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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.