Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-19
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

VANDERBILT DIvORCE-A petition fol
final decree was filed yesterday in the sui
for divorce Of Mrs Alfred Gwynne Wander
| bit at New York. There was no opposition
on the part of Mr.. Vanderbilt Three
months ago Mrs Vanderbilt was granted
an interlocutory decree.
DROUTH TO BLAME-That the drouth
is responsible for diphtheria now near the
epidemic stage in Greensburg Pa, is the
belief Of the board of health. portion
of the Seventh ward public school build
ing was closed yesterday, nine cases OF the
disease having broken out among the pupils
FAVORs SUFFRAGE-The Michigan Feo-
Grafton of Labor has gone on record IN
favor of woman suffrage and against prom
bition and local option. 1t was decided to
extend an invitation at the Denver meeting
of the American Federation of Labor IN
November to hold the 1903 convention IN
Detroit.
CASE CONTINUED-In the eau Claire
Wis., federal court yesterday the case
| against Barber and Moon, before United
States Commissioner McBain, in connection
| with Idaho land deals was continued unu
September "a. The commissioner received
| a telegram from Boise making reques'
| for the continuance.
| SCHOONER ASHORE-A dispatch from
Nome, Alaska, received by the merchant:
| exchange at San Francisco says the cod
fishing schooner Ivy. belonging to the Union
| Fish company of San Francisco, has gone
| ashore at Point Barrow, and 1t is thought
will be a total loss, The crew is safe. Al
the time of the disaster the Ivy had nc
| cargo
AGED PIONEER DIES-The death of Jo'
seph Swycaffer a pioneer of San Diego
| occurred yesterday morning He was ):
| years old and came to California In 1856
| and to San Diego eight years later. He
leaves a widow and eight children, foul
| daughters and four sons. One of his daugh'
| ters is the wife of Joseph Foster, chairman
OF the board of supervisors.
| GENERAL DREW ILL-General Charles
| p Drew, brigadier general of the Kansas
| National Guard, is sick at Stormont and
viii be operated on Saturday for kidney
| trouble. The operation is one or grea'
gravity General Drew is at present as
| sistant to Pension Commissioner Metcalf
| He is SIS years old, and served in the CiVi
war as a private in the Eleventh Kansas
cavalry.
ORDERS WHIPPING-'T will not SEN
tence these boys to pay a fine but ! viii
let them off with the understanding thai
each OF them is to be given sound thrash
ing by their parents when they get home,
| was the decision announced by Burgess A
! c. Marsh of Washington, Pa, after he had
lecturea four youngsters who had turned
| in two false FIRE alarms The parents
| promised to execute the sentence ol
Burgess,
PLANT EUCALYPTI-The Southern Cali
fornia Water company is preparing to plant
| 100 900 eucalyptus trees in addition to the
$4,000 that have already been set out The
| hrst trees were planted near Otay, and that
! their culture can be made success is al
ready evident They are watered by irriga-
| tion and so far only small amount of re-
planting has been necessary. One hundred
| and forty acres near the lower reservoir
| will be used for second planting, the sugar
| gum variety being set out principally The
| trees will be grown for the purpose of sup
| plying railroad ties for the local companies
| which are owned by John D. Spreczels. who
| is also owner of the water company.
NJ. e. CONFERENCE-Intere report.
of presiding elders Of various districts have
| been presented to the fifty-ffth annual con-
| ference of the NJ Il. church in session al
| Pacific Grove. Rev. G. d. McCreery of the
! Sacramento district reported the salaries OF
| the pastorates had been increased $4,000 In
| spite of hard times Rev II. r. Beeks OF
! the san Jose district claimed an increase
of 900 members during the year. Rev. G
| L. Parsons of Napa, while reporting i'm.
| proyement in buildings. ETC. urged greater
| attention to work among children, foreign
! ers and Indians. Rev. w. S. Andrews o
| San Francisco told of the erection Of thir
teen new churches in his district, at a cos
! of $4,000. and parsonages costing $4,000
Most of the congregations have had eithel
temporary or permanent structures bull
since the fire.