The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
CALIFORNIA SUFFERERS,
Urgent Letter Of Appeal From the
ROYAL Arcanum Grand Regent.

Il Royal .ArCdnuIl vi dIlu Nc6
The grand regent Of the Rtal Arcannn1
In Virginia has Just received the fo'ioWl.lS
letter from California, md has en- bodied
Its salient points in a8supplemental appaai
TO the Virginia Arcanilm, which has been
published IN the advertising columns:
5ss Los Angeles. Cal. May 2 1s.i.
Mr W NJ. Bckcrs, Grand Regent Nir-
s ginia Royal Arcanun @
Dear Sir and Brother;
Your letter OF the goth Of April ad-
dressed o the Grand Regent Of STATE OF
California, which you sent 10 supreme.
Secretary, Brother Robson. was forIard-
ed BY him To me. and was nly%receiveu'
day or so ago.
Have been so busy with correspondence
regarding the earthquake and fire ~
San Francisco and vicinity that ! have
not had n,chance to write you until now.
Brother Blckers,qI cannot give you any,
thing like and adequate description OF
that terrible calamity In short letter,
The loss has, Of course, been well re-
ported In the newspapers Of the country
and I cannot begin to describe the sut-
jfcrjnE and loss that has befa:icn the
neople OF that unfortunate section OF our
country
y San Francisco, San Jose and Santa
Rosa have been completely destroyed ana
many Of the smaller cities and towns
in that, vicinity have been seriously al
fected by the earthquake,
we have n membership In the three
cities that have been DESTROYED OF ~
mcInbers The wives and families OF tnese
brothers make total OF more man
1000 persons dependent upon us !, tor& pro-
lection. h
All OF these members have suffered
total loss of everything. They have lost
their homes, business, positions, valua' .
HES, money md all chance or opportunity
TO secure employment or other means OF
earning a livelihood,
MANY have been Injured. sor>s serious
Nv and others partially so. IN every case
va have worthy, loyal brotbers of our
ordcr'- who have been true to their ohll-
cations to us, 9nnd In, sjnstlce 10 ohr,
selvee and to the afflicted brothers We
,ahou1d lend them all the assistance tllat
Il Is nosslble3 for us TO do at their present
time. we should help them share TINS
terrible burden which has cost the'''
their all. ,,,e
Los Angeles and vicinity did not sui
fer from the effects Of the ear.hau,ake,;
and M damage has been done 1outh OF
Fresno. about midway between oA''
Francisco and Los Angeles -
II will be long time before our Sus
fcrlng brothers viii recover from me 81 !,
fects of their terrible experience Nh''S
|
never will. "a for /,
Financial assistance will he needed for y
long time. The supreme regent has con-
,rIbnted a fund Of $4,000 for their i'nnle,
dlate relief, and has also pa'u ~. oil III, =
and May assesslDents Of the brothers wv Sl,.
have been so seriously affected by 80
| frghtful calamity ~ a.
Brother Bckcrs, ] appeal 20 yau q, as !, !,
brother Of the Royal Arcanum, W " e,1 y.
Vol, can to secure as much money Iio''
Ia brothers of your State as possible.
III II is an act Of humanity to do ms an a. q
WEI ,h as ~ our order and show to owl
hrn, hers In distress, mercy and charity
We Wo are ,receiylng contributions !, iron ON
grand councils and from ,,e, many AZ from Or in in
1,,Id,,a,' members of the,order. ~
" = viii Viii send you to-day a book o. ph I
,crraphs taken at San Francisco since -
fire. which will give you a more srapAl