VOL.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
BAPPENIK6S OF TWO CONTINEMS
A Raeuma of the Lega Important but
Not Lees intereating Events
of the Paet Week.
A par I bunent house Is tv lx built by
Ruseis.
The senatorial deadlock in Wiaconwln
continues iiul>roken.
It is sai'l Thaw lawyer» will ask for
a change of venue for tlie next trial.
Run Ian industry i» being paralysed
by the continued strike of Hie aailora.
The senatorial deadlock In Rhode
Island is practically where it wax 13
weeks ago.
A reeolutlon asking Roca-evelt to ac
cept another term has been defeated by
the Pennsylvania legislature.
More than a «core of f -reigner. ac
cused of being mrmbtre of the "Black
Hand" and responsible for a large
nurnlier of crimes are on trial at
Wilkeefatrre, Pa.
,r\ Tuff I» hiiiwe fr>m u
month's trip to Panniiui and Uni'll
He pralres the work done ty Governor
Magiwm in Cuba and aaye the canal is
progteasing ratisfaclorily.
A committee appointed by flic Min
nesota legislature plari*» the value of
railroad» In that rtam at |2l5,ooo,0oo
The report says much water has l>een
injected into various ttocke.
King Leopold may offer to sell Congo
to France.
Cold w«th»r in Texas lias greatly
damaged early fruit.
The order of Native Sons of Califor
nia liave ousted Ruef.
War ha. been renewed in Central
America and an army sent into Hon
duras.
Fire partly destroyed the largest
ehipyard at Genoa, Italy. The loaa is
placed at |5(A),0<)0.
Have tai prominent Ohio lumber dial
ers have tieen indicted for violating the
anti-tiuat laws of tliat state.
A Chicago boy 17 years old ha. dis
appeared with 67,00V which he wa. tc
take to a lank for hia employers.
COI XTV. OREGON,
APRIL
26,
1907.
BUILDINGS UNFINISHED.
BHtAK HARRIMAN MONOPOLY.
Jamestown Exposition to Open BO
Per Cent Completed.
Norfolk, W V« , April 23 —Dagpite I
Secretary Bonaparte May Raclaim Big
Union Pacific Land Grant.
German Ambassador Carries Mes
sage on Hague Meeting.
the energetic eSutta of officials and ’
workmen, tl.e Jamestown I. r.< titennial
expieltiori will be open«! tins week un
ready.
Many of the structures tliat
are to Imve dorurstic and foreign cum
meH'ial exhibits and »belter
the
! acid« vernetils in the Industrial arts are I uisuMAMtsT unwiumi
incomplete. Yet tbr mm of what lia.
tw’eu done, as compared with the un- I
finished work, forms a satisfactory re
I suit.
Austria and Germany Refuse to Dis*
In the beauty of the water show with
Cuss Limiting ot Armament-
Its arousing gathering of foreign fleets,
Serious Rupture Feared.
repraeiitiug the most f< rtuntable tyj«'.
of naval fighting machine« of nearly
every power in the world, and in an
opening pto><nni with l‘nwi>h-iit R<xwe-
Washington, April 23. —A m<»t im
velt in ti.e leading rota, with diplo portant revelation in connection with
matic. military and naval representa Baron von Hternberg, Get man amlstaxi-
tive. of gterit and «mall foreign nation. d'T, ami hi. visit to Germany at this
|wrGei]aling. the public will lave Ita lime h*ut been made by a diplomat It
rvcompenae.
tins city. The diplomat In question ia
Tlie greumla an.I bull.ting« at the ex* quoteJ a. raying that, although the
position are about #0 per cent finiahvd. pur;« mu ' of the German ambassadors
Heveial thousand of the nt«wt important vacation—a very brief one, by the way
building, are built solidly of brick, — ie ■•tcnaibly to takes real iu hia own
cement and iron, and tin-w«' are intend country, in reality it ie concerned with
ed to tenain on the grounds a. a nu the pres<*nt instability of German in
cleus "f a great [>ark. Rt-gardleM of ternal» naI politic«, it wna »ven »aid
the jiermarivnce of the work, however, that Baron von Hternberg was the bearer
the exterior of most of th? buildings ul an Important me*«age to Emperor
will be ready when the exposition i. William from Ptcaidenl Ro* «*e veil and
fornially o|x>ned on Friday next.
that thir action was being hidden under
The Jauo-stowu Tercentennial, when the pretext of a vacation to hut estate»
completed, will t»< aliwwt all that is
In connretioon with the German am
implied in the expression, "a world’s laesadt**« departure, it is hinted that
fair,
but It will n<>t stop tbeie. No two oilier ami«» «adore mav find it ne
■ '. ■ r ' ■ ;
•
cessary to postpone or rtwrrangt' their
tl»e work! the life of the colonists, tbs p’n ■ - t. ■ ' ' • n*.
Slat
.|i.*-*
)>anbihi|M <d the pioneer» who open«-j ¡hi-**»* ate Baron do» Planches and M
the country after civilisation had been Jua-crand. It turns out that the cause
attained on the «ewlMiard, arid the of this diplomatic turmoil is the direr-
achievement these |x"iple w.ikel from nuri.imt queition at The Hague, a.
tile raw material. Twenty-flve states propecd by England, ami what may
will trace their history from their ear- liap|x'ii in cn«e Germany and Austria
li«-et day. to the present, and the ex insist <>n not dm*m*>ing the prop*««!.
hibits will be sheltered by buildings.
This question concerns the United
The state buildings have been gnxiped Htat*w. berause it i. believed—amt
along the historic shore of Hampton th. pr.
• • g renatrke lately seem to
Roads, and command an excellent view , roil.rm th'- V l< w of it —tliat. if the
of the navies of the world.
|X>werw ¡■ervist in maintaining their
it is this gieal naval display that uwisivc
‘
stand, it will came a realign
w . . ; ' ■ ! :•
• /
.s'.'-
' t: • ment ot the nations and a actions rup
exposition.
Nothing like it has ever ture
,
will otx-ur between this country
before Ixwn attempted. There are taw and Germany
It is with tin««* p*«ai*
harbors in the world that accomodate bi I it !<•» in view that the Italian and
so large an asM'inbtago of warships. French ambassador» will endeavor to
Tlie fleets will numlx-r, in addition to place before their respective govern
ecu ml of the ixwt tyjxw < f each of th? ments
,
special report» containing sug
foreign naval j«>w<-rx, the Atiiiutic flwt gestions.
of the United Htate« navy, under com
Hitch«*» are likely to occur in th?
mand of Rear Admiral Evans, which is near
(
future ta-tween England and Ger
conceded to ie the finest otg.niwUon many,
(
and Franca and Germany. If
of lighting machines atbet.
Italy |'er«i.ts in taking rides with Au»
Tlie mw I of government a;>otieorship ( tria and Germany at The Hague con-
will le a«*» upon the expiwltlon by the fsrence,
(
it ia stair.!, it will cans? s
coming of tlie president of the United , halt In the sympathies between her-«-!!
States, amtwesadora and ministers of and
,
England and France, and also this
foreign governments, the govern* re ai d c«>'.::itrv.
,
repreeeritativea of «lata» aod territories
ami delegations rvprteentiiig Impôt tant
DEVOURED BY PEST.
civic bodies.
The Minnesota renate lias tabled a
resolution psamvl by the I m tme which
hendorsee Roosevelt in hia stand
BIG BENE FI T TO GRAIN
against Harriman.
CROPS
Fire »wept over 100 acres of Manila,
Fruit Slightly Injured In Ntbraska but
the lists amounting to 1200,000. The
Snow Did Great Good.
greatest |xtrt of the destroyed section
Omalia, Neb., April 23 —As a re
waa composed of native house«.
sult i f unpr«*<dent«»l weather that pre
A diaeharged employe of the New
vailed during the greater part <>f the
York, New Haven A Hartford railway
month of March, and the frvelrng
lias been arrested for attemptiig to
weather and heavy snowfall of the t«i.t
wrvvk a passenger train on that toad.
few days, early fruit, such a. |x aches,
A Bt. Louie couple will be married plums, apricot», cherries and black lx*r-
eoon at the ages of 101 and 100.
ries In thia section have tx*en injured,
but Hie general opinion among th»«?
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York
who have the txwt means of information
have been vielted by a snow storm.
is that the damage ie not as great a.
Early fruit in Tennessee is reported has txwn reportol. Indeed, many are
to be severely damaged by cold w>«tber. of the opinion that, while ea’ly fruits
A sligbt'earthquake shock st Charlee- have lawn injured and in some In-
too, B. C-, thiew the people into a atancM completely killed and pnetiblv
»>m» of the later varieties have been
panic. *
butt, the Ix-nrtits resulting to the grain
There la no cliance for the election of erope from the enow.tortu mure than
a senator from Rh<xle Island the jirrwent offreta the damage.
session of the legislature.
** Reports from pointe along the line
Chinese famine sufferer, arc dying of our railroad are not unfavorable,"
by hundrrxla and there ia difficulty in said G. W Lxuiila. «..irtant general
manager of the Burlington, tistay.
securing the dead suitable burial.
"The fruit in the southern part of
The Austrian premier drelaree every
Nebraska, which the unusual warm
eclony of the various nations should be
weather in March lutd biought to an
made an Indejiendent government.
advanced state of development, la re
Prescient Roosevelt i>aa aboot made ported to have been pretty lanlly dam
op hie mind tliat the beet way out of aged, but little or no damage is rejxirt-
the national campaign trouble Is for tlie rd fr om point, north. Tlie snow, how
government to pay the legitimate ex ever, did a vast amount ot g-xxl to wint
penses of al) candidates.
er whrat. and ha. pul tlie ground in
Han Francisco street railway employ. fine condition for other farm crop»."
M are receiving beck pay. The arbitra
Hilmilar reports have been rvceived
tion board granted the men an increase al tlie general offices fu the Northwest
from the time the trouble began last ern i-aid.
tall and now »415,000 is being distrib-
Uted.
To Defend Harriman Lina.
Dr. Kennard, an American agent in
T>>prka. Kan., April 23.-— It was ru
Russia, aays the suffedring there from mored here t'»lay that N. If. Lootnie,
famine ie appalling.
Not lero lino general solicitor fur the Union Pacific
20,000,000 are dependent on aid until railload in Sanaa», was to be made gen
another harvest. Epidemic« of disease eral counsellor for all the Harriman
add to the suffering.
line» in cases Ixtfore the Interstate Com-
Mr. Ixxwnls tolay
There is a deadlock in the Wisconsin mtn's commission.
admitted that such a plan was nndei
senatorial contest.
consideration. In caae the position is
Jerome ia investigating a charge of created, Mr. Ixsunia will move to Chi
tampering with a Thaw juror.
cago, where he will liave a large corpa
The vice president of the New York of assistants. The pi wit ion ia new in
Central railroad favors government railroad rin-lea and ia ma<le necsMh»/
by tlie passage of the new rate law.
control.
The British budget proposes a pen
sion tor old age and increased taxes on
the rich.
LI XX
SCIO,
X.
Pray for Rain in Cuba.
Havana, April 23.—Prayers for rain
were offered in rhnrrliee tbrrngliout
The thief who stole |26,(MM) from tlie island Sunday. No ruin has fallen
the Northern Pacific F.«press company in sis nxnthe. Ths country Is parched,
at St. Paul be» been captured and the many cattle are dying and forest fire»
are devastating vast areas.
money recovered.
Disease
Is in Nearly Every Chinese
Famine House.
Victoria, B. C., April 23. — Mail ad
vice« from Hhanghal tell of many pa
thetic incidents observed by committees
engaged in lamine relief work in Cen
tra! Chitia.
Refugee» and 'log« were
seen fighting for the flour spilled at
distributing depots. Hmall|«<x Is rav-
iging tite stricken ar..a
In nearly
every hor.ee there is smallpox or fever
and nothing to eat but the bark of tree,
nnd potato vines.
James Ware, of the Red Crons, writ
ing from T.irig Kiang Pu, «ay» he aw
l.slire of children laid out by the ruad-
aide to I»- devoured by the serul-wild
dogs of ttie plain», nnd dead men acai-
tried along the roadway.
Many famalie. are tenting dow n their
hour«* and M'lling the timbers to pur-
cltare fisnl.
Hundred, are employed repairing
nods and filling swamp«, being |>ai<l
from 6 to IO cents a <iay.
Britlah Delegates to Th« Hague.
lx ndon, April 23.- -The British dele-
gat.*« to tiie [xxrcs conference at The
Hague are as follows
Hir Edward
Grey, ex-lord justice of appeal and a
meml>er of the permanent court of ar
bitration at The Hague; Hit Ernest
Hatow, ex-British minister at Tok io
and Pekin and metnlx*t of |*rmanent
court <>t arbitration at The Hague;
Lord Reay, president of the Royal Asi
atic siciety and University col leg»,
fxvndoti, and a member of the privy
council, ami Sir Henry Howard, the
Britrab minister at The Hague.
Wholesale Sheep Theft.
Butte. Mont., ApflTTl —X Miner
specie fr<>n> Billing» »tat«-» that John
Tilden anil Cbceter Martin, tan of the
inuet prominent stockmen of I tastern
Montana, have bwn arrested on the
charge of whobwal«* stick thefts. It is
alleged that the two men stole 425
wethers, driving the animals Into the
r«re*»ee of the Bull mountain district,
far from their amtstomed range.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22.—
one
• if tlie results of the recent investiga
lions by tlie Interetae Coanrnv* com-
miwiion into Western land fraud., At
torney General Bunapnrte bar under
consideration an attempt to force the
Union Pacific railroad to return to th«*
MMENSE PH.SCO GRAFT.
Poilca Captain Tells of Blackmail In
Tenderloin District.
Han Eraiu-isco, April 22.—Captain of
Police
in the grand jury room lor two hour»
teday, and when he lell it was an-
noimced that he had not completed the
story of police corruption, but would
return tomorrow to finish the recital.
'I • M.
-.-■■«* ,, i , M... .-a
tlonal in the «-Grein«*. Elie burden of
it was that corruption of the idm-kret
kind exist» in the department, and that
It exists by the sufferance and encour
agement of Chief of Police Dillan.
Mayor S. limits, Abe Ruef and a cer
tain element in the lower courts. Mr
Money said tliat all his efforts to purge
tie town of nmlmirabl.-H wore hl*«*k**d
by the men in authority, wh-«e duty it
wa. to assist.
Mr M.Mincy clifttged that resorts In
the new tenderloin were protected nt
regular rates. With his assi.tance the
grand jury has been put in pasmion
of evidence which show, a depth of de
gradation almost unbelievable. It ha.
Irotn .howti that the mayor and Ruef
have been |«rtn*-r» in » me of the m<»t
nefarious enterpriiea launched in any
municipality.
FIRE IN PHILIPPINES
Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect, But
Benefits Wheat.
Ho llo, Second Town In Islands,
Sutlers Heavy Loss.
BAD CONDITIONS ON
ISTHMUS.
Italy Forbida Emigration and Senda
Man to Investigate.
Rome, April 22 —Leroy Park, agent
for the Panama Canal cotnmiMiion, who
was sent here to investigate means of
obtaining men for work upon the istti-
mus, learns tlutt the Italian government
ha. m-eivrd grave repurta legatdlng the
hygienic, humanitarian and moral con
dlti ns of the isthmus, tliat the govern
ment lutd forbidden further Immigra
tion of Italians to Panama, and that a
government ottcial had bcenecnl t<> the
isthmus to investigate coodltione. Mr.
Park did everything p-eeihle to pla<*e
the situation before the government and
to convince the official, here that the
turn at work u|H>n the canal earned |2
a day, were well fol, well housed ami
humanely tiewte-l, adding that lie l>e-
lieved that 6,000 immigrants might
leave Italy for Panama immediately
and that tliouaarida of others would
soon follow.
Many Governors tn Attend,
New York, April 22 — Fifteen gov
ernor» have accepted Die Invitation to
name delegates to attend the national
conference on combinations nnd trust.
In Chicago, May 38-31.
The accept-
ance of the governors of New York,
Iowa Mimoiiil, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Utah were received today.
This
Conference will discuss: Governmental
powers over corporations engagwi in
Interstate commerce; the diviaion of
power under the constitution lietween
the nation and the state, and similar
subjects
One-Fourtb the Population of One ot
the Islands Daad and Rest
Are Starving.
Manila, April 20 —Intasl raports
from Iloilo »ay the tire baa been
cb«vke*l. The i*aliv* quarter ot the city
waa d<«troy<*d.
The property luea is
estimated at »100,(100 gold. The buai*
n«*»a unction of the city waa untouchrsl,
t S :•*.*•»». •
■
atabulary.
Seven hundr«! bouses were dcsltoysd
and HIM or 1,000 natives uuuir home
less. Adequate relict mvaauri*» have
tx*en taken. Th«* homlvcwa liave tx*en
housed in schoola mid other buildings
The province and the city w ill provide
f r 1 1 • r* '
ic I H | -!.y - ■ -.t I •* ;tt.*i
mg is fennxl.
Then* wn. no Io»« of life by the
carth-piak«*». The shucks, while the
ttraat severe ox|M-rtaticed in 15 yeais,
were not violent enough to cause much
dextrocticn. l’l»|«tch<w from points in
■everal prtiviiM*«» report aevare shucks
but little damage.
I o- t.'lai dan Mg*' ciir.xcd Io tlo*
*-.irti. ,o.i«i » in llo- .i t r> ..r,”W j * mg-
will not exceed »10,(MM).
Typhoon Swaep. Caroline Islands.
IU*r i in.
\pril 2*1.-
al
I»i r«*«* t • *1r
iWrnburg informed the budget commit-
tee of the rvielmtag today that a Cable
iiwwaage find l»x*n receive*! from the
governor of the island of Yap, an
nouncing that ■ di.a.troua typhoon
■wept over the Caroline islands on
Gtx.l Friday, Mart'll 29, and that 230
■ f th.* MOO natives Ilf the Ululthi group
were drowned, that the c*x<«nut treee
were dawtrtiyed,and that famine threat
ens the surviving natives.
The simmer Planet, of tlie Geiman
navy, which has l«*;<n engagiti iu geo-
• It*tic work, and the steamer Mani, of
the Jalult comjxuiy, priceed«»! to Ulul-
thi islatiita, taking fotxi and help.
It
waa pio|««o<l to bring a. inaiiy of the
HuffetUig nativm as |x»mit>le to the Pe-
lew and Indrone islamia.
Less Than IOO Lives Lost.
Mexico City, April 20.— Communica
tions have now Ixxii <>|x*nrd with nil
the important pointe in the section m<»t
affwted by the caithquaki*. The lat«*»t
rv|x>rts Indicate tliat the I*«*» of life
will not r«-ach ItMt, but many persons
have Ixwii injurwl and the property loro
i» very great.
Vice Priwident Corral, In a commu
nication publiriu-d here tixiay, dwlarew
that the whole of tin* state of Guerrero
ha. t»*en d<*viu«tat.*d.
Thousands of dollar, are being sub-
wrilxxl to the fund Ix-ing rals**d m this
city for the relief of the lartiiquake
euffcrere.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Bryce Speculates on Result if Revolu
tion Had Failed.
Philadelphia, April 20. — James
Bryce, ambaarador from (treat Britain,
in an address at tin* banquet of the
Trans-Atlantic society of America here
tonight, declared that, if America had
remained a. a colonial ward of Eng
land, Piesident Roosevelt would not
have tx*«n confronted with auch world-
important problems as hr is now called
to solve.
Had the countries'not t*ecn sepnrat-
ed, Mr Bryce said, th«* development of
the United Htatiw would liave txwn
more gradual. He waa of the opinion
tliat slavery would not have endured eo
long and wcukl liave gone, p«*rlia|si,
without bhxid.hed. There would have
lx*rn fewer railroads less internal strife
and consequently fewer big economic
problems to solve.
May Tie Up Street Care.
Fued Ties Up Whole Port.
Kan Frnnciseo, April 22.—Han Fran
cisco is threatened with a bitter street
car strike on May 1, when the present
agreement between the men and the
com|«ny will expire.
Th« men n«w
receive up to .12 cents an hour for a ten-
hour day. The men request a flat mte
of »3 a 'lay for eight hours. Both sides
admit they ei|»x*t a strike and are pre-
l*red for it.
It is known that the
United Railways has liegun the rerniit-
inr of strike breakers with whom to
supplant its men when tiiey go out.
tidesro, April 2u.—Heriou» disturb
ances have again broken out bare. Yro-
ter*ley erveral memliere of the Union of
Russian People etlackttl workmen along
the hartwir front who reflow'd to join
the union, killing two and wounding
flve. No arr«*«ta were made. The work
men at once retaliated by going on
strike, deiitan<Iiiig tItat metnlxre of the
union lie disarmed.
The authoritir*»
d cllned tn grant thia demand. Today
the railroad lalxtrrra joirwd in the
strike, with the result tliat the harbor
ia entirely cl<w«*d.
Only Week's Supply of Coal.
Winnipeg, Man. April 22.—More
than 16,(MIO coal miners are now In
volved in the strike in Alberta and
British Columbia,
Wlhin a week, it
ia said, the Canadian Pacific «ill n«t
be able to operate Ita passenger train.
f<>r tack of <v«l.
Until navigation
pens tbeie la no relief in sight.
Georgia Peaches Killed
• Atlanta, Ga., April 20.—Htate En
tomologist Hmitli tixiay recelv«*»! reports
from the various prweh growing die-
trieta nf the state, a snmtnary of which
shnws that at hxod 75
r cent of the
crop line been killed by
Hcvi’t cold
xi-xther.
£
4L
DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES.
TTPHOON' IN CAROLINE ISLANDS
land giant
Of the gr.wt grant of moie
than 20,000,(MM) acres, (be road yet
holds an arm equal to the state» >>f
Conmcticut, Rh*xle Island and iMla-
ware. and still liave nearly 500,000
acna lett over. This immense body <>f
land in Ni-bni.ka. Kaiuta., Colorado,
W .-iimiig and Utah, if returned to the
government, would immediately be
thrown open to a«>ltlenient under the
hivnesti ad law a.
ImuMxiiatvly after the Interstate
Cbmmeroe cominlMiion'» investigation
cd the coudit ions which have made pew-
»ible the monopoly in coal land which
tlie Union Pacific lias maintained for
26 years, Commigiaonar Prouty call<*d
upon th«* attorneys for the commiaaion
to submit recommendations f<>r reme
dial legislation ot to suggest other
means of dealing with the monopoly.
Tli.aw* roc*>tnmemiati*>na are now in the
lianda of the attorney general.
" Destroy the land monopoly of tlie
Union Pacific," is the Imai» of this re-
port.
Rains Flood Mobile City.
Mobile, April n>y-F*a(n milnight
la»t night iiuljl thin ta'tnindr Mobile
was visitati by a t«»rreiit of rÁin. Ho
greet wrm the down pour .th«» ktreets in
many eectiqn« of the rtty w »A b cuvered
with watrg two’fix'«. Children wer»
unable to roach The ech.xvllioii««'» and
the school» were etaaed.
The new
union station was surrounJed by water.
NO.
Outalia, April 19.—Five * inrbee ot
snow (ell <luiing the night, and ILe
storm continiMsl dur mg the fi.temxm.
I ho tall was general over Ka.toru Ne
braska, and ia the hiavieat knewn in
April for many year». The extetit ot
■lamago is not known. Opinlnn as to
the .toriu's eflnrt u|»>n fruit and early
vegetable« varies.
In num» count lee
along the tout horn ami central lolls
•'berries. |ieacliee, plums, and loiriro
are »aid by some auvhorttiea to have
i*-'«'n ruin«**! alni'xit entirely, while
-tlier gruwreis re|«:rl llot fruit was not
(ar «Hough a*lvano>l to become »etiuualy
endaugeted.
In grain cirvlea It is believed the
»now Hill kill all the green bugs tiiat
have been threatening the winter whrol
Clop and »ponding over the central
portion of the etale.
A Norfolk di.jwtch says Northern
Nebraska, Southern South
l>ak<>ta,
Northro.lern Wyoming and the Black
II - -i*
.
.>.**. a I *nket ■ f
si.ow an ita-he» deep u|»m the level,
which i> »till falling. At Northweetern
railiimd headquarters hero it was said
the storm w»» practically over the en
tire ay.tein west of the Muutoutl river,
DEAIH LIST GHOWINLA
Mexican Earthquake Proves to
Bean Most Disast.ous.
Have
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City of M.-iico, April III.—Today the
Asms'iated Pro«, ».a in direct commu
nication witii a number **f tbwna in the
district »fleeted by Sunday's mrtb-
luake. From tin* t<*l< grams received it
is certain that the deatli list will ex-
100 ” I!u-O an X n iml*.*r o( .mall
t*'»us y,*t to lx* heard from, but up to
date Ui>< average number *>( fatalitlew at
these placx ha. rangid from 9 <o 12
and the numbei of injured from St) to
M
In Chlla|.i 33 |ier.ons were injured
. troyed
Nobody
wa» kllltxl, tui rt*|wrted yt-stvniay.
Alter Hit* tit.t grvnt slux'k the alt waa
tilh«l (oy many miles witli a thick,
sickening, sulphurous txlor.
Thia
i*aust*d great distre«« to the survivors.
There aro many s|x<cutali<>na as to the
min> <*f the peculiar fteak of nature
and Mime «Minsider II a proof tliat the
earthquake had it. origin in fume sub
terranean ««plosion.
first anniversary .
San Francisco Remembere Earthquake
Year Age.
San Itanciwo, April 19.— While
there was no general ccarotlon ot tlie
work of rehabilitation, tlie first anni-
vei«ajy of tlie vartfiquakr and the fire
ahfi-h left this city n maro of ruins waa
olaetvtxi y**«terday l*y appropriate re
ligious rrrv iei-e and rommeinoiatlv» ex*
nrcisex by the Building Trades Courx'll
and other organisation«.
Tint crowning event of tlie day waa
the banquet of the Meicbanta' aaetx'ia*
lion at tin* Hotel Fairmount, at which
tin* iitatciiaI and civic regeneration of
tin* city was amply dircuaeed and faith
cxprvHsed in a new and greater San
Fran*'¡«co.
The principal (msinero
slrt-eta weir dectinittxl with bunting
ami imande»*>>nt lights.
Flags were
(lying every where and th? dome o( the
city liull, still in a |«rtly wtw-ked mn-
■litii.n, was ilhnnlitatfl as on gala ora-
aiona "before the fire."
WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS
Frisco Policy Holders Bring
Suits for Payment.
1,800
San Francim'o, April 19.—More than
1 oo suits again.t insurance rwmtianiee
for the payment of [si lie it»« held during
tlie great tire a year ago were filed to
day al tlie county clerk s office, bring
ing the total well over l.HtX). Al 5
o’clock, when the ofltaa closed, there
was a long Imo of attorneys, clerks ami
mctvet.gvrs waiting, and It t<x>k three
clerks nearly an hour bi diapoee of the
overflow.
Tixiay wn» practically the last day
for th» filing of such sulta, although
in some cases tlie year allowed will not
expire until tomorrow.
During tlie
front two day» the county clerk’s office
ia. taken in nearly »3,900 in ftwe on
tlieee case» alone.
Too Much Executive Pewer.
Chicago, April 19.—A plea for the
perpetuation of state rights was made
last night by Congrewaman Winfield 8,
Hammond, of Minnesota, in a talk at
the 12th annual banquet of th» Holland
mrirty of Chicago.
His subject was
"The Hovrreign Htate."
Mr. Ham
mond took a rtiverl tap at President
I Lx -.-vtilt by d<> taring tliat "In view of
recent events, one might tie led to he-
Here that the legislative <lerartment of
the Frdrmi government has l.'corne
wellnlgh extinct, ft iaa bred in tui to
have the government chxte to ua.'*
Volcano Erupts In Andes.
Valparaiso, Chile, April 1#.—Newe
baa rrwchnl here that the Renihue vol
cano, in tlie province of Valdivia, la in
violent eruption.
The eruptions are
accompanied by awful subterranean
rumblings, earthquakes intense dark-
nw*«s. electrical displays, ashen and
. invili ng water. The flowing lava ha»
net fire to the surrounding ferrata, ami
I the inhabitant» are fleeing in terr of,