Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-24
MORE SHOCKS At
VALPARAISO
But No Damage is
Done---Heavy
Rainfall.
THREATEDED BY EPIDEMIC
Child Alive in Barrel..-Santi.
ago Shaken-.-lnteresting
Description,

NulpdLdl y, aug. 81 lclS WeiS
two slight earth shocks here last night
and rain began falling again this morn
ing increasing the suffering of thou
sands who are living in tents. Many
sought refuge in houses whose walls
are in a dangerous state of ruin. 1t
Is believed that If the rain continues
mucn longer, serious epidemic Is
sure to break out About ten thousand
workmen are employed in clearing
away the ruins anL in searching for
bodies
Child Alive in Barrel Under Wreck.
age.
In the wreckage of one Of the hous.
es, workmen today found child alive
in a barrel which had protected 1t
from harm. Among the sums OF
money received here for the relief of
the earthquake sufferers, $35,OO0 came
from San Francisco.
Santiago Again Severely Shaken.
Santiago, Aug. % 81 p. m.-Delayed
in transit, Aug. a4-Another severe
earth shock has Just occurred here.
Interesting Description OF Valparaiso.
Quincy, H., Aug. 2l--Frederic ].
Haskin, globe trotter and special CON
tribntor to a syndicate of the leading
newspapers of the country, who has
Travelled extensively in South Ameri.
ca, has given cut the following in.
teryiew concerning Valparaiso which
he visited recently:
A City Of Hills and Few HolIows.
THE man who selected the site
and laid out the town Of Valparaiso
played a costly joke on future gen
erations The name means Valley
OF Panis,' and that is where the joke
comes in. Instead of being a val
ley the place Is located on hills that
are so steep they make ones head
swim. Several long streets ramble
Iaimiessly aloGg the water front and
then, to get anywhere else, one must
take a row boat or an elevator. We
have few cities in the United
States such as San Francisco, Seat.
tie, or even Kansas City, which can
boast of being hilly in spots, but
none Of them can compare with Val.
paraiso in this respect The place
Is very rough and broken, the people
having to be lifted in many places by
elevators Valparaiso Is an import.
ant business center, but the com.
merce of the place Is almost wholly
in the hands of foreigners, The
merchants are mostly Germans or
Englishmen.
Picturesque Houses With Low Roofs.
"The houses are built of heavy
walls and usually are low both as
protection from earthquakes and as
a shield from the fierce rays of the
tropical sun. Valparaiso itself has
some buildings which are splendid
specimens OF modern architecture.
People in South America do not build
sky scrapers for obvious reasons, but
what the buildings lack in height,
they make up in architectural beauty.
The reports tell that one wing of
the beautiful French hotel In the city
has been destroyed as also one of the
grandest of the public buildings. Val
paraiso also supports one of the big.
gest missionary schools in the world
which Is under the direction of the
New York board of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. This Is but one of
two colleges in the world which sends
money back to this country, instead
of being supported by liberal gifts
from charitable Christians of other
countries. The report of the earth
quake does not say whether this
was destroyed or not"