REVISE TARIFF
WHEN IT’S TIME
President Roosevelt Gives Out
an Important Statement
Touching Campaign.
A PLEA FOR CONGRESS
To Change Its Politics Now the Pres
ident Thinks It Would Be Confus
ing to Nation’s Best
Interests.
New York, Aug. 22.—A letter written
by President Roosevelt to Congressmar
Bushville, of Indiana, reviewing anc
approving the work of the present con
gress and declaring “To change the
leadership and organization of the
house at this time means to bring con
fusion upon those who have success
fully engaged in the steady working ou’
of a great and comprehensive scheme
for bettering the social and civic con
ditions” was made public through the
congressional campaign committee to
day.
The president also declared such s
change would result in hurtful oscilla
tion between the extreme radical anf
extreme reactionary. The president
said also be hopes the present congress
Will enact laws prohibiting contribu
tions by corporations, lowering duties
on imports from the Philippines anf
limiting the number of hours for rail
road emnloves.
Revise When Time Comes.
Of the tariff Roosevelt adds:
"V.’e stand unequivocally for the pro
tective tariff and we feel that the phe
♦'.omeneal industry and prosperity
which we now enjoy is not likely to be
jeopardized for it would be to the last
degree foolish to secure here and there
a small benefit at the cost of a general
business depression.
"But whenever a given rate or sched
ule becomes evidently disadvantageous
,to the nation because of changes which
go on from year to year In our condi
tions, and where it Is feasible to change
this rate or schedule without too much
dislocation of the system it will be
done, while a general revision of rates
and schedules will be undertaken when
ever it shall appear to the sober busi
ness sense of our people that on the
whole the benefits to be derived from
making such changes will outweigh the
disadvantages, that is when revision
will do more good than harm.
Word as to Trusts.
“Let me add one word of caution,
nowever, on the question of dealing
with the so-called “trusts,” that is
with control of monopolies and with
supervision of great wealth in busi
ness, especially in corporate form. The
only way in which it is possible to deal
with those trusts and monopolies and
this great wealth is by action along
lines of laws enacted by the present
pongress and its immediate predeces
sors. The cry that the problem can
be met by any changes in the tariff
represents whether consciously or un
consciously an effort to divert public
attention from the only method of tak
ing effective action.”
* SIXTEEN BATHERS
LOSE THEIR LIVES
Twelve in Vicinity of New York, Twc
in Minneapolis and Two at Grand
Haven, Mich.
New York, Aug. 22.—Twelve person?
Vast their lives in the waters about. New
i'ork Sunday. Most of the victim?
were bathers. A number of heroic
rescues of imperiled swimmers were
made and these reduced what other
wise would have been a much iargei
death list.
Three persons w;ere drowned in a
group near Manhattan beach in a
manner that could not be ascertained
and the police of Coney Island station
are conducting an investigation. The
only eye witness to the drowning dis
appeared.
Minneapolis. Minn., Aug. 20.—Twc
men w’ere drowned Sunday at Lake
Minnetonka while in bathing. Ralph
Strole, 62 years old, lost his life al
Salsburg point. The other victim, a
man named Baker, was in bathing al
Shady Island. Both victims were
6eizei with cramps and sank before
aid could reach them.
Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 20.—Two
daughters of Carl F. Carlson, aged 11
and 14 years, were drowned before their
parents*' eyes while bathing Sunday in
the Grand Haven river. The bodies
were recovered.
MRS. CARTER-PAYNE
GOES TO DILLINGHAM
Actress Signs Five-Year Contract, and
Business Relations With Belasco
Are Ended.
New York, Aug. 22.—Mrs. Leslie Car
ter-Payne has signed a five-year con
iract to appear under the exclusive
management of Charles B. Dilling
ham.
This probably forever ends all busi
ness relations between the star and
David Belasco, under whose direction
she arose from obscurity to fame, and
who hud been her manager during her
entire stage career.
Since her recent marriage, which
caused the breach, Mrs. Carter-Payne
has received at least nine offers from
Us many managers. She called Dilling
ham yesterday on the telephone and
accepted his proposition.
"Zaza” and "Du Barry” doubtless
" will be relegated to the past by Mr. Dil
lingham—who said he will go to his
country home and select a new play
for his star. The actress is to appear
in new plays altogether.
The opening night will be October 1,
but although it is believed a Frohman
house will be selected, its name is not
yet known.
MAN HUNT FAILS.
Sheriff and Posse of Hamilton County
Outwitted by Bold
Bandit.
Webster City, la., Aug. 22.—Aftei
oeating over the whole of Cass town
ship, Sheriff Thompson and posse have
given up the hunt for J. McElhaney,
who has been terrorizing the township
for a week by holdups and attempted
murders. It is supposes the bandit has
escaped and is now miles away.
STEAMER MANCHURIA
STUCK ON A REEF
Little Hope Is Entertained of Saving
the Big Pacific Passenger
Vessel.
Honolulu, Aug. 22.—It is the general
Impression last evening that the Pacific
Mail liner Manchuria, which rap on a
reef off Rabbit island before daylight
Monday morning, is hopelessly aground
and may be a total loss.
While it was at first thought the
steamer could be floated without much
difficulty, all efforts so far have been
in vain and it seems to be the general
opinion that If the ship is saved it will
be only by elaborate engineering opera
tions, possibly requiring weeks.
She is far inside tlie reef row and
pounding quite heavily.
The vessel is standing high out of
the water, and forms a picturesque
spectacle, and crowds are hastening
from here over the mountains to see
the ship. The steamer is now seven
feet further inland than when she
struck.
The tug Fearless, the revenue cutter
Manning and the steamers Kinue and
Maui have lines aboard and are tug
ging at her stern, but are not moving
the ship, though holding her from go
ing farther on the reef.
The cabin passengers have been
landed, but it will be impossible to get
them all here tonight.
The steamship company has made
arrangements for accommodations for
the night at Walmanola, and the
plantation managers have thrown open
their homes to many of the passen
gers.
The landings were effected without
much trouble except a slight panic
among the Asiatics, who made a rush
for the boats, but were soon quieted.
Joseph P. Smith, governor general
of the Philippines, who Is on Ills way
to Manila to relieve Gov. Gen. Ide,
was among the last to leave the
steamer. The officers of the ship re
mained on board.
The road to Honolulu from Walma
nola over the mountains is a difficult
one and has been rendered much
worse by heavy rains. It Is believed
the passengers will not arrive here be
fore tomorrow night. The malls have
been taken from the Manchuria, but
have not yet arrived here. <
Captain Saunders is quoted as as
suming all blame (or the stranding of
the ship, as he was on the bridge and
mistook the land for Makapuu point.
The Manchuria struck bow on dur
ing a heavy rainstorm about 4:30
o'clock in the morning. She was con
siderably out of her course.
The Manchuria carried 150 passen
gers and S00 tons of freight.
Rabbit island is a small speck in
the sea, close to the windward side of
the island of Oahu, on which Hono
lulu is located. The coast here is un
usually dangerous, owing to the on
shore seas.
The steamer lies about 300 feet
from the main shore. There are from
two to three fathoms of water forward
and about six fathoms aft. The tug
Fearless and the inter-island steamer
A. Cummins have gone to the scene.
The agents of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company at Honolulu are on the
Fearless.
It was high tide when the Man
churia struck. An officer who has
come ashore expressed the opinion that
the vessel'can be floated at high tide
this morning at about the same hour
she struck. There is no danger of any
loss of life, 1 ut it is feared that the
steamer will be seriously damaged.
CALVA SINGS IN THE
CLOUDS TO REST VOICE
But Her Fervid Singing in Lourdes
Procession Makes Her Tempo
rarily Dumb.
Cauterets. Southern France, Aug.
22.—Mme. Calve is recruiting her
health here in this lovely valley, en
compassed by the lofty Pyrenees. She
has made this section on the Spanish
border famous through her enthusiastic
belief in the beneficial effects of the
mountain air upon the voice. She says
it strengthens the vocal cords.
It is her delight to ascend the heights
as far as an auto may go, then in the
pure, rare air sing at the top of her
voice until the mountains ring back the
silvery notes.
Often she makes up a party of noted
singers, who mount together and give
a concert near the clouds. All declare
that nothing so rests the voice while it
is mellowing than mountain singing. ,
Recently, though Calve indulged her
mood to such an extent that she was
ordered to keep mute for three days.
Out of curiosity she had descended
from Cauterets to the neighboring
Lourdes, where an unusually great pil
grimage was gathering for a special oc
casion.
Calve caught the infection of re
ligious enthusiasm and joined the vil
lagers in an ali-day-long procession,
singing hymns without cessation. Spec
tators say her face and her cheeks
were fevered.
A rumor spread that she had been
converted, would abandon her public
career and take a nun’s veil. The next
day found the cantatrice utterly ex
hausted. Her voice was gone and she
was a nervous wreck.
She confessed that sho had been
deeply moved, but said that the emo
tion was purely artistic rather than
religious, adding:
"America will hear me again.”
SLASHES GRAIN RATE.
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
Soo Roads Make a 10 Per
Cent. Cut.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 22.—The Great
Northern, Nortnern Pacific and Soo
(lnes have filed with the state grain
and warehouse commission notice of a
10 per cent, reduction in grain rates.
The reductions will apply to all terri
tory more than fifty miles distant from
:he terminals and includes practically
ill of the territory In which grain is
■alsed. The three roads named made
a proposition recently to the railroad
and warehouse commission offering to
reduce grain rates 10 per cent, if the
commission would suspend the pend
ing hearing on merchandise rates. The
commission, owing to opposition, de
clined to accept the proposition and
later on suggestion of Governor John
son gave notice of an inquiry into the
grain rates. The three railroads t-Vn
voluntarily filed their notice of a re
duction. It is estimated that the lower
rates will mean a saving of from $1,
000,000 to $1,500,000 on this year's crop,
POACHERS INDICTED.
Twelve Japanese Caught Killing Seals
Are Held.
Washington, Aug. 22.—Acting Secre
tary Murray, of the department of
commerce and labor, today received a
telegram from Walter I. Lembkey,
agent in charge of the seal fisheries of
Alaska, informing him that the twelve
Japanese poachers captured recently
on St. Paul island while raiding the
seal rookeries were indicted last Sat
urday for violation of the United States
law enacted to protect fur-bearing
seals.
TO AUTHORIZE BIG
CAPITAL INCREASE
Chicago and Northwester^ Will
Expand Its Stock to
$200,000,000.
OFFICIAL NOTICE GIVEN
Officers Say the Purchase of Other
Lines Is Not Contemplated—
For Benefit of Share
holders.
Now' York. Aug. 22.—It has become
knowrn that the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway company’s management op
Wednesday night had Issued a call for a
special meeting at which stockholders and
voting bondholders will he asked to ap
prove of a plan to increase the capitaliza
tion of the company to $200,000,000, the en
tire increase to he in common shares.
The present capitalization of the road is
$77,601,045 authorized common stock and
$22,395,120 preferred stock, a total of $99,
996,165. The common stock capitalization
will thus be capable of an expansion tc
$100,003,836.
Directors of the road, when questioned.
wrould give no specific reasons for the in
crease. They said that no special plan of
extending the system had been decided
upon, but that it was considered that the
time had arrived for the Chicago and
Northwestern to undertake a scheme ol
financial expansion In which the stock
holders could have a share.
Available Any Time.
It w’as stated that the new common
stock was to be authorized, so that it
would be available for issue at any time
needed. It was denied that the road con
templated the purchase of any line at
present, and it is understood that there i*
no intention to buy any additional minor
ity stock of the “Omaha” road.
The circular sent out Is as follows:
“Notice is hereby given that a meeting
of the stockholders and voting bondnoldera
of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company will he held, pursuant to call
thereof as the regular annual meeting of
the company and also as a special meeting
by said company’s board of dlrocttors, at
the company’s offices, No. 215 Jackson
i ., , . I . .. /IV. I VII n»
12 o’clock noon on Thursday, October 18,
11K)6, and at any time or times to which
said meeting may be adjourned, for the
election of directors and to act upon all
such questions as may properly be deter
mined at the regular annual meeting oi
the company's stockholders and voting
bondholders, and also to act upon the epe*
cial questions of increasing the authorized
capital stock of the company to an
amount of common stock, each share of
the par value of $100, sufficient to make
the aggregate capital stock of the com
pany $200,000,000 par value, and of empow
ering the company’s board of directors tc
issue its common stock from time to time
for any purpose allowed by law, in such
amounts (whether within the limit author
ized at such meeting or previously) as the
board of directors may determine.
“This notice is given by order of the
board of directors of said Chicago and
Northwestern Railway company, and ie
signed by a majority of the members of
said board and by the company’s presl*
dent and secretary, and bears the com
pany’s seal.
“Dated June 6, 1906.’’
This notice is signed by the following
directors: F. W. Vanderbilt. Cyrus H.
McCormick, David P. Kimball, James C.
Fargo, H. McK. Twombly, Henry C. Frick,
Byron L. Smith, Chauncey Keep, Zenas
Crane and Oliver Ames.
harrimanItocks
ARE STILL BOOMING
Over-Sunday Orders for Pacifies Make
Further Excitement on
’Change.
New York. Aug. 22.—Further excite
ment attended the opening of the
Stock market today.
There was an accumulation of over
Sunday buying orders and the principal
feature of the early trading was in
Harriman stocks which led last week’s
movement.
Union Pacific advanced from $1.84%
;o $1.85 and Southern Pacific advanced
% points over Saturday establishing a
new high record.
Other stocks that made substantial
gains were Amalgamated copper. Great
Northern preferred, Northern Pacific,
American Smelting, Anaconda, Atchi
son, Reading and Illinois Central.
Sales of stocks the first hour totalled
864,550 shares, a new high record.
53 OFFICIALS ARE
MURDERED IN WRECK
Gruesome Figures Compiled in Russia
—Deportation from St. .Peters
burg Is Large.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22.—Last week's
statistics show fifty-eight officials
murdered and forty-three wounded ir
Russia proner.
Fifty bomb depots were discovered,
six safes rifled of money and sixty
three persons were robbed.
These official figures do not take into
account pillaging in the country, not
do they give the number of military
executions or arrests of agitators and
revolutionists. There are no figures
showing the number of persons sent
jnto exile.
The St. Petersburg Gazette says 2,
300 persons were banished on Saturday
from this city alone, 750 being placed
on trains bound for the interior.
The prefect of police has declared his
Intention of clearing the capital of all
vagabonds. The city police is being
trained in handling rapid fire guns at
the arms factory outside St. Peters
burg.
SEVEN ARE KILLED.
Fast Freight Overtakes a Slow Work
T rain.
Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 22.—Plunging
through a blinding rainstorm at the
rate of forty-five miles an hour early
yesterday, a fast freight train on the
Pennsylvania railroad crashed into a
slowly moving work train at Sang Hol
low, killing seven and seriously injur
ing seven others of the work train
< rew. Three of the latter will probably
die.
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
Looting of Chicago Bank Has Been Re
sponsible for Several
Deaths.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—Another suicide
was added today to the list caused by
the wrecking of the Mllwautee Avenue
State bank. Kdward Kollern, aged 45,
who two mpnths ago deposited $250 in
the defunct institution today hanged
himself.
Friends of Kollerb claim the loss of
his money so preyed on his mind it
became unbalanced.
CUBANS ARRESTED.
Prominent Leaders of Liberal Party
Charged With Plotting to Assassi
nate President Palma.
Havana, Aug. 21.—Half a dozen
fifthly prominent leaders of the liberal
■>arty have been taken Into custody on
‘he Charge of conspiracy against the
government and plotting to assassi
nate President Palma.
Events have shown that the gov
ernment was fully aroused to the ne
cessity of putting down not only the
open outlawry In western Cuba, but
Also of capturing and confining tho
alleged leaders of this movement, who
were strongly suspected of plotting the
assassination of the president and
overthrowing the present government
by force.
To that end the six members of tho
liberal party were nrrested. The men
arrested are General Carlos Garcia
Velez and his brother Fausto, ex-Cu
ban consul at Rremen; Senor Monta
tuedo, Colonel Manuel Pledra. chief of
police In tho house of representatives,
anil General Enrique Loynaz del Cas
tillo, a former congressman from
Puerto Principe province. These men
fuic charged with conspiracy.
Telegrams were sent to Santiago di
recting the arrest of Juan Gaulberto
Gomez, of Havana, known as the col
ored orator, anil one of the moRt in
fluential of tho liberal leaders. Gomez
.ms been campaigning lately through
out Santiago province against the gov
ernment. The police of Santiago were
tlso ordereil to arrest Demetric Castil
lo. Gomez and Castillo are charged
with inciting to outlawry and revolu
tion.
The Havana arrests were made by
the city police on charges preferred by
(he chief of the government secret
police. General Enrique Loyanez del
Castillo managed to make his escape.
Colonel Manuel Pledra is the same
man who endeavored to start a revo
lution in 1905. He was captured, but
subsequently pardoned, and singularly
enough remained In the employ of the
government as chief of police In the
house. General Enrique Loyanez del
Castillo is a radical, and on various oc
casions has been a disturbing ©le
nient In politics.
The details of this alleged conspiracy
are not yet clear. The officials assert
they have sufficient evidence to secure
convictions.
Dispatches from Santiago say the two
arrests there were accomplished with
out excitement aa'd without resistance.
' It is reported here that the rebels
In the province of Pinar del Rio have
received considerable reinforcements In
the remoter districts. Leading veter
ans are assembling volunteers to attack
and disperse all rebel bands.
The rebels hold that the govern
ment has been most unjust In the
inater of elections and appointments
end the government has carried out
its promise of public improvements, etc.
CUT DOWN THE TAX.
Printers to Be Assessed Only Eight
Per Cent, for the
Strikers.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 21.-^
With the declaration that the fight for
the eight-hour day is practically won,
the fifty-second annual convention of
the International Typographical union
voted to reduce the strike assessment
from 10 per oent. to 8 per cent, of the
(wages of employed printers.
At this time 38.960 members are
working eight hours, 2,556 are under
a nine-hour contract, and 4,709 are on
e,trike. The expense of the strike to
date has been approximately *1,600,000.
all of which, with the exception of
$47 715 94 has been contributed by
members working under undisturbed
conditions. _ _ __
SATISFACTION OVER
MEETING OF KINGS
German Foreign Office Expects to See
Improvement of Conditions With
Great Britain.
Berlin, Aug. 20.—Great satisfaction pre
vails at the foreign office over the results
of the meeting at Frlederichshof between
King Edward and Emperor William. The
tatter had expressed himself as being high
ly sattsfled with the outcome of his per
sonal conferences with the king.
The discussions between the monarchs
In presence of their diplomatic representa
tives covered many political questions of
interest to both countries, without aiming
p.t or reaching specilic arrangements, but
With the view of coming to a satisfactory
Understanding respecting the policies tc
be pursued by the two countries. This
tvas accomplished in the main, and the
foreign office expects to see improve
ment in the relations between them con
tinue.
So far as the report of personal estrange
ment between the two monarchs Is con
cerned, this has been wholly dissipated b>
Iheir personal talks at Frlederichshof ami
their relations have now grown cordial.
DAKOTA DIVORCE PUTS
MAN IN BAD PLIGHT
Mrs. Gunton Gets Divorce on Statutory
Grounds, Result of Husband’3
Second Marriage.
New York, Aug. 20.—All doubt as to th«
nature of the suit of Mrs. Amelia R. Gun
ion, brought last winter against Prof* s
nor George Gunton, proprietor of Gunton'i
Magazine, was settled when Justice Gie
geriph, tn supreme court, signed an inter
locutory decree of absolute divorce in favci
cif Mrs. Gunton.
The decree sets forth that it was grantee
in favor of the plaintiff “on the ground cl
Adultery by the defendant.” Professor
Gunton has another wife, in the persor
of Rebecca I .owe Gunton, to whom he was
•married on February 14, 19C4. The decree
forbids him to marry again until the death
Df Amelia R. Gunton, to whom he was
married many years ago, and from whom
he obtained a divorce on the ground ot
desertion, in Dakota, prior to his marriage
to Rebecca Lowe.
The decree shows the court held Mrs
Amelia Gunton still to be the lawful wife
of Professor Gunton. and that it refused
to recognize the validity of the Dakota <:i
vorce. The suit was conducted with the
jitmost secrecy. From time to time it was
asserted it was an action for separation
und no-t for divorce.
APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Commander in Chief Brown Names His
Staff.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 21.—Just
prior to the final adjournment of the
National G. A. R. the new commander
In chief, R. B. Brown, of Zanesville, o„
announced the f tllowlns staff appoint
ments :
Adjutant General—Joseph W. O'Neill,
of Ohio,
Quartermaster General—Charles Bur
rows, of New Jersey.
Assistant Quartermaster General—J.
H. Holcomb, of Philadelphia.
Chief of Btaff—-J. V. Wl.iaas, of Ohio.
DESTRUCTION IF
CITT SEEKS SURE
3ut Meager Reports from Val
paraiso Received Concern
ing Earthquake.
SHAKES LAST TWO DAYS
teports Received Place the Death List
at 2,000 and the Property Loss at
$250,000,000—Fire Is Under
Control.
Santiago, do Chile, Aug. 18.—(De
layed In transmission). A tearful
earthquake visited tills city ami aw
ful consternation prevails hero.
There continues confirmation of state
lients us to the magnitude of the dls
•ster to Valparaiso caused by the
earthquake shocks which began on
Thursday, August 16, and continued at
requent Intervals throughout that and
he next two days.
Dispatches from Valparaiso to the
Losoclated Press received last evening
•tate that a moderate estimate of the
totalities Is 2,000 and that the property
oss may be as high as $250,000,000,
rhlch latter Is as great as the loss
mstalned by San Francisco In conse
.ucnce of the earthquake and fire
vhlch devastated that city last April.
A refugee who has arrived at San
tiago places the known dead at 100 and
ither messages Indicate that the first
toports of the damage and casualties
vere greatly exaggerated. Dispatches
the state department at Washington
dace the fatalities at about 500.
' These conflicting statements cannot
(t this time be adjusted. It Is evident
hat even yet confusion and panic pre
vail at Valparaiso, and until order Is
-estored It will be Impossible to ascer
ain with accuracy the loss of life and
property.
mi.., <1 ... II I n ran I., nltif Vmirn honn
jraifticaliy abandoned by the mhaui
hnts, who are existing as best they
mn in the plazas and streets of the
,lty and the hills adjacent tb it, wlth
mt shelter from storm and sun and
vith famine confronting them.
Food is already scarce and high,
vater for drinking purposes is lack
pig, and disease is feared. The gov
.rnment is doing all it can to bring in
telief.
' The crippling of the railroads lead
pg into Valparaiso constitutes a ser
ous factor in the situation, as for an
^definite period relief supplies can
inly be obtained through other means
if transportation, tho seaboard afford
ng the best of these.
At Santiago many of, the best pub
ic and private buildings were wrecked.
The loss of life there Is augmented by
!he panic which seized the people,
nany of whom threw themselves from
;h« balconies of their homes.
The destructive force of the carth
(uake was experienced over a large
ixtent of the country, many towns
aistainlng serious damage.
2,000 DEAD IN VALPARAISO.
♦roperty Loss in Chief City Roughly
Estimated at $250,000,000.
Valparaiso, Aug. 21.—At 7:52 o’clock
ast Thursday evening Valparaiso ex
lerienced an earthquake of great se
terity, and during that night elghty
wo shocks were felt.
Most of the buildings either were
ulned or damaged.
■ The loss will be enormous, probably
■e aching $250,000,000. Two thousand
persons killed is considered to be a
Sir estimate of tho casualties.
Vine del Mar, three miles from Val
<a*tlso and having a population of
tver 10,000; Qulrihue. 225 miles to the
Southward, with a population of 2,500;
talto Llmaclie, fifteen miles to the
icsthwest, with a population of 6,500;
jullota, twenty-five miles to the north,
vith a population of 10,000, and vll
ages all around were destroyed.
Most of the damage was due to fire
yhich started immediately after the
irst shock.
The whole population is sleeping in
:he hills, the parks or the streets.
Food is very scarce. Milk costs $2
Chilian) a liter, and it is almost im
possible to obtain meat even at high
prices.
Railroads are all destroyed.
Rain which began to fall immediately
ifter the first shock stopped an hour
ifterward.
The nights are very cold and windy,
mil the people sleeping in the open air
ire suffering greatly.
The captain of a steamship whi4h
las arrived from Sun Francisco says
hat the situation here Is worse than
;hat following the disaster ut San
francisco.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 21.—Seismic dis
urbances on the Chilean side of the
1 \ndes continue. A telegram received
I :rom the chief official of the telegraph
I tom pan y at Taona states that Valpar
! iiso is in flames and the earthquake
sontlnues.
New York, Aug. 21.—Wessel. Duval
f. co., which does a large business in
1 south America, have just received the
I 'ollowing from Valparaiso:
i - The town Is nearly destroyed. Par
1 lculars later when shakes cease."
The dispatch was timed 3:55 a. m.,
>ut it is not known whether It was
died yesterday morning or this morn
ng. _ . _ .
Ureax ronion ucsu uyou.
Berlin, Aug. 21.—According to a ea
I plegram received by a bank here from
i Valparaiso, half of the city, from Al
I nendral to Calle Sella Vista, contain
ing private and business houses and
warehouses, has been destroyed.
New York, Aug. IS.—The Soutl
American Telegraph company reports
lie situation in Valparaiso is similar tc
•.hut which occurred in San Francisco
Their manager reports all places oi
oust ness have been closed and the de
ivery and operating staff much demur■
'iltzed. No messengers have reporter
Cor duty. Many people have left thr
I .'tty.
Dima. Peru, Aug. IS.—Heavy earth
quake shoc ks occurred at Valparaiso al
ntervals during Thursday night and
damaged a number of buildings, some
Jt' them failing into the street, wilder
vg traffic dangerous. Troops werr
palled out and shot all pillagers.
Many persons were killed by falling
walls.
Survivors are camped on the hills and
ih the open spaces. A number of peo
?le also sought refuge on board thi
vessels in the harbor of Valparaiso.
Vina Del Mar, three miles from Val
paralso, with a Dopulatlon of 4,000, ant
Umache, twenty-five miles from Val
. . . 1 .. —^
para Iso, with a population of 4,000 are
reported to be In ruins.
London, Aug. 18.—A private cable
gram this afternoon from Valparaiso
says fire continues In the business
quarters, but Is declining, and that
business is being resumed.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 18.—The man
ager of the cable company here reports
the cable working to Valparaiso this
morning, but there Is no communica
tion via land lines to Santiago de Chill
or Buenos Ayres.
Honolulu, Aug. 18.—Wireless reports
from the Islands of Hawaii, Maui and
Hlto report a tidal wave the general
height of which Is five feet. In the
enciosed bay of Maalaasa, Island of
Maul, it carried away the wharf and
superstructure. The phenomenon was
manifested by an unprecedented heavy
surf.
Bremen. Aug. 18.—A private telegram
received here from Iquique, Chile,
states the city was unharmed by the
earthquake.
Hamburg, Aug. 18.—The Kosmos
Steamship company today received a
dispatch from Valparaiso announcing
that three of Its steamers lying In the
harbor of Valparaiso were damaged.
IMH8IGRANTSSMUGGLED
IN AT $12 PER HEAD
Discovery of Wholesale Violation of
Law—Syrians Afflicted With
Trachoma.
Washington. D. C.. Aug. 21.—The dis
covery has been made by James R.
Dunn, immigration Inspector in charge
of St. Louis, of the wholesale smug
gling of Immigrants from Mexico Into
the United States.
Every one of the Immigrants wns
barred by law from entering the Unit
ed States because of trachoma, a con
tagious disease of the eyes. Officials
of the Immigration service are now en
gaged In locating the Immigrants who
were smuggled Into the country, with
a view to their capture and deporta
tion. The case Is Interesting In the
extreme.
A party of about fifty Syrians ap
plied for passage to the United States
at Naples. Italy. Every one of them
was found to be afflicted with trach
oma, and the steamship company re
fused to accept them for passage to
this country. They were Informed
they could go to AJexlco and then "work
their way" Into the United States on
their arrival In Mexico. They scattered
over the country for a while, but even
tually reached the border near Laredo,
Tex. They were smuggled across the
river above Laredo, the smugglers re
ceiving 812 per head. _
STRICTLY UN THE U. T.
Japanese Poacher* Even Muffled Their
Oarlocks to Avoid
Discovery.
Washington, Aug. 21.—A pair of surf
boat oarlocks was received today by
Acting Secretary Murray of commerce
and labor.
The locks were taken from a boat
used by the Japanese poachers who re
cently were captured on the St. Paul
Island of the Prlboloff group while In
the act of killing American seals.
As an Indication of Ihe desire of the
Japanese poachers to maintain the se
crecy of their expedition the locks were
very carefully muffled. They were
wrapped with plated twine which aft
erwards hud been greased. Such oar
locks in use would not give forth a
particle of noise. In addition to the
oarlocks, five boats und more than 100
sealskins and seal skinning apparatus
were captured with the poachers.
It 1h expected the poachers, when
aratgned before the Alaskan courts,
will plead guilty, as they were caught
red-lianded. _ _
“SINKERS” DROWNED JOY
Quick Lunch Men Should Be Shunned
by the Marrying
Girls.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 20.—“No girl should
marry a man with the quick lunch habit,
for she Is certain to be unhappy,” said
Secretary Frank Combes, of the Cleve
land board of health.
“The barbarism of the South Sea island
ers cannot be compared with that of the
•hurry up’ people In restaurants,” Combea
added. “Sinkers and coffee, swallowed at
a gulp, ruins ,ho digestion and makes men
irrltablo. Indigestion breeds Irritability
and 111 natuie; this makes a man miser
able, and then woe unto the person whe
has to associate with him.
"More divorces, wrecked homes and do
mestic troubles can be traced to the dooi
of the quick lunch restaurant than to any
other single source. Health authorltiea
and all physicians advocate thorough mas
tication and good, wholesome foods. The
stuff that a man gets at a quick lunch la
directly responsible for a vast amount of
family troubles."
A “STASi” HOLDUP.
Victim Has No Money, but Runt a Mile
to Borrow It for the
Highwayman.
Trenton, N. J„ Aug. 20.—“I want every
cent you’ve got,” was the startilng de
mand made upon Daniel McCrea by o
highwayman, who suddenly stepped In
front of him as he was walking along the
highway between Lawrencevllle and
Princeton.
“I haven't got a cent in my pockets,”
declared McCrea, thoroughly frightened,
ami he convinced the robber that he waj
telling the truth.
"All right,” Bald the highwayman, “but
I’ve got to have money, and I’ll give you
just twenty minutes to get It for me.”
“How much do you want?” asked Mc
Crea.
"About S3 will be enough, I guess," was
the answer, “but you have only got twen
ty minutes to get it for me. If you don’t
bring it, your life won’t be worth 3
cents.”
MoCrea ran nearly a mile back to Law
rencevllle and borrowed the money from
John Applegate. Then he ran back to
the spot where he had been held up, but
the robber was not on hand to get tha
*5,
Applegate and a friend had followed Me.
Crea, and when they overtook him he told
why he had bon owed the money. Apple
gate quieted his fears, and the loan waa
returned.
HIS RANK ADMITTED.
Turkey Appears Willing to Admit
Lelshman as American
Ambassador.
Washington, Aug. 21.—John G. A.
Lelshman, appointed American ambas
sador to Turkey, has been received cor
dially by the Turkish minister of for
eign affairs and there is no disposition
on the part of the Turkish government
to not recognize Lelshman as ambas
sador, according to dispatches received
today at the state department from
Lelshman.
The Indisposition of the sultan Is be
lieved to be responsible chiefly for his
failure to receive Lelshman formally
In the latter’s capacity as ambassador.
