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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
STRUCK REEF AT RABBIT ISLAND
Steamer Manchuria Went Ashore at
High Tide.

Honolulu.-The Pacific Mail Steam
ship company's steamer Manchuria is
on the reef at Rabbit island The
Manchuria struck bow on during
heavy rainstorm about 4:30 Monday
morning. She was considerably
out of her course. Rabbit island is a
small speck in the sea close to the
windward side of the island of Oahu,
on which Honolulu is located. The
coast quarter here is unusually danger
Gus owing to the onshore seas. The
steamer lies about 300 feet from the
main shore Among her passengers
are Major General James F. Smith. the
new governor general of the Philip
pines, accompanied by his wife and
Judge M. W. Gilbert of the court of
first instances of Manila, with his
bride
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
CHILE VISITED BY
AN EARTHQUAKE
Shakes Down Many Buildings
in Valparaiso, Causing
Fearful Loss of Life
One Hundred Thousand People Are
Homeless, Sixty Per Cent Of the
City Being Completely De.
stroyed-Death Roll is
Heavy.

Valparaiso, Chile.-At 1852 D. m.
Thursday, August 16. this city was
visited by an earthquake Of great Sc
verify, and during that night eighty
two shocks were felt.
Most Of the buildings of the city are
either burned or damaged The loss
will be enormous. probably reaching
$3.50 100000 Two thousand persons
killed is considered to be a fair esti-
mate Of the casualties.
Viena del Mar, three miles from Val
paraiso and having a population Of
over 10000 Quirihu, 225 miles to the
southwark with population of $4,000;
Santa Limache fifteen miles to the
northwest with a population of $500;
Quillota, twenty-five miles to the aorth-
west with a population of 10000 and
villages all around were destroyed.
Most Of the damage was due to fire,
which started Immediately after the
first shock. The whole population is
sleeping in the hills, the parks or the
streets.
Food Is very scarce. MIX cost two
Chilean dollars a liter, and 1t is al
most impossible to obtain meat even
at high prices
The railways are all destroyed.
Rain, which began to fall imme-
diately after the first shock, stopped
an hour afterward. The nights are
very cold and windy, and the people
sleeping in the open are suffering
greatly.
The captain OF steamship which
has arrived from San Francisco says
the situation here is worse than that
following the disaster at San Fran.
cisco.
Valparaiso is a fortified seaport of
Chile, and the most important COM
mercial town of the western coast of
South America. 1t has a population
Of about 10000, 1t is the capital OF
the province of that name and is sit
uated on large bay In the Pacific
ocean seventy-five miles westnorth.
west of Santiago, with which 1t is con
nected by rail
The bay of Valparaiso, which Is well
sheltered on three sides, is bounded
by ranges of hills rising to from 900
to LOO feet high, on the slopes of
which a considerable portion OF the
city of Valparaiso is built On the
south side OF the bay are the spacious
suburbs of Nuevo, Malecon and Gran
Avenlda, from which pass is cut one
of the finest of thoroughfares of Val
paraiso-the Avenida de las Delicias
The lower central section of the city
Is constituted by the Almendral, hav-
Ing regular and attractive streets and
containing the principal business
houses, the Plaza Victoria and the
National theatre.
To the northwest of this section, in
the quarter of the city known as the
Puerto (or portl, in which are situated
the greater number of public buildings
and the vast warehouses which line
the quays and docks. In this portion
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Erection Of Monument to WIrz Re-
scented BY Northern Soldiers.

Minneapolis-The Grand Army OF
the Republic completed its fortieth
encampment late Friday and ad.
journed to meet in Saratoga, N. Y, in
1907 The encampment, after an ex-
citing debate, decided that protest
against the erection of statue to
Henry Wirz should be sent General S.
d. Lee, the commander of the South.
ern Veterans association. This action
was decided upon only after a long
debate, which at times became ener-
getic and acrimonious. The proposi-
ton to deprecate the action of con-
gress in abolishing the canteen from
the old soldiers homes was laid on
the table without debate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Refers Request to War Department.

Oyster Bay.--The message from a
committee of citizens of Brownsville
Tex, requesting that the negro troops
who committed an outrage there last
Monday night be replaced By white
soldiers. was received by Freshest
Roosevelt. He at once referred the
dispatch to the war department wfta
a request that an immediate report on
the matter be made to hinu He viii
take no action upon the committees
request pending receipt Of the report
from the war department
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
outlaws rake 10 the woods.

Havana; dispatches to the Eost
from Pinar del Rio confirm the re-
ports that three bands of outlaws have
taken. to the woods in the central and
western portions of that province. One
band containing thirty men is headed
by Colonel sPozo; the second, consist
ing OF seventy men, is led by Con-
gressinan Pho Guerra. who is the in
stigator of many attempts to foment
an insurreetion in San Juan Martinez,
and the third, made up OF a dozen
men, is commanded by ex-Colonel
Lora.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
weaIthx californian Drowned.

Asbury Park. N. J.-Howard B. Bell,
80 years old, said TO be a wealthy Cali.
7fornian, was drowned while canoeing
in the ocean off Loeb Arbour The
canoe capsized. and Bell and two COM
panions. a young man and woman,
chung to It. the men swimming and
pushing the canoe before them with
the yong lady holding on. Bell be-
came exhausted. lost his grip on the
boat and went down. He was quickly
rescued and brought ashore, but doc
tors were unable TO resuscitate him.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
coIored Troops Transferred.

Washington.-Orders were issued on
Monday by the military secretary, Ma
jor General F. c. Ainsworth, for the
transfer of the colored troops from
Fort Brown, Tex, where there has
been serious trouble between citizens
and soldiers, to Fort Ringgold, Tex,
which is about 100 miles above Fort
Brown. One company of the Twenty.
sixth infantry is ordered to Fort Brown
to take the place of the colored
troops. The company ordered to Fort
Brown Is made up of white men.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
|! !! !!l!l!. Assay Office
n. Q. HANAuaR. -. o. nox tAAa
!. v. 8ADLgR. SAT- LAKE CRY urAu
Mission Contributions.

A report of the Student Volunteer
movement shows that $S3,430 was con.
tributed for missions in the last AGA.
demic year in the institutions : for
higher learning in the United States
and Canadian increase of s10.b4O
over the previous year. or this amount
S26.1s2 was for city and home mis-.
Sions. and 1923 for foreign mis-.
sions. $30,150 contributed by faculties
and friends. and $53.271 by students.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
PEOPLE GROWING cALMgR.
Principal Section of Valparaiso a
Mass of Ruins.

Lima, Peru-The latest advices re.
ceived here from Valparaiso say that
the paniclty condition of the people is
ameliorating. Great damage was done
in the Almendral quarter, the princi-
pal section of the city, and in Victoria
street few buildings except the man
sion are standing.
Advices from Santiago say there
was a tremendous earthquake there
which did considerable damage. There
were few victims. The funds collected
In Chile for festivities in connection
with the Inauguration of President
elect Montt will be distributed among
the sufferers from the earthquake.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
DAMAGE at Santiago.

Santiago de Chile-It is known that
eight lives were lost in this city by
the earthquake, but it is believed that
many persons were killed by the fall
ing buildings. and that their bodies
will be discovered later Several per
sons became so panicstricken during
the tremblings of the earth that they
threw themselves from the balconies
of their homes and we're killed. The
fires which followed the earthquake
in this city were promptly extin-
guished, but while they lasted they
added greatly to the terror of the PEG.
pie.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
GLASS Pate Drills.

Mercury tempering is used for drills
which are to be employed in perforat.
ing glass plates. The drill is heated
to white heat and plunged into the
mercury, which makes II extremely
hard. The drill is kept moist with a
saturated solution of camphor and oil
Of turpsntine. The process requires
considerable care and labor to produce
good results.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Could Not Save Negro.

Greenwood. S. C.-Bob Davis, the
negro who assaulted Miss Jennie
Brooks near here Monday, was
bnched here at o'clock Thursday
night, Governor Hayward made a
strong appeal to save the negro. but
the mob was determined and shot the
negro To death The negro. who was
captured that afternoon near Ninety
six, was positively identified by Miss
Brooks. He was led TO within a hun.
bred yards of the Brooks home and
lynched, a negro woman firing the
first shot.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24

passed too frequently, and with a
burning sensation. They showed sed-
iment. | became discouraged, weak,
languid and depressed, so sick and
weak that | could not keep up. AS
doctors did not cure me l decided to
try Doan's Kidney Pills. and with
such success that my troubles were
all gone after using eight boxes, and
my strength, ambition and general
health is fine"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Printers Provide for Home.

Colorado SpttngsABy Increasing
the monthly per capita tax for the
support OF tae union printers home
from 10 to Is cents, the International
typographical union, at its closing
session of the fifty-second annual con-
yentlon, increased its resources for
this purpose from 100000 to 500. 900
per year. After providing for mainten-
ance Of the home, the surplus funds
will be used for erecting additional
buildings. One Of the plans being con.
sidered is the erection of building
to be used as a residence for the
wives of aged printers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
COOL ATTEMPT TO GAIN LIBERTY
stackpoIe stroIls Out Of the Door of
the Court Room.


Los Angeles Ernest Stackpole,
whose trial for the murder of Joel
Scheck was concluded Saturday while
waiting in department / at the court
house for the verdict of the Jury,
made clever and almost successful
effort to escape from the building. I'm
noticed by Bailiff Harrington he
strolled out through the door of the
court room into the chamber of Judge
James, where an open door led into
the corridors Of the court. He had
scarcely entered the judges chamber
when Harrington caught sight of him
and sprang for the open door. Har-
rington succeeded in rushing in front
of Stackpole and throwing the door
shut and locking it, He then clapped
handouts on the prisoner and led him
back into the court room. Stackpole
was cool and collected and had moth.
ing to say after the episode 1t is the
second time during the present trial
that he has made the same sort of
effort to escape from the officers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24

Washington --Speciflcations for bids
to furnish Chinese labor for the con-
structfon of the Panama canal we're
issued Monday by the isthmlan canal
commission. The basis for bidding is
for $500 coolies, although It is made
clear that the commission may call for
SUCH additional numbers of Chinese
lAborers as II may need, should the
experiment be successful. hut the num-
Der shall not exceed 1000 per month,
Chinese laborers will be required to
work ten hours each day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Scattered Subjects.

The king of England has In Asia
more than SOO.OOO,OOO subjects; in
America, 100000; in Africa, aboUl
100000; in Australasia, over 5000
600, and In Europe, over $4,000, 900.
Classifying them broadly by religions.
there are 2Os,00o,00O Hindus. $4,000.
900 Mohammedans, 5S.0oO.O00 Chris
tians, 100000 Buddhists and 23.0OO..
poo Of of various pagan or non-Chns
tian religions.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
hsr 2. Fssses . Tsks Action.

81. Peisrzhlsrg.-The activity Of the
tcrrorisfS and revolHsicnists and lack
of support d the public are steadily
forcing the governments hands In the
direction or reprsssicns. The events
in Poland have given new impetus
to the talk OF military dictatorship,
which. according tn the courade flor
merry the Nasha Shish). is one OF the
subjects for consideration enumerated
in a call for a meeting received by the
members of the military council Fri
day,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Insurance Journals.

No bushes is so well supplied with
trade journals as that Of insurance
there being over 70 of these weeklies
in tAe country. it is said. They de
pend largely on the advertising of tina
companies, and the withdrawal oil
much of the patronage of the three big
life companies of New York as re
suit Of the investigation is ,cauaAns
them some trouble
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Poison in YoIk Of Eaas.

M. G. Loisel has arrived at the
somewhat startling conclusion that
the yolk of the eggs of fowls and
ducks, as well as those of the tortoise,
contains poisonous substances. When
isolated and injected into the veins OF
rabbits or other animals these prompt
ly cause death. The phenomena pro-
duced are those of acute intoxication
of the central nervous system.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
krause Wins over Davis.

MISUNDERSTANDING Krause of VIII
mington, Del, was announced as the
successful candidate for the office of
grand worthy president of the Frater-
nal Order OF Eagles. Mr.. Krause re-
ceiyed 1856 votes, against S14 for
Henry G. Davis of Ohio, the retiring
head of the order Norfolk, Va, with
972 votes, was the choice for the
next convention city Boston received
609 votes, Omaha 515 and Spokane So.
No action was taken on a resolution
for the establishment of an Eagles
homo
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24

WishEzEton Discovery has been
Hzaas hF James r Dana. immigration
Inspector fa eharge al ST. Louis. OF
wholesale sa1gxgg ~ immigrants
fruEa Mezzes aro Fhe United States.
ErerY che af G.s Immigrants was
eafgesG AF 1ye Jaw 2s9na catering the
UzsE states ssseasgse - traehoma. a
cor aesgsgs 4 ssasss ef tae eyes On
Gals g she zvasAga service are
now ENGAGED la hgcafa1g the immi-
grsa1A VITO were snNugEied into the
coratrY. wBfa view 70 their dsporta-
tfOu
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Valparaiso Earthquake viii Not A.
feet Hartford Companies.

Hartford, Conn,-Fire insurance
companies having their home Offices In
this state are not losers by the earth
quakes in Chile, as none has written
risks there. Officials of Connecticut
companies say that most of the Brit
ish companies CARRYING risks in South
America have clauses in their policies
relating directly to loss by earth
auakes, total exemption being the rule
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
TURKS ALSO TAKE PART.
Situation In the Balkans Going From
Bad to Worse.

London,-The Daily Mails Sofia cor
respondent says: The Turko-Bulgar-
ian incidents have reached a danger
Gus phase, especially in the Kustonje
district, where a collision took place
between Turkish and Bulgarians at
the frontier post of Sehdrepaniza. A
dispatch from Athens to a London
news agency states that King George
is going to Marienbad, where he will
meet King Edward, whom he will ask
for Intervention in favor OF the
Greeks against Bulgarian excuses.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
TARTARs KILL ARMENIANs.
Destroy Villages and Ruthlessly MUIR
der Inhabitants.

Tifiis.-News received here from
Sangesur districts says that the Tar.
tar nomads % three neighboring dis
tricts have destroyed the market town
OF KaarakiiIs and killed eighteen Ar.
meniaus. WCuUdiug many Of the inhab.
itants and destroyed much property.
A second band attacked the village
Of khanasak. The Tartars also com
mitted oHiFages IN other small towns.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24

torture l went
through now seems
to have been al
most unbearable. 1
had back-aehe, pains
in the side and
loins, dizzy spells
a d hot, feverish
headaches. T b e r g
W ere bearing-down
pains, and the kid
new secretion
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
WEEKS RED RECORD.
Nearly sixty Officials Murdered In
Russia In Seven Days.

st. Petersburg.-Last weeks stats
tics show that fifty-eight officials were
murdered and forty-three were wound
ed in Russia proper; that fifty bomb
depots were discovered, six safes
rified of money and sixty-three per-
sons robbed These official figures do
not take into account the pillaging in
the country. The ST. Petersburg Ga.
zette says that 1900 persons were ban.
ished on Saturday from ST. Petersburg
alone and that $50 we're placed on
trains bound for the interior.
The police of this city are being
trained in the handling of rapid fire
guns in an arms factory outside of St.
Petersburg.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
when Booms Stop.

Easterner-I understand the great
land boom at Dugout City has col
iapsed.
Westerner-Yes; no use keeping II
going any longer All the land is nov
owned by outsiders.--N, Y. Weekly
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Her Innocent. Occupation.

IT wonder where Sue is? haina
seen her this hour an a half" 4
she amt fur" replied the old man.
Last time seen her she wuz killin5
couple O. rattlesnakss. to git rattles
enough to make necklace to wear 70
the party!"-Atlanta Constitution
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
American Girl Honorsd.

Miss Carolyn Patch, Los Angeles
girl. has been appointed general sec.
rotary of the British-American Young
Women's Christian association IN IA,
is. She Is an accomplished hnguls'
and chiefly on this account was chosen
secretary. e
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
We Make Travel Easy.

Five trains daily via the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, Colorado to Kan
pas City, ST. Joe, Chicago, Galveston.
81 Paso. City of Mexico Ask me
about reduced rates. c. F. Warren,
G.. A.. A. T. & S. F. Ry., All Dooly
Block. Salt Lake City. Utah
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
ham Maclaren,s successor.

The Rev. Alexander Connell, who
succeeds to Ian Maclaren's pulpit at
Seton Park, Liverpool, has been pas
tor Of Regent Square Presbyterian
church, Loudon. since 1893, He was
born in the Scotch Highlands Just 40
years ago.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
LARGE LOANS TO DIRECTORS.
Massachusetts, Bank Closed BY Order
Of National Bank Examiner.

Washington.-The comptroller of
the currency has received advices by
telegraph from National Bank Exam
liner Ever that the First National
Bank of Chelsea, Mass, has been
closed by action of the directors. Elk
aminer Ever has been appointed re-
ceiyer. The failure of the bank is re-
ported by the examiner TO be due to
large, excessive loans to officers and
directors of the bank.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
Popular pastime..

As a revival OF the old English cus
tom Of shooting at the butts ai'el
Divine worship, the Amberley (EnSl
miniature rife club is open on sun
day afternoons, and is very popular
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
An Elegant suficiency.

Mrs. Slimdiet-Have some more OF
the mackerel, Mr.. Boarder.
Mr.. Boarder-No, thank you; but III
take bucket of water. II you please-
N. Y. Weekly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
AZ usual.

-You say the operation YES SUE
cess?" SO
Yes. the most towers and grea'.s'
number OF hacks ! ever saw al
neral. Houston Post.
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COULD NOT KEEP UP.
Broken Down, Like Many Another
Woman, with Ixhausting Kid
ney Troubles.

Mrs. A. Taylor. of Wharton, N. J.,
says: Il had kidney trouble in its
most painful and severe form, and the
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
ATELEGRAPflC NEWS FROM OUR Z "a$EfS s$E
YTRWELING STAFF CORRESPONDENT Fa5 l<SFa5z

from, be il one, OF a dozen. as well as
IL his eyes were not bIindfolded. and,
having studied biography somewhat.
Is able TO stand near a telegraph wire
miles from the instrument that is
sending messages over il. and read the
messages as well as II he were stand
ing by the instrument doing this. il
is supposed. from the slight pulsatiOns
OF the current in the surrounding
ether
Al one time, without any previous
preparation. ne was shown seven
wooden boxes. all of the same size.
tightly nailed up. standing side by
side on some trestles about two feet
from ,the ground and filed. in order
from one side TO the other. respective
~, with feathers. sand, sawdust. lead,
coal, clay, and wheat, and he could
tell, without the least difficulty. the
relative weight of the boxes; that is
which was the heaviest. the lightest.
the increasing weights in regular or
der from the feathers up TO the lead;
that is. by means of his sixth sense,
he could perceive the action OF the
attraction OF gravitstion as easily as
he could tell by looking at a team of
horses at work. whether they were
pulling hard or not