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The Outlook OF our MARS az Nalpa.
raiso.-ihc Prospects no
Bittr.
rHr FAMOUS ANpoysR DECREE
SET ABIDE.
The National Military Encampmeni at
Chicago.--A "Tug Of War"
IN San Francisco.
The 'hiieRu Co,rrnmsnt Answers -
To- tbe sniiur Outrage.


SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. -. The
Chilean government has replied 10
Minister Egan's demand foran Aplan-
alton Of the recent attack urlu the
American sailors. The reply II
couchcd IN very strong language, and
u Is uuderl0ud ~ amount 70 "a re-
f,lsal to accept the responsibility Tor
The nunir. Tie slate department Mt
Washington has been notified. Min
ietcr Pagan, Commander Schley aud
Consul McCrcefy are consulting o..
gcthrf aud II IN thought decisive ac.
ton will be taken suon. The state
department orders IN reference TO tlic
matter are very strong.
The lLtebdent" N Valparaiso has
refused 10 guarantee the safety oi mar.
Rct boas coming 10 thai city early IN
the morning from the United State
wufship baltimore or tho snfcty of
uillceIr " that vessel coming ashore at
night. There Impractical boycott on
the baltimore" No American sail
ora are allowed ashore.
Great excitement has been caused
here By the rVuort that lho Chilean
Lex ,tion In Wellington hat huru at.
tackled.
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BALTIMORE, oct. ga grand bro.
cessiOn and The celebration OF "a ponii.
ilcAl high mass occurred today IN the
Cathedral " Baltimore, IN celebration
Of the centenary II the Seminary OF 81.
Mary. The students o. 81. Chafles'
College, the priests md seminarians Of
st. Mays seminary, resident and
visiting priest, heterogeneous, abbots,
monslgnor-, bishops anu aruhhishops,
numbering altogether not lees than
5000, composed the procession. Car
dlnul Gibbons GsHlttod ut the mass.
This sermon WIS by Bishop Kuiue of
Wheeling. Amer the services the
students and seninarians returned TO
the seminary, and there at . O'Clock
was given grand banquet 10 the Car.
dinsl nrchhIshops, bishops, CLERGY,
semlnarians snd students, In honor u
the rounding our Of the first hundred
years Of 81. SuipIce Ia tho Unitod
States.
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Cigarette manufacturers say Their,
are more cigarettes sold In Texas than
In any other two states In tho Union
In san Antonio one retail ilnn alon,
has standing order for 100, 600 cigu
rcttcs week, and this Is frequently
doubled Fifteen hundred thousand
cigarettes OF one brand alone arc sold
Ia san Antonio every month In III,
year, and the total sales Of cigarette,
amount to about 1000, 900 II month
The cigarette smoking Of the Mexican,
In the city is not Included In this est
mate, because they buy tobacco aud
paper aud make their own cigarettes
New York Sun.
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with parasites. The toes of one. IT was
testified, had rotted of. Another, n
girl. had been chained 10y the legs to n
log. The rooms u the orphanagu were
found In the fllthicst possible condi.
ton.
In the kitchen was found a baby, six
weeks old, covered with dirty rags
and dying Of cold aud hamilton.
Other children ia the same apart.
m.nt, orouchcd around n small
fire. slmoe, frozen aud half starved.
All were weak aud sickly and growth.
stun,od by the treatment received
uhder C0tton's management. The
sanitary condition Of the whole estab-
lishment was horrible. Some NJ tile
beds used by the unfortunate children
were merely old hoNcs and packing
eases Allied with stale hay. II was also
shown that oil the children were kept
In n perpetual state ni terror by Cotton,
aud Il would 10 difficult 10 Imagine a
more dcplorible or blameable state u
things. Cotton was committed for
trial
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THEY CAUSE rrRsisLr DISASTER
IN TuNts.
Great Destruction from Forest Fires.
Il Wisconsin village In
Flames. Fire, In Georgia.
ny telegraph to the NrNst
DESTRUCTIVE FOREST rfnrs.


ENU1.lsii, Ind, Oct. ga serious
FIRE Is raging along the line OF the
Louisville " 81. Louis railroad In the
southern part Of the State. Acres Of
woods cntiIo flelis ct corn, many
farmhouses aud outbuildings Anvo
been destroyed. Every eilort Is t-ing
msdc tO tublur the fire.
EvANsvILLE Ind, Oct. 2s.--rhe
forest fires along the Evansville & ~.
Louis and Evansville * indianapolis
railroads are Hdll raging. Thousands
~ dollars' worth Of property are being
destroyed. At English, Pigeon aud
Mnckey stations thu citizens nre terror.
stricken, aud afu making nre-i,iards
to save the towns. The trains arc
forced 30 20 through clouds Of sparks
nud smoke. Thurc IL ftn,; lo-- 10 lum-
her and grslu. Nothing but heavy
mlus can check the fires.
Bum,vntE, Tex, Oct. .6.--Furrst
ilfrr are doiuy much damage IN this
country. Some apprehension A iclt
for the safety n the village.
liI1LE Rock, Arb, oct. .s.-Forrsl
iirtu are raging Ia Monroe county.
Much cotton has been destroyed.
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Domestic Trouble ,,si Eads VITA sui.
eide.

CuncAuo, oct. g,.-Eiwin T.. Mar.
shall ~ the United States navy shot
himself dead At hotel this morning
M u result NJ trouble between hlmseli
aud his young wife. Marshall and his
wife were married In Denver last Feb.
Iuary. Ills wife iiually len him, It IL
raid, and made her way 10 California.
The husband started In hot pursuit.
After securing several Western Statce
the wife was hunted down In Chicago.
Hhc quilted the hotel about three
weeks ago and just few minutes after
her husband arrived. In desperation
the wife colrtaled herself In the city,
fearing thst her husband would muir.
der her. She commenced proceedings
against him for divorce and a share In
his property. The wifi. charged that
her husband 40 abused her that SHE
had 20 leave him. Marshall's rank In
the navy II not known, hut II IL said
that h. ~ connected with one ~ the
United States men'oi'war At Phila.
delphin.
WAsHINoTos, Oct. 2s.-Inquiry ut
the navy department discloses the
fact that there n not on the rolls, either
Rs officer or sailor the name Of such u
person NJ Edwin +. Marshall, who
killed himself In Chicago today.
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run ON ANDo,rR cAsr.
The supreme court sets Aside Ill. ne
rrrr ct TIL Haati ct visitor.


rrrr ct thu Haard Of visitors.
B0sruN, oct .s.-rhu decree NJ tho
board nj visitors has been sut aside In
the famous Audovur cnse. THIS deci.
sion Uf tue supreme court was on tie
ground thut the trustees were not made
parties 10 tho original prncetiiugs.
Tie decision means victory for pr3G
Eghert l., Smythc, who was expelled
from philiiu Academy IN AuiOver
and doubtless und. The struggle that
has been before the public Tor over i've
Year,.
Toe decision covers only one Of the
many grounds oi the appeal tol out by
Professor Smythris lawyers, namely,
that the board Of visitors acted uniustly
aud Illegally IN refusing 10 allow the
hoard of trustees 10 have share Ia the
tfial. Ttchnlcslls the effect nj the de.
CisiOn h 10 send the case hack TO the
board OF visitors fur new trial.
Chief Justice Field alone disseDis
H. the opinion. lie says II was im.
material whether or not tito applloa-
tiOu oithp trusircs, "a be permitted 10
appear ~ party, be part u the record
n the Board Of Visitors, because this
record, even n the applicants were
cited 10 appuar, did not appear In the
proceedings.
The majority opinion does not say
whether Professor Smythc IL or ~ not
guilty Of hetesudOEy, neither does u
prevent the board " Visitors from
amending and calling upon tho
trustees TO appear. The trus'ocB As u
body are supporters of Prof. Smythr,
ana viii not become PARTIES 10 proceed.
ings tor his removal and the decision
thus lccomos a virtual victory Tor the
new departure" Liberals.
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proposition 60 BuiId tho Rio orands
Western To the Coast.

lHsrald Special
DgSvFR, Colo, oct. es.-Colonol ID.
e, Dodge, general manager OF the Rio
Grandu Western, returned this morn.
ing from the west, where he has been
Tor ten days IN connection with the
extension OF tho liDe 70 tho Pacific
coast. II Is RuihorltatiVely quoted IN
railroad circles that strong PROPOSE.
lion has been made the Western 10
extend the liue. The san Francisco
Traffic Association Ia making a mighty
Effort 20 break tho yoke OF the Southern
Pacific aud oilers u bonus OF $1,000, 600
10 the Western or to any other road
that will build a line into san Fran
cisco. The Southern Pacific virtually
owns thHt city, aud II il the only rail.
road operating a line into II, The
merchants and manufacturers have
Organized tTaillc association and
have offered this bonus, which II great
enough 10 build Oue'third Of tho
distance that the Rio Graudo Western
would have 10 construct, The Union
Pacific Is ALEC considering the propcsi.
ton, and General Manager CLARK Il
now examining data which were
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said 80 lrft no doubt IN my mind that
lac was sincore. The Car also wants
peace, and France viii not bu the
nation To commence hostilltius IN
Europe"
Sinon Is quoted a. declining 10
venture TO ray whether Or not the
Franco. Russian entente inclnded an
agreement to oxpel England from
Egypt. In this connection Egypt
~lm6u said he dli not credit Russia
with having any designs 10 conquer
ndia, but that Russian cNpapslon In
Asia was only natural.
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- Wv sNhb
One of the most successful bogus
blind men Is "a young fellow who works
along Sixth avenue In tho vicinity OF
Twenty third street His outfit con.
,ists Of n long walking stick and "a
small tin can liu tries 10 sing when
business is dull. aud his repcrtury con.
sIsts of "Comridc." aud Whore l. My
Wandering hoy Tonightr ono oven.
Ing hv wis standing at prominent
Sixth avenue corner singing. "Whero Is
My Wandering BoyC when a stranger
approached with a coin Ia his hand
a nowsboy, who was standing near
and who was on to Tie boggnr's trick.
suddenly rushed az him aud made u
motion ns II TO snatch the tin cup.
Look out there What arc you
dolni III swlpo 80 In de jaw II ye
don't go long. Don't yer SEQ de gents
goln 10 give Tue a luartorr The gent
had seen and heard, aud he concluded
tint II the man was blind it was tho
most wonderful piece OF mind reading
lac bad ever witnessed But he passed
on without giving the quarter. New
York Cor Chicago Herald,
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INTERNATIONAL rro or WAR
Audiences Of 10000 witness ihc FER.
formnnres.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oot, 9s,-what has
been termed an "internhtional tug NJ
war; has been held here for three
nights pat, beginning saturday. The
contestant, are diyidod according 10
nationality into teams, Americans,
English, Scotch, lfish, Canadians,
Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Italians
aud Germans, aud the contest has
created a local Interest aud excitement
that have filled the Muchaniu.'
pavilion with audiences Of 10000
ptoulo nightly. The chief events
thus far have been the pull he.
tween the Canadian auI Danish
tcamf, In which Denmark won after
struggle Of over two hour, and the
null between ireland and England last
night. The latter contest drew the
largest number OF spectators that has
witnessed any athletic event IN this
country In the past i've years. The
teams cOntundeu every iuch OF rOpe
desperately, the excited spectators ufg-
ing them on with national cries, Ire.
land finally won after tug Of one
hour aud three minutes.
America and Scotland, two unbeaten
teams who have thus far Won each
match with their respective OppOnruta,
pull against each other tonight, aud
the result IL expected 10 20 far towards
determining who VIII he the winner Of
the sorleF. Three teams, England,
Italy, aud sweden, have lost each
night and tue siipulatl0ns are that the
team losing four matches Of the series
shall drop out Of the contest.
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Eastern ilousekeepcr- Do you hav,
any difficulty In keeping good girls IL
the westi
Western Ilousekeeper from n nat
urnl gas town Great difficulty Every
once in awhile u girl lets the gus run
too long before lighting II, and we have
to look about for a new girl No use
looking for the old one. Good News.
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WAsHINuros, Oct. 9s.-Commls.
sloncr Simondo VI tho patent office to-
day rendered . dsciaion on an appeal
from the decision Of theuboard exam.
iner'in-ohief denying palenta6ility on
the subject matter Of an application for
u patent for telephone filed by Daniel
DrawbauRh, Aptil o, 1854. The de-
clsiOn ID affirmed.
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AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 2s.-rhc reor.
gani1ation Of the Missouri, Kansas.
and Texas Railway aud all the numer-
Gus bfanchcsin tue State, and the for.
nation of rev company, amenahlc
10 the laws Of Texas aud having head.
quarters In this Hiate, was today nc.
compilshed, and the charter filed. The
capital stock Il 81, 900, 900.
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DUHLIa, Oct.2S. Startling test imony
was given today at the trial OF the Row.
Samuel Cotton, rector of Carnogh,
county Kildare, charged with criminal
neglect and VI treatment Of children in
the Carnogh Orphanage. Cotton has
conducted tina affairs VI the Orphanage
many years and has received large
sums NJ money by subscription. The
Cdildren's Society, during tho invcs'i-
cation, found the children omaciated,
iilthy, In rngged condition, covered
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OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 2s.-Contractor
Connolly, who.c il'm dcirandoi the
Public Work. Department out Oi
nearly 100000, WI. arrested this
morning on the charge NJ conspiracy.
Wholesale arrests In connection WIN
the DOODLE scandals Will be male.
Detectives are hunting lnr Contractors
Murphy nnd Thomas MuGrcevy.
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NEw YoRiS, Oct. 2s.-'rhe annual
convention Of tho national trade dis.
trlct No. .20, Knlghts Of Labor, COM
posed ~ surface railroad omployes
from different sections OF the country,
began here today. Some Of the dele.
rates want 10 withdraw from tho
knlghts of Labor and join the Fedora
ton Of Labor. IL they carry their
point this viii result In the desortlon
irop the l[nighis Of $1,000 men.
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LONDON, Oct. 2s,--Tbe race for the
Camhfidgo-hire stakes, ono mile aud
90 yards, was run at the Newmarket
Houghton meeting today. The Prince
~ Wales hal three entries for the
stakes. The victor was w. W. Fnl.
tomb Comedy, Lord Ha.tings' Breach
second and the Prince OF Wales Dere.
lict third.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 2s.-.rho public meet.
ing Of the American Health Resort A.
ISOLATION held here last night was
largely attended. DIR. Peun u Paris,
the accredited representative Of the
French government 10 fnd "a suitable
climate Tor coneumptiyos, reported this
had hoen discovered at Las Cruces,
New Mexico. Dn. Banter, Of Toronto;
Roberts, Of Boston; Ezgett, Of Santa
Fe; Seward, Of New iork, and Hart.
Icy Of California, united In the decision
that New Mexico, western Texas,
southeastern Colorado and southwest
cru KansA had n health giving eli.
mate possessed by no other territory on
earth. DR.. AndToWs, Of Detroit, To.
ported hyorably upon Honolulu as a
resort.
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Madrid, Oct. %. Heavy rains have
prevailed since yesterday Ia the pro-
Vince u Aragou, nud the rivers Gale
70 and Giloca have 0vcriiowol. The
EbfO Is uIiil rising, and several houses
Of AguaIun, n village In the province
Of SafagOssa, were destroyed 10y the
fuOo-. The iuhahllnB,. sought refuge
III the ucighb0ring highhnds.
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ATcHisoS, Kan, Oct. as.-while
the Central branch n thrU Union Pacific
train was 'ying a. LeonuIa at au early
hour this morning the eNpics- mcraen-
ger went out to help In switching.
After tho train pulled out he discuv.
cred that somebody had gotten away
with his safe, which contained large
amount " money. No clue.
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PARIS, oct, 9s.--Jules Simon In an
Interview tntiuy said that inc dli not
think war was probable. lie added;
"Mhile ] was IN Berlin ms delegate
10 The international Labor Congress,
Emperor William told me that he dc.
sired peace and the tone In which he
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NEWMAN, Ga, oct. 2s.-Wiihln the
last twenty -four hours three fires have
occurred here In cotton warehouses,
cnusluHa combine loss VI about 500.
QUO. The Hires were evidently tho work
OF an incondIary, and WHY Afpo, a
desperate character, who has ytudge
ngaln-t the city, has been arrested on
tuHpiuiun.
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LONDON, Oct.2S .-The English hoard
of agriculture has received Information
that the Russian decree prohibiting the
expectation Of wheat was delayed for
fear II would Ieopauiilc the new loan,
hut that now the decree will probably
issue within u short timo, aud Will
likely Include barley and maize.
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Pir1sauRd, oct. ga bill was
filed IN court today asking for tile np'
pointmcnt NJ ~ receiver for the Dexter
Spring Company Of this city. The bill
alleges that the company la lusolvent
through the Jeialcatiln Of President
Dorilurcr. who 10 now under arrest
in Omnhs. The bill says that the in-
dtmcduefs will he $4,000 In thirty
DAYS from now,
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PITTsnuRa, Oct. 2s.-ln the United
States District Court today the grand
jury found true I'LL In the indictment
against President Din Of the Clrarilsli
bank, charging him with mlsnppro.
printing funds. II IL thought his total
shortage viii reach 100000.
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4 Double crime rnni Resulted From a
salt ne LRN,

Los ANGELKs, Cal, Oct, CSC. J..
Grlnth, prOminent capitalist aud
owurr 81 Los Felix ranch, was shot
npnr the Catholic cemetery this even,
lug. hy a man named Burkott, who n
most Immediately committed suic.ie
Nv shooting himself through the bend,
dying instantly, Mr.. Griffith and hi
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poWTlAND, Me-, Oct. 9s.-Elllott
King, after Scion Chase, the most noted
leader IN thu greenback movement In
Maine, was found dead this morning Of
heart disease.
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Mn Jliror-l iGqH rgrfr ,ond for
DR. verlsvell whom am III.
Mn, Jmhpuppe Why mott
Mrs Jaspar- Because he is so cNcps
slvely polio that II he found me at
deaths door he would hasten to open
It for ne. llarpers RA2nr
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Eau CLAtRI, Wis, Oct ga 70.
purt reached here late tonight that the
Village of R.cu Lake " ON nfc Hnd
likely 10 bu destroyed; no details.
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Ro,iE. o I. 2s.--Thc rivers In north
ern Italy are rwclliug, aud Lake l.eccp
threatens to overflow ~ bsuks. Many
parts of the country are already luun.
dated.
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KiNusroa. n. ", oct. %. 60 The
grant Jury today returned indictments
against James u. Ostrandcr and NJ. r..
rfumpbour, the wreckefs Of the Ulster
County savings -titution, fo1 clu.
vertlug the mouy " depo'itors to their
own use aud for PERJURY.
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I.oNpoS, 2s.-Addltional advlces
received here from runi- show that
Thirty natives were buried by the col.
lapse u n large wall undermined by re.
cent floods. All per.shUd.
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HoLBRooR, Arlz,, Oct, rs. 49, Her.
man Lopez and Rafael Chavez, two
wealthy sheep ranchem, were shot and
killed tubs morning by two cowboys
named Crawford gud Bell.
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In his article on speech aud Song"
Sir Morpl Mackenzie ,oys people do
NOT hcpr thrIr own voices ~ other PEG
plo hear ihru Voices arr conveyed 10
the auditory nerve, not only through
tho outside air, but more directly from
the Inside, through tho Eustaehinu
tube Ms well Us through the muscles
aud bonceoi thcmouth aud head. Tho
singer not only hears his own voice
from different quarter as We may say,
bu, he hears besides The contraction Of
his own muscle, Tho inct Is well Illus
twted BY the phouograph, a listener
can recognize other peoples voices, but
u he speaks into tho phonograpli, and
Eftorwari rproducos his own voice, II
does not sound az all like itself to Jim
A FREE pardon, alter this explanation,
may be- moro readily recorded 70 Ger
tain persons Ia every ones circle Of no
qualutuncos WHO insist upon obliging
with a song They know not how hor
rid Il sounds, london Tit Bits.
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hiooA AND oGKA ARE the PRINCE
Pile sUrreHCRs.
W Telegraph 10 The NnwL
JArAN n SHAKEN Up.
An fHrthqnske destroys Much Life
nud Property.

luNDuN, Oct. 93.-- Biupateb.s ver,
rec, wed this evening from Japan nm.
uuuuciug that the TELEGRAPH VIM lie.
You'd Hi1po aud Osaka were down. IL
Was added thelo had teen an earth.
quake At Hlog0.sudthr fiinor was cur.
rent That u great amount Of propprty
had been destroyed and that tile lose u
III, was considerable.
Hiogo ~ u seaport town NJ Japan on
the Island ~ HondO, aud situated
about twenty-five niies by rAIl from
p.nAa, DipgO Ha iine harbgr at the
gulf Of Osaka, and adjacent 10 Kobe.
IL H. lighted with gas and has
u number % fine public bulldings.
'hn seaport referred 60 has an ex.
tcbs,vu foreisn aud cnsstwirr trade,
ani "a population IN 1854 OF about ~, 600
souls. Osaka IA also on the island OF
Hundo, aud on hca thlrty.seven miles
southwest ui kIslo, 10 which place. ne
well W 10 ltiuso uud Kobe, railwnys
nave been built Osaka hos a large
foreign tfnIc, afsensl-, a great castle,
ma, hinc shops, city hall, mint,
college aud academy, aud II tmver.sd
by canals, over which are more than
100 brldger, some OF iron. This city
has many theatres and other place. Of
amgsemunt and also 1900 places u
worship. la point Of size IL il the
thini or fourth city Ina Japan, but ia
social Affairs, fashion, commerce aud
Industry, II takes fret rank. Ac-
/ cpruinG ~ the census Of 1851, Oaaka
has a population Of ai0,0O1.
A private telegram, dated HloRo,
received tonight, fsys: So severe
was the shock that number
Of houses were thrown 10 the
ground anu many occupants
caught ia the falling building. aud
crushed 10 death. A large number OF
prftons succeeded In escaping from
their homes only TO meet death in tho
street. There Is no means At present
OF estimating the total loss of life. In
fact, details arc very moagfo. All tho
telegraph wiftH were broken In tho
districts affected by falling poles. a
private dispatch, however, states that
Il IN known that, Ia Osnl,n, the death
list contains names Of 800 residents OF
that city.
WASHINGTON, Oct. gS.--Nelther the
state department nor the japanese
legation has received advic,s OF the
reported earthquake shock In Japan
today. The Jhpauese minister said To-
nighi that the last earthquake In japan
which resulted In great loss Of life aud
property occurred about thirty years
ago, nj this season and In the same
locality ~ tue one mentioned today.