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VOL. NO. 387, WILMINGTON. N. C, SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 1906. Jj'lVJU THE CITY OF VALPARAISO; BADLY Situation as Serious as That at San Francisco. DIFFICULT 10 GET Many Persons are Reported Killed and Injured. Practically Every Building in the City Damaged ana Fires Now Raging in Different Parts of the City Business Has Been Totally Suspended The Los Andes District Greatly Suffered From the Shock land a Large Num ber of Casualties Reported Impos sible to Obtain Accurate Details of the Amount of Damage Fear Ex pressed that the Town of Los Andes Has Been Destroyed. Except for a few private messages received early today reporting an earthquake in Chile, and damage to buildings, in Valparaiso, no ' direct news from Chile has as yet been ie ceived. The early reports, coming from different points, stated that the earthquake had resulted in great loss of life and widespread damage to pro perty. Up to 11 o'clock tonight how ever, there had beennothing to con firm these reports. . The Associated Press 'correspondent at Buenos Ayres cables tht it isfear ed the town of Los Andes, in the pro vincs of Aconcaga, has been destroyed. At the same time he point.3 out that (Buenos Ayres lias no direct commun ication with the disturbed districts. . No official information has reached Washington f rim Chile, while posi itive information is lacking, New York officials of cable companies having con nection in South America tonight ex press the opinion that the first reports of the earthquake were exaggerated. All cables reaching New York from Chile and Valparaiso early tonight were, evidently much delayed according ; to the statements of these officials, who are themselves unable to get any in formation bearing on the situation other than the fact that an earthquake i has occurred; that the disturbance has disarranged the telegraph apparatus ; and interf erred with communication. i New York. August 17. The city or Valparaiso, Chile; is reported badly damaged by earthquake, i One report here is that the situation at Valpara iso 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. Theearthquake has inter rupted cable facilities to lower South American points, and communication is restricted to the route via Lisbon. Another report at Lisbon is that the loss of life has not been confirmed. ; A private cable dispatch to W. R, Grace & Co., from Valparaiso, received via Lima, Peru, says that ' the earth quake in Valparaiso was 5evj?reiarid4- that business in the city has been 10- J tally suspended. The dispatch further stated that Grace & Go's buildings in Valparaiso were badly damaged, but that none of the, occupants wera in jured. ' Valparaiso is a fortified seaport town of Chile, and the most important commercial town of the western coast of South America. It .has a popula tion of about 150.000. 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 northwest of San tiago, with which it is connected by . .Tail. , : '. 'r v The Bay of Valparaiso, which is well : sheltered on three sides, is bounded by ranges of . hills rising from 1,600 to 1,700 feet high, on the slopes of which a considerable portion of the city of Valparaiso is built. On the routh side of the bay are the spacious' su burbs of Nuevo (Malecon, and Gran Avenida from which pass out the . finest of the thoroughfares of Val paraiso, the Avenida de Las Delitfias. The lower central section of the city is constituted by the Almendral, having regular and attractive streets, and con taining the principal business streets, ' parks, etc. ,v "' : . - To the northwest of this section is the quarter of the city known as the Pueroto (or port) in which are sit " uated the greater number of the pub lic buildings and the, vast warehouses -which Hue the mays and docks. In this portion of the city, however, nar row and crooked streets ' are still a feature, but the newer sections of Val paraiso have an attractive, modern ap pearance, the buildings in the business quarters toeing massively built Among the monuments in Valparaiso .:. - - - ' . i i .. i i I i. are those to Columbus, Wheelwright, (who established steam navigation on Chilean coast), Admiral Prat, and Thomas Cochrane, organizer of the Chilean navy. The. city has various academies, collegiate institutions- a naval school, school for marines, mps eum of natural history, hydrographic bureau, etc, and its industrial estab lishments comprise fiounderies, rail roads and machine shops, sugar t fac tories of all kinds. Elevators connect the lower parts of the city with the villa section on the heights. . The port of Valparaiso is the termi nus of important lines cf steamers for Europe, by way of the Straights of Magellan, and Panama, and is the cen ter of the South American coasting" service. It contains a numerous for eign colony, composed. chiefly of Brit ish, German and French merchants. There is custom house wharf, along side of which steamers of ordinary tonnage can moor, but most of the loading is done by lighters front a quay surrounding the town. Th3 harbor is defended by modern, well mounted batteries. Severe storms and a tidal wave at Valparaiso June 30 1S99, wrecked the railroad and did great -damage to the city. NO MEANS OF COMMUNICATION Impossible to Obtain Details of the Destruction in Chili Many Rumors of Disaster Affoat. Buenos Ayres, August 17 The papers this evening publish telegrams from Mendosas (which is an entreport for the trade between Buenos Ayres and Ch'le, with Nchich it communicated by the mountain passes of Ushulata and Por tillo) to the effect that many houses in the Los Andes district were de stroyed by the earthquake, and that there has "been a large number of cas ualties. The interruption of all means ofr communication with Chile causes much anxiety. Many rumors ol; dis aster are afloat. In the absence of telegraphic com munication beyond Puente Del Inca, it has been impossible up to this hour Ho obtain accurate details of the de struction by the earthquake in umie. The managers of the telegraph com panies here, state that nothing is com ing through. London and New York are eagerly seeking, for news from ihe affected district. Officials of the Paci fic Railway say that it is their belief that the damage at Valparaiso is not nearly so serious as has been stated, but they express the fear that? the town of Los Andes has been destroyed. SHOCK RECORDED IN WASHING- TON. . Washington, August 17. A heavy, distinct shock was recorded on the seismographs at the weather bureau here yesterday afternoon, beginning at five minutes and twenty .two seconds past seven p. m. seventh ; fifth mere dian time. ! . The earth tremors at Washington were of comparatively slow and delib erate motion, each complete move ment covering from 18 to 40 seconds of time. The -earthquake lasted for several hours, and finally ceased at about midnight. The most violent shick occurred at seven hours, forty two minutes, 26 seconds p. m. 1 , OFFICE AT VALPARAISO CLOSED. New York August 17. At 11: 30 o'clock tonight the Central Cable of fice of the Western Union. Telegraph Company received a message stating "The Valparaiso office is closed until 7 o'clock tomorrow morning." No reason is given for this. DIED AT THE HOSPITAL jlrs. H. L. Struthers, of Grists, Passed Away Last Night Remains Wll be - Carried to Grists Today. Mrs. Lillian C. Struthers, wife of Mr. H. L. Struthers, of Grists, passed away last night at 7:30 at the James Walker Memorial hospital where she was carried two weeks ago last night to have an operation performed. It was thought she was improving until Thursday night when she took, a sud- den turn tor xne " ' - j i . . XX am r n Vi crV , ter, --Miss Florence Struthers,; was with her when the end came. iieppflspfl is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Tal bert Babble, of Philadelphia, and Miss Florence Struthers. Mr. Struth ers was not here when his wife died but reached the city last night. Before marriage the deceased was Miss Lillian Cooke, of Philadelphia. She hao? many friends in this city and it will be with deep regret that they learn of her death. The remains will be sent to Grists today for interment but no arrange ments have, as yet been made in re gard to the funeral. Unique Advertisement. Architect H. E. Bonitz has got out a unique advertisement in the way of a small tape line. It is encased In an attractive Celluloid cover on one side of which is a picture of Lumina and the other the handsome Voller's home on Market street, plans" for both of which were drawn by Mr. Bonitz. Both pictures are excellent. FORT BROWN Sit OIIDER SFJGE Citizens Guard Keeping the Kegro j Soldiers Within Barracks. : BROWNSVILLE IS NOW QUIET 3Iovement In Austin to "Organize an Armed 'Force to Go to Brownsville And Assist in Keeping the Negroes ..Within Barracks President Roose velt Considering .Request That the Negro Troops be Replaced by Whites. r Houston, Tex., August 17. A special from Brownsville, says the citizens guard Is still stationed between Fort Brown and the city of Brownsville, keeping the negro soldiers within bar racks. Aside from the feeling of ani-; mosity the town is quiet. The citizens have been informed that Gen. McCaskey, commander of the department-of Texas, will take immedi ate steps to relieve the situation. z Advices from! Austin are that con siderable excitement prevails there, and a movement is talked of to or ganize an armed force of citizens to go to Brownsville to assist in keeping the negro troops within the garrison. Governor Lanaham is still out of the city. Adjutant General Penslan said he considered it very unwise to send state troops to Brownsville. The troops are considerably wrought up over what they consider an outrage, and it is be lieved if they were sent there they cculd not be controlled. Oyster Bay. L. I., August 17. The message from a committee of citizens in Brownsville, Texas," requesting that the negro troops who committed an outrage there last Monday night, be replaced by white soldiers, was re ceived by President Roosevelt today. The president at once referred the dis patch to the war department, with a request that an immediate report Upon the matter be made to him. No action upon the committee's request will be taken by the president pending re ceipt of the report from the war de partment. vJVashington, August 17. In response to President Roosevelt's request for information concerning the situation at Brownsville, Texas, Acting Secretary Ainsworth has forwarded the report received from Major Penrose, and also informed the president that the com manding general of the- department of Texas has been requested to furnish as soon as possible detailed informa tion of the investigation being made by ,the military authorities. It is not believedatthe department that there will be any further clash between the citizens and the "soldiers, and the hope is expressed that the excitement which prevailed will subside when it is known that the governments intends to ascertain all the facts, and will punish any of the soldiers implicated in the matter. It Is stated that troor will not be allowed outside of the post for the present, and that strict dis cipline will be maintained. IN THE MAYOR'S COURT Bad Negro Gets Thirty .Days on the County Roads Was Disorderly and Also Assaulted a Street Car Con ductor. . Mayor pro-tem O'Brien had one de fendant before him yesterday who is a pretty tough character. The offender in question was George Brown, a negro who assaulted a Street car conductor on Thursday night and also came very near , escaping after he hadbeen put under arrest. Brown got on a Princess street car and got as far as Fifth street when the conductor asked him for his 'tare. He refused to pay and the conductor said he would have to get off the car. Before he could have the car stop ped the negro sprang to the street and was thrown to the ground. The con ductor quickly got off to see if the man was hurt and about the time re reach- ( cu mS Sluc ixxocsi gut up auu the conductor a severe blow in the! face. (Mr. L. M. Austin was conductor j on the and he beean to maul the ... . -m negrQ .- d ln a jiffy the oterman, iui. v-f. -iv. ocniuu, was ai uto oiuc ing him. Alderman E. F. Johnson was passing by and being a justice of th3 1 peace placed the negro under arresi and accompanied by the motorman and conductor started to the city hall with : the - man. When at Fourth and Prin-. j cess streets the negro broke away ana started up Fourth in the direction of 'Chestnut, All three men started in pursuit and several ciUzens who wero passing along tne street joined m tno chase. When the negro got In front of Mr. Hamme's he started to jump the fence and as -he did so .the two street car men graoDea mm. iTom.uiere iu the city hall they kept a very tight grip on him. . : , He was given thirty days on the roads, fifteen for disorderly conduct and fifteen for assault ' - Another offender in the mayor's court was Bertha Nelson, a white .. woman who was charged1 with being drunk. She was sentenced to fifteen days at. the county workhouse. This womm spend3 a considerable. portion of her , time. at 1 the county farm. - 50 ENTOMBED ALIVE Not Known Whether ths Men are Yet Dead. RUSHING WORK OF RESCUE Cave-in Occurs in the Clinch Mountain Tunnel. Large Force of Men are Working in an Effort to Reach the Unfortu nates It is Not Known Who is Re sponsible for the Disaster The Tunnel Has Already Been Extended About 700 Feet and the Men are : a Considerable Distance From the Entrance. r Bristol, Va., August. 17 Fifty men are entombed alive in the Clinch Mountain Tunnel at Clinch, as a re sult of a cave-in, which occurred this morning. . I It is not known whether the men are dead or alive, but the work of rescue is being "rushed as fast as possible. There is being pumped in the tunnel air by several pumps, for a distance of 700 feet, and a large force of men are working in an effort to rescue the un fortunate before they perish Jf " they are not already dead. Th cave-in occurred unexpectedly and it is not known who is responsible. The 'men entombed are chiefly resi dents of Southwest Virginia, and the excitement is intense. Women are screaming and wringing their hands and! crying hysterically for loved ones. 1 The work of rescue will continuo as rapidly as possible, thought it can not be stated with any degree of certainty how long it will take to reach the men. No bodies have as yet been re covered. The tunnel is being driven through Clinch Mountain, and is to be one mile in length. It has already been extended about 700 feet and, the men are a considerable distance from the entrance. The contract for the tunnel, was let some months ago by the South Western railroad at $2,200, 000. . - " . t BASEBALL THIS AFTERNOON Ends" Series of Twelve Games Rat ; tiers are Now in the Lead and Y. 31.. C. A. Second Three Ties Have to be Played Off. 1 This afternoon will take place the last of series of games of baseball to be played by the teams composing the local Jeague but three games not scheduled to take place will have to be played for the Rattlers have tied all of the other teams. So in one sense of the word this will be the last of the series of games and in another it will not. When the teams started out it was to play twelve games each. Although the weather during the greater part of the summer has been very rainy, there has not.been a Sat urday afternoon when the games had to be cancelled. Large crowds have been out nearly every Saturday after noon to witness the -games and the teams have put' up such games that those who went outf elt well repaid and will regret very much to see the season draw to a close. Next Satur day is the last of the half .holidays and when the schedule of games was aranged this was taken into consider- ation . , - nratran . tim tn battlers I L. L11C mJ w ! ; 750; Y. M. C. A. Monarchs 000. 7 ZiZS. S Tw members of the Monarcns team are out of town, Messrs. A. N. McKoy and Victor Grainger, both be ing at Lake Waccamaw, but they have been telegraphed for and are expected to be in the 'game this afternoon. Line-up of the teams will be as fol lows! " Giants Lacy, L., catch; Banks, Pitch; Thees, lb; Brinkley,, 2b; Gore c 7f . Hall r. f . i Monarchs Moore, catch; Myers, tv?,,. atttov ik- Williams. 2b Gore. 2b. Smith, s. s.; Hines, l. f.; Wood, r. f- poison, c. f. . Rattlere Jewen, caxen; aaumgs, Pitch; Bulluck, lb; Croom, 2b; Wil- kinson, 3b; Taylor, s. s.; Brittain. 1. f.; Kn?V rf-I A1f, ,Cf;b'. Tn.o Pitch; Rhodes, lb; King, U., 2b; King, L, 3b; Belden, s- s..; Bergen. L f.; Gerken, c." f . ; ; Irving, r. t. - . - .! J" " Now a" Boston scientist has discov- ered seventeen varieties of germs on a ten dollar bill. Boil your ten dollar hills. Washington Post. ENDORSE' LYNCHING OF DAVIS v Negroes of Greenwood bounty Issue an Address. SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT They Say the Country is Rid of One of the Meanest, 3Iost Disrespectable Characters Lnaginable Governor Heyward Has Instructed the Solici tor to Take Steps to Prosecute the Known 3 1 embers of the Mob. Columbia, S. C, August 17. Gov ernor Heyward returned this afternoon from the scene of the lynching of the negro, Bob Davis, near Greenwood last evening. When asked for a state ment concerning the lynching the gov ernor said he had nothing to say far ther than that at a conference he had instructed the solicitor to take imme diate, steps to prosecute known mem-j bers of the mob. A negro school teacher of the neigh borhood has written a card to the newspapers endorsing the lynching of Davis. ;The negro citizens of Greenwood county today issued the following address in regard to the lynching of Bob Davis: "We, the negroes of this county, wish to say that we are with you, and in anything serious as this you gave assistance in what you think best. We cannot afford, as a race, to uphold anything that tends to lower our Christian or moral standing, and the auicker we show that we are ready ,to help trace the rascal to his den, the quicker will we have the sympathy of the white man when we are intrud ed upon. Some weak minded colored persons may say that negroes should not have assisted the white men in their search, but we say to them 'you are simply needing common sense.' If there is anything lacking on the part of the negro race, it is that of self respect and we say that if he can not respect himself,' teach him and do not be partial how and in what manner the lesson be given. Now un til the leaders of the race established the fact that wex should join in and overtake' any rascal we are not in full discharge of our duty. Then let us as a race learn to respect ourselves and thereby get the respect of others. ' "We think we voice the sentiment of every respectable negro in the country when we say the. country is rid of one of the meanest, most disrespect able characters imaginable, and your thoughts are ours. It is unreasonable to expect the white men to respect us when we do not respect ourselves. The only thing wanted was the right man and that is what we had and we aro satisfied: (Signed) COLORED CITIZENS GREENWOOD COUNTY. , - . : CLOSING OF CHELSEA BANK Due to Excessive Indebtedness, Esti mated at From $300,000 to $500,000 on the Part of its President, Sylves ter Heneckley. Chelsea, Mass. August 17. Following the official information given by Bank Examiner Ewer to the comptroller of the currency at Washington, that the failure clothe First National Bank of Chelsea, thedoors of which were closed last night was due to excessive loans made to officers and directors of the bank, it became understood today that the principal factor in the suspension of the bank was a large indebtedness on the part of its president, Slsvester B. Henckley. This indebtedness is un officially estimated at from $300,000 to $500,000 but statements made today by directors of the bank indicate that President Henckley had trans ferred to the institution his equity in large real estate holdings which, it was expected, would provide for the pay ment in full of all depositors. President Henckley Is said to be fatally ill at his home in Newton , Developments today indicated that Mr. Henckley was Involved in exten sive real estate transactions from which he expected to realize spendid profits for the bank as well as for him self. The failure of his plans, in con nection with his illness, as well as dissatisfaction on the part of at least one -of the directors accounts for the closing of the bank. Examiner Ewer having been appoint ed temporarily receiver by the comp troller was in charge or tne osluk. io dav. and with augmented corps Of t iarw vas bnsilv eneaeed unon the ac- j counts of the institution. Late today , he was unable to intimate when he 4 bp able to report further to nis ! . . f t xVasaington. chief at wasmngwu. The North CroUna to he Launched October 6th. Washington. August 17. The ar- mnrpd cruiser North Carolina will.be launched at the Newport News Ship yards October 6 Asponsor has not yet been chosen, but itls probable that the governor of North Carolina will be asked to name the v lady for that honor. ' E BIG PROFITS Sharp Adrancein Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. SHORTS HUSHED TO COVER Most Excitin? Day in Stock Ex change for Several Years. Union Pacific Was Rushed Up 17 1-8 Points a Share and Southern Pacific 6 7-8 Points Announcement of Dividends Far in Excess of What Was Expected the Cause of the Frantic Trading A Pool in Union ' Pacific Said to Have Realized 15, 000,000 Profits and One in Southern Pacific $10,000,000 Profits. New' York, August 17. Amid scenes of f antic trading on Jthe stock ex change, Union Pacific common stock rushed upward 17 1-8 points a share and that of Southern Pacific. 6 7-8 points today, after an announcement of divi dends far in excess of what the trad- -ers had any reason to expect. The re sult was that large numbers of traders who had sold the stock short suffered sharp losses, and according to an" estimate. reported by the Evening Post, a pool in Union, Pacific stock realized profits amounting to $15,000,000, a sim ilar pool in Southern Pacific $10,000,- . 000. Notwithstanding the meeting of the xecutive committee of the Union and Southern Pacific roads in this city yes- . terday, the bulk of the brokers were totally unprepared for the an nouncement of dividends which was made public soon after the open ing of today's market. "The dividends were: Union Pacific, preferred, 2 per cent semi annually; common, 5 per cent, semi-annually; ' Southern Pacific common, 2 1-2 per ceht semi-annually. Union pacific, common heretofore paid 3 per cent and -today's dividend was the first ever declared on Southern Pa cific common. Brokers were swept into a mad strug gle to buy the two stocks within a minute after the announcement was circulated, and. the excited scenes which, ensued have hardly been ex ceeded since the great effort to control Northern Pacific five years ago. The shorts in both Pacifies were surprised and unprepared for the upward , rush which followed, and led the scramble to cover. Within half an. hour after the announcement. Union Pacific had bounded up . more than 4 eight points and Southern Pacific nearly seven. Feverish activity prevailed ia the two stocks throughout the session, with various halts in the movement Ex cept for these halts the upward move ment in Union Pacific continued throughout the day almost to th close t of the market when there was a slight recession on profit-taking. Southern -Pacific's advance, however, was halted early and held. Union Pacific's ex treme advance was from 162 5-8 to 179 3-4 and Southern Pacific's from 83 7-8 to 89. Union Pacific closed at 178 1-2, and Southern Pacific at 87 3-8. The total sales of Union Pacific were 647, 100 shares, and of Southern Pacific 481,600. The executive committees of the Un ion Pacific and the Southern Pacific announced ; that the following divi dends have been declared: A semi annual dividend of 2 per cent on,, the preferred and a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent on the common stock of the Union Pacific and semi-annual divi dend of 2 1-2' per cent on the common stock of the Southern Pacific company. The five per cent dividend on the common stock of Union Pacific, con pared with a previous dividend of 3 per cent on that stock. The dividend on Southern Pacific common stock Is the first ever declared on that stock. The ofl&cial announcement of the divi dend says: - - : "It is understood that 01 tne divi dend of five per cent on the common stock, of the Union-Pacific. 3 per cent Is charged to surplus earnings of the railroad and 2 per cent to income from Its investments." . , Crops Looking Fine. The crops in the western part of the county are looking fine, and un less something happens to cause de struction to them, this will no doubt, be one of the best crop years that has been known for some time. Tobacco and corn are as fins as we rememher to have ever seen.and all othe r farm products are growing, and will come up to the average of years past;-if not better. We are pleased to note this, and think-that ' the farmers, are well , pleased with the outlook for this year. Durham Sun. - MAD . . - - X- ' ' '
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