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THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PftE&S NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE.
VOL. XXXV NO. 6397
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1906
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NEGRO CAPTURED
ID IS LYNCHED
HIS BODY RIDDLED
Bob Davis, the Assailant of Miss
Jennie Brooks and Negro Girl
Near .Greenwood, S. C, Meets
Death at Hands of Mob,
1,000 People.
Governor was Present and Plead
ed with' Crowd to Disperse but
to no Purpose. Mother of
Negro Girl Fired First Shot, it
is Said.
Special to The News.
Greenville, S. C, Aug. 17. Despite
the presence of Governor Heyward, at
greenwood, who plead 'with great ear
nestness for the sake of God, for the
sake of the fair name of South Caro
lina to let the law take its course, a
crowd of. over one thousand deter
mined men shot to death last after
noon Bob Davis, the negro fiend who
attempted criminal assault on Miss
Jennie Brooks Tuesday morning and
almost murdered her by cutting her
Uiroat. i
oearcn ior uavjs naci Been unre
lenting since Tuesday, but it had
seemed all day that Davis would' get
pway. The searching party had
dropped in numbers, but those who
remained were determined. This af
ternoon a party tracked Davis to a
creek three miles south of 'Ninety
Six and three of the party got in the
creek and waded down looking for
further traces.
Some one of them discovered a
human form crouching on a shelving
bank washed out by the creek. It
was Davis. He was dragged but, beg
ging them not to shoot; several knew
him personally.
He was taken to the home of Miss
Brooks and was at once identified by
her. Governor Heyward, who had
reached the , scene, pleaded with . the
mob to let the law take its course, but
it was no use. They paid him all re
spect while he was talking but imme
diately turned their backs upon him
when he had finished. The Sheriff also
was present-and tried to talk to the
crowd, but all to no purpose.
The negro was moved off down the
road, out of sight of the Governor and
preparations made for ending his life.
The girls father wanted to burn him
and many in the crowd were for it,
but all were not fully determined. The
Governor, hearing the talk of burning
sick at heart, tried to go to the scene
to do something to prevent it but
friends would not let him go, telling
him that he had done all he could.
However, he sent the Sheriff, who
again tried to talk but the crowd would
not listen. But the influence of the
more humane prevailed in that it pre
vented a burning. The doomed man
was rushed to a tree his body drawn
up and riddled with bullets.
A humane man pulled the doomed
negro's hat over his face and stepped
to one side and waived his hand. A
perfect sheet of flame lighted the
deepening twilight and a roar dulled
the air, and the miserable, brutish
life of Bob Davis, rapist and would
be murderer, was hurled into the
great unknown.
For ten minutes the roar of guns
was intermittent rattlings of pistol
shots was heard. Tre negro's head was
literally shot into a pulp, his brains
covering hat. and face.
The mother of little Mamie Stew
art, the 16-year-old negro girl, who
was the second victim of Davis, was
present and took part in the shoot
ing. She begged to be allowed to
tn.ke part in the shooting. A few
wanted her to shoot first, but there
was no first shot. A volley struck
Davis. Some say she did fire the
first shot.
The presence of Governor Hey
ward and the work of a few men
prevent a horrible burning. A
lynching is a great blot on the coun
try, but the burning would have been
worse.
Governor Heyward came to town
last night and spent the night at
Greenwood. He deeply deplores the
affair, but did all that was possible to
do to prevent it. As he said in his plea
to the crown, he could have sent
troops, but he came alone as the
Governor of the State to beg them
to let the law take its course. He
did not know the negro had been
caught when he left Columbia and
could not have sent troops as he did
not know where the negro was likely
to be caught.
The Governor Talks.
The negro was removed outside the
bouse, where the platform had been
erected for the Governor. "Hear the
Governor," said some one and he be
gan in his clear voice a most impas
sioned appeal. "I know," he said,
"that nothing could take place that
cculd keep you from hearing the
Governor of South Carolina." The
crowd cheered lustily and . clapped
their hands in admiration. "I come
bere alone," he . continued, "not bring
ing any troops; only two newspaper
men came with me, and they as well
&S I are South PflrolinianSi inst as
Oil arp to?i liVa faalinn Vnn ofo
my friends. Here I am not alone as i
.our Governor, but as your friend.
"But it is my duty, to enforce the
laws of South Carolina. Don't cheer,
rnen, this is a solemn occasion and I
&m very much In earnest, and besides
T 11 Tl H rjfc r t J Si. .
In deration that appeals to
, tuu"mans- (The residence
was, umy iorty feet awav t m,
4 o appeal to your manhood. The
xe to be ruled by their pas-
I & . ' and prejudices or shall the su
X,fnd the majesty of tho law
i, W """use you on my
U"M"' as soeerlv trial Q low
allows
be held. I would not
object to'
Mng the ropo to hang
that scounu.
so."
ry provided the law says
It was one of the most pictures
que sights ever witnessed either in
this State or any other.
just a few yards away stood the
helpless prisoner, who looked dazed,
and men stood close about him with
rifles and shotguns in their hands.
"I am here alone," went on the
Governor, "but I represent the majes
ty of the law, I represent the State
of South Carolina, your State and
mine, and I say to you, I beg you, I
implore you in God's name, don't nut
cnotner stain upon our fair State. I
plead with you to let the law take its
course. You have an opportunity
here, a splendd opportunity to let it
be said that South Carolina leads in
this matter. Let us reason together.
I feel just as vou do. I have liven in
the ''country and realize tho dangers
io which our women are constantly
exposed,but there is something high
er than the wreaking of vengeance on
that black devil and fiend of hell.
You won't enjoy it tomorrow when
you look back upon- it all."
Just here the men came up to the j
stand and said, "We appreciate what
;ou say, but we are not going to do
it, we have stood this thing long
enough." Many shouted for the Gov
ernor to go on, and he concluded his
ruitless appeal to prevent the lynch
ing.
At the Brooks home, before the
lynching a most unusual scene was
witnessed.
SECRETARY ROOT ABROAD
Delivers Address at Reception Given in
His Honor.' ,
By Associated Press.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 17. Secretary
Root yesterday visited Estancla and
other places, accompanied by President
Alcorta, Cabinet ministers and the
diplomatic corps. In the evening the
Secretary was present at a reception
given in his honor by the North Ameri
can Society of River Platte, attended
by the leading English speaking peo
ple, and prominent Argentine citizens.
Secretary Root spoke on the great
prospects for future development of
the country by investment of American
capital.
GREAT-EXCITEMENT
AT STOCK
Following the Reports of the
Dividends Declared by two Large
Railway Companies, Stock
Market Became Scene of In
tense Excitement.
By Associated Press.
New York, Aug. 17. The executive
committees of the Union Pacific Rail
road Conpany and the Southern Pacific
company announced the following
dividends declared:
A semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent.
On preferred and a. semi-annual divi
dend of five per cent, on common
stock for the Union Pacific; and a
semi-annual dividend of two and one
half per- cent, on the common stock of
the Southern Pacific company.
Five per cent, of the dividends on
the Union Pacific common compares
with the previous dividend of three
per cent on that stock. The dividend on
the Southern Pacific common is the
first ever declared on stock. The official
announcement of dividends says :
"It is understood that of the dividend
of five per. cent, on common stock of
the Union Pacific, three per cent, is
charged to surplus, the earnings of
the railroad, and two per cent, to the
income from investments."
An Exciting Scene.
A scene of excitement on the stock
exchange following the announcement
of dividends has hardly been equalled
since the memorable struggle for
control of the Northern ..Pacific five
years ago. Two Pacifies became the
center of interest and immediately
upon the announcement of the divi
dend there was a frantic rush of the
brokers to buy those two stocks.
Many of them held orders for lots of
10,000 shares each. Room traders
joined in the scramble to get the
stock before the prices soared too
high and in the confused struggle
which ensued little attention was
paid to prices ana stocks were taken
at what ever point they were running
at that moment. At noon the excite
ment was at the boiling point with
Union Pacific still advancing and
trading so heavy that the ticker was
four points behind in . reporting ad
vances. -
The Union and Southern Pacific
made a paroxysmal jump even before
the official announcement was receiv
ed. The Union rose 8Ya to 171 in
the first hr.lf hour and the Southern
Pacific's rise to 89 was 6 over last
nights close. The violence of the ad;
vance and evidence of alarm among
bears caused the apprehension of finan
cial damage to shorts. The course of
prices in the general list is levern
oTiri ,inaottiPd in consequence. The anx-
iotir woe i-oHnvod when the Union SllQ
Southern fell back under realizing, to
i;9u anA srv. The rise was resumed
when the evidence of the demand for
Pennsylvania developed and the
strength of the market again became
general. -
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MARKET
GRAND ARMY. ENCAMPMENT.
Today Matter of Next Meeting Place
Waa Considered.
By, Associated Press.'
Minneapolis, Aug. 17. The en
campment of the Grand Army may
take no action either on the question
of the abolishment of the canteen
from old soldier's homes, or on the
proposed erection of a monument to
Henry Wirz.
ThA rnmniittef" nn resolutions did
not prepare a statement on either
question. When the encampment
opened the first question considered
wag, the selection of a place for the
reSt encampment. Saratoga and
Cincinnatti extended invitations. In
the convention of the ladies of the
Grand Army a project to purchase
the McLean house at Appomattox
where Lee surrendered to Grant, and
present it to the government as a
peaco memorial, was unanimously
endorsed.
Saratoga Selected.
Saratoga was selected for the next
encampment.
BANK FAILURE REPORTED
The Failure of the First Nat. Bank of
Chelsea, Miss. Reported.
By Associated Press.
. Washington, D. C, Aug. 17. The
Comptroller of Currency is advised of
the closing of the first national bank
of Chelsea, Mass., the failure being
due to top large excessive loans to
officers, and directors. The last state
ment showed, the bank had a capital
of $300,000 deposits; deposits $679,-
729; surplus $139,344 and total resourc
es and liabilities of $1,309,849.
Loans and discounts were $1,114,586.
MECKLENBURG COMES SECOND
And Gets $2,362,995 of Apportionment
of Tax Assessment.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Aug. 17. The Corporation
Commission issue's to various counties
the apportionment of railroad and
other corporation tax assessments,
each Is to collect. The aggregate is
$70,000,000. The highest amount is $2,
828, 674 for Robeson. Mecklenburg is
second with $2,362,995. Forsyth gets
$ j, 449,489. Fourteen counties get over
one and a cuarter million dollars.
FUNERAL OF MRS. CRAIGIE
Ambasador and Mrs. Reid and Many
uxner Kersons oi rrommence "'"j
tend Funeral. .
By Associated Press.
London, Aug. 17. The funeral ser
vices over the body of Mrs. Craigie
(John Oliver Hobbes) at the Jesuite
church was largely attended. Ambas
sador and Mrs. Reid and many other
Americans and a number of English
authors and writers were present.
CLAUD HILL CAPTURED.
Requisition Issued Today on Governor
of Alabama for Claud Hill.
Special The News.
Raleigh, Aug. 17. A requisition
was issued today on the governor of
Alabama by Governor Glenn for
Claud Hill who is wanted at Waynes
ville for the murder of Ralph Wells,
Feb. 6, 1905. He is in jail at Bir
mingham, Ala., awaiting orders from
the North Carolina authorities.
Miss Smirnoff Well.
By Associated Press.
Avon, N. Y., Augl 17. A dispatch
was received by - Mrs. Herbert Wads
worth from her niece, Miss Nelka Smir
noff, in Finland, saying she is well and
knows nothing , of . the .case , of Miss
Smirnoff who was beaten byChavelier
guards at StoPetersburg several - days
agO. .. .aTWMOr DLl? u i'-OS'U! -
11 Policemen Killed.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw, Aug. 17. During yesterday
throughout Poland 11 policemen and
pne gendarme were killed, and four
policemen wounded. ,
Death of Spaulding Coleman.
By Associated Press.
Louisville, Aug. 17. Spaulding
Coleman, a member of the board of
public works, and largely interested
in the coal mines In Kentucky and
Tennessee, died suddenly at the city
hall today. , .
Eclipsed Again.
HEARST ENDORSED
Resolutions Endorsing Stand Taken
by Hearst Received With Enthusi
asm. By Associated Press.
Colorado Springs, Aug. 17. What
for a time had the appearance of a
dangerous cloud over the proceedings
or the International Typographical
Unon convention, was dispelled by the
agreement among the delegates upon
compromise substitutes for a resolution
endorsing and commending Hearst.
The Hearst resolution commended
the New York Congressman for his
efforts and achievments in behalf of
organized labor. The compromise sub
stituted which is expected to pass
without a fight, commends all editors
who have exerted themselves in be
half of union labor making incidental
mention of the fight conducted by
Hearst with scientific mention of the
Los Angeles, California, field. The re
port of the committee on politics
which recommends that printers join
with all other branches of organized
labor in supporting the men and polit
ical organizations that have manifest
ed friendship for the labor and favor
able attitude toward legislation that
it asks, was received by the delegates
with enthusiasm.
A TWO YEAR SENTENCE.
For Carey Alexander for Larceny. Sev
eral Retailing Cases Also up. .
The imposing of two sentences on
Carey Alexander, cblbrcd, for lareeny
by Judge Peebles of r the Superii
Court today, was the most important
action of the present criminal term
perhaps.
There were four or five cases
against Alexander, but in only two
was he found guilty, and in each his
sentence was put at 12 months.
The court is paying strict attention
to business and is clearing the dock
et in a remarkably rapid manner, case
after case being finished up in the
shortest possible time.
Other cases disposed of by the court
today were: s
Arthur McCright and Jo Miller, af
fray. First defendant fined $5 and half
the costs and second defendant fined
$1 and half the costs.
Lee Caldwell, retailing. Not guilty.
Claude Williams, larceny. Nine
months on the roads.
Turner Jamison, retailing. Judg
ment suspended upon payment of half
costs.
DEATH OF MRS. E. J. MANNING.
Died This Morning Unexpectedly After
an Illness of Ten Days.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones
Manning, wife of Mr. Edward J. Man
ning, of this city died unexpectedly
this morning after an illness of ten
days ' or two weeks. Owing to the ab
sence of relatives no funeral arrange
ments have been made.
Mrs. Manning had been a resident
of Charlotte about ten years her for
mer home' being at Camden, S. C. Sur
viving her, are a husband, and - three
little children; also one sister, Mrs.
William Perkins, of Winston, and two
brothers, Messrs. William Jones, of
Camden and Thomas Jones, of Raleigh.
The deceased was 35 years old.
Mrs. Manning's condition was not
thought serious until yesterday morn
ing when it gradually became worse
until death came at the hour mention
ed above.
BITTEN BY SNAKE.
H. T. Bran Bitten Yesterday
and
Made Violently III.
Special The News.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 17. H. T.
Bran, of Shore, Yadkin county; . while
pulling r up weeds in his gardefli yes
terday. ;was bitten on the finger ' by a
spreading r adder 'snakevirb Shortly
thereafter he was taken violently ill.
The attending physician reports to
day that Mr. Bran's condition is
more encouraging and that he will
probably recover.
CRUISER NORTH CAROLINA.
Will
Be Launched at Newport News
Oct. 6th.
Washington, Aug. 17. The armored
cruiser North Carolina will be launch
ed at Newport News, Oct. 6th. The
sponser has not yet been selected
but probably the Governor of North
Carolina, will name 'the lady.-.
MILL COMPANY ORGANIZES.
Stockholders , of the Holland Mfg.
Co. Elects Officers New Business
Building. N
Special The News. ,
Gastonia, Aug. 17. Tfce stockhold
ers of the Holland x Manufacturing
Company met yesterday afternoon in
T. M. Fayssoux's office for the pur
pose of organizing. The following
officers were elected: G. A. Gray,
Sr., president; L. L. Jenkins, vice
president; B. M. Holland, secretary
and treasurer. After this they elect
ed the directors, who are as follows:
G. A. Gray, Sr., L. L. JenWns, B. M.
Holland, T. M. Fayssoux, H. F.
Forbes, D. M. Jones and A. L. Bul
winkle. It was decided that the mill should
be located in North Gastonia just
the other side of the Gastonia Manu
facturing Company on the C. & N.
W Railroad. Work will, be begun
next Monday on the foundation and
all energies put forth to have the
mill in operation as soon as possible.
The old house just above Jno. F.
Love's store, which was formerly
occupied by R. B. Babington, is being
torn down. ' Mr. Jno. Lovo is going
to begin -work on a handsome store
room as soon as this Is removed. It
is reported that he building is to
have a hundred feet frontage, and
one section will be occupied by Mr.
Love for his office and that he will
open up an up-to-date gents furnish
ing store.
MEETS THIS AFTERNOON.
Committee on Arrangements for Fire
Underwriters' Association Here.
This afternoon at 5 ; o'clock a
meeting was called by V the local
agents and fire insurance men, to
discuss the comine: annual gathering
of the North Carolina Fire Under
writers, which convenes in this city
next wee"k. The committee will
discuss questions relating to the an
nual gathering and all arrangements
for the entertainment of the many
guests who are expected.
Locally a good deal of interest is
being manifested in the coming event,
and the Charlotte underwriters and
agents are leaving nothing undone to
make the annual convention a great
success.
It is most likely too that there
will be several very important mat
ters to be discussed, as there are
several new laws relating directly or
indirectly to insurance matter In
North Carolina, and other factors en
tering in, that call for careful dis
cussion. COMPANIES CHARTERED.
Two Insurance Companies Were To
day Granted Charters.
Special The News.
Raleigh, Aug. 17. The Lincolnton
Insurance and Realty Co. of Lincoln
ton, was chartered today at a capi
tal of $25,000 by A. L. Quickel, D. E.
Reid and others
Another charter is to the Southern
Mutual Co. of Lexington, at a capi
tal of $10,000 authorized, and $10,000
subscribed by W. A. Anthony, E. W.
Pugh and others.
The Rowan Grocery Co. of Spencer,
amends its charter so as to do a re
tail as well as wholesale business.
C. H. Morrison is president.
DEMAND REMOVAL OF NEGROES
Texans Petition President to Replace
Negro Troops With White.
By Associated Press.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 17. A message
from a committee; of citizens in
Brownsville , Texas,- requesting that
the negro 'troops who committed an
outrage there clastcMoaday night, be
replaced by white soldiers, was receiv
ed by the President, who at once re
ferred the despatch to the War De
partment "with the request that an
immediate report be made to him.
No action upon the committee's request
can be taken by the President pend
ing the receipt of the report from tne"
War Department.
Death of a Child.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.
Stowe, -who resides at the Chadwick
Mills, died yesterday morning, ine
funeral , took place this morning at
the house, the Interment being at
the Sugar, Creek Church.
JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.
Young Man of Wilmington Jumps
From Train, is Caught Under It
and Horribly Mangled.
Special The News.
Wilmington, August 17. Wednesday
night. while attempting to jump from
a train on the Atlantic Coast Line
near his home on Tenth Street, Alex
Miller', a young white man, about 18
years of age, was thrown underneath
the moving train and his body was
horribly mangled. There were three Or
four large excursions in the city Wed
nesday and it is a custom of a num
ber of young men to go down to the
station to see them 'off and it is pre
sumed that young Miller stayed on
one of the excursion trains thinking
that he would leap off when it reached
Tenth street crossing. It is not known
whether he struck an obstruction
when he leaped which threw, him un
der the cars, or whether his feet were
caught in some way and he was thus
caught in the wheels.
Young Miller has for . some time
past been in the employ of the Coast
Line in the office of the auditor of
freight receipts, and -Wednesday night
when the news was received at the
office quite a number of desk mates
went out to view the body. No one on
the train was aware of the accident1
and the train went on its way and the
body was not found until some little
time after. His parents were imme
diately notified of the horrible death
of their son and they have the heart
felt sympathy of the entire communi
ty in. their loss.
WITH THE RECORDER.
Woman Claims That Hubby Beat Her
Order to Arrest Witnesses.
"Take-, the witnesses in charge and
do not release them unless they give
a bond of $25.00 each."
Thus spoke the Recorder this morn
ing when a case was called and none
of the witnesses were present, and the
court meant it too.
A few minutes later a long, lank
witness came in and told the court
that the others had gone off to work.
Another case was one against Geo.
Timmons charged with thrashing his
wife, who is so far from being a small
woman, that the officers wondered how
George could have got the best of it
and not the worst.
However, George had taken the pre
caution not to push himself upon the
court today, thinking it more condu
cive to his health to stay away. So
this case went through for the time
being, and will probably be heard to
morrow" morning.
There were several other small cases
on the docket, but none of the defen
dants being present the court adjourn
ed. - ;
THE COUIITVS RANK
IK ASSESSMENTS
Comes Second in the Amount ot
Property Owned by Public Cor
porations and Assessed by Cor
poration Commission of ' the
State,
The Corporation Commission at
Raleigh has completed the assess
ments on the public utilities of the
State and the portion of assessment
allotted each county has been made
out with care. The statements were
mailed out this morning from Ral
eigh and includes the assessments
against railway, telephone and tele
graph companies and other public
corporations subject to tax assess
ment by the commission. The
amounts must be collected by the
several counties in whose jurisdic
tion these companies have property.
The total amount of assessments
is $76,050,548, which is exclusive v of
the privilege tax which goes direct to
the State treasury and which aggre
Rates about $19,000.
Of the total aggregate it will be
1 seen from the figures given out in
the Raleigh special today Mecklen
burg county comes second in the
amount of assessed property, pro
portioned to her. She is one of six
receiving over $2,000,000 in assess
ments, Roberson County leading with
$2,828,674, and Mecklenburg closely
following with $2,362,991. Guilford,
Wake, Columbus and Halifax are the
other four counties to whom was
apportioned over . $2,000,000.
An effort was made today to secure
the detailed list of foreign corpora
tlons who are included in the assess
ment, but they have not yet been
Tr.Aileri to the register of deeds. Last
year the Southern Railway which is
the largest property holder in the
county was assessed by the commis
sion $862,277.08, the Atlanta and
Charlotte and the North Carolina
Railroads were each assessed Over
$300,000.
The county only collects taxes on
the foreign corporations for county
and school purposes. The State tax
is collected in Raleigh, and S goes
direct to the State treasury.
Mr. Latta Denies 'Report.
It seems that some of the good peo
ple of Gastonia had gotten the impres
sion that the Four C's. Company of
this city was planning to ttake in that
town at this time, by extending an
electric line to' Gastonia and perhaps
also building a local system. Mr. E. D.
Latta was approached by a "News re
porter this morning and asked about
the matter. He declared that it was
all new to him and that the Four C's
had not had a man on the grounds as
reported. "We are going to the river
as has been announced" said Mr. Latta
"but "we have nothing further in view
at present." - ,
EARTHQUAKE DOES
GREAT DAMAGE TO
CITY
City ot Valpofaiso, Chile, Terribly
Damaged by. Earthquake
Thought to be as Desastrous as
San Francisco Disaster. Dis
tinction Complete.
Every Building in City Damaged.
Many People-Thought to Have
been Killed.- A Discription of
the City which has 150,000
Inhabitants,
By Associated Press.
New York, Aug. 17. The city of
Valparaiso, Chile, is reported badly
damaged by an earthquake. One report
is that the situation at Valparaiso may
prove to be as serious as that in San
Francisco.
Practically every building in the
city is damaged, and there are fires in
different parts of the city.
Many persons are reported killed
and injured..
The earthquake has interrupted the
cable facilities to lower South Amer
ican points, and communication is
restricted to the route via Lisbon.
Another report at Lisbon is that the
loss of life has not been confirmed.
Description of City.
Valparaiso is a fortified sea port of
Chile and the most important commer
cial town of the western coast of
South America. It has a population of
about 150,000 people. It is the capital
of the province of the same name, and
is situated on a large bay in the Pa
cific ocean, 75 miles west-north-west,
of Santiago, with which it is connected
by rail. i
The bay of Valparaiso, which is
well sheltered on three sides is bound
ed by ranges of hills, rising from 1G
to 1700 feet high, on the slopes of
which a considerable portion of the
city of Valparaiso is built.
On the south side of the bay are
the spacious surburbs of Nuevo, Male
con, and Gran , Avenida, from which
pass out" the finest of thoroughfares of
Valparaiso, Avenita De Las Delicias.
The lower central section of the city
is constituted by Almendral, 'having
regular attractive streets and contain
ing the principal business houses, the
Park Pleaza Victoria and the Nation
al theatre. .
Business of City.
To the north west of this section, in
the quarter of the city known as the
Puerto, or port, are situated the great
er number of public buildings and vast
warehouses which line tho quays, and
docks. In this portion, however, nar
row and crooked streets are still a
feature, but the newer sections of Val
paraiso have an attractive, and mod
ern appearance, the buildings in the
business quarters being massively
built.
The industrial establishments com
prise foundries, railroad and machine
shops, sugar refineries, breweries, dis
tilleries, large bottling works and fac
tories of all kinds.
Elevators connect the lower parts Of
the city with the villa sections on the
hights.
The port of Valparaiso is the ter
minus of important lines of steamera
for Europe and is the center of South
American coasting services. Severe
storms and tidal waves at Valparaiso
June 30, 1899, wrecked the railroad
and did great damage to the city. '
as Noted at Washington.
Washington, Aug. 17. A heavy, dis
tinct, earthquake was recorded on the
seismograph at the Weather Bureau
yesterday afternoon, beginning at five
minutes and 22 seconds past seven p.
m. seventy-fifth meridian time. Com
plete and perfect records were obtain
ed of each of the North and South
and East and West movements of the
earth.
The' earthquake lasted continuously
for several hours, and finally ceased
at about midnight.
From the press reports this is evi
dently the record of the great Chilean
earthquake of August 16th, and is the
heaviest recorded in Washington since
the San Francisco earthquake.
Hundreds of Bodies Buried
New York, Aug. 17. The report
which reached this city said portions
of Valparaiso were burning all night
and bodies of hundreds of its residents
were buried in the ruins of the build
ings. Maybe not eo Serious.
New York, Aug. 17 The Central
and South American Telegraph Co.i has
reestablished their, main office In Val
paraiso, and are working with that city
now. This would soom to show that the
conditions are not as serious as at
first reported, ,'.
Officer Earnhardt's Condition.
The condition of Officer J. M. Earn
hardt, night turnkey at the police
station, who was run over and badly
injured by a carriage some weeks
ago, is toaay reponea as iavorauie
as could be expected. Officer Earn
hardt has about recovered from, his
bruises and injuries, except that in
the shoulder, which may be perma
nent or may last a long time before
the hurt is fully cured. His condi
tion has ' been the Jbject of much
earnest solicitude aVong his fellow
officers since he waspurt. t
VALPARAISO