The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-26


eight-hour law to all public work
under the SUPERVISION Of the govern
ment departments affects many
thousands OF men.
Former Senator Burton Of Kan
sas is now in the Iron county MO-
jail, serving the six months sem
tence imposed upon him for acting
as attorney for a firm, while SEN
ator, against which the government
contemplated proceedings.
The republic OF Salvador has
been visited by terrific storms, and
I the loss of life has been heavy. At
one place over 100 people were
drowned. During the tempest sui
phur water was thrown out Of the
Chulo volcano in such quantities
that the town of Panchinalso was
inundated, killing most of the in
habitants.
A Toxic correspondent says the
Japanese are greatly agitated
against the United States on ac-
count of the exclusion of japanese
children from the public schools at
tended by white pupils in San
Francisco. Separate schools are
maintained for Japanese, Chinese,
negroes and Indians.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott York, be-
fore Yale students. declared the
work of Taft in Cuba and the Phil
ippines, and Root in South Amer
lea, is the work Of Christ On earth.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
announces that he will stimulate
national bank circulation to the ex-
tent of 100000 by accepting ap-
proved securities other than govern
ment bonds for deposits already
made. the bonds released to be used
Immediately as a basis of circula-
ton without withdrawal from the
treasury.
The secretary of the treasury au-
thorizes the announcement that de-
posts to facilitate gold importa-
tons will be discontinued. He said
he believed for the present Amer
lea had quite its share of gold. and
he had no disposition to disturb
! conditions in Europe by continu-
alton of that method Of financial
relief.
After negotiations between the
Bank of France and the Bank of
England, the Bank of France re-
leased 250,O00.000 francs $780,
000,000) as an aid to the Egyptian
crop movement, which has called
heavily on England's gold supply.
The financial and banking centers
were relieved greatly by cable infor-
nation that after negotiations be-
tween the Bank of France and the
Bank of England, the Bank of
France released 25O,000,000 francs
| $50, 000,000) as an aid to the
Egyptian crop movement which has
called heavily on England's gold
supply, causing increase in Bank of
England discount rate last Friday.
The information greatly relieves the
situation in this country and will be
felt especially in the stock market
where a vast volume Of liquidation
followed the announcement made
last Friday by the Bank of England.
One elder and 10 deacons were
removed from office Sunday at Zion
City, Chicago, by Voliva because
they confessed they had been in
terested in the meetings of Charles
+. Parham, the head of the "Apos-
tolic movement"
The English parliament is in ses-
sion. The s. ssion will be marketed
by two conflicts, one between the
house of Lords and the house of
commons over the education bill,
and the other between the govern
ment and the labor party over the
workmen's compensation bill.
John C. Moore, for many years
an officer in Arkansas City, met his
wife. with whom he has not been
living for some time, and shot her
twice. She died in an hour. The
woman was on her way home from
church. After she fell Moore kissed
her and then escaped to the country.
San Angelo has strange mystery.
An unknown woman is making the
rounds of the residence portion OF
the place peeping into windows at
all hours of the night. She is derssed
in black and wears veil closely
drawn under her chin. Some believe
the woman is insane.
Personal friends Of the family in
New York city met at the Church
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