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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-04-04
San Francisco Houses TOtter on Their
Foundations for Seconds.
PEOPLE THRONG THE STREETS
Northern Part of the State Has the
Most Severe Shock Ever Known.
NC LIVES WERE LOST, HOWEVER,
Buildings Are Damaged and Contents
Are Badly Broken UP i'll San
Francisco.

San Francisco, March 3i.-At about MD
night this city and state were shaken "S
one of tho most severe earthquakes "'0i
experienced In California.
In San Francisco buildings We're S"ayeo
violently for fully ten seconds, though re-
ports from other places that the vlpr1''ohS
continued for from forty seconds TO
minute
A tenement on Clementina street pc
tween Fifth ana Sixth streets collapsed
but no one was injured.
Nearly every window of the STA'niho'0
apartment house on Larkin street oppo-
site the new city hall. was broken 'he
plastering fell from the walls and pictures
and ornaments were thrown TO the floorS.
The building on Larkin street, near M'+N-
lister formerly occupied by the supreme
court, was slightly damaged It's c'hHi'l'S .
fell to the pavemtn but did not nv any
Of the pancstricken people i'll the street
Glassware in several stores and saloons
was broken.
At the Offices Of the Associated Press tel
essraphlc communication was Interrupted
for twenty minutes. The earthquahe
caused the same condition of affairs at
the Western Union and Postal Telegraph
offices
Leave Homes Without Dressing.
The quests of oil the hotels and lodging
houses were intensely excited and fuShed
from their homes without waiting to dress
At midnight the downtown streets Were
throneed with men, women and children
and IN the residence portion of the city
lights We're burning in nearly every home
until a very late hour. No person was
injured 50 far as the hospital authorities
knew.
AT Santa Rosa several ch!mneys were
thrown down and many windows broken.
Professor Davidson the eminent Scicn-
fist. declares that the earthquake has sell
dom or never been exceeded III violence
here and considers it remarkable that no
loss Of He or great damage 10 property
was ocCa stoned. The waters of san Fran
cisco bay rose in u tidal wave two rect
high but almost Immediately subsidized.
No fatalities have thus far been reported
in this city, but there We're narrow escapes
from death. Five families lived III the
Clcmoutina street tenement, which col
lapsed, following the rocking trcmor.
Propped upon the rranest of support, with
practically no foundation. the himsy struc-
turc sank three feet below the sidewalk
in the shifting sand, and now stands q
misshapen mass ready to tumble like Il
pack of cards ut the first disturbances.
Occupants Are Rescued.
The occupants, most of them awakened
from, sleou. n,ro caught as IN q trap,
Doors warped out Of shape would not open
ana windows were jammed. While the
widest excitement prevailed within,
roighbors, attracted by the crash ana the
screams of women and children. were doing
their best to liberate the unfortunate pris-
onerS.
The doors were dnally burst open and
the women, many Of them scarcely able 70
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-04-04

Piles and Eistula
(Cure CfuaranteedD
DR. Tucker, Is n. Broad St. Atlanta. GA.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
TINE IS AGAIN EXTENDED.
There Will Be Delay in the Evacu,
alton of Cuba,
CAN'T GET OUT IN TEN WEEKS.
The transportation of 10000 Soldiers,
Sick and Well, with Their Accoutre-
ments, In Ten Weeks, Beyond Ability
of the Spanish.

WASHINGTON, Oct. LIT is now GER
tain that the complete evacuation OF
Cuba will be delayed beyond the period
originally fixed by the administration.
This will follow entirely without ref
erence to anything that has occurred
in Paris before the peace commission.
The war department has about salts
fed itself that the task imposed upon
the Spanish authorities namely, the
removal and transportation to great
distance by sea of about 120, 900 SOL
diers, sick and well, with their accou-
trements, by December 1, was beyond
the ability of the Spaniards.
The magnitude of the task is shown
by the fact that the great trans
Atlantic lines, crossing the Atlantic
from New York, all combined, in pros
porous seasons, transport only about
SO, 900 persons in one year-less than
haE the number that the Spanish Of
fcials, with their poor facilities, were
expected tv transport in about ten
weeks.
Delay in the evacuation of Cuba will
cause delay in the REIMBURSEMENT of
sovereignty by the Spaniards over the
entire island, which was set for De-
cember l. 1t is hardly deemed pru-
dent to undertake to assume charge
of the municipal affairs of Havana
so long as the city contains
a strong garrison of Spanish troops,
and it is felt that law and order could
better be maintained in such centers
by allowing them to remain under
Spanish jurisdiction until they are
evacuated by the troops and reoccupied
by United States troops.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
SHOULD LEARN SPANISH.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga high official
in the state department calls atten-
ton to the necessity of finding suit
able corps of young men, well versed
in the Spanish language, to assist in
the execution of the colonial policy
which has been imposed on the nation
as result of the war.
He points to the difficulties encoun-
tered by the American officials, naval
and military, who went to the Philip
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico, in dealing
with the inhabitants of those islands.
The relations between the military
and the insurgents might have been
more satisfactory had the Americans
been well acquainted with the Spanish
manners and customs
The official suggested that the time
was ripe for some leading educational
institution to provide special courses
that would furnish the government
with trained agents in case Of need, as
well as develop class of enterprising
commercial agents, who would be OF
value in developing colonial trade.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
M'KINLEY'S JOURNEY HOME.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 22.-One con-
tinuous ovation has marked the pass
age of President Mckinley over the
states of Indiana and Ohio. Defying
the wind and rain of most disagree
able October day, the citizens of these
states have congregated in great num-
bers at every station along the line,
and never have they been disappoint-
ed, for the President has graciously
appeared at every point where crowds
awaited his coming, to speak few
words to his constituents and receive
their approving cheers.
Perhaps the most imposing demon
stration of the day was at Indianapo-
lis, where the streets through which
the President was driven to the state
house were jammed with cheering
people.
At Connorsville, Ind, 2-months-old
baby was handed over the railing of
the rear platform into the arms of
Secretary Wilson, who presented to
the President his youngest namesake
William Mckinley.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
UPRISING IN THE TRANSVAAL.

PRETORIA, Oct. 22-Serious trouble
is brewing with the Magato tribe In
the Zoutpansberg district, south of the
Limpo river. The natives recently
massacred Lutheran missionary dRn
his family at the town of Zoutpa4s-
berg, and the Transvaal government
sent an expedition to punish them.
The affair has now assumed serious
proportions.
Chief Apefu, with 10000 followers,
fully armed, and four cannons. sup
piled by white traders, has attacked
the Lager Heavy fighting is pro-
ceeding. The ultimatum of the COM
manding officer of the Transvaal
troops, General J. Joubert, demanding
an unconditional surrender, has been
ignored by the tribesmen, and he has
summoned 1900 burghers to reinforce
the 5000 now in the field. The cam
paign promises to be prolonged.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
BRYAN DECLINED TO TESTIFY.
His Lieutenant Colonel on the Condition
OF the Third Nebraska Regiment

His Lieutenant Colonel on the Condition
OF the Third Nebraska Regiment.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 22.-The
war investigation commission heard
several of the professional female
nurses yesterday.
Colonel w. j. Bryan was the next
witness called He asked to be excused
from testifying, requesting that his
lieutenant colonel be examined in his
stead.
"You will, no doubt, understand
my reasons for the request he said.
II think the request very proper
and reasonable" responded Governor
Beaver, and as the entire commission
assented to this concession, Colonel
Bryan was excused, with the request
to send up his lieutenant colonel.
w. r. Durbin of the 161st Indiana
said there were few complaints from
his men, and that they were generally
trivial. He spoke especially of tho
grounds of the third division hospital.
Replying to question he said he
thought it had been very difficult to
get medical men of sufficient admins
tra5ive ability to manage such insti-
tutions as the division hospitals. Be-
the nurses were the men of the hospi-
tai corps, and were not capable. They
were not intelligent as class, and
while some of them were doggedly
faithful, they failed to meet the re-
quirements.
They did not, for instance, seem to
regard it as of consequence if flies
were crawling in and out of q sick
mans mouth with impunity, and he
had seen as many as six cases OF this
kind at one time.
The witness said the principal rea-
sons for failure of the physicians to
make acquisitions on the government
for supplies was found in the fear of
their making demands that would not
be sanctioned.
Colonel Letcher Hardeman of the
Sixth Missouri also complained that
the grounds of the Third division hos
pital had not been well kept.
Lieutenant Colonel Vifquain, vet
eran of the civil war and a graduate of
the military school of Brussels, of the
Third Nebraska, said the regiment
was excellently equipped, except that
the tentage was poor. He also said
the quality of the clothing was bad.
The pork had also been wormy at times
and the beef tainted, but these had
been exchanged. He thought the cloth
ing better than in the civil war, but
the rations were not so good as then.
He also thought the camp entirely too
much crowded
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
A welsh sermon.

The Welsh are noted for their fond
ness for sermons and music. The an
nual Eisteddfod, the national bardic
congress, Is attended by thousands,
who, on the great day OF festival,
"cahir" the fortunate bard, the win
ner of the prize. A similar enthusiasm
greets the Welsh preacher who Is elo-
quent in speech and practical in ex-
pounding the Scriptures. The follow
Ing story Of Welsh preacher, told In
the Journals of Walter White" illus
trates the graphic, simple exposition,
which commanded the attention OF the
moe worked at the
Ark, driving in nails, plump, plump
plump. The haythen came and said,
Noe, there's good hunting in the woods
here, hares and foxes leave your work
and come and hunt But Noe kept on
plump, plump, plump.
"They haythen came again: Moe
there's good beer at the Red Lion,
leave your work and come and drink
But Noe kept on hammering, plump,
plump, plump; and then the rain came,
and the flood lifted up the Ark and
carried Noe away and left the haythen
all screaming and squabbling in the
water"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
GAGE CAN Reject BONDS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Judge Cox,
in the district Supreme court to-day
decided the cases of George B. Wight
man and of William II. Wharton
against Secretary Gage, in favor OF
the secretary of the treasury. One
suit sought an injunction and the
other mandamus, the basis of COM
plant in each being the rejection by
the secretary of the treasury of bids
submitted for the recent war loan.
Secretary Gage rejected the bids, be-
lieving the bidders really represented
certain institutions. Judge Cox held
that under the act of Congress the Sec
rotary had discretion in the award of
the bonds and that the intent of Con-
gress was that they should go to indi-
viduals to the exclusion of banks and
corporations.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The director
of the mint, in his report upon the
production of the precious metals dur
ing the calendar year 1897, just sub
mitted to the secretary of the treasury,
deals not only with the production of
gold and silver in the United States,
but in foreign countries as well and
drawsA comparison between the pro-
duction of the leading producing coun-
tries of the world.
The value of gold produced in the
United States during 1897 was $57,-
1868, 900. The South African Republic
holds first place, producing gold to the
value of $57, 633, SOL; Australasia, $685.
6s4, 1872, and Russia, $23, 245T63.
There was notable increase in the
production of gold in the world dur
ing 1897 over 1896 The United States
increased "a, 275, 900: the South African
Republic made the remarkable gain of
$13, 1854, 1872 and Australasia increased
$40, 5O2,2 49.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
ROMANCE OF THE WAR.

DEADwooD, S. D., Oct. 22.-Albert
Martin, rancher, living near the
CHEYENNE river in Ziebeck county, en-
listed as volunteer at the beginning
of the war and fought at the battle of
Ell Caney. After the battle he met Ra-
mona Perez. the daughter OF an officer
of Garcia's command, and they became
sweethearts. Soon afterward he was
attacked by fever and sent home on
sick leave.
He was engaged before his departure
for the war to the daughter of neigh
boring ranchman and arranged to be
married while home on his leave of alb
sence.
Meanwhile the Cuban girl Mad
learned of his illness and that he had
gone home and she resolved to follow
and nurse him. Dressing in her broth
er's clothes, she crossed to Jamaica
and secreted herself on a fruit steamer
bound for New Orleans. Reaching
there, she tramped and beat her way
to Hermosa, S. d. When she reached
there she learned of her lovers APP
preaching marriage and the shock
drove her insane. At the same time
the American woman learned of her
lovers Irritation and broke off the en-
gagement. Martin began drinking
heavily and disappeared. A few days
ago his body was found floating in the
Cheyenne river. Whether he fell in
while intoxicated or committed sui
eide is matter of conjecture.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
PEACE JUBILEE BANQUET.
Twelve Hundred People Dine in the
Chicago Auditorium,
M'KINLEy GUEST OF HONOR.
The Event Was of Surprising Brllliance
and Elegance-Generals Miles and
Shafter Among the Guests-Speech of
tho President.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-For the third
time since their commencement the
jubilee festivities were shifted to the
interior of the Auditorium, and the
third and last scene to be enacted
within the great hall was the most
brilliant, beautiful and successful of
them all. 1t was the great national
peace jubilee banquet rendered to the
President of the United States and
distinguished guests by the citizens of
Chicago. No similar event ever held
within the Auditorium surpassed in
brilliancy and simple elegance the
banquet of last night. No similar
event ever held there was more sue
cessfully managed or brought to a
more triumphant conclusion.
At 10 o'clock President Mckinley re-
sponded to the toast Our Country"
He said in part:
"We are bound in conscience to keep
and perform the covenants which the
war has sacredly sealed with man
kind Accepting war for humanity's
sake, we must accept all obligations
which the war in duty and honor i'm
posed upon us. The splendid victories
we have achieved would be our eternal
shame and not our everlasting glory
if they led to the weakening of our
original lofty purpose or to the deser-
ton of the immortal principles on
which the national government was
founded and in accordance with whose
enrolling spirit it has ever since been
faithfully administered.
"The progress of nation can alone
prevent degeneration. There must be
new life and purpose or there will be
weakness and decay. There must be a
broadening of thought as well as n
broadening of trade. Territorial ex-
pansion is not alone and always neces-
sary to matte nal advancement. There
must be constant movement toward
a higher and nobler civilization, q civ
ilization that shall make it's conquests
without resort to war and achieve it's
greatest victories pursuing the arts of
peace. In our present situation duty
and duty alone should prescribe the
boundary of our responsibilities and
the scope of our undertakings.
1.-THE final determin alton OF our pur-
poses awaits the action of the eminent
men who are charged by the executive
with the making of the treaty of peace
and that of the Senate of the United
States, which, by our constitution,
must ratify and confirm it. We all
hope and pray that the confirmation
of peace will be as just and humane as
the conduct and contamination of the
war. When the work of the treaty
makers is done the work of the law
makers will begin. The one will set
tie the extent of our responsibilities;
the other must provide the legislation
to meet them. The army and navy
have nobly and heroically performed
their part. May God give the exec
utive and Congress wisdom to perform
theirs"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
PORTO RlCANS DISSATISFIED.

SAN JUAN, Oct. ga Considerable
political excitement prevails here, ow'
ing to the fact that Munoz Rivera,
president of the recent autonomist
council of secretaries; Senior Blanco,
secretary. of the treasury; Senior Lo-
PEI, secretary of justice, and Senior
Carbonnel, secretary of the interior,
all elected last March on the autono-
mist platform, are continued by Major
General Brooke in their respective Of
fees. Their political opponents sug-
gest public demonstrations against
such continuance.
Investigation by the American au-
thorities, however, has led to the con-
clusion that they are all men of excel
lent standing, and that their retention
in Office will be the best way to pre-
serve tranquility in the insular ad-
ministration until such time as the
United States congress can take action
regarding Porto Rico.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
THE DEATH OF JOHN M. PRICE
A Kansan, Long a Leader In State t,2l''
tiles, Dies in Atchison.

tiles, Dies in Atchison. ",
ATcHIsoN, Kan, Oct. 21.-John M.
Price, after an illness of five years with
Bright's disease and paralysis, died
last night. With the history of East
ern Kansas he has been most intimate-
ly connected. He was born in Madison
county, KY, 90 years ago.. coming TO
Atchison county in 1858. He was law
yer, but beyond holding the Office OF
county attorney of Atchison county,
had abandoned practice, engaging in
the real estate business. He was
elected mayor of Atchison without OPP
position in 1867, going to the state
legislature the following year. In 1870
he was president of the state senate.
In 1872 Mr. Price was candidate for
governor before the Republican state
convention and led until the eleventh
ballot. The late Thomas A. Osborn
became the nominee at that conven-
ton.
John M. Price was the most formid
able opponent of John j. Ingalls, in
the anti-Pomeroy caucus for United
States Senator. Dr. G. A. Logan, d.
P. Lowe, w. A. Phillips and James M.
Harvey were among the candidates.
Mr.. Price led for nineteen ballots,
losing only when the factions COM,
bined on John j. Ingalls,.
In 1878 he was again a member of
the state legislature, serving also as
speaker of the lower house. When Mr..
Price was elected to the legislature, 1t
was known that he was favorable to
Albert II. Horton against John j. In
gals, whose first term expired in
March, 1873, and the county convention
was careful to instruct Price for
Ingalls,. The legislature convened In
January. The night of January 20 the
Republicans held a caucus to deter
mine whether they should vote solidby-
for Ingalls, or Horton. Horton found
that he needed one vote to give him
the majority, and sent Samuel Steven
son of Atchison to Mr.. Price to ask II
he could count on his vote.
"Tell Mr.. Horton that am poor
man." said Mr.. Price, "yet I would
give thousand dollars if could vote
for him for United States senator, but
l can't" When the votes were cast
Ingalls, had fifty-five votes and Horton
fifty-four. January 81, 1870, John
James Ingalls, was reelected United
States senator from Kansas.
Mr.. Price made and lost several for
tunes. He built large house in the
'6Os-then the largest in Atchison.
Reverses forced him to sell it and it
was bought by the Catholic church. 1t
was used as q convent for several
years, and finally enlarged and made a
school building, the Mount st. Schol-
astica academy.
Mr.. Price was thirty second degree
Mason and held offices of the highest
rank in many other secret orders. He
leaves widow and four children, Mrs.
c. b. Singleton of Atchison, Mrs. Fred
erick Vandegriff of Kansas City, John
M. Price, Jr., and Miss Eliza p. Price.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
REPORTER WAS TOO FRESH.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22.-While Queen
Wilhelmina and her mother were about
to take train yesterday on their re-
turn to Apeldoorn, reporter, dressed
in bicycle costume, advanced and of
fered his arm to the young queen. He
was Immediately arrested. 1t was at
first reported that the queen had been
assaulted, and great excitement pre-
vailed. 1t appeared later that the re-
porter was subject to arrangement.
He explained that he merely desired,
out of politeness, to escort the queen
to the train.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
DEWEY IS HEARD FROM.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga telegram
was received by the secretary of the
navy yesterday from Admiral Dewey,
at Manila, saying that the collier Nero
arrived at Taku October 16 with her
coal on fire, and suggesting that, as he
has no further use for the vessel, she
be sent home
Admiral Dewey said nothing with
regard to the political situation in the
Philippines or the capture of any more
ships belonging either to the Span
iards or to the insurgents, or at least,
If he did, the officials of the depart
ment will not admit 1t.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
Awful Storms in the Orient.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. 22.-Disas-
trous typhoons, sand storms and floods
have caused fearful loss of life and
property in the Orient. In the dis
trict watered by the River Feng, in
Japan. hundreds of villages have been
swept away and 1000 people have been
drowned. Another report says $50
towns are under water Thousands of
refugees are hocking to the cities. The
Ishil1arl river has also overhowed,
drowning over 1000 people. Seven
piefectures were destroyed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
ACCUSED OF MANSLAUGHTER.

CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Deputy Sheriff
Webster, from Virden, H., is in Chi
cago with warrants for the arrest Of
President I. c. Loucks and Secretary
W. 1. York, of the Chicago Virden Coal
company. The warrants charge mani
slaughter The deputy sheriff and two
Chicago detectives were unable to find
Mr.. Loucks and Secretary York and
have not been able as yet to serve the
warrants,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
FREDERIC HAD NO DOCTOR.

LONDON, Oct 29.-The inquest over
the remains of Harold Frederic, the
newspaper correspondent and author,
was adjourned until Wednesday next
The evidence presented was somewhat
sensational. Mr.. Frederic's daughter,
Ruth, said her father did not believe
in doctors. She added that it was with
his consent, but under the influence of
others, that Mrs. Mills, Christian
Scientist, was summoned to attend
him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-10-28
Wheat So a BusheI.

Some farmers are holding their
wheat because they think the price
will go to So bushel. The price, how
ever, may go down and thus great
losses will follow. In all matters de-
lays are dangerous, particularly so in
sickness. At the first sign of bilious
ness, dyspepsia, Indigestion or consti-
patton cure yourself with Hostetters
Stomach Bittcrs.