Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-W1ll1am Il.
White, 17-year-old boy, is the confessed
thief, according to the police, of the $4,000
package of jewelry stolen from the United
State Express company. He was arrested
In Jersey City after trying to dispose of
t entire collection for 50. The sale of a
$4,000 necklace for % cents led to his cap
ture The prisoner was helper on one
of the express company's wagons in Jer-
s.y City. His wagon carried the valuable
package, which he put into his pocket as
the wagon was being unloaded.
ITHACA-Revelation of the prevalence
Of bovine tuberculosis in New York and
of the insufficiency of control has been
made by DIR. v. A. Moore, bacteriologist
of Cornell university. He declares that of
the 1890, 900 milch cows 100000 are infected.
The reason for this condition is that New
York has had up to this year no in
spection of animals brought in, while
other states have. New York has thus
become a dumping ground for tubercular
cattle.
WARSAW-Fire destroyed the Brown &
Kearney Manufacturing company's build
ing, located in the southern part of the
village involving a loss of nearly $4,000.
The loss on buildings is estimated at
$500; machinery, including boiler and en-
gine piping, $4000 stock manufactured and
unmanufactured, $4,000.
LANCASTER-The Lancaster Co-Opera-
tive Glass company is in full swing again
after temporary suspension. A break In
the tank which holds the glass occurred
three weeks ago, letting the glass run out.
1t has been repaired, the ovens heated,
the producers Lighted so that the concern
started up again with nearly Its full force
of men. The rest of the men who ac-
cepted positions at nearby plants during
the suspension of the Lancaster plant for
repairs will return as soon as possible.
TROY, N. Y, Dec. 26.--Fire broke out
in the four-story structure known as the
Harmony knitting mill, located on Hud-
son street, on the bank of the Cham
plain canal, Waterford. The building
was part brick and part wood. The mill
was destroyed. The loss will be- IN the
neighborhood of $15O,0OO and is partly
covered by insurance. No cause for the
fire is known. One hundred and fifty
operatives are thrown out of employ
ment.
DUNKIRK-The police commissioners
have accepted the resignation of Officer
Charles Vetter and appointed Special Or
ficer Louis w. Droege-- to succeed him
and Leo Smorowski to succeed Droege.
NIAGARA FALLS-Fred and Daniel
Bridges, alias Riley, Thomas Packing
ham and William j. Dildine were ar
rested here by five plain clothes officers
of the local force and Detective Maloney
of the New York Central. Dildine is
charged with receiving stolen property.
He is a we'll known saloonkeeper, while
Packingham is his bartender. The other
two are charged with grand larceny. All
four men were held on $500 bail. 1t is
believed that they have been implicated
in some recent car burglaries.
NEWBURG The Central Hudson
Steamboat company announces the close
of UP river navigation. The Martin and
the Tremper of that line made their last
trip for the season between Newburg and
Albany.
ATTICA-Rev. j. r. Leffler will deliver
the second of his course of papers on
Tennyson before the members of the
Monday club at the Presbyterian church
parlors. The subject for the lecture is
the ''Holy Grail"