Show II UN II IIEDS AE KI LIED Terrible Earthquake in Russian Rus-sian Turkestan SEVERAL CITIES DESTROYED Four Hundred People Perish la Astyn Ono Hundred at Knshgar latter City Has a Population of Fifty Thousand Aksu Is Completely Com-pletely Wiped Off the Face of the Earth In the Region About Asku Is a Population of 180000 City Contained 4000 Homes 44 + + + + I Berlin Sept 25A dispatch received 1 re-ceived hero from Taahkend capital 1 of Rmtfllnn Turkestan reports a i I terrible earthquake August 22nd Ii the shocks continuing until Sep 1 tember 3rd Ono hundred persona I wore killed at Kashgar In eastern I I Turkeatxn 100 In the village of As 1 tyn twenty at Jangl while the e I town of AkBuk was completely destroyed 4 de-stroyed 4 i 4 if Kashgar capital of the province ph of Slnklang la situated at tho con 1 I thence of roads leading to Peking Ii India and tIme Russian empire and 4 Is of considerable Importance It ii has a population of 50001 44 4 Tho Gazetteers mention the town 4 of AksU In eastern Turkestan and 4 say it Is a center of trade the foreign I for-eign traders about 100 In number 4 5 being mostly Russian subjects The 44 4 population of the circle about Aksu 4 I Is given at 0MO There arc 4000 4 houses In thc town Itself z 4 + 4 4 + 4 |