Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-23
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KIDNAPER GUILTY - Tony Lovean.
charged with the kidnapping of 1s-year-old
Edna Domengine on the night of June 20
last. was found guilty by a Fresno jury in
Judge Austin's court yesterday The jury
remained out only ive minutes. Sentence
will be pronounced Monday.
TINY FLEET sAILs-six tiny vessels
whose mission It will be to warn the marin
ers of the Pacific rocks and shoals along
the upper western coast OF the United
States. started yesterday from New York
on f5,O00-mile cruise around South Amer
leo. The ships in the little feet are light
house boats and tenders.
KOREANS TRIAL sET--superior Judge
Cook yesterday set November 16 for the trial
of Wan Chang, the Korean accused in San
Francisco of the murder of Durham White
Stevens. American adviser to the Korean
government The postponement was due to
the press Of other business before the court.
BIG OIL PURCHAsE-one hundred and
ninety thousand dollars was paid the local
Independent oil sales agency yesterday at
Bakersfield for oil delivered TO the Asso-
ciated Oil company in July. The Coalinga
agency, which is member of the same
company got $4,000 for that months de-
livery.
COUNTY CONVENTIONAL Democratic
county convention met in San Francisco yes
terday the session being taken up with or
ganization and the appointment of a COM
mittee to cofer with the Good Government
league with reference to the judicial nomina-
tions which will probably be made when
the delegates reconvene tonight.
HOME SET ON FIRE-The home OF Rich
ard jackson, foreman OF a recent Para gould.
Ark, grand jury which indicted number
of people and created general CONSERVATION
among lawbreakers, was set on hre Monday
night. OIL in large quantities had been
placed on the porch and walls of the resi-
dence. The family was aroused and saved
the property.
PLAN FINE CHURCH, class A"
church. the first of its kind in the state, II
not in the country, is to be erected by the
Episcopalians of the fashionable Burlingame
colony near San Francisco. The edihce will
be proof against both fire and earthquake
and will be In the early English Gothic
style, A building fund of 100000 has al
ready been subscribed.
LEADER TO SPEAK-George Fred Will
lisms. leader of the Democrats of Massa-
chusetts will address a big Bryan and Kern
meeting next Tuesday night at Bakersfield,
GIRL TO BE TRIED-Hilda Smith, a
dance hall girl was held to answer TO the
superior court at Bakersfield YESTERDAY
afternoon for an attack upon another girl
with a knife last week. The latter was
stabbed seventeen times.
MILWAUKEE IN PORT-Thec ruiser Mil
waukee, after a cruise Of two months IN
southern waters and a stay of fifteen days at
Amapala, Honduras has arrived in san
Francisco. The Milwaukee will return to
Bremerton after coaling. Captain Rogers
stated that everything was quiet az ANA
pala when he departed and that while Hon
duras was still under martial law no fur
ther trouble was expected.
ESCAPES BY MISTAKE-Through mis-
chance Samuel Names, who 1t was supposed
by the police in Brooklyn was in Jail under
a charge of felonious assault, which has now
become a charge OF murder, is at large
Mrs Frances McCabe, who was shot three
times in the home of her father. DR.. Rosen-
thai, in Brooklyn by Samuel Names. who
lives in Manhattan, died of her wounds In
St Marks hospital.
CHILD KIDNAPED-Chicag detectives
seeking Giuseppe Guinta, a boy who disap-
peared from his fathers home at 79 OAK
street last Saturday, are now convinced the
lad has been stolen by members OF the
Black Hand society. The boys father re-
vealed to the police yesterday that within
the last six weeks he had received threats
from the Black Hand. He was ordered to
give up $500 or lose his child.
ARTIST is INJURED-Grant Wallace. the
well known artist and writer, slipped and
fell yesterday while attempting to board
street car at Waller and Stanton streets,
to lose his footing. He taken to the
Park emergency hospital. where 1t was
found his left arm was broken and his left
shoulder badly strained He also suHered
lacera tions of the face and body
LEAGUE IN sEssION-Additional dele
cations having arrived on early trains in
Cincinnati, the formal opening of the blen-
nial convention of the National Republican
league Yesterday found a goodly crowd in
Music hall when President John Hays Ham
mond appeared on the platform. the open
ing session was formal and routine. in
Guiding welcoming addresses, responses ana
the transaction of general business.
TO PLANT SILK TREES-The Ladies
Silk Culture society of California has laid
the foundation of a silk station By the
planting of mulberry tree at Rutherford
in the Napa valley. where three acres OF
land occupied by a school of instruction
under the direction of Rev. D. o. crowley,
will be planted with over 800 trees, the sltt
of G. de Latour, pioneer nurseryman.
The children of the school will furnish the
careful attention needed by the trees.
MEDALS DUPLICATED-To replace med
ais of honor conferred upon former defend
ers of the national colors, the German gov
ernnent has sent to DR.. F. w Riehl OF san
Francisco a duplicate of the iron cross ana
the Franco Prussian bronze medal with
which he was decorated years ago. Dr.
Riehls case Is identical with that OF many
former soldiers of the empire who lost IN
the fire of 1905 the honors conferred upon
them. Appeal was made over year ago
for duplicates and DR.. Riehl was the hrst to
receive an answer.
PLAN NEW RAILWAY-Partly because
of the Texas quarantine afgainst Mexico, Ell
Paso men will build railroad from Juarez,
directly across the river from Ell Paso' Tex,
to Las Cruces, N M. passing around the
state of Texas altogether. according to
Thomas c. CASTOR of Ell Paso and Los An
geles who now is in Mexico city. The rail-
way will follow the Rio Grande about hIteen
miles west of Juarez and then across the
river into New Mexico and into Las cruces
where connection will be made with the
Santa Fe In this way through passengers
will return to the Unitad States without
being uuarantined in Texas
EXCURSION ARRANGED-Arrangem
have been completed in San Francisco for
the transpacifc excursion of Pacific coast
business men, and nearly half a hundreo
representatives of various chambers OF COM
merce will sail Friday in the steamer Tenyo
Maru, which is expected to arrive IN loho- t1
hama four DAYS before the American battle
ship fleet Assurances have been received
from Japanese commercial bodies that the
visitors will be entertained as distinguished
guests and that every opportunity VIII De
Afforded them of obtaining an insight into
The affairs of the country. The party ex-
poets TO leave Yokohama November O.
Among the cities represented are san fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Eureka san
Diego. Portland and Seattle.
OUTBREAK Observation-Disclosures declara-
tions that a revolutionary outbreak in Portu-
gal is impending continue to make their ap-
pearance in the Lisbon newspapers and
new feature Of these reports is the state
ment that the monarchial extremists, real
izing the republicans are arming for a re-
volt, are making ready for the offense by
storing secretly large quantities of arms in
the converts of Lisbon, where the authori-
ties dare not penetrate. The movement is
expected to be carried on actively by the
party One of the monarchial organs says
that 1900 persons have enlisted for the
purpose of attacking and destroying the
office of the republican newspapers and the
republicans declare that If this is done they
will retaliate by starting a general riot and
revolution.
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