Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-17
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

To Attack Spanish - Reports
received at Madrid from Melilla say
the Kabyle trbesmen of Morocco, 1900
| strong, are preparing to attack the
Spanish positions and that great eX-
citement prevails
Trainmen Killed-Three train
men were killed and two injured in
collision between south bound passen-
ger train No. % and north bound pas
senger train No 26, on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois railroad at Royal, near
Champaign, early yesterday. The pas
sengers escaped with a severe shaking
up. An open switch was responsible
for the wreck.
Chosen Minister-A Washing
ton special to the Record Herald of
Chicago Friday asserts that Charles 70.
Crane of Chicago, vice president of
the Crane company, has been chosen
by President Taft for the post of min
| lister to China. 1t is understood Mr..
Crane has accepted and that the ap-
pontment will be formally announced
within a short time.
Want Government Land-Up
to 10 o'clock Thursday night, the hour
of closing the notaries' offices In Kalis-
L.
cations for homesteads in the Flathead
Indian reservation. No confusion at
| tended the opening of the registra-
ton, and the municipal sleeping quar-
| ters thrown open last night were ample
to accommodate everyone.
Given $1,000 Danages-A jury
awarded Eddie Wisinski $4,000 Thurs
day against Frank Zomajtek. owner of
a saloon in West Hammond, Ill. The
damages were sought under the dram
shop act On November 4, 1908, the
child's father. Charles Wisinsh, wag-
cred he could drink twelve glasses of
whisky. The saloon keeper acquiesced,
but at the ninth glass Wisinsh fell
| dead.
Does Not Make Flight - Spe-
cial dispatches received at London from
France say the proposed channel flight
of Herbert Latham, the French aviator.
| has ended in a fiasco and that M.
Latham's return to Paris yesterday
marks the definite abandonment of the
enterprise. NJ. Latham's neglect to take
advantage of the splendid weather con-
ditions of Thursday indicates, the cor
respondents say. the aviator has real
ized the folly of his enterprise.
Flood Reaches Crest - The
flood in the Mississippi river at st.
Louis reached its crest Thursday night,
registering 35.5 feet The river will re-
main stationary for two days accord
ing to the weather observer and then
begin to fall The tributaries of tho
Missouri river near here are falling.
No more destruction of property is
probable unless the levees break. The
Mississippi river at points is six miles
wide, having spread over thousands of
acres of land.
Married in Haste-Thursday
morning w. H. Ruckner of Whining
ton, Del, travelling salesman, came
to Memphis on a business trip. Busi-
ness disposed of. he presented letter
of introduction to Miss Anna May Hall
and late In the evening the two de-
cided to be married Then came the
idea of a taxicab wedding, and the cere-
mony was performed while the two
stood I'm the little motor car with court
attaches and newspaper men as wit
nesses, and the toot of the automobile
horn substituted for wedding bells.
Smothered to Death-Playing
at the bottom of a ten-foot excavation
that had been dug for new apart
ment houses at Prospect place and
Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y,
Johnny Mackie, years old, and his
two sisters, Agnes Q, and Flossie 8,
were buried by a cave-in Thursday.
BY the time rescuers reached the lit
tie boy he had been smothered to
death. Both girls were so frightened
that they forgot their little brother
They ran home as fast as they could
Another little girl told the men Johnny
was still under the earth.
To Paint Wall Decoration
Commissions for mural paintings for
the new Cleveland postoffice building,
which are to cost about $4,000, have
been given Frank D. Millet of New
York, who has charge of the mural
decoration of the entire building. As
sociated with Mr.. Millet will be John
w. Alexander, Edwin Rowland Blash
field and Kenyon Cox. Mr.. Millet will
execute a frieze for the postmaster's
room representing 1.-THE Delivery of
the Mail" The subject will cover the
history of mail service from the days
of reindeer to the days of the fast
mail trains and ocean liners.
Wants to Surrender-The un-
usual case of man charged with
homicide negotiating a bargain for his
surrender of de Marco providing the
ing at Newark, N. j., where Petro
de Marco is wanted on a charge of kill
ing Mrs. Jacob Raub. Two bullets fired
at Mrs. Raub's daughter because she
refused to marry de Marco, struck the
mother and killed her. Two friends of
the wanted man have employed New
York attorney to act as an inter-
mediary in his surrender. The attor-
ney was authorized to guarantee the
surrender of de Marco providing the
state officers and the court signed an
agreement not to send him TO
the electric chair.