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Newspaper Page TextTHE CONDON GLOBE bml Back Wtk CONDON OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK la a Condensed Form for Cut Easy Readers. A Return of the, Lesa Important but Not Lata Interesting Event of the Past Week. A massacre ot Jews ii expected in Wareaw, Russia. A cave-in at Clincaport, Va, en tombed 60 minora. Roosevelt ia said to have declared tor Canon lor president. Labor leaders hire declared war on Canoon'a candidacy for re-election to congress Portland police are looking (or Fanl Stensland, president of the wrecked Chicago bank. The president has appointed Jamee 8. Harlan, of Chicago, a member of the Interstate Commerce commission. Daring the fiscal year Just ended oar exports to Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska increased about SO per cent. Russian terrorists 'continue the slaughter ot police. The government has began wholesales arrests and exile. A tidal wave is reported from the Hawaiian islands. The general height was five feet and bat little damage was done. The Valparaiso earthqaake will com ple'.e the bankruptcy of many insurance companies which lost heavily in Ban Francisco. The First National bank ot 'Chelsea, Magss., has been closed by the bank examiner because too much money was loaned to its president. The murder of policemen in Poland continues. Japanese goods have supplanted ail others in Corea. Many officers are involved in a navy scandal at San Francisco. Another Chicago bank has failed as a result of 8tensland'a crimes. Ex-United States Senator Tomer, of Washington, is mentioned as Bryan's running mate. France haa resolved to make no con cessions to the Catholics and may con fiscate churches. A member of the late Russian parlia ment haa been arrested as a leader of agrarian disorders. E. B. Brown, of Zanesville, Obi), lias been elected commander-in-chief of the National U. A. R. Diego Mendosa, ex-Colombian minis ter to the United States, declara that President Reyes is a traitor. A second grand Jury haa been called at Cbiago to inquire into recent rebates gfiven the Standard Oil company. The Milwaukee Avenue 8tata bank, of Chicago, haa delcaraed a 20 per cent -dividend for depositors. More will be paid later. Secretary Root has arrived at Buenas Ayres. Mad Mullah has received a disastrous defeat. Negotiations looking to a Russo-Japanese fishing treaty have been com menced. It ia likely that the War department will concentrate all colored troops at one post. Many Republican state conventions are declaring in favor of Roosevelt for a third term. Pedants in Southern Russia are rav aging the country and the troops refuse to fire on them. A plot to assassinate the president of Cuba was discovered just in time to frustrate the plans. The powers are expected to make strong representations to Greece. The trouble is over the barbarous acta of Greek marauders in Macedona. Government inqairy into the rela tions between the railroads entering Toledo, Ohio, and the ice trust show the two to be working hand in hand. A warrant has been issued for the ar rest ot W. B. Vice, formerly coast pas senger asent of the Union Pacific. Vice is charged with embezzling $10,000 three years ago. He had been in hid ing until the San Francisco disaster of April 18, when he reappeared, believ ing the papers incriminating him had been destroyed. The National G. A R. is in conven tion at Minneapolis. The sultan of Turkey has rewarded his physician by elevating him to the rank of general. With the exception of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Rome, Italy, Chicago leads the world in crime. MOB IS SUPREME. Russian Terrorista Wreak Vengeance - on Hated Police. St. Petersburg, Aug. IS. Advices received from Llbau state that the riot ous demonstrations that began there Saturday night still continue and that the Hooligan element absolutely holds sway in the city, the police being pow erless to check it. Law abiding citizens are unable to traverse the streets and a reign ot robbery and rapine la in pro gress that will not be checked until troops are tent to aid the police. So far all appeals to the government at St. Petersburg have fallen appar ently npon deaf can and this fact haa emboldened the disturbing element to add murder to ita other crimes. Five storekeepers hava been murdered dur ing the past II hours and hundreds ot shops have been looted. The rloteis raided the alcohol, depot, and after filling themselves up on the fiery fluid, paraded the streets, shouting threats against the Jew and factory owners and storekeepers. Three police officers have been mur dered since Tuesday morning, the Ter rorists apparently having seised upon the confusion aa offering a magnificent opportunity to eliminate the bated members ot the police who have been active in working against them. There is one regiment of infantry in the local barracks at Libau, bat it is mutinous and the officeta some days ago took from the men all their am munition, as It was feared that they in tended to mntiny. FIRST INSURANCE TRIAL. Test Case Upon Earthquake Clause 1 Set for Trial. 1 San Francisco, Aug. 15. The first of the insurance cases involving the earth quake clause was set for trial today by Superior Judge Hebbard. The case is that of the Rosenthal Shoe company against the. Williamsburg City Fire In surance company. The attorney tor the insurance people asked that the case be not set for trial until opportu nity could be given the judges mutual ly to arrange with the insurance com panies for a test case. He said that the insurance companies would demand a jury trial in each case, and unless proper arrangements weie made for a test case the courts would be occupied for years in bearing insurance litiga tion. The attorney for the plaintiff drclar ed that there were points of fact in this connection that could not be settled" by a teat case. The court then asked the insurance attorney if he waived a jury trial, and was answered, "No." The judge then asked, "Do you demand a jury trial?" but could not get a direct answer. The attorney for the shoe company then announced that to save time he would formally demand a jury trial. The cast was set for August 27. HAD PREPARED FOR FLIGHT. Stensland Took House Furnishings and a Woman With Him. Chicago, Aug. 15. Testimony indi cating that extensive preparations for flight were made by Paul Stensland, president ot the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, and that a woman entered into these preparations, were secured by Assistant State's Attorney Olsen to day, through the cross examination of Mist Allen McCracken, housekeeper for Stensland. It was learned that Stens land took with him in trunks and boxes sheets and other bedding, towels, win dow curtains, carpets, rugs and a silver dinner set. Some of this is said to have been traced to Baraboo, Wisconsin. The large trunk that is being traced is said to be three feet high and bound with iron. The box traced to Wiscon sin weighed 375 pounds when it was placed on an exprees wagon at the Stensland home on the day of the flight. Telegrams have been sent all over the world to trainmen to look for the big trunk. Another warrant charging Cashier Hering with forzing a note for $10,000 in the name of Marina S. Kirby was is sued today. Car Service Stopped. New York, Aug. 15. Following the arrest tonight of three division inspec tors of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company on charges of assault, the company shut off entirely all of ita surface lines leading to Coney island, taking the position that this was the only way to stop the rioting which has been in progress since Sunday morning at the points where a recond fare was demanded by the company's employes. The elevated and express trains to the seashore were augmented. The in spectors were released on bail. Freight Tunnels Under Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 15. The freight bores ot the Illinois Tunnel company will carry merchandise of all kinds in car load lota for the first time today. This movement will mark the practical com pletion of the Illinois Tunnel company's system of underground freight railroads, construction of which was began five years ago, and which hat cost its own ers about $30,000,000 BIG CITY IN RUINS Earthquake at Valparaiso, Chile, Is Followed .by Fire. HUNDREDS CRUSHED TO DEATH Great Port and Surrounding Country Stricken Throngs of Homeless Craisd by Calamity. New York, Aug. 18. The Herald to day prints the following: Valparaiso, Chill, Friday. Without the slightest tremor ot warning an earthquake visited this city at 8 o'clock last night, bringing death to hundreds ot persons and leaving many hundreds more imprisoned In the ruins, many ot whom were burned to death before aid could reach them. Fire started im mediately alter the first shock and every branch of the city's service was paralysed. Panic and consternation In describable followed, and thost who escaped death and injury became fren tied with tear and could render little assistance to the victims. The business section ot the city Is al most entirely destroyed, and fires are atill raging. We are auffering here a repetition ot the horrors of San Fran cisco. As night comes on, the city is every where aglow with unobstructed fires, and clouds of choking smoke and vapor settle into the streets and bouses, where throngs of homeless ones are wander ing about, erased by the awful calamity. It is almost impossible to ascertain how wide an area of country the visita tion haa laid waste. Nothing has been heard from Santiago, the capital city ot Chile, and it is feared that the fate of that city is as bad or worse than that of Valparaiso. Telegraphic communication is cut off in all directions, and every one here is too much depressed by the calamity at i home to seek information of other places. , No trains have arrived or left here since the first shock came, as all of the railroad tunnels are filled and miles of track on the surface are twist ed and rendened useless. It it only known from general accounts that derth and destruction are on all sides. There were two distinct and terriffic shocks, the second one following almoet instantly alter the first and eornpleting the work of destruction. The day had been unusually calm and pleasant. Many landelidea have occurred around the city and scores ot lives have been Inst. At present it Is impossible to stats the number of dead in the entire city, but it is believed that there are several hundred, many ef whom are still In the ruins. It baa laid waste the best part ot the city,, and has doubt less put Chile back many yean ia the scale of civilization. HO UNION PACIFIC DIVIDEND. Haa Surplua of Over 825,000,000, Southern Pacific SI9.000.000. New York, Aug. 18. At the conclu sion of a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Union Pacific railroad here today statementn was given that no announcement would be made re garding a dividend. The committee's estimate of the income of the road for the year ending June 30 showed gross receipts from transportation $67,281, 542, increase $7,956,693 over 1906; expenses and taxes, $36,963,773, in crease $5,101,060; tnrplut available for dividend, $2,201,844, increase $6, 416,337. The balance alter payment of dividends on the preferred stock was $25,219,812. The sum for expenses includes $2,206,619 for betterments, equipment and repairs. The estimated income of the South ern Pacific company shows: Gross re ceipts from tranrportation, $105,619, 110, Increase $7,478,531; expenses and taxes, $70,588,649, increase $4,993, 029; surplus, $21,660,712, increase $9,128,740. After payment of a divi dend of 7 per cent on the preferred stock, the balance was $18,790,833. The sum of $2,117,286 was credited for betterments and equipment. Santa Fe Buys Tie Farm. . San Diego, Cal., Aug. 18. By a deal closed today the Santa Fe railroad be comes the owner of the famous San Diegaito ranch; just north of the city, comprising 8,659 acres of land. The price paid was $100,000. The ranch is to be need to raise eucalyptus trees for ties for the future use the road. It is proposed to plant abont 600 acres each year, and as the trees are quick growers it is figured that in 20 years the road will be able to harvest six to eight ties to a tree and keep up the harvest there after continually. Suite's Thank Offering. Constantinople, Aug. 18. The sultan has ordered the release of all the pris oners in the empire who have complet ed two-thirds of their sentences, as a mark of gratification for the recovery of hit health. CASHIER BACKED BOOKIES. Hering Represented Himself Wealthy Man Seeking "Suckers." Chicago, Aug. 17. Absoluts proof that Jisnry Hering, cashier ol the wrecked Milwaukee Avenue State bank, was financial backer of a booktuaking syndicate which laid odds on horse races, was brought to light late today, whm Inspector Shlppy found a check made payable to Harry M. Smith, who lor years ran the Buffet at 66 South State street, and whoas place was closed tills spring, because of running band book, that handbook being none other than that mn by the syndicate headed by Hering, but whose name never ap peared aa connected with It until to day. Other men in the syndicate ware Charles Francis, Thomas Kowe, Walter Frantaen, Harry Thorpe and Henry Troy. All these men were interviewed by the inspector and all admitted that they were conuecUd with the book, but denied that they knew Hering was con nected with any bank, and said that he represented that he waa a wealthy man, and that he wanted to Increase his wealth by separating "a tew tuck ers from their loose change." BUYS 8T. PAUL SYSTEM. Harrlman Securea Railroad Coveted by James J. Hill. Nsw York, Aug, 17. It can be au thoritative!, stated that control of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul rail road has passed Into the hsnds ot K. II. Harrlman, via the Southern Pacific Railroad company, which la controlled by the Union Pacific Railroad com pany, the main Harrlman concern. A rumor to the effect that Harrlman sought to nwu the St. Paul property haa been heard on various occasions of late, but not until today could it be learned from a competent authority that there was good foundation for the report. As a railroad deal this purchase ol the St. Pan) by Harrlman is more re markable than the coup by which he iscured the Illinois Central control nearly year ago. Harriman had tor years been an Important factor in the Illinois Central management, but until now he haa never been mentioned in connection with St. Paul. The present deal is also Interesting from the fact that In 1900 Jamee J. Hill, Harriman'a arch enemy in the railroad arena, made strenuous efforts to purchase ,the St. Paul, but was re fused control by the tame Standard Oil interests which with wlllingneis tnrued the property over o Harrimau. PEOPLE GROW CALLOUS. Eye Witness Describes Warsaw After Outbreak of Terrorlata. London, Aug. 17. The Tribune's Warsaw correspondent telegraphs a de scription ol the scenes witnessed by him after the disturbances Wednesday. "The hospital surgeons, fatigued by their labors," he says, "were unable to attend to cases, and wounds regarded at fatal were left to take their course. "The scenes In the morgues were horrible. In one I counted 32 civilian bodies, all dirty and dressed as they tell. "The people have grown callous with too much death. I beard a young girl laugh heartily at the sight of a woman whose brain-pan had been torn off by a bomb. "In one hospital I saw a youth who, when bayoneted yesterday, feigned death. The soldiers trod over him and their heavy boots crashed his fingers to pulp, but be successfully stood the ordeal. He was carried to the morgue, when it was discovered be was alive He is now progressing favorably. "Last night resulted in an orgie -ol blood in the Jewish quarter. The num ber of persons clubbed or bayoueted ex ceeds three hundred. "The morgues are crowded with dead. Tbe bodies were arrayed in rows, the clothes dirty with tbe filtn of the streets where thoy full. No effort was made to do more than pile the corpses in morgues, and very little baa been done towards indentifylng tbem. Relatives and friends of those who lost their lives are fearful of brntal treatment at tbe hands of tne authorities if they visit the morgues." Oldest Fxad Date In History. Chicago, Aug. 17. Professor James II. Brtadsted has announced in an article in the Biblical World that the "oldest fixed date in history" is 4241 B. O. In that year the calendar was established, tbe year beginning on what would now be July 19. Conse quently tbe calendar now in nse wat 6,147 years oid last month. The pro fessor arrived at these conclusions dur ing bis long exploration trip in the Nile valley, when be compared the as tronomical data in the,old and middle kingdoms of Egypt. Seized at Prison Door, New York, Aug. 17. Charles C. Browne, tbe convicted Fedeial silk ex aminer, wbo was ordered released from the state prison at Sing Sing Tuesday on a writ of habeas corpus, issued by Judge Hongh, of the United States Circuit court, was rearrested as he stepped from tbe prison today and ar raigned before Judge Hough. SLAUGHTER , POLICE Reds Throughout Poland Start Attack on Enemies. WARSAW IS CENTER OF TROUBLE Slaughter In Polish Capital Calls Forth Effective Volleys Police Meet Simultaneous Assaults, St. Petersburg, Aug. 16. Acting apparently with a definite plan and aw atlgnal the terrorista and revolution ists today inaugurated carnival ol murderous attacks with bombs and re volvers on the police and troops In va rious cities In Poland, echoes ol which are heard from Samara, Ufa, Yalta, Kiev and even far away Chita, where tbe acting chief ol police wat slain al most on hit own doorstep. The revolutionist campaign Darned out with special virulence at Warsaw, where over a score were killed In the stieets, and many more ware wounded. Among the killed, according to the lat est official advices, were two sergeants of police, eight patrolmen, three gen darmes, five soldiers, a Hebrew merch ant and a woman. Tbe return! are not all In. Policemen and soldiers were shot down like rabbits in tha streets. Their assailants, who traveled In small hands, almost all escaped among the terrorised " but sympathetic populace. Tbe only considerable capture wat a band ot three men who bad invaded a grog shop and killed a soldier. Those were taken by a passing patrol. Bombs were employed in an attack on the police station at Warsaw, where a sergeant, two patrolmen and a sol dier were wounded. Other Polish cities singled out by the terrorists were I.oda, whern six sol diers, three patrolmen and Ota wile ol a police captain were wounded by the explosion ol bombs In the police station and two soldiers and two terrorista killed in the streets; Radorn, where a bomb was thrown in the police station, killing the wile and rl.lld ol the police captain; Volslavsk, where a captain was slain, and Plock, where at a given signal the policemen on all the posts were simultaneously attacked and sev eral of them woi'nded. On account of the agrarian disorders, especially several attacks on post trains, the railway between Samara and Zla toust, which was already carrying guards on all its trains, wss today placed under martial law. Two of these attacks occurred today near Ufa, revolntionists in each case fltgglng the train, bursting open the doors of the cars with bombs and rifling the teg-. ittered pouches. The booty In one case amounted to $15,000; In tbe other case the amount Is not known. FIRST PURCHASE OF SILVER. Shaw Buys 60,000 Ouncss at 06.82 Cents an Ounce. Washington, Aug. 16. Pursuant to the announcement of the secretary ol the treasurer that he desired to receive tenders ol silver yesterday, fonr bids were made to Director Roberts of the mint. The bids were opened yesterday after noon, and after being submitted to Secretary Shaw it was announced that the government had purchased 50.000 ounces of silver, 999 fine, at 66.62 cents an ounce. It is not the custom to announce the name of the individual or corporation through whom the silver is obtained. It is expected the government will re quire from 50,000 to 100,000 ounces ol silver a week for an Indefinite time. It is the purpose, therefore, of Secretary Shaw anil Director Roberts to receive hide Wednesday ol each week nntil further no' ice. Bodiea Hurled a Mile. El Paso, Thx.. Aug. 18 It Is report ed here tbat between 30 and 50 Mexican laborers and bystanders were killed tbit afternoon at 4: SO in Chihnaha, Mexico, by the explosion of a carload of dyna mite on tbe Mexican Central railroad. The car was being transferred for trans porter n to the Robinson mine at Santa Fulalia. Bodies nnd pieces of human flesh were burled into the air and pick ed up a mile distant. Windows wen broken in almost every house in town and many walls were cracked. Several Americana are reported killed. Givea Up Polar Trip. London, Ang. 16. A dispatch from Chrlatiania to the Daily Mall says that private letters received thete from Spitsbergen state that owing to the late ness of (be season Walter Wellman, chief of the Chicago Record-Herald Arctic expedition, has abandoned the project of ballooning to the north pole this year.