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PAGE SIX THE ECHO REGISTER, ECHO, OREGOX.' FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 1909 For your next meal, try Tic QUEhltE UUS LAr OXTAlN'K, Prop. IteatKiiraiit himI Oynter Houae Meula at all Hours 2ftc Open all Nlgiit OYSTK1W, CKACKKI) CICAK, CRAWFISH, CLAMS, KTC. HFC. Everything w ami Up-to-date (J'J'1 Main Street, Lafontalne Mock U. D. HOLMES Contractor and Builder I'iKtiinnti'H Furnished On A p plicuti o n HOTEL HOSKINS Echo. Ore A New Hotel In PENDLETON Hotel Bowman Judd Fish, Manager. Rooms 50c to $1.50 (With liath) Echo Livery Stable Mm CUMA. frosi. Under new management First class livery rigs. Host of care taken of horses left in our charge. Good rigs, good horses. Hay and grain for sale. Come and see ma. ECHO. OREGON WHY Bond to Mail order Houses for Watches when you can buy a Genuine 2I.I!vclllainpilen mov munt in a 'JO year Case for $20; or a S'i Jewel movement in i!0 year Cane at the sumo price. W. L. Knight, Echo, Oregou. OREGON aho UNION PACIFIC TO Salt Lake Denver Kansas City Chicago St. Louis New York LOW RATES Tickets to ami from all psrts of the United States, Canada and Europe. For particular rail on or address WM. McMURRAY. General Pnfr A((, PortLaJ. Otrngtm p. v. iirx rr.it. Ac-nt faocuacosNo ocrcNoco. , rp. fcT. ti, b vMaoi pwl.wU. Irari Mifc 1rnMa. N ALL COUNTHICS. PattM lfrbnMt fctctles dtlety. U (laU Start. 1. VaM IkH SMI OU. WASMINOTON. o c. Oregon Nursery Company Flrat Clam Stock untl True to Name K. U. ItOSS, Local Represent Ire lleriulaton, Oregon FULL TOGETHER FOR ECHO. CL'LX, TOOETUER FOR ECUO. HUNDREDS KILLED IN MEXICAN QUAKE Acapulco In Ruins from the Many Shocks and Tidal Wave. Mazatlan Laid Waits While Recover ing From Destructive Fire Snips Sunk in Acapulco Harbor, Caus ing Great Loss of Lite Many In terior Towns Destroyed. Mexico City, Mexico, July 81. Hun dreds of lives were lost, innumerable persons were injured and great prop erty loss resulted from earthquakes which shook the entire Southern part of Mexico, extending from Oaxaca on the Southeast to Acapulco on the Pa cific coast, which was partially devas tated at 4 o clock yesterday morning. Lleven dead are reported in this city. and 62 bodies have been recovered at Chilpancingo. Adding to the horror of the quake a tidal wave swept the city of Acapulco, carrying down the bamboo houses which line the shore, with hundreds of occupants, who were unable to escape. Most of these, it is said, were women and children. Driven panic-stricken from their homea by the quake, it was some time before the inhabitants realized the predicament of the families in the poorer quarter. Fires which started gained a good headway, and these added to the death list. The total number of dead in Acapulco is not known, it being difficult to get details from there tonight over Federal wires. About 100 miles inland from Aca pulco the towns of Taluca, Fuebla, Horles and Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero, also suffered. A runner reached Chilpancingo with a report that the town of Mazstlan, a near seaport, which was only recently swept by fire, was again devastated. The people there had only commenced to rebuild, and the damage, therefore, was not as great as it otherwise would have been. Reports have also been'received from Reopan, Zapate, Providencia, Atoyac, Ayutla and Chilpa, and it is said seve ral people were killed in each place, while there was also a great loss of property. Iguala, Teloloapan, Cocula, Cutzamala, Amatepec, Sal tepee and other towns north of the Balsas river suffered. Some of these reports have reached the city by native runners, or have been received from the territories by Federal wires. The shock was felt as far as Oaxaca on the Southeast, and great rumblings are reported in the ground in many places, while the quake threw many bridges out of plumb on the Ouerna vacal railroad. Many of the towns where damage is reported are practi cally isolated, having only runners as a means of communication with the out side world. Every effort is being made to get details of casualties, but it may be weeks until official reports are received by mail. Arapulco is in the earthquake cone. and many temblors have been experi enced there, but the present one, which was followed by a tidal wave, is said to be the most destructive in the his tory of the seaport. In the tidal wave several craft in the harbor, it is said, were sunk, increasing the loss of life. Vest Area Feels Earthquake. Mexico City, July 31. Central Mex ico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ami from Qurato on the north to Oax aca on the south, an area of more than 1,000 square miles, wai shaken yester day by a series of the most severe earthquake shocks felt in the region for a quarter of a century. The lower part of Acapulco, the whole of Chilpan cingo and probably the other towns were totally destroyed. Reportsof the loss of life are scattering, but it is cer tain that hundreds niuit have perished in the coast cities and in the interior towns. Hency Off for Interior. Seattle, July 31. The stesmerOhio, from Alaska today, brought news that Francis J. H-ney, the San Francisco prosecutor, who left Cordova on the Ohio, went ashore at Jun au and start ed overland via Skagway for White Horse, lukon Territory, on the Yukon river, deneral J. rranklin Hell, chief of staiT, U. S. A., also left the stranu-r at Juneau and started cn a short trip to Interior Alaska. The stramer Cot tage City, which arrived from Alaska last night, brought $240,000 in gold bullion. Millions for San Pedro. Los Angeles, July 31. Fortifica tions costing possibly St, 000, 000 .will be located around San Pedro harbor if the government can secure the neces sary sites for a satisfactory fort. This was brought out today at a meeting between Brigadier Central Arthur Murray, chief of the ("oast artillery, and representatives of the harbor com mission. The question of buying the site was left with the local engineer ! ing office. Cuban Cabinet Resigns. Havana, July SI. The cabinet cri sis, which for some time has been im pending, reached a climax today, when all the ministers and the presidential secrteary resigned. The action of the cabinet was taken after a conference with the avowed purpose of expressing loyalty to the president and relieving him of the embarrassment of making removals. INTERURBAN CARS MEET. Collision Near Coeur d'Alene Results In Death of 13. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 2. Thirteen persons were killed and 88 mora or less seriously injured in a head-on trolley car collision Saturday afternoon, at Coldwell, on the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene branch of the Spokane ft Idaho railway, 25 miles east of Spokane. Ofniali of the line have not made a statement as to responsibility for the wreck. It is said the esstbound train did not take a sidetrack as it had been ordered. It is incomprehensible why the motormen did not avoid the col lision, as the accident occurred on a straight track. The motorman of the westbound train is among the dead. Both trains were running at a high speed, especially the westbound train, and were presumably beyond control. The wrecked cars were ground to gether in one confused mass. The in juries are of all kinds. Legs and arms are broken and heads and bodies are crashed. Bruises and scratches from splintered wood and broken glass are numerous, and internal hurts, which it is feared will swell the list of fatalities, were infliccted. The first car of the train, the smok er, was so smashed that nothing but the trucks remained. It was crowded with men and scarcely one of them es caped alive and uninjured. This is the first serious wreck in the history of the road. The track was cleared in about an hcur and a half. PEOPLE IN PANIC. Repeated Shocks in Mexico Add to Earthquake Damage. City of Mexico, Aug. 2. With the people absolutely frightened and trem bling in terror from their awful exper ience in r ridsy s earthquake shocks. five distinct shocks were felt again Saturday, and the damage Friday is light compared with the damsge Satur day. All communication was cut off from Chilpancingo, Acapulco and surround ing towns by the quakes, after it was restored following Fridcy's shocks, but information of the serious nature of the shtcks came through before the wires went down. In every instance the frightened operators at the keys in the stricken towns, talking to the equally frightened operators in the capital, declared "the town is com pletely wrecked," or t words to that effect The operator at Chilpancingo, capital of the state of Guerrero, reported that the palace of Governor Dsmien Flores, which had been partially wrecked, com pletely tumbled down, but that the family had left its crumbling walls. The shocks here were more severe than the former ones were, and not an American and but few foreigners re mained indoors. The parks and plazas are crowded to overflowing and many people are in actual want of food. OSAKA IN RUINS. Important Japanese Citv Is Swept by Terrible Conflagration. Osaka, Japan, Aug. 2. At 6 o'clock yesterday morning the terrible confla gration which has reduced to ashes a large portion of this city was under control. Up to that hour 13,000 build ings had been destroyed.. An area four miles square was swept by the flames. A tire which threatened to destroy this city started at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. At 9:30 Saturday night the fire had consumed one-fifth of the town. The firemen who had been fighting all day, were completely exhausted and troops were called out to assist in the fire fighting and to preserve order in the city. The exact amount of damage done by the flames cannot be estimated at present, but the total will be large. A number of persons have been killed and seriously injured by the fire. Osaka is one of the "imperial cities" of Jspsn, and is one of the most im portant manufacturing and commercial cities of the empire. It shelters al most three-quarters of a million peo ple. The largest of the Buddhist tem ples, for which the city is famous among travelers, covers an enormous area. The chief public building of Osaka is the palace, built of stone in 15K3. San Francisco Wants Irrigationists. San Francisco, Aug. 2. An emphat ic bid for the next session of the Na tional Irrigation congress will be made by San Francisco representatives at Spokane when the annual meeting con venes in the Northern city this month. The San Francisco convention league will have ardent boosters present with a lecturer and a photographic exhibit to convince the doubtful ones. A dele gation from the Oregon Railroad ft Navigation company and the Southern Pacific likewise will lend its support to the San Francisco boomers. Thousand Chinese Drowned. Tekin. Aug. 2. A government dis patch from the tlooded district in Man churia this morning says that not less than 1.000 lives have been lost in the vicinity of Kirin. The flood is 20 fret deep twer a large area and the proper ty loss cannot be estimated. As the water are stiil rising the extent of the calamity carrot be reckoned for sever al days. The Yalu bank, where large sums of mom y were on deposit, is re ported to have been swept away. Adverse News Suppressed. San Sebastian. Spain, Aug. 2. (By way of the French frontier.) No news is allowed to be published from Barce lona, except that favorable to the gov ernment, but reliable private report say that the revolutionists still hold a large part of the city and that the ar tillery has not succeeded in driving them out. REVOLT IN SPAIN ALARMS ALFONSO Desperate Battles at Barcelona and Other Cities. Purpose Seems to Be to involve En tire Kingdom in Revolt Spain Wins Costly Victory at Melilla Ssdition at Home and Fanatical Moors Abroad. Madrid, July 29. The revolution in Catalonia has reached a serious stage. There ia much bloodshed. Artillery has been employed in the streets of Barcelonia to quell the outbreaks. The city is terror-stricken. The revo lutionists are reported to be fighting desperately behind barricades. The troops include mounted artillery and the defenses of the rebels have peen raked with shot. King Alfonso hastened back to Ma drid from San Sebastian today and is sued a decree proclaiming martial law and suspension of the constitutional guarante throughout Spain. Orders have been given to the governors of provinces to crush the revolution at any cost without hesitation and without pity. Today marks a black chapter in Spain's history, for there wss tragedy both at home and abroad. The army at Melilla had a bloody battle with the Moors, which, though the victory wss won by the Spaniards, resulted in the loss of 21 officers and 200 privates kill ed and wounded. An exact estimate of the dead and wounded in the clashes between the troops and rebels in Barcelona is not possible because of the rigid censor ship, and the government has not fixed the total. WHITES FEAR FOR SAFETY. Bloody Troubles Expected With Reds in British Columbia. Victoria, B. C, July 29. The situa tion in Skeena, where 2,000 members of related Indian tribes threaten the safety of the scattered whites, has been little, if any improved by the in vestigation conducted by Special Com missioner Stewart, of the Ottawa office of Indian affairs, who with Superin tendent Vowell and Chief of Indian Police O'Connell returned here today from Hazelton, hoping that a clash be tween the reds and the whites may be averted by diplomatic and immediate government action, but admittedly far from sanguine. Others from the North today em phatically assert the Indians only await the closing of navigation to ini tiate sanguinary hostilities. These in dependent Northerners brought from Hszelton a petition of the white resi dents of the Skeena for transmission to Ottawa asking the immediate dis patch of a sufficient force of the mounted police to guarantee their safe ty and also protect the builden, of the Grand Trunk Pacific. BLACK HAND TERRORIZES. People of East Kootenai Go About in Groups Armed. Victoria, B. C, July 29. Through the resumption of activities by the an archistic Italian element operating un der the mask of the Black Hand, a reign of terror has been inaugurated in the Crows Nest colliery district of East Kootensy. At New Michael business is suspended, and the community, fully armed, goes about ip groups, fearful of sudden asssssination. Five or six leading citizens have re ceived the regulation warning, among them Joseph r erona, proprietor of the Northern hotel, and Carlo Salmo, for whom the town of Salmo ia named, a we1! known mining operator. The men suspected by the police are low Italians, lately from Pittsburg, and a bad lot. In each of the threatening letters $200 was demanded. More Supplies Required. Spokane, Wash., July 29. So great is the rush of spplicanta for Indian reservation lands, to be drawn August 9, that the Land depsrtment officials today placed an order for 60,000 more registration blanks, 10,000 soldiers' power of attorney, and 60,000 colored envelopes. At 4 p. m. Tuesday, with little more than half the time for reg istration parsed. Superintendent Wit ten had received 36,656 applications for Kalispeil lands, 65,220 for the Spo kane reservation, and 57,079 for the Coeur d'Alene, the total being 148,955. Spanish Coins Dug Up. Stockton, Cal., July 29. Money of Spain to the value of $1,500 was un earthed by laborers engaged in build ing roads near Gait and today opera tions are suspended while gold fevered workmen dig about in search for $25. 000 in Spaniah coin that is supposed to b near. During the past few days small amounts of money, always in gold, have been unearthed. It is said a former citizen who is now in prison at Madrid buried the treasure. May Close British Mines. London, July 29. The balloting of the members of the Minners' Confer ence of Great Britain, to decide wheth er or not a national strike should be declared in support of the Scottish miners who are resisting a wage re duction of sixpence a day, was conclud ed today and resulted in 618.261 votes in favor of a general strike and only 62.930 voted against. WHAT Better opportunity do you want to make money? Did you ever stop to think that you can buy a piece of the Famous Umatilla Ranch at the right price and on good terms, and that it is sure to make money? Come in and let's talk it over. E. P. CROARKIN, Afjt. Echo, Oregon VWWWWWWWWWWMWIWtWWWWWWWWWWW .1. n.HAYLOIt. Pimlilrnt It. X. STANHKI.lt. Wo PnvUlent K. II. HTAXKIKLKfaililer Nu.NA HuLSKU. 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