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LAST EDITION. 4LL THE MARKETS. Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. . Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1906. PRICE 5c. VOLUME 27. EARTHQUAKE WRECKS CITY OF VALPARAISO Hundreds Reported Buried in the Ruins of Buildings PORTIONS OF THE GITY IH THE GRIP OF FLAMES i One Report States That the Calamity May Prove as Stupendous as That Which Overwhelmed San Fran clseo Another Says That the Wires of One Telegraph Company Into Valparaiso, Broken by the Shocks, Have Been Restored And That the Disaster Must Therefore Be Less Appalling Than First Ad vices Would Lead One to Suppose. A Description of the South Ameri can City. (By tlio Associated Press.) Buenos Ayres, Auk. 17. All the attempts made here to obtain tele graphic communication from Chile regarding the reported earthquake were fruitless up till late this ntfer noon on account of wire coinmuiiicn tiou being interrupted. New York, Aug. 17. The City of Valparaiso, Chile, is reported badly damaged hy earthquake. One report here is that the situation in Valpa raiso may prove to he as serious as that in San Francisco.. Practically every building in the city is damage d and there are tires In different parts of the city. Many persons are re ported killed and injured. The earth quake lias Interrupted cable facili ties 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 con tinued. Fires are burning in various parts of the city. A yet later report says that the Central and South American Tele graph Company has re-established its main office in Valparaiso and Is working with that city now. This would seem to show, that the conditions are not as serious as at llrst reported. One report which reached this city said that portions of Valparaiso were burning all night and that the bodies of hundreds of its residents were buried in the ruins of the buildings. Valparaiso is a fortified seaport of Chile and the most important commercial town of tha western coast of South America. It has a population of about 150,000. It is the capital of the province of the same name and it is situated on a large bay in the Pacific ocean, 75 miles west-northwest of Santiago, with which it is connected by rail. The bay of Valparaiso which is well sheltered on three sides is bounded by ranges of hills rising from 1600 to 1700 feet high, on the slopes of which a considerable por tion of the city of Valparaiso is built. On the south side of the bay are the spacious suburbs of Nuevo Malecou and Gran Avenida from which pass out one of the finest of the thor oughfares of Valparaiso, tha Aven ida de Las Deliclas. The lower cen tral section of the city is constituted by the Almendral. having regular and attractive streets and containing the principal business houses, the park, the Plaza Victoria and the Na tional theatre. To the northwest of this section, in the quarter of the city known as the Puerto (or Port) in which are situated the greater number of the public buildings and the vast ware houses which line the quays and docks. In this portion of the city, however, narrow and crooked streets are still a feature, but the newer sections of Valparaiso have an at tractive, modern appearance, the .builders of the business quarters be ing massively built. Among the monuments In Valpa raiso) are those to Columbus, Wheelwright, (who established steam navigation on the Chilean cnnstK Admiral Prat and Thomas Cochrane, organizer of the Chilean I navy. The city has various academic: and collegi. te institutions, a naval school, school for marines, museum of natural history, hydrographic bu reau, etc., and its industrial estab lishments comprise foundries, rail-; (Continued on Page Seven.) EARTHQUAKE WAS RECORDED (Bv the Associate Press.) Washington, v August 17. Special weather bureau bulletin. A very heavy, distant, earthquake was re corded on the seismographs at the weather bureau In Washington yes terday, beginning : five minutes and twenty seconds past 7 . in., seventy-fifth meridian time. Complete and perfect records were obtained of both the north and south and the east and west movements of the earth. The earth tremors at Washington were of comparatively slow and de liberate motion, eaen complete move ment covering from eighteen to forty seconds of time. The earthquake lasted continuously for several hours and finally ceased at about midnight. The most violent shock occurred at seven hours, forty-two minutes, twenty-six seconds, p. m. From press reports this is evident ly a record of the great Chilean earthquake of August 16th and is the heaviest recorded in Washington since the San Francisco earthquake. WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief Weather Bureau. ON FEDERAL BENCH (By the Associated Press.) Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 17. Attor ney General Moody, who was a guest of President Roosevelt last night, left Oyster Bay for Washington today. He said he had discussed with the pres ident the matter of filling several va cancies on the federal bench. Tha conclusions reached would be announ ced later when the president made the appointments, which had been decided on, Nothing except routine matters were talked about, he said, and no ref erence made to Standard oil suits. AMBUSHED BY BAND OF REVOLUTIONISTS (By the Associated Press.) Lilian, Aug. 17. Revolutionists yes terday ambushed Baron von Sehroeder, the assistant distroict chief. They flred at his carriage and wounded the baron's coachman and a soldier who acoCmpanted them, but Von Sehroeder was not touched. The attempt on the baron's life was due lo his Germany sympathies and activity In suppress ing the revolutionary disorders. BOND ISSUE FOR RAILROAD. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 17. No tice was issued today by the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company that a special meeting of the stockholders will be held at Roanoke, Va. ,on Oc tober 11 to authorize an increase of the common stock of the company from $60,000,001) to $100,000,000. The stockholders will also be asked to vote on a proposal to sanction the issue of convertible bonds not to ex ceed $114,000,000, these bonds to be converted into common stock. The Races at Saratoga. (By the Associated Press.) Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 17. First race, 6 furlongs: Tiptoe, 13 to 4 and 4 lo 5, first; Shot Gun, 5 to 1, place, second; Firebrand, third. Time 1:12 1-5. . Second race, one mile: Ocean Spray, 30 to 1 and 1 Oto 1, first; Graceful, 4 to 1, place, second; Mem ories, third. Time 1:39 3-5. Decision in the Button Case. (By the Assoctated Press.) Richmond, Va., August 17. The full text of the decision of the supreme court of appeals in the case of Button against the corporation commission af firming the right of the legislature to appoint Button insurance commissioner was made public today. The cardinal doctrine laid down in the decision is that legislative power Is supreme after the federal and state constitutions. DARING ESCAPE OF RUSS BANDIT (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Aug. IT.- Bolehzoff, the leader of the baud which pillaged the Credit Mutual Bank of Moscow, daringly esraped while on his way to Moscow from Switzerland, wbeiic'e he had been extradited, lie was on hoard a train heavily guarded and when near Pskov, dived through the glass of a window, gained the forest and eluded pursuit. Belcnstoff left Warsaw in a special car attached to a fast train in charge of a captain of gendarmes, tour gen darmes and six soldiers, two of whom were always sitting on the same seat as Itclonxoff, and carried loaded rifles. Suddenly, as the train slackened speed at an upgrade lielenSiofT lose and hurl ed himself bodily through the glass of a window, lolled down tile embank ment and disappeared in the Woods. The train was immediately stopped and the guards followed Ueleuzoff's bloody trail for some distance but finally it was lost in a swamp. Extraordinary precautions had been taken through Poland owing to fear of a forcible rescue Of lieleny.oiT.t The platforms at all the places whore the train stopped were cleared. H. T. BRAN IS BITTEN BY A SPREADING ADDER (Special to the Evening Times.) Winston-Salem, N. C Aug. 17. H. T. Bran of Shore, Yadkin county, while pulling up weed??-in his gwifh.ii . ' -terday was bitten oh the finger by a spreading-adder snake. Shortly there after he was taken violently ill. The attending physician reports today that Mr. Bran's condition is more encour aging and that he will probably recover.- CAN'T IMPORT MEN TO WORK UNDER CONTRACT (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 17. --Acting Attor ney General Charles 11. Uobb todaj rendered an opinion to the effect that MexicanMexican laborers could not be imported into Texas under contract for work on railroad in that slate and other public construct ing work, and that the men heretofore so admitted must be returned to Mexico. STENSLAND IS NOT IN MOBILE. (By the Associated Press.) Mobile, Ala., Aug. 17. There is no truth in reports sent out from this city that a man believed to be Paul O. Stensland, the fugitive banker of Chicago was seen last night in a house on the outskirts of Mobile and that a posse had surrounded the place. Report that Stensland was In this city with J. B. Mitchell at Dauphin street. At the number indicated Mrs. J. B. Mitchell conducts a restaurant. She said that no person answering the de scription of Stensland had been there, and as to her husband, he had been dead live years. WHO WILL GET PLUM NO. 2? Mr. Willis G. Briggs, whose ftp- j pointment as postmaster for Raleigh i has been announced, when asked if he had decided nnon his assistant postmaster, said that he had no idea yet to whom he would give the place. For some time, almost ever since the news came mat State Chairman Spencer Adams had endorsed Mr. Briggs' application for the postmas ter's place, there seems to have been a general understanding among those who watch affairs political that the second plum would drop in the mouth of Mr. Lester P. Butler, who was also a candidate for the plum of the first magnitude. . In consequence of this report Mr. Butler was asked today if he knew anything of it. He said that there wjas absolutely nothing that he could say on tho subject. tanner to write lee Express Hope of no Monu men! io Wirz The Next (.'map of (he Grand Army Will Be Held at Saratoga The Canteen Question is Laid on the Table. (By the Assoriat. Minneapolis, .Minn., The G. A. it. today p, il Press.) Augusl 17. ssed a resolu- tion providing Chief fanner General s. D. L southern vetofn express the )u; of a moniitnern AhdersonviU i i Ili.ii Cominandei'-in-cpnvmunicate with ', commander of the is' association, and e lhal tiie erection to Henry Win: near I'lfibn he not at- tempted. The question 'i passage by eon;;: ' ishing the qahti i homes was laid on When th6 ejkfii'ii day the Qrst bfe .t I the selection Of a encampment. At Saratoga wan pro; of d. seating lite i b i n .! law abol in old soldiers' ill table, j intent opened to ur considered was liiiec lor fho next esloi'day's session posed h ml met I lie New; w ii h great extended however. . York delegation favor. Today Cincinnati Saratoga, an invitation, won and the n be held them In the conTcn the grand army chase (he RtcLea in nl will I iti of the ladies of he project io pur-: house at Appomat- fox. where Lee sin and present it to a peace niemori't endorsed. endered to Grant, j te government as was unanimously I'unial of ".lohii Oliver Hobhes." (By the Associated Press.) London, August IT. -The funeral services today over the body of Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver liohbes) at the Jesuit Church, in Farm street, were largely attended Ambassador and Mrs. Reid and many other Americans and a numnah of English authors and writersy were present. There were many evidences of the deepest griaf and sympathy, WANT WfE TROOPS People of Brownsville Peti tion the Fresislent This Follows . Recent Outrage Uy Negro Soldiers There Roosevelt Refers Pel if toil to War Depart ment, Kecpiest lug a Report. (By the Oyster Bay. message from in i'.row psvllie the negro tro outrage tiler placed by whi by President president at o to the war de that an (muted tor be made I the committee ssoeiated Press.) . I., August 17. flu committee of c I 'exits, requesting 111: s who committed an It Monday night be i " Soldiers, was received loosevolt today. The referred the dispatch rtinent wi I h a iv ;u : i e report upon the nial- hiin. No action u request will be taken by the presiiheil pending receipt of Hie report from the war department. Troops Confined to the Post. Washington, Aug. 17. In response to President Roosevelt's request for information concerning the situation at Browiiville, Texas, act 'hg Secre tary Ainsworth has forwarded the report received from Major Penrose and also informed the president thai the commanding general of the de partment of Tevas has been request ed to furnish ait soon as possible de tailed Information ot the invest iga- tion being mad thorities. It is not belie lhal. (here will hy the military ail ed at the department 11 lie any further clash iiisens and tho soldiery, is expressed that the between the and the ho excitement which prevailed will sun- side when it is known flint the emment intends to ascertain all the facts ami will punish anv of the sol diers implicated in unlawful acts. II. is stated that tie troops will not be allowed outside of the post for the present and that strict discipline will be maintained. RADS CONVENTION IS TOMORROW. The republican county convention for Wake will he held tomorrow at noon in the court house. Leading republicans said today that a complete county ticket, would be nominated. They also stated that ; they expected more than twenty-three delegates to attend the conventior. Every effort was being put forth, ! they declared, to prevent this gath ering from having the "skidoo" hall mark upon IU CHELSEA BANK GOES 10 WALL First National Fails by Trans fer of Money E HEAVY1 LOSS Will B I proceedings ot the international Typo Man? Small Traders had All Their graphical I'nion ' .-cation was dts- lairniiigs On Deposit u! Offer Made to Set lie at Kilty Crisis On the Dollar I lank Examine! I 'lacetl in Charge. (!:y the Assoelatud Press.) Boston, Mass.. August it. -'Iti - busl - ness eon in ty of 1 'li. l.-ea. was si:r - prised when ii became known thai the first National (Junk of thai city, nrto-j of tin- Oldest linaueiai institutions in. thissection of the state. had been ' md Hank Kxamincr Alfred (2wor placed? in charge. .Many of I he sma li. r n a.h s- f Th,, ijirimilso substitute, which il iin-ii had pr.ieliealiy all of tt)!.:ll' i. .id.. ,. to oM'er during the session money li.d up io flic bunk. Ion ii i;;:o...v. :l, which was expected to pass expected thai I'eHef Will )e liffiri i) d hy wtlholli a tl ..til . commends all editors tile Wiunissiiuect National liinik df: who n.i . excited t hems. Ives in be I 'p. i Is. a, w hich has offered to pay lo half of union labor, making incidental depositors of the First National lifty i inriit ion of lie- I I i 1 conducted by Mr. pi r eein of t heir aeeoiinl-s. 'I lie reiuain-J Ilearst, with speeiiie mention for the ing banks in rhelsea hive Inn a e-wjl.os Angeles, ('al.. 1 i -1 ' . tliousaml doll. irs lo their civdil ai Ihtfj The repori of the cothmlttei poll First National and will not be directly tics, which recommends that printers affected by the difficulty. Join with alt other bianches 6t organi- During the morning Huongs of de- zed labor in supporting the men and pfiflltOrs appeared ai the h.mk. Tl.ieVe Jiolftlfu) urge nixat ions that have mani was no disorder, however. It Is saidj'festml a friendship for labor and a that the difficulty at the bank was ? favorable attitude toward legislation brought abOUl bv a steady transfer of .''. t asks, was received by tile deh- large accounts to Boston banks, and the Chelsea bank was thereby haeia ere'd for ready money. II has beeij.j learned also that the l'"iist National i was heavily involved in nal estate Which tied up their money lo the extent of about $6.(XMH)0. The failure of the First National was responsible for small runs on the CheT- sea Savings & Co-oppratiVe ProvKUBlt Banks this moniing. I 'WashlllRiOil. August 1".- -The eoiiip- trotler of the currency has received ad vices by telegram from National It. ink Examiner Ewer that tlie-PirSt National Bank of t'lulsea. .Mass.. has been closed by action of the diieeiors. Kxainiiier Kwer has been appointed receiver. 'I'll'' failure of this bank Is reported by the examine.' tu be, due Id large excessive loan.-; to etiieei's and directors of the.' bank. . Tie following is a statement of tic resources and liabilities of the bank at the dale of Its last report of eondilloti made to Hie eompliollei of the eum-ney June IS) pinti. Resources loans and discounts $1. 111.. 'Ait; bonds to secure ein ula lion $50. eiin; premium on United States bonds J. "."ill: banking linuxe and oilier real .stale $60,77!; due Iroio banks $23;3iifl; cash and cash items $57,570, redemp tion ! funds ;$:!,SiM'. total $i0!Jf84?- I.iabili: ie- capital stock $360,000:: sur plus rind profits $t:;:i,:!4 1 : circulating iKibs di due to banks $t0vT33; divi dends unpaid $S43; deposits $679,729; bills payable $130,000; total $ 1 ,3)N,.vl'i. d'.y the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 17.- The arm ored cruiser N'oi'l h Carolina will be . launched at the Newport News Ship yards October ti. A sponsor 'mis no: yel been chosen, but it is probable that the governor ol North Carolina j will he asked to name the lady for that honor. FARMERS' ONLY HOPE NOW IS IN A DRY MOON (By the Associated Press) Norfolk, Va.. Augusl 17. Willi all the heavy rains of the past two months in the Norfolk county trucking belt thai of last night in the Deep Creek tiuek Ing district was tile heaviest, and today covniicMs and other crops arc sub merged. The fall potato crop is lotting in the ground. and kale seed sowed re cently are in the ditches and other places, having been entirely washed away. Late CCtri) is being badly daro aged and the farmers are gloomy. Their only hope now is that the change of the moon on Sunday next will bring dry weather. ELEVEN POLISH POLICE KILLED. Warsaw, Aug, 17. During yester day throughout Poland eleven police men and one gendarme were killed and four policemen were wounded. 10 LAUNCH THE NORTH CAROLINA TB mm HT For Hls Effort in mm Qfi union Laoer The Attempt to Pass This Resolution By iVeiegnte Roberts of the Print els' iljioii is Fiercely Opposed A Compromise .May Gel Through. (Bv the Associated Press.) Colorado BprlngSi Colo.; Aug. 17. -VV.hu I for. ii time had the appearance of a dangerous storm cloud over the lled toil.iy bv agreement among the dc l lalv les upon a cotnproniise subsii fdr the resolution endorsing and commending William It. Hearst. The iieaisi resolution was offered by leei?iite Ifoljerts of Washington, and coiiimeraled the Nt'v York congressman r,. his ,.ff..rlH ami achievements in behalf of organised labor, Opposition 1 1 ' ne pcrojuiioii was mailed n.v ueie- ate Mi',Cullo,ch or Onittha, who de tan d the measure a political eue. and naoune,:! his unswerving opposition making the International 'I ypo- , . . .. ion a tail lo anv mall's nolU ictit kite; fa.' " 'iinusaisoi. .ui. aii f Omaha til ing outspoken in ins en- lorsetucn! of the move. Me urged the leiegales to remembe'i; their good in Leptloii upon returning lo their homes, md I" go to primaries and elections let ei rnlncil to put in office, from alder oi n to senators, men who can be mined upon in vole lor laoor legisla tion, as well as talk lor tile laoor ous. STRIKE FROM DOCKET Jiidge Prltciiard Decides in Durham Tobacco Case I ; Without Passing on the .Motion te Itcmam! io (lie Slate Courts, He ! Unlets the Defendants Taxed Willi the Costs. (Spiel, ii to the Evening Times.) Aslreviilo, N. C, Aug. 17. ludgo ,1: c. f'rilchard this morning, heard argnmenl in the case of the Black j well Inn ham Tobacco Company and j the American Tobacco Company of l New Jersey on nun ion lo remand tho 'case io the state conns. Guthrie & Guthrie appeared for the plaintiff, while .1. I). Parker of New York and i b'runk Fuller of Durham appeared : for i he defendants. After hearing arguiuen - Judg3 Pritchard held that the docketing of the case in the United Slates circuit court was pre mature and Impudently done and or ilored thai I lie case be stricken from the docket of the circuit court. With out i he court passing upon the mo tibn to remand and without consid ering the sufficiency of the petition fur iviunval the defendants were taxed with the costs. IIHJH CLASS CHlXtiSK COMB HKliK TO STUDY. (BV the Associated Press.) Port Townsnd. Was., Aug. 17. The steamship Dakota, arriving yes terday from Oriental points brought four high class Chinese who have eo.ne io i his country to enter, educa tional institutions. One of the Chi nese, a woman, will go to Virginia, while i hit three men will go to the '.University of California. The Chi nese came in charge of Consul Gen eral lingers of Shanghai, who was vigorous in his remarks when he learned that the party would be com peljed to debark at Port Townsend for examination by the United States Chinesj Inspectors. These conditions were necessary because the travelers were not provided with . certificates in duplicate. Mr. Rog ers' criticism was directed princi pally at the Washington authorities, who, he declared, had failed to ad vise him o ft he necessary steps. Death of Spalding Coleman. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 17. Spald ing Coleman, member of the board of public works and largely inter ested in coal mines in Kentucky and Tennosse?, died suddenly today at. the city hall. His family is in We que tensing, Mich. B0Y BANDITS ROB AND SLAY Four Coolly Confess Ups and Murder A SERIES OF CRIMES One of the Quartette Which Ope rated in Sail Francisco is Cap tured, Breaks Down Under Exami nation and Betrays His Comrades to the Officers. (By the Associated Press.) ! San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17. With a coolness and nonchalance that amazed i Mia- police, Fred Peterson, William .Mean s, Walter Westwood and Prank IMcAullffe, four youths still in their teens last night confessed that they a re the quartette that committed the series of hold-ups which culminated in tlie killing of Fred Mulllneaux on the Ocean Boulevard last Sunday i night. Peterson, who is but 17 years old, ; admitted that he fired the shot which i killed Mullineaux when the latter re sisted robbery. MeAullffe, aged is, was arrested Wednesday, and after being subjected iin a most severe examination, broke : down and admitted he was one of the uurtette and gave the names of the other three. Peterson last night told In minute detail of the robbery of four persons an hour before the murder of Mulll neaux. and a hold-hp on the boulevard the night previous. Westwood. the acknowledged leader of the youthful gang, is but 16 years of age. and resided with hfs mother and step-father, Patrick Ryan. He admit ted that he was the gun holder in the other robberies, and that it was Peter son's turn when Mullineaux was held up. Meares is 18 years of age. ELECTRICIANS TO MEET AT NORFOLK. (By the Associated Press.) New Haven, Conn., Aug. 17. The International Association of Munici pal Electricians today voted to meet at Norfolk, Va., next year. Officers woer elect ad as follows: President, T. C. O'Hearn of Cam bridge. Mass.; Vice Presidents, James Grant New Haven, Clarence R. George Houston, Texas, John Berry Indianapolis, Ind., W. H. Bradt Troy, N. Y.; Seciietary, Frank P. Foster, j Corning, N. Y. ; Treasurer, C. E. IDiehl, Hitrrishurg; Executive Com- mittee, J. II. Yeakle, Baltimore; R. A. Smith, Norfolk, Va.; William Crane, Erie, Pa.; Jerry Murphy, Cleveland; William Pelty, Ruther ford, N". ,T. : T. P. Almon, St. Louis; A .8. Hatch, Detroit; W. H. Thomp son. Richmond, and G. F. McDonald, Ottawa. FRONT ROYAL LINE IS INCORPORATED. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Aug. 17. The I Front Royal, Rappahannock & Tide- Water Railroad Company was incor porated this morning with a maxi mum capital of $50,000 and a min 1 imam of $5,000. The purpose of the ! Company is to construct a line from Front Royal, Warren county, to this city hy way of Charlottsville. LIGHTNING HALTS THE STREET CARS. (Special to the Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 17. Light ning struck the balisbury-spencer electric railway power house last, j night and so badly burned out the. ! generator that the cars have laid off ; for a week. The house was not wrecked. I Dank Clearings Show Big Business. " (By the Associated Press.) I San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17. The bank clearings of San Francisco : show much activity in business dur ; ing the past week. The Increase over last year for 9 per cent and the to i tals were well above the forty million . mark. For the week ending Thurs day, noon, August 16, 1906, the clearings were 143,914,147.93, as against $40,149,983.50 for the same week of 1905. The Increase is $3,- 764,164.40. Forty-Three Were KlUed. (By the Associated Press.) Warsaw, Ag. 17. It is now known that 4 3 persons were killed here Au gust 15, of whom eight were police men, and that eighteen policemen and about a hundred citizens were wounded. l"
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