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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

YEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Fully 5000
persons, according to the latest
dispatches from Santiago de
Chile. lost their lives in the Val
paraiso disaster. Santiago also suf-
fered severely. Thirty persons were
killed there. and the property loss is
placed at s2.ooO,Ooo.
Except the foregoing no estimates of
the damage and casualties caused by
the earthquake in Chile had been re-
ceived at New York up to IL o'clock to-
night, and the above dispatch. lacks
confirmation.
Panic reigns in both cities. The peo-
pie are in the grip of fear of further
shocks and are fleeing. Refugees from
Valparaiso are getting into Santiago.
forty-two miles away. The disturb
ances have covered a large area.
Shocks were felt in Tacna, in the ex-
treme north of Chile. number of
minor towns have been either de-
stroyed or materially damaged. Val
paraiso has been described "as nearly
destroyed" while another message
says half that city has become a prey
to the earthquake and the flames. The
loss of life and property undoubtedly
was very heavy.
Telegraphic communication has been
established with Chile, but no mes
sages have yet been received from
Valparaiso. The first shock occurred
Thursday evening, about o'clock, and
was followed by others at intervals
throughout the night. Panic pre-
vailed and the streets were filled with
hysterical, wailing and praying people
Half the inhabitants of Santiago
stayed on the streets or fed to the
country Thursday night Fires followed
in Santiago, but were quickly extin-
guished by a providential downpour
Valparaiso suffered much from fire
Many people have left the two cities
and the stream OF. refugees continues
The disturbances are confined to the
Pacific. slope of the Andes. but Iquique,
the center of the nitrate industry. has
escaped injury. The disturbance was
recorded by seismographs in Washing
ton, Honolulu, Hamburg and Goettin-
gen.
Various firms in Europe and Amer
lea, with business interests in Chile.
have received messages announcing the
safety of employees.
Among the places reported to have
been damaged or destroyed are Vina
del Mar, 1900 people, three miles from
Valparaiso. Quitorque and Limache, of
1000 people each, both in Valparaiso
province Quillota, twenty-six miles
from Valparaiso: Illapet. 5000 people,
I30 miles northwest of Santiago; VAL
lenar, 5000 people. 800 miles north of
Santiago..ard~ other small towns.
Houses in Valparaiso and Santiago,
as well as other towns in Chile, are
built TO Withstand earthquakes. They
are made Of stone, with thick walls and
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Messages Indicate
F Great Destruction
Late Report Says That More
Than Half Of Valparaiso
Has Been Swept Away.

n ALvEsToN. Aug. I8 - The
NJ MesicaH Cable Company's line
p via Galveston to Valparaiso is the
only line in communication with the
distressed district and flashes indicate
that the destruction is widespread.
Shocks were reported all day and
owing to tie Generalization of the
cable force there il is impossible to
secure an intelligent report OF condi-
tions.
All but the manager and one opera
tor have sought refuge in the noun
tains and the only messages coming
through are brief personal messages
to relatives and friends in the States.
: Up to noon today only one short press
dispatch has come through.
e The cable on the Pacific Coast is
not IN operation and the overland lines
of the Mexican Cable Company to
Buenos -Ayres and intermediate towns
have not been restored, but the COM
pany hopes today to re-establish COM
munication.
The shocks have been felt as far
north as Iquique and inland nearly
200 miles. The operator at Valparaiso
says it is impossible to deliver mes
ssges The frame building containing
the cable Office is deserted every few
minutes at each recurring shock.
Brief reports from outlying districts
say that several towns are in ruins.
The loss Of life is variously esti-
mated from 200 to 5000, but there is
absolutely nothing authentic upon
which to base these figures.
A late report says that Valparaiso is
more than half destroyed and that the
FIRE is rapidly spreading in all direc-
tions
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Great Disaster Isolates Chilean City
Await With Fear
Iiding,s of the
Disaster.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL.
"a TEW YORK. Aug. lS.-vaiparaiso
IN aad Santiago are apparently as
! ri isolated IS ever. so far as au-
thentic information is con-
cerned. The most oEffnous Phase that
appeared. today was the statement
made at the Office of w. Il. Grace & Co.
They had received no late information
from the scene OF destruction. what
ever news that they had having come
through the columns of the Herald. A
representative OF the conn., pany said:
We have received no private news
of any description since o'clock on
Friday afternoon. when we were in re-
ceipt of telegram saying that our
premises wore undamased and that
none Of our employees had been Injured
without information. We have been
expecting kilograms, but none have ar
rived. 1t looks to US very much as
though the San Francisco catncIysm
has been repeated in Valparaiso, If not
In Santiago as we'll. We Go not know
what to think about the absence of
private dispatches"
There was distinctly more pessi-
mistic atmosphere in the Grace offices
lilSh wac dpPdTeIll on ETlQdY, WnGn a
confident air main tanned there that
the catastrophe had been overesti-
mated.
Another portentous aspect Of the
condition in the afflicted portion Of
Chile is the fact that the Chilean Con-
sui General here. Adolfo Crzugar. is as
ignorant of the occurrences as any one
else. Mr.. Orzugar issued this state
ment today:
-
without official news as to the effect
of the earthquake which occurred In
the Cordilleras of the Andes upon VAL
paraiso. The failure of communication
is due to- the fact that the telegraph
lines which unite Chile and Argen-
tina have been cut in the Cordilleras
MY personal opinion is that the ac-
cident has not reached the proportions
that have been credited to it. Special
cables received by the house of Grace
& Co.. by way of Lima Peru, state
that their building at Valparaiso is
safe and has not. suffered the least
shock This building is situated in
the most central part of the city and
besides it is an old one, which makes
me suppose that the shock, although
grave, has not had the terrible conse-
quences which have been announced.
The central point of the cataclysm
must nave peen situated IN the Su-
burbs of Uspallatay. from where VAL
paraiso, in Chile. and Mendoza, in
Argentina. have received strong con-
vulsions. but not as great proportions
as have been reported. Grace & Co.
have $50 employees in Valparaiso and
up TO the present time. according to
their kilograms, every one of them is
safe"
Every telegram that has been re-
ceived from business houses in the
afflicted city omits any mention of the
general devastation. The general
opinion prevails that this augurs that
the destruction has been great both in
lives and property.
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Believes Reports
Greatly Exaggerated
Argentina Banker in London
Takes Optimistic View Of
the Disaster.

LONDON, Aug. 1S.-Private tele-
grams from South America today add
little to what has already been cabled
about the earthquake in Chile. The
manage of the Argentina Bank in
formed the press that from advices re-
ceived he had reason to believe that
the damage done at Valparaiso was
not as. serious as reported The staff
of the bank was safe and the build
ing had been only slightly damaged
The Pacific Steam Navigation Com
pany has received the following cable
from Valparaiso:
Violent earthquake. Heavy loss of
property and lives. Company'ss Offices
partially destroyed. :. Floating property
undamage
The Eastern Cable Company reports
that direct cable communication with
Valparaiso has not yet been re- -estab-
lished
Cable dispatches received by two
firms here say that only two squares
at Valparaiso and the surrounding
avenues have been destroyed On the
other hand, the Chilean Trading Com
pany's advices say that a great amount
of damage. accompanied by severe
loss of life. has resulted from the
earthquake,
According to a telegram received by
a bank here from Valparaiso half of
the city from Alendral to CalIe Bella
Vista; containing private and business
houses and warehouses, has been, de-
stroyed.s Another private cable dis
patch received at 2:15 this afternoon
says business has been resumed at
Valparaiso.
"A private cable dispatch received this
AFTERNOON from Valparaiso saws the
fire there continues in the business
quarters. but is declining. s
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
CHINESE GAMBLERS
CAUGHT IN ACT,

Eighty Chinese gamblers, two COM
plete fan tan layouts and s1s1s in
coin were gathered in by squad of
police last night.
Policemen Mitchell, Francis, Savage
and Wright first raided the house con-
Quoted by Pho 10y, 1915 Post street
There they found a game in full blast
and captured sixteen players. S31S In
coin and a complete layout.
The squad next raided the gambling
house of Fung Guy, 2209 Pine street.
Here sixty-four players, complete fan
cured.
In both places the gamblers were
taken by surprise and surrendered
without making an attempt to escape
They were all booked at the O'Farrell-
street police station on charges Of
violating the gambling ordinance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Thousands of Women in the United Statec VIII Read
Mrs. Burns Testimonial to Peru-na With
Eager Interest.

DENVER. COL.-In letter to The
Perupa Drug MfS. Co. Mrs. Burns says:
pelvic trouble. and I was not able to OBJ
tain relief until began using Peruna
In a few weeks l began TO feel like a
different being, was able to attend to
my household duties, and life looked
different to me-
II kept taking Peruna until l was re-
stored to perfect health and strength
| shall always keep a bottle on hand
and take dose or two when | am ex-
hausted shall always be glad TO give
1t my Endorsement, as 1t did so much
for ma y (122 W 7th ave
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
FENCED I'm Public Domn,ns

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 1S.-Joseph
t.. Carroll of Butte, one OF tie most
prominent men of the State, was found
guilty this afternoon in the United
States District Court of illegally
maintaining fences on the public do
main. He was twice tried. the jury
disagreeing at the first trial AS a
result of the second case contempt pro-
ceedincs are hanging over W. c. Car
roll. brother of the defendant, who
is charged with having attempted to
influence the jury.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
SeismogTaphs Show
No Following Shocks
instruments at Weather Bureau
Indicate the Earth Is at
Peace Once Again.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-The rec
ords Of the seismographs at the
Weather Bureau, taken from the in
struments this morning, show that
there have been no earthquake move
ments here since that of Thursday
evening and which were undoubtedly
due TO the Chilean earthquake. OF
great interest 10 the Weather Bureau
is the fact that Thursdays record
shows that the heaviest east and west
movement was at 46 minutes and 4S
seconds past p. m, and the strongest
north and south movement did not oc-
cur until eight minutes later. The
north and south movement was the
heavier, the earth movement being
over a quarter Of an inch.
Because Of the admirable construc-
ton Of the buildings at Valparaiso,
Mr.. Vega, the Chilean charge here. is
not inclined TO believe that the loss
OF life has been heavy. The city is
z1e Of the most modern in South
Ly~zzica. and lacks the narrow streets
\ a fral buildings which are common
10 so many cities in Latin America
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Drunken Man Robbed.

Dennis Begley. carpenters helper,
who lives at 6S Jackson street, was
knocked down by two thugs and robbed
of $3.50 at East andWashington streets
last night. The victim was under the
influence of liquor and could give the
police no intelligent description of his
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
refugee Beats His wife.

Arthur Wagner. a refugee living IA
a tent on Sixteenth street near the
drydock. struck his wife on the head
with a club last night during a cat
rousaI in the tent The womans skull
was fractured and she may die. Wag-
ner is being held at the Potrero Po-
lice Station. I.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
EarIx Morning Ere.

Special Policeman R. T. Harvey dis
covered a fire in the rear Of the tene-
ment house at 1910 O'Farrell street at
3:45 o'clock yesterday morning He
turned in an alarm and the prompt
response of the Fire Department alone
prevented a serious fire AS IT was the
building suffered considerable damage.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

fornia Pioneers will hold a meeting to-
morrow afternoon at Hamilton Hall 70
consider the advisability of commence
ing work at once upon a splendid new
class A building that has been planned
to adorn the site of the old structures
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
omort says Hawaii Is Safe.

HONOLULU. T. H. Aug. 11-Profes-
sor +. Omori of Japan, who has been
studyingSth the California earthquake. in
an interview here today stated that he
possibility of there ever being an earth
quake of any magnitude in Hawaii. He
thinks that the proximity of an active
volcano Is a preventive.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Believes That Lima
Escaped Any Injury
Advices From Peruvian City
Are Received by Oakland
Agent Of Craces.

~ AKLAND. Aug 1s.-W R. Grace
I ] & Co. the South American ship
ping firm. received today direct
cable from Valparaiso. dated 11:15
o'clock yesterday and reading:
office intact Staff safe"
The message came by way of Lima,
Peru. r. B. HUE. general manager of
the firm. expressed the belief that Lima
was uninjured in view of the fact that
the cable came by way of that city.
Grace & Co. are heavily interested in
South America operating houses
throughout Chile and Peru.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
The Calamity of Sickness.

A gloom is cast over the household
when the. wife or mother is sick No
seif-denial can restore to the home
perfect tranquility and order so long
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
POSTPONE COL.

POSTPONE COLORADO RIVER coNvEE-
Tr7oT-San Diego, Aug lS.-At a meeting OF
he directors Of the Chamber OF Commerce last
n3gbf N was decided TO postpone indefinitely the
calling Of the Colorado River convention. IL was
ersfed that the Southern Pacific and the people
aAara we're handling the sltuauon.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

assailants. He was felled by a blow
of the fist and not seriously hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

as the mother suffers from i'll health.
The restoration of one such case has q
greater influence than can be pictured.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

Pioneers VIII Rebuild.
The members of the Society of Cali
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Five Thousand Lives Lost in
Valparaiso and Thirty in
City Of Santiago.
By the Associated Press.

are seldom more than two stories high
They are not very combustible
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Fully 500
nj persons, according to the lates
dispatches from Santiago d.
Chile. lost their lives in the Val
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

"a TEw YORK. Aug. lS.-vaiparaisc
IN | and Santiago are apparently as
! N isolated IS ever. so far as au-
- - tbepfic ipfo-,,ofia- oo,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-05
GoodWater Items.

During the first eighteen days of
June only few light showers fell
here. Since that time we have
been blessed by an abundant rain
fall, and crops of all kinds are
growing well. Meadows, though
generally weedy, will yield an
abundant quantity of hay. Veget-
ables, too, are thriving and past
ures and the stock range are good.
M. L. Townsend, representing
the H. w. Gildehaus Grocery Co.,
recently called on our merchants.
Ira and Claude Carl, Charles
Corder, w. G.. Henderson, Win
fred Crocker, Floyd Payne and
Walter Mayberry attended the
entertainment recently at the M.
w. A.. Hall near Courtois.
Arthur Sloan, of near Caledonia,
and Frank Bays, of Tolu, were
here on business.
The Sligo Furnace Company has
shut down the saw mill. tits said
it will not be operated any moro
until it is removed to another site.
A steam drill is now at work at
the iron ore bank, about five miles
southeast of this place.
Mrs. j. L. Laramore and son,
Edgar, and Chas. Nasser, of near
Courtois, and w. N. Short and
family, of near Goodland, visited
friends and relatives here recently.
The following named persons of
this community visited relatives at
the places named during June: D.
w. and j. M. Lucas, near Brazil; |;
Wesley and Saxton Lucas, at
Quaker.
Our school is to be opened next
Monday, July I'd, by w. G.. Hen
derson.
Newton Short moved his saw
mill to Edward Payne's premises
and sawed lumber for a church
building, which is to be built in
this vicinity in the near future.
| Messrs. VIM. Carl and Elmer
and Edgar Anderson went to Bel
grace recently.
Jas. A. Payne went to billiard on
business.
Among those who attended the
picnic at billiard on the 10Th inst,
were Ira and Claude Carl, Win
fred Crocker, Elmer Anderson
VIM. Henderson and Walter May
berry.
| Messrs. G. S. Lucas, Charles
Corder and Claude Carl attended
the basket meeting at Joseph's
Chapel (M. Ed near Quaker on
the 17th inst.
Judge George E. Breckenridge,
of near Belgrade, and G. W.
| Yount, of Quaker, delegates from
Washington county to the Repub-
lican convention at Salem, passed
through here on their way home
| on the 18th inst. R. E.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-05
Annapolis Items.

will send few items so that
you may know there are few of
us left here yet. Most of US are
hunting cool spots and fighting
flies; some few are hunting huckle-
berries and fishing. That's about
all the work going on at present.
Mr.. Stills of st. Louis, and
others, are putting up building
near Champion Spring, about six
miles west of here, in Reynolds
county, for club house and sum-
mer resort, which they need in
their business, as some ten or
twelve of them have been coming
down here every summer for the
past four years, fishing and camp
ing out in tents for one and two
months at time.
John R. Dobbs had a hundred
dollar mule die from over heat on
the Goth inst.
Minerologist Thomas was here
looking over mineral lands for
Ferguson & Wheeler Mining Co.
of Poplar Bluff, and said they
would form mineral joint stock
company at this place.
We have been having hot days
| for June.
James Myers two boys and Fred
| @. Kitchell are home from the Flat
River mines, where they have been
working for quite while at So per
day, eight hours work. They will
return to their work soon.
The fast mail or some fast freight
going south Sunday morning
killed hundred dollar cow for
Andrew Lewis; also a fifty dollar
steer, owner unknown yet. They
were killed at the crossing in the
west part of Annapolis.
The Annapolis Bulletin wants to
inform the public that jeff Davis
of Arkansas will address the peo-
pie at Arcadia, Mo-, on the 18th OF
August, and he has been requested
to speak on campaigning in Ar
kansas. He has also accepted ar
invitation to deliver an address
under the auspices of the M. @
Cory Chapter United Daughters o.
the Confedercy, at Jackson, Tenn.
July ii, 1906. Hurrah for JEFF
| Davis. ANNAPOLIS BULLETIN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-05
Arcadia Assembly
IrOnton and Arcadia,
1s TO 81, 1905
Further Information may be obtained
from ROBERTUS LOVE, arcadia,
Mo-, Organizer and Manager Of the
arcadia Assembly.
THE ARcADIAN GREED.
BY JOHN aab

am bound to praise the simple life, be-
cause have lived it and found 1t good When
depart from it evil results tollow. Ilove
small house, plain clothes, simple living.
Many persons know the luxury OF skin
bath-a plunge in the pool or the wave un-
hampered by clothing. That is the simple
life-direct and immediate contact with
things, life with the false wrappings torn
away-the fine house, the fine equipage, the
expensive habits, all cut Off. How free one
feels, how good the elements taste, how close
one gets to them, how they fit ones body and
ones soul To see the fire that warns you,
or better yet, to cut the wood that feeds the
fire that warns you; to see the spring where
the water bubbles up that slakes your thirst,
and to dip your pail into it; to see the beams
that are the stay OF your four walls, and the
timbers that uphold the roof that shelters
you; to be in direct and personal contact
with the sources OF your material life: to
want no extras, no shields; to find the uni
versal elements enough; to find the air and
the water eXhilarating; to be refreshed by a
morning walk, or an evening saunter; to find
quest OF wild berries more satisfying than
a gift OF tropical fruit; to be thrilled by the
stars at night; to be elated over birds
nest, or over wild flower in spring-these
are some OF the rewards OF the simple life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-05
but he is the original Jeff-the most

but he is the original Jeff-the most
original on earth. You may not
like his politics if you vote the
other way, but you cannot help
being interested in man who has
fought his way up to national fame
so persistently and so picturesque
ly. This will be the first appear
ance of Governor Davis on any ly-
ceum platform, and his friends
predict for him great career as
an entertainer.
DR.. Fl. w. SEARS DIR. Sears
used to be preacher-is yet. He
breaches common sense and hu-
man kindness. He is humorist,
too. He sees the funny side and
knows how to express it. His lee
ture on "More Taffy and Less Epi-
taphy," has made him famous.
DR.. Sears will deliver that lecture at
Arcadia. 1t has been for years
one Of the great successes OF the
American platform. You will
want him to give one of his other
lectures when you hear this-and
maybe he will do so.
WALTER WILLIAMSBURG. Will
liams is a Missourian, and good
one. To be a Missourian, who
sticks by and to his state, is some
thing worth while. This Missou-
rian runs Missouri newspaper
and the Missouri State University
las President of the Board of Gu
rators) and he used to be presi-
dent of the National Editorial AS
sociation. He edited the famous
"Missouri Book" of the World S
Fair. He knows Missouri, and his
lecture on missouri" should be
heard by every Missourian.
| w. BOB HoLLAND-Mr. Holland
lis a New Yorker who knows his
| New York thoroughly. He has
been engaged to give two picture
lectures on New York City, show
ing both the shiny and the cloudy
|.side of life in a great city. These
lectures will be illustrated by mag
nificent stereopticon views. Mr..
Holland does the talking and the
pictures do the rest.
| Tom L. ANDERSON--One of the
latest attractions secured is Hon
| Tom L. Anderson of st. Louis
For years Mr.. Anderson has been
first and foremost of Missouri
young orators. He is silver
tongued. Young, ambitious, at the
outset Of a brilliant career, he will
make his lyceum platform debut
at Arcadia.
/ FAMILY TENT COLONIES.
One of the new ideas of "The Ar
cadia" is the Family Tenting Col
ony. 1t is proposed to organize
colonies of several families each,
all from the same town or commu-
nifty, to come and encamp at the
Assembly. Being friends and
neighbors, they may have a ''com-
munity" kitchen and dining tent,
Iif they like, or they may house-
keep separately. If you want to
help organize colony from your
town or community, write to Ro-
bertus Love, Arcadia, Mo, for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-05
Advice to Travellers.

Never leave home on journey
without a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. Change of drinking water
and diet often cause bowel troubles
for which this remedy is especially
intended. 1t cannot be obtained
on board the cars or steamship.
For sale by Arcadia Valley Drug
Co.
For Glass and Picture Frames GO
to Albert's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-05

N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 81,
'98.-Tve lived so long, remember
we'll when the Mississippi was a
brook. My good health and long
life came by taking HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents.
Arcadia Valley Drug Co.