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ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS
Continued from PAGE 1

they gave information similar to that
already contained in press dispatches
under today's date. United States Min
lister Hicks, at Santiago, cabled that
500 deaths were reported at Valparaiso
and immense destruction had been
caused by fire, and that many towns
have been wiped out. He added that
there is universal mourning. He said
It was reported that at Santiago there
were ninety deaths and much destruc-
ton Of property. The state depart
ment also announced that Minister
Hicks under date of the 18th reports
that on the 10Th there was a frightful
earthquake with loss of life, many
buildings being destroyed and that
shocks continued until the date of his
telegram; that the legation was safe;
that the houses in the towns were de-
sorted and thousands of people had
slept two nights in the plazas and
parks"
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Food Is Scarce.

ter from storm and sun and famine
confronting them.
Food Is Scarce.
Food is already scarce and high. wa
ter for drinking purposes is lacking
and disease is feared. The government
is doing all it can to bring in relief.
The Gripping of the railroads into VAL
paraisO constitutes a serious factor in
the situation, as for an indefinite period
relief supplies can only be ordered
through other means of transportation.
the seabOard affording the best of
these.
At Santiago many of the best public
and private buildings were wrecked.
The loss of life there is augmented by
the panic which seized the people.
many of whom threw themselves from
the balconies of their homes. The de-
structiVe force of the earthquake was
experienced over a large extent~of the
country, many towns sustaining serious
damage.
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MASS IN OPEN AIR.
Churches of Valparaiso Damaged SO
as to Be Unsafe,

the Valparaiso refugees declares that
Santiago has suffered nothing in COM
parisOn with the other towns he trav-
ersed on his way. Rail- telegraph and
telephone communication with Valpa-
raise is still interrupted.
After the panic had subsidized here
mass was celebrated i'm the open air, il
being impossible to use the churches
1t is reported that a merchant has re-
ceived a telegram saying that the town
Of Anrica has been destroyed Previous
reports that buildings at Talca had
fallen have been confirmed. The city
hall and the prison are in ruins.
The sea at Valparaiso remained calm
during the catastrophe.
The only communication between
here and Valparaiso today is by means
of soldiers
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Churches Destroyed.

The Church OF the Espiritu Santo and
the Church of La Marced, as we'll as a
large part of the buildings on Victoria
street, were destroyed.
Masses of material blocked the
streets. The known dead does not ex-
coed 100. according to the best esti-
mates. Among the dead is the wife of
Admiral Montt.
The hill surrounding Valparaiso suf-
fered but slightly. More than 60. 600
persons have taken refuge there.
That portion of the city where are
the customs house and the city hall was
not seriously damaged large ma
iority of tho houses are not fit for hab-
itation. The storehouses of the Gus
toms house are almost totally de-
stroyed.
The water pipes of the city were
broken and the water poured through
the streets. There is even lack of
water for drinking purposes. Provisions
are lacking and hunger is beginning to
make itself felt.
The government has ordered it's war
ships stationed at Talcahuano 20 bring
at once 10 Valparaiso the most needed
necessities of life.
The people of Valparaiso are utterly
exhausted. They are awaiting the re-
establishment of the railway service to
leave the city.
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DEATH CLAIMS
MICHAEL DWYER
Career of One of the Most
Noted Figures of the Amer.
lean Turf Closed.
HAD LONG BEEN HELPLESS
FAMOUS PLuNeER DIED A POOR
MAN.
HAD LONG BEEN HELPLESS

New York, Aug. 1s.-Michael F.
Dwyer, long one Of the most prominent
hgures of the American turf. died to-
DAY at his little cottage in Brooklyn.
opposite Gravesend race track of the
Brooklyn Jockey club. OF which Philip
J. Dwyer, brother of the dead horse
man, Is president. Michael Dryer suf-
.Iered a stroke OF paralysis some years
ago after he had returned from dis
astrous racing campaign in England.
ana since that time had been practfc-
ally helpless He was constantly at
tehoed by two nurses and helped about
from place 10 place. Although ne had
Iong ceased 10 hold an interest I'm any
faclns stable or association, Mr.. Dwyer
was often seen at the Metropolitan
RACKS on the days when the big events
were run.
Famous as a PIunger.
( Dryer was one of the most famous
plungers the turf has ever known. He
was a large operator and amassed q
greater fortune, Il Is said than even
'Pittsourg Phil Smith, the most noted
OF the modern racetrack betters Smith
died wealthy while Dwyer was prac-
tlcaHy penniless. 1t is related of
Dwyer that on an occasion at Sleeps
mead Bay, when James Mclaughlin
was jockey for the Dwyer brothers, the
plunger put up 900 to win $4,000 on
the famous old racer Joe Cotton. The
distance was seven furlongs. and 100
yards from the wire IT seemed that Joe
cotton was beaten, but MCLAUGHLIN
rode a magnificent finish and landed his
employers money by short head
Too Swift for Phil.
1t was because of his pIunpiup nro-
clivities that Michael Dryer parted
company with his brother Philip. 1t
seemed from that moment that his
luck went against him. He formed a
racing partnership with Richard Croker
q few years later and took a stable to
England. The experiment was costly
and Dryer came home poor man. The !
last horse Of note TO win a race for him /
was Ben Brush. who captured the Ken |
lucky derby. Ben Brush was after !
wards purchaser by James r. Keene !
and is now at his Castleton stud In !
Kentucky.
Michael and Philip J. Dwyer began !
their careers as butchers. They took /
Up trotting as a pastime and raceI |!
horses at the old Parkville track n 4
Brooklyn. From this they went into |
racing. and with Jimmy Mclaughlin !
as their Jockey amasSed a fortune. win |
ming many times some of the Oldest and |
richest of the stakes on the eastern |
turf. They owned Luke Blackburn.
George Kinney. Richmond. Miss Wood |
ford, Inspector B. and other horses
equally well known. Philip Dwyer be-
came president of the Brooklyn Jockey
club. which conducts the GraVesend |
track and the Queens County Jockey
club. whose racing plant is at Aque-
duct
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DARKNESS CAUSED TERROR.
Stricken Survivors Believed the End
of the World Had Come

Santiago, Chile, Aug. 19-The latest
news brought in here by refugees from
Valparaiso contradicts some of the first
exaggerated statements from there but
shows, however. that the catastrophe
was unusually severe. Senior Groz, one
of the refugees, relates that the first
shock in Valparaiso was very prolonged
and threw the entire city into indie
scribable panic. People crowded the
streets and the squares crying and Ia
menting. The first shock also threw
down number of buildings. The sec
ond shock was more severe and result
ed in the crumbling Of most Of the
buildings in the Almendral quarter.
Immediately after the second shock
the entire city was plunged into terri
flying darkness. This, however, did not
last long, for the scene of destruction
was soon lit up by the fires that broke
out i'm this quarter. The light from the
flames, Senior GroZ continues. came as
a welcome relief to the darkness. The
people were in a state of terror many
believing that the end Of the world had
come.
Among the buildings destroyed were
the Victoria theatre, the Bella Vista
railroad station and the Club de Setem-
bre. Most of the severe damage was
done on the lower ground reclaimed
from the sea.
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DROWNED WHILE BATHING
Seven Men and Boys Lose Their
Lives in the Lakes and
MiSSiSSinni River

Minneapolis, Ind, Aug. 19.-The water
claimed seven victims in the head of the
lakes region today.
While bathing at Lake Minnetonka. near
here, Ralph Stole. aged q. and man
and were drowned.
Frank zutter. aged @. and his brother
William, aged p, while bathing near Hib-
bling, got beyond their depth and sank
The 16-year-old son of Harry Thorn.
seven miles north of Aitkin, was drowned
in the Mississippi.
Hans Nelson. is years old, was drowned
in 81. Louis bay in the sight of a number
Of companions
w. B. Peck was drowned at Scion
Springs, Wis, in the presence Of his two
young daughters.
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Shocks Continue,

Santiago de Chile. Saturday Aug 1S.-
(Noont.-Faint shocks Of earthquake con-
tinue There was a shock Of medium vio-
lence Friday night.
1t is impossible to give accurate details,
but about thirty persons were killed in
Santiago and a hundred were injured.
There were no English subjects among
these.
Fifty persons were killed al Valparaiso
There was enormous destruction of prop
erty, both here and at Valparaiso, and
in the districts in which both cities are
situated There still is no telegraphic
communication with Valparaiso.
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Captain William Bethel.

Denver. Aug. 19.-Captain William
Bethel, former officer OF the COnfed-
crate army and a well known Colorado
pioneer and capitalist, died at the home
OF his daughter in this city shortly be-
fore midnight. He had been failing in
health for some time. and only recently
returned from California. where he spent
much time seeking 10 regain his health
Captain Bethel was a southern gentle
man OF the old school and came originally
from Memphis Tenn
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Small Towns Destroyed.

Lima, Peru, Aug. 19.-According TO
news received here the towns of Vina
del Mar Petorca, Nero Vdejo Llaillai
Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Nogales,
Melon and Zoupallar. Chile, have been
destroyed by the earthquake. The num-
Der of killed in Valparaiso is estimated
at 1000. One hundred and seventy per-
sons are said to have lost their lives in
Limache and thirty in Quillota.
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Kinero Matsukata.

Annapolis. Aug 19.-Midshipman Kinero
Matsukata, aged 70, Of Toxic died at the
Naval academy hospital tody Of typhoid
fever. He entered the academy in June
last by special arrangement with the jap
anese government. The remains probably
will be buried in Arlington cemetery
WASHINGTON
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italy Sends Sympathy.

Rome, Aug. 19.-The ministry of for
eign affairs has telegraphed the Italian
minister at Santiago. Chile. instructing
him TO express Italy's sympathy with
Chile for the earthquake disaster, and
also requesting the minister TO send de-
tailed information concerning the cat
astrophe.
The foreign office is in receipt of a
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Mexico Will Give Aid.

Mexico City, Aug. 19.-Gleat SYM
pathy is felt here for the people of
Chile and popular sentiment probably
will soon take practical form in the
shape of a national contribution. Ar
rangemcnts have been made by a party
of visiting European and American
biologists to inspect the volcanoes Of
Colima and Nevada.
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TO
CRUSH POLAND
Gar Will Furnish More Troops
and Give Orders for Stern
er Methods.
STALLION CONGRATULATED
NEVERTHELESS HE is EXPECT
ED TO RETIRE.

st. Petersburg, Aug. ia call to an
uncompromising war with terrorism
and revolution in Poland was sounded
la the imperial telegram of congratula-
ton to Governor General Skallon of
Warsaw, on his escape from the bombs
of wOuld-be aSSaSSins at Warsaw Sat
urday. In this telegram Emperor Mich
oias, after thanking divine providence
Tor saving the governor generals life
for me and Russia" continues:
do not be discouraged: be resolute
in the battle with insensate anarchy
and sedition."
Under present conditions in Poland
IL will be difficult to execute the i'm
rerial will, as the police have practi-
cally been driven from the streets of
the Polish capital and the prevailing
military measures are believed to be
inadequate TO cope with the revolution
lists. Hence the text of the telegram
is regarded here as indicating the in
tentiOn of the emperor to strengthen
the hands Of General Skallon or his
successor, by furnishing more troops,
empowering the use Of sterner methods
than hitherto were permissible and the
formation of special ministry TO take
over the government of the Polish
provinces.
SkaIIon May Retire.
The establishment OF what is practi-
cally a dictatorship for Poland is hint
ed at by the Svet. the court organ. It
Is considered extremely probable that
General SkallOn, even if he is not a
victim Of a second and more successful
attempt on the part of the terrorists.
may retire either of his own volition as
did his predecessor after a similar
nerve-shaking experience, or at the re-
quest of the emperor made as the re-
suit of representations from both the
court and army factions, which have
for some time past been urging his re-
placement by stronger man.
5arbarous FIogging.
The Russ, which has made a new ap-
pearance as the Okoeye, turns it's guns
upOn f1ogging, which. in spite of the
imperial manifesto of 1904 abolishing
it, is still employed in the repression Of
agrarian disorders. Professor KuZmin-
Karavaieff contributes an essay on the
subject, in which he cites numerous ex-
amples Of this method of punishment.
and declares it to be barbarous as well
as absolutely Illegal
It is said that the Pacific SQUADRON
will be formed again In the autumn,
when practically all the available ships
of the Baltic squadron, the Czarevitch.
Slava, GromOboi. Bogatyr and the Ros-
STA will be dispatched to the far east.
Today was the anniversary Of the
proclamation Of the first or BouHgin
parliament, and the newspapers devote
their leading editorial articles to it. The
Strana writes in an especially optinis-
tic tone, declaring that in a years time
the people have definitely won the bat
tie for popular representation and that
the struggle now will be for the rights
Of the representatives in the assembly
which often have been suppressed.
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PARTY ENDED IN TRAGEDY.

Seattle Wash, Aug. BIN attempting
to eject Mike Mateucco from her room at
Ravensdale Saturday evening Mrs. Jo-
seph Firpo was shot in the abdomen and
died on the train while on her way to
this city for medical treatment. The
shooting followed a house party which
was given at the Firpo home.
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French Sympathy.

Paris, Aug. lathe French govern
ment has expressed its sympathy to
the Chilean legation in connection with
the earthquake disaster.
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WIPED OUT BY FIRE.

Marshfield, Ore. Aug. 19.-Fire yester-
cay destroyed the saw mill and all the
other buildings at Parkersburg on the
COquille river. except the residence Of
Manager Kronenburg and one other The
saw mill was valued at about $50 600 and
belonged TO the Doe estate of San Fran
cisco
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-20
STATE TROOPS ARRIVE.

Fort Riley Kan, Aug. 19.-Six com
panies OF the state militia Of South Da-
kota and the Eleventh cavalry arrived
here today TO attend the army maneuvers.
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THE DEATH RECORD.
DR.. w. r. Van TuYl.

Leavenworth. Kan. Aug 19.-Dr. w r
Van Tuyl. who served in the Philippines
as a surgeon in the United States army
during the Spanish-American war, died OF
heart disease at his home here today, aged
A years.
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Opinion of Refugee.

A refugee who has arrived at San
tiago places the known dead at 100 and
other messages indicate that the first
reports of damage and casualties were
greatly exaggerated.
Dispatches 10 the state department
at Washington place the fatalities at
about 500. These conflicting statements
cannot at this time be adjusted. 1t is
evident that even yet confusion and
panic prevail at Valparaiso, and until
order is restored 1t will be impossible
TO ascertain with accuracy the loss of
life and property.
The dwellings i'm the city have been
practically abandoned by the inhab-
itants who are existing as best they can
in the plazas and streets of the city and
the hills adjacent TO il, without shell
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some cases they give serious reports.
Nearly all the dispatches say that the
business staffs OF foreign firms are safe
and that the company's buildings are
not much damaged. This is partly ex-
planned in a dispatch to Foelsch 81 Co.
of Hamburg, which says:
Earthquake and fire was confined
practically to Valparaiso. Damage to
all European houses will prove slight,
as the properties for the most part are
located in the harbor quarter"
Tramway Company's Loss.
The Valparaiso Electric TramWays
company has reported to Berlin that it's
water power plant, rolling stock ana
tracks are not damaged, but that the
repair shops, reserve station, trolley
wires and street lighting system are
more or less seriously damaged.
The NOrd Deutsche Bank Of Hum
burg has received the following dis
patch from Valparaiso: "All well. In
form families. Bank buildings in fair
order. Many houses destroyed by fire"
kilograms received by steamship
companies show that the shipping in
Chilean waters is safe.
According to a dispatch sent out by a
news agency here, the British govern
ment has received a message from the
consul general at Valparaiso fully con-
frming the reports of great losses to
life and property.
Sun Spot Theory.
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, director
of the Solar Physics Observatory, Hen
sington, in an interview said it was
remarkable fact that the earthquakes
at San Francisco and Valparaiso syn
chronized with d sun spot maximum,
and that in 1894 when there were many
serious earthquakes, the same condi-
tons obtained. IT was not yet fully
known whether there were laws con-
trolling the recurrence of earthquakes,
Sir Joseph continued. 1t was a point
certainly worthy Of investigation, but
such investigation would involve Elk
pense. The chief work in this direction,
he added, was now being carried on by
Germans.
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dispatch from the consulate at Val
paraiso saying that the destruction of
property there was considerable and
that the consular Offices We're RACED.
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MANY PRIVATE DISPATCHES.
Cheerful in Tone, but Tell Little of
the Situation,

London, Aug. 20.-Most of the private
dispatches received in London concern
ing the disaster in Chile give the i'm
preston that the earthquake was less
serious than at first reported. They
are. howeved. ali very brief and mostly
of a personal nature
The Chilean legation has received no
official sdviees, but over a score of tel
egrams from residents of Valparaiso
and Santiago have reached the legation
through friends of officials living in
London. Ali these are cheerful in tone
and indicate that the loss Of life was
not so serious as the initial reports in
dictate.
Dispatches From Agents.
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CONFLICTING REPORTS.
Extent Of the Disaster as Summed
Up by Associated Press.

New York, Aug. 19.-There continues
confusion of statements as to the mag
nitude of the disaster to Valparaiso
caused by the earthquake shocks which
began on Thursday, Aug. Is, and con-
tinued at frequent intervals throughout
that and the next two days.
Dispatches from Valparaiso to the
Associated Press received last even
ing state that a moderate estimate of
the fatalities is 1000, and that the prop
erty loss may be as high as $3.50, 600 900,
which latter is as great as the loss sus-
tanned by San Francisco in conse-
quence OF the earthquake and fire
which devastated that city last April
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0tVha,y~
MODERN VAUDEVILLE.
Week commencinq AUGUST 20,

Week Commencing August 20.
5-SALVAGGIS-5
RAPOLI
ARGYRA KASTRON
CUNNING
MEEHAN'St DOGS.
CHARLES LEDEGAR.
KINDRoME
asa every evening Except Sunday, Use, Soc
MatineeoTuesday, Thursday and Satur-
DAY. Doc, 25c. Ice Box seats 75c.
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Dispatches From Agents.

The same may be said of dispat ches
received by business houses, though in
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ter from storm and sun and famine
them.
The Yale expositor., 1906-04-20

a CITIZEN remarked in our hearing
the other day that if newspaper man
knew how many knocks he received
behind his back, he would adopt some
other calling. Don't fool yourself on
that point. You can't open your mouth
in this gossipy town but what it will
be straightway carried to the person
you speak about. But what of il?
The newspaper man who fearlessly
does his duty expects to be maligned
by every law breaker, swindler and
hypocrite Every dead beat, every
carping critic and every lover of noto-
riety who is ignored, and in fact by all
persons who do not agree with him on
public and private matters. The news
paper man who expects to go through
life without getting misrepresented
and unjustly censured should make ar
rangements to die young.
The Yale expositor., 1906-04-20
FEEDING TIE COLTS.
Beat Quality Hay should BE Their
Winter Forage.

winter Forage.
With a great hay crop already safe
I'm stack and NOW. and the oat ere p
all bat saved in excellent shape. it
would seem that the farm horses Of
the country should fare well during
the ensuing twclvemonth, says Breed
er's Gazette. The young things should
be looked after first in the way OF
selecting their winter forage
The finest ana best hay should al
ways be kept for them and kept, too
where 1t may be got at when needed.
Sometimes the intention is good enough
and the farmer sets asiGe some fine,
bright, short hay for his colts. but
later covers it up deep with coarse
fodder which must be fed out or re-
moved before the good colt hay can be
got ut This is the poorest sort of
economy. Put the colt hay where it
may be obtained whenever wanted
and let ii he wanted as early in the
fall rs the young things desire TO eat it,
We believe 1t is good plan anyway
to give colts little hay every day
III tllt year IL lut! Will cut IL anu lucl
generally will, but in the fall when
grass IS getting short and dry feed
of coarser fodder than grain is as es-
sential as grass itself Let the colts
have some nice bright hay where they
may eat II comfortably, and they will
soon obtain a fill and probably go Off
inside the shed or at least into the
shade, there the better to fight the pes
tilential flies. II they are well filed
up, they can do this with good heart.
If they must try to pick n scanty liv-
ing and do kicking enough ut the flies
to drive a steam engine, they Will lose
flesh. Losing the flesh off colts in the
summer time means losing money. 1t
cannot be put back before winter. This
may seem to be only Il small matter,
but the farmer who has his hay int
good shape for this use has scored in
two points-flrst, that he has the colts
to feed and. second, in having the best
sort of feed in the best place for them.
Ii all means money when the cold
weather comes.