U.. .UBLIHK FULL AttOOIATIO Nltt NICORT UOVBRt TMI MORNINQ FIILO ON TH LOWE OOLUMSfJU VOLUME LXI NO. 218 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 18. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS awful IS Frantic Day-On New York Stock Exctfangc. STOCKS JUMP UPWARD Southern Pacific and Union Pac ific Dividends Send Stocks Soaring. SHORTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Sudden RIm Find Sborti Unprepared Many Suffer Sharp Loumi , Pool Formed Make. Million oa Swift Chang. NEW YORK. August 17-Amld scene of frantic trading on the etude exchange Union Pacific common stock ruahetl up ward to 171 point a share, and South' rn Pacific III point today after tin announcement that the dividend, were far In excea of what the trader had nd reason to expect.. The result wa that a large number nf trader, who (old stock ahort. suf fered eharp loase and according to an (timnte by the Evening post, a pmd In Union Pacific stock realized profita amounting to 17,000,000, iin.l a similar pool la Southern Pacific, $10,000,000. Notwithstanding a meeting of the exe cutive of the Union and Southern Pa cific roda yesterday the hulk of broker were totally unprepared for the an noiiiieement or dividend, which were made public aoon after the ojtening ot today' market. The broker were awept Into a mad struggle to buy two stock v it hin a minute after the announcement wag circulated, and the excited scene which ensued have hardly been exceeded lnce the grent at niggle to control Northern Pacific five yeara ago. The shorts were surprised and unpre pared for the upward rush which follow ed and led the scramble to cover. With in half nn hour after the announcement, Union Pacific bounded up more than eight points and Southern Pacific nearly even. The feverish activity continued throughout the action with vnriona bait in the upward movement, when the tinder sole! to take profit. Except for theso halts, the upward movement continued almost to the very clone of the market when there was a light recension on the profit taking. PLACED UNDER ARREST. PENDLETON, Ore., August 17,-Upon ti warrant charging them with the for gery of a will, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Warner were plnced under arrest yester lay afternoon. Soon after their arrest they asked to be released on bail, and County Judge flillilnnd, before whom they were taken in the absence of their Circuit Judge, fixed the amount of their ball at $730 each. Later in the after noon this was furnished, Thomas Thomp son and Frank Curl becoming bondsmen, niul the two were released. It is prob able that the case against the Warners will not be tried until the Jury term of court In the fall. At that time it is likely a hard legal fight will be waged, localise of the amount involved in the will. $40,000. The firm of Carter, Ralcy & Ralcy, and Winter & Collier have been retained for the Warner. WTENSE SHOCKS AT INTERVALS. Operator at Valparalto Saya Quake Continue and Lou of Lift Great. (JALVK8T0N, Texan, August 17Ac eordlng to statements made by the cable operator at Valparaiso, who wa work ing iu direct communication wltb the olllce In thl city, today'a earthquake hockt continued at interval through out the day and many timea the opera tor had to flee from their office. The operator at Valparalto atated everything U in confusion at that place, many hounea have been raxed and the los of life i believed to be heavy, although no attempt haa been made a yet to aw tain the number, Overland lines over the Ande are all down and communica tion aouth of Valparalao I completely but off. CHARGED WITH EXTORTION. NEW YORK, August 17.-Mauriee L freeman of Rrooklyn, an examiner era ployed in the atate comptroller' office wa arreted lat night on a charge of extortion. The. complainant i a mining company In Broad street. It it alleged that several week ago Freeman told the manager of the company that by the payment of ti0 stock could be trans ferred In thU tate without the necci- imy atamp. The police were notified an I a detective was sent to the mining com pany' office yeterday. It Is alleged that a marked bill waa paid and Free man wa arretted. He denounced hi ar rest, asserting hi Innocence. FELT AT HONOLULU. HONOLULU, August 17.-Tbe tide guage here show disturbance! apparent ly of a distant origin. Beginning at 0:23 this morning, three wave per hour have been indicated showing the oscilla tlun from normal tide of between three and four inches. BELL SAVES MEXICAN. MILWAUKEE, August 17.-Charlcs Neary doefated Aurelio Herrera in the seventh round of an eight-round bout to night. It was Neary' fight from start to finish. The Miean was floored Ave times in the second round and waa saved from a knockout by the bell. PLANS FOR AUTO RACE. NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Application wa filed yesterday by the American Automobile Association with the Nns aau County Hoard of Supervisors for n permit to hold the third international race for the W. K. Vanderbilt Jr., cup over the roads of the count v. on Oct. 0, M'tween the hours of Ave o'clock in the morning and three o'clock in the after noon and for permission to hold the elimination trial over the same course on Sept, 22, at the same time. The pplication will not he considered until Monday but no difficulty is anticipated in securing assent. MRS. JOHN KNAPP DIES. WATCH HIT., R. I, A.ig. 17.Mrs. John Knnpp, of St. Louis, mother of Charles W. Knnpp, general manager of the St. Louis Republic ami director of the Associated Press, and of Commnnder J. J, Knnpp, U. 8. N died late Inst night at her summer residence here, Mrs. Knnpp wn 82 years fold. She had been an invalid for nearly four years. Resides her sons three daughters sur vive her. NO VICTORY ANNOUNCED. CAMP TACOMA, August 17. "Thero wn no victory and none will be an nounced," said General Funston this af ternoon after the maneuvers of the morning. The camp commander in chief expressed his satisfaction with the re sults of the action. He added some ex ceedingly flue movements had been exe cuted and while some mistakes had been made ,lt la by these means the United States army is perfecting itself. ETHQTJAKB VALPARAISO AS ALMOST DESTROYED Hundreds of Lives arc Lost and Flames Said to Be Raging Throughout Entire City. ALL WIRE COMMUNICATION IS NOW CUT OFF Latest Reports Show that it Is Impossible to Get Authentic Word of Conditions Because of Q Town of Los Andes GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED METROPOLIS OF CHILE SAID TO CEIVES DISPATCHES STATING THAT NUMEROUS DISTRICTS , - THROUGHOUT CHILE HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR -WHOLLY DESTROYED MANY SHIPS LOST. Except received for a few private messages early today reporting the earthquake In Chile and the damage to building in Valparaiso, no direct news from Chile is yet received. Early re porta coming from different points, stat ed the earthquake had resulted in great loss of life and widespread damage to property. Up to 11 o'clock tonight there has been nothing to confirm these reports. The Associated Press correspondent at Buenos Ayres cable It is feared the town of Ixia Andea has been destroyed. At the same time he pointed out that Buenos Ayrea hag no direct communica tion with the disturbed district. No official communication has reached Washington from Chile and while posi tive inormntion Is lacking, New York ofliclals of the cable companies having connection in South America, tonisrht expres the opinion that the first reports of the earthquake are exaggerated. WASHINGTON, August lS.-At three o'clock this morning no official advkes hove been received from Valparaiso. Alarming Reports. LONDON, August 17. Some London firms trading with Valparaiso have re ceived telegram from their agents there. One to James W. Alexander Rrown, says A severe earthquake has occurred; com merce is paralyzed; the town is afire; the staff is safe." Other dispatches give no details and merely record the safety of their staffs. A Hamburg firm is alleged to have re ceived a dispatch stating that numerous districts in Chile have been partially or totally ' destroyed; that, Valparaiso praotically demolished, that many ships have been lost and over 100 killed anl ninny hundreds injured. The dispatch however is not well authenticated. Valparaiso Cut Off. LONDON, August 17.-A dispatch to Reuters Agency from Buenos Ayres this evening says Telegraph communication is still In terrupted. Santiago and Valparaiso are completely cut off. The Pacific cables are only working from Iquiqe northward. It is certain a number of houses have been wrecked at Los Andes. (Los Andes is a town in Chile about 50 miles north east of Valparaiso.) Office is Closed. NEW YORK, August 17-At 11:30 to- REPORTED Broken Telegraph Lines. Reported Wrecked. NO INFORMATION SO FAR BE ON FIRE HAMBURG FIRM RE ''J I' " T ' . night the Central Cable Office of the Western Union Telegraph Company re ceived service message stating "that the Valnaraisn nffi. i. ,1 nKi , .... o ciock tomorrow morning." Jo reason is given for this nor does any otner message received by the com- pany tonight throw any more definite light on the situation. Casualties Are Large. BCENOS AYRES, August 17. News papers this evening publish telegrams from Membra, which is the entrepot for trade between Buenos Ayres and Chile with which it communicates by rooun- tain oasses. tn the effect that munv house in the Los Ande district were lestroyed by the fire and earthquake. and that there has heen a. larw n.m.W of casualties. The interruption on all means of communication with Chile causes much anxiety. Many rumors of disaster are afloat. Quake is Recorded. VICTORIA, August 17.-The Val paraiso earthquake was recorded by the seismograph at Victoria. This afternoon the ofllcer in charge of the meteorologi cal station obtained a record of the shock, which while it does not appear as bad as that , which devastated San Fran cisco, was quite prolonged. There is however, n question of the distance to be taken into consideration in making the comparison of the severity. From the local record, the earthquake occurred about 4:10 (Pacific Coast time) yester day afternoon, and lasted until 8 o'clock. The heaviest shock was felt at 4:45 and the next worst at 5:45. Both these shocks were prolonged. Details Not Obtainable. BUENOS AYRES, August 17 (0 P. M. In the absence of telegraphio com munication beyond the Island of Inca it has been impossible up to this hour to obtain the actual details of the destruc tion by the earthquake in Chile. The managers of the telegraph com panies here, state that nothing -is com ing through. Press reports purporting to come from Chile, are purely imagi nary. London and New York are eager- ly seeking newa from the affected dh- tnct. Oflteials of the Pacific Railway express the belief that the damage is not nearly so serious as stated, but ex- press the fear that the town of Los Andes has been destroyed. IB TO EXPLORE ISLAND. Scientist Will Spend Three Months on Kerjuelen Island. NEW YORK, August 17.-IJke a iiomition (jruftoe, only without a man Friday, and with a certainty of rescue, Alfred J. Klein will upend three months on Kerguelen Inland, half way between Tasmania and the southern end of the continent of Africa, in the Indian ocean, fie is being gent thither by the Mu-euni of Natural History for purpose of research, and expect to sail from Boa ton in September. Through the voy age of a whaling veel the museum ha obtained information about Ker- geulen inland which lead to a belief that the Island contains many speci men of plant and animal life entirely unknown to the world of science. Ker guelen Hand i situated at 49 degree south latitude and 70 degrees east longtitude, half way between Africa and Tasmania. It is 00 mile Ions and contain volcano and glaciers. It temperature seldom rises above fifty degree or fall below zero. It has never been inhabited for any length of time. A whaling vessel will leave Mr. Klein at the inland, returning for him fter a three months cruise in southern waters. PLEASED WITH AMERICA. Kanf Yo Wei, President of Reform As&o sociation, Says Women Beautiful NEW YORK. August 1". There were fully 500 Chinamen on the pier of the Hamburg-American line yesterday when Kang Yo Wei, president of the Chinese Empire Reform Association sailed. He had completed a year's visit to this country, Mexico, and Canada and was Uoin& to observe conditions in Russii, ppam. ureece ana ronugau I The leader of the reform movement made t gpeech from the 6teamer,s deck to the throng on the pier and was round ly applauded. Standing bv him at the time was his daughter, who remains here to enter college in the fall. Kang Y Wei was enthusiastic praise of Ameriej while talking to reporters and declared that this government was one of the best in the world. "When the reform party goes into Pwer at nMe " &&d he, "your methods wiU 1)6 copied." Particularly did he f praise American women, saying that their "ty and the freedom of their ,ive were extremely attractive to him, He wished that the women of China were as beautiiui and could live as un hampered as women here. IMMENSE FOREST FIRES. Flames Destroy Enormous Amount of Timber in California Loss $250,000. SONORA, Cal., August 17. Two ira mense forest fires ere raging in the foot hills, seven miles from the Columbia and Tuolumne county mines. Ranches and cattle are reported destroyed. An army of men from the surroundimr towns, has gone to fight the flnmes. Th property loss is about a quarter of 1 million already. The fighters are mak ing uo progress. The fire started by an attempt to burn a right of way. YESTERDAY' BASEBALL SCORES- Pacific Coast League. At Los Angeles Los Angeles 7, Fres no 3. ' At Oakland Seattle 2, San Francis co 4. At Portland Portland 6, Oakland (13 innings). Northwest League. At Butte Butte 2, Spokane 1. NOTED ACTOR DIES. NEW Y'ORK, August 17. William B. Cahill, formerly weil known actor, died yesterday. He was born in Ireland, and achieved a reputation before he came to this country with Miss Lydia Thomp son. In the 50's Cahill toured the I nited States CHILE FIFTY MEN ENT01ED Clinch Mountain- Tunnel Caves in Suddenly. FATE AS YET UNKNOWN Rescue Party Working With Des peration to Reach Those Imprisoned. RELATIVES ARE DISTRACTED -TV' Men, Women, and Children, Crowd Around Month of Ttiaael Await In; News of Dear Ones Tie Scenes Are Pitible. BRISTOL, Va, August 17. Fifty men are entombed alive in the Clinch moon- tain tunnel at Clinch Port, Va., as a result of a cave in, which occurred to day. It is not known whether the men are dead or alive, but the work of rescu-i is being rushed as fast as possible. Air is being pumped into tbe tunnel for a distance of several hundred feet and ft large force of men are working in an effort to rescue the unfortunates, before they perish, if they are not already dead. The men entombed are chiefly natives of the region and the excitement and an xiety is intense. Men, women and cbil dre are tonight at the mouth of the tunnel, awaiting news of those dear to them, and pitible scenes are enacted. The tunnel is being driven through Clinch mountain for the South and Western railroad and will be one mile in length. It has already been extended about 700 feet, and the nus 2! a considerable distance in the hoie. The operator at Alberta, four miles from Clinch tunnel says it reports! three men have been taken from the tunnel dead and two others seriously in jured. TO MEET IN SARATOGA. MINNEAPOLIS, August 17. The Grand Army completed its fortieth an nual encampment late today and ad journed to meet in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1907. The only contestant the success ful city had was Cincinnati. Just prior to adjournment the new commander in chief, R. B. Brown, announced the fol lowing staff appointments: Adjutant General, Joseph W. Neal of Ohio; Quar termaster eGneral, Charles Burrows of New Jersey; Assistant Quartermaster- General, H. J. Holcombe of Philadelphia; Chief of Staff, J. V. Winanes of Ohio. ELECTRICIANS MEET. NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 17. A hort business session followed by an excursion on Long Island Sound made up yesterday the program of the second day of the convention of the Internatinal Association of Municipal Electricians. Nearly 200 delegates were registered for the convention. BUSINESS SUSPENDED. NEW YORK, August 17. A private cable to W. R. Grace and Company from Valparaiso received via Lima, Peru, saya the earthquake in Valparaiso was severe and business has been totally suspended.