Three Shocks Hit Eureka Area Causing Chimneys and Windows to Break
Three sharp earthquake tremors struck Eureka California causing extensive damage in the business district with over a hundred chimneys toppled and forty plate glass windows shattered. The one main quake cracked walls at the county courthouse and library, while lesser shocks extended to Blue Lake and nearby properties, with total damage estimated around two to three thousand dollars.
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Eureka
Cal
Minerva
County Court House
Sealy Ranch
Freshwater
Eurela
Blue Lake
Hureka
States press for direct senatorial elections by constitutional convention
Twenty one states have formally petitioned federal authorities to call a constitutional convention to allow amendment for direct senatorial elections. States favoring this form include Montana Iowa Nevada Wisconsin Oregon Colorado Washington Idaho Nebraska Tennessee Pennsylvania Michigan Minnesota South Dakota Utah Kentucky Indiana Florida North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Wyoming. Several others have adopted or favored popular primaries. the House backs reform while the Senate resists to protect incumbents.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of State
Montana
Iowa
Nevada
Wisconsin
Oregon
Colorado
Washington
Idaho
Nebraska
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Minnesota
South Dakota
Utah
Kentucky
Indiana
Florida
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Wyoming
Virginia
Iolinois
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Senate
Tampa to be principal port for S A L system
Receivers War field Duncan and Williams of the Sea board Air Line railroad award contracts for Tampa terminal improvements at a cost of 500000 with completion by January 1. Additional contracts for bridges railroads bal lasting bring total near 750000 more. Funds are in hand and Tampa is to become a chief port of the system.
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Tampa
Fla
Baltimore
Warfield, Duncan and Williams
Seaboard Air Line Railway
American College for Girls site transferred in Constantinople
Ambassador Leishman cabled the state department that property transfer to American authorities in Constantinople for a girls college is settled, a step in the long effort. The move does not finalize plans for an American college for boys or authorize school construction, which remains under consideration.
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Washington, D. C
Leishman
State Department
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Aguinaldo Seeks Manila Council Seat In New Government
Arrivals in San Francisco report Filipinos, despite rice crop failure and hard times, appear content under American rule. The claim that former insurgent leader Aguinaldo is seeking a Manila city council post is viewed by many Americans as a sign that the higher Filipino classes support the present government.
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Aguinaldo
Manila
San Francisco
Cal
Burford
Political echoes across states and parties in 1908 map
Reports from Texas Tennessee West Virginia Georgia New York Florida and Illinois outline Republican and Democratic contests and nominations. Names such as John N Simpson George W Tillman T Asbury Wright Taft Bryan Beveridge Culberson Parker Williams and Hughes appear alongside events including party committees endorsements and a shooting incident in Illinois. A Chinese Bryan club forms in California.
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Texas
John N. Simpson
Dallas
Republican Party
Tennessee
George W. Tillman
Evans
T. Asbury Wright
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of
Amerca
William H. Taft
West Virginia
Taft
National Committee
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Senator Culberson
Alton B. Parker
John Sharp Williams
Johnson
Minnesota
Daniels
Virginia
Raynor
Maryland
Chamberlain
Oregon
Democratic General Committee
New York
Tammany Hall
Bryan
Kern
Democratic Party
Hoffman House
New York City
Florida Republican Central Committee
Jacksonville
John M. Cheney
Orlando
J. L. Skipper
Bartow
I. E. Webster
Gainesville
John F. Harr
Key West
Frederick C. Cubberly
Cedar Keys
George W. Holmes
Brevard County
J. F. Strunkel
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Toledo
Lincoln
Macon
Arthur J. Beveridge
Indiana
Washington
Hot Springs
Epworth
Neb
la- Follette
Wisconsin
W. J
Hughes
Independence Party
BE. W. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Texas Farmers’ Congress
James Landis
Congress
Illinois
William Batch
Bloomington
Ill
Landis
California
Arbitration openness signals in Alabama coal strike
In Birmingham officials of the United Mine Workers say a petition with 20000 signatures prompts a committee on arbitration to review strike issues at Alabama coal mines. Operators deny any arbitration need, favor open shop. District remains peaceful as non union workers depart and a mass Jewish synagogue meeting arranges transport for fifty men brought in to work but who quit during the strike.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
England Seeks 500 Million Loan to Expand Navy
The Daily Telegraph reports Britain plans a large loan of 500 million dollars to fund navy expansion for the coming years. Financiers may provide the funds on nominal terms to avoid burdening current budgets, with opposition from socialists and Labor members fearing naval extravagance and long term costs.
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London
England
Daily Telegraph
Labor Party
Woman Champion Climber Reaches 25000 Feet Peak
Miss Annie Peck of Providence Rhode Island climbs Mount Huascaran Peru reaching 25000 feet. She left New York two months ago to attempt the summit believed highest in the western hemisphere. Peck's ascent surpasses any prior height by a man or woman globally.
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Annie Peck
Mt. Huascaran
Lima
Peru
Annie S. Peck
Providence
R. I
Mount Huascaran
Miss Peck
New York
Cruel Treatment Alleged by Mexican Officers in Bank Heist
Pittsburg men William Moffatt and Edward Maloney claim Mexican captors tore out their nails with forceps after they refused to name accomplices in a Mexico City bank messenger robbery. Captain Gough reports Maloney, Moffatt, James Russell, a Chicago crook, and two Baltimore thieves held up the messenger in broad daylight and fled with several thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Mexico City
Mexico
William Moffatt
Edward Maloney
Gough
Maloney
Moffatt
James Russell
Chicago
Baltimore
Roosevelt May Pay Damages in Boat Collision Case
Belfast Maine Captain Guilford Pendleton owner of the schooner Menaway says President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower promised to pay for the damages if the government does not. The July 22 collision occurred in Long Island Sound between the Menaway and the president’s yacht Mayflower with Roosevelt aboard.
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Belfast
Guilford Pendleton
Long Island Sound
Roosevelt
Menaway
Twelve Thousand Eagles Parade Through Seattle Streets
Twelve thousand members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles from across North America paraded through Seattle Washington as crowds cheered locals and visitors amid a festive citywide event.
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Seattle
Wash
Order of Eagles
North America
Drownings Reported Across Several States From Lake Champlain To Delaware
A string of drowning incidents leaves multiple victims in Vermont New York Delaware and New Jersey. Miss Lucy Perry Miss Sarah Disasway and Miss Elizabeth Disasway of Plattsburg and Brooklyn perish after entering a deep hole while bathing at Adams Landing on Lake Champlain. Clarence Button and Nellie Nickerson of Chester Pa drown at Bowers beach Delaware bay. In Buffalo three drown when a motor boat is struck by a barge including Mrs William Pagels Mrs Charlotte Myers and Raymond Pagels. John Boyd Fall River Mass and John Starboro Fall River both die off Hillis Island in New York City after a rowboat overturns. Patrick Somer canal barge captain and John Gilson Newark also die while bathing at Belmar New Jersey.
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Grand Isle
Vermont
Adams’ Landing
Lake Champlain
Lucy Perry
Sarah Disas- Way
Plattsburg
N. Y
Elizabeth Disasway
Brooklyn
Sarah Disasway
Wilmington
Del
Clarence Button
Nellie Nickerson
Chester
Bowers’ Beach
Delaware Bay
Dutton
Miss Nickerson
Buffalo
Niagara River
William Pagels
Charlotte Myers
Raymond Pagels
Henry Schauss
New York City
Hillis Island
John Boyd
Fall River
Mass
John Starboro
Patrick Somer
East River
John Gilson
Newark
Belmar
N. J
Two Candidates Accept Republican Veep Nomination in Utica
In Utica New York Representative James Sherman accepted the Republican party nomination for vice president and praised the Chicago declaration Taft administration and Roosevelt policies. He received a gold lined silver loving cup as part of the ceremony amid holiday crowds and city lights. In Chicago Eugene W Chafin accepted the Prohibition party presidential nomination at Music Hall with plans for a national campaign discussed by party leaders and committee members.
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Utica
N. Y
James S. Sherman
Chicago
Taft
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Sherman
Julius Burrows
Michigan
Root
National
House of Representatives
Music Hall
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Chafin
Prohibition
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Columbus
Ohio
Auditorium Hotel
Counterfeits in South Circulating Five Dollar Notes Warned
Chief Wilkie of the secret service warns that well executed five dollar bank notes are being altered to twenty dollars and circulated in Texas Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi. The note's denomination is increased from five to twenty and passed as genuine currency.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Wilkie
Secret Service
U S Troops Ready for Service in Haiti
Rumors in Washington say U S troops may be sent to Haiti to restore order under the Monroe doctrine. Active preparations have been made at Fort Myer Virginia to deploy soldiers immediately upon a war department order.
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Haiti
U. S
Washington
D. C
United States
Fort Myer
War Department
Government Accepts Ship as Baldwin Airship Flies Endurance Test
The Baldwin airship landed at Fort Myer after a two hour and five minute endurance trial covering 28 to 30 miles. Built for the U S Army, it met all contract terms and awaits transfer to General Allen. Captain Baldwin earned the full contract price of 6750 dollars as the craft showed reliable operation and fuel for the two hour flight remained.
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Washington, D. C
Baldwin
Fort Myer
United States Army
Signal Corps
General Allen
Thomas C. Baldwin
Aeronaut
Curtiss
Captain Baldwin
Settles Church Property Dispute in Puerto Rico
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon reports a settlement between the federal government and the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico over estates once owned by the Dominican and Franciscan orders. The agreement transfers control of the Santo Domingo convent and infantry barracks to the U.S. for 120000, while the Insular government would receive the market place, San Francisco barracks, and the insane asylum for 180000 in installments. The church gains a chapel and 62 acres near San Juan, resolving a conflict valued around 1,000,000 and ending protracted litigation across six legislatures.
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San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Robert Bacon
Washington
Congress
Ferrol
Santo Domingo
Market Place
San Francisco Barracks
Insane Asylum
Women killed in boiler explosion near Traverse City
The steamer Lelanau boiler exploded on Carp Lake between Le land and Founce with about thirty five passengers aboard en route to a circus. One woman, Mrs Isabel Labonte aged 85 of Traverse City, was killed and two men fatally injured. Many others hurt.
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Traverse City
Mich
Lelanau
Leland
Founce
Carp Lake
Isabel Labonte
Lions Kill Entire Family in Mexican Village Raid
Three hungry mountain lions entered Marculano Flores’s hut in Elezas village, Jalico state, Mexico. They killed Flores, his wife, and two children before villagers drove off the beasts. the two children were devoured.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Marculano Flores
Battleships Alabama and Maine in port en route home
Colombia reports the battleships Alabama and Maine in port for return to the Atlantic. They served as a special service squadron for the American fleet on the way to the Pacific, signaling a shift in deployment as they prepare for further operations.
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Colombia
Alabama
Maine
Atlantic
Pacific
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Court House
Girls’ College
Turkey
U.S
Bacon
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