ONE DOLLAR WHEAT
Society cl Iplly Will Fix Mini
mum at Omaha Convention. '
ALSO PREVENT GLUT IN MARKET
Farmers' Trust Has Organized Sys
tem to Control Price and Dis
tribution Bankers Halp,
Omaha, Nob , April IH. In the live
grout wheat producing dates of tho
country tin- iiiiiiiiiiiiin price of th In en
real thi year will bo $1 a bushel.
'I'll iH, nt least, Ik tho plan of tlx Amorl-
-h ii Society of Lquily, tin? grain grow
era' department of w liit'li will hold It
annual convention in Omaha Juno ft, (I
mid 7. Minnesota, Nortli Iukoln,
Honth Ihikolu, Nebraska and Kuiihiih
W III HCIld llirgO delegations to the CDII-
vi'iition, Oklahoma, Iowa mill oth r
uliitoM am also to lv represented.
Tlif piirpon m of thin society hik! the
'OpO ()( ltd IllOlllllCrsllip WITH CXplltillod
nt length today by J. A. Fveritt. of In
- 1 i it i in m I : h , Mm president, who said:
" Tim American Socivty of Lquity in
h IhihIiii-hn organization (f fanner,
wilh local tM'ittiH in 2,700 of tho
1 , K ll I iiirii'iiltiiml counties of (lie
United States. It piiriofto is to curry
on it organization work through local
l'lft il'H, oigaiiixcd into statu lllllollH.
Jtn business sldo in being strongly de
veloped along tlm line of departments,
covering viirimiH farm products, nik-Ii
iiptirt incuts nlnii'ly organized being
those of fruit anil produce and of to
Inul'O. Tli at I ll i 11 growers' loiirtincnt
IH the tlilnl.
"'I lie convention at Omaha in Jiine
will launch this department on a no) il
lamia. A central bureau will gather
.and disM-miniito inforimit ion concern
ing supply hihI demand; lix a mini
mum pi ice below which the farmers
aigrcu not to mill, and liumlle anil illvett
the i it 1 ii from th source of mipply to
tho points of demand, HH necileil, not
-ausing a if lut of the market tit any
point at any time.
"Hie shite union of North Ihikotii,
nt itn anniinl meeting, wan invited hy
the State Bunkers' iiHSoclation to ap
Hiint ii committee to confer w itll a like
tanker' cuinuilt ten to urrungo for car
rying along tho poor fanner who might
otherwise la- forced to sell below tho
minimum price."
REGULATE 2-CENT FARES
Nebraska Commission Rule on Ter
minal and Pass Matters
Lincoln. Neb., April IH. Tlm No
ImiMkn railway fommisiiiou Issued ita
llrxt order tiHlny hearing on 2-cont faros
tnl streetcar pusses. It is a notice to
team railroad companies to pout pin
cards in every station calling attention
to the fart that the 2 -cent passenger
fare docs not apply to ticket pnrcluixod
to a dent innt ion beyond the t-Ui'u Un
der. In addition to this order the com
in Imhihii bus addressed a letter to the
Lincoln Traction company, tho Citizens'
Railway company, of Lincoln; the
Omaha Lincoln A Heat rice Intcruiliari
uml tho Omaha A Council Bluffs Street
Railway corporation, notifying them
that they are subject to tho terms of
tho new anti-pass law and will he ex
I at' tod to oly it.
GO FROM COPY TO CROPS.
Newspaper Men to Take Up Farms
In Colorado.
Denver, Colo,, Apiil 18. A colony
of newspaper men la to be established
in the Little Snake river valley in
Routt county, Colorado, where the
wtute of Cclorado will throw open for
settlement this Hummer, under the
i'arey act, 50,000 acres of laud. Thla
land Is under the Little Snake river
vanal system. Tho plan ia to mako
thla colony an np-to-dato farming com
munity, where each man will own hla
own farm and improvements, the only
onnfction in which the community
idea will prevail, i( at all, being in re
gard to labor.
Shocks Still Continue.
City of Mexico, April 18. OwinR to
the Kr't ililliculty in CHtablMiinK
'oinimiiiicatioii with the citiea aituated
in the region of tho earthquake, ihituilH
re rominjj to thia city alowly. From
the latoHt reports it ia learned that
shocks iwi'iirred uh late as noon today.
In tho list of known dead, which now
totalH 50, and of the injured, which ap
proximates 300, are many mimes of
Mexicans piominent in the olliclal and
ttocial life of the region. So fur the
name of no American has appealed in
the meager list.
War In Tobacco States.
Clarksvillo, Tenn., April 18. -The
destruction of tobacco plant bods In
this district by "night riders" has
reached an alarming state and it is
feaied that, unless the depredations are
tttoppod, there will be an unusually
light crop. During the ptinb week a
number of plant beds have been salted
and the plants killed. Trainmen have
been threatened with violence if they
hauled tobacco growers not connectod
with tho growers' aHHOciatlim.
Cubans Want No Regular Army.
Iluvuna, April 18. Opinion here is
opposed to the plan of the American
Konoril stuff to establish a Cuba regu
lar army of 12,000 men to replace the
rural guard. It Is said that it will be
dilllcuH to recruit that number of men.
fcARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
Shock Lasts More Then Four Min
utes Over Large Territory.
City oi Mexico, April In. An Mirth
rpiako dial ing four ami a ha If minute
Mtaitled thix city Sunday night. The
arlh rocked in it long, awingirig mo
tion, testifying tho iulial ilaiita but (liv
ing no diimiigo ao fur as can bo learned
at thia city. Clock utopjxn! at 11:34
p. m. (Mexican lime), and the (a-rcep-
tibln motion of the earth ccancd at
ll:2h'y, Tho telrgraph wires worn
put out of commlsHioii and for a short
time the city was in daikneaa owing to
the failure of the electric light. 1 he
in' I ihalt on one of tho principal buainoHN
utreeta of thn city wan cracked oeri for
a dietauro of 10 yards. People llil
from their liouaea into tho tri ta.
Heproaentativea of tho Asoelatl
I'recH inaile rapid rearehea over t ho city
but nothing lieyond cfiu'kcd walla and
small llnsunM in tho imvcmcrita could
be found. At the police stations no
deaths had la-en rrirUxL A wall on
Santiago street collajmeil, killing a tiurn-la-r
ofahoriiea and wounding five men.
No rexrt have yet come from the
American colony, but it ia not U-llevcd
that aerioua dainavo was sustained
then-, although the houaea, unlike ihofe
In tho old section of the city, are not
I m i I b to withstand earth'piake shockr.
Telegraphic communication as far
south as tho citiea of Ouxaca and San
Juan llautinta haa bei n establishel, I nt
beyond the report that the shock was
very heavy In that legion and along the
gulf coast nothing more was learned.
ROUTE OF LONG RIDE.
Lieutenant McCabe Selects Course of
3,000-Mile Trip.
Washington, April 10. Lieutenant
K. Warner McCain, of the Sixth mval
ry, who has la-en picked by (Jeneral
lie 1 1 to ride from Silverton, Ore., acr ks
the continent on an Arab stallion, has
apked that Quartermaster Sergeant
Suiiiivl IVterHon, tr(Kp K, Sixth caval
ry, bo detailed as his orderly to accom
pany him on his long tiip.
McCuIxt has also indicate! I that he
will lay his route along the Oregon
Short Lino and the Union Lucille road
from Silverton to Umatilla, Or.;
thence to ltoisn Larracks, Idaho; Fort
I). A. ItUHsrll, Wyo. ; Omaha, Neb.;
Frt Ic MolneH, In. ; Fort lU-njamin
Harrison, lie!.; Columbus Barracks,
Ohio; 1'itUburg and llarrisburg, l'u.,
to New York City.
deneral liell raid txluy that he
thought the trip, which will embrace
more than 3, 0(H) niilef, might I made
In 100 duyn, and even leas if the hone
had the necessary endurance. Com
plete statistics of the condition of the
borne and liiier, amount of food con-
xumix and other details will Ih kept
from day to day.
Pick Flaws In Douma.
Iindon, April lrt. In a long letter
to the Louden Times, the Russian jur-
int. Profesnor iVMartens, expresses the
conviction that tho second Russian par
liament is absolutely unfit tc work buc-
ccHsfully for the benefit of Russia and
cannot advance the nation in the direc
tion of u constitutional system of gov
ernment. 1'rofes'or iV'Martens bases
)i i j Is-lief on tho ground that legislative
assembly find not a single word to dis
approve of HHsaHn ina lions and murder,
only enjoys speechea of discontent and
unlimited hate and is unite unlit to Uis-
cusa netlful reforms, and cannot possi
bly construct new order in the state.
He lieiievfs dissolution is absolutely
inevitable and only a question of time.
Brazil at Peace Meeting.
Rio de Janeiro, April 16. Brazil lias
received ollicial information from the
government of the Netherlands that she
is to iarticipato in the approach ing
peace conference at The Hague. The
Brazilian government haa denounced
the existing commercial treaty with
Franco, and it has been decided to de
nounce also the agreements with
France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and
Switzoiland under which the consular
representatives of the specified countries
aie allowed to intervene in tho collec
tion and settlement of Inheritances.
Fruit Damage Is Heavy,
Kansas City, April 10. There were
killing frosta again last night in the
fruit dii-trict of Kansas and Western
Missouri, adding to the damage already
done. All reports agree that heavy loss
has been caused millions of dollars,
according to Secretary LaGoodnian, of
the Missouri Valley Horticultural asso
ciation. Several days may elapse be
fore the full extent of the injury can be
estimated accurately. The weather
tonight Is cloudy and warmer and fur
ther frost ia not expcted.
Texas Has New Tax Plan.
Austin, Tex., April 10. With 27
tax measures pending fur consideration
in consoquonce of Governor Campbell's
having reconvened the legislature in
special session lust Friday, much inte
rest awaits his demands which he says
will make tomorrow for specific action
upon these measures. They represent
a tax upon every known coipoiate in
terest in tho state. In addition the
state revenue agent has demanded a
relistment of property values.
Floods Do Great Damage.
Constantinople, Apri 10. Continu
ous heavy rains have caused the rivers
to overtlow, soiiously flooding Mace
donia and Asia Minor. The plains of
Brusa, Adalmzrtr, Kutuahla, Adin and
almost all the villages are submerged
and there have beon heavy loss of life
and destruction of cattle and property.
' NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
I GHAFT IS L-ENIkD. IhXAb VALUATION OF ROADS I
Secretary Garfit-ld Says Idaho Re
clamation Service Is Clean.
Washington, April 10. Secretary
(!nrliei toihiy exploded tho charges of
gnift in tho lecliimiitioii service in Ida
ho by olllciiilly notifying Director Newell
that tho accusations against Lnglncer
I). W. Ro-H and his aeaisliint secretary
had licet! found to bo without founda
tion and hud lwn dlsiniasod, following
this announcement by promoting Mr.
UH from $:t, 000 to $!,00, and Mr.
Horn from .1,300 to . 1,000.
'I ho lettort against Ross and Horn
was made by Soeial Iriaiector A. R.
(ireen, who icnt foine time in Idaho
making investigations and who gleaned
his In formation rom government cor
tractors, (ireen bused his charges on
statements made by tho contractors on
tho Ifoise-Payetto project. His conclu
sions were utterly disapproved by Sec
retary (iiu fluid.
WILL CONFER ON GUNBOAT.
Zelaya and Flgueroa to Meet Joint
Guarantee of Peace.
Washington, April 18. Naval move
ments todiiy show that the gunboat Bos
ton ha started from Amanita, Hon
duras, for Corino, Nicaragua, to cf nvey
Prcxidont Zelaya to Amajsila for the
conference he will have there with
President Figueroa. The Chicago will
Is; used to convey President Figueroa to
tho (-inference, which will I held eith
er at Amiipnla or on lioard ono of the
American vchk-Is to be anchored n
FoiiFcca lmy.
At the State department today it was
admitted that an agreement U-tween
the United States and Mexico had been
entered into, by which a guaranty has
been given that there shall lie no hos
tile demonstrations ls-tween the forces
of ( iilatemslu and Saivudor upon the
frontier during the conference.
Foreign Crop Good.
Washington, April 17. The ICuro-rs-an
crop report of tho Agricultural
department, covering conditions abroad
up to April 1, says that the heavy
snow which fell lost w inter over the
greater art of F.uroite, has, excepting
in parts of Russiu ami the Balkan
states, almost everywhere disappeared.
That tho prot-tion afforded to winter
cereals has been generally efficacious is
teing demonstrated by the vigor with
which the plants in most countries
seem to be responding to the quicken
ing influences of spring.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
Wanhington, Apiil 18. Postmasters
appointed:
Oregon Antone, George C. O lover,
vice K. L. Knox, resigned; Kingsley,
Theodore Bushkul, vice W. L. Smith,
resigned; Iamont, Millard T. Cowan,
vice J. C. Rurdi, resigned.
Washington Cascade, Thomas Mof-
fctt, vice Minnie Stevenson, resigned.
Rural free delivery route No. 1 has
been order ed established June 17 at
New Kiunilchie, Mason county, Wash.,
serving 410 people and 80 families.
Charges In Forest Service.
Washington., Apiil 18. Forest in-
8s-ctor . K. Ames has been placed
temporarily in charge of the Tillamook
and Umpqua forest reserves in Oregon.
Acting SuHivisor Anderson, of Urant's
Puss, takes charge of the Ashland re
serve. I. li. Mieilar, tormerty in
charge of the Heppner reserve, has been
transferred to the lakima reserve, in
Washington, being succeeded by T. R.
Chidcey. William Cryder is promoted
from manager to acting supervisor in
charge of the Colvllle reserve, in Wash
ington.
Bonilla Becomes Exile.
WashlngUn, April 17. The Navy
department is informed that the gun
boat Piinceton left Amapala on Satur
day with President Bonilla, of Hon
duras, on board. It was elated that
President Bonilla would be landed at
Salina Cruz, Mexico. His departure is
in compliance with an agreement enter
ed into between President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua and President Figueroa, of
Salvador, that the Hondurian piesident
leave the country.
500,000 In Six Months.
Washington, April 17. Aeeoidingto
a statement issued today by the bureau
of immigration, the total immigration
to the United States from all countries
for the six months ending Match hint
aggregated 530,137 persons, which is
an increase of 75,821 over a like period
In 1900. The total number of immi
giants from Russia for the six months
ending March last was 103,304, being
an increase of 21,031 over the corres
ponding period of 1000.
Exult Over Exoneration.
Washington, April 18. Tho recla
mation service, from Director Newell:
dewn to tho lesser ollicers, held a jubi-!
lation today at the olliclal exoneration
of Engineer Ross of Idaho by Secretary
(ittifleld. They claim the exoneration
will linvest the service with renewed
confidence in the minds of the people,
re-establishing it everywhere where
charges by Special Agent Greene has
called it in question.
Wants Clerks to Weigh Mails.
Washington, April 17. The Civil
Service commission has lieen called
upon by tho Postofllce department to
furnish a list of clerks for temporary
woik, beginning July 1, who will be
employed in making arithmetical com
putations in connection with the weigh
ing of the mais.
Cowan Tells President How Capital
Is Limited.
Washington, April 20. Komo Inte
resting Information on the operation of
thf Texas fcbs k and lsnd law of 1003,
under which u valuation of railroad
protierties of tho sbite was mudo In
H'ir, was given to the president today
by Judge H. II. Cowan, of Texas, a spe
cial employe of tho Interi-tat Corn-mer-e
commission and attorney for tho
Southwestern CattlcgtowerH' asHfieia
tion. Mr. (Viwan told the president that
the Texas law had proven a sows. It
had not been put upon the statute
b'siks for the purr o?e of tecoming the
basis for rate-making, he said, but to
fix a line lieyond which tho roads could
not go In Issuing stocks and bonds, lie
added that the valuation put upon tho
roads by tho Texas commission having
charge of tho matter exceeded the cost
of construction by 15 to 20 per cent,
and the erst of the ascertainment of
the facts hail ls-en comparatively small.
So far as he was aware, Judge Cowan
said, none of the railnsi-ls hud contest
ed a valuation made under the law.
BORAH GOES TO ROOSEVELT
Idaho Senator Asks to Have Action
On His Case Postponed.
Washington, April 17. President
Itoosevelt has lcen appealed to by Sen
ator Borah, of Idaho, to review bit in
dictment by the Federal grand jury
with a view to postponing action until
after the trial of Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone, the men accused of murder
ing Governor SteunenlH.-rg, of Idaho.
Senator Borah is the special counsel
engaged by the state to prosecute these
officials of tho Western Federation of
Miners. The appeal of Senator Borah
places the president in a rather embar
rassing position.
In the event the president withholds
tho action against Senator Borah, it
will be charged that he is showing fa
vors to those who aie prosecuting the
miners, and if he does not, Senator
Borah will be seriously embarrassed in
the prosecution of the miners charged
w ith the murder of Steunenberg.
Civil Service in the South.
Washington, April 10. Civil Service
Commissioner Mellheny, who is a
Southerner and a Democrat, is entering
on what he terms a campaign of educa
tion in the South in regard to the func
tion and character of the commission.
He found that one of the greatest diffi
culties in securing efficient service for
the government in the South was the
fact that the whites have conceived the
idea that the service is meant especial
ly for the negroes, and as a consqeuence
when an examination for positions is
held it is generally attended largely by
negroes, the proportion o.'ten being ten
to one.
Heyburn Slowly Gains.
Washington, April 19. Senator
Heyburn, of Idaho, who has been very
ill in Philadelphia, was brought to this
city today. He is improving slowly,
though still very weak, and there is
much ground to be gained before his
condition will permit him to attend to
any ollicial business. He was accom
panied here by Mrs. Heyburn, W. B.
Sums, his privae secretary, and a
trained nurse. Today was the first
time Mr. Heyburn was able to be
moved since the inception of his attack
of acute indigestion.
Will Relieve Congestion.
Washington, April 18. After a con
ference with and upon the recommenda
tion of Senator Bourne, Ind Commis
sioner Ballinger has ordered Special In
spector O'Brien, of Denver, to proceed
to Koseburg and assist the local land
officers in clearing up the accumulation
of business in their otlico. Work has
fallen behind to such an extent that
there are now pending about 700 land
cases and contests awaiting action.
When the Roseburg otlico is etraighten
ed out, similar work is to be done else
where in Oregon.
Cheap Paper for Official Records.
Washington, April 18. That the pa
pers supplied for government use too
freuently fall lielow tho specifications,
luck durability or in some way are not
adapted to the purpose for which they
aro intended, is the statement made by
Chief Wiley, of the chemistry bureau
in a circulur issued by the Agricultural
department. Valuable documents and
rcicntit'u- work are recorded on papers
which deteriorate, thus rendering the
accords useless.
Would Be "Cadet" or "Middy."
Washington, April 10. The State
department has received an Inquiry
from Hamilton King, American minis
ter to Slain, asking whether it would be
possible to admit to the Naval or Mili
tary academy a nephew of tho king of
Siam.
McLaren Pension Examiner.
Washington, April 19. On the re
commendation of Congressman KIHh,
Dr. A. P. McLaren has been appointed
by the pension bureau as examining
Burgeon at St. Helens, Or., vice Dr. J.
E. Hall, who lecently resigned.
Cuba Accepts Taft's Program.
Washington, April 10. The War de
partnient today received a dispatch from
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, saying that
the plans for the elections in the island,
which were made by Socretaiy Taft, are
satisfactory to everybody.
BREAK HARRIMAN MONOPOLY.
Secretary Bonaparte May Reclaim Big
Union Pacific Land Grant.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22. As one
of tho results of tho recent investiga
tions by tho InN-rstae Commerce com
mission into Western land frauds, At
torney General Bonnrxirto has under
consideration an attempt to force tho
Union Pacific railroad to return to tho
government all tho millions of acres
which remain unsold of the original
, land grant. Of the great grant of more
I than 20,000, 000 acres, tho road yet
holds an area equal to tho staU-s of
OinriK-ticut, Rhode Island and Dela
ware, and still have nearly 600,000
acres left over. This immense body of
land in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming and Utah, if returned to tho
government, would immediately bo
thrown open to settlement under the
homestead laws.
Immediately after the Interstate
Commerce commission's investigation
of tho conditions which have made prs
siblo the monopoly in coal land which
the Union Pacific has maintained for
25 years. Cornmisiaoner Proutv railed
I upon the attorneys for the commission
to submit recommendations for reme
dial legislation or to suggest other
means of dealing with the monopoly.
Those recommendations are now in the
hands of the attorney general.
"Destroy the land monopoly of the
Union Pacific," is the basis of this re
Iirt. IMMENSE FR SCO GRAFT.
Police Captain Tells of Blackmail In
Tenderloin District.
San Francisco, April 22. Captain of
Police John Mooney was on the stand
in the grand jury room for two hours
tcday, and when he left it was an
nounced that he had not completed the
story of police corruption, but would
return tomorrow to finish the recital.
Mr. Mooney's testimony was sensa
tional in the extreme. The burden of
it was that corruption of the blackest
kind exists in the department, and that
it exists by the sufferance and encour
agement of Chief of Police Dinan,
Mayor Schmitz, Abe Ruef and a cer
tain element in the lower courts. Mr.
Mooney eaid that all his efforts to purge
the town of undesirables were blocked
by the men in authority, whose duty it
was to assint.
Mr. Mooney charged that resorts in
the new tenderloin were protected at
regular rates. With his assistance the
grand jury has been put in possession
of evidence which ehows a depth of de
gradation almost unbelievable. It has
been shown that the mayor and Ruef
have been partners in seme of the most
nefarious enterprises launched in any
municipality.
BAD CONDITIONS ON ISTHMUS.
Italy Forbids Emigration and Sends
Man to Investigate.
Rome, April 22. Leroy Park, agent
for the Panama Canal commission, who
was sent, here to investigate means of
obtaining men for work upon the isth
mus, learns that the Italian government
has received grave reports regarding the
hygienic, humanitarian and moral con
ditions of the isthmus; that the govern
ment had forbidden further immigra
tion of Italians to Panama, and that a
government official had been sent to the
isthmus to investigate conditions. Mr.
Fark did everything possible to place
the situation before the government and
to convince the officials here that the
men at work upon the canal earned $2
a day, were well fed, well housed and
humanely treated, adding that he be
lieved that 5,000 immigrants might
leave Italy for Panama immediately
and that thousands of others would
Eoon follow.
Many Governors to Attend.
New York, April 22. Fifteen gov
ernors have accepted the invitation to
name delegates to attend the national
confeience on combinations and trusts
in Chicago, May 28-.31. The accept
ances of the governors of New York,
Iowa. Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Utah were received tcday. This
conference will discuss: Governmental
powers over corporations engaged in
interstate commerce; the division of
power under the constitution between
the nation and the state, and similar
subjects.
May Tie Up Street Cars.
San Francisco, April 22. San Fran
cisco is threatened with a bitter street
car strike on May 1, when the present
agreement between the men and the
company will expire. The men now
receive up to 32 cents an hour foi a ten-
hour day. 1 he men request a fiat rate
of $3 a day for eight hours. Both sides
admit they expect a strike and are pre
pared for it. It is known that the
United Railways has begun tho lecruit
ing of strike breakers with whom to
supplant its men when they go out.
Heavy Snow in Colorado.
Denver, Colo., April 22. According
to the local weather bureau's ineasuie
ments, 18 inches of snow, equivalent to
1.44 inches of rain, fell here during the
storm which came from the north ye
terday morning and passed off to the
southeast today. A heavy precipitation
was general in Colorado, and the ground
is now in good condition to bring to
matuiity the grain crops, which were
threatened with failure in some dis
tricts. Only Week's Supply of Coal.
Winnipeg, Man. April 22. More
than 15,000 coal miners are now in
vol ved in the strike in Alberta and
British Columbia. Wihin a week, it
is said, the Canadian Prc'fie will not
be able to operate its nassenger tiains
for lack of coal. Until navigation
opens theie is no relief in sight.
I
LARGE AREA IN RUIN
Two Cities In Mexico Known to
Be Destroyed.
500 LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST
Panic Reigns at Chllpanclngo and Chl
lapa, the Ruined Cities Silence
Covers Others.
Chllpancingo, Mexico, April 10.
This city has been completely destroyed
by an earthquake. The known dead
number 11 arid the badly injured 27.
The greatest panic prevails and the
people are fleeing to the open country.
The earth continues to rock at half
hour intervals and many minor shocks
are completing the work of destruction
begun by the first earthquake.
Word has reached here that the town
of Chilapa, 42 kilometers to the north
eastward, has also been destroyed. No
details have been received as to the
number of dad and injured.
The population of Chilpancingo is
7,498 and until the panic into which
the citizens have been thrown abates
it will 1 impossible to state the num
ber of casualties. The population of
Chilapa is 15,000.
No word has been received from
Tixtla, and it is feared it also has been
destroyed. According to the movements
of the earthquake, Tixtla would be in
its direct line.
Half Republic Is Shaken.
Mexico City, April 10. The Federal
telegraph office here has informed the
Associated Press that Sunday night's
earthquake has inteifered with the
working of the wires in all parts of the
republic south of a line drawn from
Acapulco cn the west coast to Tampico
on the Gulf coast. From messages re
ceived at the telegraph office up to noon
it appears that the entire south half of
the republic including the lower coun
try and the Mesaba belt felt the shock.
The National Bank of Mexico has re
ceived a telegram saying that 500 lives
were lost in the destruction of Chilapa
and Chilpansingo. In government cir
cles the repot t is not credited. It is
admitted that both cities were leveled
to the ground, but it is not thought
that the death list will even approxi
mate 500, owing to the fact that the
houses are built of stone in order to re
sist earthquake shocks.
TAMPERING WITH GOLD COINS
Entire Output of Denver Mint Under
Legal Fineness.
Denver, April 16. Department
heads of the new United States mint
in this city and three government
agents connected with the mint head
quarters began today checKing up the
coinage of the mint and making the an
nual settlements, several weeks in ad
vance of the csual time for these settle
ments. This action, following the gov
ernment report that gold coins from the
Denver mint have been found to be
under value in fineness of gold, though
up to grade in weight, means that the
government has begun action to discov
er who is responsible for the discre
pancy in fineness.
The government report states that
the coins are found to be under fine to
the extent of 5 cents on every $20 gold
piece. The discrepancy was discovered
by the Bank of England assayer, who
passed on a shipment of $1,500,000
made to England in January.
Money tor United States.
Shanghai, April 16. The sum of
$5,0QO received from the United States
by the Famine Relief commission to
day was used to purchase 500,000
pounds of dried "potatoes, which were
rushed to the front. A dispatch was
received today from a Chinese official
offering to put, for the first time in
history, steamboats above the locks of
the Grand canal, thus cutting down the
time for transportation to the famine
district from this city to eight days.
Further particulars of the distress ex
isting show that the people are eating
the green scum from the ponds, white
clay and the hulls of rice.
Five Burned in Wreckage.
St. Paul, Apiil 16. Running at a
speed of 40 miles an hour on a sttaight
track, the Great Northern west bound
Oriental Limited, which left hero for
Pacific coast points Sunday morning,
was derailed at 1:15 yesterday morning
at Bartlett, N. D. Five persons were
killed and a score or more injured.
Later the gas tank exploded and the
train took fire, seven passenger coaches
being destroyed. The sleeper and ob
servation cars escaped the flames.
There is said to be Botne evidence that
the rails had been tampered with.
Made Whole Earth Shake.
Albany, N. Y., April 16. The
strongest and longest earthquake shock
recorded upon the seismograph at the
state museum here since the instrument
was installed began at 1.14 a. in. yes
terday and continued for more than two
hours. The record is much more pro
nounced than that made by the San
Fiancieeo earthquake of last year. The
maximum vibration was so severe as to'
swing the pendulum clear off the re
cording indicator ,
Andean Volcanoes Break Out.
Buenos Ay res, April 16. Active
eruptions are in progress among the
Andean volcanoes in the territory of
Rio Negro. Ashes are leing thrown
for a great distance.
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