East Oregonian : E.O., August 21, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

I OAILYEVENINGEDItInI TT- A DAIIY EVENING EDITION
WEATHER FORECAST.
showers tonight or
warmer tonight.
rENDLETvVV ftEGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1900.
NO. 5750
VOL. 19.
wuin 10 rcacn reaa me evening 'II 1 1 ' ' v Vk I II
per after the days' work Is done. II .fP A W J . w"-J J " i Probably
Lrruk1 oresonlan ads ) ZA xs2 g i w
' V
: . . - "fr- fi -r,
MORE REPORTS DP
THE
It is Not Sato to Walk In the
Streets on Account of Fall
ing Delms.
FIRST SROCK LASTED
1 SOVCTES AM 50 SECONDS.
Hie Quirtto Was Predicted Two Days
Itxtnm at tho Naval ObHcrvntory
SlKMlts McHi Felt at Valparaiso
Constantly Fires Bells Pealed An.
imuneliiK the Starting f Firm In
Various PurW of Uio City Major
ity of Houses Have Unsound l-Vnin-
flirt ions Two Thousand Dead
Valparaiso.
Santiago, Aug. 21. Only now can
the extent of the earthquake damage
"be appreciated. The majority of the
modern houses of this city have un
safe 'foundations. Special corps was
organized to raise all tottering struc
tures. It Is unsnfe to walk on most
of the streets on account of the full
ing debris.
Advices from Valparaiso Indicate
the dead at 2000. On the night of
August 18, all was rendered baleful
by the flashing of lightning, the driv
ing rain, wires and rubles snapping
8B the result of the constant earth
quakes which followed each other In
rapid succession.
Fire bells pealed announcing the
starting of fires In -various afts of
the city. The rirst shock lasted four
minutes and 60 second, Which Is
, longer than any In the memory of
any Santiago citizen. The shocks
caused bells f.o ring, -pictures to swing
and fall from walls.
Qnake Forrtdlfl.
Experts say that the only thing that
saved the city from total destruction
was the fact that the motion was cir
cular. The principal shock from
'Valparaiso to Santiago and "Merlpllla
with center at Lima. The Intter
towns, with Qullloitu, w'Hh 1-0,000
population, and Llama wiu Destroyed.
'The quake was foretold, the naval ob
servatory predicting It tow 'days pre
vious. Valparaiso papers printed the
prediction the dny before it nccurred.
Receive Roosevelt's 'Mi-iiwmc.
'Valparaiso, Aug. 11. The govern
ment and people have -received Roos
evelt's message of condolence and
they thankfully replied. The -government
ordered the Immediate construc
tion of houses of rmta and islnc "ir.
which to house the homeless. Mili
tary 'engineers are repairing the rail
road and telegraph lines. Larg
parties of convicts who -escaped have
been committing oil sorts of crimes.
Ovfcr "SO. wtre publicly rtiot.
MAny On Mail.
Buenos Ay res .Aug. 21. The -cut
off nn-tKe Santlngo telegraph line hus
been repaired and hundreds of private
mepsapes ' hove been received. They
report everything In a mtlHfnctm-y
condition there. The refugees are ar
riving t rViiitlago on horseburk, nnl
way a rehsi of terror prevails an
hori-lfvlng stenes are seen In all iparta
of the city.
Scmnres full of people who are
driven from -"homes. Thousands are
praying- in the streets and many have
gone mad. Ttte government has de
clared an Indelinltc period of mourn
ing. The public relief subscription
were opened In Buenos Ayres today.
The Jockey club -gave 60,000 pesos.
Argentine government will pans for
Mnnehurin in a Total Loss.
San Francisco, Aug. 21. A
cablcgtyim was received here
at noon from Honolulu to the
Pacific Mall Co., stating there Is
small cahnce of getting the
Manchuria off, and the wreck
may prove a total loss. Captain
J. W Saunders was In com
mand of tho vessel, which car
ried a crew numbering 1000, In
addition to the cabin passengers,
and carried 300 Chinese and 50
Japanese In the steerage, and a
cargo of 8000 tons.
EARTHQUAKE
an appropriation for the relief of suf
ferer.
Returning From Hill.
Valparaiso, Aug. 21. The people
are returning from the hills. Banks
are open for two hours dally. The
work of restoration Is proceeding.
Slight Quaked Follow.
Lima, Atig. 21. A heavy quake wan
felt Inst night. A slight shock was"
felt hre this morning. Huacho was
shaken yesterday.
ELEVEN JURYMEN CHOSEN.
Mayn, SoreiiHon and Jones on Trial
at Portland.
Portland, Aug. 2l Eleven Jury
men had been selected at noon In the
federal court trial of forer United
States Attorney Franklin Mays, Geo.
Sorenson and Wlllard N. Jones, foi
complicity In colossal land frauds In
'(he Blue Mountains reserve. The late
(Senator Mitchell and Congressman.
Williamson and Congressman Heir
mann Were co-defendants.
COMMITTED TO JAIL.
On Ouirse of Inciting In the R. It. T.
Double Fare Riots.
New York, Aug. 21. Held without
ball on a charge of Inciting Into the
recent B. R. T. double fare riots,
General Superintendent Dow Smith
and General Inspector Newberry,
were committed to jail 1n lirooklyn
yestorday by Magistrate Hlgyenboth
of the police court to await atrial.
The defendants are preparing for a
habeau corpus proceeding. Minor of
ficials are held under I200IO bonds.
Republican TOnvenHoii.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 21. The re
publican stale convention .is entirely
controlled by Governor Ieneen to
day. On account active rampnlgnlni
or Anarew Kussers wife, Kussel was
nearly nominated for state treasurer.
He received 86 votes -on the first
ballot Smulskt, the silminlstratlon
man, was namhmted serond ballot
LINES
0II1MEET
IIARRIMAN TN CONTJIOL
or the mi,i movement.
I Great Strangle Hilit inxl Ix-ft to (1
Uolc! -f Union Put-flic and South
ern Purine Mm rex, ArooniHinlcd bj
Wihl FsniifittmHi as to the Profit
Thnt May He RciilhsrU llarrlmnn
Kusprrtnl ot Siitiulii(fc to Unload.
New Tork, Aug. 21, The Union
Pacific anfl Southern Pacific rail
roads' bull movement 'Is mow in full
swing on the stock matket. While
both fell off from the high levels. It
is apparent tho OTarrlmnn Interests
are absorbing all the profits, taking
all sales, to resume the upward move
ment Inter.
Union Pacific opened nt 1S3, fell
in 182 3-8, and again went tiowly up
ward. There is much buy'ng on the
prediction It will reach 200.
Southern Pnclfic fluctuated within
tianrow margins. Everybody let South
em Pacific alone until the source of
the-IJnlon movement coalfl be learned.
It Is said Harrlman Is still long on
both, which will be marketed..
St. -Petersburg, Ang. 21. The re
port ot' the officials show that last
wiek there wero 69 officials murder
ed and AS were wounded In Russia
proper. Fifty stations were raided
and alx siifcs rifled, and 6S persnus
were robbed. These figure apply
only to cities. Multitudes were ban
ished and snores were officially exe
cuted. The police of this city are be
ing trained to handle rapid fire guns.
Mnvy Killed.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 21. For
taunting soldiers ond for letting the
Japnnese defeat them It resulted yes
terday In the killing and wounding of
58 peasants In the Kharloff province.
. Cbicngo, Aug. 21. The Illinois so
clallsls. who are holding a convention
considered today the platform drawn
by Joseph Medill Patterson, the mil
lionaire. The Washington Spanish War Vet
erans 'association will meet next rear
at Spokane.
PACIFIC
SHEEP OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP MAY RE TAXED.
Salem, Aug. 21. (Special.) An Important decision by the su
preme court today wan that in the case of W. P. Resen vs. Umatilla
county. Appeal from Umatilla county; affirmed opinion by Judge
Bean. i '
Umatilla county had passed a law Imposing a tax on sheep of
foreign ownership. Resen brought suit for damages and won. Tno
county took an appeal, but the d piston of the lower court was affirmed.
NEW LEVEE REPAIRS WILL
TOTAL I COST OF $92,000
If the Levee is Built on the New Location on Section No. 1,
the Cost Will Be
Thin Is AccnrJIng to a Report Submitted to tlie City Council Last Night
Messrs. Young and Kclsuy, Engineers, Met With Member of Council
In RTii to the. Work A Resolution Ordering the Telephone and
Electric 'Companies to Remove Their Poles From the Glitters on Main
and Court Streets and Plnee Them Inside the Sidewalk Limit Was
Read -and Paused Lcvoo ltiiort In Detail.
In ordwr to repair the levee as It
should be done in the Judgment of
Messrs. Young & Kelsay, engineers,
and to xtend tho bulwark as far
down as 'the lower O. R. c N. bridge,
will require a totalestimated expense
of 6B,W0. This Is according to the
report submitted to the city wuncll
last Tiitfit and which is given in full
below. After being read and dis
cusses sut some length the report was
referred to the levee committee con
sisting of Councilman Murphy, Hln
kle nntl Swearlngen.
AAdc from the levee report two
other matters of Importance came be
fore the council last evening. A reso
lottwn ordering he telephone and
electric companlea to remove their
poles from the gutters on Matn and
Cenrt streets and place them Tnslde
the aldewalk limit, was read and
passed by unanimous Tote.
In behalf of the fair commission
C "E. Roosevelt asked that the com
mission be allowed the tise ol Rail
road street from Main to Johnson,
during the fair, for the purpose of
displaying the livestock placed on ex
hibit. Also the commission Wished to
secure control of the Main street
pi'tvlleges during the fair wee'k so as
to -prevent other attractions "from se
curing the same, and finally pennls
slnn was asked to erect the Tulr pa
vIThm on the property adjoining the
Kunki'l implement store.
A -there are several problems to
be worked out In reference to the
commission's requests the mayor re
ferred the entire matter to a commit
tee composed of Councilman Thomp
son, Ulurphy and Ell. They were di
rected to report at the rego'ar meet
ing Wednesday evening.
I.eveo Report In PetalL
Portland, Ore., Aug. 18, ''06,
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council, Pendleton, Oregon.
Gentlemen: The following Is a re
port on tiie proposed levee Improve
ment for the city of Pendleton, to
gcther with estimates of costs and
maps and iproflle of the propused
work. I have made a survey to locate
the present levee and the- propnsed
new location from that point to the
railroad bridge below the city. The
profile shows the top of the present
levee, the proposed grade to which
the levee should be raised, a profile
of the surface -of the town Just out
side the toe of the levee, the depth to
bedrock and the elevations at differ
ent points of the high wator of 1908.
Old Levee Not Right.
, The original levee as constructed
1h a bunk of earth and gravel ahout 12
feet wide on top. The outsldo slope
on the upper part of tho leveo Is
about two and one-half horizontal
to one vertical and on tho lower
part of tho levee about one and one-
half horizontal to' one vertical. At
the Main street bridge tho slopo Is
very steep. Tho outer slope of the
lce Is covered with rlprnp of small
rock placed with fairly uniform sur
face. The Btono used for this pur
pose is too small. Tho riprap was
started on the surface of the ground
and was not carrlod down to bodrock,
and in many places the river has cut
under It and washed out the toe of
the levce. The troeg growing along
$12,500 More.
the bank are an additional protection
so long as the water is kept from cut
ting under them and washing them
out. On each side of the Main street
bridge the rlprapptng Is laid on a Very
steep slop and it has fallen down in
many places. The outer slope of the
levee should be about two horizontal
to one vertical. Where, on account
ot lack of room the slopes are made
steep, as at the Main street bridge,
the stone should be laid In cement
mortal-.
Wing Wall at Vppcr End.
Beginning at the upper end at the
head of the mill race for about 650
feet and thence directly across the
railroad embankment. There is a
Tock bluff ivoout 40 feet high abov
the head of the mill race and there
ir no danger from overflow above
this point. The river current strikes
fhe north bank of the mill race at
the head and a masonry wing wall
should be put In at this point to di
vert the current from the levee. The
levee from the head to the O. R. & X.
Tallroad Is barely above the high wa
ter mark and it should be raised and
the bank widened, and from about
station 10 to the railroad the toe ol
I the levee should be protected.
If bedrock can be found without
going too deep a better location foT
this part of the levee would be on a
istrulKlit line from the head of the
mill race to the west end of the rail
road bridge, and I have run a nne
on that location and furnished an es
timate of the co?t and alfo the cost
of repairing and strengthening the old
levee.
Levee Now In Danger.
From tho railroad bridge down the
river for a distance of about 600 feet
to station 24, the current does not
strike the levee and there Is not much
annger at this point. From station
24 to 30 the channel has cut down
along the toe of the levee but has
not yet undermined It. From station
30 to 42 the current has begun to cut
under the toe of the levee and In
places iti'p riprap has been dlsplnced
and unless "le levee Is repaired and
protected there is danger of Its being
destroyed. From station, 60 to' 6
some repairs have been made by put
ting loose rock along the toe of the
levee but this work Is not a sufficient
protection. '
Bedrock Tests .Made.
To determine the depth to bedrock
a steel drill was put down at the
points Indicated on the profile and
the elevation of the bedrock noted.
On section No. 1 the drill was put
down eight feet without striking bed
rock. The estimate of the cost of
this work 1s based on nn average
depth of 1 feet to bedrock, but ad
ditional teFts should be made on this
section before the work .Is ordered.
The average depth to bedrock along
the line from station 21 to 60 Is about
five feet below the river channel.
From station 50 to 64 the bedrock is
exposed. From station 64 to 82 the
average depth to bedrock is about
4 M feet. From station S2 to station
92 the bedrock Is exposed. At sta
tion 102 tho depth to bedrock below
the river bed was found to be about
five feet. No sounding were made
below this point.
From station 71 to station 75 the
riprap la very steep, but the current
does not strike it and the toe is fair
ly well protected by trees and the
riprap has stood fairly well.
LnDow Turn Wax Bad.
From station 92 the old levee mad-.1
a sharp turn out Into the river so that
the current struck directly against It,
which was one of the reasons for the
levee washing out.
Divided Into Five Sections.
For convenience In contracting and
to enable the city to decide on the
amount of work to be done this year,
I have divided the work Into sections
and have given the cost of doing the
work on each section. The sections
are as follows:
Section 1, station 0x75 to station
18, from head of levee to N. P. rail
road.
Section 2, station 18 to station 63-
20 from N. P. railroad to Lee street
bridge.
Sesllon 3, station 53-20 to station
77-70, from Lee street bridge to Main
street bridge.
Section 4, station 77-70 to station
105, from Main street bridge to lower
end of old levee.
Section 5, station 105 to station
131-83, proposed extension from tho
lower end of old levee to O. R. & X.
bridge.
The Work Now Needed. 1
The work recommended by me Is
as follows:
Put In a wing wall at the head of
the mill race to divert the water at
this point.
Raise and widen the levee on sec
tion 1 and protect the toe of the levee
from station 10 to the railroad.
Put In a wall on bedrock with an
average height of about three feet
along the toe of the levee from sta
tlon 21 to the lower end. This wall
can be made of concrete or stone ma
sonry laid with cement mortar.
Fill In with riprap from the top of
this wall to the toe of the present
levee.
Where the wall of the present levee
(Continued on page 8.)
REINFORCEMENTS
THE REBELS WOULD FORCE
FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
Siteal Horses of the Danish Consul
Active Raiding In Various LocaU
tlex, ond an Actual Attack by Guer
Ilia I pon Havana, Which Was
HcpulMcd by the Police Reported
Arrest of Miguel Gomez.
Havana, Aug. 21. President Pal
ma this morning Increased the rur
alcs by 1000 and named General Raf
ael Montalvo, secretary of public
works, to command the government
forces. Montulvo will take the field
In person.
Would Force Intervention.
Havana, Aug. 21. Rebels are try
ing to force foreign Intervention as
well as American, and attacked the
home of the Danish consul near the
residence of the American minister,
and stole 12 blooded horses there.
There Is raiding in various sections.
At the Gatra of Havana.
Havana, Aug. 21. The rebels tried
to force their way Into the city but
were discovered by the police, and
fled after an exchange of shots at the
threshold of the capital.
There Is fighting today at the hill
of Pinal del Rio.
The government has ordered the
arrest of General Jose Miguel Gomez,
and It is reported he has been arrest
ed and held secretly. Gomez's sec
retary Is In prison.
Man Caught With Bombs.
Havana, Aug. 21. A man caught
In Plnar del Rio this morning with
20 bombs led to the report the rebels
will resort to assassination.
Washington, Aug. 21. The Cuban
legation has received a dispatch say
ing that all the rebel leaders are ar
rested, and the government Is confi
dent of putting down the uprising.
Ml. is quiet at Havana.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, Aug. 21. Wheat opened
at il 1-S, closed at 71 3-8; corn
opened at 48, closed at 48 3-8; oats
opened at.30, closed 29 3-4.
I
HUSTLES
EMPLOY
E
ON THE CANAL
They Will Work Ten Hours
Per Day, Full Pay and Half
for Overtime.
PRESIDENT FORWARDS MES
SAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO CHILE
Contractors Must Put Up Bond of
10,000 to Carry Out Regulations of
the Commission To Remove Negro
Troow From Browne llie Bob
Evans Yfcitcd the President Yes
terday Will Issue Appeals for
Contributions to Chile Restore
Order at Cuba.
Washington, Aug. 21. The com
mission Intends to employ 15,000 Chi
nese on the canal instead of 2500 a
first announced. They will work 10
hours per day, full pay and half for
overtime. Specifications ftv propos
als from the Chinese labor contract
ors were issued today. Bids must ba
accompanied by a bond of $50,000.
Upon awarding the contract, tha
contractors must put up a bond of
1100.000 to carry out the regulations
of the commission. The coolies are
physically sound, and accustomed to
the climate and work conditions,
which are similar to the Panama
work. i 1
Relief for Cllll. :
Washington, Aug. il. The presi
dent today forwarded a message of
condolence to the president at Chill.
The Red Cross will' probably request
donations for the relief of sufferers
tomorrow. The donations will be ca
bled to the American consul at Val
paraiso who will superintend distribu
tion. ' ' i
Remove Negro Troops.
Wnshinston, Aug. 21. The depart
ment decided to remove the negre
troops from Brownsville, and send
white company. j'j
Evans Visits President.' '
Oyster Bay, Aug. 21. Bob Evans'
was visiting the president yesterday
He came on the Yankton and anchor
ed off Roosevelt pier at noon. Tht'
president entertained the command-'
ers of ships aboard the MayflowaV
after the review.
Washington May Interfere. ' I
Washington, Aug. 21. The state
department has required the diplo
matic representatives of Cuba to send
a full report of the conditions and
they have prepared forcible means
for restoring order without delay if
necessary. If It is found that the
government Is unable to maintain or
der the marines will be sent ashore
to punish the revolutionists. The of
ficials say they do not have to await
a request from Palma.
Employes Walk Out.
Los Angeles, Aug. 21. The steam
schooner Centralla, lumber laden, ar
rived at San Pedro yesterday, and
the owners of the lumberyards tried
to have their employes unload her.
They all refused and were discharged
where the men did not walk out. S'x
hundred men are cut. Employers will
get non-union men to unload the ves
sels. There is no trouble as yet i
Ohio Democrats.
Columbus, O., Aug. 21. The city is
crowded with democrats attending tha
state convention. Cooptlon will be
principal topic for discussion.
Ice Trot n Benefit.
New York, Aug. 21. Weston
Oelcr, president of tho Ice
trust, was a witness before the
grand Jury this morning. He
was Indignant to think he
should have been summoned,
and said If tho public knew the
facts it woul derect a monument
to the trust instead of vllllfying
it. Tho state expects to show
the lee trust and "Independents"
conspire to keep up prices, and
create a shortage.