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DEAD EXCEED 2
Valparaiso At Last Learns Extent
Of Loss of Life.
HALF THE POPULATION LEAVING
Steamers Carrying Thousand From
Ruined City Every Church, Hos
pltal and Theater Destroyed.
Yaplarnieo, Aug. 23. Data i!e la
Victoria &a far aa the plaza in the eec
tlon called Las Dellclas, f.ur-filths of
the houses are completely destroyed by
the erthquake, and the remaining one
fifth are badly damaged. Frjua the
riata 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
ere not damaged. vtitn tue excep
tion of Espiritu Santo, all the churches
in the city were destroyed, as were the
hospitals and the theaters.
The number of dead is more than 2,
000. The office of the Havaa 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. All 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
chock.
Estimates of the daaiage 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 SO,
000 people will leave the city. The
lack of food is not yet serious. Tele
graphic communication was re-established
with Santiago yesterday.
A number of steamers are encrased in
moving the people of the city to points
to uie nortn and south.
TO KILL GOVERNOR.
Assassin Makes Attempt on Life of
Cuban Official.
Havana, Ang. 23. -An attempt was
made this evening to assassinate Gen
eral Emillo Nunez,
province of Havana,
tassin was arrested.
governor of the
The would-be-as-His
identity is
not known, but be is a white man
and
was well dreesed.
A telegram to the government late
tonight stated that Major Laurent,
with his detachment of rural guards,
fought Guerra and bis 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.
Genera Jose Miguel Gomez, who
was arrested Tuesday, was formerly
governor of Eanta Clara province and
was the Liberal candidate for the pres
idency last year. He is expected to ar
rive in Havana early tomorrow. Tho
government always suspected Gomez
along with other Liberal leaders ol
conspiring or conniving at insurrection
ary schemes, but there was no definite
evidence until it developed that ho waj
planning to take the 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.
Uncle Sam for Banker.
Chicago, Ang. 23. A movement to
secure more than 1,000,000 petitioners
for the establishment of postal savings
banks was started tonight by the North
Bide Turner society, many of whose
members suffered by the collapse of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank. The
plan contemplates that tho National
association of tnrners shall turn each
one of its 37,200 members into a can
vasser for signature". Every candidate
for congress throughout the country
will be urged to state his attitude, and
all political parties asked to assist.
China Will Open the Door.
London, Aug. 23. A correpsondent
at Tokio, of the Dally Telegraph, re
ports that tho United diplomatic repre
sentations of the United States, Great
JJrltaln and Japan have resulted in
China promising to establish customs
on the Ruseo-Chinese frontier. Not
until this is an accomplished fact, the
dispatch adds, will Japan consent to
the establishment of customs houses at
JJalny and Antung
REVOLT GAINS HEADWAY.
Cuban Insurgents Capture Another
Town From Government.
Havana, Aug. 24. Flno Guerrcra,
the insurgent leader in 1'lnar dol Rio,
today followed up tho capture oi San
Luis, by taking San Juan do Martinet,
the terminus of tho Western railroad,
and by threatening to wreck the rail
road and all its property unless tho
company ceases forwarding troops for.
the government.
Alarmed by these Insurgent success
es, the government has ordered from
an American arms manufacturing com
pany lour rapid-lire gnus ami mat
these pieces bo manned by ex-members
of the artillery branch ol tho American
army now here. If these guns prove
to be effective, four or more additional
guns will be ordered, and it is expected
that experienced gunners will be pro
cured in the United Staes to man them.
The United States has not been asktd
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 will be able to restore order in
a short time.
The killing of the Insurrectionary
leader, General Qaentin Bandera, to
day in an engagement between rural
guards and a band of his followers Is
regarded as dealing the insurrection a
heavy blow.
Pablic opinion appears to vary ac
cording to locality, from enthusiastic
adherence to the government to open
rebellion. In this city the general at
titude is one of loyalty, but there has
been nothing which could to fairly de
scribed as a general rising of the people
In defense of the government.
NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL.
Deficiency In Appropriations for Ma
neuvers of State Troops.
Washington, Aug. 24. After a month
of hard work, Assistant Secretary Oliv
er, of the War department, concluded
that he bad finally made a satisfactory
adjustment of the many difficulties in
apportioning the appropriation of $700,
000 for pay of the militia at the ma
neuvers in different camps throughout
the country, but it appears that all is
not satisfactory. In some cases more
stato troops than bad been given in the
schedule were sent into the camps and
more expense was thus added. This
caused a deficit in the allotment of
funds, especially in the matter of pay
for the state troops. The pay depart
ment of the army decided to pay the
troops as long aa the 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
nsed to make up the deficit elsewhere.
It is possible that congress will be .ask
ed to make an appropriation to cover
the deficit and the state troops pain
next winter.
GET-RICH-QUICK FIRM OUT.
Postal Department Arrests Operators
of Fake Mexican Companies.
Chicago, Aug. 23. The operattions
of the Tabasco-Chiapas Trading A
Transportation company and the Lu
Me Ha Mills company, Mexican invest
ment concerns, with offices at 10-20
River street, were stopped today by the
United States postal authorities. Hen
ry D, liushnell, president, and I. 11.
Miller, secretary and treasurer, were
arrested and held in bonds of f 2,000
each.
It is alleged by the postal authorities
that the operations of Buslinell and
Miller, which have covered a period of
five years, have netted them $850,000
(rom innocent investors. The two com
panies were capitalized for $2,000,000
and according to their literature operat
ed large coffee plantations and owned
several lines of steamers. The postal
authorities declare that such is not the
case, and that Miller and Bushnell
have been paying dividends to investors
from the money taken in for stock In
the concern.
To Educate Russian Children.
Ht. Petersburg, Aug. 24. With a
view to submitting to the next session
of the council of the empire and the
lower house of parliament a bill for
universal primary education, the cab!
Inet, at a session held on Tuesday, de
cided that such a bill should be draft
ed by a special commission. The min
istry of public instruction submitted
statistics showing that there are in the
empire 12,730,000 children of school
age, of whom only 6,380,000 are receiv
ing primary education. There are less
than 00,000 primary schools in Russia,
Another Purchase of Sliver.
Washington, Aug. 24. The director
ol tho mint Wednesday purchased 100,-
000 ounces of silver at 07 cents an
ounco to be delivered at New Orleans.
The price paid last week was 00.02
cents.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MILKING MACHINE TESTS.
Demonstration of Tholr Value To De
Given at State Fair.
Salem Milking machines in opera
tion n ill bo one of tho principal fea
tures of tho dntry department at tho
State fair, which opens hore September
10. tanners and dairymen have al
ways been Interested In tho subject of
milking machines and tholr Interest as
become, particularly strong In the last
few years w hen dairying In this stato
has been hampered by tho difficulty in
securing milkers. Men da not llko to
milk and will not take work of that
kind if they ran gel anything else at
the same wages. Hut milking rnachln
or j has not generally been found to be
successful and dairymen havo been
compelled to depend upon such labor
as they could gut.
There are romo manufacturers of
milking rnarhlnes who think the. havo
contrived apparatus that will extract
tho lacteal (luid from tho patient or im
patient cow, whether she be a hard
milker or an eary one. Machines so
simple that a boy can run them, are tl-
leged to bo ready for tho farmer who
doesn't like to milk and cannot hire
somebody elo to do it for him. Ma
chines adjustable for tall cows or short
ones, kickers and nonklckers, Jerseys,
Holstelns or scrubs, await the doubting
owner of the dairy herd. It's all a
question of proof and the state board of
agriculture proposes to give tho manu
facturers of milking machines the op
portunity to prove by actual demon
stration. There will bo plenty of cows at the
fair and the owners ol machines will ho
called upon twice a day to do the milk
ing. If the machines work to tho sat
isfaction of the farmers, there will be
some business In milking machines.
If they don't work, the cows and their
owners will give the machine manufac
tured the laugh.
Hut whether tho machines work or
don't work, the state board of agricul
ture will give the farmers a chance to
see them tried, and beyond doubt there
will be ranchers around the stock pens
twice a day to see the'demonstratlon,
and the fun, if any of the cows object
to the unaccustomed treatment.
New Hospital at Chemawa.
Chemawa Plans and specifications
have been received at the Indian school
here for a new brlrk $15,000 hospital,
for which bids will be received and the
contract awarded September 13. The
building is to be supplied with the lat
est improved methods of heating and
ventilation, and will be equipped with
the best sanitary appliances. It will
be steam heated and electric lighted.
The main building will be two stories,
80x33, and will have two wings, 31x24.
In connection with the new hospital
the school management will continue
and extend tho open air sanitarium
which it has been running since spring
with excellent results.
Oregon Flax Good.
Ealem George Verbeke, son ol one
of the wealthiest linen manufaturers of
Ghent, Belgium, and a member o( tho
firm of Morel fc Verbeke, is in Salem to
mako a scientific investigation into the
possibilities for the development of the
flax and linen Industries of Oregon,
He said: "I have been able to arrive
at only one conclusion as a result of the
limited Investigations which I have
made during my stay hero, and that Is
that Oregon certainly produces a very
high grade of flax, equal to an) that I
have ever seen, and, in my judgment,
it Is capable of being manufactured in
to the choicest of linen fabrics."
Burned Trees Have Value.
Albany Experienced lumbermen
state that activity on the part of mill
men will save much of the timber in
the burnt district up the North San
tiam river. The fire as ft rushes
through th green 'timber burns those
parts of the trees which are loaded with
pitch, and leaves the wood but little
charred. All the limbs and foliage are
devoured, and the pitchy bark is burn
ed through, but the part that Is valua
ble for lumber is Injured but little.
This charred timber may bo utilized
(or milling purposes at anytime within
four years after tho fire aa a rule.
Clackamas Farmers Are Pleased.
Oregon City Gottfried Moehnke, a
farmer at Shubel, reports a yield of 74
bushels per acre from a five-acre field
of oats, An exceptionally good yield
of wheat and oats, both in quality and
quantity, is reported by Clackamas
county farmers as fares the harvest has
progressed, A yield of 70 bushels of
oats per acre is also reported from the
farm of George Lazelle near New Era.
Cuts Heavy Crop of Oats.
La Grande James Halley harvested
10 acres of oats last week, which will
average 80 bushels. The straw was so
heavy and thick that the binder could
cut only half a swath at a time, and It
took two days to cut the grain. This
should not be considered bad for a
"half-crop" year.
VALLEY VALUES AREIRISING.
Land Purchased Last Year Incroasos
About 20 Per Cent.
Salem That tho big profits In Oro
gou real estnto are not mixdo In Port
land alone, or In city property alone,
la Indicated by an Investment mado less
than n year ago by A. M, Im Kolletto,
n Mission bottom farmer. Ij Kolletto
bought a 1)0 aero farm Inst fall at $(12,00
nn acre, paying all thnt his neighbors
thought tho plnco worth. Ho bought
It more for tho Investment than for us,
for ho ntready has nil tho farm land he
needs. A low days ago ho was offered
$30 an aero (or tho sntno (arm, or nn
increase o( $17.'o0 nn aero.
Tho total investment was $5,025,
nnd tho amount offered a year later was
$7,200, or an Increase, of $1,676, or
about 28 per cent. Mr. I.n Follotte
thinks It will advance still further and
yield him a much larger profit, so ho
refused tho offer. Ho thinks tho build
ing of electric roads through tho valley
will raise farm laud values In tho next
few years.
Physician to Indians.
Chemawa Dr. F. K. Sinter, ol Sa
lem, has been appointed physician (or
tho Omaha and Winnebago Indians of
Nebraska, and will leave for his post
soon. Dr. Stater was the physician nl
the Chemawa Indian school for nearly
a year. He became Interested in the
Indian work and requested a perma
nent appointment from tho commis
sioner of Indian affairs. Dr. Slater
gave excellent satisfaction at the Indian
school here in treating the diseases in
cident to Indians.
Wheat Record at Westen.
Weston Weston claims tho largest
crop threshed In Oregon, and perhaps
in the Northwest, In proportion to the
acreago seeded. J. M. Hannlstor had
exactly 5,042 sacks from 208 acre, one
mile west of town, nn average of 03
bushels an acre, at 140 pounds to tho
sack. The wheat is Dale Glory, which
has been grown to a considerable extent
nround Helix but has just been Intro
duced in the Weston country.
Coqullle Mills Are Busy.
Coqullle The sawmills In this vi
cinity are running overtime, which Is
practically the first time they have run
even full time since the San Francisco
earthquake. Many of them would run
night and da? M hands could he ob
tained. All kinds of laborers aro
scarce, especially carpenters.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 67008c; bluestem,
70071c; valley, 71c; red, 04f3H0e.
Oats No. 1 white, $22022.60; gray,
$20(321.
Darley Feed, $20 per ton; browing,
$22.50; rolled, $23024.
Kye $1.30 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $20; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No 1, $11
12.60 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$10; clover, $707.50 cheat, $0.50;
grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch hay,
I7GS7.GU.
Fruits Apples, common, 60076c
per box; fancy, $1-2602; apricots,
$1.2601.35; grapes, $10 1.75 per crate;
peaches, $101.10; pears, $1.76, plums,
fancy, 50376c per box; common 600
76c; blackberries, 6t)c per pound;
crab apples, 76c per box.
Melons Cantaloupes, $1.7602 per
crate; watermelons, 101)c per pound,
Vegetables Iieans, 607c: cabbage,
l?42c per pound; celery, 8Su0$l per
dozen; corn, 16020c per dozen; cu
cumbers, 40060c per box; egg plant,
10c per pound; lettnre, head, 25c per
dozen; onions, lO012Hic per dozen;
peas, 406c; lell poppers, 12016c;
radishes, 10015c; per dozen; rhubarb,
202)c per pound; spinach, 203o per
pound; tomatoes, CO a 00c per box;
parsley, 26c; squash, $1(31.25 per
crate; turnips, 0Oc0$l per sack; 'car
rots, $101.26 per sack; beets, $1,250
1.50 pr sack.
Onions Now, lftlKcpor pound.
Potatoes Oregon Hurbanks, 70075c;
sweet potatoes, 404Jfc per pound.
Putter Fancy creamery, 22J425c
per pound.
Kkk Oregon ranch, 21J022o per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 13c per
pound; mixed chickens, 12013c;
springs, 13)4014c, old roosters, 00
10c; dressed chickens, 14016o; tur
keys, live, 10022c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 2022&c; geese, live, 801Oo;
ducks, 11013c
Hops 1000 contracts, 18 0 20o;
1005, nominal; 1004, nominal.
Wool Eastorn Oregon average best,
16010c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 20022c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 28030a per
pound.
Veal Dressed, 608c per pound.
Heel Dressed bulls, So per pound;
cows, 4)05c; country steers, 60Oo,
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 708o per
pound; ordinary, 60Go; lambs, fancy,
8080.
Pork Dressed, 708c per pound, j
STORM FOLLOWED THE SHOCK,
Earlhtiun o, Flro, Wind and LlglilnlnK
Terrified Valparaiso,
Valparaiso, Aug 2 J. 1 ho loss of lift
by tho enrthiiinko ol Thursday, August
10, probably will not bo short ol 3,000,
whllo tho properly destroyed Is esti
mated at $100,000,000, and probably Is
far lu excess ol that sum.
Order Is being maintained with the
utmost severity by tho military, police
nnd armed citizens' patrols, who nro
empowered to shoot looters on tho spot.
Tho authorities aro showing tho utmost
energy in tho protection of proiorty.
With tho first terrible ihock ol tho
earthquake buildings collapsed, their
walls falling with a tremendous nolto.
Tho Inmates In many cases woro unable
to escape. The shock was followed al
most Immediately by n fierce storm, tho
wind prostrating tho walls that had
been weakened hy tho earthquake, mid
tin-so broko trolley wires, which Hash
od incessantly. Tho second shock was
oven heavier thsn tho first.
Five minutes altornaid tires started
In every direction, and linmrdlately
tho whole town which had been mo
mentarily In darkness, was Illuminated
by gigantic lliiiucs. Tho firemen made
n desperate fight, though there ws but
little water, as most of thn mains Had
been broken hv the early tremor.
FOREIGN CAPITAL TO REBUILD.
Its
Interests Aro Largo and Chilean
Credit Is Good.
New York, Aug. 22. Qjan Tonkin,
a Chilean civil engineer, who Is now In
New York, said last night.
"In Valparaiso local and (oielgn In
terests are so great that It Is absolutely
certain the city will be rebuilt. The
financial burden o( rehabilitation will
not be thrown on Chile alone, but also
on the numerous foreign Interests,
which Include most ol the nations ol
the world. Ol the foreign interests I
believe the English will be the heaviest
losers, espoclnlly the many l.ngllsh flro
Iniuranco companies thnt suffered such
ureal losses in the destruction of San
Franclico. However, it must be kept
In mind that Chllu enjoys very high
financial credit, especially In the Itn
don market, where her bonds nie quot
ed at 00i 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 servo
this debt. The Chilean stato railway
alone represents nearly as much aa the
external debt, while the salt petre
lands represent four or five times as
much more."
KUROPATKIN IS NEEDED.
Disgraced General Has Full Confi
dence of His Soldiers.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22. Is General
Kuropatkln, once tho pride of the en
tire Russian army, war minister and
fighter by nature, but whoso laurels
were trampled under foot by the vic
torious Japaneee at Llnoyang, In tho
earlier days id tho fighting in Northern
Cores and Manchuria, to be vindicated.
That is the question uppermost In
the mind of every officer ol the army
tonight, and also the chief topic ol dis
cussion at the military clubs, on the
question arising through the Indus
trlous circulation ol a report that the
czar lias sent lor tue genornl and In-
tends to place him once again at tho
head of tho department of War. Such
action would overthrow all ancient
Russian t'adltlons, hut It Is apparently
necessary.
Kuropatkln is the one man, nnd
probably tho only one In nil Russia,
who is in n position to reorgnnlzo the
nrnly. He is loved hy tho common
soldier, who believes that ho Is the
only officer of general rank who has
their interest at heart. If Intrusted
with tho task of bringing hack the al
legiance ol the troops to tho "Little
Father," he could do it, and the know
ledge that this Is so Is responsible for
the belief here that ho is to come into
his own again.
Since his return from tho front, a
disgraced nnd broken hearted man, tho
general has been in retirement nt his
mother'c home, but It Is generally ex
pected that he will soon bo back In the
capital in his old position as minister
of war.
Want Pay and Tltlo To Go With Work
Washington, Aug. 22. Homo bettor
method ol advancement ol olllcors of
the Philippine scouts is advocated by
ungauior uenerai James A, itiicliauan,
retired, former commander of tho Vis-
eyas. Under tho present law lieuten
ants cannot bo promoted to the grade of
captain. Many lieutenants of the
Philippine scouts aro and have been lor
tho last five years performing a cap
tain's duty, others raised, organized
and for throo or four years kept their
companies In excollont condition, only
to lose their commands,
Police Will Keep Order.
Chicago, Aug. 22. Payment hy Re
culver Fetzner of a dividend ol 20 pur
cent to depositors of tho defunct Mil
waukoo Avenue Statu bonk, ordorod hy
tho court last week, will begin tomor
row morning, There wore 22,000 de
positors In the institution whon It
failed, and In anticipation ol a rush on
tho placo tomorrow an extra detail ol
police has been asked for to keep order
REBELS ARE STRONG
All Western Cuba Said To Ho In
Syniiiiitliy Willi Guerrero,
MANY RURAL GUARDS DESERTING
Government Forces Racapturn One
Town Attack hy Rebels on
Plnar Dol Rio Expected,
Havana, Aug. 25, Unolllolal advices
received from tho western part ol tho
province of Plnar del ltlo are to the
effect that the insurgent (ones now
concentrating west ol Han Juan de .Mar
tinez are fni more formidable and bet
ter supplied (or ramping and a lung
and aggressive cnnip,iliii than had been
supOBcd.
A prominent resilient ol Havana
whoso wbfil Is beyond question, has
Just returned from a three days' tour In
the vicinity ol San l.uls and Han Juan
de Martinez. He Informed the Associ
ated Press that Pino (luerrora's folio.
Ing In Plnar del Rio Is now (rout 1,500
to 2,000 men. He raid the Idea ol his
not having sufficient ammunition was
ridiculous, and that he Is abundantly
supplied with every possible necrsslty.
The behavior ol his forces Is eirellent.
He said the Insurrectionists had
eight mules loaded with dynamite and
that lately they had received supplies
from unknown sources. He oltlvnly
declared that fully a hundred mem
bers ol the rural guard had deserted
and joined tho Insurrectionists since
the trouble began, and that practlrally
all Cubans In Western CiiIhi were sym
pathisers with the movement
Word has beon received hero (rem
Santiago that General Jrsus Raid, with
2,000 veterans, will come to the Vuelta
Aba jo to help put down the Insurrec
tion. This, however, Is not confirmed.
Tho government's extra expomea
since August 10 havu been $270,000.
Aside from slight enrnunteis In thn
provinces ol Havana ami tyanU Clara,
nothing ol Importance has transpired
here. Tho enlistment nl rural guards
and volunteers Is going on very slowly,
In the provinces, but In the city of
Havana enlistments are somewhat bet
ter. The city council has appropriated
$60,000 for the support of tho city
mllltla, nl which thero are two divis
ions, the Interior and the exterior.
The government expects that thn
ste imer Mexico, which will sail' (rom
New York today, will bring eight
rapid-fire guns, 10,000,000 cartridges
and 12,000 I.ee rltles.
Tho government foree In the city of
Plnar del ltlo consists ol 250 artillery
men and 160 guards. The Inhabitants
of the city of Plnar del Rio are re
parted to be loyal and it Is said that
most of them are armed and will assist
tho troops In resisting an attak on the
part ol tho insurgents,
WHEN AMERICA MAY STEP IN.
Provisions of Plait Amendment for
Kooplns; Peaco In Cuba.
Wshlngton, Aug. 25. The Piatt
amendment, aa the legislation which
defined tho conditions on which tho
United Slates should withdraw (rem
Cuba and turn tho island aver to thn
control ol tho U'uban people was known,
provided that a pait ol the now re
public's constitution should contain
certain provisions concerning tho future,
relations ol tho United Huto with
Cuba. Tho third of these provisions
was as follows
"That tho govenuient of Cuba con
sents that tho United Stales may Inter
vene for the preservation ol Cuban In
dependence, tho maintenance of n gov
ernment adequate (or the protection of
Hie, property and Individual liberty
and for discharging the obligations
with respect to Cuba Imposed by ttio
treaty ol Paris on the United States to
bo assumed anil undertaken hy the gov
ernment ol Cuba."
Dnto of Convention Postponed.
Salom, Or,. Aiic. 25. Notice has
been sent out that thn dato of tho In
terstate convention on tho subject ol
election ol seuatora hv direct vote ol
tho people has been changed from Sep
tember 6 to Decembor 6. Tho conven
tion Is to bo hold In Dos Moines, In.
The purpose Is'to adopt n plan of pro
ceodure which shall result in two
thirds ol tho states ol the Union de
manding that congress call a constitu
tional convention to draft an amend
ment providing for popular election of
United States aenatora.
San Francisco Qavo First.
Washington, Aug. 25, Han Francisco
mndu tho first Amorican contribution
to tho Valparaiso earthquake sufferers.
A dispatch rocolvod by tho Statu de
partment today from American Minis
tor Hicks, at Suutluuo. nnuouncod that
a donation ol $10,000 had been received
from San Francisco,