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’QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA
Town of Eureka Wa* Center of
the Disturbance.
THERE WERE THREE SHOCKS
And the First Caused Nearly all the
Damage-Statue of Minerva on the
Court House Crashed Down.
Eureka, Cal. —Three sharp earth
quake shocks, which knocked down
more than a hundred chimneys, shat
tered about forty plate glass win
dows in the ‘business portion of Eu
reka, broke much crockery in the
houses and sent many people scurry
ing from their Ipeds tnto the streets,
occurred here. The damage reported
so far is estimated at between $2,000
and $3,000.
The first and sharpest shock was
almost as sever** as the one felt here
on April 18, 1006. Another slighter
shock was experienced, followed by a
third. The first shock caused practi
cally all the damage. Besides shak
ing down many chimneys and break
ing crockery, the trembler caused the
sixteen-foot statue of Minerva on the
county court house grounds to drop
her heavy staff, which crashed
through the roof into Superior Judge
Hunt’s court r00m... The walls of the
court house were cracked in several
places, hut. the damage is not great.
The walls of the Carnegie library
erected five years ago at a cost of
$35,000 were slightly cracked.
Reports from the Seasy ranch, near
Freshwater, six miles north of Eureka,
state that the earthquake caused a
big fissure in the earth for a half
mile. A number of chimneys were
thrown down in that vicinity, but oth
erwise little damage was done. The
shocks extended as far north as Blue
lake, twenty-five miles from Eureka,
where some crockery was broken and
half a dozen chimneys knocked down.
The shocks seem to have been con
fined to a small area and the vibra
tions were southwest to northeast.
PEOPLE TO ELEIT SENATORS.
Twenty-Two States Have Formally
Asked for That Plan.
Washington, D. C. —Twenty-one
Rtates have formally asked the fed
eral authorities to call a constitution
al convention that an amendment to
the constitution may he adopted pro
viding for the election of senators
by direct vote.
The states which have gone on re
cord as favoring this form of sena
torial choice and whose petitions now
are in the secretary of state's office,
are: Montana, lowa, Nevada, Wiscon
sin, Oregan, Colorado, Washington,
Idaho, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsyl
vania, Michigan, Minnesota, South
Dakota, Utah, Kentucky, Indiana,
Florida. North Carolina, North Dako
ta, Ohio and. Wyoming.
In Virginia, Illinois, South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
popular primaries for choosing sen
iors have either .been actually adopt
ee or are generally favored.
While the house of representatives
has repeatedly gone on record as fa
voring the reform, the senate has per
sistently Ignored the question, hesi
tating to adopt any change which
which would threaten the tenure of
its members.
WILL MAKE MANY IMPROVEMENTS.
Receivers of 8. A. L. to Make Tampa,
Fla., a Chief Port.
Baltimore, Md. — Receivers War
field, Duncan and Williams of the Sea
board Air Line railway have awarded
contracts for terminal improvements
at Tampa. Fla., involving an expendi
ture of $500,000. The contract calls
for completion of the work January 1.
The receivers have awarded other
contracts for bridges, railroads, bal
lasting. etc., involving an expenditure
of nearly $750,000 more. The money
for the work is already in hand.
It is the intention of the receivers
to make Tampa one of the chief ports
of the system.
(iillLS' COLLEGE IN TURKEY.
Property for Site Transferred to
American Authorities.
Washington, I>. C.—Ambassador
Leishman has cabled the state depart
ment that he has succeeded in settl
ing a matter that has been pending
for several years in relation to the
transfer of the property to be used
as a site for the American college for
girls at Constantinople.
This does not conclude the efforts
that are being made for the establish
ment for an American college for
ibovs at Constantinople, as it does not
include authority for the erection of
the school which will be secured,
if possible, by Mr. Leishman.
FILIPINOS CONTENTED.
Aguinaldo Seeks Office in Manila City
Council.
San Francisco, Cal.—Arrivals on the
transport Burfcrd state that the na
tives of the Philippine group are more
content with conditions at present
than they have over shown them
selves since the American occupation
took place. This, too, in spite of hard
times as a result of the failure of ihe
rice crop.
The declaration that Aguinaldo. for
mer insurgent leader, is seeking office
in the city council of Manila is be
lieved by many Americans to be a
good sign, as it indicates an interest
on the part of the higher classes of
Fillipinos in the present government
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
The republicans of Texas have nom
inated John N. Simpson of Dallas for
governor and adopted a platform,which
favors local option and licensed sa
loons.
The republican party in Tennessee
is divided into two factions, George
W. Tillman has been nominated for
governor by the Evans faction and
T. Asbury Wright has been nominated
for governor by the ‘‘home rule” fac
tion.
An appeal to the trade unionists of
the country to contribute to the dem
ocratic campaign has been made by
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor and John Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica.
William H, Taft has announced that
lie will in no way interfere or at
tempt to settle the fight between the
two factions of the republican party
in West Virginia. Mr. Taft said he
didn't intend to be dragged into these
state fights. ‘‘The national commit
tee will be left with a free hand at
all of them as far as I am con
cerned.”
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia
lias been requested to serve on the
advisory committee which has been
selected in connection with the demo
cratic nation?,l campaign. Senator
Culberson of Texas is chairman of
the committee, and among others on
the committee are Judge Alton B.
Parker, Hon. John Sharp Williams,
Governor Johnson of Minnesota, Sen
ator Daniels of Virginia, Senator Ray
nor of Maryland and Governor Cham
berlain of Oregon. •
At a meeting of the democratic
general committee of New York, Tam
many Hall pledged ‘‘wholehearted and
unswerving support throughout the
campaign’ to Bryan and Kern.
Eastern branch headquarters of the
democratic party have been opened in
the Hoffman House, New York City.
The Florida republican central com
mittee, which met at Jacksonville
named the following state ticket :
Governor, John M. Cheney of Orlan
do; comptroller, J. L. Skipper of Bar
tow; treasurer, I. E. Webster of
Gainesville; secretary of state, John
F. Horr of Key West; attorney gen
eral, Frederick C. Cubberly of Cedar
Keys; superintendent of public in
struction, Dr. George W. Holmes of
Brevard county; commissioner of ag
riculture, J. F. Strunkel of Leesburg;
railroad commissioner, S. W. Roley
of San Mateo; justices of supreme
court, E. Illy of DeLand and Fred W.
Marsh of Pensacola.
The democratic national campaign
fund of 1908 will be raised through
appeals made to the individual states
for contributions. Each state, under
the direction of its national commit
teeman or a financial representation,
designated for the purpose, will de
termine its own method of raising
money.
Mr. Taft has made no comment on
Mr. Bryan’s speech of acceptance as
yet, but he has announced that he
would answer it in different speeches
he will make during the campaign.
Invitations have been extended to
both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft to at
tend the national encampment of the
G. A. R. to be held in Toledo in
September.
In a speech before the Lincoln, Neb.,
Typographical Union, Mr. Bryan re
ferred to Mr. Kern, his running mate,
as a beginner in seeking national of
fice and said: "But 1 am sure that if
he will persevere the time will come
when he will feel as Ido —so accus
tomed to being notified that it seems
scarcely an extraordinary occasion.”
Macon, Ga., citizens have invited
Mr. Taft, Mr. Bryan and Senator Ar
thur J. Beveridge of Indiana to make
addresses in that city at the state fair
to be held there early in November.
The big saddle uorse which Mr.
Taft has ridden f<w some time in
Washington, and wnich he has been
using at Hot Springs, Va., suddenly
developed ankle weakness, and Mr.
Taft was thrown. He sustained no in
juries and made no mention of the
occurrence. But hv admitted that he
believed he would be more comforta
ble hereafter on a horse of sturdier
build.
In a speech before the Epworth as
sembly at Lincoln. Neb., Senator La-
Follette of Wisconsin, expressed great
admiration for W. J. Bryan. A man
in the audience accused Senator La-
Follette of being a democrat, but he
denied the charge strenuously.
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the New York republican party, has
declared that the rank and file of the
republican party of 'that state and
not President Roosevelt will dictate
whether Charles E. Hughes will be
re-nominated for governor of New
York.
Charles F. Murphy has denounced
the report that W. J. Bryan was dis
pleased as a refusal of the New York
loade'rs to ask him to speak in that
state.
The general impression in New
York is that the federal administra
tion would be opposed to the turning
down of Governor Hughes for a sec
ond term.
Delegates to the independence party
met at Dallas. Taxas. and nominated
F W Kirkpatrick for governor. M‘r.
Kirkpatrick is president of the Texas
Farmers’ congress.
James Landis, socialist candidate
for congress from Illinois, made an
unsuccessful attempt to shoot Prose
cuting Attorney \\ illiam Batch at
Bloomington, 111. Landis was arrest
ed. The affair was the outgrowth of
a bitter newspaper controversy.
California has a Chinese Bryan
club.
AGREE TO ARBITRATE
Possible That Alabama Strike
Will Be Brought to an End.
THE JEWS WILL NOT WORK
A* Strike-breaker*--Operator* Hold Out
for the Open Shop. There Ha* Been
No Disturbance Lately.
Birmingham, Ala. —Replying to a
letter inclosing a petition signed by
20,000 names of people in the Bir
mingham district, the officials of the
United Mine Workers of America, in
charge of the strike in this state,
have signified their willingness to- al
low a committee on arbitration to
pass on the differences that cause the
strike at the Alabama coal mines.
No letter is yet given out by the
operators, but repeated statements
statements have been made that there
is nothing to arbitrate, and that the
only difference is open shop or closed,
and that it is their intention of oper
ating the mines on the open shop
plan.
Reports received at the headquar
ters of the military office of the sher
iff were to the effect that there were
no disturbances recently in the dis
trict, and that the seventh week of
the strike starts off with peace on
all sides. A large number of non-un
ion men have been sent out of the
different mines, and no trouble was
experienced.
A mass meeting was held in the
Jewish synagogue to provide trans
portation and other means to fifty
Jews who were brought to the district
to work in the mines and have quit
Decause of the strike. This is the
first incident in this section where
Jews were placed at work in numbers
in coal mines in the south.
ENGLAND WANTS BIG LOAN.
Seek $500,000,000 for Purpose of En
larging and Maintaining Navy.
London, England.—The British gov
ernment , according to the Daily Tel
egraph, contemplates raising a large
loan in view of the growing competi
tion abroad. It is stated that finan
ciers of the highest standing have un
dertaken to find $500,000,000 on nom
inal terms to meet the necessities of
the fleet for the next few years with
out disorganizing the annual budgets
or casting a heavy burden upon the
present generation.
If such a plan is attempted it will
be because it is impossible to forecast
the future requirements of the navy
until foreign shipbuilding programs
have crystalized, and the setting aride
of this fund would be a declaration,
translated into terms of cash, of the
country’s intention to maintain a high
naval standard at all costs.
London, England. —The publication
in a local paper of a proposed naval
expenditure of $500,000,000 in the hope
of checking by sheer financial bold
ness the renewed competition for na
val power, has aroused a storm of
protest from the socialists and mem
bers of the labor party. While it is
generally believed England will hard
ly dare to engage in such a startling
plan, naval expansion is recognized
by opponents of naval extravagances
and are voicing their protests in no
uncertain terms.
WOMAN IS CHAMPION CLIMBER.
Miss Annie Peck Reaches an Altitude
of 25,000 Feet on Mt. Huascaran.
Lima, Peru. —Miss Annie S. Peck
of Providence, R. 1., the mountain
climber, has succeeded in climbing to
an altitude of 25,000 feet on Mount
Huascaran, the summit of which is
covered with perpetual snow.
Miss Peck left New York two
months ago to make another attempt
to reach the summit of Mount Huas
caran, Peru, which she believed to
be the highest peak in the western
hemisphere.
By reaching an altitude of 25,000
feet Miss Peck has ascended higher
than any man or woman in the
world.
TREATED CRUELLY BY MEXICANS.
Finger Nails are Torn Away by Pris
on Officials.
Pittsburg, Pa. —Because they refus
ed to "squeal” on their pals implicat
ed in the robbing of a bank messen
ger in Mexico City, Mexico, William
Moffatt and Edward Maloney of Pitts
burg were strapped by their wrists to
the bars of a cell while the Mexican
officers tore the nails from their finger
tips with forseps, such as are used by
dentists. According to Captain of
Detectives Gough, who has returned
from Mexico City, Maloney. Moffatt,
James Russell, a well-known Chicago
crook, and two Baltimore bank
sneaks,, held up the messenger in
broad daylight and escaped with sev
eral thousand dollars.
Roosevelt May Pay Damages.
Belfast. Me. —Captain Guilford Pen
dleton. owner of the schooner Mena
wav. which on July 22 was in collis
ion in Long Island Sound with the
president’s yacht, Mayflower, says
that President Roosevelt, who was
aboard the Mayflower, promised to
pay for the damage fo the Menaway
if the government did not.
12,000 Eagles in Parade.
Seattle, * Wash. —Twelve thousand
members of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles from every' corner of North
America paraded through the streets
of Seattle, cheered by a throng of cit
izens and visitors ~-
MANY VICTIMS OF WAVES.
Extreme Heal C.u.e, Number o* People
to Seek the Water.
Grand Isle, Vermont. —Three young
women who were staying near Adams
Landing were drowned while bathing
in Lake Champlain. They were Miss
Lucy Perry and Miss Sarah Disas
way, both of Plattsburg, N. Y., and
Miss Elizabeth Disasway of Brook
lyn, N. Y., a cousin of Sarah Disas
w ay.
The young women were in the wa
ter together when one of them step
ped into a deep hole. The other two
started to her assistance, but also
stepped into deep water and all went
down. The bodies were recovered.
Wilmington, Del. —Clarence Button,
aged 25 years, and Nellie Nickerson,
aged 20 years, both of Chester, Pa.,
were drowned at Bowers’ beach, a
summer resort on Delaware bay. Dut
ton, Miss Nickerson and the others
had gone in bathing, and were car
ried beyond their depth by the treach
erous current at this point. Three
of the party were rescued, but Dut
ton and Miss Nickerson were swept
into the Delaware bay.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Three persons were
drowned in the Niagara river when a
motor boat, loaded to the rails, was
run down by a pleasure barge. Mrs.
William Pagels, Mrs. Charlotte My
ers and Raymond Pagels, a 10-year
old lad, were drowned.
Henry Schauss, at the wheel of the
motor boat, thought he could pass
under the bow of the barge. When
it was too late he tried to turn, and
was run down.
New York City.—The overturning
of a small rowboat off Ellis island
caused the death by drowning of
John Boyd, 22 years of age, of Fall
River, Mass., and John Starboro, of
the same age, of this city. The list
of deaths by drojwning was further
increased by those of Patrick Somer,
captain of a canal barke in the East
river, and John Gilson of Newark,
while bathing at Belmar, N. J.
TWO CANDIDATES ACCEPT.
Sherman Accepts Republican Nomina
tion—Chafin the Prohibition.
Utica, N. Y. —The last formal cere
mony attending the officials launch
ing of the republican national ticket
of 1908 was held here when Represen
tative James S. Sherman was tender
ed and accepted the nomination of
his party for vice president. In ac
cepting he subscribed heartily, he
declared, to the declaration of prin
ciples adopted at the Chicago conven
tion in June to the every utterance
of Secretary Taft in his Cincinnati
speech, and to the policies of Presi
dent Roosevelt. Mr. Sherman assert
ed that the approval of the adminis
tration was the real issue of the cam
paign about to be undertaken.
Mr. Sherman’s speech was unusual
ly brief, and he did not attempt to
discuss in detail any of the questions
touched upon by Secretary Taft.
Senator Julius Burrows of Michigan,
chairman of the notification commit
tee, made tender of the nomination.
Secretary of State Root, speaking
as a neighbor and life-long friend of
the candidate, eulogized Mr. Sherman,
politics having no place in his brief
out eloquent address.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
Mr. Sherman was presented with a
magnificent gold-lined silver loving
cup, a gift from his colleagues in the
national house of representatives.
Holiday throngs filled the. streets
from early morning until late at
night, band concerts and an electrical
illumination being the last features of
the day’s celebration.
Chicago, August 18 ..6 ..6 ..6 ..
Chicago, 111.—At Music Hall, in the
presence of a large and enthusiastic
audience, Eugene W. Chafin of Chi
cago accepted the nomination for the
presidency by the prohibition party.
The address formally notifying Mr.
Chafin of his selection as the head of
the prohibition ticket was made by
Professor Charles Scgnlon of Pitts
burg on behalf of the committee on
notification appointed at the national
convention at Columbus, Ohio, July
16th.
Leading members of the party from
several states attended. An informal
reception in honor of Mr. Chafin was
held at the Auditorium Hotel .and. at
a meeting of the national committee
plans for the prohibition campaign
were made.
COUNTERFEITS IN SOUTH.
Well Executed Bank Notes of Denom
ination of $5.
Washington, D. C.—That bad cur
rency of remarkably clever execution
is being 'circulated in Texas, Louis
iana. Alabama and Mississippi was the
general warning sent out by Chief
Wilkie, of the secret service.
"National bank notes of the denom
ination of $5,” said Chief Wilkie,
"have been raised to S2O and are be
ing circulated freely.”
U. S. TROOPS ARE READY.
For Service in Haiti—Foreign Coun
tries Expect U. S. to Act.
Washington. D. C. —Rumors con
tinue current at Washington to the
effect that troops are likely to be
sent to Haiti in restoring order on
the island. Under the Monroe doc
trine the foreign countries regard it
as the duty of the United States to
take official cognizance of the situa
tion in Haiti, which is growing worse
each day. Active preparations have
been made at Fort Myer, Va., to dis
patch soldiers instantly upon receipt
of an order from the war depart
ment.
AIRSHIP SUCCESS
Baldwin’s Craft Lands Safely Af.
ter a Successful Flight.
GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS SHIP
For Over an Hour Craft Remained in
the Air and Was at All Times
Under Perfect Control.
Washington, D. C.—Like a demon
from the skies, its motor spitting fire
and its long gray gas bag .outlined
against the dark sky of dusk, the
Baldwin airship landed at Fort My
er after making a flight which broke
all records for aerial navigation in
this country.
For two hours and five minutes the
big military diiigible, built for the
United States army flew back and
forth over a course nearly five miles
in length in the official endurance
trial. The airship is now the prop
erty of the signal corps of the United
States army, a few formalities only
remaining to be gone through before
Captain Baldwin turns his aerial craft
over to General Allen, chief signal of
ficer.
The airship has withstood every
test required of it by the terms of
the contract between the government
and Captain Thomas C. Baldwin, thus
entitling the aeronaut to the full con
tract price, $6,750. The total dis
tance covered in the trial was be
tween 28 and 30 miles.
Throughout the trip, the airship
was kept under almost perfect con
trol, and at no time, said Mr. Curtiss,
did the engines miss a spark.
In the test it was required that
Captain Baldwin remain in continu
ous flight for two hours at an aver
age speed equaling 70 per cent of
that attained in the previous speed
trial —19.6 miles an hour. This would
be 13.4 an hour. It is estimated that
the average speed maintained in the
last flight was about 17 miles an
hour.
Another condition imposed was that
sufficient fuel be carried to run the
motor for two hours, and that exces
sive heating of the engine should not
occur. Both of these conditions were
easily fulfilled, there being two gal
lons of gasoline, of the five taken
on the trip, still remaining unused
when the landing was made.
SETTLES CHURCH MATTER.
Assistant Secretary Bacon Buys Land
in Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. R. —After having sat
isfactorily settled the questions in
dispute between the federal govern
ment and the Catholic church in Por
to Rico, arising out of the control of
the estates formerly owned by the
Dominican and Franciscan orders, As
sistant Seecretary of State Robert
Bacon has returned to Washington.
Under the agreement reached the
federal government will obtain, sub
ject to the approval of congress, con
trol of the Santo Domingo convent
building and its land and the land
occupied iby the infantry barracks,
paying therefor $120,000. The in
sular government will receive, if the
agreement is sanctioned by the insu
lar legislature, the market place, the
San Francisco barracks and the in
sane asylum and the land surround
ing it, paying SIBO,OOO for them in
three installments. The church, in
addition to the money considerations,
will obtain under the agreement a
chapel and sixty-two acres of land
near San Juan. This disposes of the
last of the church claims. The ques
tion has caused protracted litigation
and discussion in six legislatures.
The church land in question in Por
to Rico involved the right of the Ro
man Catholic church to control vari
ous property valued at about $1,000,-
000 formerly owned by the Domini
can and Franciscan orders. The es
tates were alienated by the action of
the Spanish- government in 1838, but
the Catholic church alleged that the
act was not properly carried into
effect.
Women Killed in Boiler Explosion.
Travehse City, Mich. —The boiler
of the steamer Lelanau exploded
while the boat was en route from Le
land to Founce, on Carp Lake, with
about thirty-five passengers aboard,
many of whom were on their way to
attend a circus here. One woman,
Mrs. Isabel Labonte, aged 35, of
Traverse City, was killed, and two
men were fatally injured. Many were
hurt.
Whole Family Killed By Lions.
Mexico City, Mexico.—Three hun
gry mountain lions entered the hut
of Murculeano Flores, in the village
of Elezas, state of Jalico, and killed
the whole family, consisting of Flores,
his wife and ttvo children.
The cries of the victims attracted
residents of the village and the ani
mals were driven off, but, not before
they had devoured the two children.
Alabama and Maine Returning.
Colombia.—The battleships Alaba
ma and Maine are in port here en
route to the Atlantic. They served
as a special service squadron for the
American £eet on the way to the Pa
cific.