Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

sized. Two persons are belleVeu 10
have been drowned The otnefs WeEe
rescued by motor boats.
FT, PASO IN MEXICO-At the state
department of Mexico Friday 1t was
stated an old map had been toun1
which showed the present CITY OF III
Paso, Tex, was on Mexican SOIL. ser
ator Bertram Is now in washington
comforting with members OF the inter
national commission over the matter
FLOODS KILL 10O0-News has been
received at Toxic Of terrible 1000 1000
in the province Of Chang Chun, Man
churia. In the city of Kirin, situated
at the head of steam navigation on
the river Sungari, 225 miles from Muk
den. 1000 people have been drowned
and 1000 houses submerged. The wa
ter is still rising.
TO GO TO HARVARD-Prof. W. .;
V. Osterhout, who has been connected
with the botanical department OF the
University of California for htteen
years. has accepted a similar post Win
the department of botany OF HarNdftu
university Professor Osterhout VIII
leave for the east in a short time TO
assume the duties of his new position
SWIMMER USES TEETH-Strength
IN his teeth and ability to swim pow
erfuIIv FRIDAY, enabled Attorney Fred
Dicke of Two Rivers, Wis, to prove
himself a hero. When his gasoline
launch exploded, with seven women
aboard. he jumped overheard, took the
painter In his teeth and thus toWeu
| the craft to shallow water, Wnere the
women jumped out and quenched the
flames.
HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING--An
important meeting held by the leading
statesmen of Japan at the nome ol
! Prince Ito in Toxic, Japan, yesterday,
is believed to foreshadow important
Developments in the Chinese SITUATION
Those present at the conference were
| Prince Ito. Premier Katsura, Minister
Of Foreign Affairs Count Juatro ko-
mura. and Minister of War General
Viscount Terauchi.
WILL NOT BE TAKEN ALIVE
Word was received yesterday from tiie iS
posse which is trailing Lewis CundrlH'
who shot and killed Frank Nolan,
a Big Hole Basin stockman ana
freighter, that Cundriff and his broth-
er, both mounted and armed, TeIo %
making for the oregon Short Line
railroad south of Window, Mont. The
posse reports that Cundriff propaply
will not be taken alive.
CONTEMPLATE sTRIKE-Follow-
ing the formal refusal of the Chicago
Street Railway company to make any
| concession to its motormen and con-
! ductors Friday, the union ofncldls
planned to call a special meeting anu
put the question of a strike up TO the
men. A special meeting OF the hleL, men
employed by the Chicago railways VIII VIII
| be held the same night, and the I"O
unions will act together.
| LAND WITHDRAwN-To Illustrate
a plan on the part of combinations 10
secure control of the water sites of the
| country. and to carry out the policy
oF the administration for the con-
| servation of the nations natural re-
sources, approximately 42,O0O acres OF
land for water power sites were tenn
porarily withdrawn in Colorado, Mon
tana and Utah by Acting Secretary OF
the Interior Pierce Friday.
HEAT CAUSES DEATHs-Three
deaths occurred Friday from the neat
wave holding Pittsburg In its grasp;
Clouds obscuring the sun d,.o aLotueo tI,,a
slight relief, maximum temperature
| of 81 degrees being recorded NO
amelioration of conditions in antlcl-
mated today. The dead are; John
Bradley. died at Homeopathic hospital;
Fred Gehring, II days old, and Frank
S. Dowski, SO years old, died at St
Francis hospital.
TO BE RETIRED-Capt. John Pugh
| Green, who, March "a, of this year, de-
clined reelection as first vice president
| of the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany, though he remained win tne 'S
company in an advisory capacity, VIII
TODAY. becoming 10 years old, be re-
tired from active service under the
pension rules of the company. cap
| tain Green has been with the Penn
sylvania exactly forty years and one
month, having entered its service July
/, 1869.
COAST TO COAST ROADS-Four
public highways from the Atlantic
coast to the Pacific are projected by
the international League for Highway
Improvement, according to John A.
Stewart. president of the league, VINO
was in Chicago Friday 1--WE have
prepared a bill,' he said, (which Will
he brought up in congress this fall.
It provides for federal survey for the
proposed roads and the appointment
of a national commission on highway
| improvement.
TO BENEFIT EMPLOYES-For six
| new clubhouses, to be used exclusively
by it's employees, the lnterborough
company of New York on Friday
appropriated $5O,0O0, and August
Relmont added to the sum his per-
!
directors of the company met in the
afternoon and unanimously authorized
| immediate construction of the build
| ings. The houses will cost about SSOOO
each. Terminals of the various lines
of the company were selected as places
most accessible to the largest number
of employees.
FRENCH FLEET MASSED-The
entire French channel fleet is massed
off Cherbourg, France, awaiting. the
arrival Friday of the Russian squad
ron escorting Emperor Nicholas and
the imperial family, who are coming
to visit President Fallieres. Elaborate
precautions have been taken to safe
! guard the life of the emperor. The
garrison has been reinforced, and with
! in the city practically martial law pre-
walls, Hundreds of Russian police of
fcials have arrived. More than fifty
torpedo boat destroyers will keep
every vessel in the harbor under
scrutiny.
TO CELEBRATE DISCOVERY-To
mark the first visit of the white man
to Wisconsin, 275 years ago, cele-
bration will be held at Green Bay
August 10, II and H. Jean Nicolet, an
explorer, undertook the task of trac-
ing the region about the Great Lakes
He came to the shores of Green Bay
and was greeted by the Winnebago In
dians, who were known as the 'mys-
| terious tribe of the wilderness" Among
other events which marked the eX-
i ,,lo,o,-t., ie;t 10 XAyicaopcio WAS the pX-