"T"" WfTT k. mm WHllppgf', fcl 1 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,