Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-28
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

TO REFLECT CASTRO-Accordng to re-
ports received at Wlemstadt from Vene-
zuela there Is already on foot in that re-
public a movement the part of the gov
ernment to bring about the election Of
President Castro to another term of office
in 1911, when his present term expires.
CONGRESSMAN SUED-Jay Ford Lsning.
congressman from the Norwalk district OF
Ohio and former vice president of the Ohio
Trust company, with other members Of the
board Of directors prior to It's failure, were
yesterday sued for 100000 damages by
creditors The suit Is based on charges OF
fraud and acknowledgement of the trust
company's affairs.
SLAYER'S TRIAL BEGINS--The trial OF
Charles Baldesar. Australian who re-
Gently shot to death his wife and his moth
err -in-law began In the superior court OF
Stockton yesterday. Efforts to procure
jury are tedious. the facts being so wen
known. One panel has been exhausted and
another has been ordered. 1t is expected
insanity will be the defense.
BANKER HELD UP-Frank v Anderson
vice president of the Bank Of California at
San Francisco, was held up by two high
waymen while walking from his club to the
Falrmont hotel last night. masked
held a revolver at his head and another took
$40 in cash and the bankers watch. The
timepiece, however, was returned when it
was found Inscribed with the names of the
owner and jeWeier.
WILL CONTEST SETrLED--A settlement
OF the contest the will of John Burn
ham OF Chicago, ILL.,. and Ipswich. Mass,
which bequeathed the bulk OF a S7,000.0OO
estate TO found educational institution
for young men in Ipswich, was announced
in the Salem. Mass, probate court yester-
day. Mr.. Brown died six weeks ago The
relatives brought action to break the will,
but it Is understood today that COM
promise was effected.
RECEIVER APPoTNTED-In the United
States court yesterday at Portland, Ore.
Judge Wulverton appointed c. d. Warner
receiver for the Portland Seacoast Railroad
company The receivership is the result of
the application of p. A. and W. A. Mont
gomery of Los Angeles. who ask that the
right OF way owned by the company be sold
to satisfy a judgment obtained for $50, 900
for money advanced. The road is of
many numerous projected roads from the
interior to the coast and beyond a right of
way has no assets. Just what the Los An
geles interests intend to do with the road Is
probematical
MURDERER ESCAPES - Denny Hazel
who was to have been sentenced at Yreka
Cal, tomorrow for the murder of Joseph
| Silva, erected his escape from the county
| jail, leaving e c, Dudley, the jailer, locked
in his cell. For half an hour Dudley at
| tempted to make known his plight and in
| the meantime the convicted murderer was
| fast making his way into the hills Hazel
was standing behind the cell door In the
darkness when Dudley led a squad OF trus-
| ties into the cell. AS the jailer stepped In
Hazel stepped out and turned the key in the
| lock. posse of twenty men is in pursuit
| OF. fugitive.
CHINESE TELL OF WRECK-A story of
| hardshlps castaways in the south seas
! was told yesterday by seven Chinese who
arrived In San Francisco the steamer
Manchuria from Hong Kong. They formed
| the crew of the barkentine Ebston. which
was wrecked reef 700 miles from Free
| mantle, Australia. For seventy-seven days
| they labored to repair the little vessel so 1t
| might again put to sea, subsisting
scant amount of ships stores fish and roots
| found on the almost barren island. The
| repairs completed, the crew mutnied and
| for punishment were left for seven days on
the island while the captain stood of with
| the vessel. Then they were taken aboard
| In irons but later released and taken to
| Cocos Island.
COURT MARTIAL RESUMES-When the
court martial of Captain Charles G. French,
| quartermaster of the Seventh United States
| infantry, resumed at Fort Wayne yes
| terday Second Lieutenant Moore of the Sew
| enth took the stand. 1t is charged that
| Captain French misappropriated a quantity
| of government forage by permitting 1t to be
| fed horses used by officers at the post, but
| really owned by DR.. John 7. Burkhard.
| Moore today frankly admitted he had been
| given nominal title to horse by DR. Burk-
| hard and that he used the animal and fed
it on government forage. He said that he
| felt the government profited through his
having the of 1t and therefore II was not
| improper to feed the horse on government
| forage would have been done had 1t
| been his own. He declared he had been
| told by officers that such was the custom
practically throughout the army.