Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-21
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

GIRL MEETS DEATH-Miss Grace Brewis
of streator, ILL.,, who had been visiting in
Aurora, ILL.,, for several weeks, was run down
and killed by a runaway horse while cross
ing in front of the Chicago, Burlington &c
Quincy passenger station there yesterday.
Her hostess. Mrs. John Norr, bride of a
few months, injured but will recover.
The young woman was 20 years old and
was to have been married Thanksgiving
day.
POLICE SAVE CIILDREN-Eleven chill
dren, including a babe in arms were caught
IN IT'S of policemen early yesterday after
the had been hurled from windows by
terrified mothers as fire ragged in tenement
in South First street, williamsburg, N Y.
One boy of 10 years perished. From the
third floor a mother tossed her baby, but
1t was caught by a policeman unseathed.
Ten other children were dropped into the
coats that the reserves hastily slipped off.
INNOVATION IN EFFECT--A sweeping
order concerning the New York fire depart
ment went into effect yesterday. Because
of the marked success of the new high pres
sure SYSTEM which does away to a great
extent with the necessity of fire engines
hose tenders are to have precedence over
the engines, the latter to follow to fires as
a precautionary measure only. The new
rule, however, relates to that part of the
city protected by the high pressure stations
FIRES STILL RAGE-Dispatches received
in Little Rock indicate no abatement of the
forest fires which have been burning in this
state Tor some Gays. ATeduy Bhtea'
amount of property has been destroyed. A
dispatch from Mena says a fifteen-mlle solid
sheet of fire Is sweeping through the kia-
mash mountains in eastern Oklahoma, ano
threaten to destroy the Arkansas national
forest reserve Steps have been taken by
government officials to check the progress
of the fire.
CORONER CONsIDERATE-The verdict
of the coroner in Queenstown in the case
of John Krause, a San Franciscan, who
Thursday in his state room
on the steamer Adriatic, expresses the be-
lief that death was caused by wounds or
the throat, but there is no evidence how
these were inflicted" The coroner said thal
out OF consideration of the feelings of Mr.
Krause's relatives he could not give a YER
diet that the man had deliberately com
mitted suicide Nothing has been heard
from the friends of Mr.. Krause. He will be
buried tomorrow.
PANIC IN TENEMENT-Fifty families
were thrown into panic at l o'clock a. m
Yesterday when fire broke out in the Ash
land apartment house OF Chicago. The
quick work of a policeman who ran through
the halls and awakened the tenants pre-
vented loss of life. The building, which
is of five stories caught fre In the engine
room and the flames jumped up the all
shaft to the loft. The occupants escaped by
stairways and the fire escape before the
hremen arrived. No one injured, bui
many were obliged to flee in light attire
The loss is about $4,000.
TO INtREASE RAIES--Notlce OF an IN
tended increase of 90 per cent in express
rates on merchandise between eastern points
and Pacific coast terminals, to take efeci
December ~, has been posted in the Officer
of Wells-Farg & Company at San Francisco
The advance applies only to shipments ex
ceeding 500 pounds, and is intended to cir
cumvent the system devised by coast mer
| chants who have been in the practice O.
consolidating shipments in New York anc
forwarding them in such quantities as e
4 take advantage of the present tariff, whicf
ranges from 81 per 100 pounds on lots o.
! Pa. 600 pounds to $12 on lots of 500 pounds.
TONG WAR STARTED--Chinatown II
Denver is in the throes of its first high
| binder war brought by a fight betweeI
/ owners of gambling houses for the exclusive
4 right to operate fan tan games and iotter
des The death of Yee Long, gambler, i
ascribed to the battle of the tongs. tn
body of Yee was found in an alley in tn
! Chinese quarter. note in Chinese foun'
In his house read: "They are here from Sal
Francisco. Soon I must go to my fathers
whether by the broad bladed ak or by dus
! of the dragons tail it matters not This
know, go. / commend my spirit 4
| Buddah, the all wise and merciful"
searching examination of the body failed t
] reveal any marks OF violence.