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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 190fi.
NO VESTIGE IS LEFT
One Chilean Town Has En
tirely Disappeared.
GOVERNMENT FEEDS ALL
Vigorous Action to Relieve Surviv
ors of Earthquake One Hun
dred Robbers Shot Other
Countries Give Aid.
FOBTLAND STANDS READY TO
AID.
If It U found that ther. la need of
(Antral subscription for the relief of
the tlcken cltlM of Chile,' Portland
will be among the cltlee to participate
in the movement. The proposition
that a fund be raised In Portland has
been made to Mayor Lane, but the
latter will take no action until he as
certains the urgency of the situation.
In caae aid Is needed, however, a
general subscription will be started.
"I do not know enough about the
situation to feel justified In calling for
subscriptions at thiB time," said the
Mayor last night. "I think that the
best thing we can do Is to wait until
we receive more definite advices. Then
If It seems necessary. It Is probable
that a fund will be raised."
VALPARAISO. Aug. 21. The great
est damage by the earthquake occurred
in the Provinces of Valparaiso and
Aconcagua. The town of Abarca suf
fered severely, I.Ualllal la reported to
have entirely disappeared, and Ll
mache and Hlerro Viejo have ben al
most totally wrecked. At Vina del Mar
three-quarters of the houses are in
ruins.
The losses in the entre country are
estimated at 150,000.000.
The authorities of Valparaiso have
taken over .the feeding of the people
and provisions are being brought in
from places that were not destroyed.
Slight earthquake shocks are con
tinuing. The people have not yet re
turned to their homes, but are sleep
ing on the surrounding hills and In the
streets and squares. The fires have all
been extinguished.
More than 100 men. taken in the act
of committing robbery, have been snot.
STORM FOLLOWED THE SHOCK
Earthquake, Fire, Wind and Light
ning Terrified Valparaiso.
VALPARAISO, Aug. 21. The loss of
life by the earthquake of Thursday, Au
gust 16, probably will not be short of 3000,
while the property destroyed is estimat
ed at $100,000,000, and probably is far in
excess of that sum.
Order is being maintained with the ut
most severity by the military, police and
armed citizens' patrols, who are empow
ered to shoot looters on the spot. The
authorities are showing the utmost en
ergy In the protection of property.
With the first terrible shock of the
earthquake buildings collapsed, their
walls falling with a tremendous noise.
The Inmates In many cases were unable
to escape. The shock was followed al
most Immediately by a fierce storm, the
wind prostrating walls that had been
weakened by the earthquake, and these
broke trolley wires, which flashed inces
santly. The second shock was even heav
ier than the first
Five minutes afterward fires started In
every direction - and Immediately the
whole town, which had been momen
tarily in darkness, was Illuminated by
gigantic flames. The firemen made a
desperate fight, though there was but
little water, as most of the mains had
been broken by the early tremor.
The Victoria Theater (opera house),
and the Naval Club were utterly de
stroyed by the earthquake, and the Na
tional Theater succumbed to earthquake
and fire.
The Club de Selte September, Church
of La Mar, the buildings of the French
Fathers, the Navy Department building,
the City Hall and many other buildings
were destroyed by the earthquake.
The destruction by Are, however, was
Infinitely larger, and probably 60 per
cent of the commercial houses were to
tally ruined. In Brasll avenue alone,
nearly 30 blocks of buildings from three
to five stories high, were destroyed.
CAUSELESS PANIC IN SANTIAGO
False Alarm of New Shock Throws
City Into Terror.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 21. The popula
tion of Santiago was thrown Into a condi
tion of extreme alarm tonight as a result
of the circulation 'of false news that the
observatory had announced a second hor
rible catastrophe to be Imminent. People
would not sleep Indoors, and large num
bers spent the night on the streets and in
the squares.
The alarm originated from some persons
declaring they had seen the black flag,
the sign of danger, flying from' the ob
servatory, which is situated on San Cris
tobal Hill. The shrieking of steam sirens
announcing danger also added to the
alarm, and the police, instead of calming
the people, lost their heads and added to
the terror.
President Rlesco wrote a letter to the
director of the observatory asking for an
explanation. The director replied that the
whole thing was a misapprehension on
the part of the people.
REBUILDING AMID THE RTJINS
AH Force of Chilean Government
Turned to Restoration.
BUENOS ATRES, Aug. 21, 3 A. M.
The Naclon today published a special dis
patch from La Pai, Bolivia, announcing
that 2000 persons lost their lives as a re
sult of the earthquake shocks and fires
at Valparaiso, that 170 deaths from the
same causes occurred at Llmache, 40 at
Quillota. 35 at Conchalj. 11 at Petardo, 90
at La Placllla and 8 at La Calera.
President, Roosevelt's message of sym
pathy with the Chilean people was mot
gratefully received by the government and
people; and messages of sincere thanks
were cabled to Washington by the
Chilean President. .
Special telegrams from Santiago pub
lished here this morning, announce the
arrival there from Valparaiso of Charles
Johnson Gana, a well-known Chilean, af
ter a terrible Journey, accomplished part
ly on foot and partly on horseback. He
confirms the reports of the fearful de
struction and Incalculable loss of life at
Valparaiso.
The Chilian Ministry of the Interior re
ports that the railroad from Tlltil to
Batuco Is working regularly, but that
from Tlltil to Santiago the line la not
working. The President of Chile has
ordered the Immediate construction of
provisional buildings, of wood and zinc.
In order to house the homeless. Military
engineers are now repairing the railroads
and telegraph lines. The authorities at
Valparaiso are organizing distributing
centers, where food and medicine wlllbe
nerved to the earthquake sufferers. The
latter are displaying exemplary patriotism
and courage.
Large parties of convicts who escaped
from the prisons In Chile have been com
mitting robberies and other crimes at
Valparaiso, Casa Blanca and Vina del
Mar, but the majority of them have been
captured and summarily dealt with. Up
wards of 60 have been publicly snot ana
this severe action on the part of the au
thorlties is exercising a salutary effect
on the convicts who are still at large.
All the public bodies In Chile are co
ODeratlng in the relief work and suffer
ers from the disaster are engaging In re
pairing the damaged buildings and the
telegraph and railway iines. it is report
ed that the Chilean government will In
troduce a bill in Congress providing for
the emission of $80,000,000 in paper notes
The project also proposes a new national
loan to enable the government to meet all
emergencies.
FOREIGN CAPITAL TO REBUILD
Interests Are Large and Chilean
Credit Is Good.
NEW YORK. Aug. 21. Quan Tonkin, a
Chilean civil engineer, who is now in
New York, eald last night:
"In Valparaiso local and foreign In
terests axe so great that it is absolutely
certain the city will be rebuilt. The
financial burden of rehabilitation will not
be thrown on Chile alone, but also on
the numerous foreign Interests, which In
clude most of the nations of the world.
Of the foreign Interest. I believe the
English will bo the heaviest losers, espe
cially the many English Are Insurance
companies that suffered such great losses
In the destruction of San Francisco. How
ever, it must be kept In mind that Chile
enjoys very high financial credit, espe
claly in the London market, where her
bonds are quoted at 994 per cent. The
external debt of Chile Is about $105,000,000,
which has always been scrupulously
served, and It takes only 12 per cent of
the Chilean government revenue to serve
this debt. The Chilean state railway
alone represents nearly as much as the
external debt, while the salt petre lands
represent four or five times as much
more."
TOWN OF QUILLOTA WRECKED
Another Severe Shock Completes the
Work of Destruction.
LIMA, Peru, Aug. 21. There was an
other heavy earthquake shock at Val
paraiso last night. According to the
latest reports received here from the
scene of the earthquake, the town of
Quillota, situated about 26 miles from
Valparaiso, and having a population of
some 10,003 people, has been complete
ly destroyeJ. At Lima this morning
there was a slight shock, and Huacho
was shaken by an earthquake yesterday.
PLAGE .IN POLITICS
CALL FOR AMERICAN HELP
Red Cross Will Receive Contribu
tions, Diplomats Distribute Them.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Funds for the
relief of the earthquake sufferers will be
received "by the American Red Cross and
sent to Valparaiso and other stricken
cities for distribution through American
diplomatic and consular representatives In
that country. , Charles H. Keep, National
treasurer of the American Red Cross,
Washington, D. C, will receive contribu
tions from persons living In states which
have no Red Cross organization.
ICE MINE-ON THEIR FARM
SPOKANE OWNERS EXPECT TO
. MAKE MINT OF MONEY.
Congealed Fluid Has Been Dug by
the Wagon Load, and There
Is Plenty More.
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Ice forms constantly at the sur
face of the ground along the Little
Spokane River, eight .miles from this
city, throughout the Summer. The ex
istence of this natural refrigerator has
Just been discovered by E. R. Peter
son and W. I. Rake, who own the land
on which it exists.
The Little Spokane Refrigerator
Company, for the purpose of keeping
fruits, vegetables, butter and eggs and
other perishable stuff In cold storage.
Is being organized, in the expectation
of developing a great industry from
this discovery. It is proposed to dig a
giant artificial cave at the place where
the earth is constantly frozen, fill
reservoirs with water which will freeze
and add to the frigidity of the tem
perature to an extent that will pro
duce natural refrigeration for hundreds
of carloads of fruit.
Drafts of cold air that fairly swept
them off their feet, as they removed
boulders from the land In question, and
the formation of ice where water
seeped through between rocks on the
shady side of boulders, resulted In the
investigation by Peterson and Rake
that materialized in the unique dis
covery. For three weeks they have been
quietly Investigating the ground In
that vicinity, and find it is frozen to the
depth of several feet and that all sur
face water Is promptly congealed
thereon.
One remarkable feature of their dis
covery Is that they can actually mine
ice. In fact they have kept the re
frigerators In their own homes sup
plied for a fortnight by chunks of ice
dug from the earth. With pick and
shovel they have dug a wagonload at-a
time and believe there is an exhausti
ble supply. The "Ice mine" Is a half
mile In extent, a quarter mile wide and
of unknown depfh.
Ripley Defines That of Santa
Fe Road to Kansans.
DEFENDS PASS SYSTEM
IDAHO DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN
H. W. Lockhart, a Pocatello Attor
ney, Accepts the Place.
BOISE, Idaho, .nug. 21. (Special.) H.
Lockhart, of Pocatello, has been chosen
chainman of the Democratic State Com
mittee. He was offered the position by
Judge Stockslager today, after consulting
with other leaders, and accepted.
Lockhart is a young attorney, born in
Kentucky. It Is announced he will put
hts business affairs In order promptly and
come to Boise to open headquarters.
Seining Grounds Are Hit Hard.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.)
The price of steelheads advanced from
4 to 5 cents per pound, made by Linden
toerger. The catch of salmon continues
very small and with the season ending
Saturday, there Is no hope of the total
pack being brought up to that of last
year, although a little spurt during the
last two or three days would make a ma
terial difference.
Owing to the falling off In the run re
cently, the seining grounds have been
hard hit, and few of them will make any
money, while several have lost heavily
on the season's work.
Steel Sells Tract to Laidlaw.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 21. (Special.)
State Treasurer-elect George A. Steel
and wife have sold to W. A. Laidlaw
Claim No. 38 and parts of sections 7, 8,
17, 18, 19 and 20. township 2 south, range
2 east. The consideration was $21,790,
and the transaction Involves 338.20 acres
of land located north of this city and
adjoining Gladstone.
Only Conformed With Custom and
Did Not Expect to Buy Officials
Votes Has Political Inter
ests as Large Taxpayer.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. President E. P.
Ripley, of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
re, today addressed an open letter to
the people of Kansas, in answer to com
xnunlcations approving or criticising his
conduct, of the Santa Fe affairs. He says
the road Is worth all it is capitalized for
and as to taxation, the company will not
murmur as long as Its property is b
sessed In the same proportion of Its real
value as Is the property of private citi
zens. He continues:
" "It Is the almost universal custom In
every part of the country to transport
free of charge National, state and county
officers as a courtesy, and I have never
thought that it gave the railroads any
claim on the conscience of the officials.
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Near His Father's Old Ranch.
DEAD WOOD, S. D., Aug. 21.
Kermit Rooeevelt, Bon of the Presi
dent, left Sunday on a long overland
horseback trip to the ranch on
, which his father first started his
Wild West career, located near Me.
dora, N. D. Regular cow ponies are
being used and a roundup outfit
provision wagon with camping
equipment follows the party. Cap
tain Seth bullock has charge of the
outfit, which consists of Bullock's
son, young Roosevelt and several
others, Including Roosevelt's East
ern friend, John Heard. At Medora
young Roosevelt will meet many of
his father's old friends, men who
rode with him during the stirring
days of the cattle-rustlers' war.
The trip will consume a week or ten
days, and Is purely a camping trip,
no hunting being indulged in. al
though some fishing is being done.
nor have I known of any case where a
legislator has voted or been expected to
vote against his convictions because of
holding a pass.
"There will be no objection on the
part of the company to cease Issuing
paraes if the people of Kansas desire
this to be done."
As to the railroad in politics, Mr Rip
ley says:
'We have the same Interests in good
government as any other citizen, and the
same right to display that Interest. As
the largest corporation In the state and
the largest taxpayer, we have a vital
interest in sane and conservative legisla
tion, and when, as too often has been
the case, there Is danger that the
state will be swept off it3 feet by appeal
to passion and prejudice, made by the
designing demagogues for their own per
sonal ends, It becomes a duty to oppose
those men by fair and legai rneans; and
In such cases, and in such cases only,
will the Santa Fe be found in politics."
BRINGS ADMIRAL'S BODY
Empress of China Arrives at Victoria
From Yokohama,
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 21. The Em
press of China arrived today from Yoko
hama with her flags half-masted, bring
ing the remains of Rear-Admiral Charles
T. Train, commander of the United States
China squadron, who died at the Beach
Hotel. Chefoo, August 4. Lieutenant
Commander T. E. Pollock, flag officer of
.the United States steamship Ohio, and
Lieutenant C. R. Train, of the United
States steamship Qulrios, son of the de
ceased, accompanied the remains on the
way to Washington.
The United States cruiser Princeton will
meet the Empress of China at Vancouver
tomorrow and the remains will be trans
ferred and taken to Seattle, whence the
Journey to Washington will- be made by
regular train.
Two passengers on the Empress of
China Lieutenant S. H. Thunder, an
Army officer, and Dorothy Fisher and
Chief Officer A. H. Reed were placed in
quarantine on arrival of the steamer.
They were suffering from scarlet fever-,
now epidemic at Yokohama, where there
were 30 cases when the steamer left. The
steamer was fumigated and released.
Will Not Indict Ice Men.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Unofficial an
nouncement was made at the District
Attorney's office today that no in
dictment of any kind may be expect
ed from the August grand Jury. An as
sistant District Attorney, who gave out
the statement, said the ice investiga
tion, so far as the August grand Jury
Is concerned, was finished. He added
that any action by the grand Jury other
than indictment, might be expected tomorrow.
Floods in Nevada Tie Up Railroads.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 21.
Through traffic on the San Pedro, Los
A.ngles & Salt Lake Railroad is tied up
today by destructive floods in Nevada.
Fifty miles of track Is Bald to have
been rendered useless by washouts be
tween Elgin and Moapa, Nev.
Deaths From Heat In Chicago.
CHICAGO. 111., Aug. 21. Two deaths
and a number of prostrations as a result
otheat were reported before noon today.
The temperature at 9 o'clock was 85 de
grees. The temperature at noon was 90
degrees.
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BOOM FOR CANNON
Launched by Illinois Repub
lican Convention.
CULL0M ALSO INDORSED
Chairman Declares Issue Is Regula
tion of Trusts or Government
Ownership Declaration for
, Tariff Revision.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Aug. 21. The Pres
idential boom of Speaker Joseph G. Can
non for 1908, which was launched last
week by his own Congressional District,
was given an enthusiastic indorsement
by the Republican state convention today.
The mention of Cannon's name brought
the convention to its feet, and there waa
enthusiastic cheering. The convention
carried out the will of the people of the
state, expressed at the primaries a few
weeks ago, by a unanimous Indorsement
of Senator Shelby M. Cullom.
Outside of the Indorsement of Cannon
for President and Cullom for re-election.
there waa little of general Interest in
the convention proceedings. The fight for
State Treasurer was the most spirited.
but Smulskl won easily on the second
ballot.
The resolutions contain an indorsement
of President Roosevelt's administration,
of Illinois Senators and Representatives
in Congress, and of the administration
of Governor Dineen.
The State Ticket. '
The ticket nominated follows:
Treasurer of the State, John F. Smul-
ekl.
Superintendent of Fublia Instruction.
Francis G. Blain.
Trustees of the State University, Mrs.
Carrie S. Alexander, Fred Hatch, Alex
ander McLain, L. L. Lehman (short
term).
The temporary chairman was state
Senator O. F. Berry, and the permanent
chairman Edward Shurtleff, Speaker of
the House. In his opening speecn .Berry
said:
'The position of the Republicans is that
the power of the Government, both state
and National, over corporations, trusts
and combinations, is absolute. The Bry-
ans, the Johnsons and the Hearsts be
lieve, or, at least, say. they can only be
regulated hy state or National ownership.
The next campaign is likely to be fought
on this issue, with Mr. Bryan, who is
now paying his respects to the crown
heads of Europe and purging the Demo
cratic National Committee, or trying to do
awav with members objectionable to him
as a candidate and government owner
ship as the battle-cry. The doctrine ad
vocated by these men is a manifest drift
to Socialism, and means. If carried to a
successful conclusion as advocated, noth
ing less than revolution."
The platform opens by proclaiming
anew faith by the party In Illinois to the
cardinal principles of Republicanism as
expressed In its National platform of
1904. Of the tariff the platform says:
Revise Tariff, but Not Yet.
"We do not hold that any particular
schedule of tariff duties must be of end
less duration, but, on the contrary, when
changing business and industrial condi
tions shall be benefited by a modification
of any existing tariff schedule, the Re
publican party holds itself ready to make
such needed changes. The necessity for
such change, however, must not arise
from any special interest, but must arise
from a fair and candid consideration of
all of the business and industrial inter
ests of the whole country."
Full approval to the legislation of the
last session of the National Congress
was given. The policy of the National
administration was commended. and
President Roosevelt was characterized
"as one of the bravest, most fearless and
most Just men who ever held the high
office of President of the United States."
The course pursued in Congress by Sen
ators S. M. Cullom and A. J. Hopkins
and by the Republican Representatives
from Illinois was heartily indorsed. Of
Speaker Cannon the following was said:
"We are proud of the fact that from
their number that splendid statesman,
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, has been twice
chosen Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives." f
The candidacy of Senator Cullom for re
election to the United States Senate was
declared settled.
The Speaker Cannon boom for the
Presidency waa launched in Illinois in
the following words:
"Mindful of the great responsibilities
of the office of President of the
United States, hoping for a continuation
of the successful policies and adminis
tration of the Republican party, with full
confidence In the experience, ability,
mental equipment and lofty patriotism
of Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, for
the discharge of these duties and great
responsibilities, Illinois most strongly fa
vors and recommends to her sister states
and to the National Republican conven
tion to be held in 1908 the nomination of
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, to
the high office of President of the United
States."
Regarding the 'party's attitude on labor,
the platform says:
"The Republican party is the pioneer In
labor legislation. Opposition to slavery
and all forms of oppression and desire to
aid free labor to the highest degree of
education, efficiency and happiness are
the first principles of the party, which
has shown its faith by iu works for the
last 60 years by enacting National and
state laws by which the field of labor has
Immensely enlarged, wages greatly In
creased per diem, hours of labor much
decreased and laborers made more secure
from accident. The Republican party
pledges that It will work as faithfully
for the Interests of labor in the future as
It has in the past."
HEAD BEATEN TO A PULP
Indian Is Brutally Murdered on the
North Yakima Reservation.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 21.
(Special.) Peter Sampson, an Indian re
siding on the Yakima Indian reservation,
was murdered last night three miles this
side of x ort Slmcoe. He was stabbed a
dozen or so times in the body and over
the heart, and his head was beaten to a
pulp.
Moses. Peter's brother, who was in the
city toda" said that near the place where
the body was found there were signs of a
fierce struggle. He said bloody marks
could be seen on the ground for a radius
of 12 or 15 feet. He thinks the man was
murdered by a band of drunken Jndlans.
Although a wind storm blew all night
on the reservation, it Is the belief of the
dead man's brother that the murderers
can be tracked to their hiding-place. The
Indian police and two trackers are now
on the trail of the murderers.
Chair of Klectrlcal Engineering.
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 2L At a meet
ing of the regents of the University of
California today, formal acceptance was
made of the gift of J100.000 made to the
university by Mrs. John Mackay and her
eon Clarence Mackay for the endowment
of a professorship of electrical engineer
ing. The support of research work along
electrical lines.
Professor Clarence L. Cory was ap
pointed the first Incumbent of the John
iMackay, Jr., chair of electrical engineering.
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