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Show Theories as to Earthquakes. Tho director of tho solar observatory observa-tory at Kensington In England announces an-nounces that nt the time of tho San Francisco and Valparaiso earthquakes and those which occurred in 1894 tho spots on the sun were at the maximum maxi-mum ot their Blze. It Is not known that tho sun spots and tho earthquakes earth-quakes have any relation, but their simultaneous si-multaneous appoaranco has boen observed ob-served often. Thero Is anothor tho-ory tho-ory of tho western earthquake however, how-ever, which Is more simple and probable. prob-able. IC Is that tho mountains on tho western shoro of tho contlnont are slowly but constantly bolng forced upward. up-ward. Occasionally tho upturning strata of rock slip and tho result Is destruction to tho cities within the area ot disturbance. This theory fits well with tho earthquakes on tho Pacific Pa-cific coast. |