Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-16
TfLFGRAPHIC BRIEFS

ACCEPTS PAST0RATE-Rev william B
Thorp5s pastor of the south Congregationa
church. Drexel boulevard and Forfeit
street, Chicago. fer the past nine years, hal
accepted the pastorata Of the FIRST congra.
| gational church OF San Diego. Csl and VII
| leave to assume the duties of his new posi-.
tion October 1.
AGENTS TO niEET-chioago was selected
as the place OF the next annual meatsng OF
| the Travelling Passenger Agents. Associa-
tion. az the gathering of that body In Seattle
Yesterday. Chieaeo was chosen by acclama-
ss,n uon ei,honsn Chattanooga, Toledo and
Bunalo had claims which were we'll urged
by delegates from those cities.
.FRnENDLY--Jules cambon,
the Frsnch ambassador to Germany, has re-
oeived assurances from Herr sternrieh act
ing secretary of the foreign office. that Ger
many VIII consider the Franco Spanish note
regarding Morocco in the most friendly
spirit The ambassador transmitted these
cordial expressions TO his government.
DEMOCRAT sUPP0RTED-George A.
Tracy named as the Democratic candidate
for congress by the Fifth congressional dis
trict convention at San Mateo a few days
ago, has been nominated for the same Of
nee by the delegates to the Union Labor
party convention at San Francisco. An out
burst OF enthusiasm marked the nomina-
tiop. The delegates decided to make no
nomination fer congress In the Fourth dis
triot.
SPEECH FROM THRONE-The speech
from the throne at the opening of the states
general at The Hague yesterday was read
by Premier Heemskerk in the absence OF
Queen Wilhelmina, who is oonyalescing from
her recent Illness The speech made but a
brief reference to the differences between The
Netherlands and the republic OF Venezuela.
which resulted In the Dutch minister at
Caracas being expelled from Venezuela by
President Castro.
FARES ARE REDuCED-The railroads in
the Central Passenger association territory
have decided to make reductions on the
basis of single fare for the round trip for
political gatherings this fall. As most oS
the states In the central territory have two
cent fare laws these rates will generally
be one cent mile. The rate applies to
points within q distance of $50 miles. with a
minimum fare of fifty cents. but no mini
mum requirements as to attendance.
TRANSPORT SAILs-with seventy-ive
hrst class passengers, 400 enlisted men and
large cargo of naval supplies and stores
for the Philippines the United States army
transport Crook sailed yesterday from San
Francisco for Manila. The Crook also took
a large amount of mail matter for the At
lantic battleship feet. Among the passen7
gers on the transport was Director F. H.
Newell OF the reclamation service. who is
going TO Honolulu to investigate the recla-
nation work in the Hawaiian islands.
BIDS FOR DREDGING - Specifications
have been issued by the bureau of yards and
docks inviting bids for dredging at Pearl
harbor, Hawaii, where the United states is
to establish an important naval station.
-Four hundred thousand dollars was made
available for the proposed work at the ses-
sion of congress, but the entire improvement
will approximate in cost according to esti-
mates $2.500.000. The work covered by the
dredging contract is to be completed in
thirty-six months. Proposals for the
dredging Will be opened December l.
STATE MINERAL VALUES-kccording
to the report of State Mineralogist Lewis
q. Aubury. the mineral products of Califor-
MIA for the year 1907 were worth $55697,94S,
a gain of nearly So 600, 900 over the previous
year. Petroleum has advanced to first place
on the list. surprising in value gold output
for the first time In the history of the state;
The production of gold and silver fell OH
over s2.o0O,o00 during 1907 as compared
with the preceding year. The production
of petroleum was over 40,0o0,000 barrels,
valued at $16,7S3.943. and the gold pro-
duced was worth $16,727,92s
ARKELL EXAAnNER-The preliminary
examination of Gustave Ahlstedt. who was
held for several weeks by the police OF oak-
land on suspicion OF being implicated In the
death of Mrs. Alice L. Donohue but hnaily
released and then taken to San Franciscol
to answer to the charge of burglary pre-
ferred by Mrs. Elizabeth Launeister, COM
menced In police court yesterday. Aiter
hearing the testimony of Mrs. Laumeister
and her son and daughter. who charged
Ahlstedt of stealing a revolver, soia
headed cane and deed to some, property
which he had sold to Mrs. Laumeister, the
case was continued until today,
10 yENTTI,ATE CARS-chicago is to-
have ventilated cars this winter and there
after Health Commissioner Lawrence after
a series of experiments lasting over year
that before cold weather comes
In ali probability both the Chicago City
railway and the Chicago Railway company
will have begun the installation of a. new
ventilating system. The general scneme
nrovtdes for a steady supply of fresh air;
the raising of the temperature of this air
to so degrees or more before 1t begins TO
ciroulate: introduction OF fresh air from the
bottom of the car, escape OF Ylfiateo ar from
tbe ton and a minimum of heating cost con-
s;stapf with warmth.