Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-13
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

PEACE CONGRESS OPENS-The North
Carolina peace congress opened yesterday In
Greensboro N. c., with a large audience. At
the opening of the session a message from
President Roosevelt was read.
KILLED BY TREE-Coroner Kell of
San Jose yesterday received word a man
named Ryder had been killed in lumber
camp back of Sargents by tree falling on
him. The coroner left for the scene.
FIND DEPOT SITE-The Western Pacific
Railway company is to have its depot in
Oakland at Third and washington streets.
1t has purchased a site at the northeast
corner of those streets and the work OF con-
structing the depot will begin soon.
JURY INCOMPLETE-No progress was
made in San Francisco at the first session
of Judge Lawlor's court yesterday in adding
to the ten men who have been sworn to try
Abraham Ruef for bribery. Several venire-
men were examined but none proved ac-
ceptable.
NOTED MAN DIES-Colonel Dewitt C.
| Sprague, soldier. lawyer, poet and United
States consul in Germany and Italy. under
the administration of General Grant died
| at his home in Washington Sunday after
| noon from prolonged attack of pneumonia,
| aged 72 years.
PORTUGUESE MEET--Over 800 delegates
| to the grand lodge of the United Portu-
guese society of the state of California met
| In annual session yesterday in Redmen'
| wigwam at Sacramento. a. A. Sarmento
supreme president in an address said the
| order was in prosperous condition; that II
| had a membership of S13s and $3Ss,Ooo In
| the treasury The grand lodge will be In
session all week. Receptions, theatrical per-
formances and other entertainments have
| been arranged for the visitors,
| PLEADS NOT GUILTY-John Rea, game
keeper of the Albra Gun club. accused OF
| the murder of Carl Muller pleaded not
| guilty in the Oakland superior court yrster-
| day The case went until Tuesday
next when a request will be made to admit
him to bail. The defendant admitted having
served a term of imprisonment for forgery
BLUE LAW OPPOSED-Judge Calvin
| Gantenbein in the equity department of the
Oregon state circuit court at Portland yes
| terday decided the statute prohibiting the
| transacting of business on Sunday is uneon-
stitutional. District Attorney George j
Cameron says he has not yet decided
whether he will carry the case to the
supreme court.
REUBEN LLOYD ILLl-Reuben II. Lloyd,
well known attorney and eminent Mason Is
| lying seriously i'll at his home in San Fran
cisco. He has been confined to his bed for
the last six weeks and it is feared the re-
sultng weakness may result fatally. He
remains conscious, and his mind is clear
His sister, Mrs. Hoadey, is with him and
a physician is in constant attendance.
TEACHERS AT VALLEJO-oveF 200
| teachers arrived at Vallejo yesterday to par
ticpate in a joint institute of Solano and
Napa counties, this being the first time the
two counties ever cOnDlneu III huuh WIDTH
The sessions will continue for four days and
many prominent educators will be present.
The visiting teachers were entertained by a
leap year ball last night. Tonight Francis
]. Heney OF San Francisco delivered an ad-
dress
SIX SEAMEN SAVED-Captain Monroe
and five of the crew of the British schooner
siroceo, who were supposed to have been
lost when their vessel was wrecked off the
Florida coast October /, were landed yester-
day by the fruit steamer Horatius In Bos-
ton. Two members of the Stroceos crew
had been picked up by steamer were
landed at Newport News Saturday, They
believed they were the only survivors of the
crew of eight.
BANKERS DELAY MEET-The legisa-
tive committee banking which Is con-
sderlng suggestions for improved bank
ing law to be presented for approval to the
next session of the Legislature was to have
met yesterday in the rooms of the state har-
Dor commissioners at San Francisco. but
before the members present were called to
order decided to defer holding the meeting
until November o. 1t was given out that
the chief reason for the postponement was
to give more time for the committee ap-
pointed by the bankers to prepare meas
ure which will in a way be compromise
with the one submitted by Judge Sturte-
want, to many points of which objection is
made by those engaged in the banking
business