Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-13
1ELfGRAPHIC BRIEFS


Sons to Compete-Sons of mil
itary officers to the number of forty
one have been designated by President
Taft to take the competitive examina-
ton for admission to the West Point
Military academy to fill vacancies In
the cadets-at-large. which occur in
1910.
Baby Rewarded - Fifty dol
lars is the reward for being born, re-
ceived by a little babe in the Hebrew
Maternity hospital of New York. The
hospital authorities had promised $50
To the first child born in the institu-
ton, and Mrs. Rose Epstein was the
first to receive a visit from the stork.
Fifty mothers had sent In their names,
hoping to win the prize.
Bitten by Dog-Miss Gabrielle
de Lattaignant of New York will go to
the Pasteur institute for treatment
after having been severely bitten
by a ferocious bulldog. She was walk
ing along the street leading spaniel,
when the bulldog dashed at her. The
animal seized her hand in its teeth
and severely lacerated it. An exam
nation of the animal by physician
of the board of health showed no signs
of rabies, but as preeaution the vic
treatment
May Lose Eye-It is feared
that Bishop Frederick Burgess of the
Episcopal diocese of Long Island may
lose the sight of his right eye. In
Illumination has set in and his physi-
clan is anxious over the outcome. ~
einder that blew in the bishops eye
some time ago caused the trouble. A
slight operation was performed, but
recently he had suffered considerable
pain, and yesterday he appeared with a
patch over his eye during the service.
Bishop Burgess is 56 years old and was
consecrated in 1902.
Steals to Refor1n-John F. Nc
Kenna of Brooklyn declares his wife,
who was arrested Saturday charged
with shoplifting. stole in order TO re-
form him. When she was arraigned
in court McKenna said: "She said she
would teach me to stay at home nights
and that she would spite me by dis
grazing herself if necessary. Now she
has done it." The woman was held in
$500 bail for further examination. The
specific charge against her is that she
stole three shirt waists from a Broad
way department store.
To Sell Lands-Unappropriat-
ed non-mineral desert lands of the
United States not contained in any
Indian reservation, forest reserve, MIL
itary post or reclamation district may
be sold to any citizen Of the United
States at the rate of $1.25 per acre IL
the bill recently introduced in the house
by Delegate Andrews of New Mexico
is enacted into law. The money derived
from the sale of the lands is to be de-
posted to the credit of the reclama-
ton service to be used in the state in
which the lands are sold.
Ruse Saves Life-John Olberd-
ing, recently liberated from an insane
asylum in New York, lies in critical
condition in the Harlem hospital with
his throat cut after a struggle with
his wife in their apartment in East
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street,
in which he held her on the floor and
cut both of her wrists with a razor.
Police and neighbors finally battered
down the door and rescued the woman.
Mrs. Olberdings experience with her
husband was horrible in the extreme.
For more than ten minutes he pursued
her about the apartment, brandishing
the razor, and at last cornered her.
After he had slashed her wrists she
| feigned death and in this way probably
saved her life. She will recover, but
there is slight hope for the man.
Teacher Killed - Miss Mary
Phillips, teacher in the public schools
of San Francisco for many years, died
at st. Luke's hospital early yesterday
morning of injuries received in a mys-
terious Misunderstanding to her brief
dying statement-by a fall from 4
street car Saturday night. Miss Phil
lips had been to the home of friend.
About o'clock her mother heard a car
ST. af N hpaF-
ing no footsteps concluded her daugh-
ter had not arrived. A few minutes
later she heard a moaning voice on
the porch. She threw open the door
and Miss Phillips, blood streaming from
wounds on her head, staggered forward
and fell into her mothers arms. She
gasped that she had fallen from a car,
then lapsed into Inconsistencies, in
which state she remained until her
death, which was due to a fracture of
the skull.