The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19

here to practice his pro fagslOn.
Dr. j ackson's mother. two hos and
q q slsters reside at Concsl,c:on, and se ~
though that city Is Il 100 miles Fl SOUTH Ok
valparalso, he was much IS ABOUT
them. 8 & s9S$ is5 silss q +.
II don't believe there is a year In Chic
when they do not have two or three.
cnrthaua kes, ,' he 4 said. S'' About eight
years ago was tlimbled out OF my bed
by d terrific shock that threw the front
wall OF Our hous out OF plumb. sent the
roof tiles sliding down Tho cornlce. and
cracked tho thick plaster on the walls
All 1.-The houses have tiled roe tsssssT hey
snrc usual OF 10 stories high IS a y
are built around two opsn courts Tho
front court: being for the family and
}often turned into a beautlfu! " garden :,
The rear court is I. surrounded BY tie the.
servants; quart ers. i{ .5S j.
lot Many Americans.
THO houses d 70 built OF bricks and
plaster ado ODE. "a dobe Is used principally
Slna'the poorer dwellings. q In the business.
section you find buildings Of four and five
stories, but seldom higher. There are
numerous Catholic churches with \, high
s,ecples, built OF brick VI vi It'll stucc % work
outside. The rotestant chapels ar re small
and are not allowed 4 q \ have ste eples Is or
BELLS. There ar e. several n such missions
Methodist auspices. One ot those who l ts
engaged - Il tho work Is Mrs Ebert. fo 'r.3
merly Miss Baldwin. OF 4 hiiadelphia
NJ .dThcre are not many ricans In any
part OF Chile, ana they aternize IN
everything with the British. The Il Gers
mans down there are incr easlng RAPIDLY
The trade wit h ArneTi len is cornpa ratively
ynlpn raiso, the importations for nearly
all q tho principal cities OF Chile gsss being
|ibrought sthcre-eRp eclally from Germany
ana d ENGLAND ts3 II a tidal wave accom-
panied tho earthquake much dana go may
have been wrought In the ;hat rbpr.3st
1.-THE better class of Chilca y l nre,e 9 :.
tremel t,red and retlned peop!s.
i,5lt d 81 music ana n the rts. THE mel,
NAV association football, and they have
Il l,cr sports. the leading one being horse
racing, for which they have n 1nagn u 4
cent course at VIVA del Mar a short dis-
lance outside ~ lpn raise
.There nre nun ero,ls schools and COL Oh
IeEes. The standard OF educa ton thronSh 6
out Chile is goto'ds 8 II S si y,
there i Is a university, medical ana s q
dental colege Their medical college
would ii surprise you. II Is an admirable
ms tituton. with German pro lessons prin y
cipnlly.S2 In&privnte schools the A1nerl--
cans nreS to the fore--under Presb yterian
land Methodist auspices. $ll5! Eai
, "The natives are n mixture Of Spanish
and Indian, and there is absolutely tI !, 70 no
negro4blnod In them. TheS better families
proudly trace their lineage to SPAIN
"If they have had a big fire following
the earthquake in valparaiso they will be
in n bad way. To the q best $$ OF ~ my
knowledge they have volunteer firemen
only. There Is. a good railroad between
Valparaiso ana Santiago-about 100
is hardly possible that su tl
swift relief as was 50 plcndld ~ Or n =.
lied for5the San Francisco sui VIII
ID given the people OF a. alparaiso.t.inl ne
wealthier people will suffer most y ttlerc
8ia anything like tho disaster in san
Francisco. AS many as can do SO VII!
get out OF the town as quick as posi-
lSbe and there VIII probably be lootlng
nnd sackinE by tho poorer people ms 't
policing is not very efficient. but the
army, which has tho benefit OF German
instruction, Is swell organized, lIhey
know down there OF tho measures which
were taken to prsserye order In San
Francisco, and 1t is to be hoped that ~
this Instance these will serve as IN OBJ
jcct lesson. Is l A II
Founded in 544.
Valparaiso was founded In September,
1544 and was several times sack ed 4 ny
| English and Dutch corsatrs In mo SIX *: a
5teonth5 century, In 1878 Sir Francis Lrake
burnt heEittle town. then consisting q
n scnro of houses; In 1894 Sir Islchard
Hawkins sacked IT. and since the ays
of "Queen Bessp this Sout h American
seaport has not seen n score 81 years
pass BY without some naval or mil airy
attack upon 4 Its liberties and peace. n
1866 the nnvy. OF spain 5bombardods Y. O. ana
destroyed nearly 10000, 600 5ot properi,y. !.
Warmed by that disast cr,i ne Cn y
government erected numerous forts i. 4 on
| the Hills around tho town. at N Gala
Rancagua, Yerbos, Buenos, Eslnerai da.
Pudeto and other places commanding
tho bay, and armed tho forts With heaYy
| guns, s@& III e . ss ,
Half n century ago " aspnraiso had 2
population OF but 5s7 600 IT owes lts 90
velopment principally 10 Its foreign pop !, !,
lation. and familiar Americans, l4nglls .
| and German names ppenr g lgt tlEous''
| tho bu sness quarter s,
d In October 1881, an inclae nj occurred y Y
| Valparaiso which for a time PROMISED 70
| have very serious conscqu ences. SoWe
| Of the populnce assaulted boats. crews
1 of tho United States cruiser IA tllnore,
killing two of the American so lors' ING !,
government OF the United States invests
gated the matter, and mueh angEys cor
\ respondence ensuetl,i This WAS made par-
4 ticularly Offensive on the Chilean side ~
/ a circular which Senior Malta, the Chilean
| foreign minister, Issued December TAT =,
and which he caused to pc pup!sheu ~
\ the Chilean La teF, however,
/ there was d change In the foreign 1r'ini
istry OF Chile. and the policy OF tho gnv-
! ernment OF that country toward nc
4 United States was modified, The offens!
siyeg passagcs in he Malta scsrcular sWer.
wIthdrawn, and the war clouds passed
away, but not before American nayal
vessels had been made read Y Tor service y 9
| lii the Pacific.
Many Previous Earthquakes,
Early in the present year there ~, Mere =,
a number OF earl lfqna shocks m Ghl1e,
1 siirlt shocks March, 9th at I1anca qua y
a single night. and prolpng and se Y, "
shocks we've felt yaldiya pril sts Z,