Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18

Omaha Loses Germans - The
1910 Saengerfest of the Northwestbund,
which was to have been held in Oma-
ha. has been declared off because OF
the law which will close the saloons
in that city early in the evening. II
is believed the meeting VIII be given
to st. Paul, MINI.
To Do Away with Marriage
Senator Bradley proposes to introduce
a bill aimed at doing away with the
marriage industry at st. Joseph, Mlch.
1t provides that no marriage ncenses
can be issued on Sundays or legal holt
days. This is to stop the Sunday rush
from Chicago to Michigan lake ports.
Hotel Scheme Financed-As a
climax to negotiations which have been
carried on for nearly two years, ground
was broken yesterday at the corner OF
Fourth South and Main streets, SAT-
Lake city, preliminary to the erection
of a 81, SOC, 900 hotel, the stock for which
was fully subscribed at a meeting held
in that city Friday.
Much Dynamite Needed =
More than 100000 pounds of dynamite
will be required for work on the Pan
anna canal in the coming fiscal year,
according to estimates of division en-
RlnGeTS
Bids will be opened shortly for the pur-
chase of this explosive, which it Is esti-
mated will cost about $1,OOO,0O0.
Lands in Police Cell--Because
he failed to observe a rule of barroom
etiquette, Herbert z. Milk occupies a
cell in a Chicago police station. He
drank his liquor before W. j. Groth, a
saloonkeeper, who was treating, had
poured out his own drink, and fight
ensued in which the host, 1t is alleged,
was stabbed several times by MIX.
Old Soldiers Toasted - Three
hundred members of the G. A. R. and
friends attended the state encampment
here and were treated to an unusual
feast when they were served with elk
steak, elk roast and stew at an elabor-
ate banquet Friday night. Two large
elk donated from the famous herd or
Paul Mccormick were prepared for the
occasion.
Former President Dies-Senor
Don Miguel Juares Cellman, president
of the Argentine Republic from 1866 UNI
til 1890, when he resigned after revo-
luton, died in Buenos Ayres Friday.
according to a cable dispatch. He Will
be buried with all the honors which
would have been bestowed upon him
had he been president at the time of his
death.
Suicide Is Feared-Raymond
Lorraine, said to be a son of Frank
Lorraine, capitalist of Montreal. Is
missing, and it is feared he has COM
mitted suicide. He went to Portland,
Ore, a few days ago with friends into
whose employ he expected to enter. He
has been melancholy and has, his
friends say, made threats OF making
away with himself.
Neck Is Broken-Death came
to Bartholomew Flynn, a former MEM
Der of the Chicago police department,
yesterday on the steamer Starrucca,
which is moored near the river mouth
Flynn was employed by private de-
tective agency and was assigned to
guard the steamer from attacks by
striking sailors. While talking with
Captain John Clark he fell into a
hatchway and broke his neck, accord
ing to the police.
Charitable Societies-The two
principal charitable institutions of
Chicago have been consolidated under
the name of the United Charities of
Chicago, a union of the Chicago Relief
and Aid Society and the Chicago Blu
reau of Charities. Charles H. Wacker
was named as president of the new
organization and Granger Farwell and
Mrs. Potter Palmer vice presidents.
Policeman Finds Pearl - John
Turley, a desk lieutenant of the New
York police department, is the proud
possessor of a pearl said to be worth
$3.50, which he found in an oyster sand
witch. The pearl stuck in his teeth
while he was eating, and he at first
thought it was a piece of shell. But
investigation revealed a gem larger
than pea. The sandwich cost cents.
Device Fails to Attract-A de-
vice to obtain work which rivals the
recent auction of the unemployed in
Brooklyn was adopted by Aestedo De
Paolo, an Italian of Gotham. All day
yesterday he paraded the streets bear
ing a placard reading, Il want work"
But no one offered him employment
and he was obliged to apply to the
Municipal lodging house for place to
sleep.
Pardon Is Refused-The appli-
cation for pardon by George Kellum, a
life convict, which Governor Wilson
of Kentucky has refused, was based
upon a peculiar plea. 1t is claimed that
when he grows excited his eyes become
ton when he shot a negro, at whom
he was looking directly, and killed viii
Reed, the crime for which he is now
serving sentence.
New Hospital Dedicated-The
new psycopathic building at the Anna,
ILL.,, hospital was dedicated Friday by
DR.. Emil Hirsch of Chicago, who paid
tribute to science and what it has done
and is doing for the mentally ill. The
new building is a model from a scien-
tif1c standpoint. 1t was completed in
January at a cost of $45 1913, and is
used only for patients suffering from
temporary physical ailments, along
with the mental deficiency.
To Tax Signs 49, Display signs
will be subject to a federal tax if the
bill introduced by Senator Hepburn be-
comes law. 1t is provided that a tax of
cents per superficial square foot shall
be levied upon every posted display adj
vertisement of any article advertised to
enter into interstate commerce. The
determination of the tax is to be based
on the total number of square feet con-
tanned in the surface of the thing on
which the advertisement appears.
Report Unique Engineering
Officials in charge Of the isthmian canal
work reported to the war department
that some of the most unique engineer
ing projects in the entire construction
have Just been undertaken. One is the
excavation below sea level in the Mindi
hills near the Atlantic entra nee tO the