Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

CINCINNATI, January 12-The regular
semi-annual meeting of the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association was
held today. 1t was decided to hold the
next annual convention at Atlantic CITY
June IL. The headquarters of the associa-
ton will be moved to Cincinnati from Pitts
burg
SHAMOkIN, Pa, January 12-AlIegine
that the lives of it's 100 employees are i'm
periled because of insufficient ventilation
Mine Inspector Martin Mclaughlin today
obtained an injunction in the Northumber-
land county court against the further on
Grafton of the Royal Oak colliery The
colliery is owned by the Lewellyn Mining
Company
WARREN, Pa, January 12.-The low
tonight and the Allegheny river is rising
rapidly. The water is spreading out grad
ually over the lower portion of the town
Weils and pumps are fast being put out
or commission, and the people are forced
to use the city water, which has been con-
demned, an analysis of which shows con-
tains about 33 ID per cent of sewage
Physicians are issuing bulletins tonight
warning the people against typhoid fever
epidemic and urging every one to boil the
water
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salvador
January IA dispatch received here from
Honduras says that President ZelaSi. OF
Nicaragua has informed President R,,nilla
OF Honduras that the Honduras general
Dionisio Gutierrez and a number Of his
compatriots have been captured and dis
armed in Somoto by the Nicaraguan au-
thorities. and that the revolution is there
fore at an end.
LYNCHBURG, Va. January I2-Rsv.
James NJ Owens, rector of st. Paurs Epis.
copal Church here, has decided to accept
the call of ST. Pauls Episcopal Church,
Norfolk, Va. to succeed DIR. Beverly d.
Tucker, new bishop coadjutor of the south
ern diocese of Virginia. He will begin his
rectorship in Norfolk on February 3.
SALEM, Ore, January 12.-The supreme
court of Oregon today suspended former
Judge H. Tanner from practice of the law
for ninety days for unprofessionaI conduct
in swearing falsely to his relations with
the late United States Senator John H.
Mitchell. who was his law partner. Ger
tain mitigating circumstances were taken
into consideration by the supreme court
in reaching the decision.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, January 12-Ten
delayed trains from San Francisco and one
steamer loaded to the limit have arrived in
Los Angeles within the last twelve hours.
bringing 500 hungry passengers, who had
been stormbound for nearly week.
SAN FRANCISCO January 12-Jack
Londons forty-four-foot yawl. the Shark,
with which he plans to make a tour of the
WOTlup was iduHcHtu LONDON ana
his wife and other members of the party
who will accompany him on the voyage
witnessed the launching.
CHICAGO, January 12.-After negotia-
tons for several weeks western railroads
today decided to grant increased wages to
locomotive engineers aggregating between
$5.O00.0O9 and $6.000.000 annually. The in
crease will affect about $4,000 engineers
on all the railroads west of Chicago. The
negotiations were carried on between n
committee headed by Chief w. S. Stone of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and another of general managers represent
ing the railroads.