Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-30
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

SEEKS MAYoRALTY-James G. Murdoch
was nominated at Salt Lake City for mayor
by the Republican city convention yester-
day.
STEAMER sAFE-The British steamer
Clan Macintosh. belonging to the Madras
Steam Navigation company which was re-
ported from Ragoon to have blown up at
sea, arrived at Calcutta yesterday. The
steamer had met with no accident.
MAY NOT LIYE-Col. William R. Morri-
son. formerly interstate commerce commits
sioner, i'll at waterloo, Ill, was very low
yesterday and is in a dangerous condition
The relatives now remain constantly near
his bedside.
CAPTAIN MISSING-According to mem
bers of the crew of the barkentine Amazon
which arrived yesterday at San Francisco
from Newcastle, Australia, Capt Gran dis
appeared mysteriously from his cabin as
the vessel was being towed to sea, and has
not been since seen.
BANKERS PROTEST-The state bankers
Of Oklahoma will protest the payment of
capital stock for the purpose of swelling the
bank guarantee fund sufficiently to take care
of the failure of the Columbia Bank & Trust
company at Oklahoma City.
SHIP CURRENCY-Kansas City banks
have shipped about $500. 900 in currency 70
Oklahoma City and shipments were made
from Wichita and St Louis to prepare the
banks of that city for any emergency that
might arise s a result of the failure of the
Columbia Bank & Trust company
SERVE SUBPOENAES-Further investi-
cation into the affairs of f. Augustus Henze
by the government was indicated yesterday
when subpoenaes to appear before the fed
eral grand jury on Oct. were served by
United States District Attorney Wise at New
York upon members of the brokerage firm
Of Primrose & Braun.
DECLARE DTVIDEND-The directors of
the Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur-
ing company declared yesterday a quarterly
dividend of q per cent on preferred stock
and a dividend of 31a per cent on the de-
ferred cumulative dividends on the preferred
stock The dividend on preferred stock is
the first that has been paid since Septem-
Der, 1901
BUYS RAILWAY-Formal announcement
that the United Railways Of Portland and
the Ruth Trust company the land purchas-
ing and land holding corpora ton for the
railroad system, has passed into the hands
of J. H. Hurlbert, a capitalist at Fontanele,
Iowa; and c. T. Dunbar, a capitalist and
timber man of Vancouver B. -, as arnounc-
ed Monday afternoon, made yesterday
by Charles D. Fullen, attorney for the pur-
chasers at Seattle.
SALOON BURNED-Tennessee' only le-
gal saloon. the Oasis, situated on a noun
tain top McMinnyile, in such a posi-
tion that it is more than four miles distant
from any school house, was burned last
night Under the Tennessee prohibition law
saloons are not permitted within four miles
of a school house. Steps have been taken
to test the legality of the mountain-top sa-
loon.
FACTORY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IS
made at Ilon, n. Y, that plans have been
completed for substantial increase in thr
capacity of the Remington typewriter works,
located at that town. This increase in fac
tory facilities is rendered necessary by the
unparalleled demand which has followed the
advent of the new Remington models. For
nearly a year the works have been operating
day and night and are still considerably be-
hind in their orders. Contracts are now
being placed eor additional tools and ma
chinery to enable the companI to keep up
with the demand.