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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Steamer Sails with Relief
Associated Press

LONDON. Jan. II. During the
early hours of the morning the West
Indian and Panama Canal company re-
ceived a dispatch from it's superin-
tendent at st. Thomas announcing that
the situation at Kingston was terrible
and that famine was imminent. The
superintendent adds that the COM
panys steamer Henry Holmes has left
st. Thomas for Kingston with provis-
ions and doctors to render the sufferers
every assistance possible.
A dispatch to the Royal Mail Steam
Packet company says that relief funds
have been started in the unaffected
portions of the island of Jamaica.
The West Indian commission today
received a dispatch reporting the safe
ty of Alfred Austin of the Colonial
bank at Kingston, whose fate had
been in doubt.
The adVices of the commission show
the increasing extent of the damage
done by the earthquake in Jamaica
and at the request of the commission
ers the colonial office has taken the
initiative in inaugurating a mansion
house fund for the relief of the suffer-
ers. AS this fund is under the direc-
ton of the government 1t promises to
bring out response from the whole
nation.
Reports from Austria and Switzer-
land show that seismatic disturbances
occurred there on Monday at about the
same time as in Jamaica, indicating
widespread unrest of the earths crust
Start Relief Fund
BY Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. fixing Edward has
headed the mansion house Kingston re-
lief fund with a subscription of $4,000,
the corporation of London Immediately
adding a similar amount.
The pricipal theaters are organizing
performances in behalf of the fund.
On instructions from Washington,
the American embassy this afternoon
telegraphed to King Edward and to the
foreign office condolences upon the
Kingston disaster from President
Roosevelt and the state department re-
spectively.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
WIFE KEEPS THE
LIGHT BURNING
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tried TO-"
And worn out and overwhelmed by
grief, Mrs. Armour fell to weeping.
Her devotion to- duty under such har-
rowing circumstances will be reported
TO the department of commerce and
labor at Washington.
While her husband kept the light at
Norwalk islands some years ago he
was nearly killed by a fall from the
tower to the jagged rocks and during
the weeks of his illness Mrs. Armour
ran the light so that he would not lose
his position. Capt. Armour was 45 years
old He had a fine record in the service.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Start Relief Fund
Earthquake Changes Sea Bottom
" Associated Pres!

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-The secre-
tary of the navy has received a cable
gram from the Hamburg g-American Of
flcials advising him that according to
cablegram from the captain of the
Port Au Prince, Hayti, great caution
is necessary on the part of ships ap-
preaching Kingston, as the bottom of
the sea has changed by reason of the
earthquake and that the lighthouse has
been demolished
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Conditions Growing Worse

BY AssOcIaleu FIesS'
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 17.-Horace
Fleming, manager OF the Bank of Nova
Scotia, received a cable dispatch to-
night from the manager of the bank s
Kingston branch stating that conditions
in the stricken city are growing worse.
Business is at a standstill The chief
cause of fear is the possibility Of pes
thence.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
DELAYED DISPATCHES
GIVE VIVID PICTURE OF
AWFUL CATASTROPHE
BY Associated Press,

LONDON, Jan. 1L-Reports received
here regarding the Kingston disaster
all tend to confirm and even accentuate
the gravity of the calamity which has
befallen Jamaica.
While the colonial office was unable,
up to 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, to
give the official figures of the death
roll and the extent of the destruction,
yet many responsible sources of infor-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Send Ghastly Petition
BY Associated Press.

BY AssocIated Press. y
TOXIC, Jan. 17-Twenty-one Ko-
rean students here are destitute owing
to the cessation of aid from their
homes. They have sent a petition to
the government at Seoul enclosing a
finger cut off from a hand of each stu
dent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
HOLLAND BAY DISPATCH
GIVES GRAPHIC DETAILS
OF KINGSTON DISASTER
BY Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 17.-Some graphic
details of the Kingston disaster are
given in one of the latest dispatches
received here dated Holland Bay, Jan
10.
According to this report the whole
city of Kingston seemed to shrivel up
buildings crashed together and fell in
a crushed mass under the first shock
The streets at the time were filled
with tourists and according to this re-
uort many were caught under the fall
ing bricks and buried in the debris
Fire broke out Immediately after the
crash at three separate points, The fire
department station was wrecked, rend-
ering resistance to flames impossible
The fire continued unchecked until
Tuesday morning by which time the
whole business quarter of the city had
been wiped out the damaged area COM
prising about a square mile.
All the large warehouses in the lower
part of the city were consumed and not
a single house anywhere remained un-
damaged When this dispatch was filed
the bodies of many people who had
been staying at the Myrtlebank hotel
were still benath the wreckage.
Estimate Twelve Hundred Killed
A conservative estimat of the cas-
ualties made by the police of kingston
places the number of killed at 1900,
This estimate is likely to be largely
increased when a thorough search is
made of the wrecked buildings.
According to the dispatch the treas
ury on Harbon street was standing, but
the postoffice and courthouse were in
ruins. The government offices were
unsafe for occupation the government
house was badly damaged, the colon
ial bank was burned out and the Nova
Scotia bank was a heap of ruins.
The Roman Catholic cathedral, the
Parish church and the Scotch Baptist
ana Wesleyan ehapels had disappeared
and the theater was destroyed
Battery Sinks Into the Sea
At Port Royal one of the batteries
sank and a gunner was killed. The
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
EUCALYPTUS OIL GIVES
BALM TO LEPERS
BY Associated Press.

HONOLULU, Jan. 17.-Beneflcial re-
suits are being obtained at the leper
settlement of Molokai through the use
of a preparation of eucalyptus oil for
the treatment of leprosy. The oil has
proved effective thus far and the ply
sicians there are hopeful that it will
produce cures.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Llcorice Paste Trust Fined
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17-The MacAn-
drews and Forbes company of this city
was fined $4,000 and the ]. S. Young
company of Baltimore $4,000 in the
United States circuit court today for
combining to monopolize trade in lico-
rice paste. A stay of sixty days in the
execution of the fines was granted, but
a motion for a new trial was denied.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Nathan Franko Resigns
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Nathan
Franko, concert manager of the Metro
politan opera house. has resigned his
position, due to the management of the
operas difficulties with the members Of
the orchestra, with whom, it is said, he
had long been unpopular.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
TO DETERMINE
States RIGHT
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hensive bill in equity, filed by the
United states in the federal circuit
court. United states District Attorney
Devlin sets forth the governments con-
tention in the following statements:
The allegations in both proceedings
are substantially the same, but in the
bill in equity the various facts upon
which the government relies are set out
at greater length. In both proceedings
the government alleges the execution
of the treaty with Japan I'm 1895, which
says that in whatever relates to the
rights of residence and travel the SUBJ
jects of each party to the treaty shall
enjoy in the territories of the other
the same privileges, liberties and rights
as citizens and subjects of the most
favored nation"
1t is contended that the state of Cali
fornia, having expressly provided that
every school In a district must be
open to all children of school age, the
principle of such attendance Is alleged
to be clearly one of said rights of resi-
dence' for Japanese children resident in
this city to be enjoyed on the footing
of the most favored nation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Families Forced from Homes

BY AsSOCIuttu FIesS
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Jan. 17.-Sev-
eral hundred families have been forced
from their houses by the rising river
The school building win be given up to
flood sufferers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Denies Perjury charqe

sTEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Jan. IT,
Grant c. Fairbanks pleaded not guilty
subornation of perjury. He gave
bond for $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Japanese Not MongoIians

The bill asserts that for more than
twenty years and until recently the au-
thorities in California have conceded
that the Japanese are not included in
the term "Mongolian" and have ad-
mitted them to all public schools. Only
those born in Japan are claimed to be
protected by the provisions of the
treaty. In the proceedings the govern
ment makes no charge that the orien-
tai school is inferior in any way to
the other public schools, but it claims
and charges that to compel all of the
children of Japanese descent thus to
attend a single school without regard
to the places of their respective resi-
dences or to their convenience solely by
reason of their descent or race is a
hardship and discrimination against all
of them and violates their legal rights
under the said treaty, and that no such
discrimination is exercised against the
German. French, italian or various
other foreign children, so that the Jap
anese are not treated as the most ia
vored nation.
1t is claimed by the government that
these acts constitute a fragrant viola
tion of the treaty between the United
States and Japan; that properly con-
strued the law Of California does not
justify them, and that If it does it Is
null and void.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Government Helps State

The bill sets forth that the state of
California in its constitution provides
for general system of education, sup
ported in part by tax and levies upon
all property in the state, but the gov
ernment alleges that 1t also in part
supports the schools of California and
for that purpose in 1853 made a grant
of over 100000 acres of public lands
and has also made large grants of
other lands for purposes of education
and as recently as June 81 1906, passed
an act giving the state of California
five of the net proceeds of the cash
sales of public lands therein made by
the United states since the admission
of the state to the Union.
And that in conformity with this
act the sum of $S0S,119 has been certi-
fled to the United States treasury for
payment, and of this amount the sum
of $42S.271.61 has been paid and the bal
ance will be paid in due course of ad-
ministration."
1.-The government charges that the
provisions made by it for the benefit
of the state of California could be
rightly made and were made in fact
only with the understanding and intent
that all schools or other institutions to
be benefited thereby would be conduct
ed in conformity with the constitution
of the United States, which
treaties, it is emphatically affirmed,
constitute the supreme law of the
land, anything in a state constitution
or the law to the contrary notwith-
standing
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
cummlns Inaugurated Governor

By A0sONIU IEW IIV06.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 7.-Albert
B. Cummins was inaugurated governor
of Iowa today for the third time.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

Everything you want you will find In
he classified page. One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

nation concur in showing the growing
proportions of the catastrophe.
Sir Alfred Jones dispatch, received
during the night, saying that every
house in Kingston had been destroyed
and that the city was a heap of smoul-
dering ashes. has awakened the British
public to the extent of this blow to
their favorite colony. Sir Alfred Is
among the most trustworthy figures in
the commercial world,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Estimate Twelve Hundred Killed
cry Sinks Into the Sea

At Port Royal one of the batteries
sank and a gunner was killed. The
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

From Nome comes the news that oD Quartz creek, on the Serpentine river, Seward peninsula, four men are devel- oping a copper claim. from which were carried by reindeer to Teller. last win ter, and shipped to smelter outside three and one half tons of ore which netted the owners just s475, phenom' enalIy rich return.
 Discoveries of simi-lignite coal in inn deposits on the Kugruk river and an increasing output from the mines opened here have reduced the price of fuel on Seward peninsula.
 From Washington. report has just been issued by the geological depart ment which shows that the production of copper has doubled each season for the past two years. The prophecy is made that from now on phenomenal increases will result from the greater mum Der of mines that are being opened up, and the fact that many which have been blocked out will, with the install lation of new machinery, become big producers. Alaska is declared to be the district which in few years will control the copper markets of the world. A feature of the report is the thorough manner in which the Copper river country, and the islands of the Alaskan coast are illustrated by col lored maps showing the extent of the copper. bearing areas.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

mine. situated about a mile ana half from the railroad dock, has been barcaiped for and practically sold to an eastern syndicate for s2oo,Ooo. The head office of the concern has been mo- tiaied of the deal through their agent here. and as soon as word can be re- ceired from them the property will De trrned over to the new owners. This property. better known as the shepard claims is considered one of the best mines in this immediate locality.
 The other group of four claims soid arc located at the head of Cordova bay and are a group of the new strike made bv Tremble and Powell some five or six weeks ago. The claims were sold to Mir. Frank Becker of Seattle, for a cash consideration. It is the intention of the new proprietors to begin work on both properties just as soon as pre- ,;minary arrangements can be made.
 The Kelly brothers and JOS. Dlggs of this city are heavily interested m both properties.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

Judgment for want thereof will be taken against you and each of you for the full amount prayed for in said complaint together With interest and costs,
 Said action is brought to secure the payment to the plaintiff of the sum of six hundred dol lars together with interest thereon from the first day of September 1906, until paid, an at toHpey's fee of one hundred dollars and costs, Said amount being asked for service performed by said plaintiff for the said defepdanls. Dated at Wickersham, Alaska, this 5th day of August, 1907.
 ELMER R. BRADY,
 Commissioner and Ex-Offico
 Justice of the Peace. Date of first Publication September 5, 1907. Date of last Publication, October Y, 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
ORDINANCE NO. 49.

ORDINANCE RELATING TO MOVING oF
 BUILDINGS IN TOWN OF VALDEZ. :, Be it Ordained by the Common Couucl oi the Town of Valde. Alaska:
 Section l. That it .hall be unlawful for any person to move any building through the street of the Town of Valdez, without nrst ceived d license or permit therefor;
 Section 9 Said Town Clerk shall be entitled to receive for such permit, the sum ol rive Dollars. which shall be turned into the gen. eral Treasury cf said Town,
 Section B. Any person moving any building into, upon across or along any street i'll said town without having first procured such a hermit, shall be deemed guilty Of 6 misde- meanOr. and shall upon conviction theHeof be fined not less than Ten Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars.
 Approved this g day of September A. D. 1907. Attest: W. H. CRARY, T. C. QUINN,
 Clerk Mayor. Date of First Publication Sept. 26, 1907.
 Date of Last Publication Oct. 3, 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

IN THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT, VALDEZ PRECINCT, ALASKA,
 IN PROBATE. In the matter of the estatel
 of }Notice to Creditors. ". H. Friman, deceased. } Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administratrix of the estate of W. H. Friman deceased. to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them with necessary vouchers within six mont ths after rst publication of this notice to the said administratrix at the law office of Ostrander & DonOhos, in the town of Valdez. Alaska, the same being the place for the trans act :on of the business of the said estate. And the undersigned hereby gives notice that she was duly appointed administrative of the estate by an order of the above named court made and entered the 20th day of September, 1907
 Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 10th day of Sept. 1907.
 ANNIE MAGAN,
 Administratrix of the estate of
 W. H. Friman deceased, OsrRANDER & DONoHOE. Attorneys for Administrative. Date of First Publication Sept 26, 1907. Date of Last Publication Oct. A. 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
Dance Halls Selling Soda Pop

Dawson. Y. T. Sept. 2T--Dance halls, recently closed by The new Yukon law, are trying to run on the temperance plan. Cider, soda pop, and other soft drinks are served, and large crowds are attracted. The resorts are doing more business than ever, but it is be- lieved the impetus is due to the nov city will soon wear off.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

In the United States Commissioners Court, Valdez Precinct, Alaska.
 IN PROBATE. Tn the Matter of the Estate } Notice to T., usson Docessad }Creditors Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the estate of l. l.. Mason, de- ceased, to the creditors of and all persons hay ing claims against the said deceased 10 exhibit them with necessary vouchers within six m onts after the first publlcationof this notice to the said administrator at the law Ofhce Of Ostrander & DonohOe, in ths town of Valdez, Alaska, the same being the pla c for the trans action of the business of said estate. And the undersigned hereby gives notice that be was duly appointed the administrator of the estate by an order of the above named Court made and entered the 10th day of September, 1907. Dated at Nalder, Alaska,
 this 10th day of Sept. 1907.
 L. c. LARSON,
 Administrator of the estate of
 L. L. Mason. Deceased. Ostrander X DonohOe,
 Attorneys of Administrator. Date of first publication Sept. l2 1907. Date of last publication Oct. 10, 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03

Tn the Justices Court Forty Mile Precinct,
 Third Judicial Division. Alaska. Arthur E. Pretty, Plaintiff,
 yS. Summons for 4. L. Bragg and J. F. Brand 1 Publication
 stead, Defendants, The President of the United States of America
 to the above named defendants A. L. Bragg
 and J. F. Brandstead and to each of you Greetings:
 In the name oi the Uuited States of America, we command you and each of you to appear and answer the com mplainto the plaintiff here in now on file in this court within thirty days after the date of the last publication of this summons, -to.wit; within thirty days after the
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
The Law VindiCated

From the very beginning of the ,laska Homo Railway it's officials have proceeded at every step within their lights aud within the law. With re- ard to a right of way through Key tone Canyon, the laws of the United States and the laws of Alaska read as follows =: Passage of Railroad through Cauyons-That any railroad company whose right of way, or whose track or roadbed upon such right of way, passes through auy canyon. pass or dehle, SHALL NOT PREVENT any other railroad company from the use and oc- cupancy of said canyon. pass or defile for the purpose of it's road in common with the road first located."-(30 Stat. l.. 4O7. Chap. 299. Sec B.
 The Alaska Home Railway has relied upon the maintenance of the law aud this confidence has not been misplaced As result of the uncalled for shoot Ing in the canyon, two offenders are in jail. While some alarmists have called for troops, the civil authorities have proven themselves amply able to pre- serve the public peace.
 The thanks of the whole community are due Judge Harlan and Judge Scott. for the altogether admirable maDner in which they have handled this anfortu- nate affair; also to Marshal Wybrand and his level. hsaded assistant, Mar sha Dooley.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
ae Alaska ProSpector
 And Valdez News.

slishci at Valdez, Alaska, cT+ry Thu sday by the PRo,PECfoI: FURNISHING Co.
 PHONE NAIE ]. tered at the Valdez Poaiotfics as second
 clu>s matter. bscr ption $: per year. s2 for >lX months Sins ie copies Jo cnts
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
Cordova Mines Gold

Two copper mines near this city has practically been sold within the last Ffew days says the Cordova Alaskan. The -Cordova Copper Company,s
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
ORDINANCE NO. 48. AM NOpDINANCE TO COMPEL CHILDREN Ol

ORDINANCE NO. AS.
 ORDINANCE TO COMPEL CHILDREN oF
 SCHOOL AGE TO ATTEND THE
 VALDEZ PUBLIC SCHOOL
 Be it Ordained by the Common Council o' the Town of Valdez: :..,, .h. corporate limits of the Town of Valdez. Alaska between the age of eight and hfteen years shall be deemed of school age, and shall De reuIIired to attend the public school in said Town. during the fall term thereoi, p,ovlaea that sickness or other disability shall be a sufficient excuse for non-attendance.
 Section 2. Any parent guardian or person having charge or custody of any child Tn sald town of school age as aforesaid who shall fail or refuse to send any such child to said pmoilc school during the full term thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic ton thereof, shall be fined not less tnan Ten Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dol lars. c.. . n Approved this g day ot September A. U. Attest W. H. CRARy, IT. QUINN,
 ''''''' Clerk. Mayor. Date of First Publication Sept. %, 1907.
 Date of Last Publication Oct. B 1907.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
Married at Portland

announcements uaV0 Deou T0CelSeu of the marriage of Simeon Foot and Miss Mary A. Preschern at Portland, Sep. II, 1907. The wedding was quiet one and the couple, after a short honey moon trip, left Seattle for Val deg on the Bertha.
 Seattle, Sept. 26-Followlng is the text of the resolution adopted by the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce yester, day endorsing the Home Railway:
 '"Whereas, the Alaska Home Railway project was heretofore referred to the Committee on Transportation and said committee reported as follows:-'Seat- tie, Sept. 24, 19O7-The Committee on Transportation beg to report that they have investigated the Alaska Home Railway project and recommend that the Chamber of Commerce. if consist ent, pass a resolution endorsing the en- terprise. tSigned) J. G. Fox, Chairman
 And whereas, said enterprise has for it's purpose the development of a large portion of the mineral belt of the Ter ritory of Alaska, ana whereas large shipments of rails and other equip ment are now enroute to Valdez for the purpose of carrying out said project, Therefore be 1t resolved that it is the sense of this Chamber that said enter. prise should meet with the hearty sup port of all persons interested in the development of Alaska, and particu- larly the people of Seattle"
 As {. result of the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, strong eiti. zen's Committee was appointed and organized to assist H. D. Reynolds in every way possible in the building of the Alaska HomeRailway.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-10-03
New Lease on Life

No mortal has even a A hour lease on life. Why delay doing that justice to your family. by delaying that matter of insurance. Uneasy lies the head that's uninsured, is true, as many who have come near death will tell you See Grary to-day.