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NEWS OF THE WEEK h i M u s e d Form lor Our B u y Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resum« o f the Lass Important but Not L «s s Interesting Events of the Past Week. The city ol Troy, Montana, (offered a 110,000 lose by fire in its business district. Three were killed and ten injured In a Great Northern trainwreck in Montana. Smoke from forest fires is causing serious trouble to chips along the Ore gon coast. A Worcester, Mass., daily paper tried the new spelling for one day, but had to have extra help in several depart ments President Allot, of Harvsrd, says it w ill be a long time before President Roosevelt’s spelling reform becomes general. San Francirco is so badly in need of lumber that it is being imported from British Columbia, and paying the duty of $2 per thousand feet. San Francisco people have to get up extra early so as to walk to work, the street car companies making no at tempt to run cars sincej the strike be gan. REBELS SW ARM IN G IN BRU SH. Anxiety o f Government Grows With Increase o f Insurrection. Havana, Aug. 28. — Tbe anxiety of President Palma to extend every posai- be opportunity for peace without bluodslied, and his desire to permit those who joined tbe insurrection un der misguidance to repent and return to their homes unmolested, combined with tbe general wish to end the situa tion fraught with so much loss and Buffering, has led to consideration by the president and his cabinet of a pro ject decreeing a 30-day amnesty period, during which the insurrectionists are invited to lay down their arms and re turn t> their peaceful pursuits. It was proposed to issue the decree tomorrow, but persons close to tbe president strongly opposed the meas ure and the matter was referred and may be relinquished. Bo far as actual conflict went, Bun- day proved to be a day of inactivity, but preparations proceeded without abatement. A fund of (2,000,000 has been set aside by the treasury for de fense, and drafts on it are heavy. The situation is so increasingly seri ous that it is tccitly admitted in all government circles that the enlarge ment of the army will not stop at any given nouibir. While the number of men at present leaving their regular occupations to en list is small, employers are beginning to find that they soon will be confront ed with a considerable scarcity of labor. Many labcrsrs are gathered in front of the bulletin boards on which is dis played the call for volunteers issued by the president Saturday night. They discuss the attractiveness of a soldiers' life at such unusual pay, and may en list. It was said today that several new insurgent bands bad taken to tbe brush. Tbe growth of the insurrection certainly seems to keep pace with the preparations for suffocating it. An Oakland, Cal., man laid his cigar on bis desk, where it came in contact with a few grains of cyanide ot potas RUSSIAN G ENERAL K ILLE D . sium. Later he placed the cigar in his mouth, and the poison caused his death Young Girl Fires Five Bullets From in a few hours. Automatic Revolver. A sack containing sixty pounds of 8t. Peteisburg, Aug. 28.— Saturday’s giant powder wasg picked up by the unsuccessful attempt on tbe life of Pre wheel of a steamer on the Columbia mier Btolypin, with its sickening, use river. It is supposed the powder was less slaughter of 32 persona, was fol a “ m ine" laid for boats which trespass lowed today by another revolutionary on the seining grounds. outrage, in which General Min, com Ran Francisco car men have declared mander of the 8eminovsky Guard regi ment, and who since his promotion a general strike. to be a general has been attached as a It is reported that Cuban ineurgonts personal adjutant to the suite of the are beginning to desert. emperor, was killed on the elation Secretary Root has arrived in Chil platform at Peterhof by a young wo ean waters on board the cruiser man, who fired five shots into his body Charleston. from an automatic revolver and then Trains are beginning to arrive at without resistance submitted to arrest. The capture of the girl was effected Valparaiso with provisions for the by General M in’ s wife, who held her earthquake sufferers. until the arrival of an officer. Cuban rebels are recruiting their This was the third successive at army up to S,000 men, and preparing tempt on the life of General Min, who for an attack on Pinar del Rio. was condemned to death by the terror A relative of Russell Sage, who was ists immediately after the Moscow re overlooked in bis w ill, claims incom volt last December, on account of stern repression practiced by a battalion un petence and will contest the w ill. der his command, and especially for France thinks Roosevelt’ s spelling the wholesale execution of persons con reform Is a move to supplant French demned by drumhead courtmartial for by English as the language of interna being caught with arms in their bands. tional diplomacy. General Min was returning from his Irivin g Long, aged 21 years, who had summer residence at Peterhof and had been released on parole from the Cali just greeted his wife and daughter on fornia state prison, where be had been the platform when a young woman — doing time for highway robbery, was almost a girl— approached from behind sentenced to ten years more for break and fired two shots into his back and then three more into his body as it ing his parole. sank to the ground. Further shots A terrorist bomb has wrecked the were prevented by Mme. Min, who borne of Premier Stolypln, badly threw herself upon the murderess and wounding the premier and his 3-year seised the hand which held the pistol. old son, and killing over twenty others, The woman did not attempt to escape, including the premier’s daughter, aged but she cautioned Mme. Min not to 16, and several prominent offioers. touch a hand bag which she had placed One hundred and fifty looters have on the platform before shooting the general, adding that it contained a already been shot in Valparaiso. bomb. To the police the girl acknow The Cuban government is offering $2 ledged that she had done the deed, say per day for volunteers for the army. ing that she had executed the sentence Wealthy people of Valparaiso are do of the fighting organisation of the So ing their utmost to aid their more help cial Revolutionists. less fellows. Cuban Outposta Are Nervous. Enthusiasm is increasing for a 20- Ban Juan de Martines, Aug. 28— The foot macadam road from Portland to past 24 hours have been quiet except Mount Hood. for shooting last night at imaginary Letters received in Chicago from objects by men on mil posts. As a re London say that Paul O. Btensland is sult, tw > brothers asleep in a farm touring Europe. house were shot. One of them died A new comet, visible through a email and the other is unconscious. The in telescope, has been discovered by the surgent forces under Pino Guerrera K ie l obeervatory. spent last night and today at Ualafre, The body of Admiral Train, who died near here. No movement has yet been at Gbefoo, baa arrived at Beattie, and made by either side to attack. Kx- been forwarded to Annapolis for burial. governor Perex, a Libera), visited Guer A bogus baron who married a rich rera today and found him to be well in American girl in Manila has decamped formed as to what was going on. with bis wife's jewelry and moat of her Drops a Bomb Accidentally. sash. Odessa, Ang. 28.— Late Saturday af Valparaiso is under martail law, and is fast recovering from the earthqnake. ternoon a girl dropprd a bomb in the Nicholas boulevard, 60 paces from the There A burglar who attempted to rob a palace of governor Kaulbars. millinery store in Baker City was put was a deafening detonation and a wild to flight by a frail woman with a pair stampede of the promenadera. No one was injured except the girl who drop- of scissors. perl the bomb. Her hand was shat The Southern Pacific is preparing to tered. It is supposed tbe bomb acci spend 1700,000 or more to turn the dentally fell from her hand before she Colorado river back to its original reached the entrance to the palace. Bhe and another girl and a university stu channel and drain the Balton sea. dent, who was accompanying them, Roosevelt has given bis approval to a were arrested. new spelling reform which includes Stolypin's Daughter Alive. 800 words, and baa ordered that it be Rt. Petersburg, Aug. 28.— The daugh adopted on all his official correspond ter of Premier Btolypin, who waa in ence. jured by the bomb exploaion in the The rush of depositors to receive the premier’ s summer home Saturday and first installment of their deposits in the who waa erroneously reported to have defunct Milwaukee Avenue bank, of died, is still alive, and passed a quiet Chicago, overwhelm« 1 00 policemen night under the effects of an opiate. The premier’ s son, who waa also hart, who had been detailed to keep order. is better today. The dowager empress Mutinous spirit is growing in the this morning made inquiries as to the Russian army. condition of the children. Two more persons inj ired by the exploaion died. Heat in Chicago is causing many deaths and prostrations. Ready for Trial Trip. London, Ang. 28.— The Daily M all’s Tbe osar has decided to immediately give land to the peeeanta. Christiana correspondent says that a steamer from Rpitshergen brings a re Japan w ill investigate the killing of port that the Wellman Chicago Record- seal peach«ra by Americans. Herald North Pole expedition’ s shed Southern railroads have announced and balloon were finished last week, and that Mr. Wellman intends shortly that they w ill obey the rate law. to make a trial trip. Cubsm eitisens residing in New York w ill ask Roosevelt to take a hand in Yacht Galilee Damaged. afialra in Cuba. Yokohama, Ang. 28 — The magnetic survey yacht Galilee, which sailed from A Jewish massacre is threatened at Ran Francisco about a year ago in the Lledl'ce. Poland, where the chief of interests of the Carnegie Institute, waa police has been killed. driven on the breakwater here daring a The Paa-American conference alma typhoon August 24. She woe consid- to saake gold tb< universal money imeia ereb'y damaged, bat has been floated and docked for repairs. • f the western hemisphere. R E V O L T G AINS HEADW AY. | ff OREGON SIATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FARM ERS ARE IN D E PE N D E N T. P A Y OF TE AC H E R S. Receiving Highest Salaries Now History of State. in Can Hold Their Wheat Until the Price Suits Them. Salem — Salaries of public school teachers in Oregon are now higher than ever before in the history of tbe state. Thirty years ago tbe average monthly salaries were (45.68 for males and (33.64 fur females. During the ’ 80s, when times were good, salaries in creased and thosa of male teacheis reached the highest point just before the panic of 1893. Tbe average salary paid to men in the public schools was then (61.11. Tbe salaries of female teachers touched the highest point in 1891, when the reports showed an average of 42.43. The lompensation of instruc tors in the public schools then started on a decline and so continued until 1897, when men were receiving an average of (41.75 and women (33.97. For the last nine years salaries have been steadily advancing and have now reached an average of (60.02 for men and (44.96 for women. Multnomah county pays the highest salaries, but of the outside counties Lake pays the highest to men and Har ney the highest to women. OREGON RANGE FREE. Grazing Tax Law is Declared T o Be Unconatltutional. Salem — The Oregon Supreme court has declared tbe grazing tax law of 1905 unconstitutional. The decision will have no very far reaching effect, for it baa uot been generally enforced or ob served. A test case was brought up from Umatilla county, with the result that there is one more ray of light cast upon tbe problems of tax legislation in Oregon. The decision will likely be of advantage in some respects to the legis lature of 1907, which will give particu lar attention to the enactment of tax laws. Briefly stated, the 1905 statute was declared void because it is a revenue tax law and not a license law. It possessed the language and elements of a tax law and not of a license law. The act provided that a tax of 20 cents a bead shall be paid upon all sheep owned by non-residents and brought into this state for pasturage. Schools Show Good Advance. 8alem — Material advancement is shown in tbe conditions of the schools of the state by the figures contained in the summary of Superintendent Acker man’ s annual report, which be has just given out for publication. By this statement it is shown that the school population has increased by at least 5,000 during the past year, and tbe total days’ attendance has been in creased to at least a m illion. Not withstanding this latter increase, how ever, the average daily attendance has fallen off by over 100 days, but tbe av erage months school taught during the year has advanced from 6.06 to 6.19. Salem— That the farmers of the W il lamette valley are less under the con trol of warehousemen and millers than ever before is asserted by W. A. Tay lor, a prominent Waldo Hills# farmer, who has t ikeu the lead in tbe task of breaking the bold of the buyers of wheat. “ Farmers are this year buying their sacks to a greater extent than ever be fore," he says, "and they are under no obligations to any buyer. They are entirely free to sell when they can get the highest price. Then many farmers are planning to store their gra’n on their farms until they get ready to sell, instead of haul ng to a warehouse im mediately. They will make a sale first and haul the grain afterwardr, and get better terms. “ I have noticed,*’ continued Mr. Taylor, “ that millers and warehouse men are pretty anxious to get posses sion of wheat and have been offering inducements to get farmers to store grain in their warehouses. Notwith standing the declaration that no more sacks would he lent, sacks have been offered in the hops that thereby the in tending buyer would secure an advant age. Not many of tbe farmers are tying themselves up, however.” Files on Big Power Site. Eugene— S. W. Curtis, of Ban Fran cisco, said to represent the Pittsburg Reduction company, of Niagara Falls, an aluminum manufacturing concern, has filed notices of location of a power site on Horse creek, a tributary of the McKenzie river, in the vicinity of Foley springs, 60 miles east of Eugene. He files on 20,000 miners’ inches un der a six-inch pressure, and it is esti mated that 30,000 horse power can be generated. Mr. Curtis declines to make any statement regarding tbe in tentions of his employers, but it is presumed that they may, some time in the future, estalish a manufacturing plant in Eugene or vicinity. Publish Irrigation Report. Portland— Copies of the report of A. P. Stover, irrigation engineer of tbe department of Agriculture, on “ Inves tigations of Irrigation Practice in Ore gon,” have been received hy local com mercial bodies. Mr. Stover includes in bis report the amount of rainfall in the various sections, showing where ir rigation is most needed and how meth ods are being employed at present to obtain it. The work was undertaken at the request of Governor Chamber- lain, who asked the department over a year ago to assign an officer to the task. Cuban Insurgents Capture Another Town From Government. Havana, Aug. 24.— Pino Gnerrera, the insurgent leader in Pinar del Rio, today followed up the capture of San Luis, by taking Ban Juan de Martinez, the terminus of the Western railroad, and by threatening to wreck the rail road and all its property unless the company ceases forwarding troops for the government. Alarmed by these insurgent success es, tbe government has ordered from an American arms manufacturing com pany four rapid-fire guns and that these pieces be manned by ex-members of the artillery branch of the American army now here. I f these guns prove to be effective, four or more additional guns will be ordered, and it it expected that experienced gunners will be pro cured in the United Staes to man them. The United States has not been asked to do anything in the premises. The subject of American intervention is not much discussed here, and is re garded as a remote possibility, there being general confidence that the gov ernment w ill be able to restore order in a short time. The killing of the insurrectionary leader, General Quentin Bandera, to day in an engagement between rural guards and a band of his followers is regarded as dealing the insurrection a heavy blow. Public opinion appears to vary ac cording to locality, from enthusiastic adherence to the government to open rebellion. In this city tbe general a t titude is one of loyalty, but there has been nothing which could be fairly de scribed as a general rising of the people in defense of the government. N O T ENO U G H M O N E Y FOR A L L . Deficiency in Appropriations fo r Ma neuvers o f State Troops. Washington, Aug. 24.— After a month of hard work, Assistant Secretary O liv er, of the War department, concluded that he had finally made a satisfactory adjustment of the many difficulties in apportioning the appropriation of (700,- 000 for pay of the m ilitia at the ma neuvers in different camps throughout tbe country, but it appears that all is not satisfactory. In some cases more state troops than had been given In the schedule were sent' into tbe camps and more expense was thus added. This caused a deficit in the allotment of funds, especially in the matter of pay for tbe state troops. Tbe pay depart ment of the army decided to pay tbe troops as long as tbe funds lasted, those who came last going unpaid. Another adjustment may be made after the camps have finished their work, as some camps may not use all the money allotted to them and the funds can be used to make np the deficit elsewhere. It is possible that congress w ill be jaek- ed to make an appropriation to cover the deficit and the state troops pain next winter. City Water for Ashland Normal. Ashland— The Ashland public scboolB will open for the fall term Monday, September 3. The State Normal at Ashland will not begin work this year until September 26, the opening date being fixed later than usual bo as to give time to get a number of important G E T -R IC H -Q U IC K FIRM O U T . improvements at the buildings and grounds further under way. A con Will Add T w o Grades. tract was let last week for a new heat Postal Department Arrests Operators Lebanon— At a recent meeting of the ing plant, which will cover the prin o f Fake Mexican Companies. voters of the local school district it cipal buildings on the campus. was decided to lease the Santiam Acad Chicago, Aug. 23.— The operattions emy building and grounds and add the of the Tabasco-Cbiapas Trading A Lack o f Cara Closes Plant. 11th and 12th grades to the present Transportation company and the Lu Eugene — The Royce A Peterson ex high school course. The change will become effective October 1. The fol celsior p’ ant has closed down here on Me Ha Mills company, Mexican invest lowing corps of instructors has been account of the failure of the Southern ment concerns, with offices at 16-20 elected for the ensuing year- Princi Pacific to furnish cars. A ll warehouse River street, were stopped today by the pal, K. K . Barnes; vice principal, space has been exhausted, and there United States postal authorities. Hen Frank McDougal, of Dallas: assistants, was no recourse but to stop manufac ry D. Bushnell, president, and I . B. Mrs. C. F. Bigbee, Miss Harriet A lex turing. The company’ s plant at Junc Miller, secretary and treasurer, were ander, of Gresham; Miss Mary Mc tion City can run about two weeks lon arrested and held in bonds of (2,000 Cormick, Miss Margaret Cotton, Miss ger, and then it w ill have to shut down each. if cars are not available. Tressa Moffitt, of Salem. I t is alleged by the postal authorities that the operations of Bushnell and M iller, which have covered a period of P O R TL A N D M A R K E TS . Good Hay Crop in Malheur. five years, have netted them (850,000 Vale—The hay crop has been extra Wheat — Club, 67068c; bluestem, from innocent investors. The two com good this year in this county. It is panies were capitalized for (2,000,000 estimated that the crop is qne-fourth 70071c; valley, 71c; red, 64066c. Oats— No. 1 white, (22022.50; gray, and according to their literature operat larger than last year, but owing to the ed large coffee plantations and owned old hay left over a year ago, which ( 20 ® 21 . Barley— Feed, (20 per ton; brewing, several lines of steamers. The postal was used during the late season last authorities declare that such is not tbe spring, there w ill not be an over sup (22 50; rolled, (2 3 0 24. Rye— (1.30 per cwt. case, and that M iller and Bushnell ply. Three good crops will be grown Corn— Whole, (2 6 ; cracked, (27 per have been Daying dividends to investors in many sections, but the low water from the money taken in for stock in supply w ill cut some short, as the ton. Hay— Valley timothy, No 1, (1 1 0 the concern. full flow of the Malheur river is now covered by tbe Nevada Ditch com 12.50 per ton; Flastern Oregon timothy, pany's rights and every ditch on the (1 6 ; clover, (7 0 7 .5 0 cheat, (6.50; T o Educate Russian Children. grain hay, (7 ; alfalfa, (1 0 ; vetch ¿hay, river except one is now shut off. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24.— With a (707.50. view to submitting to the next session Fruits — Apples, common, 50075c of the council of the empire and the Hood River Prepares for Fair. Hood River — Hon. K. L. Smith, per box; fancy, (1 .2 5 0 2 ; apricots, lower house of parliament a bill for president, and G. J. Geseling, secre (1.2501.36; grapes, (1 0 1.7 5 per crate; universal primary education, the cabi- tary, o' the Hood River Biennial Fruit peaches. (1 0 1 .1 0 ; pears, (1.75, plums, inet, at a session held on Tuesday, de fair, have issued a call for a mass meet fancy, 600 75c per box; common 600 cided that such a bill should be draft ing of the residents of the town and 75c; blackberries, 506c per pound; ed by a special commission. The min valley for tbe purpose of making ar crab apples, 75c per box. istry of public instruction submitted Melons— Cantaloupes, (1 .7 5 0 2 per statistics showing that there are in tbe rangements for this event, important to crate; watermelons, 10 1)^ c per pound. fruit growers. The meeting will take empire 12,736,000 children of school Vegetables— Beans, 5 0 7 c; cabbage, age, of whom only 5,389,030 are receiv place Betpember 1 in the Commercial l? »0 2 c per pound; celery. 8 5 c 0 (l per club rooms, when plans will also be ing primary education. There are less perfected (or entertaining the Oregon dozen; corn, 15020c per dozen; cu than 90,000 primary schools in Russia. cumbers, 40060c per box; egg plant, State Irrigation association. 10c per pound; lettuce, head, 25c per Americans Prey to Brigands. dozen; onions, lO 0 1 2 ){c per dozen; Pay Hop Pickers by Weight. Washington, Aug. 24.— Brigandage peas, 406c; bell peppers, 1 2 }* 0 l6 c ; Woodburn — At a meeting in this radishes, 10015c; per dozen; rhubarb, is so common near Smyrna, Syria, that city recently ol the Willamette Hop- Americans have appealed repeatedly to 202)kc per pound; spinach, 203c per growers’ association, 86 hopmen were pound; tomatoes, 60090c per box; the American consulate there for pro present. It waa decided that all grow parsley, 26c; squash, (1 0 1 .2 5 per tection in tbe licorice root fields and ers should endorse the system of pick crate; turnips, 9 O c 0 (l per sack; 'car tobacco plantations adjoining the city, and the foreign population is moving ing by weight, but at the same time it rots, (101.25 per sack; beets, (1 .2 5 0 was left to the discretion ol growers into the city from the suburbs because 1.50 per sack. whether to pick by weight or to use Onions — New, 1 J »01 X e per pound. of the fear that the brigandage which measuring baskets of nine bushels each. has been visited only upon the Ottoman Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 70075c; The general opinion was expressed that subjects so far wilt be extended to tbe sweet potatoes, 4 0 4 t^c per pound. the price of picking should be 50 cents Americans bsTe Patter— Fancy creamery, 22 % 026c foreign populations. per box or (1 per 100 pounds. been advisisd that travel in the interior per pound. Flgge — Oregon ranch, 2 1 ){0 2 2 c per is unsafe. M ore Pow er is Needed. dozen. Negotiates Treaty With Colombia. La Grande— Owing to the increase in Poultry — Average old hens, 13c per Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 24.— John demand for electric power, the elec pound; mixed chickens, 1 2 ^ 0 1 3 c ; tric company has been unable to get springs, 13H 014c, old roosters, 9 0 Barrett, United States minister to Co along with the energy developed at the 10c; dressed chickens, 14015c; tur lombia, has left here for Guayaquil f„r Cone power house and it was found keys, live, 16022c; turkeys, dressed, a conference with Secretary Root on necessary this week to ase'some of the choice, 2O022V{c; geese, live, 8010c; tbe prop wed treaty with tbe United State« concerning Panama. The gov power from Morgan lake. In all the docks, 11013c. company is now nsing 700 horse power, Hope — 1906 contracts, 18 0 20c; ernment has received a proposition from a French syndicate for opening the and this ameunt will be gradually in 1906, nominal; 1904, nominal. Eng Wool — Eastern Oregon average beet, month of the Magdalena river. creased. 15019c per pound, according to shrink lish capitalists offer to open Cartagena Postoffice for Myrick. age; valley, 20022c, according to fine harbor. Both projects are favorably Pendleton— The poetoffice at Myrick ness; mohair, choice, 28030c per considered. station has been reestablished, after pound. Another Purchase o f Silver. having been discontinued for several Veal— Dressed, 51608c per pound. Washington, ta g . 24.— Tbe director months. It is a fourth class office and Beef — Dressed balls. Sc par pound; the postmaster is William Love. My cows, 41*05 if c; country Steen, 606c. of tbe mint Wednesday pare nosed 100,- rick Is a small station on tbe line of Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 708c per 000 ounces of silver at 67 cents an the W. A C. R. R , 12 miles northeast pound: ordinary, 506c; lambs, fancy, ounce to be delivered at New Orleans. The price paid last week was 66.62 ot Pendleton. I t is in the midst of tbe 8 0 8 * c . cents. rich wheat growing section. Pork— P ressed, 7 0 8 Igc par pound. DEAD EXCEED 2,000 Valparaiso At Last Learns Extent Ot Loss ot Lite. HALF THE POPULATION LEAVING Steamers Carrying Thousands From Ruined City— Every Church, Hos pital and Theater Destroyed. Vaplaraiso, Aug. 23.— Plaxa de la Victoria as far as the plaza in the sec tion called Las Deliciaa, f.u r fifths of the houses are completely destroyed by the ertbquake, and the remaining one- fifth are badly damaged. From the Plaza de la Victoria down to the custom house only about one-third of the hous es sustained damage. The banks of the city and the customs warehouses were not damaged. With the excep tion of Espiritu Santo, all the churches in the city were destroyed, as were the hospitals and the theaters. Tbe number of dead is more than 2,- 000. Tbe office of the Havas agency, although seriously damaged, are still being used for the company’ s business. The tragic scenes of the San Francis co disaster were reproduced here. There was a fight against fire, the lack of water and robbery and pillage. The authorities are now beginning to get in provisions, and water again is being supplied. A ll the fires have been extinguished. The first shock lasted four minutes and a half and the second two minutes. Most of the hous es were thrown down by the second shock. Estimates of the damage range from (25.000,000 to (50,000,000. The Al- mendral quarter has been absolutely destroyed. The people are still camp ing on the surrounding hills and in the streets, and only today are calm and courage returning. The declarations are made that 80,- 000 people w ill leave the city. The lack of food is not yet serious. Tele graphic communication was re-estab lished with Santiago yesterday. A number of steamers are engaged in moving the people of the city to points to the north and south. T O K IL L G O VERNO R. Assassin Makes Attempt on Life of Cuban Official. Havana, Aug. 23.— An attempt was made this evening to assassinate Gen eral Em ilio Nunez, governor of the province of Havana. The would be-as- sassin was arrested. His identity is not known, but be is a white man and was well dressed. A telegram to the government late tonight stated that Major Laurent, with his detachment of rural guards, fought Guerra and his 300 men for three hours completely defeating him, killing or wounding many of his fol lowers and taking three prisoners. The dispatch adds that the rebels dispersed in all directions, being chased long distances. None of the rural guards were hurt. General Jose Miguel Gomez, who was arrested Tueeday, was formerly governor of Santa Clara province and was the Liberal candidate for the pres idency last year. He is expected to ar rive in Havana early tomorrow. The government always suspected Gomez along with other Liberal leaders of conspiring or conniving at insurrection ary schemes, but there was no definite evidence until it developed that he wa; planning to take tbe field at the head of the Santa Clara insurgents. Had General Gomez taken the field, it would would have had an immense influence, as he is a strong, magnetic military leader. Captured O ver the Sea. Chicago, Aug. 23.— “ Paul O. Stens- land is in custody. He w ill be brought te Chicago within a short time. He was captured across the ocean." This statement was made this afternoon by Marius Kirkeby, secretary of the M il waukee Avenue State bank. He left a meeting in President Forgan’ s offices in the First National bank to make the announcement. “ The directors have just subscribed (1,000 to have the fugi tive brought back here. Secrecy as to the place of capture has been demanded by tbe detective agency." Uncle Sam for Banker. Chicago, Aug. 23.— A movement to secure more than 1,000,000 petitioners for the establishment of postal savings banks was started tonight by the North Side Turner society, many of whose members suffered by the collapse ol the Milwaukee Avenue State bank. The plan contemplates that the National association of turners shall tarn each one of its 37,296 members into a can vasser for signature«. Every candidate for congress throughout the country will be urged to state his attitude, and all political partis« asked to assist. Oppose Monroe Doctrine. San Juan, Coeta Rica, Ang. 23.— At a preliminary meeting of tbs American clnb today, the views and objects of that organisation were formulated. It is declared to be tbe purpose of the club " t o work for the union of Latin America and to be prepared to oppose the United Btatee in its work of anni hilation of Latin-American commercial independence." The Monroe doctrine is declared to be a menace to all Latin- American countries. China Will Open the Door. London, Aug. 23.— A corrwpenndent at Tok’ o, of the Daily Telegraph, re ports that the United diplomatic repre sentations of the United States, Great Britain and Japan have resulted in China promising to establish customs on tbe Roeeo Chinese frontier. Not until this is an accomplished fact, the dispatch adds, w ill Japan consent to the establishment of customs bouses at Delay and Antong. 8 T O R M F O L L O W E D „T H E S H O C K . Earthqua! e. Fire, Wind and Lightning Terrified Valparaiso. Valparaiso, Aug 21.— The loasof life by the earthquake of Thursday, A ug ist 16, probably w ill not be short of 3.UU0, while the property destroyed is esti mated at (100,000,000, and probably is far in excess ol that sum. Order is being maintained with the utmost severity by tbe military, police and armed citizens’ patrols, who are empowered to shoot looters on tbe spot. The authorities are showing the utmost energy in tbe protection of property. With the first terrible jh~ck of the earthquake buildings collapsed, their walls falling with a tremenJous noise. The inmates in many cases were unable to escape. The shock was followed al most immediately by a fierce storm, the wind prostrating tbe wells that had been weakened by the earthquake, and these broke trolley wires, which flash ed incessantly. The second shock was even heavier than the first. Five minutes afterward fires started in every direction, and immediately the whole town, which had been mo mentarily 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. FOREIGN C A P IT A L T O REBUILD. Its Interests A re Large and Chilean Credit Is Good. New York, Aug. 22.— Quan Tonkin, a Chilean civil engineer, who is now in New York, said last night: “ In Valparaiso local and foreign in terests are so great that it is absolutely certain the city w ill be rebuilt. The financial burden of rehabilitation w ill not be thrown on Chile alone, but also on the numerous foreign interests, which include moat of the nations of the world. Of the foreign interests I believe the English w ill be tbe heaviest losers, especially the many Flnglish fire insurance companies that suffered such great losses in the destruction of San Francisco. However, it must be kept in mind that Chile enjoys very high financial credit, especially in the Lon don market, where her bonds are quot ed at 99 % per cent. The external debt of Chile is about (105,000,000, which has always been scrupulously served, and it takes only 21 per cent of the Chilean government revenue to serve this debt. The Chilean state railway atone represents nearly as much as the external debt, while the salt petre lands represent four or five times as much m ore." K U R O P A T K IN IS NEEDED. Disgraced General Has Full Confi dence o f His Soldiers. St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.— Is General Kuropatkin, once the pride of the en tire Russian army, war minister and fighter by nature, but whose laurels were trampled under foot by the vic torious Japaneee at Liaoyang, in the earlier days of tbe fighting in Northern Corea and Manchuria, to be vindicated. That is tbe question uppermost in the mind of every officer of the army tonight, and also the chief topic of dis cussion at the m ilitary clubs, on the question arising through the indus trious circulation of a report that tbe czar has sent for the general and in tends to place him once again at the head of the department of War. 8uch action would overthrow all ancient Russian t-aditions, but it is apparently necessary. Kuropatkin is the one man, and probably tbe only one in all Russia, who is in a position to reorganize the army. He is loved by the common soldier, who believes that he is the only officer of general rank who has their interest at heart. I f intrusted with the task of bringing back the al legiance of the troops to tbe “ Little Father,” he could do it, and the know ledge that this is so is responsible for tbe belief here that he is to come into his own again. Since his return from the front, a disgraced and broken hearted mao, the general has been in retirement at his motber’ c home, but it is generally ex pected that he w ill soon be back in the capital in his old position as minister of war. Wilson Inspects Incognito._____ Omaha, Aug. 22.— Secretary Wilson, of the department of Agriculture, un attended, arrived at a local hotel late last night, and, without registering or disclosing his identity, early this morn ing drove in a closed carriage to tbe packing plants in South Omaha. After a short inspection of several of tbe plants the secretary again returned to this city, raying: " I am going to South Omaha, but I don’ t want my identity known. I have inspected all the packing plants and found them in good condition." Want Pay and Title T o Go With Work Washington, Aug. 22.— Some better method of advancement of officers of the Philippine scouts is advocated by Brigadier General James A . Buchanan, retired, former commander of the Vls- ayas. Under the present law lieuten ants cannot be promoted to the grade ot captain. Many lieutenants of the Philippine scouts are and have been for the last five years performing a cap tain's duty, others raised, organised and for three or four years kept their companies in excellent condition, only to lose their commands. Storage Dam Is in Danger. Phoenix, Ang. 22.— As tbe results of heavy rain in the Salton waterxbeds, tbe work of the contractors on the gov ernment storage dam at Roosevelt per formed daring the past three or four months bas been greatly damaged, and unless tbs water falls rapidly, every thing in the way cf construction, to gether with much of tbe machinery, w ill be washed away. Tonight the whole volume of the river was pouring through a channel 60 feet wide. Police Will Keep O rder. Chicago, Aug. 22.— Payment by Re ceiver Fetsner of a dividend of 20 per cent to depositors of the defnnet M il waukee Avenue State bank, ordered by tbe court last week, w ill begin tomor row morning. There were 22,000 de positors in the institution when it failed, and in anticipation of a rash on the place tomorrow an extra detail ot polios has beea atkal for to keep order