Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-21
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

SEATTLE GETS NEXT MEET-It was
decided yesterday at Buffalo, N. Y, TO
woman's suffragist convention at Seattle.
the date to be hxed by the executive com
mittee.
DIES OF CHOLERA-Lewis Conner. a
member of the Manila fire department. died
yesterday OF cholera. This is the first
American death reported in some time.
The average of new cases reported there
has fallen to two daily.
NOTED CONTRACTOR DIEs-Richard
Hayes, who as general foreman for the
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul railway
built many OF the famous tunnels and
bridges along that line, died in a Butte,
Mont. hospital yesterday after opera
tion. Hayes one of the noted railway
constructors OF the west.
DUKE D'ABRUzZl GONE-The duke of
the Abruzzi has suddenly disappeared from
Turin and search has failed to locate
him. Report has been circulated that he
has left for America, sailing under an as
sumed name. Persistent reports Of his en-
gagement to Miss EllSins were again EN-
phatically denied yesterday.
SLAYER is sENTENCED-charies Rol-
Inns alias Burns. convicted in Wallace.
Idaho, Saturday OF murder in the second
degree for killing Charles Edwards. was
yesterday. sentenced to forty years impris-
onment in the penitentiary at Boise. Rol
Inns attempted to hold up Edwards, who
resisted and was killed. The murder oc-
CURED July 4.
TRANSPORT DETAINED-The United
States army transport Buford, sailing from
Manila October Is en- route to San Fran
cisco, has been detained at Nagasald on
account of the death of a soldier on board
from cholera. Another case has developed.
but the patient is recovering The officers
of the Buford say they do not fear a fur
ther spread of the disease.
EDITOR REARREsTED-Antonio Arujo,
the Mexican editor arrested in Waco, Tex
as, three weeks ago on a complaint charg-
ing him with violation Of the neutrality
laws by the publication Of matter celou-
lated to incite rebellion and be indicted by
the Ell Paso grand jury and today was
rearrested while in jail here. He will be
taken to San Antonio tomorrow for trial.
TEMBLORs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tho
three shocks of earthquake which occurred
Monday In the Philippines. the phenomena
was repeated yesterday between II and 12
o'clock. The Manila observatory reports
the focus or center of the first disturbance
was within 200 kilometers of Manila The
seismographs recorded several light shocks
which were otherwise imperceptible. The
city has suffered no damage and reports
from the interior and neighboring islands
Indicate there has been no loss elsewhere.
OPEN HEADQUARTERs-The advocates
of woman suffrage have arranged to open
headquarters In Sacramento, and from now
ON until the adjournment of the legislature
expect tot be constantly represented at the
capital city. MIS-. II, y. Cdhippell VIII De
in charge of the headquarters. which will
be located directly opposite the capitol
building. Delegates will attend at inter
walls from all the local woman suffrage
clubs and from the recently organized
wage Farmers Suffrage club. and every
effort will be made to present their cause
to the members of the legislature.
DETECTIVES PROBING-rhree secret
service operatives from Washington are
said to be at work in Seattle making an
investigation Of the workings of the United
States auartermaster's onice or the trans
port service and of the navy yard at Bre-
merton They have not reported to the
local secret service office. Neither have
thew divulged their presence to Major w
q Wood, chief OF the duartermaster de-
partment, but their presence resulted In a
complaint OF attempted extortion filed by
Erick johnson. general manager Of tho
wade, former record clerk in the quarter
masters department, and Wade's arrest
Sunday.
PETROLEUM PLENTIFUL-The petro-
le1n, production Of the United States in
oO7 saws an agricultural survey report is
sued IN washington yesterday, was char
acterized by a total output far in excess
Of any previous year and an unparalleled
accumulation of stocks. in spite of which
the price of all grades of oil was kept at
a high level The sensational develop
ments were the great increase in the new
Illinois field and the phenomenal yield in
Oklahoma, together with increase in both
quantity and price in California. The total
product was 166. .O95,SS5 barrels In 1907 an
increase over 1906 Of 39.6O1. 800 barrels. or
more than the total product. of any year
up to 1889. The total value increased from
s92.444.7a5 in 1906 to $12o.160,749 in 1907.