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Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
GEN. BOOTH ESTABLISHES
FLOATING LABOR BUREAU
Will Carry One Thousand Unemployed
to Places Where Work Awaits
Them
special Cable to The Horald.


LONDON. Jan. 31.--The first floating
la Dor bureau ever established will be on
board the Vancouver, which sails from
Liverpool to Montreal on April 25. The
vessel has been chartered by General
Booth. 1t will sail under the army
flag, and carry more than 1000 work
less Londoners to places in which work
is awaiting them. Members of the
army's Canadian contingent-labore ex-
perts fully qualifed to advise English
emigrants as to the condition of work
and chances of remunerative employ
ment-wil be on board, and it is hoped
that the Canadian government will
also be represented. Every emgrant
who wants work will enter his name at
the office Of the floating labor bureau.
and any who are not able to secure
situations before landing. will be taken
under the army's wing to the Toronto
headquarters
The emigrants, it is expected, wiz
be chiefly unemployed clerks. artisans,
unskilled laborers and domestic ser
wants, One and all will go out with the
certainty of work being found for them
Fifty families will be conveyed free
of charge at cost of two thousand
pounds but the remainder of the emf
grants will pay the ordinary passage
money.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
CHOIR SINGER
STEALS JEWELRY
PRISONER TELLS PATHETIC
STORY OF DOWNFALL
Arthur J. Wiley confesses to Theft
and Admits Having Hidden
ValuabIes Under Pro-
Cathedral

A pathetic story of an unfortunate
singers fight against poverty and his
fall was brought to light yesterday
in the arrest of Arthur j. Wiley, q
years Of age, Of 61O South Hope street
by Detectives Walsh and Moore on q
charge OF burglary.
The young man was taken to Justice
Chambers court yesterday afternoon
where he asked time to secure an at
torney and hts trial win come up dur
ing the early part Of February. His
heartbroken mother anxiously awaits
the outcome of the case.
The burglary was planned several
weeks before it occurred, according to
a confession made by the young man
to the police officers. Wiley, who has
been prominently identified with many
singing associations i'm Los Angeles for
the past several years. had been liv'
ing at his mothers home at 610 South
Hope street.
Wiley possesses an excellent voice
and his talent formed his sole support
He sang i'm the choirs of many churches
Of Los Angeles until his funds became
insufficient for his support He then
formed the idea of committing burg
larry and, following the hope of escape.
took the jewels and gold and buried
them beneath the st. Paufs pro-
cathedral, where the articles were later
found by detectives
Wiley told the following story of
the burglary TO the detectives after, his
arrest. At his mothers home, Mrs. Il.
Moore was a boarder and when Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Wiley went to a the
ater the night of December rs, Wiley
took the opportunity to break into the
room occupied by Mrs. Moore and take
gems and jewelry, valued at $3.50.
When the robbery of Mrs. Moorc's
room was charged to Wiley he firmly
denied the allegation, but later broke
down and confessed to the detectives
and told of the hiding place of the
articles. The detectives were compelled
to break in lattice work frame and
crawl beneath the church and dig up
the jewels.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
NEGRO is SHOT DURING
ROW IN LODGING HOUSE
Jeff Russell Receives Bullet in ThI9f
From Pistol of Brother
in-l avn

Jeff Russell was shot in the left thigh
by his brother-in-law, George Tram
mel, during a row in a negro lodging
house kept by the latter's wife at S29
Tennessee street last night about IL
o'clock.
According to the wounded man,
Trammel threatened to kill his wife,
Lille, and after wrangle the woman
escaped from her room into one occu-
pied by a Mrs. Whitacker and crawled
under the bed. Russell was in this
room and Trammel forced an entrance
and called for his wife. Receiving no
answer, he began search and discov-
cred her hiding place. Selling her, he
began dragging her from under the
bed and drew a revolver at the same
time.
Russell fearing for the safety of his
sister, grappled with Trammel, and the
latter fired during the miX-up, the shot
taking effect in Russels thigh.
The wounded man was taken to the
receiving hospital and treated, and de-
tectives Immediately started in search
of Trammel, who had run out of the
house. He was soon located near the
scene of the shooting and locked up.
Trammel says the shooting occurred
while the two men were in a friendly
scuffle and was purely accidental, but
the police are inclined to believe Rus
sells statement.
The victim of the affray is employed
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
mERKEL PLAYS FOR TIME
Slayer Of Two Women May Plead
Insanity

Ernest L. c. Merkel, whose crime in
Staying two women, one Of whom was
his wife. startled Los Angeles several
weeks ago. yesterday appeared before
Judge Smith in the superior court and
pleaded not guilty to the charge OF
homicide.
Attorney Wyatt, in behalf OF the
prisoner filed a motion to set aside the
information. but as it was mere form,
Judge Smith promptly overruled the
motion.
From the statement made by the at
torney it is apparent that Merkel is
making an effort for more time.
The attorney asked the court to set
the case for some time in the summer,
but to this Judge Smith would not lis
ten, and Merkel will face a jury in the
criminal court March 90
His attorney declared considerable
testimony would come from Denver
and other eastern cities. and it is prob
able that insanity will be pleaded by
the man who is charged with double
murder
At any rate, Merkel has given up his
desire for immediate death on the gal
lows and is now determined to make a
fight for his life.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
DEATH BY ELECTR0CUTI0N
AFTER PREVIOUS WARNING
San Diego Youth Rejects Advice and
Deliberately Courts His
Doom
~ Associated Press.


SAN DIEGO Cal, Jan. S1.-Earl
Bevington, aged II, was electrocuted
this morning by placing his hands on
an iron arm which suspends an electric
light from pole. Yesterday the same
boy touched the same arm and re-
ceived shock which rendered him un-
conscious for many hours. When he
recovered, last night, he told what had
happened to him. Today he accompa-
MED the inspector of the company to
the place and, though warned not to
go near the arm, he walked up and
placed both hands upon it. He died in
eight minutes. Young Bevington came
here from Escondido recently, where
his parents reside.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
MANY ARRESTED
ON SUSPICION
BEAUMONT CAFE ROBBERS
STILL AT LARGE
Persons Unable to Explain Their
Presence on the Streets Are
Taken to the Station as
Suspects

Two more suspicious characters were
taken to the city Jail yesterday after.
noon by detectives and booked with
only a charge of suspicion against
them. Nearly a score of men have
been taken to Jail on suspicion since
the robbery of the Beaumont cafe al
Fifth and South Main streets, several
days ago, and still the police are unable
to find the men actually implicated
in the daring robbery.
The three men charged with being
pickpockets, who were arrested soon
after the robbery will appear for ex-
animation in Justice Chambers court
February Z, but with the exception
of these three easterners, the suspi-
cious characters have proved to be
peaceable citizens or men with shady
regulations who were taken to Jail be-
cause they were not attired in the
proper manner or failed to answer
questions put to them.
Captain Freeman of the Pasadena
police force called at the local sta.
IlOll ySSltIudy anu lillulIGu dIleI JHt
two men sent here on charges of rob-
berry.
The two men, William Burns and
James Harrington, have been arraigned
on a charge of grand larceny, preferred
against them by Detective Rich of the
local department. In spite of the fact
that almost positive indentifications
have been made of the two men by G.
Kregelo of Indianapolis who was rob-
bed on a car near the La Grande sta
ton several days ago of $3.50, only one
charge has been preferred at the in
stigation of H. Galeron who was re-
leved by two men on a Santa Fe car
at Pasadena of valuables amounting
to S14.
Nearly $1,000 was found in the cloth
ing of the two men late Monday night
and it said this amount cannot be iden-
tilted by any of the victims and will
be used in. the defense of the three
men, the third member of the trio hav-
ing been arrested in Los Angeles sew
eral days ago.
The men were taken to court yester-
day afternoon where they held con-
sultation with their lawyer before ask
ing for a postponement of eXamina-
ton for several days.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup receives
stronger testimonials than any other
similar remedy. Every testimonial
published Is absolutely genuine, and
the proprletors challenge any one TO
prove the contrary. The original
letter Is on file in their office for in
spection and can be produced In
every instance.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
REAL LIFE FARCE
BEHIND SCENES
ACTOR TRIES TO EXPLAIN HE
IS MARRIED ALREADY
BY Confusion Of Names Company ls
Convinced J1nes Bliss Is
About to Become
Bridegroom

In addition to playing an important
role in the laughable farce, Are You
a Mason?" at the Belasco theater,
James A. Bliss last evening took part
in a farce in real life behind the scenes
in which he was leading man. The
necessary complication to the little
comedy arose from the fact that one
James A. Bliss of Massa achusetts yes
terdav procured a marriage license to
wed Miss Ollie Lease. The popular ac-
tor is also from Massachusetts.
The news that such a license had been
obtained reached the ears of the
comedians friends and his fellow ae-
tors at the theater early in the even
ing. Bliss has, since his stay in Los
Angeles lived a quiet life, and although
he is extremely popular so few of his
private affairs have been known by
his professional associates that they
we're ready to believe that he might
have kept love affair away from
their knowledge. SO in the usual gen.
erous and impulsive manner of stage
people the members of the Belasco
company decided at once to start
subscription among themselves to the
end that as fellow workers they might
be properly represented among the
wedding gifts. Thomas Oberle who had
this affair in charge now possesses L.
O. us from every member of the COM
pany. ranging in amount from fifty to
thirty dollars from each according TO
his ability.
While these details were being ar
ranged Bliss came upstairs from his
dressing room attired for his part in
Are You a Mason?" Immediately he
was showered with congratulations
mingled with reproaches that he had
not taken his co-laborers into his con-
fidence. The entire first act, during
the times Bliss was behind the scenes,
he spent in protesting that he was al
ready a married man, and he produced
photographs of woman and of child
from his street clothes to prove that
back in the east there was already
one family for which he was endeav-
oring to provide as loyal husband and
father should.
He also announced it as his belief
that he was being made the victim of
a practical joke by the members of the
company. On their part the other per-
formers discredited his photographs
and assertions, regarding a former wife
and held to the idea that they were
being deceived. To further complicate
affairs newspaper reporters began
clamoring at the stage door for an in
terview with Bliss and a photograph
of his future bride. While an audience
in front was picturing the actor as rum
ming from uptown New York to
Brooklyn bridge and back as neces-
sary part of the initiation into the
Masonic fraternity, he was in reality
eXpostulating with the newspaper men.
When the final curtain fell there
was apparently a laugh to be had at
the expense of all the members of the
company excepting Thomas Oberle,
who holds the l. o. US.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH
Should Be Laid in Homes and Schools
Says Sir Brunton
Special Gable to The Herald.

0VtUIdI NHUIc 20 TIC IieIdIu.
LONDON, Jan. 3l.--Sr Lauder
Brunton, addressing the medical off,
GERS of health at their societys office
in Adelphi Terrace this week. said the
evils indicated in the report of the
inter-departmental committee on ply
steal deterioration must be remedied by
medical officers and teachers.
He advocated that the foundations of
health should be laid In the homes and
the schools, and one OF his suggestions
was that Kitchen should be attached
70 every school, where meals might be
prepared.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
monitor Rsaohes Mare Island

VALLEJO. Cal, Jan. S1.--The moni-
tor Wyoming arrived at the Mare ISL
and navy yard today. After taking ON
stores and ammunition she viii pro-
eeed to San Diego to join the Pacific
fleet, which is going to Magdalena bay
for target practice.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
Accept No Substitute.

Always ask for DR.. BULBS Cough
Syrup and have nothing else. Do
not take the substitute tar or white
pine mixture which a druggist offers
you because 1t pays him better Nee
essarily 1t must be made Of inferior
ingredients and will not cure. Get
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
philadelphia NURSES
And Prominent Physicians Endorse Dr. Bulls Cough SWup
A PROMINENT HEAD
NURSE CURED.
PRESCRIBED BY WELL
KNOWN PHYSICIAN.

NO other cough remedy enjoys the
confidence Of the nurses Of the
United States to a greater degree
than does DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Even physicians prescribe this cele-
brated remedy in their practice.
It's wonderful cures Of coughs,
colds, bronchitis, etc., whether in
acute, chronic or mild form, astonish
the professional man and woman as
greatly as the mechanic and the
mother. Prompt in relieving, posi-
tive in curing, pleasant in taste, DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup at once COM
mends itself as the family remedy
where cold, cough, Group, whooping
cough, bronchitis, grip and con-
sumption prevail. Try a bottle and
be cured. There is no better reme-
dy to be had than the celebrated
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01

school census shows that we have as
many pupils in the schools as San
Francisco, about 100000 If the pending
bill becomes a law our school tax rate
will have to be increased about cents
on the $1OO to make up for the re-
duction of S2S,OOO"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
DR.. BULLS COUGH SYRUP

A. Linn Philadelphia Nurses Handbook 63l n
18th Street, Philadelphia Pa, Writes:
81 have used and have advised others
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup and know it to be the
remedy Group, bronchitis,
of have also had good results from the
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup" Mrs. M. A. Linn.
Dr. B. A. Schott w. 10lst St. New York. Y. tUres
'Dr Bulls Syrup used with the satisfaction
patients frequently fully repaid dong
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
Shot Down for Refusing Drink

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO Jan. 31-For re-
fusing to purchase drinks William Nc
Farland was shot in the head today by
Louis Tevis in the Globe saloon at 92l
Kearney street. He may die.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
Fraudulent Voters Long Sentence

BY Associated PresA
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.-Charles
Wyman, recently convicted of fraudu-
lent voting at the primary election held
last year, was today sentenced by
Judge Lawlor to three years imprison-
ment in the San Quentin state prison.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
COLDS CAUSE SORE THROAT

laxative BromO Quinlne. the world wide
cold and Grip remedy removes the cause.
can for the fun name and look for sigma
ture OF u. W. Grove. 25c
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01

the best remedy, DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup, the one that always cures,
and the one which hospital nurses
use and endorse and physicians pre-
scribe. Price, % cts, so cts. and
Sl.OO. Sold by all druggists.
A. &. Meyer & Co.. Baltimore, Md.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22

Rest.
Few people really know how TO rest.
Exercise is very necessary to health
and many do not take enough of it:
but on the other hand, perhaps even
more people rest too little, or what
amounts to the same thing, do not
rest properly. No matter how well de-
veloped the muscles are. if they are
rigid and stiff they will not do the
best work. They must be readily re-
Taxed when not in use. Even athletes
if they really understand the laws of
exercise, strive for relaxation as well
as for well-developed muscles
Rest means relaxation-not only of
the body, but of the mind also In
America. particularly, we are apt to
forget this. That is why nervous
prostration" is such a popular phrase
just now. The Germans. as a nation,
go more slowly than we do in all
things; the English and even the
French take life more easily Perhaps
our atmosphere conduces to energy
and hurry. At any rate the popularity
of such words as strenuous hustle"
and the like. in this country, show our
attitude as a nation.
OF course we cannot Immediately
change all this We do not wish TO.
Enthusiasm and energy. hard work
and hard thinking, have brought us
to our present state of prosperity, and
we cannot afford to fall back now Nor
do we need TO. Hard work, whether
of hand or brain, does not kill but
continual work and worry do. If we
would secure the future generations
from nervous degeneration. we must
learn how and when to relax
This is very hard for some tempera,
| ments. Some people must have their
hands constantly occupied in some
way, and it is difficult. of course, to
remember that haste is often slower
than deliberation. We say that have
no time to go slowly.
great fault in busy people is their
! failure to relax thoroughly at night
Many go to bed and sleep, after a
fashion. but with tense nerves. The
mind should be as Invested of worries
and cares at bedtime as the body is OF
clothes. The muscles must be relax
ed. If exercises are taken at night
they should end in a few especially
for relaxation. Some of the most
| helpful of these relaxing exercises
may be mentioned:
L. Stand easily erect, chest raised
and abdomen in, and let the head fall
gently forward, then arms and trunk
above the waist. All this must be
done without effort. the breath being
gently expelled at the same time. Aft
er little pause. raise the body slowly
2. Stand erect, raise the arms
above the head and let them fall
first the fingers, then the wrists, then
the arms.
8. Let the arms hang at the sides,
then slowly and gently swing them
from side to side, gradually letting the
lead and then the body swing with
them.
Remember that your object is to re.
laG the muscles and do all these exer-
cises easily and with as little exertioB
as possible.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22
SOUTH cAKOTA CYCLONE.
Rosebud Reservation Visited by De-
sirueiive Storm.

Fairfax, s. D.. July 15.-One of the
worst storms that ever visited the
Rosebud reservation struck the towns
of st. Elmo, Burke, Herrick and Greg
DRY, resulting in the death of one per
son and the injury Of eleven others,
tt77o of whom may die.
At St Elmo three buildings were
destroyed and Roy McFadden was
killed.
At Burke, few miles north of st.
Elmo, ten buildings were destroyed.
The home of Mr.. Jensen was demol-
ished and Jensen, his wife and baby
eriously hurt. Mrs. Jensen and her
child may die.
At Herrlck, nearly the entire town
was damaged. Two livery barns,
three stores, a saloon and twenty-one
residences were entirely destroyed
and five persons injured. They are
Billy Howell, George Custer, John
Herrick, Mrs. Hugh Coughlin and Cap
tain Lamley.
Three large buildings were unroof-
ed and seven smaller ones destroyed
at Gregory, but no person was injur-
ed
The storm was severe over the en-
tire reservation, and several inches of
water fell at the points which suffer
ed the worst. Much damage was done
to crops and wires and most of the
details of the havoc wrough: have
been brought in by passengers from
the different towns.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22
War Has Made chums Foes.

Lady Takahira, wife of the Japan
csc minister, and Baroness Rosen,
whose husband succeeds Count Cas-
SIM as Russian ambassador, were
great chums in Toxic when the baron
represented his government there
Society in Washington is somewhat
interested to know just how these two
women will act when they meet. The
Baroness Rosen loves music and poet
~, as does Lady Takahira. Both are
excellent linguists and have wit
which long ago made them conspicu.
Gus in the diplomatic set The wife OF
the Japanese minister is. a dainty and
gracious woman, not above five feet.
She can sing like thrush, loves to
wear ropes of pearls, runs to white in
her gowns and in her intensely black
hair wears a diamond sunburst of
great beauty. In Toxic the Baroness
Oyama, Lady Takahira and Baroness
Rosen were inseparable All three
play chess.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22
JAPS MAKE AN INVASION.
The Forts Fell And Defenses Were
Terribly Shattered.

London, July 15.-The correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph at Toxic
sends a description of the Japanese
invasion of Sakhalien, written by a
correspondent of the paper at Amo-
rari. which is in part as follows:
The Japanese left their temporary
base July 4 and reached their desti-
nation July Z.
THE Russian cruiser Novik was
found at Cape Endume stranded on a
reef. half submerged.
The Russians fired only three or
four shells before they destroyed the
fort, the jetties and the barracks.
Heavy guns, unchanged, were af-
forwards found in the forts, where
they had been hastily and imperfect
~ mounted.
The greatest confusion was witness
ed in the streets of Korsakovsk. The
Russian troops were rushing in all di-
rections, carrying cooking utensils on
their shoulders and were passing
about the steps footing and setting
fire to the buildings.
"All the citizens were panic-strick-
en-. many of them setting fire to their
own houses. The conflagration con-
tinued for nearly three days.
The streets are now desolated and
INSTRUCTED with the ruins of charred
buildings.
Finding that the Japanese respect
ed property and treated the people
kindly, the citizens are beginning to
return"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22
DENIAL MADE BY DEPEW.
Says Officers Appraised Property Be-
fore Loan Was Made.

New York. July Is. Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew has made a state
ment to the Paris correspondent of
the New York Tribune regarding the
loan of $25O,OOO made by the Equita-
bic society to the Depew Land and
Improvement Company, on property
alleged to have been worth only
$150,000, in which he says that he had
never advocated or recommended any
such transaction, because he was a
director of the Equitable. Senator
Depew further says:
The loan never could have been
made unless the official appraisers of
the Equitable has reported, after ex-
animation, that $250,O00 was only GO
per cent of the property's value, such
being the rule of the society, and that
. on such report the officers of the
company had unanimously approved
III ="
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22
MODERN LIFE TOO FAST.
Grave Danger in the Hustling Habits
of Americans.

Surgeon General Rixey sounds a
note of warning to the American peo-
pie when he declares that the death
of Secretary Hay and a number of
other men prominently identified with
the government in recent years is due
to too much work and too little exer-
else. The statement coming from an
authority SO high can not be passed
without consideration. The energy
of the American is one of the wonders
of the world and there is reason to be-
lieve that persons in private life die
from the cause that has taken so
many public men. The mad pace ap-
pears to pervade all branches of so
ciety, and while some men have the
wisdom to temper their toll with the
necessary exercise they appear TO be
the exception rather than the rule
1t is therefore PLAIN that if Americans
are to live their allotted days they
must change their mode of living, but
how? The principles are established
and it is difficult to change them. 1t
has become almost second nature for
the American to hustle, evidently one
of the most dangerous elements of our
business life.