Show I HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST Earthquake Devastates a Large District in Russian Russian Rus Rus- Russian sian Turkestan I I I 1 z i If Sept 26 A 6 A dispatch rek re- re k hero from capital oio 4 r rJ oi- oi J of or Russian Turkestan reports a n 4 I terrible earthquake August 4 4 tho the shocks continuing until Sep Sep- fr fr 4 3rd One hundred persons 4 fr were killed at In eastern 4 S 4 Turkestan In the village of or As As- 4 4 tn twenty at Jangl while the 4 4 b 2 town of was waa completely de- de 4 fr 4 J 4 j 1 j capital of or tho the province 4 4 of ot is b situated at the con- con 4 41 1 fluence of roads leading to Peking 4 4 1 India and the tho Russian empire and andIs 4 4 fr Is of or com considerable Importance It Itz IZ I J Z has a n population of ot WI 4 01 4 I- I The Tho Gazetteers mention the town 4 4 4 z if of oC Aksu in eastern tern Turkestan and 4 4 fr I sa say it Is la a center of ot trade the tho for- for forI ole I 4 olga traders about In number 4 01 J 4 10 boing mostly Russian subjects Tho The ThoI 4 fr Ie l population of at the thc circle about Aksu 01 t. 1 Is given shen at 1810 There here are arc r i I or 4 houses In the town Itself 4 |