves. The only thing
wanted was the right man, and that is
what we had, and we are satisfied.
"COLORED CITIZENS OF GREEN
WOOD COUNTY."
PROSECUTIONS ARE ORDERED
Governor Haywood Instructs Court
Solicitor in Lynching Cases.
COLUMBIA, S. C, Aug. 17. Governor
Haywood has Instructed Solicitor Cooper,
of the Greenwood Circuit Court, to take
steps Immediately to prosecute the known
members of the mob that lynched the ne.
gro Davis last night.
Form Beet Sugar Combine.
DETROIT, Aug. 17. At least seven of
the largest beet-sugar manufacturing
plants in the state will consolidate under
one management, it was announced today.
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