Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-12
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DIR, HILL INSTALLED-Dr. Albert Ross
thin was FORMALLY installed as president OF me
! University Of Missouri at Columbia NO. yes
terday.
INDICF NIGHT RIDERS-The grand jury
at Union CITY. Tenn. returned 81 indictments
! yesterday against alleged night riders Iwen-
/ ty-one charged with the recent nufuer oh
/ Capt. Rankin at Walnut Lodge
RETURNS OPEN VERDICT-onicial in
vestigation into the death of Francis Hirsoh-
/ berger at St. Louis who was killed lhyseSIl.
ousy Tuesday, has ended with an open NeI .l.e
4 by the coroner's jury, according to statement
made by Chief of Police Creecy yesterday
DENOUNCEs DANCE-Judge Barnes OF
Chicago yesterday refused the petition OF HeV;
| w o. waters, rector of Grace Eplscopal
church. for an Injunction to prevent the nolu-
ING of the annual First ward Democratic pan
next Monday Rev. Waters characterized the
ball as a public nuisance. detracting from the
usefulness OF his church, which adJoins the
Coliseum, In which the ball will be held.
CUTS THROAT IN VAIN-Matt Johnson,
on trial for first degree murder in Portland,
Ore yesterday secured razor from truSty
on the pretense that he wished to shave ana
sushed his throat, cutting into the windplpe.
He was rushed to a hospital. where physicians
patched him up that he was able to appear
on the witness stand in his own behalf John
son is ON trial for the murder of j. f. Hol-
ock
IABORERS TNJURED-Four worlSmen
were painfully injured at San Francisco yes
terday when a portion of the second floor or
building, In course OF CONSTRUCTION Oh Nrlll7
fornia street, near Sauscme, collapsed. the
accident was due to the giving away of the
frame by which the floor was braced. a large
number OF cement workers were at work on
the building, and four OF these fell with the
floor
AMENDMENT CARRIED-W. Il. Govan,
state statistican Of California, yesterday
informed the Sacramento board Of supervisors
that he believed amendment No. IA, raising the
salaries of certain officers, reported lost at the
late election, had carried. He had reports TO
he effect that errors had been made by cleo
ton officers here and elsewhere. and asking
for the opening Of a machine at Sacramento
to have a recount.
SEEK AN INJUNCTION-The firms of
Dodge Bros and D. B. Cole & Co, shoe manu-
facturers of Newburyport, Mass appeared IN
the superior court at Boston yesterday and
asked for an injunction to restrain the Boot
and Shoe Cutters association, Knights of
Labor and two local assemblies from inter
fering with men who have been hired to I'LL
the places Of strikers Judge Waite refused to
order the injunction, pending a hearing at
Salem Tuesday next.
ALLOWS JURORS TO READ-Excluding
Jurors because they read newspapers and kept
themselves informed news OF public events,
was objected to by Judge Hanford Of the fed
eral district court, Seattle Wash, yesterday.
Yenre Of 10 jurymen was almost exhausted
before 10 were selected to try James II.
Holt q soldier, Jointly charged with Thomas
H Knight with the murder of Henry F. john
son, the post tailor, at Fort Worden, whose
body was thrown into oven.
OFFICIAL DISCHARGED-Joh r. Hege-
man, president OF the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance company Of New York, who was arrested
last February on a charge of perjury in con-
nection with a report to the state insurance
department. discharged yesterday. This
action was taken after the appellate division
Of the supreme court had reversed the order
OF the lower court, which dismissed writ of
haheas corpus brought by Hegemans counsel
after his arrest.
TO ABROGATE TREATY. resolution
adopted at mass meeting in Victoria, B. C.,
presided over by the mayor and addressed by
G.. II. Barnard, dominion member-elec was
telegraphed TO Ottawa yesterday, urging the
abrogation Of the treaty arrangement with
Japan and legislation for exclusion of Asiatcs.
Mr. Bernard called attention to the dangers
o. both Canada and the United States, follow
ing the greater increase of population in the
orient than this continent Of permitting
Asfatlc immigration