Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 12--Tho.
oughbreds of the feline world, slls-
haired eats and kittens of high degree,
the petted and pampered monarchs ot
seen on exhibition ut the Los Angeles
National Cat show, which opened to-
day at Chutes park and will continue
until Saturday The show is among
The largest of its kind ever held and
some OF the most valuable cats in the
country have been entered. The glass
pavilion In which the pussies are
shown Is elaborately decorated in the
club colors of blue and yellow. af-
fording beautiful setting for the
Persian and Angoran beauties. Local
society Is hugely interested in the
show and great deal OF rivalry has
developed among the owners of yaln-
able and beautiful felines.
San Francisco. Dec. 12-J. Dalzell
Brown. Imprisoned manager Of lhe
California Safe Deposit 4 Trust com
pany. mode confession to the bank
commission He admits that fictitious
eatries were made In the books of the
bank. The confession was not vol
untary one but came after Brown had
been subjected to long sweating
process by Bank Commissioners Ga
rontte and Sherer. Finally when
Brown was cornered, he blurted out:
Yes. it's true those entries do not
represent real transactions" The en-
tries which Brown has confessed were
false related to two items each Of
800 000 which appeared as assets OF
rue bank. Brown maintained the en-
tries represented genuine assets but
when pressed for further complete OK
nlapatIon he broked own and admitted
lie truth.
Kausas city Mo. Dec. 12.-Lsgal
lights from all over Missouri are as
sembed in Kansas City today. In at
tendance at the annual meeting OF the
State Bar association. Sanford y.
add of this city, one Of the nese
,nown lawyers in the west. Is presi'
lent of the association. The address
# the meeting will be delivered b.
nudge Peter 6. Gr3sscup Of Chicago,
ne of the most distinguished of the
United States circuit Judges. Among
,ther speakers will be Charles Nagei'
y st. Louis. prospective candidate
or governor, and ex-Chier Justice T.
\. Sherwood of the Missouri SUP enc
ourt The annual banquet Will be
he closing feature OF the convention
omorrow night.
Silverton Dec. 12.-Herman Pefer-
on. a miner at the Gold King NH =
,ad both bones of the lower paiV
If his right leg broken this mornins
y falling rock. He was fortunate to
scape with his life.
GoldHeld, Dec. lS.--The hrst daE
,,templ to reopen the mines oi Go'n-
leld without the aid Of the western
'ederation of Miners passed and there
,as been not sign of attempted Vir
ence or disorder in the camp. tnarn-
d pickets of the Gold6eld Miners
nion have approached as close To
he scene Of operations as the armed
Guards of the Mine owners assocl'-
,on would permit and have succeeded
n inducing some of those who ma
igned the agreement 10 work to Nip
ate the agreement and leave the
mines. e;reneral Frederick Funston
rriyed yesterday and his coming
eems to have helped The situation ana
realty strengthened the constantly
rowing impression that the fearful III
ldents OF strikes in other mining
amps are not to he repeated here
Belle Vernon Pa, Dec. l3.--The cor.
mer's jury. investigating the explosion
A. the Naomi mine Of the Unit I'd
oal company ri Fayette City, Pa
shich resulted In the death of thirtv-
our miners. was made public today
Z reads as follows: We find thar
re men came to their deaths as II re
,ult OF an explosion of gas and dust IA
he Naomi mine of the United States
,oal company. The gas seems to have
accumulated from insufficient venti,a-
ion and was. we believe. iGnited from
sparks OF the electrical wires or al
ipen light al some point not definite Y
ocated. We condemn the use of cleo
ric wires on return air currents an /
We further condemn the use OF open
ishts in all gaseous mines. We would
ecommend that herafter an air shaft
,e opened up where the workings
each point 900 feet from the man
opening; further. that the mining corr
pission appointed by the state gov
'rnor recommend such amendments
q the mining laws that human life
yill he better protected and the pres
mt laws be more rieidly enforced.
New York, Dec. 13-While the Are.
nen lahored to extinguish fire To
ave the horses from the stable II,
Cast Ninth street this morning ono