Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-23
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

HIS HOLINESS WELI-Pope Plus TX has
fully recovered from his recent illness. He
received Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul in
private audience yesterday.
ISLAND is sOLD-Deeds showing the
transfer of island No. at Vallejo. Cal, to
Mrs David T. Hanbury by her husband,
have been placed on record
THREE MEN KILLED--Three foreigners
employed at the works of the Portland
Cement company at Santa Cruz were killed
by a landslide at the quarry there Monday
night. A fourth man was badly injured
They were buried under a great mass OF
rock. Forty eight men were at WORK at the
time.
STEAMER WRECKED The British
steamer Irada, from Galveston, December )
for Liverpool. is total wreck on the south
west point of Misenhead, Ireland. Captain
Roberts, stewardess, and four men We're
drowned. The remainder of the crew, sixty
Ave men, saved themselves The steamer
was driven ashore during fog
DEATH WINS RACE-Death was victor
in race of Miss Ada Grantham from Chi
cago to the bedside Of her sweetheart Emil
j. Hilty, who was i'll of typhoid fever at MS
home in Birmingham. Ala An hour before
she reached that city he died. Miss Gran
than is said to be Frustrated and her pa
rents have FASTENED south to be with her.
TO WORK ON BAsINs--A representative
of the United States government has arrived
at Narysvile, Cal, to begin work on the
huge settling basins the Yuba river, near
Hammertown into which the water of that
stream will be mpounded for the purpose
| of removing debris before being turned PACK
into the channel Each basin will cover
1900 acres and will be faced with cement
TAFT WANTS OAUCUs-Charles P. Taft
at Columbus, Ohio, openly declared for
caucus yesterday to determine the party
choice of the man TO succeed Senator For
aker. Senator Foraker and Representative
Burton are both understood to be opposed
to Friends of Mr. Tart TO-DAY
reiterated the claim that he will have nifty !
votes In the caucus. Forty-sx Is a ma !
jority.
BEAR ATTACKS NEGRO-samuel Rocks.
a negro employed keeper by the owner OF
Chicago, was freed by a large black bear
last night when 1t broke out OF a cage |
Rocks was forced to remain in the branches
until the bear was shot. When chased up
into the tree he shouted for aid and was
heard by pedestrians who telephoned to the
police.
FIREMAN ARRESTED-George Terry, a
fireman on the torpedo boat destroyer
Rowan, was arrested by the police at Val |
lejo, Cal, yesterday with practically all the
siiyerware from the cabin of the command
ing officer in his possession. Terry had ten
dozen spoons, knives and forks and two
dozen larger pieces of tableware. Terry
claimed he had merely borrowed" the sill |
verware. He will be tried before court |
martial.
CHURCH ROBBED-At an early hour
Tuesday morning the Church of ST. Dominic |
in San Francisco was entered by an un-
known person persons and vestments
valued at $1,000 were slashed and torn beyond
repair The furnishings of the sacrsty were
destroyed and indecent language scrawled |
on the walls The hands were torn from
the sacristy clock and the record book
slashed and torn One of the Dominican
fathers discovered the destructive work at
o'clock when he entered the church.