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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23


C. P. Skinner VS.. Walter Chambers
Class c.
+. C. Denkmann VS.. Ii. c. Pape
NJ H. Thompson VS.. J. L. Thatcher.
Class ID.
j. p. Maxwell VS.. G. l.. Eyster.
William Butterworth VS.. II. c. Wylie
Class f..
A ID Ficke VS.. F. w. Bahnsen.
w. l.. Allen VS.. e. w. Hurst.
Glass T..
J. p. Donahue VS.. w. II. Reck.
Frank Baker VS.. A. H. McCandless
Consolation.
S. Z. Blunt VS.. Schiller Hosford.
II. l.. Williams VS. e. B. Hayward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

Stolen bases-Davis 2, Smith. Two
base hit-Vogel. Three base hit
Wills Home run-Ball. Struck out
BY Bridges, z; by Thorson, 3 Bias
cs on balls-Off Bridges, 3; off Thor
son, 2 Wild pitch-By Bridges, 1.
Hit by pitcher-By Bridges. /; by
Thorson, 1. Time of game-1:3 80. UNI
pire-OConnell.
Springfield Takes Two.
Springfield, H.. Aug. 23.-Davenport
dropped a double header. The first
game was a farce. but it required 10
innings to settle the last. Catcher
Nieman and Short Stop Burg donated
the game to Springfield. Scores:
Springfield IL 3 0 1 ? 0 1 0*-S 6 2
Davenport 10000 100000 4 2
Batteries-Jones and Ludwig; Ba-
ker, Lewis, Nieman and Bailey.
Second game:
Springfield OOOO1-2 5 2
Davenport 10000 0000O-1 5 5
Batteries-Moore and Ludwig; Leli-
welt and Nieman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
lis ARDO VS. LEON.
Mitchell Brothers OF This City
Paired in Semi Final
Match.
BOTH WIN CLOSE GAMES
One Will Contest in Final With Either
J. D. Cady or w. D. Middleton
The Results of Yesterday.

In this afternoons match games in
the championship class of the mems
ornament now on at the Rock Island
arsenaI golf links, Ardo and Leon
Mitchell OF this city are paired against
each o,her. while j. d. Cady of Moline,
is matched with w. ID. Middleton of
Davenport. In the games yesterday
afternrcn, Ardo Mitchell defeated
Decker French 5 up to play, while
Leon Mitchell defeated e. c. Mueller
up to play. Both were close match
es, and we'll played throughout. In the
Mitchell-French match, Ardo was but
up at the turn, but by better playing
in the next few holes, ended the game
at the 14th green. Cady defeated c.
A. Barnard ) up l to play, in close
match. The great surprise of the af-
ternoon was the defeat of w. b. Mix
ter of this city by w. ID. Middleton
up to play. All of the Rock Island
players had been considered winners,
but Middleton's game was unusually
strong
In the other flights the results were
as follows:
Class Ii.
H. A. Barnard defeated G. W. French
2 up l To play.
Harris Baker defeated c. B. Schmidt
G up to play.
c. P. Skinner defeated Harry, Aims
worth 3 up TO play. Skinner made
Il whirlwind finish.
Walter Chambers defeated G. NJ
Bechtel 1 up, in 10 holes.
Class C.
f. C. Denkmann defeated G. A. Price
up 2 to play.
H. G. Pape defeated Frank Mixter
up to play.
NJ. H. Thompson defeated Larned
Allen G up 3 to play.
J. L. Thatcher defeated Wilson Nc
Clelland up to play.
Class ID.
]. p Maxwell defeated w. J. Nc
Cullough up to play.
G. L. Eyster defeated C. J. Cooper
up l TO play
William Butterworth defeated l. s.
White up to play.
H. c. Wylie defeated J. n. Van Pat
ten up 10 play.
Class T..
a. d. F.cke defeated w. r. Alexan-
der l up.
F. w. Bahnsen defeated Gust Tege-
Ter up to play
w. L. Allen defeated c. E. SchIegel.
3 up to play.
E. w. Hurst defeated c. K Mixter
2 up 1 to play.
J. P. Donahue defeated Francis Ba-
ker up to play.
w. H. Reck defeated F. A. fischer
s up to play.
Frank Baker defeated E. H. Stafford
8 up 1 to play.
A. II. McCandless defeated E. H.
Guyer up TO play.
Consolation.
In the consolation cup class. S. E.
Blunt, II. L. Williams, Schiller Hos
ford. and E. B. Hayward, the only con-
testants. won by default.
The following are the pairings for
this afternoon match play in the
flights other than the championship
class:
Fl. A. Barnard VS. Harris Baker.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
26oo,s to Invade Peoria.

The 2G00's are to go to Peoria Sun
day for a game with the Gipps team
at the Western avenue park in that
city. The Gipps aggregation repre-
sents the best of the amateur talent
of the Still city and the Rock Island
boys may expect to have their hands
full
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
Professor Tyler. of Amherst college

Professor Tyler, of Amherst collage
said recently: "A man can live com
fortably without brains; no man ever
existed without digestive system. The
dyspeptic has neither faith. hope or
charity" Day by day people realize
the importance of caring for their di-
gestion; realize the need of the use OF
a little corrective after overeating. A
corrective like Kodol For Dyspepsia
1t digests what you eat. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
Old Time Ball Player Dead.

San Francisco. Cal, Aug. 23.-Tom
Carey. one time member of Captain
Anson's famous Chicago tourists who
visited this coast in the early SOS. is
dead. Carey was member of the
great Arson aggregation which toured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
WILL PLAY SERIES ANYWAY
Two New York Teams Will Contest al
Least for City Championship.

New York, Aug. ga telegram
from Pittsburg today announced that
John T. Brush. president of the New
York National league has accepted the
offer of Frank Farrell. owner of the
New York Americans to play for the
championship of New York. The
games are to be played in October.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
New Pitcher for HiqhIanders.

Terre Baute, Ind, Aug. 23.-The
Wheeling Central league club has sold
Pitcher Joe Doyle to the New York
American league club The price Is
said to have been $4,000. Doyle Will
report at New York at once. Doyle, it
is said. holds the record for strikeouts
in the Central league. having Is in a
game at Canton, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

Don't drag along with dull, bilious.
heavy feeling. You need a pill. Use
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the IA
nous little pills. Do not sicken or
grippe. but results are sure Sold by all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
FORGET The TENTH
Memory of Yesterdays Game
Would Then be Endurable,
Though We Lost.
KosTAL GOOD NINE INNINGS
But Lost Heart When the Stickers
Behind Him Were Pie for
Eastman.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

Rock Island. /; Peoria, 6.
Springfield. So; Davenport o..
Cedar Rapids, 8; Bloomington, 2.
Dubuque Decatur, rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

Springfield News: The Peoria Her
aid Transcript states that President
hlnsella while in Peoria on Monday
called at the ball park. making his
hanging out place the Islander bench,
where he endeavored to secure the
services of one of the Islanders catch
ers. 1t is doubtful If the Islanders
have any more catchers than they
need, but of course it would be accept
able to the local fans if Mcconnell
would come into the field.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
PIttsburg Gets Catcher Shaw.

Pittsburg. Aug 23.-Catcher Al
Shaw of Louisville, bought by Pitts
burg. will report at the close of the
American association season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

Joe Weber and his all-star company
are repeating at the Grand opera house,
Chicago, the laughing success which
caused them to achieve a years run at
the famous Weber music hall in New
York "Twiddle Twaddle" is the name
of this seasons hit of glittering non
sense. and a funnier, brighter and more
beautiful entertainment has never been
put on a Chicago stage. The star s
equipped with thoroughly amusing
role of the usual Weber type ana he is
surrounded by an excellent company,
including Amelia Summerville, Lolita
Faust, Ermenie Earle, f. ]. Connolly,
Ernest Lambert, William Burress, and
IS singing and dancing girls. The pro-
duction and costumes are decidedly
smart, the richness and taste of the
latter exceeding anything that even
Mr.. Weber-always a liberal producer
has ever done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
In Theatrical World.

The story OF THE Love Route" Ed
ward Peple's four-act comedy which
opens the fall season at the GarriclS
theater. Chicago, Sunday evening, IS
founded on the most modern thing i'll
American life-the fight against the
railroad Yet intertwined with it is all
the fast vanishing romance of the west
ern plains and the chivalry of the south
before the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

Why does the sun burn? Why does
a mosquito sting? Why do we feel un.
happy in the good old summer umei
Answer: We don't. We use DeWitt'E
Witch Hazel Salve and these little Ills
don't bother us. Learn to look for the
name on the box to get the genuine.
soid by ali druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

this county and later went around the
world. Carey died i'll a local hospital.
He was almost blind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

The Decatur Review conveys a gen.
tie hint to Lewee who came home de-
claring that the bad showing of his
team on the road was due to poor UNI
p1ring by running cut of a man who
is saying to another, Jaw, shut up
and adding that this is what President
k1nsella said to Donnelly whose team
made about the same sort of showing
that Lewee's did.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

IHHIHBS.
Rock Island 20 o O00 O0O1 o.
Peoria .......0 0 0 0 O o 0 SIS
Bases on balls-Kostal 4, Eastman
4. Double -Wanner-Co ok- Rudd,
Hughes-Buelow. Struck out-KostaI
), Eastman 6. Time-1:5O. Umpire
Flaherty.
Dust From the Diamond.
KOStaI pitched good hall hint his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

1t has been suggested that possibly
the full name of one of the four Joes
now with the Rock Island team is
Jonah" But that is hardly plausible
as they all look good. The quartet
bearing the cognomen are Joe Scott,
Joe Zalusky, Joe Havlk, and last but
not least, Joe Kostal And while Peo-
ria is here there is Joe Bewar. also.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23

Kostal pitched good ball. but his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-23
FROM THE DOPE BOX

Harry Swain, the spit ball pitcher
with Dubuque, has struck out 236 men
in the % games that he pitched, win
ming 81 and losing six. This averages
almost nine per game.
Decatur Review: Mike Sexton has
bought another player. He is Baker,
from the Eau Claire team of the Wis
corsin league. He is an outfielder
who has been hitting hard. Sexton
will lie IL the Three-Eye next year.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Los Andes SWaLLOWed;;
Mincha Drops In Sea;
Inhabitants Drowned
Thirteen Other Towns in Vicinity of Valparaiso
Destroyed by First Shocks Which Rent
Earth and Few People Escape.

GALVESTON. Aug 2OTwo ownsLos Andes, with $500
and MelphiIo 5000 population
earthquakes devastated Chile the Mexican
cable reports today.
that few of he inhabitants escaped
Nincha dropped entirely
appeared
Valparaiso and Santiago known have
suffered miles Valparaiso with popu
aton 10Oo0 Qurhue population of
sato Lauache population Qulota,
twenty-five miles northwest. population 10000
Hape Yaenar Petorea Herroviejo,
and were destroyed.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
DIED WHILE ASLEEP
IN STEAMERS BERTH
Emerson Alexander, Attendant at St
Elizabe;h's Asylum, Expires From
Natural Causes.

Death from natural causes was tho
verdict rendered by Coroner hewitt in
the case Of Emerson Alexander, thirty
I'VE years old. IN attendant AT St
lClizabeth's Asylum. who WIS found
dead In his berth on the steamer Wash
ington, OF the Norfolk and Washington
line, when II arrived at the Seventh
street wharf yesterday morning. No
inquest was held
Blake Baker. a coloTed waiter, whose
DUTY Ii Is 10 wake the passengers atte-
the arrival OF the steamer. Knocked on
Alexander door shortly after the ar
rival Of the steamer. Half an hour later
he made a second round, and rccelylne
no reply pushed open the door, lie
found Alexander lying In his berth, APP
pareutly asleep. Efforts to arouse the
man were without avail ana the bodA
was sent 70 the moTgue-
Last Thursday Alexander, who had
been employed as an attendant for sew
eraI wears asked for leave without
stating where he was going.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Juan Fernandez Island Four
Ships Arriving at CaIao Report the Famous Rocky
Strip of Land In the South Pacific Ocean
Wiped Out of Existence.

No details in regard 20 what has &C
CURED on the island are given. The
news comes from Callao on the author
ity Of steamers arriving there which re-
port the disappearance of the island.
As the island was probably within the
sphere Of the seismic upheav9ls its re-
ported disappearance IS laid 20 ihis
cause.
Has Few Inhabitants,
Juan Fernando Island Is dcsolate
tract and rocky strip of land eighteen
miles long and six miles wide lying in
the Pacific. of the Chilean coast Il has
been the scat Of "a small German colony
Of late wears and few Chilean inhabi-
tants have also made their home on the
island. No intimation of what has be-
come Of the ISLANDERS IS given IN The re
ports saying the island has been de-
strOyed-
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
DIED

CAKE-On Sunday, August %. 1906, At Cape
May. y. j.. LETITIA PAULINE. widow Of
Details win be found in another column.
HATCH-on Saturday. August Il. 1905. at
Ponce. Porto Rico, SARAH HILLARD. wife
For some months she had made her home
in Ponce. Porto Rico. where he= husband
IS commissioner Of immigration. she had
been In il health for some time, ana her
death resulted after months Of suffering In
addition to her husband, she is survived uy
two sons. Willard and Welding D. owen
sunday. August l.. 1906 at
o D. m. CHARLIE w. MAGhl DER be
loved son Of Margaret Masiudeir III MS
Funeral tuesday morning in Alexandria.
Va
McCHEsNEY-On sunday, August 70. 1895, at
his residence 624 Third street northwest.
JAMES IL McCHESNEY. in the ffty-sey-
enth year OF his age.
Times.
McCHEsNEY- Members Of Covenant Lodge.
u. J. o. O. F. viii meet st lle nan I1ls
evening. August %, at CLOCK, 70 make
arrangements for the funeral OF Brother
]. Il McCHEsNE1' 70 6e lie'o ,3 aE "a a.
W. F. cLAPP. Recording Secretary. it
PERKINs-On saturday. August ls 1906 at
wife Of Dr. Ed ID. Perkins and daughter
OF Mary and the late William Sheed.
GARFTFTD-Ou Saturday. August IS 1896. at
1875 O'Clock. at the residence Of her sister.
1881 Gales street northeast HASMONLA
GARFIELD. beloved wife OF william Car
field. aged thirty-one years.
LA TRUITTE-On SUNDAY. august ~. 1905.
AZ her residence $40 sixth street northwest.
MARIAN DENNISON LA TRCITTE, widow
Of Anthony Ia Truitte.
WATERs-DAVID WATERS. clerk in De
partmeut Of Agriculture
Funeral Tuesday, p m, al Wright s
funeral parlors 1851 rent" street north
west.
umn. II
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Winter Adds Horror
To the Sufferings of
100000 Homeless People

VALPARAISO, Chile Cvia GaIvestom,
Aug. 20.-Two thousand lives lost and
property TO the value Of S25O.Ul0.0o0 ruin
ed This is the latest estimate of the
damage caused by the earthquake
catastrophe which shook this region on
Thursday night In addition TO this fear
ful loss it is now known that the sur
rounding country suffered terribly.
All things considered, the disaster IS
greater than the San Francisco catas-
trophe. There is infinitely more suffer
ing. This Is the winter season here
The weather has been bad and 100 uU
people are homeless. living in the hills
md mountains, fearing to return 10 the
city. where the shocks continue. al
though diminishing in torce.
Eighty-twO Shocks Thursday Night.
Eighty-two shocks occurred Thursday
night. and there have been tremors
since then. Under such circumstances,
with the ruin about them, il would be
too much TO expect the people TO have
recovered from their panic Those who
have remained In the city wander ann
lessly through the streets So far there
has been no attempt or thought OF re
II Is not believed there will be any
famine. Hundreds Of tons of food prod
ucts and -four are stored in warehouses
and in the vessels in the harbor. In
addition 10 this the government has or
dered its warships hurried to Valparaiso
from other ports 10 bring relief sup
plies.
Martial Law Declared.
The city is under martial law and
the authorities have suppressed dis
orders. Little has been done toward
bringing order out of chaos. No or
gained effort has been made TO iden-
ufy the deaJ. and in many instances
the corpses have not even been re-
moved from the ruins.
The great fires which have ragged
since Thursday night are gradually
dying out. but this is because there
f. nothing more for them TO burn. IN
large sections of the city the ruin IS
complete.
Thousand Lives Lost in Outside Cities.
The reports from outside towns are
Ear from complete, but they show the
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
DEATH RECORD

Annie e Piper. SO years, 1913 Twenty
eighth street northwest.
Sophie Feaster. 80 years. 729 Four
and-a- half street southwest.
Francis Kelley. Il years, I, ;. SOL
WINS Stephens. 81 years. 826 Oak
james Terry. p years, Emergency
Margaret E. Wall. 81 years, 7 Fenton
Wesley Johnson, IS years. Freedman's
Robert Clark. 70 years. 1903 Third
street southwest
Robert NJ Larner. 50 years. Govern
ment Hospital for Insane.
Georgiana Simms, - years. 40 EleV-
enth street northeast
John Fleming. 66 years 2O9 First street
northwest
front of St James Hotel
Willie Yancev. 81 years. 342 Maine ave
temporal Thomas. &c years. 7Ss Tenth
street northwest
teenth street southeast.
Charles +. Uppercue, jr., 2 months, 1852
y street northwest.
Elsie NJ. Gross. months. 2sO4 L street
Marie A. Swami, months. 4O7 Twenty
first street northwest.
James Hicks. / month. 325 G street
southwest -
BENJAMIN Goldsmith. months, 216 II
street northwest
Delphie II. Hollembeck, p days. 70S F
wanna F. Myers. 81 years. Tacoma
Park
ftNl street.
Emma s Perkins. Sc years, $500 Thir-
teenth street northwest.
Lorena Roderick. y hour. 1025 Third
street northeast
Charles W. Clinton. So years. George
Washington Hospital
Joseph T Henson 40 years, 1920 Thirty
sixth street northwest
James Gillln. 81 years. 81 Rhode Island
avenue northwest.
| sort haa
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Europeans Heavy Losers;
French Legation Safe

PARIS. Aug. 20.-European residents
in Valparaiso have teen heavy losers
in the recent earthquake which has
caused so much damage 10 the great
Chilean ssapcrts. This is the informa-
ton which comes today to the foreign
Office from NJ Ramoger, the French
consul at Valparaiso.
The consul S message 10 the govern
ment is brief and does rot give details
Of the loss II announces that the per-
sonnet OF the legation is safe. but adds
that there have been neavy lcsses among
the European colony. Both the financial
loss and number OF deaths among the
European residents of the city VIII be
great.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20

LIMA. Peru, Aug. 20.--Robinson
Crusoe's Island IS no moro. This Is the
Information which has reached here.
In Line of Disturbances.
The famous island is reported 70 have
been wiped out Of existence by the great
seismic disturbances Of LAST Thursday
and Friday which wrought such damage
throughout Chile.
The Island OF DE Foes Castaway has
always popularity been supposed TO be
Juan Fernandez. 40 miles OF the Chill
can coast
The adventures or Alexander SellliriS. n
Scotchnau. who lived a solitary eNis-
tonce there for four years, are regarded
as having been the basis for the tale
of Robinson Crusco. i IS this island
which Is now supposed 20 have been
destroyed by the terrestrial disturb
ance5,
The Washington times., 1906-08-20

Crightful loss which was caused every
where 1t IS probable l.0J0 lives have
been lost outside Valparaiso and Santi-
ago. and 100000 is given as an estt-
mate Of the financial damage through
out the country The entire destruc-
ton of the places previously named.
however, Is confirmed by recent mes
sagcs reaching the city.
For the immediate future every energy
must be expended b caring for the
living and buVying the dead With all
the hungry TO be fed and the hcmeless
10 be provided with lodgings against
the WintTy weather no thought can be
given To- permanent building or the city
Until the present problems are solved
and the people rendered comfortable no
other work viii be attempted.
Bank Ready to Open.
Valparaiso correspondents of the Tar
apaCa Argentine Bank say they viii be
able 20 resume business today. but they
have been unable to find the managers
of other banks 10 arrange for joint ac-
ton IN regard 10 reopeuing.
Grace Brothers have received cable
message from Valparaiso saying that no
damage was caused north of Valparaiso
This is taken TO indicate that the nitrate
grounds have not been damaged
Troops Must Bury Dead.
Tho work of burying the dead and
clearing away the debris Will have 10 be
done by the troops, as the people have
given wav entirely 10 despair. and
when railway communication Is re
established they Will flock TO Santiago.
The entire business section Of the city
is wrecked and lameswept. In the
lower part Of the city. the beautiful
section built upon land reclaimed from
the bay Is utterly destroyed and partly
under water. as the earth's crust has
sunk. Throughout the city there arc
assures In the ground fifty feet wide
and over a hundred feet deep.
The strict military patrol makes the
gathering Of news extremely difnCulL
1t is certain, however, that hardly d
building in the city escaped either de-
struCtiOn or damage The Almendral
district. where the Clty's best residences
We're located. suffered most The gov
eminent arsenal. the naval school, the
navy department buildings, the custom
house. the Hotel Royal the buildings
/ Of the Chile and Tarapaca Bank. the
newspapers ElccTiCiO and MercuriO, and
the house of Ross & Edwards are known
| 10 have collapsed.
II IS reported that the Hotel Ingles
! collapsed. burving the inmates.
Subscription Funds Coming In.
The funds collected through Chile for
/ the inauguration of President Monet
/ will be distributed among the earth
/ quake sufferers. From Buenos Ayres
/ comes word that the Jockey Club has
/ headed q subscription for the sufferers
here with a contribution Of $1,000 pesos.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
WOMAN SLAPPED
MAN IN THE FACE
Punched Females at the zoo
and Met With Stormy
Resentment.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2O.-"Taie that
for piuching me-" said q young woman
as she slapped "a well dressed man VINO
stood behind her IN the crowd IN the
monkey house at Central Park yesteF-
day. ia
and you pinched me, too. said a
middle aged woman, as she planted a
bIo.C IN the mans face.
He tried To- get away. but the women
surrounded him and he was arrested
A., me Arsenal by Detective Kane. He
said b. was Francis Osborne a retired
business man Of Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
POWDER HOUSE FIRFD,,
THREE BOYS BLOWN UP

BrDDTSG cal, Aug. 2O--The town Of
VEGA sh5t.'- as though by an earthquake
when syoyz fired "a bullet into powder
house and exploded 1000 pounds OF
dynamite Three boys were blown 20
,ieees while a fourth is missing Houses
FWaved. ChImneys Jottered and LyJJ Isel
~ railway track was destroyed. me
report was heard for thirty miles
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
Red Cross Asks for Data
To Govern Relief Fund

The National American Red Cross has
requested the State Department TO in
form il Of the extent of the Chilean
earthquake. and OF the adviSabiltty or
appealing 10 this country for relief for
the sufferers In that country. On ac-
count Of the meager reports received in
Washington the Red Cross mas hest
tated 10 take any steps previous 10 this
time Assistant Secretary OF state
Bacon is a member Of the executive
committee Of the Red Cross. and II was
to him that the society made its re-
quest.
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
VALUABLE BROOCH STOLEN.

4 crescent-shaped diamond brooch,
valued at $3.50 and belonging to Miss
May Cutter. was stolen yesterday from
an APARTMENT in the Astoria Flats. De-
tective Parham IS investigating the case
The Washington times., 1906-08-20
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Holm A. LIONS and Mary O. Reith.
Isaiah T-ssels and Susie Turner.
Alfred Wright and Mamie Beckett.
Frank Hansbury and Lucy Cross.
both of Richmond. Va