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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
ASKS HELP FOR
STRICKEN CHINA
Roosevelt Issues Proclamation Urging
Aid for Famine Sufferers, Who
Number Over Fifteen
Millions
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-President
Roosevelt today issued a proclamation
calling on the people of the United
States to contribute funds for the relief
of the millions of famine sufferers in
China who are on the verge of starva-
ton.
The president says that he will ask
congress for authority to use govern
ment transport vessels to carry food to
the famine-stricken region. The procla-
nation is as follows:
TO the people of the United States:
There is an appalling famine in China.
Throughout district covering over 40. =
900 square miles and supporting a popu-
lation of 100000 the crops have been
destroyed by floods and millions of peo-
pie are on the verge of starvation;
thousands of dwellings, have been de-
stroyed and their inmates are without
homes. An urgent appeal has been
made for the assistance of the United
States.
Our people have often, under SINH
lar conditions of distress in other coun-
| tries responded generously to such ap-
| peals.
Ainlu our aDounding prosperity and
in this holiday season of good will to
man assuredly we should do our part to
aid the unfortunate and relieve the dis
tressed among the people of China, to
whom we have allied fer so many years
In friendship and kindness.
Il shall ask congre 8 upon its next
day Of session for authority to use our
transport vessels to carry flour and
other food to the famine stricken
region.
Il recommend that contributions for
the purchase of such food and other
appropriate relief be sent to the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, which will
take care of the expenditures.
Such contributions may be made
either through the local Red Cross
treasurers or through the department of
state or may be sent directly to Charles
Hallam Keep, Red Cross treasurer.
United States treasury department,
Washington.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
FIREMEN ON SOUTHERN
PACIFIC WALK OUT
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA LINES
AFFECTED
Dispute Between Labor Unions Said
to Be Reason for the Trouble--No
Serious Delays to Traffic Expected
to Result from Strike
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 22.-Pursuant
to an ultimatum issued yesterday by
the authorized officers of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, following
the brotherhood affected, a strike of
locomotive firemen went into effect this
afternoon at o'clock on the lines of
the Southern Pacific company in Texas
and Louisiana.
About 300 or 400 men are involved
and the lines to which the strike order
applies are the Morgan, Louisiana &
Texas, the Iberia & Vermilion, the
Louisiana & Western, the Texas &
New Orleans and the Galveston, Har-
risburg & San Antonio. These lines ex-
tend from New Orleans to Ell Paso
twenty-elght branches reaching several
important points in the two states
named.
The trouble has been in the air ever
since the Southern Pacific company, ac-
cording to the firemen, abrogated the
agreement with the men several
months ago by signing an agreement
with the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, which terminated the priVil-
ege of the firemen to regulate the SEN
iority list of switch engineers and to
represent engineers and members of the
firemen's brotherhood on grievance
committees.
A large percentage of firemen be-
coming engineers maintain their mem
bership and insurance in the firemen's s
organization instead of joining the en-
gineers' brotherhood, and this fact
seems to be at the bottom Of the pres
ent trouble, Notwithstanding the spec
cific declaration of the firemen that
their grievance is against the company
and not against the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers.
The full effect OF the strike will not
be apparent for several days and no
announcement of the intention of the
companJ relative to the filling of the
places Of the men who have gone out
has yet been made.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
STEAMER BURNS OFF
NOVA SCOTIA COAST;
NO LIVES ARE LOST
BY Associated Press.

HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 22.-
Word has been received here to-
day from Port Dufferin, a small
coast town some 90 miles east of
this city, of the destruction by
fire of the passenger steamer
Strathcona, owned by the Hall
fax and Canso steampship COM
pany and bound from this port
for Canso and Guysborough.
That no lives were lost is due
principally to the heroism of the
engineers and firemen, who stuck
to their posts until the steamer
was beached and every one of the
$50 passengers landed.
In less than an hour after the
Bleaching of the steamer she was
burned to the waters edge.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
DenOunce Roosevelt
and Metcalf at Mass
Meeting
Japanese = Korean Exclu-
sion Leaguers Pass
RESOLUTIONS
Prominent San Franci7co Labor Lead
ers Argue Against Presidents Rec
concentrations for Natural
ization Of Japanese
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-Resclu-
tions denouncing President Roosevelt's
message to congress on the Japanese
situation in San Francisco, resenting
his interference in the domestic affairs
OF the state, expressing want of conf
dence in Secretary Metcalf and declar-
ing that his report to the president on
the Japanese school question is
utterly unworthy of credence in any
particular and containing numerous
misstatements and Misrepresentation,
obviously one-sided and grossly exag-
gerated," were adopted at mass meet
ing held this afternoon at Walton's
pavilion under the auspices of the Jap
anese and Korean Exclusion league.
About $500 people were IL attendance.
o. A. Tveitmoe, president of the league
and secretary of the State Building
Trades council, acted as chairman.
Among the speakers who addressed
the meeting were Mayor Schmitz, Police
Commissioner w. r. Hagerty, who is
also president of the San Francisco
Labor council; P. H. Mccarthy, presi-
dent of the Building Trades council;
Walter Macarthur editor of the Coast
Seamen's Journal, and other prominent
labor leaders.
Schmitz Will "Lay Down Life"
Mayor schmita said that he was
| willing to lay down his life by the side
| of his fellow men in fighting the Jap
fTese fordes." He said that Ii was
! question of preservation for the
merchant and business man as we'll as
| for the laborer, and declared that the
| Japanese were more of menace than
| the Chinese.
If naturalized as proposed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, he said, they would
come to California in such numbers
that they would not only soon control
the state by their votes but would make
inroads on the prosperity of the United
States.
Walter Macarthur said that "the peo-
pie of California will defend their state
rights against the assumption of these
latter day federalists," and declared
that the issue of state rights raised by
the presidents message has superseded
the issue of the segregation of the Jap
anese school children.
The other speakers addressed the
meeting along similar lines, defending
state rights and characterized the pres
ident's attitude as "meddling in the af
fairs of this state"
Resolutions termed a "reply to the
president were adopted, of which the
following are the salient features:
"Resolved, That we insist upon and
shall to the limit of our power maintain
our right, under the constitution of the
United States and as a matter of prac-
tical necessity to the moral and mental
we'll being of our people to segregate
the pupils in the common schools in
such manner as reason and experience
shall dictate and to adopt and enforce
such other regulations as may be
deemed wise and expedient in the con-
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
MANUAL TRAINING FOR
INDIANS SATISFACTORY
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The annual
report of Miss Estelle Reel, superinten-
dent of the Indian schools, made public
today, indicates that manual training
l.; becoming a feature of education
among the Indians and with entirely
satisfactory results.
The superintendent has visited prac-
tically all of the Indian schools during
the year and reports that more teachers
are recognizing the special characteris-
tics of the Indian, and consequently
better methods of teaching prevail
The teaching of cooking and home
laundry work now occupies a per-
manent place in the regular course.
School gardens have increased in
number and extent.
The beneficial result of educational
work among the Indians are illustrated
by the larger number of pupils who
have found employment in various oc-
cupations requiring manual skill, and
the prediction is made in the report
that greater number of Indians will
become self-supporting each year as
the result of manual training methods.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
MUST PERFORM OPERATION
ON PRESIDENT CASTRO
By Assoclated Press.

TRINIDAD, Dec. 23.-Advices re-
oeived here from Venezuela are to the
effect that the health of President
Castro, who is at Macuto, Is becoming
more and more alarming.
An operation is deemed necessary. but
the weakened state of the sick man
does not permit Of an attempt in this
respect being made.
The sailing Of Gen. Jose Manuel
Hernandez Is not confirmed, but rumors
OF serious revolutionary movement in
the western part of Venezuela continue
t. be circulated.
The press of the republic is absolutely
mute ON the subject and II is very diff
cult to obtain details.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
CONTRACT FOR STEEL RAILS
Large Order for Spring
Delivery
Special to The Herald.


NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The Hartman
lines are understood to have closed a
contract with the United States Steel
corporation for $4,000 tons OF standard
section steel rails. The rails will be
delivered next spring.
One steel company put in bid for
the rails with the understanding that
the Hartman lines would not ask for
delivery before 1907. Naturally the
request was not granted.
The production OF steel rails for the
current year would have been much
larger had not the demand for billets
been so pronounced
The Republic Iron and Steel COM
pany has not turned out steel rails
since its new rail mill was built and
is not likely to as long as billet prices
are above steel rail quotations.
An eastern steel concern is also de-
voting part of it's rail capacity to the
manufacture of billets.
The mining boom has brought about
very eager demand for light steel rails.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
WOULD PUT UTE INDIANS
TO WORK ON RAILROAD
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs Leupp has pro.
posed to the war department a plan for
putting to work the Ute Indians of
Utah who left their reservation some
time ago because, as they allege, they
did not get enough to eat, and who ara
forwards We're rounded up at Fort
Meade, S. d.
Mr.. Leupp's plan is that the meu,
women and children be sent to Arizona,
and that the men be put to work on
the Santa Fe railroad.
The Indians will be furnished with
shelter and other accommodations, and
the men paid $1.30 per day.
In the spring, If the Indians desire,
they can be returned to Colorado, where
men, women and children can find work
I'm the beet sugar fields.
The suggestion has not yet been acted
upon by the war department.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Brotherhood Issues Official Order
By Associated Press.


PEORIA, ILL.,, Dec. 23.-Announce-
ment that the strike of the engineers
and the firemen on the Atlantic sys-
tenn of the Southern Pacific railroad
went into effect at o'clock was given
out tonight at the headquarters of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers.
Grand Master John ]. Hannahan de-
clined to be interviewed on the strike
nor the probable effect it would have
upon the conditions along the system.
He simply gave out a copy of the
telegram from Second Vice Grand Mas
ter Timothy Shea, who has had the
matter in charge. The telegram is as
follows:
Houston, Tex, Dec. %, 19O6.-We re-
newed urgent efforts again today to
arbitrate the question in dispute, but
the company and the engineers abso-
lutely refused to do so. The strike be-
came effective at o'clock"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
DISCOVER RICH LEDGE
OF GOLD IN OLD
ABANDONED MINE
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 23.-By the discovery
near Alum Rock park Of m old mine
which was years ago walled up and
carefully concealed rich ledge Of gold
bearing rock has been found which
promises to prove bonanza.
1t is the first gold ever found In this
county In paying quantities aud the
owner of the property on which the
fine Is located intends to commence
Immediately to work his claim.
inside the old drift, which Is over
100 feet long, several picks and shoveIs
and an nntiquated "crndIe" for The
washing of pay dirt were found.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Strike on Atlantic Lines
BY Associated Press

by Associated PRESS.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 23.-From
1876 to $50 members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen walked out this
afternoon at $50 O'Clock on the San
Antonio division of the Southern Pa
cific, Atlantic system. Negroes are be-
ing substituted for the striking fire.
men.
The firemen have no grievance
against the railroad company. They
claim it is a test strike to determine
whether they or the engineers shall
have control of the switching crews.
The engineers claim they will win
out and say they will hire Mexicans,
Cinnamon and negroes to do the work.
Except to a few freight trains very
little delay in traffic schedules has been
occasioned so far.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
SAMoANS MAKE CRICKET
MATCHES EXCUSE FOR
GROSS IMM0RALITIES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
TUTUILA, samoa, Dec. 23.--Thc sn-
means have shown themselves 50 linz
prOvident and extraVaEant in cricket
matches between one village md Sn-
other that the German governor has
prohibited the game by law.
The samonns cannot play n moderate
game. All the men and women of the
cOntending villages must attend. II
they fnil they nre punished by n local
fine.
All work is stopped for week or
more. The nights furnish occasion for
feasting and rcveIry and immortality.
After n match the defeated party IL
impoverished.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24

ten die in train disaster.
2-Famous prelate addresses people.
3-Bit of old south shown at Grand
4-Editorial.
5-City news.
6-Sports.
7-Mining news.
9-Sunday sermons.
9-Classified advertisements.
news.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
PEARY'S SHIP HAS
TROUBLE IN STORM
BY Associated Press.

NEWPORT, R. l., Dec. 2S.-The Arc
tic steamer Roosevelt. from Sydney, c..
b., for New York, which sailed from
Vineyard Haven yesterday forenoon,
was sighted off here this afternoon with
her foretopmast gone.
The Roosevelt seemed to be making
slow progress, having been nearly
twenty hours making about thirty
miles.
About noon the Roosevelt was seen
to make sail and disappear around
Point Judith, heading west at 2 o'clock
making fair progress in a northwest
breeze.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Former Prime Minister Dies

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The Bra
lillian embassy was notified by cable
today of the death in Rio Janeiro yes
terday of Viscomte Sininbu, who dur
ing the empire was prime minister for
many years. He was 81 years of age.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES
Fraser House Burns to the Ground
By Associated Press.

BAY CITY, Mich, Dec. 2S.-The
fraser house, the Oldest and largest
hotel in this city, was completely de-
stroyed by fire early today.
1t is believed that no lives were lost.
John O'Neil, the hotel fireman, was
overcome by smoke and probably ia
tally injured.
Loss 100000. G. B. Saplinger's cloth
ing store adjoining the hotel, was dam
aged to the extent of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
WOMAN HURT IN
FALL FROM STREET CAR

Miss M. Meyers, 776 East sixteenth
street, was thrown from a Pasadena
car at Colorado and Fair Oaks avenue
in Pasadena last night and was 50
badly bruised about the body and head
that 1t was necessary to take her to
the receiving hospital IN this city.
where she was taken on the car from
which she fell. Miss Meyers fell from
the car while attempting to get off he
fore the car haa been brought to a
standstill
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
local

Policeman and burglar fight duel on
roof
Mysterious marks found on body of dead
man.
Preachers score council numerically for
Increasing number OF saloons.
Girl attempts suicide, fearing that par
ents will object 10 her marriage.
SSC 600 damage.
Little children al charitable Institutions
given marry Christmas.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
EASTERN

Nine are killed and Twenty-seVen m
iured in head-on collision Of passenger
trains loaded with holiday homecomers
near Enderlin, North Dakota
Archbishop Ireland addresses people and
explains that conflict is not for separation
of church and state in France, but for
subiection of church by state.
President Roosevelt issues proclamation
asking aid for the 600 people suffer-
ing from famine in stricken China.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Volcano Breaks Out Again

TUTULIA, Samoa, Dec. 23.-Fresh
outbreaks have occurred i'm the volcano
in Savaii and the field of lava now sur
rounding the volcano is thirty square
miles in extent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Japanese Get No Preference

TOXIC, Dec. 23-Dr. Goto, president
of the Southern Manchurian railway,
says that the principle guiding the
management of the company forbids
the granting of preferential treatment
to persons of any nationality, Japanese
or otherwise.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
JUMPS FROM TRAIN;
is HORRIBLY MANGLED
BY Associated Press.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 2S.-Danny Walsh,
a young clgarmaker, was so fearfully
mangled while jumping fnom a South
ern Pacific train at street crossing
here this afternoon that he died shortly
after being removed TO a hospital
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
King Oscars Temperature Rises

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 23.-A bulletin
issued tonight regarding the state of
health of King Oscar says his temper
ature on Saturday night was 992 and
this morning 99.6
Otherwise his condition remains un-
changed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Refuses Texas Freight

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 23.-An-
nouncement was made today that the
Southern Pacific railway will receive
no more freight from intersecting lines
to points in Texas until further notice.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
"Passive Resistance" Strike Ends

VIENNA. Dec. 2S.-"The passive re-
sistanee" strike of $4,000 employees OF
the Austrian postal service which was
begun last Friday has ended.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
COAST

Miner Hicks prayed in tomb and says
spirit of Deity came upon him on the fifth
day of his imprisonment; tells narrowing
details of two weeks underground.
In large mass meeting of labor leaders
at San Francisco, Roosevelts message
recommending naturalization of Japanese
IS denounced and doctrine of states
rights defended.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California: Cloudy
Monday; fresh north winds. Maxi
mum temperature in Los Angeles
yesterday, rs degrees; minimum, 81
degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Six Fatally Injured ;
TWenty-Seven
Hurt
Passenger Collides with
Switch Engine
Head-On
Awful Accident Occurs on Train Filled
with Holiday Homecomers
Near Enderlin, North
Dakota

THE DEAD,
Charles BncIxus, Bergen, N. ID.
u. J. VoIkerinE, Anamoose, N. ID.
John SatterburE, AnnmoOse, N. ID.
Tony eileen, Velva, N. ID.
ID. J. BerresfOrd, Medicine Hat, AL
berta.
II. ROsenbnum, VeIva, N. ID.
w. J. DanielsOn, Sheldon, N. ID.
o. A. Anderson, Starbuck, Minn.
Nels Hanson, Kenare, N. ID.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-24
Miner Relates Story

Hicks smoked cigar, and ON his
head, in place of the brim. all that re-
mained of his hat, was substituted the
khaki hunting hat OF superintendent
Miller. Hicks talked freely of his adj
venture and the interesting incidents
connected with 1t.
Yes, l had a long siege of II, ana
now II Is over. From the first l knew
that / would be brought out all right.
CCOAtInued ON Page TwO.)
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-07-06

B. F. Honea of Morris was in town
Tuesday.
w. j. Chamblee Of Lakeland was in
TIM city the first of the week.
Mrs. H. Stanton is visiting her son
Earnest, in Hot Springs this week.
Miss Daisy Johns of Kansas is visiting
in the city
New room house and 8 acres land,
$1,000. See Ellsworth
Miss Annie Cordel returned to her
home yesterday after pleasant visit
of two weeks to friends here.
No preaching at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday, because of the
absence of the Pastor.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-07-06
Saved His Comrades Life.

while returning from the Grand Ar
ms Encampment at Washington City,
a comrade from Elginl ILL.,, was taken
with cholera morbus and was in a crit
zeal condition. says Mr.. j. E. Hugh
land Of EIdon, Iowa. 81 gave him
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dia-
rhoea Remedy and believe saved his
life. have been engaged for ten
years in immigration work and conduc-
ted many parties to the south and west
I always carry this remedy and have
used il successfully on many occasions.
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and retail.
Now get your Suits made to your
measure by your home tailor, locsted in
Telephone building near Post Office /
have in took twenty five suits length
ready 10 make up TO your measure,
and have five hundred samples to
select from. I represent the largest
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America. San Francisco, Tailor;
S. G. Knerr.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-07-06
San Francisco Merchant Tailor.

With fine line of woolens for gent
lemen's wear, a genuine tailor made
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trousers $500 up. ] can renovate
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REUNION RECALLED.
Hearing that the Serepta community
are not likely to take care of the
crowds usually coming to our reunions,
we recall the announcement that we
would meet there on the 9Th. and 9th
of August.
Camp w. l.. Bragg may announce a
meeting later, if some place near the
rail road offers to provide for outsid-
ers. The veterans will bring two days
rations and care for themselves and
families. BY order of committee,
w. A. Z atley Chairman.
John and Jim Rogers, Hubbard Smith
and Duncan Brown, left yesterday for
trip through the country to the Ind.
Ter. and will come back through Texas.
They will be gone perhaps q month
or six weeks.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-07-06
Program Of District Meeting TO Be
Held With New Home Church.
beginning on Saturday before
the fifth Sunday in July.

Ist Is it right for the association
to contribute to the support of the
Pastor of weak churchill. S. Helms.
End. VIII taare be a resurrection of
both saint and sinner?-O. S. Jones.
Bird. What should be done with a
church member who, will not attend
regular meetings nor contribute
to the support of the pastor?-J. M.
Thomas.
4th, What part does man perform
in the salvation of his own soul?-J. C.
Brown.
Introductory sermon by Ed. E. De-
Laughter, alternate, Ed. Stingley.
w. l.. Britt, Chairman.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-07-06
When Your Clothes Need Washir
Advertised Letters.

The following is the list of letters re-
naming unclaimed in this office for the
week ending July 2, 1906, and if not
called for by July 10TH, 1906, will be
forwarded to the Dead Letter Office.
LADIES.
Harrington Mrs. F.
McGear Annie
Onker Mrs. S. H.
Reece Minnie
GENTLEMEN.
Baum Gardener Vandall
Browne Sam
Collard Nance
Davis Albert John
Galloway H. A.
Houston Pat
Hitchcock L. P.
Scott P. NJ.
When calling for the above, please
say advertised. -
JACK GRAYsoN, p. m
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-07-06
Bowel Complaint in Children.

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should receive careful attention as soon
as the first unnatural looseness appears
The best medicine in for bowel com
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If you can possible pay us your a
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on our feet again, and when that time
comes you will find US as before ready
and willing to helpyou.
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